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In [[Speculative Fiction]] and [[Mythology]], it is not surprising to see characters with non-standard ears. Having non-human ears is a common way of indicating that a character that otherwise looks mostly human is [[Not Quite Human]], whether it be an alien, supernatural creature or human significantly modified through magical or pseudo-scientific means.
In Japanese Manga and Anime, cat ears, (''[[Nekomimi]]'') and other types other types of animal ears (''[[Kemonomimi]]'') are
==== Subtropes ====▼
* [[Animal
* [[Catgirl]] - Cat-eared person
* [[Ear Wings]] - Wing like ears
* [[Ears
* [[Expressive Ears]] - Ears used to signify mood
* [[Furry Ear Dissonance]] - Disconnect between artistic portrayal of animal ears and actual animal ears.
* [[Little Bit Beastly]] - People that look mostly human but have actual animals ears (other than [[Catgirl|cat ears]] or [[Animal
* [[Pointy Ears]] - Pointed ears
* [[Sprouting Ears]] -
{{examples|Examples}}▼
== Anime & Manga ==
* Everyone in ''[[Utawarerumono]]'' except Hakuoro has strange ears of some sort.
* Sanada and the entire maid team in ''[[UFO Princess Valkyrie]]''.
* Everyone in ''[[Loveless]]'' is born with nekomimi and a tail, and {{spoiler|loses them once they lose their virginity.}}
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* In ''[[FLCL]]'', the main character, Naota, sprouts nekomimi for an episode. {{spoiler|Of course, they prove to be nothing but part of a monster slowly emerging from Naota's head.}}
** ... though as they are sensitive to touch (making for some quite good [[Unusual Euphemism|euphemism fodder]]), {{spoiler|"nothing but"}} is something of an overstatement.
* Ropponmatsu 2 from ''[[Excel Saga (
** And [[Take Our Word for It|she follows his "suggestion"!]]
* Catherine from ''[[
* Ikuto from ''[[Shugo Chara]]'' gets cat ears and tail when he character transforms with Yoru.
* Holo from ''[[Spice and Wolf]]'' has her very [[Expressive Hair|expressive wolf ears]], which she always keeps hidden in public with a [[In the Hood|hood]] or a hat.
* Niea and the other aliens from ''[[
* Mint in ''[[Galaxy Angel (
* Shroedinger from ''[[Hellsing]]'' is a [[Catboy]] with feline ears.
* All the girls in ''[[Otome Youkai Zakuro]]'' have these ears. Of course, they are fox spirits.
* The Catian in ''[[Asobi
* ''Everyone'' in ''[[Dog Days]]'' has these or dog ears (with a few other animals thrown into the mix) except [[Ordinary High School Student|Shinku]].
* Yomi of ''[[Yu Yu Hakusho]]'' has ''six'' long, [[Pointy Ears|almost goat-like]] ears. It is revealed in a [[Flash Back]] that {{spoiler|he once had only two ears like this, but after losing his sight, he grew another four ears in compensation}}... he is a demon, after all.
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== Tabletop Games ==
* In the
** Underworld LARP has Savar and Wolven (cat and dog/wolf people respectively) who wear unusual ears as part of their costume.
== Video Games ==
* The Rehda in ''[[
* Fran from ''[[
* The Chiesters in ''[[Umineko no Naku Koro
** They *somewhat* act like radio receivers, and are susceptible to <s>EMI</s> particle jamming. Why are they rendered as bunny ears? [[MST3K Mantra|Don't ask, just roll with it]].
*** Why? It makes perfect sense to us older people. The twin extendible antennae you used to use to pick up TV channels before cable were called "Rabbit ears" in English. Thus...
* Mariel and her [[Expy|Expies]] in the ''[[Wild
* All of the Reploids in ''[[
* Antenna ears, floppy pig and bear ears, and most other things you can staple to the side of your head are available in ''[[City of Heroes]]''/''[[City of Villains|Villains]]''.
**
* True to form, ''[[Gaia Online]]'' has a tremendous variety of ear accessories for your avatar to wear.
* [[
* [[Petting Zoo People|Animal youkai]] in ''[[
** Ran has fox ears, which she wears a hat over.
** [[Catgirl|Chen and Orin]] both have cat ears, Orin in addition to a pair of human ears.
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*** [[Fridge Brilliance]]: They may be small head wings like [[Horny Devils|Koakuma's]].
** Toyosatomimi no Miko from ''Ten Desires'' has [[Anime Hair|her hair]] shaped like animal ears.
* Felicia from ''[[
* Cat, tiger, lion, and wolf Laguz in ''[[Fire Emblem]]: Path of Radiance'' and ''Radiant Dawn'' have ears like the animals they can [[Voluntary Shapeshifting|turn into]].
* Beastmen of ''[[Lunar]]'' usually have these. A few of the women of the species do, too, but usually they tend more towards jigokumimi.
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* ''[[Bunny Must Die]]'': Bunny has both bunny ears and cat ears as a result of a catular power plant explosion. She's [[Berserk Button|less than happy]] about it, too.
* Len in ''[[Tsukihime|Kagetsu Tohya]]'' as well as a handful of other non-human characters such as Seven/Nanako.
* A few characters in ''[[Trinity Universe (
▲* Any ''[[City of Heroes]]'' character can have cat ears, and the normal human ears only "go away" if you hide them.
▲* A few characters in ''[[Trinity Universe (Video Game)|Trinity Universe]]'': Kanata (dog), Tsubaki ([[Fantastic Foxes|fox]]) and Miyu ([[Catgirl|cat]]).
* The first thing Kagome's mom says when ''[[Inuyasha]]'' busts into Kagome's house to drag her back to the feudal era is not "Who are you?" or "Where are you taking my daughter?" or even "Why are you dressed like that?" It's "Your ears; are they real?" whilst reaching up and touching them. (tweak tweak!)
** Kagome did the same thing upon seeing him, though he was still sealed and stuck to the tree at the time.
*** As does Kagome's little brother; it appears to be something of a family thing.
* From ''[[UFO Princess Valkyrie]]'', while not exactly ears, the princesses of Valhalla all have wings on their heads that they can apparently control. Additionally, the various alien races seen throughout the series often have their own ear types.
* Chii and the other persocons in ''[[
* Hayama Akito from ''[[
* Meirin and Tamamo no Mae in ''[[Yami to Boushi
* The other Mew Mews in ''[[Tokyo Mew Mew]]'' also have two animal parts; Bu-ling/Mew Pudding (monkey), Zakuro/Mew Zakuro (wolf) and Berii/Mew Berry (cabbit) all have animal ears.
* Almost everyone in ''[[Utawarerumono]]'' (pictured above) has animal or demon ears of some description, including cat, lion, wolf, rabbit and some rather strange wing-ears.
* In ''[[Galaxy Angel (
* Horo from ''[[Spice and Wolf]]'' has wolf ears and a tail, but this is somewhat [[Justified Trope|justified]] as she's a wolf-god. However, that doesn't change the fact that they look more like they belong to a fox (being red-orange with white fluffy tips).
** When you see her in full wolf form, her fur pattern is distinctly different from fox's, despite of sharing similar ears and tail, which are the same as on her humanoid form.
* The Harpie Ladies in ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!]]!'' usually have jigokumimi-type ears. However, when Harpie's Feather Duster is played, they sprout extra wings and get winglike ears.
* Quick indication of someone being a familiar in ''[[Lyrical Nanoha]]'' is the existance of furry animal ears where human ears would usually be found.
* Kuon of ''[[Triangle Heart 3
* Solty from ''[[Solty Rei]]'' has long, pointy ears/antennae that are the same color as her hair.
* In [[Last Exile]], some members of the Guild (Dio and Luciola are most prominent) have slightly pointed ears. They're normal-sized, just...pointed at the top.
* {{spoiler|Romulus}} (...although, with {{spoiler|a name like that}}, is it really much of a spoiler?) from the 1 + 1/2 Nekutai doujinshi sports a pair of wolf ears, {{spoiler|hidden under his hat}}.
** Not to mention {{spoiler|basically all the werewolves after their first transformation.}}
*** ...including {{spoiler|Remus}}, of course.
* [[Half
** In the Magic World arc, large part of Magic World population have some unusual ears: jigokumimi, cat ears, sheep ears... Wearing fake cat ears becomes an [[Paper
* In the "extra chapter" of ''[[
** Something similar happens when Arthur of the current series ''[[Merlin (TV series)|Merlin]]'' gains donkey ears.
* Medicine Seller of ''Mononoke'' has long elvish like ears, where every other human character has normal ears.
* The Dogsians in ''[[Asobi
* Yomi from ''[[Yu Yu Hakusho]]'' has six huge, pointy ears, three on each side of his head.
* March and Salsa in ''[[Eternal Sonata]]'' both have pointy ears and this is really the only thing that indicates that they are [[Not Quite Human]], other than that March mentions that she's "never known the agogos to approach a human before."
== Web Comics ==
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== Real Life ==
* Japan's newest bullet train, the [
=== Anime
* Nuku Nuku from ''[[
* Chachamaru and Chachazero from ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima]]''. In Chachamaru's case, most people don't seem to take enough notice of it [[Paper
* Rag from ''[[Astro Boy]]''.
=== Live
* In the ''[[Beetleborgs]]'' episode "Buggin Out", Flabber sprouts these when he goes through stage 2 of turning into kombat gnat.
* And the blue Andorians from ''[[Star Trek]]'' have some expressive antenna for ears.
=== Video Games ===
* Multi from ''[[To Heart]]''.
* The protagonist {{spoiler|Quote}} and Curly Brace from ''[[
** However, they're very hard to see and so it comes as a surprise when {{spoiler|you find out that your character, Quote, and Curly Brace are robots from the surface.}}
=== Web Comics ===
* Averted in ''[[Megatokyo]]'', where the android Ping has normal-looking ears with big plastic earrings that contain connectors and LCD's.
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