A pimped out hat.
"...Not your style?"
— Cappy, Super Mario Odyssey
See also Meaningful Appearance, the umbrella trope for when the character's looks say something about the character. Contrast These Tropes Are Made for Walking (if you count feet as opposite of the head).
Not to be confused with the Planet of Hats trope and its children, which is about speculative fiction cultures each having one major thing ("hat") they're known for.
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- All Asians Wear Conical Straw Hats
- Animal-Eared Headband
- Artsy Beret: Popular headgear for artists, especially painters.
- Badasses Wear Bandanas: Technically not a hat, but popular headgear.
- Black Cap of Death
- Broken Faceplate
- Bucket Helmet
- Coat, Hat, Mask
- Collapsible Helmet
- Commissar Cap: Beloved of military and dictatorial types.
- Concealed Customization
- Cool Crown
- Cool Helmet
- Cranial Plate Ability: When a character acquires new abilities thanks to a steel piece implanted (accidentally or via surgery) in their head.
- Crown of Horns
- Crown of Power
- Dashingly Dapper Derby: This hat tends to indicate a dandy.
- Dastardly Dapper Derby: For a villain with flair.
- Dead Hat Shot: A shot of someone's discarded hat is shown to confirm that the person has died.
- Dunce Cap: A student is punished for misbehaving and/or getting an answer wrong by sitting in the corner and wearing a pointy cap.
- Eye-Obscuring Hat: A character wears a hat that covers up their eyes.
- Fedora of Asskicking: A character wears a fedora as a sign of badassery.
- Fishbowl Helmet
- Gas Mask Mooks
- Happy Harlequin Hat: The iconic jester hat.
- Hat Damage
- The Hat Makes the Man
- Hat of Authority: You can tell certain characters are in charge by the grandiose or big hat (or alternative headgear) they wear.
- Hat of Flight: A hat granting the power of flight.
- Hat of Power: A hat that grants the wearer super powers.
- Hats Off to the Dead
- Headgear Headstone
- Head Hat: The act of wearing your freshly killed opponent's head on your own. Generally not very nice, although much more acceptable with animal skulls or pelts.
- Headphones Equal Isolation: A character wearing headphones pays no attention to the world around them.
- Helmets Are Hardly Heroic: Warriors in visual media not wearing helmets so that the audience can clearly see the characters' faces.
- The Hilarity of Hats: Hats as a source of comedy.
- Horns of Barbarism
- Hyperspace Holmes Hat
- Important Hair Accessory (can include hats)
- In the Hood: A character wears a hood.
- Lampshade Wearing: A character wears a lampshade on their head.
- Living Hat: Bringing new meaning to Head Pet.
- Martial Beret: A hat for soldiers meant to serve as part of uniform, as a statement of their skills and/or leadership role.
- Mortarboard of Intelligence
- Necktie Headband
- Never Bareheaded: A character who wears a hat is never seen without it on.
- Nobility Hennin
- Please Keep Your Hat On: It's revealed that a character wears a hat, mask, helmet or other kind of headgear to hide an embarrassing hairdo, baldness or a deformity.
- Press Hat: A notable occupational headgear.
- Propeller Hat of Whimsy: Propeller hats as a visual shorthand for whimsical and/or youthful people.
- Pull a Rabbit out of My Hat
- Rage Helm
- Requisite Royal Regalia (the crowns)
- Robe and Wizard Hat: Pointy magical hats worn by mages, whether a wizard or a witch.
- Signature Headgear: Distinctive headgear that hints at a character's personality.
- Sombrero Equals Mexican
- Stealth Clothes
- Stylish Sunhats: A wide-brimmed hat often worn by The Fashionista.
- Tinfoil Hat: A paranoiac wears tinfoil on their head so no one can read their mind.
- Tomboyish Baseball Cap: A girl wears a baseball cap to show she's a Tomboy.
- Tutti Frutti Hat: A character wears a fruit hat, with the style popularized by Carmen Miranda.
- Weaponized Headgear: Hats that are used as weapons.
- Wearing a Flag on Your Head: A bandana with extra patriotism.
