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* In the interactive whodunit ''Shear Madness'', set in a hair salon, a customer comes in to get a shave at the beginning of the play but the stylist is distracted by conversation with another one of the characters and swings the razor around carelessly, nearly cutting the customer several times. The customer ends up storming out of salon, still covered in shaving cream, after he's had enough of this behavior. He returns later in the play, after the murder of the landlady, and reveals himself to be a police officer who's been put on the murder investigation.
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* In Disney's version of ''WesternAnimation/PeterPan'', Smee (through a complicated [[{{Slapstick}} series of misunderstandings]]) mistakenly believes he's accidentally cut off Captain Hook's head while shaving him.

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* In Disney's version of ''WesternAnimation/PeterPan'', Smee (through tries to give Captain Hook a complicated [[{{Slapstick}} series shave but doesn't pay attention to what he is doing and ends up shaving the rear end of misunderstandings]]) mistakenly a seagull that had landed on Hook's head without him noticing. After the seagull flies away, Smee only finds a towel where he thinks that Captain Hook's head is supposed to be and believes he's accidentally cut off Captain Hook's the Captain's head while shaving him.and tries to find it so he can [[LosingYourHead put it back on]].
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* Celie at least ''contemplates'' some very dangerous thoughts while holding a razor in her hand in preparation to shave Mister in ''Film/TheColorPurple''. She gets interrupted out of her thoughts (and the razor snatched out of her hand) before she can do anything rash.

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* Celie at least ''contemplates'' some very dangerous thoughts while holding a razor in her hand in preparation to shave Mister in ''Film/TheColorPurple''.''Film/TheColorPurple1985''. She gets interrupted out of her thoughts (and the razor snatched out of her hand) before she can do anything rash.
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* ''Espuma y nada más'' is about a barber considering whether he should take the opportunity to kill [[ConsummateProfessional Captain Torres]] while giving him a shave.

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* ''Espuma y nada más'' is about a barber considering whether he should take the opportunity to kill [[ConsummateProfessional Captain Torres]] while giving him a shave.
shave. [[spoiler: The barber is revealed to be part of LaResistance, but in the end, he decides that [[ThouShaltNotKill he’s not a murderer]]. However, as Captain Torres leaves, he reveals that he knew that the barber is a revolutionary, but he knows it’s not easy to kill, and he wanted to see if the barber would do it.]]
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* ''Espuma y nada más'' is about a barber considering whether he should take the opportunity to kill [[ConsummateProfessional Captain Torres]] while giving him a shave.
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* The original ''Franchise/SweeneyTodd'' story was ''Literature/TheStringOfPearls'', published in the 1840s. In that version, Todd did in his customers by opening a trapdoor under the chair and only employed this trope if the fall into the cellar didn't kill them outright.

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* The original ''Franchise/SweeneyTodd'' ''DerivativeWorks/SweeneyTodd'' story was ''Literature/TheStringOfPearls'', published in the 1840s. In that version, Todd did in his customers by opening a trapdoor under the chair and only employed this trope if the fall into the cellar didn't kill them outright.



* Franchise/SweeneyTodd (aka The Demon Barber of Fleet Street) is featured at the ''Ride/LondonDungeon''.

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* Franchise/SweeneyTodd DerivativeWorks/SweeneyTodd (aka The Demon Barber of Fleet Street) is featured at the ''Ride/LondonDungeon''.
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* One episode of ''WebAnimation/HappyTreeFriends'' involves [[BlindMistake The Mole]] working as a barber. [[IronButtMonkey Lumpy]] goes there for a shave, and after he gets up, we see he's been ''[[FlayingAlive skinned from chin to nose.]]'' He fails to notice until after he splashes aftershave all over it with an audible sizzle, [[RuleOfFunny somehow.]]

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* One episode of ''WebAnimation/HappyTreeFriends'' involves ''WebAnimation/HappyTreeFriends'': In “Easy Comb, Easy Go”, [[BlindMistake The Mole]] working works as a barber. [[IronButtMonkey Lumpy]] goes there for a shave, and after he gets up, we see he's been ''[[FlayingAlive skinned from chin to nose.]]'' He fails to notice until after he splashes aftershave all over it with an audible sizzle, [[RuleOfFunny somehow.]]
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* Lumpy from ''WebAnimation/HappyTreeFriends'' ups the ante by shaving ''himself'' while driving. This being ''Happy Tree Friends'', the results are messy.

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* Lumpy from ''WebAnimation/HappyTreeFriends'' ups the ante by shaving ''himself'' while driving.driving in “The Way You Make Me Wheel”. This being ''Happy Tree Friends'', the results are messy.
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* Franchise/SweeneyTodd (aka The Demon Barber of Fleet Street) is featured at the ''Ride/LondonDungeon''.
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* In the short ComicBook/Agent327 animation ''Operation Barbershop'', after disposing of the dentist Boris tries to kill 327 by throttling him with a barber cape, slicing him with a straight razor, then is about to give 327 an EyeScream with a hair trimmer when 327 knocks him out with the hair dryer.
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See also CutHimselfShaving and ThereWillBeToiletPaper.

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See also CutHimselfShaving and ThereWillBeToiletPaper.
ThereWillBeToiletPaper. For instances where something sharp barely grazes someone, see CloseCallHaircut and PaperCutting.
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* In universe example with ''Literature/TheDarkHalf''. The fictional killer in the Alexis Machine series is find of this. Soon enough George Stark comes to use it as well.

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* In universe example with ''Literature/TheDarkHalf''. The fictional killer in the Alexis Machine series is find fond of this. Soon enough George Stark comes to use it as well.

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* In universe example with ''Literature/TheDarkHalf''. The fictional killer in the Alexis Machine series is find of this. Soon enough George Stark comes to use it as well.



* In universe example with ''Literature/TheDarkHalf''. The fictional killer in the Alexis Machine series is find of this. Soon enough George Stark comes to use it as well.
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* In ''Film/MississippiBurning'', the FBIAgent played by Creator/GeneHackman intimidates a KKK member who was getting a shave by replacing the barber.

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* In ''Film/MississippiBurning'', the FBIAgent played by Creator/GeneHackman intimidates a KKK local deputy sheriff and [[TheKlan KKK]] member who was getting a shave by replacing the barber.barber mid shave.
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* ''Series/TalesOfTheGoldMonkey''. In "Cooked Goose" after our heroes say something to annoy her, [[DragonLady Princess Koji]] has them dragged off by her guards. Cut to TheHero with a razor poised over his face, then a RevealShot shows [[NotSoDire all three men are being shaved by beautiful geisha girls]].

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