History Main / SciFiBobHaircut

* DEMI from ''VideoGame/Subverse'' has one alothugh in her case it's actually part of her metallic body. Unsurprising given her inspirations mentioned above, Cortana and [[spoiler:EDI]].

* Glynda Goodwitch, as seen in an old photo of her and the rest of the Sector Seven Research Team, had this hairstyle in the past in ''Fanfic/BlazBlueAlternativeRemnant, with Sector Seven itself being a research division of the kingdom of Atlas, which is about as Sci-Fi as the world of Remnant gets.

** The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QIsmbVasU30 2009-2010 commercials]] have a new woman from the future, this time with a shorter bob and [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair blue hair]].

* [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/pacific_rim_mako_6282.jpg Mako Mori]], female lead and HumongousMecha pilot, from ''Film/PacificRim'' has a bob cut [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair with blue highlights]].

There's something about the clean lines of a bob, particularly with bangs, that suggests a sci-fi setting. Despite the style dating back to the twenties ([[TwentiesBobHaircut and being the defining hairstyle of the timeframe]]), they tend to be more of a [[SixtiesHair sixties feel with the geometric trim]] popularized by the hairstylist Vidal Sassoon, and they are still seen as a little bit rebellious and progressive. After all, LongHairIsFeminine, so short styles can be shorthand for a more gender equal society. Additionally, the simple, straight lines fit in well with an AsceticAesthetic, marking the character as belonging to that timeframe. Not to mention, short hair tends to cause fewer problems with zero-g, helmets, and space suits.

Unlike its SisterTrope the {{Twenties Bob|Haircut}}, '''Sci-Fi Bobs''' are almost always mathematically straight edges and hair without curls. FashionableAsymmetry is also common, one side of the bob being longer than the other.

* Sapphire from ''Series/SapphireAndSteel'', especially when she gets a severe bob circa Assignment Three.

* Sapphire from ''SapphireAndSteel(series)'', especially when she gets a severe bob circa Assignment Three.

* One of the preset characters from the first ''VideoGame/{{Fallout}}'', Natalia Dubrovhsky, has one.

%%* Your PlayerCharacter can have this in ''VideoGame/{{Fallout 4}}''.

* As befitting [[AmbiguouslyEvil her]] [[TheSpymaster character]], [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/marvelcinematicuniverse/images/3/38/RosalindPrice-Lash-Transport.jpg/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/340?cb=20151123180457 Rosalind Price]] in ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'' has either this or PowerHair as her go-to look.

*** Zoe Heriot has this. She is a science-minded companion to the Second Doctor, who he met in a space station in the future.

* Sapphire from ''SapphireAndSteel''.

* Bob haircuts and white hair seem to be the default hairstyle for the [[AmazonBrigade Sisters of Battle]] in ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer40000}}''.
* ''TabletopGame/{{Starfinder}}'s'' iconic envoy, [[https://paizo.com/community/blog/v5748dyo5ljrp?Meet-the-Iconics-Navasi Navasi]] sports a bob cut, dyed purple.

*** Zoe Heriot has this as a science-minded companion to the Second Doctor, who he met in a space station in the future.
*** The Thirteenth Doctor's hair, although she doesn't have bangs and it's somewhat longer than is usual.
** Quill from ''Series/{{Class|2016}}'' has a very menacingly exact blonde bob. The show has a contemporary setting, but she is an alien in human disguise.

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There's something about the clean lines of a bob, particularly with bangs, that suggests a sci-fi setting. Despite the style dating back to the twenties ([[TwentiesBobHaircut and being the defining hairstyle of the timeframe]]), they are still seen as a little bit rebellious and progressive. After all, LongHairIsFeminine, so short styles can be shorthand for a more gender equal society. Additionally, the simple, straight lines fit in well with an AsceticAesthetic, marking the character as belonging to that timeframe. Not to mention, short hair tends to cause fewer problems with zero-g, helmets, and space suits.

* [[http://screenrant.com/wp-content/uploads/Evangeline-Lily-as-Hope-Van-Dyne-in-Ant-Man.jpg Hope van Dyne]] from ''Film/AntMan'' sports the same bob cut as her late mother, Janet van Dyne AKA The Wasp, a superheroine with shrinking powers thanks to the Pym Particle and a suit. At the end of the film, [[spoiler:it's stated that she will become the next Wasp with the updated suit her father Hank had created in secret]]. By the time of the next film, [[ExpositoryHairstyleChange she's grown it out]].

* BigBad [[http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-vMQcuQ1zfuY/UwhHa9zLy2I/AAAAAAAACtM/QdFIvZDScuY/s1600/Cate-Blanchett-as-Irina-Spa.jpg Irina Spalko]] sports this style in ''Film/IndianaJonesAndTheKingdomOfTheCrystalSkull'', perhaps fittingly seeing as the film is an homage to the 50's style sci-fi b-movie.

** Android Lal was created by Data as a blank slate, even in terms of species. Lal chose to look like a young human woman with pale complexion and black hair in a short bob with gangs.

* In ''Film/{{Solo}}, Qi'ra's initial hairstyle is this, though it's a bit softer and messier than most examples. By the time she meets Han Solo again following a TimeSkip of three years, [[ExpositoryHairstyleChange she's grown her hair out]].

** A non-Vulcan example: Ro Laren in ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration''.

** Android Lal was created by Data as a blank slate, even in terms of species. Lal chose to look like a young human woman with pale complexion and black hair in a short sleek bob.
** [[http://assets.nydailynews.com/polopoly_fs/1.1339635!/img/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/article_970/hh.jpg Carol Marcus]] in the rebooted series, starting with ''Film/StarTrekIntoDarkness''.

** A non-Vulcan example: Ro Laran in ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration''.

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