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[[File:pacifica.jpg|link=Scrapped Princess|frame|<small>And she's supposed to be ''hiding'' her status.</small> ]]
 
 
An easy way to tell if a female character in Japanese media is of high social standing is to not look for [[Requisite Royal Regalia|a crown or an Ermine Cape]], but to look at the front of her head. Specifically, look for two curled locks of hair draping the sides of her face. If she has these, she either is high class or acts like it.
 
Needless to say, this is pretty much mandatory for the [[Ojou]]. Some [[Elegant Gothic Lolita|Elegant Gothic Lolitas]]s also sport this hairstyle. It also often overlaps with [[Mega Twintails]].
 
Also known as "[[This Is a Drill|drill hair]]", and derived from the ringlets hairstyle, popular in Roman times. For the distinctly Japanese princess' hairstyle -- straighthairstyle—straight black with level bangs and ear locks -- seelocks—see [[Hime Cut]].
 
Now despite the name, being [[Everything's Better Withwith Princesses|an actual princess]] is not required for this. Princess Curls are usually a type of [[Girlish Pigtails|twintail]], but unlike typical twintails, they do not indicate youthfulness.
 
Do '''not''' confuse them for the sideburns Orthodox Jewish men wear, called ''peyot'' (pronounced "pay-ott") (''peyos'', pronounced "pay-ohs," if you're Ashkenazi).
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Contrast [[Tomboyish Ponytail]].
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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* Pacifica Casull, the title character of ''[[Scrapped Princess]]'' (shown above).
* Elgala from the ''[[Excel Saga (Mangamanga)|Excel Saga]]'' manga. When she first appears, she's actually dirt poor like the rest of the ACROSS girls, but she acts like a wealthy debutante nonetheless.
** In [[Excel Saga (Animeanime)|the anime]], there's a one-shot corporate heiress that also sports corkscrew curls.
* Rosemariné from ''[[Kaze to Ki no Uta (Manga)|Kaze to Ki no Uta]]'' has these... even though [[Viewer Gender Confusion|he's]] [[Long -Haired Pretty Boy|a guy]]. Angeline also has these.
* B-Ko from ''[[Project a Ko|Project A-Koko]]''.
* Lynn Minmay from ''[[Super Dimension Fortress Macross]]'' is one of the earliest examples, if not the first.
* Hexakazura, [[The Dragon]] to Miya in ''[[Koi Koi 7]]''.
* Shione in ''[[Mamoru-kun Ni Megami no Shukufuku Wo]]''.
* Reika in ''[[Goshuushou-sama Ninomiya-kun]]''.
* Isuzu Emi from ''[[Tenjou Tenge]]''.
* ''[[Simoun]]'''s [[Christmas Cake|Dominura]] sports a rather impressive pair that stay curly, [[Pajama -Clad Hero|even with bed-head]].
* Chizura Naba from ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima (Manga)|Mahou Sensei Negima]]''.
* Juri Arisugawa from ''[[Revolutionary Girl Utena]]''.
* Rika Shiraki from ''Bible Black''.
* Vanilla from ''[[Galaxy Angel (Animeanime)|Galaxy Angel]]''.
** Also doubles as a drill.
* Athena(or A-Tan) from ''[[Hayate the Combat Butler (Manga)|Hayate the Combat Butler]]''.
* Male example- [[Magnificent Bastard]] Andrea Cavalcanti {{spoiler|actually gangster Benedetto}} sports just one of these in his perfect blond hair in ''[[Gankutsuou]]'', the [[Animated Adaptation]] [[In Space]] of ''[[The Count of Monte Cristo]]''.
* Lumiere from ''[[Kiddy Grade]]''.
* Chérie Belmondo from ''[[Gash Bell]]''.
* Montmorency in ''[[ZeroThe noFamiliar Tsukaimaof (Light Novel)|Zero no Tsukaima]]''.
* Saki from ''[[To Love LOVE-Ru]]'' has twin drills, as well as little [[Odango]] atop her head!
* Ayumi Himekawa from ''[[Glass Mask]]''. Not so much in the 2005 series: the curls are noticeably simplified, leaving her with simply wavy hair.
* Kanaria, Hinaichigo, and Shinku from ''[[Rozen Maiden]]'' all have variations on this style. Suiseiseki has [[Regal Ringlets]], instead.
* [[Marie Antoinette]] from ''[[Rose of Versailles (Manga)|Rose of Versailles]]'', quite possibly ''the'' classic example.
* Hermione from ''[[Romeo X Juliet]]''.
* Martina, a [[Ineffectual Sympathetic Villain|minor antagonist]] from ''[[Slayers]] NEXT''.
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* Izumi, the closest ''[[Princess Nine]]'' has to a real [[Fallen Princess|princess]], wears a short version of this style.
* Illumina in ''[[Transformers Victory]]''.
* Kihel Heim in ''[[Turn a Gundam (Anime)|Turn-A Gundam]]''.
* Fukiko "Miya-sama" Ichinomiya in ''[[Oniisama E (Manga)|Oniisama e...]]''
* Mileina Vashti, one of the new [[Bridge Bunnies]] in season 2 of ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam 00]]'', sports a truly ''massive'' pair of Princess Curls worn in high [[Girlish Pigtails]], [[Verbal Tic|desu]]!
** Her fellow bridge bunny Feldt Grace sported these during the first season, worn in low pigtails.
* Ryuuka Jihiyou, the next head of the fabulously wealthy and powerful Jihiyou family in ''[[Hanaukyo Maid Tai (Anime)|Hanaukyo Maid Tai]]''.
* The bemonocled Caterina Sforza in ''[[Trinity Blood]]''
* Mitsuki from ''[[Full Moon Oo Sagashite]]'' occasionally sports these when she's not transformed. Then there's [[The Reveal|one time where she keeps these when transformed.]]
* Saaya Yamabuki of ''[[Shugo Chara]]!'' sports these, although she isn't a princess, she certainly acts like she's the best thing since sliced bread. She's actually less popular than the main character, Amu, although she acts like Amu is well below her.
* Akira Kogami from ''[[Lucky Star]]'' at one point takes to wearing actual drills in her hair in an attempt to emulate the style.
** "D-D-Drill! D-D-D-D-Drill!"
* Gunnery officer Obama ([[Barack Obama|not that one]]) in [[Kurogane Pukapuka Tai]].
* Fala of ''[[Go LionGoLion]]'', even if they look like sideburns at first glance.
* Isabella from ''[[Paradise Kiss]]'', to go with her victorian lady look.
* An unusual inversion of this trope comes from ''[[Princess Princess]]'' in which Kaoru Natasho sports the infamous curl cut despite BEING A MAN!!! More curious is the fact that no one ever so much as mentions it as being odd...
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* Retsu Unohana from ''[[Bleach]]'' has long hair which frames the sides of her head. It also braids in front of her body, either a subversion, or a reference to another trope.
* Elyse from [[My Balls]] has horns in her true "devil" form that turn into Princess Curls in her human form.
* Curious subversion in ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam Wing (Anime)|Gundam Wing]]'', where the only female character who sports them is actually the [[Frontier Doctor]] and [[Team Mom]] of the cast, Sally Po.
* ''[[Ichinensei Nini Nacchattara]]'': Miho, the elementary school [[Rich Bitch]].
* Elizabeth in ''[[Black Butler (Manga)|Black Butler]]'' has these. Also, when Ciel had to [[Cross DresserCrossdresser|crossdress]] he sported some [[Twin Tails]] with [[Princess Curls]] at the bottom.
* Sernia Flameheart from ''[[Ladies Versusversus Butlers!]]!'' has a particularly exaggerated case of these.
* [[Action Girl|Lenalee Lee]] once uses these in ''[[D .Gray Man-man]]'', after being subjected to [[Go-Go Enslavement]] thanks to [[Little Miss Badass|Road Kamelot]].
* ''[[Katanagatari]]'''s Togame goes for broke by combining these with a [[Hime Cut]] and [[Rapunzel Hair]]. Oh, she's also a [[White-Haired Pretty Girl]]. Now what do think the odds are she's a main character?
* Letuchaia from ''[[Kiddy Girl-andAND]]'' has a more subtle variety, but she compensates for it with her attitude.
* Himiwari and Ame-Warashi from ''[[XXX Holic×××HOLiC]]'' both sport these, although Ame-Warashi's are closer to the real thing, with Himiwari's slipping somewhere this and [[Girlish Pigtails]].
* In ''[[Aim for Thethe Ace (Manga)!|Aim for The Ace]]'', Reika has a long, wavy blonde ponytail and two curls framing her face that allude to her [[The Ojou|ojou]] upbringing.
* Houzuki and Bonbori in ''[[Otome Youkai Zakuro]]'' have really elaborate drill-curls.
* [[Umineko no Naku Koro Nini|Beatrice]] sports an elegant blonde pair.
* The recently introduced [[Lady of War]] Anastasia in ''[[Claymore]]''.
* Mami Tomoe from ''[[Puella Magi Madoka Magica]]'', who wears her curls in [[Girlish Pigtails]] to boot.
* Princess Charlotte from ''[[Berserk]]''.
* Neo Queen Serenity, Chibiusa and ChibiChibi from ''[[Sailor Moon]]''.
* When Vivio was first introduced in ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha StrikersStrikerS]]'', she didn't have these at first, but after she {{spoiler|gained access to her [[God-Emperor|Sankt Kaiser]] [[Older Alter Ego|form]]}}, the two locks of hair by her face curls up in this style. By the time of ''[[Striker SStrikerS Sound Stage X]]'', she's taken to wearing her hair in this manner full time. When Olivie Segbrecht, {{spoiler|[[Clone Jesus|the Sankt Kaiser that she was cloned from]]}}, finally had her appearance revealed in ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha Vi VidViVid]]'', she's also shown sporting this hairstyle.
* Masako Natsume from ''[[Mawaru Penguindrum (Anime)|Mawaru Penguindrum]]''.
* Sayoko Kyogoku from ''[[Swan (Manga)|Swan]]''. She usually wears her hair in a ponytail, but the curls are there nonetheless.
* Dwarf princess Ymir from ''[[QueensQueen's Blade (Anime)|Queens Blade]]''.
* Neito Mitotsudaira from ''[[Kyoukai Senjou no Horizon]]''. ''Five HUGE ones. And by huge, I mean ankle-length]]''.
* [[Elegant Gothic Lolita|Iyaritikki]] in ''[[Shinkyoku Soukai Polyphonica (Visual Novel)|Shinkyoku Soukai Polyphonica]]'' has her hair done up in multiple long drills.
* [[The Ojou|Adelicia]] in ''[[Rental Magica (Anime)|Rental Magica]]'' two curls in the front and four in the back.
* Domino from [[Pokémon: Mewtwo Returns]].
 
 
== [[Film]] ==
* [[Queen Victoria|Princess Victoria]] and other noblewomen in ''[[The Young Victoria]]''.
* You could miss it if you don't know what you are looking for. Princess Bala from ''Antz'' is the only Ant that has curled antennae.
* Milady de Winter in ''[[The Three Musketeers (2011 (Filmfilm)|The Three Musketeers 2011]]''.
 
 
== [[Literature]] ==
* [[Badass Bookworm|Annabeth Chase]] is described as having princess curls in ''[[Percy Jackson and The Olympians]]'', though whether Riordan's definition of princess curls fits this trope is unclear.
* Belinda in Alexander Pope's ''[[The Rape of the Lock]]'' has symmetrical [[Princess Curls]] that fall down the back of her neck. [[Berserk Button|And then one day they get cut...]]
* [[Marie Antoinette|Archduchess Antonia]] of [[The Royal Diaries]], ''[[Marie Antoinette]]: Princess of Versailles'' purposely told her hairdresser to let one long curl fall down upon her collarbone, which she began to wind around her middle finger as she talked to the king.
 
== [[Live -Action TV]] ==▼
 
* The original [[Rich Bitch]] Nellie Olson from ''[[Little House Onon the Prairie (TV series)|Little House On the Prairie]]'' has hair styled into ringlets that frame her face and cascade down her shoulders with a large bow at the crown. Karin Kanzuki of ''[[Street Fighter]]'' fame is supposedly based on Nellie.▼
▲== [[Live Action TV]] ==
* Ahim de Famille/GokaiPink from ''[[Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger (TV)|Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger]]'' sports these.▼
▲* The original [[Rich Bitch]] Nellie Olson from ''[[Little House On the Prairie (TV)|Little House On the Prairie]]'' has hair styled into ringlets that frame her face and cascade down her shoulders with a large bow at the crown. Karin Kanzuki of ''[[Street Fighter]]'' fame is supposedly based on Nellie.
▲* Ahim de Famille/GokaiPink from ''[[Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger (TV)|Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger]]'' sports these.
 
 
== [[New Media]] ==
* [http://utau.wikia.com/wiki/Teto_Kasane Teto Kasane], the most notable/popular UTAUloid, has a hot pink "twin drill" hairstyle.
 
 
== [[Video Games]] ==
* [[Capcom]] seems to like this hairstyle, as at least ''seven'' characters from their collection of games sport them:
** Yurika Kirishima from the ''[[Rival Schools (Video Game)|Rival Schools]]'' series has two [[Exaggerated Trope|ridiculously overdone curls]]. Supplemental material states that it takes two hours for her hair to set. Hair like hers is usually used for [[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann|piercing the Heavens]].
** [[Rich Bitch]] Karin from ''[[Street Fighter]] Alpha 3'' has them.
** Princess Pride from [[Mega Man NT Warrior|Rockman.exe/Megaman NT Warrior]]/[[MegamanMega Man Battle Network]] bears almost unnoticeable examples. Which enter into the exaggeration realm when she Cross Fuses with Knightman.exe.
** Luna from ''[[Mega Man Star Force]]'', who gives Yurika a run for her money in curl size and complexity
** Regina Berry from ''Phoenix Wright [[Ace Attorney]]: Justice for All''.
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* The eponymous character {{spoiler|Midna}} has an unusual variant of this in her true form at the end of ''[[The Legend of Zelda]]: Twilight Princess'', in that the two curls are tied together around her neck like some kind of brooch. The ''other'' eponymous character has a variation of them as well: they're not curled, per se, but there are two braids of hair tied up in lots of ribbon.
** Princess Zelda herself usually has some variation on this, particularly in recent cartoonier games in which they're lightning-bolt-shaped. Naturally, this includes {{spoiler|Tetra}}.
** [[Rich Bitch]] Mila from [[The Legend of Zelda: theThe Wind Waker (Video Game)|The Wind Waker]] has these.
* The Fairlions, [[Fan Nickname|otherwise known as]] [[Elegant Gothic Lolita|Gothlolions]] of ''[[Super Robot Wars]] Original Generation 2'' are ''[[Humongous Mecha]]'' with these. I mean, they were custom-built for an actual princess and her [[Romantic Two-Girl Friendship|best friend]], but ''come on''. Oh, and the curls [[Frickin' Laser Beams|fire lasers]].
* Amy, Raphael's foster daughter from the ''[[Soul Series|Soul Calibur]]'' games, has these.
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* Aerith Gainsborough from ''[[Final Fantasy VII]]''.
* Oerba Dia Vanille of ''[[Final Fantasy XIII]]''.
* Petra Johanna Lagerkvist of ''[[Arcana Heart (Video Game)|Arcana Heart]] 2''.
* Luviagelita Edelfelt from ''[[Fate/stay Stay Nightnight|Fate/hollow ataraxia]]'', to the point that it applies to 95% of her hair.
* The Archer class in many [[Nippon Ichi]] strategy games.
* Susie Evans from ''[[Valkyria Chronicles]]''.
* Bianca in ''[[Rune Factory]]: A Fantasy [[Harvest Moon (Video Game)|Harvest Moon]]''
* Rosalia in ''[[Angelique]]''.
* Misha in ''[[Katawa Shoujo]]''. She doesn't have the attitude, though.
* Maria Balthasar from ''[[Xenogears (Video Game)|Xenogears]]''.
* Surprisingly, almost none of the women in [[Gaia Online]] seem to sport [[Princess Curls]], except maybe [[Hot Shonen Mom|Ruby]] after the [[Art Shift]]. [[Dude Looks Like a Lady|Gino Gambino]], on the other hand...
** Gino recently got an [[Important Haircut]]. The princess locks remain.
* In a flash back in [[Persona 3]] [[Updated Rerelease|FES]]'s The Answer, Mitsuru has these.
* Rui Yamase from [[Lux -Pain]]
* Yuni from Dance Dance Revolution; they're every bit as rich and showy as Yuni herself.
* Reika from ''[[Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan|Ouendan 2]]''.
* Subverted in ''[[Rule of Rose]]'', where the only curly-haired girls are overweight Amanda and [[Meganekko]] Meg, both who are in less prestigious positions of the Aristocrat Club than the straight-haired Eleanor and Diana. {{spoiler|Not to mention Wendy, the Rose Princess.}}
* Black Sister/Uni from ''[[Hyperdimension Neptunia Mk 2mk2]]'' has these when she transforms.
 
== [[Web Comics]] ==▼
 
* Cypress's Mother from ''[[Last ResortRes0rt]]''... [[Non-Mammal Mammaries|but that's a lot of hair for a lizard!]]▼
▲== [[Web Comics]] ==
* ''[[Megatokyo]]'': [[Elegant Gothic Lolita|Miho]] wears her hair [http://megatokyo.com/strip/705 this way] during the (first) whole "Cave of Evil" debacle, and also in [http://img521.imageshack.us/f/15976310835b989eb39oju9.jpg/ this] slightly different image. ▼
▲* Cypress's Mother from ''[[Last Resort]]''... [[Non-Mammal Mammaries|but that's a lot of hair for a lizard!]]
▲* ''[[Megatokyo]]'': [[Elegant Gothic Lolita|Miho]] wears her hair [http://megatokyo.com/strip/705 this way] during the (first) whole "Cave of Evil" debacle, and also in [http://img521.imageshack.us/f/15976310835b989eb39oju9.jpg/ this] slightly different image.
* Rare ''male'' example. Franken from [[Noblesse]] used to sport this until [[Art Evolution]] kicked in.
* As an oddly feminine detail on an otherwise masculine character, The Boss from ''[[Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater]]'' has subtle princess curls [http://ps2media.gamespy.com/ps2/image/article/541/541276/metal-gear-solid-3-snake-eater-20040823004101352.jpg behind her ears]. Her [http://theurbangamer.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/mgs3d7710.jpg redesign for the 3DS]{{Dead link}} moves them to the front but makes them much shorter.
 
== [[Western Animation]] ==▼
 
▲== [[Western Animation]] ==
* Lulu Moppet from ''[[Little Lulu]]''.
* ''[[The Simpsons]]'': Taffy in the "Homer Scissorhands" subplot.
 
 
== [[Real Life]] ==
* In Europe many royalty used hot curlers to have ringlets. The men too, in the Stuart times.
* It was a popular look in Lolita fashion during the eighties. It's fallen out of style since, but a lot of people still love it. It's really hard to do without a wig though. Rag curls can look like it, though.
 
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