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** When trying to give Lunella a new hairdo, Casey remarks that [[Film/StarWars "The curl is strong with this one."]] Later, when Lunella is making her own relaxer, Devil Dinosaur says he [[Franchise/StarWars has a bad feeling about this]].

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** When trying to give Lunella a new hairdo, Casey remarks that [[Film/StarWars [[Franchise/StarWars "The curl is strong with this one."]] Later, when Lunella is making her own relaxer, Devil Dinosaur says he [[Franchise/StarWars has a bad feeling about this]].

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'''Original Air Date:''' February 25, 2023[[note]]Streamed early February 15, 2023 on Creator/DisneyPlus[[/note]]

'''Production Code:''' 105

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'''Year produced:''' 2022

'''Original Air Date:''' February 25, 2023[[note]]Streamed early February 15, 2023 on Creator/DisneyPlus[[/note]]

air date:''' 2/25/23 (TV), 2/15/23 (Disney+)

'''Production Code:''' code:''' 105
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Deleted "Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow," because despite the episode name it's not actually an example of the trope.


* HairTodayGoneTomorrow: [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] of the [[TropeNamers name troper of the title's episode]], but Lunella make of experience to make a good hair but it falls down getting bald.
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* BaitAndSwitch: After Lunella uses her homemade hair relaxer, it seemingly goes right without a hitch... and then a few seconds later, almost all of her hair falls out.
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* SeriousBusiness: Adria is very serious about her and her daughter's hair care. However, it isn't as comical as it was first shown. Lunella lewrns later on that she should take care of her hair because its a natural part of her.

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* SeriousBusiness: Adria is very serious about her and her daughter's hair care. However, it isn't as comical as it was first shown. Lunella lewrns learns later on that she should take care of her hair because its it’s a natural part of her.

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* MirrorBoss: During their fight, Mane shapeshifts into a copy of Lunella. They then end up fighting inside a HallOfMirrors to emphasize the matchup.

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* MirrorBoss: During their fight, Mane shapeshifts into a copy of Lunella. They then end up fighting inside a HallOfMirrors to emphasize the matchup. When Lunella remembers that Mane is literally her hair, and thus a part of her that she neglected, she surrenders and reconciles with her. In return, Mane has Devil use Lunella's neutralizer on her, sacrificing her sentience to fuse back to Lunella's head.


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* SeriousBusiness: Adria is very serious about her and her daughter's hair care. However, it isn't as comical as it was first shown. Lunella lewrns later on that she should take care of her hair because its a natural part of her.
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* AbsurdPhobia: In a flashback, we see Adria freak out and panic when a young Lunella points out a bottle of hair relaxer at the store. We later learn that she tried relaxer when she was younger but didn’t have the neutralizer, which caused her hair to fall out.

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* AbsurdPhobia: In a flashback, we see Adria freak out and panic when a young Lunella points out a bottle of hair relaxer at the store. We later learn that she tried relaxer when she was younger but didn’t have the neutralizer, which caused her hair to fall out. This is the exact mistake Lunella made to straighten up her own hair leading to her balding and, worse, Mane's formation.



** Don't let other people's opinions of you affect your self-image.

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** Don't let other people's opinions of you affect your self-image. Just BeYourself.



* HairReboot: Lunella figures out she needs to create a neutralizer to undo the effects of her relaxer, immediately restoring her straightened strands to their afro-texture. When used on Mane, it also restores her to Lunella's head.

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* HairReboot: Thanks to her mom's story, Lunella figures out she needs to create a neutralizer to undo the effects of her relaxer, immediately restoring her straightened strands to their afro-texture. When used on Mane, it also restores her to Lunella's head.
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** Casey has a pride wall in her room, complete with a poster that reads "I love my dads".

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** Casey has a pride Pride wall in her room, complete with a poster that reads "I love my dads".

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* FreezeFrameBonus: Casey has a pride wall in her room, complete with a poster that reads "I love my dads".

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Casey has a pride wall in her room, complete with a poster that reads "I love my dads". dads".
** When the students gasp after Lunella is disqualified from the robot competition, Anand is shown smirking as if holding back a laugh.
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* NarratingTheObvious: When Mane reveals herself to Lunella, the Narrator explains her origin like he usually does before remembering that the audience already witnessed it beforehand.
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* FreezeFrameBonus: Casey has a pride wall in her room, complete with a poster that reads "I love my dads".

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* ShoutOut: Lunella plans to search [[Film/TheFugitive every warehouse, farmhouse, henhouse, outhouse, and doghouse]] in the city until she finds the saboteur.

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** When trying to give Lunella a new hairdo, Casey remarks that [[Film/StarWars "The curl is strong with this one."]] Later, when Lunella is making her own relaxer, Devil Dinosaur says he [[Franchise/StarWars has a bad feeling about this]].
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Lunella plans to search [[Film/TheFugitive every warehouse, farmhouse, henhouse, outhouse, and doghouse]] in the city until she finds the saboteur.

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* AnAesop: [[CurlyHairIsUgly Natural black hair is]] [[DefiedTrope not ugly]].

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[[CurlyHairIsUgly Natural black hair is]] [[DefiedTrope not ugly]].ugly]].
** Don't let other people's opinions of you affect your self-image.
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* ShoutOut: Lunella plans to search [[Film/TheFugitive every warehouse, farmhouse, henhouse, outhouse, and doghouse]] in the city until she finds the saboteur.

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* HairReboot: Lunella figures out she needs to create a neutralizer to undo the effects of her relaxer, immediately restoring her straightened strands to their afro-texture. When used on Mane, it also restores her to Lunella's head.



* HairReboot: Lunella figures out she needs to create a neutralizer to undo the effects of her relaxer, immediately restoring her straightened strands to their afro-texture. When used on Mane, it also restores her to Lunella's head.
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* HairTodayGoneTomorrow: [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] of the [[TropeNamers name troper of the title's episode]], but Lunella make of experience to make a good hair but it falls down getting bald.
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* CurbStompBattle: Mane made her own sidekick, Devil Dryersaur, out of an old hair dryer. She's barely finished introducing it when Devil stomps it to pieces.


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* HotWind: Lunella marvels at Casey's long, flowing hair as it blows in the wind... which is caused by a fan outside a fan store.
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It’s actually called hair relaxer


* AbsurdPhobia: In a flashback, we see Adria freak out and panic when a young Lunella points out a bottle of straightener at the store. We later learn that she tried straightener when she was younger but didn’t have the neutralizer, which caused her hair to fall out.

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* AbsurdPhobia: In a flashback, we see Adria freak out and panic when a young Lunella points out a bottle of straightener hair relaxer at the store. We later learn that she tried straightener relaxer when she was younger but didn’t have the neutralizer, which caused her hair to fall out.



* GoneHorriblyWrong: Lunella attempts to engineer her own all natural hair straightener. It straightens her hair, before it all falls out, and later her locks come to life to seek revenge for being mistreated and rejected.

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* GoneHorriblyWrong: Lunella attempts to engineer her own all natural hair straightener.relaxer. It straightens her hair, before it all falls out, and later her locks come to life to seek revenge for being mistreated and rejected.

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* CreativeClosingCredits: A looping animation of Mane dancing to the credits' theme.



* GoneHorriblyWrong: Lunella attempts to engineer her own all natural hair straightener. It straightens her hair, before it all falls out, and later her locks comes to life to seek revenge for being mistreated and rejected.

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* GoneHorriblyWrong: Lunella attempts to engineer her own all natural hair straightener. It straightens her hair, before it all falls out, and later her locks comes come to life to seek revenge for being mistreated and rejected.



* MonsterOfTheAesop: Mane incarnates Lunella's self loathing and neglect towards her hair and seeks revenge for the same.

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* MonsterOfTheAesop: Mane incarnates Lunella's self loathing self-loathing and neglect towards her hair and seeks revenge for the same.
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* CurlyHairIsUgly: [[DiscussedTrope Discussed]] and [[DefiedTrope Defied]]. The plot sets off when a white classmate makes fun of Lunella's natural hair and she goes bald trying to straighten it. Her mother and grandmother have a talk with her about how society looks down on them for their natural hair and the harm they caused themselves while trying to straighten it.

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* AesopCollateralDamage: Played for laughs, Casey's wig collection gets destroyed, and she throws a funeral for each one she had, so Lunella could learn to appreciate and care for her natural hair.

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* AesopCollateralDamage: Played for laughs, laughs; Casey's wig collection gets destroyed, and she throws a funeral for each one she had, so Lunella could learn to appreciate and care for her natural hair.


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* CompanionCube: Casey once had an obsession with wigs that lead her to build a huge collection. She named each one and also holds a funeral for them after Mane destroyed them.

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* AesopCollateralDamage: Played for laughs, Casey's wig collection gets destroyed, and she throws a funeral for each one she had, so Lunella could learn to appreciate and care for her natural hair.



* MirrorBoss: During their fight, Mane shapeshifts into a copy of Lunella.

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* GoneHorriblyWrong: Lunella attempts to engineer her own all natural hair straightener. It straightens her hair, before it all falls out, and later her locks comes to life to seek revenge for being mistreated and rejected.
* HairReboot: Lunella figures out she needs to create a neutralizer to undo the effects of her relaxer, immediately restoring her straightened strands to their afro-texture. When used on Mane, it also restores her to Lunella's head.
* HarshWordImpact: The impact of her classmate's negative comments about Lunella's natural hair is emphasized by punctuating them with Lunella becoming a silhouette being pierced through the chest by an arrow with each one.
* InnocentlyInsensitive: Lunella's insecurities about her hair started from the casual comments thrown at her by a straight-haired classmate presuming it "looks bad" on purpose.
* MirrorBoss: During their fight, Mane shapeshifts into a copy of Lunella. They then end up fighting inside a HallOfMirrors to emphasize the matchup.
* MonsterOfTheAesop: Mane incarnates Lunella's self loathing and neglect towards her hair and seeks revenge for the same.


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* TalkingTheMonsterToDeath It's in learning to appreciate her hair for what it is and promising to take care of it better that Lunella manages to reconcile with Mane peacefully.
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* AnAesop: [[CurlyHairIsUgly Natural black hair is]] [[DefiedTrope not ugly]].
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* MirrorBoss: During their fight, Mane shapeshifts into a copy of Lunella.
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'''Original Air Date:''' February 25, 2023[[note]]Streamed early February 15, 2023 on Creator/DisneyPlus[[/note]]

'''Production Code:''' 105

After a classmate makes a comment about her hair, Lunella suddenly becomes insecure and attempts to straighten it… however, the compound she creates to do this causes her hair to fall out and come alive as the supervillainess Mane.
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* AbsurdPhobia: In a flashback, we see Adria freak out and panic when a young Lunella points out a bottle of straightener at the store. We later learn that she tried straightener when she was younger but didn’t have the neutralizer, which caused her hair to fall out.
* PrematurelyBald: Lunella’s compound to straighten her hair causes it all to fall out.
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