History Main / HeadPet

* ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorneyDualDestinies'':
** Though he is not the owner, The Judge frequently finds himself serving as Taka the hawk's perch.
** Also, in the DLC case, Sniper the baby penguin lives in Herman Crab's hair, thinking that he's her mother.

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See also TeamPet, PirateParrot, ParrotPetPosition, FeatherBoaConstrictor and LiveMinkCoat. Contrast with CraniumRide. Compare characters who [[NiceHat wear]] or are [[LivingToys Living]] [[AnimateInanimateObject Hats]] (such as those which [[Franchise/HarryPotter sort you into a House/Clan/etc.]] or [[VideoGame/SuperMarioOdyssey assist the hero in his quest]]). Not to be confused with [[AffectionateGestureToTheHead petting someone on the head]].

* Flashbacks in ''Anime/KillLaKill'' show that Nonon had a pet monkey when she was in preschool that rode on her head. It's even implied to have continued this trope post-mortem, with it's skull adorning her NiceHat in the present.

* Two of ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'''s {{Nice Hat}}s are of the Head Pet variety: Pyro's Triboniophorus Tyrannus (a green gelatinous creature), and the ''VideoGame/AlienSwarm'' Parasite (guess).

** Yugo's pet bird Az sometimes perches on the boy's NiceHat.

* In ''WesternAnimation/CraigOfTheCreek'', Mortimor usually does this to Kelsey, usually hidden in her hair bun.

** Iris, Ash's new travel companion for the Unova region, has an Axew which lives in her [[RapunzelHair massively large mass of hair]]. With Axew weighing in at over 39 pounds (18 kg), it's a wonder Iris isn't going bald.

Of course they could just be there because they're [[TastesLikeDiabetes really]] [[RidiculouslyCuteCritter cute]] and easily made into [[EverythingsBetterWithPlushies plush]] [[MerchandiseDriven toys.]]

* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Home}}'', Pig the cat finds Oh's head very comfortable and treats him like a mobile cat bed. [[spoiler:Clinging to Tip's head is also how he saved her from the Boov abductions]].

* In ''Anime/OnePiece'' tiny reindeer-human Chopper frequently takes a head ride on [[https://media.giphy.com/media/KunX761lyUseI/giphy.gif Zoro]] (to his annoyance), [[https://66.media.tumblr.com/3fe42d991888b43f81a63a31bd485083/tumblr_nf0zszRkNV1rwvddfo1_500.gif Sanji]], Franky and even [[https://i.ytimg.com/vi/GxMBeKDil64/hqdefault.jpg Law]].

** Prussia, with his mysterious little chickie, [[FanNickname Gilbird]].

** In ''VideoGame/TheGreatAceAttorney'', HuskieRusskie sailor Bif Strogenov has strange, unexplained red marks on his face when first introduced. Their source becomes clear once he brings out his pet, a massive snake named Pirozhko that spends most of its scenes coiled around the man's head.

* ''Fanfic/BoldoresAndBoomsticks'' gives us Nocturne the Zubat, who likes to rest in Ruby's hair. He's later joined by Lux the Torchic, who takes a resting position in Yang's.

* In ''Anime/OnePiece'' tiny reindeer-human Chopper frequently takes a head ride on [[https://media.giphy.com/media/KunX761lyUseI/giphy.gif Zoro]] (to his annoyance), [[https://66.media.tumblr.com/3fe42d991888b43f81a63a31bd485083/tumblr_nf0zszRkNV1rwvddfo1_500.gif Sanji]], [[https://www.mangareader.net/one-piece/814/7 Franky]] and even [[https://i.ytimg.com/vi/GxMBeKDil64/hqdefault.jpg Law]].

** In DP, Jessie's Yanmega enjoys resting on Team Rocket's heads. James probably prefers it to being chewed on by Carnivine.
** Iris, Ash's new travel companion for the Unova region, has an Axew which lives in her [[RapunzelHair massively large mass of hair]].
** The '''Munchlax''', which in one episode the TagalongKid Max has no problem carrying on his shoulders.

** In ''Manga/PokemonAdventures'', Black's Munna rides on his head to feed on his distracting dreams. His Tepig also sometimes hitches a ride in his jacket hood.

** Noibat, one of Ash's Pokémon in ''XY'', enjoys being on top of Hawlucha's head, another one of Ash's Pokémon! It will also occasionally rest on his [[ParrotPetPosition shoulders]].

* In the completely un-notable webcomic ''[[http://dreamaniaccomic.comicgenesis.com Dreamaniac]]'', Jake's imaginary friend Whippy has a tendency to cling to his hair. Occasionally moves to arm or shoulder.

* In ''Webcomic/{{Kagerou}}'', Kano [[http://www.electric-manga.com/11/07.html contracts headfoxes]].

* [[http://www.blastwave-comic.com/index.php?p=comic&nro=24 A giant moth]] in a ''Webcomic/GoneWithTheBlastwave'' page.
* The protagonist of ''Webcomic/RealLifeFiction'' has a squirrel on top of her head about all the time. [[http://rlf.smackjeeves.com/comics/772566/too-literal/ Though it once becomes a scorpion-squirrel because of "drow-siness".]]
* ''Webcomic/{{Shortpacked}}'':
** [[http://shortpacked.com/comic/book-11/04-come-and-knock-on-our-door/biga/ Done]] with a hamster.
** [[http://www.shortpacked.com/2011/comic/book-13/03-fishin-chicks/groundfloor/ Done again]] but also now with another girl with an iguana.
** [[http://www.shortpacked.com/2011/comic/book-13/03-fishin-chicks/poop-2/ And the very next strip]] addresses the obvious... ''[[NobodyPoops hygienic]]'' issues.

* The painful kind in ''Webcomic/CatNine''. [[http://cat-nine.net/comic/get-outta-my-hair/]]

* ''Manga/RosarioToVampire Season II:'' Kokoa's shapeshifting pet bat Kou-chan sits sometimes on her hat. Regardless which form it takes, it always weighs 100kg. Only Kokoa has no problem with his weight, since she's a [[OurVampiresAreDifferent vampire, the physically strongest yokai race of the series]]; in an omake, Tsukune tries to host him similarly and gets crushed. Despite being the "weakest" among her sisters, Kokoa is physically the strongest of them.

* Umi from ''VideoGame/CthulhuSavesTheWorld'' keeps a live starfish in her hair.

** In ''Literature/WyrdSisters'', [[TheJester the Fool]] was tasked with retrieving Nanny Ogg's notoriously intractable cat Greebo from the castle kitchens. Greebo subsequently pounced on the Fool's head, found he couldn't claw through the chainmail ''coif''[[note]]memorably described in the text as "a sort of metal wimple"[[/note]] he was wearing under his hat as a precaution against something like this (just because he's a Fool, doesn't mean he's stupid), and wound up clinging to the mail all the way out of the castle and into the woods.

* That cat, Pirozhki, that they find in ''VisualNovel/{{Kanon}}''.