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7Two strands of hair that stick up from the top of the head and curve forward like antennae, a style popularized by ''Manga/LoveHina'' and other works by Creator/KenAkamatsu. Probably will belong to someone... [[TheDitz lighter in disposition]] or in general intellect. Yet another way to quickly and simply add another visual quirk to a character.
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9If the character has only one strand, it is IdiotHair. Not to be confused with DevilishHairHorns, which is a more villainous permutation.
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15* ''Manga/AhAndMmAreAllSheSays'': [[CosplayOtakuGirl Oshigiri]] has these. Norush describes her as a "mantis woman".
16* ''Manga/AhMyGoddess'': Belldandy may be the TropeMaker. And [[ArtEvolution her current character design]] has ''six'' of them.
17* Megumi Oki from ''Manga/{{Arachnid}}'' has hair antennae as part of her cockroach motif. She can even sense changes in air pressure and currents by using them.
18* Isogai from ''Manga/AssassinationClassroom'' has short hair antennae that corresponds to his health; [[ExpressiveHair it wilts when he's feeling ill and springs back to normal after he has taken rest]].
19* ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'': Giselle Gewelle, a Quincy Sternritter, has two of these, making her otherwise ordinary appearance slightly odd.
20* Anything by Creator/KenAkamatsu, like Naru and Mutsumi of ''Manga/LoveHina''. Also appears in ''Manga/NegimaMagisterNegiMagi'' and ''Manga/AILoveYou''.
21** More specifically, Mai in ''Manga/ItsudatteMySanta'' has [[PrehensileHair prehensile ones]] which she refers to as her "unhappiness detectors".
22** Saotome Haruna's from ''Negima'' doubles as "Love Detector".
23* Shiemi from ''Manga/BlueExorcist''.
24* ''Manga/DearS'': Ren. Manga {{omake}} plays with the idea of them being real antennae for laughs.
25** Also ''Manga/ZombieLoan'''s Shito, with an omake of these two making some sort of friendship based on their antennae.
26* Sakura from ''Manga/CardcaptorSakura''.
27* The majority of the cast from ''Anime/CrossAnge''. Titular main character Ange has them especially prominent.
28* ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'':
29** While Edward Elric has IdiotHair (despite [[ChildProdigy not being]] [[InsufferableGenius an idiot]]), his father Van Hohenheim has true Hair Antennae that stick out in front of his face. True to form, he's a {{Cloudcuckoolander}}.
30** Kimblee, too, although as the resident [[TheSociopath sociopathic]], PsychoForHire MadBomber, he doesn't fit the personality type at all.
31* Mikoto Utsugi from ''Anime/GaoGaiGar'' ''looks'' like she has these. In actuality, it's her sides pulled up that way by an item called the Invisible Hairband.
32* Rei from ''Manga/HighschoolOfTheDead'' has two antennae.
33* Gentoku Ryuubi (Liu Bei) from ''Manga/IkkiTousen''. Myosai Kakouen also has this, though she isn't a ditz.
34* The Red King, Mikoto Suoh, in ''Anime/{{K}}'' - most likely a sort of reference to the Saiyuki example, as he is a very Saiyuki-like character, and emphatically ''not'' a ditz.
35* ''Manga/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaVivid'' has Rio, Vivio's [[GenkiGirl energetic]], [[SupernaturalMartialArts martial artist]] friend. It stays there even when she accesses her personal [[OlderAlterEgo Adult Mode]].
36* ''Anime/MyOtome'' has Arika's two long, skinny braids, which writhe in time with her emotions. She even earns the nickname Arinko-chan, i.e. Anty.
37* Momo in ''Manga/ManabiStraight'' has antennae (and hair) long enough some fans affectionately nicknamed her [[http://safebooru.org/index.php?page=post&s=view&id=301734 "Cockroach-tan"]].
38* Made fun of in ''Manga/NoMatterHowILookAtItItsYouGuysFaultImNotPopular'' when the heroine tries to give herself antenna hair but everyone just thinks she didn't brush her hair that morning.
39* ''Manga/PrecariousWomanExecutiveMissBlackGeneral'': GG has a pair as part of her cockroach motif. They may actually work too, since she's shown reacting to a VisibleOdor wafting past them instead of under her nose.
40* ''Manga/RurouniKenshin'': Saitou's hair, so much so that Yahiko arranges his own hair to look like Saitou's when asking for his whereabouts.
41* ''Manga/{{Saiyuki}}'': Sha Gojyo. {{Lampshade|Hanging}}d by Son Goku. Whenever he gets tired of calling him "pervy kappa," he calls Gojyo a cockroach.
42* Tenma from ''Manga/SchoolRumble''.
43* ''Manga/{{Sketchbook}}'': Nagisa, who appropriately enough is an insect {{otaku}}.
44* ''Anime/TheVisionOfEscaflowne'': Hitomi Kanzaki -- though her Emo version from TheMovie doesn't have them. She has them as a child and back in a more recent flashback. Apparently they symbolize her sunny disposition that a bad case of teenager's angst took away.
45* Yume in the first ''Manga/SomedaysDreamers''. They even had an episode where it played a role in the plot.
46%%* ''Manga/TenjhoTenge'': Maya Natsume.
47* Lettuce from ''Manga/TokyoMewMew'' has these when she transforms. Though they also change size frequently.
48* Milly Thompson from ''Manga/{{Trigun}}'', and she is indeed quite ditzy.
49* Azuma from ''Manga/YakitateJapan'' has these with his hairband on.
50* Yuri a.k.a. Angel Lily from ''Manga/WeddingPeach'' has hair like this, although she doesn't fit the ditzy personality part of the description.
51* Kanon Nakagawa from ''Manga/TheWorldGodOnlyKnows'' has these but is not really a ditz. [[spoiler: The goddess inside her however...]]
52* Shishiwakamaru from ''Manga/YuYuHakusho'' was a pretty boy opponent to Team Urameshi in the [[TournamentArc Dark Tournament]]. Being a demon who only looks human and has a hidden nasty side, he averts most of the lighter traits of this trope.
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56* Billy Whizz the [[SuperSpeed fastest boy in the world]] from ''ComicBook/TheBeano'' has a variant of this trope. The character has his hair shaved apart from two long hairs on the top of his head with lightning shaped patterns at the end.
57** In a [[TheSixties 1960s]] annual it was revealed that he has this bizarre style because he rushes away from the barbers before the barber finishes his hair leaving him with two long hairs.
58* ''ComicBook/JohnnyTheHomicidalManiac'': Johnny C, after he [[spoiler:comes back from hell and most of his hair falls out]]. Literally, all he has left is hair antennae. Unlike most other examples, it symbolizes his newfound desire to shed his impulses and become icily efficient, driven by necessity rather than desire -- [[RuleOfSymbolism like an insect]].
59* Princess Victoria in Creator/BryanTalbot's graphic novel ''[[ComicBook/LutherArkwright Heart of Empire]]'' has two strands of hair going down and out from the top of her forehead.
60* Pallo from ''Lions Tigers and Bears''. He has three coming out of his mane.
61* Monroe, a character from a long-running comic series in ''Magazine/{{MAD}}'', has hair like this, with the rest of his hair buzzed.
62* [[OnlySaneMan Filemón]] from ''ComicBook/MortadeloYFilemon''. [[PrematurelyBald That's all the hair he has]].
63* The Flea from ''ComicBook/{{PS238}}''. When he's in costume they look like a mask detail, but when he takes off the mask they're still there. In addition to being a FriendToBugs, he's a FunPersonified character.
64* In ''ComicBook/TheTick'', Barry Hubris (AKA [[OneSteveLimit the other Tick]]) has hair like this when out of costume.
65* ''ComicBook/TheAvengers'': Quicksilver has a backwards variant, though how much they stick up [[DependingOnTheArtist depends on who's drawing him]].
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69* Milo from Disney's ''WesternAnimation/AtlantisTheLostEmpire'' has rather antennae-like bangs, befitting a bookish fellow like him.
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73* Kuroyukihime from ''Literature/AccelWorld'', whose "antennae" add to her ButterflyOfTransformation motif.
74* Akeno from ''Literature/HighSchoolDXD'' has two of them going backwards. Rossweisse has the more traditional ones (which also [[ExpressiveHair often express her feelings]]).
75* ''Literature/SundayWithoutGod'': protagonist Ai has three hair antennae, and when she was younger she only had two.
76* In the ''Literature/LandOfOz'' books, illustrator John R. Neill sometimes drew the Wizard of Oz with long hair antennas, with the top of his head bald. He particularly had fun doing this in ''[[http://www.gutenberg.org/files/25519/25519-h/25519-h.htm#OZMA_AND_THE_LITTLE_WIZARD Little Wizard of Oz Stories]]'' by L. Frank Baum.
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80* ''VideoGame/BravelySecond'': Cryst-Fairy Anne spots some antennae.
81* The player character in ''VideoGame/DevilSurvivor'' has them.
82* ''Franchise/{{Disgaea}}'': [[VideoGame/DisgaeaHourOfDarkness Laharl]] uses it to cheat his height. [[spoiler:Even when he's turned into a Prinny, [[MorphicResonance he keeps them]]. Helps identify him, although the laugh helps.]]
83** Hair Antennae appear to run in the family, as King Krichevskoy also had them. [[spoiler:He loses them while assuming the identity of Vyers, but now they're back as of ''VideoGame/{{Disgaea 4|A Promise Unforgotten}}''.]]
84** Laharl's self-proclaimed sister Sicily from ''VideoGame/DisgaeaDimension2'' also has them, though she tied them into a bow.
85* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'' has a whole clan of them: Sephiroth, his father [[spoiler:Professor Hojo]], and his "mother"/genetic donor Jenova (at least its graphically-updated incarnation in ''VideoGame/CrisisCore'').
86** Aerith's gravity defying fringe fits too.
87** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyX'': Seymour. Oh my dear God, Seymour -- that is the craziest hair we have ever seen. Guado hair typically grows into intertwined shapes, much like dreadlocks. But Seymour's half-human genes causes it to sprout all over the place.
88*** Yunalesca has a more typical version. Her appearance borrows more than a few beauty tips from VII's Jenova.
89* In his third form, Haseo from ''VideoGame/DotHackGU'' has this.
90* Makoto Kikuchi, Ai Hidaka, Akizuki and her cousin Ryo from ''VideoGame/TheIdolMaster''; the other idols sport mainly {{Ahoge}}.
91* ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'': Larxene possesses a backwards variant. Unlike most of these examples, she's a PsychoElectro.
92* Otacon sports a mild case in ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid''.
93* Ryoji Mochizuki from ''VideoGame/Persona3'' has hair antennae, contrasting the rest of his hair, which is slicked back.
94* The female player character in ''VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite'' sports a noticeable pair.
95* ''VideoGame/PuyoPuyo'': Sig has these, though they're on the back of his head and point away.
96* As befits a character who has butterflies as a motif, the muse Thaleia in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyLegendII'' has this type of hair.
97* Tails from ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'' has grown a little one of these. He always had a tuft of hair on the front of his head, but since the post-''VideoGame/SonicAdventure'' redesign it's become long and thin like antennae.
98* Riddle Rosehearts from ''VideoGame/TwistedWonderland'' has two locks of hair curving down from the top of his head to form a heart shape. When he's surprised or shocked, the two hair locks [[ExpressiveHair shoot up]], making him look similar to a rabbit.
99* ''VideoGame/VagrantStory'': Ashley Riot's antenna actually manage to give off a retro punk vibe.
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103* ''Franchise/AceAttorney'': Apollo Justice, though they're not natural and he carefully gels them every morning. The form of his antennae are more like a double IdiotHair, though, with both strands pointing straight up without making a curve. Trucy Wright has a much smaller but similarly-shaped set of antennae beneath her hat [[spoiler:and happens to be Apollo's half-sister]].
104* ''VisualNovel/{{Clannad}}'': Nagisa Furukawa, her dad Akio, and her mom Sanae (who has THREE strands of hair); seems to run in the family. Ushio[[spoiler:, Tomoya and Nagisa's daughter]] did not inherit the trait though.
105* Reinhard Heydrich from ''VisualNovel/DiesIrae'' has these and the anime adaptation makes them even more prominent. Unusually for this trope however, he is the BigBad.
106* ''VisualNovel/{{Seinarukana}}'': Ruputna and Narukana.
107* ''VisualNovel/YosugaNoSora'' has quite a few: Haruka, Sora, Akira and Yahiro all have those, but Akira's the one and only {{Cloudcuckoolander}} to boot.
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111* [[Webcomic/TheBookOfBiff Biff]] has antenna eyebrows.
112* Girl in ''Webcomic/CatAndGirl''. They have become progressively longer over the years.
113* Taito from ''Webcomic/{{Consolers}}'' has two antennas sticking straight up.
114* In ''Webcomic/{{Drowtales}}'', [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?sid=7651 Sarv'swati Vel'Sharen]] has very prominent hair antennae, but completely inverts the usual personality type, being a dead-serious BloodKnight with no known sense of humor.
115* Grace from ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'' has rather thick ones. [[spoiler:They actually are antennae.]] Interestingly enough, as large as they are, they get [[TertiarySexualCharacteristics downright huge]] in her [[GenderBender male form]].
116* Zukaru and Daisuke from ''Webcomic/FiyoraNya''
117* In ''Webcomic/TheInexplicableAdventuresOfBob'', Princess Voluptua is a giant insect disguised as a woman. [[MorphicResonance Consequently,]] her eyebrows arch up high above her head, resembling antennae.
118* HumanAliens in ''Webcomic/IWasKidnappedByLesbianPiratesFromOuterSpace''.
119* ''Webcomic/AMiracleOfScience'': Dr. Haas. Definitely not the usual personality type, being a dead-serious MadScientist with ScaryShinyGlasses. (And the antennae are used as one of the two main visual signifiers of his insanity; they instantly gain their ability to defy gravity when he's infected with ScienceRelatedMemeticDisorder.)
120* From ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'', Elan the bard, his twin brother Nale, and [[spoiler:their father Tarquin]] all have them.
121* Miriam from ''Webcomic/OutThere''.
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125* ''Literature/WhateleyUniverse'': Seems to run in Dr. Diabolik's family, though they more like horns than antennae, and none of them (except, arguably, [[AffablyEvil Malachai]]) fit the character type at all.
126* Matara Kan of ''WebVideo/VShojo'' is an extraterrestrial humanoid cockroach with two long strands sprouting from her forehead. She can remove them, but it makes her feel like she is wearing earmuffs.
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130* [[TheTrickster Luan Loud]] of ''WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse'' has two long hair strands sticking out from the middle of her forehead.
131* Kole from ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans2003'' has them alongside bright-pink hair.
132* The Monarch from ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBrothers'' has [[UnusualEyebrows antenna eyebrows]]. Well, considering his general motif...
133* ''WesternAnimation/{{Wakfu}}'''s Noximilien [[BigBad "Nox"]] Coxen had these before [[StartOfDarkness he went crazy]].
134* Besides having a WizardBeard, Maestro from the ''WesternAnimation/IlEtaitUneFois'' franchise has two strands of hair sticking out from the top of his head.
135* Inverted with Angel (Experiment 624) of the ''Franchise/LiloAndStitch'' franchise; her antennae ''resembles'' long human hair that stick up a bit before curving down, then curving back up near the tips.
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