History Main / TomboyishPonytail

* ''Fanfic/DoingItRightThisTime'': Asuka starts wearing a ponytail when she decides to ditch her hairclips and try a new hairstyle. She's also masculine, brash, and she prefers fighting over stereotypically girlish hobbies.
%% * ''Manga/Evangelion303'': In chapter 6 [[{{Tomboy}} Asuka]] braided her hair in a ponytail. [[http://eva303.smackjeeves.com/comics/1344224/028/ It made her look more masculine and more aggressive]].

%% * ''Fanfic/RiseOfTheGaleforces'': [[http://fav.me/d3jcwwq Sarah Squall, aka Stratogale, has one.]]
%% * Sassette of ''Fanfic/EmpathTheLuckiestSmurf'' sports one instead of her usual Smurf hat and dual braids.

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheBookOfLife'', Maria is the only female character to wear her hair this way, and she doesn't seem to be as ladylike as the other girls in town.

* [[FieryRedhead Kyouko Sakura]] from ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica'' wears her hair in an unkempt high ponytail. Not only she's a rough ActionGirl and TheLadette, but also her civilian garb is a green hoodie and [[WhoWearsShortShorts short shorts]] instead of a school uniform.

%% * When going into dangerous situations, [[Series/RizzoliAndIsles Detective Jane Rizzoli]] puts her hair up into the [[FanNickname Ponytail of Righteous Justice]].

* ''VideoGame/TargetAcquired2016'': [[PlayerCharacter Yura]] is a police officer who has her [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair hot pink]] hair in a ponytail.

* Samus Aran of ''Franchise/{{Metroid}}'', the galaxy's greatest bounty hunter, often sports a long ponytail and has been mistaken for a man when in her PoweredArmor.

Compare SlipknotPonytail, GirlishPigtails, BraidsOfAction, BoyishShortHair, SailorsPonytail, SamuraiPonytail, GlassesAndPonytailCoverup.

* ''VideoGame/PuyoPuyo'' protagonist Arle Nadja, who outright hates the idea of acting ladylike as stated by her in ''Puyo Puyo Tetris'', has her hair tied up into a ponytail in the back.

* ''VideoGame/PuyoPuyo'' protagonist Arle Nadja, who outright hates the idea of acting ladylike as stated by her in ''Puyo Puyo Tetris'', has her hair tied up into a ponytail in the back.
* ''Videogame/TheCaligulaEffect2'': The female protagonist wears her hair up in a high ponytail.

* In ''Manga/AsteroidInLove'', [[GirlyGirlWithATomboyStreak Ao]] invokes this during the SchoolFestival of her second year, owing to her crossdressing a male waiter. She's been seen wearing ponytails in other situations, but they're closer to the MotherlySidePlait than this.

* Makoto/Sailor Jupiter of ''Franchise/SailorMoon'' has a long ponytail, and despite [[TomboyWithAGirlyStreak having a girlier side]] she's the brawler and physically strongest the group. Particularly in her earlier appearances, she also sometimes sported a TomboyishBaseballCap to match.

* ''VideoGame/TargetAcquired2016'': [[PlayerCharacter Yura]] is a police officer who has her [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair hot pink]] hair in a ponytail.

This is TruthInTelevision for many tomboys in RealLife, due to being an easy-to-do style that gets your hair out of the way. In fiction, odds are that if a girl is wearing a ponytail (save for one paired with an elegant hairstyle), she's not going to act demure or feminine, at least [[SheCleansUpNicely not all the time]]. Bonus points if she wears overalls or is a RebelliousPrincess.

Back when girls just didn't have boy hair, no matter what, ponytails were a way for tomboys to rebel against the curls their mothers wished they'd worn. At least this was the case in 60s-80s girl empowerment fiction.

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* Makoto, aka Sailor Jupiter, of ''Franchise/SailorMoon'' has a long ponytail, and she's the brawler in the group. Particularly in her earlier appearances, she also sometimes sported a TomboyishBaseballCap to match.

* Vietnam of ''Webcomic/AxisPowersHetalia''.

* Misaki of ''Manga/ExcelSaga''.

%% * ''Manga/{{Evangelion 303}}'': In chapter 6 [[{{Tomboy}} Asuka]] braided her hair in a ponytail. [[http://eva303.smackjeeves.com/comics/1344224/028/ It made her look more masculine and more aggressive]].

* Lola Bunny from ''WestenAnimation/TheLooneyTunesShow'' is an EarsAsHair example. Her long ears are tied down like a high ponytail in the show.

* Downplayed with Sango in ''Manga/InuYasha'', who has her long hair bound in a ponytail when she's in her battle-garb. Otherwise, she has it tied at the end with a ribbon. Personality-wise, she's more of a YamatoNadeshiko than a tomboy and only wears a ponytail out of necessity when fighting.

* Sango in ''Manga/InuYasha'' has her long hair bound in a ponytail when she's in her battle-garb. Otherwise, she has it tied at the end with a ribbon.

* Hilda (Touko in the Japanese version), the female player character in ''VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite'', has a ''huge'', [[EightiesHair voluminous]] ponytail, complete with HairAntennae. Her look gives off a convincing {{Tomboy}}ish feel, and fan interpretation commonly presents her as OneOfTheBoys/a [[TheLadette Lad-ette]].
** Earlier generations had Misty (Kasumi in the Japanese version), referred to as "the tomboyish mermaid" on her Gym's signpost (and perhaps the most physically brutal in combat out of Kanto's female Gym Leaders), whose trademark hairstyle, as seen in Gens I and III and every adaptation in which she's appeared, is a short ponytail tied to the side.

* Marle of ''VideoGame/ChronoTrigger''.
* Alexandra Roivas of ''VideoGame/EternalDarkness''.
* Zoe from ''VideoGame/Left4Dead'', which also has the advantage of being [[NoFlowInCGI easy to convincingly animate]].
* VideoGame/{{Shantae}} keeps her hair like this, since [[WhipItGood swinging it like a whip]] is her main method of attack.
* Coco Bandicoot from ''VideoGame/CrashBandicoot'' keeps her hair in a ponytail in every game except ''VideoGame/CrashOfTheTitans''.
* [[VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountry2DiddysKongQuest Dixie]] [[VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountry3DixieKongsDoubleTrouble Kong]]. Like Shantae, the ponytail is used as a weapon. It is also HelicopterHair.
* ''VideoGame/SuperCloudbuilt'': [[PlayerCharacter Demi]] has [[RuleOfThree [=THREE=]]] ponytails, and is an ActionGirl proficient in LeParkour.