History Main / EyeObscuringHat

* Lil' Slugger from {{ParanoiaAgent}}.

* Lil' Slugger from [[Anime/ParanoiaAgent]].

* Concept art of The Batter from "VideoGame/OFF" shows that his only visible facial feature is his mouth, despite his in-game sprite displaying eyes.

* DarkSouls has the aptly named "Big Hat Logan". You can even wear his hat yourself, and on several character models it will surround the player's head entirely.

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* Ananth in ''JohnnyWander'' is always drawn with one of these. Apparently [[http://www.johnnywander.com/comics/305 this happens]] if he doesn't.

* Ananth in ''JohnnyWander'' is always drawn with one of these.

* Lewin "Lightning" Light from {{Ao no Exorcist}}, one of the True Cross Order's four Arc Knights, always wears a hat that does this.

* [[TheHero Haken]] [[ChivalrousPervert Browning]] of ''VideoGame/EndlessFrontier'' manages to pull this off when he's depressed.

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See also HatShop, NiceHat, TheFaceless, FaceFramedInShadow, and HiddenEyes. Not to be confused with CoatHatMask.

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* The [[CreepyGood Undertaker]] of ''Manga/BlackButler'' occasionally has his hat in this manner.
* [[TheGadfly Kisuke]] [[TricksterMentor Urahara]] of ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'' is seen with both the variations, especially the shadow casting one.
* Daisuke Jigen from ''Manga/LupinIII'' has the shadow variant.
* In ''Manga/SoulEater'', Patty Thompson sports this look while wearing a beanie in flashbacks. She and her sister sometimes do this with the peaks of their cowboy hats.

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[[folder:Film]]
* Officer Short Shrift from the film adaptation of ''Literature/ThePhantomTollbooth''.

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* ComicStrip/BeetleBailey always wears his GI cap or helmet so that his eyes are unseen. In his college days, Beetle wore a cambered porkpie hat this way as well. His eyes have only been seen once.
* ComicStrip/AndyCapp has always worn his cap to obscure his eyes, even while Reg Smythe adjusted his character models.
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* In ''{{Videogame/Borderlands 2}}'', one of the heads available for Gaige the Mechromancer is a newsboy cap (appropriately titled "Read All About It"), the peak of which hides her eyes (when viewing the character model on the title screen, either variant can occur depending on the angle her head is positioned).
* Flint from ''VideoGame/{{Mother 3}}'' has a cowboy hat that achieves this. [[spoiler: Turns out, he's bald]].

* In Franchise/{{Pokemon}}, [[PlayerCharacter Red, Hilbert, and Hilda]] invoke this trope in their sprite animations.
* [[TheHero Haken]] [[ChivalrousPervert Browning]] of ''EndlessFrontier'' manages to pull this off when he's depressed.

* The abnormally short gangster Rocky from the ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' Rocky and Mugsy cartoons has an absurdly tall hat which obscures his eyes.

* A 1969 ''{{Magazine/MAD}}'' feature [[ParodiedTrope parodied]] the use of this trope in ''ComicStrip/BeetleBailey'' by having Sergeant Snorkel and Captain Scabbard sneak up on Beetle and pull off his cap in order to see what he's hiding underneath. They discover the message, "Get out of [[TheVietnamWar Vietnam!]]" written on his forehead.

* In {{Franchise/Pokemon}}, [[PlayerCharacter Red, Hilbert, and Hilda]] invoke this trope in their sprite animations.

* [[FauxAffablyEvil Hazama]]/[[CompleteMonster Yuuki]] [[BigBad Terumi]] from ''VideoGame/BlazBlue'' often tilts his hat. Most of the characters (and audience) can tell he's up to no good thanks to this.

* ''Creator/DCComics''' Phantom Stranger often has the "hat throws shadows" variety, even if the lighting is wrong for it.

** The cover art for Commissar Ciaphas Cain (HERO OF THE IMPERIUM!), drawn in the style of overblown propaganda posters, often shows him like this, again emphasizing his Lantern Jaw Of Justice.

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* The Soldier of ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'' has this kind of hat.

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This trope can make a character's eyes stand out much more, when they ''stop'' wearing a hat (Which usually indicates SeriousBusiness).

* Pre-{{ninja}} [[TheFaceless Snake Eyes]] in the ''Franchise/GIJoe'' comic. This was even done on the action figure depicting him this way... the figure has no eyes and the figure instead has a shadow painted over his face.

* On ''Series/BarneyMiller'' when Wojo reports a UFO a Captain from the Air Force shows up to take his statement, who wears his officer's cap in such a way that it obscures his eyes. Barney tries to peek around the brim.

* In NorseMythology, Odin (pictured above) gave one of his eyes for a drink from the well of wisdom, and wore a very wide-brimmed hat to conceal it. The hat part of Robe And Wizard Hat possibly comes from this, via Lord Ofthe Rings.

* This is quite possible in RealLife. The only problem is actually ''seeing'' while you wear a hat this way.

* Daisuke Jigen from ''LupinIII'' has the shadow variant.
* In ''SoulEater'', Patty Thompson sports this look while wearing a beanie in flashbacks. She and her sister sometimes do this with the peaks of their cowboy hats.

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* [[FauxAffablyEvil Hazama]]/[[CompleteMonster Yuuki]] [[BigBad Terumi]] from ''VideoGame/BlazBlue'' often tilts his hat. Most of the characters (and audience) can tell he's up to no good thanks to this.
* In ''Borderlands2'', one of the heads available for Gaige the Mechromancer is a newsboy cap (appropriately titled "Read All About It"), the peak of which hides her eyes (when viewing the character model on the title screen, either variant can occur depending on the angle her head is positioned).
* Flint from ''Mother3's'' cowboy hat. [[spoiler: Turns out, he's bald]].
* ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'' The Soldier has this kind of hat.
* The Commissar from ''DawnOfWar'' is shown like this, all you see of his face is his nose, grim-set mouth and massive chin.
** The cover art for Commissar Ciaphas Cain (HERO OF THE IMPERIUM!), drawn in the style of overblown propaganda posters, often shows him like this, again emphasizing his Lantern Jaw Of Justice.
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* ''DCComics''' Phantom Stranger often has the "hat throws shadows" variety, even if the lighting is wrong for it.
* Pre-{{ninja}} [[TheFaceless Snake Eyes]] in the ''GIJoe'' comic. This was even done on the action figure depicting him this way... the figure has no eyes and the figure instead has a shadow painted over his face.
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* On ''BarneyMiller'' when Wojo reports a UFO a Captain from the Air Force shows up to take his statement, who wears his officer's cap in such a way that it obscures his eyes. Barney tries to peek around the brim.

* In NorseMythology Odin (Pictured above) gave one of his eyes for a drink from the well of wisdom, and wore a very wide-brimmed hat to conceal it. The hat part of Robe And Wizard Hat possibly comes from this, via Lord Ofthe Rings.

* ''[[CharacterTitle BeetleBailey]]'' always wears his GI cap or helmet so that his eyes are unseen. In his college days, Beetle wore a cambered porkpie hat this way as well. His eyes have only been seen once.
* ''[[CharacterTitle AndyCapp]]'' has always worn his cap to obscure his eyes, even while Reg Smythe adjusted his character models.

* Dumb Donald of ''FatAlbertAndTheCosbyKids'' subverts this trope. His knitted hat falls below his eyes, but he has made two eyeholes in the fabric to see through.
* Wade from ''KickButtowski'' has a knit cap that covers up his eyes.
* Subverted by ''SecretSquirrel'', whose hat brim almost touches his nose, but has two eye holes so that he can see.
* The abnormally short gangster Rocky from the ''LooneyTunes'' Rocky and Mugsy cartoons has an absurdly tall hat which obscures his eyes.

* This is quite possible in RealLife, the only problem is actually ''seeing'' while you wear a hat this way.

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[[AC: Mythology]]
* In NorseMythology Odin gave one of his eyes for a drink from the well of wisdom, and wore a very wide-brimmed hat to conceal it. The hat part of Robe And Wizard Hat possibly comes from this, via Lord Ofthe Rings.

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[[AC: RealLife]]
* This is quite possible in RealLife, the only problem is actually ''seeing'' while you wear a hat this way.