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* '''Gender Inverted''': Alice's father, Bob, wears his hair in a loose bind over the shoulder.



-->'''Alice''': Mom, is there any reason you always wear your hair like that?\\
'''Carol''': No reason, it's just convenient. But I think I first started wearing it once you were born...
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-->'''Alice''': Mom, is there any reason you always wear your hair like that?\\
'''Carol''':
that?
-->'''Carol''':
No reason, it's just convenient. But I think I first started wearing it once you were born...
born...
* '''Invoked''': ???Carol is experimenting with ways to hold her hair and she chooses this.



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* '''Justified''': Carol wears her hair in a loose ponytail because it's the easiest method of keeping her hair out of the way while doing menial work and it's simple to undo.

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* '''Justified''': Carol wears her hair in a loose ponytail because it's the easiest method of keeping her hair out of the way while doing menial work and it's simple to undo.housework.
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* '''Defied''': "My hair'll just keep falling out of the plait if I wear it like this--I'll just get a haircut."

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* '''Defied''': "My hair'll just hair will only keep falling out of the plait if I wear it like this--I'll just get a haircut."
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'''Carol''': No reason, it's just convenient. But I think I first started wearing it once you were born...\\

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'''Carol''': No reason, it's just convenient. But I think I first started wearing it once you were born...\\
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'''Basic Trope''': A motherly character wears her hair in a loose ponytail or plait over the shoulder.
* '''Straight''': Alice's kind and loving mother, Carol, wears her hair in a loose ponytail over the shoulder.
* '''Exaggerated''': Every single mother wears her hair in a loose ponytail over the shoulder.
* '''Downplayed''': Carol only wears her hair in the ponytail when doing menial work, and otherwise wears it down.
* '''Justified''': Carol wears her hair in a loose ponytail because it's the easiest method of keeping her hair out of the way while doing menial work and it's simple to undo.
* '''Inverted''': Alice is the one who wears her hair in the side ponytail; Carol wears her hair down or in a bun.
* '''Subverted''': Carol wears her hair in a loose ponytail, but only in the first season. In the second season, she wears it in a bun.
* '''Double Subverted''': However, in the third season, she switches back to the loose ponytail.
* '''Parodied''': The moment Carol ties her hair into the loose ponytail, she gives birth to Alice.
* '''Zig-Zagged''': The way Carol wears her hair varies from episode to episode.
* '''Averted''': Carol doesn't wear her hair in a loose ponytail.
* '''Enforced''': "Let's give Alice's mom that over-the-shoulder ponytail hairstyle thing. That shows she's a nice mother, right?"
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-->'''Alice''': Mom, is there any reason you always wear your hair like that?\\
'''Carol''': No reason, it's just convenient. But I think I first started wearing it once you were born...\\
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* '''Defied''': "My hair'll just keep falling out of the plait if I wear it like this--I'll just get a haircut."
* '''Discussed''': "Have you ever noticed that all our mothers wear their hair the same way? Do they go to the same hairdresser or something?"
* '''Conversed''': "Why is it that all mothers in that show wear their hair in that side ponytail thing?"
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