Short Hair with Tail: Difference between revisions

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.

== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==

* 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]].

* 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]] ==

* The Padawan cut from ''[[Star Wars]]'' is cropped all around, except for one ''very'' long, thin braid.

* 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.

== [[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]] ==

* [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]] ==

** 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 [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]] ==

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