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* Greaser-themed alien Greazer Clutch in ''TabletopGame/SentinelsOfTheMultiverse'' deals counterattack damage to anyone who damages his hair (it's a separate card). This can be troublesome if your heroes have mass-damage abilities, or it can be hilarious - for example, if the villain team includes Plague Rat, who damages everyone, hero or villain, every turn.

When her final opponent tugs on her ponytail

and tries to beg for mercy, she says "don't touch my hair, bitch" and

** Talking bad about his hair is such a BerserkButton to Josuke that, when Rohan Kishibe repeatedly mocked it, Josuke became ''literally blind with rage'' and was complete immune to Rohan's Stand ability, which at that point trapped it's victim through their vision.

* In ''Film/AceVentura: When Nature Calls'', a warrior of the Wachutoo tribe changes Ace's famous duckbill hair into horns - to match the "White Devil" name they referred to him as - during a duel. This pushes Ace over the edge. "All right. THAT'S IT! This 'White Devil' thing has gone far enough! [[LetsGetDangerous Nobody! Messes! WITH THE 'DO!]]" Then immediately subverted when the warrior continues kicking Ace's ass.

--> '''Mandy''': "I just had my hair done." (rips out the mook's hair)

* Galadriel in ''Literature/TheHistoryOfMiddleEarth'' as Feanor (one of the [[TheAce greatest]] Elves ever) is captivated by her light of her golden locks but... "He begged three times for a tress, but Galadriel would not give him even one hair." Jump cut a good many centuries to ''Literature/TheFellowshipOfTheRing'': Gimli (a rustic Dwarf) boldy asks for the same thing and Galadriel '''averts this''' affectionately giving Gimli ''three strands'' of her hair, so why did Galadriel cold shoulder the High King of the Ñoldor from touching her hair but happily gave a [[BloodKnight battle hungry Dwarf]] three locks? Likely because Galadriel ''knew'' Gimli would treasure her hair out of goodness of his heart, while Feanor only saw her hair as prize and symbol of power thus she was protective.
** Also because Galadriel had the ability to psychically see into the minds of others, and there is definitely subtextual implication that Faenor had [[IncestSubtext less than pure intentions towards his niece]]. Faenor was brilliant, but he was also a creep.

-->'''Glory:''' Hey! (''{{beat}}'') Watch the hair!

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* Wrestling/BlackRose considers hair pulling more disqualification worthy than chair shots, as long as she isn't the one pulling hair anyway. Like Martel she's also protective of her tag partners' and managerial clientele's hair, sometimes more than they are. [[/folder]]

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* Greaser-themed alien Greazer Clutch in ''TabletopGame/SentinelsOfTheMultiverse'' deals counterattack damage to anyone who damages his hair (it's a separate card). This can be troublesome if your heroes have mass-damage abilities, or it can be hilarious - for example, if the villain team includes Plague Rat, who damages everyone, hero or villain, every turn.

--> "Hey, why don't you come over here and--''Watch'' the hair!!"

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* ''WebComic/{{Matchu}}'' has Amber, who is sick and tired of people telling her to donate her [[RapunzelHair incredibly long hair]].
-->'''Amber:''' I know it's for a good cause and all, but so help me god, the next person who tells me that is going to become an '''''organ donor'''''.

* Peter Venkman in ''WesternAnimation/TheRealGhostbusters''.

* On ''WesternAnimation/JohnnyBravo'', Johnny has this attitude.

* ''LightNovel/KaraNoKyoukai'''s Ryougi Shiki is not fond of anyone even thinking about touching her hair. [[AllThereInTheManual According to Nasu and Takeuchi in an interview in the movie pamphlets]], Kaname, her older brother, was the only one she actually allowed to touch and fix her hair. Not even [[LoveInterest Mikiya]] was allowed this privilege.

* In ''VideoGame/{{World of Warcraft}}'':

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* Himeko from ''Manga/KannazukiNoMiko'' cannot stand anyone touching her hair--unless it's Chikane. It's a result of [[spoiler:DomesticAbuse in her childhood]].

* Jessie in ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}''. It rarely comes up, but when it does, she gets ''dangerous''.

** Probably a more notable example occurs near the start of Hoenn: a wild Seviper defeats Ash's Treecko. That same Seviper also outsmarts Team Rocket's attempts to catch it... up until [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2YWF74cCts the point where it bit off a large portion of Jessie's hair.]]

* A ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' parody of ''Theatre/TheWiz'' has the [[Film/TheWizardOfOz 1939]] version of the Scarecrow Creator/RyanGosling]] crossing over with the Wiz cast. Among other things, he's fascinated by Dorothy's [[Creator/SasheerZamata]] hair and wants to touch it. He's stopped by her LittleNo and DeathGlare.

* In ''VideoGame/{{World of Warcraft}}'', Lor'Themar Theron, leader of the [[OurElvesAreBetter Blood Elves]], says the following quote when you click on him: [[PunctuatedForEmphasis Do not. Touch. THE HAIR!!!]].

* Empress Elisabeth of Austria was extremely proud of her famously long and beautiful RapunzelHair, and allowed nobody but her court hairdresser to handle it, and even then only with gloves. The empress intensely disliked any of the natural effects of hairstyling (such as fallen hairs) and demanded that her hairdresser show her the comb with the fallen hairs after every brushing, and she would become so upset and angry when she saw them that her hairdresser hid them under her apron to protect herself from the empress' wrath.

* Josuke Higashikata, protagonist of ''Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureDiamondIsUnbreakable'', is normally an {{Adorkable}} NiceGuy... but say ''anything'' negative about his pompadour and you're in for a world of hurt. Later on it's revealed why this is such a sensitive issue for him: when he was a child he got deathly ill and on the way to the hospital his mother's car got stuck in the snow. Suddenly a young man with a pompadour showed up and helped free the car; as a result, Josuke wears his hair that way in honor of his mysterious savior, and takes any slights against it as slights against the man who saved his life.

* Galadriel in ''Literature/TheHistoryOfMiddleEarth'' as Feanor (one of the greatest Elves ever) is captivated by her light of her golden locks but... "He begged three times for a tress, but Galadriel would not give him even one hair." Jump cut a good many centuries to ''Literature/TheFellowshipOfTheRing'': Gimli (a rustic Dwarf) boldy asks for the same thing Galadriel and '''averts this''' affectionately giving Gimli ''three strands'' of her hair, so why did Galadriel cold shoulder the [[TheAce greatest]] Elf prince from touching her hair but happily gave the [[BloodKnight battle hungry Dwarf]] three locks? Likely because Galadriel ''knew'' Gimli would treasure her hair out of goodness of his heart, while Feanor only saw her hair as prize and symbol of power thus she was protective.

* Wrestling/ShawnMichaels was notoriously protective of his hair in his prime, but he mellowed out after it began to start thinning and eventually just shaved it all off. Amusingly, Wrestling/SheriMartel was more protective of his hair than her own.
* Wrestling/Carlito C|olon}}aribbean Cool detests the feeling of other people's hands in his hair, so you can naturally expect his hair to be pulled by someone at least once a month.

** In "[[Recap/AngelS01E03InTheNight Into the Night]]", Spike imagines Angel doing this while [[GagDub mockingly impersonating him]], references to the hero's SpikyHair being a RunningGag.

** Spike imagines Angel doing this while [[GagDub mockingly impersonating him]], references to the hero's SpikyHair being a RunningGag.
** Jay-Don is a very loud (as in flashy) vampire who has two main rules: never touch the hair or the [[SunglassesAtNight glasses]]. Angel stakes him to get into a heist by impersonating him. He gets rid of the sunglasses quickly but keeps up the fuss about the hair.
** After Angel gets turned into a puppet in "Smile Time", Winifred Burkle annoys him by going on about how cute he looks, "with the little hands and the hair." When she ruffles said hair, Angel tells her she's fired.

* ''Series/RedDwarf''. In "Legion", circumstances force Kryton to knock out his crewmates. The Cat: "Do what you gotta, but don't mess up my hair."

If it ''is'' PlayedForDrama, expect [[RapeAsBackstory sexual molestation and/or assault to be a major element in their backstory]], possibly including being dragged ByTheHair.

->''"Listen, man! You can threaten me all you like, but let's get one thing straight. Nobody, but '''nobody''' f*cks with the hair!"''

* ''Series/{{Cheers}}''. Sam is not only extremely protective of his hair, he's got hair care down to an exact science. This is probably because it's eventually revealed that, as did Ted Danson himself, Sam wears a hairpiece.

* Rapunzel in ''Disney/{{Tangled}}'' will let her hair be touched only by [[MyBelovedSmother her adoptive mother]], although this may be a case of having being told by aforementioned mother that people would use her healing locks for their personal gain. She also does not want to talk about her hair much, to the point she neglects to mention its powers ("I have hair that glows when I sing") at a time when they may be needed...

* Josuke Higashikata, protagonist of ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureDiamondIsUnbreakable'', is normally an {{Adorkable}} NiceGuy... but say ''anything'' negative about his pompadour and you're in for a world of hurt. Later on it's revealed why this is such a sensitive issue for him: when he was a child he got deathly ill and on the way to the hospital his mother's car got stuck in the snow. Suddenly a young man with a pompadour showed up and helped free the car; as a result, Josuke wears his hair that way in honor of his mysterious savior, and takes any slights against it as slights against the man who saved his life.

* Soto the History Monk from ''Discworld/ThiefOfTime''. The book says that even the most restrained mind has a [[BerserkButton conditional clause]] somewhere, and Soto's is, "But not the hair. Don't touch the hair, all right?" He gets around the monastery's shaved-head rules by insisting that the hair is actually a separate creature which makes its home atop his dutifully shaven head.