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* In high school settings, the King and Queen of the Prom (or Homecoming Queen and King) get crowns for the occasion.

 

* In ''[[Bleach]]'', Baraggan Louisenbairn has a bone-like protrusion out of his head that resembles a crown. Fitting, as prior to encountering Aizen, he was the king of Hueco Mundo. His Resurreccion form had a more normal crown on his head, made of gold and encrusted with all sorts of jewels.

 

** Queen Amidala wears plenty of ridiculous headdresses in The Phantom Menace. Which one is the formal crown is harder to say.

* In ''[[Robin Hood (2010 film)]]'', King Richard's helmet has a crown built into it.

** The elven lord Elrond sports a circlet of the "stock thin elven" type. The elven High King of old, Gil-Galad does, too.

* In the third ''[[The Elusive Avengers]] movie'', appropriately titled ''The Crown of the Russian Empire'', the titular Greater Imperial Crown of Russia was the [[MacGuffin]]. (Google it. It's one of the most awesome hoop crowns of [[Real Life]]).

* ''[[The Wheel of Time]]'' book ''A Crown of Swords'' is named after the Laurel Crown of Illian. The crown is of a laurel wreath design, but between the leaves are tiny daggers alternately pointing up and down; the intention in the design is that the wearer can never wear it comfortably, reminding him of the obligation and danger it represents. After he notices this, Rand gives the Laurel Crown its other name.

* The crown of the dragons in ''[[The Enchanted Forest Chronicles]]'' is a heavy circlet made of iron. When, after her first day as King, Kazul exhaustedly hurls it against the wall, Cimorene chides that she shouldn't treat the crown that way. Kazul responds, "Of course I should. It's expected. That's why we made it out of iron and not something soft and pliable like gold."

* In the ''[[Deryni]]'' works, there's a number of these:

** The Haldanes have the State Crown of Gwynedd, bejeweled and with intertwined gold leaves and crosses, worn at coronations and state occasions. Even Kelson wears this when duty calls for it, though he prefers a "simpler circlet of gold" like the hammered gold circlet he wears when addressing the bishops at Valoret in ''The Quest for Saint Camber''.

** Caitrin Quinnell, ''soi-disant'' Queen of Meara, has a regal crown of gold set with sapphires and rubies. This one is notably heavy; it creases Caitrin's brow (the marks are visible when she takes it off), Ithel flinches under its weight when Caitrin briefly sets it on his head, and Kelson complains of its weight after wearing it at the surrender ceremony in Laas.

** Mátyás brings a crown from Torenth's treasury when he comes to Rhemuth to escort Liam-Lajos back for his investiture: "a handsome circlet of beaten gold, nearly the width of a man's three fingers, set round with smoky balas rubies, baroque pearls, and chunky rough-polished emeralds the size of a man's thumbnail." Liam receives a newer traditional Torenthi crown at the ceremony: "a golden diadem studded with rubies and emeralds and pearls, with great jeweled pendants hanging just short of his shoulders at either side.".

* In the ''[[Elenium]]'', the sapphire rose [[Cosmic Keystone|Bhelliom]] once adorned the Crown of Thalasia, until the loss of both crown and the king who wore it in circumstances [[Shout-Out|very similar]] to [[The Lord of the Rings|Isildur's loss of the One Ring]].

* The True Crown in ''[[Septimus Heap]]''. Made from the gold of the spiders of Aurum, it was withold by Queen Etheldredda from her daughter Esmeralda and only taken back by Princess Jenna five hundred years later.

* In the ''[[Harry Potter]]'' series, the Diadem of Ravenclaw is decorated with an eagle motif and the inscription "wit beyond measure is man's greatest treasure". It's said to [[Putting on My Thinking Cap|bestow wisdom on the wearer]]. Sadly, it's been lost for centuries, and {{spoiler|has been turned into a Horcrux by Voldemort}}.

 

* In ''[[The Big Bang Theory]]'', Sheldon and Amy have a fight, and Sheldon [[Distracted by the Luxury|gives Amy jewelry as an apology]]. Amy is chewing Sheldon out for such a shallow gesture, until she sees it's a tiara. She goes into [[Princess Phase]] mode and kisses Sheldon in delight.

* The Corona Aurora of ''[[Power Rangers Operation Overdrive]]''. It and its five scattered jewels serve as the [[MacGuffin]]s that everyone's after, granting incredible power if they're reunited.

* ''[[Fantasy Quest]]'' presents you with the Crown of Destiny, which grants you access to a sword you need.

 

* ''[[Exiern]]'' King Urtica has the circlet (emblazoned with a stylised sun) style of crown, which is in keeping with his status as a hard-working (albeit in a [[Magnificent Bastard]] cum [[Chessmaster]] kind of way) monarch.

 

== [[Western Animation]] ==

* All fairies on ''[[Fairly Oddparents]]'' wear "floaty crowny things".

* The Fire Lord and his family of the Fire Nation in ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'' all have a hair ornaments that stand in as crowns.

* The King of Town from ''[[Homestar Runner]]'' appears to be wearing a paper crown he bought at Burger King, according to Strong Bad.

* [[The Starscream|Starscream]] wore one of these in ''[[Transformers: The Movie]]'' just right before being melted by Galvatron.

 

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