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* In the film adaptation of ''Hogfather'' (see ''Literature'' below), the wizards are never seen without their pointy hats - except if bathing, when they have pointy plastic showercaps.
* The Rabbi (who is also an astrologer, alchemist and magician) in the silent movie ''[[The Golem]]'' wears a pointy hat and a robe, making him look like a textbook wizard.
* Both expressed and averted by the [[Harry Potter (film)|film adaptations of the ''Harry Potter'' books]]. ''Philosopher's Stone'' embraced the trope full-on, with robes and hats on every Hogwarts students, but starting with the ''Chamber of Secrets'', the films put Harry and company in a regular school uniform with a robe, possibly to avoid evoking [[Narm]] among the less fantasy-inclined members of the audience. Hogwarts staff remained berobed throughout the series, but as the focus expanded beyond the school, we found that the Wizarding population at large wore clothing that ranged from the Renaissance to the 1940s in style.
** An interview with [[Chris Columbus]] revealed that early screen tests were done with Harry in robe and pointy hat over the rugby shirt, jeans and sneakers he appears with in on the US [[Market-Based Title|Sorcerer's Stone]] cover, but it [[Special Effects Failure|"looked like a Halloween costume"]].
 
== Literature ==▼
 
▲== Literature ==
* Somewhat inverted in [[Tamora Pierce]]'s ''[[Tortall Universe|Immortals Quartet]]''. Numair, the most powerful <s>wizard</s> mage of his generation, is one of the seven people in the world who have earned the right to wear the black robe. He avoids doing so at every possibility - he finds it hot and itchy.
* The [[Discworld]] likes this trope. A lot.
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'''Stibbons''':"Yes, sir-"
'''Ridcully''':"Hat {{=}} wizard, wizard {{=}} hat. Everything else is just frippery." }}
**:* This is a call-back to a similar incident in ''[[Discworld/The Last Continent|The Last Continent]]'':
{{quote|'''Ridcully:''' I would like to congratulate you on being properly dressed. You are wearing your pointy hat, which is the ''sine qua non'' of a wizard in public.
'''Stibbons:''' Yes, sir.
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'''Stibbons:''' Yes, sir.
'''Ridcully:''' Yet you are wearing your hat, yet are, in a very real sense, naked. }}
*:* According to Granny Weatherwax, most of witchcraft is "headology" (i.e. folk-psychology). This only works if everyone ''knows'' you're a witch, hence the black cloak and pointy hat. This results in Granny having to actually ''try'' to intimidate someone when she goes to a location where people can't recognize a witch on sight.
*:* Also worth noting: in theory, anyone can wear a pointy hat. But in practice, imagine what happens to such charlatans when they meet a person with the ''right'' to wear one.
*:* In ''[[Discworld/Hogfather|Hogfather]]'', a Wizard's idea of going incognito (so people don't recognize that he is a wizard) is to wear a darker, less fancy pointy hat. And of course, the Dean, who gets... very gung-ho about whatever new idea has caught the wizards' fancy this time, has occasionally been spotted with pointy '' hair''.
*:* It's been noted in the Discworld series that pointy hats are pretty much hardwired into being a wizard, along with (at the very least,) deep seated distrust and dislike of other wizards, and a desire to build a tower.▼
*** And of course, the Dean, who gets ... very gung-ho about whatever new idea has caught the wizards' fancy this time, has occasionally been spotted with pointy '' hair''.
* Robes and wizard hats appear to be "traditional"/formal wizarding wear in the ''[[Harry Potter]]'' books, as well as the basis for Hogwarts' school uniforms. Everyday/informal wear appears to be muggle clothing or something close enough as to make little difference -- the infamous Weasley sweaters/jumpers, for example -- although older wizards will wear robes at all times, suggesting a shift in wizard fashion that happened in recent memory or is still happening.▼
▲** It's been noted in the Discworld series that pointy hats are pretty much hardwired into being a wizard, along with (at the very least,) deep seated distrust and dislike of other wizards, and a desire to build a tower.
▲* Robes and wizard hats appear to be "traditional"/formal wizarding wear in the ''[[Harry Potter]]'' books, as well as the basis for Hogwarts' school uniforms. Everyday/informal wear appears to be muggle clothing or something close enough as to make little difference -- the infamous Weasley sweaters/jumpers, for example -- although older wizards will wear robes at all times, suggesting a shift in wizard fashion that happened in recent memory or is still happening.
** Apparently, some Wizards have a hard time distinguishing female muggle clothing from male muggle clothing, [https://web.archive.org/web/20161102184319/http://b1nd1.deviantart.com/art/Muggle-Pants-25254504 leading to an extremely funny exchange in ''Goblet of Fire''].
* Similarly, in the [[The Worst Witch|Worst Witch]] Series by Jill Murphy, Pointed hats and robes are ''fancy''/Formal dress. The student wear variations on their school colors of black and grey even in their off hours. Including their [[Pajama-Clad Hero|PJs]].
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