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[[File:Caps_7766.jpg|frame|Clockwise from top left: [[Muammar Gaddafi]], [ |
[[File:Caps_7766.jpg|frame|Clockwise from top left: [[Muammar Gaddafi]], [[wikipedia:Moon over Parador|Alphonse Simms]], [[Gaunts Ghosts|Ibram Gaunt]], and [[Street Fighter|M. Bison]].]] |
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{{quote|''It isn't the scarlet sash and the fancy hat that makes you a commissar, it's the way you wear them.''|'''[[Ciaphas Cain]]'''}} |
{{quote|''It isn't the scarlet sash and the fancy hat that makes you a commissar, it's the way you wear them.''|'''[[Ciaphas Cain]]'''}} |
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A subtrope of both [[Nice Hat]] and [[Bling of War]]. A large, high [ |
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 40000]]'', 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. |
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Sometimes, especially if the cap in question is black with silver piping, it's [[Putting On the Reich]]. |
Sometimes, especially if the cap in question is black with silver piping, it's [[Putting On the Reich]]. |
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== Webcomics == |
== Webcomics == |
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* ''[[Girl Genius]]'': Bangladesh Dupree. |
* ''[[Girl Genius]]'': Bangladesh Dupree. |
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* ''[[SSDD]]'': CORE officers are often shown wearing blue and red pointed caps (including [[Heroic Sociopath|Tessa]] in her first appearance). Anarchist "leaders" tend to prefer [ |
* ''[[SSDD]]'': CORE officers are often shown wearing blue and red pointed caps (including [[Heroic Sociopath|Tessa]] in her first appearance). Anarchist "leaders" tend to prefer [[wikipedia:Shako|Shakos]]. |
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