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So you have a female character who lacks the characteristics and mannerisms of a normal female and only have the characteristics of a male. They can [[ActionGirl fight]], they can [[PassionateSportsGirl play sports]], they [[TheLadette drink a lot]], they [[GamerChick play video games]], and they're [[AmazonChaser well-liked by the guys]] ([[NoGuyWantsAnAmazon at least some of them]]). Yes, that's a {{tomboy}}. But there's something missing. What could it be?

Well, all she needs is a trademark baseball cap.

This is the trope where a tomboy can be identified by wearing a baseball cap. Most of them wear caps if they commonly love to play baseball. They may wear it when they're [[TheSquadette in the army]]. Others wear it just for the sake of setting themselves apart from the {{Girly Girl}}s she's expected to hang out with. As far as this trope is concerned, a baseball cap is like the cherry on top for the tomboy, and when tomboys wear caps, it's usually a [[RuleOfCool cool sight to see]].

They often wear their caps frontwards, especially if their hairstyle is a [[TomboyishPonytail ponytail]]. They often wear their caps backwards just to make them look more of a badass. They even wear caps sideways if they're acting like the guys from the 'hood.

A subtrope of SignatureHeadgear. Also see TertiarySexualCharacteristics; baseball caps are a masculine one.
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[[folder:Art]]
* [[http://meago.deviantart.com/art/SC-Miyo-332333956 This artwork]] by Website/DeviantArt user [[http://meago.deviantart.com Meago]], which even has the hat labeled "Tomboy".
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[[folder: Anime and Manga]]
* Subverted in ''Manga/GunslingerGirl''. While being trained on the firing range by her handler Captain Raballo, Claes wore a baseball cap that he'd given her, marked with the insignia of the ''Gruppo di Intervento Speciale'', the special forces unit he used to serve in. However after his death [[LaserGuidedAmnesia Raballo was erased from her memory]] and the cap sits unused in her room, while Claes wears more feminine clothing to fit her more sedentary lifestyle, now she's no longer sent on missions for the Agency.
* You from ''Anime/LoveLiveSunshine'' is one of the most athletic girls of the group, and she wears a baseball cap with her name on it as part of her training outfit. She also wears a backwards baseball cap when the group travels to Tokyo in the first season of the anime.
* One of Makoto's outfits in the ''Anime/SailorMoon'' nineties anime had her wearing a baseball hat. Fittingly, she's the TomboyWithAGirlyStreak of the Inner Senshi.
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[[folder:Fanfic]]
* Allie from ''Fanfic/DigimonLegend'' always wears a yellow baseball cap backwards. Plus, she's an ActionGirl who does have moments of being [[CombatPragmatist a bit pragmatic]].
* Short Stuff from ''JustForFun/DaringDo'' can never be seen as an annoying sidekick to Daring Do without her trademark baseball cap. Despite this, she knows how to be a fierce fighter.
* Jade Tanner from ''Supernannya: Pokémon AU'', a black Pokémon trainer, wears her black/green baseball cap which matches the rest of her entire wardrobe on her [[HairColors green hair]], backwards. Likewise, she would also have the trope of CharacteristicClothingColors, alongside the trope of ActionGirl, as in Pokémon battles, she kept scoring perfect battles and took down Alessandro Todaro.
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[[folder:Film -- Live Action]]
* Sam Montgomery from ''Film/ACinderellaStory'' wears a baseball cap since she likes playing baseball. This is what makes Fiona to consider her unattractive despite being jealous of her.
* In a couple of scenes from ''Film/ShesTheMan'', Viola, a tomboy, wears a baseball cap with a British flag logo and has a huge interest in playing soccer.
* Amanda Lemmon from ''Film/{{It Takes Two|1995}}'' is an orphan tomboy who always wear baseball caps and loves playing street ball and hates acting lady-like for adoption.
* The movie version of [[TomBoyishName Lex]] Murphy from ''Franchise/JurassicPark'' is a tomboy who wears a baseball cap, although she's more of a computer nerd. In the books, however, she is a huge baseball fan and she does wear her hat proudly.
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[[folder:Literature]]
* ''Literature/TheFamousFive'': In ''Five Have Plenty of Fun'', the Five have to disguise the very girly girl Berta as a boy, who has her hair cut short, and they buy her a cap, which suits her boyish look perfectly. Alas for George, the ultimate girl who wants to be a boy; when she tries it on, it does not sit well on her curly hair, and makes her look ridiculous.
* Annabeth Chase from ''Literature/PercyJacksonAndTheOlympians'' wears a Yankees baseball cap which allows her to become invisible. This goes well with her category as the [[BadassBookworm Smart]] ActionGirl.
* ''Literature/TheBabysittersClub'': Kristy is rarely seen without her red baseball cap.
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[[folder: Live-Action TV ]]
* In ''Series/{{Beetleborgs}}'', Jo is never without her trusty backwards baseball cap. She does play Little League baseball as well.
* [[XenaFication As opposed to her original portrayal]] as the smart and sensible girl who enjoys dolls, celebrity gossip, and other traditional feminine activities, Alicia Guzmán of ''Series/{{Carrusel}}'' is a tomboy who wears a baseball cap and likes playing football.
* Dr. Brown's daughter Delia in ''Series/{{Everwood}}'' frequently wears a baseball cap and is very tomboyish. For instance, she plays ice hockey on the boys' team and she's very good.
* Telly from ''Series/SaluteYourShorts'' occasionally wears one. Justified since she actually plays baseball.
* ''Series/StepByStep'': Al, Frank's daughter, is the only one of the girls who is a tom-boy as her step sisters Dana and Karen are girly girls (identified as the smart one and the pretty one). Al often spots a baseball cap when she's younger on the show. She's into sports, outdoor stuff or she loves helping Frank with his work.
* ''Series/TheSuiteLifeOfZackAndCody'' resident tomboy Max is introduced wearing a baseball cap.
* ''Series/TwoOfAKind'': Mary-Kate, the tomboy of the two, often wears baseball caps.
* Tony's daughter Sam(antha) on ''Series/WhosTheBoss''. Sam wears baseball caps during the first season.
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[[folder:Music Videos]]
* In the music video for legendary singer Music/KellyClarkson's mid-2000s decade song "Breakaway", a young girl with an aqua hoodie was wearing a black baseball cap backwards.
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[[folder:Newspaper Comics]]
* Inverted in ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}'', where the very girly Frieda refuses to wear a baseball cap even when she is playing baseball! She doesn't want to mess up her "naturally curly hair".
** Also inverted in a storyline where Marcie keeps demanding caps for their baseball team while Peppermint Patty, despite being a tomboy, a PassionateSportsGirl, and captain of the team, argues that they don't really need them.
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[[folder:Professional Wrestling]]
* Former Wrestling/{{WWE}} Diva Wrestling/AshleyMassaro wore a backwards black cap in her debut in 2005 (she also won the 2005 Diva Search). She stopped wearing it around her return in 2008.
* [[Wrestling/BellaTwins Nikki Bella]] adopted this image after her 2013 HeelFaceTurn. Coupled with wrestling in a t-shirt and soccer socks, it helps provide a TomboyAndGirlyGirl dynamic next to her sister Brie.
* Wrestling/LivMorgan is a TomboyWithAGirlyStreak from New Jersey and the image is topped off by her wearing a baseball cap to the ring.
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[[folder: Video Games ]]
* In ''VideoGame/Borderlands2'', Gaige the Mecromancer (a WrenchWench and self-described "Woman of science and asskickery") has two heads which are caps of some sort; Keeping It Real (an actual baseball cap) and Read All About It (a paperboy style cap).
* In ''VideoGame/Disgaea4APromiseUnforgotten'', Fuka wears a Prinny hat and happens to wield an axe in battle.
* Siska from ''VideoGame/{{Prodigal}}'' is a boisterous WrenchWench who builds mechas and other machinery, and wears a baseball cap with her first initial on it.
* Clementine from ''VideoGame/TheWalkingDead'' was given a baseball cap as a gift from her dad. She also prefers playing around in her treehouse more than watching television and playing with dolls.
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[[folder:Web Animation]]
* ''WebAnimation/RedVsBlue'': The only hat seen in the entire Red Vs. Blue universe is sported by [[spoiler:ActionGirl to the extreme Tex]].
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[[folder:Webcomics]]
* White from ''Webcomic/BlackAdventures'' wears a trademark Pokemon baseball cap. Plus she's TheLadette who [[OneOfTheBoys acts like she's a part of the boys]], especially her brother Black.
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[[folder:Web Games]]
* Scooter is a playable character in flash games of ''Papa's Donuteria'', ''Papa Louie 2: When Burgers Attack!'', and ''Papa Louie 3: When Sundaes Attack!''. She has appeared in every Papa Louie game after ''Papa's Pancakeria''. She has a baseball cap, she wears it backwards.
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[[folder:Western Animation]]
* ''WesternAnimation/TheAmazingChanAndTheChanClan'': Anne is Alan's twin sister who is a feminist tomboy. She wears an orange-on-white t-shirt with a matching baseball cap.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Arthur}}'': The episode "[[Recap/ArthurS15E7MuffysClassyClassicsClubBestEnemies Best Enemies]]" features a young female character named "W.D. Merkle" who wears a baseball hat which goes along well with her boyish clothing, gender-neutral haircut, gender-neutral voice, and tomboyish interest in racecars.
* ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'': When the Griffins temporarily move to the south Chris becomes [[SweetOnPollyOliver "friends"]] with a "boy" [[SamusIsAGirl who turns out to be a tomboy]] wearing a baseball cap covering her long hair.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheGrimAdventuresOfBillyAndMandy'': In one episode, Mandy invokes this by sporting a baseball cap as well as disguising herself as a boy named "Manfred" in her plan to prove to Billy that [[YouGoGirl girls can surely play sports]].
* ''WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse'': [[ThePigPen Lana]] [[WrenchWench Loud]] [[NeverBareheaded always]] wears a red baseball cap, backwards. In fact, the only time we see her wear her hat ''forwards'' is in the episode "You Auto Know Better", albeit unintentionally.
* ''WesternAnimation/MikeLuAndOg'': Mike Mazinsky doesn't usually wear a baseball cap, but she does don one in "Sultans of Swat" and "The Mother of All Marathons".
* ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug'': Alix, the tomboyish PassionateSportsGirl, wears a baseball cap at all times. She only takes it off when she needs to wear a helmet.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse'': [[Characters/TheOwlHouseLuzNoceda Luz Noceda]], a tomboyish macabre enthusiast, sports a red baseball cap during the TimePassesMontage in "[[Recap/TheOwlHouseS3E1ThanksToThem Thanks to Them]]".
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Recess}}'': A subversion where Spinelli, although she is a tomboy, wears a ski cap rather than a baseball hat.
* ''WesternAnimation/RosiesRules'': Jun, the tomboyish twin of Quinn, wears a backwards baseball cap.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheWeekenders'': PassionateSportsGirl Lor sometimes sports one.
* ''WesternAnimation/WonderPets'': Linny wears a trademark orange baseball cap and is a female, which often [[ViewerGenderConfusion has the audience confused whether Linny was male]], considering that [[TertiarySexualCharacteristics caps are usually what males usually wear]].
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