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Compare/contrast [[Afro Asskicker]], when the afro is made up for by the sheer badassness of the wearer.
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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* ''[[Keroro Gunsou]]'' has particular fun with this, mentioning them throughout the series and even assigning specific colors to character. The otherwise hairless frogs frequently and inexplicably end up wearing an afro after [[Non -Fatal Explosions]]. Several bits of the soundtrack (notably several of the [[Ending Theme|Ending Themes]]) are essentially [[Everythings Funkier With Disco|disco numbers]]. There's also the character of Dasonu Maso, an alien pop star who has admitted he's a [[No Celebrities Were Harmed|shameless knock-off]] of "Dance Man", the disco-themed J-Pop artist who provided the show's first closing theme, "Afro Gunsou", and who seems more interested in giving the other characters afros than in actually performing.
** Afro Gunsou is a major [[Ear Worm]]. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EdEaF-p2ux8 Ai kotoba wa Afro to Gunsou...] By the way, that means "The password is 'Afro Sergeant'".
*** As for "Dasonu Maso" (ダソヌマソ), that name comes from a mangling of the katakana for "Dance Man" (ダンスマン).
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** One notable gag is Bobobo having Yugi from ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh]]'' pop out of the fro and summon Slifer the Sky Dragon.
* Beck in ''[[The Big O (Anime)|The Big O]]'' gets struck by lightning and as a result, his hair is poofed up into a grotesquely huge afro for the rest of the episode.
** Actually, this is a common staple among anime in general. [[Non -Fatal Explosions]]/[[X -Ray Sparks|electrocutions]] often result in "Frazzled" afro hair. This is just a rare case of it lasting more than a couple seconds.
* In ''[[One Piece]]'', one of King Wapol's flunkies, Kuromarimo, fights by throwing afro wigs that stick to his opponent, then setting the wigs on fire.
** Later in the series, Usopp has Luffy wear a large afro wig for his fight against Foxy the Silver Fox, saying it'll [[Magic Feather|give him great strength]]. In addition, the spectators all think Luffy must be powerful since he has an afro - all except for a confused Nami. In the end, Luffy ''does'' win thanks to the afro, when {{spoiler|he uses a piece of mirror that got lodged in it to deflect Foxy's Noro-Noro Beam.}}
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** And now there's even a Pokemon, [http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Bouffalant Bouffalant], with an afro in ''[[Pokémon Black and White (Video Game)|Pokémon Black and White]]''!
*** Plus it's signature move is called Afro Break in the original Japanese.
*** An episode of the ''[[Pokémon (Anime)|Pokémon]]'' anime starring Bouffalant [[Up to Eleven|takes this to its logical conclusion]]: most of the main characters [[Paper -Thin Disguise|wear afro wigs]] because otherwise [[Fantastic Racism|the local Bouffalant population will attack them]].
* Henchman Eli Barracuda in ''[[Evil Genius (Video Game)|Evil Genius]]'' sports an afro in keeping with his [[Blaxploitation]] theme.
* Andrei Ulmeyda from ''[[Killer 7]]'' has an afro.
* One NPC in ''[[Disgaea 3]]'' has the [[Fan Nickname]] of "Afro Prinny" for a good reason. That's right, a [[EverythingsEverything's Better With Penguins|penguin]] with an afro, [[Verbal Tic|Dood]].
** One of Taro's Magichange attacks involves the character wielding him to sport a 'fro and dance. He finds it so funny he spits out milk with such velocity it propels him backwards ''and damages the opponent at the same time!''
** The pups of the lupine Mystic Beast monsters have little red afros as opposed to the flowing hair of the adults.
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*** More of a [[Incredibly Lame Pun|Frocobo]], then?
* Subverted with Todd Dukakis from ''[[Wild Arms 3 (Video Game)|Wild Arms 3]]''. Far from the "funny" character in the Schrodingers' gang, he's the cool, collected, loyal butler. He casts extremely annoying confusion spells on your party, but you can remove him the battle by [[Man On Fire|setting his afro on fire]].
* [[Pop Quiz|Riddle]] [[Sempai -Kohai|Semapi]], a minor NPC in ''[[Persona 4]]'' involved in a few of the games quests, sports one as does the announcer at the culture festival.
* ''[[Way of the Samurai]]'' has Don Donatelouse, aka 'Dona Dona'. Though mainly [[Plucky Comic Relief]], he [[Heroic Wannabe|geniuely tries to be heroic]], and ([[Wide Open Sandbox|depending on your choices]]) may end up more heroic than your hero...
* ''[[Soul Calibur]] IV'' has an afro as a hairstyle for custom characters. To hammer home the hilarity, its default color is pink. ''You'' try taking [[Scary Black Man|Zasa]][[Sinister Scythe|lamel]] seriously after seeing him with a huge pink afro and a business suit.
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