History Main / MotherlySidePlait

* Chiemi Takakura from ''Anime/MawaruPenguindrum'', wears a loose ponytail over her right shoulder. She's the MissingMom of Kanba, Shōma, and Himari. [[spoiler:Unsurprisingly, she turns out to be a PosthumousCharacter along with her husband, but it also turns out that she was a leader of a terrorist group.]]

* Chiemi Takakura from ''Anime/MawaruPenguindrum'', wears a loose ponytail over her right shoulder. She's the mother of the Kanba, Shōma, and Himari.

* Mari "Monroe" Morino in ''Maga/AsteroidInLove'' ties most of her hair into a braid and lays it over her left shoulder. While she isn't a mother, she has a soft, gentle and nuturing personality such that Moe's report in Chapter 13.5 refers her as the "big sister" of the Earth Sciences Club.

* [[spoiler:Weiss']] mother Willow has this hairstyle in ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}''. It has an {{expository|hairstyles}} element in two ways: she switched from a PrimAndProperBun to a messy sidetail after [[AlcoholicParent years of alcoholism]] and the hairstyle also signifies that she still has a maternal side despite her ParentalNeglect. [[spoiler:Weiss]] herself has the same hairstyle for a while, and WordOfGod is that her hairdo signifies that she's rebelling against her megalomaniacal father Jacques. [[spoiler:She changes her hairstyle around the same time his [[CorruptCorporateExecutive corrupt and power-hungry behavior]]
is exposed, no longer needing to show defiance to the man she finally defeated.]]

* [[spoiler:Weiss']] mother Willow has this hairstyle in ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}''. It has an {{expository|hairstyles}} element in two ways: she switched from a PrimAndProperBun to a messy sidetail after [[AlcoholicParent years of alcoholism]] and the hairstyle also signifies that she still has a maternal side despite her ParentalNeglect. [[spoiler:Weiss]] herself has the same hairstyle for a while, and WordOfGod is that her hairdo signifies that she's rebelling against her megalomaniacal father Jacques. [[spoiler:She changes her hairstyle around the same time his DirtyBusiness is exposed, no longer needing to show defiance to the man she finally defeated.]]

* [[spoiler:Weiss']] mother Willow has this hairstyle in ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}''. It has an {{expository|hairstyles}} element in two ways: she switched from a PrimAndProperBun to a messy sidetail after [[AlcoholicParent years of alcoholism]] and the hairstyle also signifies that she still has a maternal side despite her ParentalNeglect. [[spoiler:Weiss]] herself has the same hairstyle for a while, and WordOfGod is that she's rebelling against her megalomaniacal father Jacques. [[spoiler:She changes her hairstyle around the same time his DirtyBusiness is exposed, no longer needing to show defiance to the man she finally defeated.]]

* [[spoiler:Weiss']] mother Willow has this hairstyle in ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}''. It has an {{expository|hairstyles}} element in two ways: she switched from a PrimAndProperBun to a messy sidetail after [[AlcoholicParent years of alcoholism]] and the hairstyle also signifies that she still has a maternal side despite her ParentalNeglect. [[spoiler:Weiss]] herself has the same hairstyle for a while, and WordOfGod is that she's rebelling against her magnanimous father.

* [[spoiler:Weiss']] mother Willow has this hairstyle in ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}''. It has an {{expository|hairstyles}} element in two ways: she switched from a PrimAndProperBun to a messy sidetail after [[AlcoholicParent years of alcoholism]] and the hairstyle also signifies that she still has a maternal side despite her ParentalNeglect.

* The ''HMS Hood'' from ''VideoGame/AzurLane'' styles her hair like this. Fittingly, she acts as the TeamMom of the Royal Navy, and dies in the prologue.

Since mothers are often the object of a DarkAndTroubledPast, this is also infamously known as the "Dead Anime Mom Hairstyle". [[note]]This also applies to non-motherly female characters (though their fate varies on each character) or even male characters.[[/note]]

%%* In ''Manga/HoozukiNoReitetsu'', Nasubi's mother wear this hairstyle.

* Sina wears a loose waist-length ponytail over her left shoulder, fitting her role as the good mother of ''Disney/{{Moana}}''.

* Carla Yeager from ''Manga/AttackOnTitan'' wore a loose ponytail over her right shoulder, fitting her role as a good mother to Eren and Mikasa. This, combined with Trisha Elric from ''Franchise/FullmetalAlchemist'', have led the fandom to nickname the hairstyle the "Dead Mom Side Pony."

** Mercedes from ''VideoGame/FireEmblemThreeHouses'' sports this hairstyle as well. [[spoiler:She ditches it come the time-skip, however]].

* The "Dead Mom Hair" part is PlayedForLaughs in ''Anime America'' in their gateway anime episode when Hannah's avatar redesign comes with a Motherly Side Plait. Robyn and Tara immediately assume she's dying, with Tara pointing out several anime examples of mothers who wore the hairstyle and died, including Carla Yeager from ''Manga/AttackOnTitan'' and Trisha Elric from ''Franchise/FullmetalAlchemist''. Hannah counters that she doesn't even ''have'' children. Defied since Hannah is, of course, fine, but that doesn't stop Robyn from doing a memorial end-slate anyway to Hannah's annoyance.

%%** Gender Inverted in ''VideoGame/FireEmblemGenealogyOfTheHolyWar''. Lewyn wears his hair this way in Generation 2. Fittingly, he's a stern TeamDad in that part of the game.

%%** ''VisualNovel/UminekoWhenTheyCry'': Natsuhi Ushiromiya has a sort of high ponytail variant. She is sterner than most examples but she does treasure her family.

* In ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'', Ikumi Unagiya normally wears a loose ponytail for business purposes. However, as soon as he young son, Kaoru, comes looking for her, she puts her loose ponytail over her right shoulder, throws on a frilly apron and transforms from Ichigo's scary boss to affectionate, doting mother.

* Trisha Elric from ''Franchise/FullmetalAlchemist'' wore a loose ponytail over her right shoulder. She's the late mother of Edward and Alphonse.

* The bedridden mother of Amiko Itari from ''Anime/JinzoKonchuKabutoBorgVXV'' wears a loose braid over her right shoulder.

* Pear Butter, aka. Buttercup, of ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic''. [[spoiler:She was the mother of Big [=McIntosh=], Applejack, and Apple Bloom. It's also heavily implied she [[MissingMom died]] when Apple Bloom was younger.]]

%%* Pear Butter, aka. Buttercup, of ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic''. [[spoiler:She was the mother of Big [=McIntosh=], Applejack, and Apple Bloom. It's also heavily implied she [[MissingMom died]] when Apple Bloom was younger.]]

* Lorrie Berlinetta from ''Anime/ViVidStrike'' wears a loose ponytail over her right shoulder, though she did so even before she adopted Rinne. She also lacks the stay-at-home mom aspect associated with the hairstyle, being a rich fashion designer with a house full of maids.