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Some characters just can't get their hair into a neat and tidy hairstyle. Others can't be bothered. Still others actually like their hair that way. All of them have [['''Messy Hair]]'''. This is often used to set the character apart as unusual; it may indicate that they're a nonconformist, that they don't care about their appearance, or that they don't have the means to make themself look presentable. Or just because it looks cool.

Frizzy, tangled hair is also commonly seen on characters who've just woken up (except if [[Wakeup Makeup]] is in effect), which is [[Truth in Television]] for most people except those with particularly short haircuts. It often goes away by the next scene change with the assumption that they've run a brush through it offscreen, but might stick around longer if the character sporting [['''Messy Hair]]''' is [[Not a Morning Person]].

Long, tangled hair can be seen very frequently on [[The Ophelia]], as part of that archetype's image of eerie, disheveled beauty; even sane, [[Cloudcuckoolander|or at least saner]], [[Strange Girl|Strange Girls]]s might have it, to go with their general theme of unusual looks. Untidy hair, particularly ''dark'' hair, is also one aspect of [[Looks Like Cesare]].

Brilliant but [[Bunny Ears Lawyer|eccentric]], [[Absent -Minded Professor|absent-minded]], or [[Mad Scientist|downright deranged]] scientists often have [[Einstein Hair]], which is a [[Sub -Trope]], as is the [[Wild Hair]] found on animalistic or close-to-nature characters and [[Wild Child|Wild Children]]ren. [[Shonen Hair]] sits at the intersection of this trope and [[Anime Hair]], and is generally found on spirited young men. [['''Messy Hair]]''' is also very common on conductors and musicians.

{{examples|Examples}}

* L's messy hair is another artifact of his [[Bunny Ears Lawyer|genius eccentricity]] in ''[[Death Note (Manga)|Death Note]]''.

* [[Ranma One Half½|Ranma Saotome]] has an enchanted hair ribbon because without it his hair gets really out of control.

* [[Chobits (Manga)|Hideki]]'s messy hair is commented on by several characters It's even stated that he looks weird when he tried to comb it for a date.

* Goku and most other Sayians from the [[DragonballDragon Ball]] world

* In [[Oniisama Ee...]], "Lady Medusa" Katsuragi gets the "Medusa" nickname due to having very messy hair, which seems to be pretty uncommon in Japan.

* Flint Lockwood of ''[[Cloudy Withwith a Chance of Meatballs]]'' has wild hair that he has to struggle to get to lie down flat.

* ''[[Beetlejuice (Film)|Beetlejuice]]''

* The Hatter in [[Tim Burton]]'s ''[[Alice in Wonderland (Filmfilm)|Alice in Wonderland]].''

* The Penguin in ''[[Batman Returns (Film)|Batman Returns]]''.

* ''[[Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (Filmfilm)|Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street]]''

* ''[[Harry Potter (Filmfilm)|Harry Potter]]'': Bellatrix Lestrange's, Hermione's in the first two and seventh films.

* Aragorn's hair in ''[[The Lord of the Rings (Filmfilm)|The Lord of the Rings]]'' tends to hang over his face in strings. Apparently combs are not regular Ranger equipment.

* [[The Woobie|Wybie]] and his [[Coraline (Filmanimation)|Other World doppleganger]] both have [[Messy Hair]].

* The killer in ''[[The Final Terror (Film)|The Final Terror]]'' has such long and messy hair that it works as an effective camouflage.

* In ''[[Around the World Inin Eighty Days]]'', "[Passepartout's] brown hair was somewhat tumbled; for while the ancient sculptors are said to have known eighteen methods of arranging Minerva's tresses, Passepartout was familiar with but one of dressing his own: three strokes of a large-tooth comb completed his toilet."

* In ''[[The Dresden Files]]'', the titular wizard Harry Dresden has hair that remains perpetually unable to be properly shaped. The fact that he doesn't have any mirrors save a small shaving mirror (because lots of ''things'' can use mirrors as gateways) doesn't help.

* The Tenth Doctor in ''[[Doctor Who (TV)|Doctor Who]]'' has pretty unkempt hair. The Eleventh's is so bad, he initially thinks he's a she. The Fourth Doctor has a tangled mop of curls. The Eighth Doctor has hair like this, about chin-length. And he's even [[Cloudcuckoolander|weird]] by Doctor standards. The Second Doctor had unkempt hair as well as an [[Perma -Stubble|abiding five o' clock shadow]].

* In ''[[Taxi]]'', the character Reverend [http[wikipedia://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_IgnatowskiJim Ignatowski|Jim Ignatowski]] (Christopher Lloyd) usually had messy hair to go along with his regular drug use and "spaced-out" behavior. Here's a [https://web.archive.org/web/20210320015040/http://www.studyofsports.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/jim-ignatowski-pic.jpg picture of the Reverend]{{Dead link}}.

* Hatter in [[Sy FySyfy]]'s ''[[Alice (TV)|Alice]]'' miniseries.

* John Sheppard in ''[[Stargate Atlantis (TV)|Stargate Atlantis]]''

* Kitty Sanchez from ''[[Arrested Development (TV series)|Arrested Development]]'', when [[Letting Her Hair Down]].

* [[Bob Dylan]], of course. ("[[Useful Notes/Albert Einstein|Einstein]] disguised as [[Robin Hood]]...")

* Buzz Osbourne of The Melvins is known for the huge pile of messy black (or later on, black and gray) hair on top of his head.

* [https://web.archive.org/web/20121001155540/http://math.boisestate.edu/gas/ruddigore/web_opera/rudd11.html Mad Margaret] in [[Gilbert and Sullivan]]'s ''Ruddigore''.

* [[Musashi: Samurai Legend|Musashi]]. [http://www.gamershell.com/static/screenshots/7873/183567_full.jpg just look at him]. His real life inspiration did it to frustrate his enemies.

* Zimmy of ''[[Gunnerkrigg Court (Webcomic)|Gunnerkrigg Court]]'' has messy hair with lots of flyaways as one part of her generally unkempt and dirty appearance, and Jack's hair has become steadily messier as he's become more Zimmy-like.

* Bleu of ''[[Cuanta Vida (Webcomic)|Cuanta Vida]]'' [https://web.archive.org/web/20100820160929/http://tf2.skyscrapersoup.com/?p=218 has stupid hair]. It always looks like that, by the way, it's not just hat hair.

* Several of the trolls from ''[[Homestuck (Webcomic)|Homestuck]]'': {{[[media|carcinoGeneticist_5875:carcinoGeneticist 5875.gif| Karkat Vantas}}]], {{[[media|terminallyCapricious_799:terminallyCapricious 799.gif| Gamzee Makara}}]] (easily the best example among them), {{[[media|apocalypseArisen_7072:apocalypseArisen 7072.gif| Aradia Megido}}]], [http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20100825013548/mspaintadventures/images/d/da/Nepetanohat.png Nepeta Leijon], and arguably {{[[media|arachnidsGrip_8151:arachnidsGrip 8151.gif| Vriska Serket}}]].

* In ''[[Impure Blood]]'', [https://web.archive.org/web/20130927205124/http://www.impurebloodwebcomic.com/Pages/Issue4PAGES/ib095.html everyone goes from waking up to look, with their hair still down.]

* In ''[[Sinfest]]'' [httphttps://wwwweb.archive.org/web/20140209184716/http://sinfest.net/archive_page.php?comicID=3493 Monique looks Medusa-like when she wakes.]

* Icarus from ''[[Hercules (Disney1997 film)||Hercules]]'' has spiked hair that is assumed to have been fried when he flew too close to the sun (along with a [[Cloudcuckoolander|few brain cells]]).

* Pinkie Pie, resident [[Cloudcuckoolander]] of ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (Animation)|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]''.

* Both the title characters of ''[[Phineas and Ferb (Animation)|Phineas and Ferb]]'' and Heinz Doofenshmirtz.

* [[Neil Gaiman]] has untidy dark hair, at least in his author photos. This is probably the [[Author Avatar|inspiration]] for the looks of several characters he's written, including [[The Sandman|the Sandman]], Richard Mayhew, and Tristran Thorn. [http://twitpic.com/2whf8o Even after a haircut.]

* [[Scout Taylor Compton]]'s hair often borders on [[A Flock of Seagulls|Flock of Seagulls]]. [[TVAll the Tropes Wiki Drinking Game|Not that we're complaining.]]

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