Ash's hat

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Ash's hat is an item of clothing that Ash Ketchum is seldom seen without. Throughout the Pokémon anime, Ash has worn three different hats, one each for the three different series.

First hat

Ash's first hat was easily the most well-known of them, an official Pokémon League Expo hat that was red and white with a green L on the front. Ash wore this hat throughout all of his journey through Kanto, the Orange Archipelago, and Johto, and was very attached to it, becoming enraged when a Mankey stole it and played keep-away with it for a while in EP025.

Commonly, Ash would turn the cap backwards, especially when he was concentrating heavily, such as when he would face a trainer or capture a Pokémon. This was very much the case early in his journey in Kanto, though by the time his journey in Johto ended, he hardly ever turned his cap.

Second hat

After returning from Johto, Ash was given a change of clothes by his mother, and he immediately changed into them, including switching his old hat for a new, black and red one which had a green Poké Ball symbol on it. Many hoped that upon receipt of this new cap, Ash would give his old one to Misty as a parting gift, but alas, this was not the case. It is assumed that he left the old hat at his home in Pallet Town, where it may still be.

Like the first one, his second hat was also stolen by a monkey-like Pokémon which Ash later captured, this time an Aipom. In a fit of maturity, however, Ash did not climb any trees or scream loudly at Aipom when his cap was stolen, instead only saying that he would feel a little strange without the hat. At the end of the episode in which it was taken, it was returned to him by Aipom.

Third hat

Ash's most recent headgear, Ash received his newest hat before heading for the Sinnoh region. Though his clothes changed quite a bit between their Advanced Generation and Diamond & Pearl iterations, his hat remained astoundingly similar, though while the AG hat had a green Poké Ball symbol, the DP one was blue.

Real world

Both Ash's original hat as well as the Advanced Generation hat have been produced for people to wear, though currently only Ash's AG hat is available to purchase at PokémonCenter.com. The original can be found on eBay, among other auction sites, if one is lucky. It is likely that Ash's DP hat will be produced as well, after the series has reached American shores.