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6	->''"I will make hat from you, bunny."''
7	-->--'''[[VideoGame/TeamFortress2 The Heavy]]''' to [[ComicBook/SamAndMax Max]], ''VideoGame/PokerNightAtTheInventory''
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10	The act of wearing your freshly killed opponent's head on your own. Obviously reserved for the AxCrazy types, but a few SociopathicHero {{Villain Protagonist}}s pull it off via SuccessThroughInsanity. Two variants: Wearing the skull as a helmet, or just the skin, as a cowl/mask.
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12	Of course, the more acceptable version uses an animal's head as a hat. Very popular among shamans. Compare NemeanSkinning, where the slain animal's whole pelt is used as a cape or cowl. See also SkeletonsInTheCoatCloset.
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15	!!Examples
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18	[[folder:Anime & Manga]]
19	* In ''Manga/BattleAngelAlita'', the motorball player "Caligula" Armburst has a habit of cutting off the hands of someone from the audience and wearing them on the horns of his helmet as a good luck charm for the game.
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22	[[folder:Comic Books]]
23	* A ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'' comic had the villain communicate with the heroes, who were stranded on the island to which a millionaire invited them, while wearing their host's face.
24	* The ''Latter Days'' arc of ''ComicBook/CerebusTheAardvark'' contains a [[PlayingWithATrope themed variant]]. Cerebus spends several issues' worth of time in the disguise of "Spore" (a parody of ComicBook/{{Spawn}}), and wears the skulls of two dead Cirinists on his shoulders (a take on the skull-shaped clasps of Spawn's cape).
25	* In the ''ComicBook/JudgeDredd'' stories featuring the Dark Judges in space, the ActionSurvivor Roscoe starts to wear the skull of a stink bug, a large mutant cave-dwelling predator on the moon Dominion. She keeps wearing it long after escaping the planet as a keepsake.
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28	[[folder:Films -- Live-Action]]
29	* Garland Greene from ''Film/ConAir'': "One girl, I drove through three states wearing her head as a hat."
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32	[[folder:Mythology]]
33	* The UrExample would have to be [[Myth/GreekMythology Herakles]], who is often portrayed as wearing the Nemean Lion's fur with the heads matched up. Following this, most works featuring the Roman Army have standard-bearers with lion or bear skins wrapped around their heads (''ComicBook/{{Asterix}}'', for example).
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36	[[folder:Tabletop Games]]
37	* In ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'', one Ork Nob miniature from the ''Assault On Black Reach'' starter set is wearing a pickelhaube with a skull impaled on it.
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40	[[folder:Video Games]]
41	* Both Heracles and Ajax (The Greater, famed for dueling Hector to a draw when Achilles failed to fight) are depicted with a lion skin draped over their heads in ''VideoGame/AgeOfMythology''
42	* Several hats in ''VideoGame/{{Dofus}}'' are just a monster's head worn over your own, most notably the [[https://www.dofus.com/en/mmorpg/encyclopedia/equipment/2411-gobball-headgear Gobball Headgear]] and its [[https://www.dofus.com/en/mmorpg/encyclopedia/equipment/2438-royal-gobball-headgear Royal counterpart]], which even have the monster's ''tongue'' still attached.
43	* ''Franchise/TheElderScrolls''
44	** One of the series recurring artifacts is the Helm of Oreyn Bearclaw, a skull taken from a "witch-serpent" named Glenhwyfaunva. In ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIIIMorrowind Morrowind]]'' and ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIVOblivion Oblivion]]'', it boosts agility and endurance, while in ''Skyrim'', it buffs stamina regeneration and raises maximum stamina.
45	** ''Morrowind'' also features Nordic trollbone armor, a set of heavy armor made from the bones of trolls. The "helmet" piece consists of the top half of the creature's skull, worn almost like a hat, and it has a surprisingly high armor rating, beating out some metal helmets.
46	* ''VideoGame/FightTheHorror'': One of the boss enemies in the game wears a skull on its head.
47	* The minions in ''VideoGame/{{Overlord}}'' do this sometimes.
48	* ''VideoGame/SydneyHunterAndTheCurseOfTheMayan'': Some of the Mayans wear animal skulls on their heads.
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51	[[folder:Webcomics]]
52	* In ''Webcomic/EightBitTheater'', Black Mage wore Red Mage's burning corpse as a hat. (Red Mage eventually got better.)
53	* If we allow Richard's kidney hat, we allow [[http://www.choppingblock.org/d/20060710.html this]] ''Webcomic/ChoppingBlock'' comic.
54	* Used as a punchline at least once in ''Webcomic/CtrlAltDel''.
55	* [[http://lfgcomic.com/page/255 Richard]] of ''Webcomic/LookingForGroup''. He also sports a dashing kidney hat. "[[http://lfgcomic.com/page/267 Made with real kidney.]]"
56	* Belkar of ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'', [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0063.html with YokYok]].
57	-->'''[=YikYik=]:''' He was a good father.\
58	'''Belkar:''' But he made a better fashion accessory!\
59	'''[=YikYik=]:''' I'LL KILL YOU!
60	* Scott demonstrates his fondness for horror in [[http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=256 these]] [[http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=105 two]] ''Webcomic/VGCats'' strips.
61	* ''Webcomic/GirlGenius:'' An ambiguous example. After they battle off-screen, Franz the dragon is shown wearing the helmet of his opponent "Pretty Boy" as a hat; it sports a pair of horns which may or may not have originally been attached to PB's head.
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64	[[folder:Web Original]]
65	* [[PsychopathicManchild Bulbasaur]] from ''WebAnimation/StarterSquad'' is prone to wearing the body parts of previously killed Pokemon. Later, [[HeWhoFightsMonsters the Caterpie Leader]] [[spoiler:ends up wearing Charmander's head after killing him during his war against birds.]]
66	* In episode 7 of ''WebVideo/ThereWillBeBrawl'', we learn that Kirby [[spoiler:killed Daisy and wore her head]]. Kirby is their equivalent of Hannibal Lecter.
67	%%* Briefly tried by Tricky in ''WebAnimation/MadnessCombat'' after killing Jegus in an attempt to absorb his power.
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70	[[folder:Western Animation]]
71	* Creator/DonHertzfeldt's ''WesternAnimation/{{Rejected}}'' features a scene where one guy rips another guy's belly out, then wears it on his head while shouting "I am the Queen of France!"
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