History Main / BarbarianLongHair

* Jason Momoa pulls this off either as an actual barbarian (e.g. [[Film/ConanTheBarbarian2011 Conan]], [[GameOfThrones Khal Drogo]]) or someone who initially appears to be one but is actually a highly-trained soldier (e.g. [[StargateAtlantis Ronon Dex]]).

* Mathayus the Akkadian and Balthazar the Nubian in ''Film/TheScorpionKing''. The BigBad Memnon also has a long braid but appears to represent civilization.

* ''YuYuHakusho'': [[spoiler: Yusakes ancestor, the demon king Raizen along with tribal tattoos(fitting because he's the spirit of war, and his primitive traits show it off), and Yusake as well when he takes his physical traits. An extreme example as his hair is a huge, wild mess that goes all the way to the floor.]]

Hair. Long, wild hair without a moment's consideration in keeping it presentable. If you see someone with this hair then they're almost surely a badass. And not just any badass, either. A character with Barbarian Longhair will be tough, wild and as uncontrolled as their hair. Generally, it's a sort of shorthand for someone who can't be bothered to take care of their appearance because they're too busy kicking ass.

* ''YuYuHakusho: [[spoiler: Yusakes ancestor, the demon king Raizen along with tribal tattoos(fitting because he's the spirit of war, and his primitive traits show it off), and Yusake as well when he takes his physical traits. An extreme example as his hair is a huge, wild mess that goes all the way to the floor.]]

* ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'': Madara Uchiha, former head of the Uchiha clan and co-founder of the Hidden Leaf Village, has long and unkempt hair down to his waist.[[/folder]]

* YuYuHakusho: [[spoiler: Yusakes ancestor, the demon king Raizen along with tribal tattoos(fitting because he's the spirit of war, and his primitive traits show it off), and Yusake as well when he takes his physical traits. An extreme example as his hair is a huge, wild mess that goes all the way to the floor.]]

* ''Literature/{{ConantheBarbarian}}''; Conan is consistently described as this, with it square cut across his forehead.

* ''Literature/{{Conan}}'' is consistently described as this, with it square cut across his forehead.

* ''Literature/((Conan))'' is consistently described as this, with it square cut across his forehead.

* The Dothraki from ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'' never cut their hair unless they're defeated in battle.

* ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'':
** Both of Ichigo's Hollow forms [[spoiler: and his Saigo no Getsuga Tensho form]] have long, unkempt hair down to the hips, along with other cosmetic changes. Also, after his Dangai training, Ichigo's hair was noticeably longer and more unkempt, reminiscent of his [[EmpathicWeapon zanpakuto spirit]]'s own shaggy hairstyle.
** Captain's Shunsui Kyoraku and Ukitake Jushiro have considerably long hair.
** Grimmjow and Ulquiorra's hair grow considerably upon activating their [[BecomeYourWeapon Ressureccion]]s.
** In ''Turn Back the Pendulum'', Shinji is revealed as formerly having waist-length hair.
** [[BigBad Aizen]] also gains longer hair along with ExoticEyeDesigns [[spoiler: after exiting his chrysalis stage]].
** Current BigBad Yhwach and his [[TheDragon Dragon]] Haswald both sport waist-length mullets.
** Weirdly [[ZigZaggedTrope zig zagged]] in the case of [[BloodKnight Kenpachi Zaraki]]. Zaraki styles his hair into stiff strands with small bells attached at the tips. [[AllThereInTheManual This process is very time consuming.]] Then we get a FlashBack to the time [[http://images.wikia.com/bleach/en/images/9/93/C114_cover_page_Zaraki_&_Yachiru.png before Zaraki became the captain of Squad 11.]] After the TimeSkip, [[ExpositoryHairstyleChange Zaraki has once again started wearing his hair down]]. It would seem that the more Zaraki embraces his naturally [[TheBerserker savage fighting style]], the more unkempt his hair is.

* ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'': Weirdly [[ZigZaggedTrope zig zagged]] in the case of [[BloodKnight Kenpachi Zaraki]]. Zaraki styles his hair into stiff strands with small bells attached at the tips. [[AllThereInTheManual This process is very time consuming.]] Then we get a FlashBack to the time [[http://images.wikia.com/bleach/en/images/9/93/C114_cover_page_Zaraki_&_Yachiru.png before Zaraki became the captain of Squad 11.]] After the TimeSkip, [[ExpositoryHairstyleChange Zaraki has once again started wearing his hair down]]. It would seem that the more Zaraki embraces his naturally [[TheBerserker savage fighting style]], the more unkempt his hair is.

* ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'': Madara Uchiha, former head of the Uchiha clan and co-founder of the Hidden Leaf Village, has long and unkempt hair down to his waist. Living during a time of constant warfare lends little time for haircuts, apparently.
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* In ''Literature/LordOfTheRings'', the hobbits initially do not trust Strider due to his barbarian appearance. The movies keep Aragon (and most of the rest of cast) attractively unkempt through out.

Hair. Long, wild hair without a moment's consideration in keeping it presentable. If you see someone with this hair then they're almost surely a badass. And not just any badass, either. A character with BarbarianLonghair will be tough, wild and as uncontrolled as their hair. Generally, it's a sort of shorthand for someone who can't be bothered to take care of their appearance because they're too busy kicking ass.

While this look obviously suits a character like a barbarian or certain types of soldiers, it is not limited to groups like these. In fact, because this image suited them so well, it was also a popular style for antiheroes and especially common during the 90s comic book fad of extreme antiheroes. Just one more reason not to mess with BarbarianLonghair.