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== Anime and Manga ==
* Kino in ''[[Kino's Journey (Light Novel)|Kino's Journey]]'' has boyishly short hair. She is a [[Bokukko]] variant of [[Tomboy]] and often uses masculine pronouns to refer to herself.
* ''[[Bleach (Manga)|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 Byby Wolves|raised by wolves.]]
* Irma, of ''[[QueensQueen'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 (Manga)|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 ''[[ROD the TV (Anime)|ROD the TV]]'' combines [[Boyish Short Hair]] with [[Tomboy|tomboyish]] behavior and [[Odango|Chinese-style hair buns]]. She's also an [[Artificial Human]] and strong enough to hold her own in a fight with adult men several times her size.
* Inverted in ''[[Strawberry Shake Sweet (Manga)|Strawberry Shake Sweet]]'', short-haired, boyish-looking Ran is the [[Tomboy and Girly Girl|Girly Girl]] to Julia's [[Tomboy]].
* Zoey from ''[[Pokémon (Animeanime)|Pokémon]]'', easily the most tomboyish of any of Dawn's female rivals and has short,spikey and fiery red hair.
** As well as Misty, mixed with a [[Tomboyish Ponytail]]. Being a [[Fiery Redhead|fiery redhead]] tomboy who [[One of the Boys|hangs out with guys]].
* ''[[Dirty Pair (Light Novel)|Dirty Pair Flash]]'': [http://www.animepaper.net/art/34360/takahiro-kimura-29 Kei] makes up the tomboy half of the [[Lovely Angels]]. Though she and Yuri are among the 3WA's top trouble consultants, she's better known for her hair trigger temper and her itchy trigger finger. Which often spells disaster since she packs a friggin' hand canon! She's also a [[Ladette]].
* Mariya from ''[[Otome wa Boku Ni Koishiteru (Visual Novel)|Otome wa Boku Nini Koishiteru]]'': Every character, including the male lead, is [[The Ojou]]. Mariya is less ladylike than the rest of the cast, including the male lead, and she drops her facade only when she's alone with him. While still feminine (a true tomboy would be very out of place at a high-class all-girls school) she occupies the [[Tomboy]] role.
* ''[[Code Geass]]'': Kallen is a [[Ms. Fanservice]] version of this. She is the Black Knights [[Ace Pilot]] and Lelouch's bodyguard. Her short hair indicates that she is not to be trifled with.
* [[Princess Nine]]: At least four, and possibly five or six, of the girls have Boyishly Short Hair. This is a show about girls playing baseball on even terms with boys so tomboys are to be expected.
* Haruka Tenou/Sailor Uranus in ''[[Sailor Moon]]'' is a short-haired [[Bokukko]], [[Tomboy and Girly Girl|in explicit contrast]] to her lover, long-haired and feminine Michiru Kaiou/Sailor Neptune. She often wears masculine clothes in real life -- not because she's specifically crossdressing, but just because she likes them. (Though it should be mentioned that this happens more in the anime than the manga).
* One too many [[Pretty Cure|Pretty Cures]]; most also tend to have red or orange hair. Examples include [[Futari wa Pretty Cure|Nagisa/Cure Black]], [[Futari wa Pretty Cure Splash Star|Saki/Cure Bloom]], [[Yes! Pretty Cure 5|Rin/Cure Rouge]], [[Heartcatch Pretty Cure|Itsuki/Cure Sunshine]], and [[Smile Pretty Cure|Akane/Cure Sunny]].
* 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 Striker S (Anime)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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== Live-Action TV ==
* Gabrielle, Xena's sidekick on [[Xena: Warrior Princess]] provides the picture for this trope, and is also a perfect example, with her [[Adrenaline Makeover|impromtu haircut]] being a symbolic conclusion to her [[Coming of Age Story]], and of her maturing from being Xena's young sidekick and protegee, to a mature, independant, ''strong'' woman, and fighter, with skills on par with Xena's own.
* Marcy had a short haircut in a large part of ''[[Married... Withwith Children]]'', demonstrating her lack of femininity (she was [[Lady Looks Like a Dude|mistaken for a boy]] several times).
* Djaq from ''[[Robin Hood (TV series)|Robin Hood]]''. The first series involved her as a [[Sweet Polly Oliver]] with cropped hair; by the second series she was no longer hiding her gender, but kept the short hairdo.
* Captain/Major/Lt. Colonel/Colonel Sam Carter of [[Stargate SG -1]] is a good example. She's definitely brainy (an astrophysicist) and an [[Action Girl]] (she didn't get all those ranks for nothing.) However, she doesn't have much of a stereotypically masculine personality (though she is a [[Straw Feminist]] for the first couple of episodes) and she is definitely portrayed as super hot, though not sexualized.
* Starbuck, [[The Ladette]] and [[Ace Pilot]] from ''[[Battlestar Galactica Reimagined]]''. She tends to reject many staples of femininity (for example she has little to no interest in having kids) in favor of trying to outdo the boys: fighting better, being tougher, drinking more, sleeping around more, etc. Notably, the only time when she in a position of helplessness for a prolonged period of time, (being a Cylon prisoner on New Caprica during the entire occupation) is also the only time that her hair grows out.
* Arya, the feisty tomboy from ''[[Game of Thrones (TV)|Game of Thrones]]''. She loathes medieval female roles such as sewing, cooking, and dreaming of marrying a prince, and instead prefers beating her older brother at archery, learning how to fence, and so on. Cemented in season 2, when [[Odd Friendship|Tywin]] notes her unusual passion for history and [[Action Girl|warrior women]] from the past, and says that most girls prefer romantic tales about maidens with flowers in their hair and such. Arya's response? "Most girls are idiots."
 
 
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== Film ==
* In ''[[Up (Filmanimation)|Up]]'', Ellie has short, messy hair as a kid and she also used to be a [[Tomboy]].
* In ''[[Some Kind of Wonderful]]'', tomboyish teen Watts only wears masculine clothes and has a short haircut.
* Tomboy Scout Finch has short hair in the film version of ''[[To Kill a Mockingbird]]'' (in the book, her hair is not mentioned).
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== Video Games ==
* ''[[Final Fantasy]]'':
** ''[[Final Fantasy IX (Video Game)|Final Fantasy IX]]'': In one scene , when Garnet/Dagger cuts off much of her hair it signifies her having [[Took a Level In Badass]] and also becoming a bit more boyish.
** ''[[Final Fantasy XII (Video Game)|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.]]
* [[Art of Fighting|Art of Fighting's]] [http://fightersgeneration.com/characters2/king-c2.jpg King] is a [[Bifauxnen]] kickboxer, whose prowess nearly rivals that of dueterognist [[Sharp-Dressed Man|Robert]] [[Cultured Badass|Garcia.]] She becomes a [[Team Mom]], in the ''[[King of Fighters]]'' series, since she's usually in charge of the All Womens Team.
* Chie Satonaka from ''[[Persona 4 (Video Game)|Persona 4]]'' has shorter hair than her friend Yukiko, and is into more "boyish" things like martial arts.
* ''[[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.
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== Western Animation ==
* [[Dark-Skinned Blond|Pattie Mayonnaise]] fills this spot in [[Nickelodeon]]'s ''[[Doug]]''. She's best friends with Doug and Skeeter {{spoiler|and Doug's secret crush}} and often participates in sports. One episode even has her pull a [[Sweet Polly Oliver]] in order to try out for the school softball team, which didn't work out for her. So she made her own team to challenge the school's!
* ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender (Animation)|Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'': Despite being the daughter of the wealthiest family in the Earth Kingdom city of Gaoling, Toph Bei Fong is surprisingly um... [[Ladette|unlady-like.]] So how bad is she? For starters, she was participating in earthbending battles [[Pint-Sized Powerhouse|at age 12!!]] Her manners leave alot to be desired, considering she's prone to belching, picking her nose, and her toes. And while her hair isn't "short", it's not exactly "long" either even though she's got alot of it. It's basically piled on top of her head, making it more of a [[Funny Afro]], when she doesn't comb it. In most cases, she styles it into a bun. A really big bun.
 
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