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A subtrope of both [[Nice Hat]] and [[Bling of War]]. A large, high [[wikipedia:Peaked cap|peaked cap]] similar to those worn by [[Banana Republic]] [[Glorious Leader|dictators]]. The trope namer is ''[[Warhammer 4000040,000]]'', with [[The Political Officer|Commissars]] wearing such caps. This headgear surely makes the wearer look badass in an authoritarian sense of the word. Sometimes decorated with elaborate silver or gold designs on the visor and/or the front of the crown, nicknamed "scrambled eggs" by military folks; the stereotypical [[Banana Republic]] leader's cap has so much of these that you can barely see the colour of the actual cap underneath.

Sometimes, especially if the cap in question is black with silver piping, it's [[Putting Onon the Reich]].

* Forte in ''[[Galaxy Angel (Animeanime)|Galaxy Angel]]''.

* Chiri Kitsu in an episode of Zoku ''[[Sayonara, Zetsubou Sensei-sensei]]'', when she subjects the teachers and other students to surprise inspections in order to catch them unprepared.

* Washizaki from ''[[Riki -Oh]]'', the inspiration for Vega/M.Bison in ''[[Street Fighter]]'' in [[Video Games]].

* Russia in ''[[Axis Powers Hetalia (Manga)|Axis Powers Hetalia]]'' wears one occasionally.

* In [[Bleach]], a currently unnamed female member of {{spoiler|the Vandereich}} wears one. It's curious that she's the only [[Putting Onon the Reich|member of the group]] in possession of a cap like this.

== ComicbooksComic Books ==

* M.Bison (played by Raul Julia) wears one in ''[[Street Fighter (Filmfilm)|Street Fighter]]''. To further stress the [[Putting Onon the Reich]] aspect, the metal Shadaloo symbol on the front looks rather eerily like a mix between the Nazi "Reichsadler" and the SS "Totenkopf" motif.

* In [[Dan Abnett]]'s [[GauntsGaunt's Ghosts]] novel ''His Last Command'', when Ludd is sent to get troops to the battlefield, he loses his cap getting there -- acrossthere—across the battlefield -- andbattlefield—and their first question for him when he said he was a commissar was to ask where his hat was. (He gets them to the battlefield anyway.)

* ''[[Warhammer 4000040,000]]''

** As noted above, the Commissars. Arguably a case of [[Putting Onon the Reich]] as well, as many commissars tend to wear black hats with skulls and eagle wings prominently displayed on the front. [[Does This Remind You of Anything?]] indeed. [[Commie Nazis]] [[In Space]]! ''[[Church Militant|Catholic]]'' [[Commie Nazis]] [[In Space]]

* The Commissar's Helm in ''[[Warhammer Online]]'' can only be accessed by entering a code found in copies of ''[[Command and& Conquer]]: Red Alert 3'', making them [[Revenue Enhancing Devices]].

* Naturally, some of the Soviet Officers in the ''[[Command and& Conquer|RedAlert]]'' games wears these.

* M. Bison from ''[[Street Fighter]]'' is never seen without his hat, except in one DLC costume. To further stress the [[Putting Onon the Reich]] aspect, the metal Shadaloo symbol on the front looks rather earily like a mix between the Nazi "Reichsadler" and the SS "Totenkopf" motif. And now Cammy has one, as of her second DLC costume.

* Brocken from ''[[World Heroes (Video Game)|World Heroes]]''.

* Worn by General, Colonel, and other Repliforce soldiers in ''[[Mega Man X (Video Game)|Mega Man X4]]''. Colonel's sister Iris wore a beret. A less blatant one is worn by recurring character [[Mission Control|Signas]].

** ''[[Mega Man X Command Mission (Video Game)|Mega Man X Command Mission]]'''s Redips wears one similar to Signas. Appropriate, considering his similar post.

* Salvatore in ''[[Disgaea 3: Absence of Justice]]'' wears a black one.

* Major Rezner of the Eisengrad Army wears one in ''[[MS Saga: a New Dawn (Video Game)|MS Saga aA New Dawn]]'', along with a few other officers. It's always fun to have her finish off enemies with a Beam Pistol shot.

* Comrade Black, [[Big Bad]] of the ''[[De Blob (Video Game)|De Blob]]'' games, has one that's as tall as he is. As do all his statues and his personal mech. He is careful not to lose it, even when he's been stripped of his resources, his military, and finally his clothes.

* [[The Nostalgia Critic (Web Video)|The Nostalgia Critic]] wears one as part of his fancy uniform in the [[Kickassia (Web Video)|Kickassia]] anniversary special. {{spoiler|and at the end, when N. Bison is removed from power, [[The Nostalgia Chick (Web Video)|The Nostalgia Chick]], Linkara, and Cinema Snob all fight over who gets the hat....and hence control of [[Kickassia (Web Video)|Kickassia]]}}

* The "Banana Republic" in ''[[DuckDuckTales Tales(1987)]]'' and Thembria in ''[[Tale Spin (Animation)|Tale Spin]]'' have people wearing these hats. Baloo wears one as well, albeit a less decorated one.

* Played straight in Real Life in the 1990s with [[Russians With Rusting Rockets]] and Russian cops. Unlike [[Reds Withwith Rockets]], they have these as part of uniform. But the caps are going to be abolished soon, replaced with smaller ones in the older Soviet style. Soviet officers did often have this kinds of caps as part of the dress uniform (hence the trope name), though Soviet caps were not quite as large as modern ones.

** An overview of Soviet uniform caps may be found [http://www.undertheredstar.com/ here], showing civilian and military caps from various decades, with different designs--thedesigns—the collector's photos are widely copied for other websites.

** As of recent years, Russian military funding has risen again, and coincidentally, they have adopted smaller caps lacking the double-headed eagle of the Russian federation and look similar to Soviet caps.

** On the other hand, for much of the Cold War, large-crowned American caps were bigger than their Soviet counterparts.

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