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* ''Series/Siren2018'': All merpeople have hair even while in their natural forms, despite being acquatic creatures which have no discernible need for it.
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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'': When he's completely terrified, Zoidberg (an alien crustacean) will grow a full head of hair just so it can turn white.
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** In ''Animation/MoonCastleTheSpaceAdventure'', the Bitter Gourd King has four Super Gourd Shock Troopers assisting him. One of them, the watermelon Shock Trooper, has a head of black hair.

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** In ''Animation/MoonCastleTheSpaceAdventure'', ''Animation/PleasantGoatAndBigBigWolfMoonCastleTheSpaceAdventure'', the Bitter Gourd King has four Super Gourd Shock Troopers assisting him. One of them, the watermelon Shock Trooper, has a head of black hair.
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->''"Oh, [[VideoGame/SuperMarioWorld Larry]] got himself an entourage, you know? I guess he's thinking to himself like he's a superstar now that he is a turtle with a white mohawk somehow. Turtles are not meant to be able to grow hair, I'll have you know. I know! It is something I had to learn myself the hard way back in kindergarten, when I mistook a turtle for a 100 gigawatt bolt of cloth! Then I was wondering why it wouldn't swim and I was rather the sad little critter."''

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->''"Oh, [[VideoGame/SuperMarioWorld Larry]] got himself an entourage, you know? entourage! I guess he's thinking to himself like he's a superstar now that he is a turtle turtle, with a white mohawk somehow. Turtles are not meant to be able to grow hair, I'll have you know. I know! It is something I had to learn myself the hard way back in kindergarten, when I mistook a turtle for a 100 gigawatt bolt of cloth! Then I was wondering why it wouldn't swim and I was rather the sad little critter."''
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-->-- '''LetsPlay/{{Raocow}}''', being only [[ShaggyFrogStory semi-relevant]] to this trope.

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-->-- '''LetsPlay/{{Raocow}}''', '''LetsPlay/{{Raocow}}''' in [[https://youtu.be/Jb-5o6lOmv8?t=131 Hello world 5]], being only [[ShaggyFrogStory semi-relevant]] to this trope.
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* ''Animation/PleasantGoatAndBigBigWolf'' series:

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* ''Animation/PleasantGoatAndBigBigWolf'' series:''Animation/PleasantGoatAndBigBigWolfFilmSeries'':
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* ''WesternAnimation/MonstersInc'': Roz is a large garden snail-like monster with a tuft of white hair on her head. Also, some of the monsters, whether resembling either toads, slugs, or octopi, will inevitably have some form of hair on their heads. The prequel ''WesternAnimation/MonstersUniversity'' reveals the crab-like Henry Waternoose used to have an afro.

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* ''WesternAnimation/MonstersInc'': ''WesternAnimation/MonstersInc1'': Roz is a large garden snail-like monster with a tuft of white hair on her head. Also, some of the monsters, whether resembling either toads, slugs, or octopi, will inevitably have some form of hair on their heads. The prequel ''WesternAnimation/MonstersUniversity'' reveals the crab-like Henry Waternoose used to have an afro.
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* The ''Literature/FrannyKStein'' book ''The Fran With Four Brains'' reveals that Franny has bearded slugs that she shaves daily.
* Merfolk and Nixies in [[Literature/TheSpiderwickChronicles The Spiderwick Chronicles]] have “external gill filaments” of various kinds that resemble hair but aren’t. In the published version of the field guide, the Caribbean Mermaid has what looks like anemone tendrils on her head, while the lionfish-like Atlantic Sea King has lionfish fins there. The Nixie also has skin markings over her eyes that look like eyebrows.

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* The ''Literature/FrannyKStein'' book ''Literature/FrannyKStein'': ''The Fran With Four Brains'' reveals that Franny has bearded slugs that she shaves daily.
* ''Literature/TheSpiderwickChronicles'': Merfolk and Nixies in [[Literature/TheSpiderwickChronicles The Spiderwick Chronicles]] have “external are fishlike and amphibian-like species, respectively, with "external gill filaments” filaments" of various kinds that resemble hair but aren’t. In the published version of the field guide, the Caribbean Mermaid has what looks like anemone tendrils on her head, while the lionfish-like Atlantic Sea King has lionfish fins there. The Nixie also has skin markings over her eyes that look like eyebrows.
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* ''Film/TheSuperInframan'': Dragon-man, one of the film's many ridiculous-looking monsters, is a DraconicHumanoid with a Fu Manchu-stache.
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* In ''Fanfic/BreathOfTheWild'', there is a Zora character named Lochlia who has Hylian hair instead of a head tail like the other Zora. [[spoiler: This is because she is half Hylian by her father, Link, who had a relationship with Princess Mipha in his younger years]].

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* In ''Fanfic/BreathOfTheWild'', ''Fanfic/TheMythOfLinkAndZeldaBreathOfTheWild'', there is a Zora character named Lochlia who has Hylian hair instead of a head tail like the other Zora. [[spoiler: This is because she is half Hylian by her father, Link, who had a relationship with Princess Mipha in his younger years]].
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* ''VideoGame/LittleFlowerFairy'': Bun Frog has red hair on his head, even though he is a frog and frogs don't have hair in real life.
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* In the Silentnight mattress ads featuring the [[InterspeciesRomance hippo and duck couple]], a couple of commercials featuring their children show that they have a duck daughter with a ponytail.

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* ''Manga/OnePiece'': Drake [[MorphicResonance keeps his hair when he turns into a dinosaur]], though prior to the TimeSkip it's covered by his bicorn hat. It's more obvious in his design after the TimeSkip.

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Drake [[MorphicResonance keeps his hair when he turns into a dinosaur]], though prior to the TimeSkip it's covered by his bicorn hat. It's more obvious in his design after the TimeSkip.
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See also FurryFemaleMane and RobotHair.

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See also FurryFemaleMane FurryFemaleMane, WeirdBeard (a "beard" that's not made out of true hair) and RobotHair.

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%%* ''WesternAnimation/SaturdaySupercade'': An amphibian example is Ms. VideoGame/{{Frogger}}.%%Who has...?

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* ''WesternAnimation/RegularShow'': Mordecai and Rigby, a blue jay and raccoon respectively, have feathers and fur that act like hair for them, with Mordecai having crested feathers on top and Rigby having short hair matching the color and texture of his fur, and it’s been shown in flashbacks to their young childhood that this is natural. However, as teenagers Mordecai had brown hair (presumably cutting and dying it) and Rigby had bleached blonde hair, both resembling human hair. Their parents also have human hair as opposed to feathers/fur.
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* ''Fanfic/TheHaterGood'': [[WesternAnimation/SanjayAndCraig]] Sanjay is changed to a dragon, but he still has his black hair.

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* ''Fanfic/TheHaterGood'': [[WesternAnimation/SanjayAndCraig]] Sanjay [[WesternAnimation/SanjayAndCraig Sanjay]] is changed to a dragon, dragon since humans are said to be almost non-existent, but he still has his black hair.
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* ''Fanfic/TheHaterGood'': [[WesternAnimation/SanjayAndCraig]] Sanjay is changed to a dragon, but he still has his black hair.
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Lesser versions of this trope include non-mammals with eyelashes (another signifier that the wearer is female) or eyebrows to make human-like facial expressions. This trope is tricky to extend to aliens whose species [[BizarreAlienBiology probably can't be defined on our terms]].

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Lesser versions of this trope include non-mammals with eyelashes (another signifier that the wearer is female) or eyebrows to make human-like facial expressions. This trope is tricky to extend to aliens whose species [[BizarreAlienBiology probably can't be defined on our terms]].
terms]]. Occasionally it might apply to characters who ''are'' mammals, if they're depicted with profuse human-like hair, yet expressly identified as species (whales, hippos, walruses, etc) which are bald or nearly so.

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* ''Anime/DigimonAdventure'': Wargreymon has short hair under his helmet, despite being a humanoid {{Cyborg}} dinosaur.

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* ''Anime/DigimonAdventure'': Wargreymon has short hair under his helmet, despite being a humanoid {{Cyborg}} dinosaur. Furthermore, Garudamon, a [[BirdPeople bird-woman]], has flowing blonde locks for hair.



** ''WesternAnimation/TheSwordInTheStone'': Some of the animals in which both Merlin and Mim turn into during their WizardDuel are for some reason either birds or reptiles that [[MorphicResonance retain their respective hairstyles]].

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** ''WesternAnimation/TheSwordInTheStone'': Some of the animals in which both Merlin and Mim turn into during their WizardDuel are for some reason either birds birds, reptiles, or reptiles even arthropods that [[MorphicResonance retain their respective hairstyles]].
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* ''VideoGame/EasternExorcist'' has a minor character, an anthropomorphic scorpion-man who has a long, bushy white beard. And huge eyebrows, too.
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* The main character of ''Animation/BreadBarbershopp'', Bread Pitt, has a mustache despite being... well, [[ADogNamedDog bread]].

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* The main character of ''Animation/BreadBarbershopp'', ''Animation/BreadBarbershop'', Bread Pitt, has a mustache despite being... well, [[ADogNamedDog bread]].
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* The main character of ''Animation/BreadBarbershopp'', Bread Pitt, has a mustache despite being... well, [[ADogNamedDog bread]].
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* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Kaeloo}}'', Olaf the penguin has [[BigOlEyebrows big, bushy eyebrows]].

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* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Kaeloo}}'', Olaf the penguin has [[BigOlEyebrows big, bushy eyebrows]]. In season 5 he also grows a beard and a man bun.

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