History Main / TheHilarityOfHats

--->'''Richard:''' You couldn't look more ridiculous if you tried.
--->(Jeremy turns his cap backwards)
--->'''Richard:''' Yep, you do. You've done the impossible.

** From the ''Team Fortress 2 Pyromania'' update:

--->'''Meg:''' I want a new hat!
--->'''Chris:''' I want a new hat!
--->'''Stewie:''' I want them to have new hats!

* ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'': Mr. Krabs sells SpongeBob a drinking hat he found in the garbage for $10, only to find afterwards that it is a hot collectors item as several collectors give him increasing offers for it up to $1 Million.

** S16/E5 (The Snowmobile episode) reused this gag, but with a twist:

** S18/E4 reused this gag again, again with a twist:

-->'''Jeremy:''' [[MundaneMadeAwesome Tonight- I wear a hat!]], Richard- wears a hat! [[RuleOfThree And James- wears a hat!]]
** S18/E4 reused this gag, but with a twist:
-->'''Jeremy:''' [[MundaneMadeAwesome Tonight- I wear a hat!]], James- wears a hat! [[SubvertedTrope And Richard]] [[RuleOfThree drives next to a low wall!]]

* SpongeBobSquarePants: Mr. Krabs sells SpongeBob a drinking hat he found in the garbage for $10, only to find afterwards that it is a hot collectors item as several collectors give him increasing offers for it up to $1 Million.

** Near the end of the "Courtmartial" sketch, the British soldiers put on pixie hats (with fake pixie ears attached to them), to the audience's delight. Watch it [[http://tinyurl.com/naastlv here]].

* ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'' has "the number 1 war themed hat simulator" as one of its taglines. To the point that any of the other examples on this list may be converted into a Team Fortress parody.

* The Creator/DrSeuss book ''The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins'' is about a boy who ''tries'' to take off his hat 500 times, but finds that there is always another ([[BiggerOnTheInside larger and fancier]]) hat underneath, up until the 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.

** While testing luxury cars in Albania Richard ponders whether the biometic sensors on his car can detect if he like certain cheeses of whether he's currently thinking about hats.

* ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'' has the 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.

** While testing luxury cars in Albania Richard ponders whether the biometic sensors on his car ac detect wif he like certain cheeses of whether he's currently thinking about hats.

* On ''TicTacDough'', Wink Martindale regularly modeled novelty hats sent in by viewers.

** Once when Jeremy was reviewing an [[TheAllegedCar old Soviet-made car]], the only good point he can find is there's enough
headroom to drive in a hat. Cut to him in a wolfskin ushanka.

** Once when Jeremy was reviewing an [[TheAllegedCar old Soviet-made car]], the only good point he can find is there's enough headroom to drive in a hat. Cut to him in a wolfskin ushanka.

* In ''VideoGame/StreetPassPlaza'', most of the hats that aren't Nintendo references fall under the silly hat category. Sometimes this is combined leading to things like your Mii wearing a replica of [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Princess Peach's castle]].

** In "Biggles Dictates a Letter", Biggles indicates to a {Cloudcuckoolander}} secretary whether or not he's dictating by wearing a hat with silly horns. His secretary still gets it wrong, writing it down when he isn't dictating and not writing it down when he is.

Examples:

** In "Biggles Dictates a Letter", Biggles indicates to a [=CloudCuckoolander=] secretary whether or not he's dictating by wearing a hat with silly horns. His secretary still gets it wrong, writing it down when he isn't dictating and not writing it down when he is.

** In "Biggles Dictates a Letter", Biggles indicates to a CloudCuckoolander secretary whether or not he's dictating by wearing a hat with silly horns. His secretary still gets it wrong, writing it down when he isn't dictating and not writing it down when he is.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' episode "Marge Gets a Job" has her suggesting "Funny Hat Day" with Music/TomJones music playing regularly as a way of raising morale, after seeing a line of deeply disturbed employees (one popping back antidepressants, one a clear alcoholic, and [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YxcwkJbC558 the other brandishing a shotgun]]). A scene later the same employees look essentially the same, [[MoodDissonance but they're wearing silly hats]].
** In another episode Homer suggests they add a scene in the MrSmithGoesToWashington remake where the titular character, played by Mel Gibson, tries on lots of funny hats. [[NoJustNoReaction Mel quickly vetos it]].

See Also NiceHat, where the hat is respected, and HatDamage, which may result in hilarity. A cornerstone of the BrotherhoodOfFunnyHats.

* In ''MontyPythonsTheMeaningOfLife'', they conclude that one of two concepts related to the eponymous question is that people are not wearing enough hats.

* The picture book ''Go, Dog, Go!'' has a RunningGag involving a poodle appearing in increasingly ridiculous hats and asking another dog "Do you like my hat?"
* The Creator/DrSeuss book ''The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins'' is about a boy who ''tries'' to take off his hat 500 times, only to find that there is always another ([[BiggerOnTheInside larger and fancier]]) hat underneath, up until the 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.

[[AC:Live Action Television]]

--> ''Jeremy'': [[MundaneMadeAwesome Tonight- I wear a hat!]], Richard- wears a hat! [[RuleOfThree And James- wears a hat!]]
** Once when Jeremy was reviewing an [[TheAllegedCar old soviet made car]] the only good point he can find is there's enough headroom to drive in a hat. Cut to him in a wolfskin ushanka.
** When in America the presenters buy some hats so they'll blend in.
---> '''Richard''': You couldn't look more ridiculous if you tried.
---> (Jeremy turns his cap backwards)
---> '''Richard''': Yep, you do. You've done the impossible.
** And in Romania Jeremy buys a hat two sizes too small to blend in ([[PaperThinDisguise while driving a supercar]]).

** In "Biggles Dictates a Letter", he indicates to a CloudCuckoolander secretary whether or not he's dictating by wearing a hat with silly horns. His secretary still gets it wrong, writing it down when he isn't dictating and not writing it down when he is.
* ''DoctorWho'': Fezzes are funny rather than cool, and the Doctor finding fezzes cool is funny to the other characters.

* ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'': the 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 Team Fortress 2 Pyromania update:

* In StreetPassPlaza most of the hats that aren't Nintendo references fall under the silly hat category. Sometimes this is combined leading to things like your Mii wearing a replica of Princess Peach's castle.

* One {{Bogleech}} [[http://www.bogleech.com/comics/comic89-lovecraft.htm comic]] pokes fun at [[Creator/HPLovecraft H. P. Lovecraft's]] tendency to portray anything "alien" (i.e. [[ValuesDissonance "different")]] as mind-bendingly horrific. In the comic, Lovecraft is introduced to a race of cute, utterly benign arthropod-like creatures with a fondness for hats, who attempt to converse politely with him: "Hello, friend soft-skin, do you like my hat?" The joke is that the aliens [[FauxHorrific wear hats on their stomachs instead of their heads]], which Lovecraft finds so [[AbsoluteXenophobe abnormal]] that it drives him insane.
* In ''GirlGenius'', the Jaegermonsters' obsession with hats is often PlayedForLaughs, though occasionally it is played for drama or plot advancement as well.

* Every episode of FeedDump ends with the following; "There may be better sources for news, but they don't have...*''pulls out ridiculous piece of head-wear''* '''this''' hat."

--->Meg: I want a new hat!
--->Chris: I want a new hat!
--->Stewie: I want them to have new hats!

* In ''TeenTitansGo'', Robin, Cyborg and Beast Boy ditch Starfire and Raven for what they claim to be a super cool "boys' night out." Turns out the boys' idea of a wild night is a visit to the hat shop, where they [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vN5Tn6AV74Q model a series of silly hats.]]
* There is one WesternAnimation/BugsBunny cartoon where he and Elmer Fudd keep having hats that fall from a delivery truck land on their heads, causing them to adopt the personas of who the hats belong to. 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.

* The Creator/DrSeuss book ''The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins'' is about a boy who ''tries'' to take off his hat 500 times, only to find that there is always another ([[BiggerOnTheInside larger and fancier]]) hat underneath., until the 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.

* The Creator/DrSeuss book ''The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins'' is about a boy who ''tries'' to take off his hat 500 times, only to find that there is always another ([[BiggerOnTheInside larger and fancier]]) hat underneath.