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MacronNotes (she/her) (Captain) Relationship Status: Less than three
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#1: Apr 23rd 2023 at 4:00:50 PM

To-do list:

  • Remove wicks since the page is getting cut, and send the page to the Cut List when dewicking is done.

Original post:

Short Hair With Tail's description says that the hairstyle can be used to show the duality between the masculine and feminine traits a character has but the trope is almost always used for the hairstyle itself. In the wick check I did below, I only found two examples that had context beyond "character has this hairstyle".

Wick Tally

50 wicks

  • Just the hairstyle/ZCE—-46 wicks~~~92%
  • Short Hair With Tail + additional context—2 wicks~~~~4%
  • Other—2 wicks~~~~4%

    Just the Hairstyle + ZCE 
  1. Braids of Action: Short Hair With Tail (which presents a similar profile) Description text
  2. Shōnen Hair: A number of characters from Sengoku Basara, particularly Sanada Yukimura (who also has a ponytail(pothole)...
  3. Jubei-chan: Just the trope's name.
  4. Characters.Aka Seka Baku Country: Just the trope's name
  5. Characters.Banana Fish: A small braided rattail.
  6. Characters.The Case Study Of Vanitas Vanitas: He has short hair with a rat tail usually hanging over his shoulder.
  7. Characters.Demonbane:
    • He has a mostly short hairstyle and a very long ponytail at the back.
    • He has short, spiky hair and a long braid growing from the back.
  8. Characters.Dissidia Final Fantasy NT Champions From Spinoff Games:Rocks the rat-tail hairdo like Firion and the Onion Knight. Averted in his second and third costumes where his hair has been cropped short.
  9. Characters.Dragon Calling Kin Seeker Characters: Most of his hair is styled short, but he has two sections (on either side behind the ears) that are left long, and are plaited and hang forward, sitting against his chest.
  10. Characters.Dynasty Warriors Jin Kingdom: His hairstyle.
  11. Characters.Fate Apocrypha Black Faction: Has short hair with a long braid, just like Ruler. Commented out ZCE
  12. Characters.Fate Strange Fake True Servants:He has short hair in front, but a long braid in back.
  13. Characters.Gabriel Drop Out: Subverted. Because of the way she styles her hair, it gives this impression; however, without the looped pigtails (as shown in episode 2), it's actually uniformly long.
  14. Characters.Granbelm: She has a chin-length bob with a little tail at the nape of her neck.
  15. Characters.Kamigami No Asobi:
    • In the shape of a braid.
    • In his deity form.
  16. Recap.King Of The Hill S 2 E 7 The Man Who Shot Cane Skretteberg: Cane has a rat tail. Later on, Luanne makes one for Bobby, not that it's much, considering his crew cut hairstyle.
  17. Characters.Kings Raid: Just to further signify that he is very formidable.
  18. Characters.Langrisser Re Incarnation Tensei: She has short hair with two tails in fact.
  19. Characters.Lascantia Of The Horizon: The regular spiky bishounen hair with a sleek long ponytail on the back.
  20. Characters.Makai Kingdom: When she was human.
  21. Characters.Mushoku Tensei Jobless Reincarnation: He has short hair with a tail tied back and growing from the nape.
  22. Characters.Mystic Messenger: Which accentuates his gorgeous looks.
  23. Characters.An Observation Log Of My Fiancee Who Calls Herself A Villainess: Wears his hair this way.
  24. Characters.Planetary Moe The Cosmos: Apparently, he's so lazy he doesn’t bother to get a haircut. Then he deals with the longer part by tying it up.
  25. Characters.Pri Para Non Sugar: Just the Trope's name
  26. Characters.Problem Children Are Coming From Another World Arent They: Her hair is short all around with a ponytail down her back.
  27. Characters.Qins Moon: Sports a high ponytail but still has some hair hanging down at the nape.
  28. Characters.Reborn 2004 Other Mafia Families: Commented out ZCE
  29. Characters.Red Dwarf: He usually wears his hair short on the scalp, occasionally with shaved sides as seen in the above image, with a long ponytail of dreadlocks at the back.
  30. Characters.Roulette Rampage Reloaded: Under Braids of Action— A male example that leads into a short ponytail(pothole)
  31. Characters.Royal Family And Associates:He has chin-length hair with a rat tail that hangs over his shoulder.
  32. Characters.Saiyuki: Commented out ZCE
  33. Characters.SWAP Ensemble: Braeden has the shortest, choppiest hair (along with Corbin). He also has the longest hair among the boys, thanks to his thin ponytail that goes below his neck.
  34. Characters.The Spectrum Game: How she wears her hair.
  35. Characters.Tokyo Ravens: While the short part is still shoulder length, she keeps a large section of her hair bound into a tail.
  36. Characters.Touhou Kishinjou Double Dealing Character: Her hair looks short in the front, but it ends in two long twintails.
  37. Characters.Trinity Seven: Her hairstyle is mostly short all around, while a portion at the nape of her neck is grown much longer, reaching all the way to her legs.
  38. Characters.UQ Holder The Organization: Similar to Nagi and Negi, he has short spiky hair with a long tail growing out of the nape of his neck.
  39. Characters.Vocaloid I Style Project: Or rather, two tails.
  40. Characters.Wrestle Angels Survivor: Commented out ZCE
  41. Creator.Black Pawn Movement: D~, with his ponytail reaching down to his back.
  42. DarthWiki.Maxs Recollection: Under You Don't Look Like You— Max changed his hair to Short Hair With Tail rather than long hair.
  43. Webcomic.Isonacia: Sarah sports this. the tail is her "special paintbursh"
  44. WhiteHairBlackHeart.Anime And Manga: "Luca of Saint Beast combines the long, white anime hair with red eyes and possesses Elemental Powers of darkness..."
  45. Wrestling.Masahiro Chono: His mullet.
  46. Wrestling.Scott Norton: Norton's mullet.

    Short hair with tail + additional context 
  1. Characters.Baki The Grappler: Weaponized, since he'll use the ponytail to keep his long hair out of his face, and to painfully whip opponents in the eyes with his hair to make them teary-eyed and disoriented, allowing him more opportunities to attack. Prehensile Hair
  2. Characters.Bleach Thirteen Court Guard Squads 1 To 7: In her initial design she has short hair with two tails coming out of it. They bring out the contrast of her cold Action Girl position and her more dramatic personality.

    Other 

Solution

I don't see anything worth salvaging out of this trope so I think either disambiguating between Anime Hair, Meaningful Appearance, Fashionable Asymmetry and other tropes or just cutting the page would be the best courses of action. Saving 6k inbounds for an old trope like this isn't that important to me so I am going for a cut.

Edited by GastonRabbit on Apr 26th 2023 at 6:17:57 AM

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MadAboutLove97 Since: Jul, 2019 Relationship Status: Armed with the Power of Love
#2: Apr 23rd 2023 at 4:03:20 PM

I vote for cutting this long tail.

themayorofsimpleton Short-Term Projects Herald | he/him from the Island of Koridai (Captain) Relationship Status: I won't say I'm in love
Yindee Just stoic wisdom. from New England Since: Jul, 2016
BlakeIsHere That isn't a phone, Abe... from The Local Luigi's Since: Mar, 2022 Relationship Status: In denial
That isn't a phone, Abe...
#5: Apr 23rd 2023 at 4:46:47 PM

[tup] I vote for this trope to be cut.

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Ayumi-chan 3rd happiest man in Connecticut from Iacon City (Experienced Trainee) Relationship Status: I like big bots and I can not lie
3rd happiest man in Connecticut
#6: Apr 23rd 2023 at 5:09:53 PM

The trope has 6,302 inbounds, so I think it's safe to cut. But if that's too many inbounds then I vote a disambig.

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themayorofsimpleton Short-Term Projects Herald | he/him from the Island of Koridai (Captain) Relationship Status: I won't say I'm in love
Short-Term Projects Herald | he/him
#7: Apr 23rd 2023 at 5:13:29 PM

[up] Eh, we cut Five Bad Band and that had over 19,000 inbounds. I think we can cut.

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Nen_desharu Nintendo Fanatic Extraordinaire from Greater Smash Bros. Universe or Toronto Since: Aug, 2020 Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
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#10: Apr 23rd 2023 at 5:39:20 PM

It is time we snip the ponytail off!

Cut!

Kirby is awesome.
WarJay77 It's NaNo, Bay-beeee! (8,356/50,000) from My Writing Cave (Troper Knight) Relationship Status: Armed with the Power of Love
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#11: Apr 23rd 2023 at 7:36:32 PM

Cut

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Berrenta Bejeweled (she/her) (Ten years in the joint) Relationship Status: I made a point to burn all of the photographs
Bejeweled (she/her)
#12: Apr 23rd 2023 at 9:44:15 PM

Time for a haircut. grabs scissors

Edited by Berrenta on Apr 23rd 2023 at 11:44:22 AM

GastonRabbit C'est la vie. (he/him) from Robinson, Illinois, USA (General of TV Troops) Relationship Status: I'm just a poor boy, nobody loves me
selkies TOO serious! from Guess, guess, guess Since: Jan, 2021 Relationship Status: Star-crossed
TOO serious!
#14: Apr 24th 2023 at 1:58:03 PM

Yes, snipping time!

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#16: Apr 25th 2023 at 12:35:48 AM

Cutting its hair.

In all seriousness, I agree with cutting.

Amonimus the "Retromancer" from <<|Wiki Talk|>> (Sergeant) Relationship Status: In another castle
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#17: Apr 25th 2023 at 5:46:22 AM

I'm out of cutting puns

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GastonRabbit MOD C'est la vie. (he/him) from Robinson, Illinois, USA (General of TV Troops) Relationship Status: I'm just a poor boy, nobody loves me
C'est la vie. (he/him)
#18: Apr 26th 2023 at 4:14:44 AM

It's fine if you're out of cutting puns, because this page is out of time.

Calling in favor of cutting Short Hair With Tail.

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Yindee Just stoic wisdom. from New England Since: Jul, 2016
GastonRabbit C'est la vie. (he/him) from Robinson, Illinois, USA (General of TV Troops) Relationship Status: I'm just a poor boy, nobody loves me
C'est la vie. (he/him)
#20: Apr 26th 2023 at 7:12:46 AM

I went ahead and cut the page since dewicking is almost done. 41 wicks left.

I got a rock for Halloween.
GastonRabbit C'est la vie. (he/him) from Robinson, Illinois, USA (General of TV Troops) Relationship Status: I'm just a poor boy, nobody loves me
C'est la vie. (he/him)
#21: Apr 26th 2023 at 7:18:44 AM

The only wicks left are on record-keeping sandboxes, so locking up.

I got a rock for Halloween.
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