History Main / PleaseKeepYourHatOn

* The Millennium Earl in ''DGrayMan'' always wears a [[NiceHat jaunty hat]]. [[http://www.onemanga.com/D.Gray-Man/187/08-09/ Now we know why.]]

* In the case of Ibiki Morino from {{Naruto}}, he never takes his bandanna off... and once you see the [[GoodScarsEvilScars HORRIBLE scars]] underneath, [[NightmareFuel you'll wish he never ever takes it off again.]] And yes, he's the one pictured above.

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* In the case of Ibiki Morino from {{Naruto}}, he never takes his bandanna... and once you see the [[GoodScarsEvilScars HORRIBLE scars]] underneath, [[NightmareFuel you'll wish he never ever takes it off again.]] And yes, he's the one pictured above.

* In the case of Ibiki Morino from {{Naruto}}, he never takes his bandanna... and once you see the [[GoodScarsEvilScars HORRIBLE scars]] underneath, [[NightmareFuel you'll wish he never ever takes it off again.]]

* DaChief Inspector Meguire from ''DetectiveConan'' never takes his hat off. It turns out he keeps it on at all times because [[spoiler:he has an ugl scar from where he was injured on a case... the same one in which he met his wife Midori.]].

* Celty from ''{{Durarara}}'' is understandably reluctant to take her helmet off anywhere outside her own apartment, what with the [[HeadlessHorseman headlessness and all]].

* DaChief Inspector Meguire from ''DetectiveConan'' never takes his hat off. It turns out he keeps it on at all times because [[spoiler:he has a scar from where he was injured on a case]].

* In the early 1950s, when BeetleBailey was still a college student, he removed his hat exactly once in the classroom. The professor told him to put it back on.
* In the last issue of the UK comic ''{{Buster}}'' the title character removed his hat for the first time, to reveal that without it he looked exactly like DennisTheMenaceUK. He had to keep it on for copyright reasons.

* ThePrincessANdTheFrog: ye, everybody loves [[BigBad Dr. Facilier's]] personality and style, but when he takes off his NiceHat...[[spoiler: his hair has the same form. And we're talking about a ''top hat''.]]

* All the artwork of Captain Sam Vimes from the {{Discworld}} stories show him wearing the Watch regulation helmet, except in ''[[WheresMyCow Where's My Cow?]]'' (a defictionalization of Sam Jr.'s favorite book), where Vimes is shown without his helmet and with a corresponding case of greasy-looking helmet hair.

* In one of the ''SesameStreet'' Manners Books (title slips my mind, but it focuses on "monster manners") it states that it's okay to ask someone in front of you to remove their hat - only for the following illustration to reveal that hat-wearer to have mass quantities of hair under the tiny little bowler hat he just removed.

** When the Spy's head explodes in ''Meet The Spy''[[hottip:*:Whoops, spoilers.]], frame-by-frame analysis would seem to indicate that his mask ''is his head''.
*** ...He's a Black and White Minstrel?

* [[ProfessorLayton Layton]] is always seen wearing his tophat until ProfessorLaytonAndTheUnwoundFuture. [[spoiler:It turns out he has a perfectly normal head of hair, but he kept his tophat on out of respect for Clarie.]]

* [[Professor Layton Layton]] is always seen wearing his tophat until ProfessorLaytonAndTheUnwoundFuture. [[spoiler:It turns out he has a perfectly normal head of hair, but he kept his tophat on out of respect for Clarie.]]

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* Cap'n Crunch, in one commercial where he uses his hat as a boomerang to take out the Soggies, reveals that he has a curious case of male pattern baldness.
** This is lampshaded in a later commercial spot where two boys are offering color commentary for the above commercial. They imply he might be cooler if he ditched his captain's hat - and then he takes it off to defend the crunchberry bush. Their reaction?
--->'''Boy 1:''' Dude, check out the 'do. \\
'''Both:''' Keep the hat! Keep the hat!

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* ''StarWars''. Darth Vader is probably the most popular example of this. In ''Empire Strikes Back'', we see the back of Vader's bald, scarred head. In the next movie we see that from the front. He can only survive without the helmet if he's in that meditation chamber we saw in ESB.
* Played with in ''ScottPilgrimVsTheWorld'', there is a running gag where every time someone mentions that Scott might need a haircut, his goofy hat will be on his head in the very next shot.
* Kyle's Jewfro reveal in ''SouthPark'' was actually taken from TreyParkerAndMattStone's earlier movie ''CannibalTheMusical'', with Humphrey.
* ThePrincessANdTheFrog: ye, everybody loves [[BigBad Dr. Facilier's]] personality and style, but when he takes off his NiceHat...[[spoiler: his hair has the same form. And we're talking about a ''top hat''.]]

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* This may not count, but Shepherd Book from Firefly ...

* In Loom, the main character, Bobbin, is a monk with his face obscured by a hood. At one point, he's captured, and the guard decides to lower his hood, because he's always been curious what was under a monk's hood. Cue a black screen, a horrified scream, and then the game returning with the guard mysteriously vanished. Yeah, it seems like the hood's there for a VERY good reason.

* ThePrincessANdTheFrog: ye, everybody loves [[BigBad Dr. Facilier's]] personality and style, but when he takes off his NiceHat...[[spoiler: his hair has the same form as the hat. And we're talking about a ''top hat''.]]

* ''StarWars''. Darth Vader is probably the most popular example of this. In ''Empire Strikes Back'', we see the back of Vader's bald, scarred head. In the next movie we see that from the front. He can only survive without the helmet if he's in that sphere thing we saw in ESB.

* Played with in ScottPilgrimVsTheWorld, there is a running gag where every time someone mentions that Scott might need a haircut, his goofy hat will be on his head in the very next shot.

* In GirlGenius, [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20100602 Ol' Man Death has a Very Nice Hat. He also has [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20100614 Very Bad Hat-hair]] under it.