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{{trope}}
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Any decoration a character (almost always a young girl) wears in her
Mostly used in anime, where the author usually has [[Only Six Faces]], but the relatively mundane setting doesn't call for the more outlandish [[Anime Hair]] or even nonstandard [[Hair Colors]]; the next best way to distinguish heads is by having the girls wear their hair up with increasingly iconic accessories. Especially prevalent if the main character has brown hair. They're also commonly paired with [[Girlish Pigtails]].
▲Any decoration a character (almost always a young girl) wears in her hair--bands, clips, [[Flower in Her Hair|flowers]], ribbons, tiaras, you name it--to make herself look younger and cuter. A grown woman wearing one looks childish, though a character with [[Rapunzel Hair]] might be able to get away with cool-looking decorations; a male character (regardless of age) wearing one looks silly ([[Double Standard|and, of course, his sexuality will be called into question]]), making this an [[Always Female]] Trope. (Except in [[Boys Love Genre]], where [[Uke|cute young guys]] can wear barrettes or hair clips. Or when [[Real Men Wear Pink]] is in play.)
The type of hair decoration also tells you something about her age. Double-orb hair clips and Alice bands are usually worn by preschool girls, while middle- and high-school students prefer ribbons. A particularly common decoration is a ribbon tied into a huge bow. This is more common for elementary or middle school children, and usually signals innocence. (Although this is sometimes subverted by [[Peanuts
▲Mostly used in anime, where the author usually has [[Only Six Faces]], but the relatively mundane setting doesn't call for the more outlandish [[Anime Hair]] or even nonstandard [[Hair Colors]]; the next best way to distinguish heads is by having the girls wear their hair up with increasingly iconic accessories. Especially prevalent if the main character has brown hair. They're also commonly paired with [[Girlish Pigtails]].
▲The type of hair decoration also tells you something about her age. Double-orb hair clips and Alice bands are usually worn by preschool girls, while middle- and high-school students prefer ribbons. A particularly common decoration is a ribbon tied into a huge bow. This is more common for elementary or middle school children, and usually signals innocence. (Although this is sometimes subverted by [[Peanuts (Comic Strip)|The Lucy]]).
Sometimes this overlaps with [[Tertiary Sexual Characteristics]]: you know it's a girl ''because'' she has hair decorations. Naturally, she'll be cuter.
Occasionally part of a [[Nice Hat]], [[Frills of Justice]], and/or [[Pimped
Compare [[Pink Means Feminine]], [[Long Hair Is Feminine]].
{{examples|Examples}}▼
== Anime
* ''[[Chibi Maruko
* ''[[
** In one episode, Toya gives The Mirror card disguised as Sakura ribbons for her long hair, since even though Sakura had short hair, he could see through the disguise. The ribbons then appear on the card's artwork.
* ''[[
* A common trait of the [[Ojou]] is wearing a hairband. Examples include [[Tsukihime|Akiha]], [[Persona 4|Yukiko]], and [[Cardcaptor Sakura
* ''[[
* ''[[
* ''[[Suzumiya Haruhi]]'': Haruhi's [[Memetic Outfit|yellow or orange ribbon]]. She used to change hair decs daily (as well as wearing her hair loose on Monday, and adding one tail/bun/braid/whatever for each subsequent day of the week) until Kyon remarked on it; the next day, she came to school with the yellow ribbon and much shorter hair, a look she's kept from then on. {{spoiler|It's hinted that such was the hairstyle she used when she ''really'' met Kyon... three years ago.}}
** Haruhi's ribbon is a notable sticking point for the gender swapped version of the
** Kyon's sister also has some.
** Yasumi's smiley-face hairpin may be the strangest hair decoration in the series yet.
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** Hayate and Reinforce II also have matching ribbons around one lock of hair at the left temple. It's also worth mentioning that Reinforce II was literally ''born'' wearing it.
*** Hayate keeps her ribbon into her mid-20s. Seeing as how she's {{spoiler|one of the most powerful mages in history, half ancient-artifact-superweapon, and leader of her own specialist team of super-mages}}...''you'' tell her she can't wear it at that age.
* ''[[The Swiss Family Robinson]] Flone Of The Mysterious Island
* ''[[Sailor Moon]]'':
*
**
* ''[[Pokémon (
* In ''[[
* ''[[The Prince of Tennis]]'': An and Sakuno wear either heart-shaped (the first) or flower-shaped (the latter) hair clips. Tomoka ties her pigtails with double-orb pins when not in school, and so does Narumi Iijyuin in the anime.
* ''[[
** One of the almost nonexistent ''male'' examples is Norway, who uses an cross-shaped hairpin along with his [[Nice Hat]].
*** Another is Noto-sama, whose ponytail is detachable.
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* ''[[Minami-ke]]'': Part of what makes Mako-chan such a cute girl is the hair clip in "her" hair. [[Wholesome Crossdresser|Proof that this trope is not limited to actual girls.]]
* Almost everyone from ''[[Shugo Chara]]'' with a Guardian Character has a hair decoration which transforms to show a character change. Amu Hinamori, for example, wears an X-shaped barrette which changes to match whatever Guardian she's using. The boys of the series are not immune.
* ''[[
* Speaking about X-shaped decorations, in ''[[Umisho]]'' the main heroine wears a pair of them. For some reason, they are light enough to fly in the wind.
* Asuna from ''[[
** Setsuna uses a hair tie to achieve her distinctive half-bangs side-tail look.
** Chao wore [[Odango]], while Ku Fei uses... something, to achieve spiky twin-tails. Also, Kaede Nagase, Yue Ayase, Satomi Hakase, and the Narutaki twins.
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**** The ponytail magically comes back when he's not in Raiten Taisou mode. No, really.
* ''[[Serial Experiments Lain]]'': A side-tail tied with an X-shaped knot is Lain Iwakura's probably most prominent feature.
* ''[[
** In the anime, when Chiyo says that her present for her 10th birthday was ribbons, Sakaki imagines Chiyo in ribbons (and a pink dress) and has her usual reaction to cute things. She also imagines herself in ribbons, to the effect described above.
* ''[[Ojamajo Doremi]]'': Doremi Harukaze has a music note pin in one of her [[Odango]], but it's Hana-chan who shines in this trope from the time she's introduced. Even when her magical crystal hairbands shatter in ''Dokkan'', Hana has a new pair that has wing-shaped decs (she even puts a spare on Pao-chan... a male, mind you).
* ''[[
* ''[[Yakitate!
* In ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!]]!'' (the manga and the first anime), Miho has her hair tied back with a ribbon. In the manga, she is nicknamed "Ribbon" because of it.
* ''[[Bleach]]'''s [[The Medic|Orihime]] has two blue flower shaped hairclips that were a gift from her dead brother Sora. Ichigo's little sister Yuzu also wears barettes.
** Miyako Shiba used to tie her hair with a black ribbon.
** A rare male example also features: Byakuya. Though you'd have to be suicidal (or Kenpachi) to question his fashion sense/sexuality.
** Some female Arrancars have either this, or Hollow masks that ''look'' like hair decs. I.e:
** Post time-skip Yachiru now wears a skull and crossbones in her hair.
* ''[[Project
* ''[[Ouran High School Host Club]]'': [[Cosplay Otaku Girl|Renge]] has a giant bow on her head that makes her stand out from the rest of the girls, though it doesn't really make her cuter, just more Renge.
** A few times in the manga, the twins wear hairpins in their hair to pull their bangs back.
* ''[[
** Nagi's twin-tails also are a form of cuteness, to the point that she's been threatened twice because of them, and Saki looks decidedly unnerved when she's forced to take her place.
** Athena uses both [[Princess Curls]] and a black ribbon on her hair.
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** Shinji only wears his while in the plug suit, but they accentuate his already feminine appearance even more.
** Then there's Rei. And [[Rebuild of Evangelion|Mari]] who also wears her headband-esque clips at all times.
* [[Hime
* Miki Noda of ''[[GA Geijutsuka Art Design Class]]'' wears different hair decs ''every episode. '''At least.'''''
* ''[[
* ''[[Fruits Basket]]'': Tohru is fond of wearing ribbons in her hair, as is Motoko. Kagura also wears them occasionally.
** Male example of sorts: Ritsu. Though he [[Wholesome Crossdresser|DOES dress up as a girl.]] {{spoiler|The two or three times we see him in male clothes, he ties his hair with a smaller ribbon.}}
* Chika of ''[[Ichigo Mashimaro]]''.
* Various ''[[Tenchi Muyo!]]!'' girls get in on this. Most memorable is Sasami, with her pigtails and orb thingies.
* ''[[Soul Eater]]'': Evans subverts the stuffing out of this trope by regularly wearing a girls' headband... and rocking the look.
* Kafuka of ''[[Sayonara, Zetsubou
* Mariah from ''[[Beyblade]]'' wears a pink hair ribbon which is tied in a way that makes it resemble cat-ears.
* Finnian ("Finny") of ''[[
* Miaka of ''[[Fushigi Yuugi]]'' always has hair decs in any appearance with her [[Odango]], but she usually uses pink ribbons, which play an important role in the manga.
* Eureka, from ''[[Eureka Seven]]'', always wears a hairclip on her at the beginning of the series and as a child in the movie. {{spoiler|until an accidental almost-fusion with the Scub coral causes her to lose them along with most of her hair. Renton gives her a new barrette with a flower on it}} at the end of the series.
* Koboshi from ''[[Pita-Ten]]'' wears [[Animal
** Misha also has some cute bunny-shaped decs.
* Hild from ''[[Ah
* Ukyo in ''[[
** When [[She Cleans Up Nicely]], Akane adds ribbons to her looks.
* All the main characters from ''[[
* In ''[[Attack
* Similarly, in ''[[Aim for
* Not even [[Katsuhiro Otomo]] is immune - Etsuko, the little girl who is the protagonist of ''[[Domu: A Child's Dream]]'', hold back her curly hair with two clips, reminding the audience that she's only a child but one that can save them.
* Old-school manga heroine [[Honey Honey no Suteki
* ''[[Nabari no Ou]]'': Raimei ties her hair up with ribbons, and Juuji wears a distinctive hair clip shaped like a shuriken. Raikou wears protective charms, ribbons, and at one point a hair bauble ''with hearts on it'' in his hair...though it's not like his [[Ambiguously Gay|sexuality wasn't already under question anyways]].
* ''[[
* ''[[Baka to Test
* ''[[Rurouni Kenshin]]'': Kaoru has her hair ribbon. By the end of the manga {{spoiler|she stops wearing them and has a more mature look upon becoming a [[Babies Ever After|mother]].}}
** In one omake a rescued girl tie Kenshin's hair with a bow, a lady passing by says it suits him.
* Tiff/Fumu from [[Kirby:
* [[Horny Devil|Kurumu]] from ''[[Rosario
* All of the ''[[Rozen Maiden]]'' dolls.
* Madoka Kaname in ''[[
** Mami Tomoe has a flower hairpin in her hair. {{spoiler|It's the form her Soul Gem takes when she's transformed, and was the first thing to get crushed when Charlotte ate her alive}}.
** Of a less spoilery form, all the other girls have this. Homura has a hair band, Sayaka has a few hair clips, and Kyoko has a ponytail ribbon.
* ''[[Prétear]]'' is one of the only series that gets away with having a distinctly heterosexual male character wearing a dec, though it manifests in the shape of a large, tube-shaped bead and clasps around his ponytail in back. Later, it is revealed that every Leafe Knight possesses one of these "communicator beads" to some varying degree of size and placement.
* This trope is one of the reasons some viewers was convinced that 'Pidge' of 'Voltron Force' the dub of [[
* ''[[K-On!]]'':
** Yui really likes her hair clips, to the point where she's morose when she has to attend class without them.
** Ritsu always wears her headband when not at home... until it's pointed out to her in ''K-On! college''<small>[sic]</small> that she's too old for a headband, whereupon she replaces it with a hair tie.
* Inami from ''[[Working!!]]'' wears hair clips. Unusually for an anime character, she changes her hair clips from day to day.
== Comic Books ==
* Ghost girl Talia of ''[[
* ''[[Spider
* Mary Jane from [[Looney Tunes]] & Merrie Melodies comics wears a red or black bow.
* The Reboot version of ''[[Legion of Super
== [[Film]] ==
* In ''[[Kiki's Delivery Service]]'', Kiki wears a rather impressive red bow.
* Also, Chihiro in ''[[Spirited Away]]'' has a small band to tie back her hair. Later, she replaces it with a sparkly one that Zeniba says will protect her because [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming|her friends made it for her.]] {{spoiler|After leaving the spirits' world at the end, a quick sparkle shows the audience that it wasn't all [[All Just a Dream|just a dream.]]}}
* [[Coraline (
* This is popular with the Disney Princesses. In chronological order; [[Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (Disney film)|Snow White]] wears blue and red headbands each with a bow on top, Cinderella has a white headband with a bow on it, a silver headband, and a white crown, [[Sleeping Beauty|Aurora]] has a black headband and tiara, [[The Little Mermaid|Ariel]] has a white pearl barrette, large blue bow tied into a ribbon, and tiara, Belle has a blue ribbon and gold band, Jasmine has blue, purple, and gold crowns with bands tying her hair, [[The Princess and
* ''[[
* Fifi, the main antagonist from the direct to DVD sequel of [[Open Season]], "Open Season 2". Despite wearing a cute blue bow on his fluffy head, Fifi is a neurotic and slightly unhinged poodle who didn't intend to let Weenie go back to the wild with Boog and Eliot without a fight. Also he's a male.
* In ''[[Heathers]]'', a red hair accessory passes from owner to owner, symbolizing transfer of power among the girls.
* ''[[Matilda (
== Literature ==
* ''[[Discworld]]'':
** Gloria Thogsdaughter, one of Susan Sto Helit's classmates in ''[[
** Lady
* [[Alice in Wonderland
* In ''[[Harry Potter and
* In the web-novel ''[[
== Live
* On ''[[The Sarah Connor Chronicles]]'', Sarah relates a story from her youth of frequently going to a drugstore with a friend from a slightly richer family with a single dollar to buy hair clips, barrettes and other bits of pretty for the friend's long hair.
* On ''[[
* On ''[[
* Vala Mal Doran on ''[[Stargate SG
** It should be noted, however, that this does '''not''' make her [[Subverted Trope|any more innocent.]]
* Blair on ''[[Gossip Girl]]'' was known for her headbands during the first two seasons, and it was even [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshaded]] by Serena, who ripped off one during a fight once, and Dan.
* Quinn Fabray on ''[[
** Rachel also has a fondness for headbands. She even wrote a song called "My Headband". [[Stylistic Suck|It wasn't very good.]]
* And you can't go without mentioning [[Playful Hacker|Penelope Garcia]] from ''[[
* Would Philip from ''[[Kamen Rider Double]]'' count? He uses binder clips and bulldog clips.
* Emily from ''[[Skins]]'' is never without a tiny adorable bow in her hair throughout S3 (precisely co-ordinated with the rest of her outfit, including her ''knickers'' at one point when she goes skinny-dipping), except when she's [[Twin Switch|pretending to be her twin sister Katie]] (at which point she combines their two signature styles with a giant, garish leopard-print bow).
* Marian from ''[[Robin Hood (TV series)|Robin Hood]]'' often wore a curved hair pin...she used it as a dagger on a couple of occasions.
* Miranda Sanchez from ''[[Lizzie
* In ''[[
* At the end of the Swedish TV series ''Dårfinkar & dönickar'', {{spoiler|the 12-year-old main character, who's been going around dressed as a boy, reveals herself as female. In both the girly outfits we see her wearing, she has a matching bow in her hair.}}
* In ''My Princess'' the Korean live action drama, plucky heroine Lee Seoul always has an awesome hair clip, headband, or barrette.
* Guinevere from ''[[Merlin (TV series)|Merlin]]'' often wears [[Flower in Her Hair|flowers in her hair]].
== Video Games ==
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** Suika has a large ribbon ''and'' a cube ''chained'' to her hair.
** Mokou and Rumia have paper talismans ([[Onmyodo|Ofuda]]) tied in their hair.
*** Justified in Mokou's case because it seems these talismans stop her hair from burning because of her own [[Kill It
** Sanae has a Frog hairclip and a Snake decoration thing coiled around her hair. They represent the two goddesses she serves under (Suwako being the frog, and Kanako being the snake).
** Newcomer Hatate has a pair of ribbons for her [[Girlish Pigtails|twin-tails]].
* Many girls in the ''[[Dept. Heaven]]''
* Headbands and other headgear show up now and then in the ''[[Final Fantasy]]'' games. The most important decorations, however, don't usually show up on the character models: Those ubiquitous little Ribbons that confer immunity to [[Standard Status Effects]] (and quite a few non-standards, as well).
** All three girls in ''[[Final Fantasy VII]]'' wear noticeable hair decorations, both in-game and in character art.
** Ritz from ''[[Final Fantasy Tactics Advance]]'' has a hairpin while [[Final Fantasy Tactics
** How can we forget Rikku's hairstylings from ''FFX-2''?! Beads and headband and braids galore! Yuna has her fair share of hair doo-dads, but Rikku's take the cake.
** Serah Farron, of Final Fantasy XIII and XIII-2 wears a pink or black jeweled hair tie to hold up her side ponytail.
** [[Yoshitaka Amano]] laughs at the idea that this trope is [[Always Female]]:
*** [[Final Fantasy IV|Cecil's]] design in ''[[Dissidia Final Fantasy]]'', true to his Amano origins, has a headband and beads in his [[White
**** Not only Cecil, but almost every character has some sort of bead in his/her hair, even if they weren't there in [[Yoshitaka Amano|Amano's]] original designs. And if by any chance they don't wear them in their head the beads will be in the character's outfit, this applies to [[Tetsuya Nomura|Nomura's]] designs such as Tidus or Sephiroth
*** ''[[Final Fantasy VI]]'' has Edgar, with not one but two pretty blue ribbons in his hair.
*** Do feathers count as hair decs if they're [[Mix and Match Critter|actually growing]] from [[Final Fantasy IX|Kuja's]] scalp?
** Talking about ribbons, these accessories protect against all status ailments in the games where they appear.
* The ''[[Shin Megami Tensei
** The female main character option in ''[[Persona 3]] Portable'' has her XXII hair clips, which are an alternate numbering of The Fool Arcana.
** Then in ''[[Persona 4]]'' we have Nanako's ribbon hair ties, Yumi's single clip, Margaret's and Yukiko's headbands. Despite her hair clips, Hanako is not an
* In ''[[Super Smash Bros.]]'', most Pokémon can be pimped with ribbons, hats, and other head accessories to help tell them apart.
* Several of the Presents in the ''[[Katamari Damacy]]'' series act like these. Interestingly, there's no gender boundaries, so you can have the Prince or any of the male Cousins [[Wholesome Crossdresser|running around in]] [[
* Not only do girls in the ''[[Luminous Arc]]'' series wear various kind of headgear and hair accessories, but you can also buy and equipt some of them with '''ribbons''' as armor.
* ''[[Eternal Sonata]]'': March and Salsa have their bunny ear decorations.
* In ''[[The Legend of Zelda]]: [[Ocarina of Time]]'', several of the Kokiri girls have hair decorations.
** Zelda herself wears bows or feather-like hair decorations in some of the more cartoony games. In ''[[Twilight Princess]]'' she has ribbons wound around her braids in an ornamental, possibly significant fashion.
* ''[[Mega Man (
* Coco Bandicoot from the [[Crash Bandicoot]] series wears a ribbon or a flower in her hair depending on the game.
* [[Dumb Blonde|Tess]] from ''[[Jak and Daxter]]'' has a pink hairband.
* Several characters from the ''[[Soul Series]]'' (mostly of the "cute girl" variety, such as Cassandra, Talim, Amy, Xianghua, Seung Mina and Tira) wear various hair decs. While not of the "cutie" sort, Taki and [[Action Mom|Sophitia]] also wear them, though obviously not to the same effect. Setsuka's hair decorations are the most elaborate in the series, especially in ''SC III'', where her hair is piled up on top of her head in a geisha/oiran style, held in place with various ornamental clips and combs.
* In ''[[Fire Emblem]] 7'', Nino has a blue hairband while Ninian wear a sort-of diadem with two big white decs.
** Don't forget Priscilla's feather clip!
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* [[Super Robot Wars NEO|Sharlie Lunoille]] uses hair decs.
* In ''[[Animal Crossing]]: Wild World'', Blathers's little sister Celeste wears a big pink bow. (Though these would be ''feather'' decs instead of ''hair'' decs...)
* Paula, from ''[[
** The Mr. Saturns wear ribbons as well, although it's impossible to tell which ones are female and which aren't.
* Lip from ''[[Panel
* ''[[
* Several female characters in ''[[Pokémon]]'' wear hair decorations too. Erika has a red headband, Whitney has a yellow pin, Jasmine wears two orange orb hair ties, Roxanne has her pink bow, Candice has a blue clip and hair bands, and Skyla wears a blue flower shaped barrette.
* [[Tales of the World|The three Kanonnos]] all have hairbands and season-appropriate attachments to complement their [[Rose
* Tooty from ''[[Banjo
* Ribbon from ''[[
* Flora, ''[[Professor Layton]]'''s adopted daughter, is never seen without her hair tied back in a dark pink ribbon.
* Doctor Judith Mossman in [[Half
== Visual Novels ==
* Maya Fey, a young Spirit Medium from the ''[[Ace Attorney]]'' series, wears orb-shaped jewels in her hair, which could be considered her trademark, seeing how she doesn't even take them off whenever she changes out of her usual Kimono (in the games, as well as in official artworks, except for a single, rather old, picture, where the orbs are replaced by fluffy ribbons). Also, supporting character Maggey Byrde wears hairclips, which complement her cute face.
* In the ''[[Ef a Tale of Memories|ef]]'' visual novels, every single one of the heroines has some kind of hair dec. Miyako? Great big yellow bows. Kei? Headband. Chihiro? Hair clips. Mizuki? Little hair ribbons. Yuuko? Big fat white bow.
* ''[[Fate/stay
** Sakura Matou has a single red ribbon, and Saber ties her hair with a blue one.
* ''[[Tsukihime]]'': Most of the major girls have something. [[The Ojou|Akiha]] has her hairband, [[Meido|Hisui and Kohaku]] have a bonnet and a big ribbon respectively. [[Token
** Going into ''[[Melty Blood]]'', there's Sion and her [[Nice Hat]] and Miyako with her hair ribbons.
* ''[[Kanon]]'''s [[Bokukko|Ayu]] is never seen without her [[Memento MacGuffin|hairband]]; in addition to being a visual identifier, it also functions as an [[Chekhov's Gun|extremely important plot device]].
* Most girls from ''[[Clannad (
* ''[[Higurashi no Naku Koro
* ''[[Umineko no Naku Koro
* Many of the girls in ''[[Tokimeki Memorial]]'' use different kinds of hair decs. In the first game, main heroine Shiori collects them, so if you give her clips and ribbons you'll get quite the brownie points with her.
** And in the ''Girl's Side'' versions of said games you get brownie points with your date-guy if you wear his preferred type of (hair) accessory.
* ''[[Yo
* ''[[Eien no Aselia]]'' gives some ribbons to Lemuria to make her stand out more. She's the most normal looking girl among the cast after Kyouko. {{spoiler|It also serves to differentiate her from Lesteena.}}
== Web Comics ==
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* [[The Woobie]] Hannelore from ''[[Questionable Content]]'' wears a pink hairband [http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1611 in one comic], boosting the urge to glomp to dangerously high levels.
* ''[[Megatokyo]]'': [http://megatokyo.com/strip/970 Piroko], [http://megatokyo.com/strip/748 Yuki], [http://megatokyo.com/strip/1078 Miho]? Well, probably all of them, really.
* Toni from ''[[
* Jacquline from [http://www.samuraiprincess.com Samurai Princess] is known for wearing for wearing a fish shaped hair pin which has become a fan focus for that character.
* ''[[Eerie Cuties]]'' got two so far. Layla wears an [[Expressive Accessory|emotive]] skull hair clip. [[Moe]] succubus Chloe wears a [[Cat Eared Headband]] covering her little horns.
== Web Original ==
* Many of the OS-tans have some sort of iconic hair ornament in most of their incarnations. In particular, the "XP"-shaped barrette of XP-tan comes to mind.
* ''[[Whateley Universe]]'' examples: Geomancer and Generator at [[Super
* In her review of ''[[Beauty and
* The Cat, from [[That Guy With
== Western Animation ==
* Applies to the majority of cute female characters in ''[[Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers (
* Molly from ''[[
* [[Tomboyish Ponytail|Tomboyish pigtailed]] farm girl, Dot Hugson from ''[[The Oz Kids]]'' wears two blue bows that make her even cuter. [[:media:Dot (The Oz Kids).jpg|See here]]
* In ''[[The Simpsons (
* Blossom of the ''[[Powerpuff Girls]]'' wears a bow and a hairclip.
* On ''[[The Fairly
* ''[[Hey Arnold!]]'': The reason Helga wears her pink bow is that Arnold told her that he liked it.
* Giggles and Petunia from ''[[Happy Tree Friends]]''.
* ''[[Little Audrey]]'' herself.
* Jazz in ''[[Danny Phantom]]'' has a headband. Considering the trope itself describes it as girls wearing it to "look younger", it is an ironic choice that Jazz would wear one when she claims she's "an adult stuck in a teen's body". Of course, learning to embrace her childhood while she still can IS part of her [[Character Development]].
* Starlee Hambrath, of ''[[
* Obligatory ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'' example: Toph's headband. Also, to some extent, the clips that hold Katara's hair loopies together.
* Heloise on ''[[Jimmy Two-Shoes]]'' wears a band in her hair for a ponytail, turning her into an adorable [[Enfant Terrible|little psychopath]].
* Daphne, and now Velma, from ''[[Scooby Doo]]''.
* Suzie (simple pink hairband), Mimi (pink hair ribbons) and Nancy (lilac baubles) in ''[[The Amazing Chan and The Chan Clan]]''.
* Diana in ''[[Martin Mystery]]''.
* All the Ponies in G1 of ''[[My Little Pony]]'' had a ribbon on their tail. Megan, the [[Token Human]], had a pink bow too.
** In ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
* Lil of [[Rugrats]] wears a pink bow in the only lock of hair she has. She occasionally trades it with her brother Phil to pretend to be him - they can still be distinguished from each other, if you look closely, but the only real distinction is that he wears shorts under his duckie smock and hers is a dress.
* Isabella from ''[[Phineas and Ferb]]'' wears a pink bow in most of the episodes she appears in, while Candace's friend Stacy usually wears a blue ribbon in her hair.
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* [[Pepper Ann]] wears a blue scrunchie in her hair for her ponytail.
* ''[[Recess]]'': [[Cute Bruiser|Spinelli]] wears red bands (ribbons if the episode calls for it) in her hair for her pigtails, and [[Adorkable|Gretchen]] wears pink baubles in her hair for pigtails, and has worn a pink bow on one occasion.
* On ''[[
== Real Life ==
* Though she does not wear them often, Mallory Ervin (Miss Kentucky 2009-10) wore flowers in her hair for her official Miss America portrait.
* Very much [[Truth in Television]] in the Victorian Era, according to [https://web.archive.org/web/20120608110021/http://www.judgmentofparis.com/board/showthread.php?t=756 this post].
* [[Melanie Laurent]]'s page picture.
* [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/india/6253878/Worlds-youngest-female-karate-black-belt-arrives-in-UK.html Varsha Vinod] combines this with [[Badass Adorable]].
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