History Main / BoyishShortHair

* ''Webcomic/PrincessPrincess'': As part of her overall more masculine look as an {{action girl}} tomboy, Amira has hers in a mohawk.

** Of the earlier {{Action Girl}}s among the [[GirlOfTheWeek Bond Girls]], only [[https://i.pinimg.com/originals/58/88/75/58887593f4702ea97405654aaddf8da0.jpg Pam Bouvier]] from ''Film/LicenceToKill'' sports this, trimming it down from EightiesHair after an (offscreen) ExpositoryHairstyleChange.
** Later on there's [[https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTyVN9pn_Om6p0L7qxo8K2jrfJYPGUKNrFR_g&usqp=CAU Jinx]] from ''Film/DieAnotherDay''.

* ''ComicBook/WonderGirl'': Cassie Sandsmark [[ComicBook/WonderWoman1987 originally]] had an incredibly short boyish hair cut to reflect her tomboy sensibilities, which she hid underneath a black wig while in uniform.

* ''VideoGame/ArtOfFighting'' and ''VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters'':
** King is a {{bifauxnen}} kickboxer, whose prowess nearly rivals that of deuteragonist [[CulturedBadass Robert Garcia]]. She becomes a TeamMom in ''VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters'' since she's usually in charge of the All Women's Team.
** Athena Asamiya cut her hair like this in ''VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters 2001''. The game prior (''2000'') it was short but tied into a bun. She normally wears her hair long (which it goes back to in ''2002'' and beyond).

** Najd from ''VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters XIV'' also sports this in her concept art and promotional artworks. It's a downplayed trope, however, as she usually hides her hair underneath a hijab.

* ''VideoGame/BlazBlue'' gives us Makoto Nanaya in ''VideoGame/BlazBlueContinuumShift'' and Bullet in ''Characters/BlazBlueChronoPhantasma''. Both have short hair in a series ''rife'' with long hair, and both are fist-fighting {{Action Girl}}s.

* ''ComicBook/GenderQueerAMemoir'': Maia cuts eir hair short in adulthood, disliking long hair given it [[LongHairIsFeminine showcases a femininity]] which doesn't fit em.

* ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'':
** Averted for [[Characters/AvatarTheLastAirbenderTophBeifong Toph]], whose hairstyle (which gets mistaken for this trope) is actually a hair bun since she is seen with her hair down twice: In a bedhead variant in "The Tales of Ba Sing Se" and in a non-bedhead variant at the end of "Korra Alone".
** ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'': [[Characters/TheLegendOfKorraAvatarKorra Korra]] fashions her hair in [[TomboyishPonytail a ponytail]] for the first three seasons but near the beginning of the fourth season, she cuts her hair short into a shoulder-length bob, while she's roaming the Earth Kingdom in secret during her HeroicBSOD.

* Sported by ActionGirl Fontaine in ''WesternAnimation/TheDeep''. When you spend as much time in the water as she does, short hair is way more practical.
* Patti Mayonnaise fills this spot in Creator/{{Nickelodeon}}'s ''WesternAnimation/{{Doug}}''. She's best friends with Doug and Skeeter and often participates in sports. One episode even has her pull a SweetPollyOliver in order to try out for the school softball team, which didn't work out for her. [[StartMyOwn So she made her own team to challenge the school's!]] In the Disney series, she gets her haircut even shorter.

* On ''WesternAnimation/InvaderZim'', Dib's little sister Gaz is a gruff and tough GamerChick who grunts, growls, and shoves her way to vengeance should anyone come between her and her video games or pizza. She sports an inverted bob cut shaped like a set of jaws, befitting her menacing personality. Also worth mentioning is Tak, an equally tough DarkActionGirl villain on the show who sports an even shorter spiky, punky bob cut (while in her human disguise mode).

** ''VideoGame/HarvestMoonAWonderfulLife'', its spinoffs ''VideoGame/HarvestMoonDS'' and DS Cute, and its remake ''VideoGame/StoryOfSeasonsAWonderfulLife'' have Nami, a [[TheDrifter drifter]] with a MysteriousPast. Unlike the other bachelorettes, she never wears a dress even after you marry her, and always wears shorts and keeps her bright red hair short. She's also more aloof and a lot harder to woo than the others, who all can be romanced with flowers--the only flower she likes is the Autumn Trick Blue (which in the remake turns crops a bright shade of blue if mixed with their seeds) and much more prefers weird cool things from the dig site.

* Noa Izumi from ''Anime/{{Patlabor}}'', due to her tomboyish appearance. Kumagami also counts though despite being a {{bifauxnen}}, she's a TomboyWithAGirlyStreak.

* ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'':
** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'': Yuffie the TomboyPrincess has quite short hair perhaps in contrast to Aeirth and ''especially'' Tifa who has massive long hair. Elena from the Turks has short hair as well reflecting that she's OneOfTheBoys.
** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIX'': In one scene, when Garnet (aka Dagger) cuts off much of her hair into a bob hairstyle it signifies her having TookALevelInBadass and also becoming a bit more boyish. She grows it back out to its original length in the ending after she [[spoiler: reunites with Zidane and becomes Queen of Alexandria]].
** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXII'': Ashe is less feminine than other princesses in the series and has shorter hair.
* Both Kairi in ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsI'' and Xion in ''VideoGame/KingdomHearts358DaysOver2''. Promotional material for ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsIII'' indicates that she is back to this look for this game.

* ''Franchise/StreetFighter'':
** Sakura a massive {{Tomboy}} has always had short hair since her debut, her hair is longer in her [[VideoGame/StreetFighterIV SFIV]] ending where some time has passed but even it's doesn't go past her neck.
** When ''[[VideoGame/StreetFighterIII SF III: 3rd Strike]]'' originally debuted, gamers couldn't tell whether Makoto was a boyish-looking girl or a feminine looking boy. At least, until they saw [[HiddenBuxom her dizzy animation.]] Elena also sports short white hair which is ignored due to her fighting in a tribal bikini that emphasizes her [[ExtremityExtremist long legs]].
** Out of the [[AmazonBrigade Dolls]] Juni has the shortest haircut similar to King from [=KOF=].

** King (pictured above) is a {{bifauxnen}} kickboxer, whose prowess nearly rivals that of deuteragonist [[CulturedBadass Robert Garcia]]. She becomes a TeamMom in ''VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters'' since she's usually in charge of the All Women's Team.

* ''VideoGame/Persona4'':
** Chie Satonaka from has shorter hair than her friend Yukiko and is into more "boyish" things like martial arts. Although their Personas invert this. Chie's Personas Tomoe Gozen and Suzuka Gongen have long hair, while Yukiko's Personas Konohana Sakuya and Amaterasu have short hair. This is meant to symbolize how Chie admires Yukiko's femininity while Yukiko respects Chie's energy and enthusiasm.
** This trope is later taken to its logical conclusion when Naoto Shirogane is revealed to be a {{Bifauxnen}} SweetPollyOliver... with, naturally, boyishly short hair.
** In the epilogue [[https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcR-cL4XkRYHhl6jtqDoJF_A8C0y5xzcMYLzFw&usqp=CAU both Chie and Naoto have grown their hair out slightly while ironically Yukio has cut her hair short]].
* ''VideoGame/FearAndHunger'': As a trained since childhood knight delving into a dangerous dungeon for the sake of her captain, D'arce's hair is cut short.

* ''[[VideoGame/SoulSeries Soul Calibur II]]'': [[http://www.fightabase.com/images/chars/game/cassandra-4.jpg Cassandra Alexandra]], is another example. Unlike her sister Sophitia, she's brash and somewhat impulsive but usually means well. In the fourth game, she's determined to destroy VideoGame/SoulEdge and free her sister once and for all. The length and style of her hair vary depending on the costume the player selects, but it's usually kept short.
* ''Franchise/ResidentEvil'':
** Rebecca Chambers of [[VideoGame/ResidentEvil0 RE0]] fame has very short boyish hair in contrast to the shoulder length bobs of Jill and Ada or the TomboyishPonytail of Claire, ironically Rebecca is far more girly than any of them.
** Zoe Baker from [[VideoGame/ResidentEvil7 RE7]] has short messy hair which fits her tough and serious attitude.
* Kumatora from ''VideoGame/Mother3'' has this. Likewise, she hates wearing dresses and other girly clothes, often uses less-than-elegant language and is overall depicted as a tomboy. Interestingly enough though, her Boyish Short Hair is ''pink''.
* ''VideoGame/BlazBlue'' gives us [[VideoGame/BlazBlueContinuumShift Makoto Nanaya]] and [[Characters/BlazBlueChronoPhantasma Bullet]]. Both have short hair in a series ''rife'' with long hair, and both are fist-fighting {{Action Girl}}s.
* ''VideoGame/Bayonetta2'''s titular witch sports a haircut like this, in stark contrast to [[VideoGame/{{Bayonetta}} the previous game]]. [[http://zombiesatemygames.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/Bayonetta-Hair.jpg Read 'em]] [[http://images.vg247.com/current//2013/06/Bayonetta-2-7.jpg and weep]]. In the first game, it was [[TheRival Jeanne]] who had the short, boyish 'do, but swapped the look for long hair in the sequel.
* In ''Franchise/MassEffect'' series, female Shepard's hair can't go past about chin length without modding; most options range somewhere between "short ponytail" and "recently shaved". Also, of your female teammates in ''2'' - those that have visible hair, anyway (which discounts Samara, Tali and Kazumi) - the more conventionally feminine (although still badass) Miranda has long hair, while TheLadette Jack has a recently shaved head, and her CharacterDevelopment into a more well-rounded and less AxCrazy persona is marked by [[ExpositoryHairstyleChange letting her hair grow out a bit]].
* ''VideoGame/RivalSchools'' has [[HugeSchoolgirl Natsu Ayuhara]], the captain of Gorin High's volleyball team. According to her character bio, her teammates look up to her as both a CoolBigSis and a role model, because of her natural athleticism and because they know [[AFatherToHisMen she'll protect them.]]
* ''VideoGame/Fallout4'': Your companion Curie changes her appearance as part of her personal quest. Her new look has Boyish Short Hair, but this is not a personality marker.
* Princess Daisy's hair in ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'' hair was originally long but she cut off a good chunk for ''VideoGame/MarioParty4''. She's a more sporty and loud TomboyPrincess than either Princess Peach or Rosalina.

* Hagumi Kitazawa in ''VideoGame/BangDreamGirlsBandParty''.

* During the flashbacks in ''VideoGame/MetroidOtherM'', teenaged Samus is shown with very short hair that reflects her hot headed personality and attitude. She constantly butted heads with her superior officer, Adam, and hated how the other soldiers treated her like a child or went easy on her just because she was a woman.

** Sanakan's short black hair frames a fair face with a [[PerpetualFrowner perpetual scowl]]. Despite having RavenHairIvorySkin, she is a coarse, HotBlooded KidHero and Hunter in [[TheApprentice training]], with a preference for [[DropTheHammer big-ass hammers]] and [[{{BFS}} big-ass swords]].