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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. |
26 | [[/folder]] |
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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." |
30 | [[/folder]] |
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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. |
38 | [[/folder]] |
39 | |
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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50 | |
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. |
62 | [[/folder]] |
63 | |
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. |
68 | [[/folder]] |
69 | |
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!" |
72 | [[/folder]] |
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