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* '''Inverted''': Siegfried Helmut wears a full face-covering helmet at all times, [[TwentyFourHourArmor even when he is not in battle]]. He takes off the rest of his armor to sleep, bathe, and what-have-you, but never his helmet.

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* '''Inverted''': Siegfried Helmut wears [[NeverBareheaded a full face-covering helmet at all times, times]], [[TwentyFourHourArmor even when he is not in battle]]. He takes off the rest of his armor to sleep, bathe, and what-have-you, but never his helmet.
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** Siegfried is surveying the battlefield to get a grasp on the situation. Wearing a helmet narrows his eyesight and dampens his hearing, and he needs to make a good judgment on how the battle is going.

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* '''Zig Zagged''': Siegfried Helmet wears a helmet into battle on some occasions and doesn't on others, providing a variety of different reasons as to why on each occasion, like one day he wore it because he woke up [[RightForTheWrongReasons feeling his head was kinda cold and never bothered to take it off]], while some other times he didn't because he was hoping to get [[RuggedScar a cool scar]] or he wanted to declare who he was to everyone on the battlefield.

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** Siefrieg's choice of not wearing a helmet is merely preferring [[TooDumbToLive to look good over being safe]].
* '''Zig Zagged''': Siegfried Helmet Helmut wears a helmet into battle on some occasions and doesn't on others, providing a variety of different reasons as to why on each occasion, like one day he wore it because he woke up [[RightForTheWrongReasons feeling his head was kinda cold and never bothered to take it off]], while some other times he didn't because he was hoping to get [[RuggedScar a cool scar]] or he wanted to declare who he was to everyone on the battlefield.

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* '''Downplayed''': Siegfried wears a helmet just like everyone else, but he never closes his visor.

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* '''Downplayed''': '''Downplayed''':
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Siegfried wears a helmet just like everyone else, but he never closes his visor.



* '''Invoked''': Siegfried Helmet notes all the depictions of great heroes in battle he's seen didn't wear helmets, and so decides that he won't either.

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* '''Invoked''': Siegfried Helmet Helmut notes all the depictions of great heroes in battle he's seen didn't wear helmets, and so decides that he won't either.



---> '''Siegfried Helmut''': "Screw it, I am wearing a helmet so that my head can't get splattered!"

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---> '''Siegfried Helmut''': "Screw Screw it, I am wearing a helmet so that my head can't get splattered!"splattered!



* '''Deconstructed''': Sigfried takes off his helmet in battle for morale purposes, but while it's off, some GenreSavvy enemy tries to AttackItsWeakPoint and kills him.
* '''Reconstructed''': and makes him a PropagandaHero. It's still a better way to die than his ConvenientTerminalIllness.

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* '''Deconstructed''': Sigfried Siegfried takes off his helmet in battle for morale purposes, but while it's off, some GenreSavvy enemy tries to AttackItsWeakPoint and kills him.
* '''Reconstructed''': and Siegfried's death makes him a PropagandaHero. It's still a better way to die than his ConvenientTerminalIllness.



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* '''Reconstructed''': and makes him a PropagandaHero. It's still a better way to die than his ConvenientTerminalIllness.
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** Named characters wear ballistic helmets with transparent faceplates that allow their faces to be seen. Extras wear opaque visors.

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* '''Defied''': Siegfried Helmut chooses to always wear a helmet and always keeps the safety of his head first.
--> '''Siegfried Helmut''': "Screw it, I am wearing a helmet so that my head can't get splattered!"

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* '''Defied''': '''Defied''':
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Siegfried Helmut chooses to always wear a helmet and always keeps the safety of his head first.
--> ---> '''Siegfried Helmut''': "Screw it, I am wearing a helmet so that my head can't get splattered!"splattered!"
** Siegfried's commanding officer yells at him to put his damn helmet on.
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* '''Deconstructed''': Not wearing a helmet cost Siegfried Helmut his life which results in his death when a GenreSavvy villain aims for his head.

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* '''Deconstructed''': Not wearing a Sigfried takes off his helmet cost Siegfried Helmut his life which results in his death when a battle for morale purposes, but while it's off, some GenreSavvy villain aims for his head.enemy tries to AttackItsWeakPoint and kills him.

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** Metal is extraordinarily rare in the setting- Siegfried is lucky he has a sword, much less any armor at all.

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** What's ''actually'' protecting Siegfried is a magical force field. Since the field intercepts attacks, armor really is just so much deadweight for him. It also serves a psychological purpose, as enemies who don't know about his magic will ([[ShootingSuperman fruitlessly]]) attack him instead of his {{Muggle}} colleagues.
** Metal is extraordinarily rare in the setting- Siegfried is lucky he has a sword, to have an actual ''weapon'', much less any armor at all.armor.



* '''Averted''': Siegfried Helmut goes in battle with a helmet and always kept his face secure.

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* '''Averted''': Siegfried Helmut goes in battle with a always wears full armor, helmet and always kept his face secure.included, whenever he goes into battle.
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* '''Downplayed''': Siegfried wears a helmet that leaves his entire face visible.

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* '''Downplayed''': Siegfried wears a helmet that leaves just like everyone else, but he never closes his entire face visible.visor.

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* '''Exaggerated''': Every member of the FiveManBand refuses to wear a helmet.

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* '''Exaggerated''': Every member of ''Nobody'' on the FiveManBand refuses to wear a helmet.good side wears headgear of any kind, for any reason.



** Siegfried is unable to use his powerful magic if his head is covered, so he shouldn't wear helmets.
* '''Inverted''': Siegfried Helmut wears a helmet all the time, [[TwentyFourHourArmor even when he is not in battle]].
* '''Subverted''': [[CoversAlwaysLie In the painting Siegfried Helmut doesn't wear a helmet]], but actually wears it in battle.
* '''Double Subverted''': Until Siegfried Helmut decides to battle with no helmet on.
* '''Parodied''': A random individual asks Siegfried why he doesn't wear a helmet in battle. Siegfried shows them [[ArtisticLicenseMedicine a medical alert bracelet that declares him allergic to helmets]]

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** Having metal around his head dampens Siegfried's PsychicPowers, so he's crippling himself by wearing a helmet (and he can deflect projectiles away anyways).
** Metal is extraordinarily rare in the setting-
Siegfried is unable to use his powerful magic if his head lucky he has a sword, much less any armor at all.
** The helmet-less fight scene
is covered, so he shouldn't wear helmets.
an ambush occurring when Siegfried logically wouldn't be wearing a helmet, like when he's sleeping or showering.
* '''Inverted''': Siegfried Helmut wears a full face-covering helmet at all the time, times, [[TwentyFourHourArmor even when he is not in battle]].
battle]]. He takes off the rest of his armor to sleep, bathe, and what-have-you, but never his helmet.
* '''Subverted''': The book's cover shows Siegfried fighting without a helmet- but [[CoversAlwaysLie In when that scene comes in the painting Siegfried Helmut doesn't wear actual book, he's donned a helmet]], but actually wears it in battle.
helmet]].
* '''Double Subverted''': Until Siegfried Helmut decides to battle with no But he loses said helmet on.
before the climax.
* '''Parodied''': '''Parodied''':
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A random individual asks Siegfried why he doesn't wear a helmet in battle. Siegfried shows them [[ArtisticLicenseMedicine a medical alert bracelet that declares him allergic to helmets]]helmets]].
** Helmets are cursed- anyone who puts one on for any reason automatically joins the bad guys.



* '''Enforced''': "We want the audience to be able to tell the hero apart from all the other good guys."

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* '''Enforced''': '''Enforced''':
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"We want the audience to be able to tell the hero apart from all the other good guys.""
** "We hired this actor for their ''acting'', and the audience can't see much of that when they're wearing a face-concealing helmet!"



* '''Exploited''': The villain has yet figure out the exact identity of TheHero prophecized to oppose his plans, and then reasons out who it must be after he hears reports of a man named Siegfried Helmut who always goes into battle without a helmet.

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* '''Exploited''': The villain has yet figure out the exact identity of TheHero prophecized to oppose his plans, and then reasons out who it must be after he hears reports of a man named Emperor Evulz, knowing Siegfried Helmut who always goes Helmut's propensity for going into battle without bareheaded, sends archers against him, since deflecting arrows is what a helmet.helmet does.

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* '''Played For Laughs''': Sigfried Helmut doesn't wear a helmet in battle ... he claims it is because he doesn't need one, but in reality it's because his head is misshapen.
* '''Played For Drama''': Sigfried's mother gives him a helmet when he first begins his fight, but it gets damaged beyond repair in a battle and he can't find a replacement. When the next battle comes an enemy lance strikes him in the head and kills him.



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* '''Discussed''': ???
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* '''Implied''': Siegfried opens a closet that has all of his weapons and armor clearly hanging in it before he goes off to a GreatOffscreenWar. There is noticeably no helmet within it.

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* '''Discussed''': ???
"Some heroes actually ''do'' wear helmets, you know."
* '''Conversed''': ???
Siegfried looks at a painting of a fierce battle that he knows nothing of. Someone else tells him about it and the hero of the battle, chuckling that you can figure out who the hero is by looking at the one individual not wearing a helmet.
* '''Implied''': Siegfried opens a closet that has his sword and all of his weapons and armor clearly hanging in it before he goes off to a GreatOffscreenWar. There is noticeably no helmet within it.
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* '''Straight''': [[TheHero Siegfried Helmut]] prefers not to wear a helmet, not even in battle.

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* '''Straight''': [[TheHero Siegfried Siegfried]] [[IronicName Helmut]] prefers not to wear a helmet, not even in battle.



* '''Inverted''': Siegfried Helmut wheres a helmet all the time even when he is not in battle.
* '''Subverted''': In the painting Siegfried Helmut doesn't wear a helmet, but actually wears it in battle.

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* '''Inverted''': Siegfried Helmut wheres wears a helmet all the time time, [[TwentyFourHourArmor even when he is not in battle.
battle]].
* '''Subverted''': [[CoversAlwaysLie In the painting Siegfried Helmut doesn't wear a helmet, helmet]], but actually wears it in battle.



* '''Parodied''': ???
* '''Zig Zagged''': ???

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* '''Parodied''': ???
A random individual asks Siegfried why he doesn't wear a helmet in battle. Siegfried shows them [[ArtisticLicenseMedicine a medical alert bracelet that declares him allergic to helmets]]
* '''Zig Zagged''': ???Siegfried Helmet wears a helmet into battle on some occasions and doesn't on others, providing a variety of different reasons as to why on each occasion, like one day he wore it because he woke up [[RightForTheWrongReasons feeling his head was kinda cold and never bothered to take it off]], while some other times he didn't because he was hoping to get [[RuggedScar a cool scar]] or he wanted to declare who he was to everyone on the battlefield.



* '''Lampshaded''': ???
* '''Invoked''': ???
* '''Exploited''': ???

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* '''Lampshaded''': ???
"I'm not wearing a helmet to this battle, yes, but we've got far more important things to worry about right now."
* '''Invoked''': ???
Siegfried Helmet notes all the depictions of great heroes in battle he's seen didn't wear helmets, and so decides that he won't either.
* '''Exploited''': ???The villain has yet figure out the exact identity of TheHero prophecized to oppose his plans, and then reasons out who it must be after he hears reports of a man named Siegfried Helmut who always goes into battle without a helmet.



--> '''Siegfried Helmut''': "Screw It I am wearing a helmet so that my head can't get splattered!"

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--> '''Siegfried Helmut''': "Screw It it, I am wearing a helmet so that my head can't get splattered!"



* '''Implied''': ???

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* '''Implied''': ???Siegfried opens a closet that has all of his weapons and armor clearly hanging in it before he goes off to a GreatOffscreenWar. There is noticeably no helmet within it.

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* '''Justified''': Siegfried Helmut has hard superhuman toughness, and does not need any armor.

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Siegfried Helmut has hard superhuman toughness, and does not need any armor.armor.
** Siegfried is unable to use his powerful magic if his head is covered, so he shouldn't wear helmets.
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* '''Exaggerated''': ???
* '''Downplayed''': ???

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* '''Exaggerated''': ???
Every member of the FiveManBand refuses to wear a helmet.
* '''Downplayed''': ???Siegfried wears a helmet that leaves his entire face visible.



* '''Enforced''': ???

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* '''Enforced''': ???"We want the audience to be able to tell the hero apart from all the other good guys."
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* '''Defied''': Siegfried Helmut choose to always wear a helmet and always keeps the safety of his head first.
--> '''Siegfried Helmut''': "Screw It I am wearing a helmet so that my head can't get splattered !"

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* '''Defied''': Siegfried Helmut choose chooses to always wear a helmet and always keeps the safety of his head first.
--> '''Siegfried Helmut''': "Screw It I am wearing a helmet so that my head can't get splattered !"splattered!"
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* '''Deconstructed''': Not wearing a helmet cost Siegfried Helmut his life which results in his death when a GenraSavvy villain aims for his head.

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* '''Deconstructed''': Not wearing a helmet cost Siegfried Helmut his life which results in his death when a GenraSavvy GenreSavvy villain aims for his head.
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* '''Deconstructed''': Not wearing a helmet cost Siegfried Helmut his life which results in his death when a GenraSavy villain aims for his head.

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* '''Deconstructed''': Not wearing a helmet cost Siegfried Helmut his life which results in his death when a GenraSavy GenraSavvy villain aims for his head.
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* '''Deconstructed''': Not wearing a helmet cost Siegfried Helmut his life which results in his death when a GenrySavy villain aims for his head.

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* '''Deconstructed''': Not wearing a helmet cost Siegfried Helmut his life which results in his death when a GenrySavy GenraSavy villain aims for his head.
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* '''Defied''': ???

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* '''Defied''': ???Siegfried Helmut choose to always wear a helmet and always keeps the safety of his head first.
--> '''Siegfried Helmut''': "Screw It I am wearing a helmet so that my head can't get splattered !"



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* '''Deconstructed''': Not wearing a helmet cost Siegfried Helmut his life which results in his death when a GenrySavy villain aims for his head.



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* '''Straight''': [[TheHero Siegfried Helmut]] prefers not to where a helmet, Not even in battle.

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* '''Straight''': [[TheHero Siegfried Helmut]] prefers not to where wear a helmet, Not not even in battle.



* '''Justified''': Siegfried Helmut has hard superhuman skin and does not need any armor.

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* '''Justified''': Siegfried Helmut has hard superhuman skin toughness, and does not need any armor.



* '''Subverted''': In the painting Siegfried Helmut does not where a helmet, But only wheres it in battle.
* '''Double Subverted''':Until Siegfried Helmut decides to battle with no helmet on.

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* '''Subverted''': In the painting Siegfried Helmut does not where doesn't wear a helmet, But only wheres but actually wears it in battle.
* '''Double Subverted''':Until Subverted''': Until Siegfried Helmut decides to battle with no helmet on.



* '''Averted''': Siegfried Helmut goes in battle with a helmet and always kept his face secure

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* '''Averted''': Siegfried Helmut goes in battle with a helmet and always kept his face securesecure.



* '''Defied''': Siegfried Helmut wheres a helmet just so that he won't look stupid in battle.

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* '''Defied''': Siegfried Helmut wheres a helmet just so that he won't look stupid in battle.???
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'''Basic Trope''': Who needs a helmet when you got a cool face.
* '''Straight''': [[TheHero Siegfried Helmut]] prefers not to where a helmet, Not even in battle.
* '''Exaggerated''': ???
* '''Downplayed''': ???
* '''Justified''': Siegfried Helmut has hard superhuman skin and does not need any armor.
* '''Inverted''': Siegfried Helmut wheres a helmet all the time even when he is not in battle.
* '''Subverted''': In the painting Siegfried Helmut does not where a helmet, But only wheres it in battle.
* '''Double Subverted''':Until Siegfried Helmut decides to battle with no helmet on.
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* '''Zig Zagged''': ???
* '''Averted''': Siegfried Helmut goes in battle with a helmet and always kept his face secure
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* '''Defied''': Siegfried Helmut wheres a helmet just so that he won't look stupid in battle.

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