History Main / BoyishShortHair

** AmiMizuno/Sailor Mercury is also known for her short hair (although it's worn in a bit more feminine style) which is used to highlight her intelligence. When a possible future version of her was shown with long hair the fandom had a collective fit.

* When ''[[StreetFighter Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike]]'': originally debuted, gamers had a hard time telling whether Makoto was a boyish looking girl or a girly looking boy. At least, until they saw [[AbsoluteCleavage her dizzy animation.]]
* [[ArtOfFighting Art of Fighting's]] [[http://fightersgeneration.com/characters2/king-c2.jpg King]] is a {{bifauxnen}} kickboxer, whose prowess nearly rivals that of dueterognist [[SharpDressedMan Robert]] [[CulturedBadass Garcia.]] She becomes a TeamMom, in the ''KingOfFighters'' series, since she's usually in charge of the All Womens Team.

* ''[[BloodyRoar Bloody Roar: Primal Fury]]'': Jane Gado, bka [[http://www.fightersgeneration.com/characters2/shina-ex4.jpg 'Shina']], is a highly trained mercenary and the adopted daughter of [[RetiredBadass Alan Gado.]] She's known for her frankness and tenacity both on and off the field of combat. Her most striking feature is her spikey blonde hair, which resembles a lion's mane.

* Kumatora from ''VideoGame/{{Mother 3}} has this. Likewise, she hates wearing dresses and other girly clothes, often uses less-than-elegant language, and is overall depicted as a tomboy. Interestingly enough though, her Boyish Short Hair is ''pink''.

* ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'': Despite being the daughter of the wealthiest family in the Earth Kingdom city of Gaoling, Toph Beifong is surprisingly um... [[{{Ladette}} unlady-like.]] So how bad is she? For starters, she was participating in earthbending battles [[PintSizedPowerhouse at age 12!!]] Her manners leave a lot to be desired, considering she's prone to belching, picking her nose, and her toes. And while her hair isn't "short", it's not exactly "long" either even though she's got a lot of it. It's basically piled on top of her head, making it more of a FunnyAfro, when she doesn't comb it. In most cases, she styles it into a bun. A really big bun.

* ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'': Despite being the daughter of the wealthiest family in the Earth Kingdom city of Gaoling, Toph Bei Fong is surprisingly um... [[{{Ladette}} unlady-like.]] So how bad is she? For starters, she was participating in earthbending battles [[PintSizedPowerhouse at age 12!!]] Her manners leave a lot to be desired, considering she's prone to belching, picking her nose, and her toes. And while her hair isn't "short", it's not exactly "long" either even though she's got a lot of it. It's basically piled on top of her head, making it more of a FunnyAfro, when she doesn't comb it. In most cases, she styles it into a bun. A really big bun.

* Tomboy Scout Finch has short hair in the film version of ''ToKillAMockingbird'' (in the book, her hair is not mentioned).

* [[DarkSkinnedBlond Pattie Mayonnaise]] fills this spot in {{Nickelodeon}}'s ''{{Doug}}''. She's best friends with Doug and Skeeter [[spoiler: and Doug's secret crush]] and often participates in sports. One episode even has her pull a SweetPollyOliver in order to try out for the school softball team, which didn't work out for her. So she made her own team to challenge the school's!
* ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'': Despite being the daughter of the wealthiest family in the Earth Kingdom city of Gaoling, Toph Bei Fong is surprisingly um... [[{{Ladette}} unlady-like.]] So how bad is she? For starters, she was participating in earthbending battles [[PintSizedPowerhouse at age 12!!]] Her manners leave alot to be desired, considering she's prone to belching, picking her nose, and her toes. And while her hair isn't "short", it's not exactly "long" either even though she's got alot of it. It's basically piled on top of her head, making it more of a FunnyAfro, when she doesn't comb it. In most cases, she styles it into a bun. A really big bun.

Compare TomboyishPonytail.

Compare and Contrast BobHaircut, which is short but still considered feminine.

Contrast LongHairIsFeminine.

A subtrope of ExpositoryHairstyles.

* ''[[DirtyPair Dirty Pair Flash]]'': [[http://www.animepaper.net/art/34360/takahiro-kimura-29 Kei]] makes up the tomboy half of the LovelyAngels. Though she and Yuri are among the 3WA's top trouble consultants, she's better known for her hair trigger temper and her itchy trigger finger. Which often spells disaster since she packs a friggin' hand canon! She's also a {{Ladette}}.

* Captain/Major/Lt. Colonel/Colonel Sam Carter of SG1 is a good example. She's definitely brainy (an astrophysicist) and an ActionGirl (she didn't get all those ranks for nothing), but she doesn't have much of a stereotypically masculine personality (the first few episodes don't count) and she is definitely portrayed as super hot, though not sexualized.

* Sam Carter of SG1 is a good example. She has to keep her hair short due to military regulations, plus she's an astrophysicist AND a soldier, so the temptation to make her kinda butch and overly feminist was too strong for the writers in the beginning. Fortunately, at Amanda Tapping's request, they backed off of the confrontational feminist angles and managed to make her both an extreme BadAss AND incredibly hot, short hair or not.

* Mariya from ''OtomeWaBokuNiKoishiteru'': Every character, including the male lead, is TheOjou. Mariya is less ladylike than the rest of the cast, including the male lead, and she drops her facade only when she's alone with him. While still feminine (a true tomboy would be very out of place at a high-class all-girls school) she occupies the {{tomboy}} role.

** As well as Misty, mixed with a TomboyishPonytail.Being a [[FieryRedHead fiery redhead]] tomboy who [[OneOfTheBoys hangs out with guys]].

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** As well as Misty, mixed with a TomboyishPonytail.

* Irma, of ''QueensBlade'', would be this, plus, a WhiteHairedPrettyGirl if she weren't so tomboyish and set to {{tsun|dere}}-tsun all the time. But considering her upbringing in an assassin's guild, and having been betrayed by her SexyMentor/love interest, who abandoned her, leaving her hurt and bitter over it.... [[http://www.mangafox.com/manga/bleach/v19/c159/16.html Wait, does this remind you of anything?]]

* ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'':
** Resident {{tomboy}}, turned karate instructor, (post time skip) Tatsuki Arisawa has short, dark, spiky hair and has a TomboyAndGirlyGirl friendship with Orihime. Soi Fon, who is a {{tsundere}} and {{ninja}} also has short spiky hair. The two bear more than a passing resemblance to each other and have similar personalities.

* Sailor Uranus in ''SailorMoon'' is a short-haired {{Bokukko}}, [[TomboyAndGirlyGirl in explicit contrast]] to her lover, long-haired and feminine Sailor Neptune. She often wears masculine clothes in real life -- not because she's specifically crossdressing, but just because she likes them -- and is consequently often mistaken for a man.

* Chie from ''VideoGame/{{Persona 4}}'' has shorter hair than her friend Yukiko, and is into more "boyish" things like martial arts.

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* ''Disney/{{Mulan}}'' cuts her hair short when she goes to train as a soldier while pretending to be a boy.
* In ''{{Up}}'', Ellie has short, messy hair as a kid and she also used to be a {{Tomboy}}.

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* ''[[SoulCalibur Soul Calibur II]]'': [[http://fenixware.net/fab/images/chars/game/cassandra-5.jpg Cassandra Alexandra]], is another example. Unlike her sister, Sophitia, she's brash and somewhat impulsive, but usually means well. In the fourth game, she's determined to destroy SoulEdge and free her sister once and for all. The length and style of her hair varies depending on the costume the player selects, but it's usually kept short.

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* [[DarkSkinnedBlonde Pattie Mayonnaise]] fills this spot in [[{{Nickelodeon}} Nickelodeon's]] ''{{Doug}}''. She's best friends with Doug and Skeeter [[spoiler: and Doug's secret crush]] and often participates in sports. One episode even has her pull a SweetPollyOliver in order to try out for the school softball team, which didn't work out for her. So she made her own team to challenge the school's!

'''Note: When adding a example, please explain how it fits. Don't add {{Zero Context Example}}s or just say the girl has short hair: this trope requires both short hair and ''lack of femininity'' in some way.'''

** Among the arrancar, there's Appacci, the short tempered tomboy of Hallibel's all girl crew. She has a short HimeCut and {{heterochromia}}. And Menoly who has short sandy blonde colored hair.