r/TopCharacterTropes • u/AmandinhaMaia • 8h ago

Characters POC people switching from straight hair to textured hair

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Luz and Camila - The Owl House, starting from season 3

Libby - Jimmy Neutron, starting from the episode "Beach Party Mummy"

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u/MushroomPatriot 8h ago

Idk if this is really a trope but its good for children's shows to have natural hair especially for girls with kinky hair

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u/JustCheezits 8h ago edited 8h ago

Afros and textured hair have often been shown as “messy hair” on white characters, even in modern cartoons (e.g. Raquelle in Barbie: Life in the Dreamhouse). Few people have 100% straight hair (as in not wavy), and having healthy textured hair representation is very important for children

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u/Rivers9999 7h ago

That one Winx Club episode 😬

Season 1, Episode 12: "Miss Magix".

In the original Italian and CineLumière/Rainbow versions, a character's hair is magically transformed into a large afro-style or jelly-like puff, causing her distress and leading to negative reactions, while the 4Kids English dub altered the scene so the character panics over her voice changing instead.

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u/crimsonnfucker 7h ago

absolutely BRUTAL. The crying spunded so legit and lasted until after she was offscreen I swear. This made me feel REAL weird everytime winx came on after than. Pushed me to W.I.T.C.H

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u/GoddessKillion 6h ago

Seeing that as a young black girl was so disheartening lol. Especially since Aisha was my favorite.

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u/CapMoonshine 5h ago

Never watched the show but she lowkey looks better like that. I know 70s afros weren't "in" in the 2000s but it would've been cool if she rocked it.