History Main / IdiotHair

* The eponymous Iono from ''Manga/IonoTheFanatics'' also has one. She's not really an idiot, but she's a [[GirlsLove lesbian]] [[BunnyEarsLawyer Bunny Ears Queen]] who [[LovableSexManiac is very much led by her hormones]].

** Ini Miney when she takes off her hat in ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorneyJusticeForAll''.

* Elphelt Valentine from ''GuiltyGear''. She is a CuteCLumsyGirl who often [[FemininityFailure tries and fails to traditionally feminine]]. She also goes around [[LoveFreak proposing marriage]] to [[ExtremeOmnisexual everyone she meets]], even those who clearly are not interested.

Even if a character is not specifically stupid, naïve, or particularly odd, the ahoge also usually represents a general ''mischievous'' quality about them in general. Goes hand in hand with the CatSmile. [[ExpressiveHair It can also be used to show]] that SomethingElseAlsoRises.

* While one's hair doesn't have an affect on one's intelligence in real life, notorious crypto fraudster Sam Bankman-Fried [[InvokedTrope deliberately tried to cultivate]] idiot hair in an attempt to play up the trope of an AbsentMindedProfessor or DitzyGenius to get people to buy into his scheme. [[https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/14/business/sam-bankman-fried-ftx-crypto.html He has been quoted]] as saying "I honestly think it’s negative EV for me to cut my hair. I think it’s important for people to think I look crazy". [[https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/oct/30/sbf-testifies-ftx-trial-crypto-day-3 This approach was heavily scrutinized]] during his trial, with prosecutors even examining his attempts at using idiot hair as part of his persona.

** ''Roleplay/FateNuovoGuerra'' seems to have made this a family trait of sorts. Her '[[CloningBlues son]]' has it, and so does her father (both are summoned as Saber-class Servants too). The latter's profile even lampshades it.

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse'', the Golden Guard has one of these under his mask, though unlike most examples it’s a bit wavy. It seems to be a familial feature, as it’s shared with [[spoiler:both the man he was [[CloningBlues cloned off of]] and that man’s brother (when he was younger), who Hunter knows as his uncle, Emperor Belos.]] He’s actually very book smart, but has no concept of how to interact with people outside of a mission context.

* Miyuki in ''Anime/SmilePrettyCure''. When she turns into Cure Happy, she grows another!
** Speaking of ''Anime/PrettyCure'', there's Cure Beat/Ellen from ''[[Anime/SuitePrettyCure Suite]]'', who grows an ahoge in Cure form that somehow ''makes guitar noises'' when flicked.

* Ini Miney when she takes off her hat in ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorneyJusticeForAll''.
** Like Apollo, WordOfGod says that [[VisualNovel/AceAttorneyInvestigationsMilesEdgeworth Yumihiko Ichiyanagi's]] (Sebastian Debeste in the FanTranslation) question-mark curl is not natural either; he styles it that way every morning.

* In the manga ''LightNovel/{{Inukami}}'' Youko's idiot hair pops up from time to time, usually when she's acting like a ditz.

* Haruna from ''LightNovel/IsThisAZombie'' has one that is [[ExpressiveHair expressive]].

%%* Rikka of ''LightNovel/LoveChunibyoAndOtherDelusions'' sports one, which is also [[ExpressiveHair expressive]].

* ''LightNovel/MyYouthRomanticComedyIsWrongAsIExpected'' protagonist Hikigaya Hachiman and his younger sister Komachi both sport an ahoge.

* Nyarko from ''LightNovel/NyarukoCrawlingWithLove''; since she's [[Franchise/CthulhuMythos Nyarlathotep]], it's [[PrehensileHair prehensile]] to act as a stand-in for a tentacle. It's also a [[MySignificanceSenseIsTingling Malign Deity Radar]], in addition to being able to form complex shapes like kanji and an at-mark (at least in the anime). Rather than outright stupidity though (she graduated top of her class and went to a prestigious university), it reflects the fact that she's TheDitz.

* Johnny Garland from ''VideoGame/ShadowHearts: From the New World'' has this. Definitely the naive one of the group.

* Halkara from ''LightNovel/IveBeenKillingSlimesFor300YearsAndMaxedOutMyLevel'' has this, as she is frequently making mistakes such as mixing up poisonous and edible mushrooms and getting thrown in prison for accidentally knocking out the Demon King.

* Three characters, including both main characters, have ahoge in ''Anime/ALittleSnowFairySugar''. It is played straight with Sugar but is slightly subverted with Saga, who likes to keep to schedules and only appears to be an idiot because no one else can see season fairies.

** Male lead Fuutarou Uesugi has two of these, but somewhat subverts it by being a Straight-A student. Apparently it's because he lets Raiha cut his hair and she always makes him this hairdo.