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26	->''"There's beauty, stranger… in thy soft form;\
27	Thy fine, bright hair, not coarse like the hard athlete's,\
28	Is mantling o'er thy cheek, warm with desire…\
29	Wooing Aphrodite with thy loveliness."''
30	-->-- '''Pentheus''' describes '''Dionysus''', ''Theatre/{{Bacchae}}''
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32	How do you make a PrettyBoy even prettier? Give him long (shoulder-length or longer), flowing tresses of glossy hair! Bonus points for wearing it loose, no matter how impractical this may be.
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34	A lot of these fall under ViewerGenderConfusion, because LongHairIsFeminine (if the confusion occurs in-universe, it's an example of DudeLooksLikeALady). Many fall under MrFanservice. This trope is very popular in {{Anime}} and {{Manga}}, especially those [[{{Shoujo}} either aimed at girls/women]], or are hoping to attract [[BishonenJumpSyndrome a significant female]] PeripheryDemographic. It's also very common among {{Elfeminate}} [[OurElvesAreDifferent elves]].
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36	Contrast BarbarianLongHair when it's used in a {{Hunk}}.
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39	!!Examples:
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41	* LongHairedPrettyBoy/AnimeAndManga
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45	[[folder:Advertising]]
46	* In a 2017 Australian [[https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x7uu770 commercial,]] a woman flirts with two men who are both gorgeous in a boyish way ([[HasAType they're her type]]), and one of them has long hair which is the same length as the lady's. ({{Trekkie}}s would recognize the other guy as Evan Evagora, the model-turned-actor who portrayed Elnor on ''Series/StarTrekPicard''.)
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49	[[folder:Arts]]
50	* John is depicted in ''Art/TheLastSupper'' as androgynous, pretty, and long-haired to emphasize his status as the youngest, and thus least masculine, apostle.
51	* ''Art/RaphaelRooms'': Creator/RaphaelSanzio's long hair and effeminate beauty are depicted as a self-portrait in "The School of Athens".
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54	[[folder:Asian Animation]]
55	* ''Animation/PleasantGoatFunClass'': In ''Travel Around the World'' episode 12, the goats are in France and meet a rooster man with rather long, feminine hair and an effeminate voice to fit the romantic theme of the country.
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58	[[folder:Comic Books]]
59	* In ''ComicBook/ElfQuest'', Cutter, before he grows a beard. Gorgeous, curly blond mane, cute, rather feminine face... to be fair, though, ''most'' male elves qualify, but Cutter does have the most impressive hair.
60	* He's more manly than your standard "pretty boy" as a giant muscular viking, but ComicBook/TheMightyThor deserves a mention for his long blonde hair and numerous female admirers. He ain't called Goldilocks for nothin', true believers!
61	** Since his HeelFaceTurn, Loki has been increasingly depicted [[MrFanservice as attractive as possible]], so their hair has consequently been depicted as long. Not ''quite'' as long as Thor, mostly just to his shoulders or chin. When Loki's character evolved into being actively gender-fluid in the 2010s, with an increasing tendency for him to use his VoluntaryShapeshifting abilities to [[SexShifter shift between masculine and feminine forms as he likes]], the length of his hair even became something of a way to tell what identity Loki is currently presenting as.
62	* In ''ComicBook/{{Runaways}}'', Victor Mancha was designed to look like the all-American hero for the 21st century, with shoulder-length brown hair and perfect brown skin. A considerable amount of the intra-team conflict in the second series stems from the fact that multiple girls are attracted to him.
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65	[[folder:Fan Works]]
66	* ''Fanfic/VoyagesOfTheWildSeaHorse'': Harumi Tsukyomi is such a PrettyBoy that he ''won first place in a female pirate beauty competition'', and part of what makes him look like a girl is his ass-length mane of ebony black, meticulously groomed locks.
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69	[[folder:Films -- Live-Action]]
70	* ''Film/BohemianRhapsody'':
71	** Roger Taylor has wavy blond hair that reaches his shoulders, and he's so pretty that he becomes DudeLooksLikeALady when he's in drag for the "I Want to Break Free" music video.
72	** Freddie Mercury counts as this in the earlier parts of the movie when he had long hair and was clean-shaven, before he adopts his iconic ManlyGay short-haired and mustached look.
73	* ''Film/TheDarkCrystal'': Jen has long hair, and Gelflings are the prettiest looking humanoids on Thra.
74	* ''Film/TheKing'': The Dauphin has flowing blonde hair that reaches his shoulders.
75	* ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings'': Legolas is the main example, although according to Tolkien, '''all''' Elves fit this trope. It is impossible for anyone to have hair as gorgeously maintained as Legolas's without it being all they think about or without access to cleaning agents and facilities. The best analysis of what it would take to keep that hair up on the quest for the one ring can be found in journal for Legolas in ''Fanfic/TheVerySecretDiaries''.
76	* ''Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse'':
77	** Loki in ''Film/{{The Avengers\|2012}}'', ''Film/ThorTheDarkWorld'', ''Film/ThorRagnarok'' and ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar'' has wavy black hair down to his shoulders, expressive blue eyes, pale skin, a slender build, and moves very gracefully. In ''Ragnarok,'' he resembles a masculine version of [[BigBad Hela]], who's an attractive woman with similar physical features.
78	** At Disneyland, [[https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DN67AhHVQAEfv_m.jpg one of the actors]] [[https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DUj4hHjXcAI9wv7.jpg who portrays Loki]] is youthful and has sculpted eyebrows like Creator/TomHiddleston's Loki in ''Film/{{Thor}}'', while his long hair is from ''Ragnarok''.
79	* ''Film/XMenApocalypse'': Charles Xavier combines his prettiness from ''Film/XMenFirstClass'' with his long, wavy hair from ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'', which is now styled into a feathered mullet instead of having MessyHair, and he got rid of the BeardOfSorrow. ''Apocalypse'' also plays up Xavier's nurturing qualities.
80	%%** And in new pictures, so's Creator/AidanTurner as a DWARF. [[http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-CZrNXhvdsCQ/Th9FfiuKZLI/AAAAAAAAJrk/lBtb3pmEMFQ/s400/kili-aidan.jpg&imgrefurl=http://allthingsrarmitage.blogspot.com/2011/07/in-anticipation-of-thorin-friday-will.html&usg=__R68wafwmhZniXxIw8V2WcLxIz5I=&h=224&w=196&sz=50&hl=en&start=0&zoom=1&tbnid=w3RgYpheWh5gVM:&tbnh=104&tbnw=90&ei=8v0mTuntGZCqrAe_rPi-CQ&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dkili%2Baiden%2Bturner%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26rlz%3D1R2TSEE_enGB374%26biw%3D1280%26bih%3D547%26tbm%3Disch&um=1&itbs=1&iact=rc&page=1&ndsp=25&ved=1t:429,r:12,s:0&tx=71&ty=42&biw=1280&bih=547 Seriously]].
81	%%* ''Film/TheManInTheIronMask'': [[Creator/LeonardoDiCaprio Philippe/Louis]].
82	%%* ''Film/DonJuanDeMarco'': The eponymous character, played by Creator/JohnnyDepp.
83	%%* Yoshi in ''Film/{{Bunraku}}''. Not surprising, since he's played by Creator/{{Gackt}}.
84	%%* In ''Film/MadMax2TheRoadWarrior'', the character Golden Boy might count, being the (boy?)friend of Wez and having, by comparison, a rather handsome face and long, flowing, blonde hair.
85	%%* Brad Pitt's character in ''Film/LegendsOfTheFall''; he's exceptionally pretty and has long flowing hair.
86	%%** See also ''Film/InterviewWithTheVampire''.
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89	[[folder:Literature]]
90	%%* ''Literature/AiNoKusabi'': Iason, many of the Elites in general and Guy.
91	* ''Literature/AnitaBlake'': Micah, Nathaniel and Jean-Claude, among others, have long hair, low muscle bulk and delicate facial features.
92	* Plenty of men in ''Literature/ABrothersPrice''. Women keep their hair short and practical; men grow theirs out very long and usually keep it braided. Since [[GenderRarityValue men are so rare]] most women see very few, any man with all of his teeth and both eyes is going to be considered attractive… even so, Jerin is thought of as amazingly handsome. His long hair dangles between his feet when he braids it (granted he is kneeling at the time but that means his hair is at least thigh length and possibly knee length.) and he dresses well. Almost all women who are not related to him make at least one comment on how pretty he is. Paying lots of attention to his appearance is part of his culture, but the beautiful face is genetic.
93	* ''Literature/ChroniclesOfTheKencyrath'': Randiroc, who Jame first sees via OutdoorBathPeeping. He has waist-length MysticalWhiteHair (which is also BarbarianLongHair, since he lives in the hills). He's so beautiful that when Jame first sees him, she thinks she might be dreaming. He... just let Jame tell it:
94	-->''Jame thought at first that it was Kindrie, but only because of the long white hair--too long, surely, unbound, waist-length, clinging to the stranger's shoulders and back. Moonlight turned his whole body into gleaming alabaster except where blue shadows traced wiry muscles and the threads of old scars. He scooped up water and dashed it in his face. It ran down, gleaming, over the hard lines of his chest, stomach, and loins.''
95	%%* Irrylath of Meredith Ann Pierce’s ''[[Literature/TheDarkangelTrilogy Darkangel Trilogy]]'', as both an (adult) human and as [[spoiler:a darkangel]].
96	* In ''Literature/DragonBones'', most men wear their hair long (more than shoulder-length) and open (except for old-fashioned Oranstone nobles, who wear it shaved in a specific manner). Ward notes that his brother Tosten is a pretty boy, who therefore has to be careful around sailors. Also, Oreg, who is said to resemble Tosten very much.
97	%%* [[Literature/TheElricSaga Elric of Melnibone]].
98	* ''Literature/{{Fablehaven}}'' has Bracken, who is tall, willowy, youthful, and has long, soft silver-white hair.
99	* ''Literature/{{Frankenstein}}'': The creature was [[GoneHorriblyWrong supposed]] to be this and is still marked as having an oddly beautiful face, [[UncannyValley but…]] However, he still has pretty black locks.
100	* In ''Literature/TheGirlFromTheMiraclesDistrict'', the BigBad is described as looking like a male model--the woman Nikita questions is obviously smitten with him--with long red hair.
101	* Pretty common in Mercedes Lackey's ''Literature/HeraldsOfValdemar''. The Kaled'a'in and the cultures descending from them, the Shin'a'in and Tayledras, are {{Non Heteronormative Society}}s where everyone tends to quite long hair and striking androgyny, with men and women looking quite similar at a glance. A few individuals, male and female, keep theirs shorter as personal preference but usually not having long locks marks an ImportantHaircut. Because they all work with a particular form of magic that [[PowerDyesYourHair bleaches out their hair]] all Tayledras end up with MysticalWhiteHair eventually, something they regard as a beautiful milestone.
102	** He's not a Tayledras but [[Literature/LastHeraldMageTrilogy Vanyel Ashkevron]] certainly qualifies. He starts as a CampGay teenager and as he accepts a rough life with few luxuries his peacock aspects have to fall by the wayside except when he has the energy and opportunity to pick them up for a bit, but he maintains his lovely long hair and stays gorgeous even after getting CoveredInScars.
103	%%* The titular ''Literature/{{Id}}''.
104	* ''Literature/{{Incarceron}}'' Keiro has long blonde hair,bright blue eyes, and is described as 'devastatingly handsome', with several characters remarking on his perfect appearance.He's also rather fond of nice clothes.
105	* Creator/NKJemisin's ''Literature/InheritanceTrilogy'': The GodOfDarkness Nahadoth generally appears an [[HotGod unearthly beautiful]] humanoid with [[RavenHairIvorySkin pale skin and long, ink-black hair]] that drifts in the air like smoke. Zig-zagged, since he's a habitual SexShifter.
106	* In ''Literature/KushielsLegacy'', the [[HighClassCallGirl High-Class Call Boy]] Alcuin has silky, waist-length white hair and is described as possessing an outright otherworldly beauty, even compared to the uncommonly attractive people of Terre d'Ange. For his part, he has mixed feelings about the attention his appearance gets him, although that largely stems from people presuming that they can buy access to it.
107	* ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'': Elves are a '''race''' of long-haired pretty boys. Though the women are even prettier and have even longer hair. Pick a male elf. Any male Tolkien's elf. Except Cirdan and Mahtan (who are long-haired, but have beards). Legolas in particular is described as being "fair of face beyond the measure of Men." And he's not even the prettiest elf in the series: that's Glórfindel. As far as the wider Legendarium goes, Legolas is actually about average.
108	** Boromir, whom ''Legolas'' describes as "the Fair" (in his verse of the Lament for Boromir). Given that this is coming from an elf, and an elf prince at that, this is a pretty high complement. His long hair is described as dark and he's pretty young. If he has any facial hair at all it's probably not much. Ditto Faramir.
109	** Éomer. Like most men of Rohan, he has long blond hair. Tolkien specifically talks about their "long hair flowing" in his lament for them. Unlike most, he doesn't have a full beard yet. The Rohirrim are based off the Anglo-Saxons, who also very much invoked this trope: at least in the images they produced of themselves, if not always in reality.
110	** Prince Imrahil of Dol Amroth, leading many to speculate that he is descended from an elf (which may be true).
111	** Túrin, who routinely gets mistaken for an elf ''by elves''. So much so, that he earns the nickname "Adanedhel": Man-Elf. This is despite not actually being half-elven or descended from elves at all.
112	** Voronwë as described by Tuor. Though this may just be the effect of having 1) recently escaped slavery and 2) gone a long time without seeing anyone at all. But Voronwë does have the rather exotic characteristic of ''silver'' hair: and he is unusual among his tribe because of this (the Noldor are typically dark haired).
113	** And then of course there is the half-elf Dior, ''the most beautiful being ever''. As he chose to be counted among Elves he wouldn't have facial hair at his age, and he presumably wears his hair long like all the rest of the elves in Doriath. Indeed, the half-elves in general are this: Elrond and his sons are also noted for their beauty, even by other elves. This is a-very much deliberate-inversion of the common at the time association between pure blood and beauty. Dior is not only pretty, but also a badass: he kills ''three'' Sons of Fëanor, before being killed by Maedhros (who is ''the'' MemeticBadass of the entire Legendarium). You don't want to mess with any of Tolkien's LongHairedPrettyBoy characters, but that goes double for the half-elves due to the whole being descended from a [[OurAngelsAreDifferent Maia]] thing. They are pretty, and kind, ''because'' they are powerful: not despite it.
114	%%* ''Literature/LostSouls1992'': Zillah and Christian.
115	* Clip in the ''Literature/MalazanBookOfTheFallen''. Literally the first thing one learns about Clip is that he's tall, thin and has long flowing midnight-black hair. According to himself, he has no problems finding a date when out carousing in Bluerose.
116	* ''Literature/MaximumRide'': Fang. He's a dark-haired, long-haired pretty boy. He's described as having long shaggy black hair that covers most of his face that he keeps tied into a ponytail, which is later cut to shoulder-length. In the first novel ''The Angel Experiment'', he cuts his hair fairly much earlier than he does in the manga which showed him with extremely long hair for quite a few volumes.
117	* ''Literature/MerryGentry'' They all have ridiculously long hair and are ridiculously good-looking.
118	* ''Literature/NightfallSeries'': Tristan is described as a PrettyBoy by both his friends and his enemies. And he has long, platinum-blond hair.
119	%%* The protagonists Seregil and Alec in Lynn Flewelling's ''Literature/{{Nightrunner}}'' novels. Actually pretty standard for the elf-like [[OurElvesAreDifferent Aurënfaie]] race, although different clans favor different ways of styling it and most wear head wraps in distinctive patterns. Humans are more variable, as trends in hairstyles vary based on culture and what is in fashion. Long hair is often seen as a sign of cultural affinity with the Aurënfaie.
120	* Valli in ''Literature/OutlanderLeander'' has long hair and is described as pretty by Leander, and even wears flowers and dresses. Not to be confused with a crossdresser, though, because it's not considered crossdressing to them.
121	* in ''Literature/APlaceOfGreaterSafety'', Hilary Mantel makes much of pretty revolutionary [[UsefulNotes/TheFrenchRevolutionMajorFigures Camille Desmoulins]] habit of pushing his long locks out of his face. It is believed he got it from a prostitute.
122	* Literature/PrinceRoger [=McClintock=]'s long hair and prettyboy looks, combined with behaving like a useless fop in rebellion to his family, makes his bodyguards dismiss him as a useless [[TheLoad load]] when they become stranded on [[DeathWorld Marduk]] as a result of a coup attempt, though as the series continues they realize their dismissal of him due to the appearance was a mistake.
123	* ''Literature/RoseOfTheProphet'': Matthew is described this way -- he's very attractive, long-haired and beardless (as all men of his people are). This gets him [[DudeLooksLikeALady mistaken for a lovely woman]] repeatedly, as it's so different from the gender norms of men in Tara-kan.
124	* Kuroki in ''Literature/TanteiTeamKZJikenNote'' has shoulder-length hair--the longest allowed in Japanese MiddleGradeLiterature since that's the longest allowed for schoolboys there. He's the local ChickMagnet, combined with TallDarkAndHandsome and TheCharmer traits.
125	* Roiben, an elf with "long pewter hair" from ''Literature/{{Tithe}}'' by Creator/HollyBlack. The protagonist Kaye first encounters him in the rain and severely injured, i.e., sopping wet and covered in mud and his own blood, and even in that state Kaye describes him as "beautiful in a way that made her breath catch" (this is one of the reasons she knows he's a faerie).
126	%%* Numair from the ''Literature/TortallUniverse''.
127	* Literature/WhateleyUniverse: both Rosethorn (Romeo Laclavar) and, to a lesser extent, Nephandus (Jean-Armand du Chantrain), both of the Bad Seeds, qualify. Romeo is specifically described as being beautiful rather than handsome, and tends to lose his numerous romantic partners when they get tired of him being the pretty one in the relationship.[[note]]He is described as the sort to pick moderately attractive but shy wallflowers, and making them realize that they were BeautifulAllAlong; once their confidence has been been boosted, they invariably leave him.[[/note]] As for Jay-Arm, the epithet 'evil white-haired pretty boy' is frequently applied to him even by his friends, though these are few as he is TheFriendNobodyLikes to most of them.
128	* It's both stated and demonstrated several times that Penric from the ''[[Literature/WorldOfTheFiveGods Penric and Desdemona]]'' novellas is pretty enough to pass as a high-class courtesan with the right costume, and even without makeup he often gets mistaken for either a woman or much younger than his real age; his long, flowing, platinum-blonde hair explicitly plays a role in this, and both grown women and little girls jump at the chance to brush and braid it.
129	* Roshaun ke Nelaid of ''Literature/YoungWizards''. His descriptions in both books in which he appears stress two things: that he's very, very pretty, and sports a blond ponytail long enough for him to sit on.
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132	[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
133	* In historical or fantasy ChineseSeries every man in the cast usually has long hair (TruthInTelevision for ancient China), and the vast majority are pretty boys.
134	** [[GuileHero Fan Xian]] from ''Series/JoyofLife'' wears his hair down for the better part of the first season, as do a couple other characters (most notably Yan Bingyun, for fans of ''Series/{{The Untamed}}''/Xiao Zhan).
135	** [[TheMedic Lin Chen]] in ''Series/NirvanaInFire'' has long flowing hair and a prettily handsome face. His flowing robe-like garments complete the androgynous look. The fact that he wears his hair down is also very unusual since Chinese men in this time period were supposed to always wear their hair up in public after reaching maturity.
136	* Tim Riggins from ''Series/FridayNightLights'' has shoulder-length locks and is referred to as attractive by just about everyone on the show, including his head coach. At the very beginning of the series, he had already slept with half the rally girls and was in a relationship with one of the hottest girls in school. Then, he basically forced her to break up with him, [[spoiler:had sex with the head cheerleader]] and successfully seduced a woman 16 years older than himself. Oh, and that was before he [[spoiler:won state]] and started having threesomes on a weekly basis.
137	* ''Series/GameOfThrones'': Ser Loras Tyrell has wavy, light brown, shoulder-length hair in Season 1. George R.R. Martin even described the character as "the teen idol of Westeros" in an HBO featurette. Two lowborn Lannister soldiers consider the Knight of Flowers to be prettier than the Queen. Sansa Stark, Jeyne Poole, and Renly Baratheon -- among others -- like him because of his good looks.
138	* ''Series/JulieAndThePhantoms'' has Willie, Alex's ghost skater love interest who's introduced with a slow-motion hair flip and everything.
139	* ''Series/StarTrekPicard'': Elnor has long, wavy black hair that almost reaches his waist, and combined with his delicate facial features and svelte frame, he's beautiful and elegant in a feminine way (heck, he's easily the [[{{Elfeminate}} prettiest male character]] in the franchise, [[SpaceElves Romulan]] or otherwise). He serves as a {{Foil}} to Narek, who's a short-haired, bearded Romulan PrettyBoy, so the length of Elnor's hair and being clean-shaven give him a more androgynous look than Narek.
140	* In ''Series/{{Trust}}'', J. Paul Getty III is a gorgeous teenager with long red curls. His mother compares him to an angel.
141	* ''Series/{{Versailles}}'': The most notable examples are King Louis XIV, his brother Philippe d'Orléans and the latter's lover the Chevalier de Lorraine, but really it's a whole [[CastFullOfPrettyBoys Court Full of Long-Haired Pretty Boys]]. All of the noblemen at Versailles have long, wavy or curly hair, and most of the younger males are boyishly beautiful, including the extras with no dialogue such as the guys who are part of Philippe's entourage. (And please note that despite the era, we're talking hair-style hair, not wig-style hair. In real life, King Louis XIV had great hair when he was young. He started wearing wigs after losing his hair during a bout of typhoid fever when he was 20--thus starting the wig trend.)
142	%%* The Groosalugg from ''Series/{{Angel}}'' falls under this trope, until he and Cordelia go on vacation, and he cuts it short… [[http://images.wikia.com/buffy/images/f/f6/AngelGroo.jpg And familiarily...]]
143	%%* In ''Series/CriminalMinds'', Reid[[note]] His in-series nickname being PrettyBoy.[[/note]] had longish hair in the earlier seasons but it was shoulder-length in season five. Later on in the season, Reid got a haircut. [[Funny/CriminalMinds Crowning Moment of Funny]] when the team sees Reid's new hair.
144	%%-->'''[[TheStoic Hotch]]''': What? Did you join a boy band?
145	%%* Duncan [=MacLeod=] from ''Series/{{Highlander}}'', until season 6 when the actor got tired of it.
146	%%* ''Series/MySoCalledLife'': Jordan Catalano who is played by the one and only Jared Leto.
147	%%* Kim Byung-yeon from ''Series/LoveInTheMoonlight''
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150	[[folder:Manhua]]
151	* ''Manhua/UniversalLoveGrocery'': Shiye, who keeps his hair tied, is in-universe considered very attractive, although this brings him [[SoBeautifulItsACurse more unwanted attention than anything else.]]
152	* ''Manhua/YouthGoneWild'' has several, though Lu Kai is most notable, completing the look with GuyLiner and lipstick.
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155	[[folder:Music]]
156	* Gerard Way of Music/MyChemicalRomance, circa 2004, was very much this, considering his soft facial features and long dyed-black hair. Also counts as EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette.
157	* Young [[https://i.ibb.co/4KB0Rfb/45-6725-4dd5-2-2016-03-01-06-37-58-UTC.jpg David Gilmour]] of Music/PinkFloyd, to the point where [[EvenTheGuysWantHim even guys swooned over him]]. He was a male model before pursuing a career in music.
158	* Music/{{Queen}}'s Roger Taylor [[https://66.media.tumblr.com/251365e3cb638fb06d48db1a1652321a/tumblr_ppwr06A9761vee3z3_1280.jpg during the '70s]] who was once described as "With his baby-blond hair and deep blue eyes, Roger Meddows Taylor was almost too beautiful to be male." Unsurprisingly, he [[AttractiveBentGender pulls off the crossdressing]] ''much'' better than his bandmates in the video for "I Want To Break Free".
159	* Russell Mael of Music/{{Sparks}} had a particularly bushy version of this trope in the early 70's, made particularly evident in the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eUJ_ifjKopM video]] for "This Town Ain't Big Enough for Both of Us".
160	* Though his hair was nowhere near long by today's standards, famed orchestra conductor Leopold Stokowski was seen as this by many in the [[RoaringTwenties early parts of the 20th Century]]. Spotlights would often be rigged over his podium specifically to illuminate his Einstein-like coif.
161	* Music/TearsForFears: From the band's inception in 1981 to around the spring of 1985, Curt Smith's long, curly locks were either tied up in [[https://i.pinimg.com/originals/d2/46/df/d246dfd349c3b10c9326ebe617bab51a.jpg thin braids]] or a [[https://64.media.tumblr.com/702f8d2cd729f63c5f245425ceb7b6bd/tumblr_patk6ah8341w0w54jo1_1280.jpg ponytail,]] and combined with his gorgeous, cherubic facial features, he was a popular pop star pin-up. In fact, his androgynous beauty had once propelled him to the [[https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51107740705_5a923e4959_o.jpg #7 spot on the "Most Fanciable Male Human Being" list.]] Roland Orzabal (his best friend and fellow bandmate) has [[EvenTheGuysWantHim praised Curt's exceptional good looks]], and the former has also divulged that the latter is his lifelong [[TheMuse muse]]. [[note]]It's highly unusual that the chief source of inspiration for a heterosexual male musician is his (very pretty) male best friend instead of a female lover -- Orzabal has never specifically named anyone else as his muse.[[/note]] TFF collaborator Michael Wainwright had [[https://twitter.com/wainwrightweets/status/1323089487413551105 genuinely mistaken a photo of Smith for that of an]] [[DudeLooksLikeALady attractive woman]].
162	-->'''Wainwright''': I just clicked on this pic because I thought it was a hot girl. It's not. It's a hot Curt. ("pervy" eyes emoji) @curtsmith #woops
163	* There's a couple of these guys in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SArW2QjMIEo the video]] for "Hangin' In" by Music/TanyaTucker.
164	* Gackpo/Gakupo of Music/{{Vocaloid}} fame, who has such long hair and feminine features that newcomers to the franchise sometimes mistake him for a woman. He's modeled after Music/{{Gackt}} during his own years of being this trope, so it's understandable.
165	* HairMetal guys from TheEighties (e.g. [[Music/BonJovi Jon Bon Jovi]], [[Music/{{Winger}} Kip Winger]], [[Music/{{Poison}} Bret Michaels]], [[Music/{{Extreme}} Nuno Bettencourt]], [[Music/{{Warrant}} Jani Lane]], [[Music/MotleyCrue Vince Neil]], [[Music/SkidRow Sebastian Bach]], etc.)
166	** These men all owe something to Music/DavidLeeRoth, who with Music/VanHalen was the HairMetal TropeMaker. His hair became increasingly wild throughout his career, but he introduced himself to the world with [[https://i.pinimg.com/originals/fa/4c/38/fa4c38918e3ecf35c477533b5df278e4.jpg flowing blond waves]].
167	* And the genre that displaced Hair Metal, {{Grunge}}, although created as an antithesis of the aforementioned genre, offered two great, albeit [[UnkemptBeauty unkempt]], examples in [[Music/{{Nirvana}} Kurt Cobain]] and [[Music/PearlJam Eddie Vedder]] ([[Music/{{Soundgarden}} Chris Cornell]] is an arguable case, given he didn't look boyish).
168	* All three Music/{{Hanson}} brothers during the height of their fame in the late 1990s - particularly Taylor, who was often mistaken for female (his [[GenderBlenderName gender-ambiguous name]] didn't help).
169	* All four of the Gen-Z rock band Music/{{Unsung}}, particularly their guitarist.
170	* Country music prodigy Music/JackBarksdale, whose elf-like appearance, coupled with sunglasses and a red snow hat, have become his signature style on stage.
171	[[/folder]]
172
173	[[folder:Myths & Religion]]
174	* Cu Chulainn of Myth/CelticMythology is described in the ''Literature/TheCattleRaidOfCooley'' as as a beautiful young man with long, multi-hued hair that fell past his shoulders.
175	* [[Myth/HinduMythology Krishna]] is known for his long hair and his beauty, as is the god Vishnu whom he incarnates from. One of Krishna's names literally translates into "of beautiful hair".
176	[[/folder]]
177
178	[[folder:Roleplay]]
179	* In ''Roleplay/DawnOfANewAgeOldportBlues'', Benedict is described as unconventionally attractive. Much of the attractive part comes from his luxuriously thick, shoulder-length hair, which he considers one of his best attributes.
180	[[/folder]]
181
182	[[folder:Tabletop Games]]
183	* In the background material for ''TabletopGame/BloodBowl'', the High Elf Star Catcher Bo Gallanté is thought to be the most handsome player ever to have taken to the Blood Bowl pitch. Sporting long blonde hair, that has won him Lauriel Elflock's Fabulous Follicles Award three years running, Bo is so good-looking that his mere presence is liable to drive his less attractive foes into fits of rage, driving them to fight as hard as possible to spoil his pretty face.
184	* ''TabletopGame/WarhammerFantasy'': Sigvald the Magnificent is noted for his great beauty and long blonde hair, and once went to war with the High Elves because he'd heard they had prettier hair than him. He's also the champion of Slaanesh, and one of the most vicious, sadistic, and self-centered monsters in a setting where that's a job requirement.
185	[[/folder]]
186
187	[[folder:Theatre]]
188	* When [[Myth/ClassicalMythology Dionysus]] disguises himself as a human in ''Theatre/{{Bacchae}}'', King Pentheus goes on a [[HomoeroticSubtext poetic rant]] about how beautiful he is, paying particular attention to his long, silky hair, which he then threatens to [[TraumaticHaircut cut off]].
189	* Creator/DavidTennant wore [[https://cdn2.rsc.org.uk/sitefinity/images/productions/productions-2010-2014/richard-ii/richard-ii-2013/production-photos/richard-ii-2013-6-541x361.tmb-gal-670.jpg hair extensions]] to achieve this effect when he played the title role in ''Theatre/RichardII''.
190	* ''Theatre/TanzDerVampire''
191	** Herbert von Krolock. The actor's makeup almost always makes him a pretty boy and in several productions he has long, loose, flowing blonde hair.
192	** It's a fair guess to assume that Count von Krolock (Herbert's father) also used to be one of these when he was younger. Even if his face is now heavily lined, he's still really handsome and he has long black hair.
193	%%* ''Theatre/TheLionInWinter'': King Philippe
194	[[/folder]]
195
196	[[folder:Video Games]]
197	* ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedII'': Ezio. His hair is usually in a ponytail, but does reach his shoulders. And over the course of the series he proves himself to be quite the [[TheCasanova ladies man]].
198	* ''VideoGame/BrainDead13'': Computer technician and IdiotHero Lance Galahad.
199	* Many ''Franchise/{{Castlevania}}'' protagonists when designed by Ayami Kojima, with the most prominent examples being [[VideoGame/CastlevaniaSymphonyOfTheNight Alucard]] and his {{Expy}} [[VideoGame/CastlevaniaHarmonyOfDissonance Juste]]. [[VideoGame/CastlevaniaIIIDraculasCurse Trevor]] and [[VideoGame/CastlevaniaRondoOfBlood Richter]] also fall somewhere between this trope and {{Hunk}}. The rest have either hair too short to qualify for this trope, or are manly {{Hunk}}s.
200	* ''VideoGame/ChronoTrigger'': The boss Flea. The chest padding in the game art doesn't help.
201	* Corvo in the first ''VideoGame/{{Dishonored}}'' game, though a bit more rugged compared to most others on this page. It's notable in comparison to other male characters in the game (and even some female), who either have short hair or are completely bald.
202	* ''VideoGame/CookieRun'' has quite a few of them. These include Rockstar Cookie, Vampire Cookie, [[RoyalRapier Rasberry Mousse Cookie]], [[ArabianNightsDays Yougurt Cream Cookie]], [[ThePerfectionist Earl Grey Cookie]], and [[NatureSpirit Snake Person Tree Cookie]].
203	** SpinOff game ''VideoGame/CookieRunKingdom'' also has a few of these. There's [[ThePaladin Madeleine Cookie]] and [[BadassBookworm Eclair Cookie]], and [[DudeLooksLikeALady Affogato's]] hair is long enough for a shot braid.
204	%%* ''VideoGame/DynastyWarriors'': Several examples, most notably Zhang He and Zhou Yu.
205	%%** There's also Zhao Yun, Zhuge Liang, Ling Tong and Jiang Wei.
206	* In ''VideoGame/Cyberpunk2077'', there's [[TallDarkAndSnarky Johnny Silverhand.]] He has shoulder-length, voluminous black hair, just like his InkSuitActor, Creator/KeanuReeves. He also has quite a lot of admirers, in- and out-of-universe.
207	* ''VideoGame/EldenRing'':
208	** Radagon of the Golden Order, [[spoiler:insomuch as you can tell from the [[BodyHorror shattered remains of his face]]]], had very nice, chiseled features and wore his hair in a long red braid that reached to his chest.
209	** His son Miquella embodies it even more, as he's forever stuck in a child's body and so has very feminine looks, plus ''very'' long blonde hair that if the ''Shadow of the Erdtree'' pre-release image is any indication, reaches past his knees.
210	* ''VideoGame/EnsembleStars'' has three: LargeHam stage performer Wataru, {{Samurai}} fan Souma (who normally keeps his up [[SamuraiPonytail in a ponytail]]), and the highly confident and commanding ex-fine member Nagisa. Rei and Kaoru also have shoulder-length hair, though in their case it's highly layered and much more masculine. And though Hajime's hair is much shorter, its bob-shaped style looks so feminine that he's the only one listed here to routinely invoke ViewerGenderConfusion. (On the other hand, the character with the hyper-femme AmbiguousGenderIdentity actually has some of the ''shortest'' hair in the game.)
211	* ''VideoGame/FatalFury'': Terry and Andy Bogard. Andy is more notorious since he lets his long hair loose while Terry ties it up in a ponytail instead. Terry falls somewhere between both this trope and {{Hunk}}. Andy is quite muscular too, but has a more slender and lean physique compared to older of the Bogard brothers. In the Anime, both are long-haired {{Bishounen}}s.
212	%%* The ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' series' general [[{{Bishonen}} design philosophy]] for male characters makes this trope present in abundance:
213	%%** Even since the beginning -- [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyI Red Mage's]] original sprite was a long haired pretty boy.(okay, we can't tell if he's pretty, precisely -- or a guys, for that matter.
214	%%*** Warrior of Light becomes one in ''VideoGame/{{Dissidia\|Final Fantasy}}'', which was based on Amano's art for the Warrior class.
215	%%** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyII'' has TheEmperor and his long hair. Firion counts as well, [[DependingOnTheArtist when he's given longer hair]].
216	%%** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIV'' has the [[{{Bishonen}} ever]]-[[WhiteHairBlackHeart so]]-pretty [[TheHero Cecil]] (who is [[DependingOnTheArtist sometimes drawn with short hair, but rarely]]). In the sequel, his hair's yet longer... but still not as long as [[TheLancer Kain]], with his long, straight, lovely blond hair.
217	%%** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI'' has [[TheGambler Setzer]], and ChivalrousPervert Edgar.
218	%%** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'': [[OminousLatinChanting Veni, veni, venias! Ne me mori facias!]] Sephiroth! Also Vincent Valentine.
219	%%*** Sephiroth's long silver hair reaches his waist, and he has very delicate features.
220	%%*** Kadaj and Yazoo from ''Anime/FinalFantasyVIIAdventChildren'' take after Sephiroth.
221	%%** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIII'' has Irvine. Save a horse, ride a cowboy, ''indeed''. Laguna too, when he was younger.
222	%%** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIX'' has Kuja, bishiest of all.
223	%%** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyX'' has Seymour Guado, a dark [[spoiler:and pretty obviously villainous]] pursuer of main heroine Yuna, whose WalkingShirtlessScene outfit definitely establishes him as an intended {{Fanservice}} character. However, the vein-like markings across his body look strange enough that some fans find him too creepy-looking to be pretty.
224	%%** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXII'' has Larsa and Vayne Solidor, and Al-Cid Margrace.
225	%%** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIII'' ''nearly'' avoids the trope, but Cid and Rygdea keep the tradition alive.
226	* ''VideoGame/FireEmblem'':
227	** Lucius from ''VideoGame/FireEmblemTheBlazingBlade'' has long blond hair and is pretty enough that Serra mistakes him for a girl at first.
228	** Libra from ''VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening'' has long hair that contributes to his feminine appearance and people mistake him for a woman on a regular basis.
229	** Takumi from ''VideoGame/FireEmblemFates'' has long, flowing hair down to his waist, which he keeps in a high ponytail (so it is likely even longer). In an interview, the character designer explicitly noted that he was designed to appeal to the female audience.
230	** Subaki from the same game also has long flowing hair worn in a ponytail. It doesn't hurt that he's an {{Expy}} of Cordelia, one of the most beautiful women in the previous game.
231	** Forrest, also from ''Fates'', is an extreme example. He has long hair in an elaborate curly style, and he's [[DudeLooksLikeALady so pretty]] that several characters (including Elise, some bandits, Dwyer in one of the DLC levels, and apparently ''a good percent of the army'' in his Shigure supports) all comment on it.
232	** Both Luthier and Leon in ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemGaiden Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia]]'' are long-haired bishonen. Leon in particular seems to be playing it up, since he accentuates his looks with makeup and claims to have a strict routine to keep himself looking pretty.
233	** Ferdinand von Aegir, Lorenz Hellman Gloucester and Yuri Leclerc from ''VideoGame/FireEmblemThreeHouses'' all grow their hair out over the five-year timeskip, though Ferdinand reveals he didn't do it to make a fashion statement and is in fact upset people keep assuming so. Rather, he's been so busy with the war that he just keeps neglecting to get it cut.
234	%%* ''VideoGame/GoldenSun'': Felix, Piers, and [[BigBad Alex]]. [[spoiler:Alex returns in ''[[VideoGame/GoldenSunDarkDawn Dark Dawn]]'' under a [[PaperThinDisguise Paper Thin Alias]], flowing tresses intact.]]
235	* While they identify as non-binary, Testament of ''VideoGame/GuiltyGear'' stands out for having long black hair and a very feminine looking attire, which has prompted a few characters to comment on their beauty.
236	** Ky Kiske starts growing out his hair in ''VideoGame/GuiltyGear2Overture'', which is implied to be the result of him gaining gear cells from his relationship with [[CuteMonsterGirl Dizzy]]. He ties it back into a SlipknotPonytail in ''Xrd'' that comes loose when injured badly enough. Ky himself is depicted at his most androgynous in these games, and has always been noted to be charismatically handsome in-universe.
237	* ''VideoGame/DotHackGU'' games: Endrance, crossing into DudeLooksLikeALady territory. Also, Kuhn.
238	* ''VideoGame/InfiniteSpace'': A few male characters (including the main character), most notably Lord Roth, who has waist-length hair.
239	* ''VideoGame/JakAndDaxter'': Jak has long hair in the [[VideoGame/JakIIRenegade second game]], and is mentioned by Keira as being handsome [[spoiler:after he admits to missing his child self, and she admits he'll grow up to look handsome]]. He cuts it short in the [[VideoGame/Jak3 third game]] to survive in the desert.
240	* ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'': Xehanort, Xemnas, "Ansem", Saïx, Marluxia, Riku (until he cut it off in ''3D'')... Yeah, ''Kingdom Hearts'' is the master of Long Haired [[{{Bishonen}} hotties]].
241	* ''VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters'': Duo Lon.
242	** Benimaru Nikaido has the long hair and the good looks, but his ShockAndAwe powers make his hair stand up. He lets his hair down once or twice, though.
243	%%* ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'':
244	%%** ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaMajorasMask'': Kafei.
245	%%** Link himself is also this in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild''.
246	%%** The Hero of Time from ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime'' is implied/hinted to be this as well, according to the manga and fandom interpretation from the former.
247	* ''VideoGame/LiesOfP'': If he has already accrued sufficient humanity before the mid-point of the game, P's hair starts to grow out after speaking to Sophia post-King of Puppets boss fight, with him ending the story with it going to shoulder-length (and potentially gaining MysticalWhiteHair if a certain choice is made after the first main boss fight at the last location of the game). Being already very pretty in and out-of-universe helps greatly too.
248	* ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid2SonsOfLiberty'' introduces Raiden, with shoulder-length blonde hair that gets him mistaken for a girl and questioned as to its status as a wig. He irritatedly clarifies that his hair is, in fact, real.
249	* ''Franchise/MortalKombat'': Raiden doesn't initially come off as this, but take away his hat and cloak, and you're left with a rather [[http://mortalkombat.wikia.com/wiki/File:Raiden_Traje_alter.jpg pretty man with a glorious mane of white hair]]. Partially lampshaded in ''VideoGame/MortalKombat9'' where, upon learning they are fighting for the safety of Earth, Johnny Cage asks Raiden, "What should we do, besides standing around looking pretty?"
250	%%* ''VideoGame/{{Okami}}'': [[spoiler:Waka]] [[spoiler:How does he keep it under that hat?]]
251	* Many male characters in the mobile RPG ''VideoGame/{{Onmyoji\|2016}}'', being set in the Heian period and all, but most notably the protagonist [[{{Bishonen}} Abe no]] [[HistoricalBeautyUpgrade Seimei]] whose [[MysticalWhiteHair white]] hair reaches his knees.
252	** Also the [[TheDandy Hair Eater]] who takes it further with his hair's ''trailing on the ground''.
253	** Even little boys aren't exempt from this rule, examples being Shirodōji and Kurodōji, leading many fans to [[ViewerGenderConfusion mistake them for girls]]. The fact that they sport the HimeCut doesn't help.
254	* ''Super VideoGame/PunchOut'' features Kabuki dancing boxer Heike Kagero, who has thigh-length hair. He is one of the most feminine and appearance-conscious boxers, and can use his hair as a whip to attack the player.
255	%%* ''VideoGame/SamuraiShodown'': [[IncurableCoughOfDeath Ukyo Tachibana]].
256	%%* ''VideoGame/SamuraiWarriors'': we have Ishida Mitsunari, Akechi Mitsuhide and Sasaki Kojiro.
257	* ''VideoGame/StardewValley'' has Elliott, a handsome, long-haired aspiring writer who lives in a shack on the beach in Pelican Town. He's one of the villagers you can marry in the RomanceSidequest.
258	* ''VideoGame/StarOcean'': Ioshua Jerand from the first game, and Dias Flac from ''The Second Story''/''Second Evolution''. Meanwhile, Albel Nox from ''Till the End of Time'' has twin rattails that reach past his waist.
259	* In ''VideoGame/StarSweep'', Rank is a typical bishonen with long blue hair, and is so attractive Tia immediately asks him out on a date.
260	* ''VideoGame/StoryOfSeasons'' has been fond of this on marriageable bachelors starting with ''VideoGame/HarvestMoonTreeOfTranquility''. Julius (who is so pretty in the Japanese version he wonders if his love interest thinks he's a {{crossdresser}}) and Kendall (the resident HospitalHottie doctor of ''Tree Of Tranquility'' and [[VideoGame/HarvestMoonAnimalParade Animal Parade]]'' come to mind.
261	* ''Franchise/StreetFighter'':
262	** Vega has long hair that goes past his waist. His default outfit is him shirtless, revealing his muscular physique and wearing a mask to protect his handsome face.
263	%%** Ken too, especially in the ''[[VideoGame/StreetFighterAlpha Alpha]]'' series.
264	%%** Alex, also. 'Dat ponytail.
265	%%* ''VideoGame/TalesOfSymphonia'': Zelos Wilder, Yuan Ka-Fai, and [[spoiler:Mithos]] Yggdrasill.
266	%%* ''VideoGame/TalesOfTheAbyss'': Annabelle, before [[ImportantHaircut his haircut]], [[spoiler:his original]] Asch, and Jade. Also Van and Peony.
267	* ''VideoGame/TalesOfVesperia'': Yuri "Pheromone Boy" Lowell. A man even offers him a drink until he realizes he's male.
268	* ''VideoGame/ToukenRanbu'': Juzumaru Tsunetsugu has the longest hair in the cast, and he's also a delicate-looking YamatoNadeshiko.
269	* ''VideoGame/TwistedWonderland'': Vil Schoenheit is very handsome, pays constant attention to his own beauty, and behaves in a stereotypically feminine way. To emphasize this, he has shoulder-length wavy hair that sometimes gets done up in various styles.
270	%%* ''VideoGame/WarriorsOrochi'': Taigong Wang, if he wore it loose that is.
271	%%* ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'': Lots, most notably Arthas Menethil and Kael'thas Sunstrider.
272	* In ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles1'', we have Dunban, a HandicappedBadass with long hair, and who some female fans consider to be the most attractive guy in the game.
273	* Akira Nishikiyama of ''VideoGame/{{Yakuza}}'', which is a series that definitely doesn't tend to have [[PrettyBoy pretty boys]] or {{bishonen}} of any type. However, he's notably prettier and more delicate in appearance than most of the other male characters, and has always had long hair. Though he does go from wearing it down around his face to pushing it back in a very {{Squick}}y way, namely by smoothing his hair back with the blood of someone he's just killed.
274	* Several lore characters in the ''{{Series/Warcraft}}'' games. Certainly Illidan Stormrage, particularly his depiction on the box art for the Legion expansion: and indeed it's practically an EnforcedTrope for male Night Elves. Also Anduin Wrynn, Arthas Menethil, and Kael'thas Sunstrider: all deeply emotional characters, known for being kind. Indeed, it's practically a trope for Creator/BlizzardEntertainment at this point to have a pretty male blond character go through a FaceHeelTurn and come out with (significantly less pretty) white hair. They did it with Leoric in ''VideoGame/{{Diablo}}'' too. Can be invoked by the player especially on male humans and elves if they choose to have no facial hair. Trolls and orcs avert the trope due to not really having gendered hairstyles: neither race tends to have very thick hair, so both sexes wear it long and in much the same styles. Tauren and dwarves avert the trope because neither gender particularly looks feminine: although neither race is without beauty. Can't really be invoked on goblins due to there not being many long hair styles for men, nor on draenei because of the ''extreme'' sexual dimorphism, nor on gnomes because neither gender particularly looks masculine or feminine. Players can even invoke the white-haired ruined beauty effect on male undead, at least if you choose to have most of the face intact.
275	[[/folder]]
276
277	[[folder:Visual Novels]]
278	* ''Franchise/AceAttorney'':
279	** Klavier and Kristoph Gavin from ''VisualNovel/{{Apollo Justice\|AceAttorney}}''.
280	** Nahyuta Sahdmadhi in ''[[VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorneySpiritOfJustice Spirit of Justice]]'' is probably the prettiest male character in ''Ace Attorney'', and definitely has the longest hair. Braided, it reaches at least to his thighs.
281	* Aoba Seragaki, the protagonist of the BoysLove game ''VisualNovel/DramaticalMurder'', is quite pretty and has long hair because it hurts him to touch his hair, let alone cut it. [[spoiler:In Koujaku's good ending, Aoba lets Koujaku cut his hair since the sensations in his hair completely disappeared after Toue is defeated.]]
282	* [[{{Narcissist}} Zen]] in ''VisualNovel/MysticMessenger'' has waist-long white hair bound in a low ponytail and is very attractive, so much he admires himself and takes many selfies. He also has many admirers, mostly female. It also helps that [[SexySecretary Jaehee]] comments how handsome he is, and Yoosung is jealous of his good looks.
283	** Vanderwood also has long hair, reaching down to around his pecs, and if you should so choose to, during V's route, you can tell him that you think he's "good-looking," to which he'll be very surprised and very flustered.
284	* Arsenik in ''VisualNovel/War13thDay''. His hair falls past his waist, and he's quite the unwitting heartbreaker. [[spoiler:In his route, not only Ambrosia likes him but Wildfire as well. In fact, Wildfire has the world's longest-standing crush on him. She even tries to make him jealous by going out with someone else. Chase also mentions that Arsenik has admirers.]] And if it couldn't be made any clearer, Brooks says this about him:
285	-->'''Brooks:''' I’ve seen that tight blonde you’ve been eyeing. Now, he is ''fine''.
286	[[/folder]]
287
288	[[folder:Web Animation]]
289	* ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'': Lie Ren has pretty pink eyes and a slim, feminine facial structure. His body is slender and, while he's just barely taller than most of the female students, he's shorter than most of the men. For the first three volumes, his hair is tied back into a long ponytail with a pink streak that's the same colour as his eyes. In Volume 4, the pink streak is darker, almost purple, and he wears his hair unbound. It's so long it almost reaches his butt and emphasises his slight, feminine appearance.
290	[[/folder]]
291
292	[[folder:Webcomics]]
293	* ''Webcomic/AngelDown'': Bernard was a [[CampGay Camp Bi]] when he was young, and wore his hair in a long curly mop.
294	* Creator/AGnosis:
295	** Dionysos is portrayed as this. All the gods are implied to be good-looking, but he's taking it up to eleven, wearing earrings, flowers in his hair, and bracelets.
296	** Ganymede, too, is portrayed like this, naturally. After all, Zeus gave him the job as cupbearer of the gods because he was so very pretty. He wears his hair open, and doesn't wear a shirt.
297	%%* ''Webcomic/{{Annyseed}}'' The sinister Mr. Coldsteem.
298	%%* In ''Webcomic/TheBackOBeyond'' Seb has long hair. Nate does too, but isn't 'pretty.'
299	* ''Webcomic/ABrokenWinter'': While both Kuroda and Reisen have very long hair, Reisen lets his fly in true pretty-boy style. Kuroda keeps his in a neat tail.
300	* ''Webcomic/{{Avania}}'': The fabulous Agent Valenvarius Narscio and his flowing golden locks.
301	* ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'': [[http://www.egscomics.com/sketchbook/?date=2006-01-29 Noah]] has long hair, [[spoiler:strongly implied to include long furry antennae in addition to scalp hair,]] which he keeps in a ponytail. Due to that and his other androgynous traits other characters are unsure of his gender.
302	* ''Webcomic/GirlGenius'': Maxim, who was originally meant to be nothing more than a joke sketch of a PrettyBoy [[FrankensteinsMonster Jagermonster]].
303	%%* Webcomics/IncubusTales features a number of these, most prominently its main protagonist Dhiar.
304	* ''Webcomic/LovelyLovecraft'': Iranon, who has flowing blond hair [[FlowersOfFemininity adorned with flowers]] and wears rather feminine robes.
305	* ''Webcomic/MadameOutlaw'': Heath is a handsome and fine-featured Seminole man who wears his black hair long. It's a plot point: [[spoiler:the Montesquieu rivals, the Hahns,]] easily clock his claim of being a soldier as fake, because a real military man wouldn't have long hair.
306	* ''Webcomic/MenageA3'':
307	** Erik is a blond, sunglasses-wearing rich guy who '80s hair-rock fan Zii considers a perfect boyfriend, for his looks and many other reasons.
308	** Wrestling trainer Damien also carries off the style in a way that is perhaps not unknown in pro wrestling. He is also habitually flirtatious, and clearly fully aware of the effect he has on some of his female students, using it to keep them paying their membership fees.
309	** The spin-off comic, ''Webcomic/StickyDillyBuns'', features Angel, who has the hair, who plays in a glam-rock revival band ''called'' "Pretty Boyz With Electric Toyz", and who the lead character correctly identifies as a romantic rival on sight. However, it subsequently turns out that Angel is actually [[spoiler:[[UsefulNotes/{{Transgender}} "gender fluid"]] and indeed presenting as a slim, attractive woman on some days]].
310	* ''Webcomic/{{Monsterful}}'': Jacob Bottom Button, the Rag doll boy.
311	* In ''Webcomic/{{Moxie}}'', Choco has long brown hair that is pulled back in a ponytail.
312	* ''Webcomic/{{Paradis}}'' has angels as this, specifically Gabriel.
313	* In ''Webcomic/StandStillStaySilent'', Reynir has a braid reaching below his waist and is one of the characters whose gender is the most often mistaken by the readers.
314	* ''All the males'' in ''Webcomic/SwordPrincessAmaltea'' have hair that go beyond their shoulders. This been because the story's world is a {{Matriarchy}} and men have female roles, including being pretty. This makes Prince Ossian BoyishShortHair more significant and shocking.
315	* ''Webcomic/ToddAllisonAndThePetuniaViolet'': Meredith has long dark hair, has been the cause of much ViewerGenderConfusion since his first appearance, and was called "impossibly beautiful" by [[EvenTheGuysWantHim Rolls]]. Elijah also noted ([[Website/{{tumblr}} admittedly out of continuity]]) how Meredith was more popular with girls when they were younger, partially due to having a more handsome face.
316	* ''Webcomic/{{Unsounded}}'': Emne Toma's latest pretty boy toy is Karl, an attractive man who rarely wears a shirt and has hair cascading to his waist.
317	* In ''Webcomic/TheWolfAtWestonCourt'' flirtatious dandy Elgin has long flowing red hair.
318	%%* In [[http://thewretchedoneswebcomic.com/ The Wretched Ones]], every major male character so far, excluding the wig wearing crossdresser and Mortimer, have this feature.
319	* In ''Webcomic/YokokasQuest'', Azha, who Yokoka [[DudeLooksLikeALady mistakes for a girl]], and Copycat's initial form, who Mao correctly identifies as "he".
320	[[/folder]]
321
322	[[folder:Western Animation]]
323	%%* ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'': Several characters, including [[PornStache Haru]] and Firelord Ozai.
324	* ''WesternAnimation/Ben10'': Kevin Levin, whose black hair falls to his shoulders. He grows up into a tall, muscular young man who's had multiple girls gain a crush on him.
325	* ''WesternAnimation/Castlevania2017'': Alucard's design is based on his classic '' [[VideoGame/CastlevaniaSymphonyOfTheNight Symphony of the Night]]'' look. He is very attractive and has long, golden hair.
326	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Gargoyles}}'': Puck, [[spoiler: in his real fey form]], is perhaps more "cute" than "pretty", but his long white hair and [[{{Pun}} puckish]], youthful features still meant that he was considered one of the most attractive characters in this show.
327	* ''WesternAnimation/JorelsBrother'': Jorel is a handsome boy with smooth, amazing long hair, being loved by almost every kid in the town. Inverted with his older brother Nico, who uses his long hair to hide how ''ugly'' he is.
328	* ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfVoxMachina'':
329	** Vax'ildan looks somewhat less {{elfeminate}} than Tolkien's elves, because he's a half-elf, because of his rough-and-tumble mercenary lifestyle, and because of [[spoiler: his disdain for his racist elven father]]. Nevertheless, he kept the traditional long hairstyle (even if it visually blends into his fur cloak), and the show's creators emphasized that it was important to them that Vax should get a character design that would make him look young and more emotionally vulnerable than his twin sister (despite being in his late 20s) and to visually convey his supportive, sweet and "innocent" personality, as well as his speedster fighting style. As a result, he is lithe and very handsome, in a "goth twink who can't be bothered with styling" sort of way, and lots of female viewers find him attractive. [[CampGay Gilmore]], [[OfficialCouple Keyleth]] [[spoiler: and the goddess of death]] all agree. [[spoiler: And then he gets [[WingedHumanoid raven wings]].]]
330	** Artagan, [[spoiler: the true identity of the satyr Garmelie]] is a tall, beautiful and clearly male-voiced [[TheFairFolk Archfey]] with a long mane of wavy red hair, wearing gender-conceiling green robes. This character is seen only very briefly in season 2, but it's obvious that [[spoiler: he will become much more important later in the story.]]
331	* In ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'', flashbacks of the titular character's dad [[Characters/StevenUniverseGregUniverse Greg Universe]] in his youth showed [[IWasQuiteALooker he was a rather attractive rock "star"]] and that his pompadour-like hair went past his knees like it does in the present, although he now has a bald spot.
332	* ''WesternAnimation/SymBionicTitan'': Lance's black hair goes down to his shoulders, and he is incredibly popular in school, especially with the girls.
333	* ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans2003'':
334	** Aqualad has long, black hair that runs down to his shoulders, a lean muscular physique and is consider very handsome as both Raven and Starfire get a crush on him the first time they see him.
335	** As an adult in an alternate future, [[Characters/TeenTitans2003Robin Robin]] is shown to have long hair. This is different from in the comics, where ComicBook/{{Nightwing}} has had long hair but it was a mullet instead of standard long hair. Robin is a ChickMagnet as a teenager so it's certain he'd be one as an adult as well.
336	* ''WesternAnimation/VoltronLegendaryDefender'', Prince Lotor of the Galra Empire has waist-length white hair and when compared to his father Zarkon, who looks more alien, his fine facial features perfectly stand out, helped by the fact that [[spoiler: he's half-Altean on his mother Honerva's (also known as Haggar) side.]]
337	%%* ''WesternAnimation/GeneratorRex'': Van Kleiss is also an older example.
338	%%* ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'': Finn would be considered this when he removes [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_aMx50S2lv8&t=3m23s his hat]].
339	%%* ''WesternAnimation/{{Metalocalypse}}'': Skwisgaar Skwigelf and Toki.
340	%%* ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill'': John Redcorn.
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344	* It was the norm for practically all men in ancient China to have long hair because cutting one's hair was seen as being extremely disrespectful to one's parents under Confucianism. Only non-Sinicized ethnic minorities, Buddhist monks, and criminals would cut their hair. In the case of criminals, they often had their hair cut as a form of punishment. Confucianism also influenced a masculine ideal among Chinese men known as "scholar masculinity". Most of Chinese history preferred scholar masculinity - a style which emphasized men be beautiful, intelligent, youthful, frail, and pedantic. This Confucian gender role also explains why neighboring Korea and Japan are similarly obsessed with pretty boys.
345	* Ancient Spartan warriors wore their hair long as it was said to make a handsome man more beautiful and an ugly one more fearsome. It was often braided and wound around the head so as to fit neatly under a helmet.
346	* Over the course of the [[TheCavalierYears 17th century in Europe]], long hair on men gradually became more and more fashionable (and longer and longer,) as can be seen in many portraits from the period, such as [[https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Sir-Anthony-van-Dyck-Lord-John-Stuart-and-His-Brother-Lord-Bernard-Stuart.jpg/800px-Sir-Anthony-van-Dyck-Lord-John-Stuart-and-His-Brother-Lord-Bernard-Stuart.jpg this portrait]] of two young British lords or [[https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Portrait_of_Sir_Robert_Worsley.jpg/800px-Portrait_of_Sir_Robert_Worsley.jpg this]] portrait of Sir Robert Worsley. This is ultimately the origin of the JudicialWig; as the increasing expectations of how long and curly or wavy hair should be made it simpler to wear wigs instead, until by the end of the century wigs themselves became the fashion of high society (and by extension government officials like judges) instead.
347	* William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody walked a fine line between this trope and BarbarianLonghair. He earned the nickname "Pahaska" (meaning "long hair") from his Native American friends who were otherwise unaccustomed to seeing a white man with such hair.
348	* This look defined the skateboarding culture of the 1970s, as exemplified by the likes of Tony Hawk and Stacy Peralta. It has remained common among skateboarders ever since.
349	* The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in perhaps the largest comeback since the 1960s of boys and younger men growing their hair out, due in large part to hair salon closures and remote school/work, coupled with the continued online availability of hair care products. Forums dedicated to men growing out their hair, such as the subreddit [[https://old.reddit.com/r/FierceFlow FierceFlow]], saw a huge traffic increase in 2020-21. After the pandemic subsided, many decided to keep their long hair.
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