Commissar Cap: Difference between revisions

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A subtrope of both [[Nice Hat]] and [[Bling of War]]. A large, high [http://en.[wikipedia.org/wiki/Peaked_cap:Peaked cap|peaked cap]] similar to those worn by [[Banana Republic]] [[Glorious Leader|dictators]]. The trope namer is ''[[Warhammer 40000]]'', with [[The Political Officer|Commissars]] wearing such caps. This headgear surely makes the wearer look badass in an authoritarian sense of the word. Sometimes decorated with elaborate silver or gold designs on the visor and/or the front of the crown, nicknamed "scrambled eggs" by military folks; the stereotypical [[Banana Republic]] leader's cap has so much of these that you can barely see the colour of the actual cap underneath.

* ''[[SSDD]]'': CORE officers are often shown wearing blue and red pointed caps (including [[Heroic Sociopath|Tessa]] in her first appearance). Anarchist "leaders" tend to prefer [http://en.[wikipedia.org/wiki/:Shako |Shakos]].