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Ahoge, not to be confused with Eroge, refers to the noticeable slim forelock of hair that sticks straight up from a character's head. Originally a hairdresser term for the "stupid hairs" that will not comb down or cowlicks, it later mutated into a literal reflection of intelligence. Thus Idiot Hair suggests that a character is stupid or naive. (This suggestion is usually accurate, but not always - sometimes a serious character just has funny hair.)
Idiot Hair is not to be confused with the two-stranded antennae-style hair, most recently popularized by Love Hina.
Examples
Anime and Manga
- The top image comes from Bakemonogatari. The depicted Koyomi as well as his sisters Karen and Tsukihi have ahoge, but Koyomi's is the tallest.
- Himeko from Pani Poni Dash is given the nickname "Ahoge", for both mentioned reasons. Her cowlick even moves around of its own accord.
- In episode 3, Becky briefly gets one, and she gets so frustrated with hers that she rips Himeko's cowlick right out of her head.
- Shana, people!
- Haré and Weda in Haré+Guu.
- Subverted with Fuyuki in Keroro Gunsou, who's something of a genius in geography and the paranormal. Not Keroro, Fuyuki.
- In the closing credits for episode 231 it's hinted that NPG bodyguard Yoshiokadaira Masayoshi has been hiding one under his helmet.
- Kazuma Azuma in Yakitate!! Japan, though they looked more like Hair Antennae.
- Konata in Lucky Star is not an idiot, but she is Book Dumb and loves annoying Kagami.
- Kagami had an ahoge early on in the manga.
- Akira from Lucky Channel also has an ahoge, but if you respect your own life, do NOT call her an idiot.
- And Yui Narumi, Konata's cousin, has a tiny ahoge.
- He might not be an idiot, but Ed from Full Metal Alchemist has a small "antenna" of hair to make himself appear taller.
- Made more humorous when Olivia Armstrong threatens to pluck it out of Ed's head if he doesn't stop acting like an idiot.
- Mai-HiME's Mai is a borderline case — her ahoge runs across her forehead instead of sticking up. On the other hand, Arika in Mai-Otome has one serious ahoge (among other hair oddities).
- Kitsune in Love Hina.
- Ahiru in Princess Tutu has an ahoge roughly as tall as her head. This has botched a few of her attempts at stealth.
- In the first episode, a bird sits on her head pecking it.
- Jubei-chan had two characters with these. When engaged in a shouting match at one point, they came close enough for their Ahoge antennas to actually do battle with each other.
- Sumi in Moetan has this, and it overlaps with Expressive Hair, changing shape to represent her feelings (such as a heart, a sweatdrop, and many more.)
- Sakura Nankyoku (Penguin Musume Heart) is a classic example of the trope.
- Slightly ditzy Bridge Bunny Amy of Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha had one pop up on her head. Chrono responded by trying to comb it down with a hairbrush and a can of hairspray while wearing his usual stoic expression.
- Yue Ayase from Mahou Sensei Negima has one running across her head, and is a member of Class 3-A's "Baka Rangers" clique for the students who consistently get the lowest grades.
- It's actually a bit of a subversion, as Yue is probably one of the smartest girls in the class. Her low grades are due to her refusal to take the time to study.
- Nodoka also had an Idiot Hair, but like Yue, its a subversion as she's ranked something like 23rd in her grade of over 700 students.
- Chisame Hasegawa also has one, and she's the only class member without a Weirdness Censor.
- A more straight example is Nagi "
Five, Maybe Six Spells Tops Thousand Master" Springfield, Negi's missing father.
- Not to mention Negi himself, who is "an idiot in reverse" due to overthinking, and his obliviousness about girls.
- In Blue Drop, Mari's chemistry teacher Yuuko puts up her hair in this fashion to cheer Mari up. She also does it to Mari herself, much to the latter's delight.
- Taniguchi from Suzumiya Haruhi has one.
- Sometimes, Suzumiya has one, too, depending on how she's doing her hair. It may just be the wind, but it's amazing how much her hair does that.
- Played straight in Haruhi Chan. It's a tiny strand, but it appears when she's more genki than usual.
- Nori, from Rozen Maiden, has an ahoge too.
- Chiaki from Minami Ke has one, even though she's a Little Miss Snarker and not an idiot.
- In Axis Powers Hetalia, both Italy brothers has it. One comic revealed that they get flustered when people touch them, because they're erogenous zones for them.
- Korea has one too. It's sometimes drawn with a face.
- Austria, America,Canada, and Taiwan also have one.
- And it seems some of these idiot hairs have meaning, representing several places (America's is Nantucket, Korea's is supposed to be Seoul, Austria's is Mariazell, etc.)
- Not only that, but in the few times Italian and Austrian citizens are represented, they have the very same ahoge style of their respective countries.
- Greece has one that splits into two on the back of his head.
- Norway's floats.
- Turkey's splits into two at the nape of his neck.
- Kaname from Full Metal Panic! occasionally sports this style.
- Athena from ARIA has one, though she's more of a space case than an outright idiot. Akatsuki also has one.
- The eponymous Iono from Iono The Fanatics also has one. She's not really an idiot, but she's a lesbian Bunny Ears Queen who is very much led by her homones.
- In at least one scene from Kaze No Stigma you can see Ayano putting a great deal of work into making sure she has an Idiot Hair, including combing her hair a certain way and liberal amounts of hairspray. Why? Who knows. It fits though.
- Tadase from Shugo Chara has one of these, though he's not an idiot; just oblivious.
- Rip van Winkle from Hellsing subverts this: she has a very long ahoge, but is far from a fool. She's a Nazi vampire with a single-shot flintlock musket that can shoot down multiple targets (including missiles) with a single shot.
- In Crimson Grave the two heroes go dungeon-exploring with a treasure hunter whose expressive ahoge is apparently smarter than she is. It always points in the direction she should go, and she follows it without realizing.
- Yukine Miyazawa from Clannad has the physical aspect of ahoge.
- Lulu, from the Galley-La company in "One Piece" has a sort of extreme ahoge, considering that it pops up somewhere else every time he lays it flat.
- In the manga Inukami Youko's idiot hair pops up from time to time, usually when she's acting like a ditz.
- Gundam Seed Destiny: Lunamaria Hawke's ahoge is really quite subdued.
- Meg in Burst Angel
- Nono's ahoge is epic, and it's certainly a good indicator of her personality in this case. It even stays in place (with a slightly more angular shape) after she goes into Buster Machine mode.
- Inverted with Shirai-sensei of Kodomo No Jikan, who's the utterly stern and strict teacher with a thin but prominent hair over her head. It's still there after her Important Haircut during her Defrosting Ice Queen phase.
- Takei Hisa of Saki. There's also Touka and her expressive idiot hair.
- To Aru Majutsu No Index: MISAKA has MISAKA has one! Her 20,000 Sisters (+1) don't, though.
- Lala of To Love Ru, fittingly enough.
- Maria from Canaan, which at one point even gets commented on by Canaan herself.
- Hayate of Hayate Cross Blade has one, which the creator lampshades here
 ◊ and here◊.
- Loretta Oratorio from Wild Arms: Twilight Venom.
- Kosukegawa in Change 123 has expressive idiot hair. It was also used at least once for the Something Else Also Rises trope.
- Kurimu in Seitokai No Ichizon.
- The appropriately ditzy Miki Motokura of Mo-Retsu Boin Sensei (yeah, it's that kind of manga) has a different form of ahoge that sticks out the right side instead of upward. A Live Action Adaptation reproduces it faithfully.
- Ruby from the Pokemon Adventures/Special manga has something resembling an ahoge, but it's only visible without his trademark cap, and doesn't seem indicative of any particular personality traits.
Comic Books
Film
- There's Something About Mary.
- There's also something a bit more to that one, though.
- Kyoami in Ran; being court jester to Lord Ichimonji, this makes sense. Subverted in that (like most jesters), he's actually very intelligent, using his humorous facade to speak (horrible) truth to power.
- Alfalfa from the Our Gang shorts.
Live Action TV
Video Games
- Saber in Fate Stay Night. A non-indicative one for the most part, but for God's sake don't pull on it. She'll turn into Black Saber.
- The Pokemon Starly has an ahoge which develops into a heavy crest as it evolves.
- Adell from Disgaea 2, who certainly qualifies for the title of Idiot Hero.
- Almaz from Disgaea 3, for a similar reason.
- The Fighter/Knight's sprite in Final Fantasy on the Dawn Of Souls GBA remake.
- Marche from Final Fantasy Tactics Advance... Which explains so much.
- Heart Aino from Arcana Heart has heart-shaped ahoge. Just guess what kind of character she is.
- Chairperson/Iincho from Rival Schools. Though not really dumb as far as intelligence goes, she did "learn" Karate over a very short period of time and without any actual training, and it shows.
- Appropriately enough, her "teacher" Dan Hibiki has a similar forelock.
- Sekai Saionji in School Days, whose ahoge pretty much speaks for the entire cast.
- Marona in Phantom Brave, to match her Pollyanna optimism.
- One of the portraits for the Medic class from Etrian Odyssey has just this strand of idiot hair. And while there's no actual personality given to her (or any playable character) in-game, official comics from the game creators portray her as a bit of a ditz.
- The main characters from Harvest Moon: Tree of Tranquility have these as well.
- Celia from "A Wonderful Life", "Another Wonderful Life", "A Wonderful Life: Special Edition", "DS" and "Cute".
- Emil Castagnier from Tales Of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World.
- Johnny Garland from Shadow Hearts: From the New World has this. Definitely the naive one of the group.
- An impressive number of Golden Sun characters, especially the playables, have a strand of hair sticking up, even the ones that are shown to be pretty sharp.
- Ini Miney when she takes off her hat in Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney: Justice for All.
- Brian of Quest 64 has one of these. We can't tell what, if anything, it indicates about his personality, though.
- Marina Wulfstan from Valkyria Chronicles has this. She's a Cold Sniper though.
- Nikki, a Catgirl player character from Mana Khemia Alchemists Of Al Revis. The manual lampshaded this by measuring her height with and without it (4'9 or 5'1, respectively).
- Hisao, the protagonist of Katawa Shoujo has a prominent ahoge. His personality does not correspond with his hairstyle, however.
- Sarah Jerand from Star Ocean: The Last Hope has an especially swirly and feminine version. Considering her personality makes one wonder if bird brain would be considered an ethnic slur...
Web Comics
Western Animation
- Something of a subversion: everyone in CyberSix has huge, thick forelocks of hair which are perpetually hanging in front of their faces. If you started selling hairpins in Meridiana, you could probably make millions.
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