History Main / EyeObscuringHat

* Gogotte from ''[[VideoGame/PuyoPuyo Puyo Puyo Fever 2]]'' wears an oddly-shaped hat that covers his eyes. His official bio mentions he doesn't like sunlight, which might explain this.

* Schleprock in ''[[WesternAnimation/ThePebblesandBammbammShow''.

* Pi from ''WesternAnimation/SabrinaTheAnimatedSeries''. His eyes are always covered by his hat, on at least one occasion his hat came off and his eyes are still covered by his hair.

* An update to ''VideoGame/TheWalkingDead'' Season 2 edited a cutscene so that the brim of Clementine's baseball cap obscures her eyes should she choose to blackmail Rebecca in Episode 1/6.

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

* The abnormally short gangster Rocky from the ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' Rocky and Mugsy cartoons has an absurdly tall hat which obscures his eyes.
* Some of WesternAnimation/SpeedyGonzales' pals have their sombreros over their eyes.
* Mr. Lazy in ''WesternAnimation/TheMrMenShow'' has a hat that covers his eyes.
* Numbuh Five/Abigail Lincoln of ''WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor'' almost always wears her TomboyishBaseballCap over her eyes, though she can be seen without it a few times.
* The titular character in the Creator/HannaBarbera TV special "The Adventures Of Robin Hoodnik" had a hat that covered his eyes.
* ''WesternAnimation/ChipNDaleRescueRangers'':
** [[ThoseTwoGuys One of the frequently-seen policemen]] (Muldoon) wears his hat low most of the time. Unless he sees a flying doghouse.
** Snout wears a hat that usually covers his eyes. Le Sewer, his SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute from "Le Purrfect Crime", wears one as well.
* Sloppy Smurf of ''WesternAnimation/TheSmurfs'' wears a Smurf hat that completely covers his eyes.
* Square Bear on ''WesternAnimation/TheHairBearBunch''.
* Poet's bowler hat dramatically covers his eye a few times in ''WesternAnimation/PoetAndersonTheDreamWalker''.
* Hudson from ''WesternAnimation/DaftPlanet''.
* ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsRebels'': Pretty much every unnamed Imperial officer wears their hat so that the brim is covering and shadowing their eyes, ensuring that their eyes are never seen regardless of the angle they are shown from.

* Schleprock in ''[[WesternAnimation/{{ThePebblesandBammbammShow}} The Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm Show]]''.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheGarfieldShow'' villain Mama Meany has his eyes obscured by his cowboy hat.

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

* Genzo from ''Manga/CaptainTsubasa''. Sometimes his hat cover the eyes.
* In ''Manga/TheHatingGirl'', [[spoiler:the school bomber]] wears a knitted wool hat that covers his eyes [[spoiler:and the horn on his head]].
* Toshiyuki Karasawa of ''Manga/DailyLivesOfHighSchoolBoys'' almost constantly wears his baseball cap that covers his eyes with shade. He wears it because of [[spoiler:the nasty scar Habara gave to him when she was known as "Archdemon"]]. However, sometimes his eyes can be seen through the shadow.
* In ''Manga/NatsumesBookOfFriends'' Houzuki-kami's followers wear white wide-brimmed domed hats that cover their faces.
* In Nijiiro Days, also known as Rainbow Days, Toshimune Kakei is always seen with a hat, a headband or a cap and his eyes are almost never shown.

* Creator/DCComics:
** ComicBook/ThePhantomStranger often has the "hat throws shadows" variety, even if the lighting is wrong for it.
** "The Bat No More...?", in ''ComicBook/BatmanBlackAndWhite'': When Batman is in disguise, the brim of his hat casts a dark shadow that hides his eyes. It gives him a sense of mystery and menace (and notably his antagonist in the same story never gets a similar shadow even though his hat brim is much larger and ought to cast an even bigger shadow).

* ComicStrip/BeetleBailey ''always'' wears his GI cap or helmet so that his eyes are unseen, even when sleeping and showering. In his college days, Beetle wore a cambered porkpie hat this way as well. His eyes have only been seen once. {{Lampshaded}} in a strip: the Chaplain tells Sarge to see things from Beetle's viewpoint. The following frame:

* ComicStrip/AndyCapp has always worn his cap to obscure his eyes, even while Reg Smythe adjusted his character models.

* Officer Short Shrift from the film adaptation of ''Literature/ThePhantomTollbooth''.

* {{The Gunslinger}}s Film/MadDogMorgan, Film/NedKelly1970, Film/CaptainThunderbolt, and Film/TheOutlawMichaelHowe wear their wide brimmed hats low when robbing the wealthy EvilBrit {{Rancher}}s.
* Staff Sergeant Williams in ''Film/TheHill'' is a brutal sadist who literally works one of the prisoners under his command to death and plays the other guards like a fiddle through manipulation and blackmail. To make him appear that much more sinister and threatening, the peak of his cap is nearly always pulled down to hide his eyes.

* Mat Cauthon of ''Literature/TheWheelOfTime'' wears his hat this way after [[spoiler:losing an eye]], in a nod to Odin, described below.

* ''Series/TheRiseOfPhoenixes'': Nan Yi wears one when he rescues Zhi Wei. It's a NiceHat [[https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DkdyN2sVAAE6UMV.jpg with metal decorations]].

* Anne Bonny, as portrayed on ''Series/BlackSails'', often wears her hat this way.

* Bobbery from ''VideoGame/PaperMarioTheThousandYearDoor'' wears his hat in such a way to obscure one of his eyes. Vivian and her sisters also use this trope.

* Flint from ''VideoGame/{{Mother 3}}'' has a cowboy hat that achieves this. [[spoiler:Turns out, he's bald]].
* In ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'', the Soldier has a helmet as his default headwear, and it was tilted in a way that his eyes aren't visible. While there are many hats the soldier can wear that can show his eyes, there are also other hats that also obscure them.

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

* Creator/{{Capcom}} artist Edayan seems to always have at least one character like this, as Roberto Miura from ''VideoGame/RivalSchools'' and Cracker Jack from ''VideoGame/StreetFighterEX'' have their eyes perpetually covered by their hats.
* ''VideoGame/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. The item description deconstructs the trope by saying that Logan wore it out of shyness and fear, rather than out of any magical benefits it gave.
* 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.
* Creator/{{SNK}} poster boy [[VideoGame/FatalFury Terry Bogard]] zig-zags this. There is plenty of official art with his eyes clearly visible underneath his hat, but all of his game sprites have said hat obscuring them. Even when he ditches the hat in ''Garou'', you can't see his eyes due to his hair.
* Dust in ''VideoGame/DustAnElysianTail'' wears a veiled hat covering much of his face through most of the game. Considering his tragic backstory, this may overlap with HiddenEyes. Fidget mercilessly {{Lampshades}} this in a conversation early in the game. She's amazed he can see anything in front of him with his hat in the way.
* An update to ''VideoGame/TheWalkingDead'' Season 2 edited a cutscene so that the brim of Clementine's baseball cap obscures her eyes should she choose to blackmail Rebecca in Episode 1/6.

* Franchise/CarmenSandiego's appearance tends to change DependingOnTheArtist, but one thing that stays constant is that she always has at least one eye (sometimes both) hidden by her hat.

* In ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsX'', Brain's hat leaves his eyes hidden in shadow on his in-game model, adding to his shifty, rule-breaking persona. Averted in his official art, which shows his eyes.
* Pretty much any character wearing a hat in ''VideoGame/HotlineMiami'' has their eyes hidden.

* Staff Sergeant Williams in ''The Hill'' is a brutal sadist who literally works one of the prisoners under his command to death and plays the other guards like a fiddle through manipulation and blackmail. To make him appear that much more sinister and threatening, the peak of his cap is nearly always pulled down to hide his eyes.

* Anant* In ''Webcomic/PoisonIvyGulch'', the local lawman Marshal Art where a big cowboy hat that always covers his eyes, leaving his big nose, oversized moustache and ears visible.h in ''Webcomic/JohnnyWander'' is always drawn with one of these. Apparently EyeBeams[[http://www.johnnywander.com/comics/305 happens if he doesn't]].

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

* In ''Webcomic/PoisonIvyGulch'', the local lawman Marshal Art where a big cowboy hat that always covers his eyes, leaving his big nose, oversized moustache and ears visible.

%%* WebVideo/ToddInTheShadows...When he's ''not'' in the shadows.

* Whoever it is that CarlySimon sings about in "You're So Vain" wore a "hat strategically dipped below one eye".

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* [[WebVideo/{{ToddIntheShadows}} Todd In the Shadows]]...When he's ''not'' in the shadows.
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See also NiceHat, TheFaceless, FaceFramedInShadow, BlindingBangs and HiddenEyes. Not to be confused with CoatHatMask.

-->-- '''The Engineer''', ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'' referring to the Soldier.

* Dr. Claw in ''Film/InspectorGadget 2'' uses a wide-brimmed hat as a means of concealing his face while still maintaining an active screen presence. For bonus points, his MalevolentMugshot not only wears the hat but also holds the name-card over his face!

%%* Dr. Claw, ''Film/InspectorGadget 2''.

* The Beacon in ''Big Bang Comics'' is a CaptainErsatz version of the Golden-Age Green Lantern. However, unlike his inspiration, he doesn't wear a mask -- instead his identity is concealed by the shadow his miner's cap casts on his face.

* ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventures'' has Jotaro Kujo, who is infamous for wearing his school uniform hat that seemingly blends into his hair this way. His catchphrase (''yareyareda ze'', or ''good grief'') is almost always preceded by him tipping the brim of his hat to hide his eyes.

* In ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsChi'', Brain's hat leaves his eyes hidden in shadow on his in-game model, adding to his shifty, rule-breaking persona. Averted in his official art, which shows his eyes.

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

* Boober of Series/FraggleRock.