History Main / FedoraOfAsskicking

* Silhouette in ''VideoGame/DestroyAllHumans'' is a villainous example. The [[AuthorityEqualsAsskicking head]] of [[TheMenInBlack Majestic]] wears one paired with a [[MalevolentMaskedMen gas mask]] and a [[BadassLongcoat trenchcoat]], and serves as the FinalBoss of the game. [[spoiler:The whole outfit is to disguise the fact that [[SamusIsAGirl Silhouette is actually a woman]] underneath.]]

** The remake of ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil2'' has Mr. X sport quite the cap on top of his evil head. For a [[spoiler: Tyrant model]], he's quite fond of it; for if you shoot it off of his head, he'll stop with the UnflinchingWalk and just charge at you at full speed.

* Likewise, Belmondo played a mobster who's a master at QuickDraw and sometimes wears a fedora in ''Film/LaScoumoune''.

A SubTrope of NiceHat. Some fedoras might have [[PressHat Press credentials tucked in]].

%%* ''VideoGame/HotTinRoofTheCatThatWoreAFedora'': Overlapping with NiceHat and HatOfAuthority, hats are a big deal, since only detectives from the Depot can wear fedoras. Franky is the first cat to join the Depot, thus making her ''The Cat That Wore A Fedora''. Franky's fans even wear cardboard fedoras.

* In ''VideoGame/RedDeadRedemption2'' Arthur Morgan wears a fedora-like hat as the default hat.

* Perry the Platypus in ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'' is a member of a secret agency where all field agents are {{action pet}}s who wear fedoras.

->''"For the heroes, even the fedora, jacket, and khakis were common attire". ''

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* ''ComicStrip/DickTracy'' wears a yellow fedora as part of his iconic outfit and has been kicking ass since 1931, making him one of the first to do so and a possible TropeCodifier.[[/folder]]

[[folder: Comic Strips]] ''ComicStrip/DickTracy'' wears a yellow fedora as part of his iconic outfit and has been kicking ass since 1931, making him one of the first to do so and a possible TropeCodifier.[[/folder]]

[[folder]] ''ComicStrip/DickTracy'' wears a yellow fedora as part of his iconic outfit and has been kicking ass since 1931, making him one of the first to do so and a possible TropeCodifier.

* Sera of ''Manga/DetectiveConan'' has one, although she only wears it in her first few appearances. She's definitely badass...one of the reasons is that she beat Ran at her own game (asskicking) with Jeet Kune Do.

* The remake of ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil2'' has Mr. X sport quite the cap on top of his evil head. For a [[spoiler: Tyrant model]], he's quite fond of it; for if you shoot it off of his head, he'll stop with the UnflinchingWalk and just charge at you at full speed.

* ''Film/{{Borsalino}}'': The title of the film comes from the headgear of its male characters, who are all mobsters.

%%Any entry must also tell us in some way that the character is an action hero. Any that don't are to be commented out as zero context examples (since the hat alone is NOT enough for this trope).

%%* [[BadassInANiceSuit Solf Kimblee]] from ''[[Manga/FullMetalAlchemist Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood]]'' wears a fedora as part of his outfit.

%%* Reborn from ''Manga/Reborn2004'' also wears a fedora, which he pulls off spectacularly.
%%* Koon Agero Agnis from ''Webcomic/TowerOfGod'' after the time skip.
* In ''Manga/{{Hellsing}}'', all powerful vampire Alucard wears a nice-looking fedora as part of his suit when he slays his enemies. [[spoiler:He got it from Abraham Van Helsing.]]
* Daisuke Jigen of ''Franchise/LupinIII'' wears a dark fedora, with the brim usually pulled down, covering the top half of his face. Combined with his slouch, it looks like he's always taking a nap. Which makes it all the more surprising when he [[QuickDraw suddenly springs into action]], guns blazing and nailing [[ImprobableAimingSkills every target in sight]].

* ComicBook/TheSpirit, as part of his CoatHatMask. The Spirit is intelligent, very strong, an excellent athlete with hand-to-hand combat.

* Comicbook/TheQuestion, as part of his CoatHatMask. Starting as a brawler, he later became an expert martial artist inder the tutelage of ComicBook/RichardDragon.

* ComicBook/ThePhantomStranger, although he doesn't really get into traditional fights.
* The Sandman, the original GasMaskLongcoat hero, and founding member of Comicbook/JusticeSocietyOfAmerica. Later adopted by his former KidSidekick Sandy the Golden Boy, [[SidekickGraduationsStick when he became Sand]]. He took on the underworld armed with nothing more that a gas gun and a sharp mind.

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* Franchise/IndianaJones wears this hat in all his films when he fights cultists, Nazis, and communists in his AdventureArchaeologist escapades. ''Film/IndianaJonesAndTheLastCrusade'' even begins with how he got his hat, and it was also at the end of a wild adventure.
%%* Fred C Dobbs in ''Film/TheTreasureOfTheSierraMadre''

* In ''Series/TheGreenHornet'', the titular character wears one as part of his CoatHatMask as he fought crime.

%%* Raymond "Red" Reddington in ''Series/TheBlacklist''.

* Gennojo Hyuga from the ''[[VideoGame/ShikigamiNoShiro Castle of Shikigami]]'' BulletHell series of games is an investigator who flies around firing arcing fireballs and transforming into a werewolf when enraged, due to having the blood of an ancient wolfgod in his veins. He wears a black suit and fedora-style hat.

* Hazama/Terumi Yuuki is one of the brawlers from ''VideoGame/BlazBlue''.

* ''VideoGame/LaMulana'''s Lemeza Kosugi rocks a green fedora as he explores dangerous caverns and ruins. He has to hold it on while falling or riding some fast vehicles.

%%* ''VideoGame/HotTinRoofTheCatThatWoreAFedora'': Overlapping with NiceHat and HatOfAuthority, hats are a big deal, since only detectives from the Depot can wear fedoras. Franky is the first cat to join the Depot, thus making her ''The Cat That Wore A Fedora''. Franky's fans even wear cardboard fedoras.
* The Spy from ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'' has his original hat, The Fancy Fedora. He has other hats but the Fedora was his first. Many players who wear it are quite experienced, so expect some asskicking, especially if it's unusual.
* The remake of ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil2'' has Mr. X sport quite the cap on top of his evil head. For a [[spoiler: Tyrant model]], he's quite fond of it; for if you shoot it off of his head, he'll stop with the UnflinchingWalk and just charge at you at full speed.

%%* Eskay and Umbra of ''Roleplay/WeAreAllPokemonTrainers'' both wear black fedoras. The former's fedora has [[HatDamage a slit in the side]] of ambiguous origin.

%%* Manitoba Smith from ''WesternAnimation/TotalDrama'', in direct homage to Indie up there.
* Perry the Platypus in ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'' is a member of a secret agency where all field agents are {{action pet}}s who wear fedoras.

* [[OldSuperhero Joseph Joestar]] from ''Manga/JojosBizarreAdventure'' wears one of these during his stint as part of the main cast of Part Three, which involves traveling to Egypt and fighting Stand-user assassins.

* The remake of ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil2'': has Mr.X sport quite the cap on top of his evil head. For a [[spoiler: Tyrant model]], he's quite fond of it; for if you shoot it off of his head, he'll stop with the UnflinchingWalk and just charge at you at full speed.

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%%* Reborn from ''Manga/KatekyoHitmanReborn'' also wears a fedora, which he pulls off spectacularly.

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* Goes without comment in the indie game ''{{VideoGame/Gunpoint}}'', that is, until the final fight:

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%%* Daisuke Jigen of ''Characters/LupinIII'' wears a dark fedora, with the brim usually pulled down, covering the top half of his face. Combined with his slouch, it looks like he's always taking a nap.

'''Conway'''': For your own safety, Fritz, do not insult the hat.

* Goes without comment in the indie game ''{{Gunpoint}}, that is, until the final fight:

%%* ComicBook/TheSpirit, as part of his CoatHatMask.
%%* Comicbook/TheQuestion, as part of his CoatHatMask
%%* Rorschach in ''ComicBook/{{Watchmen}}'', who is an {{Expy}} of the Question.

%%* The Sandman, the original GasMaskLongcoat hero, and founding member of Comicbook/JusticeSocietyOfAmerica. later adopted by his former KidSidekick Sandy the Golden Boy, [[SidekickGraduationsStick when he became Sand]].

[[caption-width-right:220:If adventure has a hat, it must be Franchise/IndianaJones's.]]

A SubTrope of NiceHat.