History Main / DelinquentHair

* Ran, the main character of ''Manga/SuperGals'', continually gets flack from her teacher for having bleached blonde hair with a red streak. During one story arc, she dies her hair orange, and a number of freshmen follow suit, much to the faculty's dismay. In an attempt to stem the tide of ko-gals, Naka-sen promises to cut her summer homework in half if she dyes her hair back. Instead of going back to her original black, however, Ran goes back to her usual blonde style.

* Nakanojo from ''Manga/{{Nichijou}}'' is a subversion; his hairstyle is a blond mohawk, but the mohawk is actually his natural hairstyle and Nakanojo himself is a down-to-earth NiceGuy (though Weboshi mistakenly believes he's a delinquent as [[AllGirlsWantBadBoys likes him because of it]]). His father also has a natural mohawk, but he grew it out long enough that gravity did its job and made it appear like normal hair.

Outside of contemporary times, dyeing hair was still significant, but for different reasons. Less than a century ago, dyeing hair at all was considered a sign of badness because it was dishonest. This is why evil blondes are often dyed. During [[UsefulNotes/EnglishCivilWar Restoration England]], natural blondes commonly dyed their hair darker because everyone would think they had dyed it blonde in the first place. (This was partly because of the dangers of earlier dyes: dyeing your hair risked your health for temporary good looks.)

As for shaved heads and shaved hairstyles in general, these are adopted by punks and delinquents of all stripes in part as [[BaldHeadOfToughness a form of intimidation]]. In addition, since having hair is considered the norm in most societies (especially for younger people, thus why PrematurelyBald is almost always linked to BaldnessAngst), shaving one's head bald can be seen as a rejection of mainstream standards of beauty and conduct. This is especially the case for women because of the gendered expectations for women to have hair, particularly long hair, as [[LongHairIsFeminine a signifier of their femininity]].

* Nakanojo from ''Manga/{{Nichijou}}'' gets mistaken for this. His mohawk is natural, though. We learn that his father also has a natural mohawk, but he grew it out long enough that gravity did its job and made it appear like normal hair.

* Though naturally multi-colored hair is common for the {{Catfolk}} of ''[[WesternAnimation/{{Thundercats 2011}} [=ThunderCats (2011)=]]]'', Wilykit, a young LittleMissConArtist and ArtfulDodger, sports a purple SkunkStripe.

* It is apparently atural, however Pizzazz's bright green hair in ''WesternAnimation/{{Jem}}'' pins her as more malicious than the pink and purple-haired protagonists. SixthRanger Jetta has a SkunkStripe in her hair. Both women are a part of a band called The Misfits and are constantly trying to outshine The Holograms.

** Since so many Japanese have straight, black hair, in the very ''rare'' instance of someone being born with '''brown''' hair they get treated like they were a delinquent and are forced to dye their hair black.
* In US and UK schools dying hair "unnatural colors" (which often includes brighter red shades) is prohibited in dress codes, probably because of this trope, as are "extreme" hairstyles.

* Sunohara in ''VisualNovel/{{Clannad}}'' has the bleached blond variety (explicitly stated to be dyed, as opposed to a case of YouGottaHaveBlueHair like everyone else). He stops bleaching it when he gets a job.

* Wendy in ''Fanfic/AGameOfCastles'' has punkish har, with shaved sides and a tuft of [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair pink]] NonMammalianHair, to fit her attitude.

* ''Webcomic/StarImpact'''s [[StarterVillain Urchin]] has a black-and-[[YouGottaHaveBlueHair pink]] mohawk.

* It is apparently [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair natural]] however Pizzazz's bright green hair in ''WesternAnimation/{{Jem}}'' pins her as more malicious than the pink and purple-haired protagonists. SixthRanger Jetta has a SkunkStripe in her hair. Both women are a part of a band called The Misfits and are constantly trying to outshine The Holograms.

* ''Webcomic/StarImpact'''s [[StarterVillain Urchin]] has a black-[[MulticoloredHair and]]-[[YouGottaHaveBlueHair pink]] mohawk.

* Though naturally MulticoloredHair is common for the {{Catfolk}} of ''[[WesternAnimation/{{Thundercats 2011}} [=ThunderCats (2011)=]]]'', Wilykit, a young LittleMissConArtist and ArtfulDodger, sports a purple SkunkStripe.

->''"Interest in your bold rejection of social norms as evidenced by your dyed hair."''
-->-- '''Wealthy, Successful Protagonist''', ''WebVideo/ATrailerForEveryAcademyAwardWinningMovieEver''

In some cultures, hair dyed unusual colors is considered a sign of delinquency -- in the West, this means colours such as blue, pink, green, and similar shades that don't usually appear in nature. In other cultures, where hair shades are typically more similar from person to person, this can include hair tinted or lightened to red or blonde as well. There are certain hairstyles that are strongly associated with delinquent or punk behaviour -- mohawks, [[FiftiesHair pompadours]], certain spiky styles, and a completely shaven head.

In Japanese and other Asian works, this may have something to do with repression of individualism in Asian schools -- most evidently in Japan. Of course, this can lead to unfortunate misunderstandings with people who naturally have lighter hair colors.

In Western cultures, unusual hair colors are less strongly associated with delinquency than they were in the past, though they are still more commonly worn by teenagers and young adults than by middle-aged or older people -- with the exception of the [[ElderlyBlueHairedLady "blue rinse"]]. However, the stigma with certain hairstyles remains, so you would probably still be hesitant about bringing home a punk with a blue mohawk to your parents.

This trope usually does not show up in settings where YouGottaHaveBlueHair. A common attribute of TheQuincyPunk, subtrope of FaceOfAThug when it's natural. If the hair keeps being re-dyed, it overlaps with KaleidoscopeHair. Compare MakeUpIsEvil. See also FiftiesHair and SixtiesHair, relating to pompadours.

* The General, a recurring foe in ''[[Comicbook/RobinSeries Robin]]'' who first appeared in ''[[Franchise/{{Batman}} Detective Comics]]'', keeps the sides of his head shaved to show off his tattoos and has dyed his hair blue in the past.

** PlayedForLaughs when the Soul Reapers show up at Ichigo's school, wearing school uniforms. [[BaldOfAwesome Ikkaku]] has his pants rolled up, no socks, and a wooden sword. Renji wears his uniform relatively normal, but with his shirt unbuttoned a bit, revealing the tattoos on his chest, while also wearing a bandanna on his forehead. Onlooking students comment on [[AgentPeacock Yumichika]] and [[AbsoluteCleavage Rangiku]] not looking very threatening, and [[CuteShotaroBoy Toshiro]] and Renji looking odd. Then they point out the scary bald guy. Ikkaku [[BerserkButton was not]] [[IllKillYou amused]].

* Eikichi Onizuka of ''Manga/GreatTeacherOnizuka'' had a blond pompadour when he was a teenage delinquent in ''Manga/ShonanJunaiGumi'' By the time he becomes a teacher he's got a more normal hairstyle, though it's still blond.

* ''Manga/{{Nana}}: Every male member of Nana O.'s band The Black Stones sports a hair style associated with punks because, well, they're a PunkRock band. Nobu has dyed blonde short spiky hair, Shin's hair is spiky and dyed light blue, and Yasu is completely bald. A similar pattern can be seen with the members of Trapnest: Ren has short spiky black hair in a direct reference to Music/SidVicious, drummer Naoki has spiky dyed blonde hair, and depending on the artist, Layla's hair is either light brown, blonde, or pink. Only Nana and Takumi avert this: Nana's short black hair helps her maintain the EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette look she intentionally cultivates and Takumi as the business face of the band, goes for the less wild but still a bit outside of the norm long jet black hair.

* ''Manga/{{Nana}}: Every male member of Nana O.'s band The Black Stones sports a hair style associated with punks because, well, they're a punk band. Nobu has dyed blonde short spiky hair, Shin's hair is spiky and dyed light blue, and Yasu is completely bald. A similar pattern can be seen with the members of Trapnest: Ren has short spiky black hair in a direct reference to Creator/SidVicious, drummer Naoki has spiky dyed blonde hair, and depending on the artist, Layla's hair is either light brown, blonde, or pink. Only Nana and Takumi avert this: Nana's short black hair helps her maintain the EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette look she intentionally cultivates and Takumi as the business face of the band, goes for the less wild but still a bit outside of the norm long jet black hair.

In Japanese and other Asian works, this may have something to do with repression of individualism in Asian schools--most evidently in Japan. Of course, this can lead to unfortunate misunderstandings with people who naturally have lighter hair colors.

In Western cultures, unusual hair colors are less strongly associated with delinquency than they were in the past, though they are still more commonly worn by teenagers and young adults than by middle-aged or older people--with the exception of the [[ElderlyBlueHairedLady "blue rinse"]]. However, the stigma with certain hairstyles remains, so you would probably still be hesitant about bringing home a punk with a blue mohawk to your parents.

* ''Manga/RokudenashiBlues'' has the entire main cast as examples of this trope. It even becomes the focus of one chapter, where an EvilTeacher makes them change their hair back to normal.
* In ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'':
** Averted in the case of Ichigo and Orihime who have been bullied (and in Orihime's case, [[TraumaticHaircut had her hair hacked off]]) for their naturally (but very oddly) coloured hair but who do their best not to cause trouble (Ichigo is less successful at this).
** PlayedForLaughs when the Soul Reapers show up at Ichigo's school, wearing school uniforms. [[BaldOfAwesome Ikkaku]] has his pants rolled up, no socks, and a wooden sword. Renji wears his uniform relatively normal, but with his shirt unbuttoned a bit, revealing the tattoos on his chest, while also wearing a bandanna on his forehead. Onlooking students comment on [[AgentPeacock Yumichika]] and [[AbsoluteCleavage Rangiku]] not looking very threatening, and [[CuteShotaroBoy Toshiro]] and Renji looking odd. Then they point out the scary bald guy. Ikkaku [[BerserkButton was not]] [[IllKillYou amused]].
** [[DrJerk Tenjirou Kirinji]] of [[spoiler: Squad Zero]] has an [[AnimeHair enormous hooked pompadour]].

* At the beginning of ''Literature/TheTwelveKingdoms'', Youko is criticized for her naturally red hair, and her mother tries to make her dye it a more unassuming shade so that people won't assume she's a delinquent.
* Hanamichi Sakuragi from ''Manga/SlamDunk'' is an ex-school delinquent who has a bright red (dyed) pompadour. Out of his still-school gangster friends, one has a blond afro and two have smaller pompadours. [[spoiler: When Sakuragi commits a HUGE mistake that costs Shohoku an important victory, he [[ImportantHaircut shaves his hair to buzzcut levels]] but keeps dying it red.]]
* In ''Manga/FruitsBasket'', Hatsuharu got into trouble at school for white on top, black on bottom natural hair coloring, as people believed he dyed his hair. On a non-magically coloured note, Arisa Uotani also has lighter hair, of a blonde-brown shade, and was (and is still considered) a delinquent. Kyouko, Tohru's mother, also had dyed red hair and was considered a delinquent, too.
* ''Manga/YuYuHakusho'':
** Kuwabara styles his hair in a pompadour and calls himself the "Sarayashiki Middle School's number-one delinquent". His hair also has a reddish tone, but nothing states that he bleached it.
** A bit less obvious, but Yusuke also styles his hair in a very short pompadour. Also calls himself the "Sarayashiki Middle School's special number-one super-delinquent".
* ''Manga/HunterXHunter'': Kuwabara's expy Knuckle styles his hair also in a pompadour and has a very similar personality.
* Subverted in ''Manga/{{Hyakunichikan}}'' Small children like Chiho tend to think Hisaki Aoki is a delinquent because of his blond hair. He's actually a NiceGuy.

* Makoto Kino of ''Franchise/SailorMoon'' isn't actually a delinquent, but her tall height, strength, long-skirted school uniform, and naturally curly light brown hair all make her fellow students perceive her as this.

* In ''Manga/LovePistols'', the FaceOfAThug delinquent friend of Inukami has red hair and an outrageous pompadour. No info whether it's dyed or not.
* Momo Adachi, the main character of ''Manga/PeachGirl'', is assumed to be a slutty kogal as she tans easily and her hair bleached due to her being on the school swim team and thus around chlorinated water a lot. She wishes she looked more like her friend Sae, who is petite, pale, and delicate (but a BitchInSheepsClothing).
* Kitamura gives it a go in ''LightNovel/{{Toradora}}''. He dyes his hair blond, though his usual hair color appears as dark green (it was considered black InUniverse).
* ''Manga/MidoriDays'' has a blond delinquent protagonist.
* In ''Manga/CaseClosed'', a case is solved because of the differences between the styles of two writers. One was old-fashioned (lovers standing in the rain, separated by a pole was a common scene in his novels) and his delinquents almost always had bleached hair.
* Kouichi from ''Manga/BunnyDrop'' dated a red-haired delinquent girl, dying his hair red too during this rebellious phase. When he grew out of it, his hair went black again.

* Ran, the main character of ''Manga/SuperGals'', continually gets flack from her teacher for having bleached blonde hair with a red streak. During one story arc, she dies her hair orange, and a number of freshmen follow suit, much to the faculty's dismay. In an attempt to stem the tide of ko-gals, Naka-sen promises to cut her summer homework in half if she dyes her hair back. Instead of going back to her original black, however, Ran goes back to her usual blonde style.
* Discussed in ''Manga/KOn'' during its yearbook pictures episode; the girls' school requires students whose hair isn't black or dark brown to bring their baby pictures to prove that their hair color is natural, and anyone who fails to do so is forced to dye their hair before their picture are taken.
* Sunohara in ''VisualNovel/{{Clannad}}'' has the bleached blond variety (explicitly stated to be dyed, as opposed to a case of YouGottaHaveBlueHair like everyone else). He stops bleaching it when he gets a job.
* Shūichi Nitori from ''Manga/WanderingSon'' gets mistaken for these once she dyes her hair from a dark brown to a ''bright'' red, after falling into a funk after being submitted into an all-boys high school. It only lasts one chapter.
* The protagonist of ''Shikii no Juunin'' dyes his hair green. He's a rebellious, matter-of-fact middle schooler who smokes and doesn't want to go to school. The above-mentioned Nitori is an {{Expy}} of him in design, though due to the different art styles, it isn't that apparent.
* ''Manga/Eyeshield21'' has a lot of this. Two of the Ha-Ha brothers and Hiruma are bleached blonde, Agon wears his hair in dreads, and Musashi isn't a delinquent but is supposed to look like one with his mohawk.

* In ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar'', mohawks are the calling cards of villains whose fate is to be messily killed via martial art techniques that are capable of [[YourHeadAsplode popping human beings like a zit]].
* Pretty much the majority of the cast of ''Manga/{{Beelzebub}}'' has this going on. Makes sense, considering it's a series about an entire school of delinquents. Tojo and Kanzaki both have orange, spiky hair.
** Oga inverts the trope by having brown hair while being one of the most powerful humans in the series. Furuichi also inverts it by having silver hair but could have gone to the non-delinquent Saint Ishiyama if not for hanging out with Oga all the time.
** Himekawa has silver hair kept constantly in a pompadour. ''He even sleeps with it in the pompadour style.'' It's apparently hereditary, but we do see him with his hair down, turning him into a {{Bishounen}}.
* While she's not a delinquent, Eiko from the manga ''Cousin'' dyed her hair brown in early high school and started changing in personality.

* Discussed in ''Manga/CromartieHighSchool''. In an early chapter, Kamiyama takes advice from a book on how to be a delinquent and bleaches his hair. The subject also comes up a couple of other times with Hayashida's purple mohawk [[spoiler: which turns out to be a wig that he takes off at home]].
* ''Manga/YuGiOh'' has both Honda and hired thug Suwatari (Kemo) who have railroad spike hair. Kind of subverted with Jounouchi; despite being a delinquent, his blond hair and messy pompadour-esque hairstyle seem to be natural.
* ''Manga/YuGiOhZEXAL'': The Gagaga archetype is based on Japanese delinquent, and this is lampshaded on Gagaga Girl's blond hair. Which is ironic, since most of the characters in the series have crazy hairstyles and hair colors. Even the person who calls out her blond hair has blue hair himself, but that's happening for the sake of parody.
* ''Anime/YuGiOhArcV'': Gongenzaka has his hair styled in a pompadour and gives the vibe of a Japanese delinquent, but he emphasises more on being manly than being rebellious. However, he deviates more and more from his family's traditional playstyle as the series progresses, improving as a duelist as a result.
* Nakanojo from ''Manga/{{Nichijou}}'' gets mistaken for this. His mohawk is natural, though. We learn that his father also has a natural mohawk, but he grew it out long enough that gravity did its job and made it appear like normal hair.
* The title character of ''Anime/SpaceDandy'' sports a Regent pompadour, which he's quite proud (and protective) of.
* The same could be said of Josuke Higashikata from ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'' with his massive pomp, which other characters note as pretty outdated even for the time period ([[TheNineties late 90s]]). [[DeconstructedTrope He has it to honor the memory of a young man who]] [[Heartwarming/JoJosBizarreAdventure helped his mother when Josuke was extremely ill]]. Despite his appearance, he isn't actually a delinquent, but insulting his hair is a ''massive'' BerserkButton for him, [[UnstoppableRage as Rohan learned the hard way]]. Josuke's other best friend, [[TheDitz Okuyasu]] has a smaller pompadour and dyes the sides of his hair.

* This trope was discussed in Episode 3/Chapter 8 of ''Manga/BlendS''. Sometime in the past, Maika told her mother she wanted to dye her hair blonde out of her ForeignCultureFetish, but her mother thinks she was attempting to invoke this trope (or even becoming a JapaneseDelinquent herself) out of Maika's frustration of her FaceOfAThug.
* Sentarou from ''Manga/KidsOnTheSlope'' has brown hair (that curls when it's long) thanks to his mixed heritage. Though a nice boy, he's considered a delinquent because he skips school and gets into fights often.
* ''Anime/HungryHeartWildStriker'': Since he decided to become a delinquent after he quit playing soccer, Kyosuke Kanou began dyeing his hair red-orange in an effort to distinguish himself from his brother Seisuke. Even after he returns to play soccer and starts forging himself his own merits, he keeps it.
* ''Manga/KurokosBasketball'':
** A flashback reveals that Hyuuga grew his hair long and dyed it blond (and growing a mustache) to become a delinquent, but the stick didn't last long and everyone else made fun of his look.
** Haizaka changed his hair from his grey ShounenHair to a black short cut with dreadlocks and a shaved motif on his head. He also acts like a delinquent.

** In the past, Kin'emon dyed his hair blond when he was a rebellious delinquent. After becoming the vassal of the new daimyou Kozuki Oden, Kin'emon dyed his hair back to black to look professional. While Wano Kuni is essentially the ''One Piece'' equivalent of feudal-era Japan, thos trope doesn't work well witg him because most people in Wano have such colorful hair colors, and only a few prominent characters actually have black hair, so having blond hair wouldn't be out of the ordinary.

* Eikichi Onizuka of ''Manga/GreatTeacherOnizuka'' had a blond pompadour when he was a teenage delinquent in ''Manga/ShonanJunaiGumi'' By the time he becomes a teacher he's got a more normal hairstyle, though it's still blond.

* While not often seen, underneath his mask ComicBook/{{Bane}} sports a short mohawk.
* Noah St. Germain, the guy at the top of the criminal world in Brownsville as seen in ''ComicBook/{{Morbius}}'' vol. 2, has a blue mohawk. [[spoiler:This is an invoked trope; he used to look completely average but his criminal mastermind employers had him change his appearance, presumably to make him appear more intimidating.]]

* The General, a recurring foe in ''[[Comicbook/RobinSeries Robin]]'' who first appeared in ''[[Franchise/{{Batman}} Detective Comics]]'', keeps the sides of his head shaved to show off his tattoos and has dyed his hair blue in the past.
* Flashbacks to Kate Kane's "Lost Year" in ''ComicBook/BatwomanRebirth'', show that she had a severe skater cut (think Cressida's hair in ''[[Film/TheHungerGamesMockingjay Mockingjay]]'').
* Violet Paige, the foul-mouthed, antihero protagonist of ''ComicBook/MotherPanic'', sports a shaggy bob haircut with purple highlights that wouldn't look out of place in a punk band.

* ''ComicBook/AmethystPrincessOfGemworld'': On Earth, Amy dyed her hair blue, pink, and black, which made her classmates think she's a freak.

* The hackers who show up to Neo's door near the beginning of ''Film/TheMatrix'' all have strange hair colours. They're clearly delinquent-type characters.
* Subverted in ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Boy_with_Green_Hair The Boy with Green Hair]]''. Peter is looked on with suspicion by the rest of the town for his green hair, but he just woke up like that one morning.

* In ''Film/TheHobbit'', Mohawks are worn by the thief Nori and ViolentGlaswegian Dain Ironfoot. In a flashback, the younger Dwalin also had this haircut.

* ''Film/RiotGirls'': Scratch is a tough punk girl with a mohawk who gets into all sorts of fights. However, it's [[DownplayedTrope nearly always for survival]], while the villains are the clean-cut jocks that her group fights.

* In Creator/LMMontgomery's ''Literature/AnneOfGreenGables'', Anne tries to dye her hair black with a peddler's dye. It turns her hair green instead, and she resolves to let the incident cure her vanity.

* ''Literature/SecretAgentDingledorfAndHisTrustyDogSplat'' has Dr. Rebellion from ''The Case of the Drooling Dinosaurs'', who wears a mohawk. However, even a normal mohawk isn't enough to express his hatred for rules — he wears a ''sideways'' one.

* In the ''Series/PieInTheSky'' episode "The Policeman's Daughter", the eponymous character goes through a rebellious phase that includes running away from home, taking up with undesirable people, and dying her hair pink.

* One MonsterOfTheWeek from Series/DenkouChoujinGridman has this as a superpower, with anyone he hits with his beam gaining a delinquent’s haircut ([[TheMindIsAPlaythingOfTheBody and attitude]]).
* ''Series/ItaewonClass'': As a teenager, Jang Geunwon has bleached blond hair, showing he doesn't play by the rules, consistent with his bullying playboy lifestyle. After the time skip, he ditches the hair dye for a conservative haircut, signifying his new commitment to business. Amusingly, when he finally goes to jail for his teenage crime of vehicular manslaughter, his hair is bleached blond again.

* ''VideoGame/{{Persona 4}}'' has Kanji Tatsumi, who, after years of feeling like an outcast, began dying his hair platinum blond and wearing dark clothes, causing many to think [[FaceOfAThug he's part of a gang]], as his mother explains to the protagonist. [[spoiler:In the epilogue of ''[[UpdatedRerelease Persona 4 Golden]]'', his hair is back to its original black color and he wears a simple white shirt, but in ''Anime/Persona4GoldenTheAnimation'' he decides to dye it back to blond after being made fun of.]]
* ''VideoGame/{{Persona 5}}'': JapaneseDelinquent Ryuji Sakamoto started dying his hair bleach-blond after a CareerEndingInjury ended with him being ostracized by his entire high school. His evolved FightingSpirit, an AnthropomorphicPersonification of his feelings, has spikey golden mohawk meant to look like the points of the sun.
* Sharla from the ''VideoGame/PurpleMoon'' games uses enough bleach and hairspray -- along with purple makeup and leather jackets -- to give this impression off. She cuts class and acts out [[FreudianExcuse because her father walked out on their poor family]], which also prompted her makeover; when we see her in ''Secret Paths to the Sea'', it's just after her father left, and she has long, plain red hair and dresses conservatively.
* The main characters of ''VideoGame/KunioKun'' franchise. Kunio/Alex has gangly brown hair and Riki/Ryan has a pompadour.
* {{Parodied|Trope}} in ''VideoGame/LogicalJourneyOfTheZoombinis'' with the villainous [[EvilCounterpart Fleens]]. According to [[AllThereInTheManual the manual]], they were once just troublesome Zoombinis, but keeping up their delinquent hair ''mutated'' them into the punks they are now thanks to a batch of mousse going bad.

* Roughraff and Baddinyan from ''VideoGame/YokaiWatch'' are {{Japanese Delinquent}}s with huge pompadours.

* As ''VideoGame/GuitarHero'''s punk character, Johnny Napalm is an obvious example, having sported a spiked mohawk throughout most games in the series (green in the first two games, red in ''III''). Alternate costumes usually give him straight mohawks, or make him a UsefulNotes/{{skinhead|s}}. The only other hairstyle he's had was a [=McSqueeb=] in ''Rocks the 80s'' (which also fits by way of its association to the skater subculture, as it was Tony Hawk's hairstyle in the '80s).
* In ''Franchise/TheElderScrolls'' series, the ancient Chimeri/Dunmeri hero and FounderOfTheKingdom, Lord Indoril Nerevar, is typically depicted with a tall mohawk. The sacred Indoril armor worn by the [[ChurchPolice Ordinators]] in ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIIIMorrowind Morrowind]]'' is said to be in his image, with the helmet featuring his distinctive mohawk. Any "delinquency" is averted given his status as a legendary hero and saint in the Tribunal Temple.

* In the [[spoiler: real world/Faraway Town]], post-timeskip, in ''VideoGame/{{OMORI}}'', Aubrey has pink dyed hair, has joined a gang of delinquents known as the Hooligans, and carries around a [[BatterUp baseball bat with nails in it]].

* This seems to be the view of some people in ''Webcomic/GirlGenius'' - when [[GentlemanAdventurer Othar Tryggvassen]] finds his sister Sanaa in a [[MalevolentArchitecture deathtrap/prison]], his second question is ''"And '''what''' have you done to your '''hair?'''"'' It's unknown whether he's talking about [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20100319#.VvcArOKLTIU cutting it short or dying it pink.]]

* ''WesternAnimation/TotalDrama'''s Duncan (the page image) sports a green mohawk.
* Tambry from ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'' has pink and purple hair. It's been like this since she was in Kindergarten.

* ''WesternAnimation/StarVsTheForcesOfEvil'':
** In "Mr. Candle Cares", in an effort to rebel against her future as queen, Star gives herself a punk makeover, which includes shaving half her hair, dying it purple, and styling it so some of it obscures the left side of her face. [[StatusQuoIsGod It’s back to normal by the next episode]]

** Kyoushirou has a long pompadour and is a yakuza boss. His hair is also blue, but that's not unusual for the residents of Wano Kuni.
** In the past, Kin'emon dyed his hair blond when he was a rebellious delinquent. After becoming the vassal of the new daimyou Kozuki Oden, Kin'emon dyed his hair back to black to look professional. While Wano Kuni is essentially the ''One Piece'' equivalent of feudal-era Japan, the trope doesn't work well because most people in Wano of such colorful hair colors, and only a few prominent characters actually have black hair, so having blond hair wouldn't be out of the ordinary.

* An [[https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/lawn-order/ urban legend]] exists about a punk-dressed girl who was taken to the emergency room of a hospital for appendicitis. When they disrobed her on the operating table, they found she had dyed her pubic hair green, and above it was tattooed the words, "Keep off the grass." She later woke up to find it shaved off and a note written on her bandages: "Sorry, had to mow the lawn."

* In ''Manga/DetectiveConan'', a case is solved because of the differences between the styles of two writers. One was old-fashioned (lovers standing in the rain, separated by a pole was a common scene in his novels) and his delinquents almost always had bleached hair.

* At the beginning of ''LightNovel/TheTwelveKingdoms'', Youko is criticized for her naturally red hair, and her mother tries to make her dye it a more unassuming shade so that people won't assume she's a delinquent.