History Main / TwentiesBobHairCut

If you want the audience to quickly place the timeframe that a work takes place in, the easiest way is to sprinkle it with the aesthetic that the timeframe is famous for. In the case of TheRoaringTwenties, few things are as iconic as TheFlapper, and all flappers (at least, according to Hollywood) have bobbed hair, whether the Creator/LouiseBrooks shingle kind (shown here), the Creator/JosephineBaker Eton crop kind, the Creator/ClaraBow QuirkyCurls kind, or the femme, wavy Creator/JoanCrawford kind.

%% * Videl from ''Manga/DragonballZ'' has this hairstyle during the last few episodes after she has married Gohan and had a daughter with him by the name of Pan. When Trunks spots a photo of their wedding day, it's seen that she had the hairstyle whilst tying the knot.
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** Tiana from has this hairstyle during her IWantSong and is used to set the timeframe of the film as the twenties. ** Lottie the richest girl in town has a bob too, though hers appears long enough to tie into an updo.

* In ''ComicBook/{{Chassis}}'', Caddie, Tommy Tropic's {{Fembot}} chauffer, has RobotHair resembling a stylised shingle bob: very fitting for the book's Art Deco aesthetic.

%% * Surprisingly uncommon in ''Film/TheCatsMeow'' (given its setting), though Didi does sport one.

* Tiana from ''Disney/ThePrincessAndTheFrog'' has this hairstyle during her IWantSong and is used to set the timeframe of the film as the twenties. Lottie the richest girl in town has a bob too, though hers appears long enough to tie into an updo.

!!Examples

[[folder:Films -- Animation]]
* Tiana from ''Disney/ThePrincessAndTheFrog'' has this hairstyle during her IWantSong and is used to set the timeframe of the film as the twenties. Lottie the richest girl in town has a bob too, though hers appears long enough to tie into an updo.

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** In [[Recap/DoctorWhoS34E8MummyOnTheOrientExpress "Mummy in the Orient Express"]] Clara averts the ChangedMyJumper trope by dressing in TheFlapper bob cut, GorgeousPeriodDress and a BeautySpot. All this for a guy she's supposedly breaking up with. (This also crosses over with SciFiBobHaircut because she's on a replica of the '20s Orient Express built in the far future.)

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%% * ''ComicStrip/{{Blondie}}'': Blondie is known for her wavy bob, which she still wears to this day.
* ''ComicStrip/BuckRogers'' has femme fatale Ardala. Even the short-lived 1970's revival of the comic strip, which generally tried [[TotallyRadical waaaaaay too hard]] [[WereStillRelevantDammit to be contemporary,]] still let her keep her iconic haircut. The [[{{Series/BuckRogersInThe25thCentury}} TV series]] [[SeventiesHair did not,]] though.
%% * Classic comic strip character Ella Cinders is ''adorable'' in her bob haircut.
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* In ''Series/{{Charmed}}'', the episode "Pardon My Past" had Phoebe returning to the Roaring Twenties to relive her past life as a witch who was tempted to use her powers for evil by [[AllGirlsWantBadBoys a demon she fell in love with]]. In her past life, Prue was a popular photographer with a sleek bob. The other two sported another hit of the era -- the finger curls.

* Della Duck in ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales2017'' used to sport this haircut, fitting her image as an old-fashioned aviator. However, after the Spear of Selene incident, she was left marooned on the moon living off oxygenated gum, which meant she had to let her hair grow out in the intervening years.

** Dr. Elizabeth "Mac" McMillan has a wavy bob and is a notably progressive woman, a medical doctor who normally dresses in three-piece suits.

* The first chapter of the ''Literature/AnnoDracula'' novella "Vampire Romance", set in 1923, is called "Genevieve Bobs Her Hair", in imitation of Fitzgerald. Genevieve gets a bob as part of fitting in to the new era.

* ''[[Literature/PhryneFisher Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries]]'':

* In ''Series/{{Charmed}}'', the episode "Pardon My Past" had Phoebe returning to the Roaring Twenties to relive her past life as a witch who tempted to use her powers for evil by [[AllGirlsWantBadBoys a demon she fell in love with]]. In her past life, Prue was a popular photographer with a sleek bob. The other two sported another hit of the era -- the finger curls.
* ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' - in Willow's dream in "Restless", a play is being held. Buffy is dressed and coiffed like she's starring in ''Theatre/{{Chicago}}'', while Riley is dressed like a singing cowboy, and Harmony is dressed as an alpine milkmaid - all playing in ''Theatre/DeathOfASalesman''.
* ''Series/DoctorWho''. In "Mummy in the Orient Express" Clara averts the ChangedMyJumper trope by dressing in TheFlapper bobcut, GorgeousPeriodDress and BeautySpot. All this for a guy she's supposedly breaking up with.
* In a HalloweenEpisode of ''Series/SabrinaTheTeenageWitch'' the gang are forced to live out an Agatha Christie style murder mystery. Morgan sports this type of haircut, complete with flapper dress - placing the illusion in the 1920s. Sabrina, Hilda and Zelda in their costumes all sport variations of this hairstyle too. Roxie meanwhile as Morgan's character's maid, does not have this.

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%% * ''ComicStrip/{{Blondie}}'': Blondie is known for her wavy bob, which she still wears to this day.

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* ''Webcomic/{{Lackadaisy}}'': Ivy's haircut is supposed to be visual short hand for her post-secondary, pro-feminist education and behavior. And she's definitely [[TheFlapper a flapper.]]

* ''Webcomic/ProblemSleuth'' exists in a indistict time filled with an assortment of period cliches aimed largely at parodying the FilmNoir genre. That Hysterical Dame and Nervous Broad both have flapper bobs (and jaunty hats) should come as no surprise.

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra,'' the bob is featured on some female characters as part of the FarEast meets TheRoaringTwenties setting. One of Tahno's {{Fangirl}}s [[http://images5.fanpop.com/image/photos/30700000/Tahno-avatar-the-legend-of-korra-30737137-340-340.png wears the style]], while young Jinora [[CultureChopSuey combines]] it with a PrimAndProperBun. Korra cuts her hair into a messy bob in the final season. Opal has a bob as well. A scene that featured the three of them in a row led to the FanNickname "The Bob Squad".

* Videl from ''Manga/DragonballZ'' has this hairstyle during the last few episodes after she has married Gohan and had a daughter with him by the name of Pan. When Trunks spots a photo of their wedding day, it's seen that she had the hairstyle whilst tying the knot.

* Louise Brooks made this look iconic. See the photo on this page, as well as her films ''Film/PandorasBox'' and ''Film/DiaryOfALostGirl''. She was so associated with this hairdo that when she abandoned it, a few years later when her career had gone down the tubes and she was playing in [[BMovie B-movies]], she was [[http://41.media.tumblr.com/acbc8d4acd8dcc00790bd7ddc50c62cd/tumblr_n7wci93Tdc1qzh3cjo1_1280.png unrecognizeable]].

* Surprisingly uncommon in ''Film/TheCatsMeow'' (given its setting), though Didi does sport one.

* There were several young flapper girls in the ''Series/JeevesAndWooster'' TV series with bobs.
* Phryne Fisher of ''[[Literature/PhryneFisher Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries]]'' wears her hair in a sleek shingle bob, befitting the late-1920s setting of the series and Phryne's own status as TheFlapper. Dr. Elizabeth "Mac" McMillan has a wavy version and is another notably progressive woman, a medical doctor who normally dresses in three-piece suits.

* As a nod to her voice actress (Creator/AoiYuuki), Shuten-douji in ''VideoGame/FateGrandOrder'' sports a bob cut only parted by her oni horns.

A character wearing such a hairstyle will more often than not also be TheFlapper, although she could alternatively represent another type of socially progressive woman. Because this was a time frame where women were expected to be subservient to men and StayInTheKitchen, defying LongHairIsFeminine was a powerful visual statement that the woman in question didn't subscribe to the then-accepted notions of a "woman's place."

* Tae Asakura from ''VideoGame/RaidouKuzunohaVSTheSoullessArmy'' has bobbed hair. The game is set in Japan in the Roaring Twenties and she's a flapper.

* The title character of ''[[Literature/PhryneFisher Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries]]'', as befitting for the time period.

%% * Videl from ''Manga/DragonballZ'' has this hairstyle during the last few episodes.

* Videl from ''Manga/DragonballZ'' has this hairstyle during the last few episodes.

* Classic comic strip character [[http://www.barnaclepress.com/comics/Ella%20Cinders/ Ella Cinders]] is ''adorable'' in her bob haircut.
* ''ComicStrip/{{Blondie}}'' is known for her wavy bob, which she still wears to this day.

* In the film version of ''{{Theatre/Nine}}'', Judi Dench sports this haircut as the costume designer Lily. The film is set in the 60s, so Lily would have been the right age to be a flapper in her youth. It shows that she's a CoolOldLady who Guido can rely on.

* ''Cutting It Short'', a Czech film from TheEighties directed by Jiri Menzel, [[FilmOfTheBook based on a novella of the same name]] by Creator/BohumilHrabal. Maryshka is a young wife of a local brewery manager. She's extremely lively and spirited, completely unashamed to publicly do things which others only think or do in private. She has gorgeous long honey blond hair, wavy and thick. Her hair is admired by the whole town and they compare it to its memorable sights. At the end of the movie, she decides to have her hair cut like Josephine Baker. [[note]] It's an anachronism as the film is explicitly set in 1918 when Ms Baker was only 13 years old.[[/note]] This is the last straw for her husband who [[KinkySpanking spanks her]] in front of a board of directors of the brewery.

* ''Cutting It Short'', a Czech film from TheEighties directed by Jiri Menzel, [[FilmOfTheBook based on a novella of the same name]] by Bohumil Hrabal. Maryshka is a young wife of a local brewery manager. She's extremely lively and spirited, completely unashamed to publicly do things which others only think or do in private. She has gorgeous long honey blond hair, wavy and thick. Her hair is admired by the whole town and they compare it to its memorable sights. At the end of the movie, she decides to have her hair cut like Josephine Baker. [[note]] It's an anachronism as the film is explicitly set in 1918 when Ms Baker was only 13 years old.[[/note]] This is the last straw for her husband who [[KinkySpanking spanks her]] in front of a board of directors of the brewery.

If you want the audience to quickly place the timeframe that a work takes place in, the easiest way is to sprinkle it with the aesthetic that the timeframe is famous for. In the case of TheRoaringTwenties, few things are as iconic as TheFlapper, and all flappers (at least, according to Hollywood) have bobbed hair, whether the Creator/LouiseBrooks shingle kind (shown here), the Creator/JosephineBaker Eton crop kind, the Clara Bow QuirkyCurls kind, or the femme, wavy Creator/JoanCrawford kind.

-->-- '''Music/TheLumineers''', "Flapper Girl"


If you want the audience to quickly place the timeframe that a work takes place in, the easiest way is to sprinkle it with the aesthetic that the timeframe is famous for. In the case of the RoaringTwenties, few things are as iconic as TheFlapper, and all flappers (at least, according to Hollywood) have bobbed hair, whether the Creator/LouiseBrooks shingle kind (shown here), the Creator/JosephineBaker Eton crop kind, the Clara Bow QuirkyCurls kind, or the femme, wavy Creator/JoanCrawford kind.

* In the film ''Film/TheRoaringTwenties'' a montage features a woman getting a bob haircut to help establish the setting.

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra,'' the bob is featured on some female characters as part of the FarEast meets RoaringTwenties setting. One of Tahno's {{Fangirl}}s [[http://images5.fanpop.com/image/photos/30700000/Tahno-avatar-the-legend-of-korra-30737137-340-340.png wears the style]], while young Jinora [[CultureChopSuey combines]] it with a PrimAndProperBun. Korra cuts her hair into a messy bob in the final season. Opal has a bob as well. A scene that featured the three of them in a row led to the FanNickname "The Bob Squad".