History Main / IHaveToWashMyHair

* ''TheBatman'' did it with the appropriately titled "Superman Story". Clark attempts to ask Lois to see a boring documentary film. She brushes him aside, claiming she needs to wash her hair.

* In the ''MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' episode "Party of One", Rarity uses this excuse to turn down an invitation to one of Pinkie Pie's parties. When Pinkie points out Rarity's hair looks clean to her, Rarity goes so far as to stick her head in a garbage can full of rubbish to get away with the excuse.

** ...Also a direct subversion, since the next line is "Let's stay right here".

* The ladyfolk of ''{{Loserz}}'' would rather, amongst other things, paint the Cistine Chapel, [[FetishFuel Lick their own asshole]] or [[EatsBabies eat babies]] than date Erik or Ben. [[http://bukucomics.com/loserz/go/149 See here.]] Disco Jesus, however... doesn't date boys. See also [[http://bukucomics.com/loserz/go/129 this strip]].

* Isabella states this almost word for word to {{Phineas and Ferb}} in "Robot Rodeo", but it's subverted since the phrase isn't used for the situation above; it's merely used to segue into [[CrowningMomentOfFunny one of the weirdest songs on the show]]. Impressive, since the show is ''[[{{Understatement}} full]]'' of them.

* In a {{flashback}} episode of the animated {{spinoff}} ''{{Beetlejuice}}'', young Beetlejuice receives this blowoff from a girl he has invited to the prom. The girl is a skeleton with no hair.

* TheNostalgiaChick is on the receiving end of this line when she tries to hit on ToddInTheShadows, who runs off claiming that "I have to go wash my feet or my car or something."

* ''DarthsAndDroids'' manages to [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0551.html play it hilariously straight]].

* ''DarthsAndDroids'' manages to [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0551.html play hilariously straight]]].

* [[http://www.outpostnine.com/gaijin_smash/2009/01/japanese-people-say-the-darndest-things This post]] on GaijinSmash discusses the cultural gap on date excuses.

* A variant shows up in a JackChick comment: The girl is about to go out with a wicked un-Christian boy sent by demons, but her [[OurAngelsAreDifferent guardian angel]] whispers to her, "You're going to wash your hair."
** But then, she really ''does'' wash her hair.
** Actually the girl was the daughter of a man whose soul the angels and demons were fighting over. The angel had the girl go wash her hair so that she'd be out of the way so that her Christian friend would try to convert the dad while she waited for the girl to finish washing her hair (because apparently JackChick thinks that it takes hours).

** ''Bananas''. [[WoodyAllen Fielding Mellish]] tries to ask out a SexySecretary.

* In ''{{Futurama}}'', we discover that, sometime in the past, Leela told Fry she couldn't go out with him because she had to meet a ghost. (He bought it.)
** In one episode, Leela and Fry meet their AlternateUniverse counterparts who are going steady because that Leela couldn't think of an excuse in time and actually went on a date with Fry.

Named for the StockPhrase that has become ''such'' a [[DeadHorseTrope clichéd excuse]] that it doesn't let the target down easily at all, but instead says ''"I wouldn't go out with you if every other man on the planet was radioactive!"''[[hottip:*:For those curious as to how this came to be any sort of excuse ''at all'' in the first place: Think of hair from a few decades ago. Think of how much product had to go into it. Now imagine washing ''all'' that out, then re-applying. Yeah.]]

** ''Play It Again, Sam'': A girl in an art museum blows off [[WoodyAllen Allan]] when he asks her for a date on Friday by telling him that she's ''[[HintDropping committing suicide that night]]''. Allan is undaunted.
--->'''Allan:''' How about Saturday?

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** In one episode, Leela and Fry meet their AlternateUniverse counterparts who are going steady because that Leela rouldn't think of an excuse in time and actually went on a date with Fry.

Named for the StockPhrase that has become ''such'' a [[DeadHorseTrope clichéd excuse]] that it doesn't let the target down easily at all, but instead says ''"I wouldn't go out with you if every other man on the planet was radioactive!"''