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[[caption-width-right:275:Why yes, these ''[[AcceptableBreaksFromReality are]]'' my natural hair colors. Why do you ask?]]

->'''Lotta:''' Wait, you best not be making fun of my hair, now!\\
'''Phoenix:''' Ah, no, um, I wasn't "making fun"...I was "complimenting" you on your fine hair...
-->-- ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorneyJusticeForAll''
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A catch-all term used for anime, manga and other cartoon and comic characters with bizarre, improbable, exotic, or just plain wacky-looking hairstyles.

Usually, the most important characters of the story will have wild spikes or a cool-looking hairdo in order to [[FlashyProtagonistsBlandExtras stand out]] among the [[OnlySixFaces crowd]]. It also helps to create a distinctive silhouette that will stand out in branding, media, and merchandise. It may be one or more different [[HairColors colors]] that don't appear naturally in real humans (blue is a popular choice). Sometimes the hair appears semi-transparent, with the character's eyes visible through it, although this presumably represents hair fine enough that it isn't completely obscuring, rather than anything outré.
Anime Hair is very common among protagonists of anime/manga for the [[ShonenDemographic shōnen demographic]], although the trend seems to be headed to more plausible styles: compare [[Franchise/DragonBall Son Goku]]'s hair to [[Manga/{{Bleach}} Ichigo's]].

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'''Forms of Anime Hair include:'''
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* CompressedHair: a large amount of hair is easily compressed into a smaller shape
* CurtainsMatchTheWindow: hair and eyes of the same color
* DelinquentHair: punk hair
* ElementalHairColors: hair colors and ElementalPowers match
* ExpressiveHair: hair that is independently mobile and responsive to mood
* GodivaHair: long hair drapes down a woman's chest and covers her breasts
* HairAntennae: two strands of anime hair that stick up from the top of the head and curve forward like antennae
* HairIntakes: anime hair with little "hoods"
* HairReboot: seemingly destroyed hair can be returned to it's proper shape and volume by merely shaking it
* HairWings: hair that doubles as wings
* HairstyleInertia: a character's hair remains the same throughout their life
* HammerspaceHair: a character pulls out something they were storing in their hair
* HelicopterHair: hair that works as a propeller, lifting the character into the air
* HidingBehindYourBangs: hair covering one eye as a sign of shyness, antisocial natures, and/or hidden personalities.
* HimeCut: hair that is styled into three parts (straight bangs, sidelocks, and long hair in the back) that is meant to show that a (most likely Japanese or Japanese descent) girl as proper, upper-class and/or traditional.
* HotbloodedSideburns: hotblooded characters with big sideburns
* IdiotHair: a single strand of hair that constantly sticks up, usually to indicate low intelligence
* ImprobableHairstyle: hair that shouldn't be possible, given the circumstances
* LongHairedPrettyBoy: a pretty boy with longish hair
* MotherlySidePlait: hair braided loosely and resting on the shoulder indicates motherhood
* OjouRinglets: ringlets that mark an {{Ojou}} as such
* PowerDyesYourHair: magical powers that cause hair to change color
* PowerMakesYourHairGrow: magical powers that cause hair growth
* PrehensileHair: tentacle-like hair
* ShonenHair: big messy spiky hair denoting a hotblooded rebel
* SlipknotPonytail: hair falls loose during fights
* SpikyHair: hair spiked with gel
* WorldOfTechnicolorHair: everyone has an unnatural hair color and it is not treated as odd
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To see tropes about hair color, go [[HairColors here]]. Also see UsefulNotes/HairColorInJapaneseMedia for an analysis of how hair color tropes are used in anime and other Japanese media.

Compare also EightiesHair, one of Real Life's best counterparts, and a major influence on this trope.

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* Implausibly, Garnier started marketing a hair-styling range called "manga hair" around 2005 or so, complete with commercials full of bounding Goku-coiffured gents and ladies. [[Film/ThePrincessBride Inconceivable!]] It does deliver nigh-on-indestructible results and is practically water-proof. Said spikes have [[EyeScream caused injuries to huggers]].
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[[folder:Anime and Manga]]
* In the world of crazy hair, there is nothing that comes close to ''Anime/YuGiOh'' It would be easier to list the characters in the series who don't have anime hair, but that sure as hell won't stop us from trying.
** Yugi Muto is an absurd example, as he has two sets of colored spikes. His bangs are yellow, with the rest magenta-edged black. This gets even weirder in a flashback showing the Pharaoh as a baby, which seems to imply that those actually are his natural hair colour(s), ''passing through a reincarnation''.
** Yami Yugi/Pharaoh Atem's hair manages to get even crazier, since it has bangs sticking up. Oddly enough, the Egyptian arc shows that his father had completely normal hair, while the Pharaoh's vizier, Siamun Muran, had hair like Grandpa's (Grandpa is likely his reincarnation), possibly suggesting a familial relationship between them as there is between Yugi and Grandpa in the present day.
*** The dub has a moment in the Virtual World filler arc where a villain hoping to defeat and possess Yugi talks about how he'll be happy to walk free in a younger body, but he'll have to shave his (Yugi's) head first. This is the [[UnusuallyUninterestingSight only mention anywhere]] of that hair, and it wasn't in the original.
*** His grandfather also has basically the same haircut, only gray and with a hat. When he was younger, it had the same coloration as Yugi's, with a brownish beard that didn't match anything else.
*** And {{parodied}} by an ad for the show on Creator/KidsWB, which described his hairdo as consisting of "aerodynamic triangles" to better weather the shockwaves that inevitably result from monsters being destroyed during duels.
** Yugi's friends have weird hair, too. Otogi/Duke has standard black spikes, but Honda/Tristan's hair is a giant brown horn. Anzu/Téa and Jounochi/Joey both have very poofy hair that sticks out at least several inches from their head.
** Pegasus J. Crawford, who is in his mid-20s, has silver hair that looks like some sort of corrugated sheet metal. And apparently, it's been like that since he was 12.
** Villains Bakura, [[LongHairedPrettyBoy Dartz,]] and Dark Marik all have very spiky pale hair that would put [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII Cloud]] to shame. Bakura's evil form's hair resembles a cloud of white to light blue bat wings. Siegfried and Leon have [[HairColors magenta/pink hair]] that becomes ''brighter'' as they age. Kimo, Pegasus's henchman from the Duelist Kingdom arc, has a hairstyle like Tristan's, except it points ''straight'' upward.
** Valon's hair is very similar to Taichi Yagami from ''Anime/DigimonAdventure''. Even if he compresses his hair under a helmet, his helmet hair will go back to its original shape like nothing.
** Every time we see a younger version or [[{{Reincarnation}} past life]] of a character, their hair is ''exactly the same'', except possibly shorter. The only exception is Ishizu, who has loose hair as an adult and braids in a flashback. Hair seems to reincarnate with them. This even extends to Kisara, who "reincarnated" as the ''Blue-Eyes White Dragon''.
* The Yu-Gi-Oh! Hair legacy lives on [[Anime/YuGiOhGX in]] [[Anime/YuGiOh5Ds its]] [[Anime/YuGiOhZexal several]] [[Anime/YuGiOhArcV successor]] [[Anime/YuGiOhVRAINS series]] and [[Anime/YuGiOhBondsBeyondTime their movie together]]. Generally, the show's protagonist will have the most conspicuous hair. Judai/Jaden is the only notable aversion, with fairly ordinary two-tone brown, and even then, it's so poofy it looks like he has a Kuriboh on his head. Best examples include:
** From the [[Anime/YuGiOhFirstAnimeSeries separate first series]], Kaiba had ''neon green'' hair (the more famous anime gave him a more ordinary brown).
** [[Anime/YuGiOh5Ds Yusei Fudo]] has black-and-yellow symmetrical spikes that stick several inches out from the sides of his head, which many fans have pointed out makes him look like a crab. He also somehow [[CompressedHair never gets helmet hair.]]
** Jun Manjoume/Chazz Princeton has forward-swept spikes that look like they were stolen off a buzzsaw.
** Sho/Syrus's big, light blue flop of a do sticks off at least a foot from his head, and is so large that it makes him look like a tree.
** [[BigBad Paradox]] from the aforementioned movie has long golden hair that has two large twintails that look like ''chains'' extending down his back, as well as mixed purple-and-gold bangs that give off the impression that he has a spider on his head. On top of that, one of his ''eyebrows'' is bright red and seems to jut straight off the side of his face, and that's on top of seemingly wrapping around his right eye and extending down his cheek.
** It's hard to tell where Aporia's hair even begins or ends.
** [[Anime/YugiohZexal Yuma's]] midnight-blue-and-pink hairdo [[http://vignette4.wikia.nocookie.net/yugioh/images/b/b6/Yuma-TFSP.png/revision/latest?cb=20150622133157 must be seen to be believed]], with having no less than ''six'' gigantic gravity-defying spikes. He has possibly the weirdest hair the series has yet, and that really says something.
** Almost every single character in ''ZEXAL'' has at least two hair colours: Shark has a purple and light blue octopus hairdo, and Kaito/Kite has a blonde and green, vaguely droplet-shaped style that has the fandom still debating over whether it looks more like an onion, a strawberry, a flower bud, or one of another hundred or so things.
** [[Anime/YuGiOhArcV Yuya Sakaki]] has fairly normal hair in comparison... that is to say, bright red with dark green bangs. In his case, the fandom has unanimously given him the nickname of "tomato".
*** Things get even weirder when various alternate-universe counterparts get introduced, all of whom have different varieties of Anime Hair. The fandom has described them, in order of appearance, as Eggplant, Blueberry-Banana, and Purple Cabbage. Though oddly enough, even with their [[http://i.imgur.com/SKirxSk.jpg highly distinctive hairstyles]] the rest of the cast ''still'' acts like [[AllegedLookalikes they're practically identical to each other]], suggesting the wild hairdos the franchise is infamous for might not actually be visible in-universe. That or they're way too used to everyone looking crazy.
** [[Anime/YuGiOhVrains Yusaku Fujiki]] has dark blue hair with light blue bangs and pink accents, and is styled in such a way that you'd be forgiven for thinking he's wearing a hat at first glance. His hair has been [[http://i.imgur.com/th51MAv.png compared to that of a wisteria tree]], also accounting for the meaning of each individual kanji which make up his surname. ''Clever''.
** [[Anime/YuGiOhSEVENS Yuga Odo]] sports spiky, flame-shaped hair which sticks upwards.
* The ''Anime/CardfightVanguard'' franchise has quite a few characters sporting these.
** From ''Anime/CardfightVanguard G'' we have Shindou Chrono, who, in the middle of his bright red spiky hair, also has a ''random pink swirl'' in the middle of it.
** It's younger sibling series ''Anime/FutureCardBuddyfight'' Has almost ten times that amount, especially in regards to the main cast and supporting characters.
* Being created in the late 80s, ''Franchise/GhostInTheShell'''s Togusa, a man from the 2030s, is doomed to be haunted by his spectacular mullet throughout all adaptations of the manga.
* ''Anime/DeathParade'' plays with this trope by giving the human characters realistic hairstyles and colors you would see anywhere in the real world. The supernatural characters, however, are given improbable hairstyles with impossible colors to match their exaggerated, intentionally two-dimensional personalities.
* In ''Anime/DigimonAdventure'', we had Tai and Matt's big and spiky hairs. Amusingly in the dub, their hair is often made fun of both by the other Digidestined and each other. (The original never made fun on their ridiculous hairstyles.)
** ''Anime/DigimonTamers'' had Rika, Creator/ChiakiKonaka even described her as being "pineapple headed" on his website.
* Pick any Saiyan character from ''Franchise/DragonBall''. It gets even weirder once they go up to Super Saiyan levels. When Goku reaches Super Saiyan ''level three'', he [[PowerMakesYourHairGrow grows golden hair]] all the way down to his ''feet''.
** Goku lampshades his hair in the original ''Manga/DragonBall'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GM_tIcFPgMg&NR=1&feature=endscreen as seen here.]]
** Not only that, but Vegeta explains in ''Anime/DragonBallZ'' that pure Saiyans retain the exact same hairstyle outside of powered-up states throughout their lives unless cut, and even then, it'll grow back to the same way it was before provided it wasn't cut too much. The only one with any difference we know of is Vegeta, who had bangs as a child but otherwise always had hair that seems to stand straight up.
*** At least that justifies the pure-blooded Saiyans' hair styles. Goten, on the other hand, has the same hair as his father even though it was established in the precious arc that half-saiyans' hair does change. That means Chi-Chi has been cutting his hair like that since he was a baby. GT has him specifically avert it with a few different hairstyles, some of which still fall here.
** Gets a nod in [[Film/DragonBallEvolution the movie]] when Goku tries to slick back his hair for a party--only for it to spring back up. Bulma only has a few blue streaks in her hair, though.
*** A similar gag appears in ''Anime/DragonBallSuper''. Goku is seen at a temp job as a security guard with slicked back hair. His hair instantaneously pops back to normal after a few seconds.
** Poked fun at in an EasterEgg in ''[[VideoGame/DragonBallZBudokaiTenkaichi Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 3]]'', in which Nappa (having no hair to speak of) wonders if his goatee would grow if he went Super Saiyan. A Super Saiyan 3 form given to him in Dragon Ball Heroes confirms this to be his case (and also maintaining his bald head, unlike similarly-bald Saiyan Time Patrollers in VideoGame/DragonBallXenoverse2 who get the long hair when they go Super Saiyan 3).
** It's not even limited to the Saiyan characters, either. Yamcha, for example, has hair so unruly that he probably breaks hairbrushes just trying to keep it in order, at least until he cuts it shorter post-Freiza. Android 16 sports a ludicrous orange mohawk. Bulma's neon blue hair is normal in style (usually), but is also apparently its natural color, as her son inherits it. And no less than two human martial artists from early ''Dragon Ball'' sport huge poofy afros.
* The title character of ''Manga/{{Yotsuba}}'' has green hair in four little pigtails that stick out at angles around her head. They indicate a four-leaf clover, as that is also the meaning of her name.
* ''Anime/DuelMasters'', at least in the GagDub, hangs several lampshades on it. Apparently, when these guys aren't [[SeriousBusiness obsessing over card games]], they're obsessing over their hair.
** Shobu has the standard-issue spikes. It's implied that he uses a heavy-duty gel.
** Kokujo has long black hair...down to his ''ankles''. At one point, he's irate because a rematch with Shobu causes him to miss a hairstylist appointment.
** Mikuni's sideburns are so awe-inspiring that the third-season dub changed his name to "Johnny Coolburns".
* Nekki Basara from ''Anime/{{Macross 7}}'' has spikes that form an even sharper point above his head. He's a rock musician, so crazy hair is expected.
* Ippo Makunochi of ''Manga/HajimeNoIppo'' has Anime Hair so bad that, on the rare occasion he tries to tame it for a date, it invariably poofs out again within seconds.
* Leonhardt Aschenbach from ''Manga/HonooNoAlpenRose''. His hair is large, volominous and about half the size of his head. [[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0296351/mediaviewer/rm3161127169/ See here]].
* Otaru of ''Anime/SaberMarionetteJ'' also manages to have two-tone spiky hair. Given how often his [[BrokeEpisode low income]] is pointed out, you have to wonder how he can keep affording hair care products.
* Ryu from ''Manga/ShamanKing'' starts off with a [[http://pompfiction.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/screenshotshamanking.png pompadour]] that sticks out a good two-and-a-half feet from his face. Oddly enough, when roughly half of it gets cut off early in the series, [[http://moe.animecharactersdatabase.com/uploads/thumbs/156561932.jpg it stays off.]]
** This becomes a running gag through the series. The tip gets cut off, and a [[http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_qdmCaVWJfhE/TOktZLLGljI/AAAAAAAAAtk/XxpvyQOkjsk/s1600/ryu.jpg ''smaller pompadour'' grows out of the tip.]] The tip of this gets cut off. Repeat. [[http://img178.imageshack.us/img178/9925/skryu0015wz7.th.jpg And then the whole thing gets SPLIT DOWN THE CENTER.]] [[http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20090118214756/shamanking/en/images/5/54/Umemiya_Rynosuke.jpg It continues the process.]]
** And ''then'', Boris Tepes Dracula slices off both of the half-pompadours, leading to Ryu passing out. And THEN Ryu gets back up and randomly ''regrows the whole dang pomp'' to its original "Ultra Pompadour" form just before he kicks Boris' batty butt.
** And in case you haven't noticed from the images, it's a ''heart-shaped'' pompadour.
* Pretty much everyone in ''Anime/TenchiMuyo'', although Tenchi and Seina themselves are a little reasonable in the spikiness level. Washu, on the other hand, has the part around her face deliberately styled to look like a crab, and ''then'' you get to the ponytail...
* Most of the female ''Anime/MyHime'' cast has relatively normal hair styles, although in a small rainbow of colors (including Natsuki, whose hair is blue). There are three major exceptions, though:
** Shiho's unique pink double-pigtails
** The young teacher Midori's bright red spikes
** The even younger Alyssa and her "[[PhenotypeStereotype blond]] [[Anime/TenchiMuyo Washu]] feathers."
* The title character of ''Manga/HikaruNoGo'' is a borderline case. Anyone with black hair and a bottle of peroxide can have blond bangs, but this qualifies due to the sheer length of time he keeps it, aging from 11 to 16 with the two-tone hair.
* ''Manga/BoboboBoboBobo'':
** Aside from his huge blond afro, Bobobo has what looks like a long, thin moustache... that's actually two of his nosehairs.
** Bobobo's former friend and rival, Gunkan, has a massive pomp that sticks several feet away from his head (to say nothing about his blonde beard).
** Bobobo's older brother, [[http://bobobo.wikia.com/wiki/Bibibi-bi_Bi-bibi Bibibi-bi Bi-bibi]], has a head of hair that looks like someone made a lion's mane out of needles. It helps that he's a master of Fist of the Head Hair, the strongest of five hair-based Shinken.
* Spoofed in ''Anime/ThisUglyYetBeautifulWorld''. Takeru has "bed hair".
* ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'', fittingly enough, has some [[TitleDrop bizarre]] hairstyles.
** ''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureBattleTendency Battle Tendency]]'' had them somewhat toned down, though a few examples stand out: namely, [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/jjba/images/4/43/JosephJoestar123.png/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/340?cb=20170521193900 Joseph's long hair spikes]] that [[CheatedAngle randomly switch sides somehow]], [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/jjba/images/8/84/Cyborg-Strohiem_Anime_DVD12.png/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/340?cb=20181125010734 Stroheim's wide flat-top hair]] that actually acted as the inspiration for [[Franchise/StreetFighter Guile]]'s hair, and the [[OurVampiresAreDifferent Pillar Man]] Esidisi, whose hair is mostly covered by his hat, [[https://i.imgur.com/Ek4kkJN.jpeg but what is seen]] seems to be white puffy hair that resembles that of a clown.
** ''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureStardustCrusaders Stardust Crusaders]]''... yeesh. On the heroes side, we have Jotaro, whose hair ''seems'' normal at first glance... then you look closer and realize that [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/jjba/images/9/99/KujoAnime.png/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/340?cb=20161029182608 his hat and hair seem to be in the process of merging together]], [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/jjba/images/7/75/NoriakiKakyoin.png/revision/latest?cb=20170316072208 Kakyoin]], as he styles his hair as a red mullet with a big curly bang hanging in front of his face, and [[https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/71J3NtVlmvL._AC_SY741_.jpg Polnareff]], with hair like a white push-pop (that apparently he puts a lot of effort into) which apparently acted as the inspiration for [[VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters Benimaru]]'s hair. On the villains side, there's [[https://occ-0-58-64.1.nflxso.net/dnm/api/v6/9pS1daC2n6UGc3dUogvWIPMR_OU/AAAABSvQ47sSTwvAnD4cYXLv3_71MLqGoQBovtjgSG4BI7COvmYq6QTKyH2lj17F-6rGRagWDqMOSRuy8MjSb6IUJNhAhXjzVhJKc4E7zZoQBX97vhPG.jpg Alessi]], who has an ''enormous'' sideways perm with bells hanging from it, and [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/jjba/images/b/b8/TD%27ArbyJJBA.png/revision/latest?cb=20140914090948 Telence T. D'Arby]], who has a hairstyle similar to Polnareff, only seemingly ''curled'' into this style.
** Although most characters in ''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureDiamondIsUnbreakable Diamond is Unbreakable]]'' seem not to notice, some people do, and Josuke tends to [[BerserkButton get pissy]] if people make fun of [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/jjba/images/2/24/JosukeAnime.PNG/revision/latest?cb=20171212081940 his giant pompadour]] (which in some shots of the manga is ''bigger than his entire head''). It should be mentioned that his hair is identically styled after the hair of the man who saved his life. Also, starting from this Part, Jotaro starts wearing a white hat, [[https://images.shoutwiki.com/jojodiamondrecords/a/a3/Profile_Jotaro_Part_4.png making the merging of his hat and hair even more noticeable]]. There's also [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/jjba/images/0/00/Koichi_anime_AV.png/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/340?cb=20170508165859 Koichi]], whose hair stands up in spikes whenever he's determined, similar to that of a [[Manga/DragonBall Super Saiyan]], [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/jjba/images/7/72/Tamami_AV.png/revision/latest?cb=20160506181245 Tamami]], whose pompadour is ''even bigger'' than Josuke's, [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/jjba/images/4/4f/Rohan_anime_AV.png/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/340?cb=20171212082327 Rohan]], whose hair resembles a paintbrush, [[AstonishinglyAppropriateAppearance rather fitting for a mangaka]], and [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/jjba/images/5/59/Shigechi_diu_color_v8_042.png/revision/latest?cb=20140402201313 Shigechi]], whose spikes on his head are supposed to be hair, but end up looking more like parts of his scalp.
** And then you get to ''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureGoldenWind Golden Wind]]''. There's [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/jjba/images/1/19/Giorno_Giovanna_Anime.png/revision/latest?cb=20200310175513 Giorno]], who has three distinctive curls at the front of his head (which many fans joke look like donuts) and a braided ponytail in the back. It's worth noting that he was born with [[https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DpU7OfcUcAEm_o5.jpg relatively normal-looking black hair]], but after his [[FightingSpirit Stand]] awakened his hair turned blond and became the style it is now. Also from this Part are [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/jjba/images/0/0e/Leone_Anime-0.png/revision/latest?cb=20190716224830 Abbacchio]], whose long silver hair ends with gravity-defying spikes, [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/jjba/images/8/80/Sale_Anime.png/revision/latest?cb=20181124003716 Sale]], whose hair resembles a giant, orange spider, [[https://i.pinimg.com/originals/9a/c5/ab/9ac5ab0187446d4be7c8baf5b2b17bfc.png Trish]], whose hair is styled in a spiral and ends with spikes that curl upward, [[https://i.pinimg.com/236x/bb/31/70/bb3170c414f79f56a9181bc342a51ec7.jpg Formaggio]], whose buzzcut looks more like skin he's wearing on his head, [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/jjba/images/a/a6/Pesci_Anime.png/revision/latest?cb=20190125201225 Pesci]], whose hair can be easily compared to leaves of a pineapple, [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/jjba/images/7/7e/Squalo_anime.png/revision/latest/top-crop/width/300/height/300?cb=20190320151118 Squalo]], whose hair is tied up into six or seven pigtails that hang on the top of his head, and [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/villains/images/4/4f/Cioccolata_anime.png/revision/latest/top-crop/width/360/height/450?cb=20191220203739 Cioccolata]], whose green hair resembles that of a jester hat, fitting his MonsterClown appearance.
** From ''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureStoneOcean Stone Ocean]]'', there's [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/character-stats-and-profiles/images/b/ba/Jolyne.png/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/340?cb=20190208150400 Jolyne]], who has multi-colored hair, BraidsOfAction, and OdangoHair all at once, [[https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/facebook/001/059/253/cdd her mother]], whose hair curves to the side, [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/jjba/images/f/f8/FF_so_v04_066.png/revision/latest?cb=20160327120951 F.F.]], whose smooth green hair looks more like a large eggshell than actual hair, and [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/jjba/images/3/35/Miraschon_so_v04_076.png/revision/latest?cb=20190316235955 Miraschon]], whose front hair is basically a ring around her face with bars in it.
** From ''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureSteelBallRun Steel Ball Run]]'', there's [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/jjba/images/2/2e/Stephen_steel.png/revision/latest/top-crop/width/360/height/450?cb=20170329005641 Stephen Steel]], who, similar to F.F., has hair that looks more like an eggshell, [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/jjba/images/6/65/Oyecomova.png/revision/latest/top-crop/width/360/height/450?cb=20181022185645 Oyecomova]], who seems to have thick curls of hair jutting out of his hat, [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/jjba/images/f/f0/Valentine_Normal.png/revision/latest?cb=20181122133540 Funny Valentine]], who, [[spoiler:no matter which version from whichever universe]], always has the same hair, which looks like a chandelier landed on his head, [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/jjba/images/0/00/TXYJ8.png/revision/latest?cb=20150212170942 The Eleven Riders]], all of which have hair that resemble newspaper clippings, and [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/jjba/images/2/23/Wekapipo.png/revision/latest/top-crop/width/360/height/450?cb=20150212160502 Wekapipo]], whose hair looks like a grid.
** From ''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureJoJolion [=JoJolion=]]]'', there's Joshu's [[https://giantbomb1.cbsistatic.com/uploads/scale_medium/16/164924/2800233-4394118951-latest bizarre bowl cut]] that looks almost like he's wearing a wig that's far too small for his head, Norisuke IV's [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/jjba/images/d/dd/Norisuke_Higashikata_IV.png/revision/latest?cb=20190319184057 multicolored "hair balls"]] all over his hair, Hato's otherwise-ordinary hair that [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/jjba/images/e/e0/Hato_Higashikata.png/revision/latest/top-crop/width/360/height/450?cb=20180727032024 somehow ends in perfectly geometric triangles]], [[spoiler:[[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/jjba/images/a/af/Josefumi.png/revision/latest/top-crop/width/360/height/450?cb=20180727001217 Josefumi Kujo]], who has a pompadour similar to Part 4's Josuke, but is much smaller, causing it to look more like a grilled steak]], [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/jjba/images/c/cf/Kaato_Higashikata.png/revision/latest?cb=20200514150616 Kaato Higashikata]], who has long black hair that ends in large spiral ringlets, and [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/jjba/images/1/10/Tomoki_Wu.png/revision/latest?cb=20180818061813 Wu Tomoki]], whose hair looks like ''corn''.
* ''Manga/{{Hellsing}}'' has a few examples:
** Alucard's hair changes depending on whatever release state he's in, reaching near-Rapunzel lengths at times.
** Rip Van Winkle has one of the stranges curls at the front of her hairline. Also, her hair seems to separate the further down it reaches.
** Seras Victoria, more so [[http://static.comicvine.com/uploads/original/10/104912/2997644-seras+victoria.jpg in the manga]] [[http://vignette4.wikia.nocookie.net/hellsing/images/5/52/Seras_Profile.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20110905201500 and the OVA]].
* ''Manga/AstroBoy'' has two small "spikes" of hair which, according to [[WordOfGod Tezuka]], was based on his own bed-hair.
** Arguably the TropeMaker.
** Bonus points: no matter where Astro's head is pointing, the spikes stay perfectly still.[[note]]Mickey Mouse's ears do the exact same thing. This could just be a stylistic choice to retain the silhouette under all circumstances, but considering Tezuka was [[ShoutOut inspired by Disney's animation...]][[/note]]
* ''Franchise/OnePiece'' has the Baroque Works villain, Mr. 3. His hair is a crazy topknot shaped like a big "3". And it's almost always [[IncendiaryExponent ON FIRE]].
** That's only the tip of the iceberg! You've got Buggy and his blue pigtails, Franky's outrageous Film/AceVentura 'do that [[ExpressiveHair deflates when he's tired]], Igaram's pale-blond powdered-wig-esque monstrosity that's [[ImprobableWeaponUser full of guns]], Dr. Hiriluk's wacky medical cross-shaped hair...
** There is also Baroque Works' Miss Doublefinger, who could turn her giant curly blue afro (along with the rest of her body) [[ImprobableWeaponUser into sharp spikes]], professor Clover from [[spoiler:the island of Ohara, Robin's place of birth]] and his clover leaf styled hair and it may be argued that Crocus' Crocus flower head ornaments, [[spoiler:former crewmate to Gold Roger and acting doctor to the great whale Laboon]], might in fact be a colorful crop of hair. At any rate, ''One Piece'' is full to the brim with outrageously fun character styles, and has a plethora of hairstyles.
** Mozu's and Kiwi's (the two female members of the Franky Family) square-shaped hairstyles earned them their nickname the "Square Sisters", with their hair being so large and wide that they have to walk sideways like crabs whenever there’s a strong wind, or else they end up blowing away.
* Shione in ''Anime/MamoruKunNiMegamiNoShukufukuWo'' has a serious case of anime hair going on. She goes well beyond OjouRinglets and into some hairstyles that wouldn't look out of place in a Dr. Seuss book.
* Don't forget Usagi Tsukino in ''Franchise/SailorMoon''. Those twin ponytails that reach to her ''ankles'' are first tied into the large knots we see on top of her head before they dangle that far down. Apparently, she's ''never'' heard of a haircut...
** The [[http://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/sailormoon/images/2/2e/Amazon_Quarttete.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20081004022114 Amazons Quartet]]; It's hard to find a hairstyle weirder or more impossible to reproduce than Jun­Jun's. (She's the one in green, in case you were wondering.)
** Chibi Usa and Chibi Chibi take the odango to a next level with pointed and heart shaped buns in pink and red respectively. Even better, Chibi Usa's hair is naturally pink, even though her mom is blonde and her dad's hair is black.
* In ''Anime/MyOtome'', secondary villain Tomoe has her hair done long on her right side, but cut short on her left. The aforementioned Shiho has [[OjouRinglets double drill-hair]] in this universe... not surprising, given that spirals are [[PluckyComicRelief part of her whole schtick]].
* Lampshaded in the ''Manga/RosarioPlusVampire'' manga when Moka refers to her younger sister Cocoa (a.k.a. Kokoa) as wearing an "anime-like hairdo". (Ironically, however, Cocoa's hairstyle isn't particularly unrealistic, while Moka's is pink, nearly floor length, and turns silver on occasion.)
* As a shounen series, ridiculous and improbably hairstyles often pop up in ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'':
** Kenpachi invokes this and purposely styles his hair this way, although it's still jarring how it could actually ''stay'' like that (apparently it takes hours of effort to do). His hair is pulled into giant spikes with little jingle bells at the end (the jingle bells are so he doesn't accidentally take his enemies by surprise). According to a databook, he washes his hair with soap to make it easier to spike it up (the one time he tried out proper shampoo/conditioner it was too silky). When left alone, his hair hangs down in a rather normal, if wild, way -- this is what he ends up doing after the time skip. The bells are also the source of some jokes, such as one omake where he takes a long time to get ready because his arm isn't tall enough to attach the bell to his highest spike. Being such a badass, he obviously can't ask any of his subordinates for help.
** Similar to Kenpachi, Renji's initial hairstyle has his ponytail spiking up to improbable levels in a way that is joked in-universe to make his head look like a red pineapple (it's more tame after the time skip).
** Rukia and Ururu are milder examples, as their hair don't seem very outlandish but there is ''always'' a strand of it over their faces, even during battle scenes. Bonus points for Ururu's case, whose strand for some reason is always divided in an upside-down "Y" shape, framing her eyes and nose. When Rukia was dangled upside down by Gunjo in the fourth movie, that strand of hair of hers didn't even move an inch. Hell, her hair, apart from the tufts of it at her shoulders, weren't moving at all.
* Eve of ''Manga/BlackCat'' and Golden Darkness of ''Manga/ToLoveRu'' certainly qualify, given their ability to turn their hair into fists, blades, or virtually any other item the situation calls for.
* ''Anime/PersiaTheMagicFairy'': Persia's blue hair sticks up, is spiky, and looks like a scruffy rag compared to the rest of the characters.
* ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries'':
** Jessie's very long red hair that, along with her legs, forms the shape of an 'R'. It's always pointing the same way, whatever the angle of view. The hairdo also seems perfectly rigid -- she once slaps both James and Meowth with the tail of her hair. One episode has her put it in a messy ponytail but when she trips it instantly poofs into her normal style, complete with a sound effect.
** ''Anime/PokemonLucarioAndTheMysteryOfMew'' has Kidd Summers, who styles her hair in two large braids that stick almost two feet straight outwards from both sides of her head. She's apparently just as much of TheAce at physics-defying hairstyles as she is with her other numerous accomplishments.
** Iris's hair has pretty much everyone else's beat in terms of sheer size and volume. Its overall length coming down past her knees and it's so big and bushy that her Axew (and occasionally ''several'' other Pokemon of similar size) can fit inside it, not to mention the two large, gravity-defying pigtails that each stick somewhere between a foot to about a foot and a half straight outward from the sides of her head. Due to the [[AnimationBump animation and shading styles of the movies]], Iris’s hair often comes off looking even more thick than what it normally does in the anime.
** Lots of characters in the ''Poke''-verse have oddly-colored, gravity-defying, or just plain wacky hairstyles. It's far more common to see a character with an improbable (or downright impossible) hairstyle than a realistic one.
* Subverted unexpectedly with Emerald's debut in ''Manga/PokemonAdventures''. His croissant-shaped hairdo is revealed in a flashback to be manufactured... his real hair reaches to his knees. Ruby was seen helping him gel it back into a crescent, raising the question of what the Pokémon world's hair gel manufacturers put in that stuff.
* ''Manga/{{Nora}}'': Magari Kazuma has the usual static-y spikes, but the title character's hair is styled to make his head resemble a dog's body, with inumimi bangs/sideburns and a long doggy-tail.
* ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'':
** Kakashi gets hit by two attacks that disintegrate his gloves, his vest, and his headband; yet his hair is still perfect!
** Sasuke's hair, while not actually that ridiculous by the standards of this page, has gone memetic due to the way it spikes out at the back, making it look remarkably like the rear end of a duck. His epilogue hairstyle doesn't have the spikes.
** Then there's Jiraiya's long, flowing, spiky white hair, or Chouji's (part two) long, brown spiky hair. Which admittedly isn't all that amazing, until he uses his Human Boulder technique and uses his hair to turn himself into a human hedgehog (Jiraiya also uses a similar attack minus the rolling).
** More typically, Kisame and Ao both sport the same WesternAnimation/JohnnyBravo-esque "hair all sticking up to a point above their forehead" do.
** Sakura's hair isn't abnormal in style, but it's also ''neon pink'', and apparently natural.
** There's also Kidomaru, who has his hair tied back into what looks like the unholy offspring of an afro and a high tail, which only gets worse when he goes into Cursed Seal State 2.
* Many characters in ''Manga/SteelAngelKurumi'' have odd hair, but Mikhail's hair [[http://img231.imageshack.us/img231/7039/86066808fw4.jpg takes the cake]]. Note that it's not wind that makes strands just float out there; they stay that way ''inside'', too, with absolutely nothing to move them.
* ''Manga/NegimaMagisterNegiMagi'' has Ricardo, the HotBlooded ''senator'' of Megalomesembria who sports a hairstyle containing five curvy spikes that makes his head look kinda like a starfish.
** Creator/KenAkamatsu's comments alongside early drafts for Kazumi Asakura describe her hairstyle as inspired by a pineapple...
** Also Quintum and Quatrum. Their sister Sextum has much more normal hair though.
** Nodoka's hair is totally normal in her normal style, being down just to the bottom of her skull and then shaved underneath. Except, that is, for the fact that she possesses the magical ability to not only get a ponytail out of hair that short (which should be impossible to begin with) but to get a ''high'' ponytail at the top of her head which somehow manages to be ''longer'' than her hair is when it's down, reaching almost to her shoulders. In other words, her hair more than doubles in length when she puts it into a ponytail.
** Also Setsuna's ponytail which spikes out uncontrollably.
* Anyone and everyone in ''VisualNovel/{{Demonbane}}''.
* Half the cards from ''Manga/CardcaptorSakura'' have [[AstonishinglyAppropriateAppearance thematic]] hairdos that border on the absurd. The other half have hats.
* In ''Anime/SoltyRei'' the main character has hair that looks like a hollow four leaf clover. But she's a robot so maybe it makes sense.
* Vash the Stampede from ''Manga/{{Trigun}}''. In the anime his hair is one of the ways Meryl and Millie track him, and in the manga he earns the nickname "Spiky". For his early style, which points strait up, apparently without the aid of gel, and in spite of gunfights, dust and sand.
* Takuma from ''Anime/ElfPrincessRane'' takes the cake, being a full parody of anime hair. It's sky blue, has two tendrils down the front (the one on his right is thick and goes down to his feet, ending in a curl, while the one on his left is straight, thin, and goes to around his belt), and is styled into an epic curled horn on his left. Said horn is so massive that he regularly has to prop it up with his hands.
* The ''Anime/PrettyCure'' franchise has given its heroines a few hairstyles that are weird even by MagicalGirl standards. [[Anime/FutariWaPrettyCure Cure Black and Cure White]] had pretty tame 'dos, but things have gotten more ridiculous with each new series. It started getting extreme with ''Anime/FutariWaPrettyCureSplashStar'', where both of the heroines had pony tails that stuck more or less straight up; possibly reached its peak when ''Anime/YesPrettyCure5'' introduced a heroine with an odd (pink) variation on the {{odango}} hairstyle where instead of buns, she has ''rings'', and another who has weird cones on either side of her head with corkscrew-like pigtails coming out of them; and calmed down a bit in ''Anime/FreshPrettyCure'', where the most bizarre hairstyle was an extremely long, lavender side ponytail that looked more like a giant [[ThisIsADrill drill]] than anything. It came roaring back in ''Anime/SmilePrecure'', where all five girls get wild hairdos. And let's not get into their [[SuperMode Princess Form]].
* Fairly averted in ''Manga/SayonaraZetsubouSensei''. While still different than what most people would see in real life, it's still fairly realistic. Blue hair is totally averted. A side effect is that this sometimes makes some of the characters (chiefly the girls) a bit hard to tell from one another.
* While most of the characters from ''Manga/CaseClosed'' have fairly normal-looking hair, Ran Mouri (Rachel Moore) has a spike of it jutting out above her forehead.
* In ''Manga/SoulEater'', the hair of the eponymous character is white and spiky and Black☆Star's is light blue and also spiky (but resembling a star), but Ox Ford spends much time fashioning his into two tall, pointed 'pillars' of hair and was otherwise bald until recently.
* In ''Anime/{{Noein}}'', not only is Karasu's hair spiky, it's somehow swept out ''sideways''. What does he do, dunk his head into a toilet bowl full of hair gel?
* Psy from ''Manga/{{Heroman}}'' has what could be best described as [[Anime/CowboyBebop Spike Spiegel]]'s hair on crack. It could be some sort of odd afro.
* The female cast of ''VisualNovel/RumblingHearts'' sports a variety of utterly bizarre hairstyles and colors, perhaps exmplified by the hair of major character Mitsuki, which is ocean blue and roughly the length of her ENTIRE BODY. Made even more jarring by the fact that the series bills itself as a "realistic" slice-of-life drama.
** The hair color/style has nothing to do with how "realistic" the drama is. Also, except the improbable hair color for people who are suppose to be Japanese, their hair are pretty much normal or at least probable, even if you don't compare them to the crazy hair in other animes.
* The hairstyles of the significant characters in ''Literature/{{Shiki}}'' range from totally normal to typical spikes to [[http://i28.tinypic.com/mm3hco.png this]] and [[http://i32.tinypic.com/2v950er.png this]]. The deaths are thus far less baffling than some of these hairdos.
* Anyone who's seen an episode of ''Literature/LadiesVersusButlers'' would agree that [[http://i1018.photobucket.com/albums/af305/Angel_of_Anime/bW1jMS9EQ0lNL0NBTUVSQS9TU1BYMDA0Mi5qcGc.jpg Flameheart's hair]] falls into this category nicely. I mean, come on folks! They're ''drills''!
* Miu from ''Anime/{{Piano}}'' had a rather strange hairdo, especially considering the SliceOfLife setting of the series.
* Sae Sawanoguchi from ''Anime/MagicUsersClub'' has hair that looks like it's made up of a series of Raggedy Anne-esque rectangles.
* Manga/{{Yaiba}}'s hair is quite spiky. Other examples include [[{{Ninja}} Kotaro Fuuma]] and [[EvilIsHammy Goemon Ishikawa]].
* ''Manga/SaintSeiya'' and their endless amount of EightiesHair.
* Nia's hair in ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann'' is pastel blue and yellow in color, and the long hair running down her back resembles cotton candy in consistency.
** It also acts somewhat like a flame at times, for instance, when wind blows, it will flow in the wind like a flickering flame, and if you pay attention small parts will fly off and disappear like small bits of flame.
* Sena's hairstyle from ''Manga/{{Eyeshield 21}}'' is a cross between Goku's, Astro Boy's, and Tsuna's, as well as being two tone (though he actually develops that later on, so he probably dyed his bangs). Evidently, the hairstyle's genetic, as his dad has the same thing, except with a receding hairline. Almost as if to lampshade his very anime-esque hair cut, when he gels in down it looks EXACTLY like Astro Boy's. Milder examples are Ikkyu's Vegeta-do, Kurita's chestnut spike, Mizumachi's blonde bedhead, Monta/Komosubi/Tomgano/Yukimitsu's spikes, and Sakuraba's hair antennae.
** Hiruma's is a subversion. It looks like typical shonen hair, but in his flashback, it's revealed he has perfectly normal black hair. The spiky blond do is part of his image. The same with Kotaro, whose constantly bushing his hair to make it stay spiky.
* Doi from ''Manga/WanderingSon'' has this though not to the extent of a lot of other examples, and it does resemble styles that a lot of teenage boys in Japan sport, but it still counts (especially in later appearances). [[spoiler:He eventually gets it cut short though, because some bullies in high school force him to.]]
* Nate Mitotsudaira from ''Literature/HorizonInTheMiddleOfNowhere'' has five ''absolutely '''huge''''' drill-hairs.
* Ryu and Jinpei of ''Anime/ScienceNinjaTeamGatchaman'' have ''very'' bad cases of this. Apparently instead of combing their hair in the morning they stick a finger in a live socket to arrange it. And Jun's CurtainsMatchTheWindow.
* ''Anime/{{Bakugan}}'' has a few of these. Aside from the typical natural green hairs and gravity-defying spiky hair, one character even has green hair except for a small red forelock.
* ''Kodomo no Jikan'' gives us Rin and Mimi, who must have never even heard of a haircut. Knee length pigtails (with eight pink balls) and a ponytail just as long, respectively.
* Sunny from ''Manga/{{Toriko}}'' has long fully controllable hair that is white, pink, green and blue. Each color strand can sense/taste different things such as heat, cold, pressure and pain. It contains billions of micro-strands that are invisible to the naked eye. He's used it as a net, to walk on water, to deflect attacks and to climb mountains. It may be the epitome of anime hair.
* In ''Literature/ACertainMagicalIndex'', [[TheHero Touma Kamijou]] has spiky hair. It is later revealed that he does style his hair with gel, because he thinks spiky hair looks cool.
* ''Anime/DayBreakIllusion'' has this pretty heavily. Luna is most bizarre, having her hair grow in what appear to be strips, but none of the major characters have anything particularly normal. And this is a MagicalGirl show, so they only get weirder when they transform.
* The ''Literature/KinosJourney'' anime adaptation gave Kino this. In the light novels she has a more plausible haircut.
* Takeshi Aiza from ''Manga/YourLieInApril'' has very pointy, [[ImplausibleHairColor inexplicably bright blond]] hair. His hairstyle looks even more striking compared to the rest of the cast, whose hair colours and styles are more realistic.
* Matoi from the magical girl anime ''Anime/MatoiTheSacredSlayer'' has a ''heart-shaped'' hair bun.
* Some characters in ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica'' have this going on. The protagonist, Madoka, is a relatively mild example. Her hair is tied up into twin tails that ''could'' probably exist in reality, but would require a lot of effort and comical amounts of hair products. It's also pink. While Mami's hair is a normal color, it's also styled in a much more elaborate way that's reminiscent of the ribbons she uses as a weapon. The sequel film, ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagicaTheMovieRebellion'', confirms that she curls her hair with magic.
* Practically every character in ''Franchise/LyricalNanoha'' has a seemingly normal hairstyle save that one side stands away from their head like a giant cowlick. And sometimes which side it is changes [[CheatedAngle based on how they're standing]].
* Just one look at the page image is enough to see that pretty much everyone from ''Manga/FoodWars'' has anime hair of some sort, from spiky red hair to locks which shoot off in odd directions.
* ''Manga/DrStone:''
** Senku's hair sticks straight up (aside from the bangs) and appears to be roughly the same size as the entire rest of his head. It's also off-white, except for the green tips (which some fans have joked makes him look like a leek), unusual in a series where most characters have natural hair colors.
** There's also a justified example in Kohaku, whose hair ''looks'' normal enough until she undoes her hair ties, at which point the fact that she lives in a stone-age society with no hair-care products, doubled with the fact that she's an ActionGirl who doesn't really prioritize her appearance much, means that her hair sticks out in literally every direction.
* ''Manga/JoujuuSenjinMushibugyou'' is a series that basically tells you who's a significant character if they have some kind of crazy, physics-defying hairstyle going on. From Haru, who sports two large tufts on both sides of her head, to the ridiculousness that is Mugai's hairstyle, with the latter’s making [[Franchise/FinalFantasy Sephiroth's]] look tame in comparison.
* The ''Franchise/{{Beyblade}}'' franchise has too many examples to count.
** First prize probably goes to [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/beyblade/images/4/43/Beyblade_Burst_Sparking_Ranjiro_Kiyama.png/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/998?cb=20201028225504 Ranjiro Kiyama]] from ''Burst'', whose gigantic gravity-defying stack of hair rises at least a few feet above his head, requires a giant comb to style it, has been compared to a broom, and is actually ''bigger'' than his head. One wonders how he even manages to ''get'' his hair that way, much less carry it around on his head. His cousin, [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/beyblade/images/e/e2/Beyblade_Burst_Dynamite_Battle__Ranzo_Kiyama.png/revision/latest?cb=20210409184933 Ransou/Ranzo]] is almost as bad as his hair resembles a giant ''drill''. Other notable examples from ''Burst'' are [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/beyblade/images/d/dd/Beyblade_Burst_Superking_-_Lui_Shirasagijo.png/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/805?cb=20201028225753 Lui]], whose hair resembles a huge blue flame; [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/beyblade/images/4/43/Beyblade_Burst_Superking_-_Hikaru_Asahi.png/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/671?cb=20210406162859 Hikaru]], who has a nine-piece spiky mohawk with highlights; [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/beyblade/images/7/78/Beyblade_Burst_Superking_-_Hyuga_Asahi.png/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/637?cb=20210406163009 Hyuga]], whose high, spiky hair has been compared to a bamboo shoot (original) or a pineapple (dub); and of course, [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/beyblade/images/f/f5/Beyblade_Burst_Superking_-_Lean_Walhalla.png/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/808?cb=20200626194939 Lean/Lain]], whose hair resembles a huge magenta flame.
* ''Franchise/MyHeroAcademia'': lots of technicolor hair and a few stand outs. Sometimes it’s justified as it’s Quirk-related.
** Toshinori Yagi, All Might, has two large locks of hair that stand straight up on thr front of his head in his hero form. In his true form, they hang down around his face.
** Shoto Todoroki has bi colored red and white hair divided cleanly down the middle. It relates to his Quirk that lets him create ice and fire on the sides of his body corresponding with the hair colors.
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* The lack of this in comics is almost as absurd as its prevalence in anime. Alien species (even ones from a thousand years in the future) have haircuts and colors that would be perfectly normal today.
* Any character drawn by Chris Bacallo, but especially ''ComicBook/TheSandman1989'''s The Endless and ''ComicBook/ShadeTheChangingMan''.
* ''ComicBook/TheAvengers'': Depending on the artist, Quicksilver sometimes ends up with hair antennae that defy gravity.
* ''Bloodwulf'' sticks his hand in an electrical socket to get his hair to stand up like that.
* ''ComicBook/DoctorStrange'': Clea traditionally has two curling locks of hair that meet over her forehead in a way Aqua Net can only dream of achieving.
* ''ComicBook/TheFlash'': Bart Allen -- Impulse/Kid Flash II -- is probably best known for his insanely huge auburn hair and yellow eyes, so much so that they're an instant character marker. It wasn't part of his original design, but the first artist for his ongoing series exaggerated it to be such, and it's mostly stuck, though the length often fluctuates wildly. Walter West once quipped that it could serve as a cushion after throwing him into the air.
* ''ComicBook/{{Girrion}}'': Multiple:
** Jarra's hair sticks up in a triangular fashion.
** Nollo's hair fans out in two directions.
* ''ComicBook/{{Incandescence}}'': Incandescence has a puffy, wavy, spiky bouffant that looks like Lisa Simpson on anime.
* ''ComicBook/{{Lobo}}'': Lobo's hair seems to stand up like porcupine quills all on its own.
* ''ComicBook/{{Runaways}}'': Karolina is a pseudo EnergyBeing. Her hair is a stream of energy.
* ''ComicBook/Seconds2014'': Katie has big, spiky, circular hair that's bigger than her head. In her more chibi moments, her entire head is just a bush of hair with eyes and a mouth.
* ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'': Norman Osborn, his son Harry and Sandman have red-headed cornrows.
* ''Franchise/StarWars''' Princess Leia's Danish bun hairdo looks even weirder in her manga incarnation.
* ''ComicBook/{{Superman}}'' story ''ComicBook/TheLivingLegendsOfSuperman'': In a sequence set in a distant future, two kids called Aron and Josif sports two huge Manga/AstroBoy-like hair spikes -one of them located at the front right of their heads, and the second at the rear side- sticking out of their otherwise extremely short and shiny hair.
* [[http://exhibitapress.com/wp/about/wolff-byrd/ Alanna Wolff]] of ''Webcomic/SupernaturalLaw'' has very ''dramatic'' hair.
* ''ComicBook/{{Swordquest}}'': The sorcerer Konjuro wears his hair curved into two points over his head.
* ''ComicBook/TeenTitans'': Starfire's hair goes down past her waist and merges with the stream of energy left behind when she flies.
* ''ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}'': Wolverine has an unusual and distinctive hair style.
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[[folder:Comic Strips]]
* ''ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes'':
** Calvin. Hobbes once {{Lampshade|Hanging}}d it. "Does electricity make your hair do that?"
** Calvin gets literal Anime Hair in one comic when he uses Crisco to style his hair into two large spikes as a ShoutOut to ''Manga/AstroBoy''.
** In one strip, where he sleeps on his hair and wakes up with the front part matted down. He decides he likes it so much, he gels it to stay that way. Hobbes suggests he gets curlers for the back, but we don't see that.
** Hobbes once told him that his "hat hair" didn't look too different from his normal hair.
* One Sunday strip of ''ComicStrip/FoxTrot'' shows Jason asking his mom, his brother, and his sister for (and presumably receiving) hair gel, to reveal that he was getting ready for a TabletopGame/YuGiOh tournament by styling his hair like Yugi's. His father, who is balding, is annoyed that Jason didn't at least ''ask'' him if he had any hair gel to borrow.
* ''Committed'': Liz and her daughter Tracy, both have a haircut that goes high above their heads, then curls forwards like a dolphin's fin (and Tracy also has a variant {{Ahoge}} that sticks out from the back of her head rather than the top.) The father, Joe, has hair that goes straight forwards instead of up, making him look like he's balancing a platter on his head.
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[[folder:Fan Works]]
* ''Fanfic/CalvinAndHobbesTheSeries'': Calvin's spiky hair is lampshaded by Sheila:
--> [[NoIndoorVoice "JUST YOU WAIT!]] [[ItMakesSenseInContext ALIEN! HE'S AN ALIEN! IT'S THE ONLY EXPLANATION! HOW ELSE COULD HIS HAIR DO THAT? ALIEN!"]]
** It was lampshaded before that, in the ''first episode'' no less. By the [[LemonyNarrator narrator.]]
--> ''No one knows why his hair does that. Is it static electricity? Is it hair gel? No, probably not.''
** Many other [[Fanfic/TheCalvinverse Calvinverse]] characters have this, like Dr. Brainstorm and his brother [[SiblingRivalry and rival]] Thunderstorm. The Lightning Man [[spoiler:(who is Dr. Brainstorm's uncle)]] has Hershey's Kiss-shaped hair.
* One character from ''FanFic/TitanLegends'' has "Saiyan-hair" due to an odd change when he acquired his powers. Some characters mock this; he just tries to ignore it.
* FanFic/AGrowingAffection: Saburo of the Grass has "light green hair" in "three, foot-long spikes" that are frequently described as looking like the trident. Ayameko of the Grass has a fairly normal style but her hair is blue on one side and slowly changes to purple on the other.
* ''Fanfic/GuysBeingDudes'': Spark's hair is [[SpikyHair spiky]] all on its own to the point that it [[StubbornHair blatantly refuses to be shaped into any other style]].
* In ''Fanfic/TheLegendOfTotalDramaIsland'', Chris gets a taste of this courtesy of Katie and Sadie, when he refuses once too often to let them be on the same team. They physically assault him and, among other indignities, they forcibly restyle the vain host's hair to “an irregular, spiky mane, the likes of which is rarely seen outside of anime.”
* ''Fanfic/HumanAfterAll'': Both Robotboy and Robotgirl have the same large, spiky hair in order to hide their robotic head nodes. It fits the animesque aesthetic of the source cartoon.
* The crazy styles of Yugioh get lampshaded in the "Coming Right Back" story in ''Fanfic/ArcVedProtagonists'', with Yuya stating that Yugi's hair style is the craziest he had encountered, while still acknowledging that his is growing naturally into a tomato shape.
* ''WebVideo/YuGiOhTheAbridgedSeries'':
** The ''Anime/YuGiOh'' hair mentioned first on this page and seen in the page image is parodied repeatedly. Kimo always refers to himself in the third person as "my hair", and claims that it has super powers. At one point he refuses to let Joey into the tournament because his hair "isn't crazy enough", but fortunately Yugi's hair is "crazy enough for two people". Also, the Pharaoh needs to get his hair sharpened.
** As of "Marik's Evil Council of Doom 3", Dartz's hair changes colour in every shot. When he enters the main series, it changes colour ''on screen.''
** Yami pops up for the [[WebVideo/DragonBallZAbridged Cell Games]] and Cell has this to say.
--->'''Cell:''' Good Lord, with hair like that, I bet you've never lost a game of "Who's the Protag."
* ''Fanfic/ImNobody'': Lampshaded when Joker asks Axel how much gel he puts in his hair, only for him to reply that it's all natural.
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[[folder:Films -- Animation]]
* For some reason, the wolves in ''WesternAnimation/AlphaAndOmega'' have this.
* ''WesternAnimation/PocahontasIIJourneyToANewWorld'', where Pocahontas gets various crazy hairstyles during the song "Wait 'Til He Sees You".
* Apparently, Syndrome from ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles1'' was a Super; his power was the ability to make that hair stand up. Either that, or he's secretly a Saiyan, since his hairstyle matches Vegeta's exactly.
** MAD Magazine posited that he just stuck his finger in a lamp socket every morning.
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[[folder:Films -- Live-Action]]
* ''Film/RurouniKenshin'' both plays this trope straight and averts it. Kenshin has his iconic red hair (which would be quite improbable in the period the film takes place in), while Sanosuke loses his anime spikes in favor of a more messy, disheveled look.
* Yukio from ''Film/TheWolverine''. Down to the color. Director James Marigold has expressly stated his desire was to give her a more anime appearance, hence the AdaptationDyeJob.
* ''Film/AceAttorney2012'' somehow manages to take the already unusual and often excessive hair of the ''Franchise/AceAttorney'' series and actually ''make them happen'' in real life. Yes, this includes Phoenix's spiky hair, the judge's prodigious beard, and even Matt Engarde's [[HidingBehindYourBangs concealing bangs]].
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[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
* One of the hosts of ''Series/AncientAliens'', Giorgio A. Tsoukalos, is a rare live action and western example. His hair seems to progressively stick up more and more over the years.
* Dalton off of ''Series/TheRedGreenShow'' sports a hairstyle that resembles a bird nest more and more with each passing season.
* ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'' has done this as a way of giving HumanAliens a different look without resorting to [[RubberForeheadAliens rubber foreheads]]. In "Armageddon Game", the main way to tell the difference between the T'Lanis and Kelleruns are their distinctive coiffures, which are something to behold. As one reviewer puts it, they "have recently ended a lengthy war, probably fighting over which of them had a sillier hairstyle". Also check out the Skreean in "Sanctuary", and there's a Starfleet woman with an impressive pompadour in "The Siege".
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[[folder:Pinball]]
* Sported by Guile and Blanka in Creator/{{Gottlieb}}'s ''Pinball/StreetFighterII'' pinball.
* Wolverine's trademark haircut is prominent on ''Creator/SternPinball's'' ''[[Pinball/XMenStern X-Men]]''; it's especially noticeable in the Wolverine Blue LE table.
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[[folder:Toys]]
* Franchise/{{LEGO}} employed full-force Anime Hair in most of the minifigures in the ''Toys/LEGOExoForce'' line, inevitable being that it was designed with mecha anime in mind. Interestingly, the accompanying {{animesque}} character art has everyone's hair looking (relatively) normal, starkly contrasting with the minifigures themselves.
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[[folder:Video Games]]
* ''VideoGame/ArzetteTheJewelOfFaramore'' has the titular protagonist's big poofy hairstyle which consists of multiple whitish-yellow streaks and a massive bang that hangs down to the middle of her neck from over her tiara.
* ''VideoGame/EpicBattleFantasy'' series: The Headband (available in [[VideoGame/EpicBattleFantasy4 EBF4]] and [[VideoGame/EpicBattleFantasy5 EBF5]]) gives its wearer this ([[CuteKitten NoLegs]] included). Matt and Lance both comment upon this in [=EBF5=] when equipping it:
-->'''Matt:''' How do ya like my hair? Is this style still in fashion?
-->'''Lance:''' I don't wanna wear this. This make me look like a douchenozzle.
* The ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' series is famous (though some would say infamous) for this.
** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyII''
*** Under Firion's bandana lies a hidden mass of hair jagging out in random directions.
*** Emperor Mateus is proof that the series embraced this trope long before it became memetic. He sports what can best be described as an [[EightiesHair eighties-style]] DevilishHairHorns.
** In ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIII'', both Luneth's half-ponytail, half-jagged bands, and [[VideoGame/DissidiaFinalFantasy The Onion Knight's]] hair, which (as far as we can see) opens like a flower around his face.
** In sprite form, Paladin Cecil from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIV'' has almost Vegeta-style pale-purple spikes that jut out above him. It's almost the exact opposite in official art, though.
** General Leo from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI'' has a bright orange mohawk. On a black dude.
** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII''
*** In the original game, Cloud Strife has golden spikes that seem to shoot off in every direction. It is lampshaded often and has earned him the nickname of 'Spiky' from his allies. His hairstyle is less extreme in future installments of the Compilation.
---->'''[[VideoGame/DissidiaFinalFantasy Shantotto]]:''' Your hair is a distraction!
*** Zack Fair also has improbably spiky dark hair in his recent appearances in ''VideoGame/CrisisCore'' and ''Anime/FinalFantasyVIIAdventChildren'', but like Cloud, his hairstyle is slightly toned down compared to the original game.
*** Aerith could also qualify. In the original game, her front bangs seem to defy gravity. The look is just made a bit softer in Advent Children.
*** Sephiroth is the designated pretty boy, with silver hair extending down past his waist and two long forelocks framing his face.
*** Reno of [[QuirkyMinibossSquad the Turks]] has fiery red spikes, which sets him apart from his completely bald partner-in-crime, Rude.
** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIII'' villainess Ultimecia sports a fairly impressive DevilishHairHorns that bears some resemblance to Mateus'.
** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIX'' villain Kuja has hair that appears to coalesce into feathers.
** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyX''
*** The villain Seymour has bright blue hair molded into shapes that could only possibly be achieved with a truckload of cement. Even better, we see him as a child in a flashback, and his hair (and really, his entire design) is exactly the same, just smaller. It's kind of adorable.
*** Wakka's gravity-defying peak shows him to be no slouch in the absurd haircut department either. Even underwater.
** Marche in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyTacticsAdvance'' has a big strand of hair that curls straight up at the front of his head while having some strands of hair on the back of his head that flow out like a ponytail with a mind of its own.
* While the style may be tamer in ''VideoGame/FireEmblem'', the colors certainly aren't. [[http://Tuinen.deviantart.com/art/GREILBOW-133937642 see for yourself.]]
* Commander Hurgh in ''VideoGame/GrappleForceRena'' has some SpikyHair.
* Crono from ''VideoGame/ChronoTrigger'' is sometimes referred to as "the kid with the punk haircut".
* Both of the games in the ''VideoGame/{{Gungrave}}'' series have prime examples of this:
** Both games feature the silver-haired Mika, whose hair seems to darken at the top.
** Overdose introduces Garino, whose hairstyle manages to be [[http://hallowbastion.tripod.com/id17.html shaggy AND refined]] at the same time.
** And then there's Rocketbilly Redcadillac. Possibly one of the most perfect examples of this trope you can find. [[http://www.system3.com/wp-content/uploads/RocketBilly-240x240.png See for yourself]]!
* Lloyd Irving from ''VideoGame/TalesOfSymphonia's'' hair stands at least eight inches high, with spike-like structures jutting about. Also, his hair bounces back and forth if you make him turn around on the overworld screens.
** The VideoGame/TalesSeries is pretty consistent about this. Basically everyone in ''Symphonia'' has fantastic anime hair, as do each of the main characters in ''VideoGame/TalesOfGraces,'' usually because you gotta have some outlandish colour of hair.
** ''VideoGame/TalesOfTheAbyss'' is funny about this, though. Tear, Jade, and arguably Anise and Natalia have perfectly probable hairstyles and colours. Guy's is verging on anime-spiky. But still, that's almost everyone in the main party...except the protagonist himself who has hip-length fire-red hair (before he [[ImportantHaircut cuts it]]) with blonde tips and gravity-defying side-bang-spikes.
** And now, with ''VideoGame/TalesOfXillia,'' it has reached both extremes. The male protagonist Jude has a relatively sensible shaggy black haircut...while his female counterpart Milla has thigh-length four-coloured tresses, complete with ''green'' IdiotHair.
* ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'', as a Final Fantasy / Disney crossover, has plenty of examples:
** Several Final Fantasy mainstays appear, including Cloud, and their hair is as anime as ever.
** Most members of Organization XIII have sufficient spikiness, especially Axel. It's often mixed with ElementalHairColors - [[ShockAndAwe Larxene]] has bright blonde HairAntennae, while [[GreenThumb Marluxia's]] hair is bright pink to go with his rose / cherry blossom motif.
** Sora and Riku? Anime Hair all the way. This is even lampshaded when the party meets Tifa. (Heads-up, she's looking for Cloud.)
--->'''Tifa:''' Have any of you seen a guy with spiky hair?\\
''(Donald and Goofy stare at Sora, who tugs at one of his own spikes)''\\
'''Tifa:''' ''(chuckles)'' Spikier.
* Ryuuta Ipongi from ''VideoGame/OsuTatakaeOuendan''. Kai Doumeki from the game takes this one step further, as he even has a spiky ''beard''.
* Everyone in ''VideoGame/GhostTrick'' has ridiculous hair. Sissel, Lynne, Beauty, and Emma stand out in particular. Sissel's hair is a tall blond spike, Lynne has what looks like a chicken's comb, Beauty has concentric rings, and Emma's hair furls up into a rose-like shape. Seriously, how the hell does Beauty's hair even work?! Then again, the game is made and designed by the guy who created the ''Franchise/AceAttorney'' series.
* ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'':
** Sonic is what happens when a FunnyAnimal gets anime hair, (well, it ''is'' blue, after all), with big downward spiky quills. Shadow expresses similar hairstyle.
** The most visually prominent with Silver, who has ''five long quills on his forehead arranged to look like the Japanese maple leaf''. Must be the futuristic style.
* One must wonder how much hair gel the ''VideoGame/EliteBeatAgents''' Agent J uses to get his hair super-curly in front. It just seems to leap out like a tongue.
* ''VideoGame/DragonQuest'':
** Many characters have wild, spiky hair that wouldn't look out of place in ''Manga/DragonBall'' (both series sharing the same [[Creator/AkiraToriyama character design artist]]).
** ''VideoGame/DragonQuestII'': The Prince of Cannock's orange crown of hair spikes is almost larger than his head.
** ''VideoGame/DragonQuestIII'': Erdrick has spiky black hair, regardless of player-chosen gender.
** ''VideoGame/DragonQuestVI'': The Hero has spiky, blue hair combed backwards.
** ''VideoGame/DragonQuestXI'': Erik's spiky hair is so iconic that all of his costumes include alternate versions that remove any and all headgear that even slightly obscure it.
** ''VideoGame/DragonQuestHeroesTheWorldTreesWoeAndTheBlightBelow'': Jessica's Puff-Puff event with Luceus has her trying to see if his hair is naturally big and spiky or if he's wearing hairpins.
* Birdie from ''Franchise/StreetFighter'' has a mohawk with a ''perfect circle'' punched through the middle of it.
** Then there's Guile. For those who don't know, [[http://media.giantbomb.com/uploads/0/3/9636-guile_large.jpg this]] is what we're talking about.
*** In ''VideoGame/SNKVsCapcomSVCChaos'', Guile's hair is ''bigger than his head.''
** Guile may have been inspired by the man he's trying to avenge, Charlie Nash, whose hair seems to be [[http://www.fightersgeneration.com/characters/charlie-pf.jpg modelled after a landing strip]]. You could land a small helicopter on it!
** Also from ''Franchise/StreetFighter'', and inspired by Lisa Lisa from ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureBattleTendency'', there's Rose — a italian fortune teller. Her hair is ridiculously complex ...and also purple.
* ''Franchise/{{Disgaea}}'' generally has spiky hair across the board, though there are some notably odd styles, such as the giant cinnamon-roll pigtails that the archers sport, or Axel's purple ''lightning-shaped'' eyebrows.
** Badass freakin' Overlord Zetta from ''VideoGame/MakaiKingdom'' may deserve special mention despite the short amount of time he spends in humanoid form. Artwork and his in-game sprites depict him with long, red, spiky hair, as per Creator/NipponIchi general design. The more detailed cutscenes, however, show that he doesn't have ''hair'' so much as he wears an [[IncendiaryExponent impeccably styled bonfire]] on his head, complete with bat-shaped licks of flame.
** Laharl also deserves a nod, as his hair splits into two "antennae", which are equal to his total height.
* In ''VideoGame/GoldenSun1'' and sequels, the weirdest hairstyles and colors belong to Adepts with elemental powers. Non-Adept characters have more normal styles and colors.
* Will/Ed from [[VideoGame/NintendoWars Advance Wars: Days of Ruin]] has this. How is it that he manages to keep that hairstyle despite an apocalypse?
* ''VideoGame/RivalSchools'' has its fair share of funky hair as well. First there's Shoma, who has [[http://www.fightersgeneration.com/characters3/shomasawamura.gif three huge spikes]] of hair sticking out of his backward-facing baseball cap. Then there's Edge, who styles his long blonde hair into [[http://www.fightersgeneration.com/characters/edge-121.gif really tall spikes]], and even uses it as a blunt weapon by headbutting (as if he uses Plaster of Paris for hairgel to give it such hardness). Taking the cake, however, is Yurika, who has [[ExaggeratedTrope excessively]] large OjouRinglets ''and'' cinnamon bun-esque curls at the top of her head (the latter might have served as inspiration for the previously mentioned Ron [=DeLite=], considering Capcom owns both ''Ace Attorney'' and ''Rival Schools'').
* [[PlayerCharacter Brand]] from ''VideoGame/ToyOdysseyTheLostAndFound'' has orange hair with curving spikes.
* Akira Yuki and Jacky Bryant from the ''VideoGame/VirtuaFighter'' series have super spiky hair. The big polygons in the older games made Jacky's hair really spiky.
** Goh Hinogami not only has super spiky hair, but it's blue.
* The kid heroes of the ''VideoGame/ApeEscape'' series tend to have spiky hair of different degrees, with the most well-known being Spike's, for [[MeaningfulName obvious]] [[DubNameChange reasons]]. Also, [[BigBad Specter]] is an example of anime fur, being a monkey and all. Another honorable mention is ''3'''s gadget inventor Aki, whose hairstyle can only be described as "puffy".
* Benimaru Nikaido from ''VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters'' can be described as having a "yellow push-pop" of hair. Though he can occasionally be seen with it hanging down in long, wavy tresses, so perhaps he employs [[ShockAndAwe static electricity]] to maintain his usual style.
* Ruru of ''VideoGame/MagicalBattleArena'' has drill-hair. And by drill-hair, we mean that her hair has been styled to [[ThisIsADrill look like a literal pair of drills. Operating drills. That spin]].
* The ''VideoGame/GuiltyGear'' series is rife with examples, but the far-and-away winner is Millia Rage, given her ability to use her already outlandish hairstyle [[PrehensileHair to kick your ass]].
** Second place goes to Venom, [[http://www.fightersgeneration.com/characters4/venom-truestance.gif who wears his hair draped over his face]] [[Film/{{Ringu}} Sadako-style]] with an inexplicable eye symbol on it.
** VideoGame/BlazBlue continues this trend with pretty much everyone.
* The ''Franchise/{{Tekken}}'' games give us the Mishima clan... Heihachi with his head-wings and Kazuya and Jin with their rather pointy upswept 'dos. And Paul clearly has the same stylist as Jean-Pierre Polnareff.
** ''VideoGame/Tekken6'' introduces us to Lars, who [[http://gigazine.jp/img/2008/09/18/tekken6/Lars_1P_65.jpg is an example of this trope if there ever was one]].
** Paul Phoenix's hair is usually done up in a tower not dissimilar to Bull Nakano's (below), only without the mullet.
* ''VideoGame/GraffitiKingdom''. Pixel has hair that could hold a laundry basket with ease, Tablet's head is dominated by [[Literature/TheLordOfTheRings two towers]] of cyan hair, his sister Palette has gigantic neck-wings of the same color and Deskel, one of the bosses, [[PrehensileHair uses his mustache as a set of arms]].
* The game ''VideoGame/{{Bayonetta}}'' is probably the exemplar of this trope. Not only is her hair ridiculously long, she uses it as her SOURCE OF CLOTHING, and controls it in such a way that it's a deadly weapon.
* Ichiro Ohgami, from ''VideoGame/SakuraWars'', has hair that, unless cut, refuses to be anything but spiky. Fortunately, his hair isn't anywhere near as ridiculous as most of the examples of this trope.
* Blood Elves from ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft''. Since some of their hairstyles were copied and made available to humans and a couple other races, them too. But the Blood Elves will forever be the Children of the Anime Hair.
** As will the female Gnomes, and they were there sooner!
** One notable female draenei hairdo is ''so'' spiky, it can be hard to distinguish it from their actual horns.
* Link's hair in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaI'', although you would never tell from the sprites. In addition to the long sideburns from other games, his bangs also point straight forward.
* When ''VideoGame/MegaManClassic's'' helmet comes off, it's just slightly scuffed up. [[http://images4.wikia.nocookie.net/megaman/images/a/aa/Helmetless_Protoman.png Proto Man]], on the other hand...
** Geo in ''VideoGame/MegaManStarForce'' has a somewhat absurd crest with spikes that'd put your eye out. There's even a special gap in his helmet for it, even in Zerker form in ''2''. He gets different, but no less anime, hairstyles in the Saurian and Ninja forms.
*** There's also Lady Vega's [[http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20101024120235/megaman/images/f/f7/Doctor_Vega.jpg butterfly 'do]].
** Zero from ''VideoGame/MegaManX'' is probably the most well known example from the franchise; his long SamuraiPonytail combined with his {{Bishonen}} appearance caused more than a fair amount of ViewerGenderConfusion.
* Neku from ''VideoGame/TheWorldEndsWithYou'' has pretty spiky hair which would probably be spikier if it weren't weighted down by his headphones.
* The designers of ''VideoGame/InazumaEleven'' must have lots of fun with this trope since ShonenHair, multi-coloured hair and many others are in full effect.
* The characters of ''VideoGame/EternalSonata'' are noted for this to the degree that "Anime Hair" is listed on the game's [[Characters/EternalSonata character page]] under "tropes all characters have in common."
* Some of your troops (especially the males) from the original ''VideoGame/XComUFODefense'' sport rather wacky 80s-meets-anime hairstyles. See them [[http://www.spriters-resource.com/pc_computer/xcomufodefensexcomenemyunknownufoenemyunknown/sheet/29362/ here]].
* You can bet that almost any important character in each and any ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' game will have a varying degree of this, sans most of the player characters until the ''Black and White'' saga.
** Interestingly, hairdos seemed to be slightly more plausible in the first two generations with some minor exceptions, while from the third onwards they've been getting weirder and more elaborate.
** Most characters in the first generation had normal hairstyles, but then things changed...
** Special mentions in the second generation go to Jasmine and her... thingies, Clair and her gravity-defying ponytail and Eusine with his IdiotHair.
** Special mentions in the third generation go to Roxanne's floating twin locks, Flannery's puffy ponytail, Winona's skywards-poking tufts, Juan's floating bangs, Sidney's single spike/IdiotHair, Glacia's erm... braids, Wallace's floating curls, Greta's danishes and Tucker's whatevers.
** For the fourth and fifth generations it's just easier to list the characters that do not boast some absurd-looking hair, though it's interesting to note that the fifth generation was the only one to feature relatively strange-haired player characters. There's Hilbert's winged 80's haircut, Hilda's massive ponytail that sticks out of a truck driver cap, Nate's gigantic mass of who knows what squeezed into a visor, and Rosa's overly long pigtails topped with the largest pair of danishes ever seen since ''Franchise/StarWars''.
** Colress ''owns'' this trope. He has an IdiotHair that ''loops around his head''. And it's ''dyed blue''. Think Internet Explorer logo with the colors reversed.
** The Battle Chatelaines from ''Pokemon X and Y'' practically own this trope.
** For Generation 7 we have Plumeria’s pink and yellow hair drawn into four long strands, Lusamine’s huge bell-shaped hair that looks like several giant sheets of paper connected together, and Ryuki’s hairdo that is best described as someone trying to emulate a fanged maxilla to the point of including blood red gums.
** The end-all examples are the post-game antagonists of ''Pokemon Sword and Shield'', [[spoiler:Sordward and Shielbert]], whose hair are shaped like the weapons the games get their names from. This means the sword one has a long, thick protrusion of hair going straight up. Multiple characters find their hairstyles to be completely ridiculous, including Piers, whose hair is a black-and-white thorny triple ponytail with bangs (also thorny and black-and-white) that cover up half his face and goes down to his chest.
** ''Scarlet and Violet'' has Iono's pastel blue and pink/purple hair that's somehow tied into the shape of a bow at the front of her head, Ryme's long braids that are somehow shaped like ''human bones'', Brassius's hair which looks like he has thorny vines growing from his head, and Geeta’s enormous black wavy hair with blue, yellow and silver accents that's more voluminous than the entire top half of her body.
** Even Pokemon have this; Gardevoirs have "hair" that splits at the neck and goes over the shoulders like a pair of horns while the bangs rest on the face at a point and Gallades have their hair styled into a helmet-shape with a blue mohawk/crest with the same bangs as a Gardevoir.
** Quite a few characters in the ''VideoGame/PokemonRanger'' games have this going on. One of the most notable examples being Solana (the female protagonist of the first game), who has what appears to be a large, light blue upside-down ponytail twice as tall as her head with five large spikes jutting out from the top of it. God only knows how much hairspray is needed to hold it in that shape.
** Mirror B. from ''VideoGame/PokemonColosseum'' has a gigantic afro that's colored red on one side and white on the other, making it resemble a Pokeball.
** ''VideoGame/PokemonXDGaleOfDarkness'': Michael’s whole family has this going on (special mention goes to his mother Lily, who sports some kind of bun/beehive hybrid hairstyle that's nearly twice as big as her head). Then there's Lovrina's giant pink twintails that go down past her knees, and Dr. Kaminko's hair which sticks straight upwards and is almost three to four times as tall as his head.
** ''VideoGame/PokemonMasters'': Most of the original characters in this game have this. Professor Bellis’ is a black and white hairdo with two large tufts on the top of her head that somewhat resemble cat ears. Lear’s is basically a silver scaled-down shonen look with one spike on the right side of his head and two on the left, and Rachel's two large purple ringlets that are almost as big as her head.
* Befitting the games {{Animesque}} look, ''VideoGame/YandereSimulator'' has examples from both genders.
** One has twin-drill pigtails (that are bright purple), another has very long Miku-style pigtails, a third used to have her hair in three cobalt blue ponytails, and one has two-tone hair.
** The "Rainbow Boys" sport different colors and hairstyles, many of which follow the "generic spiky-haired anime boy" cliché… except for Ryuto, whose hair defies all logic and sense. It looks like the top of his head is on fire. He's really a ShoutOut to [[VideoGame/OsuTatakaeOuendan Ryuta Ippongi]], HotbloodedSideburns and all, and his hair used to be even more ridiculous.
* Zack, the hero of ''VideoGame/AsdivineHearts'', has hair so spiky that he quickly earns the nickname of "Pineapple Head."
* ''VideoGame/AstraSuperstars'': Given that this game uses an Anime-style aesthetic, this and plenty of other anime/manga tropes are present. Lettuce has the ShonenHair sort of style that {{Stock Shonen Hero}}es would be expected to sport. Meanwhile in terms of unnatural real-life hair colors, Maron, Coco, and Sakamoto are pink, purple and blue haired respectively.
* As he's based on the legendary swordsman UsefulNotes/MiyamotoMusashi, Haohmaru from ''VideoGame/SamuraiShodown'' sports a massive, huge, rambuctious hair. In each game, it gets wilder and wilder... bigger and bigger... until he reaches old age in the DistantFinale ''Warriors Rage''.
* In ''VideoGame/DisneyPrincessEnchantedJourney'', Zara's hair is styled into two points like princess hats, and those points have her hair spiraling to the top, where they taper off into two lengths of hair per point.
* ''VideoGame/NinjaBattleHeroes'': Most of the cast of the game has hairstyles in this manner. [[https://images.nintendolife.com/reviews/3ds-eshop/ninja_battle_heroes/large.jpg Here, have a look.]]
* ''VideoGame/ShantaeAndTheSevenSirens'': The Half-Genies: Every single one of them has a rather bizarre hairdo except for Fillin the Blank ([[spoiler:because she's not actually half-genie]]). Harmony has three {{Idiot Hair}}s and a ponytail almost as long as she is tall, Zapple has a four-pointed ponytail like a shuriken, Vera has hers styled into six coral-like "branches", and Plink has six-pointed twintails tied up with two eye-like accessories that react with her emotions.
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* ''Franchise/AceAttorney'':
** Phoenix Wright possesses what could be classified as "hedgehog hair", with spikes that protrude behind his head. His wannabe double, Furio Tigre, has similar spikes on his head. ([[RedRightHand The red skin kinda gives him away, too.]]) Lampshaded to hell and back several times over throughout the series.
** Pearl has a big pretzel on the top of her head.
** Ron [=DeLite=] has a pair of cinnamon buns on the side of his head that sproing outward when he's upset (which is often).
** Detective Luke Atmey's hair looks like he shaved his head, broke a plate, took the biggest piece, spray-painted it bright yellow, and glued it to his head.
** Redd White and April May both have unnatural hair colors--[[AmbiguouslyGay lavender]] and bright pink, respectively. Franziska von Karma has light blue hair, and Max Galactica has bright pink/purple hair.
** Pearl's mother, Morgan, has a giant bun-like hairdo that defies gravity.
** ''VisualNovel/ApolloJusticeAceAttorney'' takes it farther, Daryan has a 'do that's oddly suggestive (he claims that it's a shark, but considering how it ''droops'' when he loses confidence, well...), Drew Misham's looks like half of its hair was frozen at an angle from its head, Wocky Kitaki has tricolored hair (an orange curl in the middle, two yellow spikes, and the rest is brown) and both Gavins' hair makes a G at the side while the lower part looks like a drill.
** This trope also gets ''subverted'' in the case of Apollo's hairstyle: the [[WordOfGod directors]] state that his [[HairAntennae twin spikes]] aren't natural and he gels them very carefully every single morning. He even says at one point:
--->''"So I use a little hair gel. Relax, people!"''
** ''VisualNovel/AceAttorneyInvestigations'' has [[PunnyName Jacques Portsman]] with hair that goes in spikes, Rhoda Teneiro with her triple cube bun, and Young Kay Faraday with a ponytail that sticks up.
** Also, ze [[CampGay Flamboyantly Gay]] LethalChef Jean Armstrong has way too many tight-ass curls. Even his beard looks like a Swiss Cake Roll.
** ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorneyDualDestinies'' tones the amounts down significantly, though there's still Solomon Starbuck, whose hair is meant to look like a rocket, but more or less just looks like he's wearing a pointy red cone, and Athena Cykes, who gets a cowlick longer than her head pointing off to the side.
* ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'' has the Hound of Culann (see 'mythology') with blue hair, Archer with spiky white, Rider purple rapunzel hair and Gilgamesh looking like a DBZ reject.
** Though in Archer's case it's a side effect of using projection magic and white hair isn't unnatural to begin with.
** Note that Lancer has a blackish blue hair, a hair color that is mistaken by many people to be blue but was meant to be black. [[Franchise/{{Nasuverse}} Type Moon]] uses this often, examples include Ciel, Sakura, and Rin (though hers is mistaken to be green), all of which are said to be black by WordOfGod. Rider was never human so she has a excuse.
** Gilgamesh's hair is especially notable for its behavior. When he's in civvies, it lies flat; when he changes into armor, it usually becomes upswept like a [[Franchise/DragonBall Super Saiyan]]'s. Since he doesn't seem to be transforming anything except his clothes, there's no apparent reason for this change.
* ''{{Franchise/Danganronpa}}'':
** Quite a few of the characters in ''VisualNovel/DanganronpaTriggerHappyHavoc'', from [[http://media.tumblr.com/e44afe2cb435059b3ede035baa83accc/tumblr_inline_mlmdliaIYQ1qz4rgp.png Mondo Oowada's]] corncob pompadour to [[http://media.tumblr.com/9171c033296ecea3453600f19b665bdd/tumblr_inline_mlm4tisyIA1qz4rgp.png Celestia Ludenberg's]] twin drills [[spoiler:(though they're all but stated to be extensions of some kind due to a few events showing her without them)]] to [[http://media.tumblr.com/4a28a1ff817c5ba07cd535c8e7efbe2b/tumblr_inline_mlm6wsm4D91qz4rgp.png Yasuhiro Hagakure's]] dreadlock-afro hybrid... though most of the others do have normal hairstyles all things considered.
** From ''VisualNovel/Danganronpa2GoodbyeDespair'', there's Hinata's gigantic strand of IdiotHair (even bigger than Naegi's) that sometimes ''[[ExpressiveHair wiggles]]'' during trial scenes, Komaeda's extreme case of bed head (which is also white,) Ibuki's multi-colored hair (complete with a pair of hair horns,) and Gundam Tanaka's black-hair-with-greyish-purple streaks with one giant lock sticking straight up.
** ''VisualNovel/DanganronpaV3KillingHarmony'' gives us [[RidiculouslyHumanRobots Ki-bo's]] very spiky white hair with a ridiculously large strand of IdiotHair, Kaito's spiky purple hair that always sticks upwards in an unusual angle, and Tenko's very long BraidsOfAction that are styled in some sort of weird loop.
* Reconstructed in ''VisualNovel/KatawaShoujo''. Misha's pink princess curls, which are seen by everybody else as extremely unusual and are frequently pointed out, turn out [[spoiler: to not be her natural hairstyle at all, but one she deliberately started wearing in order to shock and annoy her crush, Shizune, in a sort of passive-aggressive retaliation for rejecting her homosexual advances. She cuts it off later down Shizune's route, and in the end you get to a see a flashback of her from a year ago with completely unremarkable, brown, straight hair.]]
* In [=EP4=] of ''VisualNovel/UminekoWhenTheyCry'', DeadpanSnarker Ange [[LampshadeHanging told]] [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/battler.jpg Battler]] to "Leave the jokes to [his] hairstyle." Said hairstyle is spiky enough to warrant the jab.
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* ''WebAnimation/HomestarRunner'': Parodied in the WebAnimation/StrongBadEmail "japanese cartoon", where Strong Bad imagines himself as an anime character having vivid blue hair for some reason (apparently just because "you gotta have blue hair").
* ''WebAnimation/SSSWarriorCats'' is an {{animesque}} adaptation of the first ''Literature/WarriorCats'' book. The artists took the TuftOfHeadFur and took it to its natural anime-ish extreme. For example, Spottedleaf has a huge tuft of fur going down her face.
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[[folder:Webcomics]]
* In ''Webcomic/GunnerkriggCourt'', Red is quite annoyed to discover [[HumanityEnsues upon becoming a human]] that her hair lays flat. In her prior life as a [[TheFairFolk fairy]], she had shoulder-length hair that stuck straight up.
* Karn, of ''Webcomic/{{Adventurers}}'', uses [[http://www.adventurers-comic.com/d/0027.html Hero Hair brand hair gel]].
** {{Lampshade|Hanging}}d [[http://adventurers.keenspot.com/d/20011019.html here]].
* On a less drastic note, many characters in ''Webcomic/{{Misfile}}'' have incredibly shiny hair. [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] in [[http://www.misfile.com/misfile/2004-12-31 this]] CrossOver comic.
** A more recent character, Logan, is a textbook example of Anime Hair.
* Lance from ''Webcomic/GoldCoinComics''.
* Jiro from ''Webcomic/{{Sakana}}'' has hair that looks like a shark fin.
* Oasis from ''Webcomic/SluggyFreelance'' sports some insanely large quadruple ponytails. Like her knives and assassin outfit, this hair style is seemingly regenerated every time she comes BackFromTheDead.
** Lampshaded in [[http://www.sluggy.com/daily.php?date=010220 this]] strip.
* Played with in ''Webcomic/QuestionableContent'', in Steve and Marten's first battle with Vespavenger, where Marten comments that his hair isn't spiky enough to convincingly pull off a battle-pose.
* Hsin in ''Webcomic/{{Rhapsodies}}''. Though in his case he just uses [[http://rhapsodies.wpmorse.com/?p=970 too much hair product]].
* ''Webcomic/PennyArcade's'' main characters have very zero-G hair, but Gabe once had it [[http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/1999/06/30/ styled]] to maximum spikiness.
* ''Webcomic/{{Megatokyo}}'': Largo's hair. As pointed out in one of the books, Solid Snake has a mullet, and Largo's hair seems to be as long in the opposite direction. Shirt Guy Dom comes in to point out that this is usually referred to as 'disdain for gravity.'
* ''Webcomic/CaseyAndAndy''. Casey's hair has this spike that sticks forward like a narwhal. At one point, the artist decided to revert to the ''really'' pointy former hairstyle, and had Casey invent a machine to make his hair pointier.
* ''Webcomic/CyanideAndHappiness'': Subverted in general, as nearly every character is drawn without hair at all. Parodied specifically in [[http://www.explosm.net/comics/1355 this strip]].
* Referenced by name in [[http://maskedretriever.com/uh/d/20020702.html this strip]] of ''Webcomic/UmlautHouse''.
* ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'': John's hair has been described as Bed Hair 2: [[OddlyNamedSequel2ElectricBoogaloo Bed]] [[Film/DieHard Harder.]] His {{Troll}} counterpart, Karkat takes that style further with some impressive ShonenHair. Yet both of their hair styles are downright tame in comparasion to [[TheStoner Gamzee]], whose hair easily makes up a third of his body and bends and sticks in impossible ways. Dave and Dirk, on the other hand, both have hairstyles that look like [[AnimalMotifs birds]].
** Then we meet [[http://mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=005414 Gamzee's ancestor]], later outdone by [[http://www.mspaintadventures.com/scratch.php?s=6&p=005963 Her Imperious Condescension]], Feferi's ancestor.
** Although Homestuck only uses the style part of this trope, not the colour. All human characters have black or blond hair, and all trolls have black hair. The exception is Eridan, who has a tuft of purple hair.
** Karkat's hair has a ''right angle'' in it. Seriously, [[http://www.mspaintadventures.com/storyfiles/hs2/01994_1.gif look at it!]]
** The [[http://img3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20110211002745/mspaintadventures/images/9/95/Mindfang.gif Marquise Spinneret Mindfang]]. You see that[[note]]completely black[[/note]] hat? That's... not a hat.
* ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'':
** There are some rather odd hairstyles, although largely confined to the supporting cast, apart from Grace's enormous (literal) HairAntennae. Noah has really long hair with asymmetrical bangs and a ponytail that doesn't look entirely attached to his main hairdo, Vlad's hair has weird bits that stick up at the back despite having very long hair (also bicolored hair; it's blond with black tips), Damien had a weird mullet-thing, Hedge's hair is basically a bunch of hedgehog spikes... the list goes on.
** When Nanase gets [[GenderBender turned into a man]], she gets a bizarre hairstyle that Tedd definitely didn't do on purpose. Especially odd since her hair while female was perfectly mundane.
--->'''Nanase:''' Hey, Tedd? I've been meaning to ask you something...\\
'''Tedd:''' I'm sorry, Nanase, but I have no idea why your male form has cockatoo hair!\\
'''Nanase:''' What!? That's not what I was wondering about!\\
'''Tedd:''' Well, you ''should''. It's downright bizarre.
** Ashley has six strands of hair that poke straight out from the edge of her hairline and fall down at a 90 degree angle. It's one of the more out-there hairdos. Even stranger, anytime she takes down her ponytail, the strands of hair fall too, implying they're somehow being held up like that.
* Webcomic/{{Nosfera}} from the web comic of the same name sports a mild example.
* Mike, as well as several of the customers, in ''Webcomic/MikeBookseller''.
* One look at Drake or Daniel's hair in ''Webcomic/MoonCrest24'', and you'll know it right away--those are some pretty zany hair-do's!
* Billy Thatcher in ''[[{{Webcomic/morphe}} morphE]]'' has a fairly mild example of anime hair, but is the only member of the cast who does which makes it stand out far more than it should.
* In ''Webcomic/{{Heartcore}}'', Ame has pink hair with green bangs, a style that has been likened to a strawberry.
* ''Webcomic/FarOutThere'' Trigger's got an [[http://faroutthere.smackjeeves.com/comics/1344275/page-402-pity-the-poor-peacemaker/ improbably]] [[http://faroutthere.smackjeeves.com/comics/1350713/page-403-insecurity/ large]] mess of spiky brown hair.
** Megaweapon used to have an even more [[http://faroutthere.smackjeeves.com/comics/1272024/page-373-surely-nothing-bad-can-come-of-this/ anime-esque]] head of multi-colored SpikyHair, though it [[http://faroutthere.smackjeeves.com/comics/1906776/page-617-hair-today-gone-tomorrow/ didn't last forever]]. While the new hair is still unusually colored, at least it obeys gravity.
* ''Webcomic/TheBirdFeeder'' has [[http://thebirdfeeder.com/characters#item-9 Exotic]], an exotic bird with crown feathers resembling wacky anime hair.
* ''Webcomic/TheNoordegraafFiles'' features Akila, a NatureSpirit who has blue spiked hair that's as tall has her head. Davis', Katrina's and Theo's hairstyles could also count, to a lesser degree.
* ''Webcomic/SynodicReboot'': Most characters tend to have pointy, wavy hairstyles. Further accentuated as "anime" by the adlets' hair dye.
* Tragically {{deconstructed|Trope}} in ''Webcomic/{{Lookism}}''. While his now-blind mother thinks that he disappeared, Johan secretly visits her barber shop once a month using a false identity. While her lack of sight doesn't cause her to injure her very few costumers, the results are lackluster.
* Orrick in ''Webcomic/UndeadFriend'' has your standard insane anime hairstyle that sometimes get commented on, but his personality doesn't really fit into the {{Shonen Hair}} trope.
* Sock from ''Webcomic/WelcomeToHell'' has his hair at about a 90 degree angle from his head when he removes his hat.
* In ''Webcomic/AskWhitePearlAndStevenAlmostAnything'', Steven's hair is naturally spiky and roughly resembles a five-pointed star similar to his mother White Diamond.
* Anime hair is rather prevalent in ''Webcomic/RiseOfTheHeroes'' with the main character Andrew having spiky upwards hair like a flame and it isn't limited to him either. Several of his party members have varying degrees of anime hair.
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* Rob and Wyn from the web fiction serial ''Literature/DimensionHeroes'', who seem to have the only gravity-defying hair in the whole series.
* Tennyo of the ''Literature/WhateleyUniverse'' literally has anime hair, since she's stuck with the hair of [[Anime/TenchiMuyo Ryoko]] and can't cut it or even dye it.
* [[ShoutOut Marona]] from ''Literature/LandGames'' actually ties her dress together with locks of her own hair.
* The [[https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/spot-the-main-character "Spot the Main Character"]] meme is all about this trope, with the meme showing an anime screenshot of a character with an weird hair color often styled in a bizarre hairstyle among a crowd of people with black and brown hair in generic hairstyles.

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[[folder:Web Videos]]
* In ''WebVideo/VaguelyRecallingJoJo'', Polnareff's hair gets noted as very odd by many characters. It even grows to a ridiculous height during the Death 13 arc, but no-one reacts it.
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[[folder:Western Animation]]
* ''WesternAnimation/AudreyAndFriends'' has Constance's enormous red hair which has several curls going in near-endless directions and a massive cowlick on the very top of her head.
* ''WesternAnimation/PerfectHairForever'' parodies this trope by giving the BigBad, Coiffio, ludicrously giant wavy hair that constantly changes color.
* Mandy of ''WesternAnimation/TheGrimAdventuresOfBillyAndMandy'' has blond hair that forms two horns, as befitting of her devilish nature.
* The eponymous character of ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfJimmyNeutronBoyGenius'' [[RunningGag regularly]] receives flak from various people for his ice cream/fudge swirl of a head.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'':
** Marge Simpson is technically eight-and-a-half feet tall with that blue beehive of hers.
** There's also Bart and Lisa's "hair". In one episode, we discover that Marge cuts Lisa's and Bart's hair using templates (they look like spray paint stencils). Another episode has them realize that they functionally have no hair lines and thus can't tell the difference between their hair and their head.
--->'''Lisa:''' Yeah, um. The templates had a great run, but we want our hair to look like ''people'' hair.
** Sideshow Bob has an afro shaped like a palm tree. It's kind of interesting how he may have inherited his hairstyle from his mother, Dame Judith Underdunk, which he later passes on to his son Gino.
* Egon Spengler in ''WesternAnimation/TheRealGhostbusters''. Presumably it is a pompadour, but it is drawn like some sort of curl... tube... thing.
* Robin in the animated ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans2003'' is given spiky, upright hair (which according to one waking-up sequence requires half a jar of gel). And let's not even get into ''[[http://api.ning.com/files/uXaJct*Gcy7LLuKswZANE-6-0Yrwnm4nP2TES5eiwVM_/Jinx.jpg Jinx's]]'' hair. Considering in [[ComicBook/TeenTitans the source comics]] Jinx is bald, it might be fair pickens.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'''s Fry has what is described as "horn hair". Although he can slick it down when he wants to, according to the episode with Eighties Guy.
-->'''That Guy:''' Hair gel?\\
'''Fry:''' No thanks. [[{{Squick}} I make my own]].
* Cindy from the ''WesternAnimation/TheBoondocks'', whose hair bears a striking resemblance to [[Franchise/StreetFighter Cammy's]].
* Hak Fu from ''WesternAnimation/JackieChanAdventures'' has spiky red hair. But seeing as he's a parody of an anime character, it's to be expected. Uncle also has a spiky hairstyle.
* Brad from ''WesternAnimation/MyLifeAsATeenageRobot'' has three red spikes that make up his hair. Dr. Wakeman also has a tall spiky hairstyle.
* In ''WesternAnimation/CodeLyoko'', Odd Della Robbia has spiky blond hair with a purple spot in front. The prequel episode implies that it isn't naturally spiky (at least in the real world), but that he uses gel to keep it that way, inspired by his Lyoko avatar. But it seems like the purple spot is natural, since it doesn't fade when he takes a shower, goes swimming, or, in one episode, is almost drowned by XANA.
* ''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom'':
** Vlad Plasmius. Seriously, HOW does he style his hair like that? Does he just dump 300 L of hairgel onto his head?
** Don't forget [[PsychoForHire Dark Danny]]. His hair is [[RuleOfCool a FLAMING PONYTAIL]] for crying out loud. It's not just an effect, it ''actually sets a gas tank on fire''.
%%* WesternAnimation/{{Freakazoid}}'s hairdo.
* ''WesternAnimation/InvaderZim'':
** Dib's hair is like a scythe blade, pointing back over his head. Possibly hereditary, since his dad has a similar hairstyle, except it's shaped more like a lightning bolt. We do see in one montage into the future [[spoiler:[[LotusEaterMachine well, kinda]]]] that his hair continues to grow longer, with more "lightning jaggies" showing up as he gets older.
** Hell, look at Gaz's hair style, which looks like the open mouth of a crocodile. Weird hair must run in the family.
* The title character in ''WesternAnimation/AeonFlux'', along with some minor characters. Subtly {{Lampshade|Hanging}}d in one episode when Aeon accidentally gets her hair wet and it falls in her face. She has to comb it straight, indicating that she in fact makes an effort to make it look like that. At later points in the series she is again shown with straight hair.
* When [[ThePsychoRangers the Rowdyruff Boys]] first showed up to mess with WesternAnimation/{{The Powerpuff Girls|1998}}, they had pretty normal hairstyles. But once Him resurrected them, in addition to removing their initial weakness, he made their hair grow out and spiked them up a bit. The girls' reaction upon seeing their new hairstyles, of course, is to laugh.
-->'''Brick:''' Stop laughing! What are you laughing at?\\
'''Blossom:''' ''[mockingly]'' Oh no, look who's back with mean hair!\\
'''Bubbles:''' ''[also mockingly]'' Oh, whatever shall we do?\\
'''Buttercup:''' ''[the same]'' How can we defeat their scary new hairdos?
* Pretty much everyone in ''WesternAnimation/{{Trollz}}'' has this, except for Simon, the BigBad, and Jasper, who used to have an enormous afro. Then Amethyst cast a spell and removed his hair permanently.
* The ''Series/DoctorWho'' [[AnimatedAdaptation CG-animated special]] "Dreamland" took Creator/DavidTennant's already-odd hairstyle and gave it a bit of an upgrade.
* On ''WesternAnimation/JimmyTwoShoes'', Jimmy has hair that sticks straight up in the front. Saffi and [[RichBitch Jez]], meanwhile, have their hair piled up high.
* Joey Felt from ''WesternAnimation/AtomicPuppet'' has a large spikey hairdo that sticks up high. It's been mentioned that he tends to take very long showers because "it's a lot of hair to wash".
* ''WesternAnimation/KaBlam'':
** Sniz has this green mohawk that needs A TON of hair gel to keep up.
** Also, Henry's hair seems to be straight, curly, and spikey at the same time.
** Larry, too. He's usually seen with pretty messy red hair. He even complained about it in one episode.
* In ''WesternAnimation/ExoSquad'', the hairstyles of 22nd century Earth defy description. Random strips of hair are shaved off, and weird combinations of hairstyles exist (such as a mohawk/mullet), for both men and women!
* ''WesternAnimation/ThunderCats2011'' has an abundance of oddly-styled multi-colored hair amongst its {{Catfolk}} protagonists, that's quite deliberately {{Animesque}}, like Lion-O's raspberry-red ShonenHair mane, [=WilyKit=]'s bright-red purple skunk-striped DelinquentHair, and her brother [=WilyKat=]'s IdiotHair.
* Nearly every character in ''WesternAnimation/StormHawks'' has a spiky hairstyle of varying degrees, most notably the main human characters.
* Quite a few characters from ''WesternAnimation/MagiNation'' have this going on, one of the most iconic being Edyn’s enormous orange hair styled in a massive ponytail with a base bigger than her head and huge partially face-obscuring bangs that stay in a fixed shape.
* Brett and Yoko from ''WesternAnimation/TeamGalaxy'' both possess wacky hair designs. In fact, in one episode, Yoko panics when her pigtails are cut off, resulting in a more modest hairdo.
* Zack Freeman of ''WesternAnimation/TheDayMyButtWentPsycho'' has hair extends a ludicrous distance forward from his head. {{Lampshade|Hanging}}d by Silus Stern, who occasionally refers to him as "the boy with weird hair".
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Detentionaire}}'''s main character, the Korean-Canadian [[http://detentionaire.wikia.com/wiki/Lee_Ping Lee Ping]], has what appears to be a mullet with emo bangs, the top half of which is bright red in appearance. Flashbacks and pictures of his childhood reveals that he'd had the coloration for a while. [[NonconformistDyedHair Due to it's appearance]], Lee's hairstyle is constantly commented on, questioned, and mocked by other characters; though Lee himself doesn't see what the big deal is.
-->'''Lee:''' What's wrong with my hair?
* The title character of ''WesternAnimation/HeyArnold'' has tall, spiky blond hair.
* The Gems of ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'' tend to have this; Pearl's sticks up to a point, Garnet has a square afro (a hairstyle shared by Rubies), Peridot's hair is triangular, Yellow Diamond has a double pompadour, et cetera. It's {{justified|Trope}} since they are aliens whose bodies are HardLight projections, and humans tend to have less outlandish hair styles.
* Emperor Dark from ''WesternAnimation/StarcomTheUSSpaceforce'' has the same kind of wide, flaring flattop haircut as [[Franchise/StreetFighter Guile]].
* In the ''WesternAnimation/TheAmazingWorldOfGumball'' episode "The Console", Gumball Darwin and Anais all get anime hair after Gumball tells them that they have to get to the final boss before they do. Specifically, Gumball has [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII Cloud's Hair and Darwin has Sephiroth's]]. Anais' hairstyle has a mix of [[VideoGame/TrinityUniverse Rizelea]] and [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyBraveExvius Sakura]] according to Website/{{Wikipedia}}.
* Several characters in ''WesternAnimation/AngeloRules'' have messy or spiky hairstyles which defy all logic. Angelo himself has gravity-defying spikes ending in a point. Lola has a normal pigtails hairstyle, but its colour is pink. Then there's Ethan, who has messy hair similar to that of [[Manga/DeathNote L]], but coloured purple.
* ''WesternAnimation/ReadyJetGo'': Jet's hair is quite spiky. Seriously, it must take lots of hair gel for his hair to stay up like that. He seems to take great pride in his hair as well, as shown in episodes like "You Can Call Me Albedo", "Detective Mindy", and "Earth, Wind, and Flyer".
* ''WesternAnimation/XavierRiddleAndTheSecretMuseum'': Xavier has voluminous, poofy hair. It makes him look like a young [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure Josuke]].
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