History Main / CommissarCap

* ''VideoGame/BionicCommando'''s main BigBad is [[TheGeneralissimo Generalissmo Killt]], who wears the full dictator getup of peaked cap, greatcoat, and leather gloves (and judging by his sprites, jodhpurs and jackboots). His resemblance to [[ThoseWackyNazis a stereotypical Nazi officer]] is a lot less accidental when you learn that the game was titled "Resurrection of Hitler" in Japan.

* Naboo guards in ''Film/StarWarsThePhantomMenace'' wear a stylized variant that has the band and visor made of brass.

A subtrope of BlingOfWar. A large, high [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peaked_cap peaked cap]] similar to those worn by BananaRepublic [[GloriousLeader dictators]]. The {{Trope Namer|s}} is ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'', with [[ThePoliticalOfficer Commissars]] wearing such caps.[[note]]This is itself a nod to the similarly totalitarian [[GloriousMotherRussia Soviet Union]], in which pretty much everyone, even ''primary school children'', was issued a peaked cap at some point, especially the political commissars. In Russia, the peaked cap (kartuz) was actually part of national dress and many civilians wore it prior to the 1930s.[[/note]] This headgear surely makes the wearer look badass in an authoritarian sense of the word. Sometimes decorated with elaborate silver or gold designs on the visor and/or the front of the crown, nicknamed "scrambled eggs" by military folks; the stereotypical BananaRepublic leader's cap has so much of these that you can barely see the color of the actual cap underneath.

SubTrope to DressedToOppress. See also BlingOfWar. Often worn by TheGeneralissimo and sometimes ThePoliticalOfficer. If a woman wears it, chances are she might be TheBaroness, or just a {{dominatrix}} who has it on for show.

* Forte in ''Anime/GalaxyAngel''.
* Chiri Kitsu in an episode of Zoku ''Manga/SayonaraZetsubouSensei'', when she subjects the teachers and other students to surprise inspections in order to catch them unprepared.
* Chocolat from ''Manga/SorcererHunters'' wears one of these ([[{{Stripperiffic}} and little else]]) when she's in "combat mode".
* Washizaki from ''Manga/RikiOh'', the inspiration for Vega/M.Bison in ''Franchise/StreetFighter'' in VideoGames.
* [[VisionaryVillain Kanako Watanabe]] of ''Anime/StarDriver'' wears one of these as part of her Glittering Crux outfit.

* ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'': Bambietta wears one, PuttingOnTheReich style.

* These are part of the Amestrian military dress uniform in ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist''.
* [[Manga/JojosBizarreAdventure Jotaro Kujo]] wears the front half of a cap like this.
* Tiger in ''Anime/SaberMarionetteJ''. Hers was a gift from Faust when he was a child, so she treasures it dearly.
* ''Manga/FoodWars'': Asahi Saiba's hench(wo)man Sarge dresses up in military garb, complete with one of these.
* General Esdeath of ''Manga/AkameGaKill''.

* Literature/CiaphasCain ([[LargeHam HERO OF THE IMPERIUM!!!]]) wears one, and he does it [[LargeHam with style]], as page the quote states. Though in all honesty, he would ''really'' prefer a helmet.

* ''Vietnam: An Epic Tragedy'' by Creator/MaxHastings. The author notes that South Vietnamese generals favoured this style of hat, and says that it did not help in the propaganda war.

* The original pilot for ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' alluded to this; in Captain Pike's cabin, sitting on top of the captain's television set, is a forage cap. It's never seen in use, and was never seen in the Original Series (aside from a glimpse in the two-parter that made use of footage from the pilot.)

* is available as a skin for El Presidente in ''VideoGame/Tropico4''
* The Commissar's Helm in ''VideoGame/WarhammerOnline'' can only be accessed by entering a code found in copies of ''VideoGame/CommandAndConquerRedAlert3'', making them RevenueEnhancingDevices.

* [[DiscOneFinalBoss Victor Sopot]], the dictator of the Commonwealth in ''VideoGame/RedFaction II'' wears one and [[PlayerCharacter Alias]] briefly wears it after finally capturing him.
* M. Bison from ''Franchise/StreetFighter'' is never seen without his hat, except in one DLC costume. To further stress the PuttingOnTheReich aspect, the metal Shadaloo symbol on the front looks rather earily like a mix between the Nazi "Reichsadler" and the SS "Totenkopf" motif. And now Cammy has one, as of her second DLC costume.
* One of the many hats in ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'' is the Team Captain, which is [[CaptainErsatz nearly identical]] to M. Bison's hat. The in-game description even lampshades this with a [[MemeticMutation reference]] to the ''WesternAnimation/StreetFighter'' cartoon.
-->''Our lawyers said "YES! YES!"''
* General Ahkboob from ''VideoGame/TotalCarnage'' ("You suck at this game.")
* "Colonel Red" (Smash Daisuke) from ''VideoGame/GunstarHeroes''.
* Brocken from ''VideoGame/WorldHeroes''.

* ''VideoGame/NintendoWars'': Sturm in '' Advance Wars''. Greyfield from ''Days of Ruin'' also has one.
* ''VideoGame/AceCombat'':
** Captain Allen Hamilton and Colonel Orson Perrault, of ''VideoGame/AceCombat5TheUnsungWar'', both wear these, styled after the USAF.
** Diego Gaspar Navarro from ''VideoGame/AceCombatXSkiesOfDeception''.

* Omen Deng in ''VideoGame/AlphaProtocol'' rocks the Commissar look, and combined with his BadassCape, it is ''awesome.''
* ''VideoGame/HogsOfWar'': Fully promote a pig to the Hero rank, and they get one of these hats.
* Worn by Crow in ''VideoGame/FragileDreamsFarewellRuinsOfTheMoon''.
* Salvatore in ''VideoGame/Disgaea3AbsenceOfJustice'' wears a black one.
* Raidou Kuzunoha of ''VideoGame/RaidouKuzunohaVsTheSoullessArmy'' and ''VideoGame/RaidouKuzunohaVsKingAbaddon'' wears one of these at all times, even when in the bath.
* The Chapeau of High Inquisitor Sally Whitemane in ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft''. [[RandomlyDrops With a little luck, it can be yours.]]

* Comrade Black, BigBad of the ''VideoGame/DeBlob'' games, has one that's as tall as he is. As do all his statues and his personal mech. He is careful not to lose it, even when he's been stripped of his resources, his military, and finally his clothes.
* ''VideoGame/DawnOfWar'': the commissar's portrait is half hat, half ComicBook/JudgeDredd-esque chin. When Commissar Anton Gebbet is killed by the invading orks in Dark Crusade, Warboss Gorgutz notes that he liked the hat, too bad it was lost along with his head.

* One 'mask' in ''VideoGame/Payday2'' is the General Overkill, a hat which happens to bear a great resemblance to M. Bison's hat.
* Captain Cuttlefish of ''Franchise/{{Splatoon}}'' wears this to mark his position as the leader of the New Squidbeak Splatoon, which [[VideoGame/Splatoon1 the original game]]'s Agent 3 inherits when they takeover the role in ''VideoGame/Splatoon3''. And if they lose it, they always have a backup in the Cap of Legend they got by reaching Level 50 in ''Splatoon 1''. You can also receive the Cap of Legend as an occasional gear reward in ''VideoGame/Splatoon2'''s Salmon Run mode.

* German and Soviet officers and Squad Leaders wear these kinds of caps to distinguish themselves from regular soldiers in ''VideoGame/RedOrchestra2HeroesOfStalingrad''.

* ''VideoGame/CityOfHeroes''' Reichsman, the [[AlternateHistoryNaziVictory Axis America]] version of Statesman, tops his PuttingOnTheReich uniform with a black peaked hat.
* ''VideoGame/BugFables'' has General Ultimax, TheDragon to the Wasp King who wears a peaked cap and fancy uniform while commanding various wasp soldiers and driving a tank.
* ''VideoGame/MetalMarines'' has Joan Rile, who is arguably the more competent of the two enemy vice-commanders in the game. She sports a comically huge peaked cap as a contrast to her plunging neckline.
* ''VideoGame/BionicCommando'''s main BigBad is [[TheGeneralissimo Generalissmo Killt]], who wears the full dictator getup of peaked cap, greatcoat, and leather gloves (and judging by his sprites, jodhpurs and jackboots). His resemblance to [[ThoseWackyNazis a stereotypical Nazi officer]] is a lot less accidental when you learn that the game was titled "Resurrection of Hitler" in Japan.

* ''Webcomic/GirlGenius'': Bangladesh Dupree.

* ''Webcomic/RomanticallyApocalyptic'': Zee Captain boasts such a hat.

* [[DependingOnTheArtist Depending on the drawfag]] the AnthropomorphicPersonification of Website/FourChan's /tg/ ([[TabletopGames traditional games]]) board will wear an exaggerated commissar hat like the ones in ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'' due to his (and by extension the board's) love of the series.

* The "Banana Republic" in ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales1987'' and Thembria in ''WesternAnimation/TaleSpin'' have people wearing these hats. Baloo wears one as well, albeit a less decorated one.

* Literature/CiaphasCain ([[LargeHam HERO OF THE IMPERIUM!!!]]) wears one, and he does it [[LargeHam with style]], as page the quote states.

* Played straight in Real Life in the 1990s with UsefulNotes/RussiansWithRustingRockets and Russian cops. Unlike RedsWithRockets, they had these as part of uniform, though they were abolished in TheNewTens, being replaced with smaller ones in the older Soviet style. Soviet officers did often have this kinds of caps as part of the dress uniform (hence the trope name), though Soviet caps were not quite as large as modern ones — it actually started in TheEighties (duh!) as [[CustomUniform some sort of military chic]], and the style eventually got popular with the brass in UsefulNotes/TheNewRussia, thus entering the regulations.

Sometimes, especially if the cap in question is black with silver piping, it's PuttingOnTheReich, as S.S. Nazi officers were also fond of them.

See also BlingOfWar. Often worn by TheGeneralissimo and sometimes ThePoliticalOfficer. If a woman wears it, chances are she might be TheBaroness, or just a {{dominatrix}} who has it on for show.

* [[DiscOneFinalBoss Victor Sopot]], the dictator of the Commonwealth in ''VideoGame/RedFactionII'' wears one and [[PlayerCharacter Alias]] briefly wears it after finally capturing him.

* One of the many hats in ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'' is the Team Captain, which is [[CaptainErsatz nearly identical]] to M. Bison's hat. The in-game description even lampshades this with a [[MemeticMutation reference]] to the Street Fighter cartoon.
--> Our lawyers said "YES! YES!"

* Sturm in ''VideoGame/AdvanceWars''. Greyfield from Days of Ruin also has one.
* ''VideoGame/AceCombat''

* Worn by General, Colonel, and other Repliforce soldiers in ''VideoGame/{{Mega Man X}}4''. Colonel's sister Iris wore a beret. A less blatant one is worn by recurring character [[DaChief Signas]].

* The Battlecruiser's unit portrait in ''VideoGame/StarCraft'', as well as Admiral [=DuGalle=] and Vice-Admiral Stukov of the fascistic United Earth Directorate.

* Captain Cuttlefish of ''Franchise/{{Splatoon}}'' wears this to mark his position as the leader of the New Squidbeak Splatoon, which [[VideoGame/Splatoon1 the original game]]'s Agent 3 inherits when they takeover the role in ''VideoGame/Splatoon3''. And if they lose it, they always have a backup in the Cap of Legend they got by reaching Level 50 in ''Splatoon 1''. You can also receive the Cap of Legend as an occasional gear reward in ''VideoGame/{{Splatoon 2}}'''s Salmon Run mode.

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* In ''Manga/MyDressUpDarling'', both the Black Lobelia and Black Lily cosplays worn by Marin and Sajuna include these caps as part of the main pieces.

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A subtrope of BlingOfWar. A large, high [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peaked_cap peaked cap]] similar to those worn by BananaRepublic [[GloriousLeader dictators]]. The trope namer is ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}'', with [[ThePoliticalOfficer Commissars]] wearing such caps.[[note]]This is itself a nod to the similarly totalitarian [[GloriousMotherRussia Soviet Union]], in which pretty much everyone, even ''primary school children'', was issued a peaked cap at some point, especially the political commissars. In Russia, the peaked cap (kartuz) was actually part of national dress and many civilians wore it prior to 1930s.[[/note]] This headgear surely makes the wearer look badass in an authoritarian sense of the word. Sometimes decorated with elaborate silver or gold designs on the visor and/or the front of the crown, nicknamed "scrambled eggs" by military folks; the stereotypical BananaRepublic leader's cap has so much of these that you can barely see the color of the actual cap underneath.

[-[[caption-width-right:300:Clockwise from top left: UsefulNotes/MuammarGaddafi, [[Film/MoonOverParador Alphonse Simms,]] [[Literature/GauntsGhosts Ibram Gaunt]], and [[Franchise/StreetFighter M. Bison]].]]-]

* The end boss of ''VideoGame/FinalFight 3'', Something something Black. Who attacks you with a [[WhipItGood Riding crop]].

* Captain Cuttlefish of ''Franchise/{{Splatoon}}'' wears this to mark his position as the leader of the New Squidbeak Splatoon, which [[VideoGame/Splatoon1 the original game]]'s Agent 3 inherits when they takeover the role in ''VideoGame/Splatoon3''. Either that or it's the Cap of Legend they got by reaching Level 50 in ''Splatoon 1''. You can also receive the Cap of Legend as an occasional gear reward in ''VideoGame/{{Splatoon 2}}'''s Salmon Run mode.

* Captain Cuttlefish of ''VideoGame/{{Splatoon}}'' wears this to mark his position as the leader of the New Squidbeak Splatoon. A Salmon Run bonus in June 2018 in ''VideoGame/{{Splatoon 2}}'' gives the player a chance to earn one like it.

A subtrope of both NiceHat and BlingOfWar. A large, high [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peaked_cap peaked cap]] similar to those worn by BananaRepublic [[GloriousLeader dictators]]. The trope namer is ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}'', with [[ThePoliticalOfficer Commissars]] wearing such caps.[[note]]This is itself a nod to the similarly totalitarian [[GloriousMotherRussia Soviet Union]], in which pretty much everyone, even ''primary school children'', was issued a peaked cap at some point, especially the political commissars. In Russia, the peaked cap (kartuz) was actually part of national dress and many civilians wore it prior to 1930s.[[/note]] This headgear surely makes the wearer look badass in an authoritarian sense of the word. Sometimes decorated with elaborate silver or gold designs on the visor and/or the front of the crown, nicknamed "scrambled eggs" by military folks; the stereotypical BananaRepublic leader's cap has so much of these that you can barely see the color of the actual cap underneath.

See also BlingOfWar, NiceHat. Often worn by TheGeneralissimo and sometimes ThePoliticalOfficer. If a woman wears it, chances are she might be TheBaroness, or just a {{dominatrix}} who has it on for show.

See also BlingOfWar, NiceHat. Often worn by TheGeneralissimo and sometimes ThePoliticalOfficer. If a female wears it, chances are she might be TheBaroness, or just a {{dominatrix}} who wears it for show.

See also BlingOfWar, NiceHat. Often worn by TheGeneralissimo and sometimes ThePoliticalOfficer. If a female wears it, chances are she might be TheBaroness.

* M. Bison (played by Raul Julia) wears one in ''Film/StreetFighter'', and turns out to have a private hat rack with several variations on it next to the paintings of himself and such. To further stress the PuttingOnTheReich aspect, the metal Shadaloo symbol on the front looks rather eerily like a mix between the Nazi "Reichsadler" and the SS "Totenkopf" motif.

* M. Bison from ''VideoGame/StreetFighter'' is never seen without his hat, except in one DLC costume. To further stress the PuttingOnTheReich aspect, the metal Shadaloo symbol on the front looks rather earily like a mix between the Nazi "Reichsadler" and the SS "Totenkopf" motif. And now Cammy has one, as of her second DLC costume.

* [[http://civilwartalk.com/attachments/north-korean-generals-jpg.13380/ North Korea loves this trope to the bone]]
** If only in bad photoshops -- the soldiers on [[http://www.snopes.com/north-korean-medals-photo/ the actual photo]] don't have that many medals, although they still do have the peaked caps.

* In spite of a lot of the villain cast wearing SS uniforms, this trope [[DownplayedTrope surprisingly rare]] in ''VisualNovel/DiesIrae''. The only character that is shown wearing this kind of hat regularly is Machina who is far from the authoritarian kind. Though it does help him give the kind of air that he is a man you do not mess with. The only other character ever shown with such an hat was the BigBad Reinhard before he awoke to his true nature after which he ditched it and went bare headed instead. Other than that it only ever really shows up in supplementary materials, most notably on the main characters love interests out of all places.

** Say it with us now: [[AddedAlliterativeAppeal Cowardly Commissar Ciaphas Cain Contains his Coiffure in a Commissar Cap!]]

* ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'':
** As noted above, the Commissars. Arguably a case of PuttingOnTheReich as well, as many commissars tend to wear black hats with skulls and eagle wings prominently displayed on the front. DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything indeed. CommieNazis {{IN SPACE}}! ''[[ChurchMilitant Catholic]]'' CommieNazis InSpace
** Commissar Literature/CiaphasCain [[TheSoCalledCoward would, on the whole]], [[CombatPragmatist prefer a helmet]]. Funnily enough, due to the composition of the plastic kits regular officers wearing helmets appear to outnumber officers wearing peaked caps.
** Orks often take to stealing and wearing them, as they instinctively recognize both the cap's snazziness and the fact that it belongs to the highest-ranking 'umie (orks having difficulty with every other species in the galaxy ''not'' applying the concept of LargeAndInCharge).