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2	[[caption-width-right:350:''[[{{Recap/TangledTheSeriesS3E17PlusEstEnVous}} I won't pretend to know just what you're going through, but I'd give anything for you. Yes, I'd give anything to relive everything with you.]]'']]
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4	->''“You offer free haircuts to girls with little money but want to look great but you don't care about their feelings when you tamper with their hair? You devious monsters are unforgivable! You agree with me, don't you Tuxedo Mask? And InTheNameOfTheMoon, I'll punish you!”''
5	-->-- '''Usagi Tsukino'''
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7	->([=DiC=] Episode: '''"Bad Hair Day"''')
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9	As Usagi feels despondent over the loss of Tuxedo Mask, Minako offers to spend some quality girl time with her to raise her spirits. They even visit a suspiciously new hair salon where they reunite with someone they never would have expected to see.
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11	!! Tropes in this episode include:
12	* BittersweetEnding: Mamoru's brainwashing was a complete success and Queen Beryl is eager to brainstorm new ways on how to use his loyalty against the Princess. Though Usagi's spirits are in a much better place and she's driven to beat the bad guys and save her Prince Charming.
13	* BrainwashedAndCrazy: Tuxedo Mask now calls himself Endymion and has pledged his allegiance to the Dark Kingdom.
14	* CantKillYouStillNeedYou: Queen Metallia considers Endymion to be a valuable ally and would like to keep him alive and unharmed for as long as possible.
15	* CombinationAttack: Mars and Jupiter combine Fire Soul and Supreme Thunder to take out Mitsuami's SwissArmyWeapon.
16	* CommonalityConnection: Rei sympathizes with Usagi as she knows what it's like to lose the man she loves (her with Mamoru and Usagi with Tuxedo Mask).
17	* ContrivedCoincidence: Of all the hairs on Minako’s hair, the DNA scanners isolate one that got mixed in after she used the same brush as the real Sailor Moon.
18	* ADayInTheLimelight: This is Minako's first real focus outside of her role as Sailor Venus.
19	* DreamingOfTimesGoneBy: Usagi dreams about her past as Princess Serenity as how she tried to chase after her Prince from running into danger.
20	* FiveSecondForeshadowing: The fact that Tuxedo Mask uses his rose attack on ''her'' sets up his new allegiance to the Dark Kingdom.
21	* {{Foreshadowing}}: It's Minako who tries to shake Usagi of her depression, despite not knowing her as well as the others do. It will turn out she can relate to [[Recap/SailorMoonEp42SailorVenusPastMinakosTragicLove such heartache]] more than she's let on.
22	* FusionDance: The Hair Styling Youma: Mitsuami is created when the brainwashed hair salon attendees rally together and form one body.
23	* GaveUpTooSoon: The youma mistakes Minako for Sailor Moon, after the RapidDNATest picked up the wrong hair. She was literally in the process of washing Usagi's hair when this happened.
24	* GoodIsNotSoft: Artemis insists that they find a way to help Usagi push through her depression so she can prepare herself in using the Silver Crystal.
25	* HeroicBSOD: Usagi's depression still lingers after losing Mamoru to the Dark Kingdom. She isn't as cheerful, she's barely focused in any of her activities, and she still has nightmares about the tragedy of Silver Millennium.
26	* HopeSpot: Just as Sailor Moon is about to purify the MonsterOfTheWeek and be done with this plot, she suddenly gets hit in the wrist and then sees a rose on the ground.
27	* IJustWantToBeNormal: Despite her commitment to being a Sailor Guardian, Usagi secretly wishes that she could go back to being a normal girl who doesn't fight monsters.
28	* InnocentlyInsensitive: Makoto mentions how weird it is for Rei to sympathize with Usagi given their bad history. Though she does apologize when she remembers that she too is a victim of loss.
29	* InstantSedation: When the salon workers believe they found Sailor Moon, they use spray bottles on the attendees to render them unconscious.
30	* MakeoverMontage: Minako and Usagi imagine a variety of hairstyles that the latter could pull off.
31	* MoodWhiplash: Usagi struggles with nightmares and keeps tossing and turning. Luna expresses concern about this trauma, only to suddenly get comedically pinned by Usagi's arm.
32	* MythologyGag: Minako is mistaken for Sailor Moon by the MonsterOfTheWeek. A major plot point in the manga was Minako pretending to be the Moon Princess to protect Usagi from the Dark Kingdom.
33	* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Rei of all people understands what Usagi is suffering through due to losing the man of her dreams and insists that they be patient with her.
34	* PlotHole: Supposedly the youma believes that Minako is Usagi because the comb she was using to brush with got some of Usagi's hair which ended up on Minako's head. However, there's no mention or reference of Minako ever using the same brush before they reach the salon.
35	* RapidDNATest: Kunzite's first plan to discover Sailor Moon's civilian identity is to use a single strand of her hair and match it to all the girls who visit his hair salon. The tests themselves are done with the salon's hair dryers.
36	* RuleOfSymbolism: To show that he's switched sides, Endymion's roses are now black instead of red.
37	* SwissArmyWeapon: Mitsuami's right hand comes equipped with a variety of hair dressing tools that can be used to kill Sailor Moon.
38	* TacticalWithdrawal: Double-teamed by Endymion and a MonsterOfTheWeek, Sailor Moon runs out the nearest door.
39	* TearsOfJoy: Sailor Moon, and later Sailor Mars, sheds these when she sees that Tuxedo Mask is alive.
40	* ThisCannotBe:
41	** Moon reacts this way after seeing Tuxedo Mask working alongside the youma.
42	** When Venus warns Mars of Tuxedo Mask now being an ally to the Dark Kingdom, Mars straight up ''begs'' Tuxedo Mask to tell her that it isn't true.
43	* WeWillMeetAgain: Endymion, after being ordered to retreat by Metallia.
44	* WouldHitAGirl: While Endymion is not a man who hurts women, he's willing to cross that line if it means obtaining the Silver Crystal.
45	* YouAreNotAlone: In the last scene, Makoto assures Rei that she doesn't have to suffer her heartbreak alone and can reach out to the others if she wants to.

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