10 Red-Caps in Videogames

Have you ever noticed how many videogame characters there are in RED CAPS? You might not have; the headgear isn’t exactly cliché, though it’s certainly been a sneaky trend over the years. Here are ten I thought of -- and I’m not even gonna count the medieval caps seen on red mages, bards and the like -- strictly normal, modern, visored, red caps:


Mario

The red-cap that started it all. Shigeru Miyamoto said he gave Mario a hat to avoid animating his hair as he moved. I wonder if the plumber would still be as popular if he were a hatless baldy.


Diddy Kong

DK’s nephew actually has multiple red caps; one that’s blank and one that reads Nintendo on it. What a sell-out.


Slippy Toad

You may not have even noticed Fox’s klutzy teammate was a red-cap considering the tiny window he appears in mid-game, and the fact that you’re always busy trying to save his helpless ass. His hat should just read “panzy.”


Ness

EarthBound's hero not only wore a red cap, he wore it to the side! Talk about badass. I guess you'd have to wear your hat sideways if you're skipping school to beat up animals, thugs and cops with a baseball bat.


Pokémon Trainer

Although the trainer's original appearance was in black and white, the anime series colored the cap in red (as well as gave him the name Ash Ketchum). I always thought he looked like Ness, especially in the games.


Master Higgins

Higgins’ cap was actually white in the first three Adventure Island games (on the NES). But when he made the leap to the SNES, he exchanged it for a red cap instead. Conformo.


Huey

If you grew up with DuckTales, you should be able to tell Scrooge's triplet nephews apart. But for those of you unfortunate enough to have missed both the show and the NES game, their names are Huey, Dewey and Louie (left to right).


Deadeye Duck

Speaking of ducks, Bucky O’Hare's four-armed gunner was a red-cap.


Julie

So was player 2 from Zombies Ate My Neighbors.


Kirby

Okay, okay, this last one’s a stretch, because Kirby doesn’t usually sport the red cap, although he is known to don one occasionally, such as when he acquires the Wheel ability, or when he steals powers from other red-caps in the Smash Bros. games.




I’m sure there are even more red-caps out there. Can you think of any?