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* ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'': Despite being the daughter of the wealthiest family in Ba Sing Se (excluding the Earth King, of course), Toph Bei Fong is surprisingly um... [[{{Ladette}} unlady-like.]] So how bad is she? For starters, she was participating in earthbending battles [[PintSizedPowerhouse at age 12!!]] Her manners leave alot to be desired, considering she's prone to belching, picking her nose, and her toes. And while her hair isn't "short", it's not exactly "long" either even though she's got alot of it. It's basically piled on top of her head, making it more of a FunnyAfro, when she doesn't comb it. In most cases, she styles it into a bun. A really big bun.

'''Note: When adding a example, please explain how it fits. Don't add {{Zero Context Example}}s or just say the girl has short hair: this trope requires both short hair and ''lack of femininity'' in some way.'''

[[caption-width-right:200:[[AmazonianBeauty Who needs]] [[{{Fanservice}} long hair]] [[{{Stripperific}} to be feminine?]]]]

* As well as Misty, mixed with a TomboyishPonytail.

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* Kino in ''LightNovel/KinosJourney'' has boyishly short hair. She is a {{Bokukko}} variant of TomBoy and exhibits Pronoun Trouble, meaning that she often uses masculine pronouns to refer to herself.

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* Abigail in ''OnceUponAForest''.

* Marcy had a short haircut in a large part of ''MarriedWithChildren'', demonstrating her lack of femininity (she was mistaken for a boy several times).

When an IronLady or other woman in power wears short hair, it's usually not this but instead PowerHair, which says ''feminine but no-nonsense''.

Compare and Contrast BobHaircut, which is short but still considered feminine. Related to LongHairIsFeminine.

* Kino in ''LightNovel//KinosJourney'' has boyishly short hair. She is a {{Bokukko}} variant of TomBoy and exhibits Pronoun Trouble, meaning that she often uses masculine pronouns to refer to herself.

* Kino in ''Literature/KinosJourney'' has boyishly short hair. She is a {{Bokukko}} variant of TomBoy and exhibits Pronoun Trouble, meaning that she often uses masculine pronouns to refer to herself.

'''Note: When adding a example, please explain how it fits. Don't add {{Zero Content Example}}s or just say the girl has short hair: this trope requires both short hair and ''lack of femininity'' in some way.'''

The contrast of a short haired girl with a long haired one can sometimes be used to portray a TomboyAndGirlyGirl. If taken to extremes, a girl with Boyish Short Hair could be a ButchLesbian, many of whom have this as an indicator. May be the result of an ImportantHaiNrcut, with the new short hair being an indicator that the girl is ready to take action. Also sometimes necessary for a girl to go undercover as a SweetPollyOliver.

The contrast of a short haired girl with a long haired one can sometimes be used to portray a TomboyAndGirlyGirl. If taken to extremes, a girl with Boyish Short Hair could be a ButchLesbian, many of whom have this as an indicator. May be the result of an ImportantHaircut, with the new short hair being an indicator that the girl is ready to take action. Also sometimes necessary for a girl to go undercover as a SweetPollyOliver.

* Anita King from "{{Anime/RODTheTV}}" combines BoyishShortHair with {{tomboy}}ish behavior and [[{{Odango}} Chinese-style hair buns]]. She's also an ArtificialHuman and strong enough to hold her own in a fight with adult men several times her size.

* CodeGeass: Kallen is a MsFanservice version of this. She is the Black Knights AcePilot and Lelouch's bodyguard. Her short hair indicates that she is not to be trifled with.

* ''Manga/AzumangaDaioh'' has Kagura, a tomboyish superstar athelete and UnknownRival to [[HugeSchoolgirl Sakai]], whose a naturally gifted ShrinkingViolet. Bonus points for having HotbloodedSideburns! Her coach, Minamo Kurosawa also has short hair, is a strong all-around athlete, and tomboy tendencies.

* Tomboy Scut Finch has short hair in the film version of ''ToKillAMockingbird'' (in the book, her hair is not mentioned).

The contrast of a short haired girl with a long haired one can sometimes be used to portray a TomboyAndGirlyGirl. If taken to extremes, a girl with BoyishShortHair could be a ButchLesbian, many of whom have this as an indicator. May be the result of an ImportantHaircut, with the new short hair being an indicator that the girl is ready to take action. Also sometimes necessary for a girl to go undercover as a SweetPollyOliver.

* Irma, of ''QueensBlade'', would be this, plus, a WhiteHairedPrettyGirl if she weren't so tomboyish and set to [[{{Tsundere}} tsun-tsun]] all the time. But considering her upbringing in an assassin's guild, and having been betrayed by her SexyMentor/love interest, who abandoned her, leaving her hurt and bitter over it.... [[http://www.mangafox.com/manga/bleach/v19/c159/16.html Wait, does this remind you of anything?]]

* Anita King from "{{Anime/RODTheTV}}" combines BoyishShortHair with [[{{tomboy}} tomboyish]] behavior and [[{{Odango}} Chinese-style hair buns]]. She's also an ArtificialHuman and strong enough to hold her own in a fight with adult men several times her size.

** VideoGame/FinalFantasyIX: In one scene , when Garnet/Dagger cuts off much of her hair it signifies her having TookALevelInBadass and also becoming a bit more boyish.
** VideoGame/FinalFantasyXII: Ashe is less feminine than other princesses in the series and has shorter hair.

* Chie from [[{{Persona}} Persona 4]] has shorter hair than her friend Yukiko, and is into more "boyish" things like martial arts.

* ''[[AvatarTheLastAirbender Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'': Despite being the daughter of the wealthiest family in Ba Sing Se (excluding the Earth King, of course), Toph Bei Fong is surprisingly um... [[{{Ladette}} unlady-like.]] So how bad is she? For starters, she was participating in earthbending battles [[PintSizedPowerhouse at age 12!!]] Her manners leave alot to be desired, considering she's prone to belching, picking her nose, and her toes. And while her hair isn't "short", it's not exactly "long" either even though she's got alot of it. It's basically piled on top of her head, making it more of a FunnyAfro, when she doesn't comb it. In most cases, she styles it into a bun. A really big bun.

Because LongHairIsFeminine, when a girl has short hair it tends to mean she's decidedly ''less'' feminine than the average girl, perhaps even a {{Tomboy}} or ActionGirl. This choice of having short hair usually indicates a girl has a more masculine personality, tough and aggressive, or one lacking in vanity, perhaps being business-like and brainy. Girls may cut their hair short because they don't want or care to put up with the maintenance that longer hair requires. Other times it's short so no one can easily grab it in a fight, which BraidsOfAction are sometimes prone to be.

The contrast of a short haired girl with a long haired one can sometimes be used to portray a TomboyAndGirlyGirl. If taken to extremes, a girl with BoyishShortHair could be a ButchLesbian many of whom have this as an indicator. May be the result of an ImportantHaircut, with the new short hair being an indicator the girl is ready to take action. Also sometimes necessary for a girl to go undercover as a SweetPollyOliver.

When an IronLady or other woman in power wears short hair, it's PowerHair, a sister-trope. Compare and Contrast BobHaircut, which is short but still considered feminine. Related to LongHairIsFeminine.

'''Note before adding a example, please explain how it fits. Don't add {{Zero Content Example}}s and just say the girl fits has short hair or she is a {{Tomboy}},ButchLesbian or any character types that this trope covers. Because one needs the other in order to be this trope. If they are single and don't have each other, they could just happen to have short hair or be one of the character types.'''