Hat Kid

Hat Kid is the main protagonist of the platform video game A Hat in Time. She is a human-like alien attempting to collect the scattered Time Pieces, the fuel for her spaceship, so she can return home. Hat Kid is a short girl with light blue eyes and brown hair. She wears a purple and yellow hat, along with a purple coat, a yellow cape, beige pants and brown boots.
Her real name is unknown, as it's never mentioned in-game, and in the instruction manual, she is listed as "Me," due to it being written entirely in first person. She writes her name in Korean-like symbols when signing the Snatcher's contracts. In the game's story, Hat Kid is a young girl who is trying to return to her home world via a spaceship. Not much other information is given about her.
She was voiced by .
==Personality==
Hat Kid is shown to have a childlike and happy-go-lucky personality, almost always having a smile on her face and rarely showing any sort of negative emotion. She is shown to be able to act both childishly and maturely depending on whether the situation calls for it, seems to not enjoy fighting or singing, and tries to make friends with everyone she meets.
==Abilities==
=== Hat Abilities ===
Hat Kid possesses a lot of abilities via her many hats:
* Her Favorite Hat: Hat Kid can pinpoint the location of the next Time Piece around the area she is in.
* Sprint Hat: Hat Kid can run at fast speeds, and on some occasions, summon a scooter for her to ride in. 
* Brewing Hat: Hat Kid can concoct an explosive potion that can destroy some props.
* Ice Hat: Hat Kid can transform herself into an ice statue and perform a ground pound. She can also use it on some paddle boards to reach areas from higher up.
* Dweller Mask: Hat Kid can see through the eyes of the Subcon Dwellers and reveal invisible platforms.
* Time Stop Hat: Hat Kid can temporarily stop time around her. When using the Time Stop Hat, her body becomes smoke-black and she has a teal heart (the same as the pink hearts inside the Heart Pons) in her chest.
=== Pon Usage ===
Throughout the game, Hat Kid gains usage of Pons, the main currency of the game. Notable types include:
* Green Pons, which act as a means to purchase badges that affect her abilities and new hat flairs & dyes. They are green in color (hence the name) and hold a green diamond inside them.
* Heart Pons, which can heal her of any damage and, in the finale, can grant her incredible powers. They are red in color and hold a pink hearts inside them.
* Rift Pons, which are used to open the exit vault in purple time rifts. They are gold in color and hold a crown inside them.
* Energy Pons, which are used to remove electric barriers. They are blue in color and hold a lightning bolt inside them.
==Gallery==
Hat Kid Controls.png|Illustration of Hat Kid with a DualShock 4 controller to promote the release of the game on PlayStation 4
Hatkid umbrella 400p.png|Hat Kid with her umbrella and wearing a flair of the Sprint Hat
Wall Jump.png|Hat Kid wall jumping
Painting Hat Kid.jpg|One of the paintings in Hat Kid's gallery
QYjhVX7.gif|Hat Kid's "Peace & Tranquility" dance (or simply the Smug Dance)
==Trivia==
* Hat Kid does not like singing, as stated in her diary.
* Her "smug dance" is a reference to a dance Bob can do in Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp whenever an error occurs on the app, with the cat smile to match. This has became a viral meme in the franchise, with the Peace and Tranquility song being remixed with the song Dancin' by Aaron Smith.
* There was originally going to be an adult Hat Kid in the game's ending, but the entire ending was scrapped.
* Hat Kid is a playable character in the game Tunche, where she helps four other heroes unravel the secrets of the mysterious Amazonian jungle. She even makes a cameo as an NPC in the game Here Comes Niko.
* Some of the hat flairs, dyes, and costumes the player can equip have references to other games, changes in ability appearance, or just cosmetic details:
** In terms of hat flairs:
*** The common, rare, exotic, speedrun event, and backer exclusive hat flairs for Hat Kid's favorite hat do not change the hat in terms of shape and just give simple decorations; a bow for the common hat flair, a bow and stripes for the rare hat flair, a bow, stripes, and a red rose for the exotic hat flair, a bow and a digital stopwatch for the speedrun event hat flair, and a bow and a green rose for the backer exclusive hat flair.
*** The common, exotic, Vanessa's Curse and event exclusive Sprint Hat flairs have unique design features, as the common Sprint Hat flair turns the Sprint Hat a ladybug headband that changes color according to the dyes, the exotic Sprint Hat flair turns the Sprint Hat into the hat of Thor the Inventor, one of the games cut characters, and the Vanessa's Curse Sprint Hat flair recolors the Sprint Hat into a punk hat (matching the Gothic Umbrella weapon), and the event Sprint Hat flairs turn the Sprint Hat into either a "Time Piece Juice Hat" or "Moonglasses" The exotic hat flair also possesses enhancing eyepieces on the goggles and even a microphone, though they are purely cosmetic, while the event hat flairs are based on a Discord sticker and the cut character Moonjumper.
*** The common, exotic, Nyakuza Metro exclusive, and Vanessa's Curse exclusive Brewing Hat flairs recolors the Brewing Hat to pink and white stripes, which is a reference to Vivian from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, a large sun hat decorated with a sunflower on top of it with sunglasses (referencing the same hat and sunglasses worn by Audrey Bourgeois from Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug and Cat Noir), a headband with cat ears & a cat mask attached to it, a wearable donut, and a yellow lampshade. The explosions of the potions thrown by Hat Kid also change according to the hat flairs (dollar explosions for the Nyakuza Metro hat flair, and sprinkles & lightning for the Vanessa's Curse hat flairs).
*** The rare, exotic, and Vanessa's Curse exclusive Ice Hat flairs turn the Ice Hat into a purple & yellow nightcap with cat ears, and referencing the Nyakuza Metro DLC, a nautilus shell with blue tentacles on the side, referencing the Lord Helix meme from Twitch Plays Pokemon, a witch hat with fox ears, and a wearable block of ice. The former from Vanessa's Curse exclusive Ice Hat flairs references the Fox Box costume in the game Balan Wonderworld.
**** Both Ice Hat flairs change the ice statue appearance, turning Hat Kid into an ice block with the hat still visible above when used. Other ordinary Ice Hat flairs do not affect the statue's appearance. 
*** The Dweller Mask hat flairs turn the Dweller Mask into the same masks worn by the Subcon Dwellers. The smile for the common hat flair is somewhat the same as the LED masks worn by the exorcists in Hazbin Hotel.
*** The common, exotic, and Nyakuza Metro exclusive Time Stop Hat flairs turn the Time Stop Hat into either a hat resembling a panda & squid fusion (referencing the Inklings in the Splatoon series), a tin foil hat with crazy-eyed goggles, a helmet with an earpiece placed inside a translucent orb, or a pair of headphones with two LED light circles having a constant dimming up and down effect.
**In terms of the dyes & costumes:
***The Blueberry Pie dye makes Hat Kid look like the DC Comics superhero Booster Gold.
***The Forest Critter dye makes Hat Kid look like Link from The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker.
***The Margin of the Night dye makes Hat Kid look the same as Niko from OneShot. The name of the dye also a reference to NightMargin, OneShot's developer.
***The Freedom dye is somewhat based on Lilac from the Freedom Planet series.
***The Captain of the Sea dye references both the game's Seal The Deal DLC, as well as Weiss Schnee from RWBY.
***The Blood Moon Dye makes Hat Kid look like both Dante from the Devil May Cry series and Ragna from the BlazBlue series.
***The Cute 'n Dangerous, Ribbit & Big Appetite dyes make Hat Kid look the same as both Princess Peach, Wario, and Yoshi from the Super Mario series.
***The Widow dye makes Hat Kid look like Blake Belladonna from RWBY.
***The Fortress and Battlements dyes are both based on Team Fortress 2, with Fortress referencing the RED Team and Battlements referencing the BLU Team.
***The Bleeding Edge dye makes Hat Kid look the same as Shadow the Hedgehog from the Sonic the Hedgehog series, Akame & Kurome from Akame ga Kill!, Lucia from Punishing: Gray Raven, Ruby Rose from RWBY, Saya Kisaragi from Blood-C, and the characters from Scarlet Nexus.
***The Justice dye is the same palette as Mustache Girl, and gives Hat Kid a waistband.
***The Pizza Time dye is a reference to an iconic line in Spider-Man 2.
***The Queen's Dress costume is the same dress that Queen Vanessa wore in the storybook pages before becoming evil. 
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