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▲{{quote|''For your hair is long...''<br />
▲''Scattered over your cheeks, full of desire;''<br />
▲''And you have white skin from careful preparation,''<br />
''Not exposed to strokes of the sun...''
▲''Hunting after Aphrodite by your beauty,''<br />
How do you make a [[Pretty Boy]] even prettier? Give him long (shoulder-length or longer), flowing tresses of glossy hair. Bonus points for wearing it loose, no matter how impractical this may be.
If he's not the type for just sitting around looking pretty he might also be a [[Badass Long Hair]]. Villainous versions are likely to also be a [[White
{{examples|Examples:}}▼
== Anime and Manga ==
* ''[[Loveless]]'': Soubi, Nisei, and the male Zeroes
* ''[[Finder Series]]'': Feilong
* ''100% Perfect Girl'': Jarte's secretary Benjamin
* ''[[
* ''[[Kyou Kara Maou]]'': Gunter and Saralegui
* ''The [[Crimson Spell]]'': Havi
* The ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!]]'' series is guilty of this trope. You've got [[White
** Continuing with ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! GX]]'': [[You Gotta Have Blue Hair|Ryo]], [[Hot for Teacher|Daitokuji-sensei]], Fubuki...
* ''[[Descendants of Darkness]]'': Dr Watari, Sohryuu and Nagare (Hisoka's father).
* ''[[Inuyasha]]'': Sesshoumaru, so much. Naraku, maybe, when he's not shown as an [[Eldritch Abomination]] [[Gonk]]. There's also Bankotsu, Kouga and the eponymous Inuyasha himself.
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** ''[[RG Veda]]'': Yasha
** ''[[X 1999]]'': Kakyou Kuzuki
** ''[[
* ''[[Code Geass]]'': Xingke and Clovis. There's also V.V., though he's more of a [[Cute Shotaro Boy]] than a [[Bishounen]].
* ''[[Bakuretsu Hunters]]'': Marron Glace.
* ''[[Revolutionary Girl Utena]]'': Touga, Akio, and Saionji
* ''[[Blade of the Immortal]]'': Anotsu (practically the token bishonen in this manga).
* ''[[Ah
* ''[[Berserk]]'': Griffith
* ''[[Escaflowne]]'': Allen Schezar
* ''[[Saint Seiya]]'': Shiryu, Shun and Hyoga (and countless secondary characters, most notably Shaka and Mu. Lots of [[Badass Long Hair]] also applies).
* ''[[Zetsuai 1989]]'': Koji
* ''[[The Tyrant Falls in Love]]'': Souichi, whenever [[Slipknot Ponytail]] is in effect.
* ''[[Saint Beast]]'': Quite a few: Shin, Luca, and Lucifer for sure, Gai possibly. [[Dude Looks Like a Lady|Rey is by far the worst offender]].
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* ''[[Sakura Gari]]'': Souma (before his [[Important Haircut]]) and Youya {{spoiler|aka Sakurako}}.
* [[Senkou no Night Raid]]: Natsume.
* ''[[D
** And [http://www.mangareader.net/210-55026-21/dgray-man/chapter-196.html Tyki Mikk].
* ''[[Fruits Basket]]'': Ayame and Ritsu Sohma
* ''[[Saiunkoku Monogatari]]'': ''Half the cast'', starting with Shi Ryuuki and Shi Seiran, and also especially including Ko Kijin and Sa Sakujun.
* ''[[Kiniro no Corda]]'': Azuma Yunoki.
* ''[[Full Metal Panic!]]'': Leonard Testarossa and Kurz Weber.
* ''[[Peacemaker Kurogane]]'': Souji Okita, Susumu, Yoshida, Hijikata, Kichisaburo, Maro, and Tetsunosuke.
* ''[[
* ''[[Pandora Hearts]]'': Vincent, {{spoiler|Jack, even though he keeps it braided}}, Ernest, Leo, {{spoiler|flashback!Break}}, and Rufus Barma. Also, Gilbert's hair is long enough that he can tie it back with a hair ribbon.
* ''[[
** Chapter 67 gives us Edgar Redmond.
* ''[[
* The titular character of ''[[Id (manhua)|Id]]''.
* ''[[Mononoke]]'': Kusuriuri.
* ''[[Ranma
** Some would say Male Ranma also counts.
* ''[[Princess Princess]]'': Yuujirou Shihoudani
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* ''[[Outlaw Star]]'': Harry
* ''[[Nana]]'': Takumi Ichinose.
* ''[[
* ''[[MAR]]'': Rolan
* ''[[Kaleido Star]]'': Leon Oswald
* ''[[
* ''[[
* ''[[Utawarerumono]]'': Hauenkua.
* ''[[I''s]]'': Jun Koshinae.
* ''[[D.N.Angel]]'': Krad; his blonde ponytail is easily longer than he is-this is noticeable when he flies and his hair has to catch up with him.
* ''[[Axis Powers Hetalia]]'': China and Germania. And France, since his hair is long enough that he can pull it back. (especially when he shaves his beard like in Hetaween 2011). Also, Lithuania.
* ''[[Black Bird]]'': Sagami
* ''[[Uragiri wa Boku no Namae wo Shitteiru]]'': Takashiro Giou, Kanata "Reiga Giou" Wakamiya, and Isuzu Fujiwara. Also {{spoiler|Luze, Luka's younger twin brother}}
* ''[[Excel Saga (
* ''[[
* ''[[
* ''[[Immortal Rain]]'': Rain
* ''[[Sailor Moon]]'': Fisheye, Nephrite, Zoisite and Kunzite. Also, Ali (his alien form) in the anime only Doom Tree arc. And Fiore (his alien form) in the Sailor Moon R movie. And Artemis (his human form) in the manga.
* ''[[Psyren]]'': Oboro Mochizuki and Future!Shao.
* ''[[Speed Grapher]]'': Tsujido and Suitengu.
* ''[[Vampire Knight]]'': Kaname and Rido
* ''[[Basilisk]]'': Gennosuke and Yashamaru. Also Hyouma, who's prettier than both of them.
* ''[[
* ''[[Nabari no Ou]]'': Raikou Shimizu.
* ''[[Rosario
* ''[[
* ''[[
* ''[[Heroman]]'': Joey
* ''[[Inazuma Eleven]]'': Terumi "Aphrodi" Afuro.
* ''[[Gundam Wing]]'': Duo Maxwell and Zechs Merquise.
* ''[[Shaman King]]'': Asakura Hao.
* ''[[Dragon Knights]]'': Rune
* ''[[Amatsuki]]'': Bonten
* ''[[Oniichan to Issho]]'': Masashi
* ''[[Gorgeous Carat]]'': Florian, although Azura has longer hair and also applies (he just happens to be the resident [[White
* ''[[Claymore]]'': Isley of the north
* ''[[Swan]]'': Aoi and Lucien
* ''[[
* ''[[Ookami-
* ''[[Digimon Frontier]]'': Kouji Minamoto
* ''[[Pretty Cure]]'': Mukadia of ''[[Yes! Pretty Cure 5]] GoGo'', Souler of ''[[Fresh Pretty Cure]]'', Cobraja of ''[[Heartcatch Precure]]'' and Baritone of ''[[Suite Pretty Cure]]''.
* ''[[
* ''[[ROD the TV Series|Read Or Die TV]]'': Junior
* ''[[Samurai Champloo]]'': Jin, especially in the last scene.
* ''[[Trinity Blood]]'': Abel, Hugues, Isaak, Cain and Virgil to name a few.
* ''[[
* Yumeka Sumomo's ''The Day I Became A Butterfly'': Uka
* ''[[Fairy Tail]]'': Freed Justine. He even has a [[Beauty Mark
* ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha
* ''[[Shugo Chara]]'': Nagihiko Fujisaki. Justified [[Dropped a Bridget On Him|because he's a crossdresser]].
* ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn]]'': Full Frontal
* ''[[Monochrome Factor]]'': Shirogane
* ''[[Pokémon (
* ''[[Angel Sanctuary]]'': Rosiel
* ''[[
* ''[[Macross Frontier]]'': Alto Saotome a.k.a. [[In
* ''[[Level E]]'': Prince [[Baka]]
* ''[[
* Kiri from ''[[Wild
* ''[[Magical X Miracle]]'': Half the male cast (Glenn, Yue, Francis, Ardi, the king), and even of those male characters who aren't, most still have at least shoulder-length Go Nagai Sideburns.
* ''[[Gakuen Heaven]]'': Kaoru (whose hair is pink) and Naruse.
* ''[[Chara Cafe Relish Ni Oide]]'': Kaida Reiji
* ''[[Patalliro]]'': Jack Bancoran and Maraich, plus all lover boys/Swedish assassins.
* ''Bt'X'': Fou Lafine; ''Bt'X'' is by the creater of [[Saint Seiya]] and shares many stylistic features with its predecessor.
* ''[[
* ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist]]'': Edward, as he's [[Bishonen]] and has long hair in the first anime. Al counts in [[The Movie]] {{spoiler|but he cuts his ponytail after becoming stranded in Germany}}.
* ''[[Here Is Greenwood]]'': Shun Kisaragi
* ''[[
* ''[[
* ''[[Reimei no Arcana]]'': Caesar. He cuts his hair in Chapter 8 after Nakaba is forced to get her red hair dyed. Adel, Nakaba's relative and the heir to the Senan throne.
* ''[[Hellsing]]'': Luke Valentine.
* ''[[No. 6]]'': Nezumi's hair is long enough to tie back, and he's certainly bishie enough.
* ''[[Black Cat (
* Aburatsubo from ''[[Magic Users Club]]''. He's tall, has long red hair, and is gorgeous.
* ''[[
* ''Angels Feather'': Reiya Wakabayashi.
* Yunoki of ''[[Kiniro no Corda]]''.
* ''[[
== Comic Books ==
== Comics ==▼
* Not that there's anything "[[Pretty Boy]] about him, since he's a big muscular dude, but [[The Mighty Thor]] deserves a mention for his long blonde hair. He ain't called Goldilocks for nothin', true believers!
* Ditto for [[The Incredible Hulk|Doc Samson.]]
== Film ==
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*** [[Our Elves Are Better|He's an elf. He can handle it.]]
** Most (if not all) elves in The Lord of the Rings movie are this.
*** And in new pictures, so's [[Aidan Turner]] as a DWARF.
* ''[[The Man in the Iron Mask (1998 film)|The Man in the Iron Mask]]'': [[Leonardo
* ''[[Don Juan Demarco
* Yoshi in ''[[
* In [[Mad Max]] 2: the Road Warrior, the character Golden Boy might count, being the (boy?)friend of Wez and having, by comparison, a rather handsome face and long, flowing, blonde hair.
== Literature ==
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* ''[[The Lion in Winter]]'': King Philippe
* Possibly teenage Mowgli in ''The Second Jungle Book''.
* ''[[
* Vanyel Ashkevron from Mercedes Lackey's ''[[Heralds of Valdemar|Velgarth]]'' universe. Also Firesong.
* Pick a male Tolkien's elf. Any male Tolkien's elf. Except Cirdan and Mahtan (who are long-haired, but don't look like pretty boys).
* Numair from the ''[[Tortall Universe]]''. There is ''definitely'' overlap with [[Badass Long Hair]], especially in the second book in which he turns a man into a tree.
* The Groosalugg from ''[[
▲== Live Action TV ==
* Duncan MacLeod from ''[[Highlander (TV series)|Highlander]]'', until season 6 when the actor got tired of it.▼
▲* The Groosalugg from ''[[Angel (TV)|Angel]]'' falls under this trope, until he and Cordelia go on vacation, and he cuts it short... [http://images.wikia.com/buffy/images/f/f6/AngelGroo.jpg And familiarily...]
* In ''[[
▲* Duncan MacLeod from ''[[Highlander (TV)|Highlander]]'', until season 6 when the actor got tired of it.
▲* In ''[[Criminal Minds (TV)|Criminal Minds]]'', Reid<ref>[[Bonus Points]] for his in-series nickname being [[Pretty Boy]].</ref> had longish hair in the earlier seasons but it was shoulder-length in season five. Later on in the season, Reid got a haircut. [[Criminal Minds (TV)/Funny|Crowning Moment of Funny]] when the team sees Reid's new hair.
▲{{quote| '''[[The Stoic|Hotch]]''': What? Did you join a boy band?}}
== Music ==
* Anthony Keidis from the [[Red Hot Chili Peppers]], although he's recently cut it short.
* [[Vocaloid|Vocaloid2]]: [http://momo222.unblog.fr/files/2009/04/gakupo124.jpg Kamui Gakupo], whose voice is sampled from [[Gackt]]. Also, Kaito is sometimes depicted in fanart with a long mullet tied into a ponytail, especially when he's drawn in the same samurai-style as Gakupo.
** Len can also count, seeing as its long enough to put in a short ponytail, and there's plenty of fanart depicting him as a [[Pretty Boy]].
* In [[The Eighties]], there was [http://www.liquid-blue.com/hotnews/images/NelsonBrothers90s-2.jpg Nelson]{{Dead link}}.
* [[The Beatles]]
** Particularly John when he had shoulder length hair and cleanshaven. As seen in ''[[Let It Be]]''.
* Michael Kiske during his time in [[
* Sebastian Bach of [[Skid Row]].
* [[Led Zeppelin]]: [https://web.archive.org/web/20111125010029/http://www.popmusicology.com/images/led-zeppelin-in-1968-robert-plant1.jpg All of them.] That is all.
* Eddie Vedder of [[Pearl Jam]] in the early years. Oh so much.
* David Gilmour of [[Pink Floyd]] in the earlier stages of their career.
* [[Hanson]] in [[The Nineties]].
* Every post-Aramary [[Sound Horizon]] album includes at least one
* Antonio Pontarelli, a sadly underrated rock violinist and singer.
== Oral Tradition, Folklore, Myths and Legends ==
* Cu Chulainn of [[Celtic Mythology]] is described in the ''[[Tain Bo Cuailgne]]'' as as a beautiful young man with long, [[Multicolored Hair|multi-hued]] hair that fell past his shoulders.
▲* ''[[Tanz Der Vampire]]'': Herbert
== Video Games ==
* ''[[
* The ''[[Final Fantasy]]'' series' general [[Bishonen|design philosophy]] for male characters makes this trope present in abundance:
** Even since the beginning--[[Final Fantasy I
*** Warrior of Light becomes one in ''[[Dissidia]]'', which was based on Amano's art for the Warrior class.
** ''[[
** ''[[
** ''[[
** ''[[
*** Kadaj and Yazoo from ''[[Advent Children]]'' take after Sephiroth.
** ''[[
** ''[[
** ''[[
** ''[[
** ''[[
* ''[[
* ''[[Super Punch Out]]'': Kabuki dancing boxer Heike Kagero (long ''purple'' hair, even).
* ''[[Kingdom Hearts]]'': Xehanort, Xemnas, "Ansem", Saix, Marluxia, Riku, Vexen... Yeah, ''[[Kingdom Hearts]]'' is the master of Long Haired [[Bishonen|hotties]].
* ''[[Street Fighter]]'': Vega
** Ken too, especially in the [[Street Fighter Alpha
** Alex, also. 'Dat ponytail.
* ''[[
* ''[[Samurai Shodown]]'': [[Incurable Cough of Death|Ukyo Tachibana]].
* ''[[Dynasty Warriors]]'': Several examples, most notably Zhang He and Zhou Yu.
** There's also Zhao Yun, Zhuge Liang, Ling Tong and Jiang Wei.
* ''[[Samurai Warriors]]'': we have Ishida Mitsunari, Akechi Mitsuhide and Sasaki Kojiro.
* ''[[Warriors Orochi]]'': Taigong Wang, if he wore it loose that is.
* ''[[
* ''[[Sengoku Basara]]'': Akechi Mitsuhide and Maeda Keiji. Sanada Yukimura is of the rat-tail variety, but qualifies when he lets it down.
* ''[[Infinite Space]]'': A few male characters (including the main character), most notably Lord Roth, who has waist-length hair.
* ''[[
* ''[[The Legend of Zelda:
* ''[[World of Warcraft]]'': Lots, most notably Arthas Menethil and Kael'thas Sunstrider.
* ''[[Tales of Vesperia]]'': [[Badass Long Hair|Yuri Lowell]], plus [[White
* ''[[Star Ocean]]'': Ioshua Jerand from the first game, and Dias Flac from ''The Second Story''/''Second Evolution''. Meanwhile, Albel Nox from ''Till the End of Time'' has twin rattails that reach past his waist.
* ''[[.hack GU Games|.hack//G.U.]]'' games: Endrance, crossing into [[Dude Looks Like a Lady]] territory. Also, Kuhn.
* ''[[Tales of the Abyss]]'': Luke, before [[Important Haircut|his haircut]], {{spoiler|[[Cloning Blues|his original]]}} Asch, and Jade. Also Van and Peony.
* ''[[Harvest Moon]]'' has been fond of this lately. Julius and Jin come to mind.
* ''[[King of Fighters]]'': Duo Lon.
* ''[[Mortal Kombat]]'': Raiden doesn't initially come off as this, but take away his hat and cloak, and you're left with a rather [http://mortalkombat.wikia.com/wiki/File:Raiden_Traje_alter.jpg pretty man with a glorious mane of white hair].
** Partially lampshaded in ''[[
* The ''[[
* ''[[
* ''[[Soul Series]]'': Siegfried Schtauffen. He used to have short hair in ''Soul Blade'', but it's grown out a lot in later games.
== Web Comics ==
* ''[[
* ''[[
* ''[[Monsterful]]'': Jacob Bottom Button, the Rag doll boy.
* ''[[
* ''[[Paradis]]'' has angels as this, specifically Gabriel.
* ''[[A Broken Winter]]'': While both Kuroda and Reisen have very long hair, Reisen lets his fly in true pretty-boy style. Kuroda keeps his in a neat tail.
* Erik of ''[[Ménage à 3]]''.
▲== Web Videos ==
▲* [[The Nostalgia Critic (Web Video)|The Nostalgia Critic]] as a sixteen year old.
== Western Animation ==
* ''[[Teen Titans (
* ''[[
* ''[[Western Animation/Sym Bionic Titan|Sym Bionic Titan]]'': Lance and Soloman, who both also fall under [[Badass Long Hair]].
* ''[[
* ''[[
* ''[[
* ''[[
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