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** Midna of ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess''. Because she also doubles as Link's ExpositionFairy for the game, she mostly uses it to grab hold of switches, open doors, and point threateningly at objects just before she blasts them with magical power. It even takes the shape of a hand.

* Empress Gehenna in the Korean manga ''Manhwa/AflameInferno'' uses her magical hair as whips, blades, shield, etc.

* In ''VisualNovel/FateHollowAtaraxia'', Medusa/"Rider"'s hair is [[[[InvisibleToNormals simultaneously normal (albeit purple and very, very long) hair ''and'' a group of snakes growing out from her head. Normally they don't move, but when they do she can't control them, so she wears a loose hairtie. Unfortunately, she doesn't wear that tie while ''bathing'', so when [[FuroScene her crush walks in on her doing the former]], the snakes [[RomanticWingman enthusiastically try to restrain him]].

* In ''VisualNovel/{{Tsukihime}}'', [[spoiler:Tohno Akiha]]'s hair turns crimson red when she is excited (generally a bad sign). However, her method of attack (''Origami'', or "Imprisoning Hair") is not so much using her actual hair, but spiritual extensions that attack at the speed of thought. InvisibleToNormals (including herself), the red strands can skewer straight through a human being, or ensnare and hold them in midair - at maximum output, she can encage whole buildings. She may or may not have used her hair to climb along the side of a building. The Origami also serves as a medium for her other ability: [[EnergyAbsorption lethal absorption of heat]] (or LifeEnergy; the line blurs).
** Ironically, Medusa is featured in ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'', and her hair is completely normal except for color and length.

* A not-unknown fanon for the tyrian-blooded trolls of ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}''.

* In ''VideoGame/{{ARMS}}'', Twintelle uses her pigtails to fight.

* Sindel from ''Franchise/MortalKombat'' has some very handy tresses of her own. One of her Fatalities has her use her hair to wrap up the opposing character, and then spin them so fast they explode into bloody chunks.

** Most characters have this [[PrehensileTail ability concerning their tails]] to some extent, with Pinkie Pie demonstrating full control with both her tail and mane due to RuleOfFunny.

* ''Anime/{{Naruto}}'':

* ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf''. When afflicted with the curse of the Dragon's Whisker (which makes mens' hair grow uncontrollably until they lose it completely,) Ranma fought Genma and Happôsai by tying his meters-long hair around cinderblocks, truck tires, park benches, and other such blunt instruments, to swing as giant flails.

* ''Manga/{{Uzumaki}}'' takes this to a level that must be seen to be believed. In one of the few cases where ''hair'' qualifies as BodyHorror, Kirie's hair once grew long and fought any attempts to get rid of it or the spiral, and it ''strangled'' her if she didn't do what it wanted, draining her life the more it grew. Creator/JunjiIto also invokes yet subverts this in "The Long Hair In The Attic." The main character, Chiemi, is decapitated, and her head is discovered in the attic, moving around with the hair. However, it turns out that Chiemi's truly dead- it's ''the hair'' that's alive, and it killed her for trying to cut it off.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Ben 10}}'' minor villain Frightwig (of the Circus Freaks) has prehensile hair with metal weights at the end of each "tentacle" which she uses to bludgeon opponents.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/Ben10Omniverse'' episode "Breakpoint", we discover that this is the primary ability of [[JokeCharacter Molestache]]. It turns out to be [[LethalJokeCharacter ridiculously strong]], able to serve as a parachute, HelicopterHair, punch Fistrick several feet, and ''lift a truck'' overhead. "Awesome 'stache", indeed.

* ''Captain Underpants and the Wrath of the Wicked Wedgie Woman.'' The Wedgie Woman's prehensile hair is used -- you guessed it -- to give wedgies. The ''Literature/CaptainUnderpants'' series is incredibly silly.

* Shows up in ''LightNovel/HumanityHasDeclined''. [[spoiler:It's a side effect of the hair growth formula]]. In this case, the hair is acting on its own, but it is loyal to the person it's attached to.

* A minor villain from the beginning of ''Anime/InuYasha'', Yura, has the ability to animate [[PeoplePuppets people like puppets]] and [[RazorFloss cut things]] using Prehensile Hair. Unlike most examples of this trope, Yura could actually add the hair of her victims to her Prehensile Hair, which she kept as a giant hairball rather than it being connected directly to her head. This was because Yura herself was not a person, but [[SoulJar actually a demonic comb]].

** Bruford from ''Manga/PhantomBlood'' has the ability to control his hair. Apparently, he had this ability ''even before'' he became a zombie.
** In ''Manga/StardustCrusaders'', [[BigBad DIO]] gains the ability to shoot strands of his hair into people's brains. The hair then turns into parasites called Flesh Buds, which [[BrainwashedAndCrazy control the infected victim into being a servant for DIO without thinking]].
** Yukako Yamagishi from ''Manga/DiamondIsUnbreakable'' has the [[FightingSpirit Stand]], Love Deluxe, which allows Yukako to control her hair. Unlike many examples of this trope, she is shown to be able to control her hair even when it ''isn't'' attached to her head.

* Spider-Girl from the ''ComicBook/LegionOfSuperHeroes''.

* Nyarko from ''LightNovel/NyarukoCrawlingWithLove'' has a lesser version; her IdiotHair hasn't demonstrated the ability to pick up or otherwise manipulate objects ([[PowerPerversionPotential not that that stops the hentai artists]]), but she ''has'' used it to DopeSlap someone and it can form into complex shapes like kanji. As the MoeAnthropomorphism version of [[Franchise/CthulhuMythos Nyarlathotep]], the hair is acting as a stand-in for a tentacle.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': The [[Literature/HarryPotter Dumbledore]] parody Lord Greystache may or may not canonically have this ability. However, it is at least plausible enough for Homer to ad-lib an ending where Greystache, rather than die at the hands of the series' villain as scripted, shouts "[[CallingYourAttacks MUSTACHE POWER -- ACTIVATE!]]" and [[RuleOfCool beats him to a pulp]] [[RuleOfFunny with his mustache]].

* In ''VideoGame/{{ARMS}}'', Twintelle uses her MegaTwintails to fight.

** Renamed Entrapta, she reappears in ''WesternAnimation/SheRaAndThePrincessesOfPower'' with even greater hair control powers, to the point of her MegaTwintails serving as extra hands and[=/=]or feet when she is not using them as a chair (and often when she is).

* Kanako Hosokawa, from ''LightNovel/MariaWatchesOverUs'', appears in the doujin FightingGame ''[[VideoGame/{{Maribato}} Maribato!]]'' as a playable character. Kanako is able to use her long hair as a weapon, and most of her moveset is based on [[VideoGame/GuiltyGear Millia Rage]]. She also throws [[IKnowMaddenKombat basketballs in battle]].

* ''ComicBook/AlphaFlight''has a mutant named Wyre can do this with his body hair. All of his body hair.

* In ''Film/OsmosisJones'', Ozzy consults the "memory center," and the brain cells there are using their "hair" to type on computers, answer telephones, transfer calls, etc.

* The ''Wiki/SCPFoundation'' has [[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-1385 SCP-1385]] ("The Mistake Ring"), a concrete finger ring that imbues its wearer with strange effects, including the involuntary summoning of nearby lobsters and the wearer's hair growing into a net.

* The indie platformer game, ''VideoGame/BeardBlade'', have you playing as a knight who kicks ass using his ''beard''. Which is ridiculously tough, can form into fists, and be used as a flail against enemies. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86B7zzUNQMI Yes, really]].

* In the 2007 movie version of ''WesternAnimation/{{Beowulf|2007}}'', Grendel's mother (interpreted here as a [[HornyDevils sexy siren]] rather than the original's poorly described ogre-like thing) has a long braid that can move on its own. It's implied to be the tail of her true, rather more monstrous form.