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{{trope}}
{{quote|''The hero finds
''Despite his trouble
''He never has
''To deal with stubble
|[[Burma-Shave|Perma-Shave]]''}}
Heroes have hectic lives, often taking them to strange places for days or weeks on end as they go on their adventures. However, they rarely get the opportunity to shave or clean up between car chases and explosions... and they still somehow manage to keep a baby smooth face!
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Of course it's just as commonly [[Justified Trope]] as the character being both [[Crazy Prepared]] ''and'' so dedicated to maintaining his personal appearance he ''always'' shaves (often before everyone else woke up). If he ever ''should'' stop shaving, it means he is suffering [[Beard of Sorrow|some kind of emotional breakdown]].
While this trope is the [[Opposite Tropes]] of [[Perma
Not to be confused with [[Burma-Shave]].
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== Literature ==
* In ''The Hound of the Baskervilles'', [[Sherlock Holmes]] has been secretly living in a stone hut on the moor for several weeks, and yet "he had contrived, with that catlike love of personal cleanliness which was one of his characteristics, that his chin should be as smooth and his linen as perfect as if he were in Baker Street."
* In ''[[Starship Troopers]]'', Rico notes that when Sergeant Zim is waking them up at insanely early hours he has a clean shaven face and otherwise excellent hygiene.
* In the ''[[
== Live-Action TV ==
* Sheldon in ''[[The Big Bang Theory]]'', more or less. When everyone comes back from the Arctic at the beginning of season 3, everyone else has massive full beards; he has a tiny, neatly trimmed goatee.
** This reflects the actors, [[Jim Parsons]] naturally has a very light beard but regularly ALL of the characters are well groomed. In between season breaks Johnny Galecki (Leonard) is usually sporting at least some stubble, to the point you barely recognise him as Leonard.
* ''[[
* [[Doctor Who
** The Tenth Doctor straddled the line between this and [[Perma
* An interesting female example that shows you should take the term "reality" show with a grain of salt, the women of ''[[Survivor]].'' The men will develop a full Jesus beard while on the island, but most of the women tend to stay fairly smooth-legged throughout.
* In one time-travel storyline of ''Dark Shadows'', now-human Barnabas Collins is chained up for at least a few days. Every time the story shifts to him, not so much as a whisker is visible.
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== Web Originals ==
* Referenced by [[Zero Punctuation|Yahtzee]] in his review of ''[[Left 4 Dead]]''.
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* Hartley on ''[[I Am Not Infected]]''. After a month without razors or other means to shave, he is completely clean-shaven whereas Paul and Charlie sport pretty good beards. Of course, they make fun of him for it, doubly so when he puts on a fake beard.
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