History Main / SignatureHeadgear

* Fanfic/DustInTheWind: Courier Six has worn a series of obscuring helmets and headgear across the course of the story. Though he prefers the iconic Helmet and gas mask combo of the Ranger Veteran armor. Since the story's inception, he's worn the helmet of the Riot Gear found in the Divide.

** Vernias is often seen wearing a [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/vernias_face.png pink beanie]] in his thumbnails.

** Naddy wears an oversized Stetson as part of her [[InvertedTrope reverse]] OccidentalOtaku schtick

* ''Manga/OshiNoKo'': Memcho often wears devil horns and some scenes adds a tail and wings when she has something mischievous in mind.

* ''WesternAnimation/DespicableMe'': [[{{Tomboy}} Edith]] is never seen without her pink-knitted hat. This contrasts with some of her different outfits like her white ballerina outfit from the first movie or her black ninja costume from the second.

Distinctive headgear (or hair accessories) make people stand out in the crowd. Most of the time, the headgear is unique to only that character (or that group). They also tell you a little something about the character's personality. Oftentimes the headgear/hair accessory is so ingrained into the character, that one only needs to use the headwear as a symbol for that character's presence.

** Naddy wears an oversized Stetson as part of her [[InvertedTrope reverse]] OccidentalOtaku schtick.

* ''Manga/SPYxFamily'': Anya Forger is almost always wearing a pair of black-and-gold horn-like accessories on the sides of her hair, even while sleeping. One of the few times she wasn't was during a flashback to her life as an experimental subject (where she had OdangoHair in their place).

* In ''ComicBook/ArchieComics'', Jughead Jones wears a very distinctive hat that he is almost never seen without. Properly called a 'whoopee cap', it is made from a man's felt fedora hat with the brim trimmed with a scalloped cut and turned up. A common item of fashion for boys and teens when the character was created, it is now almost exclusively associated with Jughead to the extent that it is often called a 'Jughead hat'.
* ''ComicBook/BatmanAndTheOutsiders'''s villain the Duke of Oil is never seen without his 10-gallon hat.
* The ComicBook/DisneyDucksComicUniverse has ''many'' examples, the most notable being:

* ''ComicBook/JudgeDredd'''s helmet is so iconic to the character because [[NeverBareheaded it rarely comes off]] and even when it does, his face is obscured in some way. In fact, anyone who tries to discover what he looks like tends to end up having misfortune happen to them.
* [[Characters/MarvelComicsMagneto Magneto]]'s helmet has been his signature headgear since 1963. While sometimes the colors change, to reflect a change in the colors of his costume, the shape is unique and is uniquely associated with him. It is sometimes, especially in the Film/XMenFilmSeries, said to provide him with protection from telepathic attacks, which is useful considering he often finds himself in opposition to ComicBook/ProfessorX.
* In ''ComicBook/MegaManArchieComics'', the Blue Bomber's signature helmet is synonymous with him, to the point that Auto wears one while playing pretend when no one's looking. In one arc, it's left crushed and shattered to be found by Rock's successor, X, 200 years in the future, implying a grisly fate for Mega Man until the next issue reveals that he'd simply lost it in a fight with one of Wily's weapons platforms.

* ''Franchise/WonderWoman'':

* ''Film/{{Tremors}}'': Burt Gummer constantly wears Atlanta Hawks baseball caps. The other characters may wear baseball caps at times, but he's the only one who wears caps with that team's logo, which [[spoiler:helps set up a (false) DeadHatShot in ''Tremors 3: Back to Perfection''.]]

** Pop always wears a Gatsby hat to go with his [[StandardFiftiesFather '50s style personality]].

* ''Series/DoctorWho'': The Fourth Doctor's fedora is second to his scarf as the most recognizable of his outfit. Similarly, the Fifth and Seventh Doctors' Panama hats.

* '' Franchise/FinalFantasy'' has recurring headgear for the Black Mages in a pointy hat that completely obscures the mage's face outside of two glowing eyes. In ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyBraveExvius'', every member of the Emperor's Orders wears eye-obscuring headgear.
* ''VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters'': Most of VideoGame/IkariWarriors (with the exception of Leona Heidern and Whip) wear distinctive headgear in their outfits: Ralf Jones uses a red-green camouflage bandana, Clark Still has a cap and black sunglasses, and Heidern wears an olive-green beret and an {{eyepatch|OfPower}}.

* ''Franchise/{{Digimon}}'': All of {{the Protagonist}}s except for [[Anime/DigimonDataSquad Masaru]] have goggles on their head as their signature accessory. In ''Anime/DigimonFrontier'', Tomoki/Tommy seemed to feel his hat was notable enough to warrant a special mention in the entry for him Bokomon was writing in his GreatBigBookOfEverything.

* ''Anime/{{Pretear}}'' is one of the only series that gets away with having a distinctly heterosexual male character wearing a dec, though it manifests in the shape of a large, tube-shaped bead and clasps around his ponytail in back. Later, it is revealed that every Leafe Knight possesses one of these "communicator beads" to some varying degree of size and placement.

* [[Characters/MarvelComicsMagneto Magneto]]'s helmet has been his signature headgear since 1963. While sometimes the colors change, to reflect a change in the colors of his costume, the shape is unique and is uniquely associated with him. It is sometimes, especially in the Film/XMenFilmSeries, said to provide him with protection from telepathic attacks, which is useful considering he often finds himself in opposition to ComicBook/ProfessorX.

* ''ComicBook/UltimateXMen'': Ultimate Iceman wears a durag, which helps to set him apart to the otherwise similar-looking mainstream Iceman.
* ''ComicBook/JudgeDredd'''s helmet is so iconic to the character because [[NeverBareheaded it rarely comes off]] and even when it does, his face is obscured in some way. In fact, anyone who tries to discover what he looks like tends to end up having misfortune happen to them.

* One story in ''America's Dumbest Criminals'' had a murder suspect who wore a really distinctive hat. The officer telling the story claims that it reminds him of Carmen Miranda's signature headwear. During the suspect's interrogation, he claims that his girlfriend will confirm his alibi. So, they take him home and forbid contact with her. Somehow, he manages to get to her house, tell her what to tell them, and leave before they can get there. But when they enter, guess what they find on the coffee table. [[note]] Yes, it's the hat. [[/note]]

* ''Series/DoctorWho'': The Fourth Doctor's fedora is second to his scarf as the most recognizable of his outfit. Similarly, the Fifth and Seventh Doctors' Panama hats.

* Wrestling/JohnCena's baseball caps.

* Wrestling/ElSanto's silver mask. He never took it off in public until his final TV appearance, and was buried wearing it.

* '' Franchise/FinalFantasy'' has recurring headgear for the Black Mages in a pointy hat that completely obscures the mage's face outside of two glowing eyes. In ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyBraveExvius'', every member of the Emperor's Orders wears eye-obscuring headgear.
* VideoGame/PaRappaTheRapper has his trademark orange beanie with a frog on the front, which he's [[NeverBareheaded never seen without]]. It's even part of the logo for the second game.

* In ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'', Helena is almost always [[https://www.egscomics.com/comic/2005-02-07 seen]] with a headband and spherical earings. The only exception being [[https://www.egscomics.com/comic/2005-06-08 right after waking up]].

* In ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' and its SequelSeries ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'', Avatar Kyoshi's battle outfit contains a headdress that once belonged to her mother. She's never been seen without it and the Kyoshi Warriors AmazonBrigade wear similar ones.

* The eponymous Wander of ''WesternAnimation/WanderOverYonder'' has his special big floppy green hat, which doubles as a BagOfHolding whenever he needs something. It's also heavily implied to be a living sentient.

* In ''VideoGame/NoUmbrellasAllowed'', Jane Kim, the jewelwer and owner of Gem by J, has gems stuck in her curly white hair. [[spoiler:She loses them when her store gets shut down by AVAC for "Avarice Crimes".]]

* ''Manga/ACertainScientificRailgun'': Whenever people ask about the Uiharu about the flowers in her hair, she'll say she doesn't know what they are talking about. They are a headband of artificial flowers. In the third volume of the MMR side-GagSeries, she's been rendered effectively invisible while it's under repair.