History Main / HereditaryHairstyle

* Goku's younger son, Goten, from ''Franchise/DragonBall'' has the same exact hair as his father (from birth according to the movie ''Anime/DragonBallZBioBroly''), who has the same hair as ''his'' father, Bardock. Likewise, Vegeta and his father, King Vegeta, have identically ridiculous hairstyles. It also has a rare cross-gender example in Dr. Briefs, his daughter Bulma (when not permed), and her son Trunks. By the DistantFinale of ''Anime/DragonBallZ'', Goten has grown his hair out specifically to look less like his dad, though his new hairstyle ironically resembles that of his paternal grandmother, Gine. The NonSerialMovie ''Anime/DragonBallZTheTreeOfMight'' implies that Goku and company's hairstyle belongs to a particular genetic type common to Saiyans in Bardock's (original) power level, as unrelated character Turles is shown to have the exact same look as well.

* Usagi and her KidFromTheFuture Chibi-Usa both wear their hair in exaggerated {{odango}}s in ''Franchise/SailorMoon''. So does Queen Serenity, Usagi's mother... ''in a past life.'' The parody [[Manga/SailorMoon manga]] ''Parallel Sailor Moon'' introduces the daughters of the four Guardian Senshi, who look exactly like their mothers (hairstyles included) and [[SignificantNameOverlap have the same names]].

* ''Anime/YuGiOh'': Yugi's hair spikes are inherited from his grandfather, though this is less obvious until the chapter where we see Sugoroku as a young man.
* ''Manga/NegimaMagisterNegiMagi'': Negi Springfield inherited his father Nagi's spiky red hair.
* In ''Anime/MetalFightBeyblade'', Gingka and his father have the exactly same hairstyle, even with matching headbands. However, his father's hair is a darker red.
* ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann'': The ''Parallel Works 8'' video shows that Lordgenome as a child had the same multi-colored hair as his daughter Nia, and in the same style as when she had it cut short (as opposed to now, where he has no hair at all).

* Manga/{{Yaiba}} seems to have inherited his hair from his father.
* In ''Manga/{{Nichijou}}'', Nakanojou and [[spoiler:The Daifuku Guy]] have mohawks.
* Shobu's DisappearedDad in ''Anime/DuelMasters'' shares his absurdly big AnimeHair.
* Asem, the second-generation protagonist of ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamAGE'', has a more masculine version of his mother's short haircut + ponytail.

* The ''Franchise/LyricalNanoha'' franchise has an adopted child version with Vivio, whose OlderAlterEgo shares the same side-ponytail hairstyle as her Nanoha-mama. She'd wear it in child form too if she could, but the ''Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaStrikers'' manga showed that all that concentrated hair causes her to tip over to the side. However, Vivio has the same GirlishPigtails as Nanoha when she was a child.
** Chrono and Amy's kids inherited Amy's IdiotHair.
** Fate's hairstyle during ''Force'' is basically a hybrid of her mothers', resembling pre-insanity Precia from the front with Lindy's pigtail in the back.
* ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' basically has the same hair as his father [[spoiler:the Fourth Hokage]], but got his face from his mother. Similarly, [[spoiler: Boruto takes his looks after his father (Naruto), but got his face from his mother (Hinata).]]
* ''Anime/DayBreakIllusion'': Akari and her mother Hinata don't have the ''exact'' has hairstyle, but they both have this odd hair-crescent thing. It sounds weirder than it looks.

* ''Manga/LuckyStar'': Konata and Kanata Izumi also are a clear example of this trope; not only do they have the same hairstyle but they also share the same hair color. Well, with the exception that the daughter additionally has the [[IdiotHair ahoge]].
* ''Franchise/KagerouProject'': All of the gorgons (Azami, daughter Shion, granddaughter Marry) have the same hairstyle - wavy long hair, which sits separately, like snakes - with some slight variation (mainly Shion, who lacks a fringe). The snake-like appearance of their hair is actually plot-relevant, as it's how the villagers identify them as 'monsters' and justify attacking them.
* In ''Manga/GourmetGirlGraffiti'', females from the extended Machiko-Morino household (Ryou, her mother, her aunts Akira and Kirin's mother and Ryou's grandmother) all have brown hair and curls that looks like downplayed OjouRinglets.

* The epilogue of ''Manga/{{Ojojojo}}'' shows that Haru's child inherited her HairIntakes.
* ''Manga/KaguyaSamaLoveIsWar'':
** When a flashback finally reveals what the Shirogane siblings' MissingMom looked like on the day she left, it's shown that her hair was basically identical to how Kei wears it in the present. The only difference is that Kei has a black ribbon.
** [[spoiler:Hayasaka's]] hairstyle didn't really resemble either of their parents' at first, though [[spoiler:she]] starts doing so after an ImportantHaircut, [[spoiler:mimicking her mother's bobcut with a slightly different fringe in the front. It's also revealed near the end of the series that the black wig she wears for her [[DisguisedInDrag Haysaca-kun]] disguise was modeled after her father.]]
* ''Literature/MyNextLifeAsAVillainessAllRoutesLeadToDoom'': [[ReincarnationIdentifyingTrait While not exactly "hereditary"]], Sophia's hair is basically identical to [[spoiler:her past life Atsuko, just wavy and with additional sidelocks.]]
* A flashback from ''Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureStardustCrusaders'' shows that Kakyoin got his signature "hair noodle" from [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/jjba/images/b/bb/Kakyoin%27s_Mom.png/revision/latest?cb=20180324062845 his mom]] and most likely his red hair color as well.
* ''Manga/AyakashiTriangle'':
** In a strange case, Matsuri's hair started out much shorter than his mother Matoi's, so it only looked slightly similar. After Matsuri is subject to RapidHairGrowth, he starts tying it up in a tuft much the same as Matoi did at his age (and less often in the present), but without her bangs. Matsuri's hair is also much [[SpikyHair spikier]], something he gets from his grandfather Seigen.
** Suzu, her brother Ritta, and their mother all have bob cuts. In a flashback, Suzu shows off her current haircut for the first time and points out how it makes her resemble her mother. Later it's shown this was an ImportantHaircut symbolizing [[spoiler:when Suzu's [[SplitPersonality current personality]] formed; Suzu choosing to look more like her mother is appropriate, as she'd just lost her PastLifeMemories of growing up with anyone else]].
* ''Manga/HunterXHunter'': Gon and his father Ging both have naturally spiky black hair with green highlights.
* ''Manga/DemonSlayerKimetsuNoYaiba'': Kyojuro Rengoku shares his distinctive spiky, red-tipped yellow hair with his father and brother. Fitting ElementalHairColors for a family who practices the Flame Breathing style of swordsmanship.

* ComicBook/{{Impulse}}'s hilariously big, poofy hair comes from his mother, Meloni.

* ''Comicbook/TheBeano'':
** Following an in-universe makeover, ComicStrip/DennisTheMenaceUK's dad went from being bald to having a shorter and more controlled version of his son's distinctive spikes. (A later {{Retcon}} would make it so that this version of Dennis's Dad had been Eighties Dennis himself.) Dennis's little sister Bea also has spiky hair.
** Roger the Dodger's dad has the same tuft at the front as his son does.
** Billy Whizz, his dad, and his little brother Alfie are all bald except for two HairAntennae. Billy and his dad have stubble, indicating they shave their heads or just have very sparse hair, while Alfie doesn't, suggesting he just hasn't grown any yet.
* ''ComicBook/InvaderZimOni'' has [[https://www.reddit.com/r/invaderzim/comments/kius6t/revealed_in_the_latest_issue_of_invader_zim/ a flashback]] that shows that Membrane and Dib got their iconic hairdo from Membrane's mother, while Gaz's purple hair comes from his father.
* ''ComicBook/SupermansPalJimmyOlsen2019'' has the revelation that the Luthors and the Olsens [[LukeYouAreMyFather are distantly related]] from a [[StarCrossedLovers secret tryst between members of their feuding families]] in the 19th century. This is a subtle reference to the fact that Lex Luthor had red hair just like Jimmy Olsen before he went bald.

* In ''VideoGame/DisgaeaHourOfDarkness'', Laharl's father, King Krichevskoy, had the same long HairAntennae that he does, only his ended in RegalRinglets. Laharl's sister Sicily also has them, but she ties it up in a bow.
* ''VisualNovel/ApolloJusticeAceAttorney'':
** Brothers Kristoph and Klavier Gavin both have the same, long spiral side ponytail.. thing. Klavier's collar hides whether or not the rest of his hair is long, but if so, the two would be identical but for fashion, despite not being twins. [[SubvertedTrope However, Klavier had short hair in sprites from when he was younger]].
** [[spoiler:Turns out Trucy has mini versions of Apollo's hair horns underneath her hat, which foreshadows that they're actually siblings. However, Apollo's biological father Jove Justice had the hair horns, but Trucy's biological father was the balding Shadi Enigmar and her mother doesn't have them, likely making this a ContrivedCoincidence.]]
* In ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid4GunsOfThePatriots'', [[spoiler:Raiden's son John has his father's white feathered hair.]]
* In ''VideoGame/PhantasyStarIII'', any offspring/descendents of Rhys (with the exception of Crys, whose hair seems to be a strange combination of both his parents) will have the same hair as their respective mothers.

* In ''Webcomic/GirlGenius'', Gilgamesh Wulfenbach has the same unkempt frizz and traditional MadScientist look as his father Klaus. If WordOfGod is to be believed, this also explains [[spoiler: why Zeetha has spiky bangs when the rest of her hair is straight like her mother's - she and Gil are fraternal twins.]]
** A number of the Valois family have the same unusual shade of red hair - Tarvek, Violetta, Martellus and Xerxsephnia, and presumably also Aaronev, since someone mistook Tarvek for a younger version of him. A portrait of the family's founder, the original Storm King, shows he had it as well.

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* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''
** Upon her introduction, it is clear that Marge gets her iconic beehive from her mother.
** In the "Treehouse of Horror XXIII" segment "Bart and Homer's Excellent Adventure", Bart finds that he's changed history so that his father is Artie Ziff, and removes his hat to find that his spiked hair has been replaced with Artie's hairstyle (but still the same shade of yellow as his skin). He turns round to find the same thing has happened to Lisa and Maggie.
** Sideshow Bob's pineapple-shaped hairstyle is shared by both his son and his mother.
** The Flanders siblings have afros like their mother Maude.

* ''WesternAnimation/VoltronLegendaryDefender'':
** Downplayed. [[spoiler: Keith and his mother, Krolia, both have the same in-the-face bangs]].
** [[BrotherSisterTeam Matt and Pidge]] have very similar haircuts.
** When we see Allura's mother in flashback and see that she had the exact same MysticalWhiteHair as her daughter, though she wore it slightly differently.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Detentionaire}}'': Lee Ping and his father share a similar multi-pronged cowlick on the back of their heads, with Mr. Ping's being shorter and messier since he's going bald.
* Done very subtly in ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales2017'' to the point that you wouldn't even notice it if you didn't know that the characters in question were related, but [[spoiler:Webby is an OppositeSexClone of Scrooge, and the way that ends of her hair jut out [[CheatedAngle on the side facing away from the camera]] mimic the tufts he has on his cheeks (especially when he was younger).]]

* Infamously, the Osborn family of ComicBook/SpiderMan, who all have the same... "unique" hairstyle (stylized waves?). The one exception is Gabriel Stacey, the son of ComicBook/NormanOsborn and Gwen Stacey, and even in that case, it's likely because his father was originally intended to be Spider-Man himself.
** Franchise/SpiderMan has a mother-daughter example in Gabriel's sister Sarah; apparently black hairbands are genetic. Apart from the arguable quality of the story that introduced them, this may be part of the reason fans are hoping for a RetCon.
** ''ComicBook/SpiderManChapterOne'' retconned Sandman into being Norman Osborn's distant cousin, solely because they had the same hairstyle.

* The ''Comicbook/InvaderZim'' comic has [[https://www.reddit.com/r/invaderzim/comments/kius6t/revealed_in_the_latest_issue_of_invader_zim/ a flashback]] that shows that Membrane and Dib got their iconic hairdo from Membrane's mother, while Gaz's purple hair comes from his father.
* Matt Fraction's run on ''[[ComicBook/SupermansPalJimmyOlsen2019 Superman's Pal: Jimmy Olsen]]'' has the revelation that the Luthors and the Olsens [[LukeYouAreMyFather are distantly related]] from a [[StarCrossedLovers secret tryst between members of their feuding families]] in the 19th century. This is a subtle reference to the fact that Lex Luthor had red hair just like the Jimmy Olsen before he went bald.

* In ''WesternAnimation/InvaderZim,'' Dib's bizarre hairstyle includes a two-foot cowlick that grows up and back in a "scythe" pattern; his father has the same thing, except it bends twice like a lightning bolt. "Dib's Wonderful Life of Doom" shows Dib's hair growing the same way when he gets older.

* Invoked in ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse''. While her siblings have more naturally blended dark-green hair, Amity--the youngest child with the most pressure and expectations put on her--is compelled to keep her brown locks (which she got from Alador) dyed to the exact green shade of Odalia's and styled near identically to when she was her age, symbolizing her mother's domineering attitude over both her and her father. [[spoiler:When she dyes her hair lavender and cuts it in "Through the Looking Glass Ruins", it serves as an expression of individuality and rebellion]].

* Although this trope is an obvious exaggeration, it does have a real life inspiration. Your hair color is hereditary, as is baldness and body hairiness, the shape of your hair follicles (straight, wavy, or curly), and the way your head hair grows (clockwise or counter-clockwise). It is thus possible that the same hairstyle that suited best one of your parents will also suit you best, if you have inherited most of those features from them. They may also have taught you to cut your hair in the same way and you never changed it.

** In a strange case, Matsuri's hair started out much shorter than his mother Matoi's, so it only looked slightly similar. After Matsuri is subject to RapidHairGrowth, he starts tying it up in a tuft much the same as Matoi did at his age (and less often in the present), but without her PeekABangs. Matsuri's hair is also much [[SpikyHair spikier]], something he gets from his grandfather Seigen.

** Fate's hairstyle during ''Force'' is basically a hybrid of [[HasTwoMommies her mothers']], resembling pre-insanity Precia from the front with Lindy's pigtail in the back.

* Komachi from ''Anime/YesPrettyCure5'' sports an identical hairstyle to that of her older sister Madoka.
** Also, to a certain extent, all members of the [[Anime/HeartcatchPrettyCure Kurumi]] family sport wavy hair.