Animal-Eared Headband: Difference between revisions

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In fiction, there are many ways to show a character is cute. You can give them [[Hair Decorations|cute hair decorations]]. You can give people a [[Little Bit Beastly]] [[Cute Monster Girl]]. Or, you can give a hint of both, which is where this trope lies.

 

Compare [[Hair Decorations]], [[Catgirl]], [[Unusual Ears]], [[Little Bit Beastly]] (the latter two when the ears are necessarily real).

 

== Anime & Manga ==

** In the Magical World Arc, a number of the girls wear cat ears as part of a costume

** Chisame and Setsuna have cat ears as part of their pactio outfits.

* In ''[[Genshiken]]'', Kanako Ohno tries thoughout the manga to get Saki to wear one. Also, Madarame once put one on her, and she responded by chasing him through the halls with a broom.

* In ''[[K-On!]]'', Azusa is made to wear a cat ears band. The results are [[Moe|well worth it]]. This also earned her nickname "Azu-nyan".

* In ''[[Maria Holic]]'', God has a pair. They even move, although her real ears are still visible.

* In ''[[Loveless]]'', cat ears and tails indicate that someone is a virgin. One member of the female Zero team is ashamed of her lack of ears and so wears fake ones.

** Izumi got cat ears when she was possessed (by a neko-spirit). Not a headband, but also not naturally hers.

* "Aki-chan" from ''[[Sensitive Pornograph]]'' is a rare male, non-cute example. The ears come off as props for his potentially forced bunny play role in his abusive relationship.

* In ''[[Kanon]]'', child!Yuuichi gives a pair of bunny ears to his Childhood Friend to compensate for her short stature in hide-and-seek. She ran with it.

* In ''[[Ouran High School Host Club]]'', Ritsu Kasanoda is briefly shown wearing cat ears as part of his attempt to be less scary. It doesn't work.

* Hiiro in ''[[Yomeiro Choice]]''. She also sports a strap that hangs off the back of her dress that clearly mimics a tail.

* Kuro in ''Kodomo No Jikan'' often sports these to complement whatever she's wearing from her [[Unlimited Wardrobe]].

 

 

 

* Batman himself always has tiny bat-ears on his cowl, in all incarnations.

* Barbara Thorson of ''[[I Kill Giants]]'' wears these to give herself [[Unusual Ears]]. It also helps to serve as visual shorthand for how other people in the story see her as an outsider and "weirdo."

 

 

== Films -- Live-Action ==

 

 

== Music ==

 

 

 

== Video Games ==

** The Cat-Eared hood is an equipable accessory that ups speed by a lot.

* Some of Leanne's hair bands in ''[[Resonance of Fate]]'' have cat ears.

** In ''[[Super Smash Brothers|Super Smash Bros]]. Brawl'' and ''Melee'', equipping said item will increase a character's running speed and drastically increase your jumping height.

* ''[[Guild Wars]]'': Cat-eared headgear was handed out as a freebie during Halloween 2010. It's purely ornamental and has no game effect.

* ''[[Ragnarok Online]]'' has various types of animal headbands, like the Kitty Band (which has oddly round ears instead of pointy) and the Bunny Band.

* ''[[Trickster Online]]''. Every character has these and a detachable tail by default. Each character type is actually named after which animals ears/tail they have. Odd thing is, they cannot be unequipped until you reach Lv20. Also are non-dropable and have their own equip slots, so they don't hog any real inventory space. Most headgear also let the ears clip through, as if they had holes in them, but capes hide the tail completely.

* ''[[World of Warcraft]]'' has an achievement for Easter to cast bunny ears on a woman of every playable race above level 18.

** It also has the literal version of the trope, a wearable item that gives one bunny ears.

* Kokari of ''[[Okami]]'' wears a [[Nemean Skinning|rabbit pelt]] over his head. The ears of the pelt are positioned where they would be if he were an anthropomorphic rabbit. It makes him look both cuter and tougher at the same time.

* ''[[Pangya]]'' features cat ears for most of the characters for sale for pang.

* [[Player Character|The Boss]] can buy and equip cat-eared headbands in ''[[Saints Row]]'' 2.

* An equippable item for Pericci, the ''[[Catgirl]]'' and thus totally superfluous, in the first ''[[Star Ocean]]''.

 

 

== Western Animation ==

Long tails and ears for hats...'' }}

** Yugo's hat, and those of all Eliatropes in ''The Guardians'' spin-off, evoke this trope.

** In the Gobbowl story arc, all the cheerleaders (including Amalia and Evangelyne) wear bunny-ears headbands.

* Younger daughter Louise in ''[[Bob's Burgers]]'' constantly wears a hat with bunny ears which only adds to her borderline psycho persona.

 

 

== Real Life ==

* [[Playboy Bunny|Waitresses]] at the [[Playboy]] Club used to have to wear these.

 

{{reflist}}

[[Category:Unusual Ears]]

[[Category:Costume Tropes]]