History Main / TraumaticHaircut

* In ''Series/{{Conan}}'', the host Creator/ConanOBrien experienced a "Beardpocalypse" at the hands of Creator/WillFerrell.

* ''Series/{{Conan}}''. Creator/ConanOBrien experienced a "Beardpocalypse" when his beard was shaved on stage by Creator/WillFerrell.

%%* ''Creator/ConanOBrien.'' Will Ferrell. "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FW4v77ilhbk Beardpocalypse]]."

* A Dutch girl guilty of sleeping with a Nazi, as referenced below under TruthInTelevision, gets her hair shaved by force in ''Series/BandOfBrothers''.

* In ''A Footnote on the Subject of Tribbles'', it's mentioned that the Klingons mistook Captain Kirk's DodgeeToupee for a tribble. Outraged over this insult, they rioted and forcibly shaved the hair of a young ensign called Picard.

* ''Webcomic/JoeVsElanSchool'': Sandra, a 14-year-old inmate at [[JuvenileHell Élan]], had long hair that had never been cut in her life. The first thing the school did was cut it all off - other girls were allowed to have long hair, but hers was important to her, so it had to go. When she reacted, they called her attention-seeking, deceiving, and manipulative. After her hair was cut, she lost her mind and has spent the time since then as the staff's punching bag.

* In the Music/KrisKristofferson song "The Law is for Protection of the People", one of the things that the cops in the song do is hold down a hippie by the name of Homer Lee Hunnicutt and cut his hair.

* ''Film/{{Hairspray}} (1988)'': Has Velma Von Tussle lose the top part of her hair after a bomb prematurely detonates after Tracy Turnblad wins the Miss Auto pageant.

* At one point in ''Literature/{{Animorphs}}'', Rachel ends up having to sell 6 inches of her hair to an Iskoort in order to pay for the services of a guide-about-town (incidentally named Guide). He wanted all of it. Rachel [[CuteBruiser threatened violence]]. Guide compromised. He also wanted the last foot and a half of Ax's tail. Same basic story.
** Ax also describes how in Andalite society, someone who has shamed himself gets a certain kind of haircut (or fur-cut) called ''unschweet,'' with the idea being that their honor slowly returns as the hair grows back.

* ''Film/InTheArmyNow'': Creator/PaulyShore screams after seeing his Army-issue haircut.

%%* Rosemary in ''Film/RosemarysBaby'', though Mia Farrow had short hair before the shooting started and just wore a wig for the early scenes.

* The movie ''Film/ShesInTheArmyNow'' features a group of unprepared women joining the army for basic training. The women are allowed to keep their hair long if they make sure it's above the collar at all times. Virginia Marshall has long hair that frequently comes undone, and the sergeant has the platoon do push-ups as punishment. So a trio of other women blindside Marshall and cut all her hair off - which is a bit of DisproportionateRetribution, since the platoon only had to do twelve push-ups as punishment.

** ''[[https://youtu.be/kb5QLRzMxYA Showing my husband and mother-in-law hell for their years of emotional harassment]]'': Sorao's mom forcibly cut her granddaughter Sakura's hair while Nano slept while drunk. When Nano found out, she had enough and called Sorao to pick his mom up under the threat of calling the cops on her. When he expressed disinterest at what she did to Sakura, Nano had enough of him out as well.

** Dothraki warriors wear their hair in long braids, and cut them off if they're ever defeated in a fight.

Compare ImportantHaircut, where it is often self-induced to indicate a change in values or goals, and ExpositoryHairstyleChange for when there is any hairstyle change that also indicates a change in character. See also ScarsAreForever and BeautyToBeast for the grisly body part version, as well as the milder and more comedic version, NobodyTouchesTheHair. If this gets PlayedForLaughs then it's a GagHaircut though it does overlap with this since it can still be traumatic for the character. Might come up if the story touches upon TheTopicOfCancer.

Compare ImportantHaircut, where it is often self-induced to indicate a change in values or goals, and ExpositoryHairstyleChange for when there's any hairstyle change that also indicates a change in character. See also ScarsAreForever and BeautyToBeast for the grisly body part version, as well as the milder and more comedic version, NobodyTouchesTheHair. If this gets PlayedForLaughs then it's a GagHaircut though it does overlap with this since it can still be traumatic for the character. Might come up if the story touches upon TheTopicOfCancer.

* Averted in ''WesternAnimation/TheSmurfs'' episode "Smurfette's Golden Tresses". Hogatha captures Smurfette and orders her to cut off all her hair so that the evil witch could use it to give herself natural blond hair. Papa Smurf has Smurfette hide her hair underneath her hat and then has Barber snip off some fur from a bearskin rug and dye it yellow to make it look like Smurfette cut off all her hair.