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* ''[[Bleach]]''
** Soifon, Hiyori, Riruka, Ururu and Yuzu; the former three are [[Tsundere]] while the other two are [[Kawaiiko]].
** Also Riruka Dokugamine, a straight-up [[Tsundere]], and Loly Aivirrne, an older [[Yandere (disambiguation)]].
* ''[[Death Note]]'''s Misa has a pigtail-variation hairstyle. It's interesting to note that she eventually grows out of the Baby Spice look and starts wearing her hair loose and dressing in clothes that are more preppy-cute and less [[Elegant Gothic Lolita|GothLoli]], possibly in order to be taken seriously as an actress. Once she {{spoiler|gives up her Death Note and its associated memories}}, she goes back to the pigtails and it seems like any maturity she might have had vanishes into thin air.
* ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]''
** Although it doesn't look like it, Asuka has pigtails. This is perhaps symbolic of her trying not to be a girl, but really is (considering this show, it's hard to tell).
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** Seychelles sports low twintails with big ribbons.
** The strip that introduces Liechtenstein showed that she used to have long twin braids before cutting her hair to resemble more her brother Switzerland.
** Also, the author's own [[Gender Bender]] version of the characters shows England as a [[Meganekko]] with twin tails, and given that male England is normally quite Tsundere by himself...
** In a recent blog update, [http://img340.imageshack.us/img340/2994/canakosan.jpg a female Canada] has these as well.
** [[Genki Girl|Taiwan]] temporarily got this hairstyle during the Hetaween special to go along with her [[Idol Singer]] costume (complete with [[Zettai Ryouki]]).
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* Flute from ''[[Violinist of Hameln]]'' sports these for a while, along with a pink hat, but later graduates to a different, more mature hat with her hair hanging loose.
* [[Robot Girl]] Drossel from ''[[Fireball]]'' has two long metal flaps attached to her head, which look suspiciously like pigtails. She is arguably the [[Tsundere]]-type.
* ''[[Aria]]'',
** Akari, being a classically childish character.
** Aika has them too until she {{spoiler|burns her hair}}. She is definitely more of a [[Tsundere]], though.
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* Perona, one of the villains of the Thriller Bark arc of ''[[One Piece]]'' (specifically, [[The Dark Chick]] of Gecko Moria's [[Five-Bad Band]]), has pigtails styled in [[Princess Curls]].
* In the ''[[Tenchi Muyo!|Tenchi Muyo]]'' series, [[Word of God]] states that it's actually a custom for female Juraians, especially those in the Royal Family, to wear their hair in pigtails, thus explaining Sasami and Ayeka's hairstyle. However, it's more of "Let's not radically change them" when you get to ''[[Pretty Sammy]]'' or ''[[Sasami Magical Girls Club]]''.
* Wendy Garret of ''[[Gun X Sword]]'' sports twin braids which suspiciously resemble the mascot of a certain hamburger chain. They tend to make her look even younger than her implied age (probably early teens), and on the rare occasions when she wears her hair down, she looks older -- so much so that in one scene, her traveling companion fails to recognize her without the pigtails.
* Sasa from ''[[Wandering Son]]'' traditionally wore pigtails, though she stopped putting her hair in pigtails once she became a high school freshman. On the other side, Chi who typically has her hair out began sporting her hair in braids. It comes off as an [[Expository Hairstyle Change]], Chiba wanting to be more adult and becoming more mature while Chi is still a childish [[Genki Girl]]. Alternatively Chiba wore pigtails in middle school (though only while at school), but it comes off as [[Tsundere]] pigtails.
* Shiroyama of ''[[Beelzebub]]'' has a cute pair of pigtails, complete with bows in them. Oh, by the way, ''[http://images.wikia.com/beelzebub/images/a/a7/Takeshi_Shiroyama.png this]'' is Shiroyama.
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* ''[[The Legend of Billie Jean]]'' has Putter with braided pigtails, played by Yeardley Smith [[Hey, It's That Voice!|who voices a little girl we all know and love]] [[The Simpsons|in a prime time, long running animated sitcom]]
* [[Lolita]] wears her hair in messy braids throughout the 1997 film which (along with an orthodontic retainer) are used to make the [[Dawson Casting|teenaged actress playing a girl who is twelve]] younger.
* In the Coen Brothers' 2010 version of ''[[True Grit]]'', 14-year-old Mattie wears her hair in two long braids. [[Troubling Unchildlike Behavior|Naturally, it makes her demeanour all the more jarring.]]
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** Aiel [[Amazon Brigade|Maidens]], who take [[Honor Before Reason]] to extremes, do this with the addition of carrying dolls after a particular failing.
* [[Pippi Longstocking]], of course, is usually depicted with her red hair in two horizontal braided pigtails sticking out either side of her head. This is entirely in keeping with her zany, childish glee.
* [[Anne of Green Gables]] has the long, braided pigtails hanging down variant.
* An odd use: in ''[[Matilda (novel)|Matilda]]'' by [[Roald Dahl]], the evil schoolmistress Agatha Trunchbull hates pigtails and punishes all who wear them. A girl protests that her mother likes her pigtails. Trunchbull responds "yer mum's a twit!" Then she grabs the girls by the pigtails and throws her over a fence. [[Fridge Brilliance|When you think about it]], it makes perfect sense that a woman who hates ''everything'' about children would of course hate a childish hairstyle like pigtails.
* Mildred Hubble in ''[[The Worst Witch]]''. In the spin-off to the television series adaptation ''Weirdsister College'' she cuts them off, which is probably symbolic of her growing up.
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* In an episode of ''[[Arrested Development (TV series)|Arrested Development]]'', Maeby tries to fool the security guard at her grandmother's apartment complex into giving her the mail by putting her hair in pigtails and riding up to the security booth on a razor scooter. Her response when he points out that she's a little old to be getting all that mail: "Babysit me!"
* On ''[[Heroes (TV series)|Heroes]]'', during one flashback sequence, Claire's hair was put in pigtails to help make her appear about five years younger. [[Uncanny Valley|Thick makeup was apparently used, too.]]
* La Chilindrina from ''[[El Chavo
* Rikki Chadwick from ''[[H₂O: Just Add Water]]'' frequently wears her hair in pigtails. Ironically she is the most tomboyish of the group but is the most free spirited as well.
* Phoebe, the most free-spirited of the girls on ''[[Friends]]'' occasionally wears her hair in pigtails.
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* Mint from ''[[Threads of Fate]]''. She's incredibly selfish and childish, too.
* Pandora of ''Death Jr.'', who is also a little bit of a [[Creepy Child]].
* Jeanette from ''[[Vampire: The Masquerade Bloodlines]]'' fits into the "Tsundere" type.
* Aika from ''[[Skies of Arcadia]]'', which suits her outgoing and slightly childish personality.
* And, being Aika's [[Expy]], Penelo of ''[[Final Fantasy XII]]'' sports them as well.
* Presea from ''[[Tales of Symphonia]]'', although her [[Older Than They Look|youthful personality]] is apparent in the second game.
* In ''[[Before Crisis]]'', one of the prequel games to ''[[Final Fantasy VII]]'', Elena appears as a student, complete with pigtails and a schoolgirl uniform.
* Cammy and Rainbow Mika from the ''[[Street Fighter]]'' series have versions of this hairdo. While Cammy's braids seem to be there just to emphasize that she's young, Mika's twin tails seem to hint at her personality, which contrasts with her being one of the largest females, in more ways than one.
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* Britney Bloodrose from ''[[APB: All Points Bulletin|All Points Bulletin]]'', [[The Ditz|ditzy]] rich teenager playing gangster for fun.
* [[Ms. Fanservice|Jessica]] from ''[[Dragon Quest VIII]]'', even though she's an adult and quite buxom as well. Bonus points for being a [[Tsundere]]-[[Fiery Redhead|redhead]].
* Marine the Raccoon from ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog (video game)|Sonic the Hedgehog]]'' is a very childish [[Genki Girl]].
* Anise from ''[[Tales of the Abyss]]'' is the [[Token Mini-Moe]] of the bunch.
* Uriel Chuluun in ''[[Rift]]'', who's the [[Rebellious Princess|rebellious daughter of a Defiant leader]] and (based on some of her dialogue) possibly a borderline [[Psychopathic Manchild|Psychopathic Womanchild]].
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** Roy's mother, Sara Greenhilt, also sports Girlish Pigtails in her afterlife incarnation. Despite Sara dying as a gray-haired old woman, she never stopped seeing herself as the 19-year-old she once was.
* ''[[Anti-HEROES]]'' has Zurie. This is to denote that despite being a high-ranking member of the Ivory Veil, she's still quite immature. Her bunches also have shades of [[Princess Curls]].
* Missi, the young [[Genki Girl]] from ''[[Misfile]]'' has pigtails, that sometimes appear to [http://www.misfile.com/index.php?page=1691 move with her mood.]
* In ''[[Dubious Company]]'', [[Bottle Fairy|Tiren]] braids [[Dude Looks Like a Lady|Elly]]'s hair with these, as part of a drunken prank. Unfortunately for him, she got the [[Clingy MacGuffin|hair-ties]] from Walter's [[I Don't Like the Sound of That Place|Cursed MagiTek Room]].
* ''[[Ears for Elves]]'': Myari has a very long version of these; they're at the angle of [[Odango]], just without the buns.
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* Despite being at least 14, Hay Lin of ''[[WITCH (animation)|W.I.T.C.H.]]'' goes through various forms of pigtails during the series. The comic DOES show her with her hair down at certain points, but for the most part, she has her hair up in pigtails.
* ''[[Codename: Kids Next Door]]''
** Numbuh Three's younger sister Mushi, who is a young girl with a [[Genki Girl|peppy]] and childish personality. {{spoiler|Subverted in that she turns out to be a mean and calculating.}}
** Numbuh Three herself used to sport these when she was younger; although she grew out of the pigtails, she didn't grow out of her childlike behaviour. She's also a Type B [[Tsundere]].
* Vicky's little sister Tootie in ''[[The Fairly Odd Parents]]''.
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