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4->''"But I '''can''' get into anything with a loose enough collar. Just gotta ease one horn through and then angle it up. There's a term [in our language] for getting caught unprepared that translates to 'running around with clothing stuck on your horns.'"''
5-->-- '''Iron Bull''', ''VideoGame/DragonAgeInquisition''
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7Whether [[AddedAlliterativeAppeal huge and hideous or helical and handsome]], having horns can hamper the head of hatless heroes and hated hostiles homologously. [[OurDemonsAreDifferent Habitants]] of {{Hell}} haggle {{Holy Halo}}s for [[HotAsHell hot horns]]. Horned heads of [[BeastMan hairy hombres]] and [[GorgeousGorgon hembras hermosas]] highlight the {{Half Human Hybrid}}s' heterogeneous heritage that [[BeastMan hybridizes human with hoofed husbandry.]]
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9The Horned Humanoid hails from the [[Myth/ClassicalMythology Hellenic]], characteristically hefting the horns of haughty rams, [[TheMarvelousDeer honored harts]], hilarious goats, and [[BrutishBulls hoary bulls]]. Humorously, holding a single horn hardly ever heralds [[{{Unicorn}} holiness]].
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11Subtrope of MonstrousHumanoid.
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13Usually either demonic or bestial, being an important aspect of the BigRedDevil physical archetype, but also having having strong connections to BrutishBulls, [[TheMarvelousDeer Marvelous Deer]], and {{Gruesome Goat}}s as well as being a mandatory feature for {{Cernunnos}}, [[OurMinotaursAreDifferent minotaurs]], {{oni}} and FaunsAndSatyrs and optional on {{Draconic Humanoid}}s. Many an evil example sports HornsOfVillainy; more barbaric examples will sport HornsOfBarbarism. A few might be CuckoldHorns (or compared to them). See also CrownOfHorns and SinisterDeerSkull.
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19* ''Manga/AoNoFuuin'' depicts {{Oni}} with small, sharp horns on their heads.
20* ''Manga/{{Berserk}}'':
21** Nosferatu Zodd sports a massive pair of bull's horns in his winged minotaur-like Apostle form. He loses one of his horns after fighting against Griffith.
22** A heretic cult kidnaps Casca and gets ready to sacrifice her, with a man wearing a goat's head mask presiding. Then the Apostles get involved, turning him into a giant goat-man.
23* ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'':
24** Ichigo's first hollow form is a powerful bipedal reptilian creature with a mane of hair, a long tail protruding from its back, three clawed toes, and spikes jutting from its shoulders. His second form is humanoid with retractable claws, tufts of red fur on its wrist and clavicles, and a horned mask that covers its entire head. It can NoSell everything Ulquiorra throws at it.
25** Aizen's experiment White is initially assumed in-universe to be a Vasto Lorde due to its great power and humanoid appearance. Its arms end in sword-like appendages instead of hands, and it's covered in a jet-black exoskeleton. It was created by Aizen merging the Hollowfied souls of Soul Reapers, creating an artificial Vasto Lorde. It's the Hollow that forms the basis of Ichigo's Hollow powers and is what takes control of Ichigo to defeat Ulquiorra.
26%%* Sabato from ''Literature/BludgeoningAngelDokuroChan''.
27* Humans possessed by demons in ''Manga/BlueExorcist'' are often horned. The protagonist himself gains a pair of fiery horns when using his flames.
28* ''Anime/BraveRaideen'': Demon Emperor Barao's OneWingedAngel form has bright pink horns.
29* The demons in ''Manga/ChronoCrusade'' all have horns that mind link them to Pandemonium. Pandemonium controls their actions to a certain degree via this link and constantly supplies their "legion" cells with energy. If their horns are ever removed they must find an alternate source of power, such as a human's soul via a contract, or else they will die after their "legion" is depleted.
30* In ''Anime/DarlingInTheFranxx'', we have Zero Two. She has a pair of small red horns on the top of her head and the headband she wears connects to them for an unknown purpose. Since she's [[HalfHumanHybrid part-klaxosaur]], the horns probably come from her klaxosaur blood.
31* Tade from ''Manga/DeliciousInDungeon'' has a small pair of horns.
32* ''Franchise/{{Digimon}}'': [[Anime/DigimonAdventure Devimon, Wargreymon]], [[Anime/DigimonAdventure02 Flamedramon (a rhino-like nose-horn)]], [[Anime/DigimonFrontier Agunimon]], and [[Anime/DigimonFusion Yaksamon]].
33* Myth/{{Lilith}} and her descendants in ''Manga/TheDemonGirlNextDoor'' are all humanoid-looking, except they have horns and a tail. This is the result of their powers being progressively sealed by the Light Clan; they originally look more like BigRedDevil.
34* Frieza, King Cold, Captain Ginyu, and Dabura of ''Franchise/DragonBall'' fame. In Frieza's case, they're most prominent in his first and second forms (the second, in particular, looks rather Satanic), and vanish entirely when he crosses the BishonenLine.
35%%* The two princesses of Ledomiam in ''Drakuun''.
36* The Diclonii, the pink-haired, [[OneGenderRace always female]], [[PsychicPowers psychic]] and ([[AlternateCharacterInterpretation gener]][[NatureVersusNurture ally]]) [[AxCrazy homicidal]] HumanSubspecies from ''Manga/ElfenLied'' have horns that [[{{Moe}} conveniently enough]] look like [[LittleBitBeastly cat ears]].
37* ''Manga/FairyTail''
38** Aries, The Spirit King, Taurus, and Capricorn are all horned.
39** Also Elfman while using full body Take Over, Fried while using Dark Ecriture: Darkness, and Natsu in one of the original sketches.
40** [[OurDemonsAreDifferent Seliah]] of the Tartaros Guild has horns, which are really the only way you can tell she is a demon. [[spoiler: They get even bigger when she goes OneWingedAngel.]]
41* ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist''
42** The characters who are souls encased in armor tend to have horns, notably Al and Barry the Chopper.
43** Roa grows horns a little bit while fighting [[LargeHam Major Armstrong]]. He ''is'' half cow.
44* In ''Manga/InuXBokuSS'', Ririchiyo and Kagerou grow horns when they access their youkai heritage.
45* ''Franchise/{{Inuyasha}}'' has some examples.
46** ''Anime/InuYashaTheMovieFireOnTheMysticIsland'' shows the two half-demons Shion and Moegi. As part of their [[MarkOfTheSupernatural demonic origins]], they have tiny horns.
47** The sequel series ''Anime/YashahimePrincessHalfDemon'' shows the half-demon Jakotsumaru, who also has two horns, but they are much longer.
48* The Pillar Men from ''Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureBattleTendency''. Although they keep them hidden as displaying them is a sign of honor.
49%%* Akura-Ou, a powerful demon lord, from ''Manga/KamisamaKiss''.
50* Dragons in ''Manga/MissKobayashisDragonMaid'' have the ability to take on human forms, though some of them keep their horns visible at all times. Tohru explains that it's a sign of power, as horns are lumps of magic that are often targeted in attacks. [[WeirdnessCensor The humans around them simply pass it off as cosplay]].
51* ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'':
52** Mina Ashido has two small horns on her head, for some reason. They seem quite soft and sensitive, as Nejire Hado accidentally caused her discomfort when she started playing with them.
53** Little Eri has a small, singular horn on the side of her forehead. [[spoiler:It's directly tied to her Quirk; it shrinks when she uses it too much, and was later shown to have resumed growing slightly.]]
54** Pony Tsunotori from Class 1-B has two large horns on either side of her head. Her Quirk, Horn Cannon, allows her to detach them and shoot them as projectiles. New horns grow in almost immediately after she detaches them.
55** Minor character Miyagi Daikaku has horns thanks to his Quirk, "Big Horn". Because he's a newscaster, he had to snap one of them off because it was blocking view of the monitors behind him, sparking in-universe controversy.
56* ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'':
57** Son Goku the Four-Tailed beast.
58** Kinkaku and Ginkaku.
59** [[spoiler:Kabuto in Sage Mode.]]
60** Three of the members of Orochimaru's [[EliteMooks Sound Four]] gain horns when they reach the second stages of their Cursed Seal forms - Kidomaru gets two brown conical devil-style horns, Sakon & Ukon each get a long, thick, curved red horn curving up from their foreheads, and Tayuya gets a veritable crown of sharp white horns growing in several directions.
61** The Sage of Six Paths, as well as his mother. His mother's were large enough that she was nick-named the "Rabbit Goddess" while the Sage's were significantly shorter. His sons in turn lacked horns, with the older son possessing only markings on his forehead.
62* Several citizens of the [[MagicalLand Magic World]] in ''Manga/NegimaMagisterNegiMagi'' have horns, most notably Princess Theodora, President Seras, Shirabe and Tamaki.
63* ''Manga/OnePiece'':
64** [[OurHumansAreDifferent Horns are not uncommon on humanoids]], which the author describes as analogous to buck teeth. For example, Moria (a human) and Oars (a giant) both have horns.
65*** Dellinger has horns on his head, though they are easily mistaken for a part of his baseball cap. He possesses incredible speed and uses those sharp horns to impale his targets. He's a hybrid human and fighting-fish fishman, though in this universe, [[CallASmeerpARabbit fighting fish are monstrous and have long, curved horns]], which the ones on Dellinger's head increasingly resemble as he reaches adulthood.
66*** MadScientist Caesar Clown has horns on his head.
67*** Kaido, one of the Four Emperors, along with his son Yamato both have impressive sets of horns reminiscent of a water buffalo. Both are described in-series as {{Oni}}, appropriately enough.
68** Tony Tony Chopper, a reindeer whose Devil Fruit caused an AnthropomorphicTransformation, has horns coming from holes in his hat.
69* The Santovasku of RoyalBlood in ''Manga/{{Outlanders}}'' have cute horns that curl over their face like big eyebrows.
70* Scanty and Kneesocks from ''Anime/PantyAndStockingWithGarterbelt'', being demons, naturally have horns. Scanty has two curved ones on the back of her head while Kneesocks has a single sharp horn on her forehead.
71%%* The oni from ''Manga/{{Shutendoji}}'' and everybody related to them.
72* The dragonfolk from ''Manga/TalesOfWeddingRings'' look like normal humans with small horns growing from their temples.
73* A common (though not universal) trait for members of the Hell-Horde in ''Manga/TisTimeForTorturePrincess''. The Hell-Lord, his wife, and his daughter all have horns rising vertically from their scalps; Enki, Youki, and Insuke have oni-like horns rising from their foreheads; and Torture has curved horns pointing forward from the sides of her head.
74* The Demon race in ''Literature/TsuyokuteNewSaga'' all have horns...except for the future Demon Lord. He is instead a WingedHumanoid, which the current Demon Lord Louisa notes is rare.
75* In ''Literature/UnlimitedFafnir'', Tear has tiny horns sticking out of her head.
76* In ''Manga/UruseiYatsura'', the {{Oni}} are a humanoid alien race with small horns on their heads.
77* This is actually an important plot point in ''Anime/VoltesV''. Born in Boazania and got two horns sticking out? No? Then prepare for a life of pariah-esque slavery supporting the planet's thriving galactic tourism industry. See, the Boazanians regard horns as a sign of [[BlueBlood nobility]] and honour, and those without them are refused the privileges that the Horned ones are entitled to. Funnily enough, there was once a time when both Horned and Hornless Boazanians co-existed in peace - until one day, the Horned decided that the Hornless were to be oppressed, building a FantasticCasteSystem based on their physical differences.
78%%* [[BigBad Onimaru]] and most of his demon servants from ''Manga/{{Yaiba}}''.
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82* Creator/MichelangeloBuonarroti's sculpture of Moses shows the prophet with two tiny horns coming out of his head. This weird attribute comes from the Latin translation of [[Literature/BookOfExodus Exodus]], specifically after Moses' encounter with {{God}} on Mt. Sinai[[note]]The Hebrew is generally taken to metaphorically refer "[[HolyHalo rays of light]]" coming off Moses' head, a metaphor translated literally into the Latin[[/note]].
83* There are multiple works of prehistoric art that seem to depict humanoid figures with horns or antlers. What exactly they are meant to represent or signify is still being debated.
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87* In ''AudioPlay/{{Starboard}}'', the outlaw ship Taranau's Captain Saeth and First-mate Picell are both diafol, hairless humanoids with curved horns.
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91* ComicBook/BlueDevil and his former sidekick Kid Devil, what with being devils.
92* Due to his BizarreAlienBiology, ComicBook/{{Concrete}} grew antlers for a while. He files them down now.
93* ''ComicBook/GreenLantern'': Abin Sur of [[TwoFistedTales Earth-20]] in ''[[ComicBook/TheMultiversity Society of Super-Heroes: Conquerors of the Counter-World #1]]''. He is well aware this makes him look like a demon.
94%%* Creator/HarveyComics' Hot Stuff
95* Volume 2 of ''ComicBook/RatQueens'' reveals that [[spoiler:[[LadyOfBlackMagic Hannah]]]] is one, though, as there is implied to be a stigma against folks with demonic blood, she typically keeps them hidden [[spoiler:in the buns on top of her head]].
96* Marko's kind in Brian K Vaughan's ''ComicBook/{{Saga}} ''.
97* In the ''ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}'' story ''ComicBook/RedDaughterOfKrypton'', the humanoid alien race known as Diasporans have huge bull or goat horns.
98* Since they are themed after the WesternZodiac, many of the denizens in ''[[ComicBook/{{Swordquest}} Swordquest: Earthworld]]'' fall into this, such as Ares, Capricorn, and Tarus.
99* ''ComicBook/WonderWoman'':
100** ''ComicBook/WonderWoman1942'': While the rest of the Saturnians look human for some reason their emperor has devil horns.
101** ''ComicBook/WonderWoman1987'': In the OneWingedAngel form the White Magician is in when he beats ComicBook/{{Artemis}} to death he has demon like horns, reflecting [[DealWithTheDevil the source]] of his strength in DarkMagic.
102* Illyana Rasputin from ''ComicBook/XMen'' and Daimon Hellstrom.
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106* ''Fanfic/AbraxasHrodvitnon'': In this ''Film/GodzillaKingOfTheMonsters2019'' fanfiction, the Titan [[Characters/AbraxasHrodvitnonTitansAndOtherCreatures Thor]] is the beastly kind: he's built like a giant upright ape and as part of his caprinae traits, he has ram-like horns curling out of his head. Calling him "haughty", as rams usually are, seems like an unfair assessment of his character, and despite his [[BigRedDevil red coloration]] (and even being compared to a beast from the Book of Revelation based on his horns at one point), he's no devil.
107* ''Fanfic/CaseySteele'': Rebecca Clause has them due to DragonAncestry:
108--> She frowned and then rubbed the dainty silver horns on her head
109* ''Fanfic/DungeonKeeperAmi'': Multiple types of magical humanoid creatures have horns:
110** Horned Reapers.
111** Youma.
112* ''Fanfic/{{Enlightenments}}'': It's a ''VideoGame/TeamIcoSeries'' fic, so of course horned humanoids show up. Some fanon additions to the horns include Wander growing a large pair like Ico's and expansions on how Dormin perceives them: the horns show up as light to their senses and allow them to see through the horn-bearers' eyes, and in Wander's case create a constant telepathic connection between Dormin and Wander unless one of them ([[NayTheist usually Wander]]) shuts it down. The amount of Dormin's soul inside a horned person also affects how much spiritual light they give off: horned boys like Ico have softly glowing horns to Dormin's sight, while Wander's shine, though in either case they appear inert to mortal vision.
113* ''Fanfic/{{Evershade}}'': In ''Reforming'': Implied, given that mutants are human, and it's said that the mutant condition called GSD can give horns.
114* Kiyohime in ''Fanfic/FateOfTheClans'' has a pair of white ones.
115* In ''Fanfic/FateOfTheClansBadEnds'' there's [[spoiler:Cú Chulainn growing ten of them as a Beast's Crown when Beast VI possesses him.]]
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119%%* The Beast from ''WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast''.
120%%* The Horned King from ''WesternAnimation/TheBlackCauldron''.
121* In ''WesternAnimation/SleepingBeauty', Maleficent appears to have horns, although that might just be the shape of her headdress.
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125* Calibos in ''Film/ClashOfTheTitans1981'' develops horns and a tail after Zeus [[BeautyEqualsGoodness curses him with deformity as a punishment for his cruelty and pride]], giving him a distinctly demonic appearance.
126* ''Film/DungeonsAndDragonsHonorAmongThieves'': Doric, as a part-demon tiefling, has a pair of little horns curling up through her hair.
127* ''Film/HistoryOfTheWorldPartI'' has this in the [[HornyVikings Viking]] Funeral. The Vikings initially appear to have horns on their helmets, but when they take the helmets off in respect, the horns stay on their heads.
128* The Darkness in ''Film/Legend1985''.
129* The eponymous protagonist of ''Film/{{Maleficent}}'' is shown to clearly have horns.
130* In the 1935 ''Theatre/AMidsummerNightsDream,'' Oberon has a crown-like set of horns, and the changeling boy grows some when Oberon snatches him up.
131%%* The [[FaunsAndSatyrs Faun]] in ''Film/PansLabyrinth.''
132* ''Franchise/StarWars'':
133** [[Film/ThePhantomMenace Darth Maul]], and various other members of the Zabrak species in the ''Franchise/StarWarsLegends'' and prequel trilogy.
134** Devaronian males have two horns; the one seen in ''Film/ANewHope'' is actually wearing a secondhand devil costume.
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138* The fantasy WebSerialNovel ''The Apprentice Librarian'', orcs have bull-like horns on their forehead, as an example of OurOrcsAreDifferent.
139* The titular creature from ''The Beast Of Nightfall Lodge'' is a skeletal-thin, predatory, semi-demonic humanoid with claws, hooves, and a ''huge'' rack of sharp antlers. [[spoiler: At least, when not disguised in human form.]]
140* ''Literature/BookOfImaginaryBeings'': The thunder god Haokah has horns upon his head.
141* The beast in some versions of "Literature/BeautyAndTheBeast", most predominantly the Disney version.
142* ''Literature/TheChroniclesOfAncientDarkness'': The [[PhysicalGod World Spirit]] takes the form of a tall man with deer antlers in the summer (possibly based on the Celtic god {{Cernunnos}}).
143%%* The Horned King in ''Literature/TheChroniclesOfPrydain''.
144* ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'':
145** The King of the Elves in ''Literature/LordsAndLadies'' appears as a satyr with huge antlers, reflecting the Horned God of Celtic mythology. A more parodic version of the Horned God is Herne the Hunted, who has little horns between his rabbit ears.
146** Astfgl, King of Hell in ''Literature/{{Eric}}'', generally appears as a {{panto}}mime Demon King, wearing a cowl with little red horns on it. When he gets ''really'' annoyed, he turns into a demon from a heavy metal cover, and massive ram's horns rip through the cowl.
147* This is part of what identifies [[OurDemonsAreDifferent demons]] in the web-novel ''Literature/{{Domina}}'', along with red eyes, fangs, and (sometimes) a tail. Note that none of these are natural; demons are humans modified in specific ways by the [[BioAugmentation toy maker]].
148* In ''Literature/TheGirlFromTheMiraclesDistrict'', Iben's true form boasts in impressive pair of curved horns. He claims that Robin is a fellow Horned Humanoid, but Nikita is yet to see this.
149* The phagors of ''Literature/{{Helliconia}}'' have horns with sharp edges, that curve back over their shoulders like an elongated goat's horns. Phagor slaves have these removed to deprive them of these formidable weapons.
150* The premise of Joe Hill's novel ''Literature/{{Horns}}'' is that the main character Ig Perrish unexpectedly wakes up one day with horns growing out of his head, horns that compel people to tell Ig their worst secrets. [[spoiler: It's the first step of Ig transforming into a BigRedDevil.]]
151* ''Imogene's Antlers'' is a children's book about a girl who wakes up with antlers.
152* In ''Literature/TheIronTeeth'' web serial, after evolving hobgoblins start to grow horns. Blacknail has taken to filing his down. They might look imposing, but horns made disguising himself and wearing hats impossible.
153* Dragons and demons in ''Literature/IveBeenKillingSlimesFor300YearsAndMaxedOutMyLevel'' undergo VoluntaryShapeshifting between their native and humanoid forms, and in the humanoid forms they are always horned. Demons tend to have [[GruesomeGoat caprine-looking horns]], while dragons tend to have straight, conical horns.
154* ''Literature/AMasterOfDjinn'': Djinn often look like this, with a generally humanoid body but also large horns. [[spoiler:Siti does too in her djinn form]].
155* ''Literature/MemorySorrowAndThorn'': In the main character's dream, the king of the elves has a rack of horns like a deer. [[spoiler:For most of the book, that's what he thinks it is. It's not until he sees the king in person that he realizes it's a crown of branches.]]
156* In ''Literature/{{Monster}}'', the title character's chief rival for work as a cryptid dogcatcher is Hardy, a tall guy with ram's horns. Hardy claims they're a mark of a demonic ancestor, but Monster suspects his competitor is really half-satyr and only claims to be part demon because it sounds cooler.
157* The Damiani in the ''Literature/StarTrekNovelVerse''. Damiani have three sexes, with the number of horns signifying which sex an individual belongs to. The loose equivalent of females have three, one on the forehead and one above each temple, the loose equivalent of males have only the forehead horn, and the third sex has only the two on the temples.
158* ''Literature/ThirdTimeLuckyAndOtherStoriesOfTheMostPowerfulWizardInTheWorld'': Magdelene has a housekeeper, Kali, who's a female demon with red eyes and horns. Later on Magdelene's son sends a demon against her who's horned as well, and much bigger than humans.
159* ''Literature/TheTraitorSonCycle'':
160** The trolls in this world have horns.
161** When Orley and his band start getting mutated by death magic, they slowly grow antlers.
162* Literature/WhateleyUniverse: horns are one of the more common types of Gross Structural Dystrophy[[note]] a catch-all term in-series for BodyHorror changes in {{mutant}}s[[/note]], with notable examples including Phobos, Deimos, Darqueheart, and The Fabulous Imp.
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166* ''Series/AshesOfLove'': Run Yu, being a dragon immortal, had horns when he was a child. Until his mother cut them off.
167* ''Series/BlakesSeven'': In "[[Recap/BlakesSevenS4E5Animals Animals]]", a MadScientist is creating HalfHumanHybrid creatures in an experiment to create {{Super Soldier}}s. Somehow this involves them having huge horns and hairy bodies [[NightmareRetardant that make them look like walking yaks]].
168* ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' and ''Series/{{Angel}}'' have many horned demons.
169* ''Series/DoctorWho'':
170** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS8E5TheDaemons "The Dæmons"]] claims that most of the mythological examples are due to race-memory of the eponymous AncientAstronauts.
171** Also "The Beast" from [[Recap/DoctorWhoS28E8TheImpossiblePlanet "The Impossible Planet"]]/[[Recap/DoctorWhoS28E9TheSatanPit "The Satan Pit"]], and his son, Abaddon, from the ''Series/{{Torchwood}}'' episode "End of Days".
172* ''Series/GameOfThrones'': The [[Characters/GameOfThronesSupernaturalBeings Night King]] is the demonic variant. He's the sinister, ancient leader and MonsterProgenitor of the White Walkers and wights in their quest to wipe out all human life and bring an EndlessWinter to Westeros (for all intents and purposes, he's a [[spoiler:[[TranshumanAbomination transhuman]]]] ice demon); and although the "horns" are much smaller than most examples, the Night King can be distinguished from the other Walkers by a set of crown-like icicle "horns" growing out of his bald head.
173* In ''Series/{{Hannibal}}'', Hannibal Lecter is symbolized by a {{wendigo}} in Will's dreams and hallucinations. Wendigo appears as either a stag or a man with stag horns and charred skin.
174* ''Series/TheLordOfTheRingsTheRingsOfPower'': Sauron can take many forms, but the mirror vision he shows to Galadriel reveals that his true or preferred form is the one of a TinTyrant with a horned RageHelm.
175* ''Franchise/PowerRangers''/''Franchise/SuperSentai'' has had a number over the years. Some have been [[MonsterOfTheWeek monster minions]] (like [[Series/PowerRangersZeo Wolfbane]]/[[Series/ChourikiSentaiOhranger Bara Goblin]]), some have been [[BigBad main villains]], others have been heroes (like [[Series/PowerRangersLostGalaxy Magna Defender]]/[[Series/SeijuuSentaiGingaman Bull Black]]), and others still have been [[HumongousMecha giant robots]]. The most famous is the original Megazord from ''Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers''.
176* In ''Series/{{Reaper}}'', demons in their human form still have small horns on their heads.
177* ''Series/TrueBlood'': Maryanne builds an effigy featuring a man with horns, and when she sees a pure white bull, she calls it her god. Presumably she is referring to Dionysus.
178* ''Franchise/UltraSeries'': A few Ultramen possess horns, namely ''Series/UltramanTaro'', ''Series/UltramanLeo'', the [[BigGood Father of Ultra]] and [[SpinOffspring Taro's son]], ''Series/UltramanTaiga''. More often than not, their horns are the source of their powers, and can also be used to launch energy beam attacks.
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182* Myth/ClassicalMythology:
183** Dionysus is described as having horns in Orphic mythology, and was depicted either wearing horns or actually having them. In ''Theatre/{{Bacchae}}'', Pentheus perceives him as having a bull's horns.
184** And then there's Pan and the satyrs, both traditionally depicted with goat horns, and the bull-headed Minotaur.
185** Apollo in his Carneios aspect is also depicted with ram horns. In fact, it has been suggested that Apollo's horned iconography had more impact on Satan's horned depiction than Pan, as Pan tends to be depicted more animalistically rather than just a guy with horns.
186** Zeus has ram's horns as the syncretic deity Zeus Ammon.
187* {{Oni}} of Japanese legends had a single, sometimes off-center horn. Modern depictions in anime often have two-horned oni as well; when there's a literal RedOniBlueOni pair, most likely one will have a single horn and the other will have two.
188* Classically, horns were thought to be a symptom not of cheating on one's spouse, but the opposite: [[CuckoldHorns being cuckolded]]. Supposedly, the reason [[Theatre/AMidsummerNightsDream Oberon]] had horns was because Titania got around. (With no less than [[ComicBook/TheSandman1989 the personification of dreams]], [[Creator/NeilGaiman to hear some tell it.]])
189** Derived from that, [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuckold#Cultural_usage many Latin languages]] use horn-related words to describe a betrayed man.
190* {{Cernunnos}}, the stag-horned god of animals and fertility from the Myth/CelticMythology.
191* The male god in Wicca is often referred as "The Horned God" and is often depicted similarly to Pan and/or Cernunnos.
192* More folklore than mythology, but Herne the Hunter definitely fits this trope.
193* In ancient Canaanite mythology, bulls were an important symbol of power -- hence why several major gods, including the wise, kingly El, are sometimes depicted as bulls or simply having bull horns.
194* Medieval and Renaissance artists such as Creator/MichelangeloBuonarroti often depicted [[Literature/BookOfExodus Moses]] with horns, due to the Vulgate (Latin Bible translation) misreading the Hebrew of ''The Book Of Exodus'' 34:35 as stating that Moses's face was "horned" (''keren'') instead of "shining" (''karan''). This contributed to the anti-Semitic belief that all Jews have horns.
195** The klezmer group The Klezmatics played with this stereotype by titling one of their albums ''Jews with [[{{Pun}} Horns]]''.
196* {{Satan}} is often portrayed as having horns, which probably owes something to the pagan gods describes above. Note that the only passage in the Bible that even gets close to assigning Satan a physical form describes him as a [[ReptilesAreAbhorrent serpent]] instead.
197** The Bible also says he often [[DivinelyAppearingDemons appears as an angel]] of [[LightIsNotGood light]], so there's that...
198** At least a few people interpret horns as originally being a sign of good, or, more specifically, truth. For example, a goat with seven horns and seven eyes is said to have held the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_Spirits_of_God Seven Spirits of God]].
199* [[Myth/SlavicMythology Veles]], a prominent Slavic god and opponent to the god of thunder Perun, is often depicted as having horns. This may be due to him being a patron to peasants and protector of cattle, among the [[ComboPlatterPowers many, many other things he's associated with]].
200** In the same vein is the [[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leshy Leshy,]] a Slavic forest spirit.
201* {{Wendigo}} are in modern times depicted as horned or deer-headed. This is mostly fabrication from [[Film/{{Wendigo}} the movie]], as traditionally they're either depicted as chillingly [[HumansAreTheRealMonsters human]], ice zombies or owls.
202* The Navajo, the Sioux and other indigenous peoples from the deserts and prairies often depict divine beings with buffalo horns, [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Blackhawk-spiritbeing.jpg such as this depiction]] of a ThunderBird. Seeing as this animal was hunted for sustenance, many gods embody the power, authority and virility of the bison.
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206* The title monster of ''Pinball/{{Gorgar}}'', a giant red-skinned SatanicArchetype with small bull horns.
207* The referees in Creator/CapcomPinball's ''Pinball/FlipperFootball'' are depicted with small red horns.
208* In ''Pinball/BigBangBar,'' Ray (of "Ray's Ball Busters") is a large blue-skinned alien with a pair of curved ram horns on his head.
209* Played with in ''Pinball/{{Varkon}}''; the two arrow lights on the lower playfield give Varkon the appearance of having small orange horns.
210* The Devil and lesser demons in ''Pinball/DevilsDare'' all have a pair of horns on their heads.
211* Not surprisingly, devil horns are prominently featured in the ''Pinball/{{ACDC}}'' pinball:
212** The Underworld playfield looks like a [[WreathedInFlames fiery head]] topped with small curved red horns. In the basic version of the game (those without the lower playfield), the horns appear on lead guitarist Angus Young's head instead.
213** On the "Luci" Premium Edition table, the three female HotAsHell demons (Luci on the backglass, and a blonde and a brunette in the Underworld) all have small horns.
214** Not a humanoid, but the Rock 'n Roll Train also has horns on its smokebox.
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218* Wrestling/{{Psicosis}} seemingly grew a set horns as a result of jumping from Wrestling/{{CMLL}} to Wrestling/{{AAA}}
219* K-ness of Wrestling/{{Toryumon}} Japan
220* Murder Clown from AAA has stubby little horns.
221* LLF and AAA's Dark Unicorn. Both also had the dual horned Sangre Latina and his cousin, Maligna.
222* [[Wrestling/DaffneyUnger Lucy Furr]] was depicted with red horns in video packages and photo shoots but was hornless when she physically appeared at shows.
223* Bullfight Sora, who got her start in ARSION. (she's a cow)
224* [[Wrestling/DasherHatfield MosCow]], the communist bovine of Wrestling/{{CHIKARA}}. (he's a cow...[[AnimalGenderBender wait what?]])
225* Wrestling/{{Boogeyman}} was originally planned to have antlers, but they kept sliding around, so he dropped them.
226* (^o^)/ Chie of [[Wrestling/FightingOperaHUSTLE The New Generation HUSTLE Army]]. And she used a running headbutt for good measure.
227* [[Wrestling/TakuyaSugi AHII]] in Wrestling/AllJapanProWrestling
228* Wrestling/{{The Estonian Thunderfrog}} and [[Wrestling/ArchibaldPeck The Latvian Proud Oak]] of the Baltic Siege in Wrestling/{{Chikara}} and Wrestling Is
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232* ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'':
233** In ''D&D'' from ''TabletopGame/{{Planescape}}'' up until 3.5, tiefling characters could have horns as a mark of their fiendish ancestry. In 4th Edition, ''all'' tieflings fit the trope. (And as one might guess from that, so do several sorts of [[OurDemonsAreDifferent actual fiends]] in every edition.)
234** ''TabletopGame/{{Planescape}}'''s bariaurs have goat or sheep horns, but arguably [[OurCentaursAreDifferent don't fit the "humanoid" part of the trope]].
235* Creator/GamesWorkshop games:
236** Shared ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer}}'', ''TabletopGame/WarhammerAgeOfSigmar'' and ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'' examples:
237*** Horns are a common trait amongst the daemons of Chaos, most notably the daemons of [[BloodKnight Khorne]], fitting as they do into the BigRedDevil archetype. Many [[PlagueMaster Nurgle]] demons have what appear to be antlers, which seems a bit incongruous until you realize that they're actually a reference to Shope papilloma virus, the so-called "Jackalope Disease".
238*** Most {{Beastm|an}}en have horns of various shapes and sizes as goat-men are the most common type but even those with other animalistic traits, such as the more avian Tzaangors, sport crowns of sharp horns. Size and number of horns are used to determine rank among the beastmen, which is why those humans mutated with bestial traits and exiled still can't get any respect from them.
239*** Horns are one of the most common forms of mutation gifted to the followers of the Chaos Gods and are considered a sign of great favour.
240** In ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer}}'' and ''TabletopGame/WarhammerAgeOfSigmar'', [[RatMen Skaven]] Grey Seers, the priests of the Great Horned Rat, have multiple curving horns growing from their heads as a sign of being one of their god’s chosen.
241** ''TabletopGame/WarhammerAgeOfSigmar'': Ogroid Thaumaturges have a wide set of curved horns sprouting from their heads, along with a smaller pair of horns emerging from their foreheads. Together with their cloven hooves and massive size, these horns give the Thaumaturges an almost devilish appearance.
242* ''TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering'': After Lim-Dûl attempted to break free from Leshrac's influence, the planeswalker disfigured him by giving him a pair of large antlers in retribution and to make sure that Lim-Dûl would always know he was only a working animal for his master.
243* ''TabletopGame/MechanicalDream'': Zïns have large, pointed horns curling down and forwards from their temples.
244* ''TabletopGame/{{Pathfinder}}'':
245** While the game follows ''D&D''[='=]s lead in terms of keeping horns optional for tieflings, you'd be hard-pressed to find one ''without'' them in a ''Pathfinder'' illustration prior to the release of the tiefling-specific {{splat}}book ''Blood of Fiends''. Even in said supplement, those with horns outnumber those without nearly two to one.
246** The [[CelestialParagonsAndArchangels empyreal lord]] {{Cernunnos}} resembles a human with a pair of antlers rising from his brows.
247* ''TabletopGame/{{Rifts}}'': The Cernun are horned SnakePeople resembling the ram-horned serpents prevalent in Celtic art; it's speculated that they may have inspired this motif in the first place, and that an ancient Cernun dimensional traveler may have been what started the myth of the horned god Cernunnos.
248* ''TabletopGame/RocketAge'': Maduri, the Martian warrior caste, have "tusks" growing from their cheek bones and lower jaw, with the females growing large and more impressive sets.
249* ''TabletopGame/{{Shadowrun}}'': Standard trolls sport a variety of different types of horns, as do the Fomori, Cyclops, and Minotaur subtypes.
250* ''Franchise/TheWorldOfDarkness'':
251** ''TabletopGame/ChangelingTheLost'': Common , especially among the Beast, Ogre, Darkling, and sometimes even Fairest seemings.
252** ''TabletopGame/DemonTheFallen'': Horns are an option for the Fallen's Apocalyptic Form, which, in addition to looking badass, also gives them an extra attack form.
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256* Music/{{Tsukipro}}: The second SQ stage play had the characters in costume as {{Yokai}} for a video shoot, only for Tsubasa and Eichi to fall through a portal into an AU where they actually are those yokai. They wake up and see Shiki (Shuuten Doji) and Shu (a water dragon) with what they think are still fake horns, but when they start talking in normal 21st-century style and realize Shiki and Shu are acting like they're from another time, Tsubasa and Eichi grab their respective partners' horns, and realize they're real. The others don't have horns, but Eichi and the twins are a LittleBitBeastly. Rikka is a male YukiOnna, and Dai... has a skeleton on his cape, that freaks Tsubasa out.
257* In many productions of ''Theatre/AMidsummerNightsDream,'' Puck will have horns; for what it's worth, contemporary portraits sometimes showed him as a satyr/faun. Oberon may have them as well.
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260[[folder:Video Games]]
261* ''VideoGame/{{Arknights}}'' has a lot of horned characters. Any of the LittleBitBeastly characters based on a species with horns (like bulls or deer) will have horns or antlers. Members of the Sarkaz (a race based on [[OurDemonsAreDifferent demons]], {{Oni}}, and of all three DraconicHumanoid races also are defined by horns. In addition, there's Dusk, Nian, and Ling, who have draconic tails and horns themed more after Chinese dragons, and [[spoiler:[[PiecesOfGod are parts of an ancient god who was broken into a dozen "siblings."]]]]
262* ''VideoGame/AtlasReactor'': Magnus is a HalfHumanHybrid (via LegoGenetics) between a human and a ''stegosaurus'', and as a result sports a magnificent trio of horns.
263* ''VideoGame/AvengersAcademy'': Loki can take on a Frost Giant form, which features two horns curling back into his hair.
264* ''VideoGame/BendyAndTheInkMachine'': As the game is based in a cartoon studio that has a [[OurDemonsAreDifferent demon]] as its biggest star, it can be expected to have multiple examples:
265** Alice [[SpeciesSurname Angel]], despite being an angel, also has two horns on her head.
266** Allison Angle, a live version of Alice, also has the horns.
267** Bendy, the studio's demonic star creation. He's got two little horns on his head in his cartoon form, he's got two longer horns on his head in the 3D form he spends most of his time in during the game, and he's got really long, jiggly horns on his head in his OneWingedAngel form.
268** Susie Campbell shares the character's horns after she was turned into a version of Alice.
269* ''VideoGame/CavesOfQud:'' Mutant characters can have Horns as a mutation, including singular rhino-esque horns and antlers. They're not there just for show either; while horned mutants can't wear helmets, they have a chance to deliver vicious headbutts in the middle of combat, which cause decent damage and rip the enemy open for bleeding damage.
270* Multiple types of horns are some of the many, many costume options in both ''VideoGame/ChampionsOnline'' and ''VideoGame/CityOfHeroes''.
271* In ''VideoGame/CoffeeTalk'': Lua, and by extension all succubi, have horns. Lua's in particular have marks on them [[LivingMoodRing that glow when she's angry.]]
272* ''VideoGame/DarkSouls'':
273** Manus, the Father of the Abyss, has a massive set of horns. What's especially creepy is they appear to be growing out of his ''eye sockets'', and there are around eight or nine glowing red eyes scattered around the horns.
274** The Ghrus of Farron Swamp in ''VideoGame/DarkSoulsIII'' all have their faces obscured by a mass of white fur and twisted horns.
275* In ''VideoGame/DiceyDungeons'', the three shopkeepers are elflike beings with horns.
276* ''Franchise/{{Disgaea}}'': The Succubus class, as well as Taro and Raspberyl from ''VideoGame/{{Disgaea 2|Cursed Memories}}'' and ''[[VideoGame/Disgaea3AbsenceOfJustice 3]]''.
277* The Desire Demons in ''Franchise/DragonAge'' look like beautiful, scantily-clad women... with horns.
278** ''VideoGame/DragonAgeII'' shows that the Qunari are also horned, though the ones you meet in the first game are hornless. It's stated that naturally hornless Qunari aren't all that uncommon and [[BornLucky it's a sign that they're meant for a special role]], while the others are members of a merchant caste. The mercenaries and the merchant in ''Awakening'' apparently removed their horns, something that Qunari who have abandoned their people's dogma decided to do. Despite this, interestingly, there seems to be a positive correlation with horn size and rank--Qunari grunts in the second game have unimpressive horns, more skilled soldiers larger ones, and then the [[LargeAndInCharge Arishok]]'s set puts Texas longhorns to shame.
279** The Ogres had horns. Fitting, they're born from a Qunari Broodmother.
280* ''VideoGame/EldenRing'': 'Omen' is the in-universe term for humans born with horns (and occasionally other animalistic features) growing out of their body, a remnant of the pre-Erdtree ages. Omens are heavily persecuted and most have their horns cut off as infants- and if they survive the process, are exiled to the sewers.
281* ''Franchise/TheElderScrolls'':
282** Hircine, [[OurGodsAreDifferent Daedric Prince]] of [[EgomaniacHunter the Hunt]], most commonly takes the form of a humanoid with large antlers.
283** Clavicus Vile, Daedric Prince of [[DealWithTheDevil Bargains]] and [[LiteralGenie Wishes]], typically takes the form of a very short man or boy with small horns protruding from his head. Vile's [[MoralityPet external conscience]], Barbas, normally takes the form of a CanineCompanion, but in ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsOnline Online]]'', he briefly takes a humanoid form complete with horns of his own.
284** Mehrunes Dagon, Daedric Prince of [[DestroyerDeity Destruction]], typically takes the form of a [[MultiArmedAndDangerous four-armed]] BigRedDevil complete with classic "devil-style" horns.
285** The form taken by Molag Bal, Daedric Prince of [[TheCorrupter Domination and Corruption]], varies between appearances, most often having a mix of various undead and [[ReptilesAreAbhorrent reptilian]] traits. One consistent trait he possesses is the presence of horns, often spiraling downward from the top or back of his head.
286** Sanguine, the [[OurGodsAreDifferent Daedric Prince]] of [[FunPersonified Debauchery]] and [[TheHedonist Hedonism]], typically takes the form of a short, portly man with devil horns.
287** Many of the [[OurDemonsAreDifferent lesser Daedra]] have this trait, particularly the Dremora, an intelligent lesser Daedric race who are most commonly found in the service of [[DestroyerDeity Mehrunes Dagon]] as his LegionsOfHell. Dremora variously have two or four horns on their head, and the horns tend to get larger and more pronounced among the [[FantasticCasteSystem higher-ranking Dremora]]. In particular, the Dremora Lords in their appearance in ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim Skyrim]]'', look like gigantic, [[RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver black and red-skinned]] men with curling ram horns above their temples. Other humanoid lesser Daedra to possess horns include the [[FaunsAndSatyrs Herne]], [[BigRedDevil Morphoid Daedra]], [[DumbMuscle Ogrim]], Skaafin, and [[EliteMooks Xivilai]].
288** The Frost Giants of [[GrimUpNorth Skyrim and Solstheim]] are roughly the same size and build of standard [[OurGiantsAreBigger Giants]], but have white fur, five eyes, and two long, curved horns on their heads.
289* The Hero of ''VideoGame/{{Fable}}'' will end up growing a nice set of horns if one is particularly evil.
290* ''VideoGame/FateGrandOrder'':
291** Several of the Heroic Spirits have horns. Usually this is a sign of either {{oni}} or [[OurDragonsAreDifferent dragon]] heritage, though there are various other reasons for horns as well. For example, Frankenstein's Monster has an artificial horn that's part of the mechanism used to animate [[GenderFlip her]].
292** The [[BeastOfTheApocalypse Beast-class]] entities that serve as the game's overarching threats all have horns, which are designated as their "crowns" and serve as a sign of their ascendancy to being one of the Beasts.
293** Subverted with Mephistopheles. His "Heroic Spirit Formal Dress" Craft Essence image reveals that his horns are actually part of his hat.
294* ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'': Most notably on the summons Bahamut and Ifrit.
295** Exdeath's final form, Neo-Exdeath, in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyV''.
296** The Ronso of ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyX''. Party member Kimahri's horn was broken off in the past after he refused to admit that Biran, another Ronso, was stronger than him. After leaving the Ronso, they promise to build a giant statue of Yuna, "with grand horn on front!"
297** Also, the Rev (and sub-species Revgaji) of ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXII'' and ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyTacticsA2'', the garif of ''XII'', and the [[WingedHumanoid Gria]] of ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyTacticsA2''.
298** In ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIX'', Summoners are born with with a single horn, evoking the horn-like accessories of the Summoner class in previous games.
299** The dragon-like Au Ra from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV'' possess horns that come in many different shapes; some rather typical, others looking more like fins. They also function as their ears.
300*** The Padajal are Hyurs who are chosen by the Elementals to serve the will of the forest and they gain horns in the process. [[spoiler: The Endwalker tank role quests show that those who disobey the Elementals' will can have their Padajal status revoked and that also includes losing the horns.]]
301* ''VideoGame/GenshinImpact'':
302** Ganyu, a cross between [[HalfHumanHybrid a human and a qilin]] who has goat horns on her head.
303** Version 2.3 gives us Arataki Itto and the oni race in Inazuma, who have these as the main characteristic of their race. They are split into two groups: the [[RedOniBlueOni crimson oni and blue oni]].
304* This is the most prominent race trait of the Draphs in ''VideoGame/GranblueFantasy'', where their horns come in various shapes and sizes.
305* ''VideoGame/HonkaiImpact3rd'':
306** [[spoiler:Mei gets a pair of these on her head when she fully awakens as the [[SuperpoweredEvilSide Herrscher of Thunder]]. They actually make her resemble an oni of sorts]].
307** There's also the Vodka Girls Rozaliya and Liliya, who both have horns of different lengths on their heads.
308* ''VideoGame/{{Ico}}'':
309** Ico's bovine horns are seen as a curse, and he's left to die in a haunted castle because of them.
310** ''VideoGame/ShadowOfTheColossus'': [[spoiler:Wander starts to sprout some horns at the end as a sign of his tie with Dormin, who sports a pretty impressive pair of horns Themself. According to WordOfGod, Wander is actually the progenitor of the horned bloodline, making him Ico’s distant ancestor.]]
311* ''VideoGame/JakAndDaxter'': Jak has horns in his [[SuperPoweredEvilSide dark form]] during [[VideoGame/JakIIRenegade the second game]]. Oddly enough, they are missing [[VideoGame/Jak3Wastelander in the third]]. A {{fanon}} explanation is that the positive[=/=]balancing effects of the [[TouchedByVorlons Light Eco]] caused them to disappear.
312* ''VideoGame/{{Kamiko}}'': Yamato is a blue-haired woman who, upon being bestowed the Blade of Kusanagi and becoming one of the supernatural warriors the game's title refers to, gains a pair of white, deer-like antlers.
313* ''VideoGame/LegacyOfKain:'' Many demons, the magic missile shooting creatures in ''Blood Omen'', and in some concept art for ''Soul Reaver'', Kain. What he has now may or may not qualify. {{Precursor}} [[InUniverse murals]] sometimes [[{{Demonization}} add horns to their enemies]].
314* ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfSpyroANewBeginning'': At first, the undead warriors of Dante's Freezer to be wearing horned helmets. However, the Ogres' second phase, where their armor is broken off, shows that their horns are in fact growing out of their skulls.
315* ''VideoGame/{{Leshy}}'' features the titular forest spirit, horns and all.
316* ''VideoGame/LiEat'': Dragons have horns but usually hide them.
317* ''VideoGame/TheMaidOfFairewellHeights'': Undertaker, who has curled horns on her head.
318* ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolidVThePhantomPain'': Played with. Big Boss gets a piece of shrapnel lodged in his head that comes to resemble a horn. Quite befitting for a man who is "[[HeWhoFightsMonsters already a demon]]". If the player accrues enough Demon Points by killing enemies, letting Buddies be critically wounded and forced to withdraw, developing nukes, etc., the demonic imagery becomes stronger as the cranial shrapnel becomes longer and more horn-like, and Big Boss becomes covered in blood on a permanent basis.
319* [[{{Bishonen}} Yōkinshi]] from ''VideoGame/{{Onmyoji|2016}}'' has a single horn on his forehead not unlike [[Manga/HozukisCoolheadedness Hozuki]], while [[MrFanservice Yasha]] has two on either side of his head. The Hair Eater has ''four'', two of which are shorter and positioned in the same fashion as Yasha above, while the other two are much longer and stick backwards through his hair (strangely enough, this trait is not shared with his older sister En'enra).
320* ''VideoGame/Persona5'': The main character's GuardianEntity, Arsène, has the appearance of a man with two black and red horns coming out of his forehead.
321* The Dewman race of ''VideoGame/PhantasyStarOnline2'' has horns. Males have a singular horn protruding from their forehead, while females have two horns growing from their temples.
322* The dragonfolk and demonfolk of ''VideoGame/PrincessConnectReDive'' have horns that grow from either above their foreheads or right above their ears. These are rarely commented on and none of the horned people introduced have been evil or villainous (aside from Akari and Yori, who work for a HarmlessVillain and [[MinionWithAnFInEvil don't really do anything evil]]). Eriko, though, is a rather [[{{Yandere}} mentally unstable]] demonfolk.
323* Lidelle, from ''VideoGame/PuyoPuyo'', has horns which she is ashamed of and covers with her OdangoHair. However, she learns to accept them after meeting the Dark Prince, another character with horns.
324* Playing [[MarathonBoss the Endless Setlist]] in ''[[VideoGame/RockBand Rock Band 3]]'' will unlock one horned hairstyle for each gender of rocker.
325* ''VideoGame/Shantae2002'': A large, humanoid beast with two horns on its head serves as the boss of undead and demon-infested [[BigBoosHaunt Cackle Mound]].
326* ''VideoGame/{{Shing}}'''s most common variety of Yokai have horns on their forehead and they reflect their size too, so the bigger the Yokai, the bigger the horns.
327* General Roz from ''VideoGame/SuperchargedRobotVulkaiser'' is a {{bishonen}} with big horns, most likely as a reference to ''Voltes V'''s Boazans mentioned above.
328* Horns are surprisingly rare in ''Franchise/TouhouProject''. They seem to be exclusive to Oni, and they're not the most common species (Yuugi Hoshiguma has a central forehead horn, Suika Ibuka has two really big ones coming out of both sides of her head, and Kasen Ibaraki is strongly suspected of being an oni because of the two round hair buns she never, ever removes).
329** Keine Kamishirasawa has a pair in her beast form as a were-hakutaku, which she decorates with a pretty ribbon.
330** Seija Kijin also has two small horns.
331** Konngara, the final boss of the Jigoku route in the very first game, has what looks like a single unicorn-style horn, though close inspection shows that it is a [[BodyHorror metal spike (with blood) shoved through her forehead.]]
332* ''VideoGame/TwistedWonderland'': Malleus Draconia, due to being a DraconicHumanoid. [[spoiler:His mother Meleanor is also one.]]
333* ''VideoGame/{{Warcraft}}'':
334** Many demonic creatures such as felhounds and doomguards, while others seem to have them for little reason (Sasquatch come to mind).
335** Ogres have two heads, one of them having one eye and one horn.
336** Malfurion Stormrage has stag antlers due to his druid powers.
337** Malfurion's brother Illidan grows horns after the Skull of Gul'dan turns him into a partially demonic being. The Satyrs are similar, being former Night Elves that were corrupted by Fel magic.
338* ''VideoGame/WildStar'': The Draken have an extensive variety of horns.
339* ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'':
340** Female Draenei have horns, while [[BizarreSexualDimorphism males]] have large bony crests. Some ogres also have a single horn.
341** The Tauren, [[OurMinotaursAreDifferent giant fuzzy minotaurs]] one can play as a Horde-side character.
342** Dragons often retain their horns when taking on human form.
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345[[folder:Visual Novels]]
346* Hanyuu from ''VisualNovel/HigurashiWhenTheyCry'' has two horns on her head, one of which is chipped slightly. No one ever comments on their appearance. [[spoiler:In the original visual novel, it's shown that she still had them when she was a living human, hinted to be due to a recessive genetic defect. They're a large part of the reason why she ended up being sacrificed, since her horns led people to think she was a demon.]]
347* ''VisualNovel/JunipersKnot'': The demoness as seen in [[https://cdn.cloudflare.steamstatic.com/steam/apps/687590/ss_d7bf0eae75ce7bbba4a73f5b9d60bcda37f9848d.600x338.jpg official screenshots]].
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350[[folder:Webcomics]]
351* ''Webcomic/AliceAndTheNightmare'': Rougina used to have horns on her head, made of Cinnabar, but they shattered after her sister Bianchia -- who herself is also an example -- was kidnapped.
352* ''Webcomic/AvasDemon'': The four demons [[DemonicPossession possessing]] the four main characters all have horns of various shapes, colour and sizes. When [[LoserProtagonist Ava Ire]] undergoes a nasty TransformationOfThePossessed she gains a smaller version of [[BigRedDevil Wrathia's]] ram horns.
353* ''Webcomic/CharbyTheVampirate'': Some of the [[OurVampiresAreDifferent elite vampires]] have them, as do [[OurDragonsAreDifferent dragons]], the [[OurDemonsAreDifferent scotodino]], the [[TheDragonslayer onek]][[FantasticRacism amari]] and [[OurMermaidsAreDifferent mermen]].
354* ''Webcomic/ContemplatingReiko'': All the members of the Mouryou clan.
355* ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'': Grace [[http://www.egscomics.com/?date=2004-04-20 becomes one]] when she [[VoluntaryShapeshifting transforms]] into her [[SuperMode Omega]] form while angry. The horns morph away when she calms down. Both the horns themselves and their association with anger are a result of her parentage including [[http://www.egscomics.com/?date=2004-08-30 a creature]] whose horns [[http://www.egscomics.com/?date=2004-09-01 behave the same way]].
356* ''Webcomic/EvilDiva'': All the devils have horns.
357* In ''Webcomic/TheForgottenOrder'' there is a race of witches with horns of varying shapes and sizes.
358* ''Webcomic/GirlGenius'': Some, though by no means all, of the Jägerkin have horns of varying shapes and sizes.
359* ''Webcomic/TheGreenhouse'': The demon 'Red' has a somewhat evolving appearance, from anthropomorphic red mist to HotAsHell humanoid. Her horns are present right from the start. [[spoiler:Though one breaks off when she's severed from Mica and spends too much of her reserves, and they disappear entirely when she's put into the body of a cat, which gets a [[MultipleTailedBeast second tail]] instead]].
360* ''Webcomic/{{Heartcore}}'': All [[OurDemonsAreDifferent demons]] have horns of different shapes and sizes. Amethyst's horns, for example, are large, red, and curve forward; while Carval's horns are orange, point up and outward, and are stubbier.
361* ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'':
362** This is a racial feature of all the [[AllTrollsAreDifferent Trolls]]. The actual styles vary wildly from individual to individual, and include simply short, straight like Terezi, curled ram horns like Aradia, goatlike horns on Gamzee, and even ''lightning bolts'' on Eridan. You can see all of their horns [[http://mspaintadventures.wikia.com/wiki/Trolls here]]. Some of the Trolls point out how annoying their horns can be. Tavros's are so large, he can't get into his sleeping chamber ("recuperacoon"). Karkat gets picked on because his aren't pointed at the end, they're round. Equius is so strong, he no longer has two arrow shaped horns; he broke one off, so he has a flat one on his right side.
363** Liches, enemies uncommonly depicted during the kids' adventures in the medium, have horns that project horizontally from their skulls before taking right-angle turns upwards midway down their lengths.
364* ''Webcomic/ImTheGrimReaper'': Scarlet's horns are not intrinsic to being a reaper, but they are part of the look Satan gave her. Her horns grow when she invokes the power of her demon, and vanish if she is somehow BroughtDownToNormal.
365* ''Webcomic/KillSixBillionDemons'': Not all [[OurDemonsAreDifferent Devils]] have horns, but the vast majority of them do. They have just as much [[CastOfSnowflakes variety]] as the Devils themselves, ranging from short and rounded, to utterly huge. The only type of Devil that ''doesn’t'' have horns is Pale Devils (due to them being more insect-like). [[OurGoblinsAreDifferent Goblins]] also have horns, though they’re much less noticeable, being more like small nubs on the goblins’ foreheads.
366%%* ''Webcomic/LotusCobraIsEvil'': {{Satan}}, who also has wings.
367* ''Webcomic/LovelyLovecraft'': Night Gaunts have horns in their Dreamlands forms.
368* A reoccurring character of ''Webcomic/{{Metempsychosis}}'' is a red HumanoidAlien with large bull-like horns.
369* In ''Webcomic/{{Oceanfalls}}'', monsters are mostly human in appearance, but have red eyes and one horn on their forehead.
370* The Demi in ''Webcomic/TheOverture'' are renowned and hunted for their black moonshale horns.
371* ''Webcomic/{{Realta}}'': The comic is set in a world where humans have attributes of Zodiac signs, which most obviously translates to having animalistic traits. Members of clans based on horned animals thus have them.
372** Elowen and their grandfather, being of the Virgo clan, both have antlers on their heads.
373** Amelia, as a Capricorn, has goatlike horns.
374** Taurus have bulllike horns that extend from the sides of their heads.
375* The [[OurDemonsAreDifferent demons]] in ''Webcomic/SlightlyDamned'' have some members who possess horns [[note]]They seem to be most common on earth and fire demons, roughly half and half on wind demons and almost nonexistent on water demons[[/note]], the demons who do have them consider them [[http://hyenafu.tumblr.com/post/148766207274/patrons-who-donate-2-per-month-can-ask-questions signs of strength and beauty]] and can be [[http://www.sdamned.com/comic/448 brought to tears]] or become [[http://www.sdamned.com/comic/707 murderously]] [[http://www.sdamned.com/comic/708 violent]] if they are damaged.
376* ''Webcomic/TowerOfGod'': Endorsi has a tiny, skin-colored horn above her right temple, Hoh has a big red horn growing from the side of his head, and Ja Wangnan has two small red horns at the rear base of his skull.
377* Nudge from ''Webcomic/WapsiSquare'' is a trickster demigod who looks mostly humanoid, although she has long, curly mountain-goat horns, as well as hooves and a tail.
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381* ''WebAnimation/OverlySarcasticProductions''' take on [[Myth/ClassicalMythology the myth of Io]] gives horns to Io and Zeus' daughter Keroessa, because her name means "horned." Red concedes that the myth doesn't mention Keroessa ''actually'' having horns, but [[RuleOfCool Red thinks it would be cool if she did]].
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385* ''Roleplay/FireEmblemOnForums'':
386** ''[[Roleplay/FireEmblemOnForumsDemonSoulSaga Demon Soul Saga]]'': A few Kaijin forms, including Akihiko's Ibaraki-Douji, Mildred's Proioxis and Durga, are this trope.
387** ''[[Roleplay/FireEmblemOnForumsWonderfulBlessing Wonderful Blessing]]'': Oni, based on mythological ''{{oni}}'' can have horns.
388** ''Solrise Academy'': The Belgor, one of the setting's races, have horns and tails, resembling demons. They are, otherwise, not demonic in origin despite FantasticRacism against them.
389* ''WebVideo/NewLifeSMP'': As a stick puppet, Martyn's real-life daughter Amelia is depicted with a pair of black goat-like horns, similar to those of the Snow Creepers which Martyn has declared himself the guardians of.
390* In ''Literature/{{Reasoning}}'', the Architect is a strange, humanoid, skull-headed creature with bony horns protruding from his scalp.
391* ''Website/{{Subeta}}'': All (humanoid) Subetan natives have PointyEars, but the Ji-Meneb, who are mostly found in [[BigBoosHaunt Shadowglen]] and [[{{Mordor}} Darkside]], have horns as well, usually with a ram-like curl.
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395* Like [[WesternAnimation/TheBlackCauldron the Horned King]], the Lich from ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'' has a helm with curled horns, one of them permanently broken.
396* Elves in ''WesternAnimation/TheDragonPrince'' have small horns; the color and style vary by the kind of elf.
397* ''WesternAnimation/JackieChanAdventures'': Amongst the Demon Sorcerers, [[Characters/JackieChanAdventuresTheDemonSorcerers Dai Gui the Earth Demon]] in particular overall looks like a minotaur: a largely humanoid body with especially human-like arms, and giant horns sprouting from his head. Like the bull which his head and horns resemble, Dai Gui is overall a dim-witted and vicious brute, as well as being a literal demon who wants to take over the world like the rest of his siblings.
398* ''WesternAnimation/JimmyTwoShoes'' has this trope in spades: [[BigRedDevil Lucius, Beezy]], [[DrillSergeantNasty Molotov]], [[RichBitch Jez]], plus several background characters. They are meant to be demons after all...
399* Multiple demons in ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse'' are depicted with horns of various shapes and sizes, though special mention goes to Faust, the former principal of Hexside. His steer-like horns are so comically large that the flashback he's featured in shows him having to turn or tilt his head to avoid bumping into things.
400* The Operavox adaptation of "The Rhinegold" of ''Theatre/TheRingOfTheNibelung'' portrays giants Fafnir and Fasolt with horns.
401* A number of Franchise/{{Transformers}} have horns, perhaps most notably [[OmnicidalManiac Unicron]], which helps to add to [[ObviouslyEvil his almost demonic appearance]].
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405* Human papillomavirus is known to cause an extreme form of this if you have a certain immune deficiency. Said "horns" are usually not on the head, though.
406* [[https://www.dermnetnz.org/topics/cutaneous-horn/ Cutaneous horns]] are another natural example of this, believed to be caused by radiation. Unlike papllomavirus, these tend to form on the head, as well as other sun-exposed parts of the body. They're formed from keratin, the same material that makes up hair, toenails, and other mammals' horns.
407* [[http://www.google.com/search?tbm=isch&q=Horned%20helmet Horned helmets]] can give this appearance, although such horns are accessories rather than being attached to the person.
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