History Main / ImportantHairAccessory

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse'' episode "Wing it Like Withes", Willow wears a flower hair clip to symbolize her newfound confidence after [[spoiler:she and Amity become friends again.]]

* Violet Parr from ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles'' wears the common shy girl variant, in which she sweeps her bangs back under a headband in the middle of the film, allowing us to see her full face and symbolizing her newfound self-confidence.

* LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya originally changed her hairstyle every day, increasing the number of places it was tied off as the week continued (0 on Monday, presumably 6 on Sunday). After Kyon speaks to her for the first time, asking her why she did that, she sticks with the yellow hairband with matching ribbons she was wearing the day he asked.

* ''LightNovel/KakuriyoBedAndBreakfastForSpirits'' has Tsubaki's camellia hairpin given to her by Ōdanna. It is made out of rose quartz and resembles that of a real flower by blooming. When the bud does bloom in full, Aoi's time limit to pay the debt will have expired.

* In an early ''Manga/UruseiYatsura'' manga chapter, Lum decides to try visiting Ataru's class looking like a normal human girl. Part of her disguise was to use a liquid that softened her horns so they could be flattened to look like ornaments. This was also used in the Date episode.

* Played with in [[http://www.smbc-comics.com/index.php?db=comics&id=1615 this]] ''Webcomic/SaturdayMorningBreakfastCereal'' strip.

* ''Fanfic/PokemonCrossingFlyMeToTheMoon:'' In one chapter, Holly buys a purple flower hairclip. When she comes out as a transgender girl, she starts wearing the flower in public.

* Fanfic/PokemonCrossingFlyMeToTheMoon: In chapter 42, Holly starts wearing a flower in her hair after coming out as a transgender girl.

* There's a purple-haired EmoTeen in ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooCampScare'' who sweeps her hair back so her whole face shows (although she wears tinted glasses).

** Homura herself used to wear ribbons in her hair during her backstory when she wore her hair in braids, [[spoiler:prior to her GroundhogDayLoop when she was still a ShrinkingViolet. Her decision to do whatever it takes to avert Madoka's fate to either die or [[HeWhoFightsMonsters turn into a Witch]] is accompanied by her pulling off the ribbons keeping her braids intact alongside a case of TheGlassesGottaGo.]]

* In ''Anime/SenkiZesshouSymphogear'', Chris Yukine initially didn't wear any hair decoration, after her HeelFaceTurn and officially joining the team, she begins to wear reddish frilly scrunchies on her hair tails. They disappear when transformed.

One of the most common variants involves a shy girl sweeping her bangs back under a headband, allowing us to see her full face and symbolizing her newfound self-confidence. Because girls are more attractive with self confidence.

Can also apply to hats, goggles and certain other forms of headgear. If it's ''removing'' a hairpiece that's significant, it may be accompanied by a HairFlip.

* In ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'', Orihime uses hairpins that [[TragicKeepsake were a gift of her dead brother]], and has vowed to never stop using them. After the TimeSkip she's too old to wear them in her hair but, in keeping with her promise, she continues to wear them as lapel accessories. In the Thousand Year Old Blood War, when Urahara gives her and Chad a sort-of makeover before they re-join Ichigo, she puts the hairpins back on.

** Kaguya ties up her hair with a red ribbon, which she started doing after initially falling in love with Shirogane. [[spoiler:It's removed during The First Kiss Never Ends arc when Kaguya (Ice) takes control, and gets replaced with a white cloth from Shirogane's Christmas present at the end of the arc after she and Shirogane confess their feelings before going back to the regular ribbon.]]

* ''LightNovel/KakuriyoBedAndBreakfastForSpirits'' has Tsubaki's camellia hair pin given to her by Ōdanna. It is made out of rose quartz and resembles that of a real flower by blooming. When the bud does bloom in full, Aoi's time limit to pay the debt will have expired.

** Sakura starts properly using her headband when she decides to give her fullest in her fight with Ino. Who does likewise. Downplayed in that this only applies to their fight, as, afterwards, they switch back to wearing their headbands on their hair and belly, respectively.

** Sasuke naturally no longer wears the Konoha headband upon leaving Konoha. His headband, which is given a horizontal scratch like the Akatsuki members, is [[TragicKeepsake currently kept by Naruto]] after their fight at the Valley of the End. [[spoiler:This persists even after he rejoins Konoha at the end of the series, since Sasuke is now considered a "Shadow Hokage", as he secretly protects the village, as opposed to Naruto who handles the job openly. As mentioned above, Hokage normally don't wear headbands.]]

* In ''Manga/{{Orange}}'', Naho gets a hairclip from Kakeru as payback for making him lunch everyday - she treasures it at lot, since she thinks future Naho didn't manage to get it.

* In ''ComicBook/Supergirl1982'', [[ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} the titular heroine]] starts wearing a red headband to remind herself of her roots (since headbands were symbols of citizenzhip on Krypton).

* ''Fanfic/KaraOfRokyn'': Kara adds a headband to her costume to make "an equality statement, since men were traditionally only headband wearers", but after a while she decides it just looks stupid and ditches the headband.

* There's a purple haired EmoTeen in ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooCampScare'' who sweeps her hair back so her whole face shows (although she wears tinted glasses).

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* Pictured above: In ''Manga/MahouSenseiNegima'', Asuna wears small bells on her GirlishPigtails. Her FirstLove Takamichi gave them to her when she transferred into Mahora, and as she explains it she takes the bells off her hair.

* In ''Audioplay/SaintBeast'', Judas makes a hair tie for Shin to keep his hair out of the way when he plays [[HarpOfFemininity harp]]. It's important because it shows their growing bond and he never goes without it after that.

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** Once Naruto becomes a member of Team 7, he stops wearing his goggles.
** Sakura starts properly using her headband when she decides to give her fullest in her fight with Ino. Who does likewise.

* In ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'', Orihime uses hairpins that [[TragicKeepsake were a gift of her dead brother]], and has vowed to never stop using them. After the TimeSkip she's too old to wear them in her hair but, in keeping with her promise, she continues to wear them as lapel accessories. In the Thousand Year Old Blood War, when Urahara gives her and Chad a sort-of makeover before they re-join Ichigo, she puts the hairpins back on.
* Pictured above: In ''Manga/MahouSenseiNegima'', Asuna wears small bells on her GirlishPigtails. Her FirstLove Takamichi gave them to her when she transferred into Mahora, and as she explains it she takes the bells off her hair.
* ''Anime/DarlingInTheFRANXX'': Ichigo's hairclip was given to her as a child by Hiro, and she's worn it every day since. After she loses it in a fight, she's given a replacement by Goro, which he'd wanted to give her for years.
* ''Manga/KaguyaSamaLoveIsWar'':
** Kaguya ties up her hair with a red ribbon, which she started doing after initially falling in love with Shirogane. [[spoiler:It's removed during The First Kiss Never Ends arc when Kaguya (Ice) takes control, and gets replaced with a white cloth from Shirogane's Christmas present at the end of the arc after she and Shirogane confess their feelings before going back to the regular ribbon.]]
** Hayasaka keeps her hair bunched up with a blue scrunchie that was originally gifted to her by Kaguya when they were children. [[spoiler:After her ImportantHaircut during the Class Trip arc, she instead starts wearing a hairpin with a star and a crescent moon on it, representing how she's no longer hiding her relationship with Kaguya (stars and the moon are their respective motifs). She still has the scrunchie, but she now uses it as a wristband.]]
** Kashiwagi wears a red hairpin that she originally got because [[IJustWantToBeYou she wanted to mimic her best friend Maki]]. She still keeps it on despite Maki having long since changed her hairstyle.
* In ''Anime/AiNoWakakusaMonogatari'', Jo loses her tomboyish ponytail and sells her hair to help pay for Marmee's trip, and it looks pretty cute. Jo, however, breaks down in tears when she is alone in bed. Later she gets a red headband from Beth.
* In ''Manga/{{Orange}}'', Naho gets a hairclip from Kakeru as payback for making him lunch everyday - she treasures it at lot, since she thinks future Naho didn't manage to get it.
* ''Manga/ResidentEvilHeavenlyIsland'': Yuuki gives Tominaga her headband, and he wears it for the rest of the series.
* ''LightNovel/KakuriyoBedAndBreakfastForSpirits'' has Tsubaki's camellia hair pin given to her by Ōdanna. It is made out of rose quartz and resembles that of a real flower by blooming. When the bud does bloom in full, Aoi's time limit to pay the debt will have expired.
* Several examples in ''Manga/MasamuneKunsRevenge'':
** Yoshino's hair clips change position from being on separate sides of her head to being right next to each other when she's plotting a new scheme.
** Kanegutsu starts wearing a cat hairpin after her lie is exposed by Masamune and she stops disguising herself as a guy.

* ''Fanfic/AKnightsTaleAsInquisitor'': Arturia wears at all times a blue ribbon which was a gift from her FirstLove Guinevere, and is the only thing she has left of her former wife/queen.
* ''Fanfic/KaraOfRokyn'': Kara adds a headband to her costume to make "an equality statement, since men were traditionally only headband wearers", but after a while she decides it just looks stupid and ditches the headband.
* ''Fanfic/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrail'': Chloe Cerise always kept her hair in a braid made by her mother held by a pink flower scrunchie. When the Train arrives to take her away, the wind from its entrance blows it off, symbolically LettingHerHairDown as she embarks on her [[JourneyToFindOneself Journey To Find Herself]]. Goh then finds it as evidence and a TragicKeepsake.

* ''Webcomic/GunnerkriggCourt'': Kat starts wearing a hair bow in her short hair to look more feminine when rumors start that she is a lesbian. She stops wearing it when [[spoiler: she realizes she is bisexual]].
* In ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'', Dan has a younger Susan [[https://www.egscomics.com/sketchbook/?date=2010-05-18 wear a hairband]] during [[http://www.egscomics.com/?date=2010-05-19 the flashback sequence]] showing what happened in France to emphasize her innocence at the time.

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* ''Fanfic/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrail'': Chloe Cerise always kept her hair in a braid made by her mother held by a yellow flower scrunchie. When the Train arrives to take her away, its entrance causes the scrunchie to fall off, symbolizing the start of a brand new Chloe and also is left as evidence by Goh that she disappeared.

* Violet of ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles'' goes from [[PeekABangs hair over face]] to hair in headband.