History Main / FantasyHelmetEnforcement

* Plot point in ''WesternAnimation/DarkwingDuck'': in 'Darkly Dawns the Duck', Darkwing always wears his NiceHat on his motorcycle. Gosalyn finds a discarded helmet, and lectures him on bike safety; he then normally wears the helmet when riding. 'Dead Duck' features Darkwing skipping the helmet, as it had been destroyed (by a falling anvil). Guess what happens based on the episode title. (In fact, when Darkwing quotes his catchphrase, "Let's get dangerous!" Lauchpad stops him, pointing out the missing helmet, and saying, "That's a little ''too'' dangerous!")

* ''WesternAnimation/AllGrownUp''.
** ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}'', despite having the older kids with big wheels and tricycles never had helmets and the only time anything like that is used in the series was because Didi went into MyBelovedSmother mode after Tommy whapped his head on a table.

* Played for laughs again in ''WesternAnimation/TheBossBaby''. Timothy insists that he and the Boss Baby cannot ride a bike without wearing them and then Timothy then proceeds to do some of the craziest stuff ever done by a kid on a bike, all having just ditched training wheels with the Boss Baby's encouragement.

* PlayedForLaughs in ''Disney/BigHero6''. Baymax, being the ever-helpful health service robot, gently advises that Hiro put on his seat belt while they're in the midst of a car ChaseScene.

* ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'': Yang, who shrugs off being smashed through concrete bridge support or being knocked several miles high in the air and the subsequent crash-landing, always wears a helmet when riding her motorcycle. Presumably Remnant's traffic laws don't take into account people who have awakened their Aura.

* ''WesternAnimation/AdventuresFromTheBookOfVirtues'' uses this. All three kids wear helmets while riding up to the cave of the story tellers.

** There's no story about someone getting in trouble because they don't think helmets are cool. There ''is'', however, one entirely focused around Franklin getting a fancy new helmet with a flashing light on top because he's outgrown his old one and some of the other kids find the new helmet goofy. When he hears the kids making fun of that type of helmet, he hides it and tries to borrow his friend Bear's to use for a bike safety rally, only to be told that you should never wear a helmet that hasn't been specifically fitted for you. In the end, another friend helps him to see that it doesn't matter if the other kids think the helmet is dorky and the bike safety officer suggests that the flashing light could be a useful safety feature. He is seen wearing this helmet throughout the rest of the series. FridgeLogic; Franklin being a ''turtle'', wouldn't his head be at ''more'' risk since the helmet would prevent him from fully retracting his head into his shell?

* In the 1960s Live Action ''Series/{{Batman}}'' they [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] several things in a TheMoreYouKnow kind of way, including taking the time to properly buckle your safety belt.

* On ''WesternAnimation/ButterbeansCafe'', Cricket and her friend Sasha make sure to wear their helmets when riding their bikes. As Sasha is a chipmunk person, she has the requisite holes at the top of her helmet that her ears stick through. Cricket's have holes on the sides to keep her GirlishPigtails visible.

* On ''WesternAnimation/CreativeGalaxy'', Arty and his friends don't go anywhere on Arty's Creative Spark rocket ship without making sure to first "buckle up." Arty's shapeshifting blob friend, Epiphany, gets a pass because she doesn't ride on the ship, she just floats like she always does, traveling alongside the trip.

* ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'': Yang, who shrugs off being smashed through concrete bridge support or being knocked several miles high in the air and the subsequent crash-landing, always wears a helmet when riding her motorcycle.

* Parodied in ''WesternAnimation/OKKOLetsBeHeroes'' when Rad pulls a seatbelt out of {{Hammerspace}} so he can ride on the hood of his car without upsetting MoralGuardians. In general, the characters always wear seatbelts, but rarely bother following any ''other'' car safety rules, doing things like driving at ludicrously unsafe speeds or trying to give Rad’s van dangerous illegal modifications.

* On ''WesternAnimation/PAWPatrol'', Rider normally has a helmet whenever he rides his ATV. The strange part is even ignoring the fact that [[TalkingAnimal pups]] are driving their own [[CoolCar custom vehicles]], they all wear seatbelts designed for humans. When actually visible, the seatbelts are buckled uselessly around their hind legs. If they actually were in a crash, they would be launched away as if they weren't wearing them in the first place.

* In the ''Literature/MouseMath'' picture book, one of Albert the mouse's presents for his birthday is a helmet. The next present is a scooter that he hadn't actually asked for, but did wish for on his cake candles after seeing his friend Leo's new scooter.

* In ''[[Franchise/WinnieThePooh My Friends Tigger & Pooh]]'', the Super Sleuths (Pooh, Tigger and Darby) always wear their helmets when riding their Sleuther Scooters. ("Somebody's needing our help today, so helmets on and scooters away!")

* Parodied and Double Subverted in ''Film/{{Spaceballs}}'' after Dark Helmet refuses to fasten his seat belt after ordering Colonel Sanders to shift to LudicrousSpeed, their ship bypasses their target, and Dark Helmet can barely hang on. The villain tells Sanders [[TooDumbToLive to hit the emergency brake]] (which Sanders does, despite a warning sign on it that says "Never Use") and Dark Helmet is BlownAcrossTheRoom headfirst. Luckily, as Sanders points out, he was wearing the helmet, so he survives (but the helmet itself does not, and Dark Helmet collapses a few seconds later).

While there is nothing wrong with wearing a helmet, generally in RealLife, many people bike around without helmets, and don't usually find themselves getting in accidents caused by the wrath of helmet gods for not wearing any gear. Ditto for skating and other activities. Helmet laws do [[http://www.helmets.org/mandator.htm exist]] however, not necessarily for bikes, but much more often for motorcycles. (And even if a hero doesn't need a helmet to survive, he likely wouldn't want to get a ticket for not wearing one.)

Contrary to [[IThoughtItMeant what one might think]], this is ''not'' the inverse of HelmetsAreHardlyHeroic, about the tendency of heroes in the fantasy and sci-fi genres not to wear helmets in battle. It ''is'' the inverse of SafetyGearIsCowardly, when helmets are not to be found at all. See also the SafeDrivingAesop.

* On ''Film/MonstersUniversity'', security from Monsters Inc. is chasing down the Oozma Kappa boys for trespassing. The mother of one of the boys is readying their getaway car, but wouldn't drive away until everyone buckles up. They do make it out in time, thankfully.

** In "Phineas and Ferb Get Busted", they weren't wearing any. And then it was revealed that they had created head-shaped helmets, complete with hair. These helmets showed up again in later episodes.

---> ''Kid 1:''' Safety first! ''[throws a helmet on Candace]''\\

::: Then Candace and Jeremy end up getting hurt ''anyway'' when Phineas and Ferb's passing airplane blots out the sun and causes Candace to crash into Jeremy.

* [[http://www.scarymommy.com/llama-llama-series-netflix-jennifer-garner/ Preview material]] for the animated ''Literature/LlamaLlama'' show depicts Llama and his friends Nelly Gnu and Gilroy Goat all wearing helmets while out scootering or riding bikes and wearing lifejackets while in a boat. All of them include the typical holes for the characters' ExpressiveEars to stick out of, as well as, in the case of Nelly and Gilroy, holes for their little horns. Curiously, though, Llama is helmet-free while riding his scooter in the ''Llama Llama and Friends'' book based an installment of the series.