History Main / HeadHat

* In ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}'', one Ork Nob miniature from the ''Assault On Black Reach'' starter set is wearing a pickelhaube with a skull impaled on it.

* Creator/DonHertzfeldt's "''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJYxCSXjhLI Rejected Cartoons]]''": I am the Queen of France!

* If we allow Richard's kidney hat, we allow [[http://www.choppingblock.org/d/20060710.html this]] ''ChoppingBlock'' comic.

* 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]] ''VGCats'' strips.

* In episode 7 of ''ThereWillBeBrawl'', we learn that Kirby [[spoiler:killed Daisy and wore her head]]. Kirby is their equivalent of Hannibal Lecter.

* 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 ''AgeOfMythology''

* In ''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.

-->'''[=YikYik=]:''' "He was a good father."
-->'''Belkar:''' "But he made a better fashion accessory!"
-->'''[=YikYik=]:''' "I'LL KILL YOU!"

* Used as a punchline at least once in ''CtrlAltDel''.
* [[http://lfgcomic.com/page/255 Richard]] of ''LookingForGroup''. He also sports a dashing kidney hat. "[[http://lfgcomic.com/page/267 Made with real kidney.]]"

* 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 (''{{Asterix}}'', for example).

* The UrExample would have to be [[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 (''{{Asterix}}'', for example).

* DonHertzfeldt's "''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJYxCSXjhLI Rejected Cartoons]]''": I am the Queen of France!

* A ''Comicbook/{{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.

* Scott demonstrates his fondness for NightmareFuel in [[http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=256 these]] [[http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=105 two]] ''VGCats'' strips.

The act of wearing your freshly killed opponent's head on your own. Obviously reserved for the AxCrazy types, but a few CrazyAwesome HeroicSociopath {{Villain Protagonist}}s pull it off. Two variants: Wearing the skull as a helmet, or just the skin, as a cowl/mask.

* Garland Greene from ''ConAir'': "One girl, I drove through three states wearing her head as a hat."

* The minions in ''Overlord'' do this sometimes.

The act of wearing your freshly killed opponent's head on your own. Obviously reserved for the AxCrazy types, but a few CrazyAwesome HeroicSociopath {{VillainProtagonist}}s pull it off. Two variants: Wearing the skull as a helmet, or just the skin, as a cowl/mask.

* A Comicbook/{{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.

* In episode 7 of ''ThereWillBeBrawl'', we learn that Kirby [[spoiler:killed Daisy and wore her head]]. Kirby being their equivalent of Hannibal Lecter.

* In ''{{Warhammer 40000}}'', one Ork Nob miniature from the ''Assault On Black Reach'' starter set is wearing a pickelhaube with a skull impaled on it.

* Belkar of ''Webcomic/OrderOfTheStick'', [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0063.html with YokYok]].

* [[http://lfgcomic.com/page/255 Richard]] of ''LookingForGroup''. He also sports a dashing kidney hat. "[[http://lfgcomic.com/page/267 Made with real kidney.]]"
* If we allow Richard's kidney hat, we allow [[http://www.choppingblock.org/d/20060710.html this]] ''ChoppingBlock'' comic.
* Used as a punchline at least once in ''CtrlAltDel''.
* In ''Webcomic/EightBitTheater'', Black Mage wore Red Mage's burning corpse as a hat. (Red Mage eventually got better.)

* Scott demonstrates his fondness for AccidentalNightmareFuel in [[http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=256 these]] [[http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=105 two]] ''VGCats'' strips.

* In ''EightBitTheatre'', Black Mage wore Red Mage's burning corpse as a hat. (Red Mage eventually got better.)

* A Batman comic had the villain communicate with the heroes, who were stranded on the island to which they had been invited by a millionaire, while wearing their host's face.

* The UrExample would have to be [[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 ({{Asterix}}, etc.).

--> YikYik: "He was a good father."
--> Belkar: "But he made a better fashion accessory!"
--> YikYik: "I'LL KILL YOU!"
* [[http://lfgcomic.com/page/255 Richard]] of LookingForGroup. He also sports a dashing kidney hat. "[[http://lfgcomic.com/page/267 Made with real kidney]]."
* If we allow Richard's kidney hat, we allow [[http://www.choppingblock.org/d/20060710.html this]].
* Used as a punchline at least once in CtrlAltDel.

* Scott demonstrates his fondness for NightmareFuel in [[http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=256 this]] and [[http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=105 this]] VGCats strips.

* In episode 7 of ThereWillBeBrawl, we learn that Kirby [[spoiler: killed Daisy and wore her head]]. Kirby being their equivalent of Hannibal Lecter.

* Belkar of OrderOfTheStick, [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0063.html with YokYok]].

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* In ''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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DonHertzfeldt's "''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJYxCSXjhLI Rejected Cartoons]]''": I am the Queen of France!

DonHertzfeldt's "''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJYxCSXjhLI Rejected Cartoons]]''": I am the Queen of France!


!!To be sorted


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Also, in Warhammer40000 a dark eldar leader is portrayed with a mask made of human skin. - This trope will probably contain a number of borderline examples - how about we expand it a bit? - GrislyTrophy?

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There has to be an example of this somewhere in ASongOfIceAndFire. If we're expanding it to 'wearing bits of your enemies', Roose Bolton counts.

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I wrote the trope specifically for headgear, but sure, it can be upped to wearing any body part anywhere, perhaps as a subtrope if enough examples are found. Would require a different title though.


* Doesn't HannibalLecter wear the skins of his victims? Or was it a different story, of which I can only remember "it rubs the lotion on its skin"?
* Necron Flayed Ones wear the rotting skins of former enemies, as a very efficient morale breaker.
* Lots of Warcraft and Warhammer characters wear skulls on their armor, that might be different trope though.

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''Doesn't Hannibal Lecter wear the skins of his victims? Or was it a different story, of which I can only remember "it rubs the lotion on its skin"?''

[[SilenceOfTheLambs Same story]], different character. It was Jame Gumb aka "Buffalo Bill," who was making a [[{{Squick}} woman suit]].

There was a YKTTW up recently (whose name escapes me) that I seem to recall being similar as the expanded version of this trope, with the examples of Leatherface from ''TheTexasChainsawMassacre'' and the Reavers from ''{{Firefly}}''.

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RealLife: It used to be customary in Native American warfare to take the scalps of your enemies and wear them on your belt.

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->Real Life: It used to be customary in Native American warfare to take the scalps of your enemies and wear them on your belt.

That is known as "Scalping" and has been practiced by several other cultures as well. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scalping

If we are going to include this, then we should also include the cutting off of ears (and sometimes noses) of the enemy and often wearing them as a necklace. This came to world attention in modern times during the VietnamWar when the Vietnamese did it (and taught some Americans to do it).

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I think it goes back to WWII, with Japanese and Americans doing the same. This started a scandal when a soldier's girlfriend was photographed on the cover of Time with a Japanese skull.

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YKTTWBump.

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To expound on that last example, Batman accuses Dr. Simon Hurt of being actor Mangrove Pierce, but wearing the face of John Mayhew, the man who framed him for murder.

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At least in the movie version of SilenceOfTheLambs, in addition to random surfer's comment, IIRC Lecter does use the skin of a guard's face as a disguise during his escape from the prison, towards the end of the film.

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This is mentioned in TheFifthElephant: it is said that one of the emperors nailed a man's head to his own for a laugh. This merely draws a comment from Vimes that they must be pretty desperate for laughs up there in Uberwald.

I recently learned from {{Cracked}} that [[SilenceOfTheLambs Hannibal]] (and [[{{Psycho}} Norman Bates]]) were inspired by a Mr. Ed Gein, who killed women to wear their skins.

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oh ConAir "One girl, I drove through three states wearing her head as a hat."

The act of wearing your freshly killed opponent's head on your own. Obviously reserved for the AxCrazy types, but a few CrazyAwesome HeroicSociopath VillainProtagonists pull it off. Two variants: Wearing the skull as a helmet, or just the skin, as a cowl/mask.

* In Battle Angel Alita, 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.

UpForGrabs, unless we have it.

* Belkar of OrderOfTheStick, [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0063.html with YokYok]].
--> YikYik: "He was a good father."
--> Belkar: "But he made a better fashion accessory!"
--> YikYik: "I'LL KILL YOU!"
* [[http://lfgcomic.com/page/255 Richard]] of LookingForGroup. He also sports a dashing kidney hat. "[[http://lfgcomic.com/page/267 Made with real kidney]]."
* In episode 7 of ThereWillBeBrawl, we learn that Kirby [[spoiler: killed Daisy and wore her head]]. Kirby being their equivalent of Hannibal Lecter.

Used as a punchline at least once in CtrlAltDel.

You might want to spoiler that example from ''ThereWillBeBrawl''.

DonHertzfeldt's "''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJYxCSXjhLI Rejected Cartoons]]''": I am the Queen of France!

The minions in Overlord do this sometimes, too.

Garland Greene from the movie ''ConAir'': "One girl, I drove through three states wearing her head as a hat."

In EightBitTheatre, Black Mage wore Red Mage's burning corpse as a hat. (Red Mage eventually got better.)

Of course, the more acceptable version uses an animal's head as a hat.

@Fanra: Very popular among shamans.


There must have been somewhere an example of someone using a germanic spiked helmet to wear a head.

Also, if we allow Richard's kidney hat, we allow [[http://www.choppingblock.org/d/20060710.html this]].

Scott demonstrates his fondness for NightmareFuel in [[http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=256 this]] and [[http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=105 this]] VGCats strip.

@Medinoc: The Warhammer40000 comic features an Ork warboss who has three human heads on his helmet.

I hadn't thought of the animal head angle, but the UrExample would have to be [[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 ({{Asterix}}, etc.).

Also, in Warhammer40000 a dark eldar leader is portrayed with a mask made of human skin. - This trope will probably contain a number of borderline examples - how about we expand it a bit? - GrislyTrophy?

* In Battle Angel Alita, 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.

There has to be an example of this somewhere in ASongOfIceAndFire. If we're expanding it to 'wearing bits of your enemies', Roose Bolton counts.

reply:
I wrote the trope specifically for headgear, but sure, it can be upped to wearing any body part anywhere, perhaps as a subtrope if enough examples are found. Would require a different title though.


* Doesn't HannibalLecter wear the skins of his victims? Or was it a different story, of which I can only remember "it rubs the lotion on its skin"?
* Necron Flayed Ones wear the rotting skins of former enemies, as a very efficient morale breaker.
* Lots of Warcraft and Warhammer characters wear skulls on their armor, that might be different trope though.

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''Doesn't Hannibal Lecter wear the skins of his victims? Or was it a different story, of which I can only remember "it rubs the lotion on its skin"?''

[[SilenceOfTheLambs Same story]], different character. It was Jame Gumb aka "Buffalo Bill," who was making a [[{{Squick}} woman suit]].

There was a YKTTW up recently (whose name escapes me) that I seem to recall being similar as the expanded version of this trope, with the examples of Leatherface from ''TheTexasChainsawMassacre'' and the Reavers from ''{{Firefly}}''.

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RealLife: It used to be customary in Native American warfare to take the scalps of your enemies and wear them on your belt.

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->Real Life: It used to be customary in Native American warfare to take the scalps of your enemies and wear them on your belt.

That is known as "Scalping" and has been practiced by several other cultures as well. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scalping

If we are going to include this, then we should also include the cutting off of ears (and sometimes noses) of the enemy and often wearing them as a necklace. This came to world attention in modern times during the VietnamWar when the Vietnamese did it (and taught some Americans to do it).

reply:
I think it goes back to WWII, with Japanese and Americans doing the same. This started a scandal when a soldier's girlfriend was photographed on the cover of Time with a Japanese skull.

reply:
YKTTWBump.

reply:
To expound on that last example, Batman accuses Dr. Simon Hurt of being actor Mangrove Pierce, but wearing the face of John Mayhew, the man who framed him for murder.

reply:
At least in the movie version of SilenceOfTheLambs, in addition to random surfer's comment, IIRC Lecter does use the skin of a guard's face as a disguise during his escape from the prison, towards the end of the film.

reply:
This is mentioned in TheFifthElephant: it is said that one of the emperors nailed a man's head to his own for a laugh. This merely draws a comment from Vimes that they must be pretty desperate for laughs up there in Uberwald.

I recently learned from {{Cracked}} that [[SilenceOfTheLambs Hannibal]] (and [[{{Psycho}} Norman Bates]]) were inspired by a Mr. Ed Gein, who killed women to wear their skins.

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