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* In the ''WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse2013'' short "[[Recap/MickeyMouse2013S5E5HatsEnough Hats Enough]]" Mickey realizes he's the only one of his circle of friends ''without'' some headgear of any kind. He desperatly wants to find a hat he could wesr which results in a funny montage of him wearing different hats, including the ones he weared in his debut cartoon ''WesternAnimation/SteamboatWilly'' and the feature film ''WesternAnimation/{{Fantasia}}''.

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* In the ''WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse2013'' short "[[Recap/MickeyMouse2013S5E5HatsEnough "[[Recap/MickeyMouseS5E5HatsEnough Hats Enough]]" Mickey realizes he's the only one of his circle of friends ''without'' some headgear of any kind. He desperatly wants to find a hat he could wesr which results in a funny montage of him wearing different hats, including the ones he weared in his debut cartoon ''WesternAnimation/SteamboatWilly'' ''WesternAnimation/SteamboatWillie'' and the feature film ''WesternAnimation/{{Fantasia}}''.
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* In the ''WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse2013'' short "[[Recap/MickeyMouse2013S5E5HatsEnough Hats Enough]]" Mickey realizes he's the only one of his circle of friends ''without'' some headgear of any kind. He desperatly wants to find a hat he could wesr which results in a funny montage of him wearing different hats, including the ones he weared in his debut cartoon ''WesternAnimation/SteamboatWilly'' and the feature film ''WesternAnimation/{{Fantasia}}''.
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* ''WesternAnimation/BugsBunny'': In "Bugs' Bonnets", Bugs Bunny and Elmer Fudd keep having hats that fall from a delivery truck land on their heads, causing them to adopt the personas of the hats' owners. A judge's wig made Bugs act like he was running a trial, a grandma's hat made Elmer act like a little old lady, and a Boy Scout hat compelled Bugs to help Elmer cross the street.

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* ''WesternAnimation/BugsBunny'': In "Bugs' Bonnets", Bugs Bunny and Elmer Fudd keep having a bunch of hats that fall from get blown out of a delivery truck land on their heads, causing them to adopt and start landing all over the personas woods where Elmer is chasing Bugs. Each time a new hat lands on either of them, they also change personality to go with the hats' owners. new headgear. A judge's wig made makes Bugs act like he was he's running a trial, trial; a grandma's hat made bonnet makes Elmer act like a little old lady, and lady; a Boy Scout hat compelled compels Bugs to help Elmer little-old-lady-Elmer cross the street.street, et cetera.

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* The Creator/DrSeuss book ''Literature/The500HatsOfBartholomewCubbins'' is about a boy who ''tries'' to take off his hat 500 times, but finds that there is always another hat underneath. The hats eventually start getting [[BiggerOnTheInside larger and fancier]] up until the eponymous 500th hat, which became so fanciful that the king had to have it for his very own...which, thankfully, ended the hat problem as there were no more hats after that.

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* The Creator/DrSeuss book ''Literature/The500HatsOfBartholomewCubbins'' is about a boy who ''tries'' to take off his hat 500 times, but finds that there is always another hat underneath. The hats eventually start getting [[BiggerOnTheInside larger and fancier]] up until the eponymous 500th hat, which became so fanciful that the king had to have it for his very own... which, thankfully, ended the hat problem as there were no more hats after that.that.
* ''Caps for Sale'' combines this with SillySimian, when a traveling hat salesman who carries his wares on his head in a massive stack encounters a troupe of monkeys with a fondness for stolen headwear.



* In a hat gag that contemporary audiences would have got, Literature/{{Dracula}} in the titular novel turns up (off-camera, the event being related to van Helsing) to flee England wearing a straw hat. It doesn't suit him and to cap it all, it's October, after the season for wearing them ended.



* In a hat gag that contemporary audiences would have got, Dracula in [[Literature/{{Dracula}} the titular novel]] turns up (off-camera, the event being related to van Helsing) to flee England wearing a straw hat. It doesn't suit him and to cap it all, it's October, after the season for wearing them ended.
* ''Caps for Sale'' combines this with SillySimian, when a traveling hat salesman who carries his wares on his head in a massive stack encounters a troupe of monkeys with a fondness for stolen headwear.

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* In ''Literature/TheTrialsOfApollo'': [[spoiler:The [[FrogMen Troglodytes]]]], a hat gag species introduced in the final book, ''The Tower of Nero'', consider only hat-wearing species to be civilized and insist that contemporary audiences would have got, Dracula in [[Literature/{{Dracula}} their human and demigod guests put one on. This soon segues into a lampshaded TakeThat to the titular novel]] turns up (off-camera, the event being related to van Helsing) to flee England wearing a straw hat. It doesn't suit him New York Mets and to cap it all, it's October, after the season for wearing them ended.
* ''Caps for Sale'' combines this with SillySimian, when a traveling hat salesman who carries his wares on his head in a massive stack encounters a troupe
an instance of monkeys with a fondness for stolen headwear.LampshadeWearing.



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* In ''VideoGame/DawnOfWar II: Retribution''[='s=] Ork campaign, an Inquisitor attempts to hire [[APirate400YearsTooLate Kaptain Bluddflagg]] and his Freebooters to deal with the BigBad in exchange for [[BloodKnight sending three Imperial Guard regiments for them to fight.]] Bluddflagg is willing to accept the deal, but pushes it too far when he asks for the Inquisitor's distinct hat as well. He does end up saving the day in Orky fashion, but his campaign's ending cutscene shows Bluddflagg ambushing that Inquisitor, leaving her helpless on the ground... and then walking off with her hat.



* ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'' has so many wearable hats, and a player base so obsessed with said hats, that the game is occasionally known as "the world's number 1 war-themed hat simulator". To the point that any of the other examples on this list may be converted into a Team Fortress parody.
** From the "Pyromania" update:
--->"That's a pretty catchy song," we said. "Who sings that?" Well, we don't want to upset you, so we won't type it here, but suffice it to say the band that wrote 'Safety Dance' has [[Music/MenWithoutHats the most unthinkably offensive name]] we've ever heard.

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* ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'' has so many wearable hats, and a player base so obsessed with said hats, that the game is occasionally known as "the world's number 1 #1 war-themed hat simulator". To simulator," to the point that any of the other examples on this list may be converted into a Team Fortress parody.
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''Team Fortress'' parody. The developers have run with this, to the "Pyromania" update:
--->"That's a pretty catchy song," we said. "Who sings that?" Well, we don't want to upset you, so we won't type it here, but suffice it to say
point of lambasting the band that wrote 'Safety Dance' has behind "Safety Dance" for having [[Music/MenWithoutHats the "the most unthinkably offensive name]] name we've ever heard.heard,"]] and including [[https://www.teamfortress.com/classless/hidden/hats/ vintage editorial cartoons]] showing that ''everyone'' in the ''[=TF2=]'' universe is obsessed with hats, and has been for centuries.

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* ''Series/{{Friends}}'' During a trip to London Joey buys a novelty top hat [[WearingAFlagOnYourHead printed with the Union Jack]] from a gift stand. Chandler thinks it's stupid and refuses to be seen in public with Joey while he's wearing it.

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* ''Series/{{Friends}}'' ''Series/{{Friends}}''
** When the gang go on a beach trip in the third season finale, Rachel dons a giant sunhat that Chandler compares to a spaceship.
--->'''Rachel:''' Well excuse me, my fashion-impaired friends, I am here to tell you that hats are back.\\
'''Phoebe:''' And this time, they've ganged up to form one giant, super hat.
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During a trip to London Joey buys a novelty top hat [[WearingAFlagOnYourHead printed with the Union Jack]] from a gift stand. Chandler thinks it's stupid and refuses to be seen in public with Joey while he's wearing it.

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