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Bonus points if she wears overalls or is a [[Rebellious Princess]]. |
Bonus points if she wears overalls or is a [[Rebellious Princess]]. |
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Contrast [[Regal Ringlets]], [[Princess Curls]], [[Long Hair Is Feminine]]. |
Contrast [[Regal Ringlets]], [[Princess Curls]], [[Long Hair Is Feminine]]. |
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== Anime and Manga == |
== Anime and Manga == |
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* Makoto, aka Sailor Jupiter, of ''[[Sailor Moon]]''. |
* Makoto Kino, aka Sailor Jupiter, of ''[[Sailor Moon]]''. |
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* Ukyou from ''[[Ranma |
* Ukyou from ''[[Ranma ½]]'' wears her waist length hair in a ponytail and still comes off as [[Bifauxnen]]. |
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** [[Gender Bender|Ranma]] wore "her" long hair this way while training in China. |
** [[Gender Bender|Ranma]] wore "her" long hair this way while training in China. |
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* Sango in ''[[Inuyasha]]'' has her long hair bound in a ponytail when she's in her battle-garb. Otherwise she has it tied at the end with a ribbon. |
* Sango in ''[[Inuyasha]]'' has her long hair bound in a ponytail when she's in her battle-garb. Otherwise she has it tied at the end with a ribbon. |
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* Kyoko Sakura of ''[[Puella Magi Madoka Magica]]''. While her magical girl outfit isn't really tomboyish, she's the only character seen in causal clothes other than a school uniform (she wears a blue hoodie and shorts in most scenes). |
* Kyoko Sakura of ''[[Puella Magi Madoka Magica]]''. While her magical girl outfit isn't really tomboyish, she's the only character seen in causal clothes other than a school uniform (she wears a blue hoodie and shorts in most scenes). |
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* Vietnam of ''[[Axis Powers Hetalia]]''. |
* Vietnam of ''[[Axis Powers Hetalia]]''. |
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* Misaki of ''[[Excel Saga ( |
* Misaki of ''[[Excel Saga (manga)|Excel Saga]]''. |
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* {{spoiler|Yui Goidou}} of ''[[The World God Only Knows]]'' after she goes [[Bifauxnen]]. |
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* Presea from ''[[Magic Knight Rayearth]]''. Also, tomboys Tarta and Hikaru have their hair in a braid. Contrast to the girlier girls Emeraude, Alcyone, Tatra, and Umi, who wear their hair down. Caldina, Fuu, and Aska are harder to classify, since they have both tomboy and girly girl traits, but all wear different hairstyles. |
* Presea from ''[[Magic Knight Rayearth]]''. Also, tomboys Tarta and Hikaru have their hair in a braid. Contrast to the girlier girls Emeraude, Alcyone, Tatra, and Umi, who wear their hair down. Caldina, Fuu, and Aska are harder to classify, since they have both tomboy and girly girl traits, but all wear different hairstyles. |
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* Asaka (AKA [[Action Girl|Neuroloid Girl]]) in ''[[Dokkoida |
* Asaka (AKA [[Action Girl|Neuroloid Girl]]) in ''[[Dokkoida?!]]'' |
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* ''[[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. |
* ''[[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. |
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* 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 anything physical. |
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== Comic Books == |
== Comic Books == |
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* ''[[Young Justice ( |
* ''[[Young Justice (comics)|Young Justice]]'': Quite obvious in the [[Tomboy and Girly Girl]] pair of sweet and demure [[The Chick|Miss Martian]], who wears her hair [[Long Hair Is Feminine|loose around her shoulders]] and brash [[Tsundere]] [[Action Girl|Artemis]] who wears hers in a tight ponytail at all times. |
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* Betty Cooper from ''[[Archie Comics]]'', as the [[Tomboy and Girly Girl|Tomboy to Veronica's Girly Girl]]. |
* Betty Cooper from ''[[Archie Comics]]'', as the [[Tomboy and Girly Girl|Tomboy to Veronica's Girly Girl]]. |
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== Fan Works == |
== Fan Works == |
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* ''[[Rise of the Galeforces]]'': [http://fav.me/d3jcwwq Sarah Squall, aka Stratogale, has one.] |
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* Laney of ''[[She's All That]]'', to show how she's too weird to be pretty. |
* Laney of ''[[She's All That]]'', to show how she's too weird to be pretty. |
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** Which got mercilessly mocked in ''[[Not Another Teen Movie]]''. |
** Which got mercilessly mocked in ''[[Not Another Teen Movie]]''. |
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* Cady in ''[[Mean Girls]]'' before she joined the plastics. |
* Cady in ''[[Mean Girls]]'' before she joined the plastics. |
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** The plastics actually tell her that they have a rule about only wearing hair in a ponytail once a week. |
** The plastics actually tell her that they have a rule about only wearing hair in a ponytail once a week. |
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== Literature == |
== Literature == |
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* [[Thursday Next]]. |
* [[Thursday Next]]. |
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** Also her [[Evil Twin]] [[Thursday Next]]-1, a [[Dark Action Girl]] who has a much more severe ponytail, held in place by a leather strap rather than a scrunchie. ([[Thursday Next]]-2 is a subversion, at least to start with; she's an [[Actual Pacifist]] [[Granola Girl]] whose scrunchie is made of hemp.) |
** Also her [[Evil Twin]] [[Thursday Next]]-1, a [[Dark Action Girl]] who has a much more severe ponytail, held in place by a leather strap rather than a scrunchie. ([[Thursday Next]]-2 is a subversion, at least to start with; she's an [[Actual Pacifist]] [[Granola Girl]] whose scrunchie is made of hemp.) |
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* Kate Whetherall from The Mysterious Benedict Society. Also Jillson, who ties her ponytail with wire. |
* Kate Whetherall from ''[[The Mysterious Benedict Society]]''. Also Jillson, who ties her ponytail with wire. |
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== Live-Action TV == |
== Live-Action TV == |
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* Jo from ''[[The Facts of Life]]''. |
* Jo from ''[[The Facts of Life]]''. |
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* [[Unkempt Beauty|Kara Thrace]] from the rebooted ''[[Battlestar Galactica |
* [[Unkempt Beauty|Kara Thrace]] from the rebooted ''[[Battlestar Galactica (2004 TV series)|Battlestar Galactica]]'', when her hair is long enough to be tied back. |
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* [[Lois Lane]] often sported a |
* [[Lois Lane]] often sported a Tomboyish Ponytail on ''[[Smallville]]''. |
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== Video Games == |
== Video Games == |
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* [[Action Girl|Lara Croft]] from ''[[Tomb Raider]]''. |
* [[Action Girl|Lara Croft]] from ''[[Tomb Raider]]''. |
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* Hilda (Touko in the Japanese version), the female player character in ''[[Pokémon Black and White]]'', has a ''huge'', [[Eighties Hair|voluminous]] ponytail, complete with [[Hair Antennae]]. Her look gives off a convincing [[Tomboy |
* Hilda (Touko in the Japanese version), the female player character in ''[[Pokémon Black and White]]'', has a ''huge'', [[Eighties Hair|voluminous]] ponytail, complete with [[Hair Antennae]]. Her look gives off a convincing [[Tomboy]]ish feel, and fan interpretation commonly presents her as [[One of the Boys]]/a [[The Ladette|Lad-ette]]. |
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* Marle of ''[[ |
* Marle of ''[[Chrono Trigger]]''. |
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* Lip of ''[[Panel |
* Lip of ''[[Panel de Pon]]'', also a [[Tomboy Princess]]. |
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* Princess "Eva" Evangeline of the Kingdom of the Northern Reaches, poster girl for ''[[Dungeon Siege|Dungeon Siege II,]]'' sports this look, as did her predecessor from the first game, officially known as Farm Girl. |
* Princess "Eva" Evangeline of the Kingdom of the Northern Reaches, poster girl for ''[[Dungeon Siege|Dungeon Siege II,]]'' sports this look, as did her predecessor from the first game, officially known as Farm Girl. |
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=== Visual Novels === |
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* Zii of ''[[Ménage à 3]]''. |
* Zii of ''[[Ménage à 3]]''. |
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* Kate of ''[[Rhapsodies]]'' (When she doesn't have it in a pencil studded bun.) |
* Kate of ''[[Rhapsodies]]'' (When she doesn't have it in a pencil studded bun.) |
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== Web Original == |
== Web Original == |
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* Sasha Hunter of [[Greek Ninja]]. |
* Sasha Hunter of ''[[Greek Ninja]]''. |
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== Western Animation == |
== Western Animation == |
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* Leela of ''[[Futurama]]''. |
* Leela of ''[[Futurama]]''. |
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* Plum Pudding from ''[[Strawberry Shortcake]]'s Berry Bitty Adventures''. |
* Plum Pudding from ''[[Strawberry Shortcake]]'s Berry Bitty Adventures''. |
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* Applejack's mane in ''[[My Little Pony |
* Applejack's mane in ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic]]'' is styled like this, cementing her place as one of the tomboys in the main cast. It's also a [[A Worldwide Punomenon|"pony"tail]]. |
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** Megan from the original ''[[My Little Pony]]'' series wore her hair like this. |
** Megan from the original ''[[My Little Pony]]'' series wore her hair like this. |
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* Bridgette of ''[[ |
* Bridgette of ''[[Total Drama Island]]''. |
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* Heloise on ''[[Jimmy Two-Shoes]]''. |
* Heloise on ''[[Jimmy Two-Shoes]]''. |
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* June of ''[[ |
* June of ''[[KaBlam!]]''. |
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* Talon from ''[[Static Shock]]''. |
* Talon from ''[[Static Shock]]''. |
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* Artemis on ''[[Young Justice ( |
* Artemis on ''[[Young Justice (animation)|Young Justice]]''. |
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* ''[[The Legend of Korra]]'': Avatar Korra combines the ponytail with [[Tomboyish Sidetails]] to show she is an [[Action Girl]]. |
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[[Category:Expository Hairstyles]] |
[[Category:Expository Hairstyles]] |
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[[Category:Long Hair Is Feminine]] |
[[Category:Long Hair Is Feminine]] |
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[[Category:Always Female]] |
[[Category:Always Female]] |
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[[Category:Hair Tropes]] |
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[[Category:Tomboyish Ponytail]] |
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Latest revision as of 18:03, 27 May 2022
Basically using a ponytail to set off girls who are Tomboys, 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 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.
Keep in mind that since not all tomboys wear ponytails, and not all "feminine" girls avoid ponytails, there isn't much point in listing aversions to this.
Compare Slipknot Ponytail, Girlish Pigtails, Braids of Action, Boyish Short Hair, Tomboyish Sidetails.
Contrast Regal Ringlets, Princess Curls, Long Hair Is Feminine.
Anime and Manga
- Makoto Kino, aka Sailor Jupiter, of Sailor Moon.
- Ukyou from Ranma ½ wears her waist length hair in a ponytail and still comes off as Bifauxnen.
- Ranma wore "her" long hair this way while training in China.
- Sango in Inuyasha has her long hair bound in a ponytail when she's in her battle-garb. Otherwise she has it tied at the end with a ribbon.
- Signum of Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha, a stoic Magic Knight and generally one of the least feminine women on the show.
- Kyoko Sakura of Puella Magi Madoka Magica. While her magical girl outfit isn't really tomboyish, she's the only character seen in causal clothes other than a school uniform (she wears a blue hoodie and shorts in most scenes).
- Vietnam of Axis Powers Hetalia.
- Misaki of Excel Saga.
- Yui Goidou of The World God Only Knows after she goes Bifauxnen.
- Presea from Magic Knight Rayearth. Also, tomboys Tarta and Hikaru have their hair in a braid. Contrast to the girlier girls Emeraude, Alcyone, Tatra, and Umi, who wear their hair down. Caldina, Fuu, and Aska are harder to classify, since they have both tomboy and girly girl traits, but all wear different hairstyles.
- Asaka (AKA 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 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 anything physical.
Comic Books
- Young Justice: Quite obvious in the Tomboy and Girly Girl pair of sweet and demure Miss Martian, who wears her hair loose around her shoulders and brash Tsundere Artemis who wears hers in a tight ponytail at all times.
- Betty Cooper from Archie Comics, as the Tomboy to Veronica's Girly Girl.
Fan Works
Film
- Laney of She's All That, to show how she's too weird to be pretty.
- Which got mercilessly mocked in Not Another Teen Movie.
- Cady in Mean Girls before she joined the plastics.
- The plastics actually tell her that they have a rule about only wearing hair in a ponytail once a week.
Literature
- Jenit Sulla in Ciaphas Cain, a Leeroy Jenkins female officer in the Imperial Guard.
- Thursday Next.
- Also her Evil Twin Thursday Next-1, a Dark Action Girl who has a much more severe ponytail, held in place by a leather strap rather than a scrunchie. (Thursday Next-2 is a subversion, at least to start with; she's an Actual Pacifist Granola Girl whose scrunchie is made of hemp.)
- Kate Whetherall from The Mysterious Benedict Society. Also Jillson, who ties her ponytail with wire.
Live-Action TV
- Jo from The Facts of Life.
- Kara Thrace from the rebooted Battlestar Galactica, when her hair is long enough to be tied back.
- Lois Lane often sported a Tomboyish Ponytail on Smallville.
Video Games
- Lara Croft from Tomb Raider.
- Hilda (Touko in the Japanese version), the female player character in Pokémon Black and White, has a huge, voluminous ponytail, complete with Hair Antennae. Her look gives off a convincing Tomboyish feel, and fan interpretation commonly presents her as One of the Boys/a Lad-ette.
- Marle of Chrono Trigger.
- Lip of Panel de Pon, also a Tomboy Princess.
- Princess "Eva" Evangeline of the Kingdom of the Northern Reaches, poster girl for Dungeon Siege II, sports this look, as did her predecessor from the first game, officially known as Farm Girl.
Visual Novels
- Mion of Higurashi no Naku Koro ni, but she is girly at heart.
Web Comics
- Zii of Ménage à 3.
- Kate of Rhapsodies (When she doesn't have it in a pencil studded bun.)
Web Original
- Sasha Hunter of Greek Ninja.
Western Animation
- Leela of Futurama.
- Plum Pudding from Strawberry Shortcake's Berry Bitty Adventures.
- Applejack's mane in My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic is styled like this, cementing her place as one of the tomboys in the main cast. It's also a "pony"tail.
- Megan from the original My Little Pony series wore her hair like this.
- Bridgette of Total Drama Island.
- Heloise on Jimmy Two-Shoes.
- June of KaBlam!.
- Talon from Static Shock.
- Artemis on Young Justice.
- The Legend of Korra: Avatar Korra combines the ponytail with Tomboyish Sidetails to show she is an Action Girl.