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* Katara does this to Azula with a blade of water in the season two finale of ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'', managing to annoy the already [[AxCrazy borderline-crazy]] Azula even more.
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* ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'': Katara does this to Azula with a blade of water in the season two finale of ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'', finale, managing to annoy the already [[AxCrazy borderline-crazy]] Azula even more.
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* At the end sequence of ''WesternAnimation/TheBeatles'', an Indian that Paul mistook for Ringo in disguise sends his tomahawk at John, Paul and George, altering their iconic moptops.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/CourageTheCowardlyDog'' episode "The Ride of the Valkyries" after being mistaken for their sister the Valkyries give Muriel a battle axe. As she playfully fools around with it she accidentally cuts off some of Courage's fur on his head.
* An episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddparents'' had Timmy's [[HollywoodVoodoo Yoo Doo doll]] about to be put into a wood chipper. By the time he gets Cosmo and Wanda to unwish the dolls, the shredder has shaved his hair.
** In another episode in which he wishes that he and Trixie were the last people on earth, near the end Trixie has gone insane and tries to kill Timmy with a helicopter just before he wishes the world back to normal she has managed to cut off some of his hair with the helicopter blades.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' episode "How Hermes Requisitioned His Groove Back", Bender is dealing a hand of poker and accidentally clips off some of Fry's hair with a wildly thrown card.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/CourageTheCowardlyDog'' episode "The Ride of the Valkyries" after being mistaken for their sister the Valkyries give Muriel a battle axe. As she playfully fools around with it she accidentally cuts off some of Courage's fur on his head.
* An episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddparents'' had Timmy's [[HollywoodVoodoo Yoo Doo doll]] about to be put into a wood chipper. By the time he gets Cosmo and Wanda to unwish the dolls, the shredder has shaved his hair.
** In another episode in which he wishes that he and Trixie were the last people on earth, near the end Trixie has gone insane and tries to kill Timmy with a helicopter just before he wishes the world back to normal she has managed to cut off some of his hair with the helicopter blades.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' episode "How Hermes Requisitioned His Groove Back", Bender is dealing a hand of poker and accidentally clips off some of Fry's hair with a wildly thrown card.
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* ''WesternAnimation/TheBeatles'': At the end sequence of ''WesternAnimation/TheBeatles'', sequence, an Indian that Paul mistook for Ringo in disguise sends his tomahawk at John, Paul and George, altering their iconic moptops.
* ''WesternAnimation/CaptainPlanetAndThePlaneteers'': In "[[Recap/CaptainPlanetAndThePlaneteersS2E5ThePredator The Predator]]", Bleak gags Gi and Ma-Ti and ties them to the back of his hydrofoil after dumping chum into the water, hoping to get them both EatenAlive by the remaining sharks in the area. Wheeler's efforts to burn off Gi's gag so she can use her ring naturally involve fire getting very close to her face and (according to Linka) burning some of her hair. [[SkewedPriorities Linka calls him out on it]], to which Wheeler, still concentrating on his aim, retorts that ''she'' should try burning through something on a moving target.
* ''WesternAnimation/CourageTheCowardlyDog'': In the''WesternAnimation/CourageTheCowardlyDog'' episode "The Ride of the Valkyries" Valkyries", after being mistaken for their sister sister, the Valkyries give Muriel a battle axe. As she playfully fools around with it it, she accidentally cuts off some of Courage's fur on his head.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddparents'':
** An episodeof ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddparents'' had Timmy's [[HollywoodVoodoo Yoo Doo doll]] about to be put into a wood chipper. By the time he gets Cosmo and Wanda to unwish the dolls, the shredder has shaved his hair.
** In anotherepisode episode, in which he wishes that he and Trixie were the last people on earth, near the end Trixie has gone insane and tries to kill Timmy with a helicopter just before he wishes the world back to normal she has managed to cut off some of his hair with the helicopter blades.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'':
** In the''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' episode "How Hermes Requisitioned His Groove Back", Bender is dealing a hand of poker and accidentally clips off some of Fry's hair with a wildly thrown card.
* ''WesternAnimation/CaptainPlanetAndThePlaneteers'': In "[[Recap/CaptainPlanetAndThePlaneteersS2E5ThePredator The Predator]]", Bleak gags Gi and Ma-Ti and ties them to the back of his hydrofoil after dumping chum into the water, hoping to get them both EatenAlive by the remaining sharks in the area. Wheeler's efforts to burn off Gi's gag so she can use her ring naturally involve fire getting very close to her face and (according to Linka) burning some of her hair. [[SkewedPriorities Linka calls him out on it]], to which Wheeler, still concentrating on his aim, retorts that ''she'' should try burning through something on a moving target.
* ''WesternAnimation/CourageTheCowardlyDog'': In the
* ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddparents'':
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** In another
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'':
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* Dangerous Dan gives Heckle a close cut with his revolver in the ''WesternAnimation/HeckleAndJeckle'' cartoon "Hair Cut-Ups."
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* ''WesternAnimation/HeckleAndJeckle'': Dangerous Dan gives Heckle a close cut with his revolver in the ''WesternAnimation/HeckleAndJeckle'' cartoon "Hair Cut-Ups."
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* In the ''WesternAnimation/InfinityTrain'' Book One episode "[[Recap/InfinityTrainS1E7TheChromeCar The Chrome Car]]", Tulip's reflection has her hair chopped off by the sander the Reflection Police were trying to destroy her with.
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* ''WesternAnimation/InfinityTrain'': In the ''WesternAnimation/InfinityTrain'' Book One episode "[[Recap/InfinityTrainS1E7TheChromeCar The Chrome Car]]", Tulip's reflection has her hair chopped off by the sander the Reflection Police were trying to destroy her with.
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* At least one episode of ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' in which Yosemite Sam confronts WesternAnimation/BugsBunny culminates in Bugs using a trick shot that not only parts Sam's hair but splits his hat, as well.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/MegaManRubySpears'' episode "Future Shock", Cutman's blade slices the end of Roll's ponytail.
* In the 7th episode of ''WesternAnimation/MightyMax'' Norman slices the zombie parasite off of an infected man who is holding Virgil, in the process he accidentally slices off Virgil's long eyebrows.
** Also in the 13th episode Norman looses a chunk of his ponytail saving Max from The Skullmaster.
* In ''{{WesternAnimation/Motorcity}}'', Tennie shoots off part of Dutch's afro in an attempt to stop a [=KaneBot=].
* This happens to Ratty in the ''WesternAnimation/{{Mr Bogus}}'' episode "[[{{Recap/MrBogusS1E1MeetMrBogus}} Meet Mr. Bogus]]".
* In the ''WesternAnimation/MegaManRubySpears'' episode "Future Shock", Cutman's blade slices the end of Roll's ponytail.
* In the 7th episode of ''WesternAnimation/MightyMax'' Norman slices the zombie parasite off of an infected man who is holding Virgil, in the process he accidentally slices off Virgil's long eyebrows.
** Also in the 13th episode Norman looses a chunk of his ponytail saving Max from The Skullmaster.
* In ''{{WesternAnimation/Motorcity}}'', Tennie shoots off part of Dutch's afro in an attempt to stop a [=KaneBot=].
* This happens to Ratty in the ''WesternAnimation/{{Mr Bogus}}'' episode "[[{{Recap/MrBogusS1E1MeetMrBogus}} Meet Mr. Bogus]]".
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* ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'': At least one episode of ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' in which Yosemite Sam confronts WesternAnimation/BugsBunny culminates in Bugs using a trick shot that not only parts Sam's hair but splits his hat, as well.
* ''WesternAnimation/MegaManRubySpears'': In the''WesternAnimation/MegaManRubySpears'' episode "Future Shock", Cutman's blade slices the end of Roll's ponytail.
* ''WesternAnimation/MightyMax'':
** In the 7thepisode of ''WesternAnimation/MightyMax'' episode, Norman slices the zombie parasite off of an infected man who is holding Virgil, in the process he accidentally slices off Virgil's long eyebrows.
**Also in In the 13th episode episode, Norman looses loses a chunk of his ponytail saving Max from The Skullmaster.
*In ''{{WesternAnimation/Motorcity}}'', ''{{WesternAnimation/Motorcity}}'': Tennie shoots off part of Dutch's afro in an attempt to stop a [=KaneBot=].
*This happens to Ratty in the ''WesternAnimation/{{Mr Bogus}}'' episode Bogus}}'': This happens to Ratty in "[[{{Recap/MrBogusS1E1MeetMrBogus}} Meet Mr. Bogus]]".
* ''WesternAnimation/MegaManRubySpears'': In the
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** In episode "Secret of my Excess" this happens twice -- first time when Spike accidentally burns the doctor's hair off with his breath, and another time when the Wonderbolts slash the crest on his head off.
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** In episode "Secret of my Excess" this happens twice -- first time when Spike accidentally burns the doctor's hair off with his breath, and another time when the Wonderbolts slash the crest on his head off.
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* Franchise/{{Rambo}} in ''WesternAnimation/RamboTheForceOfFreedom'' was often seen ducking for cover right when the enemy fires at him, just fast enough for the bullets to slice a few locks of hair from his head. The man had the Devil's luck, one has to admit.
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* Franchise/{{Rambo}} in ''WesternAnimation/RamboTheForceOfFreedom'' ''WesternAnimation/RamboTheForceOfFreedom'': [[Characters/RamboJohnRambo Rambo]] was often seen ducking for cover right when the enemy fires at him, just fast enough for the bullets to slice a few locks of hair from his head. The man had the Devil's luck, one has to admit.
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* In the ''WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack'' episode "Jack vs Mad Jack" during their fight Evil Jack slices off his trademark topknot hair, he then does the same to him.
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** In the''WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack'' episode "Jack vs Mad Jack" Jack", during their fight fight, Evil Jack slices off his trademark topknot hair, he then does the same to him.
** In the
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* In ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' episode "Itchy and Scratchy Land," Homer repeatedly ducks the cleaver of a mad robot while insisting that nothing is wrong, but loses the two hairs on top of his head when it gets too close ("Ah! My hair! Oh god, I'm ugly!").
* In the ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'' episode "[[Recap/StevenUniverseS1E18BeachParty Beach Party]]", the ends of Amethyst's hair get sliced off when the corrupted-Gem-of-the-week blows Pearl's spear back at the Crystal Gems. Though, it doesn't stay that way for long because Amethyst can do a HairReboot with her shapeshifting.
* In episode 16 of ''WesternAnimation/SymbionicTitan'', when Lance is in the middle of a sword duel with a traitor, the traitor clips a few hairs with an attack that Lance barely dodges.
* The Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles don't have hair, but in an episode of the [[WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2003 2003 cartoon]] an axe blade slices through the tails of Michelangelo's mask for much the same effect.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitansGo'' episode "Legendary Sandwich", Starfire gets her long hair cut off while fighting a Sandwich Guardian. It makes her go berserk and [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown smash the guardian to bits]].
* In the ''WesternAnimation/{{Thundercats 2011}}'' episode "Journey to the Tower of Omens" this happens to Cheetara while using her SuperSpeed and SuperReflexes to jump through a DeathCourse of whirling blades in a TempleOfDoom.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry'' short "WesternAnimation/MouseTrouble", a gunshot leaves Tom bald, and he has to wear a DodgyToupee for the rest of the cartoon.
* Happens to Clover in an episode of ''WesternAnimation/TotallySpies''. It's naturally a BerserkButton.
* In ''WesternAnimation/TransformersAnimated'', the Constructicons, in their first appearance, accidentally chop off Sari's ponytails in a game of oil-barrell frisbee.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'' episode "[[Recap/StevenUniverseS1E18BeachParty Beach Party]]", the ends of Amethyst's hair get sliced off when the corrupted-Gem-of-the-week blows Pearl's spear back at the Crystal Gems. Though, it doesn't stay that way for long because Amethyst can do a HairReboot with her shapeshifting.
* In episode 16 of ''WesternAnimation/SymbionicTitan'', when Lance is in the middle of a sword duel with a traitor, the traitor clips a few hairs with an attack that Lance barely dodges.
* The Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles don't have hair, but in an episode of the [[WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2003 2003 cartoon]] an axe blade slices through the tails of Michelangelo's mask for much the same effect.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitansGo'' episode "Legendary Sandwich", Starfire gets her long hair cut off while fighting a Sandwich Guardian. It makes her go berserk and [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown smash the guardian to bits]].
* In the ''WesternAnimation/{{Thundercats 2011}}'' episode "Journey to the Tower of Omens" this happens to Cheetara while using her SuperSpeed and SuperReflexes to jump through a DeathCourse of whirling blades in a TempleOfDoom.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry'' short "WesternAnimation/MouseTrouble", a gunshot leaves Tom bald, and he has to wear a DodgyToupee for the rest of the cartoon.
* Happens to Clover in an episode of ''WesternAnimation/TotallySpies''. It's naturally a BerserkButton.
* In ''WesternAnimation/TransformersAnimated'', the Constructicons, in their first appearance, accidentally chop off Sari's ponytails in a game of oil-barrell frisbee.
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* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': In ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' episode "Itchy and Scratchy Land," Homer repeatedly ducks the cleaver of a mad robot while insisting that nothing is wrong, but loses the two hairs on top of his head when it gets too close ("Ah! My hair! Oh god, I'm ugly!").
* ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'': In the''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'' episode "[[Recap/StevenUniverseS1E18BeachParty Beach Party]]", the ends of Amethyst's hair get sliced off when the corrupted-Gem-of-the-week blows Pearl's spear back at the Crystal Gems. Though, it doesn't stay that way for long because Amethyst can do a HairReboot with her shapeshifting.
* ''WesternAnimation/SymbionicTitan'': In episode16 of ''WesternAnimation/SymbionicTitan'', 16, when Lance is in the middle of a sword duel with a traitor, the traitor clips a few hairs with an attack that Lance barely dodges.
*The Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles ''WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2003'': Although [[Characters/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2003TurtlesAndSplinter the Turtles]] don't have hair, but in an episode of the [[WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2003 2003 cartoon]] one episode, an axe blade slices through the tails of Michelangelo's mask for much the same effect.
* ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitansGo'': In the''WesternAnimation/TeenTitansGo'' episode "Legendary Sandwich", Starfire gets her long hair cut off while fighting a Sandwich Guardian. It makes her go berserk and [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown smash the guardian to bits]].
* ''WesternAnimation/Thundercats2011'': In the''WesternAnimation/{{Thundercats 2011}}'' episode "Journey to the Tower of Omens" this happens to Cheetara while using her SuperSpeed and SuperReflexes to jump through a DeathCourse of whirling blades in a TempleOfDoom.
* ''WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry'': In the''WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry'' short "WesternAnimation/MouseTrouble", a gunshot leaves Tom bald, and he has to wear a DodgyToupee for the rest of the cartoon.
* ''WesternAnimation/TotallySpies'': Happens to Clover inan episode of ''WesternAnimation/TotallySpies''.one episode. It's naturally a BerserkButton.
*In ''WesternAnimation/TransformersAnimated'', the ''WesternAnimation/TransformersAnimated'': The Constructicons, in their first appearance, accidentally chop off Sari's ponytails in a game of oil-barrell frisbee.
* ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'': In the
* ''WesternAnimation/SymbionicTitan'': In episode
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* ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitansGo'': In the
* ''WesternAnimation/Thundercats2011'': In the
* ''WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry'': In the
* ''WesternAnimation/TotallySpies'': Happens to Clover in
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* ''WesternAnimation/TronUprising'' had one [[http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_medgqpvZas1rro63oo1_400.gif program receive an impromptu haircut]] courtesy of Tessler's {{BFG}}.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/WoodyWoodpecker'' short "Solid Ivory", Woody gets a chunk of his hair chopped off by a flying axe. [[BerserkButton He is not amused.]]
* In the ''WesternAnimation/WoodyWoodpecker'' short "Solid Ivory", Woody gets a chunk of his hair chopped off by a flying axe. [[BerserkButton He is not amused.]]
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* ''WesternAnimation/TronUprising'' had one ''WesternAnimation/TronUprising'': One [[http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_medgqpvZas1rro63oo1_400.gif program receive received an impromptu haircut]] courtesy of Tessler's {{BFG}}.
* ''WesternAnimation/WoodyWoodpecker'': In the''WesternAnimation/WoodyWoodpecker'' short "Solid Ivory", Woody gets a chunk of his hair chopped off by a flying axe. [[BerserkButton He is not amused.]]
* ''WesternAnimation/WoodyWoodpecker'': In the
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* Happens to Sheeta at the end of ''Anime/CastleInTheSky'' when [[spoiler: the antagonist, Colonel Muska, shoots off both of her braids]].
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* Happens to Sheeta at the end of ''Anime/CastleInTheSky'' when [[spoiler: the [[spoiler:the antagonist, Colonel Muska, shoots off both of her braids]].braids]]. Also a rare case where the hair being targeted is ''intentional'' -- [[spoiler:he's doing it as a threat and says her ears are next]]. This is also a case of ImportantHaircut.
* In ''Anime/DetectiveConanFilm13TheRavenChaser'', we see Ran [[spoiler:successfully dodging a bullet (in slow-motion) fired by a Black Syndicate member standing just in front of her. Truly one of her [[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome Crowning Moments of Awesome]]]].
* In ''Anime/DetectiveConanFilm13TheRavenChaser'', we see Ran [[spoiler:successfully dodging a bullet (in slow-motion) fired by a Black Syndicate member standing just in front of her. Truly one of her [[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome Crowning Moments of Awesome]]]].
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SubTrope of NearMisses, peak tension is achieved by a character ''almost'' getting hit by a projectile.
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* ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda2'': During a fight, [[BigBad Lord Shen]] just barely misses slashing Po's face with his FeatherFlechettes, but the blades cut close enough that some fur is sliced off.
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* Subverted in ''Literature/ImInLoveWithTheVillainess''. Prince Thane dodges out of the way of an assassin's strike, and the blade slices part of his hair off... but it also nicks his arm, and a few moments later [[PoisonedWeapons it turns out to have been poisoned]]. If Rae hadn't been on hand to neutralize the poison, it wouldn't have been a close call at all.
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* At the end sequence of ''WesternAnimation/TheBeatles'', an Indian that Paul mistook for Ringo in disguise sends his tomahawk at John, Paul and George, altering their iconic moptops.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/CourageTheCowardlyDog'' episode "The Ride of the Valkyries" after being mistaken for their sister the Valkyries give Muriel a battle axe. As she playfully fools around with it she accidentally cuts off some of Courage's fur on his head.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/CourageTheCowardlyDog'' episode "The Ride of the Valkyries" after being mistaken for their sister the Valkyries give Muriel a battle axe. As she playfully fools around with it she accidentally cuts off some of Courage's fur on his head.
* Dangerous Dan gives Heckle a close cut with his revolver in the ''WesternAnimation/HeckleAndJeckle'' cartoon "Hair Cut-Ups."
* ''WesternAnimation/HitMonkey'': Happens a lot over the course of the series when bladed weapons come into play. A stand out example is episode 2, where Hit-Monkey narrowly escapes a ConveyorBeltODoom and gets a large patch shaved off his behind, which remains days later.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/InfinityTrain'' Book One episode "[[Recap/InfinityTrainS1E7TheChromeCar The Chrome Car]]", Tulip's reflection has her hair chopped off by the sander the Reflection Police were trying to destroy her with.
* ''WesternAnimation/HitMonkey'': Happens a lot over the course of the series when bladed weapons come into play. A stand out example is episode 2, where Hit-Monkey narrowly escapes a ConveyorBeltODoom and gets a large patch shaved off his behind, which remains days later.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/InfinityTrain'' Book One episode "[[Recap/InfinityTrainS1E7TheChromeCar The Chrome Car]]", Tulip's reflection has her hair chopped off by the sander the Reflection Police were trying to destroy her with.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/MegaManRubySpears'' episode "Future Shock", Cutman's blade slices the end of Roll's ponytail.
* In the 7th episode of ''WesternAnimation/MightyMax'' Norman slices the zombie parasite off of an infected man who is holding Virgil, in the process he accidentally slices off Virgil's long eyebrows.
** Also in the 13th episode Norman looses a chunk of his ponytail saving Max from The Skullmaster.
* In ''{{WesternAnimation/Motorcity}}'', Tennie shoots off part of Dutch's afro in an attempt to stop a [=KaneBot=].
* This happens to Ratty in the ''WesternAnimation/{{Mr Bogus}}'' episode "[[{{Recap/MrBogusS1E1MeetMrBogus}} Meet Mr. Bogus]]".
* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'':
** In episode "Secret of my Excess" this happens twice -- first time when Spike accidentally burns the doctor's hair off with his breath, and another time when the Wonderbolts slash the crest on his head off.
** Spike gives ''another one'' to Twilight in "It's About Time", resulting in the haircut Future Twilight had.
** Sweetie Belle's mane gets a trim from Opalescence's claws in "Stare Master". It only lasts until the next scene, though.
* In the 7th episode of ''WesternAnimation/MightyMax'' Norman slices the zombie parasite off of an infected man who is holding Virgil, in the process he accidentally slices off Virgil's long eyebrows.
** Also in the 13th episode Norman looses a chunk of his ponytail saving Max from The Skullmaster.
* In ''{{WesternAnimation/Motorcity}}'', Tennie shoots off part of Dutch's afro in an attempt to stop a [=KaneBot=].
* This happens to Ratty in the ''WesternAnimation/{{Mr Bogus}}'' episode "[[{{Recap/MrBogusS1E1MeetMrBogus}} Meet Mr. Bogus]]".
* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'':
** In episode "Secret of my Excess" this happens twice -- first time when Spike accidentally burns the doctor's hair off with his breath, and another time when the Wonderbolts slash the crest on his head off.
** Spike gives ''another one'' to Twilight in "It's About Time", resulting in the haircut Future Twilight had.
** Sweetie Belle's mane gets a trim from Opalescence's claws in "Stare Master". It only lasts until the next scene, though.
* Franchise/{{Rambo}} in ''WesternAnimation/RamboTheForceOfFreedom'' was often seen ducking for cover right when the enemy fires at him, just fast enough for the bullets to slice a few locks of hair from his head. The man had the Devil's luck, one has to admit.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheRealGhostbusters'': Implied in "[[Recap/TheRealGhostbustersS1E13XMasMarksTheSpot X-Mas Marks the Spot]]". As the Ghostbusters are driving back from a job in upstate New York, Egon pointedly mentions something Ray did that might cost them future jobs in the area. Ray protests that the cat was supposed to be out of the way and the fur will grow back.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheRealGhostbusters'': Implied in "[[Recap/TheRealGhostbustersS1E13XMasMarksTheSpot X-Mas Marks the Spot]]". As the Ghostbusters are driving back from a job in upstate New York, Egon pointedly mentions something Ray did that might cost them future jobs in the area. Ray protests that the cat was supposed to be out of the way and the fur will grow back.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'' episode "[[Recap/StevenUniverseS1E18BeachParty Beach Party]]", the ends of Amethyst's hair get sliced off when the corrupted-Gem-of-the-week blows Pearl's spear back at the Crystal Gems. Though, it doesn't stay that way for long because Amethyst can do a HairReboot with her shapeshifting.
* In episode 16 of ''WesternAnimation/SymbionicTitan'', when Lance is in the middle of a sword duel with a traitor, the traitor clips a few hairs with an attack that Lance barely dodges.
* In episode 16 of ''WesternAnimation/SymbionicTitan'', when Lance is in the middle of a sword duel with a traitor, the traitor clips a few hairs with an attack that Lance barely dodges.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitansGo'' episode "Legendary Sandwich", Starfire gets her long hair cut off while fighting a Sandwich Guardian. It makes her go berserk and [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown smash the guardian to bits]].
* In the ''WesternAnimation/{{Thundercats 2011}}'' episode "Journey to the Tower of Omens" this happens to Cheetara while using her SuperSpeed and SuperReflexes to jump through a DeathCourse of whirling blades in a TempleOfDoom.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry'' short "WesternAnimation/MouseTrouble", a gunshot leaves Tom bald, and he has to wear a DodgyToupee for the rest of the cartoon.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/{{Thundercats 2011}}'' episode "Journey to the Tower of Omens" this happens to Cheetara while using her SuperSpeed and SuperReflexes to jump through a DeathCourse of whirling blades in a TempleOfDoom.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry'' short "WesternAnimation/MouseTrouble", a gunshot leaves Tom bald, and he has to wear a DodgyToupee for the rest of the cartoon.
* In ''WesternAnimation/TransformersAnimated'', the Constructicons, in their first appearance, accidentally chop off Sari's ponytails in a game of oil-barrell frisbee.
--> '''Sari''': Hey, those don't grow back overnight!
* ''WesternAnimation/TronUprising'' had one [[http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_medgqpvZas1rro63oo1_400.gif program receive an impromptu haircut]] courtesy of Tessler's {{BFG}}.
--> '''Sari''': Hey, those don't grow back overnight!
* ''WesternAnimation/TronUprising'' had one [[http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_medgqpvZas1rro63oo1_400.gif program receive an impromptu haircut]] courtesy of Tessler's {{BFG}}.
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* In the ''WesternAnimation/CourageTheCowardlyDog'' episode "The Ride of the Valkyries" after being mistaken for their sister the Valkyries give Muriel a battle axe. As she playfully fools around with it she accidentally cuts off some of Courage's fur on his head.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/{{Thundercats 2011}}'' episode "Journey to the Tower of Omens" this happens to Cheetara while using her SuperSpeed and SuperReflexes to jump through a DeathCourse of whirling blades in a TempleOfDoom.
* Franchise/{{Rambo}} in his [[WesternAnimation/RamboTheForceOfFreedom 1980's cartoon]] was often seen ducking for cover right when the enemy fires at him, just fast enough for the bullets to slice a few locks of hair from his head. The man had the Devil's luck, one has to admit.
* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'':
** In episode "Secret of my Excess" this happens twice -- first time when Spike accidentally burns the doctor's hair off with his breath, and another time when the Wonderbolts slash the crest on his head off.
** Spike gives ''another one'' to Twilight in "It's About Time", resulting in the haircut Future Twilight had.
** Sweetie Belle's mane gets a trim from Opalescence's claws in "Stare Master". It only lasts until the next scene, though.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry'' short "WesternAnimation/MouseTrouble", a gunshot leaves Tom bald, and he has to wear a DodgyToupee for the rest of the cartoon.
* In episode 16 of ''WesternAnimation/SymbionicTitan'', when Lance is in the middle of a sword duel with a traitor, the traitor clips a few hairs with an attack that Lance barely dodges.
* This happens to Ratty in the ''WesternAnimation/{{Mr Bogus}}'' episode "[[{{Recap/MrBogusS1E1MeetMrBogus}} Meet Mr. Bogus]]".
* In the 7th episode of ''WesternAnimation/MightyMax'' Norman slices the zombie parasite off of an infected man who is holding Virgil, in the process he accidentally slices off Virgil's long eyebrows.
** Also in the 13th episode Norman looses a chunk of his ponytail saving Max from The Skullmaster.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitansGo'' episode "Legendary Sandwich", Starfire gets her long hair cut off while fighting a Sandwich Guardian. It makes her go berserk and [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown smash the guardian to bits]].
* ''WesternAnimation/TronUprising'' had one [[http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_medgqpvZas1rro63oo1_400.gif program receive an impromptu haircut]] courtesy of Tessler's {{BFG}}.
* In ''{{WesternAnimation/Motorcity}}'', Tennie shoots off part of Dutch's afro in an attempt to stop a [=KaneBot=].
* In ''WesternAnimation/TransformersAnimated'', the Constructicons, in their first appearance, accidentally chop off Sari's ponytails in a game of oil-barrell frisbee.
--> '''Sari''': Hey, those don't grow back overnight!
* Dangerous Dan gives Heckle a close cut with his revolver in the ''WesternAnimation/HeckleAndJeckle'' cartoon "Hair Cut-Ups."
* In the ''WesternAnimation/MegaManRubySpears'' episode "Future Shock", Cutman's blade slices the end of Roll's ponytail.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'' episode "[[Recap/StevenUniverseS1E18BeachParty Beach Party]]", the ends of Amethyst's hair get sliced off when the corrupted-Gem-of-the-week blows Pearl's spear back at the Crystal Gems. Though, it doesn't stay that way for long because Amethyst can do a HairReboot with her shapeshifting.
* At the end sequence of ''WesternAnimation/TheBeatles'', an Indian that Paul mistook for Ringo in disguise sends his tomahawk at John, Paul and George, altering their iconic moptops.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/InfinityTrain'' Book One episode "[[Recap/InfinityTrainS1E7TheChromeCar The Chrome Car]]", Tulip's reflection has her hair chopped off by the sander the Reflection Police were trying to destroy her with.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheRealGhostbusters'': Implied in "[[Recap/TheRealGhostbustersS1E13XMasMarksTheSpot X-Mas Marks the Spot]]". As the Ghostbusters are driving back from a job in upstate New York, Egon pointedly mentions something Ray did that might cost them future jobs in the area. Ray protests that the cat was supposed to be out of the way and the fur will grow back.
* ''WesternAnimation/HitMonkey'': Happens a lot over the course of the series when bladed weapons come into play. A stand out example is episode 2, where Hit-Monkey narrowly escapes a ConveyorBeltODoom and gets a large patch shaved off his behind, which remains days later.
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* ComicBook/{{Storm}} had this happen to her once, during a duel with Marrow. It led to a second [[ImportantHaircut dramatic hairstyle change from long and flowing to short and practical]] (and this one was much more stylish than her original Mohawk), though her character didn't change quite as much this time.
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* ComicBook/{{Storm}} In one episode of ''ComicBook/MortadeloYFilemon'', Mortadelo [[ThrowingYourSwordAlwaysWorks throws a scimitar]] at Dr. Bacterio but instead nearly hits Super who just popped out of a door to see what the commotion was about. The scimitar landed close enough to shave Super's mustache clean off, something which he [[DisproportionateRetribution does not take well]]...
* ''ComicBook/{{Nightwing}}'''s first issue includes him getting a close call haircut. Justified due to him sporting a very long ponytail (it was the 90s).
* ''[[Characters/MarvelComicsStorm Storm]]'' had this happen to her once, during a duel with Marrow. It led to a second [[ImportantHaircut dramatic hairstyle change from long and flowing to short and practical]] (and this one was much more stylish than her original Mohawk), though her character didn't change quite as much this time.
* ''ComicBook/{{Nightwing}}'''s first issue includes him getting a close call haircut. Justified due to him sporting a very long ponytail (it was the 90s).
* ''[[Characters/MarvelComicsStorm Storm]]'' had this happen to her once, during a duel with Marrow. It led to a second [[ImportantHaircut dramatic hairstyle change from long and flowing to short and practical]] (and this one was much more stylish than her original Mohawk), though her character didn't change quite as much this time.
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* ComicBook/{{Nightwing}}'s first issue includes him getting a close call haircut. Justified due to him sporting a very long ponytail (it was the 90s).
* In one episode of ''ComicBook/MortadeloYFilemon'', Mortadelo [[ThrowingYourSwordAlwaysWorks throws a scimitar]] at Dr. Bacterio but instead nearly hits Super who just popped out of a door to see what the commotion was about. The scimitar landed close enough to shave Super's mustache clean off, something which he [[DisproportionateRetribution does not take well]]...
* In one episode of ''ComicBook/MortadeloYFilemon'', Mortadelo [[ThrowingYourSwordAlwaysWorks throws a scimitar]] at Dr. Bacterio but instead nearly hits Super who just popped out of a door to see what the commotion was about. The scimitar landed close enough to shave Super's mustache clean off, something which he [[DisproportionateRetribution does not take well]]...
* ''Fanfic/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrail'', Chloe Cerise fights off the Organ Man in his zeppelin and he grabs onto her hair and is ready to throw her into the propellers. Thankfully, Chloe has Lexi use a paper bracelet on her hand to [[PaperMaster fold into a knife to cut her hair off]].
* ''Fanfic/QueenOfAllOni'': When Viper is fighting an Oni-possessed Captain Black, he ends up BURYING his fist in the concrete wall behind, just missing her head, but ripping out a chunk of her hair in the process. [[BerserkButton She is]] [[GroinAttack not pleased]].
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* ''Fanfic/QueenOfAllOni'': When Viper is fighting an Oni-possessed Captain Black, he ends up BURYING his fist in the concrete wall behind, just missing her head, but ripping out a chunk of her hair in the process. [[BerserkButton She is]] [[GroinAttack not pleased]].
* ''Fanfic/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrail'', Chloe Cerise fights off the Organ Man in his zeppelin and he grabs onto her hair and is ready to throw her into the propellers. Thankfully, Chloe has Lexi use a paper bracelet on her hand to [[PaperMaster fold into a knife to cut her hair off]].
* ''Fanfic/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrail'', Chloe Cerise fights off the Organ Man in his zeppelin and he grabs onto her hair and is ready to throw her into the propellers. Thankfully, Chloe has Lexi use a paper bracelet on her hand to [[PaperMaster fold into a knife to cut her hair off]].
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* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Rio}}'', Blu narrowly escapes getting cut by a buzzsaw, which shears off a couple of feathers off the back of his head.
* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Rio}}'', Blu narrowly escapes getting cut by a buzzsaw, which shears off a couple of feathers off the back of his head.
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* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Rio}}'', Blu narrowly escapes getting cut by a buzzsaw, which shears off a couple of feathers off the back of his head.
* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Rio}}'', Blu narrowly escapes getting cut by a buzzsaw, which shears off a couple of feathers off the back of his head.
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* PlayedForLaughs in ''Film/{{Spaceballs}}'', when the vain Princess Vespa's hair is singed by a {{Mook}}'s laser - and she [[NobodyTouchesTheHair proceeds to pick up a gun and go Rambo on them]].
* PlayedForLaughs in ''Film/{{Spaceballs}}'', when the vain Princess Vespa's hair is singed by a {{Mook}}'s laser - and she [[NobodyTouchesTheHair proceeds to pick up a gun and go Rambo on them]].
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*
* Twice in ''Film/TheAdventuresOfBaronMunchausen''
** The protagonist receives one in a flashback at the start of the film but with an executioner's axe (one of his servants arrives just in the nick of time). "Thanks! I needed a trim!"
** In the climax, the executioner is
* The Thin Man in the ''Film/CharliesAngels2000'' movie cut off Alex's hair and sniffed it while swordfighting with her.
* In ''Film/CrocodileDundeeII'', after Mick recruits a gang to help him rescue his wife from the BigBad, one of the youths makes it clear that he's not going to participate, but instead plans to beat up Mick and take his jacket. Mick throws his knife, which bisects the kid's mohawk and sticks in the wall he's leaning against.
* In ''Film/CrocodileDundeeII'', after Mick recruits a gang to help him rescue his wife from the BigBad, one of the youths makes it clear that he's not going to participate, but instead plans to beat up Mick and take his jacket. Mick throws his knife, which bisects the kid's mohawk and sticks in the wall he's leaning against.
* A variant of this happens early in ''Film/GetShorty'', when Ray Bones tries to sneak into Chili Palmer's office to shoot him. Chili, having been alerted to this, just waits with his gun aimed at head height. When Bones breaks in, Chili shoots him -- and leaves a groove on the top of his head from the passage of the bullet, to which Bones freaks out and goes running out of the building, screaming.
-->''"Someone call nine-fucking-one-one-one!"''
* Subverted in ''Film/KillBill: Vol. 1'', when for perhaps half a second, it appears that the Bride's katana has cut O-Ren's black hair off her head. Then you realize that [[spoiler:O-Ren's scalp and the top of her skull have come off with it.]]
* In ''Film/LandOfTheDead'', Charlie fires at what appears to be Motown's head, only for the bullet to hit a zombie behind her while missing her head by a tiny margin. She tries the same trick later on, but the bullet grazes Charlie's head on the way to hitting the zombie.
-->'''Charlie''': That wasn't close! You actually hit me!
* The fatter of the two Scousers in ''Film/LockStockAndTwoSmokingBarrels'' takes a shotgun blast to the perm. He is not pleased.
-->''"Someone call nine-fucking-one-one-one!"''
* Subverted in ''Film/KillBill: Vol. 1'', when for perhaps half a second, it appears that the Bride's katana has cut O-Ren's black hair off her head. Then you realize that [[spoiler:O-Ren's scalp and the top of her skull have come off with it.]]
* In ''Film/LandOfTheDead'', Charlie fires at what appears to be Motown's head, only for the bullet to hit a zombie behind her while missing her head by a tiny margin. She tries the same trick later on, but the bullet grazes Charlie's head on the way to hitting the zombie.
-->'''Charlie''': That wasn't close! You actually hit me!
* The fatter of the two Scousers in ''Film/LockStockAndTwoSmokingBarrels'' takes a shotgun blast to the perm. He is not pleased.
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* ''Film/UndercoverBrother'' qualifies, although there it was more to motivate the hero to victory, à la the BerserkButton.
--> '''Undercover Brother:''' You mess with the 'fro, you got to go.
* ''Film/ThreeHundred'' has a slight variation: An axe cuts off the horse hair on top of the king's helmet.
--> '''Undercover Brother:''' You mess with the 'fro, you got to go.
* ''Film/ThreeHundred'' has a slight variation: An axe cuts off the horse hair on top of the king's helmet.
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* ''Film/UndercoverBrother'' qualifies, although there it was more to motivate the hero to victory, à la the BerserkButton.
--> '''Undercover Brother:''' You mess with the 'fro, you got to go.
* ''Film/ThreeHundred'' has a slight variation: An axe cuts off the horse hair on topIn Creator/PeterJackson's depiction of the king's helmet.Battle of Dagorlad during the War of the Last Alliance in ''Film/TheLordOfTheRingsTheFellowshipOfTheRing'', an arrow just ''barely'' misses taking Elrond's pointy ear off as it breezes through his hair.
** The arrow was shot by a friendly elven archer standing behind Elrond, shooting at orcs charging at Elrond from the front. And his hair moving was probably from the arrow's turbulence, not the arrow itself.
* This popped up in a climactic battle in ''Film/TheMummyTombOfTheDragonEmperor'', between the emperor mummy and Zi Yuan.
--> '''Undercover Brother:''' You mess with the 'fro, you got to go.
* ''Film/ThreeHundred'' has a slight variation: An axe cuts off the horse hair on top
** The arrow was shot by a friendly elven archer standing behind Elrond, shooting at orcs charging at Elrond from the front. And his hair moving was probably from the arrow's turbulence, not the arrow itself.
* This popped up in a climactic battle in ''Film/TheMummyTombOfTheDragonEmperor'', between the emperor mummy and Zi Yuan.
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* Twice in ''Film/TheAdventuresOfBaronMunchausen''
** The protagonist receives one in a flashback at the start of the film but with an executioner's axe (one of his servants arrives just in the nick of time). "Thanks! I needed a trim!"
** In the climax, the executioner is about to strike him again, but this time, the Baron's far-shooting servant shoots the axe out of the executioner's hands, and it spirals through the air slicing through the Sultan's headdress widthwise and giving ''him'' the trim; the Sultan has to keep wearing the ruined hat for the whole rest of the fight scene.
* A variant of this happens early in ''Film/GetShorty'', when Ray Bones tries to sneak into Chili Palmer's office to shoot him. Chili, having been alerted to this, just waits with his gun aimed at head height. When Bones breaks in, Chili shoots him -- and leaves a groove on the top of his head from the passage of the bullet, to which Bones freaks out and goes running out of the building, screaming.
-->''"Someone call nine-fucking-one-one-one!"''
* This popped up in a climactic battle in ''Film/TheMummyTombOfTheDragonEmperor'', between the emperor mummy and Zi Yuan.
* In Creator/PeterJackson's depiction of the Battle of Dagorlad during the War of the Last Alliance in ''Film/TheLordOfTheRingsTheFellowshipOfTheRing'', an arrow just ''barely'' misses taking Elrond's pointy ear off as it breezes through his hair.
** The arrow was shot by a friendly elven archer standing behind Elrond, shooting at orcs charging at Elrond from the front. And his hair moving was probably from the arrow's turbulence, not the arrow itself.
** The protagonist receives one in a flashback at the start of the film but with an executioner's axe (one of his servants arrives just in the nick of time). "Thanks! I needed a trim!"
** In the climax, the executioner is about to strike him again, but this time, the Baron's far-shooting servant shoots the axe out of the executioner's hands, and it spirals through the air slicing through the Sultan's headdress widthwise and giving ''him'' the trim; the Sultan has to keep wearing the ruined hat for the whole rest of the fight scene.
* A variant of this happens early in ''Film/GetShorty'', when Ray Bones tries to sneak into Chili Palmer's office to shoot him. Chili, having been alerted to this, just waits with his gun aimed at head height. When Bones breaks in, Chili shoots him -- and leaves a groove on the top of his head from the passage of the bullet, to which Bones freaks out and goes running out of the building, screaming.
-->''"Someone call nine-fucking-one-one-one!"''
* This popped up in a climactic battle in ''Film/TheMummyTombOfTheDragonEmperor'', between the emperor mummy and Zi Yuan.
* In Creator/PeterJackson's depiction of the Battle of Dagorlad during the War of the Last Alliance in ''Film/TheLordOfTheRingsTheFellowshipOfTheRing'', an arrow just ''barely'' misses taking Elrond's pointy ear off as it breezes through his hair.
** The arrow was shot by a friendly elven archer standing behind Elrond, shooting at orcs charging at Elrond from the front. And his hair moving was probably from the arrow's turbulence, not the arrow itself.
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* Twice in ''Film/TheAdventuresOfBaronMunchausen''
** The protagonist receives one in a flashback atAt the start end of the film but "Parlay" scene in ''Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanAtWorldsEnd'' Hector Barbossa whips out his sword and slices off the dreadlock bearing Jack Sparrow's Piece of Eight in a single motion. It's unclear whether he would have cared much if he'd taken a piece of Jack's skull with an executioner's axe (one of his servants arrives just in the nick of time). "Thanks! I needed a trim!"
** Init.
* ''Film/RedCliff'': At the climax,the executioner Cao Cao's topnot is about to strike him again, but this time, the Baron's far-shooting servant shoots the axe out of the executioner's hands, and it spirals through the air slicing through the Sultan's headdress widthwise and giving ''him'' the trim; the Sultan has to keep wearing the ruined hat for the whole rest of the fight scene.
* A variant of this happens early in ''Film/GetShorty'', when Ray Bones tries to sneak into Chili Palmer's office to shoot him. Chili, having been alerted to this, just waits with his gun aimed at head height. When Bones breaks in, Chili shoots him -- and leaves a groove on the top of his head from the passage of the bullet, to which Bones freaks out and goes running out of the building, screaming.
-->''"Someone call nine-fucking-one-one-one!"''
* This popped up in a climactic battle in ''Film/TheMummyTombOfTheDragonEmperor'', between the emperor mummy and Zi Yuan.
* In Creator/PeterJackson's depiction of the Battle of Dagorlad during the War of the Last Alliance in ''Film/TheLordOfTheRingsTheFellowshipOfTheRing'',undone (in BulletTime, even!) by an arrow just ''barely'' misses taking Elrond's pointy ear off as it breezes through his hair.
** The arrow was shot by a friendly elven archer standing behind Elrond, shooting at orcs charging at Elrond from the front. And his hair moving was probably from the arrow's turbulence, not the arrow itself.courtesy of Sun Quan.
** The protagonist receives one in a flashback at
** In
* ''Film/RedCliff'': At the climax,
* A variant of this happens early in ''Film/GetShorty'', when Ray Bones tries to sneak into Chili Palmer's office to shoot him. Chili, having been alerted to this, just waits with his gun aimed at head height. When Bones breaks in, Chili shoots him -- and leaves a groove on the top of his head from the passage of the bullet, to which Bones freaks out and goes running out of the building, screaming.
-->''"Someone call nine-fucking-one-one-one!"''
* This popped up in a climactic battle in ''Film/TheMummyTombOfTheDragonEmperor'', between the emperor mummy and Zi Yuan.
* In Creator/PeterJackson's depiction of the Battle of Dagorlad during the War of the Last Alliance in ''Film/TheLordOfTheRingsTheFellowshipOfTheRing'',
** The arrow was shot by a friendly elven archer standing behind Elrond, shooting at orcs charging at Elrond from the front. And his hair moving was probably from the arrow's turbulence, not the arrow itself.
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* The Thin Man in the ''Film/CharliesAngels2000'' movie cut off Alex's hair and sniffed it while swordfighting with her.
* The fatter of the two Scousers in ''Film/LockStockAndTwoSmokingBarrels'' takes a shotgun blast to the perm. He is not pleased.
* ''Film/RedCliff'': At the climax, Cao Cao's topnot is undone (in BulletTime, even!) by an arrow courtesy of Sun Quan.
* Subverted in ''Film/KillBill: Vol. 1'', when for perhaps half a second, it appears that the Bride's katana has cut O-Ren's black hair off her head. Then you realize that [[spoiler:O-Ren's scalp and the top of her skull have come off with it.]]
* The fatter of the two Scousers in ''Film/LockStockAndTwoSmokingBarrels'' takes a shotgun blast to the perm. He is not pleased.
* ''Film/RedCliff'': At the climax, Cao Cao's topnot is undone (in BulletTime, even!) by an arrow courtesy of Sun Quan.
* Subverted in ''Film/KillBill: Vol. 1'', when for perhaps half a second, it appears that the Bride's katana has cut O-Ren's black hair off her head. Then you realize that [[spoiler:O-Ren's scalp and the top of her skull have come off with it.]]
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* The Thin Man PlayedForLaughs in ''Film/{{Spaceballs}}'', when the ''Film/CharliesAngels2000'' movie cut off Alex's vain Princess Vespa's hair is singed by a {{Mook}}'s laser - and sniffed it while swordfighting with her.
* The fatter of the two Scousers in ''Film/LockStockAndTwoSmokingBarrels'' takes a shotgun blastshe [[NobodyTouchesTheHair proceeds to the perm. He is not pleased.
* ''Film/RedCliff'': At the climax, Cao Cao's topnot is undone (in BulletTime, even!) by an arrow courtesy of Sun Quan.
* Subverted in ''Film/KillBill: Vol. 1'', when for perhaps halfpick up a second, it appears that the Bride's katana has cut O-Ren's black hair off her head. Then you realize that [[spoiler:O-Ren's scalp gun and the top of her skull have come off with it.]]go Rambo on them]].
* The fatter of the two Scousers in ''Film/LockStockAndTwoSmokingBarrels'' takes a shotgun blast
* ''Film/RedCliff'': At the climax, Cao Cao's topnot is undone (in BulletTime, even!) by an arrow courtesy of Sun Quan.
* Subverted in ''Film/KillBill: Vol. 1'', when for perhaps half
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* In ''Film/LandOfTheDead'', Charlie fires at what appears to be Motown's head, only for the bullet to hit a zombie behind her while missing her head by a tiny margin. She tries the same trick later on, but the bullet grazes Charlie's head on the way to hitting the zombie.
-->'''Charlie''': That wasn't close! You actually hit me!
* In ''Film/CrocodileDundeeII'', after Mick recruits a gang to help him rescue his wife from the BigBad, one of the youths makes it clear that he's not going to participate, but instead plans to beat up Mick and take his jacket. Mick throws his knife, which bisects the kid's mohawk and sticks in the wall he's leaning against.
-->'''Charlie''': That wasn't close! You actually hit me!
* In ''Film/CrocodileDundeeII'', after Mick recruits a gang to help him rescue his wife from the BigBad, one of the youths makes it clear that he's not going to participate, but instead plans to beat up Mick and take his jacket. Mick throws his knife, which bisects the kid's mohawk and sticks in the wall he's leaning against.
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* In ''Film/LandOfTheDead'', Charlie fires at what appears ''Film/UndercoverBrother'' qualifies, although there it was more to be Motown's head, only for motivate the bullet hero to hit a zombie behind her while missing her head by a tiny margin. She tries victory, à la the same trick later on, but BerserkButton.
--> '''Undercover Brother:''' You mess with thebullet grazes Charlie's head on the way 'fro, you got to hitting the zombie.
-->'''Charlie''': That wasn't close! You actually hit me!
* In ''Film/CrocodileDundeeII'', after Mick recruits a gang to help him rescue his wife from the BigBad, one of the youths makes it clear that he's not going to participate, but instead plans to beat up Mick and take his jacket. Mick throws his knife, which bisects the kid's mohawk and sticks in the wall he's leaning against.go.
--> '''Undercover Brother:''' You mess with the
-->'''Charlie''': That wasn't close! You actually hit me!
* In ''Film/CrocodileDundeeII'', after Mick recruits a gang to help him rescue his wife from the BigBad, one of the youths makes it clear that he's not going to participate, but instead plans to beat up Mick and take his jacket. Mick throws his knife, which bisects the kid's mohawk and sticks in the wall he's leaning against.
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* At the end of the "Parlay" scene in ''Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanAtWorldsEnd'' Hector Barbossa whips out his sword and slices off the dreadlock bearing Jack Sparrow's Piece of Eight in a single motion. It's unclear whether he would have cared much if he'd taken a piece of Jack's skull with it.
* Played for laughs when it happens to the title character in Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit during the opening cartoon Somethin’s Cookin. After popping out of a folded ironing board Roger is pinned to the wall in a KnifeOutline by an array of flying cutlery. A pairing knife splits his hair in two just above his head right before [[GroinAttack a large meat cleaver hits the wall in between his legs]] making Roger [[LoudGulp gulp loudly.]]
* Played for laughs when it happens to the title character in Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit during the opening cartoon Somethin’s Cookin. After popping out of a folded ironing board Roger is pinned to the wall in a KnifeOutline by an array of flying cutlery. A pairing knife splits his hair in two just above his head right before [[GroinAttack a large meat cleaver hits the wall in between his legs]] making Roger [[LoudGulp gulp loudly.]]
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* Creator/IsaacAsimov's ''Literature/PreludeToFoundation'': Venabili manages to cut off part of [[MagnificentMoustachesOfMexico Marron's moustache]] in their fight, after deliberately scoring several shallow cuts. She threatens that this is his last warning, and her next counterattack would be deadly. He takes the threat seriously and runs away.
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* Creator/IsaacAsimov's ''Literature/PreludeToFoundation'': Venabili manages Creator/MercedesLackey's ''Literature/BornToRun'' (part of the ''Literature/SerratedEdge'' series): Due to participating in a magical battle while exhausted (his aim goes to pieces when he's tired), Tannim accidentally gave an elf a 'Reverse Mohawk' because his magic bolt ricocheted off and cut off part a clean line along his scalp. The elf kept this style for the rest of [[MagnificentMoustachesOfMexico Marron's moustache]] in the book, despite their fight, after deliberately scoring several shallow cuts. She threatens that this is his last warning, and her next counterattack would be deadly. He takes the threat seriously and runs away.glamour magic.
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** During a duel, Harry ducks to avoid a spell and mentions the smell of singed hair to show how close the spell was
* Creator/MercedesLackey's ''Literature/BornToRun'' (part of the ''Literature/SerratedEdge'' series): Due to participating in a magical battle while exhausted (his aim goes to pieces when he's tired), Tannim accidentally gave an elf a 'Reverse Mohawk' because his magic bolt ricocheted off and cut a clean line along his scalp. The elf kept this style for the rest of the book, despite their glamour magic.
* Creator/MercedesLackey's ''Literature/BornToRun'' (part of the ''Literature/SerratedEdge'' series): Due to participating in a magical battle while exhausted (his aim goes to pieces when he's tired), Tannim accidentally gave an elf a 'Reverse Mohawk' because his magic bolt ricocheted off and cut a clean line along his scalp. The elf kept this style for the rest of the book, despite their glamour magic.
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** During a duel, Harry ducks to avoid a spell and mentions the smell of singed hair to show how close the spell was
* Creator/MercedesLackey's ''Literature/BornToRun'' (part of the ''Literature/SerratedEdge'' series): Due to participating in a magical battle while exhausted (his aim goes to pieces when he's tired), Tannim accidentally gave an elf a 'Reverse Mohawk' because his magic bolt ricocheted off and cut a clean line along his scalp. The elf kept this style for the rest of the book, despite their glamour magic.was.
* Creator/MercedesLackey's ''Literature/BornToRun'' (part of the ''Literature/SerratedEdge'' series): Due to participating in a magical battle while exhausted (his aim goes to pieces when he's tired), Tannim accidentally gave an elf a 'Reverse Mohawk' because his magic bolt ricocheted off and cut a clean line along his scalp. The elf kept this style for the rest of the book, despite their glamour magic.
* Creator/IsaacAsimov's ''Literature/PreludeToFoundation'': Venabili manages to cut off part of [[MagnificentMoustachesOfMexico Marron's moustache]] in their fight, after deliberately scoring several shallow cuts. She threatens that this is his last warning, and her next counterattack would be deadly. He takes the threat seriously and runs away.
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* Elf in ''Webcomic/SchlockMercenary'' gets the top of her hair shot off when Schlock [[AirVentPassageway pops out of an air vent]] ([[RunningGag again]]) and [[http://www.schlockmercenary.com/d/20070425.html pulls Commodore Shufgar's pistol away from her at the last moment.]]
* Yorikiro in ''Webcomic/NoNeedForBushido'' gets this and a little clothing damage in a [[http://nn4b.com/comic/293 fight scene]].
* Agatha loses about an inch of hair to the axe of Gilgamesh's fencing clank in ''Webcomic/GirlGenius''.
* [[http://www.drunkduck.com/STICKFODDER/index.php?p=601334 Stickfodder]]: Jen has her hair cut after Morgan takes a swing at her with his sword.
* Yorikiro in ''Webcomic/NoNeedForBushido'' gets this and a little clothing damage in a [[http://nn4b.com/comic/293 fight scene]].
* Agatha loses about an inch of hair to the axe of Gilgamesh's fencing clank in ''Webcomic/GirlGenius''.
* [[http://www.drunkduck.com/STICKFODDER/index.php?p=601334 Stickfodder]]: Jen has her hair cut after Morgan takes a swing at her with his sword.
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* Elf in ''Webcomic/SchlockMercenary'' gets the top In ''Webcomic/CrimsonFlag'' Lucian loses one of her hair shot off when Schlock [[AirVentPassageway pops out of an air vent]] ([[RunningGag again]]) and [[http://www.schlockmercenary.com/d/20070425.html pulls Commodore Shufgar's pistol away from her at the last moment.]]
* Yorikiro in ''Webcomic/NoNeedForBushido'' gets this andhis distinctive "antennae" to [[http://crimsonflagcomic.com/comic.php?comicID=136 a throwing knife]]. Needless to say he's a little clothing damage in a [[http://nn4b.com/comic/293 fight scene]].
* Agatha loses about an inch of hair to the axe of Gilgamesh's fencing clank in ''Webcomic/GirlGenius''.
* [[http://www.drunkduck.com/STICKFODDER/index.php?p=601334 Stickfodder]]: Jen has her hair cut after Morgan takes a swing at her with his sword.[[BerserkButton pissed]].
* Yorikiro in ''Webcomic/NoNeedForBushido'' gets this and
* Agatha loses about an inch of hair to the axe of Gilgamesh's fencing clank in ''Webcomic/GirlGenius''.
* [[http://www.drunkduck.com/STICKFODDER/index.php?p=601334 Stickfodder]]: Jen has her hair cut after Morgan takes a swing at her with his sword.
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* In ''Webcomic/CrimsonFlag'' Lucian Agatha loses about an inch of hair to the axe of Gilgamesh's fencing clank in ''Webcomic/GirlGenius''.
* ''Webcomic/MadameOutlaw'': In oneof his distinctive "antennae" to [[http://crimsonflagcomic.com/comic.php?comicID=136 firefight, a throwing knife]]. Needless to say he's a little [[BerserkButton pissed]].bullet goes straight through Heath's ponytail.
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* Yorikiro in ''Webcomic/NoNeedForBushido'' gets this and a little clothing damage in a [[http://nn4b.com/comic/293 fight scene]].
* Elf in ''Webcomic/SchlockMercenary'' gets the top of her hair shot off when Schlock [[AirVentPassageway pops out of an air vent]] ([[RunningGag again]]) and [[http://www.schlockmercenary.com/d/20070425.html pulls Commodore Shufgar's pistol away from her at the last moment.]]
* ''[[http://www.drunkduck.com/STICKFODDER/index.php?p=601334 Stickfodder]]'': Jen has her hair cut after Morgan takes a swing at her with his sword.
* Elf in ''Webcomic/SchlockMercenary'' gets the top of her hair shot off when Schlock [[AirVentPassageway pops out of an air vent]] ([[RunningGag again]]) and [[http://www.schlockmercenary.com/d/20070425.html pulls Commodore Shufgar's pistol away from her at the last moment.]]
* ''[[http://www.drunkduck.com/STICKFODDER/index.php?p=601334 Stickfodder]]'': Jen has her hair cut after Morgan takes a swing at her with his sword.
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* In the WesternAnimation/WoodyWoodpecker short "Solid Ivory", Woody gets a chunk of his hair chopped off by a flying axe. [[BerserkButton He is not amused.]]
* ''WesternAnimation/TheAvengersEarthsMightiestHeroes'': In the episode "Widow's Sting", Hawkeye is about to shoot Black Widow with an arrow, but then spots Madame Viper behind her about to shoot Mockingbird. He instead shoots the gun out of Viper's hand, but on the way it passes through Natasha's hair, cutting a few strands.
* An episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddparents'' had Timmy's [[HollywoodVoodoo Yoo Doo doll]] about to be put into a wood chipper. By the time he gets Cosmo and Wanda to unwish the dolls, the shredder has shaved his hair.
** In another episode in which he wishes that he and Trixie were the last people on earth, near the end Trixie has gone insane and tries to kill Timmy with a helicopter just before he wishes the world back to normal she has managed to cut off some of his hair with the helicopter blades.
* An episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddparents'' had Timmy's [[HollywoodVoodoo Yoo Doo doll]] about to be put into a wood chipper. By the time he gets Cosmo and Wanda to unwish the dolls, the shredder has shaved his hair.
** In another episode in which he wishes that he and Trixie were the last people on earth, near the end Trixie has gone insane and tries to kill Timmy with a helicopter just before he wishes the world back to normal she has managed to cut off some of his hair with the helicopter blades.
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* In ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' episode "Itchy and Scratchy Land," Homer repeatedly ducks the cleaver of a mad robot while insisting that nothing is wrong, but loses the two hairs on top of his head when it gets too close ("Ah! My hair! Oh god, I'm ugly!").
* At least one episode of ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' in which Yosemite Sam confronts WesternAnimation/BugsBunny culminates in Bugs using a trick shot that not only parts Sam's hair but splits his hat, as well.
* At least one episode of ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' in which Yosemite Sam confronts WesternAnimation/BugsBunny culminates in Bugs using a trick shot that not only parts Sam's hair but splits his hat, as well.
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* An episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddparents'' had Timmy's [[HollywoodVoodoo Yoo Doo doll]] about to be put into a wood chipper. By the time he gets Cosmo and Wanda to unwish the dolls, the shredder has shaved his hair.
** In another episode in which he wishes that he and Trixie were the last people on earth, near the end Trixie has gone insane and tries to kill Timmy with a helicopter just before he wishes the world back to normal she has managed to cut off some of his hair with the helicopter blades.
* The Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles don't have hair, but in an episode of the [[WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2003 2003 cartoon]] an axe blade slices through the tails of Michelangelo's mask for much the same effect.
* Happens to Clover in an episode of ''WesternAnimation/TotallySpies''. It's naturally a BerserkButton.
** In another episode in which he wishes that he and Trixie were the last people on earth, near the end Trixie has gone insane and tries to kill Timmy with a helicopter just before he wishes the world back to normal she has managed to cut off some of his hair with the helicopter blades.
* The Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles don't have hair, but in an episode of the [[WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2003 2003 cartoon]] an axe blade slices through the tails of Michelangelo's mask for much the same effect.
* Happens to Clover in an episode of ''WesternAnimation/TotallySpies''. It's naturally a BerserkButton.
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* An At least one episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddparents'' had Timmy's [[HollywoodVoodoo Yoo Doo doll]] about to be put into a wood chipper. By the time he gets Cosmo and Wanda to unwish the dolls, the shredder has shaved his hair.
** In another episode''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' in which he wishes Yosemite Sam confronts WesternAnimation/BugsBunny culminates in Bugs using a trick shot that he and Trixie were the last people on earth, near the end Trixie has gone insane and tries to kill Timmy with a helicopter just before he wishes the world back to normal she has managed to cut off some of his not only parts Sam's hair with the helicopter blades.
* The Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles don't have hair,but in an episode of the [[WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2003 2003 cartoon]] an axe blade slices through the tails of Michelangelo's mask for much the same effect.
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* ''WesternAnimation/TheAvengersEarthsMightiestHeroes'': In the episode "Widow's Sting", Hawkeye is about to shoot Black Widow with an arrow, but then spots Madame Viper behind her about to shoot Mockingbird. He instead shoots the gun out of Viper's hand, but on the way it passes through Natasha's hair, cutting a few strands.
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* In ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' episode "Itchy and Scratchy Land," Homer repeatedly ducks the cleaver of a mad robot while insisting that nothing is wrong, but loses the two hairs on top of his head when it gets too close ("Ah! My hair! Oh god, I'm ugly!").
* The Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles don't have hair, but in an episode of the [[WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2003 2003 cartoon]] an axe blade slices through the tails of Michelangelo's mask for much the same effect.
* Happens to Clover in an episode of ''WesternAnimation/TotallySpies''. It's naturally a BerserkButton.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/WoodyWoodpecker'' short "Solid Ivory", Woody gets a chunk of his hair chopped off by a flying axe. [[BerserkButton He is not amused.]]
* The Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles don't have hair, but in an episode of the [[WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2003 2003 cartoon]] an axe blade slices through the tails of Michelangelo's mask for much the same effect.
* Happens to Clover in an episode of ''WesternAnimation/TotallySpies''. It's naturally a BerserkButton.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/WoodyWoodpecker'' short "Solid Ivory", Woody gets a chunk of his hair chopped off by a flying axe. [[BerserkButton He is not amused.]]
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* Daryl Dixon in ''Series/{{The Walking Dead}}'' gets one when he is grazed by a sniper shot in the second season
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* ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls'': Bubbles gets one of her pigtails turned into a drumstick by a stray meat-making beam from Fuzzy Lumpkins. Cue NoHoldsBarredBeatdown.
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* British children's comic ''ComicBook/TheDandy'' features one issue in which giant cowboy Desperate Dan has to get ready for a date. First he shaves, by dangling over a volcano to burn off the stubble. Then he gets a haircut by finding an Indian with a sharp-looking tomahawk, punching him in the face, and ducking at just the right moment...
* ComicBook/{{Storm}} had this happen to her once, during a duel with Marrow. It led to a second [[ImportantHaircut dramatic hairstyle change from long and flowing to short and practical]] (and this one was much more stylish than her original Mohawk), though her character didn't change quite as much this time.
** She does it again much more recently, combined with an ImportantHaircut. After being dumped by the ComicBook/BlackPanther following ''ComicBook/AvengersVsXMen'', she decides a new look is in order and asks ComicBook/{{Wolverine}} to cut her hair, returning her to her mohawk variation.
* ''ComicBook/UsagiYojimbo'': While fighting Noriko, [[spoiler: her half-sister]], Tomoe gets a chunk of her hair sliced off as she ducks under a sword swing. Tomoe says nothing, but Noriko remarks "Bah! Your hair was too long, anyway."
** While he doesn't make a big deal of it, [[ComicBook/UsagiYojimbo Katsuichi-sensei]] loses a chunk of hair during his duel with Koji.
* ComicBook/{{Nightwing}}'s first issue includes him getting a close call haircut. Justified due to him sporting a very long ponytail (it was the 90s).
* In one episode of ''ComicBook/MortadeloYFilemon'', Mortadelo [[ThrowingYourSwordAlwaysWorks throws a scimitar]] at Dr. Bacterio but instead nearly hits Super who just popped out of a door to see what the commotion was about. The scimitar landed close enough to shave Super's mustache clean off, something which he [[DisproportionateRetribution does not take well]]...
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* British children's comic ''ComicBook/TheDandy'' features one issue in which giant cowboy Desperate Dan has to get ready for a date. First he shaves, by dangling over a volcano to burn off the stubble. Then he gets a haircut by finding an Indian with a sharp-looking tomahawk, punching him in the face, and ducking at just the right moment...
* ComicBook/{{Storm}} had this happen to her once, during a duel with Marrow. It led to a second [[ImportantHaircut dramatic hairstyle change from long and flowing to short and practical]] (and this one was much more stylish than her original Mohawk), though her character didn't change quite as much this time.
** She does it again much more recently, combined with an ImportantHaircut. After being dumped by the ComicBook/BlackPanther following ''ComicBook/AvengersVsXMen'', she decides a new look is in order and asks ComicBook/{{Wolverine}} to cut her hair, returning her to her mohawk variation.
* ''ComicBook/UsagiYojimbo'': While fighting Noriko, [[spoiler: her half-sister]], Tomoe gets a chunk of her hair sliced off as she ducks under a sword swing. Tomoe says nothing, but Noriko remarks "Bah! Your hair was too long, anyway."
** While he doesn't make a big deal of it, [[ComicBook/UsagiYojimbo Katsuichi-sensei]] loses a chunk of hair during his duel with Koji.
* ComicBook/{{Nightwing}}'s first issue includes him getting a close call haircut. Justified due to him sporting a very long ponytail (it was the 90s).
* In one episode of ''ComicBook/MortadeloYFilemon'', Mortadelo [[ThrowingYourSwordAlwaysWorks throws a scimitar]] at Dr. Bacterio but instead nearly hits Super who just popped out of a door to see what the commotion was about. The scimitar landed close enough to shave Super's mustache clean off, something which he [[DisproportionateRetribution does not take well]]...
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* Happens to Peter Petrelli in ''Series/{{Heroes}}'', during his first encounter with Sylar.
* The ''Series/MythBusters'' have had a few cases that definitely prove their point about [[DoNotTryThisAtHome not attempting anything they do at home]].
** Adam once got a bit too close to an exploding ball of fire. [[MemeticMutation "Am I missing an eyebrow?"]]
** Not to mention an incident that begins with Grant adjusting a spring-loaded guillotine and ends with said guillotine zooming past him close enough to tear his shirt.
* Daryl Dixon in ''Series/{{The Walking Dead}}'' gets one when he is grazed by a sniper shot in the second season
* Happens to Peter Petrelli in ''Series/{{Heroes}}'', during his first encounter with Sylar.
* The ''Series/MythBusters'' have had a few cases that definitely prove their point about [[DoNotTryThisAtHome not attempting anything they do at home]].
** Adam once got a bit too close to an exploding ball of fire. [[MemeticMutation "Am I missing an eyebrow?"]]
** Not to mention an incident that begins with Grant adjusting a spring-loaded guillotine and ends with said guillotine zooming past him close enough to tear his shirt.
* Daryl Dixon in ''Series/{{The Walking Dead}}'' gets one when he is grazed by a sniper shot in the second season
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* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Rio}}'', Blu narrowly escapes getting cut by a buzzsaw, which shears off a couple of feathers off the back of his head.
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* In ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsII: Final Mix+'', there is a scene in which Xaldin hurls a lance at Axel's head; there is a visible puff of red hairs that fly off when the spear hits about three inches to the left of Axel's face.
* In the ''VideoGame/{{Overwatch}}'' short "Infiltration", Widowmaker is set up to assassinate Katya Volskaya with her sniper rifle. Suddenly, the security alarm sounds and Katya is escorted away by her guards. Widowmaker still tries to take the shot, but misses and destroys Katya's right earring.
* In ''VideoGame/SakuraWars2019'', Lancelot and Sakura Amamiya engage in a sword duel when they meet each other for the first time in chapter 3. When Lancelot tries to ram her sword into Sakura, the latter dodges it and a few of her hair strands are cut off.
* The introductory cutscene to ''VideoGame/TheWitcher'' has Geralt doing this to a Striga.
* In ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsII: Final Mix+'', there is a scene in which Xaldin hurls a lance at Axel's head; there is a visible puff of red hairs that fly off when the spear hits about three inches to the left of Axel's face.
* In the ''VideoGame/{{Overwatch}}'' short "Infiltration", Widowmaker is set up to assassinate Katya Volskaya with her sniper rifle. Suddenly, the security alarm sounds and Katya is escorted away by her guards. Widowmaker still tries to take the shot, but misses and destroys Katya's right earring.
* In ''VideoGame/SakuraWars2019'', Lancelot and Sakura Amamiya engage in a sword duel when they meet each other for the first time in chapter 3. When Lancelot tries to ram her sword into Sakura, the latter dodges it and a few of her hair strands are cut off.
* The introductory cutscene to ''VideoGame/TheWitcher'' has Geralt doing this to a Striga.
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* In ''VideoGame/SakuraWars2019'', Lancelot and Sakura Amamiya engage in a sword duel when they meet each other
* Daigoro's topknot from ''Film/LoneWolfAndCub'' gets a chunk taken out of it during a fight, but he's otherwise unharmed. Considering that he's a small child, this might have been as far as the director wanted to go when it came to actually injuring him.
* ''Film/UndercoverBrother'' qualifies, although there it was more to motivate the hero to victory, à la the BerserkButton.
--> '''Undercover Brother:''' You mess with the 'fro, you got to go.
* ''Film/ThreeHundred'' has a slight variation: An axe cuts off the horse hair on top of the king's helmet.
* Freddy manages to do this to a character in ''Film/ANightmareOnElmStreet2010'', snipping a lock of her hair
* Twice in ''Film/TheAdventuresOfBaronMunchausen''
** The protagonist receives one in a flashback at the start of the film but with an executioner's axe (one of his servants arrives just in the nick of time). "Thanks! I needed a trim!"
** In the climax, the executioner is about to strike him again, but this time, the Baron's far-shooting servant shoots the axe out of the executioner's hands, and it spirals through the air slicing through the Sultan's headdress widthwise and giving ''him'' the trim; the Sultan has to keep wearing the ruined hat for the whole rest of the fight scene.
* A variant of this happens early in ''Film/GetShorty'', when Ray Bones tries to sneak into Chili Palmer's office to shoot him. Chili, having been alerted to this, just waits with his gun aimed at head height. When Bones breaks in, Chili shoots him -- and leaves a groove on the top of his head from the passage of the bullet, to which Bones freaks out and goes running out of the building, screaming.
-->''"Someone call nine-fucking-one-one-one!"''
* This popped up in a climactic battle in ''Film/TheMummyTombOfTheDragonEmperor'', between the emperor mummy and Zi Yuan.
* In Creator/PeterJackson's depiction of the Battle of Dagorlad during the War of the Last Alliance in ''Film/TheLordOfTheRingsTheFellowshipOfTheRing'', an arrow just ''barely'' misses taking Elrond's pointy ear off as it breezes through his hair.
** The arrow was shot by a friendly elven archer standing behind Elrond, shooting at orcs charging at Elrond from the front. And his hair moving was probably from the arrow's turbulence, not the arrow itself.
* In ''Film/RobinHoodPrinceOfThieves'' Kevin Costner (Robin Hood) chops off a decent sized piece of Alan Rickman's (The Sheriff of Nottingham) hair during their final battle. He then quips "If I have to, I shall take you a piece at a time..."
* The Thin Man in the ''Film/CharliesAngels2000'' movie cut off Alex's hair and sniffed it while swordfighting with her.
* The fatter of the two Scousers in ''Film/LockStockAndTwoSmokingBarrels'' takes a shotgun blast to the perm. He is not pleased.
* ''Film/RedCliff'': At the climax, Cao Cao's topnot is undone (in BulletTime, even!) by an arrow courtesy of Sun Quan.
* Subverted in ''Film/KillBill: Vol. 1'', when for perhaps half a second, it appears that the Bride's katana has cut O-Ren's black hair off her head. Then you realize that [[spoiler:O-Ren's scalp and the top of her skull have come off with it.]]
* In many shorts of ''Film/TheThreeStooges'', gun shots might leave a bald, steaming trail from the front to the back of Moe's or someone else's head, or else blow their hats (or toupees) off.
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-->'''Charlie''': That wasn't close! You actually hit me!
* In ''Film/CrocodileDundeeII'', after Mick recruits a gang to help him rescue his wife from the BigBad, one of the youths makes it clear that he's not going to participate, but instead plans to beat up Mick and take his jacket. Mick throws his knife, which bisects the kid's mohawk and sticks in the wall he's leaning against.
* In ''Film/{{Wanted}}'', during Wesley's training with the Fraternity, he can't seem to bend bullets (don't ask) around a hanging body to hit the target. When Fox stands in front of it, Wesley is able to just curve the bullet enough to miss her, but clips a piece of her hair.
* At the end of the "Parlay" scene in ''Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanAtWorldsEnd'' Hector Barbossa whips out his sword and slices off the dreadlock bearing Jack Sparrow's Piece of Eight in a single motion. It's unclear whether he would have cared much if he'd taken a piece of Jack's skull with it.
* Played for laughs when it happens to the title character in Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit during the opening cartoon Somethin’s Cookin. After popping out of a folded ironing board Roger is pinned to the wall in a KnifeOutline by an array of flying cutlery. A pairing knife splits his hair in two just above his head right before [[GroinAttack a large meat cleaver hits the wall in between his legs]] making Roger [[LoudGulp gulp loudly.]]
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* In the pilot of ''WebAnimation/KnightsOfAllRealms'', Patchface the Pirate swings for Sir Loin's neck, but only manages to graze his skin and take a bit of his beard off. Unfortunately, that's enough for Sir Loin to [[PoisonedWeapons be poisoned by the Sick Sabre]].
* In ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'', Yang Xiao Long evades the wide swings of an [[AnimalisticAbomination Ursa's]] claws, but later realises that the beast managed to cut off a single strand of hair. Her temper snaps, and the Ursa is pummelled into oblivion. [[BerserkButton No-one is allowed]] to touch her hair, never mind damage it.
* In the pilot of ''WebAnimation/KnightsOfAllRealms'', Patchface the Pirate swings for Sir Loin's neck, but only manages to graze his skin and take a bit of his beard off. Unfortunately, that's enough for Sir Loin to [[PoisonedWeapons be poisoned by the Sick Sabre]].
* In ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'', Yang Xiao Long evades the wide swings of an [[AnimalisticAbomination Ursa's]] claws, but later realises that the beast managed to cut off a single strand of hair. Her temper snaps, and the Ursa is pummelled into oblivion. [[BerserkButton No-one is allowed]] to touch her hair, never mind damage it.
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* Creator/JohnDicksonCarr's ''Literature/TheBrideOfNewgate'': The climax, set in 1815, is
* ''{{Literature/Discworld}}'': In ''Literature/ThiefOfTime'' a monk ducks an axe swing from an Auditor, but his [[BerserkButton
* In the ''Literature/FederationOfTheHub'' story, "Lion Loose", "Baldy" Perk got his name because a near-miss from a blaster permanently removed the hair from the top of his head.
* ''Literature/ForgottenRealms'': In the ''[[Literature/FindersStone Finder's Stone]]'' trilogy, one halfling got a clump of her
* During ''Literature/GalaxyOfFear'', Zak gets attacked by a gardening droid and ducks in time to avoid being bloodied by its shears, but it still clips a hank of hair from the top of his head.
* ''Literature/HarryPotterAndTheOrderOfThePhoenix'':
** A centaur fires an arrow that catches the hair of Dolores Umbridge after she offends them... not that it stops her from insulting them further. [[TooDumbToLive Some people simply never
** During a duel, Harry ducks to avoid a spell and mentions the smell of singed hair to show how close the spell was
* Creator/MercedesLackey's ''Literature/BornToRun'' (part of the ''Literature/SerratedEdge'' series): Due to participating in a magical battle while exhausted (his aim goes to pieces when he's tired), Tannim accidentally gave an elf a 'Reverse Mohawk' because his magic bolt ricocheted off and cut a clean line along his scalp. The elf kept this style for the rest of the book, despite their glamour magic.
* In the Italian children's book, ''Literature/IlMascheraioInnocente'' (''The Innocent Mask-maker''), the titular character is wrongly accused of putting a wasp inside a duchess' mask, and sentenced to death by beheading. He spends the time until the execution making a mask with his likeness and then wears it on top of his head, so when he gets executed he survives. He didn't make the neck of the mask quite long enough, though, causing his friends to remark that "[his] haircut looks like it's been made with a meat cleaver".
* ''Literature/WhateleyUniverse'': In ''[[http://whateleyacademy.net/index.php/content_page/item/1148-rises-the-sun-part-4 Rises the Sun (Part 4)]]'', a stray solar laser / finger gun shot takes out a bit of someone's haircut:
--> both girls noted several of the long tresses on the left side were now about a half inch shorter, as well as smouldering.
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* Kakyoin and Polnareff are on the receiving end from Death 13's scythe a few times during the Death 13 arc in ''WebVideo/VaguelyRecallingJoJo''.
* Kakyoin and Polnareff are on the receiving end from Death 13's scythe a few times during the Death 13 arc in ''WebVideo/VaguelyRecallingJoJo''.
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* The ''Series/MythBusters'' have had a few cases that definitely prove their point about [[DoNotTryThisAtHome not attempting anything they do at home]].
** Adam once got a bit too close to an exploding ball of fire. [[MemeticMutation "Am I missing an eyebrow?"]]
** Not to mention an incident that begins with Grant adjusting a spring-loaded guillotine and ends with said guillotine zooming past him close enough to tear his shirt.
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* At the battle of Fredericksburg during UsefulNotes/TheAmericanCivilWar, Confederate cavalry general J.E.B Stuart had a lock of hair cut off by a bullet, and three more bullets passed through his clothes, while he left the battlefield unharmed.
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* Elf in ''Webcomic/SchlockMercenary'' gets the top of her hair shot off when Schlock [[AirVentPassageway pops out of an air vent]] ([[RunningGag again]]) and [[http://www.schlockmercenary.com/d/20070425.html pulls Commodore Shufgar's pistol away from her at the last moment.]]
* Yorikiro in ''Webcomic/NoNeedForBushido'' gets this and a little clothing damage in a [[http://nn4b.com/comic/293 fight scene]].
* Agatha loses about an inch of hair to the axe of Gilgamesh's fencing clank in ''Webcomic/GirlGenius''.
* [[http://www.drunkduck.com/STICKFODDER/index.php?p=601334 Stickfodder]]: Jen has her hair cut after Morgan takes a swing at her with his sword.
* Early on in ''Webcomic/DominicDeegan'', [[LovableRogue Bumper]] loses his top-knot when he ''just barely'' dodges a swing from a berserker wielding an axe.
* In ''Webcomic/TheInexplicableAdventuresOfBob,'' it happens to [[http://bobadventures.comicgenesis.com/d/20100615.html Jolly the Giant.]]
* In ''Webcomic/CrimsonFlag'' Lucian loses one of his distinctive "antennae" to [[http://crimsonflagcomic.com/comic.php?comicID=136 a throwing knife]]. Needless to say he's a little [[BerserkButton pissed]].
* This happens to Ping in ''{{Webcomic/Megatokyo}}'' when [[http://megatokyo.com/strip/575 Ed fires]] a WaveMotionGun [[http://megatokyo.com/strip/577 over her head.]]
* A variation, the guy in ''Webcomic/{{Tellurion}}'' nearly gets all his hair burnt off and could've burned to death if the Robot didn't save him.
* ''Webcomic/MadameOutlaw'': In one firefight, a bullet goes straight through Heath's ponytail.
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* Kakyoin and Polnareff are on the receiving end from Death 13's scythe a few times during the Death 13 arc in ''WebVideo/VaguelyRecallingJoJo''.
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* In the WesternAnimation/WoodyWoodpecker short "Solid Ivory", Woody gets a chunk of his hair chopped off by a flying axe. [[BerserkButton He is not amused.]]
* Katara does this to Azula with a blade of water in the season two finale of ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'', managing to annoy the already [[AxCrazy borderline-crazy]] Azula even more.
** Earlier, in a fight between Jet and Zuko, a blow gets so close that it cuts the [[OralFixation blade of grass]] from Jet's mouth.
** And even earlier than that, the leaders of two feuding tribes that the gAang run into have a duel in which they do this to each other. The man loses the tip of his beard, the woman one of her buns.
** In SequelSeries ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'', [[spoiler: Tarrlok]] does this to Korra with a vicious waterbending attack.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' episode "How Hermes Requisitioned His Groove Back", Bender is dealing a hand of poker and accidentally clips off some of Fry's hair with a wildly thrown card.
** In ''[[TheMovie Bender's Big Score]]'', Bender belches, setting Amy's uncharacteristically long hair on fire -- causing it to go back to the style she had it in during the series.
* In ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' episode "Itchy and Scratchy Land," Homer repeatedly ducks the cleaver of a mad robot while insisting that nothing is wrong, but loses the two hairs on top of his head when it gets too close ("Ah! My hair! Oh god, I'm ugly!").
* At least one episode of ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' in which Yosemite Sam confronts WesternAnimation/BugsBunny culminates in Bugs using a trick shot that not only parts Sam's hair but splits his hat, as well.
* ''WesternAnimation/JimmyTwoShoes'': In "[[AmusementParkOfDoom Carnival Lucius]]", Lucius sends Jimmy and Heloise on a roller coaster that had several giant meat cleavers to chop them to bits. The knives only succeeded in chopping of Jimmy's IdiotHair.
-->'''Heloise:''' We should have been chopped to bits. Hey, Lucius! Your henchmen do shoddy work!
* An episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddparents'' had Timmy's [[HollywoodVoodoo Yoo Doo doll]] about to be put into a wood chipper. By the time he gets Cosmo and Wanda to unwish the dolls, the shredder has shaved his hair.
** In another episode in which he wishes that he and Trixie were the last people on earth, near the end Trixie has gone insane and tries to kill Timmy with a helicopter just before he wishes the world back to normal she has managed to cut off some of his hair with the helicopter blades.
* The Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles don't have hair, but in an episode of the [[WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2003 2003 cartoon]] an axe blade slices through the tails of Michelangelo's mask for much the same effect.
* Happens to Clover in an episode of ''WesternAnimation/TotallySpies''. It's naturally a BerserkButton.
* ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls'': Bubbles gets one of her pigtails turned into a drumstick by a stray meat-making beam from Fuzzy Lumpkins. Cue NoHoldsBarredBeatdown.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheAvengersEarthsMightiestHeroes'': In the episode "Widow's Sting", Hawkeye is about to shoot Black Widow with an arrow, but then spots Madame Viper behind her about to shoot Mockingbird. He instead shoots the gun out of Viper's hand, but on the way it passes through Natasha's hair, cutting a few strands.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack'' episode "Jack vs Mad Jack" during their fight Evil Jack slices off his trademark topknot hair, he then does the same to him.
** In Season 5, one of the Daughters of Aku slices the tip of Jack's beard off, and several episodes later Ashi gets some of her hair chopped off by her mother during their duel.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/CourageTheCowardlyDog'' episode "The Ride of the Valkyries" after being mistaken for their sister the Valkyries give Muriel a battle axe. As she playfully fools around with it she accidentally cuts off some of Courage's fur on his head.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/{{Thundercats 2011}}'' episode "Journey to the Tower of Omens" this happens to Cheetara while using her SuperSpeed and SuperReflexes to jump through a DeathCourse of whirling blades in a TempleOfDoom.
* Franchise/{{Rambo}} in his [[WesternAnimation/RamboTheForceOfFreedom 1980's cartoon]] was often seen ducking for cover right when the enemy fires at him, just fast enough for the bullets to slice a few locks of hair from his head. The man had the Devil's luck, one has to admit.
* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'':
** In episode "Secret of my Excess" this happens twice -- first time when Spike accidentally burns the doctor's hair off with his breath, and another time when the Wonderbolts slash the crest on his head off.
** Spike gives ''another one'' to Twilight in "It's About Time", resulting in the haircut Future Twilight had.
** Sweetie Belle's mane gets a trim from Opalescence's claws in "Stare Master". It only lasts until the next scene, though.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry'' short "WesternAnimation/MouseTrouble", a gunshot leaves Tom bald, and he has to wear a DodgyToupee for the rest of the cartoon.
* In episode 16 of ''WesternAnimation/SymbionicTitan'', when Lance is in the middle of a sword duel with a traitor, the traitor clips a few hairs with an attack that Lance barely dodges.
* This happens to Ratty in the ''WesternAnimation/{{Mr Bogus}}'' episode "[[{{Recap/MrBogusS1E1MeetMrBogus}} Meet Mr. Bogus]]".
* In the 7th episode of ''WesternAnimation/MightyMax'' Norman slices the zombie parasite off of an infected man who is holding Virgil, in the process he accidentally slices off Virgil's long eyebrows.
** Also in the 13th episode Norman looses a chunk of his ponytail saving Max from The Skullmaster.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitansGo'' episode "Legendary Sandwich", Starfire gets her long hair cut off while fighting a Sandwich Guardian. It makes her go berserk and [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown smash the guardian to bits]].
* ''WesternAnimation/TronUprising'' had one [[http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_medgqpvZas1rro63oo1_400.gif program receive an impromptu haircut]] courtesy of Tessler's {{BFG}}.
* In ''{{WesternAnimation/Motorcity}}'', Tennie shoots off part of Dutch's afro in an attempt to stop a [=KaneBot=].
* In ''WesternAnimation/TransformersAnimated'', the Constructicons, in their first appearance, accidentally chop off Sari's ponytails in a game of oil-barrell frisbee.
--> '''Sari''': Hey, those don't grow back overnight!
* Dangerous Dan gives Heckle a close cut with his revolver in the ''WesternAnimation/HeckleAndJeckle'' cartoon "Hair Cut-Ups."
* In the ''WesternAnimation/MegaManRubySpears'' episode "Future Shock", Cutman's blade slices the end of Roll's ponytail.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'' episode "[[Recap/StevenUniverseS1E18BeachParty Beach Party]]", the ends of Amethyst's hair get sliced off when the corrupted-Gem-of-the-week blows Pearl's spear back at the Crystal Gems. Though, it doesn't stay that way for long because Amethyst can do a HairReboot with her shapeshifting.
* At the end sequence of ''WesternAnimation/TheBeatles'', an Indian that Paul mistook for Ringo in disguise sends his tomahawk at John, Paul and George, altering their iconic moptops.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/InfinityTrain'' Book One episode "[[Recap/InfinityTrainS1E7TheChromeCar The Chrome Car]]", Tulip's reflection has her hair chopped off by the sander the Reflection Police were trying to destroy her with.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheRealGhostbusters'': Implied in "[[Recap/TheRealGhostbustersS1E13XMasMarksTheSpot X-Mas Marks the Spot]]". As the Ghostbusters are driving back from a job in upstate New York, Egon pointedly mentions something Ray did that might cost them future jobs in the area. Ray protests that the cat was supposed to be out of the way and the fur will grow back.
* ''WesternAnimation/HitMonkey'': Happens a lot over the course of the series when bladed weapons come into play. A stand out example is episode 2, where Hit-Monkey narrowly escapes a ConveyorBeltODoom and gets a large patch shaved off his behind, which remains days later.
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* At the battle of Fredericksburg during UsefulNotes/TheAmericanCivilWar, Confederate cavalry general J.E.B Stuart had a lock of hair cut off by a bullet, and three more bullets passed through his clothes, while he left the battlefield unharmed.
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* In the ''VideoGame/{{Overwatch}}'' short "Infiltration", Widowmaker is set up to assassinate Katya Volskaya with her sniper rifle. Suddenly, the security alarm sounds and Katya is escorted away by her guards. Widowmaker still tries to take the shot, but misses and destroys Katya's right earring.
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* The short video ''WebVideo/ToTheDeath'' involves a student from a sword fighting school that uses {{Laser Sword}}s fighting a series of duels against his teacher, as he cannot properly graduate from the school until he manages to defeat the teacher. In the last of these duels the student finally wins by dodging a slash at the last instant, with the blade coming close enough to singe off some of his long hair, and then landing a winning counterattack. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AAzY28C8Syc YouTube link]]
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* ''Fanfic/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrail'', Chloe Cerise fights off the Organ Man in his zeppelin and he grabs onto her hair and is ready to throw her into the propellers. Thankfully, Chloe has Lexi use a paper bracelet on her hand to [[PaperMaster fold into a knife to cut her hair off]].
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* ''Fanfic/HeartOfGoldCardcaptorSakura'': In chapter 4, one of Shina's RazorWind attacks trims a few hairs off of Sakura and Syaoran's heads.
* In ''Fanfic/KyonBigDamnHero'', Kyon's sister gets one by a stray flechette, during the Combine's attack at North High.
* In ''Fanfic/KyonBigDamnHero'', Kyon's sister gets one by a stray flechette, during the Combine's attack at North High.
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* An odd variation in a ''Franchise/SailorMoon''[=/=]''Franchise/{{Godzilla}}'' crossover fanfic. Sailor Jupiter's caught fighting the big green lizard and, at one point, gets pinned by her ponytail by Big G's foot. A soldier comes over and, wanting to get her out of the line of fire, ends up having to cut her ponytail off.
* ''Fanfic/UninvitedGuests'', Zaraki decides to make Rangiku his apprentice. While they're "training" (read: Rangiku runs away while Zaraki tries to kill her), he does manage to cut off a lock of her hair. Yumichika and Ikkaku decide she has potential.
* ''Fanfic/QueenOfAllOni'': When Viper is fighting an Oni-possessed Captain Black, he ends up BURYING his fist in the concrete wall behind, just missing her head, but ripping out a chunk of her hair in the process. [[BerserkButton She is]] [[GroinAttack not pleased]].
* ''Fanfic/UninvitedGuests'', Zaraki decides to make Rangiku his apprentice. While they're "training" (read: Rangiku runs away while Zaraki tries to kill her), he does manage to cut off a lock of her hair. Yumichika and Ikkaku decide she has potential.
* ''Fanfic/QueenOfAllOni'': When Viper is fighting an Oni-possessed Captain Black, he ends up BURYING his fist in the concrete wall behind, just missing her head, but ripping out a chunk of her hair in the process. [[BerserkButton She is]] [[GroinAttack not pleased]].
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* An odd variation in a ''Franchise/SailorMoon''[=/=]''Franchise/{{Godzilla}}'' crossover fanfic. Sailor Jupiter's caught fighting the big green lizard and, at one point, gets pinned by her ponytail by Big G's foot. A soldier comes over and, wanting to get her out of the line of fire, ends up having to cut her ponytail off.
* ''Fanfic/TyrantlyEverAfter'': Artina ''barely'' avoids getting her head chopped off by a Death attempting to harvest her soul, losing the end of her braid instead to his scythe. The experience leaves her badly shaken and questioning whether [[CrisisOfFaith she's completely lost God's protection]].
* ''Fanfic/UninvitedGuests'', Zaraki decides to make Rangiku his apprentice. While they're "training" (read: Rangiku runs away while Zaraki tries to kill her), he does manage to cut off a lock of her hair. Yumichika and Ikkaku decide she has potential.
* ''Fanfic/QueenOfAllOni'': When Viper is fighting an Oni-possessed Captain Black, he ends up BURYING his fist in the concrete wall behind, just missing her head, but ripping out a chunk of her hair in the process. [[BerserkButton She is]] [[GroinAttack not pleased]].
* ''Fanfic/TyrantlyEverAfter'': Artina ''barely'' avoids getting her head chopped off by a Death attempting to harvest her soul, losing the end of her braid instead to his scythe. The experience leaves her badly shaken and questioning whether [[CrisisOfFaith she's completely lost God's protection]].
* ''Fanfic/UninvitedGuests'', Zaraki decides to make Rangiku his apprentice. While they're "training" (read: Rangiku runs away while Zaraki tries to kill her), he does manage to cut off a lock of her hair. Yumichika and Ikkaku decide she has potential.
* ''Fanfic/QueenOfAllOni'': When Viper is fighting an Oni-possessed Captain Black, he ends up BURYING his fist in the concrete wall behind, just missing her head, but ripping out a chunk of her hair in the process. [[BerserkButton She is]] [[GroinAttack not pleased]].
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* In the ''Manga/{{InuYasha}}'' ContinuationFic ''FanFic/BeyondTomorrow'', Sango ends up getting the end of her ponytail set on fire by [[InstantAwesomeJustAddDragons Ren's]] [[BreathWeapon fire breath]], forcing her to [[TraumaticHaircut cut her hair down to her shoulders]] to stop the fire from spreading.
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* In the ''Manga/{{InuYasha}}'' ContinuationFic ''FanFic/BeyondTomorrow'', ''Fanfic/BeyondTomorrow'': Sango ends up getting the end of her ponytail set on fire by [[InstantAwesomeJustAddDragons Ren's]] Ren's [[BreathWeapon fire breath]], forcing her to [[TraumaticHaircut cut her hair down to her shoulders]] to stop the fire from spreading.
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* In ''FanFic/UninvitedGuests'', Zaraki decides to make Rangiku his apprentice. While they're "training" (read: Rangiku runs away while Zaraki tries to kill her), he does manage to cut off a lock of her hair. Yumichika and Ikkaku decide she has potential.
* ''FanFic/QueenOfAllOni'': When Viper is fighting an Oni-possessed Captain Black, he ends up BURYING his fist in the concrete wall behind, just missing her head, but ripping out a chunk of her hair in the process. [[BerserkButton She is]] [[GroinAttack not pleased]].
* Examples from [[Fanfic/Swing123AndGarfieldodiesCalvinverse the Calvinverse]]:
** Calvin gets one of these from a laser blast in ''Fanfic/CalvinAndHobbesTheMovie''.
** This happens again in ''Fanfic/CalvinAndHobbesIIIDoubleTrouble'', only this time [[BerserkButton he's a little angrier about it.]] "NO ONE MESSES WITH THE DO!"
* Happens twice in the ''Franchise/StarWars'' fic ''[[https://m.fanfiction.net/s/2696712/1/Important-Information Important Information]]''. Once, it's Luke getting his hair singed as he's diving for cover from blaster fire, and then Leia slices off a piece of the female alien villain's prehensile hair with her lightsaber.
* ''FanFic/QueenOfAllOni'': When Viper is fighting an Oni-possessed Captain Black, he ends up BURYING his fist in the concrete wall behind, just missing her head, but ripping out a chunk of her hair in the process. [[BerserkButton She is]] [[GroinAttack not pleased]].
* Examples from [[Fanfic/Swing123AndGarfieldodiesCalvinverse the Calvinverse]]:
** Calvin gets one of these from a laser blast in ''Fanfic/CalvinAndHobbesTheMovie''.
** This happens again in ''Fanfic/CalvinAndHobbesIIIDoubleTrouble'', only this time [[BerserkButton he's a little angrier about it.]] "NO ONE MESSES WITH THE DO!"
* Happens twice in the ''Franchise/StarWars'' fic ''[[https://m.fanfiction.net/s/2696712/1/Important-Information Important Information]]''. Once, it's Luke getting his hair singed as he's diving for cover from blaster fire, and then Leia slices off a piece of the female alien villain's prehensile hair with her lightsaber.
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* In ''FanFic/UninvitedGuests'', ''Fanfic/UninvitedGuests'', Zaraki decides to make Rangiku his apprentice. While they're "training" (read: Rangiku runs away while Zaraki tries to kill her), he does manage to cut off a lock of her hair. Yumichika and Ikkaku decide she has potential.
*''FanFic/QueenOfAllOni'': ''Fanfic/QueenOfAllOni'': When Viper is fighting an Oni-possessed Captain Black, he ends up BURYING his fist in the concrete wall behind, just missing her head, but ripping out a chunk of her hair in the process. [[BerserkButton She is]] [[GroinAttack not pleased]].
*Examples from [[Fanfic/Swing123AndGarfieldodiesCalvinverse the Calvinverse]]:
''[[Fanfic/Swing123AndGarfieldodiesCalvinverse The Calvinverse]]'':
** ''Fanfic/CalvinAndHobbesTheMovie'': Calvin gets one of these from a laserblast in ''Fanfic/CalvinAndHobbesTheMovie''.
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** ''Fanfic/CalvinAndHobbesIIIDoubleTrouble'': This happensagain in ''Fanfic/CalvinAndHobbesIIIDoubleTrouble'', again, only this time [[BerserkButton he's a little angrier about it.]] "NO ONE MESSES WITH THE DO!"
*Happens twice in the ''Franchise/StarWars'' fic ''[[https://m.fanfiction.net/s/2696712/1/Important-Information Important Information]]''. Once, Information]]'': Twice. The first time, it's Luke getting his hair singed as he's diving for cover from blaster fire, and then Leia slices off a piece of the female alien villain's prehensile hair with her lightsaber.
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** ''Fanfic/CalvinAndHobbesTheMovie'': Calvin gets one of these from a laser
** ''Fanfic/CalvinAndHobbesIIIDoubleTrouble'': This happens
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* In ''Animation/PleasantGoatAndBigBigWolf: Mighty Little Defenders'' episode 42, Weslie faces off against Rolly and Raoul while they're under the effects of a wolf herb. One of those two very nearly hits Weslie with a sword, cutting off a small part of the curl of wool on his forehead.
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** Adam once got a bit too close to an exploding ball of fire. [[MemeticMutation "Am I missing an eyebrow?"]]
** Adam once got a bit too close to an exploding ball of fire. [[MemeticMutation "Am I missing an eyebrow?"]]
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* In ''VideoGame/SakuraWars2019'', Lancelot and Sakura Amamiya engage in a sword duel when they meet each other for the first time in chapter 3. When Lancelot tries to ram her sword into Sakura, the latter dodges it and a few of her hair strands are cut off.
* In the pilot of ''WebAnimation/KnightsOfAllRealms'', Patchface the Pirate swings for Sir Loin's neck, but only manages to graze his skin and take a bit of his beard off. Unfortunately, that's enough for Sir Loin to [[PoisonedWeapons be poisoned by the Sick Sabre]].
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* In the pilot of ''WebAnimation/KnightsOfAllRealms'', Patchface the Pirate swings for Sir Loin's neck, but only manages to graze his skin and take a bit of his beard off. Unfortunately, that's enough for Sir Loin to [[PoisonedWeapon be poisoned by the Sick Sabre]].
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* In the pilot of ''WebAnimation/KnightsOfAllRealms'', Patchface the Pirate swings for Sir Loin's neck, but only manages to graze his skin and take a bit of his beard off. Unfortunately, that's enough for Sir Loin to [[PoisonedWeapon [[PoisonedWeapons be poisoned by the Sick Sabre]].
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* ''Animation/HappyHeroes'': In Season 2 episode 21, Careless S. tests out his new weapon by shooting a missile at a tree. Big M., who is hiding behind a bush right in front of the tree, is nearly hit by the missile, but it just barely misses him and cuts off the top of his hair in the process.
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* ''Animation/HappyHeroes'': In Season 2 episode 21, Careless S. tests out his new weapon by shooting a missile at a tree. Big M., who is hiding behind a bush right in front of the tree, is nearly hit by the missile, but it just barely misses him and cuts off the top of his hair in the process.
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In either a gunfight or a sword battle, sometimes the bullet or blade gets just a bit ''[[CouldHaveBeenMessy too]]'' close for comfort, and you often see a Close-Call Haircut with a few cut strands of hair blowing around to indicate just how close the character came to getting hit. May also mark the point in the battle when the gloves come off, especially if one or both of the fighters are female and [[ItsPersonal it suddenly becomes personal]] as soon as [[MinorInjuryOverreaction the female character's beauty is involved]].
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In either a gunfight or a sword battle, sometimes the bullet or blade gets just a bit ''[[CouldHaveBeenMessy too]]'' close for comfort, and you often see a Close-Call Haircut with a few cut strands of hair blowing around to indicate just how close the character came to getting hit. The character may even quickly run a hand through their hair and watch loose strands float away in the wind as confirmation. May also mark the point in the battle when the gloves come off, especially if one or both of the fighters are female and [[ItsPersonal it suddenly becomes personal]] as soon as [[MinorInjuryOverreaction the female character's beauty is involved]].
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Reworded Yang to give proper context instead of relying on trope potholing to explain the scene. Removed Cinder's entry. It's not that damaging the mask isn't in line with the point of this trope (it is), it's that I think we've got a missing supertrope here. All the related tropes are related to hair or clothing, but this isn't the first work to perform the trope on something that's worn on the body that isn't covered by any of the existing tropes. So, I'm thinking supertrope.
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* In ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'':
** When Yang evaded the wide swings of an Ursa's claws, she belatedly finds that the beast managed to cut off a single hair. This trope is Yang's BerserkButton. Do ''not'' mess with her hair.
** In Volume 5, Cinder battles Jaune arc. A distraction during the fight nearly ends with Jaune stabbing her through the face with his sword. She manages to dodge right so the sword just chips off part of her mask.
** When Yang evaded the wide swings of an Ursa's claws, she belatedly finds that the beast managed to cut off a single hair. This trope is Yang's BerserkButton. Do ''not'' mess with her hair.
** In Volume 5, Cinder battles Jaune arc. A distraction during the fight nearly ends with Jaune stabbing her through the face with his sword. She manages to dodge right so the sword just chips off part of her mask.
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* In ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'':
**''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'': When Yang evaded the wide swings of an Ursa's [[AnimalisticAbomination Ursa's]] claws, she belatedly finds that the beast managed to cut off a single strand of hair. This trope Her temper snaps, and the Ursa is Yang's BerserkButton. Do ''not'' mess with pummelled into oblivion. [[BerserkButton No-one is allowed]] to touch her hair.
** In Volume 5, Cinder battles Jaune arc. A distraction during the fight nearly ends with Jaune stabbing her through the face with his sword. She manages to dodge right so the sword just chips off part of her mask.hair, never mind damage it.
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** In Volume 5, Cinder battles Jaune arc. A distraction during the fight nearly ends with Jaune stabbing her through the face with his sword. She manages to dodge right so the sword just chips off part of her mask.
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* In ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'', this trope is Yang's BerserkButton. Do ''not'' mess with her hair.
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** When Yang evaded the wide swings of an Ursa's claws, she belatedly finds that the beast managed to cut off a single hair. This trope is Yang's BerserkButton. Do ''not'' mess with herhair.hair.
** In Volume 5, Cinder battles Jaune arc. A distraction during the fight nearly ends with Jaune stabbing her through the face with his sword. She manages to dodge right so the sword just chips off part of her mask.
** When Yang evaded the wide swings of an Ursa's claws, she belatedly finds that the beast managed to cut off a single hair. This trope is Yang's BerserkButton. Do ''not'' mess with her
** In Volume 5, Cinder battles Jaune arc. A distraction during the fight nearly ends with Jaune stabbing her through the face with his sword. She manages to dodge right so the sword just chips off part of her mask.