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11	->''"She doesn't 'just wear a hat'. She ''always'' wears a hat."''
12	-->-- '''Becky’s description of Dina''', ''Webcomic/DumbingOfAge''
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14	A character always appears wearing a headdress of some kind, and never, ever takes it off. It doesn't have to be a hat, any kind of headgear is fine. Furthermore, it doesn't always have to be the same headgear, the point is that this character is never seen bare-headed. This gives him a certain mystique since while it might just be that he wears the hat because he feels like it, the fact remains that we never learn what his hatless head looks like.
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16	Please note that this is ''not'' about characters who usually wear a hat. It's for characters who ''always and without exceptions'' wear one. Maybe exceptions can be made if the character is seen hatless ''just once'', but no more than that, or if it happens very rarely and [[LampshadeHanging is made a big deal of]]. A good rule of thumb is that if it doesn't seem weird, when you think about it, that the character in question always wears headgear, then s/he doesn't qualify. So obviously a character that appears briefly in two episodes of a three-hundred-episode series doesn't qualify, even if his fedora was on all the time.
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18	In some cultures, a hat is a mandatory article of clothing -- something you would no more leave off than you would leave off wearing pants. This may be required for only one sex, or for both.
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20	Often overlaps with SignatureHeadgear (for characters who are known for wearing headgear that makes them stand out) and PleaseKeepYourHatOn (for characters who really ''don't'' want to show off whatever is under the hat). Men with BaldnessAngst also often employ this trope to hide their shame from the world. Sometimes overlaps with TheFaceless. Contrast HelmetsAreHardlyHeroic.
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27	[[folder:Anime & Manga]]
28	* In ''Manga/BlackCat'', the protagonist's partner, Sven Vollfied, never stops doing three things; wearing a hat, flirting, and smoking. At one point the hat gets ruined, but he's got a spare prepared.
29	* In ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'', Urahara Kisuke wears his green-and-white-striped hat constantly. The brim usually keeps his eyes in shadow, and Urahara frequently uses it to help obscure the rest of his face. When someone knocks his hat off, Urahara is quick to put it back on, even if it has been damaged.
30	* In the erotic manga ''Bondage Fairies'', creator Kondom's AuthorAvatar is always depicted wearing a giant condom as a full face hood (and two smaller condoms as gloves).
31	* Chiriri from ''Anime/BottleFairy'' always wears a hat or head covering of some type.
32	* [[NinjaMaid Sayoko Shinozaki]] from ''Anime/CodeGeass'' is never seen without her maid's headdress, even when in her ninja outfit on a mission.
33	* ''Manga/CaptainTsubasa'': Mostly applies during matches, but Genzo Wakayabashi is the only goalkeeper in the series who always and without fail wears a cap while playing. Only a few times it gets knocked off during rough plays [[spoiler:and there's one instance he ''used'' it for a save]].
34	* Inspector Megure in ''Manga/CaseClosed'' is always seen with his iconic hat. In Episode 218/File 286, it was revealed that [[spoiler:he always kept his hat on so that nobody would see the scar on his head which he received many years ago in a case which involved his would-be wife]].
35	* Karasawa from ''Manga/DailyLivesOfHighSchoolBoys'', who is always wearing a baseball cap.
36	* One of the theater troupe members in ''Manga/DanceTillTomorrow'' always wears a huge frog mask.
37	* ''Manga/{{Doraemon}}'':
38	** Haruo, one of ThoseTwoGuys alongside Yasuo from Nobita's class, is never seen without his baseball cap.
39	** The Conductor of the titular Super-Express from ''Anime/DoraemonNobitaAndTheGalaxySuperExpress'' always had his Conductor's Hat on at all times, even when he's clinging atop the express during a high-speed chase and getting thrown off his feet when the express crashes on two different deserted planets.
40	** Pibu and Poppi from ''Anime/DoraemonNobitaAndTheSpiralCity'', a pair of [[LivingToys andromorphic toy pigs]] can be differentiated from the other pig residents from their permanent headgear, the former wearing a cap and the latter a pink bow.
41	** Bulkin the merdemon lord from ''Anime/DoraemonNobitasGreatBattleOfTheMermaidKing'' wears a face-obscuring helmet on him at all times that shouts "EVIL!" whenever he's onscreen, and the audience never sees how his true face actually looks like. His anime-exclusive [[TheDragon dragon]] Tragis also have a horned helmet he's never seen without.
42	** Subverted with Luca from ''Anime/DoraemonNobitasChronicleOfTheMoonExploration'', a NewTransferStudent in Nobita's class who wears his cap everywhere he goes (lampshaded when Gian and Suneo calls him "that new kid with a cap") - because he's actually a {{Human Alien\|s}} with rabbit ears, revealing his identity to Doraemon and gang after befriending them by removing his cap. Luca never wears his cap after the reveal halfway through, and it seems like he gave Nobita his cap as a memento before leaving earth (his cap can be seen in Nobita's bedroom in the next movie, ''Anime/DoraemonNobitasNewDinosaur'', as a ContinuityNod).
43	* Fujita from ''Manga/{{Dorohedoro}}'' never takes off his hat. It's the kind of hat that that guy in ''Film/{{Fargo}}'' wore.
44	* ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'':
45	** Jotaro Kujo's hat is such an integral part of his character that [[LongPants it seems to merge with his hair]]. And of course, he never intentionally takes it off, but it does get knocked off his head once or twice by enemies.
46	--->'''Jotaro:''' You knocked off my hat. I don't even take that thing off when I'm underwater.
47	** Guido Mista from ''Manga/GoldenWind'' is never seen without a hat, whether it be his coif-like hat he wears in the present or the beanie he wears in flashbacks.
48	** D an G from ''Manga/StoneOcean'' is always seen wearing a ''Pickelhaube'', which is especially odd given he's a prisoner being held in a maximum-security ward. His helmet is such a key part of him that his Stand appears to be wearing one as well, and it stays on even when F.F. decapitates him from within. The same part has Ungalo, who's never seen without his purple knit cap, though it was slightly dislodged when he was shot at in his introduction.
49	** Josuke Higashikata, the [=JoJo=] of ''Manga/{{JoJolion}}'' has literally never been seen without his 'dixie cup' sailor hat. He's even found wearing it when he's pulled out of the Wall Eyes otherwise naked.
50	* You could probably count the number of times that Chika Fujiwara from ''Manga/KaguyaSamaLoveIsWar'' is shown without her bow on one hand. She even keeps it on when she's wearing a bald cap or when she has a towel wrapped around her head after getting out of the bath.
51	* In ''Manga/{{Kobato}}'', Kobato herself is never seen in public without some kind of hat. This turns out to be justified, since [[spoiler:her hats hide a spiritual crown which indicates that [[DeadAllAlong she's actually dead]]]].
52	* Jigen, from the ''Characters/{{Lupin III}}'' franchise, is never seen without his fedora. Unless he's in disguise. It's actually been stated that he's such a good shot simply because he always wears it. He aims along the brim.
53	* In ''Manga/OnePiece'' we have several examples:
54	** Chopper, who always wears his pink hat (later a blue helmet on top of the pink hat).
55	** Usopp, who always has some kind of headgear on, his most iconic being the olive net-patterned cap.
56	** Brook and his top hat, which he switches for a weird crown-shaped hat after the timeskip.
57	** Surprisingly averted with the main character, Luffy, the only character (aside from Chopper) whose hat is actually important. His straw hat is his symbol, going so far that when he achieves fame, the World Government calls him "Straw Hat" Luffy, and his crew the "Straw Hat Pirates". It's Luffy's most precious treasure, given to him by his idol. And, as it turns out, [[spoiler:it was once the hat of Gol D. Roger, the pirate king.]] And yet, he's constantly seen without it, typically taking it off at the start of major fights and either setting it on the ground or giving it to a crewmate. Other times he wears the string of the straw hat around his neck instead of on his head.
58	** Killer, one of the Eleven Supernovas, never takes his helmet off, not even to eat. As a result, his favorite food tends to be what he can fit through the holes in his helmet, especially pasta.
59	* ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'':
60	** Ash from ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries'' always has his trademark baseball cap on. The number of times he's seen without it is directly proportional to the number of formal outfits he's been put into over the course of the show. He's also occasionally seen without it when he's asleep.
61	** Bianca (not [[VideoGame/PokemonBlackandWhite that Bianca]]) from ''Anime/PokemonHeroes'' is never seen without her white beret, which the disguised Latias does not wear.
62	** Red from ''Manga/PokemonAdventures'' has had his hat off in only ''one'' chapter.
63	* In ''Manga/SamuraiDeeperKyo'', Benitora always wears a bandanna.
64	* From ''Manga/SgtFrog'', all Keronians have hats, usually a long-eared one with their personal symbol on it. One episode involved a notorious un-reveal when Keroro switches to a baseball cap after his hat is picked up by a toddler.
65	* ''Manga/SpyXFamily'': Anya has two little 'horns' on her head, which she never takes off even when sleeping. For a FashionShopFashionShow sequence, she either switched them for an equivalent that matched the outfit or wore a hat. The only time she's been seen without any headgear is a flashback to the lab where she gained her telepathic powers, where she had OdangoHair.
66	* The title character of ''Manga/SquidGirl'', who would die if she removed her hat. It's hinted that her "hat" [[NotAMask is actually her scalp]] (which explains why removing it is lethal); in one issue where she was [[EasyAmnesia suffering from amnesia]], she tried to remove it only to find it fused to her head.
67	* The titular Princess of ''Manga/TisTimeForTorturePrincess'' is constantly wearing something on her head. Usually it's her RequisiteRoyalRegalia crown, but she occasionally switches it out for such things as a bike helmet.
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70	[[folder:Asian Animation]]
71	* ''Animation/BoBoiBoy'': The titular KidHero always wears his [[SignatureHeadgear iconic orange "dinosaur" cap]]. One of many comic strips from the earliest magazines for the show that lampshade this involve his grandfather being shocked when [=BoBoiBoy=] casually states that he hasn't washed his hat in ''two months''. ''Animation/BoBoiBoyTheMovie'' shows that even in the bathroom, he wears a shower cap which is similar to his hat. In the movie's climax, his full head of hair is seen for the first time after Bora Ra knocks it off of him, revealing [=BoBoiBoy=]'s black hair to have a frontal skunk stripe.
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75	* Jughead Jones from ''ComicBook/ArchieComics'' is seldom seen without his signature crown-shaped hat.
76	* The title character of obscure Swedish comic book ''ComicBook/{{Bobo}}'' always wore a Tyrolean hat.
77	* The title main character from the British comic ''ComicBook/{{Buster}}'' (who was originally said to be Andy Capp's son) was never seen hatless except for the final issue. Apparently, he looks just like ComicStrip/DennisTheMenaceUK under it.
78	* ComicBook/DoctorDoom is about as likely to be seen without his helmet as he is to [[WickedCultured show up with a can of Budweiser and playing the kazoo]]. Occasionally he'll take the mask off, [[TheFaceless almost invariably when facing away from the reader]]. This is because, most of the time, he's ''horribly scarred'' underneath - either from the explosion that initially scarred him or from putting on the helmet without letting it cool first - and his vanity won't permit him to go bareheaded and put that on display.
79	* In the Swedish comic ''ComicBook/HermanHedning'', Herman always wears a helmet.
80	* ''ComicBook/JudgeDredd'' almost never takes his helmet off. When he does, his head is always obscured by something else. The one exception to this was one time when he'd had his face changed into a completely different one.
81	** An early story did intend him to remove his helmet on-screen and reveal his face, to cow some perps he was dealing with at the time - but the illustrator Massimo Belardinelli could not make it intimidating enough, so they opted to instead censor it and imply a NightmareFace. From here on it grew into a RunningGag, and from there into a symbol: John Wagner has come to declare that it symbolizes the facelessness of justice, and that it'd be unnecessary and downright harmful to ever see his true face.
82	** One story had an artist going blind, wishing to make her final work about Dredd's face. Dredd refused on the above grounds: justice is meant to be faceless. He did let her feel him after she'd finally gone blind, however.
83	** Another story goes as far as to suggest this tendency as a "deeply embedded personal neurosis": the monkey vigilante Chimpsky employed it to good effect to flee from him.
84	* Cougar from ''ComicBook/TheLosers'' keeps his hat on.
85	* Some runs of ''ComicBook/TheMightyThor'' have depicted ComicBook/{{Loki}} this way, though as with many comic book characters it's DependingOnTheArtist (it's fairly established that his hair is short -- shorter than in [[Film/{{Thor}} the film version]], black, and pomaded back). The J. Michael Straczynski/Kieron Gillen era took this trope to heart, however, by depicting a Loki who wore his horned helmet and cowl even when shirtless and hammering at a sword à la TheBlacksmith. Current/Teen!Loki averts the trope, he pretty much only wears a circlet thingy, and even that only on missions [[spoiler:however his (possible) evil, future self was shown to wear the classic helmet]].
86	* Jeremiah from ''ComicBook/MonicasGang'' is always seen wearing a red hat, since his first appearance in the comics.
87	* ''ComicBook/ThePhantomStranger'': It is extremely rare for the Stranger to be seen without his trademark fedora and, even then, it is usually for no more a panel. The ''ComicBook/MadameXanadu'' series shows that the Stranger has always worn some type of head covering, with the style changing through the eras: a hooded cloak in Camelot, a top hat in Victorian England, etc.
88	* Molly Hayes from ''ComicBook/{{Runaways}}'' is almost always wearing some sort of animal-themed hat. She is also said to like some of the superheroes' various hats and helmets (such as Black Panther).
89	* ''Franchise/TheSmurfs'': Every single Smurf wears a white hat, except for Papa Smurf, who has a red one. They are rarely shown without a hat on, with Papa Smurf in the comic book story "The Black Smurfs" (and [[AdaptationDyeJob its English adaptation "The Purple Smurfs"]]) having his hat blown off his head when his laboratory exploded after being turned into a Black Smurf, revealing a bald head. In both ''WesternAnimation/TheSmurfs'' cartoon show and the film version of ''WesternAnimation/TheSmurfsAndTheMagicFlute'', there were some instances where the younger male Smurfs took off their hats to reveal bald heads underneath.
90	* V from ''ComicBook/VForVendetta'' is never without his signature Guy Fawkes mask.
91	* ''Franchise/WonderWoman'':
92	** ''ComicBook/WonderWoman1942'': Lord Uvo and his Uranians never remove their helmet-hat combination headgear, and the only locals on Uranus shown without a head covering are slaves.
93	** ''ComicBook/WonderWoman1987'': The Sangtee Empire has hats as a cultural thing, and the only time any kreel are seen without a hat or helmet on is when they're imprisoned and being tortured. Hats and other headgear are very important and the design seems to denote different positions of different kreel within the Empire.
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97	* ComicStrip/AndyCapp keeps his on. Lampshaded in one strip, where a constable delivers the cap to Flo. Flo's reaction suggests that Andy hasn't been out of the house ever since he lost it. In another strip, someone laughs at Andy for carrying an umbrella. Andy's response is that he's not going to sleep in a wet cap.
98	* The title character from ''ComicStrip/{{Barnaby}}'' has a fairy godfather named Mr. O'Malley, who never ever takes off his hat.
99	* ComicStrip/BeetleBailey always wears either a hat or a helmet. In the EarlyInstallmentWeirdness when Beetle hadn't joined the Army yet, he wore a fedora-like hat.
100	* For many years in ''ComicStrip/{{Doonesbury}}''[[note]]''34'' years to be exact[[/note]], [[NoNameGiven B.D.]] was never seen without some sort of helmet. He wore a football helmet at college, during his service in Vietnam, as a coach and as a pro football player, a soldier's helmet during both Gulf Wars, a policeman's helmet when he was a cop, and even riot gear at one point. However, this quirk disappeared when, on April 21, 2004, he lost a leg while serving in Iraq. His only reflections on losing the helmet was on July 31, 2004, when he asked himself "what was up" with his helmet obsession, and when he later reveals during a therapy session that his mother was very neurotic about safety, and made him wear protective helmets throughout his childhood, which resulted in him feeling naked without one as an adult.
101	* Swedish comic strip ''ComicStrip/{{Elvis\|2000}}'' used to feature a character called Totte, who always wore a beret.
102	* Peter Fox from ''ComicStrip/FoxTrot'' is never without his trademark baseball cap unless he is wearing some other kind of headgear, such as a football helmet. He even sleeps in it. In one strip it blows off his head and he subjects himself to a HumiliationConga in order to get it back. The only two arcs that involved him being bareheaded for any length of time was one where he lost a bet and had to shave his head, and another where he was getting a haircut from a swimsuit model training to be a hairdresser.
103	* Harry Dinkle of ''ComicStrip/FunkyWinkerbean'' never took off his band cap, except when wearing a helmet when helping with the school's construction. It wasn't until he retired from being the band conductor that he took it off... [[EyeObscuringHat and his eyes were seen.]]
104	* ComicStrip/HagarTheHorrible even ''sleeps'' wearing his helmet. So does Helga, and pretty much everyone else in the strip who wears one.
105	* Dean from ''ComicStrip/LibertyMeadows'' is never seen without his backwards baseball cap. He even swims in it.
106	* Barney Google, the original protagonist and [[ArtifactTitle still one of the title characters]] of ''ComicStrip/SnuffySmith'' always wears a hat. It was a top hat in the early days, but in more recent appearances he's leaned toward derbies.
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110	* [[BigBad Jafar]] from ''{{WesternAnimation/Aladdin}}'' is never seen without his hat on, except either in his beggar disguise or as a Genie.
111	* ''WesternAnimation/ArloTheAlligatorBoy'': Alia always wears her hood up, obscuring her ears and upper hair tuft. This extends to [[WesternAnimation/IHeartArlo the series]] when she even puts on a hat over her hood and wears a hoodied wetsuit for swimming.
112	* [[RebelliousPrincess Princess Merida]] from ''{{WesternAnimation/Brave}}'' inverts this trope: she is often seen bareheaded, and she is obviously not happy when Queen Elinor makes her wear a wimple on her head when the three lords arrive.
113	* The semitrucks from the ''{{Franchise/Cars}}'' series films are always seen wearing hats formed from massive sails on their roofs.
114	* ''WesternAnimation/FoodFight'': Dex Dogtective is always wearing his fedora, and it is played with in TheStinger when Sunshine Goodness removes it to reveal... another hat.
115	* [[WesternAnimation/FrostyTheSnowman Frosty the Snowman]] never takes off his iconic magician’s hat. {{Justified}}, since the hat is what gave him life to being with, thus if he were to take it off, he would revert back to being an ordinary, lifeless snowman.
116	* The lawn ornaments from ''WesternAnimation/GnomeoandJuliet'' and ''WesternAnimation/SherlockGnomes'' all have their pointed hats permanently molded onto their heads, as best seen when Tybalt smashes Benny's hat off his head.
117	* Giulia from ''{{WesternAnimation/Luca}}'' is never seen without her beanie hat on. She even wears a swim cap when she is in her bathing suit.
118	* ''Franchise/MyLittlePony'':
119	** ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirlsFriendshipGames'': Lemon Zest of the Crystal Prep Shadowbolts always wears headphones.
120	** ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyANewGeneration'': Queen Haven ''never'' takes off her crown, and sleeps, showers, and even swims with it. This greatly complicates matters for the heroes, as [[spoiler:the Pegasus Crystal is the centerpiece of that crown and they need it to return magic to Equestria]].
121	* Maid Marian from ''WesternAnimation/RobinHood1973'' is never seen without her ear-shaped headdress on (although the veil ''can'' be removed), preventing the viewers from seeing her ears underneath.
122	* [[TheDragon Thelonius]] from ''WesternAnimation/Shrek1'' wears an executioner's hood which he for some reason never removes.
123	* ''WesternAnimation/SleepingBeauty'': If one considers [[BigBad Maleficent's]] horns as being some kind of headdress, then she would definitely be this.
124	* [[GodSaveUsFromtheQueen The Evil Queen]] from ''WesternAnimation/SnowWhiteandtheSevenDwarfs'' wears a tight, black wimple on her head, while her Hag form has her head covered up by a hood. The only time her hair is ever seen is when she is transforming from the former to the latter.
125	* One of the thugs from ''{{WesternAnimation/Tangled}}'' always wears a bucket-shaped helmet that completely covers his face, which he never removes.
126	* In the ''Franchise/ToyStory'' movies, while both Woody and Jessie have removable hats, Buzz Lightyear on the other hand, while his helmet is indeed retractable, his purple cowl appears to be permanently molded onto his head.
127	* In ''WesternAnimation/TurningRed'', Miriam is never seen without her [[SignatureHeadgear green toque]], even during gym class.
128	* Most of the playable ''Sugar Rush'' cast from ''WesternAnimation/WreckitRalph'' except for Vanellope wear hats on their heads which they never remove.
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131	[[folder:Films -- Live-Action]]
132	* In ''Film/{{Antigang}}'', squad member Genu is never seen without his knit cap; wearing it even when the squad are in the office working at their desks.
133	* The 1976 movie adaptation of ''Film/{{Carrie\|1976}}'' has the character Norma perpetually wearing a red hat. When she gets her hair done, the device she's using wears it instead.
134	* Creator/CharlieChaplin almost never went without his iconic hat. ''Film/TheImmigrant'' goes as far as to show a scene of him repeatedly being asked to remove his hat at a restaurant, until the waiter gets fed up and snatches it off his head. As soon as it's on the table again, he puts it back on without any mind.
135	* ''Film/{{Dredd}}'': Unlike the Creator/SylvesterStallone [[Film/JudgeDredd version]], Creator/KarlUrban's Judge Dredd is never seen without his helmet (except for a brief view of the back of his head while he is suiting up). Urban actually insisted on this, as Dredd in the comics never takes off his helmet.
136	* In the ''Film/FatAlbert'' movie, Dumb Donald explains that he always wears his hat because [[TheFaceless the animators didn't give him a face]]. He is forced to remove his hat and discovers that he indeed has a face. When Albert's friends [[RealWorldEpisode return from the real world]], Donald had to put his hat back on because, in their fictional world, he indeed has no face (just two eyeballs and a mouth floating around his head). Also apparently, Fat Albert himself is never bare-''chested'' as when the clerk at the mall offers to help him take his sweater off to try on the new clothes.
137	-->'''Fat Albert''': Uh... I can't take my sweater off 'cause... [-I don't know what's underneath it-].
138	* ''Film/GentlemenExplorers'': The Magician is never seen without his grey top hat: even when the only other thing he is wearing his red long johns.
139	* "Little Edie" Beale in ''Film/GreyGardens'' wears scarves and other head covers throughout the documentary, having lost all her hair to alopecia.
140	* In the martial arts film, ''Film/TheMightyOne'', the hero known as Water Knight is almost ''never'' seen without his eye-obscuring conical straw hat. It got knocked off his head during one battle, but he retrieves it and puts it back on moments later. In the final battle, he does remove his hat in order to [[WeaponizedHeadgear throw it into an enemy's gut with enough force to fatally penetrate his victim]].
141	* ''Film/SomeCameRunning'': Bama Dillert ''always'' wears his hat. He sleeps with his hat. A violent fight breaks out when another gambler knocks Bama's hat off his head.
142	* ''Franchise/StarWars'':
143	** Darth Vader always wears his helmet, since it's part of his life support system. Seen only twice without it: [[spoiler:the first time in a special pressure chamber, the second time dying.]] Though he is able go without it near the end in ''VideoGame/TheForceUnleashed''.
144	** The [[DesertBandits Tusken Raiders]] [[TheFaceless are never shown]] without their [[MalevolentMaskedMen creepy masks]] and rags, as in their culture to expose any part of the flesh was forbidden and seen as a disgrace. However in ''Franchise/StarWarsLegends'' it's suggested in ''VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublic'' that [[OurHumansAreDifferent they may share a common ancestor with humanity]], while in ''VideoGame/JediKnightDarkForcesII'' a group of partially-masked Tuskens living offworld are shown to be [[CatFolk vaguely feline]], with flat faces and drooping jowls.
145	* In ''Film/{{Tampopo}}'', Goro always wears his cowboy hat, even in the [[FuroScene bathtub]]. The only times he takes it off are when he's letting Tabo wear it while he eats breakfast, and when it falls off when he's fighting Pisken.
146	* ''Film/TouchOfEvil'': Hank Quinlan is never seen without his fedora, indoors or out. It doesn't even fall off when [[spoiler:he gets shot and collapses backward into a river]].
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150	* Mama Bear from ''Literature/TheBerenstainBears'', who wears ''two'' different hats, one when she's at home, and the other when she's outside, which she is never seen without.
151	* While wizards on the Literature/{{Discworld}} may believe that a wizard is naked without his hat (and, conversely, ''isn't'' naked if he ''is'' wearing it), they have been known to remove them. Rincewind, on the other hand ''always'' wears his hat, and if he's somehow separated from it his immediate priority is to make a new one. After all, his {{Inept Mage}}ry is such that having a hat is basically the only thing that makes him a wizard.
152	* In ''Literature/ElisList'', Eli always wears a Botafoga snowcap while she's awake and a nightcap when she's sleeping.
153	* The gnomes of ''Literature/{{Gnomes}}'' have personal caps that they keep for life, sort of like the wands of ''Franchise/HarryPotter'' wizards, and they never take them off except to sleep. A gnome would "rather be without his pants than without his cap," says the book. In one story, a misbehaving gnome's hat is held hostage until he changes his ways -- of course he can't just go get another one.
154	* ''Literature/GoblinSlayer'': The titular character is almost ''never'' seen without his iconic one-horned helmet on. In the manga and anime adaptations, during the rare moments he takes his helmet off, [[TheFaceless his face is never shown]].
155	* Speaking of ''Franchise/HarryPotter'', Professor Quirrel (after the first time we see him) is never seen without his turban in the first book. There are rumors that he keeps garlic inside it to ward off vampires. In the climax, it is revealed that [[spoiler:Lord Voldemort is possessing him and his face protrudes out the back of Quirell's head.]]
156	* Referenced in a poem by Creator/SpikeMilligan:
157	-->American detectives\
158	Never remove their hats\
159	While investigating murders\
160	In other people's flats.\
161	PS Chinese 'tecs\
162	Are much more dreaded\
163	And they always appear\
164	Bare-headed!
165	* In ''Literature/TheVampireFiles'', gangster Whitey Kroun got his nickname because he always wore a white hat, even as a teenager.
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169	* Frank Rossitano, he of the slogan trucker caps on ''Series/ThirtyRock''.
170	* Skinny Pete from ''Series/BreakingBad'' is never seen without his beanie. [[spoiler:In ''Film/ElCamino'', however, he gives his hat to Jesse as a parting gift before he goes on the lam.]]
171	* In ''Series/BridesOfChrist'', Sister Agnes's hair is always hidden under her habit. When the habits are changed to some which are more revealing, her grey hair shows, and she is mocked by the pupils.
172	* ''Series/CallTheMidwife'', obviously. Half the cast are nuns, and it’s a ''very'' big deal when one appears without at least the cap that goes under her wimple.
173	* Not a hat, exactly, but in ''Series/ElChavoDelOcho'', a set of hair curlers is part of Doña Florinda's standard costume. No matter what time of day it is, or what's going on in the neighborhood, she always wears those curlers. More straight, Chavo and Quico are always seen with their hats. (Don Ramón has a hat, too, but he tends to throw it to the ground whenever he's angry.)
174	* On ''Series/CornerGas'', both Oscar and Hank always wear hats (Oscar's green hat being considered his signature item by other characters). Hank has spent a couple of episodes hatless for various reasons (trying to change his personality from a Virgo to a Libra, or having a good hair day for the first time in over 20 years), but Oscar's hat is a near-permanent fixture (Emma makes him take it off at the dinner table, and he doesn't wear it to bed or in the shower).
175	* [[GenderBlenderName Charlie]] on ''Series/DisneysOneSaturdayMorning'' is ''never'' seen without one. Though you could always see her blonde locks.
176	* ''Series/DogWithABlog'': Avery's friend Lindsey has a habit of always wearing a hat, even in inappropriate moments. The one time she realized she was bareheaded, she flipped out and had to stuff her head in her locker.
177	* ''Series/GameOfThrones'': Lady Olenna Tyrell is always seen wearing a hat and veil color-coordinated to match her outfit. They're usually in the Tyrell house colors of teal and gold but she occasionally dons a black version as [[WidowsWeeds mourning attire]].
178	* ''Series/HomeImprovement'': Most of the time, Wilson is wearing a floppy brimmed fisherman's hat, so only his nose and eyes are visible between the fence and the hat brim. Any time he is not wearing the hat, he has something else on his head, like a knight's helmet.
179	* On one episode of ''Series/JudgeJudy'', Judy orders a plaintiff to remove her large hat. The woman refuses, so Judy dismisses her case, probably figuring that if she can't follow such a simple request, she would probably be impossible to deal with.
180	* All of the gnomes that are seen in {{Creator/Studio100}}'s ''Series/KabouterPlop'' series are never seen without their hats. Even when they are sleeping they are still wearing their hats.
181	* Tenkaichi from ''Literature/LessonsForAPerfectDetectiveStory'' never takes his hat off, even when he's in the bath. One character attempts to take it off him when he's asleep but he wakes up and stops them the moment his hat is touched.
182	* Grandad Trotter was never seen without his trilby in ''Series/OnlyFoolsAndHorses''. It was such a piece of SignatureHeadgear that Delboy [[spoiler:thought he]] put it in Grandad's grave at his funeral.
183	* In ''Series/TheMandalorian'', members of the Mandalorian order the Children of the Watch are forbidden from showing their faces to other living beings, and are never seen outside of their very cool armour, helmet and all. Averted for Mandalorians from other orders, and [[spoiler:occasionally the protagonist as well. The first two instances occur after either he or his adopted child ends up in a life-threatening emergency, but someone else helps him exploit a loophole in the creed. The third occurs before the child resumes Jedi training, when he silently asks to see his father's face before they part ways.]]
184	* ''Series/MythBusters'': Unless he has a very good ''practical'' reason not to wear it, you're not very likely to see Jamie Hyneman without his beret. To the point that when a particularly fierce wind actually does blow it off, Adam is left slightly stupefied because something like that had never happened before.
185	* Over the course of three seasons of ''Series/RobinHood'', you could count the number of times that Much takes off his hat on one hand. It's actually a TearJerker when Robin ''takes off'' his hat for him in the very last episode. (ItMakesSenseInContext).
186	* In ''Series/TheSecretWorldOfAlexMack'', Alex kept her hat on. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wAqxrHijNQw They even did a song about it!]]
187	* Guinan is never seen without a ridiculously large hat on ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'', even in the wild west! Whoopi finally removed her hat in the TNG film ''Generations'', as an act of symbolism for revealing her past.
188	* Nisu Uuno from ''Series/{{Wremja}}'' always wears a ski cap and refuses to take it off.
189	* Japanese food and drinks journalist Rui Yoshida always dresses in trademark black and grey replete with flat cap.
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191
192	[[folder:Music]]
193	* "God wants you to wear a hat" by Series/TheWhitestKidsUKnow.
194	* The Taiwanese singer, [[https://www.vivawoman.net/2012/02/80s-pop-icon-feng-fei-fei-and-her-array-of-hats/ Feng Fei-fei]], always, ''always'' wears a cap, hat, or any form of headgear during concert performances, interviews and social galas, to the point where her fans would affectionally call her the "Queen of Hats". Even her [[https://www.google.com/doodles/fong-fei-feis-66th-birthday Google Doodle]] depicts her in a series of assorted headgears!
195	* Steven Van Zandt of [[Music/BruceSpringsteen the E Street Band]] fame was involved in a car accident as a teenager where his head went through the windshield, leaving several scars on his head. As a result, he's usually seen with a bandana tied around his head to conceal these injuries. When he played Silvio Dante in ''Series/TheSopranos'', he sported a pompadour wig instead.
196	[[/folder]]
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198	[[folder:Puppet Shows]]
199	* Mr. Knack from ''Series/EureekasCastle'' is almost never seen without his aviator hat, and if he's not wearing that, he'll have something else covering the top of his head.
200	* The Swedish Chef of Franchise/TheMuppets is rarely seen without his chef's hat, even when wearing non-cooking clothes like a tuxedo. While most Muppet action figures released by Palisades Toys that had removable hats were packaged with the hat off, all Swedish Chef figures wore the hat in the packaging (a requirement from The Jim Henson Company, who wouldn't allow the figure to have a removable hat if he didn't wear it in the packaging). One of the rare times The Swedish Chef was shown without his hat was in a sketch where he made some spicy sauce. After tasting it, the sauce was so spicy it caused his hat to fly off his head. His bare head is only shown for a second before the chef looks up and then faints. On ''Series/TheMuppets2015'', The Swedish Chef was often shown hatless when outside of the workplace, though. He's seen hatless for most of his scenes in the episode "Pig Out".
201	* On ''Series/SesameStreet'', Biff and Sully were rarely seen without their hardhats. Biff in particular has worn it at times when it would make sense not to, including a sketch where he plays a caveman, when in the bathtub in the "Do De Rubber Duck" number, and in an episode where Biff celebrates his birthday, he wears his hardhat underneath a party hat. Biff and Sully were both shown hatless in the number "We Coulda", where they imagine themselves having different jobs. Additionally, in the Sony/Loew's theater policy trailer "Don't Forget to Watch the Movie", Biff's hat falls off when he drills in the theater.
202	[[/folder]]
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204	[[folder:Theater]]
205	* ''Theatre/FiddlerOnTheRoof'': "For instance -- we always keep our heads covered, and always wear little prayer shawls. This shows our constant devotion to God. You may ask, "How did this tradition get started?" I'll tell you! ... I don't know. But it is a tradition!" Later in the play, Tevye jokes that maybe the reason Jews always wear hats is that they're always being forced out of their homes and forced to move someplace else.
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208	[[folder:Toys]]
209	* While some Toys/AmericanGirl historical girls wear headgear on their heads as part of their default outfits, both Felicity and her friend Elizabeth take this even further where not only are they always wearing hats on their heads with their different outfits, they're even wearing bonnets on their heads in their nightgowns when they're asleep.
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212	[[folder:Video Games]]
213	* Desmond from ''VideoGame/BloodyZombies'' is never seen without his British-style flat cap, even in his death scenes where zombies maul him apart.
214	* Marumaro in ''VideoGame/BlueDragon'' always wears a hat, which almost results in an AccidentalMarriage in Kelaso Village.
215	* ''VideoGame/BrainDead13'': Lance almost always wear a baseball cap. The exception are Vivi's Salon, when Vivi takes it off and uses it as a [[BoundAndGagged gag]] to ensure that he can't scream during the painful "makeover", and some death scenes.
216	* ''VideoGame/ClubPenguin'': Rookie is never seen without his propellor cap. He mentioned in a newspaper once that he has it ''glued'' to his head.
217	* Masaru Daimon from the ''VideoGame/DanganronpaAnotherEpisodeUltraDespairGirls'' always wears earphones.
218	* ''VideoGame/DazeBeforeChristmas'' have you playing as a BadassSanta out to save Christmas; while battling enemies your Santa hat stays on no matter how much jumping and kicking ass you pull off. Possibly justified because Christmas ''magic'' (you can even take cover from enemy attacks by hiding [[BiggerOnTheInside inside your hat]]).
219	* ''VideoGame/FZero'': Captain Falcon is only depicted without his face-obscuring helmet twice, if you win the GP in Master Class in ''VideoGame/FZeroX'' and at the end of ''VideoGame/FZeroGX''[='s=] story mode. Even then, in the case of the latter, he faces away from the camera so you only see the back of his head. This is why it was a huge deal when, [[spoiler:during his HeroicSacrifice]] in the anime ''Anime/FZeroGPLegend'', his helmet flies off and his face is revealed. Other characters throughout ''GP Legend''[='s=] run were able to deduce his SecretIdentity and Falcon did outright reveal himself to one character, but his back was to the viewers then. Maybe that's because he was based on ComicBook/JudgeDredd.
220	* ''VideoGame/GranblueFantasy'': Whether it's her royal regalia or her commoner disguise, Pholia always seems to have something on her head. This leads to the bizarre effect of her being an Erune as common knowledge in-universe and her bragging about the fluffiness of her ears to others despite the fact that players can't see them. Hiding her ears was probably done to prevent players from realizing [[spoiler:that she's related to the Golden Knight]] before the story confirmed it.
221	* ''VideoGame/GuiltyGear'': After the first game, the mad Doctor Baldhead undergoes a HeelFaceTurn and from then on takes the name Faust and uses a brown paper bag over his head at all times, with the exception of his taunt in Guilty Gear Xrd where he shows his face to his opponent. Though in that case it is purposely hidden in shadow.
222	* ''VideoGame/Heidelberg1693'' have you playing as a French musketeer caught in a ZombieApocalypse and fighting undead monsters left and right, with your feathered musketeer hat staying on your head no matter what happens. Even if you're being ripped to shreds by monsters.
223	* ''VideoGame/InazumaEleven'': Several characers such as Max, Hiyori, and Touko wear a hat all the time, including when playing football or going to school. Nobody bats an eye. Max also has a special hat for sleeptime.
224	* ''VideoGame/{{Kirby}}'':
225	** King Dedede is always seen with a hat on, even while in a bathtub in ''Anime/KirbyRightBackAtYa''. Usually he's wearing his classic beanie, but a few official illustrations show him with other hats.
226	** Magolor from ''VideoGame/KirbysReturnToDreamLand'' is never seen without his hood up; some of his special dialogue when you try to annoy him implies he has hair, but we never get to see it. [[spoiler:Not even his OneWingedAngel forms avert this, since he wears the [[CrownOfPower Master Crown]] to achieve those forms.]] The most we see of his head is during the Magolor Epilogue from the ''Deluxe'' remake of ''Return to Dream Land'', where his hood is partially torn to expose one of his cat-like ears.
227	* Bill in ''VideoGame/Left4Dead'' is never seen without his iconic green beret which he had since the Vietnam War. Even if Bill gets killed, his hat will always stay on. The only time he's seen without his hat is in the comic where he was undergoing surgery.
228	* Downplayed in ''VIdeoGame/TheLegendOfTianding''. Your titular character wears a cap outdoors that stays on even when he's blasted by rockets, falling down pits or swinging through buildings, but there are two cutscenes where you remove your hat.
229	* Snips in ''VideoGame/TheLegendaryStarfy'' would qualify, but who knows if that pink thing on her head is even a hat?
230	* This was enforced with Link in ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'' for a period. According to an interview, Nintendo gave the mangaka of the ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime'' [[Manga/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime1999 manga]] trouble because they had ''one scene'' where Link's hat is off. This has since been stopped, as Link is depicted hatless in games such as ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild''.
231	* In contrast to [[VideoGame/MegaManClassic his predecessor]], who frequently removes his helmet to reveal a head of synthetic hair, ''VideoGame/MegaManX'' is never shown removing his own helmet, if indeed he even can. [[VideoGame/MegaManZero Zero]] is similarly always helmetted ([[ArtShift even after a change of body]]), though [[SamuraiPonytail his own hair]] is visible anyway.
232	* ''VideoGame/Onmyoji2016'': Seimei is always wearing some sort of hat in all of his [[CharacterCustomization skins]].
233	* The trope is lampshaded in a scene that plays in the second ''VideoGame/PaRappaTheRapper'' game if you do badly at Hairdresser Octopus's stage, in regards to [=PaRappa=] himself, who is never seen not wearing his signature beanie:
234	-->'''Hairdresser Octopus''': Hey! Take that stupid hat off! What does it look like in there?\
235	'''[=PaRappa=]''': Uh...I'm not sure myself.
236	* In every main series installment up until ''VideoGame/PokemonSunAndMoon'', you were unable to remove the protagonist's hat. Particularly egregious was ''VideoGame/PokemonXAndY'', which introduced the ability for players to [[VirtualPaperDoll dress their characters in a variety of clothing]], but still forced them to wear a hat of some sort.
237	** Cubone is a species example of the trope: it never takes the skull off its head.
238	* VideoGame/ProfessorLayton. Though he does actually take it off briefly in the ending cutscene of ''VideoGame/ProfessorLaytonAndTheLostFuture''. Even in flashbacks before getting his famous top hat, he wears a cap. Averted in the {{Flashback}} sequences of ''VideoGame/ProfessorLaytonAndTheMiracleMask'', where his younger self has a massive and unruly mop of hair. [[FridgeBrilliance Which might be why he wears a hat all the time]]. Similarly, his apprentice Luke is always wearing a blue paperboy hat.
239	* {{Lampshaded}} in ''VideoGame/RaidouKuzunohaVsTheSoullessArmy'' when Raidou beats up yakuza in a public bathhouse, naked but with his uniform cap on.
240	* Charmy Bee in the ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'' series is never seen without his pilot helmet on his head. Similarly, Vector never removes his headphones off his head.
241	* ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'':
242	** According to ''VideoGame/SuperMario64'' and ''VideoGame/SuperMarioSunshine'', bad things would happen to Mario in the event he ever removed his cap. In the former's case, Mario takes extra damage without it on. In the latter, the island's intense sun and heat cause Mario to slowly take damage from it unless he either gets under some shade or retrieves his cap, and in ''VideoGame/SuperMario3DLand'' his small form lacks the cap. In future games, he can finally be seen without his iconic hat, but he still wears some kind of headgear, unless it's an EasterEgg.
243	** Almost all characters in ''VideoGame/SuperMarioOdyssey'' wear some sort of headgear, be it hats, construction helmets, or others. On top of fitting with the game's theme of hats, this is important to gameplay: if you see an NPC who ''doesn't'' wear any headgear, this usually means you can capture them.
244	** The Shy Guys never take off their masks.
245	* Seven of the nine classes in ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'' wear some kind of headwear by default. Scout, Engineer, and Sniper can be made hatless by obtaining hat-free items equippable in the headwear slot. However, the Soldier can only have his hat replaced by other hats while the Spy, Pyro, and Demoman wear hats ''over'' their balaclavas, gas masks, and knit cap instead of replacing them--their models don't even include that part of their head (or, in the Pyro's case, ''any'' of his head) under it. Although for Demoman, one of them is an afro, which is supposed to be his actual hair, so it has a headband to cover the part of his cap's model that sticks out under it. There's a reason it's called Hat Fortress. It is possible for some of the characters to not wear a hat. By wearing a No-Hat Hat. [[{{LogicBomb}} So it isn't a hat by properties of not giving a hat, but it is a hat, and it goes in the hat slot ....]]
246	* It would be a lot shorter to list the ''Franchise/TouhouProject'' characters to which this ''doesn't'' apply, although in many cases the hair accessory is just a ribbon or a headband. {{Fanon}} has taken this concept and run with it--it's often joked that removing a Touhou's hat will kill them instantly. It's just that most things happen outside and there's a fairly small number of characters that consistently recur, so most characters are never seen bare-headed.
247	* In ''VideoGame/{{Wizard 101}}'', even your default clothes include a hat.
248	* ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles2'': Over the course of the game, Morag removes her hat a grand total of twice.
249	[[/folder]]
250
251	[[folder:Visual Novels]]
252	* [[IntrepidReporter Tamie Nogi]] in ''VisualNovel/PrincessEvangile'', no matter what the situation, is never seen without something on her head, whether its her signature cat hat, [[GogglesDoNothing swimming goggles]], or a headband with a prominent ribbon. [[spoiler: Subverted in her route, however, where there are two scenes of her without any headwear whatsoever.]]
253	[[/folder]]
254
255	[[folder:Web Animation]]
256	* ''WebAnimation/HappyTreeFriends'': Shifty always wears his fedora to [[IdenticalTwinIDTag differentiate himself]] from his brother, Lifty.
257	** Handy always wears his hard hat, on and off the clock.
258	* The llamas in ''WebAnimation/LlamasWithHats'', appropriately enough.
259	* The entire cast of ''WebAnimation/RedVsBlue'' is never seen without their helmets. In seasons nine and ten, most members of Project Freelancer are seen helmetless in flashbacks, but the guys from Blood Gultch still never take theirs off. It's also strongly implied that they [[TwentyFourHourArmour almost never take the rest of their armour off either]].
260	* Strong Bad from ''WebAnimation/HomestarRunner'' never takes off his mask. [[spoiler: He finally does in one email, but we never see it due to his head being obscured by the back of a large chair he bought from Bubs.]]
261	* The Custodes of ''WebAnimation/IfTheEmperorHadATextToSpeechDevice'' never take off their helmets, despite having forgone the ''rest'' of their armor (and sanity) long ago.
262	[[/folder]]
263
264	[[folder:Webcomics]]
265	* ''Webcomic/EightBitTheater'': Black Mage's hat, which also [[TheFaceless obscures his face in shadow]] (except for his [[SupernaturalGoldEyes eyes]]). That's a good thing since there's apparently something [[NightmareFace just plain]] ''[[HumanoidAbomination wrong]]'' with his face. He takes the hat off just ''once'' in the entire comic's run (though [[{{Unreveal}} we don't see his face]], and the poor sap who ''does'' get a look ([[spoiler:Onion Kid]]) is [[GoMadFromTheRevelation driven insane]] by [[BrownNote the sight]]).
266	* Mr. Mighty of ''Webcomic/EverydayHeroes'' always keeps his mask on, even when relaxing at home.
267	* In ''Webcomic/GirlGenius'', the Jägermonsters are almost never seen without a hat. In fact, hats are seen as objects of reverence, and a Jäger without a hat is hardly a Jäger at all.
268	* ''Webcomic/GirlsOfTheWild'':
269	** Choi Dal Dal never takes off her cat ears no matter what. They are detachable head accessories, though, as shown early in the comic as extra info.
270	** Lee Mi Nam is also never seen without his trademark cap.
271	* Jameson from ''Webcomic/GirlsWithSlingshots'' always wears a bandana. This is {{Discussed}} by the girls when they realize they have never seen him without it. They learn that he wears it in bed and even has a spare for laundry day. They curiously encourage him to take it off, but he refuses. They stealthily untie it: underneath is another bandana. But when Jamie finally grabs that and pulls it away, Jameson is angry. [[spoiler:It was covering something [[PleaseKeepYourHatOn he wanted to hide]]: he is almost completely bald.]]
272	* In ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'', Duck, a comic-book shop regular, is never seen without his baseball cap which acts as an EyeObscuringHat.
273	* In ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'':
274	** Dad always looks dapper in his distinctive and dignified hat.
275	** Bro Strider is never without his cap.
276	* Dina of ''Webcomic/ItsWalky'' is never seen without her trademark safari hat, even when sleeping or suspended upside down. In the entire series, she takes it off exactly once: [[spoiler:when she is about to die]].
277	** Her counterpart in ''Webcomic/DumbingOfAge'' wears a dinosaur hat constantly. This ends up becoming a ''thing'' with her girlfriend Becky, who would love nothing more than to see her bareheaded and tried convoluted schemes to do so. [[spoiler: When she just asks, Dina claims that she vowed never to be bareheaded until she married, before revealing that was a joke and briefly takes it off.]] Dina later explains she feels anxious and insecure if something isn't around her head.
278	* ''Webcomic/KevinAndKell'':
279	** Rudy wore his cap even when hired by a theme park to live as a wild animal; i.e., naked.
280	** Coney kept her bonnet on. In fact, the first time we ever saw her without it (after which she never wore it again) was many years into the comic. Rudy and Lindesfarne must not have seen her without it before either, because they were surprised by her [[Series/TheAddamsFamily Cousin Itt]] hair underneath.
281	* ''Webcomic/{{XKCD}}'':
282	** The only time Black Hat Guy was bareheaded was when his hat was stolen (for about two strips).
283	** White Hat Guy wears a white hat. Always.
284	** Beret guy implies that his hat is stapled on his head.
285	* The main character of ''You Damn Kid!'' always wears his red cap, even while showering. In the sequel series, his son does the same.
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288	[[folder:Web Original]]
289	* ''WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall'': Linkara almost never takes off his hat. His theme song even establishes that he "Wears a purdy hat".
290	* Producer of ''WebVideo/HonestTrailers'' Dan Murrell is always wearing a hat whenever he appears on the ''WebVideo/ScreenJunkies'' or ''WebVideo/MovieFights'' show. The one time he's not wearing a hat (because he was participating in a formal wedding ceremony), the comments section pretty much blew up with surprised exclamations about his (revealed) baldness.
291	* In his show that shares his name, WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic never takes off his hat. A bit of RealLifeWritesThePlot, too: Doug Walker is prematurely balding. Most of his "modern movie reviews" usually have him wearing the Critic hat, too, as some people find his lack of hair distracting.
292	** Similarly, his brother Rob is never seen not wearing his flatcap, and all the characters he plays on WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic are also wearing some sort of hat.
293	* Fraser from ''WebVideo/VideoGamesAwesome'' also almost always wears his purple cap unless he's costumed as a bald character. For some costumes that don't include any kind of hat, he wears an identical cap in a matching color.
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296	[[folder:Western Animation]]
297	* Midgel from ''WesternAnimation/ThreeTwoOnePenguins'' is almost never seen without some sort of headgear. If not his aviator hat, he'll inevitably be wearing something else.
298	* Finn in ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'' always wears his [[http://adventuretime.wikia.com/wiki/Finn%27s_hat hat]]. He didn't take it off until the second season, for a gag that revealed [[spoiler: his long, blond hair.]] He has taken it off a few times since then, but he definitely prefers life with it on.
299	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Amphibia}}'': Sprig and Ivy are almost always seen with their hats on. It's because they're embarrassed of their hair. Also, for Sprig, it [[spoiler:was a gift from his [[DeceasedParentsAreTheBest late parents]]]]. Polly is also rarely seen without her bow on, although unlike her brother's hat, it doesn't seem to have much personal significance.
300	* Fern from ''WesternAnimation/{{Arthur}}'' is never seen without a bow on her head.
301	** Rattles never takes off his red baseball cap, preventing viewers from figuring out what species he is supposed to be due to his ears presumably being hidden under his hat: judging by the shape of his face and nose, he may either be a dog, a cat, or a bear.
302	* In the ''WesternAnimation/AlvinAndTheChipmunks'' cartoon, Alvin is almost never seen without his cap. This becomes particularly obvious in the movie parodies when he wears similar headgear appropriate to the character -- even Alvin-as-Franchise/{{Robocop}} has a metal version of the cap's visor sticking out of his helmet.
303	* ''WesternAnimation/BigCityGreens'': [[DownplayedTrope Downplayed]] with Bill, who is almost always seen wearing his red truckers hat. However, there are a few instances where he is where he is seen without it on.
304	* ''WesternAnimation/BobsBurgers'': Louise never takes off her pink bunny ears hat. She refuses to take it off during gym class. When she was a baby she wore a pink beanie. When her hat is stolen in "Ear-sy Rider," she wears a hoodie to cover her head and is distraught without it.
305	* In ''WesternAnimation/BojackHorseman'', Todd always wears his yellow ski cap.
306	* In ''WesternAnimation/BuzzLightyearOfStarCommand'', Buzz always has a purple helmet liner over his head that completely obscures his hair (or possible lack thereof), even in civilian clothes.
307	* ''WesternAnimation/CampCandy'': Nurse Molly always wears her nurse's cap, even when she's not wearing her uniform.
308	* ''WesternAnimation/ClassOf3000'':
309	** While Sunny and Li'l D's outfits include hats, this trope is actually averted with them, as their hats get removed or knocked off a few times in the series.
310	** Madison is a variant, as she's usually wearing a white headband, and on the rare occasion that she isn't, she has another item on her head instead.
311	** Downplayed with Philly Phil. He usually wears a purple headband, and when it is removed, he usually has something else on instead. However, a brief scene in the ChristmasEpisode does show his natural hairstyle.
312	** Played straight with Cheddarman, who always has some kind of hat on.
313	** The [[ThePsychoRangers Eastley Kids]] wear distinct black-and-red, helmet-like hats.
314	* ''WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor'':
315	** Numbuh Five rarely takes her hat off; in "Operation: L.I.C.E.", when the Delightful Children replaced it with a decoy infested with mutant lice, she discarded it only long enough to get a new one. Other than that, if she takes it off, it's in order to use it in some important way, like in "Operation: C.A.K.E.D.-T.W.O." when she threw it to expose a hologram.
316	** Likewise Numbuh 2 is rarely seen without his aviator's hat. It was temporarily destroyed in "Operation: L.I.C.E." but he had a new one by the next episode.
317	** Lenny of The Delightful Children from Down the Lane pretty much always wears a football helmet. He only takes it off in one episode where it turns out he's a double agent. Said helmet '''[[NotAMask grows back]]''' after revealing he's a ''triple'' agent.
318	* Launchpad [=McQuack=] from ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales1987'' and ''WesternAnimation/DarkwingDuck'' is rarely seen without his aviators cap. He often even wears it underneath a different hat (in some instances it looks like he's not wearing it under a different hat, until that hat comes off). In fact, how Launchpad looks without his hat varies on both shows. Sometimes he has a full head of hair, and other times he's bald, with only the hair that can be seen when he's wearing his hat. In the ''Darkwing Duck'' episode "The Battle of the Brain Teasers", when other characters pull on his hat they struggle with getting it off (though they do manage in the end).
319	* ''WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy''
320	** Edd always wears his black toque and gets very concerned about being seen without it. When it actually comes off (which is [[TheUnreveal never seen by the audience]]), [[TakeOurWordForIt the others are always shocked by what's underneath]]. When Ed and Eddy saw it, Edd actually threatens to never speak to them again if they ever tell anyone.
321	** In early episodes, Kevin also never took his hat off, and even bathed while wearing it! He's usually still wearing it in later episodes but will take it off if for normal reasons.
322	* In ''WesternAnimation/TheEpicTalesOfCaptainUnderpants'', Bo is never seen without his orange beanie (or an occasionally-appropriate substitute).
323	* Meg Griffin on ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' is almost never seen without her hat. In one episode we see her alone in her room brushing her hair with her hat off. When someone else enters the room she scrambles to put her hat back on with as much urgency as a naked person would scramble for some HandOrObjectUnderwear.
324	* All of the main leads of ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'' wear some sort of headgear which they are rarely seen without. In Dipper's case, this is explained - he wears a hat to help hide his embarrassing [[DistinguishingMark big dipper-shaped birthmark]]. Dipper's hat somehow even manages to stay on when he's ''upside-down'' in the episode "Roadside Attraction".
325	* Orko from ''WesternAnimation/HeManAndTheMastersOfTheUniverse1983'' never removes his hat, as part of the Trollan custom that they never show their faces to anyone except their one true love. When he and Dree Elle showed each other their faces, they were kept offscreen; only shadows were shown. In one comic book story, Skeletor magically disguised himself as Orko and blew his cover by taking off his hat. Even that was kept in shadow!
326	* The children of ''WesternAnimation/HeyArnold'' who wear hats qualify, especially Arnold himself. There was even an episode dedicated to Arnold losing his hat and how strange he looked and felt without it. The reason why he's so attached to it is that it was a gift from his missing parents.
327	* ''WesternAnimation/InspectorGadget'' is never shown without his signature fedora. This is lampshaded in one episode when Penny finds it where he was supposed to be sitting and she notes how he never goes anywhere without it.
328	* The CGI kid racers in Creator/TheBBC's pre-school show ''WesternAnimation/{{Kerwhizz}}'' always wear armoured tracksuits with helmets.
329	* The title character of ''WesternAnimation/KickButtowski'' never takes off his helmet. He loses it in one episode and tries to find a replacement, with his head being obscured by mud for the duration of the time between.
330	** Wade, one of Kick's acquaintances, is also never seen not wearing his beanie. He loses possession of it in one episode, but SceneryCensor is used so we don't see the rest of his face.
331	* ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible'' villain [[HerrDoktor Professor Dementor]] is never seen without his helmet.
332	* Dale Gribble of ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill'' almost never removes his Mack cap. It's because he's ashamed of his baldness. On a couple of occasions when he's forced to remove it he tries to find another hat to cover it.
333	* Quincy (a boy who likes to play musical instruments from ''WesternAnimation/LittleEinsteins'') generally is never seen without his a red and blue baseball cap. In fact, the rest of the team are wearing the same outfit in all episodes.
334	* Except for the main protagonist ''WesternAnimation/SuperWhy'' (or Whyatt), the Super Readers are never seen without any headgear in their super outfit and their normal outfit.
335	* ''WesternAnimation/LesSisters'': Sammie is never seen without her yellow hat.
336	* Dinky Little of ''WesternAnimation/TheLittles'' is almost never seen without his aviator hat, though he took it off for the majority of "Ben-Dinky".
337	* Ralphie in ''Literature/TheMagicSchoolBus'' is always wearing a backwards baseball cap, only taking it off once or twice while sweating, or if the situation calls for him to wear a different piece of headgear (and even then he may still wear the hat underneath). He didn't even take off his hat when he got sick and confined to bed. Made even more bizarre by the fact that he's in an elementary school, which usually has rules against this sort of thing. He even keeps it in the reboot/sequel ''WesternAnimation/TheMagicSchoolBusRidesAgain''.
338	* ''Everyone'' in ''WesternAnimation/MuchaLucha'' always wears a wrestling mask on their face and never take them off.
339	* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'':
340	** There's Apple Bloom, who usually wears a pink ribbon in her mane, but has also been seen wearing one of Rarity's hats, helmets, a blue bonnet, and a bunny costume (both from "Family Appreciation Day".) She and her older sister Applejack, who is seen often without headgear, have whole closets with identical ribbons and hats, respectively.
341	** Apple Bloom's nemesis [[KidsAreCruel Diamond Tiara]] has a CoolCrown that she never removes, even when she has to wear bunny ears too. The tiara even managed to stay put in windy weather.
342	* Everest from ''WesternAnimation/PawPatrol'' has hardly ever been seen without her toboggan.
343	* Isabella Garcia-Shapiro of ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'' is almost never seen without anything on her head, mostly using her pink hairbow. When she does wear a hat, people suspect her bow is underneath; this is proven in "Ferb TV" where she wears the red version of her bow under her beret.
344	** PlayedWith: Perry the Platypus doesn't wear his [[SignatureHeadgear fedora]] in "pet mode," but puts it on as soon as he switches to his job as a secret agent. It's a RunningGag that his FriendlyEnemy, [[MadScientist Dr. Doofenshmirtz]], can't recognize him without it.
345	*** The gag gets exaggerated in the episode, "The Lemonade Stand." Perry shows up to Doofensmirtz's apartment disguised as a plumber, [[PaperThinDisguise with nothing but a hat and belt]], and Doofenshmirtz can't recognize him until he's wearing his fedora, and ''only'' his fedora.
346	---> '''Doofenshmirtz:''' What kind of a plumber are you?!\
347	'''Perry:''' (Chatters and takes off plumber's hat)\
348	'''Doofenshmirtz:''' A platypus plumber?\
349	'''Perry:''' (Puts on his fedora)\
350	'''Doofenshmirtz:''' ''Perry'' the platypus plumber?\
351	'''Perry:''' (Takes off belt)\
352	'''Doofenshmirtz:''' ''[Shocked]'' '''''PERRY THE PLATYPUS?!'''''
353	* Brucho from ''WesternAnimation/{{Plasmo}}'' refuses to remove his face-covering helmet, to the point of even wearing it in the bathtub. According to him, an alien woman once called him ugly, so he's kept the helmet on ever since.
354	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Pocoyo}}'':
355	** It's never revealed what Pocoyo looks like without that hat of his.
356	** Nina has her hair covered, but she shows some of her red hair on her forehead. In the music video "Fred's in Fashion", she wears a wig over her hat.
357	* [[ManiacMonkeys Mojo Jojo]] from ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls'' always wears a turban-like helmet over his head to cover [[MyBrainisBig his huge, swollen brain]] due to him being mutated by the same Chemical X accidentally used by Professor Utonium to create the Girls, leading to him becoming their ArchEnemy.
358	* In ''WesternAnimation/PrivateSnafu'', Technical Fairy First Class is never seen without his garrison cap.
359	* ''WesternAnimation/ReadyJetGo'':
360	** Mindy Melendez is always seen wearing a hat, usually her bear-faced beret, and never takes it off once. She even wears a nightcap to bed.
361	** Mitchell Peterson never takes off his red checkerboard aviator hat.
362	* Unlike other incarnations of the franchise, [=RoboCop=] is never seen without his helmet in ''Franchise/RoboCop: Alpha Commando'', except from the back in the opening.
363	* ''WesternAnimation/RocketPower'': Twister's brother Lars is almost never seen without his trademark gray beanie, and when he doesn't wear it, his head is usually covered with a helmet when skating. Lars is only seen once without his beanie or helmet on in the episode "Bruised Man's Curve".
364	** Similarly, Raymundo is almost never seen without his trademark green fisherman hat or any other headwear on his head. It isn't until the episode "Twister's Hat", in which he is revealed to be bald on the top.
365	* Rocky of ''WesternAnimation/RockyAndBullwinkle'' almost always wears his aviator's cap, even when wearing another hat. Pretty much the only time he doesn't wear his cap is when he's wearing a night cap. In the "Upsidasium" storyline, after Boris steals Rocky's cap so he can impersonate him, Rocky keeps his night cap on until he finds his aviator cap, and switches hats so quickly that he can't be seen without it. At one point in the "Burried Treasure" storyline, when the guards at a bank [[ItMakesSenseInContext think Rocky and Bullwinkle are trying to rob them]], Rocky throws his cap in the air and puts it on a stick, representing a flag. Rocky's bare head is shown for a quick second before cutting to a close-up of the cap.
366	* In ''WesternAnimation/SeaPrincesses'', the main characters are almost never seen without their crowns. In particular, Tubarina, the Princess of Sharks, and her cousin Marcelo are never seen without their shark-finned skullcaps.
367	* Stan, Kyle, and Kenny from ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' almost never take off their hats. There doesn't seem to be a specific reason why for Stan, but in Kyle's case, it's to hide a really embarrassing Jewfro. Since his face reveal in the movie, Kenny is occasionally shown without his hood, but his face will always be either partially hidden by something, turning away from the viewer, or fully visible but the show will give no indication of who that blond kid even is. Cartman, however, [[AvertedTrope is frequently seen without his hat]].
368	** Kyle's dad Gerald is always seen with his yarmulke or another hat, even in scenes when he's otherwise naked.
369	** Craig Tucker is also always depicted wearing his blue chullo hat.
370	** Chef is almost always seen wearing a chef's hat, even outside of work.
371	* ''WesternAnimation/TotalDrama'':
372	** [[HomeschooledKids Ezekiel]] wears his toque even while swimming. {{Fanon}} has often painted him as ridiculously attached to it; this is never really made clear in the show, but he's never seen without it until season 3 and after, by which point he's gone insane.
373	** Lindsay is never seen without something on her head. She usually wears a blue bandana, even when swimming, but she is also seen with a sleeping mask or a towel wrapped around her head. In her ''Total Drama Island'' promo picture, she wears a white headband and a pink flower.
374	* Yugo from ''WesternAnimation/{{Wakfu}}'' is almost never seen without his hat on. In fact, the only other people who have seen him bareheaded are [[spoiler: other Eliatropes.]] Underneath his hat however are [[spoiler: a pair of wakfu wings]]
375	* In ''WesternAnimation/TheWorldOfDavidTheGnome'', a gnome never takes their hat off, as it's more taboo than being without their pants. It's based on ''Literature/{{Gnomes}}'' in Literature above.
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379	* TruthInTelevision: Some religions and cultures require their adherents to wear certain headgear in some situations.
380	** A kippah (yarmulke) is a slightly rounded brimless skullcap worn by many Jews while praying, eating, reciting blessings, or studying Jewish religious texts, and at all times by some Jewish men. In Orthodox communities, only men wear kippot; in non-Orthodox communities, some women also wear kippot. Kippot range in size from a small round beanie that covers only the back of the head to a large, snug cap that covers the whole crown.
381	** Hasidic male Jews tend to always wear black hats in public.
382	** The keffiyeh/kufiya, also known as a ghutrah, mashadah, shemagh or (in Persian) chafiye, (in Kurdish) cemedani, and (in Hebrew) kaffiyah, is a traditional Arab headdress fashioned from a square, usually cotton, scarf. It is typically worn by Arab men, as well as some Kurds.
383	** Sikh men (and some women) wear the dastār, which most Westerners would recognize as a turban. While not directly required by the Sikh faith, it's become a de facto symbol and holds significant meaning.
384	** Some denominations of Christianity (and almost all Christian societies prior to the 18th century) require female members to cover their heads. The idea is that women are supposed to cover their heads while praying and that one should always be prepared to pray.
385	** Some Muslim women cover their hair with a headscarf when in the company of most people (usually men who aren't related to them).
386	** Orthodox Jewish married women cover their hair with a headscarf/wig/hat/etc. when in the company of most people (usually people who are not their husband), as do some Jewish women of other denominations.
387	* Subverted by Creator/TerryPratchett. He was well known for his penchant for wearing large, black fedora hats, as seen on the inside back covers of most of his books, but he actually took them off now and then. It's just that when he did, people assumed that it wasn't Pratchett. Perhaps it's a reference to his ''Discworld'' series? A wizard without his hat is naked. A wizard with his hat is not naked, even when he is.
388	* Similarly, Creator/GeorgeRRMartin has his peaked cap as a major part of his image and recognizability, but does not, of course, wear it all the time.
389	* Rapper Music/LLCoolJ is never seen in his music videos without some type of headwear on his head, most notably his trademark kangol hat. Even in the "Mama Said Knock You Out" video, his head is covered with a hoodie while he's rapping, as well as a towel when he's resting.
390	* Actor Creator/MikeOMalley, from ''Series/YesDear'' and ''Series/{{Glee}}''. Though he had a full head of hair early in his Nickelodeon career, his latter-day baldness has made him dedicated to the headwear and it's very rare to see him without a hat these days.
391	* Singer John [=McCrea=] of the band Music/{{Cake}} is never seen without some form of headwear. He appears to have an affinity for baseball caps.
392	* Alex Erian of Music/DespisedIcon has not been seen without a snapback hat since 2007.
393	* When he's not wrestling (and he hasn't for years), Wrestling/HulkHogan always covers his bald head with a bandana or do-rag, even a black option for [[https://www.bostonglobe.com/business/2016/03/09/editor-testimony-stuns-hulk-hogan-trial/EHI5YZ7WWfHcplCFIlXPfJ/story.html testifying in court cases]].
394	* Wrestling/RandySavage was also known for headwear, usually cowboy hats or bandanas and like Hogan, was rarely seen without them unless he had to take them off to wrestle. Also like Hogan and Mike O'Malley, he wore the headgear to cover up his bald spot.
395	* The military of certain countries demand soldiers to wear their headgear, typically a beret, at all times when outside. Inverted when indoors and in certain events, where they're supposed to have them ''off''.
396	* The band Music/TheResidents never appear without full head coverings that look like a human eyeball, plus wearing a top hat.
397	* Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo and Thomas Bangalter of Music/DaftPunk are always seen wearing full-coverage helmets.
398	* UsefulNotes/VladTheImpaler famously ordered the turbans of some Turkish ambassadors nailed to their heads because they'd refused to remove them.
399	--> Turkish messengers came to him to pay respects but refused to take off their turbans, according to their ancient custom, whereupon he strengthened their custom by nailing their turbans to their heads with three spikes so that they could not take them off.
400	* Beginning around 2006, guitarist Jonny Buckland of the band {{Music/Coldplay}} is never seen in public without a hat. This includes livestreams.
401	* Given CountryMusic's affinity for the cowboy hat, many of the biggest names in the genre ranging from Music/KennyChesney to Music/GarthBrooks to Music/JasonAldean to Music/GeorgeStrait are almost never seen without them. Chesney at least has the excuse of being PrematurelyBald.
402	* Retired poker player ''Doyle Brunson'', a native Texan, is almost never seen without his large white stetson.
403	* Music/BeachBoys frontman Mike Love began wearing hats almost constantly around the start of the 70s when his hair recession became far too obvious to ignore. He still wears them all the time today.
404	* Until the 1960s and 1970s, in the Western world, headwear were worn by both genders and it was socially mandatory to do so.
405	* Music/TheBlackAngels frontman Alex Maas is always seen wearing a cap.
406	* Creator/RobertRodriguez is almost never seen without a hat, first a famous stetson and in recent years, a black baseball cap.
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