History Main / AffairHair

* There was a strip from ''ComicStrip/TheFarSide'' that caused a bit of controversy because it showed a female chimp picking a blond hair off her chimp husband and asking if he'd been doing more "research" with "that Jane Goodall tramp". Jane Goodall, by the way, loved that strip.
** Jane Goodall herself told the story on the title page of one of the Far Side collections. Her society was getting ready to sue over the strip when she returned from field work. Her reply was, "Wow, real fame at last!" Now, it's one of her society's biggest moneymakers, appearing on many fund-raising products. Ms. Goodall invited Mr. Larson to her preserve - where he promptly got the snot kicked out of him by her lead chimp, a male named [[Literature/TheLordOfTheRings Frodo]]. JustAsPlanned?

* ''Manga/HidamariSketch''. A girl's father finds a short hair not of his daughter's color while visiting her home and wonders if she has a cat. Before anyone answers, a woman walks in and he immediately accuses her.

* One single-page ''ComicBook/ArchieComics'' comic has Archie inexplicably the First Teen on Mars. He's asked a bunch of questions regarding the terrain, the weather, etc. Cue Ronnie with, "''I'' have one question. ''Whose'' purple hair is this?"

* In ''Series/YoungDracula'', they have some fake Affair Hair - Vlad gets some of his stuffed wolf's hair and pretends it's from his mother's werewolf boyfriend.

* Brunette Gemma Foster's discovery of a blonde hair on her husband's jacket starts off the whole plot of ''Series/DoctorFoster''.

* In ''Series/TheGoodFight'', Diane suspects her husband of cheating because she found a blonde hair on his clothes. Turns out it's from [[spoiler: one of Donald Trump's sons, which actually might be worse.]]

* Parodied and played straight in ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles'': Helen plucks a piece of rubble from Bob's jacket in order to confront him on his late night vigilantism. Later she discovers Mirage's platinum blonde hair on his suit and begins to grow suspicious. A scene that was recorded but not animated has her confronting him about this. He claims that he had the uniform taken to the dry cleaners (passing it off as a costume for a party), and the hair comes from the old lady there.

[[caption-width-right:290: [-[[DontExplainTheJoke It is funny because]] [[Literature/{{Frankenstein}} Frankenstein's Monster]] [[FleshGolem is made of body parts from multiple corpses]] [[DontExplainTheJoke thus giving the question a double meaning.]] -]]]

* In ''Film/{{Clueless}}'', Dionne finds an entire extension of hair in Murray's car and accuses him of infidelity. When Murray joking suggests it might fallen off Dionne's hair, she reacts angrily, yelling "I do ''not'' wear polliester hair!"

* One single-page [[Franchise/ArchieComics Archie comic]] has Archie inexplicably the First Teen on Mars. He's asked a bunch of questions regarding the terrain, the weather, etc. Cue Ronnie with, "''I'' have one question. ''Whose'' purple hair is this?"

* Parodied and played straight in ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles'': Helen plucks a piece of rubble from Bob's jacket in order to confront him on his late night vigilantism. Later she discovers Mirage's platinum blonde hair on his superhero uniform and begins to grow suspicious. A scene that was recorded but not animated has her confronting him about this. He claims that he had the uniform taken to the dry cleaners (passing it off as a costume for a party), and the hair comes from the old lady there.

* Mariah Carey's "Heartbreaker" has Jay-Z rapping about how "she found a strand of hair, longer than hers". The video shows a toon Mariah finding an Affair Hair.

A wife suspects her husband is having an affair and [[GPSEvidence can prove it by presenting him with the hair she found on his jacket]]. More likely than not the "affair hair" is also "[[{{Pun}} A Fair Hair]]" meaning "[[DumbBlonde Blonde]]", [[EveryoneLovesBlondes which the wife is not]], nor is the husband.

* In ''YoungDracula'', they have some fake Affair Hair - Vlad gets some of his stuffed wolf's hair and pretends it's from his mother's werewolf boyfriend.

* A different take in ''Series/GameOfThrones''. Catelyn Stark finds a blonde hair in the tower from which her son fell, leading her to suspect that his fall was not an accident. As the previous episode showed, Bran was pushed from the tower after witnessing the queen [[VillainousIncest having sex with her brother]].

[[caption-width-right:290: [-[[DontExplainTheJoke It is funny because]] [[Literature/{{Frankenstein}} Frankenstein's Monster]] [[TwoBeingsOneBody is made of body parts from multiple corpses]] [[DontExplainTheJoke thus giving the question a double meaning.]] -]]]

[[caption-width-right:290: [-[[DontExplainTheJoke It is funny because]] [[Literature/{{Frankenstein}} Frankenstein's Monster]] [[TwoBeingsOneBody is made of body parts from multiple corpses]] [[DontExplainTheJoke thus giving the question a double meaning.]] -}]]

[[caption-width-right:290: [[DontExplainTheJoke It is funny because]] [[Literature/{{Frankenstein}} Frankenstein's Monster]] [[TwoBeingsOneBody is made of body parts from multiple corpses]] [[DontExplainTheJoke thus giving the question a double meaning.]] ]]

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[[caption-width-right:350: [[DontExplainTheJoke It is funny because]] [[Literature/{{Frankenstein}} Frankenstein's Monster]] [[TwoBeingsOneBody is made of body parts from multiple corpses]] [[DontExplainTheJoke thus giving the question a double meaning.]] ]]

-->--'''Series/{{Roseanne}}'''

->''"Aha! A strand of hair that isn't his! ... Oh, wait, it's mine."''

See also LipstickMark, a trope that plays out similarly.

* One single-page [[ArchieComics Archie comic]] has Archie inexplicably the First Teen on Mars. He's asked a bunch of questions regarding the terrain, the weather, etc. Cue Ronnie with, "''I'' have one question. ''Whose'' purple hair is this?"

* ''{{Catherine}}'' has a variant, as it's the girl Vincent's cheating with that finds his girlfriend's hair. Vincent also explains the long pale hair as coming from his chest. [[spoiler: In another twist, she knew Vincent had a girlfriend the whole time.]]

** Jane Goodall herself told the story on the title page of one of the Far Side collections. Her society was getting ready to sue over the strip when she returned from field work. Her reply was, "Wow, real fame at last!" Now, it's one of her society's biggest moneymakers, appearing on many fund-raising products. Ms. Goodall invited Mr. Larson to her preserve - where he promptly got the snot kicked out of him by her lead chimp, a male named [[Literature/LordOfTheRings Frodo]]. JustAsPlanned?