History Main / FunnyAfro

* ''Anime/HareGuu'': Disco Guu likes disco music. [[spoiler:Made either funnier or just icky by the fact that said afro was someone's chest hair.]]

* Kumabukuro from ''Manga/{{Eyeshield 21}}''. Apparently, he grew it out as overcompensation for always getting helmet hair when he played American football in high school.
* Garterbelt from ''Anime/PantyAndStockingWithGarterbelt''. [[spoiler:Blame it on God messing with his original dreadlocks.]]
* Oddly enough, there is a recurring couple in ''Anime/YuGiOh5Ds'', where the girl has the afro. And it's nearly as tall as she is. Rather odd.

* Tanaka of ''Manga/{{Nichijou}}'' has an afro. It is, in fact, a wig that stores food and school supplies.

* Paul Kidby draws Susan Sto Helit from the ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' series with one. It has the Bride-of-Frankenstein color scheme, based on Pratchett's description of Susan's normal hairstyle as being "a dandelion clock at about 2," as well as having the reverse skunk stripe.

* Moss from ''Series/TheITCrowd'' is such a [[BlackAndNerdy huge nerd]] that he even has his afro side parted.

* Hyde from ''Series/That70sShow'' had a relatively modest afro, but it didn't come up all that often.

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* In a certain {{Manhua}} there is a president of the United States. He is [[UsefulNotes/BarackObama black and has a huge afro]], what the hell, ''Manhua/SchoolShock''?
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* The woman on the album cover of ''Music/MaggotBrain'' by [[Music/GeorgeClinton Funkadelic]].
* Music/GilScottHeron on the album cover of ''Music/TheRevolutionWillNotBeTelevised''.
* Music/TheJacksonFive (post-Michael's puberty, pre-Michael's solo career) had huge and absolutely epic afros. ''Especially'' Music/MichaelJackson himself. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nqxVMLVe62U Seen quite well in the "Blame it on the Boogie" video]]. Michael eventually discarded the afro, but wore it rather proudly in the cover for ''Music/OffTheWall''. It was quite shorter in the video for ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yURRmWtbTbo Don't stop 'til you get enough]]'', but still qualified as such.
* The baby on the cover of ''Music/ReadyToDie'' by Music/TheNotoriousBIG.
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[[folder: Professional Wrestling]]
* Wrestling/CarlitoColon's afro usually ranged between "needs a comb" and "unfinished dreadlocks", as if he purposefully made it look as awful as possible. Although he doesn't seem to put any work into it, he does take pride in it nonetheless, [[AfroAsskicker beating back all attempts to have it cut.]]
* Mecha Mummy, seen in Wrestling/ProWrestlingZero1, Wrestling/DramaticDreamTeam, Wrestling/{{Chikara}} and others. Yes, a mechanical undead being with an afro.
* El Sensacional Carlitos, IWA Puerto Rico's parody of the Colón family, naturally had an afro, which was typically squashed flat under a straw hat. When they started presenting him as a serious wrestler his hair was pulled back.
* Puerto Rican Hound Dogg and Afro Boy in World Xtreme Wrestling. Hound Dogg's afro is multicolored.
* Nina Monet wears lots of odd hairstyles, including a yellow afro squashed flat.

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* As discussed under RealLife, Leon Trotsky sported quite the Jew-fro. This is used to great effect in Creator/DavidIves' tragi-comic one-act play ''Variations on the Death of Trotsky''. It isn't a plot point or ever even mentioned, but it makes the special effect of having an ice-axe through his head[[note]]which is indeed how he was killed in RealLife[[/note]] throughout the entire play much easier on low-budget productions.
* The Diane Paulus-penned "Donkey Show," which was a mash-up of [[Creator/WilliamShakespeare Shakespeare]]'s AMidsummerNightsDream and the 1970's Studio54 disco scene, featured two characters, both sporting an afro. In the world of Shakespeare, they would be Bottom; in the world of the discotheque, they were loosely based on [[Film/SaturdayNightFever Tony Manero]]. Later, during a dance break, one of the dancers in the ensemble brings out a pinata of a donkey ... wearing and afro. This particular element sat very poorly with many of the cast members, and Paulus was eventually called out on the cultural appropriation.

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* Lucky/Tamekichi, one of the members of the band DCMC in ''VideoGame/{{Mother 3}}'', has one of these. It's [[spoiler:actually a wig]], and Tamekichi [[spoiler:is actually a partly amnesiac Duster]].
* One of the things that makes ''VideoGame/EliteBeatAgents'' so great is Agent Derek's incredible red afro.
** And the fact that he wears a perpetual frown while sporting it!

* Henchman Eli Barracuda in ''VideoGame/EvilGenius'' sports an afro in keeping with his {{Blaxploitation}} theme.

* One NPC in ''VideoGame/{{Disgaea 3|AbsenceOfJustice}}'' has the FanNickname of "Afro Prinny" for a good reason. That's right, a [[EverythingsBetterWithPenguins penguin]] with an afro, [[VerbalTic Dood]].
** One of Taro's Magichange attacks involves the character wielding him to sport a 'fro and dance. He finds it so funny he spits out milk with such velocity it propels him backwards ''and damages the opponent at the same time!''
** The pups of the lupine Mystic Beast monsters have little red afros as opposed to the flowing hair of the adults.

* Subverted with Todd Dukakis from ''VideoGame/WildARMs3''. Far from the "funny" character in the Schrodingers' gang, he's the cool, collected, loyal butler. He casts extremely annoying confusion spells on your party, but you can remove him the battle by [[ManOnFire setting his afro on fire]].
* [[PopQuiz Riddle]] [[SempaiKohai Sempai]], a minor NPC in ''VideoGame/{{Persona 4}}'' involved in a few of the game's quests, sports one as does the announcer at the culture festival.
* ''VideoGame/WayOfTheSamurai'' has Don Donatelouse, aka 'Dona Dona'. Though mainly PluckyComicRelief, he [[HeroicWannabe genuinely tries to be heroic]], and ([[WideOpenSandbox depending on your choices]]) may end up more heroic than your hero...
** Repeated in the 3rd game in the series with Donna, Don's identical ([[DistaffCounterpart though female]]) ancestor.

* Dante Robinson of the ''VideoGame/BackyardSports'' series has an afro the size of the rest of his body.

* ''VideoGame/RhythmHeaven'' seems to have an obsession with afros. The Clappy Trio all sport giant sparkly afros, as does the Chorus Kids' conductor (formerly a member of the aforementioned Clappy Trio), and certain characters will also inexplicably be sporting similar ones in certain Remix stages. Even the main character from ''Megamix'', Tibby, has a huge purple afro that he uses to store items.
* Every boss in ''VideoGame/FaceRaiders'' gains one upon being defeated. [[spoiler: The final boss uses theirs as a boomerang.]]

[[folder: Real Life]]
* Creator/KarlMarx. ''Yes'', '''Karl Marx'''. UsefulNotes/LeonTrotsky also had a pretty impressive Commie Jewfro [[http://www.marxists.org/archive/trotsky/photo/t1900a.htm in his youth.]]
* Hockey player Mike Commodore's calling card is [[http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_WMfu8hiMD7I/R7CzapMeLAI/AAAAAAAABrI/pkseGxzS7y8/s400/1aaacan.jpg his rather sizable red afro.]]
* The King of Happy Trees, [[Series/TheJoyOfPainting Bob Ross]].
* Masato Shimon.
* Jim Kelly, the African-American martial artist in ''Film/EnterTheDragon'', had an awesome Afro in his heyday.
* The American Basketball Association was known for its up-tempo style of play, its red-white-and-blue ball, and its big Afros. To many, [[http://www.remembertheaba.com/OnlyintheABAMaterial/BigHairMaterial/Hillman/Hillman.html Darnell Hillman]] was the ABA Afro Champion (and this was a league that featured Julius Erving and Artis Gilmore).
** When the Miami Heat did a tribute to the ABA's Miami Floridians, they made sure to include [[http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1033981-miami-floridians-grading-every-funkadelic-member-of-the-retro-miami-floridians afros.]]
* In baseball, the Afro champ was undoubtedly [[https://s.yimg.com/uu/api/res/1.2/YwxUaVidJQYGRis2Olw7nw--~B/aD03MDA7dz0xNTAwO3NtPTE7YXBwaWQ9eXRhY2h5b24-/http://media.zenfs.com/en/homerun/feed_manager_auto_publish_494/40a2d9c9d24218680016c266e345eff7 Oscar Gamble.]]
* "Magic Dick" Salwitz of Music/TheJGeilsBand, famous for his harp-blowing skills and his mind-blowing Jewfro.
* Brad Delson, Music/LinkinPark's lead guitarist, has an [[http://kreilinger.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/bandmitglied3.jpg impressive Jewfro.]]
** Wolfmother's [[http://www.americansongwriter.com/2009/08/slash-and-wolfmothers-andrew-stockdale-cook-up-new-tune/ Andrew Stockdale.]]
** Ray Toro, Music/MyChemicalRomance's lead guitarist. That man's hair is legendary. Gravity don't mean too much to me, indeed.
** And don’t think this is a recent trend-hello, [[Music/TheDoors young Robby Krieger!]]
* Former Colombian footballer Carlos Valderrama. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AvjpKZVBJtU Lampshaded in this ESPN ad.]]
** Current players [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Luiz David Luiz Moreira]] (Brazilian) and [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guillermo_Ochoa Francisco Guillermo Ochoa]] (Mexico) have pretty big 'fros as well, crossing to AfroAsskicker for obvious reasons.
** German player Rudolf "Rudi" Völler had a decently-sized afro in TheEighties and the early [[TheNineties Nineties]]. Frank Rijkaard [[BigLippedAlligatorMoment spat on it twice]] in [[UsefulNotes/TheWorldCup Italy 1990]].
** Belgian midfielder [[http://img.bleacherreport.net/img/images/photos/002/596/259/hi-res-180521301-marouane-fellaini-of-manchester-united-looks-on-from_crop_north.jpg?w=630&h=420&q=75 Marouane Fellaini]] currently sports one to go with his BigOlEyebrows.
* Music/JimiHendrix. An afro was pretty much required to be a part of The Experience.
* Creator/AlexTrebek [[https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/19/8d/69/198d692bac96c1709017ef3d172e4c3d.jpg used to have one]]. Yes, ''[[Series/{{Jeopardy}} THAT]]'' Alex Trebek. [[http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2013/02/14/article-2278444-1791AE1F000005DC-643_634x425.jpg Leonard Cooper,]] the winner of the 2013 ''Series/{{Jeopardy}}'' Teen Tournament, revealed during an interview segment that a student hid a highlighter pen in said afro as a joke; it [[HammerspaceHair went undiscovered for several days]].
* Rollen Stewart, the "Rainbow Man" who used to wear a rainbow-colored afro wig while holding a "John 3:16" sign behind the goalposts at televised football games. [[SanitySlippage Now spending a life sentence in prison for kidnapping]].
* Boston drummer Sib Hashian sported an impressive Afro.
* "Fifth [[Music/TheBeatles Beatle]]" Billy Preston sported an [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Billy_Preston.jpg impressive one]] too, in TheSeventies.
* In TheEighties, Chilean stand-up comedian Hermógenes con H.
* Lindsay Buckingham of Music/FleetwoodMac, pre-1979.
* Don Henley in the Music/{{Eagles}} during the band's early years.
* As a contestant on ''Australian Idol'', Music/GuySebastian's afro was a big part of his image, and as he advanced through the competition, 'Go the 'fro!' became a popular catchphrase with his fanbase.
* Ahmir 'Questlove' Thompson, bandleader and drummer for The Roots.
* Funny Afro + BadassBeard + CoolShades = [[Music/ElectricLightOrchestra Jeff Lynne]] in TheSeventies.
* Music/JustinTimberlake's hair was so ridiculously curly that he would let his hair grow out to hilariously bouncy proportions.
* Similar to his AuthorAvatar, Kyle from ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'', [[Creator/TreyParkerAndMattStone Matt Stone]] sported one when he let his grow out.
* During their heyday in [[TheSeventies the early 1970's]]; the [[UsefulNotes/AmericanFootball Miami Dolphins]] had two cornerbacks who had giant Afros in Curtis Johnson and Henry Stuckey.
* French tennis player [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yannick_Noah#/media/File:Yannick_Noah_%28Davis_Cup%29.jpg Yannick Noah]] sported a medium-sized afro in TheSeventies.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/user/JaredPolin Jared Polin]] has a series of "'Fro Knows Photo" photography review and instruction videos on Website/YouTube.
* [[http://www.feathersite.com/Poultry/Ducks/Crest/BRKCrestedDucks.html Crested ducks]], which are ducks with afros.
* Smokey Robinson sported a formidable afro in [[TheSeventies the 70's]]. It can be seen in all its glory in the ''Series/PoliceWoman'' episode "Smack".
* Former UsefulNotes/WashingtonDC businessman and corporate raider Herbert Haft (founder of the now-defunct Dart Drug pharmacy chain) sported one [[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Herbert_Haft.jpg in his later years]].
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* A flashback ''WesternAnimation/SharkTale'' shows Oscar's dad had an enormous orange afro with a pick in it, [[NonMammalianHair despite being a fish]].

%%* Andrei Ulmeyda from ''VideoGame/{{Killer 7}}'' has an afro.

* The opening of ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica'' includes a still frame of Madoka with a gigantic pink afro. Slightly later in the opening, it shows up again and is ''even bigger''.

* Andrei Ulmeyda from ''VideoGame/{{Killer 7}}'' has an afro.

* Disco Bear from ''WebAnimation/HappyTreeFriends''.
* In flashbacks on ''WebAnimation/HomestarRunner'', Coach Z is shown with an afro and a bushy mustache.

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* ''Girl And Triangle'' involved a side character called Disco who sported one of these. (Her story got increasingly surreal.)
* Reakk gets an enormous one of these in [[https://archives.sluggy.com/book.php?chapter=42#2004-07-21 this]] ''Webcomic/SluggyFreelance'' strip. Turned out to just be a ''very'' large, ''very'' furry cat sitting on his head.
* WebComic/{{Jack|JackAntonucci}} has Anakin.

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* The final stage of becoming a /b/tard is a giant afro sprouting forth from the victim's head followed by a complete loss of emotional function.
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* Jasper in ''WesternAnimation/{{Trollz}}'' used to have one until Amethyst's spell made his hair disappear.

* Chocolove McDonnell of ''Manga/ShamanKing'' is apparently invoking this. In his days as a violent gang-leader, he was [[BaldOfEvil completely bald]]. When he leaves behind his old life to become a comedian and train as a shaman, he grows his hair out into an afro. It also notably covers a scar that he received when his parents were killed, which drove him to a life of crime in the first place.

* SelfDemonstrating/{{Deadpool}} [[http://webegeekspc.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Deadpool-13-header.jpg sported an afro]] in a storyline set during the 70s. What pushed it firmly into Funny Afro territory was that ''it was on top of his mask''.

* Reakk gets an enormous one of these in [[http://sluggy.com/daily.php?date=040721 this]] ''Webcomic/SluggyFreelance'' strip. Turned out to just be a ''very'' large, ''very'' furry cat sitting on his head.

* ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'' has [[TheComicallySerious Garnet]], who's had a massive square afro since before recorded human history. [[spoiler:She was even born with it. She gets it from a [[FusionDance combination]] of Ruby's blocky hair and Sapphire's longer hair.]] It's strong enough to support Steven, but then again, this is [[SuperStrength Garnet]] we're talking about. In "Historical Friction," Jamie plays her by putting his head in a cardboard box with an afro drawn on with marker. Sardonyx, the fusion of Garnet and Pearl, is a DarkSkinnedBlonde with a triangular afro.

* In TheEighties, Chilean stand-up comedian [[http://youtu.be/Gc9-ugqk4_Q Hermógenes con H.]]

* The American Basketball Association was known for its up-tempo style of play, its red-white-and-blue ball, and its big freak-ass Afros. To many, [[http://www.remembertheaba.com/OnlyintheABAMaterial/BigHairMaterial/Hillman/Hillman.html Darnell Hillman]] was the ABA Afro Champion (and this was a league that featured Julius Erving and Artis Gilmore).

* When Creator/HannaBarbera [[WesternAnimation/TheSuperGlobetrotters made a cartoon]] with the [[UsefulNotes/{{Basketball}} Harlem Globetrotters]] as superheroes, Sweet Lou Dunbar aka Gizmo Man accessed {{Hammerspace}} from his afro. Just took a moment of [[RummageFail rooting around]] and whatever he wanted could be found in that afro.

** Three [=NPCs=] (two of whom are [[SharedFamilyQuirk siblings]]) in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess'' are rocking some positively ''epic'' 'fros almost as large as they are. One of them is a ''bird'', and one has a ''bird's nest'' in his hair.

** Three [=NPCs=] in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess'' are rocking some positively ''epic'' 'fros almost as large as they are. One of them is a ''bird'', and one has a ''bird's nest'' in his hair.

* Angela Burnes, the PlayerCharacter from ''VideoGame/{{Sunset}}'', has her hair done in a normal sized afro.

* Angela Burnes, the PlayerCharacter from ''VideoGame/{{Sunset}}'', has her hair done in this style.

* "Magic Dick" Salwitz of the J. Geils Band, famous for his harp-blowing skills and his mind-blowing Jewfro.

* ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'' has [[TheComicallySerious Garnet]], who's had a massive square afro since before recorded human history. [[spoiler:She was even born with it. She gets it from a [[FusionDance combination]] of Ruby's blocky hair and Sapphire's longer hair.]] It's strong enough to support Steven, but then again, this is [[SuperStrength Garnet]] we're talking about. In "Historical Friction," Jamie plays her by putting his head in a cardboard box with an afro drawn on with marker. Sardonyx, the fusion of Garnet and Pearl, is a DarkSkinnedBlond with a triangular afro.

* ''ComicBook/SullivansSluggers'': One member of Casey's baseball team has one.

** Afro Gunsou is a major EarWorm. Ai kotoba wa Afro to Gunsou... By the way, that means "The password is 'Afro Sergeant'".

** And when he poses around in ''Anime/DottoKoniChan'' as Koni's talking dog? ''Of course'' has has an afro too.

* Beck in ''Anime/TheBigO'' gets struck by lightning and as a result, his hair is poofed up into a grotesquely huge afro for the rest of the episode. This is a common staple among anime in general, and NonFatalExplosions/[[XRaySparks electrocutions]] often result in "Frazzled" afro hair, but unlike most cases this lasts for more than a couple seconds.

* From ''Manga/MiamiGuns'', Chief Amano wears an afro, and gets very angry if someone says it's out of date.

* Tanaka of ''Manga/{{Nichijou}}'' has an afro. It is in fact a wig that stores food and school supplies.

* Chase Matthews of ''Series/{{Zoey 101}}'' has a bushy "Jewish afro" constantly referenced by the other characters. He tends to shrug it off, but lampshades it himself after Zoey throws a pillow at him that knocks him off his chair. He gets up, pats his head and exclaims "You dented my 'fro!"

** Chyna dons a huge 1970's fro when Olive is producing a Greek play and calls herself Afro-Dite.

** Later, Darnell is shown to be [[spoiler: a former secret agent in WitnessProtection]], and uses his hair to store things like a self-destructing phone.

* Music/TheJacksonFive (post-Michael's puberty, pre-Michael's solo career) had huge and absolutely epic afros. ''Specially'' Music/MichaelJackson himself. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nqxVMLVe62U Seen quite well in the "Blame it on the Boogie" video]]. Michael eventually discarded the afro, but wore it rather proudly in the cover for ''Music/OffTheWall''. It was quite shorter in the video for ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yURRmWtbTbo Don't stop 'til you get enough]]'', but still qualified as such.
* The baby on the cover of ''Music/ReadyToDie'' by Music/TheNotoriousBIG

* Jimmy T. from the ''VideoGame/WarioWare'' series sports a large blue afro. In ''Wario Ware Touched!'', his family are shown to all have brightly coloured afros (he is also menaced by an insect named Scratchy the 'Fro Bug -- and no, I'm not making this up).

* [[PopQuiz Riddle]] [[SempaiKohai Sempai]], a minor NPC in ''VideoGame/{{Persona 4}}'' involved in a few of the games quests, sports one as does the announcer at the culture festival.
* ''VideoGame/WayOfTheSamurai'' has Don Donatelouse, aka 'Dona Dona'. Though mainly PluckyComicRelief, he [[HeroicWannabe geniuely tries to be heroic]], and ([[WideOpenSandbox depending on your choices]]) may end up more heroic than your hero...

* One of [[MadBomber Demoman's]] [[AndYourRewardIsClothes unlockable hats]] in ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'' is a Music/JimiHendrix type 'fro. Which isn't that large in-game, but fanartists enjoy taking it UpToEleven for hilarity's sake.

* A ''hilarious'' afro appears on one of the bosses in ''VideoGame/SilentScope EX''. It's excessively jiggleboned and over-accentuates every movement of the boss, Big A, a PsychopathicManchild helicopter pilot who flies a Hind-D...with his [[CompanionCube teddy bear]] in the gunner seat. Of course, for best results you have to [[BoomHeadshot shoot him in the head]], which explains why Big A might constantly whip his head around like that. SnipingTheCockpit is tough enough. On the other hand, his afro is bright yellow and the cockpit is dark, so if you can spot and hit the afro, you can one-shot Big A. [[spoiler: Or you can shoot his teddy bear in the face and cause Big A to suffer DeathByDespair.]]

* Creator/SrPelo has a big afro in real life, and exaggerates it on his AuthorAvatar for comedic effect.