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When a TV character wakes up in the morning, he or she is almost always impeccably groomed. You never see [[MessyHair bed-head]], [[PermaStubble stubbly beards]], or crusty eyes unless it's a story point, and even then it's usually just to emphasize either a late night drinking with friends, or a new baby that's making a lot of demands. But very often, women arise from eight hours' sleep with perfect makeup, without even a small smudge. In short, NotAMorningPerson definitely does not apply.

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* Max from ''Series/TwoBrokeGirls'' always wears heavy amounts of lipstick and mascara, even while sleeping. Of course, this is Kat Dennings we're talking about. That girl looks like she's wearing makeup even when she isn't.

* ''My Stepmother Is An Alien'': Kim Basinger looks good after a wild night of hot love making. Mrs Budlong looks like a cosmetics model even when she's woken up in the wee hours of the morning.

* Humorously averted with Rocket from ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy'', who wakes up in one scene with his fur flattened on one side of his face.

* My Stepmother Is An Alien: Kim Basinger looks good after a wild night of hot love making. Mrs Budlong looks like a cosmetics model even when she's woken up in the wee hours of the morning.

* When waking up in Storybrook for the first time, Regina from ''Series/OnceUponATime'' has perfect makeup, perfect mascara, perfect eyeliner, perfect lipstick, and her hair perfectly coiffed. Granted, there ''is'' [[AWizardDidIt magic and a curse involved]], but still...

* In Creator/{{Disney}}'s ''WesternAnimation/SpringtimeForPluto'', when a male caterpillar transforms into a [[SlidingScaleofAnthropomorphism perfectly humanoid]] [[GenderBender female]] butterfly, she pops out of the cocoon complete with dark purple eyeshadow and lipstick, as well as being [[FullyDressedCartoonAnimal fully clothed]] even though the caterpillar had gone into the transformation completely naked save for [[WhiteGloves gloves AccessoryWeatingCartoonAnimal and shoes]]. Considering how vigorously the caterpillar was spinning his cocoon, and how much effort it took the butterfly to emerge, you'd think something would be out of place.

* At the start of ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls'' episode, "The Mane Event," Bubbles and Buttercup avert this Trope with their MessyHair. Blossom's long hair, on the other hand, plays the Trope [[UpToEleven so straight]], the locks [[EverythingsBetterWithSparkles sparkle]]!

** UpToEleven when both The Holograms and The Misfits have been stranded so long on an island that they have make grass skirts and the like, but their [[EightiesHair hair]] and makeup? Still in mint condition.

* There's an interesting moment in ''Film/Wishmaster2EvilNeverDies'' when Morgana makes a snide comment to a male character during a morning scene, "What the matter, never seen a woman without any makeup before?" even though she is clearly wearing makeup.

* At the start of ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls'' episode, "The Mane Event," Bubbles and Buttercup avert this Trope with their MessyHair. Blossom's RapunzelHair, on the other hand, plays the Trope [[UpToEleven so straight]], the locks [[EverythingsBetterWithSparkles sparkle]]!

* In Creator/{{Disney}}'s ''WesternAnimation/SpringtimeForPluto'', when a male caterpillar transforms into a [[SlidingScaleofAnthropomorphism perfectly humanoid]] [[InsectGenderBender female]] butterfly, she pops out of the cocoon complete with dark purple eyeshadow and lipstick, as well as being fully clothed even though the caterpillar had gone into the transformation completely naked save for gloves and shoes. Considering how vigorously the caterpillar was spinning his cocoon, and how much effort it took the butterfly to emerge, you'd think something would be out of place.
* Averted in ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'', as Princess Bubblegum always gets bed-head when she wakes up or gets stressed over an experiment. Notable because her hair (and the rest of her) is made out of gum and probably shouldn't ruffle that much.

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** [[Recap/DoctorWho2017CSTwiceUponATime "Twice Upon a Time"]]: {{Downplayed}} but still present for the Twelfth Doctor's regeneration into the Thirteenth. The very first shot we see of her is a close-up of her eyes, and she's visibly wearing eyeliner and mascara despite having been Creator/PeterCapaldi just half a minute prior.