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{{trope}}
[[File:affectionate-gesture-to-head tangled 5907.png|link=Tangled (2010 film)|
{{quote|''"Just pat me."''
|'''[[Community|Annie Edison]]'''}}
Adults will pat the head of a child to show them they've done well, tousle the child's hair affectionately to take the sting out of a teasing comment, or do one of the former in a playfully patronizing way.
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* [[Super-Trope]] to: [[Headbutt of Love]], in which both participants' heads are part of the gesture.
* [[Sister Trope]] to: [[Gotta Get Your Head Together]], which is usually one clutching at one's own head and messing up the hair.
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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* In ''[[Naruto]]'', Kakashi gets a pat on the head.
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* In ''[[Saiyuki]]'', this is one of Sanzo's few outwardly affectionate gestures towards Goku.
* Mai gives one to Mii in episode 7 of ''[[Popotan]]'', although it's more of a gentle nudge than a pat.
* Azuza ''tries'' to give her [[Sempai-Kohai|kohai]] an affectionate pat to the head in ''[[K-On!]] high school''{{sic}}, but being much shorter than they are, she ends up receiving one instead, much to her dismay.
== [[Fan
* In the fanfiction ''[[Kyon: Big Damn Hero]]'', Kyon tousles his little sister's hair pretty much whenever he sees her.
* In ''[[Drunkard's Walk|Drunkard's Walk S: Heart of Steel]]'', dimensional traveler Doug Sangnoir gets in the habit of scruffling the hair of his student Usagi "[[Sailor Moon]]" Tsukino, right between her ponytails.
* In ''[[Magical Girl Noir Quest]]'' Midori tries to pat Manuke's head. First attempt had Manuke recoil in fear. Second time Manuke permitted it to happen and enjoyed it. Also there was mention of Murderface patting Misaka's head and even {{spoiler|Chiaki patting ''Kyuubey's'' head}}.
== [[Film]]
* In Disney's ''[[Tangled]]''. Mother Gothel pats Rapunzel "sweetly" on the head as a gesture of "affection" but also to remind her that she's dumb, helpless, naive, ditzy, etc. It is a sign that Rapunzel has grown up that she blocks the gesture and grabs Gothel's wrist once Rapunzel realizes who she is.
* In ''[[The Simpsons Movie]]'', a kid in a commercial asks [[Tom Hanks]] to tousle his hair. Magic sparkles appear as he does.
* At the end of ''[[Atlantis: The Lost Empire]]'', Milo is saying goodbye to all his friends. When he comes to [[The Pig Pen|Mole]], who offers a big hug, he hesitates before patting his head instead.
* In ''[[Gran Torino]]'', [[Clint Eastwood]] pats the head of a child in a Hmong household as a gesture of kindness; the family of the child is shocked by this due to their cultural differences.
* Plot-relevant in ''[[Definitely Maybe (film)|Definitely Maybe]]'', as recognizing the gesture is how Maya works out which of the women in the story is her mother.
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* The [[X Wing Series]] has Han Solo once vigorously muss up Wedge Antilles' hair as demonstration of the fact that he can get away with a lot as a General. For the record, they're friends.
== [[Live
* In series one, episode one of ''[[Jeeves and Wooster (TV series)|Jeeves and Wooster]]'', Bingo Little does this to Oliver Glossup (the boy he's tutoring) during dinner, dismissing something the boy just said.
* ''[[Community]]'', as is expected of such a troperiffic show, discussed this. Jeff and Annie's relationship is characterized by him being an older brother to her, except that the increasing sexual tension is making that awkward and they can't keep it up, meaning their relationship has to evolve. The discussion ends with "We can't keep doing this kiddo," with a gentle chuck of the chin. "Can't we?" [long pause], "No, it's gross."
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{{quote|"Then I'd tell Freddie and Cook to stop fighting over Effy before they hate each other forever, and not make me take sides. And they'd listen to me for once and not fucking ruffle my hair!"
And then about two minutes later, Karen [Freddie's sister] does exactly that. }}
== [[New Media]] ==
* ''[[The Lord of Darkwood]]'' the protagonist sometimes pats Nieska's head, who tends to protest because she is almost grown woman.
* In ''[[Descendant of a Demon Lord]]'', Celes 'disappeared' for hours (the story follows Celes, but Celes's companions didn't know where she was). Sinople (who is arguably Celes's daughter) and arguably a child was still worried even after Celes came back. Sinople's worry was displaced with mild annoyance when Celes deployed "emergency headpats"<ref>write in wording, not QM wording</ref> and [[Workaholic|talked about work]]. On another occasion a cook told a soldier [[Cut Himself Shaving|her co-worker fell (instead of saying that her co-worker was killed in front of everyone)]]. Celes gave the liar a head pat after the soldier left.
== [[Newspaper Comics]] ==
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{{quote|'''Dogbert:''' So you took the pat on the head?
'''Dilbert:''' I didn't want to leave empty handed. }}
* Quite commonplace in professional team sports, and considered a bit less [[Ho Yay]] than a pat on the backside.▼
== [[Video Games]] ==
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== [[Western Animation]] ==
* ''[[The Simpsons (animation)|The Simpsons]]'': in an [[Show Within a Show|educational film]], Troy McClure does this to little Tommy at the end.
{{quote|'''Tommy:''' You're...hurting...me.}}
* ''[[Tom and Jerry]]'': "Professor Tom" has Tom teaching mousing to a kitten. When the kitten does a good job, he gets a pat on the head.
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* A standard gesture of affection among [[Gargoyles]], the equivalent of kissing.
* ''[[Green Lantern: The Animated Series]]'': Hal does a "tousle the hair" to Amaya—an alien without hair—when showing her a kindness over a family loss.
* ''[[My Little Pony:
** In ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic/Recap/S1/E05 Griffon the Brush Off|Griffon the Brush Off]]'', Pinkie Pie gives one to Fluttershy right before Gilda's party.
{{quote|'''Pinkie Pie:''' Don't worry your pretty little head about mean old Gilda. Your auntie Pinkie Pie's got it all taken care of!
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** Twilight gets a few of these in ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic/Recap/S2/E25 A Canterlot Wedding Part 1|A Canterlot Wedding]]''.
* ''[[Teen Titans (animation)|Teen Titans]]'': "Call All Titans": Jericho reaches down and pats an exhausted Beast Boy on the head after he climbs all the way to the top of the mountain to give Jericho a communicator.
== [[Real Life]] ==
▲* Quite commonplace in professional team sports, and considered a bit less [[Ho Yay]] than a pat on the backside.
* The word "cafuné" is Brazilian Portuguese for lovingly patting, stroking and/or playing with another person's hair.
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