Share The look definitely seemed to be done by choice, given that the rest of his hair appeared to be freshly-trimmed. Rodney Trotter famously wore a clip-on ponytail to meet his girlfriend Cassandra at her flat, in scenes which were aired in 1991. Iconic: Rodney Trotter, played by Nicholas Lyndhurst, famously wore a clip-on ponytail to meet his girlfriend Cassandra at her flat, in scenes which were aired in 1991 But when she tells him she doesn't think ponytails are cool, he unclips it, but she later screams, mistaking it for a rat. During the show, Matthew said he only ever irons the fronts of his shirts when making a TV appearance as that is the only visible part.