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[[File:cit_shakugan_no_shana_-_Hecate_has_a_nice_hat.jpg|frame|link=Shakugan no Shana|''[[Person of Mass Destruction|Clearly]]'' not a hat to be trifled with.]]
To show that you mean [[Serious Business|business]], it's important to have ''style''. Enter: the ''nice hat''. It may actually have utility -- even [[Hat of Power|conveying special powers]] -- but more often than not [[Rule of Cool|it just looks cool]], or [[You Can Leave Your Hat On|even sexy]].
A discerning hero/villain just can't be seen without their Nice Hat! [[Hat Damage|Harming the nice hat]] may be akin to [[Kick the Dog|kicking the dog]], with [[Berserk Button|disastrous results]].
Fedoras are the most common [[Nice Hat]], probably because they inherently invoke 1920s-era [[Gangsterland]] and [[Film Noir]] we all know and love. Wizards have [[Robe and Wizard Hat|their own style]] to worry about. [[Commissar Cap]] is also a common enough version of this to have its own sub trope. The crowns of the ancient Egyptian pharaohs (since [[Awesome Moment of Crowning|crowns]] are always cool) make this [[Older Than Dirt]]. In fact, the [[Cool Crown]] as [[Requisite Royal Regalia]] always overlaps with this trope.
One reason that hats are so common in [[Action Adventure Tropes|Action/Adventure]] films and series is that they can obscure the face of the character so the viewer can't tell when the hero is being played by a stunt double.
Despite the name, this doesn't just cover hats, but most kinds of headgear, as long as [[Rule of Cool|it's cool]]. Particularly memorable hats may end up as part of a [[Memetic Outfit]].
Often they make a [[Useless Accessory]], but they sometimes have uses, like making a good [[Improvised Weapon]].
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[[Category:Tropes of Legend]]
[[Category:Cranium Coverings]]
[[Category:Older Than Dirt]]
[[Category:Costume Tropes]]
[[Category:Nice Hat]]
[[Category:Nineteen, Twenty-One]]
[[Category:The Utterly and Completely Definitive Guide to Cool]]
[[Category:Index Index]]
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