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[[File:machallcat.jpg|link=Mac Hall|frame|<small>The Head pet in its native environment.</small> ]]

Often the owner of the head is an unwilling steed, as the [['''Head Pet]]''' is strangely attracted to [[Deadpan Snarker|Deadpan Snarkers]]s and their ilk. Otherwise they can put the human who puts up with this treatment firmly in [[Cloudcuckoolander]] territory, particularly if they claim not to notice them.

** In ''[[Pokémon Special (Manga)|Pokémon Special]]'', Black's Munna rides on his head to feed on his distracting dreams. His Tepig also sometimes hitches a ride in his jacket hood.

** Although not a [[Team Pet]], Patamon in ''[[Digimon Adventure (Anime)|Digimon Adventure]]''.

** In ''[[Digimon Tamers (Anime)|Digimon Tamers]]'', Terriermon sometimes sits on Henry's head. Since Terriermon's [[Masquerade|Masquerading]] as a stuffed animal, he gets odd stares.

** In ''[[Digimon Savers (Anime)|Digimon Savers]]'', in which Kudamon rather [[Feather Boa Constrictor|drapes himself over his partner's neck and shoulders like a scarf]].

* Tora from ''[[Ushio and Tora (Manga)|Ushio and Tora]]''. Considering that Tora is a catlike demon who is much bulkier than his human "boss", this tends to be awkward.

* ''[[Yu Yu Hakusho (Manga)|Yu Yu Hakusho]]'':. It was Urameshi's monster that nested in his head, to his dislike. At least it didn't kill him... It "grows up" later, so he can ride on ''its'' head.

* Mokona in ''[[Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle (Manga)|Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle]]''.

** Not the first time a self-insert did it, to much chagrin of the wearer: God!Mokona did it with princey boy for quite some time in the forest of Silence in at least the manga version of ''[[Magic Knight Rayearth (Anime)|Magic Knight Rayearth]]''. (Including a hilarious scene where Ferio's acting all cool an nonchalant, yet Mokona's still hanging around on his head.)

* ''[[Naruto (Manga)|Naruto]]''

* Ta-kun, the small black cat in ''[[FLCL (Anime)|FLCL]]'', is often sitting on either Mamimi's or Canti's head.

* Anemone's overweight pet badger in ''[[Eureka Seven (Anime)|Eureka Seven]]'' decides to spend the last few episodes on Dominic's head or [[Parrot Pet Position|shoulder]].

* Tama, the flying turtle in ''[[Love Hina (Manga)|Love Hina]]''.

* Diana from ''[[Sailor Moon (Manga)|Sailor Moon]]'', occasionally. Luna and Artemis are [[Parrot Pet Position|shoulder]] and neck pets.

* ''[[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann (Anime)|Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann]]'' has Boota sometimes sitting on Simon's head. However, he definitely prefers Yoko's... "[[Victoria's Secret Compartment|comfortable place]]".

* Partially applies to Yachiru from ''[[Bleach (Manga)|Bleach]]'' and her love of resting on (and chewing!) Ikkaku's head. Also partially applies from the way she spends a lot of time on Kenpachi's [[Parrot Pet Position|shoulder]].

* Wanna see a cat resting on top of another cat? Take a look at Nekoconeko from ''[[Azumanga Daioh (Manga)|Azumanga Daioh]]''. And then Sakaki puts a Nekoconeko on ''her'' head...

* Maro rides on Misako Kurata's head in ''[[Kodomo no Omocha (Manga)|Kodomo no Omocha]]''. Mama Kurata even answers ([[In -Universe]]!) the inevitable [[Fridge Logic]] of having a squirrel in your head -- Marohead—Maro knows better than to poop where it lives, so it leaves Mama's head to fertilize the houseplants instead. Maro even wipes afterwards!

* Yuuno in ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha (Animeanime)|Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha]]'' occasionally takes this position. [[Captain Obvious|When he's in his ferret form, that is]].

* Dan's pet (and occasional mask) Spanky in ''[[Basquash (Anime)|Basquash]]!''.

* The Phoenix Tayutai in ''[[Tayutama (Visual Novel)|Tayutama]]'', which initially takes to resting on Yumina's head in the form of a plump bird.

* ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima (Manga)|Mahou Sensei Negima]]''

** [[Weasel Mascot|Chamo]] is a straight example of this; he has ridden on Negi's head multiple times, and probably about each 3-A girls' head at least once. And he once hid in the front of Asakura's vest (it was ''her'' idea).

* Timcanpy from ''[[D .Gray Man (Manga)-man|D Gray Man]]'' likes resting on Allen's head. And General Cross' too. Often in the midst of battle.

* Adorable midget panda Xiaomei sometimes rides around on her person May Chang's head in the ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist (Mangamanga)|Fullmetal Alchemist]]'' manga.

* ''[[Axis Powers Hetalia (Manga)|Axis Powers Hetalia]]'' has Prussia, with his mysterious little chickie, [[Fan Nickname|Gilbird]].

* Ebi, the weird alien pet from the ''[[Girls Bravo (Manga)|Girls Bravo]]'' manga, sometimes rides on Tomoka's head.

* Though not yet in the manga ''or'' anime, Shiranui of ''[[Hayate the Combat Butler (Manga)|Hayate the Combat Butler]]'' does this for Nagi's figurine.

* Menchi from ''[[Excel Saga (Mangamanga)|Excel Saga]]'' is depicted in a lot of official artwork being held by Excel on her head. The classic pose is incredibly popular with cosplayers.

* In ''[[Gunnm (Manga)|Gunnm]]: Last Order'', the cyborg representative of the Jupiter Union carries a cyborg cat on his head.

* In one ''[[Ranma ½ (Manga)|Ranma One Half]]'' story, Kunō buys the egg of a "legendary [[The Phoenix|phoenix]]" that will supposedly grant him an incredible sword technique, but he is warned to never put the egg on his head. Ranma "accidentally" does just that, and it promptly hatches into a stupid-looking birdie that imprints on the first person it sees each day and psychotically attacks them, though it may as well be glued to Kunō's head. The fact it can also emit a paralyzing/electrifying stare against that person means that they can't fight back. Ranma, naturally, wants the thing gone, so he starts feeding it special growth pellets... which, in the anime, results in it growing to [[Attack of the 50 -Foot Whatever|kaiju size]] and flying about wrecking the city. And all the while, it's ''still'' stuck to Kunō's head.

* King, the lion cub from ''[[Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water (Anime)|Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water]]'', sometimes rides atop his mistress' head.

* ''[[Air Gear (Manga)|Air Gear]]'': Granted it doesn't appear very often, but the small crow Kuu actually LIVES, as in its nest is in the main character's hair in earlier chapters of manga. Ridiculously used in the anime, as the crow was there so that he could become the [[Scenery Censor]].

* ''[[Ah! My Goddess (Manga)|Ah My Goddess]]'': In a moment of drunkenly excessive pity, Belldandy teleports a homeless cat to a place of safety and comfort: the temple complex, where it materializes atop Urd's head. It is ''still'' riding her head a few minutes later when Urd takes a phone call from Keiichi.

* In ''[[Katekyo Hitman Reborn (Manga)|Katekyo Hitman Reborn]]'', Reborn's partner, Leon the chameleon, rides on the side of Reborn's hat; in fact, all arcobaleno have animal partners, some of which ride on their heads. Also, Kyoya Hibari has his little bird Hibird riding either there or [[Parrot Pet Position|on his shoulder]].

* The pet shop owner in ''[[Cowboy Bebop (Anime)|Cowboy Bebop]]'' episode "Stray Dog Strut" wears a turtle on her head.

* ''[[Tegami Bachi (Manga)|Tegami Bachi]]'' has a pet monster named Steak who is often seen on Niche's head. Has also been used as bait and (almost cooked) as [[Eat the Dog|emergency food]].

* ''[[Shakugan no Shana (Light Novel)|Shakugan no Shana]]'': She may not really qualify as a pet, but we really can't forget that Shana-tan lives on Yuji's head.

* Sometimes, in ''[[Soul Eater (Manga)|Soul Eater]]'', the [[Cats Are Magic|Magical]] [[Catgirl|Cat Girl]] Blair stays on Maka's head (while in her [[Shapeshifting|cat-form]], of course)

* ''[[Hanamaru Kindergarten (Manga)|Hanamaru Kindergarten]]'' offers a human variation, where kindergartener Anzu will scramble up her teacher Tsuchida's body and sit on his shoulders. Naturally, it's adorable.

* ''[[The Idolmaster (Animeanime)|The Idolmaster]]'': Hamzou seems fond of staying on either Hibiki's head or shoulder.

* In ''[[X-Men (Comic Book)|X-Club]]'', a telepathic starfish "bonds" to Doctor Nemesis' head. Nemesis wants to get rid of it because the starfish is also broadcasting all of his thoughts, revealing, among other things, that he actually ''likes'' his co-workers.

* Given the title character of ''[[Kyon: Big Damn Hero (Fanfic)|Kyon Big Damn Hero]]'' is the resident [[Deadpan Snarker]] and he and [[Team Pet]] {{spoiler|Achakura}} are currently taking care of each other, this was inevitable.

* Pascal the chameleon in ''[[Tangled (Disney)|Tangled]]''.

* ''[[Discworld (Literature)|Discworld]]''

** The Duck Man, first seen in ''[[Discworld (Literature)/Soul Music (novel)|Soul Music]]''. Slightly averted in that he has no idea he ''has'' a duck on his head, and is confused that everyone around him always seems to be talking about some duck somewhere. "Isn't it time to feed your duck?" "What duck?"

** Not unlike a costume Rincewind wears in ''[[Discworld (Literature)/Unseen Academicals|Unseen Academicals]]'', in which the other wizards chase him around the campus in one of UU's inexplicable traditions. In that case, the duck is a wooden fake.

** In ''[[Discworld (Literature)/Wintersmith|Wintersmith]]'', Granny Weatherwax carries her kitten You under her witch hat to keep her head warm -- orwarm—or so she says.

** In ''[[Discworld (Literature)/Wyrd Sisters|Wyrd Sisters]]'', Greebo once pounced on the Fool's head, found he couldn't claw through the chain-mail protective wrapping the man was wearing (just because he's a Fool, doesn't mean he's stupid), and wound up clinging to the mail all the way out of the castle and into the woods.

** While passing for traveling entertainers in ''[[Discworld (Literature)/Jingo|Jingo]]'', Lord Vetinari uses sleight-of-hand to make a baby chicken appear under Sgt. Colon's fez. An unhousebroken chick, as it happens.

* Niles' pet cockatoo, Baby, on ''[[Frasier (TV)|Frasier]]''. One episode in particular centers around him unable to remove her from his scalp at a party, after she digs her claws in after being spooked by the doorbell and the fireplace.

* Not shown, but one of the interns on ''[[Bones (TV)|Bones]]'' confessed to having stolen Brennan's iguana and worn it on his head to a party.

* [["Weird Al" Yankovic (Music)|Weird Al's]] 2003 album Poodle Hat. The dog's name is Bela, and provides a bark for "[[Cheese-Eating Surrender Monkeys|Genius in France]]".

* Dr. Kleiner's pet headcrab Lamarr in ''[[Half-Life 2 (Video Game)|Half-Life 2]]'' seems to like resting on people's heads. Admittedly, it's trying to puncture their skull and take over their nervous system, but it's been defanged so nobody... well, ''Kleiner'' doesn't mind. Nobody else likes Lamarr.

* ''[[Gaia Online]]''

* In ''[[Ape Escape (Video Game)|Ape Escape]] 2'', Pipochi rests on Jimmy's head when he stands still.

* In Title Defense mode of the Wii ''[[Punch Out (Video Game)|Punch -Out!!]]'', Bear Hugger acquires a pet squirrel, who spends the fight under his black stocking cap. Which leads to the priceless sight of Bear Hugger lifting the cap, the squirrel coming out, as he yells "Hat trick!"

* A weird variant in ''[[Final Fantasy VII (Video Game)|Final Fantasy VII]]'': Cait Sith is a small cat who rides on top of a giant Moogle. However, it's the ''moogle'' that doesn't say or do anything, and is only used by Cait Sith to move around and attack. Of course, neither one is really a pet -- theypet—they're both toys that are remotely controlled by someone else entirely.

* In ''[[Final Fantasy XIII (Video Game)|Final Fantasy XIII]]'', Sazh Katzroy has a baby chocobo living in his [[Funny Afro|'fro]].

* In ''[[Dragon Quest VII (Video Game)|Dragon Quest VII]]'', the main character has a little lizard on his head in the artwork. It is rarely, if ever, mentioned in the game proper.

* In ''[[Cave Story (Video Game)|Cave Story]]'', during the [[Fetch Quest]] to retrieve Jenka's puppies, you carry the dogs on your head. Presumably because you need both hands free to use your guns.

* In ''[[Harvest Moon (Video Game)|Harvest Moon]]: Island of Happiness'', Denny the fisherman has his pet bird, Kuu. Official art has Kuu on Denny's arm. Denny's game sprite has Kuu firmly on Denny's head. On Denny's dialog portraits, Kuu switches between his head and both [[Parrot Pet Position|shoulders]].

* Litchi's [[Pandaing to Thethe Audience|miniature panda]] Lao Jiu in ''[[Blaz BlueBlazBlue]]'' spends most of his time living in her hair [[Mundane Utility|as a hair clip]]. {{spoiler|He's also Litchi's means of tapping into the power of the Boundary and, by proxy, the cause of her degeneration due to that.}}

* The plot of ''[[Jabless Adventure (Video Game)|Jabless Adventure]]'' is set off by a squid named Squiddy perching on Jables's head, and informing the boy that he's [[The Hero]]. Squiddy remains on Jables's head for the rest of the game.

* ''[[Team Fortress 2 (Video Game)|Team Fortress 2]]''

** Two of the [[Nice Hat|Nice Hats]]s in the game are of the Head Pet variety: Pyro's Triboniophorus Tyrannus (a green gelatinous creature), and the ''[[Alien Swarm (Video Game)|Alien Swarm]]'' Parasite (guess).

* The ''[[Minecraft (Video Game)|Minecraft]]'' mod Mo' Creatures includes bunnies that will hop onto the player character's head if the player character approaches them.

* Pirozhki from ''[[Kanon (Visual Novel)|Kanon]]'' is referenced by [http://www.megatokyo.com/strip/27 the cat's namesake] in ''[[Megatokyo (Webcomic)|Megatokyo]]''.

* In ''[[The Chapel Chronicles (Webcomic)|The Chapel Chronicles]]'', Chapel's pet hedgehog, Rupert, occasionally is perched atop Chapel's big head of hair, such as [http://www.chapelchronicles.com/comic/27 Hedgehog Constitutional].

* Happened at least once with Jeremy on Susan in ''[[El Goonish Shive (Webcomic)|El Goonish Shive]]''. But maybe only in [[Filler Strips]]. That panel was a visual echo of Kamineko's appearance on Sakaki-san's head during the ''[[Azumanga Daioh (Manga)|Azumanga Daioh]]'' opening sequence, which might be a [[Shout-Out]] or just a visual influence.

* In ''[[Kagerou (Webcomic)|Kagerou]]'', Kano [https://web.archive.org/web/20100916021906/http://www.electric-manga.com/11/07.html contracts headfoxes].

* Spo from ''[[Housepets (Webcomic)|Housepets]]'', who is sometimes found right on Fido's head.

* Dust Puppy from ''[[User Friendly (Webcomic)|User Friendly]]'', [https://web.archive.org/web/20191029123852/http://ars.userfriendly.org/cartoons/?id=20090930 in the September 30, 2009 strip], is standing on Pitr's head while they're talking.

* [http://www.blastwave-comic.com/index.php?p=comic&nro=24 A giant moth in this] ''[[GonewithGone With the Blastwave]]'' page.

* The protagonist of ''Real Life Fiction'' has a squirrel on top of her head about all the time. [https://web.archive.org/web/20110801005744/http://rlf.smackjeeves.com/comics/772566/too-literal/ Though it once becomes a scorpion-squirrel because of "drow-siness".]

* ''[[Shortpacked (Webcomic)|Shortpacked]]''

* In ''[[Nerf Now (Webcomic)|Nerf Now]]'', [[Team Fortress 2 (Video Game)|Heavy Weapons Guy]] wears Baby Medic as a hat while delivering a message as a Scout. [http://nerfnow.com/comic/362 She seems perfectly happy with the arrangement].

* ''[[Scandinavia and The World (Webcomic)|Scandinavia and The World]]''

* In ''[[Beyond the Canopy (Webcomic)|Beyond the Canopy]]'', Glenn acquires a crab on his head during his fight against the Caped Crustacean. He names him [[Orson Welles|Orson Shelles]].

* In ''[[Murphy's Law (Webcomicwebcomic)|Murphy's Law]]'', Serrin's familiar, a cat named Fir, often rides on her head.

* In ''[[Our Little Adventure (Webcomic)|Our Little Adventure]]'', Angelika's rat [[Familiar]] Norveg does this sometimes, though Angelika hates it. Norveg usually does it to escape things that want to eat him on the ground.

* In ''[[The Order of the Stick (Webcomic)|The Order of the Stick]]'', Mr. Scruffy (Belkar's animal companion) has taken residence atop the enslaved Yukyuk's head and is using him as steed while the kobold is dominated. This is no doubt a comeuppance from Yukyuk's previous attempt to kill the cat.

* Momo on ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender (Animation)|Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'', seen [http://screenshots.avatarspiritmedia.net/103/105.jpg here]{{Dead link}} and [http://screenshots.avatarspiritmedia.net/211/156.jpg here]{{Dead link}}.

* ''[[Invader Zim (Animation)|Invader Zim]]''

{{quote| '''Zim:''' You have head pigeons.}}

* ''[[Wakfu (Animation)|Wakfu]]''

* Another case of Truth in Television, [https://web.archive.org/web/20110908013724/http://www.linein.org/blog/2008/03/25/a-chihuahua-is-not-a-hat/ this time with a chihuahua.]

* [[World War II]] correspondent Ernie Pyle reported the story of an American officer in North Africa who let a big lizard -- eighteenlizard—eighteen inches from nose to tailtip -- crawltailtip—crawl up his arm to perch on his head. He spent the next three hours, including some thirty miles motorcycling, with this lizard riding his head, freaking out most people who saw it.