A Van Dyck beard: a goatee with moustache A goatee is a beard formed by a tuft of hair on the chin. The goatee underwent a renaissance in the 1990s, when a close-cropped variant with an integrated moustache was popularized by the musicians, actors and sports heroes of the day. Like the beard, the goatee is most commonly seen in combination with a moustache. However, since the beginning of the 21st Century, this has begun to change and new styles have begun to emerge. Frequently, goatees are worn concomitant with either very short hair styles, or even completely shaved heads. Contents 1 Goatee styles 2 Similar facial hair styles 3 Goatees in fiction 4 See also 5 External links Goatee styles A robust chin beard. Musketeer - a small, pointed goatee with an English moustache (narrow, prominent), as worn by the French mousquetaires Van Dyck - a thick goatee and moustache with upturned ends, as worn by the 17th century Flemish painter, Sir Anthony van Dyck. In modern usage, a Van Dyck is often any moustache and goatee combination. Similar facial hair styles The royale (or impériale) is a tuft of hair under the lower lip (without a goatee, but perhaps worn with a moustache). While the royale was historically worn by French officers as a badge or adornment of military rank or status, it is not technically a goatee. It is sometimes referred to as a "bitch", "soul patch", or "nubbin". A tiered goatee A tiered goatee is a goatee that has variable lengths of hair to create a multi-levelled beard. This is used to create some sort of distinction between different sections of a beard. Chin beard - a beard formed solely by a tuft of hair on the chin (i.e. lacking accompanying mustache), in some cases resembling that of a billy goat Circle beard - a chin beard and moustache which are connected by hair on either side of the mouth to form a complete circle. Goatees in fiction In satirical fiction, the goatee is often a symbol of a character's evil twin. This may be due to historical portrayals of the devil sporting a goatee, and has been used in plot lines such as the episode Mirror, Mirror of the television series Star Trek: The Original Series, in which the character Spock had an evil alternate in the Mirror Universe who possessed a goatee. Notable parodies include: Mystery Science Theater 3000 episode Last of the Wild Horses - Mike Nelson's doppelganger who controls the movie experiment in a parallel univese has a goatee (in homage to Star Trek) South Park episode Spookyfish — Cartman's evil twin from a parallel universe looks just like him, but has a circle beard. Futurama episode Lesser of Two Evils — Bender's twin Flexo has a goatee magnet. Dinosaur Comics' Mirror Universe — Utahraptor switches places with his alternate in a "mirror world," in which everyone is evil and has a goatee. [1] The bard, Elan, in The Order of the Stick has an evil twin named Nale who bears a goatee. See also List of types of facial hair Beard Moustache Sideburns Soul patch Goatee Cap External links Goatee.org Search Term: "Goatee" Category: Facial hair