History Main / AnimeHair

* Egon Spengler in ''WesternAnimation/TheRealGhostbusters''. Presumably it is s pompadour, but it is drawn like some sort of curl... tube... thing.

* ''WesternAnimation/InvaderZim''

** Badass freakin' Overlord Zetta from ''VideoGame/MakaiKingdom'' may deserve special mention despite the short amount of time he spends in humanoid form. Artwork and his in-game sprites depict him with long, red, spiky hair, as per [[Creator/NipponIchi]] general design. The more detailed cutscenes, however, show that he doesn't have ''hair'' so much as he wears an [[IncendiaryExponent impeccably styled bonfire]] on his head, complete with bat-shaped licks of flame.

** ''Tekken 6'' introduces us to Lars, who [[http://gigazine.jp/img/2008/09/18/tekken6/Lars_1P_65.jpg is an example of this trope if there ever was one]].

* CompressedHair--a large amount of hair is easily compressed into a smaller shape
* CurtainsMatchTheWindow--hair and eyes of the same color
* DelinquentHair--punk hair
* ElementalHairColors--hair colors and ElementalPowers match
* ExpressiveHair--hair that is independently mobile and responsive to mood
* GodivaHair--long hair drapes down a woman's chest and covers her breasts
* HairAntennae--two strands of anime hair that stick up from the top of the head and curve forward like antennae
* HairIntakes--anime hair with little "hoods"
* HairReboot--seemingly destroyed hair can be returned to it's proper shape and volume by merely shaking it
* HairWings--hair that doubles as wings
* HairstyleInertia--a character's hair remains the same throughout their life
* HammerspaceHair--a character pulls out something they were storing in their hair
* HelicopterHair--hair that works as a propeller, lifting the character into the air
* HidingBehindYourBangs--hair covering one eye as a sign of shyness, antisocial natures, and/or hidden personalities.
* HimeCut--hair that is styled into three parts (straight bangs, sidelocks, and long hair in the back) that is meant to show that a (most likely Japanese or Japanese descent) girl as proper, upper-class and/or traditional.
* HotbloodedSideburns--hotblooded characters with big sideburns
* IdiotHair--a single strand of hair that constantly sticks up, usually to indicate low intelligence
* ImprobableHairstyle--hair that shouldn't be possible, given the circumstances
* LongHairedPrettyBoy--a pretty boy with longish hair
* MotherlySidePlait--hair braided loosely and resting on the shoulder indicates motherhood
* OjouRinglets--ringlets that mark an {{Ojou}} as such
* PowerDyesYourHair--magical powers that cause hair to change color
* PowerMakesYourHairGrow--magical powers that cause hair growth
* PrehensileHair--tentacle-like hair
* ShonenHair--big messy spiky hair denoting a hotblooded rebel
* SlipknotPonytail--hair falls loose during fights
* SpikyHair--hair spiked with gel
* WorldOfTechnicolorHair -- everyone has an unnatural hair color and it is not treated as odd

* ''ComicBook/{{Seconds}}'': Katie has big, spiky, circular hair that's bigger than her head. In her more chibi moments, her entire head is just a bush of hair with eyes and a mouth.

* ''ComicBook/{{Incandescence}}'' has a puffy, wavy, spiky bouffant that looks like Lisa Simpson on anime.
* ''ComicBook/TheAvengers'': Depending on the artist, Quicksilver sometimes ends up with hair antennae that defy gravity.
* In ''ComicBook/TeenTitans'', Starfire's hair goes down past her waist and merges with the stream of energy left behind when she flies.

* The lack of this in comics is almost as absurd as its prevalence in anime. Alien species (even ones from a thousand years in the future) have haircuts and colors that would be perfectly normal today.

* ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'': Norman Osborn, his son Harry and Sandman have red-headed cornrows.
* ''ComicBook/{{Superman}}'' story ''ComicBook/TheLivingLegendsOfSuperman'': In a sequence set in a distant future, two kids called Aron and Josif sports two huge Manga/AstroBoy-like hair spikes -one of them located at the front right of their heads, and the second at the rear side- sticking out of their otherwise extremely short and shiny hair.
* ''ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}'' has an unusual and distinctive hair style.
* ComicBook/{{Lobo}}'s hair seems to stand up like porcupine quills all on its own.
* ''Bloodwulf'' sticks his hand in an electrical socket to get his hair to stand up like that.
* ''ComicBook/TheFlash'': Bart Allen -- Impulse/Kid Flash II -- is probably best known for his insanely huge auburn hair and yellow eyes, so much so that they're an instant character marker. It wasn't part of his original design, but the first artist for his ongoing series exaggerated it to be such, and it's mostly stuck, though the length often fluctuates wildly. Walter West once quipped that it could serve as a cushion after throwing him into the air.
* Any character drawn by Chris Bacallo, but especially ''ComicBook/TheSandman1989'''s The Endless and ''ComicBook/ShadeTheChangingMan''.
* Clea, ComicBook/DoctorStrange's disciple/lover traditionally has two curling locks of hair that meet over her forehead in a way Aqua Net can only dream of achieving.
* Katie from ''ComicBook/{{Seconds}}'', has big, spiky, circular hair that's bigger than her head. In her more chibi moments, her entire head is just a bush of hair with eyes and a mouth.
* The sorcerer Konjuro from ''ComicBook/{{Swordquest}}'': The sorcerer Konjuro wears his hair curved into two points over his head.

** ''Scarlet and Violet'' has Iono’s pastel blue and pink/purple- colored hair that’s somehow tied into the shape of a bow at the front of her head, Ryme’s long braids that are somehow shaped like ''human bones'', Brassus’s hair which looks like he has thorny vines growing from his head, and Geeta’s enormous black wavy hair with blue, yellow and silver accents that’s more voluminous than the entire top half of her body.

** There’s a Class 1-B girl who has pink hair with two locks that stand up like corkscrews on her head.

* The ''VideoGame/{{Tekken}}'' games give us the Mishima clan... Heihachi with his head-wings and Kazuya and Jin with their rather pointy upswept 'dos. And Paul clearly has the same stylist as Jean-Pierre Polnareff.
** Tekken 6 introduces us to Lars, who [[http://gigazine.jp/img/2008/09/18/tekken6/Lars_1P_65.jpg is an example of this trope if there ever was one]].

* Both of the games in the VideoGame/{{Gungrave series}} have prime example of this:

* ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog'':

** Jun Manjoume/Chazz Princeton with spikes that look like they were stolen from a chainsaw.

** [[Anime/YugiohZexal Yuma's]] purple-and-pink hairdo [[http://vignette4.wikia.nocookie.net/yugioh/images/b/b6/Yuma-TFSP.png/revision/latest?cb=20150622133157 must be seen to be believed]], with having no less than ''six'' gigantic gravity-defying spikes. He has possibly the weirdest hair the series has yet, and that really says something.

** [[Anime/YugiohZexal Yuma]] [[http://vignette4.wikia.nocookie.net/yugioh/images/b/b6/Yuma-TFSP.png/revision/latest?cb=20150622133157 must be seen to be believed]]. He has possibly the weirdest hair the series has yet, and that really says something.

** [[Anime/YuGiOh5Ds Yusei Fudo]] has black symmetrical spikes are edged with yellow highlights that stick several inches out from the sides of his head, which many fans have pointed out makes him look like a crab. He also somehow [[CompressedHair never gets helmet hair.]]

** [[Anime/YuGiOh5Ds Yusei Fudo]] has black symmetrical spikes circling his head that are edged with yellow highlights, which many fans have pointed out makes him look like a crab. He also somehow [[CompressedHair never gets helmet hair.]]

** [[Anime/YuGiOh5Ds Yusei Fudo]] has black hair with large spikes edged with yellow streaks, which makes his head look rather like a crab. He also somehow [[CompressedHair never gets helmet hair.]]

** [[Anime/YuGiOhVrains Yusaku Fujiki]] has dark blue hair with light blue bangs and pink accents. His hair has been [[http://i.imgur.com/th51MAv.png compared to that of a wisteria tree]], also accounting for the meaning of each individual kanji which make up his surname. ''Clever''.

** [[BigBad Paradox]] from [[Anime/YuGiOhBondsBeyondTime Bonds Beyond Time]] has long golden hair that has two large twintails that look like ''chains'' extending down his back, as well as mixed purple-and-gold bangs that give off the impression that he has a spider on his head. On top of that, one of his ''eyebrows'' is bright red and seems to jut straight off the side of his face, and that's on top of seemingly wrapping around his right eye and extending down his cheek.

** [[Anime/YuGiOh5Ds Yusei Fudo]] has black hair with large spikes edged with yellow streaks, which makes his head look rather like a crab. He also somehow [[CompressibleHair never gets helmet hair.]]