History Main / HairAntennae

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[[folder:Literature]]
* In the ''Literature/LandOfOz'' books, illustrator John R. Neill sometimes drew the Wizard of Oz with long hair antennas, with the top of his head bald. He particularly had fun doing this in ''[[http://www.gutenberg.org/files/25519/25519-h/25519-h.htm#OZMA_AND_THE_LITTLE_WIZARD Little Wizard of Oz Stories]]'' by L. Frank Baum.
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* Kuroyukihime from ''LightNovel/AccelWorld'', whose "antennae" add to her ButterflyOfTransformation motif.

* ''ComicBook/JohnnyTheHomicidalManiac'': Johnny C, after he [[spoiler:comes back from hell and most of his hair falls out]]. Literally, all he has left is hair antennae. He's... [[AxCrazy not]] [[PsychopathicManchild like]] [[HairTriggerTemper most]] [[KnifeNut other]] [[SerialKiller examples]]... It symbolizes his newfound desire to shed his impulses and become icily efficient, driven by necessity rather than desire -- [[RuleOfSymbolism like an insect]].

* In ''ComicBook/TheTick'', Barry Hubris (AKA the other Tick) has hair like this when out of costume.

* ''ComicBook/JohnnyTheHomicidalManiac'': Johnny C, after he [[spoiler:comes back from hell and most of his hair falls out]]. Literally, all he has left is hair antennae. He's... [[AxCrazy not]] [[PsychopathicManchild like]] [[SerialKiller most]] [[KnifeNut other]] [[NietzscheWannabe examples...]] It symbolizes his newfound desire to shed his impulses and become icily efficient, driven by necessity rather than desire - [[RuleOfSymbolism like an insect]].

* In ComicBook/TheTick comics, Barry Hubris (AKA the other Tick) has hair like this when out of costume.
* ComicBook/{{Quicksilver}} has a backwards variant, though how much they stick up [[DependingOnTheArtist depends on who's drawing him]].

[[folder:Film - Animated]]

* Kole from ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'' has them alongside bright-pink hair.

If the character has only one strand, it is IdiotHair. Not to be confused with HornedHairdo, which is a more villainous permutation.

* ''Manga/TenjhoTenge'': Maya Natsume, earning her the FanNickname "Roach Girl".

If the character has only one strand, it is IdiotHair. Not to be confused with HornedHairdo, which is a more villainous pre-mutation.

* ''Manga/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaViVid'' has Rio, Vivio's [[GenkiGirl energetic]], [[SupernaturalMartialArts martial artist]] friend. It stays there even when she accesses her personal [[OlderAlterEgo Adult Mode]].

* ''VisualNovel/{{Clannad}}'': Nagisa Furukawa, her dad Akio, and her mom Sanae (who has THREE strands of hair); seems to run in the family. Ushio [[spoiler:, Tomoya and Nagisa's daughter]] did not inherit the trait though.

If the character has only one strand, it is IdiotHair. Not to be confused with HornedHairdo.

If the character has only one strand, it is IdiotHair.

* Anything by Creator/KenAkamatsu, like Naru and Mutsumi of ''Manga/LoveHina''. Also appears in ''Manga/MahouSenseiNegima'' and ''Manga/AILoveYou''.

* ''Anime/MaiOtome'' has Arika's two long, skinny braids, which writhe in time with her emotions. She even earns the nickname Arinko-chan, i.e. Anty.

** Hair Antennae appear to run in the family, as King Krichevskoy also had them. [[spoiler:He loses them while assuming the identity of Vyers, but now they're back as of VideoGame/{{Disgaea 4|A Promise Unforgotten}}.]]

* In his third form, Haseo from ''[[VideoGame/DotHackGUGames .hack//G.U.]]'' has this.
* Makoto Kikuchi and Ritsuko Akizuki from ''Videogame/TheIdolmaster''; the other girls sport mainly {{Ahoge}}.

* Otacon sports a mild case in VideoGame/MetalGearSolid.

[[folder:Web Comics]]

* As befits a character who has butterflies as a motif, the muse Thaleia in ''[[VideoGame/SaGa2 SaGa 2: Hihou Densetsu: Goddess of Destiny]]'' has this type of hair.

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* Grace from ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive''. [[spoiler:They actually are antennae.]] Interestingly enough, as large as they are, they get [[TertiarySexualCharacteristics downright huge]] in her [[GenderBender male form]].

* When out of costume, Tumblebee of the ''Roleplay/GlobalGuardiansPBEMUniverse'' has a pair of hair antennae.

* Milo from Disney's ''Disney/AtlantisTheLostEmpire'' has rather antennae-like bangs, befitting a bookish fellow like him.

** While Edward Elric has IdiotHair (despite [[ChildProdigy not being]] [[InsufferableGenius an idiot]]), his father Van Hohenheim has true HairAntennae that stick out in front of his face. True to form, he's a {{Cloudcuckoolander}}.

** HairAntennae appear to run in the family, as King Krichevskoy also had them. [[spoiler:He loses them while assuming the identity of Vyers, but now they're back as of VideoGame/{{Disgaea 4|A Promise Unforgotten}}.]]

* Tails from ''SonicTheHedgehog'' has grown a little one of these. He always had a tuft of hair on the front of his head, but since the post-''VideoGame/SonicAdventure'' redesign it's become long and thin like antennae.

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* ''Manga/{{Sketchbook}}'': Nagisa, who appropriately enough is an insect {{otaku}}.* ''Anime/TheVisionOfEscaflowne'': Hitomi Kanzaki -- though her Emo version from TheMovie doesn't have them. She has them as a child and back in a more recent flashback. Apparently they symbolize her sunny disposition that a bad case of teenager's angst took away.

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* Shiemi from ''Manga/BlueExorcist''

* ''VisualNovel/{{Clannad}}'': The entire Furukawa family has this.
* Akeno from ''LightNovel/HighSchoolDXD'' has two of them going backwards.

* ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'': Giselle Gewelle, a Quincy Sternritter, has two of these, making her otherwise ordinary appearance slightly odd.
* ''Manga/AhMyGoddess'': Belldandy may be the TropeMaker. And [[ArtEvolution her current character design]] has ''six'' of them.
* ''Manga/TenjhoTenge'': Maya Natsume.
** You mean [[FanNickname Roach Girl]]?
* ''Manga/{{Saiyuki}}'': Sha Gojyo. {{Lampshade|Hanging}}d by Son Goku. Whenever he gets tired of calling him "pervy kappa," he calls Gojyo a cockroach.
* The Red King, Mikoto Suoh, in ''Anime/{{K}}'' - most likely a sort of reference to the Saiyuki example, as he is a very Saiyuki-like character, and emphatically ''not'' a ditz.
* ''Manga/{{Sketchbook}}'': Nagisa, who appropriately enough is an insect {{otaku}}.
* Momo in ''Manga/ManabiStraight'' has antennae (and hair) long enough some fans affectionately nicknamed her [[http://safebooru.org/index.php?page=post&s=view&id=301734 "Cockroach-tan"]].
* ''Anime/TheVisionOfEscaflowne'': Hitomi Kanzaki -- though her Emo version from TheMovie doesn't have them. She has them as a child and back in a more recent flashback. Apparently they symbolize her sunny disposition that a bad case of teenager's angst took away.
* Yume in the first ''Manga/SomedaysDreamers''. They even had an episode where it played a role in the plot.

* Azuma from ''Manga/YakitateJapan'' has these with his hairband on.
* Gentoku Ryuubi (Liu Bei) from ''Manga/IkkiTousen''.
** Myosai Kakouen also has this, though she isn't a ditz.
* Tenma from ''Manga/SchoolRumble''.
* While ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'''s Ed Elric has IdiotHair (despite [[ChildProdigy not being]] [[InsufferableGenius an idiot]]), his father Van Hohenheim has true HairAntennae that stick out in front of his face. True to form, he's a {{Cloudcuckoolander}}.

* Yuri a.k.a. Angel Lily from ''Manga/WeddingPeach'' has hair like this, although she doesn't fit the ditzy personality part of the description.

* ''VisualNovel/YosugaNoSora'' has quite a few: Haruka, Sora, Akira and Yahiro all have those, but Akira's the one and only {{Cloudcuckoolander}} to boot.
* Shiemi from ''Manga/BlueExorcist''
* Kanon Nakagawa from ''Manga/TheWorldGodOnlyKnows'' has these but is not really a ditz. [[spoiler: The goddess inside her however...]]
* Kuroyukihime from ''LightNovel/AccelWorld'', whose "antennae" add to her butterfly motif.
* Lettuce from ''Manga/TokyoMewMew'' has these when she transforms. Though they also change size frequently.
* Shishiwakamaru from ''Manga/YuYuHakusho'' was a pretty boy opponent to Team Urameshi in the [[TournamentArc Dark Tournament]]. Being a demon who only looks human and has a hidden nasty side, he averts most of the lighter traits of this trope.
* Mikoto Utsugi from ''Anime/GaoGaiGar'' ''looks'' like she has these. In actuality, it's her sides pulled up that way by an item called the Invisible Hairband.
* ''Manga/RurouniKenshin'': Saitou's hair, so much so that Yahiko arranges his own hair to look like Saitou's when asking for his whereabouts.

* ''LightNovel/SundayWithoutGod'': protagonist Ai has three hair antennae, and when she was younger she only had two.
* Megumi Oki from ''Manga/{{Arachnid}}'' has hair antennae as part of her cockroach motif. She can even sense changes in air pressure and currents by using them.
* Isogai from ''Manga/AssassinationClassroom'' has short hair antennae that corresponds to his health; [[ExpressiveHair it wilts when he's feeling ill and springs back to normal after he has taken rest]].

* ''ComicBook/JohnnyTheHomicidalManiac'': Johnny C, after he [[spoiler:comes back from hell and most of his hair falls out]]. Literally, all he has left is hair antennae. He's... [[AxCrazy not]] [[PsychopathicManchild like]] [[SerialKiller most]] [[KnifeNut other]] [[NietzscheWannabe examples...]]
** It symbolizes his newfound desire to shed his impulses and become icily efficient, driven by necessity rather than desire - [[RuleOfSymbolism like an insect]].
* [[OnlySaneMan Filemón]] from ''ComicBook/MortadeloYFilemon''. [[PrematurelyBald That's all the hair he has]].
* Monroe, a character from a long-running comic series in ''Magazine/{{MAD}}'', has hair like this, with the rest of his hair buzzed.
* ComicBook/{{Quicksilver}} has a backwards variant, though how much they stick up [[DependingOnTheArtist depends on who's drawing him]].
* Pallo from ''Lions Tigers and Bears''. He has three coming out of his mane.
* In ComicBook/TheTick comics, Barry Hubris (AKA the other Tick) has hair like this when out of costume.

* ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'': Larxene possesses a backwards variant. Unlike most of these examples, she's a PsychoElectro.
* ''VideoGame/VagrantStory'': Ashley Riot's antenna actually manage to give off a retro punk vibe.

* Tails from ''SonicTheHedgehog'' has grown a little one of these. He always had a tuft of hair on the front of his head, but since the post-''VideoGame/SonicAdventure'' redesign it's become long and thin like antennae.
* ''Franchise/{{Disgaea}}'': [[VideoGame/DisgaeaHourOfDarkness Laharl]] uses it to cheat his height. [[spoiler:Even when he's turned into a Prinny, [[MorphicResonance he keeps them]]. Helps identify him, although the laugh helps.]]
** HairAntennae appear to run in the family, as King Krichevskoy also had them. [[spoiler:He loses them while assuming the identity of Vyers, but now they're back as of VideoGame/{{Disgaea 4|A Promise Unforgotten}}.]]
** Laharl's self-proclaimed sister Sicily from ''VideoGame/DisgaeaDimension2'' also has them, though she tied them into a bow.
* Ryoji Mochizuki from ''VideoGame/Persona3'' has hair antennae, contrasting the rest of his hair, which is slicked back.

* As befits a character who has butterflies as a motif, the muse Thaleia in ''[[VideoGame/SaGa2 SaGa 2: Hihou Densetsu: Goddess of Destiny]]'' has this type of hair.
* The female player character in ''VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite'' sports a noticeable one.
* Otacon sports a mild case in VideoGame/MetalGearSolid.

* The player character in ''VideoGame/DevilSurvivor'' has them.
* ''VideoGame/BravelySecond'': Cryst-Fairy Anne spots some antennae.

* Reinhard Heydrich from ''VisualNovel/DiesIrae'' got these and the anime adaptation makes them even more prominent. Unusually for this trope however, he is the BigBad.

* In ''Webcomic/{{Drowtales}}'', [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?sid=7651 Sarv'swati Vel'Sharen]] has very prominent hair antennae, but completely inverts the usual personality type, being a dead-serious BloodKnight with no known sense of humor.
* [[Webcomic/TheBookOfBiff Biff]] has antenna eyebrows.
* Taito from ''Webcomic/{{Consolers}}'' has two antennas sticking straight up.

* Seems to run in [[Literature/WhateleyUniverse Dr. Diabolik's]] family, though they more like horns than antennae, and none of them (except, arguably, [[AffablyEvil Malachai]]) fit the character type at all.

* In a rare Western example, The Monarch from ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBrothers'' has [[UnusualEyebrows antenna eyebrows]].
** Well, considering his general motif...
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Wakfu}}'''s Noximilien [[BigBad "Nox"]] Coxen had these before [[StartOfDarkness he went crazy]].
* Kole from ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'' has them alongside bright-pink hair.