Wario Cap



The Wario Cap (or Wario's cap) is Wario's traditional headwear. The hat is yellow, with a large blue "W" emblem inside a small white circle and a white rim. It has been featured in every Wario Land game, and many other appearances of Wario elsewhere (a notable exception is its absences in the WarioWare series, as Wario wore a biking outfit in that series, instead of his classic clothing).

History
The Wario Cap bears great similarity to the Mario Cap, and its design has remained consistent since Wario's first appearance, Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins.

Like his rival, Wario has been seen wearing the cap since he was a baby, as seen in Yoshi's Island DS.

If Wario loses in Mario Kart 64 and Mario Kart: Super Circuit, his profile picture will show him biting his cap. This is possibly a reference to the idiom "I'll eat my hat," which is used to express strong disbelief.

In Super Mario 64 DS, Wario's cap can be found and worn by either Mario, Luigi, or Yoshi to transform into Wario. Until he is unlocked, the only course his cap appears in is the Hazy Maze Cave. If Wario loses his own cap, his defense and strength will sharply decline, and he will be unable to pick up other characters' caps or turn into Metal Wario. If the player collects a Power Star while the cap is still missing, Wario can retrieve his cap by talking to a Toad (who will have found and be wearing it) in the Mushroom Castle's lobby. The Toad says the cap "reeks pretty bad" and suggests that Wario should wash it out more often.

In Wario: Master of Disguise, the hat switch resembles Wario's cap and functions as a checkpoint.

The villainous Rabbid Bwario dons a cap resembling Wario's in Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle.

The Wario Cap can be obtained for Mario to wear in Super Mario Odyssey. It can be either purchased from a Crazy Cap store or obtained through scanning a Wario amiibo (the latter also unlocks Wario's costume).

Variations
The Wario Cap has not always been its classic yellow as seen in most of the games Wario appears in. In some segments of Wario's Woods, his cap appears purple, although in the SNES version, his cap appears yellow. In Wario Land II and Wario Land 3, the Wario Cap is depicted as white in-game. In Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins and Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3, his cap was gray due to the monochrome display of the Game Boy. In Wario Land 4 and Wario Land: Shake It!, his cap is depicted as yellow like his official artwork.

The cap has also been imitated on different headgear Wario has worn. Wario's WareWare helmet is in the style of his cap with the white rim and blue "W" emblem. Wario's safari hat from Wario Land also has his signature blue "W" emblem.