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** The Tudors made good justification of [[Fluffy Fashion Feathers]].

* Johnny Carson's shtick as Carnac the Magnificent was well known for the giant turban that apparently granted him psychic powers.

* On the A&E TV series ''[[Nero Wolfe]]'', Archie Goodwin (Timothy Hutton) always dressed very well whenever he went out on business or pleasure, frequently topping off his outfit with a snappy fedora. Wolfe himself (Maury Chaykin) sported a few Nice Hats of his own on the rare occasions when he left the brownstone.

* In the [[Sci Fi Channel]]'s production of ''[[Dune]]'' there were several [[Nice Hat|Nice Hats]], mostly notably the Bene Gesserit, [[wikipedia:Image:Ghm.jpg|seen here]] (the hat is the thing extending back from her head).

** And the Spacing Guild representative; you know the Guild has been knocked down a peg when he appears without his bizarre black headgear.

{{quote| '''Wash:''' A man walks down the street in that hat, people know he's not afraid of anything.}}

** There's also Badger, who, despite being a villain with a questionable taste in ties and suits and sports a bare chest under his coat and vest, wears a ''nice'' little derby, referred to by Mal as a "very fine hat".

** And now in the first episode of Series 6, {{spoiler|he turns up in America wearing a Stetson, only to have River Song}} ''{{spoiler|shoot it off his head}}''.

*** At the end of the same series, we see how he got it, and he still has it by the end of the episode, implying that ''this'' hat is around for keeps.

** She also had a hexagonal version.

** Spoofed in ''Sev Trek: Puss in Boots'' where Guinan's hat is used for serving drinks in Ten Forward.

** Apparently ''Deep Space Nine'' actually had a specific part of their budget allocated toward making hats for various [[Planet of Hats]] aliens. Unfortunately the camera operators kept complaining the hats were obscuring the actors' faces, so the idea was dropped.

** There's also Kai Winn's omnipresent [http://ds9.trekcore.com/castcrew/images/cast/Kai%20winn.jpg little yellow hat]. It was a lot neater than the ridiculous headgear she had to wear as a mere Vedek that looked like the Sydney Opera House.

** The Hitcher also wears a rather nice top hat, with polo mints imbedded into the band.

* Of course, ''[[Kolchak the Night Stalker]]'' never went anywhere without his porkpie hat.

* The ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'' episode where she has the flu and is languishing in the hospital as Das Kindestod stalks the hall of the children's wing. It wears a Nice Hat, and when she brawls with it, the hat comes off. He seems to defeat her, picks the hat back up, and -- this is the key point -- makes sure the brim is straightened as he stalks off.

* Angel Batista from ''[[Dexter]]'' usually sports a very sharp-looking hat.

* You will see Jamie Hyneman of ''[[Myth Busters]]'' without his beret only while he is in the middle of putting on diving equipment or fireproof suits, and even then he will not been wearing it only for as long as absolutely neccessary.

** Meanwhile, his co-host Adam Savage will put just about anything on his head.

* A recent episode of ''[[The Daily Show]]'' featured the Secretary of the Interior giving Jon Stewart an exceedingly nice cowboy hat, matching the one said Secretary was already sporting.

* Sister Bertrille was known as ''[[The Flying Nun]]'' because her hat was so nice it let her fly.

** And let's not forget that iconic size-14 bowler.

* ''[[Battlestar Galactica]]''. While on New Caprica, Brother Cavil wears a hat that gives him a suitably sinister look, especially when he's arranging for the arrest and execution of several hundred hostages.

** Played with in the latter half of season three, wherein Bolander frequently wears a trilby... because he's been recently shot in the head and wears it to conceal the horrific scars.

* 1975's ''The Ghost Busters'' was pretty much all about the nice hats. Tracy, the gorilla sidekick, would go through about 10 hat-changes or more through the course of each episode.

* In the pilot episode of ''[[White Collar]]'', Agent Burke's probationary agent compliments Neal Caffrey on his hat when she first meets him, leading Caffrey to think that she's flirting with him, when Burke tells Caffrey that {{spoiler|"She'd rather be wearing the hat"}}, implying that {{spoiler|she's actually a lesbian (which is confirmed later in the episode)}}.

** [[Sharp-Dressed Man]] Neal has continued to wear the fedora, much to Peter's annoyance. In one episode, a witness for a case starts fanboying over Neal and gets a fedora of his own. He even changes his online dating profile picture to include the hat, which later allows Neal to take his place on a blind date with a suspect.

* ''[[Leverage]]'': If Nate Ford (also played by Timothy Hutton) can wear a hat, he will. And he looks damn good doing it.

* Shotaro Hidari, the eponymous ''[[Kamen Rider Double]]'', has a whole collection of Cool Hats he [[Take Up My Sword|took up]] upon the death of his mentor, Sokichi Narumi. {{spoiler|[[The Movie]] shows that Shokichi wore his Cool Hat before ''and'' after transforming into Kamen Rider Skull, a trait retained when the Dummy Dopant impersonates him. The way to tell the real Skull apart from the Dummy impersonating him is that the real Skull's hat has a notch in the brim, gained when one of the Taboo Dopant's energy bombs nicked it.}}

** Worth pointing out, out of all Sokichi's hats, the only one Shotaro never touches is the white hat he was wearing when he died. In the penultimate episode, he finally takes that hat off the wall, signifying to one and all that [[Let's Get Dangerous|the time for silliness has ended.]] {{spoiler|And then he uses it in the fight where he kicks the [[Big Bad|Utopia Dopant's]] ass. [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|Without transforming into Double.]]}}

* ''[[Lidsville]]'' was a literal [[Planet of Hats]].

* Abby Bartlet, ''[[The West Wing]]'''s First Lady, occasionally wore scary wide-brimmed cartwheel hats, mostly for solemn occasions like funerals.

* ''[[Scrubs]]'': The rather outlandish hat that Turk wore after becoming Chief of Surgery probably qualifies. The fact that said hat was made by [[Almighty Janitor|The Janitor]] probably nets it some sort of bonus points.

* ''[[Oz]]'': Adebisi always wore a small knit cap perched on the top of his head. One of the other characters once asked him how he got it to stay there.

** I imagine the conversation went something like this:

{{quote| Hannibal: Would you like to wear this hat that resembles a dragon when you come out, Nick?<br />

Nick: Oh, HELL yes. }}

* Vince Noir from ''[[The Mighty Boosh]]'' sports a wide array of awesome hats throughout the series. In one episode Howard curses Vince that the next hat he tries on will not suit him, prompting Vince to say that "All hats suit me! My hair is virtually a hat!"

* ''[[Hee Haw]]'': Minnie Pearl's flowery straw hat with the price tag hanging from it.

** In an earlier episode, Xena had let herself be arrested by a corrupt ruler, in order to contact a rebel leader who was already in prison. Gabrielle, wearing what looked like a bowler, later arranged to get arrested as well, in order to smuggle in Xena's chakram (which was disguised as the brim of her hat), as well as her whip (which Gabrielle wore around her waist like a belt).

* Mike's wool hats in ''[[The Monkees]]'' (also see Music below)

* Walter White from ''[[Breaking Bad]]'' wears one when in his Heisenberg persona.

* Cowboys Jet & Cord from Seasons 16 & 18 of ''[[The Amazing Race]]'' would never be seen without their cowboy hats, and always kept them on, even while bungee jumping. On the final leg of Season 16, Jet's character avatar at the Industrial Light & Magic challenge was even given a cowboy hat.

* When the Rangers from the future in ''[[Power Rangers Time Force]]'' get 21st-century clothing, Wes gives Trip a bucket hat to top off his ensemble (and to disguise the fact that he's a [[Human Alien]] by obscuring the crystal in his forehead.)

{{quote| '''Wes:''' I don't know if the public is ''quite'' ready for a Xybrian yet.}}

** Speaking of the Megazords, the ones in ''[[Mahou Sentai Magiranger]]''/''[[Power Rangers Mystic Force]]'' and ''[[Samurai Sentai Shinkenger]]''/''[[Power Rangers Samurai]]'' also have Nice Hats (a pointy wizard hat and a samurai helmet, respectively).

** ''[[Power Rangers Lightspeed Rescue|Lightspeed Rescue's]]'' Joel had a cowboy hat (though ''he'' was decidedly ''less'' nice when he wore it).