Hat Proficiency

Hat Proficiency
Hatter Madigan (Looking Glass Wars)
Power/Ability to:	Be a master of wielding hats as weapons

"Don't need bags, or a pass, Say the word, I'll be there in a flash. You could say my hat is off to you."

― Pauline singing Jump Up, Super Star! (Super Mario Odyssey)

The ability to be a master of wielding hats as weapons. Variation of Improbable Weapon Proficiency.

Capabilities

User, either innately or through training, is a master of using a hat as a weapon.

Applications

• Boomerang/Projectile
  • Cutting
  • Impale
• Deflection/Shield

Variations

• Helmet Proficiency
• Trick Hats

Associations

• Adoptive Muscle Memory
• Aerokinetic Combat
• Air Attacks
• Air Generation
• Air Manipulation
• Empathic Weaponry
• Enhanced Combat
• Improbable Weapon Proficiency
• Intuitive Aptitude
• Metal Manipulation
• Razor Wind
• Sentient Weaponry
• Soul-Bound Weapon
• Tornado Creation
• Weapon Creation
• Weapon Manipulation
• Weapon Proficiency Touch

Limitations

• Full effectiveness may depend on the hat.
• May require intense practice and discipline to attain required results.
• May require a degree of training or exposure.
• May take time to achieve mastery.

Known Users

See Also: Weaponized Headgear.

Cartoons/Comics

• Puma Loco (El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera)
• Jasper (Steven Universe)
• Living Scarecrow (Mona the Vampire)
• Malachite (Steven Universe)
• Olympia (Hero Heights)

Movies

• Oddjob (Goldfinger)
• Bowler Hat Guy (Meet the Robinsons)

Literature

• The Millinery (Looking Glass Wars)
  • Hatter Madigan
  • Homburg Molly

Anime/Manga

• Robert E.O. Speedwagon (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part I Phantom Blood)
• Charlotte Linlin/Big Mom (One Piece); via Napoleon
• Yugi Moto (Yu-Gi-Oh!); via Magical Hats spell card

Video Games

• Link (The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap)
• Michael Jackson (Michael Jackson's Moonwalker)
• Kung Lao (Mortal Kombat)
• Shiki (Senran Kugara)
• Bowser (Super Mario Odyssey)
• The Broodal's (Super Mario Odyssey); except Harriet
• Mario (Super Mario Odyssey)
• Hat Kid (A Hat in Time)

Gallery

Oddjob (Goldfinger) is famous for his razor sharp bowler hat which he can throw with phenomenal accuracy.

Jasper (Steven Universe) with her crash helmet.

Malachite (Steven Universe) using Jasper's crash-helmet.

Charlotte Linlin/Big Mom (One Piece) wields her bicorn hat homie Napoleon as a sword in combat.

Robert E.O. Speedwagon (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part I: Phantom Blood)

Mario (Super Mario Odyssey)

Hat Kid (A Hat in Time)