I know it's a cartoon and all...

[bna_rapunzel]

But Merida's hair from Brave makes me so happy!!!
i have the length for it... If only, ya know, my hair were fire red and curly. It's blonde and stick straight, but hey, a girl can fantasize! Gosh Disney hair is always so amazing! Yeah yeah, I know it's not real.. Lol

[longNred]

LOL, we just rented Ponyo again (my DS loves it) and again was in awe of Granmamare.

[kitschy]

My 3 year old granddaughter loves Brave. She has a bow, she has the doll, and she wants me to watch the movie with her constantly. When we watch the movie, she makes me take my wild, long curly hair out of bun or braid.

This makes me very, very happy!

[Naiadryade]

I haven't seen that movie, but I can totally relate to admiring cartoon hair. I really want hair like Katara from Avatar: the Last Airbender! Especially in season 3 when she wears it down a lot... I'm a huge geek for this show, I've rewatched it a bunch of times. The most recent time, I just kept staring at her hair in envy!

http://i50.tinypic.com/ixsbvm.png

Anyone else want to share pictures of cartoon hair they admire?

[Vrindi]

I saw Brave on my birthday last summer. When I came out of the theater, there were two little girls dressed up as Merida. I flipped! They were so cute!

I read that pixar had to write a computer program specifically for her hair, so that each curl moved independently of the others but with Merida's movements. I knew a girl with hair like hers when I was a kid, and always wanted mine to be like it!

Other cartoons: Sailor Moon. Not sorry, not even gonna lie about it ;P

[ravenreed]

AWWW! What an absolutely precious moment together.

I have a not-so-secret yearning for curly hair. When I met a half-sister for the first time, she had long-ish curly hair and I was soooo envious. When I told her that I had always wanted curly hair growing up, she told me she had always wanted straight hair. Ah well, the grass is always greener!


My 3 year old granddaughter loves Brave. She has a bow, she has the doll, and she wants me to watch the movie with her constantly. When we watch the movie, she makes me take my wild, long curly hair out of bun or braid.

This makes me very, very happy!

[Naiadryade]

Other cartoons: Sailor Moon. Not sorry, not even gonna lie about it ;P

OMG yes! Thinking back on it, this was probably one of the most inspirational shows for making me want long hair as a kid.

[Sharysa]

Yay, Avatar! I love the huge variety of Asian hair on ATLA. So many people are only familiar with East Asians that have smooth, glossy hair, and being Filipino with hair much more like Katara's, it's nice to see someone I don't have to straighten my hair to look like.

[jacqueline101]

I like Jasmine from Aladin.

[Naiadryade]

Yay, Avatar! I love the huge variety of Asian hair on ATLA. So many people are only familiar with East Asians that have smooth, glossy hair, and being Filipino with hair much more like Katara's, it's nice to see someone I don't have to straighten my hair to look like.

I always thought Katara--and the whole of the Southern and Northern Water Tribes--were depicted as basically Inuit/arctic people. Of course, even North American arctic peoples are descended from Asian lineage, so your point still remains. The racial and cultural diversity is one of the awesome things about that show... too bad the movie is such an insult!

[Lyv]

I think my cartoon hair love would be Thumbelina. The second I saw that movie I was sure that someday I'd have long gorgeous hair and live in the Vale of the Fairies. I've yet to have either dream come true haha!

[chen bao jun]

I think it's actually more realistic to admire cartoon hair than to admire like, the Kardashians and their hair weaves as if THAT were realistic.
I have a soft spot for Princess Jasmine myself. I not only like her, I've always loved that blue she dresses in. Unfortunately, it looks really bad on me, in spite of my very similar skin tone.

[browneyedsusan]

My 3 year old granddaughter loves Brave. She has a bow, she has the doll, and she wants me to watch the movie with her constantly. When we watch the movie, she makes me take my wild, long curly hair out of bun or braid.

This makes me very, very happy!

Awwww.
That is just adorable. I'm all warm and fuzzy now!

[spirals]

Me, too. Kitschy does have awesome hair.

[Sharysa]

Seconding Jasmine!


I always thought Katara--and the whole of the Southern and Northern Water Tribes--were depicted as basically Inuit/arctic people. Of course, even North American arctic peoples are descended from Asian lineage, so your point still remains. The racial and cultural diversity is one of the awesome things about that show... too bad the movie is such an insult!

They were, but knowing the EXTREMELY small pool of minority characters in the media, we can't exactly be picky about things like nationality. :P

[teal]

I like Jasmine from Aladin.

This was one of the first cartoon hair crushes for me!

[Green Eyes]

Mines personally was Ariel from the little mermaid!!! I so wanted red hair n boxed dyed my own n am now paying for it lol

[Lyv]

Mines personally was Ariel from the little mermaid!!! I so wanted red hair n boxed dyed my own n am now paying for it lol
I would have given anything to have Ariel red hair! My cousin is a natural red head and I was so jealous and then I became a faux box redhead too (probably not the best hair decision lol)

[AnnaJamila]

I always liked Thumbalina, though not necessarily the colour. It's ironic- I never liked Jasmine's hair (the poofiness at the sides of her face and that weird swirly thing going on at the tip of the pony) even though I've heard that you're supposed to like the disney princess with your colouring/ethnicity the best.

[Loveisaverb]

I love Merida's hair and how bouncy and curly it is! It really shows how much effort they put into her hair and how its animated.
I wonder how long it would be if it were straightened?

[Kaya]

Another Katara and hardcore Avatar fan here! Heck, I even cosplay her! :D I love her hair in all of the books, though I'm very partial to her Fire Nation style. I just wish mine was as thick and long as hers! Ooo, and Asami from Legend of Korra has some pretty lovely hair too.

[ghost]

Other cartoons: Sailor Moon. Not sorry, not even gonna lie about it ;P

Sailor Moon was a major influence in my wanting to grow long hair :) Mars was always my favorite!

[USAGl]

http://img-cache.cdn.gaiaonline.com/bbb0fe05fd429f24e21e666bcd0c4000/http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l6/shelima84/emoticonx/thcinnamonroll.gif


http://i1102.photobucket.com/albums/g458/tank_grrrl/dividers/divider3.gif
Sailor Moon was also the reason for me. C:
We had great childhoods.
http://img-cache.cdn.gaiaonline.com/c934bf22ba6519d21307919f584e53b6/http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b147/guildwork/Kawaii%20Corner/bunny.gif

[ArienEllariel]

Definitely Sailor Moon. I always LOVED her hair. And pretty much all the long haired Disney princesses.

[Mandie]

I met a woman the other day with Merida-curly hair. Like, DEAD on. Just a different colour. I went "your hair is amazing!" before I could realize it might be a bit rude.

I used to gaze at Jasmine and Sailor Venus' hair with great envy.

[MaryO]

I loved the movie as well and that HAIR! Also really enjoyed the fact that it is empowering to young girls. :-)

[Kittykins]

For me it is Merida, Rapunzel, avatar and fruits basket.

[LadyCelestina]

I watched a bit of the film just to look at Meridas hair,but I liked her moms hair better :) It looked very realistic and beautiful at the end of the film.

[FireFromWithin]

I loved merida's hair in the film. My boyfriend went with me and asked if I could have hair like that (which beats him saying it would look better shoulder length), I had to tell him it just wasn't possible. I wish it was but my slightly wavy, very blonde hair will likely never be that curly and since I have no red at all anywhere in my hair colour or complexion (I'm very very neutral) I don't think the red would suit me much either. lol.
I liked avatar, and the styles are very cool but again not possible for me. Maybe in a few more years my hair will be long enough for disney princess hair...

[didrash]

Actually, I was drooling over Merida's mother's hair - almost to the floor, thick, and with very cure gray streaks. Looked more natural to me than Merida's.

[Feles]

Thumbelina, Rapunzel, Ariel, Pocahontas.. <3

[rowie]

Yay, Avatar! I love the huge variety of Asian hair on ATLA. So many people are only familiar with East Asians that have smooth, glossy hair, and being Filipino with hair much more like Katara's, it's nice to see someone I don't have to straighten my hair to look like.

Right!! But at least I have you to look at so that I appreciate my waves. Why do we have to fall into this stigmatization that all Asian people should have straight hair. ughhhh it makes it hard on me because it seems like they do and i'm just in a minority with a mix background even though I consider myself to be more Asian.

[SGBSteve]

Another Avatar fan here. I love that show so much and if I were Aang I would totally have a crush on Katara too. But hey, don't forget about Ty Lee and her long ponytail:

http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20120801060243/avatar/images/4/44/Suki_and_Ty_Lee_battle.png

But for me being a guy, I was always envious of Fire Lord Ozai's long black hair. Especially in the final battle. And that goatee of his is just godly!! Not to mention he has Mark Hamill (Luke Skywalker) doing his voice which is soooooo sinister sounding. He is just badass all around!

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Z4hGY_jElJk/TezyDbaDeuI/AAAAAAAAAFQ/NamDY14l9GM/s1600/Ozai1.jpg

[Sharysa]

Aww, thanks, Rowie.

Also, DEFINITELY seconding the part about Elinor's hair. That's a huge incentive to grow my hair out to classic length.

[SGBSteve]

Oh and I know this is a cartoon thread but can we mention video game characters too? Cuz Sephiroth from Final Fantasy 7 has the ultimate hair!

http://i31.tinypic.com/oirat5.jpg

What is it with villains and getting all the sweet hairstyles?

[rowie]

Another Katara and hardcore Avatar fan here! Heck, I even cosplay her! :D I love her hair in all of the books, though I'm very partial to her Fire Nation style. I just wish mine was as thick and long as hers! Ooo, and Asami from Legend of Korra has some pretty lovely hair too.

I'm in for the classic anime hair like Bisojou Senshi's Sailor Mars or Rei's classic length hair, although I love Sailor Neptunes aqua green wavy hair!

http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lraukxir7R1qletjv.bmp

http://i412.photobucket.com/albums/pp205/Ushio-dono/Sailor%20Moon/Sailor_Neptune.jpg

And if I were ever going to cut my hair short, I would get my hair straightend and rock Lind's hairstyle in "Ah! my goddess."

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j277/shyboyfriend/2fed511c2bec35c7375030bb79ab8c5b_zps0951b709.jpg

[faery_braids]

Merida's hair is amazing. x3

Pocahontas was my hair idol when I was little. When I asked my mom to cut it the first thing she said was "You don't want to have it be like Pocahontas' anymore?" It almost stopped me... Almost. Now I regret cutting it to BSL, but back then it made sense to me. *sigh* For a little bit when I was a mite older I was tempted by characters like Sailor Venus to grow it out again. Now I just envy characters like Sephiroth and those aforementioned.

[Naiadryade]

Another Avatar fan here. I love that show so much and if I were Aang I would totally have a crush on Katara too. But hey, don't forget about Ty Lee and her long ponytail:

But for me being a guy, I was always envious of Fire Lord Ozai's long black hair. Especially in the final battle. And that goatee of his is just godly!! Not to mention he has Mark Hamill (Luke Skywalker) doing his voice which is soooooo sinister sounding. He is just badass all around!

I'm feeling a little bit afraid of you now, lol! :demon:

[SGBSteve]

Hey I can't help it if villains have all the cool hairstyles...

I know there are heroes out there who have cool hair too but villains ALWAYS have cool hair. Its like having cool hair is a prerequisite to being a bad guy.

[SchnauzerMom]

I loved her hair too. I wish mine was even half that thick.

[whylime13]

When I first saw Merida's hair I thought "That is the hair I dreamed about as a little girl!" My hair is fairly red, but I always wanted it redder and big big big. But since she didn't exist back then I had my eye on hair like the Little Mermaid or Rogue from the X-men

Edit: When this posted I saw my 'dream hair' picture down in my sig. LOL I haven't changed much have I :o

[Vrindi]

http://www.watchcartoononline.com/thumbs/Sailor-Moon-Episode-30-English-Dubbed.jpg

[Tabihito]

http://www.absoluteanime.com/howls_moving_castle/sophie.jpg
http://albums.mouseplanet.com/MPPromotional/howl2.jpg

Honestly... I'd be overjoyed to have Sophie's hair. Lovely thick, near-taper-less braid, and gorgeous even grey? Yes, please.

[Sharysa]

Howl's moving castle. Heaaaaaaaart.

[Kayla Nyx]

Re-watching Pocahontas actually inspired me to grow my hair out long.. i wanted it feel it blow around me like her in the movie :crush:

[Dovetail]

I always wanted hair like Megan from MLP http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lfx07qiQbp1qeuz19o1_500.png :cool: and now, I'm almost there!!

[woolyleprechaun]

This thread makes me happy inside. All of a sudden, it seems fine to admit that the hair loving part of me probably never grew up :P
Merida's hair is stunning, perhaps classic or more if it were straightened? I feel mad for even wondering.... Her mothers was much better, IMO. It looked very believable :)

[gillybeanxo3921]

http://s12.postimage.org/b3gohi5cp/enchantix_wallpaper_the_winx_club_31894721_550_3.j pg (http://postimage.org/image/b3gohi5cp/)

[natnatsmama]

I loved her mom's hair. Especially at the end when she left it free flowing! I have dark straight hair so I am also a fan of Pocahontas:D

[Tabihito]

Howl's moving castle. Heaaaaaaaart.
I've seen that movie so many times, and only just found out that Howl's voice actor is Christian Bale. Howl is Batman. And Calcifer is the guy from Princess Bride who repeatedly says "Inconceivable!" Also Mike Wazowski.

Lesson learned: I need to pay attention to the credits more often.

[Sharysa]

YEEEEEES. Howl is Batman!

I couldn't see a picture of Christian Bale for weeks without hearing Howl go "MY HAAAAAAAAAAIR!"

[tigereye]

Sam from Totally Spies
http://i436.photobucket.com/albums/qq81/lost-kitty/Mmm08_zps1cbaf80a.jpg
I also remember she used to rock buns and braids in many of the old episodes

[Greenhousegirl]

I really like Balsa's simple hair style from Moribito, though it seems to change lengths each episode. some times its bsl and others it's more like waist length. It's been a while since i've seen the anime so i dont remember if the artists were gradually making her hair longer over time. My hair is not whispy and straight like hers :(
http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSQ2INiECVjVoExLiJULn3ieZwVi63ZC je4oOsWJHdoUDaQBv_6
I am envious that she can get her hair into one of those hair clip things. my hair is too long and heavy for those anymore.

[rowie]

I really like Balsa's simple hair style from Moribito, though it seems to change lengths each episode. some times its bsl and others it's more like waist length. It's been a while since i've seen the anime so i dont remember if the artists were gradually making her hair longer over time. My hair is not whispy and straight like hers :(
http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSQ2INiECVjVoExLiJULn3ieZwVi63ZC je4oOsWJHdoUDaQBv_6
I am envious that she can get her hair into one of those hair clip things. my hair is too long and heavy for those anymore.

LOL I guess you'd have to have thin type hair to get into those hair clip things. :D

[thisisnttakenye]

Even though this has kind of moved into other cartoon hair envy :) apparently it took a group of animators working specifically on merida's hair roughly 3 years to get it the way they wanted it to be.

[Sharysa]

I imagine it would take that long.

[spirals]

I can't think of any characters. All my inspirations are people I've known.

[pixietail]

Re-watching Pocahontas actually inspired me to grow my hair out long.. i wanted it feel it blow around me like her in the movie :crush:

Coming to this thread kind of late here, but I always wanted hair like the ponies LOL! I remember being especially jealous of the brush'n'grow ponies because they could grow their hair so fast.

Also, did anyone else watch Lady Lovely Locks ? It always bummed me out that the black haired one had to be the evil girl, but I still enjoyed the art style.

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_29icqCcBGy8/TNNfo0m9VlI/AAAAAAAABJQ/S-1oExmz77c/s400/gallery40.preview.jpg http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_29icqCcBGy8/TNNhOCv3S_I/AAAAAAAABJY/gUNVP4CSUIk/s400/gallery27.jpg

And Duchess Ravenwaves, who's hair was my object of envy:

http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m21bd3Ozxg1qkziwvo1_400.jpg

[Tomoyo]

http://www.freewebs.com/cardcaptors_heaven/Madison.jpg

Tomoyo-chan ^_^

[Dovetail]

Oh guys, I totally forgot about this cartoon (movie)

http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m17l1uDd2d1qjq6xpo1_500.gif

I saw a picture the other day, and remembered wishing for MONTHS that my hair could be that long and I could be a fairy princess...

(sorry for using a gif, I just like the way her hair wooshes around)

[~honeyflower~]

Oh guys, I totally forgot about this cartoon (movie)

http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m17l1uDd2d1qjq6xpo1_500.gif

I saw a picture the other day, and remembered wishing for MONTHS that my hair could be that long and I could be a fairy princess...

(sorry for using a gif, I just like the way her hair wooshes around)

I remember watching this part when I was probably four years old? I really liked the movie and wanted my mom to buy it for me so I could watch it again, but my mom got the wrong Thumbelina movie and just recently I finally found it on youtube. Still good as I remembered it!

[Becky9679]

Don't we have a member here who pretty much has exactly Merida's hair (cough, cough, Gru, cough)? :p

I'm not much for Disney I love Alucard's hair from Hellsing. Most of the time it looks quite short, but the more badass he gets the longer it becomes. I guess that's the villain thing SGBSteve was talking about....

http://konachan.com/image/2c510bde07553cffbe5a62b81e772af9/Konachan.com%20-%20116505%20alucard%20animal%20black_hair%20clarit yblue%20gloves%20gun%20hellsing%20long_hair%20moon %20red_eyes%20weapon%20wings.jpg