History Main / BoyishShortHair

* [[DarkSkinnedBlond Patti Mayonnaise]] fills this spot in Creator/{{Nickelodeon}}'s ''WesternAnimation/{{Doug}}''. She's best friends with Doug and Skeeter 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. [[StartMyOwn So she made her own team to challenge the school's!]] In the Disney series, she gets her haircut even shorter.

* ''Anime/DirtyPairFlash'': [[https://safebooru.org/index.php?page=post&s=view&id=2577632 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 cannon}}! She's also a {{Ladette}}.

** Sakura had short hair for most of her childhood, but grew out her hair because she heard a rumor that [[SingleTargetSexuality Sasuke]] likes long-haired girls. Though Sakura starts out as quite girlish, by the start of ''Shippuden'', she's picked up more and more tomboyish attributes. Her friend Ino, who grew out her hair for the same reason, kept her hair long and is the more feminine of the two.

** Sakura had short hair for most of her childhood but grew out her hair because she heard a rumor that Sasuke likes long-haired girls. Though Sakura starts out as quite girlish, by the start of ''Shippuden'' she's picked up more and more tomboyish attributes. Her friend Ino, who grew out her hair for the same reason, kept her hair long and is the more feminine of the two.
** Hanabi is shown to have a bob haircut during ''Shippuden''. She's depicted as slightly more tomboyish than her sister Hinata. By ''Naruto: The Last Naruto The Movie'', she's undergone a GirlinessUpgrade and grown her hair back long.

* ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'':

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

* Creator/EvanRachelWood sported short hair as of 2015, though had to wear extensions playing Dolores in ''{{Series/Westworld}}'' around the same time.

* Creator/DemiMoore's iconic pixie hair in ''Film/Ghost1990'' was one of the early nineties hairstyle trends.

* Princess Daisy's hair in ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'' hair was originally long but she cut off a good chunk for ''VideoGame/MarioParty 4''. She's a more sporty and loud TomboyPrincess than either Princess Peach or Rosalina.

* Zarro of ''ComicBook/StarWarsChewbacca'' has ''extremely'' short hair; it can be difficult to tell that she's a girl.
* In the 1990s, ComicBook/BlackCanary usually had short black hair when not using her wig. She is a huge ActionGirl. Eventually, she grew out her hair and dyed it blonde.
* ''Franchise/SpiderMan'':
** Betty Brant has kept her short hair since TheSixties she's still very feminine though. The only adaption to change this is in the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse where Betty has long [[AdaptationDyeJob blonde]] hair which ironically makes her resemble Gwen Stacy.
** ComicBook/SpiderGirl aka May Parker has short brown boyish hair [[StrongFamilyResemblance much like her dad]], though she was still more popular than him during her highschool days.
** ComicBook/{{Silk}} while she had long hair initially, commonly has a short bob nowadays.
* ComicBook/WonderGirl Cassie Sandsmark [[ComicBook/WonderWoman1987 originally]] had an incredibly short boyish hair cut to reflect her tomboy sensibilities which she hid underneath a black wig while in uniform.
* ''ComicBook/XMen'':
** ComicBook/{{Jubilee|MarvelComics}} ever since her debut has had very short hair along with a punkish tomboy attitude especially back in the 90s. Though she does [[TomboyWithAGirlyStreak have a girly side]].
** ComicBook/{{Rogue}} originally started off with very short hair when she was first introduced. After she made a HeelFaceTurn however, her hair [[BeautyEqualsGoodness grew longer]], with Creator/JimLee giving her iconic massive hair.
** ComicBook/RachelSummers unlike her mother ComicBook/JeanGrey and ComicBook/HopeSummers her [[TimeyWimeyBall alternate reality adoptive niece]] has short messy hair.
** In ''ComicBook/UltimateXMen'': Jean started off with short hair along with a {{Tomboy}} attitude, after awhile she let hair grew out to a shoulder length bob similar to her main universe counterpart.
** In ''ComicBook/XMenGold'' ComicBook/KittyPryde has very short hair, perhaps reflecting her new role as TheLeader.
** Callisto TheLadette leader of Morlocks either has short or really short hair DependingOnTheArtist
* [[ComicBook/Supergirl2011 Post-Flashpoint]] ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} -who is a short-tempered, hot-blooded brawler and not feminine ''in the least''- wears her blond hair this way.
* Similarly, ComicBook/PowerGirl is really just an older version of Supergirl from an AlternateUniverse. Aside from being very muscular (and ''much'' [[BoobsOfSteel curvier]]), she's also distinguished from Supergirl by having much shorter hair to reflect her assertiveness.
* ComicBook/CarolDanvers has worn this since 2015 (sometime after ''ComicBook/SecretWars2015'') and up to a short time before the [[Film/CaptainMarvel film]] ([[Film/AvengersEndgame the follow-up to that]] had Brie Larson's Carol adopting their haircut too). Doubles this as PowerHair. It was also the initial hairstyle of her [[ComicBook/UltimateMarvel Ultimate version]], before going for long hair as well.
* ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'':
** ComicBook/{{Catwoman}} in all modern comic portrayals has very short hair that she can fit easily in her cowl. In the 60s [[Characters/CatwomanSelinaKyle Selina Kyle]] had longer hair that came came out the back of her mask similar to ComicBook/{{Batgirl}}.
** Cassandra Cain fitting her highly trained TykeBomb nature has far shorter hair than Barbara, Stephanie and Helena.
** Carrie Kelley from ''ComicBook/TheDarkKnightReturns'' has very short tomboyish hair.
** Near the end of her freshman year of high school Callie Evans from ''ComicBook/Robin1993'' copped her light brown hair into a short pixie cut and dyed it orange.
** [[ComicBook/{{Batwoman}} Kate Kane]] had short hair from high school all the way through her time as a cadet, and typically sports an even shorter buzz cut in the ComicBook/DCRebirth era. Ironically, her early appearances had her with long hair before being ultimately depicted with a chin-length bob.
** Kate's cousin Bette, who is more usually seen with a TomboyishPonytail, also cut her hair short when she enrolled at West Point.
* ''ComicBook/XWingSeries'': After she grows her hair in, Plourr keeps it cut short in keeping with her very [[TheLadette "one of the guys"]] look.

* ''ComicBook/FinePrint'': Sam (or Samantha) Sawyer, Lauren's [[FriendsWithBenefits friend who she has sex with sometimes]], has hers cut short. She's otherwise pretty femme though.

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* Similarly, ComicBook/PowerGirl is really just an older version of Supergirl from an AlternateUniverse. Aside from being very muscular, she's also distinguished from Supergirl by having much shorter hair to reflect her assertiveness.

** [[ComicBook/{{Batwoman}} Kate Kane]] had short hair as a cadet, and typically sports an even shorter buzz cut in the ComicBook/DCRebirth era. Ironically, her early appearances had her with long hair before being ultimately depicted with a chin-length bob.

* ''VisualNovel/{{Clannad}}'': Ushio has shorter hair than her mother, while being rather tomboyish as she plays with toy robots and does baseball.

** ''Azumanga Daioh'' has Kagura, a tomboyish superstar athlete and UnknownRival to [[HugeSchoolgirl Sakaki]], who is a naturally gifted ShrinkingViolet. Bonus points for having HotbloodedSideburns!

** Kagura's coach, Minamo Kurosawa also has short hair, is a strong all-around athlete, and tomboy tendencies.

* ''VisualNovel/{{Clannad}}'': Ushio has shorter hair than her mother Nagisa, while being rather tomboyish as she enjoys playing with toy robots.

** Similarly, Creator/NataliePortman for a time donned this following having her head shaved for ''Film/VForVendetta''.

* Music/{{Rihanna}} donned this hairstyle from around 2008-2010, again in 2012-13, later dying her pixie-cut pink, and a third time in 2021.

* Creator/MiaWasikowska donned this for her role in ''Restless''.

* Creator/AngelinaJolie's hairstyle from 1994 to 1998. She began donning this during the production of ''Film/{{Hackers}}'' and then wore either hair extensions or a wig in films during that time. She had a buzzcut in 1997 before growing it back to this hairstyle months later until outgrowing her hair long and has kept it long since then.
* Creator/RachelMaddow's iconic hairstyle. She donned a buzzcut during the time when she was in college after being outed as a lesbian.

* Music/{{Madonna}} donned this hairstyle during the ''Music/TrueBlue'' era and again during the late ''Music/{{Erotica}}'' era.

* Music/MelanieC "Sporty Spice" of the Music/SpiceGirls donned this hairstyle during 1999-2000 before ultimately outgrowing it to chin-length. Her fellow bandmate Victoria "Posh Spice" Beckham sported this during 1998-2000 (before outgrowing it to chin-length and then wearing hair extensions), 2007 (before outgrowing it to a bob) and 2008-09 (before outgrowing it to shoulder-length and then mid-length).
* Music/BelindaCarlisle donned the hairstyle in 1994-95 when her band Music/TheGoGos reformed.
* Music/AlanisMorissette surprised fans when she cut her iconic long hair to this hairstyle in 2018, though it wasn't the first time she was seen with short hair, having donned a wavy chin-length (later shoulder-length) hairstyle in 2004, though has since outgrown it to shoulder-length.

* In late 2020, Music/DemiLovato cut their hair to this hairstyle as well as bleaching their hair blonde and recently pink.

** Maia, [[RedBaron Queen of Mercenaries]], sports short [[FieryRedhead red]] hair. She wears a tunic that shows AbsoluteCleavage, prefers ale over the "prissy" drink that is wine, is comparatively less refined than her [[BlueBlood Princess Knight]] peers, is an agile [[DualWielding dual-blades]] [[ActionGirl user]], and [[OneOfTheBoys fought alongside]] Vault and the Black Dogs (an all-male {{PMC}} group) in the past as a fellow mercenary.

* ''Film/TragedyGirls'': Sadie sports a pixie cut she dyed platinum blonde throughout the film.

* ''Film/{{They Them|2022}}'': Butch bisexual girl Veronica has very short hair in a punk-like style which is dyed partly red.

* Music/{{Pink}}'s hairstyle since the late aughts.

* Alecia Beth Moore a.k.a Music/Pink famously short-haired dyed in pink like her stage name. She outgrew her hair longer in the mid aughts, but eventually cut it short back and dyed in silver.

* Alecia Beth Moore a.k.a Music/P!nk famously short-haired dyed in pink like her stage name. She outgrew her hair longer in the mid aughts, but eventually cut it short back and dyed in silver.

* Alecia Beth Moore a.k.a Creator/P!nk famously short-haired dyed in pink like her stage name. She outgrew her hair longer in the mid aughts, but eventually cut it short back and dyed in silver.

* Creator/Pink famously short-haired dyed in pink like her stage name. She outgrew her hair longer in the mid aughts, but eventually cut it short back and dyed in silver.