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* ''Film/LoveLiesBleeding'': Jackie and Lou both sport very '80s hairdos, particularly the latter having a mullet. On the male side, JJ sports a ratty mullet, and Lou Sr. sports a glorious skullet.



* ''Film/LoveLiesBleeding'': Jackie and Lou both sport very '80s hairdos, particularly the latter having a mullet.

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* Creator/HeatherGraham in the 1988 teen comedy starring the two Coreys, ''Film/LicenseToDrive''.

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* Creator/HeatherGraham Creator/JeanClaudeVanDamme's character in ''Film/HardTarget'' has possibly the 1988 teen comedy starring most hideous '80s hairstyle ever committed to visual media - a juice-drenched Jheri curl mullet that trails after his every jump, run, and roundhouse kick. Contemporary reviewers described the two Coreys, ''Film/LicenseToDrive''.mullet as "a character in itself".



* Creator/JeanClaudeVanDamme's character in ''Film/HardTarget'' has possibly the most hideous '80s hairstyle ever committed to visual media - a juice-drenched Jheri curl mullet that trails after his every jump, run, and roundhouse kick. Contemporary reviewers described the mullet as "a character in itself".


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* Creator/HeatherGraham in the 1988 teen comedy starring the two Coreys, ''Film/LicenseToDrive''.


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* ''Film/LoveLiesBleeding'': Jackie and Lou both sport very '80s hairdos, particularly the latter having a mullet.
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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Thundercats}}'':
** Oh lord, the [=ThunderCats=]. All the heroes, with the exception of Panthro and Jaga, have truly enormous hair. [[http://thundercats.wikia.com/wiki/Claudis Lion-O's dad]] has even more enormous hair, done in an impressive Elvis-like bouffant, with a beard to match. Well, they're cats. They have manes.

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''WesternAnimation/{{Thundercats}}''. Oh lord, ''lord'', the [=ThunderCats=]. [=ThunderCats=]:
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All the heroes, with the exception of Panthro and Jaga, have truly enormous hair. [[http://thundercats.wikia.com/wiki/Claudis Lion-O's dad]] has even more enormous hair, done in an impressive Elvis-like bouffant, with a beard to match. Well, they're cats. They have manes.
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Not really an example. The show was filmed in 1970 when nobody, naturally, had any ideas of what actual 80s hairstyles would look like. Besides, only the female moonbase personnel wear wigs.


* Averted in ''Series/UFO1970'', a '70s sci-fi show set in the future world of 1980, as everyone wears wigs.
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* ComicBook/{{Nightwing}}'': In his 80s ''Teen Titans'' days, [[Characters/NightwingDickGrayson Dick Grayson]] had both a [[https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTpBaY78GhZlmxgDlStBAwT3jcCCl7SG0nK1A&usqp=CAU ponytail]] and [[https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRmKbQEgiY3jrFMOTK_TJaH721ThTrlj4QYDQ&usqp=CAU a mullet.]] Both were eventually ditched, although the mullet has come back a few times such as in ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries''.

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* ComicBook/{{Nightwing}}'': ''ComicBook/{{Nightwing}}'': In his 80s ''Teen Titans'' days, [[Characters/NightwingDickGrayson Dick Grayson]] had both a [[https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTpBaY78GhZlmxgDlStBAwT3jcCCl7SG0nK1A&usqp=CAU ponytail]] and [[https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRmKbQEgiY3jrFMOTK_TJaH721ThTrlj4QYDQ&usqp=CAU a mullet.]] Both were eventually ditched, although the mullet has come back a few times such as in ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries''.
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* ''ComicBook/CaptainAtom'' even though there’s no reason why his hair should grow (his body is a metallic shell) [[https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQDH-o8eRoKZJo4z-YTNm0OxK6rdaZlGAg7qA&usqp=CAU still rocked a mullet]] in the ''Extreme Justice'' series

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* ''ComicBook/CaptainAtom'' even ''ComicBook/CaptainAtom'': Even though there’s no reason why his hair should grow (his grow, as his body is a metallic shell) shell, Captain Atom [[https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQDH-o8eRoKZJo4z-YTNm0OxK6rdaZlGAg7qA&usqp=CAU still rocked a mullet]] in the ''Extreme Justice'' series



* Creator/JohnByrne decided to give ComicBook/InvisibleWoman a [[https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQDGlwL3-eNzmak8cOvy11oZ8Mopn9Q2FltKA&usqp=CAU femullet]], while penciling ''ComicBook/FantasticFour''.
* Fire from the ''ComicBook/JusticeLeagueInternational''. Ice even {{Lampshaded}} this at one point by saying that she and Fire looked like extras from a HairMetal video.
* In an issue of ''The ComicBook/NewMutants'' where the kids go to a rock concert, the boys look relatively subdued while the girls--especially Dani and Illyana--are in full-on 80's mode with the hair ''and'' outfits.
* ComicBook/{{Nightwing}} in his 80s ''Teen Titans'' days had both a [[https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTpBaY78GhZlmxgDlStBAwT3jcCCl7SG0nK1A&usqp=CAU ponytail]] and [[https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRmKbQEgiY3jrFMOTK_TJaH721ThTrlj4QYDQ&usqp=CAU a mullet.]] Both were eventually ditched, although the mullet has come back a few times such as in ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries''.
* ''[[ComicBook/{{Nova}} Richard Rider]]'' had quite the [[https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQkSAJsnK_Nv0K_RjLo2SY2qQ93oqnNbPN3bw&usqp=CAU mullet]] for a while before upgrading to a [[https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSGjjsc6b5j1Sg9TnJfqLZlAXcXZ4Xd-9yC1A&usqp=CAU 90s ponytail]] that came out of the back of his helmet. Modern comics have greatly shortened his hair.

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* ''ComicBook/FantasticFour'': Creator/JohnByrne decided to give ComicBook/InvisibleWoman a [[https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQDGlwL3-eNzmak8cOvy11oZ8Mopn9Q2FltKA&usqp=CAU femullet]], while penciling ''ComicBook/FantasticFour''.
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* ''ComicBook/JusticeLeagueInternational'': Fire.
Ice even {{Lampshaded}} this at one point by saying that she and Fire looked like extras from a HairMetal video.
* ''ComicBook/NewMutants'': In an issue of ''The ComicBook/NewMutants'' where one issue, when the kids go to a rock concert, the boys look relatively subdued while the girls--especially Dani and Illyana--are in full-on 80's mode with the hair ''and'' outfits.
* ComicBook/{{Nightwing}} in ComicBook/{{Nightwing}}'': In his 80s ''Teen Titans'' days days, [[Characters/NightwingDickGrayson Dick Grayson]] had both a [[https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTpBaY78GhZlmxgDlStBAwT3jcCCl7SG0nK1A&usqp=CAU ponytail]] and [[https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRmKbQEgiY3jrFMOTK_TJaH721ThTrlj4QYDQ&usqp=CAU a mullet.]] Both were eventually ditched, although the mullet has come back a few times such as in ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries''.
* ''[[ComicBook/{{Nova}} ''ComicBook/{{Nova}}'': Richard Rider]]'' Rider had quite the [[https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQkSAJsnK_Nv0K_RjLo2SY2qQ93oqnNbPN3bw&usqp=CAU mullet]] for a while before upgrading to a [[https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSGjjsc6b5j1Sg9TnJfqLZlAXcXZ4Xd-9yC1A&usqp=CAU 90s ponytail]] that came out of the back of his helmet. Modern comics have greatly shortened his hair.



* ComicBook/SheHulk for decades had a big [[https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTg5xfD1Oj3vxfERDwcd0ebmUIpgdese_HuZQ&usqp=CAU beautiful]] mane of hair but it was shortened before ''Civil War'' and has remained that way that since.
* When Todd [=McFarlane=] drew ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'' in the late '80s he not only gave Spidey a new look but made his new bride Mary Jane over by changing her hairstyle from her old hairstyle, [[http://www.comicsreporter.com/images/uploads/fffmaryjane.jpg (long and straight with bangs),]] to full-on [[http://www.coverbrowser.com/image/amazing-spider-man/309-4.jpg big, permed out Eighties hair.]] This is arguably justified. Since MJ is a fashion model and actress, it only makes sense for her to take to the latest styles (even if the look doesn't age well as real-world years go by). Fortunately, her bangs came back in the '90s as the look became fashionable again, and she's had them ever since. [=McFarlene=] also gave Peter a [[https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTI1I79g1hnlo0nvPbWrbBhqE1ZazcVxdzZow&usqp=CAU noticeable mullet]] as well.
* Speaking of Spider-Man, ''ComicBook/{{Venom}}'' aka Eddie Brock could be [[https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQUecqSYtijT2Vd5qrj3uWDrXUX_-vuZuEW9EfuX4lXRt5ypp-N85EhJ6y2&s=10 seen with a mullet when undisguised.]]
* ''[[ComicBook/StrontiumDog Durham Red]]'', particularly when drawn by Carlos Ezquerra.
* Even though it was during the '90s, ''Franchise/{{Superman}}'' had a [[https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTye-qdIY8ddzVfo_Gg-mwoyiMGwUhVYiEYeQ&usqp=CAU mullet]] after his resurrection.
* ComicBook/TeenTitans: ComicBook/{{Starfire}} and that...''[[http://www.hyperborea.org/flash/bigimages/starfire.jpg thing]]'' she's got attached to her scalp. Her hairstyle has changed over time. It's [[https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRcjXu6XMLU4B2DQzNAgZFsNFFzSa23JLCVFQ&usqp=CAU wavy]] more-so than curly; it's incredibly long and thick, but it looks like normal hair nowadays. Her ''ComicBook/TinyTitans'' and ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'' depictions show her with straight hair, though they've both temporarily been shown with the original style as a MythologyGag.
* ''ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}'': ''ComicBook/WolverineOrigins'', ComicBook/{{Deadpool}} makes fun of ComicBook/{{Daken}}'s mohawk-mullet combo. He gets his hand cut off for his trouble.

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* ComicBook/SheHulk for ''ComicBook/SheHulk'': For decades She-Hulk had a big [[https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTg5xfD1Oj3vxfERDwcd0ebmUIpgdese_HuZQ&usqp=CAU beautiful]] mane of hair but it was shortened before ''Civil War'' and has remained that way that since.
* ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'': When Todd [=McFarlane=] drew ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'' the comic in the late '80s he not only gave Spidey [[Characters/MarvelComicsPeterParker Spidey]] a new look but made his new bride [[Characters/MarvelComicsMaryJaneWatson Mary Jane Jane]] over by changing her hairstyle from her old hairstyle, [[http://www.comicsreporter.com/images/uploads/fffmaryjane.jpg (long and straight with bangs),]] to full-on [[http://www.coverbrowser.com/image/amazing-spider-man/309-4.jpg big, permed out Eighties hair.]] This is arguably justified. Since MJ is a fashion model and actress, it only makes sense for her to take to the latest styles (even if the look doesn't age well as real-world years go by). Fortunately, her bangs came back in the '90s as the look became fashionable again, and she's had them ever since. [=McFarlene=] also gave Peter a [[https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTI1I79g1hnlo0nvPbWrbBhqE1ZazcVxdzZow&usqp=CAU noticeable mullet]] as well.
* Speaking of Spider-Man, ''ComicBook/{{Venom}}'' aka ''ComicBook/{{Venom}}'': [[Characters/MarvelComicsEddieBrock Eddie Brock Brock]] could be [[https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQUecqSYtijT2Vd5qrj3uWDrXUX_-vuZuEW9EfuX4lXRt5ypp-N85EhJ6y2&s=10 seen with a mullet when undisguised.]]
* ''[[ComicBook/StrontiumDog ''ComicBook/StrontiumDog'': Durham Red]]'', Red, particularly when drawn by Carlos Ezquerra.
* ''ComicBook/{{Superman}}'': Even though it was during the '90s, ''Franchise/{{Superman}}'' Superman had a [[https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTye-qdIY8ddzVfo_Gg-mwoyiMGwUhVYiEYeQ&usqp=CAU mullet]] after his resurrection.
* ComicBook/TeenTitans: ''ComicBook/TeenTitans'': ComicBook/{{Starfire}} and that...''[[http://www.hyperborea.org/flash/bigimages/starfire.jpg thing]]'' she's got attached to her scalp. Her hairstyle has changed over time. It's [[https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRcjXu6XMLU4B2DQzNAgZFsNFFzSa23JLCVFQ&usqp=CAU wavy]] more-so than curly; it's incredibly long and thick, but it looks like normal hair nowadays. Her ''ComicBook/TinyTitans'' and ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'' ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans2003'' depictions show her with straight hair, though they've both temporarily been shown with the original style as a MythologyGag.
* ''ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}'': In ''ComicBook/WolverineOrigins'', ComicBook/{{Deadpool}} [[Characters/MarvelComicsDeadpool Deadpool]] makes fun of ComicBook/{{Daken}}'s mohawk-mullet combo. He gets his hand cut off for his trouble.



* Despite being a promotion for an intended early '90s toy line in ''ComicBook/WonderWomanAndTheStarRiders'' Wonder Woman has such a [[https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQZFpfvMgX_0CgDdgqmA0crZ1oXM-De4vIBkA&usqp=CAU massive amount of voluminous curly hair]] that it looks like she's got enough for at least four women. Wondy in general [[https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQzf0kpD5c5tYuTqjs-R9lkuXuQ2sGIha5r3w&usqp=CAU got a lot of this]], it wasn’t until the late '90s and 2000s that Diana’s hair becomes less massive and wavy.

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* ''ComicBook/WonderWoman'': Despite being a promotion for an intended early '90s toy line in ''ComicBook/WonderWomanAndTheStarRiders'' Wonder Woman has such a [[https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQZFpfvMgX_0CgDdgqmA0crZ1oXM-De4vIBkA&usqp=CAU massive amount of voluminous curly hair]] that it looks like she's got enough for at least four women. Wondy in general [[https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQzf0kpD5c5tYuTqjs-R9lkuXuQ2sGIha5r3w&usqp=CAU got a lot of this]], it wasn’t until the late '90s and 2000s that Diana’s hair becomes less massive and wavy.



** ComicBook/{{Storm|MarvelComics}} and ComicBook/{{Rogue}} got [[https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTexFMWAMxSF4YtplIILy9naU7s68uKPho5gA&usqp=CAU big]] [[https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQZrAd-MGkb-fQpHVLISL0ovPU0ishTl7aqdQ&usqp=CAU hair]] when Marc Silvestri became penciler in the late Eighties. Also extra-dimensional Longshot joined the group bringing his [[https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcR8G_OEKl5J22sn7br29GHTim4l56Y2ExpJPg&usqp=CAU trademark mullet]] with him. [[ComicBook/JeanGrey Jean]]'s hair also remained [[https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRqKCCDnhOGwGN-7n7Zfq5sDrE8VnRQr5njJw&usqp=CAU large and wavy]] for quite a while. Topping all of them would be ComicBook/RachelSummers’ [[https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTM0GZqzv8W0aeUQCzAQcGkFExMmPHz9h5rRA&usqp=CAU (in)famous femullet.]]

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** ComicBook/{{Storm|MarvelComics}} [[Characters/MarvelComicsStorm Storm]] and ComicBook/{{Rogue}} [[Characters/MarvelComicsRogue Rogue]] got [[https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTexFMWAMxSF4YtplIILy9naU7s68uKPho5gA&usqp=CAU big]] [[https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQZrAd-MGkb-fQpHVLISL0ovPU0ishTl7aqdQ&usqp=CAU hair]] when Marc Silvestri became penciler in the late Eighties. Also Later, the extra-dimensional Longshot joined the group group, bringing his [[https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcR8G_OEKl5J22sn7br29GHTim4l56Y2ExpJPg&usqp=CAU trademark mullet]] with him. [[ComicBook/JeanGrey Jean]]'s hair also remained [[https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRqKCCDnhOGwGN-7n7Zfq5sDrE8VnRQr5njJw&usqp=CAU large and wavy]] for quite a while. Topping all of them would be ComicBook/RachelSummers’ [[https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTM0GZqzv8W0aeUQCzAQcGkFExMmPHz9h5rRA&usqp=CAU (in)famous femullet.]]
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* ''Series/OneOfUsIsLying'': Janae has hers in a very '80s style during Season 2, curly and blowdried, though it's set in 2022. Given she's a very nonconformist person it makes sense that she'd put on this throwback hairstyle.
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* Detective [=DeeDee McCall=] on ''Series/{{Hunter}}'' usually had hairdos typical of the '80s.

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* Detective [=DeeDee McCall=] on ''Series/{{Hunter}}'' ''Series/Hunter1984'' usually had hairdos typical of the '80s.
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-->-- '''[[Music/TalkingHeads David Byrne]]'''[[note]]who, ironically, did not suffer from 80s Hair, with his hairstyles typically leaning sharply in the direction of FiftiesHair[[/note]]

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-->-- '''[[Music/TalkingHeads David Byrne]]'''[[note]]who, ironically, did not suffer from 80s '80s Hair, with his hairstyles typically leaning sharply in the direction of FiftiesHair[[/note]]
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* ''ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}'': ''Wolverine: Origins'', ComicBook/{{Deadpool}} makes fun of ComicBook/{{Daken}}'s mohawk-mullet combo. He gets his hand cut off for his trouble.

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* ''ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}'': ''Wolverine: Origins'', ''ComicBook/WolverineOrigins'', ComicBook/{{Deadpool}} makes fun of ComicBook/{{Daken}}'s mohawk-mullet combo. He gets his hand cut off for his trouble.

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* ''ComicBook/{{Deadpool}}'' once made fun of ComicBook/{{Daken}}'s mohawk-mullet combo. He got his hand cut off for his trouble.
--> ''(after imitating a telephone conversation)'' [[XCalledTheyWantTheirYBack It was 1986. It wants its hair...]] ''(notices the stump where his hand should be)'' ...back...
** An amusing bit of HypocriticalHumor on Deadpool's part, since some flashback sequences show that Wade Wilson had a blond mullet that would do ''[[VideoGame/MetalGearSolid Liquid Snake]]'' proud when he still had hair.


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* ''ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}'': ''Wolverine: Origins'', ComicBook/{{Deadpool}} makes fun of ComicBook/{{Daken}}'s mohawk-mullet combo. He gets his hand cut off for his trouble.
--> ''(after imitating a telephone conversation)'' [[XCalledTheyWantTheirYBack It was 1986. It wants its hair...]] ''(notices the stump where his hand should be)'' ...back...
** An amusing bit of HypocriticalHumor on Deadpool's part, since some flashback sequences show that Wade Wilson had a blond mullet that would do ''[[VideoGame/MetalGearSolid Liquid Snake]]'' proud when he still had hair.
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* In [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHGyipqYFr8 "Stop to Love"]] by Music/LutherVandross, backup singer Lisa Fischer's mohawk weave comes with its own laws of physics. Vandross' Jheri curl is also an example, but it pales in comparison to the mohawk.

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* In [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHGyipqYFr8 "Stop to Love"]] by Music/LutherVandross, backup singer Lisa Fischer's mohawk weave comes with its own laws of physics. Vandross' Vandross's Jheri curl is also an example, but it pales in comparison to the mohawk.

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