History Main / HereditaryHairstyle

* ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann'': Nia probably got her AnimeHair from her dad.

* Usagi and her KidFromTheFuture Chibi-Usa both wear their hair in exaggerated odangos in ''SailorMoon''. So does Queen Serenity, Usagi's mother... ''in a past incarnation.''

* ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' has basically the same hair as his father [[spoiler:the Fourth Hokage]], but has his mother's face.

* The Armstrongs in FullmetalAlchemist all have blond hair with a distinctive curl in the front.

* In ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid4GunsOfThePatriot, [[spoiler:Raiden's son John has his father's white feathered hair.]]

* Squirrelflight from ''WarriorCats'' gets her flame-colored fur from her father [[BigGood Firestar]].

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Seen that ridiculous hairstyle? Turns out it's hereditary. Most of the time, it's an ImprobableHairstyle and often a subtrope of AnimeHair. It is also a type of StrongFamilyResemblance.

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** The parody manga Parallel Sailor Moon introduces daughters of the four Guardian Senshi, who look exactly like their mothers (hairstyles included) and have the same names.
* Goku's younger son Goten from ''DragonBall'' has the same exact hair as his father, who has the same as ''his'' father Bardock.

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* ''{{Homestuck}}'': the kids have very similar hairstyles to their guardians, [[spoiler:and, of course, each other]].

* Infamously, the Osborn family of SpiderMan (seen above), who all have that same... "style". The one exception is Gabriel Stacey, son of Norman Osborn and Gwen Stacey, and even in that case, it is likely because his father was originally intended to be Spider-Man himself.
** SpiderMan has a mother-daughter example in Gabriel's sister Sarah; apparently black hairbands are genetic. Apart from the arguable quality of the story that introduced them, this may be part of the reason fans are hoping for a RetCon.

* ''MeetTheRobinsons'': The Robinsons all have exactly the same flick in their hair, even most of the women.

* HarryPotter got his jet black messy hair from his father, James.

* Komachi from ''YesPrettyCure5'' sports an identical hairstyle to that of her older sister Madoka ([[NamesTheSame no, not]] [[PuellaMagiMadokaMagica that Madoka]]).

* The ''LyricalNanoha'' franchise has an adopted child version with Vivio, whose OlderAlterEgo shares the same side-ponytail hairstyle as her Nanoha-mama. She'd wear it in child form too if she could, but the ''NanohaStrikers'' manga showed that all that concentrated hair causes her to tip over to the side.
* ''{{Naruto}}'' has basically the same hair as his father [[spoiler:the Fourth Hokage]], but has his mother's face.

* In ''VisualNovel/ApolloJusticeAceAttorney'', brothers Kristoph and Klavier Gavin both have the same, long spiral side ponytail.. thing. Since we don't get a good look at the back of Klavier's head, and his collar hides whether they both share long hair beyond that, which would make them look like twins but for fashion. [[SubvertedTrope Interestingly, Klavier had short hair in sprites from when he was younger]].

* ''YuGiOh'': Yugi's hair spikes are inherited from his grandfather, though this is less obvious until the chapter where we see Sugoroku as a young man.

* Shobu's DisappearedDad in ''DuelMasters'' shares his absurdly big AnimeHair.

* Emperor Uriel Septim VII and his illegitimate son (or should we say... [[{{Pun}} heir]]?) in ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIVOblivion'' bear some facial resemblance, but have the exact same hairstyle despite having never met (there are only a limited number of hairstyles available to begin with, but it does help you get the feeling they're related).

* ''{{Homestuck}}'': the kids have very similar hairstyles to their guardians, [[spoiler:and, of course, each other]].

* The ''LyricalNanoha'' franchise has an adopted child version with Vivio, whose OlderAlterEgo shares the same side-ponytail hairstyle as her Nanoha-mama.

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* Infamously, the Osborn family of SpiderMan (seen above), who all have that same... "style". The one exception is Gabriel Stacey, son of Norman Osborn and Gwen Stacey, and even in that case, it is likely because his father was originally intended to be Spider-Man himself.
** SpiderMan has a mother-daughter example in Gabriel's sister Sarah; apparently black hairbands are genetic. Apart from the arguable quality of the story that introduced them, this may be part of the reason fans are hoping for a RetCon.

* Usagi and Chibi-Usa both wear their hair in exaggerated odangos in ''SailorMoon''. So does Queen Serenity, Usagi's mother... ''in a past incarnation.''

* Goku's younger son Goten from ''DragonBall'' has the same exact hair as his father, who has the same as ''his'' father Bardock. Likewise, Vegeta and his father, King Vegeta, have identically ridiculous hairstyles. It also has a rare cross-gender example in Dr.Briefs --> Bulma (when not permed) --> Trunks.

* Infamously, the Osborn family of SpiderMan (seen above).

* Goku's younger son Goten from ''DragonBall'' has the same exact hair as his father, who has the same as ''his'' father Bardock. Likewise, Vegeta and his father, King Vegeta, have identically ridiculous hairstyles.

* Goten from ''DragonBall'' has the same exact hair as Goku, who has the same as Bardock. Gohan is an aversion.
** The NonSerialMovie explains the hairstyle as belonging to a particular genetic type common to Saiyans in Bardock's (original) power level, as unrelated character Turles is shown to have the exact same look as well.
** Likewise, Vegeta and his father, King Vegeta, have identically ridiculous hairstyles.
* ''YuGiOh'': Yuugi's hair spikes are inherited from his grandfather, though this is less obvious until the chapter where we see Sugoroku as a young man.