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Basically using a ponytail to set off girls who are [[Tomboy]]s, [[The Ladette|Ladettes]], or at least don't act in a "proper" girlish manner.
This is [[Truth in Television]] for many tomboys in [[Real Life]], due to the '''Tomboyish Ponytail''' being an easy to do style that gets your hair out of the way. In fiction, odds are that if a girl is wearing a ponytail (save for one paired with an elegant hairstyle), she's not going to act demure or feminine, at least [[She Cleans Up Nicely|not all the time]]. Back when girls just didn't have boy hair, no matter what, ponytails were a way for tomboys to rebel against the curls their mothers wished they'd worn. At least this was the case in 60s-80s girl empowerment fiction.
Bonus points if she wears overalls or is a [[Rebellious Princess]].
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Contrast [[Regal Ringlets]], [[Princess Curls]], [[Long Hair Is Feminine]].
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== Anime and Manga ==
* Makoto Kino, aka Sailor Jupiter, of ''[[Sailor Moon]]''.
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* Asaka (AKA [[Action Girl|Neuroloid Girl]]) in ''[[Dokkoida?!]]''
* ''[[Bleach]]'': [[Action Girl]] Yoruichi. She used to have short hair, but a hundred years spent mostly as a cat allowed her hair to grow out. Now she spends most of the time with it tied back in a ponytail while she [[Badass|kicks butt]] with the best of the men. Since her extremely high aristocratic rank wasn't quite high enough to be a [[Rebellious Princess]], she also doubles as a [[Spirited Young Lady]], too.
* Played with in ''[[K-On!]]'': Mio pulls her hair back into a Tomboyish Ponytail whenever she needs to stop being a proper young lady and do
== Comic Books ==
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