Line #4 PlayingWith/BeardOfSorrow


1	'''Basic Trope''': Male character grows a beard to signify he's depressed.
2	* '''Straight''': Bob lost someone close to him, and his PermaStubble grows out fully.
3	* '''Exaggerated''': After a particularly bad night, Bob has a beard the size of the rest of his face.
4	* '''Downplayed''':
5	** Bob only goes from clean-shaven to having PermaStubble.
6	** Bob stops taking care of his beard, causing it to go from neatly cropped to shaggy.
7	** Bob is usually bald or has a crewcut, but lets his hair grow out while in mourning.
8	* '''Justified''':
9	** "I'm just too depressed to shave in the morning. Are you happy?"
10	** The incident that made Bob depressed also caused him a severe injury that made him unable to shave his beard somehow. For instance, he had to have his arms amputated.
11	** Bob thinks the beard makes him look cooler and makes him feel slightly less awful.
12	* '''Inverted''':
13	** Bob shaves off his beard to make a break with his past.
14	** Bob grows a beard to signify that Bob TookALevelInCheerfulness.
15	* '''Gender Inverted''':
16	** Alice, a [[GirlsWithMoustaches woman that grows facial hair]] stops depilating it after she loses someone close to her.
17	** Alice, a tomboy who usually keeps her hair short, lets it grow to mid-length while grieving.
18	* '''Subverted''': "I'm not depressed. I just realized that my scar would be less distracting if I grew a beard over it."
19	* '''Double Subverted''': "I'm not depressed, I just thought I'd see what I look like with a beard." He's lying.
20	* '''Parodied''':
21	** People in the series can tell any man's current emotional state just by examining the length of their beard.
22	** Alice feels depressed one day and puts on a fake beard to show it.
23	** A bushy beard suddenly grows on Bob whenever he feels slightly sad, let alone depressed.
24	* '''Zig Zagged''': The character grows out a beard because his [[HalfIdenticalTwins Half-Identical]] [[TwinTelepathy Psychic-Linked Twin]] lost her boyfriend.
25	* '''Averted''': Bob continues shaving as normal after the trauma.
26	* '''Enforced''': "The actor wanted to grow a beard and have more serious plotlines. We decided to mix the two."
27	* '''Lampshaded''': "Depressed, huh?" "How could you tell?" "You haven't shaved."
28	* '''Invoked''': Bob stopped shaving because his GirlfriendInCanada "dumped him," "leaving" him single.
29	* '''Exploited''': Charlie opens a combination psychiatric counseling facility and barber shop.
30	* '''Defied''': The character makes a conscious decision to keep up personal appearances despite his depression.
31	* '''Discussed''': "What did you expect, to find me sprawled on the couch in despair, not having shaved or washed for weeks? We only went on two dates."
32	* '''Conversed''': "Is this the episode where Bob starts growing the beard?" "Nope, that was the one where Bob lost his parents."
33	* '''Deconstructed''': Growing a beard is part of the hero's collapse into outright catatonic stupor, leading to an extended narrative of the miserable life and eventual suicide of an undiagnosed sufferer of bipolar disorder.
34	* '''Reconstructed''': Growing out a beard is a deliberate reaction, a change of appearance that the hero chooses to signify his new mental state. Bob plans to shave it off if he's ready to feel good again.
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36	Grow a BeardOfSorrow.
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38	%% Optional items, added after Conversed, at your discretion:
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40	%%* '''Implied''': ???
41	%%* '''Played For Laughs''': ???

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