History Main / BadHairDay

->''"I can feel it coming. It's gonna be a bad hair day. "''

* ''Series/{{Scrubs}}'': In '''My Cake'', Ted takes a ride in Dr. Kelso's convertible, which unfortunately for him causes his hair to blown out in a style not dissimilar to a clown's. His failed attempts to get his hair back into style become a RunningGag throughout the episode. He manages to tame it for a while after using a whole tube of hair gel, but [[ExpressiveHair it sprang back out]] at the shock of the Janitor suddenly abducting him from the window [[ItMakesSenseInContext as part of his campaign to]] [[{{Gaslighting}} gaslight]] Dr. Kelso.

* The Creator/DisneyChannel movie ''Film/BadHairDay'' is ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin. Monica tries on different hairstyles for her prom ball before going to bed. When she wakes up, her hair is crispy as bacon, as Monica incautiously mixed together different hair products. With a beanie to hide the disaster, she is on her way for a rocky day where she does not only have to get an appointment with a hairdresser, but also exchange her [[DoomedNewClothes ruined dress and shoes]], and pass [[DrivingTestSmashers her driving license]].

* The Creator/DisneyChannel movie ''Bad Hair Day'' is ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin. Monica tries on different hairstyles for her prom ball before going to bed. When she wakes up, her hair is crispy as bacon, as Monica incautiously mixed together different hair products. With a beanie to hide the disaster, she is on her way for a rocky day where she does not only have to get an appointment with a hairdresser, but also exchange her [[DoomedNewClothes ruined dress and shoes]], and pass [[DrivingTestSmashers her driving license]].

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* ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'': The episode "[[Recap/PhineasAndFerbBadHairDay Bad Hair Day]]" revolves around the two brothers trying to fix Candace's bad hairdo.

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* ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls1998'': In "The Mane Event", Bubbles and Buttercup accidentally butcher Blossom's hair, leaving her looking ridiculous. It makes her the laughing stock of Townsville and briefly sends her into self-imposed seclusion until the professor snaps her out of it. She eventually uses her ridiculous look to distract the MonsterOfTheWeek so her sisters can defeat it, and gets some revenge on Bubbles and Blossom by giving them a bad hair day.

* ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls'': In "The Mane Event", Bubbles and Buttercup accidentally butcher Blossom's hair, leaving her looking ridiculous. It makes her the laughing stock of Townsville and briefly sends her into self-imposed seclusion until the professor snaps her out of it. She eventually uses her ridiculous look to distract the MonsterOfTheWeek so her sisters can defeat it, and gets some revenge on Bubbles and Blossom by giving them a bad hair day.

* ''WesternAnimation/BigCityGreens'': In "Cricket's Kapowie", Cricket is set to appear in a commercial, but while looking in a mirror he finds a cowlick on his hair. He tires to clip it off, but misses and accidentally shaves off a big swatch of hair. He goes to a hair saloon to get it fixed, but the stylist ends up shaving him completely bald. He has a FreakOut and blows his lines during the filming of the commercial, but he gets better after being told that he was hired not for his hair but for his overall confidence.

* ''ComicStrip/{{Crabgrass}}'': [[https://www.gocomics.com/crabgrass/2021/07/13 In this comic]] (part of which is pictured above), Miles ends up with a bad hair day after he tries to comb his hair himself rather than let his mom do it for him.

->''"I can feel it coming. It's gonna be a bad hair day. "''
-->-- ''Comicstrip/{{Garfield}}''

A SuperTrope to GagHaircut, MyHairCameOutGreen, and TraumaticHaircut, which can be causes of the Bad Hair Day. Compare StubbornHair and MessyHair, which are usually a permanent character trait rather than a one-episode issue. Very much TruthInTelevision.

* The Disney channel movie ''Bad Hair Day'' is ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin. Monica tries on different hairstyles for her prom ball before going to bed. When she wakes up, her hair is crispy as bacon, as Monica incautiously mixed together different hair products. With a beanie to hide the disaster, she is on her way for a rocky day where she does not only have to get an appointment with a hairdresser, but also exchange her [[DoomedNewClothes ruined dress and shoes]], and pass [[DrivingTestSmashers her driving license]].

* The Disney channel movie ''Bad Hair Day'' is ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin. Monica tries on different hairstyles for her prom ball before going to bed. When she wakes up, her hair is crispy as bacon, as Monica incautiously mixed together different hair products. With a beanie to hide the disaster, she is on her way for a rocky day where she does not only have to get an appointment with a hairdresser, but also exchange her [[DoomedNewClothes ruined dress and shoes]], and pass her driving license.

* The Disney channel movie ''Bad Hair Day'' is ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin. Monica tries on different hairstyles for her prom ball before going to ball. When she wakes up, her hair is crispy as bacon, as Monica incautiously mixed together different hair products. With a beanie to hide the disaster, she is on her way for a rocky day where she does not only have to get an appointment with a hairdresser, but also exchange her [[DoomedNewClothes ruined dress and shoes]], and pass her driving license.

A SuperTrope to GagHaircut, MyHairCameOutGreen and TraumaticHaircut, which can be causes of the Bad Hair Day. Compare StubbornHair and MessyHair, which are usually a permanent character trait rather than a one episode issue. Very much TruthInTelevision.

** In [[https://www.gocomics.com/garfield/1993/10/28 this comic]], Garfield suffers a bad hair day and tries to hide it with a full body BrownBagMask.
** In [[https://www.gocomics.com/garfield/1998/11/18 this comic]], Garfield mentions how Jon tries to hide bad hair days by wearing a cap. Then Jon walks by wearing a huge, face concealing cap, leading Garfield to the conclusion Jon must be having a bad face day.

** And Garfield suffers another one [[https://www.gocomics.com/garfield/1999/04/05 here]], when his fur suddenly gets messed up for seemingly no reason, though Garfield somehow felt it coming.

* ''Series/Babylon5'': In the episode "Soul Mates", Ambassador Delenn has a ''really'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9UJOgC0Qjk bad hair day]]. Her species, the Minbari, don't typically grow hair on the tops of their heads -- she only acquired it as a result of becoming a HalfHumanHybrid -- and as a result she has no idea how to look after it, and her normal cleaning regimen has severely damaged it. Cmdr. Ivanova has to explain the fundamentals of proper hair care to her.
* ''Series/NedsDeclassifiedSchoolSurvivalGuide'': In "Guide to Bad Hair Days", both Ned and Moze are having trouble with their hair. While Moze can just tidy hers up with some scrunchies, Ned plans to get a haircut at the high-school, which involves sneaking out of class, but they shave his hair into a [[GagHaircut bald spot]]. However, Moze starts to worry too when her crush, Fayman, doesn't seem to be impressed with her hair. Eventually, Ned gets help from the teachers, and Moze learns that Faymen actually said he doesn't like it "here", resolving both of their issues.

* ''WesternAnimation/JacobTwoTwo'': in "The Unlickable Cowlick", Jacob gets hit with the infamous Cowlick, that apparently runs in his family and is known to resist any attempt to style it. This puts Jacob in hot water as his schools PictureDay is coming up, and principal [=GreedyGuts=] is known to have any student that doesn't look proper enough cut from the picture. Eventually, Renée is able to get rid of the cowlick just in time for picture day. The cowlick is never brought up again in future episodes.

* ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'': The episode "[[Recap/PhineasAndFerbBadHairDay Bad Hair Day]]" resolves around the two brothers trying to fix Candace's bad hairdo.
* ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls'': In "The Mane Event", Bubbles and Buttercup accidentally butcher Blossom's hair, leaving her looking ridiculous. It makes her the laughing stock of Townsville and briefly sends her into a self-imposed seclusion, until the professor snaps her out of it. She eventually uses her ridiculous look to distract the MonsterOfTheWeek so her sister can defeat it, and gets some revenge on Bubbles and Blossom by giving them a bad hair day.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/RockosModernLife'' episode, "[[Recap/RockosModernLifeS2E10HairLickedGutterBalls Hair Licked]]", Rocko is about to have his picture taken for the newspaper as part of his status as Kind Of A-Lot-O' Comics' Employee of the Month. On the day of the photo shoot, Rocko's hair becomes an uncontrollable mess, so he turns to Heffer for help. Heffer first tries to cut Rocko's hair, with the resulting haircut looking [[TraumaticHaircut absolutely disastrous]]. To make up for this, Heffer takes Rocko to the Chameleon Brothers' hair stylist shop so Chuck and Leon can give him a better haircut. When Rocko arrives at Filburt's house for the photo shoot, Heffer messes that up as well when his butt bumps into a fan trying to pick up a cookie. A mortified Rocko tells Heffer there's no way he can get a good photo now, but Heffer [[CheekCopy pushes Rocko's face against the copier to give him a good photo]]. Even though it wasn't the prettiest picture and everyone mocked it, Rocko liked it anyway.

** The ''ASK POPPY'' short "Bad Hair Day" has Guy Diamond losing control over his PrehensileHair, and is worried that he won't be able to go to Biggie's oncoming glowsitck party like that. Poppy gets Biggie to allow hats in his party so that Guy's hair can be kept controlled.
** In "Trolly Tales 3", Poppy, Guy and DJ Suki have to fill in Gia Grooves' role at the Troll Village child daycare center due to her hair undergoing the same condition as Guy's in the previous case above, which is claimed that it will last her the entire day.

** [[https://www.gocomics.com/garfield/1993/10/28 This comic]], Garfield suffers a bad hair day and tries to hide it with a full body BrownBagMask.
** [[https://www.gocomics.com/garfield/1998/11/18 This comic]], Garfield mentions how Jon tries to hide bad hair days by wearing a cap. Then Jon walks by wearing a huge, face concealing cap, leading Garfield to the conclusion Jon must be having a bad face day.

Supertrope to GagHaircut and MyHairCameOutGreen and TraumaticHaircut, which can be causes of the Bad Hair Day. Compare, StubbornHair and MessyHair, which are usually a permanent character trait rather than a one episode issue. Very much TruthInTelevision.

* ''ComicStrip/{{Crabgrass}}'': [[https://www.gocomics.com/crabgrass/2021/07/13 This comic]], Miles ends up with a bad hair day after he tries to comb his hair himself rather than let his mom do it for him.

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* ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'': The episode [[Recap/PhineasAndFerbBadHairDay Bad Hair Day]] resolves around the 2 brothers trying to fix Candace's bad hairdo.

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