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6	->'''[[WesternAnimation/BugsBunny Bugs]]:''' I like your hair.\
7	'''[[WesternAnimation/LolaBunny Lola]]:''' Thanks, heh. They're my ears.
8	-->-- ''WesternAnimation/TheLooneyTunesShow''
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10	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 or regulating body temperature, 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.
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12	This trope is especially common with female animals. It most often occurs in CivilizedAnimal, FunnyAnimal, and {{Beast M\|an}}en, but can show up in animals on any level of the SlidingScaleOfAnthropomorphism.
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14	For some female characters, this can be compared to FurryFemaleMane. For another cartoon animal ear trope, see EarNotch.
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17	!!Examples
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20	[[folder:Anime and Manga]]
21	* Inverted in ''Manga/{{Shitsurakuen}}'': Tomoko Oashi has hair which, according to the main character (Sora Himoto), looks like ears.
22	* ''Anime/{{Usavich}}'': Putin has his ears tied in a top-knot.
23	* ''Manga/RosarioPlusVampire'': Nekonome-sensei's cat ears blend in with her hair, making it look like it's simply another layer of feathered hair.
24	* Candy from ''Anime/SmilePrecure'', whose ears are styled in several different ways through the course of the show, usually being in rolled-up GirlishPigtails.
25	* Moriritchi of ''Anime/{{Tamagotchi}}'' wears her ears as a sort of cone shape and has several hair decorations on them a lot of the time. When they're not sticking up as usual, her ears droop down, making her resemble a lop-eared rabbit.
26	* Inverted in ''Anime/YuGiOhZexal'': Cathy styles her hair to look like cat ears as part of her CatGirl theme.
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29	[[folder:Asian Animation]]
30	* Jetybory from ''Animation/NoonboryAndTheSuper7'' has large ears in the shape of GirlishPigtails, with which she can fly and [[SuperSenses hear far-away sounds]].
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33	[[folder:Comic Books]]
34	* Like [[Toys/PinkieCooperAndTheJetSetPets the toy line it's based on]], the two main characters in ''ComicBook/PinkyAndPepperForever'' have their ears as their hair.
35	* ''ComicBook/LooneyTunes'': Honey Bunny from the comics would style her ears like this.
36	* ''Franchise/StarWars'': [[http://starwars.com/databank/species/gungan/index.html Female Gungans often tie their ears back]].
37	* ''ComicBook/UsagiYojimbo'': The hero, Miyamoto Usagi, most often has his ears pulled into a SamuraiPonytail (and was born from a doodle of a samurai rabbit). 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.
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40	[[folder:Films -- Animation]]
41	* Disney's ''WesternAnimation/{{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.
42	* In ''Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit'', Roger wrings water out of his ears. And yet it hurts him when Eddie picks him up by the ears, because [[RuleOfFunny he does not think it's funny]].
43	* WesternAnimation/LolaBunny from the Franchise/LooneyTunes franchise ties her ears into a ponytail.
44	* Lady from ''WesternAnimation/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.
45	* The Whippet Angel (later named "Annabelle") in ''WesternAnimation/AllDogsGoToHeaven'' has her ears tied in in her ponytail. Between the sequel and TV series, she was redesigned to simply have no ears at all, much to the confusion of fans.
46	* Sasha from ''WesternAnimation/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.
47	* Dixie from ''WesternAnimation/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.
48	* Georgette from ''WesternAnimation/OliverAndCompany'' uses her ears as hair during "Perfect Isn't Easy", such as pulling a curler down her ear making it look curled.
49	* In ''WesternAnimation/RobinHood1973'', the older rabbit girl wears a bow on her ears.
50	* Inverted with Sylvia in ''WesternAnimation/AnExtremelyGoofyMovie''- her side tresses seem to function as floppy ears and she's wearing earrings on them during the disco scene with Goofy as well as having styled them into an afro.
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53	[[folder:Films -- Live-Action]]
54	* ''Franchise/StarWars'':
55	** The Togrutas and Twileks, 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.
56	** [[Film/ThePhantomMenace Jar-Jar Binks's]] ears somewhat allude to caribbean dreadlocks.
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59	[[folder:Toys]]
60	* ''Toys/PinkieCooperAndTheJetSetPets'' has the characters' ears as their hair; they're pop-out ponytails on the side of the head.
61	* The '80s Mattel toy Poochie was a white dog with a pink TuftOfHeadFur and matching papillon-esque ears, making it look like the whole thing is just hair done up in big poofy pigtails.
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64	[[folder:Video Games]]
65	* Cream the Rabbit from ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'' has her ears as sort of the equivalent of GirlishPigtails.
66	* ''VideoGame/{{Klonoa}}'''s ears wave like hair when he's running.
67	* ''Website/{{Neopets}}'':
68	** The Usuls 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.
69	** Delma Harrence, defender for Faerieland's team in the Altador Cup has a hairband around her ears, and because they flop to the side, they essentially look like a side-ponytail.
70	* Inverted with Juri from ''VideoGame/StreetFighterIV'', 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.
71	* Inverted by Toyosatomimi no Miko of ''VideoGame/TouhouShinreibyouTenDesires'', a newly-resurrected saint whose hairstyle resembles animal ears ([[MeaningfulName hence the name]]). Her actual ears are covered by giant earmuffs, further confusing the issue.
72	* Fay Spaniel from ''VideoGame/StarFox2'' has shaggy ears that REALLY look like hair.
73	* In ''VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening'' Panne/Velvet has an odd variation on this in that she arranges her braids around her rabbit ears in such a way that they give this impression.
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76	[[folder:WebAnimation]]
77	* Kiri Kiri from ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjGpzhcnA64 Fuwa Fuwa Foof]]'' has her rabbit ears tied into a spiked topknot.
78	* Ms. Rabbit the SleepyHead from ''WebAnimation/StarshineCarly'' has one of her ears cover her left eye.
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81	[[folder:Webcomics]]
82	* ''Webcomic/FurryExperience'':
83	** Ronnie (again, a rabbit) usually has her ears looking like wavy hair, though she braided them at one point. At another, she had to worry about a "bad ear day" and a "bad fur day" at the same time.
84	** Her roommate, Dawn Doe, wears her ears down, in keeping with her more formal dress style. They only point upwards when she's surprised.
85	* Big Ears from ''Webcomic/{{Goblins}}'' usually ties his namesake ears back in combat situations.
86	* Cupcake from ''Webcomic/SugarBits'', has both real hair and this trope as part of her hairstyle.
87	* ''Webcomic/SeventySeas'': Particularly visible with Nikol, who ties her ears in a ponytail.
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90	[[folder:Western Animation]]
91	* ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'':
92	** WesternAnimation/BugsBunny sometimes treats his ears like hair.
93	** Babs Bunny of ''WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures'': "Do you like my ears better up or down?"
94	** In ''WesternAnimation/LoonaticsUnleashed'' Lexi ties her ears up in a ribbon. Given who her ancestor is...
95	** Lampshaded by [[CharacterizationMarchesOn Lola Bunny]] in ''WesternAnimation/TheLooneyTunesShow''. See page quote.
96	* Dot Warner from ''WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}}'' wears her ears in a scrunchie.
97	* Fern is the only female character on ''WesternAnimation/{{Arthur}}'' who doesn't have a FurryFemaleMane. She's a dog with floppy ears.
98	* Brandy Harrington from ''WesternAnimation/BrandyAndMrWhiskers''.
99	* In ''WesternAnimation/CatDog'', Rancid Rabbit wears his ears like a sleazy ponytail when working at Better Bottoms.
100	* Panini from ''WesternAnimation/{{Chowder}}''.
101	* Parodied on ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' with Peter's line about Brian's appearance at an upcoming dog show: "We haven't even talked about how you're gonna wear your ears. You know, 'cause I was thinking up."
102	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Kaeloo}}'':
103	** From seasons 2-4, [[TheFashionista Pretty]] wears her ears tied up in a bow. Averted in season 5 where she gains a FurryFemaleMane as part of her ExpositoryHairstyleChange.
104	** All of Stumpy's sisters tie their ears up with hair bands.
105	* ''WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse'': One of the rabbits seen in Lincoln's DreamSequence from "[[Recap/TheLoudHouseS3E2WhiteHareInstaGran White Hare]]", Beulah, has her ears styled like a braided ponytail.
106	* Molly Cunningham on ''WesternAnimation/TaleSpin'' wears hair ribbons around her ears.
107	* Subverted in ''WesternAnimation/TeamUmizoomi''. Milli is a girl, but what appear to be ponytails coming out of her hat are actually tape measures.
108	* WordOfGod is that what we think of as the "hair" of Wilykit and Wilykat 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.
109	* ComicBook/UsagiYojimbo (see above under Comics) is also a recurring character on the 2003 ''WesternAnimation/{{Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles\|2003}}''.
110	* ''WesternAnimation/SonicTheHedgehogSatAM'': Bunnie is shown using curlers on her ears.
111	* Younger female pigs in ''WesternAnimation/JakersTheAdventuresOfPiggleyWinks'' don their ears as they were pigtails.
112	* Dotty Dog from ''WesternAnimation/TheGetAlongGang'' wears hair ribbons around the base of her shaggy cocker-spaniel ears.
113	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Bluey}}'':
114	** Indy and her mother have ears that look very much like human hair, due to both being Afghan hounds (which is TruthInTelevision, since this breed's ears look a lot like hair). Indy's ears are tied off at the ends to resemble pigtails, though [[EarlyInstallmentCharacterDesignDifference in a few earlier episodes they were much longer and resembled braids]] before they were shortened in order to be easier to animate, while her mother is shown to wear dream-catcher earrings under her ears in a place where a human would wear them.
115	** This is also implied to be the case with Frisky, since her "ears" are nowhere to be seen but she has a very human-like head of hair; it's likely that she ties her ears back to resemble a ponytail.
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