History Main / DreadlockRasta

* Barrington in ''Series/MaidMarianAndHerMerryMen''. Specifially described as a Rasta on several occasions, [[AnachronismStew despite living centuries before Rastafarianism existed]]. He sometimes acts as a sort of narrator for the ongoing events.

* Tom Tanaka of ''LightNovel/DuRaRaRa'' has a generally laid back personality and is one of the few people able to keep [[HairTriggerTemper Shizuo]] under control. He also generally comes off as free-spirited but he's a LoanShark by profession, albeit a pretty reasonable and friendly one who mostly uses Shizuo's [[TheDreaded reputation]] as a deterrent to anyone who might try something. His ethnic background isn't explicitly stated in the series, though due to his darker skin tone and MultiethnicName it's speculated that he's partially of African descent.

* ''Film/HowToBlowUpAPipeline'': Theo is a freespirited young woman who has dreadlocks and jumps at her best friend Xochi's plan to blow up the pipeline.

* Flow from ''VideoGame/{{Splatoon 2}}'' is an anthropomorphic sea slug and NewAgeRetroHippie whose tentacles are styled to resemble dreadlocks.

* ''Film/OneLove,'' a romantic musical film set in Jamaica, has the main character, Kassa [=McKennon=], and his reggae band sporting dreadlocks and being of the Rastafarian faith. This is a source of conflict between him and his love interest's Christian-pastor father. Bonus points for the main character being portrayed by Bob Marley's son, Kymani.

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About dreadlocks: the style involves letting the hair on one's head grow for a long time without cutting it, then twining the hair into several long matted strands. The strands may be very thick or moderately thin, and may vary in length from shoulder-length to [[UpToEleven going all the way down the back in some cases]]. When worn by a male, the locks may sometimes give him the appearance of a lion, especially if accompanied by an unshaved beard. (As a side note, some Rastafarians wear their locks in a turban; this trope focuses primarily on those who wear their locks loosely.) Putting one's hair into a series of small braids is not dreadlocks, although it's sometimes used to evoke the style without actually having to get the hair matted.

* Brother Voodoo, aka Jericho Drumm, as fits his station as the foremost Haitian magical practitioner. Combines his with SkunkStripe for an interesting visual effect.

* Cielo in ''Franchise/ShinMegamiTensei: VideoGame/DigitalDevilSaga'' has [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair sky-blue]] dreadlocks and a stereotypical Jamaican accent, and is described as having a cheerful personality.

* ''One Love,'' a romantic musical film set in Jamaica, has the main character, Kassa McKennon, and his reggae band sporting dreadlocks and being of the Rastafarian faith. This is a source of conflict between him and his love interest's Christian-pastor father. Bonus points for the main character being portrayed by Bob Marley's son, Kymani.

* Creator/WhoopiGoldberg, who wears dreadlocks, is often cast as a cool-headed and free-spirited person in her films. One of the best examples is ''Sarafina!'', which is set during the Soweto Riots in Africa; Goldberg plays an independent-thinking teacher whose imprisonment inspires one of her students, the titular character, to lead her fellow students in protest.

This is when a character wears his/her hair in a dreadlocks style, thus visually standing out from other characters, as a sign of rebellion, independence, devotion to religion, or just being free-spirited.

* ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' characters Peachy in ''Literature/{{Hogfather}}'' ("a huge man with dreadlocks and a beard you could keep goats in") and Dave (of Dave's Pin Exchange) in ''Literature/GoingPostal'' ("a huge bearded man with dreadlocks, a pin through his nose, a beer belly belonging to three other people and the words 'Death or Pins' tattooed on a bicep"). Race isn't mentioned for either of them, although Dave is played by a black actor in the TV adaptation of ''Going Postal'' (Peachy was cut from the adaptation of ''Hogfather''). Religion isn't mentioned either, although it's ''[[WildMassGuessing possible]]'' the Disc has some [[CrystalDragonJesus Crystal Dragon Selassie]] equivalent.

* In the ParodyFic ''Plan 7 of 9 from Outer Space'', a group of [[DreadlockWarrior dreadlocked]] alien [[Franchise/{{Predator}} Predators]] are smoking dope and talking in Jamaican Patois.

* NewAgeRetroHippie Flow from ''VideoGame/{{Splatoon 2}}'' is an anthropomorphic sea slug whose tentacles resemble dreadlocks.

* ''Series/WifeSwap'' featured a family like this.

* ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' characters Peachy in ''Discworld/{{Hogfather}}'' ("a huge man with dreadlocks and a beard you could keep goats in") and Dave (of Dave's Pin Exchange) in ''Discworld/GoingPostal'' ("a huge bearded man with dreadlocks, a pin through his nose, a beer belly belonging to three other people and the words 'Death or Pins' tattooed on a bicep"). Race isn't mentioned for either of them, although Dave is played by a black actor in the TV adaptation of ''Going Postal'' (Peachy was cut from the adaptation of ''Hogfather''). Religion isn't mentioned either, although it's ''[[WildMassGuessing possible]]'' the Disc has some [[CrystalDragonJesus Crystal Dragon Selassie]] equivalent.

* Hermes Conrad from ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' wears short dreadlocks, hails from Jamaica, and is a Rastafarian. Although in a subversion of other stereotypes he's an ObstructiveBureaucrat.

* ''Franchise/StreetFighter'': Dee Jay hails from Jamaica and is extremely laid-back, always smiling and never letting anything worry him.

* ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoIV'': "Little" Jacob Hughes expresses some anti-authoritarian attitudes in-line with Rastafari beliefs, and uses marijuana liberally, but isn't exactly the most peaceful person around. He's still better than most of the psychos running around Liberty City, though.

* In ''VideoGame/{{SSX}}'', we have Moby Jones. He sports dreadlocks of variable length and doesn't let anybody push him around. However, he's British, not Jamaican, although he does listen to Bob Marley.