| rdfs:comment | - User can make their hair move and use it to hold/manipulate objects like a limb, to attack opponents, etc.
- Sometimes people have a hairdo so big it seems like it has a mind of its own, and moves on its own accord. And then there are the people who have the ability to make it move. Characters with superpowers that allow their mullets to become murderous. To allow their ponytails to pummel. To allow their pigtails to pick fights. To allow their braids to barrage. To allow their... OK, I'll stop now. A subtrope of You Fail Biology Forever, as hair is, by definition, a filamentous outgrowth of dead cells from the skin. However, there are acceptable justifications. Examples of Prehensile Hair include:
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| abstract | - User can make their hair move and use it to hold/manipulate objects like a limb, to attack opponents, etc.
- Sometimes people have a hairdo so big it seems like it has a mind of its own, and moves on its own accord. And then there are the people who have the ability to make it move. Characters with superpowers that allow their mullets to become murderous. To allow their ponytails to pummel. To allow their pigtails to pick fights. To allow their braids to barrage. To allow their... OK, I'll stop now. Depending on the sense of realism (or lack thereof) the show or comic expresses, this can act as a Green Lantern Ring, with characters able to form everything from extra arms, to mallets, to chainsaws with just a flick of their hair. Required Secondary Powers are necessary if the hair can support more weight than the wielder's scalp and neck. A subtrope of You Fail Biology Forever, as hair is, by definition, a filamentous outgrowth of dead cells from the skin. However, there are acceptable justifications. Compare Expressive Hair, which is when a coif is more inclined to telegraph emotions than to strangle random passersby -- although there can be considerable overlap between the two. Even when this type of animate hair isn't in motion, it tends to look like its inanimate cousin Messy Hair. See also Feather Fingers, Helicopter Hair. Examples of Prehensile Hair include:
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