History Main / EarsAsHair

* Maid Marian from ''WesternAnimation/RobinHood'' is actually depicted wearing an outfit that includes a hat shaped like her ears.

* ''ComicBook/UsagiYojimbo'': The hero, Miyamoto Usagi, most often has his ears pulled into a SamuraiPonytail. When he puts on a hat or a helmet, they disappear completely. Lampshaded once when Usagi thinks he heard his son shouting to him from a great distance (he was), and wonders if he's tied his ears too tight.

* Bunnie is shown in ''WesternAnimation/SonicSatAM'' using curlers on her ears.

* Disney's ''Disney/{{Dumbo}}''. Before he tries to participate in the pachyderm pyramid trick, Dumbo's ears are tied above his head so he won't stumble on them. Guess what happens while he's running out to the spring board.

* Lady from ''Disney/LadyAndTheTramp'' often poses with her ears arranged like hair, or flips her ears back like a shampoo commercial, giving the appearance of long flowing locks.

* Georgette from ''Disney/OliverAndCompany'' uses her ears as hair during "Perfect Isn't Easy", such as pulling a curler down her ear making it look curled.
* Maid Marian from ''Disney/RobinHood'' is actually depicted wearing an outfit that includes a hat shaped like her ears.

* Dixie from ''Disney/TheFoxAndTheHound2'' also has the same kind of ears-seems to be a thing with Disney dog females-and treats them the same way, even wearing a black bow in a way that should be physically impossible.

** The Togrutas and Twileks from ''Franchise/StarWars'', who have [[http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Lekku the same kind of headtentacles]]. The Togrutas don't seem to have the same fascination with 'styling' them as the Twi'leks do.

* ''StarWars'': [[http://starwars.com/databank/species/gungan/index.html Female Gungans often tie their ears back]].

* Cream the Rabbit from ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'' has her ears as sort of the equivalent of GirlishPigtails.

This trope is especially common with female animals. It most often occurs in CivilizedAnimal, FunnyAnimal, and PettingZooPerson animals, but can show up in animals on any level of the SlidingScaleOfAnthropomorphism.

* ''ComicBook/UsagiYojimbo'': The hero, Miyamoto Usagi, most often has his ears pulled into a SamuraiPonytail. When he puts on a hat or a helmet, they disappear completely.
** Lampshaded once when Usagi thinks he heard his son shouting to him from a great distance (he was), and wonders if he's tied his ears too tight.

* The Togrutas and Twileks from ''Franchise/StarWars'', who have [[http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Lekku the same kind of headtentacles]]. The Togrutas don't seem to have the same fascination with 'styling' them as the Twi'leks do.

* WordOfGod is that what we think of as the "hair" of Wilykit and Wiykat from ''WesternAnimation/{{Thundercats2011}}'' is actually their ears, which means that Wilykit's ponytail is actually her pinning the hair on the tips of her ears back.

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* The Usuls from ''Franchise/{{Neopets}}'' appear to have scrunchies holding up their ears, though Hannah from the games "Pirate Caves", "Ice Caves", and "Kreludor Caves" is depicted with human hair on her head.

* ''WesternAnimation/LoonaticsUnleashed'': Lexi ties her ears up in a ribbon. Given who her ancestor is...
* Babs Bunny of ''WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures'': "Do you like my ears better up or down?"

* WesternAnimation/BugsBunny sometimes treats his ears like hair.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Chowder}}'': [[http://www.chowder.ws/html/chowder-panini.html Panini.]]
* [[CharacterizationMarchesOn Lola Bunny]] also occasionally does it in ''WesternAnimation/TheLooneyTunesShow''.
* Subverted in ''WesternAnimation/TeamUmizoomi''. Milli is a girl, but what appear to be ponytails coming out of her hat are actually tape measures.
* Molly Cunningham on ''WesternAnimation/TaleSpin'' wears hair ribbons around her ears.
* WordOfGod is that what we think of as the "hair" of Wilykit and Wiykat from ''{{WesternAnimation/Thundercats2011}}'' is actually their ears, which means that Wilykit's ponytail is actually her pinning the hair on the tips of her ears back.
* Fern is the only female character on ''WesternAnimation/{{Arthur}}'' who doesn't have a FurryFemaleMane. She's a dog with floppy ears.
* Brandy Harrington from ''WesternAnimation/BrandyAndMrWhiskers''.
* On ''WesternAnimation/{{Kaeloo}}'', [[TheFashionista Pretty]] wears her ears tied up in a bow. Her sister, on the other hand, has a FurryFemaleMane.

* ''RosarioToVampire'': Nekonome-sensei's cat ears blend in with her hair, making it look like it's simply another layer of feathered hair.

** [[ThePhantomMenace Jar-Jar Bink's]] ears somewhat allude to caribbean dreadlocks.

* Candy from ''SmilePrettyCure'', whose ears are styled in several different ways through the course of the show, usually being in rolled-up GirlishPigtails.

'''Lola:''' Thanks, heh. They're my ears.\\
-- ''WesternAnimation/TheLooneyTunesShow''

* ''{{Usavich}}:'' Putin has his ears tied in a top-knot.

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* Sasha from ''AllDogsGoToHeaven2'' has the same type of ears as Lady-and treats them the same way, even flicking one of them behind her head with a casual paw swipe, with them sometimes dipping in front of her eyes, particularly when she's being sultry.

* The Togrutas and Twileks from ''StarWars'', who have [[http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Lekku the same kind of headtentacles]]. The Togrutas don't seem to have the same fascination with 'styling' them as the Twi'leks do.

* Cream the Rabbit from ''SonicTheHedgehog'' has her ears as sort of the equivalent of GirlishPigtails.

* Inverted with Juri from Street Fighter IV, whose hair has been compared to cat ears/ox horns. In one of her concept designs, the two parts of her hair that stick up were less pronounced, and genuinely looked like cat ears were a part of her hair.

* Fay Spaniel from the infamous unreleased SNES game ''VideoGame/StarFox2'' has shaggy ears that REALLY look like hair.

* ''FurryExperience''

* Cupcake from ''SugarBits'', has both real hair and this trope as part of her hairstyle.

* The Better Bottoms rabbit from ''CatDog'' wears his in a sleazy ponytail style.

* {{Chowder}}: [[http://www.chowder.ws/html/chowder-panini.html Panini.]]

* Brandy Harrington from ''BrandyAndMrWhiskers''.

Lots of media stars {{Funny Animal}}s, and as we all know, some animals have rather long ears, such as rabbits and various breeds of dogs. In nature, these ears serve the purpose of enhancing hearing, but once you put an animal on two legs, the ears serve a different purpose. Very often, FunnyAnimal characters will treat their long ears as if they were hair. Braiding a real animal's ears would hurt immensely, but Funny Animals seem to have no problem with it.

** Her roomate, Dawn Doe, wears her ears down, in keeping with her more formal dress style. They only point upwards when she's surprised.
* Big Ears from ''{{Goblins}}'' usually ties his namesake ears back in combat situations.

->'''[[BugsBunny Bugs]]:''' I like your hair.\\

* BugsBunny sometimes treats his ears like hair.

* ''ComicBook/UsagiYojimbo'': The hero, Miyamoto Usagi, most often has his ears pulled into a ponytail, or possibly a top-knot. When he puts on a hat or a helmet, they disappear completely.

* Georgette in ''Disney/OliverAndCompany'' uses her ears as hair during "Perfect Isn't Easy", such as pulling a curler down her ear making it look curled.