Simply wearing a hat is not a trope on its own. Here's a list of tropes that "Nice Hat" may apply to:
- Artsy Beret: Popular headgear for artists, especially painters.
- Badasses Wear Bandanas: Technically not a hat, but popular headgear.
- Wearing a Flag on Your Head: A bandana with extra patriotism.
- Cool Crown: Some of the more scaled-down examples (tiaras particularly).
- Cool Helmet: Nice and protective!
- Commissar Cap: Beloved of military and dictatorial types.
- Dashingly Dapper Derby: This hat tends to indicate a dandy.
- Dastardly Dapper Derby: For a villain with flair.
- Eye-Obscuring Hat: A hat that obscures a character's eyes.
- Fedora of Asskicking: A character wears a fedora as a sign of badassery.
- Happy Harlequin Hat: The iconic jester hat.
- Hat of Authority: You can tell certain characters are in charge by the grandiose or big hat (or alternative headgear) they wear.
- Hat of Power: A hat that grants the wearer super powers.
- Hat of Flight: A specialized power hat.
- Head Hat: The act of wearing your freshly killed opponent's head on your own. Generally not very nice, although much more acceptable with animal skulls or pelts.
- The Hilarity of Hats: Hats as a source of comedy.
- Living Hat: Bringing new meaning to Head Pet.
- Meaningful Appearance: When the way a character looks symbolizes something about that character or that character’s personality.
- Never Bareheaded: The character is never seen without a hat for some reason.
- Press Hat: A notable occupational headgear.
- Robe and Wizard Hat: Pointy magical hats worn by mages, whether a wizard or a witch.
- Signature Headgear: Distinctive headgear that hints at a character's personality.
- Stylish Sunhats: A wide-brimmed hat often worn by The Fashionista.
- Tomboyish Baseball Cap: A girl wears a baseball cap to show she's a Tomboy.
- Tutti Frutti Hat: A character wears a fruit hat, with the style popularized by Carmen Miranda.
- Weaponized Headgear: Hats that are used as weapons.
See also Hat Shop. For a more complete list of hat-related tropes, see Cranium Coverings.
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