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8	Some animal characters have a tuft of fur or feathers on their heads to make them stand out more. This can be used to make the animal look like it has hair, simply to distinguish it from other individuals without giving it an accessory to wear, or to just break up what could be an otherwise plain silhouette.
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10	The tuft of fur or feathers can take the form of a cowlick, a feather crest, a stylish curl, messy fuzz or set of tufts, a few or a set of spiky tufts, or a shock that sticks out as well as a simple tuft. The tuft can either be small, medium, or large. The tuft is most frequently placed on the top of the head, but it can also be placed on the back of the head. A majority of head tufts on fictional animals point toward the forehead and face, but some can point away from the face and grow more with the general fur or feather growth.
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12	Some fur and feather tufts are reminiscent of IdiotHair, MessyHair, or WildHair and some fur and feather tufts can behave like StubbornHair.
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14	When it comes to FunnyAnimal and BeastMan characters this is ''much'' more common in males to the point of being a {{Tertiary Sexual Characteristic\|s}}. Female characters will usually have a FurryFemaleMane while males only have a small amount of fluff. With NearlyNormalAnimal and PartiallyCivilizedAnimal characters the opposite is usually true. Female characters are more likely to have tufts of fur to establish them as females while males are normal and "bald". However, in the case of a MessyMaleFancyFemale pairing, the male animal might have a tuft while the female has smooth fur.
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16	There is a trend in the UsefulNotes/FurryFandom to draw long, exaggerated hair tufts that look a bit like scene hair. You'll see this often in fan-art for series like ''Literature/WarriorCats'' or ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}''. Even if they're not exaggerated, tufts of head fur are ''extremely'' common on feral fursonas and [=OCs=].
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18	Compare to NonMammalianHair and contrast with FurryFemaleMane.
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21	!!Examples:
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24	[[folder:Advertising]]
25	* Advertising/TommyMcAnairey: Tommy's daughter Drimnagh has a green-dyed combover fringe of feathers.
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28	[[folder:Anime & Manga]]
29	* The ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries'' anime has used this trope to distinguish between two Pokemon of the same species:
30	** Ritchie had a Pikachu named "Sparky" who had a tuft of fur to distinguish him from Ash's Pikachu.
31	** In "Battling At Full Volume" a guitarist trainer with a mohawk exclusively battled powerful Pikachu. His Pikachu named "Spiky" had his fur styled like [[DelinquentHair a fauxhawk]].
32	** The ''Pikachu and Pichu'' short has two Pichu brothers, with one of them having a tuft of head fur to distinguish him from the other.
33	* While ''Literature/WarriorCats'' fanart commonly depicts cats with this, it's used rarely and very subtly in the ''Manga/WarriorCatsManga'' themselves.
34	* Tufts of fur are used to distinguish characters in the Shogakukan ''Manga/SonicTheHedgehog'' manga. For example, Nikki's parents have tufts of fur on their head, his little sister doesn't, and Nikki himself has [[FurryFemaleMane blue hair]].
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37	[[folder:Asian Animation]]
38	* ''Animation/PleasantGoatAndBigBigWolf'' has a variant, as Paddi the goat has wool, not fur; nevertheless, he has a swirly tuft of wool on his head when none of the other goats have tufts on their heads.
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41	[[folder:Comic Books]]
42	* Bunnie from ''ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogArchieComics'' started out with fur on her head but eventually she was redesigned to have a [[FurryFemaleMane full head of hair]].
43	* ''ComicBook/TheLionKing'':
44	** CanonForeigner cubs from the comics usually have tufts of fur to spice up their designs. Tojo and Tama have tufts of fur, while Malka has a small black mane.
45	** Zazu's unnamed girlfriend in the comic ''Zazu the Heartbreaker'' has a huge head of feathers.
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48	[[folder:Fan Works]]
49	* ''Warriors'' fan-artist Draikinator has a few [[MultiAnimatorProject MAPs]] that are themed around giving the normally realistic cat characters "out there" designs (based on how many 2000s-era artists drew the characters), including inaccurate colors and long tufts of head fur. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6eYuO2rwjQ This Jayfeather MAP]] set to Evanescence's "Everybody's Fool" has Jayfeather with a "emo" bangs.
50	* ''Webcomic/TheLionKingKiarasReign'':
51	** Leah has a tuft both to [[TertiarySexualCharacteristics show that she's female]] and to [[IdenticalGrandson distinguish her from Simba as a cub]].
52	** Koda has a tuft to give him a boyish look.
53	* ''Webcomic/FaithMiyatoriaka'': As a Pikachu, Misty has a huge tuft on her head that resembles hair.
54	* ''WebAnimation/AdultArthur'': Both Arthur and Buster have each grown a tuft of fur in order to emulate short hair.
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57	[[folder:Films -- Animation]]
58	* In ''WesternAnimation/RudolphTheRedNosedReindeer1998'' bucks like Rudolph and Arrow have fur on their heads while does like Zoey don't.
59	* Most of the mice in ''WesternAnimation/TheSecretOfNimh'' have tufts of fur on their head, which they don't have in the original book.
60	* WesternAnimation/MinnieMouse in ''WesternAnimation/MickeyDonaldGoofyTheThreeMusketeers'' has a tuft of fur on her head. WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse does not. Minnie averts this in almost every other appearance though.
61	* The male ducks in '' Animation/LeafieAHenIntoTheWild'' have fluffy head feathers that look like hair. Wanderer is particularly {{memetic\|mutation}} to the point where the movie is called "that movie with the {{bishonen}} ducks".
62	* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Rio}}'' both macaws and toucans are designed with a crest of feathers on their head that varies in size and shape, to give the individual characters more distinct appearances. Taken to the extreme with Roberto in the sequel, whose crest makes him look like a LongHairedPrettyBoy with NonMammalianHair.
63	* Oliver and Rita from ''WesternAnimation/OliverAndCompany'' have tufts of fur on their head, with the latter looking very much like she has EightiesHair. Subverted with Tito, who inexplicably has a full head of red hair despite being a normal looking Chihuahua.
64	* Stitch of ''WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitch'' has a small tuft of fur on his head.
65	* Figaro the kitten in ''WesternAnimation/{{Pinocchio}}'' has a tuft of fur on the back of his head. Gideon the adult cat in the same movie has a thin, messy tuft of fur that sticks forward on his head.
66	* Both feline main characters from ''WesternAnimation/CatsDontDance'' have a significant amount of fur atop their heads. Orange tabby tom Danny has the standard tuft that even his straw hat can't contain, while pretty angora kitty Sawyer likes to curl hers into a stylish swirl. Being the main characters, theirs are the most prominent of all the anthropomorphic characters in-universe.
67	* The ''WesternAnimation/{{Bambi}}'' series uses the MessyMaleFancyFemale trope. Bucks like Ronno and Bambi are fluffy and have fur tufts while females like Faline have neat fur.
68	* ''WesternAnimation/TheFoxAndTheHound'' features MessyMaleFancyFemale. Despite Todd being a former pet and Vixey being wild, Todd is drawn as having unruly fur (including a tuft of head fur) while Vixey is well-groomed.
69	* ''WesternAnimation/LadyAndTheTrampIIScampsAdventure'':
70	** Angel has a tuft of fur on her head to help distinguish her as female.
71	** Scamp's tuft of fur emphasises his youth and distinguish him more from his father.
72	* ''Franchise/TheLionKing'' extended media uses this often to distinguish lions from each other. There's only so much you can do to make them look different from one another. Oddly, the heavy amount of lion cubs with manes makes Simba look like a late bloomer:
73	** Simba himself has a bit of messy fur on his head. It's not as pronounced as with other cubs, however it is noticeable when compared to Nala's [[MessyMaleFancyFemale smooth head]].
74	** Vitani from ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKingIISimbasPride'' has a tuft of fur on her head. In her case it makes her look scruffy, befitting for an Outsider and a DarkActionGirl.
75	** Timon's mother in ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKingOneAndAHalf'' has a red tuft of fur on her head, like her son. She's also the [[NonstandardCharacterDesign only meerkat]] with an eye color (instead of black pupils), making her a SignificantGreenEyedRedhead.
76	* ''WesternAnimation/TheAristocats:''
77	** Toulouse and Berlioz have a messy tuft of fur on their heads.
78	** Marie has a tuft of fur held up by a pink bow on her head.
79	** Thomas O’Malley the alley cat has a thin tuft of fur on his head. Duchess, the high society rich female cat, averts this to keep with her well-groomed look.
80	* ''WesternAnimation/TheGreatMouseDetective:''
81	** Olivia Flaversham has a tuft of fur on her head.
82	** Basil has a messy tuft of fur on his head that can be seen when he is not wearing his deerstalker cap.
83	** Miss Kitty (who is a mouse) has a styled tuft of fur on her head.
84	** Felicia the cat has a tuft of fur held up by a bow on her head.
85	** Toby the dog has two short hairs sticking out on his head.
86	* ''WesternAnimation/TurningRed'':
87	** Ming's panda form has a styled tuft of fur on her head.
88	** Grandma Wu's panda form has a tuft of fur on her head.
89	** Ping's panda form has a parted tuft of fur on her head.
90	** Chen's panda form has a messy tuft of fur on her head.
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93	[[folder:Films -- Live-Action]]
94	* In ''Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit'', Roger Rabbit has a large tuft of red hair on his head that is different from the white fur over the rest of his body.
95	* The male ''Velociraptor'' leader in ''Film/JurassicPark3'' has a crest of quills on his head to distinguish him from the other raptors. Notably, this is the ''only'' time in the whole ''Jurassic Park'' franchise that the raptors have been portrayed with any sort of feathers.
96	* The page image is Stripe from ''Film/{{Gremlins}}'', whose tuft of white fur marked him as the ringleader of the evil Gremlins and as Gizmo's arch-rival.
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100	* Among the rabbits of ''Literature/WatershipDown'', Bigwig is distinguished by being TheBigGuy and by a pronounced tuft of fur atop his head, hence his name: Thlayli ("furhead") in lapine.
101	* Simba's son Kopa in ''Literature/TheLionKingSixNewAdventures'' books has a small brown mane growing in order to lessen the StrongFamilyResemblance between him and Simba as a cub.
102	* In ''Literature/TheLegendOfAllWolves'', apparently if Lorcan forgets to take out his ponytail before the change (to wolf form), it remains as "an undignified sprout of tawny fur at the top of his head."
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106	* The golden eagle on the [[UsefulNotes/{{Mexico}} Mexican]] flag has three spiky tufts of feathers on the back of its head.
107	* Creator/ChuckECheese: Helen Henny has a full head of feathers; her feathers are often seen tied into pigtails or a ponytail. In some artwork from the late 1990s/2000s, she can be seen wearing her feathered hair down.
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111	* In ''VideoGame/KingdomHearts3DDreamDropDistance'', a young Minnie has a tuft of fur when shown as the princess to the Country of the Musketeers. This is a direct reference to her design in the above-mentioned film, ''WesternAnimation/MickeyDonaldGoofyTheThreeMusketeers''. Present-time Minnie in other ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'' games doesn't have a tuft of fur.
112	* Some ''VideoGame/AnimalCrossing'' villagers, such as Molly the duck, have tufts of fur or feathers instead of hair.
113	* ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'':
114	** Tails has an AnimeHair-esque tuft on his head.
115	** Cream's mother Vanilla has a tuft of red fur on her head, where Cream's mark is. Cream herself has no tuft.
116	* As part of CharacterCustomization, players can choose to have tufts of fur on their lion's heads in as opposed to full manes or maneless heads in ''VideoGame/ImpressiveTitle''.
117	** In ''VideoGame/FeralHeart'', the tufts extend to canine or at least non-feline characters to make them stand out more.
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120	[[folder:Web Animation]]
121	* ''WebAnimation/HappyTreeFriends'': Both Lammy and Cuddles have a tuft of fur (Wool in Lammy's case) on their head.
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124	[[folder:Webcomics]]
125	* This is pretty much the standard hairstyle for all the males in ''Webcomic/{{Lackadaisy}}'', though they do have some varying degrees of how messy they are (e.g. Wick and Mordecai are well combed, whereas Rocky and Freckle have the standard unkept tufts). In contrast, all females have [[FurryFemaleMane heads full of hair]]. This is justified, though, as the comic takes place in the RoaringTwenties, when men kept their hair short.
126	* ''Webcomic/StandStillStaySilent'': One of the characters cut her previously-long hair to be very short, but left the bangs longer than the rest and let them go a little wild, resulting in them standing out. Later in the story, she acquires a bird-like form that has a tuft of feathers extremely remniscent of her bangs.
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130	* The titular chipmunks in ''Franchise/AlvinAndTheChipmunks'' traditionally have fur on their head that looks a bit like hair, though ''WesternAnimation/AlvinnnAndTheChipmunks'' gives them hair. In contrast, their {{Distaff Counterpart}}s The Chipettes have {{Furry Female Mane}}s.
131	* Harvey from ''WesternAnimation/HarveyBeaks'' has a fluff of feathers on his head that makes it clear that [[FurIsSkin he is feathered]] instead of blue skinned. His mother has a full head of hair.
132	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}}'':
133	** Rita has a tuft of grey fur. In comparison, the male Runt is the one with a full head of hair, in a different color from the rest of him.
134	** Slappy and Skippy Squirrel each have a tuft of fur on their head. The former wears a hat, so her head tuft is not usually seen.
135	** Pinky the mouse has a tuft of fur on their head whereas The Brain doesn't. In Pinky's case, the tuft makes him look funnier, while Brain's lack of tuft makes him look bald, and thus both more serious and [[BaldOfEvil more villainous]]. Billie the mouse has a large shock of fur on the top of her head.
136	** Wakko is shown to have a tuft of fur on his head when his hat is off. His older brother, Yakko, averts this. The 2020 revival, however, plays it straight [[https://pmcvariety.files.wordpress.com/2020/08/anmx_animaniacshuluaday_co_v04.jpg?w=600 with both brothers having visible tufts]] -- even when Wakko has his hat on.
137	* ''WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures:''
138	** Fifi La Fume has a large light purple tuft of fur that is styled into a curl.
139	** Babs and Buster have small ones, a matched pair.
140	** Furrball has a tuft of fur on his forehead, along with an EarNotch and a bandage on his tail to reflect that he is a stray cat.
141	** Plucky Duck has a tuft of feathers on his head.
142	** Baby Plucky similarly has a tuft of feathers on his head.
143	* ''Creator/HannaBarbera'':
144	** Boo Boo from ''WesternAnimation/YogiBear'' has this.
145	* ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'':
146	** Lola Bunny has something between this and a FurryFemaleMane. She has blonde fur on her head that is a different shade from the rest of fur but it isn't a full head of hair--because [[EarsAsHair her ears are her ponytail]].
147	** WesternAnimation/BugsBunny plays this straighter by having a simple tuft of fur on his head.
148	** WesternAnimation/DaffyDuck has a tuft of feathers on his head.
149	** Sylvester has a long thin tuft of fur on his head.
150	** Tweety has three long hairlike feathers on his head.
151	** Wile E. Coyote has a tuft of fur on his head and the Roadrunner has a very large tuft of feathers on his head.
152	** Speedy Gonzales is a light brown mouse with a black hair-like tuft of fur on his head.
153	** Taz has rather thick head fluff.
154	* ''WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse'': In the DreamSequence from "[[Recap/TheLoudHouseS3E2WhiteHareInstaGran White Hare]]", Warren, a rabbit, has a tuft on his head, whereas most other animal characters lack any sort of hair presentation.
155	* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons:'' Itchy the mouse has a simple tuft of hair on his head, and Scratchy the cat has three spiky tufts.
156	* ''WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry:''
157	** The titular cat and mouse both have a thin tuft of hair on their head.
158	* ''WesternAnimation/ShaunTheSheep'': While the rest of the sheep on the show have completely black heads, the titular Shaun has a tuft of white wool on his.
159	* Sassy Cat from ''WesternAnimation/TheGrimAdventuresOfBillyAndMandy'' is a mix of Franchise/HelloKitty and WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse. She has fluff on her head.
160	* ''WesternAnimation/ClassicDisneyShorts'':
161	** WesternAnimation/{{Goofy}} has a long, very thin tuft of hair on his head. His son, Max has a large hair-like tuft of fur on his head.
162	** Pete has a tuft of hair on his head.
163	** WesternAnimation/{{Donald\|Duck}} has a few tufts of feathers on his head, a main on on top of his head and one on the back of his head.
164	** Huey, Dewey, Louie, and Scrooge have feather tufts on their heads.
165	** Dale has a tuft of fur on his head, whereas Chip doesn't.
166	* The animated adaptation of ''[[Literature/TheBookOfTheNamed Ratha's Creature]]'' gives the protagonist, Ratha, a tuft of fur on her head. Most of the others don't have the extra head fluff.
167	* Teenage Po is depicted with a tuft of fur on his head in ''Franchise/KungFuPanda: Secrets of the Scroll''. His adult form lacks it.
168	* ''Franchise/CareBears'' usually averts this trope however the redesigns for ''WesternAnimation/CareBearsAdventuresInCareALot'' uses this. Male characters have tufts of fur on their head while female ones have their tufts supported by ribbons. The TertiarySexualCharacteristics at least meant there was no chance of ViewerGenderConfusion and AmbiguousGender like in previous series'. The tufts of fur were abandoned in the next retool, and the characters went back to their traditional styles.
169	* ''WesternAnimation/TheLionGuard'':
170	** Simba's son Kion has a small reddish mane growing in order to lessen the StrongFamilyResemblance between him and his father as a cub.
171	** In order to make them look feminine, Tiifu and Zuri have a cowlick and a fluff of fur on their head respectively.
172	** ''The Lion Guard'' has a few non-lion examples. The gorilla princes have fur on their head styled like hair and Besthe the hippo has a small spike of black fur on his head.
173	* ''WesternAnimation/ElinorWondersWhy'': Ari, a bat, has a spiky tuft as hair.
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