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16->''"Oh no! My hair's in a mess. Ah -- but it always looks like this."''
17-->-- '''Gold''', ''Manga/PokemonAdventures''
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19Specific case of AnimeHair, that happens often in {{Shonen}} series. One or more of the characters, usually a protagonist, have a specific hairstyle -- their hair is [[MessyHair always a mess]], sticks out on all sides, and often looks kind of {{spiky|Hair}}. This hairstyle often comes with {{Hot Blooded}}ness and/or a nature somewhere between rebel, free spirit and ChaoticGood. Somebody could assume it's supposed to symbolize the hero's disrespect for existing rules. Or his dislike for hairdressers. Generally, it looks like our hero doesn't put any effort in his hairstyle and just goes as they are.
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21This is the kind of hairstyle that people suffering from PublicMediumIgnorance think all male anime characters have. The DistaffCounterpart stereotype for female anime characters can be GirlishPigtails.
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29%% * Iki from ''Manga/AirGear''.
30* ''Manga/BladeOfTheImmortal'': Despite being fairly realistic and featuring normal haircuts for almost all of the main and supporting characters, AntiVillain Magatsu Taito looks like he's carrying a porcupine on his head. We're talking foot-long spikes. It doesn't go unnoticed. At one point, somebody mentions InUniverse that hair like that will be popular in a couple hundred years.
31* ''Manga/{{Bakuman}}'': Orihara Ichiriki, one of Mashiro's assistants, has messy spiked hair. A bit of a NonStandardCharacterDesign, as he looks like he comes from a HotBlooded, action-y shonen manga while Bakuman is a more realistic series. Of course, ''Bakuman'' has plenty of hot-bloodedness anyway, so he doesn;t look ''too'' out of place.
32* ''Manga/{{Bleach}}''
33%% ** Ichigo Kurosaki, the Espada Grimmjow Jaggerjack...
34** Captain Kenpachi Zaraki of Squad 11 in a rare case actually styles his hair like that instead of the usual case of it just being so.
35** Averted with other characters. Nnoitora Giruga is just as confrontational, but has neat, straight hair - closer in style to Ishida than Ichigo. In addition, when Grimmjow releases, his hair actually gets straighter (probably due to becoming longer.) Conversely, Hitsugaya's hair is a lot like this, but he's a [[PerpetualFrowner rather serious]] character who usually isn't quick to fight.
36* ''Manga/BusoRenkin'': Kazuki Muto has the typical spiky brown hair of a StockShonenHero with the addition of a lighter streak at the front and a strange M-shaped section that looks like there's a misshapen pair of Triangle Shades sticking out of his head. His KidFromTheFuture, from the [[ Japan-only]] video game, has similar hair.
37%% * ''Literature/ACertainMagicalIndex'': Touma Kamijou. In a bit of a subversion, Touma actually [[InvokedTrope deliberately styles it that way with hair gel.]]
38* ''Manga/ChronoCrusade'': Joshua Christopher, although it's much more toned down than some of the other examples on this page. (He fits the personality for this trope.) Chrono might count, too, although he's got a long braid at the base of his neck in addition to the spiky hair on his head.
39* ''Anime/CowboyBebop'': Spike Spiegel has hair that sticks out all over the place, but it's more curly than spiky. (Faye at one point describes it as "fluffy".) Ed has the more stereotypical spiky hair.
40* ''Manga/DNAngel'': Almost ''all'' of the male cast. Particularly notable because this is a ''{{shojo}}'' manga, not shounen (although it certainly mixes in tropes from that genre).
41* ''Franchise/{{Digimon}}'': At least one kid from each series, usually the protagonist, who'll be hot-headed and immature, and also wear [[GogglesDoNothing useless goggles]]. In ''Anime/DigimonTamers'' however, it's [[RareFemaleExample Rika]] that sports this kind of hair and hot-headed personality, while the others have hairstyles more plausible in reality.
42* ''Franchise/DragonBall'': The Saiyans have Shonen Hair as a genetic trait to the point that a pure-blooded Saiyan's hair never changes from the day they're born. All too fitting for a barbaric race of space-faring cavemen.
43%% * ''Anime/DuelMasters'': Shobu Kirifuda.
44%% * ''Manga/Eyeshield21'': Several characters have hair like this, including Sena, Monta and Hiruma. The series lampshades the trope: Sena's hair is a cross between Goku's and Astro Boy's. Sena looks exactly like Astro Boy with his hair gelled down and his dad has the same hairdo. Hiruma actually has normal hair but styles his hair this way to add to his rebellious image. As for Monta, he's simply copying the hairstyle of his hero, who has a less cartoony version of the haircut.
45* ''Manga/FairyTail'': Natsu, Gray, and Gajeel all have this hairstyle. However, whenever Natsu is in the middle of a hard battle, his bangs go down because of the damage he takes. During the Tenro Island arc, he even uses his Fire Dragon Slayer Magic to heat up his hands to style his hair to its usual style.
46%% * ''Manga/FushigiYuugi'': Tamahome and Tasuki, as opposed to just about everyone else.
47%% * ''Anime/FutureGPXCyberFormula'': Hayato Kazami, Naoki Shinjyo and Johji Ohtomo have these. Hayato's is more noticeable, and it gets bigger in the last 2 [=OVAs=].
48%% * ''Manga/GetBackers'': A lot of characters, most notably the two protagonists, and ''especially'' Ban (though being drenched leads to his hair becoming completely tamed... for a while).
49%% * Manga/{{Hamlet}} has this.
50%% * ''Franchise/KagerouProject'': Shintaro, Hibiya, Seto and (to a lesser extent) Haruka all have this. In Shintaro and Haruka's cases, it's [[LampshadedTrope Lampshaded]] [[spoiler:by the same person, no less]].
51* ''Anime/KillLaKill'': Sanageyama's hair seems to get more spiky with every new iteration of his uniform. By the time he gets to wearing Blade Regalia: Secret Unsealed, he's practically a Saiyan.
52%% * ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure''
53%% ** Jotaro Kujo is revealed to have this when he loses his cap.
54%% ** An even better example is Joseph Joestar, his grandfather. When he was young, that is.
55%% * Both Tetsuya Tsurugi and Kouji Kabuto from ''Anime/MazingerZ'' and ''Anime/GreatMazinger''.
56%% * Ken and Ryo from ''Anime/MazinkaiserSKL''.
57* ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'':
58** Both protagonist Midoriya and deuteragonist Bakugo have typical messy shonen hair, but in different styles [[AstonishinglyAppropriateAppearance that reflect their personalities.]] Midoriya, being friendlier, has softer, more wavy-looking hair, while the more aggressive, HotBlooded Bakugo has more stiff, jagged SpikyHair (that also fits with his ability to generate explosions.)
59** Side character-turned-BreakoutCharacter Kirishima has spiky red hair that rivals both Midoriya's and Bakugo's hairstyles, and it fits his HotBlooded, [[TestosteronePoisoning manliness-obsessed]] personality. However, it's actually invoked since he dyes his hair red (his natural hair color is black) and uses gel to spike it up. It's part of his effort to reinvent himself as a "manlier", more courageous person than he was back in middle school.
60* ''Franchise/{{Naruto}}'':
61** Naruto has had spiky hair his entire life because he was born with it. He inherited it from his father. As an adult, Naruto cuts his hair short, but it still naturally spikes up.
62** Naruto's son Boruto in ''Manga/{{Boruto}}'' inherited his naturally spiky hair.
63** Kiba has had spiky hair his entire life. As an adult, he ends up combing it back.
64* ''Manga/OuranHighSchoolHostClub'': The Hitachiin twins. Seems to be intentionally {{invoked}} by the twins -- flashbacks show that before they joined the Host Club they had identical bowl cuts instead of the wild, spiky haircuts they have in present day, and they're considered the "Devil" type in the host club and are ''supposed'' to be a little wild. It's more obvious in the anime. In the manga, their hair looks much more natural and isn't quite as poofed out, although it's obvious they usually style it with hair gel.
65* ''Anime/PanzerWorldGalient'': Jordy Volder has messy, spiky, blonde hair.
66* ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries'': Loads of hot-blooded characters have messy, spiky hair, from Gary "[[MemeticBadass Motherfucking]]" Oak to Ritchie to Cameron. Ash Ketchum is the most obvious, being the StockShonenHero of the show[[note]]until ''Anime/PokemonHorizonsTheSeries'' replaced him with Liko and Roy[[/note]] and having jet-black, spiky hair jutting out from all sides of his head (most of which are hidden by his hat). There's even a popular icon that has a picture of Ash Ketchum, stating that "His hair can poke people's eyes out".
67%% * ''Manga/{{Pretear}}'': Goh and Mannen.
68* ''Anime/PrettyCure''
69** ''Anime/SuitePrettyCure'': Side character Waon Nishijima has blue shonen hair. Fittingly, she's a tomboy who's into sports.
70** ''Anime/SmilePrettyCure'': Reika/Cure Beauty gains spiky hair in [[SuperMode Princess Form]], making her look like a ''Manga/SaintSeiya'' character. The irony is that she's the YamatoNadeshiko of the five Cures, while the '''two''' tomboys get more traditionally feminine hair in their own Princess Forms.
71* ''Manga/RosarioPlusVampire'': Tsukune has shonen hair, but thanks to ArtEvolution, his hair looks more normal and straighter in later chapters of ''Season II''.
72* ''Manga/RurouniKenshin'': In the [[WordOfGod author's notes]], Creator/NobuhiroWatsuki explicitly mentions that Yahiko's character design is that of the archetypical wild-haired Shonen Protagonist, and Sano's hair is so crazy he gets called "Rooster-head" InUniverse. (Interestingly enough, as the series progresses, Kenshin's hair grows progressively ''less'' wild. ArtShift that doubles as a sign of CharacterDevelopment!)
73%% * Darren has this in the manga adaptation of ''Literature/TheSagaOfDarrenShan'', at least when he's not bald.
74* ''AudioPlay/SaintBeast'': Unlike most of his counterparts who have unnatural hair colours, Goh just gets a very spiky haircut.
75* ''Manga/SaintSeiya'': Most protagonists and villains. Seiya's helmet seems to have trouble keeping his hair's spikes from jutting out. The villains tend to combine shonen hair with long hair for maximum fabulousness.
76* ''Anime/SamuraiChamploo'': Mugen has wild hair that sticks out all around his head. He has a similarly wild personality.
77%% * ''Manga/SoulEater'': Soul and Blackā˜†Star.
78%% * ''Anime/{{Superbook}}'': Chris.
79%% * ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann'' - while Kamina's hair is this trope played straight, Simon is an interesting example - his hairstyle becomes more and more like this each time he [[TookALevelInBadass Takes a Level in Badass]].
80%% * ''VisualNovel/UminekoWhenTheyCry'': Battler Ushiromiya, despite the fact that it's not a shonen.
81%% * Main character from ''Manga/{{Yaiba}}''.
82* Parodied in one episode of ''Anime/YokaiWatch''. Eddie says that "static hair" is the new trend amongst boys. Nate (who already has spiky hair) and his friends try to make their hair spiky after they overhear Katie saying she likes boys with that hairstyle:
83-->'''Eddie''': Yeah, the static boys are way in--Boys who are so charged up with static electricity that their hair stands on end.\
84'''Nate''': What?\
85'''Bear''': That's both idiotic and uncomfortable.
86* ''Franchise/YuGiOh'':
87** Yugi/Yami from the original ''Manga/YuGiOh'' series (including [[Anime/YuGiOhFirstAnimeSeries the two]] [[Anime/YuGiOh animated series]]) is one of the most iconic examples, with a huge Afro-like explosion of multicolored hair crowning his head. {{Parodied}} in one of the Creator/KidsWB ads for the anime, which describes the hairdo as consisting of "aerodynamic triangles" useful for weathering the shockwaves that invariably accompany Duel Monster attacks and destruction.
88%% ** ''[[Anime/YuGiOhGX GX]]'' has many of them - Chazz, Syrus, Adrian and Jim to name a few. Protagonist Jaden actually averts this with a hairstyle that's plausible in real life.
89** ''[[Anime/YuGiOh5Ds 5D's]]'' - Yusei, possibly one man with weirder hairstyle than Yugi. Jack keeps boasting that he's a King, and then take into account his hair looks like a crown.
90%% ** And then ''[[Anime/YuGiOhZexal Zexal]]'''s Yuma manages to completely out-crazy pretty much every hairstyle in the series [[spoiler:- and that's [[PowerMakesYourHairGrow before he enters]] SuperMode!]]
91* ''Manga/YuYuHakusho'': [[AntiHero Hiei]] has this to a T. He looks like an emo [[Anime/DragonBallZ Super-Saiyan]].
92%% * Another [[KidHero Jin]], this time from ''Anime/ZettaiMutekiRaijinOh'', has this. Apart from his two other classmates Akira and [[TheSlacker Yoppa]], the rest of the main cast sport more or less normal hairstyles.
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96* Wolverine from the ''ComicBook/XMen''; he is generally portrayed with particularly feral hair and sideburns that look a bit like horns, especially in earlier renderings.
97%% * ''ComicBook/{{Beast|MarvelComics}}'' was portrayed with something similar until he turned into a cat.
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101* ''ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes'': Eternally scruffy and hyperactive Calvin.
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105* ''Fanfic/WedFlyAwayTogether'': Lampshaded when Tara makes fun of the spiky haircut Dick had as Robin. She says that he could have poked someone if he'd charged at him like a buffalo.
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109* Sanjay from ''WesternAnimation/TheBookOfLife'', has 4 spikes that make his hairstyle.
110* Hiro Hamada from ''WesternAnimation/BigHero6'' has what could best be described as what happens when Disney does ShonenHair (to go with its anime-inspirations). His hair is spiky and messy, but in his case it's been confirmed that he styles it that way.
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114%% * The title character in ''Film/CecilBDemented'' has total ShonenHair.
115%% * Peter Parker has hair like this in ''Film/TheAmazingSpiderMan''.
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119%% * Briskir from Literature/{{Halvgudene}} has this.
120%% * Literature/HarryPotter was described as having this kind of hair, which the movies ignored.
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124%% * Sosuke of ''Series/EngineSentaiGoOnger''. {{Lampshade}}d in a behind-the-scenes blog pic when someone holds up a [[Franchise/DragonBall Saiyan Goku]] figure beside him.
125%% * [[Series/BeakmansWorld Beakman]] sported a 'do that was basically a Shonen interpretation of EinsteinHair.
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129%% * The Music/{{Vocaloid}} character Kagamine Len has this kind of hairstyle, although fanart tends to tone it down.
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133%% * The ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' series is rife with them:
134%% ** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyI'''s Fighter class;
135%% ** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIV'''s Cecil (as a paladin) in sprite form, he's a LongHairedPrettyBoy otherwise, Edge in all forms.
136%% ** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyV'''s Bartz
137%% ** Cloud Strife of ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'';
138%% ** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIX'''s Zidane;
139%% ** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyX'''s Tidus.
140%% * ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'':
141%% ** Roxas and Sora.
142%% ** And, conversely, Ventus and [[spoiler:Vanitas]].
143%% ** Heck, Sora even acknowledged himself with one when Tifa asked him about Cloud's whereabouts!
144* Crono, the hot-headed hero of ''VideoGame/ChronoTrigger''. Though considering he was designed by Akira Toriyama, this is pretty much a given.
145-->"Where's the punk with the spiky-hair?"
146* The preview male sprite from the Japanese ''Creator/SquareEnix Members'' would have this when he dresses up as [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyXII Sorbet]] from ''Dive II Hunt'', which means Sorbet might have ShonenHair himself.
147* A number of characters from ''VideoGame/SengokuBasara'', particularly Sanada Yukimura (who also has a ponytail). Date Masamune is an odd case in that, while his hair is [[http://cdn.myanimelist.net/images/characters/10/82869.jpg normally rather tame,]] it seems to [[http://www.kitazeinbou.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/vlcsnap-255946.jpg magically spike out under his helmet]]. Static cling, maybe?
148%% * Neku Sakuraba from ''VideoGame/TheWorldEndsWithYou''
149%% * Every ''VideoGame/GoldenSun'' character either has this or IdiotHair.
150* For the most part, the characters from the ''VideoGame/{{Tekken}}'' series have relatively normal hairstyles. However, [[http://images.wikia.com/tekken/en/images/d/d5/Lars-br.jpg Lars Alexandersson]] fits this trope to a tee, with a dash of {{Sentai}}. Special mention goes out to the Mishima clan, as well.
151%% * ''VideoGame/RetroCityRampage'' has this as a hairstyle called The Weaboo.
152* ''VideoGame/KingdomOfLoathing'', parodying ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'':
153** The Protagonist has spiky hair. As a justifying drop, his super-spiky hair gel gives this effect to the player: "Your hair is seriously spiky. It looks good, and it could put an eye out -- the eye of your foe." A specific Protagonist appears as a Quest NPC: [[{{Wangst}} Mist Angst]].
154** His Burly Sidekick also has a spiky mohawk sharp enough to weaponize.
155%% * Many ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' characters. It's so noticeable with the male protagonists that it becomes terribly noticeable when the ''VideoGame/PokemonXY'' protagonist doesn't have AnimeHair of ''any'' sort.
156%% * Male ''VideoGame/{{Fossil Fighters}}'' protagonists.
157* In ''Videogame/{{Overwatch}}'', some of Genji's Legendary Skins show that in the past he had [[https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/72/1a/ed/721aed792ec904404874c67b27ebdeb3.jpg fairly spiky hair]] prior to becoming a cyborg.
158%%* The appropriately named Hiro from ''Videogame/LunarEternalBlue'' sports this hairstyle.
159* ''VideoGame/DragonQuestV'': The hair of reckless, cheerful eight-year-old [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/300px_dqv_parry_ds.png Parry Gotha]] is a mass of big, spiky bangs which makes look quite a bit like [[Franchise/DragonBall Son Gohan]], another character created by Akira Toriyama.
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163* ''VisualNovel/YoJinBo'' has Jin, whose hair is extremely messy. He's a FieryRedhead, though, so we can forgive him for forgetting to brush it occasionally.
164* Nick "Phoenix" Wright from ''VisualNovel/AceAttorney'' has what can only be described as the standard spikey 'do rotated 90 degrees backwards, giving him a look of perpetually being in a wind tunnel. Apollo Justice, on the other hand, has much more natural hair, aside from [[IdiotHair a pair of stubborn cowlicks]].
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168%% * Jeff, in the EasterEgg of ''WebAnimation/BowsersKingdom'' episode 8, gains this when he ate the [[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog Chaos Emerald]] and fights [[WebAnimation/SuperMarioBrosZ Turbo Mecha Sonic]] on an even level.
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172%% * [[http://mspaintadventures.wikia.com/wiki/File:CGnobackg.png Karkat]] (and [[http://mspaintadventures.wikia.com/wiki/File:John_Egbert.png John]] to a degree) of ''{{Webcomic/Homestuck}}'' both sport this style.
173 * Isaac from ''Webcomic/{{Paranatural}}'' has hair like this, which is ''[[http://www.paranatural.net/comic/chapter-3-page-10 "spiky all on its own."]]''
174--> '''Isaac:''' Don't laugh, it's serious. Like, what am I gonna do when this hairstyle goes out of fashion?
175 * Rick from ''Webcomic/LuminaryChildren'' counts.
176* Hikaru from ''Webcomic/{{Blitzcrafter}}'' has a haircut that consists of three to four back spikes that are sometimes drawn as big as their face, three frontal spikes, and a spiky ponytail. Yeah.
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180* The ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'' version of Robin. Some episodes [[LampshadeHanging lampshade]] and [[ParodiedTrope parody]] this trope:
181** In "Mother Mae-Eye", Robin is shown styling his hair. In "Divide and Conquer", during an argument with Cyborg, the latter points out that he stinks of hair gel.
182** In "Date with Destiny", after being yelled at by Starfire, his hair turns into what seems to be its natural state - [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/robin00013_4782.jpg a "good boy" style.]] Also a MythologyGag; it looks exactly like how Robin's hair was drawn in the Golden/Silver Age comics.
183** On another occasion, he gets drenched, and swipes his hand over his hair in a blur, and it is [[HairReboot promptly restored to its standard form:]] bing!
184%% * Kenny from ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' has blond ShonenHair, although we [[InTheHood rarely get to see it]].
185* [[WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls The Rowdyruff Boys]] sport this after Him brings them back to life, which the Girls immediately mock them for (calling it "mean hair").
186%% * Compared to her friends, ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'''s Rainbow Dash's hair certainly has shades of this. It helps that she's the most tomboyish of all the main characters.
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