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* ''VideoGame/{{Starcraft}}'': The Protoss naturally have a long bundle of cable-like nerve cords growing out of their head like a ponytail; Dark Templars crop theirs to sever their connection to their race.

* ''Franchise/LiloAndStitch'': Angel (Experiment 624) has two long antennae that resemble human hair.

* ''Literature/CitiesOfTheWeft'': The [[SorcerousOverlord Mistress of Malarkoi]] and her daughter Dashini have hedgehog spines and feathers in place of hair, respectively. It's most likely an affectation, since the Mistress was human before she became a demigod-tier RealityWarper.

HairWings usually overlap with this, but not always because the wings could technically be made of "regular" hair.

* Bem the bomb robot from the classic ''Manga/AstroBoy'' story ''Earth's Last Day'' is a reluctant humanoid control system for [[EarthShatteringKaboom a planet-destroying bomb]] resembling a boy with bird-like wings growing out from his hair. Oddly, the alien race who created him have [[GoodWingsEvilWings bat wings]] on their heads.

* ''ComicBook/Superboy1994'':
** One of the {{beautiful slave girl}}s in Kossak's harem has long rounded feather-like "hair" which starts further back than a normal human hairline, continues onto her back and the backs of her arms, and doesn't reach the sides of her head.
** Kon-El comes across an alien girl with strange branching blue stuff that looks sort of like flat bunches of grapes that grow on her wrists and ankles in addition to on top of her head.
* ''ComicBook/GreenLantern'':
** Green Lantern Feska of Zarox and her people have a crest striped with black instead of hair.
** Deeter's "hair" does not have individual strands, and despite being shaped like a human haircut is more like smooth shaped growth, plus his "mustache", and both look like they could have been popped out of a jello mold and glued to his head.
** Sinestro Corps members Kiriazis and Scivor both have needle-like spikes and horns in place of hair.
** Female Ungarans have dark thin cord-like things on their heads that look sort of like thin braids though some artists just can't seem to keep from drawing it like regular hair. Males, like Green Lantern Abin Sur, are generally completely hairless.
* ''ComicBook/{{Sinestro}}'': The Yellow Lantern who gets his neck snapped by Mongul after he's freed from the Paling has a mass of cord-like things growing on his head behind his crest-adorned forehead instead of hair.
* ''ComicBook/WonderWoman1987'':
** One of Diana's space pirate revolutionaries has a large boxy lump on each side of her head which seem to be in place of ears as well as hair.
** One of the races seen most often on the Sangtee Empire's slave planets is a greenish blue-skinned people with pointed ears and symmetric coral-like growths instead of hair.
* In the Franchise/MarvelUniverse, the humanoid Shi'ar have feathers instead of hair.
* Velosians have a sort of orangeish fringe skirting the back of their heads which is very visible against their turquoise skin. Or they did before they and their planet were destroyed by [[ComicBook/NewGods Yuga Khan]]. The only known survivor, ComicBook/WonderWoman's elderly ally H'Elgn who was a slave of the Sangtee Empire when Velos was destroyed, has a white fringe instead.

* The ''Franchise/LiloAndStitch'' franchise has Angel (Experiment 624), who has two long antennae that resemble human hair.

* The titular aliens of ''Film/{{Predator}}'' have dark cords in place of hair.

* In Myth/ClassicalMythology, Medusa has snakes instead of hair.

* Cala Maria from ''VideoGame/{{Cuphead}}'' is a mermaid with an ''octopus'' for hair, with the octopus's head vaguely resembling a bun. When she enters her gorgon phase, the octopus's tentacles become living snake heads.
* [[LizardFolk Argonians]] of ''Franchise/TheElderScrolls'' series, have just about everything ''but'' hair treated like hair. Horns, spikes (both flexible and rigid), scales, fins, feathers (particularly females), etc.
* In ''VideoGame/HearthstoneHeroesOfWarcraft'', intelligent murlocs are shown wearing their distinctive crest of spikes like hair. One female murloc even has hers done up [[https://gamepedia.cursecdn.com/hearthstone_gamepedia/c/ca/Hydrologist_full.jpg?version=b74cba6510973300dfc614605536d7db in a ponytail]]. This is averted in ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'' proper, where murlocs always keep their spikes straight up even while wearing a hat (although, this is more likely due to model limitations, and the fact that non-hostile clothes-wearing murlocs are exceptionally rare in the canon game).

** ''VideoGame/MassEffectAndromeda'': The angara, have in place of hair, a cobra-like hood.
* ''VideoGame/{{Palworld}}'': Lunaris-es have a pair of tendrils on their heads resembling long pigtails.
* The Protoss of ''VideoGame/{{Starcraft}}'' naturally have a long bundle of cable-like nerve cords growing out of their head like a ponytail; Dark Templars crop theirs to sever their connection to their race.

* Fear Herself/Araava, one of the main villains of the ''WebVideo/MultiverseTales'', differs from other [[PhysicalGod Overseers]] by having bubbling, shifting purple slime instead of hair on top of her head. This, combined with her [[AmazingTechnicolorPopulation unnaturally blackish-grey skin]], SupernaturalGoldEyes, and CreepyMonotone, helps establish her as an unsettling HumanoidAbomination, perfectly fitting for a woman who [[TheManBehindTheMonsters created the hordes of demons]] that populate her world.

* ''WesternAnimation/MonstersInc'' and its [[WesternAnimation/MonstersUniversity sequel]] feature several monsters with fins, spikes, or even snakes in place of hair. One of the [[WordOfSaintPaul art directors]] for the movie confirmed that this was a bit of a cheat so that they didn't have to animate any more hair than absolutely necessary.

* In ''VideoGame/{{Hearthstone}}'', intelligent murlocs are shown wearing their distinctive crest of spikes like hair. One female murloc even has hers done up [[https://gamepedia.cursecdn.com/hearthstone_gamepedia/c/ca/Hydrologist_full.jpg?version=b74cba6510973300dfc614605536d7db in a ponytail]]. This is averted in ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'' proper, where murlocs always keep their spikes straight up even while wearing a hat (although, this is more likely due to model limitations, and the fact that non-hostile clothes-wearing murlocs are exceptionally rare in the canon game).

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* ''Series/AliensInTheFamily'': Spit has spikes growing out of his head instead of hair.
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So you have a humanoid being, but actual keratin hair would look weird on them, possibly because they not mammals, such as LizardFolk, but you still want something ''like'' a head of hair.

* Bem the bomb robot from the classic ''Manga/AstroBoy'' story ''Earth's Last Day'' is a reluctant humanoid control system for [[EarthShatteringKaboom a planet destroying bomb]] resembling a boy with bird-like wings growing out from his hair. Oddly, the alien race who created him have [[GoodWingsEvilWings bat wings]] on their heads.

** One of the {{beautiful slave girl}}s in Kossak's harem has long rounded feather like "hair" which starts further back than a normal human hairline, continues onto her back and the backs of her arms and doesn't reach the sides of her head.
** Kon-El comes across an alien girl with strange branching blue stuff that looks sort of like flat bunches of grapes which grows on her wrists and ankles in addition to on top of her head.

** Sinestro Corps members Kiriazis and Scivor have both got needle-like spikes and horns in place of hair.
** Female Ungarans have dark thin cord like things on their heads that look sort of like thin braids though some artists just can't seem to keep from drawing it like regular hair. Males, like Green Lantern Abin Sur, are generally completely hairless.
* ''ComicBook/{{Sinestro}}'': The Yellow Lantern who gets his neck snapped by Mongul after he's freed from the Paling has a mass of cord-like things growing on his head behind his crest adorned forehead instead of hair.

* Velosians have a sort of orangeish fringe skirting the back of their heads which is very visible against their turquoise skin. Or they did before they and their planet were destroyed by [[ComicBook/NewGods Yuga Khan]]. The only known survivor, ComicBook/WonderWoman's elderly ally H'Elgn who was on a slave of the Sangtee Empire when Velos was destroyed, has a white fringe instead.

* ''Literature/{{Wayfarers}}'': The reptillian Aandrisk have very long feathers where a human would hair.

* The Protoss of ''VideoGame/{{Starcraft}}'' naturally have a long bundle of cable-like nerve cords growing out of their head like a ponytail; Dark Templar crop theirs to sever their connection to their race.
* ''VideoGame/AVeryLongRopeToTheTopOfTheSky'': Shapeshifters have snakes for hair, they also use the art called {{Lamia}} and have a the humanoid top and snake-lower-body to match.