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* The ponies of ''MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' have these.
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* The ponies of ''MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' have these. [[ShownTheirWork And it's based on the body language of real horses.]]
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* Holo from ''SpiceAndWolf'', whose ears twitch when she hears something interesting and sag when she is feeling sad.
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* ''[[RatchetAndClank]]'' likes to make use of this trope. The first game in particular features a lot of ear movement, as Ratchet is essentially the Lombax equivalent of a moody teenager; later games tone it down, though his ears will still droop if he's low on health or otherwise in a particularly negative mood.
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* ''[[RatchetAndClank]]'' ''RatchetAndClank'' likes to make use of this trope. The first game in particular features a lot of ear movement, as Ratchet is essentially the Lombax equivalent of a moody teenager; later games tone it down, though his ears will still droop if he's low on health or otherwise in a particularly negative mood.
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* ''[[RatchetAndClank]]'' likes to make use of this trope. The first game in particular features a lot of ear movement, as Ratchet is essentially the Lombax equivalent of a moody teenager; later games tone it down, though his ears will still droop if he's low on health or otherwise in a particularly negative mood.
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* Apparently Japanese inventors [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w06zvM2x_lw&feature=player_embedded have managed to replicate these in real life.]] Good grief...
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ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: A character's ears are used to express his or her emotions.
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Unlike its cousin tropes, ExpressiveHair and ExpressiveMask, this trope actually leans toward being realistic because this is one way many animals in RealLife show how they're feeling. This obviously doesn't apply to human ears, though, so it's guaranteed all of the characters who use this trope are NotQuiteHuman.
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Unlike its cousin tropes, ExpressiveHair and ExpressiveMask, this trope actually leans toward being realistic because this is one way many animals in RealLife show how they're feeling.communicate their feelings. This obviously doesn't apply to human ears, though, so it's guaranteed all of the characters who use this trope are NotQuiteHuman.
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Horse ear carriage is expressive too.
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* Ear movements and positioning can be key in reading the body language of dogs, rabbits, and cats. Possibly other animals as well.
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* The Huanni in the StarTrekNovelVerse.
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* Laharl and Etna's ears from ''{{Disgaea}}'' change with their mood.
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* ''StarTrekThaAnimatedSeries'' episode "The Slaver Weapon". The Kzinti (cat-like humanoid aliens) lay their ears back when angry.
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* ''StarTrekThaAnimatedSeries'' ''StarTrekTheAnimatedSeries'' episode "The Slaver Weapon". The Kzinti (cat-like humanoid aliens) lay their ears back when angry.
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* {{Corner Alley 13}} demonstrates this [[http://corneralley.comicgenesis.com/d/20040519.html regarding elves]].
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* Fievel in ''AnAmericanTail''. There's also a couple of scenes in which he shifts them around to try to listen for his father's violin.
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* Fievel in ''AnAmericanTail''.''AnAmericanTail'', who's ears go down when he's sad and up when he's alert. There's also a couple of scenes in which he shifts them around to try to listen for his father's violin.
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* The ponies of ''MyLittlePony: Friendship Is Magic'' have these.
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* {{Garfield}} will sometimes lay his ears back when he's angry, frightened, or when he's groggy in the morning and [[MustHaveCaffeine hasn't had his coffee yet]].
* Similarly, in ''{{Peanuts}}'', Snoopy's ears rise when he is startled or receives good news.
* Dogbert from {{Dilbert}} has ears that fly up sometimes.
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* {{Garfield}} will sometimes lay his ears back when he's angry, when he's frightened, or when he's groggy in the morning and [[MustHaveCaffeine hasn't had his coffee yet]].
* Similarly, in ''{{Peanuts}}'', Snoopy's ears rise when he is startled or receives goodnews.
* Dogbertnews. In one strip from {{Dilbert}} has ears that fly up sometimes.the 1950s, Schroeder was listening to music on the radio, and Snoopy made a square with his ears.
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* Elves and other long-eared folk, or even folk with anything approximating long ears, in anime often have expressive ears. It's rare for a long-eared character ''not'' to have Expressive Ears.
* Sloth from {{The Goonies}}.
* Alfalfa of {{The Little Rascals}}.
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* In ''{{Drowtales}}'' the elven races have expressive ears, as seen in [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?id=638 the first and third panel]].
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* Fievel in ''AnAmericanTail''. There's also a couple of scenes in which he shifts them around to try to listen for his father's violin.
* Horton in ''HortonHearsAWho''.
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* Bibwit Harte from ''TheLookingGlassWars''.
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* Rabbit on ''{{Franklin}}'' will generally droop his ears when he's sad about something.
* Roo on ''WinnieThePooh'' does it when he's sad. I'm not sure if Rabbit does it, but I've definitely seen it with Roo.
* Used with Rabbit and possibly Mouse as well on ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Friend_Rabbit My Friend Rabbit]]''.
* Roo on ''WinnieThePooh'' does it when he's sad. I'm not sure if Rabbit does it, but I've definitely seen it with Roo.
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* Next to his eyes, [[WallaceAndGromit Gromit's]] ears are his most expressive feature.
* Dopey from ''Disney/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs''.
* All the animals in ''{{Bambi}}'', Bambi and Thumper in particular.
* [[WhoFramedRogerRabbit Roger Rabbit's]] ears are all over the place.
* Pluto has expressive ears. Goofy, however, seems to have lost that ability.
* Dopey from ''Disney/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs''.
* All the animals in ''{{Bambi}}'', Bambi and Thumper in particular.
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* * In ''{{Godzilla}} VS Mechagodzilla'' and ''Godzilla: Final Wars'', King Seesar's ears would perk-up whenever he was excited or surprised.
* ''TheEmpireStrikesBack''. When Luke manages to lift the X-Wing fighter partially out of the swamp Yoda's ears rise slightly in awe. When Luke fails to lift it all the way out Yoda's ears droop down. Watch it [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5WRXDGsN_Go here, 8:15-8:40]].
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* ''StarTrek'' parodies and spoofs often give this attribute to Spock: [[http://bp2.blogger.com/_mpOAS-HxaQU/RueGSsnLhFI/AAAAAAAAASA/UePcV_Q-1Ns/s1600-h/heineken-spock.jpg This advert for lager, for example]]
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* Similarly, in ''{{Peanuts}}'', Snoopy's ears rise when he is startled or receives good news.
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* ''The {{Traveller}} Adventure''. Vargr (bipedal wolf) characters were shown as having ExpressiveEars, including flattening the ears against the skull when afraid.
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* Blood Elfs in ''WorldOfWarcraft'' do this with the emote system: if they're sad or scared their ears will droop, and when they cast spells in general their ears wiggle along with the casting animation.
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