Line #23 PlayingWith/BoyishShortHair


1	'''Basic Trope''': Short hair on a girl indicates tomboyishness or an ActionGirl.
2	* '''Straight''': Alice has short hair and is a {{Tomboy}}.
3	* '''Exaggerated''': Alice is [[BaldHeadOfToughness bald]] and is a ButchLesbian.
4	* '''Downplayed''':
5	** Alice's hair is the shortest among other girls (but still quite long), and is a {{tomboy}}.
6	** Alice is a {{tomboy}} with short hair, but it's in a traditionally feminine style like a bob or pixie cut.
7	* '''Justified''':
8	** Alice is in the army; the dress code mandates short hair.
9	** Alice gets into a lot of fights. Having her TomboyishPonytail constantly pulled presented a disadvantage, so she cut it off.
10	** Alice wants to stand out from the rest of her GirlyGirl classmates [[LongHairIsFeminine who prefer their hair long]].
11	** Alice wants to be treated as OneOfTheBoys and has her hair short to fit in.
12	* '''Inverted''':
13	** [[LongHairIsFeminine Alice's long hair indicates her femininity]].
14	** Alice is a {{tomboy}} with long, unkempt WildHair.
15	** Alice's hair only reaches down to her chin, yet in every other way she's classically feminine.
16	** Alice was TheLadette when she had long hair and was more masculine than the guys, but after getting a short pixie cut, she became a PrincessClassic archetype and the girliest character on the show, despite having shorter hair than any of the boys.
17	* '''Subverted''': Alice has short hair, but does things like sewing and cooking fancy dinners.
18	* '''Double Subverted''': But sewing is SeriousBusiness for the boys and men and the fanciness in cooking are in professional chefs' level.
19	* '''Parodied''': Alice's hair is accidentally cut short and instantly becomes a tomboyish ActionGirl.
20	* '''Zig-Zagged''': Tomboy Alice cuts her hair short and then lets it grow out long various times throughout the story.
21	* '''Averted''': Alice neither has short hair nor is a tomboy.
22	* '''Enforced''': Long-haired tomboy Alice decides to cut her hair short to fit her image better.
23	* '''Lampshaded''': Someone asks Alice if her having short hair means she's a boy now.
24	* '''Invoked''': Alice cuts her usually long hair short and instantly becomes a tomboyish ActionGirl.
25	* '''Exploited''': Enemies avoid Alice because of her short hair, not wanting to get beaten up.
26	* '''Defied''': Alice cuts her usually long hair short, but she is careful not to become a tomboyish ActionGirl.
27	* '''Discussed''': "Wow, you kinda look like a boy, because of your short hair."
28	* '''Conversed''': "Alice is a tomboy, if she doesn't have short hair now, then she will soon."
29	* '''Deconstructed''': Alice is a nice person, but her haircut makes people assume she's a ButchLesbian JerkJock.
30	* '''Reconstructed''':
31	** Alice doesn't mind being seen as mean. The people she actually likes can see past her haircut, and it intimidates people she doesn't like.
32	** Alice smiles a lot to assure people she's not a mean person.
33	* '''Implied''': Alice is TheGhost, but someone who met her offscreen mistook her for a man.
34	* '''Played For Laughs''': It's a RunningGag for Alice to be [[LadyLooksLikeADude mistaken for a man]] for having short hair and acting in a masculine way.
35	* '''Played For Drama''': [[WebVideo/WeirdSchoolRulesInHongKong Alice's school requires her to keep her hair long or wear a wig]], which frustrates Alice as she's not allowed to express herself.
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