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Because [[Long Hair Is Feminine]], when a girl has short hair it tends to mean she's decidedly ''less'' feminine than the average girl, perhaps even a [[Tomboy]] or [[Action Girl]]. This choice of having short hair usually indicates a girl has a more masculine personality, is tough and aggressive, or is lacking in vanity, perhaps being business-like and brainy. Girls may cut their hair short because they don't want to put up with the maintenance that longer hair requires. Other times it's short so no one can easily grab it in a fight, which [[Braids of Action]] are sometimes prone to be.
The contrast of a short haired girl with a long haired one can sometimes be used to portray a [[Tomboy and Girly Girl]]. If taken to extremes, a girl with Boyish Short Hair could be a [[Butch Lesbian]], many of whom have this as an indicator. May be the result of an [[Important Haircut]], with the new short hair being an indicator that the girl is ready to take action. Also sometimes necessary for a girl to go undercover as a [[Sweet Polly Oliver]].
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* Kino in ''[[Kino's Journey]]'' has boyishly short hair. She is a [[Bokukko]] variant of [[Tomboy]] and often uses masculine pronouns to refer to herself.
* ''[[Bleach]]'': Resident [[Tomboy]], turned karate instructor, (post time skip) Tatsuki Arisawa has short, dark, spiky hair and has a [[Tomboy and Girly Girl]] friendship with Orihime. Soi Fon, who is a [[Tsundere]] and [[Ninja]] also has short spiky hair. The two bear more than a passing resemblance to each other and have similar personalities.
** Similarly, Rukia Kuchiki isn't exactly a tomboy, but she has short hair {{spoiler|which has gotten even shorter after the [[Time Skip]]}} and a very straightforward attitude.
** Jackie Tristan, too. {{spoiler|Specially when younger.}}
* ''[[Princess Mononoke]]'' has [[Nubile Savage|San]], whose appearance is justified since she was literally [[Raised by Wolves|raised by wolves.]]
* Irma, of ''[[Queen's Blade]]'', would be this, plus, a [[White-Haired Pretty Girl]] if she weren't so tomboyish and set to [[Tsundere]]-tsun all the time. But considering her upbringing in an assassin's guild, and having been betrayed by her [[Sexy Mentor]]/love interest, who abandoned her, leaving her hurt and bitter over it.... [http://manga.animea.net/bleach-chapter-159-page-16.html Wait, does this remind you of anything?]
* ''[[Azumanga Daioh]]'' has Kagura, a tomboyish superstar athelete and [[Unknown Rival]] to [[Huge Schoolgirl|Sakaki]], whose a naturally gifted [[Shrinking Violet]]. Bonus points for having [[Hotblooded Sideburns]]! Her coach, Minamo Kurosawa also has short hair, is a strong all-around athlete, and tomboy tendencies.
* Anita King from ''[[
* Inverted in ''[[Strawberry Shake Sweet]]'', short-haired, boyish-looking Ran is the [[Tomboy and Girly Girl|Girly Girl]] to Julia's [[Tomboy]].
* Zoey from ''[[Pokémon (anime)|Pokémon]]'', easily the most tomboyish of any of Dawn's female rivals and has short,spikey and fiery red hair.
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* Toyed with in the case of Ukraine from [[Hetalia]], who has extremely short hair and dresses like a boy, but is more of a [[Nice Girl]] in personality.
** Played straighter with Belgium, who's quite straightforward and has wavy hair that reaches to her neck.
* ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha StrikerS|Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha Striker S]]'':
** Subaru Nakajima, tomboyish [[Genki Girl]] [[Cute Bruiser]] martial artist who fights by punching enemies [[Super Strength|really, really hard]].
** Minor character Alto Krauetta, resident mechanic and helicopter pilot who actually went through a portion of her childhood thinking she was a boy since she was raised in a mostly male environment.
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== Video Games ==
* ''[[Final Fantasy]]'':
** ''[[Final Fantasy IX]]'': In one scene , when Garnet/Dagger cuts off much of her hair it signifies her having [[Took a Level
** ''[[Final Fantasy XII]]'': Ashe is less feminine than other princesses in the series and has shorter hair.
* When ''[[Street Fighter|Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike]]'': originally debuted, gamers had a hard time telling whether Makoto was a boyish looking girl or a girly looking boy. At least, until they saw [[Absolute Cleavage|her dizzy animation.]]
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* ''[[Bloody Roar|Bloody Roar: Primal Fury]]'': Jane Gado, bka [http://www.fightersgeneration.com/characters2/shina-ex4.jpg 'Shina'], is a highly trained mercenary and the adopted daughter of [[Retired Badass|Alan Gado.]] She's known for her frankness and tenacity both on and off the field of combat. Her most striking feature is her spikey blonde hair, which resembles a lion's mane.
* ''[[Soul Calibur|Soul Calibur II]]'': [http://fenixware.net/fab/images/chars/game/cassandra-5.jpg Cassandra Alexandra], is another example. Unlike her sister, Sophitia, she's brash and somewhat impulsive, but usually means well. In the fourth game, she's determined to destroy [[Soul Edge]] and free her sister once and for all. The length and style of her hair varies depending on the costume the player selects, but it's usually kept short.
* Mostly averted in [[Fire Emblem]], since many of the [[Action Girl|Action girls]] there have long hair. Among the few ones with short hair ''and'' a tomboyish or straightforward attitude we have Lakche and Phee from [[Fire Emblem Jugdral|Seisen no Keifu]] (alongside their expies Radney and Femina); Tania, Machua, Princess Miranda and Mareeta from [[Fire Emblem Jugdral|Thracia 776]]; Vaida from [[Fire Emblem Elibe|Rekka no Ken]]; and arguably, Amelia from [[Fire Emblem:
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