Helmets Are Hardly Heroic: Difference between revisions

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[[File:small_8134.png|link=Fate/stay night|frame|[[Zettai Ryouiki|Her upper thighs]] could use some protection, too.]]

{{quote|''"This helmet, I suppose,

Was meant to ward off blows,

''Was meant to ward off blows,

It's very hot,

''It's very hot,

And weighs a lot,

''And weighs a lot,

As many a guardsman knows,

''As many a guardsman knows,

So off that helmet goes!"''|'''Arac''', ''[[Gilbert and Sullivan|Princess Ida]]''}}

''So off that helmet goes!"''|'''Arac''', ''[[Gilbert and Sullivan|Princess Ida]]''}}

Related to [[In Space Everyone Can See Your Face]], in any work where a hero wears armor, either [[Power Armor|powered]] or otherwise, the helmet is ''never'' worn, even in combat situations.

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Contrast [[Cool Helmet]].

== Anime and Manga ==

* For someone who wears [[24-Hour Armor]], ''[[Berserk]]'''s Guts doesn't seem to like helmets. It's possible he either feels it wouldn't help or has trouble seeing out of them with only one eye. Generally averted, however, as everyone else in armor (including Guts during "Band of the Hawks") wear helmets.