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In character design, there is the crucial question:
Short Hair or [[Rapunzel Hair|Long Hair
You need never choose between the two again. A woman who has Short Hair with Tail has the spunk and practicality of a Short-haired Hottie with all the flowy drama or [[Rapunzel Hair]]. A man who has Short Hair with Tail has the stereotypical, short male haircut at the front ''but'' gets to be a [[Badass Long Hair]] or [[Long-Haired Pretty Boy]] at the same time.
Characters with this hairstyle simultaneously rock the short and the long styles -- [[Rule of Cool|they're just that awesome]]. Distinct from [[Hime Cut]] in that hime cuts have mid-length side tresses to frame the face, and all long in back, while
This is a character design trope, subtrope of [[Anime Hair]]. See also [[Tomboyish Sidetails]], [[Rapunzel Hair]] and [[Badass Long Hair]]. Compare with [[Anime Hair]], for the general likelihood of actually seeing these styles walking around, and [[Hime Cut]], when the short hair is only in front to frame the face.
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* Soi-Fon (the captain of Squad 2) in ''[[Bleach]]'' has two. If
▲== [[Anime]] & [[Manga]] ==
* ''[[Macross Frontier]]'' has Ozma Lee, who pulls off a badass haircut that this troper has seen go horribly wrong in real life. Short clipped and tousled all around with [[Badass Long Hair|a ponytail down his back]]. This man has no
▲* Soi-Fon (the captain of Squad 2) in ''[[Bleach]]'' has two. If [[Short Hair with Tail]] is any character indicator, the short cut says she can [[Action Girl|kick some serious butt with the rest of them]], and the long hair is in keeping with the dramatic, showy side of her personality and how girly she gets around [[Les Yay|Yoruichi]].
▲* ''[[Macross Frontier]]'' has Ozma Lee, who pulls off a badass haircut that this troper has seen go horribly wrong in real life. Short clipped and tousled all around with [[Badass Long Hair|a ponytail down his back]]. This man has no mullet--he has pure awesome growing from his scalp.
* ''[[Tenchi Muyo!]]'' has [[Rich Bitch|Princess Ayeka]]. You'd hardly know she had the long hair without all that dramatic wind that keeps blowing. But she still has an adorable helmet-hair bob and some serious [[Rapunzel Hair]] long twin tails.
** Also Tenchi
* From ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima]]!'' [http://i30.tinypic.com/11u9av4.jpg there's Kaede]: short part in a straight bob, [[Rapunzel Hair|long part of her hair]] in a ponytail tied at the nape of her neck.
* The [[Sailor Moon|Sailor Starlights]] have
* Makoto from ''Idaten Jump''.
* Asta, at least in the ''[[Trinity Blood]]'' anime. From the front, it looks like a short cut. [https://web.archive.org/web/20200122215924/http://www.spookhouse.net/angelynx/trinityblood/tb11-abel-asta-frame2.jpg From behind,] it's about as long as her [[Badass Longcoat]].
* The goddess Peorth from ''[[Ah! My Goddess]]''
* Micaiah Chevelle from ''[[Nanoha Vivid]]''.
* [[Spell My Name with an "S"|Ray/Rei]] from the original ''[[Beyblade]]''. [http://images.wikia.com/beyblade/images/d/d2/RaySeason2.png Observe].
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* The new ''[[Code Geass]]'' project, ''Boukoku No Akito'' (or ''Akito The Exiled'') features its titular [[The Protagonist|hero]], [http://static.zerochan.net/full/32/26/838832.jpg Akito Hyuuga] (pictured at right), with this hairstyle (the tail in question being a braid).
* Komachi/Cure Mint from ''[[Yes! Pretty Cure 5]]'', a [[Shrinking Violet]] and the [[Barrier Warrior]] of her team, subverts this [[Beware the Nice Ones|most of the time]].
== [[Comic Books]] ==
* Hopey and Maggie from ''[[Love and Rockets]]'' have had rattails and variations thereof at different points in the series.
== [[Film]] ==
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* This picture of ''[[Mulan]]'', which shows her in the outfit and hairstyle she fought [[Big Bad|Shan Yu]] in at the end of the film, but for some reason had her hairstyle drawn in a way so it now includes a ponytail.
* The female cut for the [[Babylon 5|Centauri]] could be considered
▲== [[Live Action TV]] ==
▲* The female cut for the [[Babylon 5|Centauri]] could be considered this--shaved bald except for the long, long ponytail.
== [[Video Games]] ==
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* [http://www.creativeuncut.com/gallery-01/ffta-marche.html Marche] from ''[[Final Fantasy Tactics Advance]]''.
* Grown-up Aile from ''[[Mega Man ZX]] Advent''.
* [[Pretty Boy
* Firion and The Onion Knight in ''[[Dissidia Final Fantasy]]''
* In ''[[Valkyrie Profile: Covenant of the Plume]]'', [http://images4.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20100131164915/valkyrieprofile/images/4/44/Valkyrie_profile_covenant_of_the_plume_art_3%282%29.jpg Cheripha] has this.
* Zhong Hui from ''[[Dynasty Warriors]]''.
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120725010007/http://www.zeldainformer.com/images/articles/Impa.jpg Impa] in ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword]]'' has very short hair, but her bangs on her right side make a long tail.
* ''[[Etrian Odyssey]] IV'' uses this for one of its female Swordsmen. In addition to wearing a bandana over a ponytail, her hair looks shorter in the front, but includes [[Tomboyish Sidetails]]. Notably, the other female Swordsman (who doubles as the class rep) just has a [[Bob Haircut]].
== [[Web Comics]] ==
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** The Handmaid: Neck-length hair, except for two bangs framing her face which reach almost to her feet.
** Later, Meenah is seen with two braid-thin tails that touch the floor behind her.
* In ''[[Drowtales]]'', Agneya'mukhi Balvhakara has the bangs and sides of a [[Hime Cut]], but this trope in back. (Seen [https://web.archive.org/web/20200122215927/http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?id=1731 here.])
== [[Western Animation]] ==
* One episode of ''[[King of the Hill]]'' has Bobby idolizing a garage-band punk rocker with a buzz cut and a rat-tail. His attempts to do the same doesn't take off.
* If baldness can be taken for "short cut", then Prince Zuko had one in the first season of ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]''.
== [[Real Life]] ==
* Attempted with varying degrees of success and failure by mullets. Rarely do they reach [[Rapunzel Hair]] length with the long parts, rarely is the [[Badass Long Hair|long hair badass]], and rarely do mulleteers go for the all around short with a single long
* Rat Tail and Duck Tail are also [[Real Life]] examples of attempts at this style.
* A traditional Chinese hairstyle involves having the head mostly shaved bald except for an area in the back of the head which is grown long and braided into a tail. It's called a "queue" - not to be confused with the thing you stand in to wait for something.
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