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{{trope}}
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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.
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{{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-Haired Pretty Boy|Bakura, Pegasus]], Otogi, Espa Roba, [[Darkskinned Blonde|Marik]], Dartz, and Sigfried.
** 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-Haired Pretty Boy]] and the [[Big Bad]] as well).
* ''[[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-Series Nickname|Hime-sama]].
* ''[[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-Haired Pretty Boy|Duke]].
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* ''[[.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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