Sprouting Ears: Difference between revisions

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* '''Cats''': [[Genki Girl|Genkiness]], excitability, occasionally irritation. Usually accompanied by a [[Cat Smile]].

See also [[Catgirl]], [[Unusual Ears]] and [[Little Bit Beastly]].

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* Ikuto in ''[[Shugo Chara]]'' when he chara changes.

* In ''[[Rurouni Kenshin]]'', Megumi's [[Noblewoman's Laugh]] is occasionally accompanied by growing fox ears. Her nickname on the show itself is "Kitsune-onna" (literally "Fox Woman") or "Vixen" in the English version.

** Kisa, the tiger-girl from, pops out her ears and tail at one point, when she perked up at hearing Tohru (her surrogate mother) come home.

** Kyo the cat will sometimes visibly bristle ears and tail up when angered, or flatten his ears when embarrassed.

* Hayama in ''[[Kodomo no Omocha]]'' occasionally sprouts leopard ears and tail when acting especially cool.

** And once, after Sana outright asks him to kiss her, he sprouts mouse ears, a mouse nose, and whiskers. Sana remarks in amazement that she didn't know "you could do mouse, too! I thought you only did leopard."

* Tamaki (who's basically a [[Genki Girl]] in a bishonen's body) does this with puppy ears once in a while in ''[[Ouran High School Host Club]]''.

* Ichigo literally has her kitty features (ears and occasionally a tail) pop up when she gets excited or nervous in ''[[Tokyo Mew Mew]]''. Later on, it accelerates to actually becoming an adorable kitten. Unlike others, this is actually canon, and a plot point, and also leads to a lot of awkward scenes of her having to stick her head in bushes or suddenly having to find a quick way to hide them.

* Yuzuriha in ''[[X 1999]]'' (especially when trying to cheer Kamui up) has pointy dog ears because her spirit animal is a dog.

** And in one of [[CLAMP]]'s earlier works, ''[[Magic Knight Rayearth]]'', Hikaru would sometimes get cat ears.

* ''[[Hidamari Sketch]]'': As a one-time thing, [http://img81.imageshack.us/i/hidag.jpg/ Sae sprouts cat ears and tail] purely out of surprise/confusion when Yuno's dad angrily points at her and shouts "[[You!|It's YOU!]]" as she walks in. (He mistook her as Yuno's boyfriend based on a stray hair he found in Yuno's room.)

* Lately in the ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima]]'' manga, a number of the students use magic to sprout animal ears and/or tails in order to not be recognized on wanted posters. The sad thing is that it ''[[Clark Kenting|works]]''.

* All the Hounds in ''Petit-Hound'' have this, and no, it's not for comedic purpose.

* Liza Wildman of [[Princess Resurrection]], is half werewolf. Besides her transforming forearms, her only wolf-like feature are her wolf ears that only pop up when she is embarrassed/annoyed, or listening intently.

** When his master praises him or he's contemplating something ''trickstery'', he gains fox/tanuki ears and a tail. {{spoiler|And his alternate form is that of a giant snake.}}

** Hayate was trying to conceal an involuntary change in his appearance, and told [[Genki Girl|Izumi]] that [[Suspiciously Specific Denial|he had nothing to hide]]. (Probably) fox ears popped up and she began trying to pull away the cloak he was wearing.

* ''[[Nana]]'' has Nana K sprouting dog ears with some regularity. It's part of the [[Hachiko|origin]] behind her nickname Hachi.

* This occurs to a large amount of various characters in ''[[Gakuen Alice]]''. It's more prevalent in the manga than in the anime.

* In ''[[Hunter X Hunter]]'' Killua does this at least twice in the anime.

* Maron/Jeanne does this several times in the ''[[Kamikaze Kaitou Jeanne]]'' manga. Usually when thinking of Kaitou Sinbad.

* Tsumiki in [[Acchi Kocchi]].

 

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== [[Web Comics]] ==

* Morgan McKnight, from ''[[Aoi House]]'', tends to grow cat ears, as befitting her [[Genki Girl]] personality.

 

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