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When humanoid aliens on TV have hair, it almost always falls into one of the following styles: |
When humanoid aliens on TV have hair, it almost always falls into one of the following styles: |
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* "Generic Humanoid" Hair: Almost always included a recessed hairline to show off the [[Rubber Forehead Aliens|rubber forehead]], which on [[Cute Monster Girl|female characters meant to be attractive]] is usually only slightly bumpy. Also almost always assumes that Aliens Have No Eyebrows, as is frequently the case in ''[[ |
* "Generic Humanoid" Hair: Almost always included a recessed hairline to show off the [[Rubber Forehead Aliens|rubber forehead]], which on [[Cute Monster Girl|female characters meant to be attractive]] is usually only slightly bumpy. Also almost always assumes that Aliens Have No Eyebrows, as is frequently the case in ''[[Star Trek]]'' and in ''[[Babylon 5]]''. If this type of alien does have eyebrows, they will be [[Unusual Eyebrows|unusually shaped]] (probably swept-up Romulan-style). The hair can be and frequently is any color. |
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* "Klingon" Hair- varies from long and thinning (Malons from ''[[Star Trek Voyager |
* "Klingon" Hair- varies from long and thinning (Malons from ''[[Star Trek: Voyager|Voyager]]'') to long, full and luxuriant (Worf, [[Green-Skinned Space Babe|Green Skinned Space Babes]] from ''[[Star Trek: The Original Series|TOS]]'') to long, full and mangy or unkempt (Martok, other Klingons, Nausicaans, Kazon). Again, the hairline is recessed to show off the [[Rubber Forehead Aliens|craggy forehead ridges]]. Almost always [[Hair Colors|brown or black hair]]. May or may not come with eyebrows and/or facial hair. |
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* "Romulan/Vulcan" Hair- typical of Space Nazis and Space Communists. Varies from the near-human looking hair of Vulcans to the [[Eighties Hair|super-sleek-and-shiny wigs]] of ''Next Generation''-era Romulans. Often comes in a bowl cut, or slicked back. Cardassian hair is an example of this. Almost always black hair. Rarely comes with facial hair, unless it is a [[Beard of Evil|goatee]]. Usually look like wigs, and often are. [[Ditto Aliens]] love this style. |
* "Romulan/Vulcan" Hair- typical of Space Nazis and Space Communists. Varies from the near-human looking hair of Vulcans to the [[Eighties Hair|super-sleek-and-shiny wigs]] of ''Next Generation''-era Romulans. Often comes in a bowl cut, or slicked back. Cardassian hair is an example of this. Almost always black hair. Rarely comes with facial hair, unless it is a [[Beard of Evil|goatee]]. Usually look like wigs, and often are. [[Ditto Aliens]] love this style. |
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** ''The world may never know.'' |
** ''The world may never know.'' |
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* "Tenctonese" Hair- bald... at least on the head. Usually accomplished by a shave or a bald cap (for example, Babylon 5's female Centauri), often with a pigment pattern or odd texture, and frequently (but not always) are complimented by enlarged craniums suggesting superior intelligence. Again, this is an alien hairstyle that does not often come with eyebrows. [[The Greys|Grey Aliens]], Martians from ''[[Mars Attacks (Film)]]!'', Tenctonese from ''[[Alien Nation (TV)|Alien Nation]]''. The Minbari in Babylon 5 have this is well as "Tenctonese" hairstyles: they are bald with a bony crest that the females have carved and shaped. Although, some Minbari have beards --the ones descended from Valen/{{spoiler|Sinclair}}, [[Fan Wank|maybe]]? --and obviously, Delenn grew hair after her transformation. Dr. Lazarus on ''[[ |
* "Tenctonese" Hair- bald... at least on the head. Usually accomplished by a shave or a bald cap (for example, Babylon 5's female Centauri), often with a pigment pattern or odd texture, and frequently (but not always) are complimented by enlarged craniums suggesting superior intelligence. Again, this is an alien hairstyle that does not often come with eyebrows. [[The Greys|Grey Aliens]], Martians from ''[[Mars Attacks (Film)]]!'', Tenctonese from ''[[Alien Nation (TV series)|Alien Nation]]''. The Minbari in Babylon 5 have this is well as "Tenctonese" hairstyles: they are bald with a bony crest that the females have carved and shaped. Although, some Minbari have beards --the ones descended from Valen/{{spoiler|Sinclair}}, [[Fan Wank|maybe]]? --and obviously, Delenn grew hair after her transformation. Dr. Lazarus on ''[[Galaxy Quest]]'''s [[Show Within a Show]] had a ridged scalp, but was otherwise shorn. |
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* Not-hair-at-all hair: If the writer (and the budget) allow for aliens who don't have hair but have something else on their heads that they wear like hair. Feathers, scales, or even flowers or vines for [[Plant Aliens]] can make for a [[Bizarre Alien Biology|creative physical difference]]. |
* Not-hair-at-all hair: If the writer (and the budget) allow for aliens who don't have hair but have something else on their heads that they wear like hair. Feathers, scales, or even flowers or vines for [[Plant Aliens]] can make for a [[Bizarre Alien Biology|creative physical difference]]. |
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** "Predator" Hair: not actually hair, but bundles of head tentacles/antennae that look like dreadlocks. Usually placed on the head in the same pattern as the Klingons, back from the forehead. Most famously used on the title species of the ''[[Predator]]'' franchise. Some writers have gone so far as to posit unique sensory organs or symbiotic species. An alien who otherwise looks nothing like [[Cthulhu]] might have tentacles, like the unnamed green-skinned Mulder and Scully analogs from the B5 spinoff ''Crusade,'' or Ka D'Argo from ''[[ |
** "Predator" Hair: not actually hair, but bundles of head tentacles/antennae that look like dreadlocks. Usually placed on the head in the same pattern as the Klingons, back from the forehead. Most famously used on the title species of the ''[[Predator]]'' franchise. Some writers have gone so far as to posit unique sensory organs or symbiotic species. An alien who otherwise looks nothing like [[Cthulhu]] might have tentacles, like the unnamed green-skinned Mulder and Scully analogs from the B5 spinoff ''Crusade,'' or Ka D'Argo from ''[[Farscape]]''. Quarren from ''[[Star Wars]]'' don't count because they are generic "squidheads." The Protoss of ''[[Starcraft]]'' naturally have a long bundle of cable-like nerve cords growing out of their head like a ponytail; Dark Templar crop theirs to sever their connection to their race. The [[Avatar (film)|Na'vi]] have tendrils growing out of their head, but in a twist they have hair growing on top of all this over the neural cables. Decapodians from ''[[Futurama]]'' have bald heads, but tentacle ''mustaches''. |
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** Gensai from D&D 4th edition have crystals (Windsoul, Stormsoul) or fire (Firesoul) in place of hair, other are simply bald (Earthsoul,Watersoul) |
** Gensai from D&D 4th edition have crystals (Windsoul, Stormsoul) or fire (Firesoul) in place of hair, other are simply bald (Earthsoul,Watersoul) |
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