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{{quote|''"I like my hair''<br />
''Really, it is pleasant to the touch''<br />
''I toss my hair a bit too much."''|'''Leaf''', ''[[The Twenty-Fifth25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee]]''}}
 
{{quote|''Your hair is so flippy.''|'''Ron Stoppable''' referring to his not yet [[Kim Possible|girlfriend]]}}
 
[[Exactly What It Says Onon the Tin|Flipping your hair]]. This can vary from running your hand through your hair to brushing a few locks out of your eyes to giving your [[Rapunzel Hair]] a good toss, but it almost always conveys nearly the same things: confidence, arrogance, vanity. As such, it is a gesture most often employed by [[Bishounen]], [[The Ojou]] or the [[Alpha Bitch]], though kinder characters can also use it to merely accentuate their femininity or show that they're in a good mood. A bishounen's hair flip is usually accompanied with a large helping of [[Bishie Sparkle]] - females are also accompanied by [[Slow Motion]].
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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* Akio from ''[[Clannad (Visual Novel)|Clannad]]'' does it sometimes when he's feeling dramatic.
* Koizumi does this in ''[[Haruhi Suzumiya (Light Novel)|Haruhi Suzumiya]]'' right after taking down a blue giant.
** Haruhi does this herself at the end of the opening credits of her show as well in the episode "Melancholy II", rightfully indicative of her... [[Genki Girl|forceful]] personality.
* Homura of ''[[Puella Magi Madoka Magica (Anime)|Puella Magi Madoka Magica]]'' does this a lot. {{spoiler|She's not used to having her hair loose instead of her braids from the first time loop.}}
* Sesshoumaru from ''[[Inuyasha]]'' tends to do this when he feels he's being forced to explain something obvious.
* In ''[[Tiger and Bunny]]'', [http://i726.photobucket.com/albums/ww262/CapZiggy/hairflipruforreal400.gif hair flipping] is one of [[The Charmer|Barnaby's]] many fangirl-drawing techniques.
 
== [[Film]] ==
* The 1999 ''[[CharliesCharlie's Angels]]'' film has Cameron Diaz's character do this in order to attract the attention of a guy.
{{quote| '''Lucy Liu''': Flip your ''[[This Is Sparta|God. Damn. Hair.]]''}}
** Lucy Liu does this in every single close up.
* Cameron Diaz also did it in her first movie, ''[[The Mask (Filmfilm)|The Mask]]''.
* James St. James has a habit of doing this to seemingly no end in ''Party Monster''.
* Gen telling the [[Ice Princess]] to "Work the hair."
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== [[Live Action TV]] ==
* On ''[[CharliesCharlie's Angels]]'' the Angels were going undercover via trying out for a cheerleading squad. One of the guys hiring ''really hated'' hair flipping, so the girls told some other girls that he ''loved'' it, to increase their chances of getting on the squad.
** In the ''[[CharliesCharlie's Angels]]'' TV series opening credits, Kelly Garrett (Jaclyn Smith) did one after taking off a motorcycle helmet. Watch it [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1b4iZ1RkYw here, starting at 0:40].
* In ''[[Friends]]'', Ross' cousin Cassie (played by Denise Richards) does this, causing Chandler, Ross, and [[Even the Girls Want Her|Phoebe]] to stand slack-jawed while Barry White plays in the background.
* According to Ashley in ''[[Two of a Kind]]'' when a guy nods to say hi, a girl should respond with a smile and Hair Flip as Mary-Kate does. You should avoid [[Moment Killer|sending your hair clip flying into the punch bowl however]].
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== [[Professional Wrestling]] ==
* A signature taunt of [[WWE (Wrestling)|WWE]] Diva Maryse.
* Irish indie wrestler Katey Harvey does this quite a bit as well.
* [[WWE (Wrestling)|WWE]] wrestler [[Kane (Wrestlingwrestling)|Kane]] does this often, usually during his entrance. Although many long-haired wrestlers have done a hair flip at some point in their careers, Kane has used it on [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tnOKtD80wVY more than] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0EKej7x9ZY one occasion] to respond to someone in lieu of actually saying anything (not because he was incapable of talking as he was early in his career-- more likely because he didn't want to).
 
== [[Theatre]] ==
* ''[[Wicked (Theatretheatre)|Wicked]]'': "And ''this'' is how you toss your hair. * Toss* You can toss it like this * Toss* or toss it with your hand * Toss* or use your [[Crowning Moment of Funny|whole body]]." * TOSS*
* As the quote above says, [[The Twenty Fifth25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee|Leaf]] ''says'' he tends to do this, but he probably shared that in a moment of [[Attention Deficit Ooh Shiny]].
 
== [[Video Games]] ==
* Rufus Shinra from ''[[Final Fantasy VII (Video Game)|Final Fantasy VII]]'', too.
* Don't you forget [[Final Fantasy IX (Video Game)|Kuja]]. [[Dude Looks Like a Lady|Don't you dare]].
** [[Lady of War|Beatrix]] does this too.
* Richter from [[Tales of Symphonia Dawn of the New World (Video Game)|Tales of Symphonia Dawn of the New World]] does this as well, to [[What Do You Mean It's Not Awesome?|summon Aqua]].
* Heike Kagero does this in ''[[Punch Out|Super Punch-Out]]''. As he's a kabuki-dancing boxer, he also uses his hair as a weapon in the ring.
* [[Fire Emblem|Raven King]] [[Fire Emblem Tellius (Video Game)|Naesala]] does this in an introductory cutscene, [[Establishing Character Moment|helping to establish]] how incredibly smug he is before he gets even one spoken line.
* When [[Mario and Luigi Superstar Saga (Video Game)|Prince Peasley]] flips his hair, he gives off a [[Bishie Sparkle]] so bright, it whites out the entire screen!
* Zaki from ''[[Live a Live]]'' does this.
* In ''[[Super Smash Bros]] Melee'' , [[The Legend of Zelda (Franchise)|Link's]] fighter stance was him running his fingers through his hair
* The narcissistic Zhong Hui in ''[[Dynasty Warriors]]'' really likes touching his hair.
* Leon Magnus in ''[[Tales of Destiny (Video Game)|Tales of Destiny]]'' tends to flip his hair, showing his arrogance in general.
 
== [[Visual Novels]] ==
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== [[Web Comics]] ==
* [[Homestuck (Webcomic)|Vriska Serket]] gives her hair a good toss in the "Alternia[[Earthbound|bound]]" flash.
** Which one fan took [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7EC-QTiM5xM to its logical conclusion...]
* Finn from ''[[Warrior U]]'' is grudgingly impressed by Darren's perfect little hair flip, but can't seem to master it himself.
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== [[Web Original]] ==
* Dana in ''[[Echo Chamber (Web Video)|Echo Chamber]]'''s Trope of the Week "[[Unresolved Sexual Tension]]''.
{{quote| '''Dana''': I could let my hair down and be all "Hair Flip! Hair Flip!" and you'd be like "Oh, that is so-super-sexy, how did I not realize."}}
** She does the [[Hair Flip]] just after [[Letting Her Hair Down]] for the first time in the series.
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* [[Prince Charming]] in ''[[Shrek]]''.
* Nick in ''[[Jimmy Neutron]]''.
* Justin from ''[[Total Drama Island (Animation)|Total Drama Island]]'' loves this trope.
* In the ''[[Kim Possible]]'' episode "Mind Games," Ron [[Freaky Friday Flip|(in Kim's body)]] invokes this trope, much to the annoyance of Kim [[Freaky Friday Flip|(in Ron's body)]]:
{{quote| ''(Body-switched Kim talks to Wade on the Kimmunicator as body-switched Ron flips his/her long auburn hair forward and back.)''<br />
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* The red-haired goth kid from ''[[South Park]]'' constantly flips his huge bangs out of his eyes.
* [[Drawn Together|Princess Clara's]] "special" cousin [[Butter Face|Bleh]] does this (to shake her hair out) after removing her safety helmet. It lasts a good five seconds.
* In ''[[The Legend of Korra (Animation)|The Legend of Korra]]'', Asami seems to flaunt her [[Shiny Midnight Black|voluminous raven black hair]] this way. First time she does it is after removing her helmet and infatuating Mako after [[Crash Into Hello|accidentally running him over on a scooter]] in "A Voice in The Dark". She does it again after getting back up after overloading poor [[Canine Companion|Naga]] and considering an alternative means of transportation in "When Extremes Meet". And odds are she'll be doing it plenty more times.
 
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