History Main / FurryBaldness

-->-- '''Pinkie Pie''', ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic''

This can also create a situation where, ironically, the older men with the balding line of additional hair have ''more'' hair than the standard anthro characters with a normal animal's hair length. This especially applies to [[NonMammalianHair species who don't normally have hair]]--such as reptiles or insects.

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* Red ruffed lemurs and Black and White ruffed lemurs have longer cheek fur that invokes mutton chops and shorter fur on the crowns of their head that invokes a receding hairline.
* Demoiselle cranes have elongated white feathers on the nape of their otherwise dark grey head, which resembles long white hair with receding hairline.
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* Friar Tuck in ''WesternAnimation/RobinHood'' has a hairstyle like this, but unlike most examples he also has an actual bald spot on top of his head. Like the aforementioned example, he doesn't have much fur.

Baldness is an easy way to indicate age of a male character, or to try to make a character look older and distinguished (or [[BaldOfEvil evil]] or [[BaldOfAwesome macho]]).

* ''WesternAnimation/ThunderCats1985'': Most [=ThunderCats=], both male and female, have a full mane as well as [[FurIsSkin very short fur]]. [[BaldOfAwesome Not Panthro.]] ''WesternAnimation/ThunderCats2011'' adds HotbloodedSideburns and [[BigOlEyebrows thicker eyebrows]], making his baldness even more visible.

* [[PunnyName Mr. Nezzer]] from ''WesternAnimation/VeggieTales'' is a zucchini with a balding head.

* The Godpigeon from ''WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}}'' had a small tuft of feathers on his head, suggesting a receding hairline. The three main pigeons had nothing.

* Episode "The Scarlet Pachyderm" of ''WesternAnimation/{{Babar}}'' has FlamboyantGay Pompadour losing his Louis XV-like wig with two mean Rhino border guards and feeling outrage saying "I'm practically bald without my wig!" (and yes, he does have some sort of remaining hair in his head). The curious part is that ALL elephants in the series of all ages and genders are bald.
* Ren of ''WesternAnimation/TheRenAndStimpyShow'' claims he has no hair in one episode, despite being clearly covered in fur.
* Fat Cat of ''WesternAnimation/ChipNDaleRescueRangers'' wears a combover over his otherwise obviously fur-covered head.
* While the vast majority of the characters in ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'', including the protagonist, have no hair because they're sea creatures, Squidward, an [[NonIndicativeName octopus]], is the only one whose lack thereof is portrayed as a source of embarrassment, and he regularly shows an interest in hairpieces. What makes this especially curious is that his scalp is usually drawn as having what appears to be a sort of "stubble", and "The Original Fry Cook" portrays him with beautiful golden locks in a flashback, so he's at least ''had'' more hair in his lifetime than the rest of the cast has ever grown to begin with.

* Hiram Flaversham, the father of Olivia in ''Disney/TheGreatMouseDetective''. And this is in a universe where most mice don't have human-like head hair.

* Sasha the bird from the ''Music/PeterAndTheWolf'' segment of ''Disney/MakeMineMusic'' has a balding crown.
* Angus [=MacBadger=] from the Wind In The Willows segment of ''Disney/TheAdventuresOfIchabodAndMrToad'' has a balding crown and an actual bald spot. He also doesn't have much fur.
* Friar Tuck in ''Disney/RobinHood'' has a hairstyle like this, but unlike most examples he also has an actual bald spot on top of his head. Like the aforementioned example, he doesn't have much fur.

* While the vast majority of the characters in ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'', including the protagonist, have no hair because they're sea creatures, Squidward, an [[NonIndicativeName octopus]], is the only one whose lack thereof is portrayed as a source of embarrassment, and he regularly shows an interest in hairpieces. What makes this especially curious is that his scalp is usually drawn as having what appears to be a sort of "stubble", and "The Original Fry Cook" portrays him as having beautiful golden locks in a flashback, so he's at least ''had'' more hair in his lifetime than the rest of the cast has ever grown to begin with.

* Angus MacBadger from the Wind In The Willows segment of ''Disney/TheAdventuresOfIchabodAndMrToad'' has a balding crown and an actual bald spot. He also doesn't have much fur.

* Friar Tuck in ''Disney/RobinHood'' has a hairstyle like this, but unlike most examples he also has an actual bald spot on top of his head.

* Demoiselle cranes have elongated white feathers on the nape of their otherwise dark grey head, whicht resembles long white hair with receding hairline.

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* A few of the male [[PettingZooPeople anthro]] characters from ''WesternAnimation/{{Arthur}}'' fit this trope.