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11	[[quoteright:350:[[ComicBook/TheNew52FuturesEnd https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/helmet_of_nabu.jpg]]]]
12	[[caption-width-right:350:Sometimes you wear the hat. Other times, the hat wears you...]]
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14	Sometimes, the type of hat a person wears can tell you a lot about their personality. However, ''these'' hats go a step beyond and noticeably alter the personality of their wearer.
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16	The hat (or other headgear, like helmet or crown) may be a form of personality-altering AppliedPhlebotinum. Particularly bad cases may function more like DemonicPossession, with the hat completely overwriting the wearer's personality. Or the hat may simply be a MagicFeather, giving the character the boost of self-confidence necessary to alter their behavior. However it works, the character's behavior is markedly different when they wear it.
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18	A subtrope of ArtifactDomination. If the hat alters the wearer's behavior for the worse, then it's also an example of ClothesMakeTheManiac. If it's used by someone else to control the wearer it's also a HypnoTrinket. If the hat grants special powers to the wearer, it's a HatOfPower. It has very little relationship to PlanetOfHats.
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20	Compare EvilMask.
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23	!!Examples
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27	[[folder:Advertising]]
28	* A bumper for Creator/{{Syfy}} had a woman try on a dress, only to be taken over by it.
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31	[[folder:Anime & Manga]]
32	* One episode of ''Anime/KirbyRightBackAtYa'' set in the [=DeDeDe=] Academy was about an evil teacher hat that can corrupt whoever puts it on. Fitting (no pun), because the "hat" is the MonsterOfTheWeek.
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36	* A more mundane example is Lance Temple's mask in ''ComicBook/BlazeOfGlory'', which if pulled over his face causes him to switch to his other personality, the ComicBook/OutlawKid.
37	* ComicBook/DoctorFate's Helmet of Nabu would cause him to be possessed by the spirit of the deceased wizard, Nabu.
38	* The Serpent Crown in the Franchise/MarvelUniverse which grants the wearer various abilities. These abilities can include superhuman strength, the power to read and control the minds of others, the power to levitate oneself and other persons or objects, the ability to cast illusions, the power to project destructive bolts of mystical energy and even the mental ability to manipulate matter and energy. However, use of the crown usually leads the wearer to fall under the mental domination of Set, who then has the wearer perform various tasks which would help facilitate its physical return to the Earth dimension.
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41	[[folder:Fan Work]]
42	* In chapter 14 of ''Fanfic/AceLives'', Luffy's Straw Hat is revealed to be alive and the Ancient Weapon '''Uranus''' holding the combined memories and skills of everyone that has worn it even once. When it comes off of Luffy and lands on a stray Marine captain, it takes over his body and emits a wave of Haki, before fighting to help its current wearer rescue Ace. [[spoiler:However, it can't do the same to those of strong wills, as when it tries to take over Luffy after he interrupts its MotiveRant against the World Government, Luffy emits his own Conqueror's Haki to silence its power]].
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45	[[folder:Film -- Animated]]
46	* ''Characters/MeetTheRobinsons'''s Bowler Hat Guy could only dream of exacting revenge [[spoiler:on his boyhood pal Lewis for ruining his chance at baseball stardom,]] until he was accosted by the robotic bowler hat DOR-15 "Doris", and he became the arch-villain of his dreams. [[spoiler:Dream on, Goob.]]
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49	[[folder:Literature]]
50	* The {{Snowlems}} in "Literature/ColdSnap" are created by an ancient entity with no understanding of humanity, and were essentially without personality. However, her human acolyte gave them faces and hats and, in doing so, imbued them with a very basic personality based largely on the hat they wore. For example, the one wearing a top hat became the one in charge.
51	* ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'':
52	** In ''Literature/WyrdSisters'', the crown of Lancre has absorbed the personalities of its past wearers, and when Granny tries it on out of curiosity she has a disturbing urge to start swanning around and chopping people's heads off. (The new king seems to be immune to the effect, though, judging by the sequels. Maybe you need to be magically sensitive, or maybe his personality's just so different that the crown has nothing to latch on to.)
53	** In ''Literature/{{Sourcery}}'', the Archchancellor's Hat has absorbed power and personality from the Archchancellors of Unseen University who have worn it over the centuries. When it finds a wearer it likes, it's subsequently noted that it's more like that hat is wearing the man than the reverse.
54	** In ''Literature/LordsAndLadies'', the meek Queen Magrat hides from the invaders in a disused armory where she finds the armor and helmet of the ancient warrior queen Ynci; she puts them on, and subsequently begins showing some of Ynci's character traits. This is a MagicFeather example, as it turns out in the end that the helmet and armor are fakes made for display in relatively recent times and Magrat is the first person to actually wear them in battle.
55	** According to Cohen in ''Literature/InterestingTimes'', the turban conventionally worn by the GrandVizier. "Give 'em a turban with a point in the middle and it just erodes their moral wossname." This could just be a metaphor, though, as opposed to the Archchancellor's hat that ''literally'' has magical influence.
56	* In the second book of the ''Literature/{{Larklight}}'' trilogy, the mysterious hats are actually [[spoiler:shapeshifting, mind-controlling, thought-eating aliens in disguise.]]
57	* The ''Svarog'' series by Alexander Bushkov mentions in passing an artifact called the "Black Crown". Presumably, it gives one great powers but burns their soul, making them instantly ChaoticEvil.
58	* ''Literature/WaxAndWayne'': Wayne has several times stated that the correct hat is the key to a convincing impersonation, and during the few scenes we get from his POV he seems to take on the personality of whatever hat he's wearing (for example, in one scene he's wearing a policeman's helmet to infiltrate a station, and almost ends up thinking of himself ''as'' a policeman).
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61	[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
62	* ''Series/NobodyIsNormanWisdom'': Creator/NormanWisdom played 'Nobody', a loser with no personality of his own. But when he puts any hat on, he adopted the characteristics of its owner.
63	* Linda's magic hat from the ''Series/RoundTheTwist'' episode "Copy Cat", which [[HatOfPower grants the wearer the power to fly]] but also starts changing the wearer's personality.
64	* ''Series/TheTwilightZone1959'': In the episode "[[Recap/TheTwilightZone1959S3E18DeadMansShoes Dead Man's Shoes]]", a homeless man finds the body of a gangster's victim, puts on his shoes, and is possessed by the victim. ''Series/TheTwilightZone1985'' did a GenderFlip episode, "Dead Woman's Shoes", in which the trinket is a pair of shoes belonging to the murdered wife of a rich corporate type.
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67	[[folder:Other Sites]]
68	* ''Website/SCPFoundation'', [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-1510 SCP-1510 ("The Tarnished Legionnaire")]]. A Roman legionnaire was affected by a curse that caused his body to rot away and his mind/soul to be bound to his helmet. Whenever a man between 28 and 35 years old puts on the helmet, [[HypnoTrinket the legionnaire's personality possesses them]].
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72	* ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons''
73	** Helm of Opposite Alignment. Instantly changes the wearer's CharacterAlignment to its opposite (e.g. LawfulGood to ChaoticEvil).
74	** The Crown of Souls will eventually change the wearer's alignment to NeutralEvil.
75	** The TabletopGame/ForgottenRealms Horn of Crowns causes its wearer to act in a crazed and violent manner.
76	** Hat of Command: The wearer feels an overwhelming desire to take charge.
77	** Hat of Occupation: Wearer thinks and acts as if he's a member of another class, but isn't.
78	* Parodied in ''TabletopGame/{{Munchkin}}'' with the Helm of Courage. [[FearlessFool It has no visor.]]
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82	* The Helm of Dark Magics in ''VideoGame/{{Arcanum}}'' permanently raises your magical aptitude and lowers your alignment each time you put it on.
83	* The Peak Point helmets from ''VideoGame/ApeEscape''. The most notable example is [[BigBad Specter]], who goes from a cute and adorable monkey to a scheming, megolamaniac supergenius. The only exception to this is Pipotchi from ''2'', who wears a special pipo helmet designed by the Professor which [[HatOfPower increases his intelligence]] but keeps his lovable personality intact.
84	* In ''VideoGame/BushWhacker2'' the Princess' hat makes her behave like a royal brat until she loses it at one point.
85	* ''VideoGame/MonsterHunter3Tri'': While not shown when in Moga or the online HubCity, the Shakalakas who accompany you change personalities depending on the mask they wear. Cha-Cha acts like a tough old man with the Ancient Mask, while Kayamba in ''3 Ultimate'', when wearing the False Felyne, behaves like a WebOriginal/{{Lolcat\|s}}.
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89	* Mannick of ''Webcomic/CharbyTheVampirate'' has a form of psychometry that allows him access to an individual's knowledge while affecting the way Mannick talks, thinks and behaves by wearing an article of their clothing they spend a lot of time in with a significant preference for hats. Some of these changes stay with him even after he has removed the item in question and [[spoiler: there are hints he has access to the ''powers'' of said individuals while wearing their hats]].
90	* In a EGS:NP storyline in ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'', John Toutman gets a detective hat [[http://www.egscomics.com/egsnp/?date=2006-08-19 placed on his head]], he claims wearing a detective hat [[MagicFeather does not actually help]] make him any more of a detective and yet he is [[http://www.egscomics.com/egsnp/?date=2006-08-26 immediately able to deduce where Susan ran off to]] when he wasn't able to [[http://www.egscomics.com/egsnp/?date=2006-08-15 before]].
91	* ''Webcomic/GirlGenius''
92	** When Agatha returns to [[GeniusLoci Castle Heterodyne]], the only way for humans to communicate with the castle's central brain is for the Seneschal to wear a helmet that inserts probes into his brain, allowing the Castle to take control of his body.
93	** In the "Trelawney Thorpe: Spark of the Realm" short story, the MacGuffin is the crown of Myth/KingArthur, which is supposed to give the wearer the power of King Arthur. [[spoiler: What it actually does is give King Arthur the body of the wearer.]]
94	* In one ''Webcomic/SkinHorse'' comic, an avian-humanoid freaks out because Tip put on a hat. She believes that hats make you evil and instantly worthy of hate.
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97	[[folder:Web Videos]]
98	* In ''WebVideo/TheUnexpectables'' it's revealed that the human warrior Luistrog was originally a grave robber named Jaret. The helmet he wears possesses whoever dons it and overwrites their mind. The new personality is continuous between bodies and is not really happy about their existence.
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101	[[folder:Western Animation]]
102	* In ''WesternAnimation/TheCareBearsAdventureInWonderland'', Grumpy Bear changed personalities every time he put on one of the Mad Hatter's hats.
103	* ''WesternAnimation/DarkwingDuck'' several times had to fight alien, sentient mind-controlling hats.
104	* The ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' cartoon "WesternAnimation/BugsBonnets" has WesternAnimation/BugsBunny and WesternAnimation/ElmerFudd switching personalities as various hats blow past and land on their heads.
105	* In one episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheNewAdventuresOfSuperman'' cartoon, a possessed hat causes anyone who dons it to commit evil acts.
106	* ''WesternAnimation/RockyAndBullwinkle'' has the Kirwood Derby, which makes its wearer the smartest person in the world.
107	* ''WesternAnimation/RubyGloom's'' Skull Boy has problems with this thanks to a "Shakespearean Love Hat." It causes him to speak proper Shakespearean when wearing it and also makes Iris & Misery fall for him.
108	* An episode of ''WesternAnimation/SheriffCalliesWildWest'' centers around one character receiving a new wardrobe to turn him into a gentleman. Wearing [[HighClassGlass the monocle]] transforms the wearer's voice and mannerisms to that of a high-class man, complete with the stereotypical Queen's English accent.
109	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Spliced}}'': In "Follow Your Dreamworms", Entree snatches Joe's top hat and replaces it with a flowery sunhat. Joe's normally angry voice immediately becomes much more girly and singsong.
110	* In ''WesternAnimation/TotalDrama: Revenge of the Island'', Mike (who has multiple personality disorder) puts on a slouch hat and suddenly becomes an adventurer called Manitoba Smith.
111	* Doctor Fate's helmet (see the ComicBook examples above) appears in ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice2010''. It eventually ends up completely taking over the mind of [[spoiler:Zatara]].
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114	[[folder:Real Life]]
115	* Creator/TerryPratchett was so associated with wearing his fedora, that when he wasn't wearing it at conventions, he officially ''[[PaperThinDisguise wasn't him]]''.
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