History Main / CompressedHair

* ''WesternAnimation/BigCityGreens'': Cricket Green's ancestor Bixby has a shoulder-length mullet which he manages to stuff inside his trademark raccoon hat.

* ''Webcomic/ManlyGuysDoingManlyThings'' After seeing a poster with [[Videogame/HyruleWarriors Ganondorf sporting very long hair]], the Commander asks when was the photo taken. Ganondorf says his hair has been that long for years, and demonstrates by untying one of his braids, revealing hair down to his navel.

Do not confuse with HammerspaceHair (which is hiding stuff in hair itself).

** [[spoiler:Marth aka Princess Lucina]] in ''VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening'' does this to hide [[{{Bifauxnen}} "his" gender.]] [[spoiler: When she officially joins the party without hiding her identity, however, she stops doing so and [[LettingHerHairDown simply lets her hair down]].]] [[note]](Her "little trick" is actually not ''that'' hard to do, as explained by [[https://i.imgur.com/PmZrnBq.jpg some author's notes]]: she has someone else comb her long hair in twin braids, then roll them up and tuck them safely under the hair strands that are too short to get braided. WordOfGod is that "Probably a [[TrueCompanions close friend]], like [[NumberTwo Severa]], did it for her")[[/note]]

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Cyberchase}}'': In "A Time to Cook" and "[[Recap/CyberchaseS5E6TheFlyingParallinis The Flying Parallinis]]", whenever Jackie takes out her scrunchie, her natural hair grows twice its size. She’s then able to easily smooth it back down after putting her scrunchie back in.

* In ''Anime/DragonBallZ'', after the battle against the Saiyans, Goku is in the hospital recovering from his extensive injuries, with his head and AnimeHair bandaged up.

** [[spoiler:Marth aka Princess Lucina]] in ''VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening'' does this to hide [[{{Bifauxnen}} "his" gender.]] [[spoiler: When she officially joins the party without hiding her identity, however, she stops doing so and [[LettingHerHairDown simply lets her hair down]].]] [[note]](Her "little trick" is actually not ''that'' hard to do, as explained by [[https://imgur.com/PmZrnBq some author's notes]]: she has someone else comb her long hair in twin braids, then roll them up and tuck them safely under the hair strands that are too short to get braided. WordOfGod is that "Probably a [[TrueCompanions close friend]], like [[NumberTwo Severa]], did it for her")[[/note]]

** In the episode [[Recap/FuturamaS2E4XmasStory Xmas Story]], in a scene parodying ''Literature/TheGiftOfTheMagi'', Zoidberg, Amy (whose hair could easily lend itself to this trope), and Hermes are all wearing hats. Zoidberg offers Amy a set of combs, only for her to take off her hat and reveal she sold her hair to a wigmaker so she could buy a set of combs for Hermes. "Oh, the irony," says Hermes, who also reveals he sold his hair to buy a third set of combs for Zoidberg. Zoidberg thanks Hermes for the combs, then takes off ''his'' hat to show he now has Amy and Hermes's hair, exclaiming "Finally, I look as pretty as I feel!"
** Colleen from [[Recap/FuturamaM2TheBeastWithABillionBacks The Beast With A Billion Backs]]. Her hair is of a modest length, reaching below her breastline. Later, she is seen in her police helmet, her hair unseen. But when her helmet flies off, her hair is '''longer''' than it was before, reaching below her hips [[OverCrank and billowing in slow motion.]] The next time she's seen, her hair is back to it's original length. Then again, considering that scene is seconds later and she's still in her police uniform, [[ImagineSpot her hair was longer only in the forlorn Fry's imagination.]]

* ''Anime/RevolutionaryGirlUtena'':
** TheMovie had Juri and Utena's character designs altered significantly. While Juri's hair has always been insanely elaborate, the volume of hair she fits in a simple fencing helmet (full French curls plus hair that extends almost to her knees) is just ridiculous. Utena, by contrast, actually has character sketches that show how her relatively more modest length of hair could in fact be braided tightly enough to manage hiding it under her hat. Of course, when she takes her hat off it's not braided at all...
** Even bigger than either of them is Anthy in the television series and the manga. Normally it's curled above her neck; when the third story arc begins, the viewers are shown that it's actually long, flowing, wavy hair, and it symbolizes her true self. In the movie, it's always down and flowing.

* ''Manga/SpyXFamily'': Yor Forger somehow manages to compress her hair into a couple of sidetails, even though she doesn't wear hats (just a hairband), and when let loose it falls all the way down her back. [[https://i.redd.it/vfrwkv564qs81.jpg It seems not even the mangaka himself can explain how she does it]].

** Search "bun drop" on [=YouTube=]. It's ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: A women stands, facing away from the camera, and unfastens her bun (typically removing a hair stick). The newly freed, very long hair comes cascading down in slow motion.

* [[ComicBook/TheUnbeatableSquirrelGirl Squirrel Girl]]'s running explanation for how she hides her tail in casual wear is that she stuffs it into her pants; however, given how often artists like to draw her tail as being the size of her body if not bigger, it can get hard to believe. The unfortunate [[BabyGotBack side effect]] of this concealing method has been [[LampshadeHanging commented on in-universe.]]

* Music/SimpleMinds' video for "Promised You a Miracle" features a female model taking off her hat to reveal long blonde locks.

--> '''River''' ''(hiding in a cargo compartment):'' The snow on the roof is too heavy. His brains are in terrible danger.
--> '''Zoe:''' River? Honey? It's OK. He's ''putting the hair away'' now.
--> '''River''' ''(not emerging):'' Doesn't matter. It'll still be there... ''waiting.''

* [[spoiler:Marth aka Princess Lucina]] in ''VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening'' does this to hide [[{{Bifauxnen}} "his" gender.]] [[spoiler: When she officially joins the party without hiding her identity, however, she stops doing so and [[LettingHerHairDown simply lets her hair down]].]] [[note]](Her "little trick" is actually not ''that'' hard to do, as explained by [[https://imgur.com/PmZrnBq some author's notes]]: she has someone else comb her long hair in twin braids, then roll them up and tuck them safely under the hair strands that are too short to get braided. WordOfGod is that "Probably a [[TrueCompanions close friend]], like [[NumberTwo Severa]], did it for her")[[/note]]
** The exact same hair compression technique is available as a hair option for a Female Avatar in ''VideoGame/FireEmblemFates''.