Tropescilloscope: Expository Hairstyle Change

Hairstyle change signals a characterization change. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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More Tropes Serious Business Only One Name Mr. Exposition Captain Obvious Fantasy Films Insane Troll Logic Disproportionate Retribution As Himself Genre Throwback Adaptational Attractiveness Historical In-Joke Vitriolic Best Buds Covers Always Lie Adaptation Distillation Babies Ever After Even Evil Has Standards No-Holds-Barred Beatdown You Have Got to Be Kidding Me! Rule of Three Ugly Guy, Hot Wife Retcon Arch-Enemy The Load I'm a Humanitarian Precision F-Strike A Date with Rosie Palms Determinator aka: The Determinator Anyone Can Die Serial Killer Almost Kiss NO INDOOR VOICE Never Trust a Trailer aka: Trailers Always Lie Well-Intentioned Extremist What the Hell, Hero? Kill It with Fire The X of Y Vomit Indiscretion Shot Fire-Forged Friends Stuff Blowing Up Five-Man Band Character Development Wham Line Animal Title Index Romantic Comedy Brutal Honesty Take That! Happily Married Too Dumb to Live Novelization Killed Mid-Sentence Ascended Extra Totally Radical Jack Bauer Interrogation Technique One-Word Title The Starscream Foreshadowing Screw the Rules, I'm Doing What's Right! Ambiguous Disorder Groin Attack Expository Hairstyle Change Deal with the Devil The Musical Epic Movie Disguised in Drag Nice Guy Facial Horror Wretched Hive Eureka Moment Instant Death Bullet Kick the Dog Psycho for Hire La Résistance Intergenerational Friendship Plucky Comic Relief Obfuscating Stupidity All for Nothing The '70s The '60s Bi the Way Riddle for the Ages Card-Carrying Villain Red Oni, Blue Oni Ship Tease Fan Disservice Informed Ability Gender Flip Spanner in the Works Badass Longcoat The '80s Spell My Name with an "S" Body Horror Bond One-Liner Black and Gray Morality Maybe Ever After Same Language Dub Retirony Accidental Murder Heroes Want Redheads Knight Templar Straight Gay Diabolus ex Machina Due to the Dead Hero of Another Story Genre Savvy Slasher Movie All Just a Dream I Want My Beloved to Be Happy Police Brutality Hair of Gold, Heart of Gold The Sociopath Sassy Black Woman Karma Houdini Action Survivor Rousing Speech Horror Doesn't Settle for Simple Tuesday MacGuffin Neck Lift Amusing Injuries Gold Digger Our Zombies Are Different Badass Boast Villain Song Did Not Get the Girl Unusually Uninteresting Sight Big "NO!" Getting Crap Past the Radar Evil Is Hammy Imagine Spot Bait-and-Switch Gilligan Cut Early-Bird Cameo Destination Defenestration Breaking the Fourth Wall Italian Films Not So Above It All Ripped from the Headlines Evil Is Petty Mundane Made Awesome Dull Surprise Deus ex Machina Screw the Rules, I Have Money! Defiant to the End Imperial Stormtrooper Marksmanship Academy Spiteful Spit Failed a Spot Check Never Trust a Trailer Cruel and Unusual Death Air-Vent Passageway Dark Action Girl She's Got Legs Downer Ending Crazy-Prepared Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds Mythology Gag The Cavalry Auto Erotica Retired Badass This Is Gonna Suck No Name Given O.O.C. Is Serious Business I Need a Freaking Drink For the Evulz Cowboy Cop Mugging the Monster Stalker with a Crush Guile Hero Chekhov's Gun Those Two Bad Guys Freudian Excuse Fatal Family Photo Took a Level in Badass Half the Man He Used to Be Dramatic Gun Cock Eyepatch of Power Improvised Weapon The Quiet One A God Am I Not Using the "Z" Word Death by Adaptation Running Gag Tagline Mr. Fanservice Unresolved Sexual Tension Distracted by the Sexy Soft Glass Moment Killer Funny Background Event Defrosting Ice Queen Artistic License – History Only Sane Man Better to Die than Be Killed Anti-Hero Woman Scorned Noodle Incident Parental Neglect Framing Device Immune to Bullets Ghost Fiction Hidden Depths Affectionate Parody Military and Warfare Films She Cleans Up Nicely Colour-Coded for Your Convenience aka: Color Coded For Your Convenience Exactly What It Says on the Tin '80s Hair Pre-Asskicking One-Liner The Lost Lenore Rule of Symbolism Punny Name Improbable Aiming Skills Took a Level in Jerkass Curse Cut Short Artistic License – Physics Obviously Evil Redshirt Army An Axe to Grind Re-Cut Fourth Date Marriage Up to Eleven Real Life Martial Arts Movie Not So Different Dramedy The Ditz The Dreaded Stealth Pun Sinister Minister Early Installment Weirdness Mad Scientist Adaptational Heroism Attempted Rape Butt-Monkey Light Is Not Good Annoying Younger Sibling Punch-Clock Villain An Arm and a Leg Bland-Name Product Canon Foreigner Bar Brawl Homage Action Prologue Children Are Innocent Based on a True Story Daddy's Girl Corrupt Corporate Executive Adults Are Useless Kill 'em All From Bad to Worse No Celebrities Were Harmed After the End Age Lift Jitter Cam Cassandra Truth Bolivian Army Ending Documentary Developing Doomed Characters Antagonist Title Cool Guns 20 Minutes into the Future Silence Is Golden Cloudcuckoolander Beauty Is Never Tarnished Index of Film Westerns Dwindling Party Department of Redundancy Department Man on Fire Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking Conspicuous CG Gorn Crazy Jealous Guy One Steve Limit Horror Films Works Set in World War II Music Stories Badass Normal Chiaroscuro Action Genre Roaring Rampage of Revenge The Stoner Nothing Is Scarier Very Loosely Based on a True Story He Knows Too Much Pre-Mortem One-Liner Creative Closing Credits Blatant Lies Face Death with Dignity Reasonable Authority Figure Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass No-Sell Loads and Loads of Characters Dies Wide Open Pay Evil unto Evil Cool Old Guy Nice Job Fixing It, Villain! As You Know The Chessmaster Politically Incorrect Villain Hypocritical Humor For Want of a Nail Monumental Damage Mercy Kill Badass Bookworm Sealed Evil in a Can Those Two Guys Ironic Echo Hooker with a Heart of Gold British Films Easily Forgiven Make It Look Like an Accident Wicked Cultured Your Cheating Heart Rated M for Manly Villainous Breakdown Chekhov's Skill Properly Paranoid Humans Are Bastards Logo Joke "Where Are They Now?" Epilogue Foil Truth in Television Slasher Smile Papa Wolf The Dog Bites Back More Dakka Fantastic Racism Taking the Bullet Meet Cute In the Back Cool Old Lady Calling the Old Man Out Sanity Slippage Humiliation Conga Decoy Protagonist Jerk with a Heart of Gold He Who Fights Monsters Offscreen Moment of Awesome Reckless Gun Usage Horror Comedy Artistic License – Gun Safety Pimped-Out Dress All Girls Want Bad Boys Book-Ends B-Movie Blonde, Brunette, Redhead Evil Sounds Deep Implacable Man Ass Shove Dissonant Serenity The Brute Word of God Your Head A-Splode Meaningful Background Event The Un-Reveal Black Comedy Would Hit a Girl Narrator Rich Bitch Insult Backfire Extreme Doormat Bare Your Midriff Anguished Declaration of Love Arc Words Rape Is a Special Kind of Evil Even Evil Has Loved Ones Off with His Head! Product Placement Zombie Stories Spared by the Adaptation Authority Equals Asskicking Sequel Escalation Aside Glance Hell Is That Noise Plot Hole It Will Never Catch On Grievous Bottley Harm Demonic Possession Taking You with Me Femme Fatale The Big Guy Television Movie Index Line-of-Sight Name Made of Iron Adaptation Expansion From Nobody to Nightmare Sexy Discretion Shot Domestic Abuse Really Gets Around Pun aka: Incredibly Lame Pun Be Careful What You Wish For Irony Victoria's Secret Compartment Training Montage Advertised Extra The Great Depression Affably Evil I Have Your Wife Evil Plan Scenery Porn Fiery Redhead Get Out! The Hero Dies The Atoner Toplessness from the Back Deliberately Monochrome Wounded Gazelle Gambit Black Best Friend Dumb Blonde The Casanova Married to the Job Film Noir Manly Tears The Dragon Meaningful Name Shipper on Deck Establishing Character Moment BFG Why Don't You Just Shoot Him? Oh, Crap! Madness Mantra Not Quite Dead Comically Missing the Point Bilingual Bonus A Minor Kidroduction You Have Failed Me Romantic False Lead Adaptational Villainy Awesome, but Impractical Celebrity Paradox Stock Footage Funny Foreigner Left the Background Music On Black Dude Dies First Bald of Evil Unusual Euphemism The Chick Handicapped Badass Maybe Magic, Maybe Mundane Ooh, Me Accent's Slipping Blood from the Mouth Betty and Veronica Bowdlerise Twist Ending Recap / RiffTrax aka: Riff Trax Movies No Antagonist The '90s Shout-Out All There in the Script Insistent Terminology Tranquil Fury Jump Scare Pretty in Mink Greater-Scope Villain The Power of Love Sir Swears-a-Lot Heterosexual Life-Partners Big Bad Duumvirate Dropped a Bridge on Him Pyrrhic Victory Dirty Old Man Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas What You Are in the Dark Does Not Like Shoes Vomit Discretion Shot Fatal Flaw Boom, Headshot! Aluminum Christmas Trees Real Life Writes the Plot Offscreen Teleportation Armor-Piercing Question Unreliable Narrator Death by Sex Dogged Nice Guy Jerkass Fanservice Extra Double Entendre Big Brother Instinct Not What It Looks Like Bad Boss The Smart Guy Parental Substitute Crucified Hero Shot Pet the Dog Bunny-Ears Lawyer Bloodless Carnage Costume Porn Unspoken Plan Guarantee Flipping the Bird Friend to All Children Brother–Sister Incest Neck Snap Screw the Money, I Have Rules! Bound and Gagged Anachronic Order Beard of Evil Morality Pet Earn Your Happy Ending Punctuated! For! Emphasis! Chewing the Scenery Improbable Infant Survival aka: Infant Immortality Evil Brit Double-Meaning Title Accidental Misnaming German Films Every Car Is a Pinto Psychopathic Manchild Public Domain Feature Films Lighter and Softer Evil Laugh Ax-Crazy Mexican Standoff Black Comedy Rape Spiritual Successor Contrived Coincidence Karmic Death Darkest Hour Silent Movie Villain with Good Publicity The Mole The Bully Nice Hat Author Appeal Outrun the Fireball Reality Is Unrealistic Brainless Beauty Christmas Movies Index The Remake Villain Ball And the Adventure Continues I Did What I Had to Do Trailers Always Spoil Driven to Suicide Pretty Little Headshots Continuity Nod Gone Horribly Right Artistic License – Geography Sadistic Choice Cold-Blooded Torture Sci-Fi Horror I Just Shot Marvin in the Face Science Fiction Films Shut Up, Hannibal! Mooks Rule of Cool Hollywood Law The Stoic timeperiod Fish out of Water Closed Circle Darker and Edgier Scare Chord Beware the Nice Ones Villain Protagonist Slashed Throat Vampire Fiction Fate Worse than Death Bullying a Dragon War Is Hell Dying Moment of Awesome Crapsack World Kids Are Cruel Poor Communication Kills Cluster F-Bomb Stealth Hi/Bye Intrepid Reporter Not So Stoic Red Shirt Reality Has No Subtitles Death Seeker Have a Gay Old Time Coming-of-Age Story Stepford Smiler My Greatest Failure Once More, with Clarity! Danny Peary Cult Movies List All There in the Manual Together in Death Call-Forward Tap on the Head Gratuitous English Fainting Catch-Phrase Bloodier and Gorier The Mafia Deconstruction Interrupted Suicide Only a Flesh Wound Evil vs. Evil Fanservice Made of Explodium Adult Fear Death of a Child Agony of the Feet Gory Discretion Shot Curb-Stomp Battle Casting Gag Fun with Acronyms Dirty Coward Smug Snake N-Word Privileges Scary Black Man Posthumous Character Bavarian Fire Drill Room Full of Crazy Say My Name Anachronism Stew Badass in a Nice Suit Bad "Bad Acting" Reality Ensues World of Ham Demoted to Extra The Alleged Car Worthy Opponent Dirty Cop Hair-Trigger Temper The Voiceless Girl-on-Girl Is Hot Hoist by His Own Petard Love at First Sight Adapted Out You Killed My Father Didn't Think This Through Title Drop Author Avatar Recycled IN SPACE! Self-Deprecation How We Got Here Manic Pixie Dream Girl Ungrateful Bastard Unwitting Instigator of Doom Central Theme Rape as Drama Alpha Bitch Ambiguous Ending Foregone Conclusion "Awesome McCool" Name Storming the Castle Credits Gag Setting Update You Have Outlived Your Usefulness The End... Or Is It? Alliterative Name Exact Words Red Eyes, Take Warning Depraved Bisexual Bring My Brown Pants Heroic BSoD Henpecked Husband Shown Their Work Big Bad Broken Aesop Sole Survivor Loophole Abuse Dressing as the Enemy Arranged Marriage Those Wacky Nazis Bloody Hilarious Grey and Gray Morality Batman Gambit Stylistic Suck Creepy Child Kick the Son of a Bitch Disappeared Dad Ambiguously Gay Good Is Not Nice There Is No Kill Like Overkill Broken Pedestal Let's Get Dangerous! Mind Screw Heel–Face Turn Malevolent Masked Men Camp Gay Roger Ebert: Great Movies List Hypocrite Becoming the Mask Never My Fault Knife Nut Token Minority Scenery Gorn Amoral Attorney Combat Pragmatist Peek-a-Boo Corpse Nice Job Breaking It, Hero! Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep" Protagonist Title True Companions Russian Films Love Triangle Cool Shades Hong Kong Films Undying Loyalty Sudden Sequel Death Syndrome Badass Grandpa No Good Deed Goes Unpunished Honor Before Reason Pragmatic Villainy Japanese Films Dual Wielding Big Damn Heroes Flashback Sports Stories Eiffel Tower Effect Freeze-Frame Bonus Faking the Dead Extremely Short Timespan Star-Crossed Lovers Motor Mouth Woman in White Our Vampires Are Different Film Noir Index Call-Back Random Events Plot Actually Pretty Funny Suddenly SHOUTING! The Lancer Animated Credits Opening Australian Movies The Cameo It Can Think Historical-Domain Character Time Skip Composite Character Broken Bird The Hero Actor Allusion Determinator Fingore Slap-Slap-Kiss Camera Abuse The Ace Video Credits Overprotective Dad Artistic License – Biology Berserk Button Tempting Fate Needs Wiki Magic Love Toilet Humour aka: Toilet Humor Meaningful Echo The Bad Guy Wins It's All About Me Green-Eyed Monster Four-Temperament Ensemble Why Did It Have to Be Snakes? As Long as It Sounds Foreign Eye Scream Villain Opening Scene Sir Not-Appearing-in-This-Trailer Suspiciously Specific Denial Drill Sergeant Nasty Disney Villain Death Refuge in Audacity Match Cut Mood Whiplash Manchild Mama Bear Big Applesauce Empathic Environment A.I. Is a Crapshoot Sliding Scale of Idealism vs. Cynicism Back from the Dead Race Lift The Oner Ms. Fanservice What Happened to the Mouse? Chase Scene Parental Abandonment Enemy Mine A Father to His Men Missing Mom Never Found the Body Last-Name Basis Jerkass Has a Point Red Herring Bond Villain Stupidity Mighty Whitey Non-Indicative Name Abusive Parents Impaled with Extreme Prejudice Men Are the Expendable Gender Leitmotif Only in It for the Money And Starring The Faceless Anti-Villain Race Against the Clock Dramatic Irony Heel Realization Everyone Has Standards My Beloved Smother Jerk Jock Corpsing Bittersweet Ending Faux Affably Evil My God, What Have I Done? Off-into-the-Distance Ending Adaptational Badass Alas, Poor Villain Naked People Are Funny Improbable Weapon User Shoot the Shaggy Dog Bottomless Magazines Revenge Small Name, Big Ego Fat Bastard Asshole Victim Artistic License – Military The Stinger Historical Hero Upgrade The Alcoholic Thriller Catapult Nightmare Leaning on the Fourth Wall The '50s Chuck Cunningham Syndrome Evil Cannot Comprehend Good Superhero Beta Couple Blood Knight Shirtless Scene Shower Scene Not Even Bothering with the Accent Leave the Camera Running Paper-Thin Disguise Hero Antagonist Deadpan Snarker All Men Are Perverts The Place Epic Fail Face–Heel Turn Smoking Is Cool Visual Pun Cain and Abel Dutch Angle Fake Shemp Adaptation Dye-Job No OSHA Compliance Major Injury Underreaction Apocalypse How Rasputinian Death Damsel in Distress Red Right Hand Shell-Shocked Veteran Bury Your Gays Historical Villain Upgrade Laser-Guided Karma Playing Gertrude Eagleland Overly Long Gag French Films One-Man Army Sequel Hook Rewatch Bonus Laughing Mad Evil Counterpart Award-Bait Song Film Series Eldritch Abomination folderlabel Older Than They Look It's Personal Super Strength Only Known by Their Nickname Obstructive Bureaucrat Show Within a Show Canadian Movies Ominous Latin Chanting Here We Go Again! Evil-Detecting Dog Famous Last Words Biopic Cat Fight Kubrick Stare Would Hurt a Child Deliberate Values Dissonance Large Ham Animal Motifs May–December Romance Car Fu Despair Event Horizon Country Matters Abhorrent Admirer Hope Spot As the Good Book Says... Dark Reprise Chekhov's Gunman The Vamp Action Girl Manipulative Bastard Yandere Translation Convention Male Frontal Nudity Blackmail Dark Is Not Evil Soundtrack Dissonance Dark and Troubled Past Guns Akimbo Heroic Sacrifice Belligerent Sexual Tension Aww, Look! They Really Do Love Each Other Sacrificial Lion Male Gaze Put on a Bus Wham Shot Brick Joke The Smurfette Principle Artistic License – Law Lampshade Hanging Bitch in Sheep's Clothing Action Film, Quiet Drama Scene Drugs Are Bad Drowning My Sorrows "Shaggy Dog" Story No Ending Rule of Funny Cat Scare Wrong Genre Savvy Drives Like Crazy Whole Plot Reference The Film of the Book Big Eater Creator Cameo Genre Shift Death by Irony Daylight Horror Lock and Load Montage Big-Bad Ensemble The Un-Favourite aka: The Un Favorite Take a Third Option Important Haircut And I Must Scream The Reveal Mistaken for Gay Names to Run Away from Really Fast Big Fancy House Gainax Ending Mystery and Detective Films Disney Death Hate Sink Ragtag Bunch of Misfits Frame-Up Does This Remind You of Anything? "The Reason You Suck" Speech Skewed Priorities The Ghost Parental Incest Vacation Films Idiot Ball An Aesop Screw This, I'm Outta Here! Market-Based Title Pragmatic Adaptation Final Girl In Name Only Break the Haughty Suspiciously Similar Substitute In Medias Res Police are Useless Death Glare Throwing Your Sword Always Works Psychological Thriller Captain Ersatz "Well Done, Son!" Guy Redemption Equals Death Expy Adorkable Hollywood Darkness Naïve Newcomer Cool Car Adaptation Name Change Break the Cutie