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* '''Played for Laughs''': Bob is constantly assumed to have "ancient wisdom," leading him to angrily explain that he's 28 and his hair is naturally white.
* '''Played for Drama''': Bob's white hair is an early sign that [[CastFromHitPoints his powers are draining his life force.]]
* '''Implied''': Bob is a weird-looking guy with white hair who's been known to ramble, but it's not clear that he actually has powers.



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** White hair is a mark of {{Seer}}s, [[TouchedByVorlons bestowed upon them by the god who gives the gift of prophecy.]]

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** White hair is a mark of {{Seer}}s, {{Seers}}, [[TouchedByVorlons bestowed upon them by the god who gives the gift of prophecy.]]

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* '''Exaggerated''': ???

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* '''Exaggerated''': ???Bob is a GodInHumanForm whose hair shines brightly as the sun.



* '''Justified''': White hair is a mark of {{Seer}}s, [[TouchedByVorlons bestowed upon them by the god who gives the gift of prophecy.]]

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White hair is a mark of {{Seer}}s, [[TouchedByVorlons bestowed upon them by the god who gives the gift of prophecy.]]]]
** Bob's hair naturally lost its color due to [[WizardsLiveLonger old age]].



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* '''Exploited''': ???A bad guy uses a white wig to disguise himself as a seer in order to trick the heroes.



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* '''Conversed''': ???"This character has white hair, so I bet he'll be important to the story."
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* '''Downplayed''': ???

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* '''Downplayed''': ???Bob is a seer with white-blond hair.
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'''Basic Trope''': White hair denotes arcane traits.
* '''Straight''': Bob has stark white hair. He is also a FaintingSeer, so he looks very ethereal whenever he has a vision of things to come.
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* '''Justified''': White hair is a mark of {{Seer}}s, [[TouchedByVorlons bestowed upon them by the god who gives the gift of prophecy.]]
* '''Inverted''': Bob is the only character with white hair, and is also TheTeamNormal.
* '''Subverted''': Bob's white hair initially marked him as a prophet, but it turned out he's a PhonyPsychic who was dyeing his hair white.
* '''Double Subverted''': Bob is a NotSoPhonyPsychic, and when his latent powers awaken his hair turns white after all.
* '''Parodied''': When Bob is given prophecy powers, the god also hands him a bottle of hair dye so he can look the part.
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* '''Averted''': Nobody has white hair, or white hair is a normal hair color.
* '''Enforced''': Bob was originally brunet, but the head honchos in charge of character design thought he looked too normal to be a mystical prophet.
* '''Lampshaded''': "Bob's white hair makes him look really cool and magical, doesn't it?"
* '''Invoked''': When Bob gets his powers, he decides to dye his hair white to look mystical and powerful, like the white-haired wizards from his favorite game.
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* '''Defied''': Bob doesn't like the white hair he got with his powers, so he dyes it back to his natural dark.
* '''Discussed''': "Bob the prophet has white hair? It's just like a fantasy movie!"
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