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[[File:purplehazehelmet_9551.png|link=Jo Jo's Bizarre Adventure (Manga)|right|Cool Helmet [[X Meets Y|meets]] [[Rule of Creepy]]]
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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* ''[[Jo Jo's Bizarre Adventure (Manga)|Jo Jos Bizarre Adventure]]'' has some cool helmets, such as [[Poisonous Person|Purple Haze's]] (pictured above) in Part 5, and D&G's in Part 6 (which [[Action Girl|Jolyne]] thinks makes him look like a knight).
* The Berserker Armor from ''[[Berserk (Manga)|Berserk]]'' has a cool helmet in the shape of a hellhound that only appears when Guts is in an uncontrollable fury ... Basically, see Guts' face; you may be ok. See the Helmet; you are going to die.
* In [[Super Robot Genre]] shows, wearing a Cool Helmet is just so common like a [[Latex Space Suit]]. It is justified, since the pilot can easily get his head hit. It is averted in some shows like ''[[Kotetsu Jeeg]]'' (where [[The Hero|Hiroshi]] transforms into the Humongous Mecha and therefore he does not needs helmet) or ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion (Anime)|Neon Genesis Evangelion]]'', where the pilots wear hair clips provide a neural interface. Some straight examples:
** Kouji Kabuto from ''[[Mazinger Z]]'' (and [[Tsundere|Sayaka]] [[Action Girl|Yumi]]). He began wearing it along his [[Latex Space Suit]] after his first battles because his head got hit several times. It must be mentioned "Kabuto" is Japanese for "helmet" (which references the pilot commanded the mecha from a cockpit located in the head -which was unheard of until that series- AND Kouji is Mazinger Z's real mind)
** Tetsuya Tsurugi and Jun Hono from ''[[Great Mazinger]]''.
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** Kenichi Go and his [[Five-Man Band]] from ''[[Voltes V]]''.
** Kazuya Ryuuzaki from ''[[Daimos]]''.
* Char Aznable from ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam (Anime)|Mobile Suit Gundam]]'' and many of [[Char Clone|Char Clones]] (such as [[Mobile Suit Gundam Wing (Anime)|Zechs Marquise]] and [[Mobile Suit Gundam F 91F91|Iron Mask]]) wear these. And, for that matter, almost all noteworthy Gundams have that iconic "V crest, vulcan head cannons, and protruding mouthpiece."
* Viral's first Gunman in ''[[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann (Anime)|Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann]]'' had a crest. So did Gurren Lagann itself ... the same crest, in fact. They tore it off Viral's gunman.
* Celty's helmet in ''[[Durarara (Light Novel)|Durarara]]'', notable for having two crests that are shaped to look like cat ears.
* [[Speed Racer (Anime)|Speed Racer]] has a cool racing helmet.
* The racers of ''[[Future GPX Cyber Formula (Anime)|Future GPX Cyber Formula]]'' have cool-looking racing helmets.
 
 
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* Jack Kirby had loads of fun with this trope when he was drawing issues of ''[[The Mighty Thor]]''.
** Thor now noticeably only wears his when fighting, whereas he and other Asgardians used to wear them more often. Loki almost never takes his off.
** Thor and Loki, naturally, have the most recognizable, even if both's finer details are [[Depending Onon the Artist]]
*** [[What Do You Mean Its Not Symbolic]]: After his reincarnation as Kid!Loki, Loki's gold headband doesn't have his horns, but a little V that looks like them (the V is also on his tunic). The headband also has little wings over his ears--like the the ones on Thor's helmet. Commentary on how he could still be good, perhaps?
* ''[[X-Men]]'': [[Magneto]]'s helmet
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== [[Film]] - Live Action ==
* ''[[Star Wars]]'' has several iconic helmets, including Darth Vader's and Boba Fett's.
** Spoofed in ''[[Spaceballs (Film)|Spaceballs]]''.
* The iconic camo helmet from ''[[Full Metal Jacket]]'' might qualify. With "Born to Kill" and a peace sign on it, and bullets in the strap.
* In various fantastic forms [[Spikes of Villainy]] crest the helmets of [[The Teutonic Knights]] in [[Sergei Eisenstein]]'s ''[[Alexander Nevsky]]''.
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** [http://www.historyguy.com/worldbiography/general_patton.jpg This one?]
* [[Sean Connery|King Agamemnon]] in ''[[Time Bandits]]'' sports an ''awesome'' <s>Spartan</s> Mycenaean helmet.
* ''[[The Rocketeer (Filmfilm)|The Rocketeer]]'' has a very distinctive helmet.
* ''The Last Border'' has [[Big Bad|Duke]] and his eagle helmet.
* The Kurgan's improvised helmet in ''[[Highlander (Film)|Highlander]]'', made from an animal skull of some kind, with the skin still on.
* [[Lord of the Rings|Sauron's]] helmet in the live action films resembles a [http://desmond.imageshack.us/Himg717/scaled.php?server=717&filename=sauron2.jpg&res=medium metallic horse skull with giant spikes].
 
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* Pilots in the ''[[X Wing Series]]'', and indeed in the rest of the [[Star Wars Expanded Universe]], have relatively plain helmets -- still, they can paint them. Wedge Antilles has a particular pattern on his which comes up in ''Starfighters of Adumar''.
* Almost every character in the medieval epic ''Orlando innamorato'' has some sort of cool helmet; the audience is [[As You Know|constantly reminded]] of how Rinaldo got his.
* In [[JRRJ. TolkienR. (Creator)R. Tolkien|JRR Tolkien]]'s legendarium there are many cool helmets. Turin had the Dragon-Helm of Dor-Lomin, which had a crest in the shape of a dragon, Tuor has the winged helm left by Turgon in Vinyamar, and the kings of Gondor have the helm Isildur wore during the Last Alliance.
* In battle, [[The Elric Saga|the emperor of Melniboné]] wears "a black helm, with a dragon's head craning over the peak, and dragon's wings flaring backward above it, and a dragon's tail curling down the back". But because he's also a sorcerer, some of the [[Comic Book Adaptation|comic artists]] gave him a silly [[Robe and Wizard Hat|pointy hat]] instead.
 
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== [[Music]] ==
* [[Professor Elemental]]'s pith helmet.
* [[Daft Punk (Music)|Daft Punk]]'s helmets.
 
 
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== [[Tabletop Games]] ==
* ''[[Warhammer 40 K40000]]'':
** The iconic [[Space Marine]] helmets, and the less-iconic Corvus-pattern ("[[Fan Nickname|beakie]]" helmets.
** Orks wear German-inspired helmets, mostly Stahlhelm (WWII) and Pickelhaub (WWI).
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== [[Theater]] ==
* This is a typical [[Flanderization]] of operas, with [[Horny Vikings|Vikings wearing horns]] of various animals on their helmets. (In [[Real Life]], viking helmets were not so adorned.) This is most likely derived from Carl Emil Döpler's costume designs for the 1876 Bayreuth production of [[Richard Wagner]]'s ''[[Der Ring Des Nibelungen|Der Ring des Nibelungen]]''. Such costumes are rarely used anymore, even for the ''Ring'', let alone any other opera.
 
 
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== Video Games ==
* ''[[Mega Man (Videovideo Gamegame)|Mega Man]]'': several iconic helmets, most memorably for the eponymous hero Mega Man, his brother Proto Man, and [[The Rival]] Bass in the classic series, and X and Zero in the ''[[Mega Man X (Video Game)|Mega Man X]]'' and ''[[Mega Man Zero (Video Game)|Mega Man Zero]]'' series. And of course, the [[Star Wars|Boba Fett]] [[Expy]] himself, Vile/Vava.
* The eponymous ''[[Viewtiful Joe]]'' has a V-crest on his helmet, and may have been inspired by Quick Man from ''[[Mega Man 2 (Video Game)|Mega Man 2]]''.
* The Masked Man from ''[[Mother 3 (Video Game)|Mother 3]]''
* ''[[Pokémon Black and White (Video Game)|Pokémon Black and White]]'': Samurott uses a shell as its helmet.
* Variations of this are available as [[And Your Reward Is Clothes|costume options]] in ''[[City of Heroes]]''.
* In addition to the numerous [[Tin Tyrant|Tin Tyrants]] featured in ''[[Dissidia Final Fantasy]]'', we also have the [[Final Fantasy I (Video Game)|Warrior of Light]] with his ''very'' nice helmet with big pointy horns coming out the top, and [[Final Fantasy III (Video Game)|The Onion Knight]] with his helm with some impressive plumage.
** Gabranth's [[Super Mode|EX Mode]] is to just don his helmet and separate his Dual Weapon into two smaller weapons. His game profile actually specifically states that the helmet isn't just an aesthetic change, it really is the source of his power.
* ''[[Persona 3]]'': the history teacher wears a samurai helmet in class. One sidequest requires the MC to obtain another of his helmets from him.
* ''[[Monster Rancher Evo]]'': Gaufre ''never'' removes his. Turns out {{spoiler|it's a custom of his village to not show your face to non-family.}}
* The Spartan helmets from the ''[[Halo]]'' series.
* Isaac's RIGs in the ''[[Dead Space (Franchiseseries)|Dead Space]]'' series have very distinctive helmets. They're iconic enough that the cover of the second installment simply featured the RIG's face shield.
* ''[[Covert Front]]'' takes place during the time when [[Imperial Germany]] was around, so there are plenty of Pickelhaubes to go around. Though it is certainly unexpected to see {{spoiler|Manfred, a ''butler''}} wearing one.
* Winged helmets like the Griffon's Helm or the [[Infinity+1 Sword|Helm of Honnleath]] in ''[[Dragon Age]]: Origins''.
* The first time you see Captain Diomedes in ''[[Dawn of War (Video Game)|Dawn of War]] II'', he's wearing a bitchin' white command helmet, which he sadly removes when he becomes playable in ''Retribution'' (although it's available as a commander item as part of a bonus pack). [[Fan Nickname|Commander (Vanilla) Ice]] can sport one after an update that grants the helm of command as commander-use wargear.
* The main character's helmet in ''[[Marathon (Video Game)Trilogy|Marathon]]'', which resembles a helicopter flight helmet with vacuum capabilities.
* ''[[Team Fortress 2 (Video Game)|Team Fortress 2]]'': a lot of the [[Nice Hat|Nice Hats]] obtainable in the game fall under this.
* ''[[Metal Gear (Video Game)|Metal Gear Online]]'' allows you to wear various helmets in all sorts of colors, from camouflaged Kevlar helmets to red helicopter flight helmets to purple motorcycle helmets. Of course, they don't really do anything, and it's not uncommon to see shirtless people wearing ballistic helmets, but the helmets [[Rule of Cool|look cool]].
 
 
== Web Animation ==
* Various styles of Cool Helmet are worn by "[[Brotherhood of Funny Hats|The Broternal Order of]] [[Exactly What It Says Onon the Tin|Different Helmets]]," introduced in the [[Homestar Runner]] cartoon "[http://www.homestarrunner.com/helmets.html Ever and More]."
 
 
== Web Comics ==
* In ''[[The Mansion of E (Webcomic)|The Mansion of E]]'', Rosemary wears a winged mining helmet.
 
== Web Original ==
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== Western Animation ==
* ''[[Looney Tunes]]'': "[[What's Opera, Doc? (Film)|What's Opera Doc]]"
{{quote| '''Elmer:''' I will do it with my spear and magic helmet! <br />
'''Bugs:''' Your spear and magic helmet? <br />
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* ''[[MASK]]''! With their mighty power, they can save the da-a-ay!
* [[Kick Buttowski]]'s helmet is just a mass produced model he got from the toy store...but don't tell him that. To him, its an irreplaceable object of awesome, without which he couldn't be a daredevil.
* ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender (Animation)|Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'' spoofs this with Aang trying on [http://cloud-s.deviantart.com/art/Sokka-s-Master-Aang-Armor-125082638?q=sort:time+favby:Axxerous&qo=4 this outfit]. Unfortunately, [[Awesome but Impractical|he couldn't move in it]].
* In "Suited For Success", from ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (Animation)|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]'', Rainbow Dash's redesigned dress includes an improbably cool-looking Roman legionnaire's helmet.
* In ''[[Thundercats 2011 (Western Animation)|Thundercats 2011]]''
** The Clerics, a [[Church Militant]] [[Praetorian Guard]] to a [[Catfolk]] Lion [[King of Beasts|monarch]], wear gold lioness helms with [[In the Hood|full hood]] and veil as part of [[Full-Body Disguise|Full Body Disguises]], while head Cleric Jaga breaks the pattern with a nicely ''spiked'' metal helm ornamented with a gem.
** The Conquedor, a merchant slaver, wears a modified conquistador's morion.
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