History Main / NecktieHeadband

* ''MyNameIsEarl'': Randy unties Earl's tie (which Earl doesn't know how to retie) in order to show Earl what he would look like as an eighties guy at a rock concert.
* Will does this on the first day at his upper class school in ''TheFreshPrinceOfBelAir'' arguing that while the dress code specifies a tie in a half-Windsor knot, it doesn't say where he has to wear it.

* Agent/Principal PhilCoulson of ''WesternAnimation/{{Ultimate Spider-Man}}'' seems prone to this trope when going into battle. [[SincerityMode After all]], nothing says [[BadassTeacher Badass Principal]] like an improvised MartialArtsHeadband.

* ''Webcomic/TheAdventuresOfDrMcNinja:'' Dr. McNinja does this a couple of times when he's either about to do something awesome or when he's [[WhatDidIDoLastNight drunk]]. See trope image.

* Webcomic/DrMcNinja does this a couple of times when he's either about to do something awesome or when he's [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/WhatDidIDoLastNight drunk]].

* Shawn in ''Shawn of the Dead'' does this (to cover a dart wound).

* Abby in ''[[{{Grindhouse}} Planet Terror]]''

* An episode of ''CodenameKidsNextDoor'' has Numbuh 1 teaming up with a former salaryman hunting a serpent-like tie monster whose {{breath|Weapon}} forcibly turns people into [[SharpDressedMan suit-wearing businessmen]] who slave away in corporate management. The man in question wears his former necktie as a headband and later goes on to become one of the few adults Numbuh 1 is trusting of/considers to be cool.

* In ''VideoGame/OsuTatakaeOuendan'', the salaryman dons a neckie headband to get ready for a showdown with a giant mouse monster.

* Tommy Wiseau's movie ''TheRoom''.

* Agent/Principal PhilCoulson of WesternAnimation/UltimateSpiderman seems prone to this trope when going into battle. [[SincerityMode After all]], nothing says [[BadassTeacher Badass Principal]] like an improvised MartialArtsHeadband.

* At at least one factory in the US, labor union representatives wore their neckties on their heads to a meeting with Japanese executives overseeing the plant to show their willingness to stand for their positions.

* Agent/Principal PhilCoulson of UltimateSpiderman seems prone to this trope when going into battle. [[SincerityMode After all]], nothing says [[BadassTeacher Badass Principal]] like an improvised MartialArtsHeadband.

* Will does this on the first day at his upper class school in ''TheFreshPrinceOfBelAir'' arguing that while the dress code specifies a tie in a half-winsor knot, it doesn't say where he has to wear it.

* In a fifth season episode of ''HowIMetYourMother'', Ted Mosby ends up with a tie wrapped around his head during a quick montage of a [[DrinkingGame drinking game]].

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ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: someone wearing a necktie around the head as an improvised MartialArtsHeadband.

A trope often associated with [[{{Salaryman}} salarymen]] and other corporate types whose business clothes come with a necktie. Sometimes they get [[LampshadeWearing overenthusiastic during an after-work party]], or they get involved in SeriousBusiness that justfies dropping the DressCode.

SisterTrope to LampshadeWearing.

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* Done by some of the clerks when they turn pirate in ''The Crimson Permanent Assurance'' short that accompanies ''MontyPythonsTheMeaningOfLife''.

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* ''MyNameIsEarl'': Randy unties Earl's tie (which Earl doesn't know how to retie) in order to show Earl what he would look like as an eighties guy at a rock concert.
* Will does this on the first day at his upper class school in ''TheFreshPrinceOfBelAir'' arguing that while the dress code specifies a tie in a half-winsor knot, it doesn't say where he has to wear it.

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* Kane does it when tackling an after-hours assignment in ''WebComic/YellowPeril''.
* That's how [[http://robotandghost.com/nggallery/page-135/image/308/ feral yuppies]] wear their neckties.

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* At at least one factory in the US, labor union representatives wore their neckties on their heads to a meeting with Japanese executives overseeing the plant to show their willingness to stand for their positions.

* Shawn in Shawn of the Dead does this (to cover a dart wound).

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* [[Series/DoctorWho The 10th Doctor]] dons his necktie as a headband after partying with 18th century French aristocrats. Of course, since it's the Doctor, [[PlayingDrunk it's all part of his plan]] [[ObfuscatingStupidity to make the bad guys underestimate him.]]

* Oji "Gabriel" Tanaka does this when playing guitar in the early episodes of ''TheLegendOfBlackHeaven''. Later on, he just takes the tie off.

* Abby in [[{{Grindhouse}} Planet Terror]]