History Main / EinsteinHair

* [[StarWars Yoda]] once you get over the fact that he's green. In fact, his character design was partially inspired by Einstein (and bits of Gandhi and LDS President Spencer W. Kimball) to evoke the "benevolent, wise old man" archetype.

* Gene Wilder pulls this in YoungFrankenstein.

* When [[{{Firefly}} Shepherd Book]] doesn't have his hair tied up, it looks kinda like this. The sight was freaky enough to send River screaming for cover in the episode "Jaynestown". Granted, he is not a scientist but a priest...

* Mild example with [[WebOriginal/DoctorHorriblesSingAlongBlog Doctor Horrible]], whose hair is messier in his villainous identity than as Billy.

* Mild example with DoctorHorrible, whose hair is messier in his villainous identity than as Billy.

* Dr. Weird in ''AquaTeenHungerForce''.
* Dr. Scratchensniff from ''{{Animaniacs}}'' used to have EinsteinHair, but he tore it off bit by bit in frustration during his first sessions with the Warners.
* Inverted in ''{{Captain Simian and the Space Monkeys}}'', where TheSmartGuy Dr. Splitz has slicked back hair, but his dimwitted alternate personality Splitzy has wild Einstein-like hair.

* Flint in ''{{Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs}}'' has such hair.

* Dr. Two Brains from the cartoon ''WordGirl''.
* In an episode of TinyToonAdventures, Plucky Duck convinces Shirley to use her psychic powers so he can channel the spirit of Einstein and pass a test. He gets the hair, the 'stache, the accent, an oversize head...but doesn't get any intelligence and flunks.

-->-- '''The Eleventh Doctor''' to Albert Einstein, ''Series/DoctorWho''', "Death Is the Only Answer"

* Wheeljack from [[{{Film/Transformers}} ''Transformers: Dark of the Moon'']] has wiring on his head that gives him the appearance of guess who.

* Dr. Agasa of DetectiveConan.

-->'''The Doctor''': ''*to Einstein*'' You should keep it. Looks more science-y.
-->- Series/DoctorWho, Death Is The Only Answer

* ''Series/DoctorWho''. It turns out that [[Recap/DoctorWhoS32E14DeathIsTheOnlyAnswer the Doctor gave Albert the idea]].

* ''DoctorWho''. It turns out that [[Recap/DoctorWhoS32E14DeathIsTheOnlyAnswer the Doctor gave Albert the idea]].

-->- DoctorWho, Death Is The Only Answer

-->'''The Doctor'': ''*to Einstein*'' You should keep it. Looks more science-y.

--- DoctorWho, Death Is The Only Answer

- AlbertEinstein was both an AbsentMindedProfessor and a scientist ([[MadScientist mad]] or not, it is open to interpretation).

- He is one of the most ([[SmallReferencePools if not the most]]) famous scientist in history.

- His hairstyle was really... idiosyncratic.

Contrast WildHair. SubTrope of MessyHair.

* Dr. Zweistein from ''TroperWorks/TheFan''.

* Dr. Weird in AquaTeenHungerForce.

* Inverted in {{Captain Simian and the Space Monkeys}}, where TheSmartGuy Dr. Splitz has slicked back hair, but his dimwitted alternate personality Splitzy has wild Einstein-like hair.

* Flint in {{Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs}} has such hair.
* In ''Scooby Doo and the Cyber Chase,'' the gang visit a college friend who is working for a professor who not only has the hair but every other physical characteristic of Einstein as well.
* In the educational talking dog cartoon, ''Martha Speaks,'' a scientist/doctor with Einstein hair explains in the opening that a regular dog can gain the ability to speak by eating alphabet soup.
* Dr. Two Brains from the cartoon WordGirl.

* Tim Burton, anyone?

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* [[StarWars Yoda]] once you get over the fact that he's green. In fact, his character design was partially inspired by Einstein (and bits of Gandhi) to evoke the "benevolent, wise old man" archetype.

It seems that to properly convey that your male character is an AbsentMindedProfessor or a MadScientist in fiction, you only need one thing: give him Einstein-esque hair. Bonus points if you go for the complete look. Additional bonus points if he uses van der Graaf generator or a Tesla coil instead of combing.