A list of tropes dealing with ears or any part of the ear.
See also: Eye Tropes, Nose Tropes, and These Tropes Are Made for Walking
- Animal-Eared Headband: A headband with fake animal ears on it.
- Ear Ache: Damage or painful actions done to one's ear(s).
- Ear Cleaning: Someone cleaning out another's ears, often with an ear pick.
- Ear Fins: Fins for ears.
- Ear Notch: A piece of flesh from a character's ear is missing to denote their personality or temperament.
- Ear-Piercing Plot: A young character wants their ears pierced, but is either too scared to do it or is forbidden from doing so by their parents.
- Ear Trumpet: A conical hearing aid, occasionally used to show that a work took place a while ago, but usually used for Rule of Funny.
- Ear Wings: A character or creature with ears large enough to function as wings and allow flight.
- Ears as Hair: Long ears treated as hair.
- Expressive Ears: When a character's moods can be read by looking at their ears.
- High-Pressure Emotion: Steam comes out of a character's ears to show that they're embarrassed or angry.
- In One Ear, Out The Other: Things going directly from one ear to either the brain or other ear.
- Obligatory Earpiece Touch: Characters communicating via earpiece will feel the need to touch it frequently.
- Pointy Ears: Ears with points on them.
- Removing the Earpiece: When a character removes an earpiece, it means they're going to disobey an order, go rogue, or play solo.
- Sprouting Ears: A character sprouting Unusual Ears or other animal features (paws, tails, etc.) during certain moments to accentuate certain aspects of their personality.
- Unusual Ears: Characters with non-standard ears.
