Idiot Hair: Difference between revisions

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[[File:BakemonogatariAhoge.jpg|link=Bakemonogatari|frame|[[Something Else Also Rises|No points for guessing what's going through his... head]].]]

 

''Ahoge''<ref>not to be confused with ''Eroge''. Or ''Ahegao'', a similarly risque concept.</ref> (literally ''idiot hair'') refers to the noticeable slim forelock of hair that sticks straight up from a character's head. Originally a hairdresser term for the "stupid hairs" or cowlicks that will not comb down, it later [[Memetic Mutation|mutated]] into a literal reflection of a person's intelligence. Thus '''Idiot Hair''' suggests that a character is stupid, naive, or [[Cloudcuckoolander|strange]]. (This suggestion is usually accurate, but not always - sometimes a serious character just has funny hair.)

 

'''Idiot Hair''' is not to be confused with the [[Hair Antennae|two-stranded antennae-style hair]], most recently popularized by ''[[Love Hina]]'' or ''[[Ah! My Goddess]]''.

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

* The top image comes from ''[[Bakemonogatari]]''. The depicted Koyomi as well as his sisters Karen and Tsukihi have ahoge, but Koyomi's is the tallest.

* Loretta Oratorio from ''[[Wild ARMs]]: Twilight Venom''.

* Kosukegawa in ''[[Change 123]]'' has [[Expressive Hair|expressive idiot hair]]. It was also used at least once for the [[Something Else Also Rises]] trope.

* The appropriately ditzy Miki Motokura of ''[[Mo-Retsu Boin Sensei]]'' ([[Hentai|yeah, it's that kind of manga]]) has the side-oriented ''ahoge'' similar to [[Axis Powers Hetalia|the Italies.]] A [[Live Action Adaptation]] reproduces it faithfully.

* Ruby from the ''[[Pokémon Special]]'' manga has something resembling an ahoge, but it's only visible without his trademark cap, and doesn't seem indicative of any particular personality traits.