History Main / TomboyishPonytail

Basically using a ponytail to visually distinguish women and girls who are {{Tomboy}}s, [[TheLadette Ladettes]], or otherwise don't act in a "proper" feminine manner.

* ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'': Misty's hair is a sort of hybrid of this and GirlishPigtails since she wears her hair pulled up in a single side pigtail.

* The title character from ''WesternAnimation/AtomicBetty'' is an ActionGirl interested in sports and science-fiction who wears her red hair in a ponytail.
* Heloise on ''WesternAnimation/JimmyTwoShoes'' may be a cute little girl with her hair tied up in a ponytail, but she's also a sadistic evil genius that even [[{{Satan}} Lucius Heinous VII]] is terrified of.
* June of ''WesternAnimation/KaBlam'' is a snarky tomboy who wears baggy clothing, along with a ponytail to keep her blue hair out of her face.
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%%* Talon from ''WesternAnimation/StaticShock''.
%%* Julie from ''WesternAnimation/HiHiPuffyAmiYumi''.

* Sissy Blakely from ''WesternAnimation/JohnnyTest''.
* Lola Bunny from ''WesternAnimation/TheLooneyTunesShow'' is an EarsAsHair example. Her long ears are tied down like a high ponytail in the show.
* Pumyra from ''WesternAnimation/ThunderCats2011'' also combines this with sidetails, and she is by far the most masculine female in the series.
* Abby Archer from ''{{WesternAnimation/Grossology}}'' is fearless enough to take on some of the most squeamish villainy imaginable and wears her hair in a ponytail.
* Karen from ''WesternAnimation/FrostyTheSnowman''.

* In ''Webcomic/{{Widdershins}}'' this is how [[TomboyishName Harry]] the freelance artifact-hunter and all-around people-helper wears her hair. When [[HatesWearingDresses forced into a dress, complete with a lady-like hairstyle, she scowls]] until she can change.

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* ''Webcomic/{{Gloomverse}}'''s Clermont, a spunky [[WrenchWench mechanic]] and labor activist with an enormous mane of hair pulled back into a ponytail.
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* ''Webcomic/{{Gloomverse}}'''s Clermont, a spunky [[WrenchWench mechanic]] and labor activist with an enormous mane of hair pulled back into a ponytail.

* Fiona in ''WesternAnimation/{{Shrek}}'' keeps her hair in a braided ponytail. While she tries to (initially) be girly, her tomboyish personality is ultimately what causes Shrek to bond and fall in love with her.

* ''Anime/FullmetalAlchemist'' has Paninya, a former pickpocket turned odd job worker with a supremely short cropped ponytail.

* Zoe from ''VideoGame/Left4Dead'', which also has the advantage of being [[NoFlowInCGI easy to convincingly animate]].

* Amethyst in the ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'' episode "Beach Party" wears her hair in a ponytail, and, of the Crystal Gems, is the most tomboyish due to being a BoisterousBruiser and also messy at times. The ponytail makes a comeback in "Reuinted" and "Steven vs. Amethyst".

* Bridgette and Eva of ''WesternAnimation/TotalDrama''. Bridgette is a surfer-girl, while Eva is a PassionateSportsGirl and ActionGirl.

* ''VideoGame/{{Shantae}}'' keeps her hair like this, since [[WhipItGood swinging it like a whip]] is her main method of attack.

* Asaka (AKA [[ActionGirl Neuroloid Girl]]) in ''LightNovel/{{Dokkoida}}''

* ''WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse'': Lynn Loud Jr has an absurdly messy and unkempt ponytail, and is the PassionateSportsGirl and roughhousing Ladette of the siblings. Ronnie Anne and Luan have these as well, though they are a lot neater and more well kept, while Ronnie Anne is plenty tomboyish, Luan is barely unfeminine enough to quality as a tomboy.

* Amethyst in the ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'' episode "Beach Party" wears her hair in a ponytail, and, of the Crystal Gems, is the most tomboyish due to being a BoisterousBruiser and also messy at times.

* Annabeth Chase from ''Literature/PercyJacksonAndTheOlympians'' regularly wears her hair in a ponytail to show she's an [[ActionGirl Action]] [[TheSmartGuy Smart Girl]].

* ''Videogame/TheCaligulaEffect2'': The female protagonist wears her hair up in a high ponytail.

* ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice'': Brash {{Tsundere}} [[ActionGirl Artemis]] wears hers in a tight ponytail at all times, [[TomboyAndGirlyGirl in contrast to]] sweet and demure Miss Martian, who wears her hair [[LongHairIsFeminine loose around her shoulders]].

* June of ''WesternAnimation/KaBlam''.
* Judy Jetson from ''WesternAnimation/TheJetsons''.
* Talon from ''WesternAnimation/StaticShock''.
* Julie from ''WesternAnimation/HiHiPuffyAmiYumi''.

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

* VideoGame/{{Shantae}} keeps her hair like this, since [[WhipItGood swinging it like a whip]] is her main method of attack.

* ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice'': Brash {{Tsundere}} [[ActionGirl Artemis]] wears hers in a tight ponytail at all times, [[TomboyAndGirlyGirl in contrast to]] sweet and demure [[TheChick Miss Martian]], who wears her hair [[LongHairIsFeminine loose around her shoulders]].

** The [[VideoGame/PokemonScarletAndViolet Gen IX]] Pokémon Tinkatuff is from an [[OneGenderRace all-female evolution line]] and has a growth on its head that resembles a ponytail. It's also rather aggressive and combative by nature, being known to attack Pawniard and Bisharp for scrap metal, and it [[DropTheHammer wields a brutish-looking hammer]].

** 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.

*** 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.

* Jessie the Cowgirl doll from ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory2'' wears a braided ponytail, complete with a yellow ribbon. So does [[{Housewife} Mrs. Jennifer Davis]], Andy's mom, from ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory1''.

* Jessie the Cowgirl doll from ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory2'' wears a braided ponytail, complete with a yellow ribbon. So does [[Housewife Mrs. Jennifer Davis]], Andy's mom, from ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory1''.

* Jessie the Cowgirl doll from ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory2'' wears a braided ponytail, complete with a yellow ribbon. So does Mrs. Jennifer Davis, Andy's mom, from ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory1''.

* Jessie the Cowgirl doll from ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory2'' wears a braided ponytail, complete with a yellow ribbon. So does Mrs. Jennifer Davis from ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory1''.

* Jessie the Cowgirl doll from ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory2'' wears a braided ponytail, complete with a yellow ribbon. So does Mrs. Jennifer Davis from ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory''.

* Jessie the Cowgirl doll from ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory2'' wears a braided ponytail, complete with a yellow ribbon.