History Main / CoolCrown

* Rapunzel has a tiara in ''{{Tangled}}''. Her parents have hoop crowns.

* The ''WheelOfTime'' book ''A Crown of Swords'' is named after the Laurel Crown of Illian. The crown is of a laurel wreath design, but between the leaves are tiny daggers alternately pointing up and down; the intention in the design is that the wearer can never wear it comfortably, reminding him of the obligation and danger it represents. After he notices this, Rand gives the Laurel Crown its other name.

* '''Laurel Wreaths''' are associated with the Roman Caesars and despite being less obnoxious than the typical crown, resembling circlets more in their modesty, they tend to indicate someone who is at the top, in terms of importance. [[TheEmperor Emperors]] and [[ClassicalMythology Greek Gods]] really like them. The wreath is usually gold, but occasionally may be made of actual leaves.

Subtrope of NiceHat and RequisiteRoyalRegalia. The main prop involved in an AwesomeMomentOfCrowning.

* '''Tiaras''' are the iconic crown of the PrincessClassic and heavily associated with fairytales. Perched directly on top of the head, usually with heart or flower designs worked in, they are dainty and [[EverythingsBetterWithSparkles sparkly]] and make [[HairDecorations great hair accessories]]. It's almost solely women who wear tiaras, and usually not worn by High Royalty, like Queens or Empresses. Not if they want to be taken seriously, anyway.

[[caption-width-right:300:Just a few of the many types of crowns.[[hottip:*:Left to right, top to bottom: [[HMTheQueen Queen Elizabeth II]], [[Film/LordOfTheRings Aragorn]], SailorMoon, [[DragonQuest King Slime]], [[ThePrincessAndTheFrog Tiana]], [[IClaudius Claudius]], [[{{Disgaea 3}} Sapphire]], [[{{Transformers}} Starscream]].]]]]

* The Fire Lord and his family of the Fire Nation in ''AvatarTheLastAirbender'' all have a hair ornaments that stand in as crowns.

* '''Tiaras''' are the iconic crown of the PrincessClassic and heavily associated with fairytales. Perched directly on top of the head, usually with heart or flower designs worked in, they are dainty and [[EverythingsBetterWithSparkles sparkly]] and make [[EveryGirlIsCuterWithHairDecs great hair accessories]]. It's almost solely women who wear tiaras, and usually not worn by High Royalty, like Queens or Empresses. Not if they want to be taken seriously, anyway.

* [[TheStarscream Starscream]] wore one of these in ''TransformersTheMovie'' just right before being melted by Galvatron.

* In ''MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'', Rarity wore a tiara with her dress for the Galloping Gala and Rainbow Dash wore a Laurel Wreath. Twilight also has a tiara-thing that she wears when the ponies must use the Elements of Harmony. Both Princess Celestia and Princess Luna also wear tiaras.

[[caption-width-right:300:Just a few of the many types of crowns.[[hottip:*:Left to right:[[HMTheQueen Queen Elizabeth II]], [[Film/LordOfTheRings Aragorn]], SailorMoon, [[DragonQuest King Slime]], [[ThePrincessAndTheFrog Tiana]], [[IClaudius Claudius]], [[{{Disgaea 3}} Sapphire]], [[{{Transformers}} Starscream]].]]]]

* In ''LordOfTheRings'' the first crown of Gondor was an actual war helm that belonged to Isildur, and the second (Aragorn was crowned with it), was a more pimped-up, crown-like helm. And in the other Numenorean kingdom, Arnor, a simple circlet with a single diamond was used.

* In ''LordOfTheRings'' the first crown of Gondor was and actual war helm that belonged to Isildur, and the second (Aragorn was crowned with it), was a more pimped-up, crown-like helm. And in the other Numenorean kingdom, Arnor, a simple circlet with a single diamond was used.

* In ''MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'', Rarity wore a tiara with her dress for the Galloping Gala and RainbowDash wore a Laurel Wreath. Twilight also has a tiara-thing that she wears when the ponies must use the Elements of Harmony. Both Princess Celestia and Princess Luna also wear tiaras.

* The Queen and King of Hearts from ''Disney/AliceiInWonderland''.

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* The Queen and King of Hearts from ''Disney/AliceinWonderland''.

* Esmeralda wore a small gold tiara with emeralds on it (referencing both her name and her [[GreenEyes eye color]]) during her pole dance in the song "Topsy Turvy" from ''Disney/TheHunchbackofNotreDame''.

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* Averted in ''StarWars''. Despite having royalty, no one ever sports a crown.
* In ''RobinHood2010'', King Richard's helmet has a crown built into it.

* During his introductury scene in ''{{Disney/Cinderella}}'', the King can be seen throwing his crown out the window.
* [[GodSaveUsFromTheQueen The Evil Queen]] from ''Disney/SnowWhiteandtheSevenDwarfs'' apparantly wears a hoop crown over what appears to be a black hood.

** In another Pixar film, ''ABugsLife'', both Princess Atta and her mother, the Ant Queen wear crowns made from flowers.

* The queens from ''Disney/AtlantisTheLostEmpire'' (such as [[TheHighQueen ____]] at the end of the film) all appear to be wearing small gold tiaras with large pink and blue feathers coming out of the back on their heads.

A sure-fire way to get across that you are important is to wear a CoolCrown. It's the headgear of choice for Kings, Queens and Princesses alike, and no RequisiteRoyalRegalia would be complete without it.

** Matyas brings a crown from Torenth's treasury when he comes to Rhemuth to escort Liam-Lajos back for his investiture: "a handsome circlet of beaten gold, nearly the width of a man's three fingers, set round with smoky balas rubies, baroque pearls, and chunky rough-polished emeralds the size of a man's thumbnail." Liam receives a newer traditional Torenthi crown at the ceremony: "a golden diadem studded with rubies and emeralds and pearls, with great jeweled pendants hanging just short of his shoulders at either side.".

[[caption-width-right:300:Just a few of the many types of crowns.[[hottip:*:Left to right:[[TheHouseOfWindsor Queen Elizabeth II]], [[Film/LordOfTheRings Aragorn]], SailorMoon, [[DragonQuest King Slime]], [[ThePrincessAndTheFrog Tiana]], [[IClaudius Claudius]], [[{{Disgaea 3}} Sapphire]], [[{{Transformers}} Starscream]].]]]]

[[caption-width-right:300:Just a fraction of the many types of crowns.[[hottip:*:Left to right:[[TheHouseOfWindsor Queen Elizabeth II]], [[Film/LordOfTheRings Aragorn]], SailorMoon, [[DragonQuest King Slime]], [[ThePrincessAndTheFrog Tiana]], [[IClaudius Claudius]], [[{{Disgaea 3}} Sapphire]], [[{{Transformers}} Starscream]].]]]]

* The King of Town from ''HomestarRunner'' appears to be wearing a paper crown he bought at Burger King, according to Strong Bad.

* The ''SuperMario'' series subverts the association of Princesses with tiaras by giving Princess Peach a heavy gold circlet decked out in sparkly jewels. Her crown is also a treasure in ''PikminTwo'' (the first region, pretty much as far away as you can get from the landing site).

* In ''SuperMarioBros'' enemy bosses have these.

* The Fire Lord and his family of the Fire Nation in ''AvatarTheLastAirbender'' all have a hair ornaments that stand in as crowns.