Horned Hairdo: Difference between revisions

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[[File:Mrs Lovett horns Hair.png|link=Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (theatre)|frame|Mrs. Lovett is a very good baker but not a nice person.]]

Hair, [[Good Hair, Evil Hair|that infallible representation of a person's moral compass.]] In an effort to shape the world of fiction into something more logical than [[World of Chaos|the unpredictable]] [[Real Life|real world,]] authors have long given their characters physical traits that provide artful hints about where said character stands on the good-evil spectrum. Triangular shapes are the preferred way of telling the audience that a character is one bad dude or chick, but few are more unsubtle and in-your-face than a threatening hairstyle. And as far as ''that'' goes, you can't get much more direct than likening them to [[The Devil|Old Scratch]] himself. A [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|hairstyle shaped like horns]] is almost always a surefire sign of a heart as black as soot.

Not to be confused with a joke seen in cartoons in which a character's hair (feathers, if it's an avian character like [[Donald Duck]]) come together briefly into little devil horns whenever they have a truly malicious idea.

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* Ox Ford from ''[[Soul Eater]]''. In no way evil, though.

* The president of Lala's fanclub in ''[[To LOVE-Ru]]'' sports such a hairdo when she (apparently) goes [[Dragon Ball|Super Saiyan]] and starts beating up Rito.

** Videl, the daughter of Mr. Satan,has her hair point up into horns occasionally when she's flustered or angry. This is mostly just part of the pun, though, as her name is actually an anagram of "devil".

* Lord David, one of the many villains whom Kenshiro meets during his journey in ''[[Fist of the North Star]]''.

== Comic Books ==

* Subverted by [[Banana Man]]—his civilian alter ego Little Eric has horned hair, but it's supposed to represent the shape of a banana, instead of having anything to do with the devil. And far from being evil, he's a bumbling superhero.

* Former ''[[The Dandy (comics)|The Dandy]]'' character "[http://img268.imageshack.us/img268/4474/petergray022.jpg Lil Imp]" has bunches that form horns.

== Fan Works ==

* The [[Horny Devil|succubus]] Sunshine in ''[[The Return (fanfic)|The Return]]'' gains a literal pair when [[Odango Hair]] are braided over her horns.

* Maleficent, the evil fairy from Disney's ''[[Sleeping Beauty (Disney film)|Sleeping Beauty]]''. It's also entirely possible that it's not actually hair and those are genuine horns.

* In ''[[Pinocchio (Disney film)|Pinocchio]]'', the Coachman's hair actually becomes like this during the scene where he says "They'll ''never'' come back... [[Nightmare Face|...as BOYS!!!"]]

* Uma Thurman as Poison Ivy wears her hair like this in ''[[Batman and Robin (film)|Batman and Robin]]''.

* A Wachootoo warrior arranges [[Ace Ventura]]'s normally duckbilled hairdo like this during ''Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls'', in mockery of his nickname of "White Devil". Ace does not take it well.

* Will Ferrell as evil fashion maven Mugatu in ''[[Zoolander]]''.

* One of Grace Jones' many, ''many'' styles in ''[[A View to a Kill]]'' is a red outfit and hairdo shaped like devil horns. Subtle.

== Literature ==

* "Ole Devil" Hardin, in the novels of [[J. T. Edson]], deliberately combs the hair over his temples into horn shapes to emphasise his Mephistophelean appearance.

== Live-Action TV ==

* Bandora / Rita Repulsa from ''[[Kyoryu Sentai Zyuranger]]'' / ''[[Mighty Morphin Power Rangers]].''

* Vyvyan's tangerine tri-hawk on ''[[The Young Ones]]'' looks a lot like horns.

== Music ==

* [[The Prodigy]]: ''"I'm the firestarter! Twisted firestarter!"''

* Ms. Lovett in the original Broadway staging of ''[[Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (theatre)|Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street]]''. She has it in the movie too. They're hidden in the general rat's nest of her hair, but she definitely has pointy [[Odango Hair|odango]] there.

== Video Games ==

* Viola from ''[[Eternal Sonata]]''.

* Batreaux from ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword|The Legend of Zelda Skyward Sword]]'' has these once he's transformed from a demon into a human. Its actually so hornlike that it takes a bit for the player to realize that's hair, not horn.

== Web Comics ==

* ''[[Elijah and Azuu]]'' has main character Azuu (and all of his family) sporting some variation of horned hair. Has crossed over with Charby above, which joked about the hair.

* ''[[Zebra Girl]]'', who has real horns a well. While basically good, Zebragirl has been transformed into a demon, with the darkness and violence that entails.

== Western Animation ==

** Likewise, Penelope Spectra also sports a similar hairdo. Hmm...perhaps they go to the same stylist?

* Aunt Trudy in ''[[The Amazing Spiez]]'', an annoying, but not evil, example.

== Real Life ==

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[[Category:Expository Hairstyles]]

[[Category:Hair Tropes]]