Black Hat - Revision history

Whoop whoop pull up at 20:15, 11 January 2026

2026-01-11T20:15:47Z

FaviFake: wtf is going on here

2025-11-29T11:16:01Z

wtf is going on here

FaviFake at 11:13, 29 November 2025

2025-11-29T11:13:55Z

FaviFake: Undo revision 392049 by Azalea (talk) that is indeed his irst appearance, the sidebar is wrong

2025-11-29T11:13:50Z

Undo revision 392049 by Azalea (talk) that is indeed his irst appearance, the sidebar is wrong

Azalea: Edit mistaken description of first appearance.

2025-11-25T23:26:52Z

Edit mistaken description of first appearance.

FaviFake: /* Name */

2025-05-01T15:56:35Z

‎Name

FaviFake at 15:56, 1 May 2025

2025-05-01T15:56:18Z

172.71.178.79: /* Name */ Or "...may each be a different persona", also maintains grammar.

2025-04-08T10:13:24Z

‎Name: Or "...may each be a different persona", also maintains grammar.

Emmet Z. H. at 23:17, 7 April 2025

2025-04-07T23:17:20Z

FaviFake: Undo revision 369123 by 172.68.205.85 (talk) why?

2025-03-16T08:50:02Z

Undo revision 369123 by 172.68.205.85 (talk) why?

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 :''For Black Hat's girlfriend, see [[Danish]].''</noinclude>
-[[File:Man in Hats.png|400px|thumb|right|[http://meninhats.com/d/20040225.html The ''Men in Hats'' comic] on which Black Hat is based on.]]'''Black Hat''' is a [[stick figure]] character in ''[[xkcd]]''. He is distinguished by his eponymous black hat, and, unlike other ''xkcd'' characters, he always represents the same character in every comic. In [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_zwyJ6IYR0#t=1451 his talk at Dartmouth], [[Randall Munroe|Randall]] discusses his why he wanted to create a separate "asshole" character in his comics, or "Classhole", a term coined by his friend Beth and used in [[72: Classhole]]. In his first appearance, [[29: Hitler]], Black Hat wore a taller top-hat style hat, that quickly evolved to have the current shape and style of a {{w|pork pie hat}}, already used in [[45: Schrodinger]].
+[[File:Man in Hats.png|400px|thumb|right|[http://meninhats.com/d/20040225.html The ''Men in Hats'' comic] which Black Hat is based on.]]'''Black Hat''' is a [[stick figure]] character in ''[[xkcd]]''. He is distinguished by his eponymous black hat, and, unlike other ''xkcd'' characters, he always represents the same character in every comic. In [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_zwyJ6IYR0#t=1451 his talk at Dartmouth], [[Randall Munroe|Randall]] discusses his why he wanted to create a separate "asshole" character in his comics, or "Classhole", a term coined by his friend Beth and used in [[72: Classhole]]. In his first appearance, [[29: Hitler]], Black Hat wore a taller top-hat style hat, that quickly evolved to have the current shape and style of a {{w|pork pie hat}}, already used in [[45: Schrodinger]].
 The title text of [[29: Hitler]], his first appearance, says he's based on a character named Aram from a now discontinued webcomic called ''[http://www.meninhats.com Men in Hats]'' and, in the original caption, Randall directed the user to a specific ''Men in Hats'' [http://meninhats.com/d/20040225.html comic about parenting]. Like Black Hat, Aram frequently made judgmental, insulting, or controversial comments in a very emotionless manner. Aram wore a dark gray suit with a red bowtie and a black top hat with a white strip above the brim. Black Hat's hat clearly evolved from the top hat design later in ''xkcd''.

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 [[File:Man in Hats.png|400px|thumb|right|[http://meninhats.com/d/20040225.html The ''Men in Hats'' comic] on which Black Hat is based on.]]'''Black Hat''' is a [[stick figure]] character in ''[[xkcd]]''. He is distinguished by his eponymous black hat, and, unlike other ''xkcd'' characters, he always represents the same character in every comic. In [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_zwyJ6IYR0#t=1451 his talk at Dartmouth], [[Randall Munroe|Randall]] discusses his why he wanted to create a separate "asshole" character in his comics, or "Classhole", a term coined by his friend Beth and used in [[72: Classhole]]. In his first appearance, [[29: Hitler]], Black Hat wore a taller top-hat style hat, that quickly evolved to have the current shape and style of a {{w|pork pie hat}}, already used in [[45: Schrodinger]].
-The title text of [[29: Hitler]], his second appearance, says he's based on a character named Aram from a now discontinued webcomic called ''[http://www.meninhats.com Men in Hats]'' and, in the original caption, Randall directed the user to a specific ''Men in Hats'' [http://meninhats.com/d/20040225.html comic about parenting]. Like Black Hat, Aram frequently made judgmental, insulting, or controversial comments in a very emotionless manner. Aram wore a dark gray suit with a red bowtie and a black top hat with a white strip above the brim. Black Hat's hat clearly evolved from the top hat design later in ''xkcd''.
+The title text of [[29: Hitler]], his first appearance, says he's based on a character named Aram from a now discontinued webcomic called ''[http://www.meninhats.com Men in Hats]'' and, in the original caption, Randall directed the user to a specific ''Men in Hats'' [http://meninhats.com/d/20040225.html comic about parenting]. Like Black Hat, Aram frequently made judgmental, insulting, or controversial comments in a very emotionless manner. Aram wore a dark gray suit with a red bowtie and a black top hat with a white strip above the brim. Black Hat's hat clearly evolved from the top hat design later in ''xkcd''.
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 :''For Black Hat's girlfriend, see [[Danish]].''</noinclude>
-[[File:Man in Hats.png|400px|thumb|right|[http://meninhats.com/d/20040225.html The ''Men in Hats'' comic] on which Black Hat is based on.]]'''Black Hat''' is a [[stick figure]] character in ''[[xkcd]]''. He is distinguished by his eponymous black hat, and, unlike other ''xkcd'' characters, he always represents the same character in every comic. In [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_zwyJ6IYR0#t=1451 his talk at Dartmouth], [[Randall Munroe|Randall]] discusses his why he wanted to create a separate "asshole" character in his comics, or "Classhole", a term coined by his friend Beth and used in [[72: Classhole]]. In his second appearance, [[29: Hitler]], Black Hat wore a taller top-hat style hat, however, in all other appearances he is depicted wearing a {{w|pork pie hat}}.
+[[File:Man in Hats.png|400px|thumb|right|[http://meninhats.com/d/20040225.html The ''Men in Hats'' comic] on which Black Hat is based on.]]'''Black Hat''' is a [[stick figure]] character in ''[[xkcd]]''. He is distinguished by his eponymous black hat, and, unlike other ''xkcd'' characters, he always represents the same character in every comic. In [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_zwyJ6IYR0#t=1451 his talk at Dartmouth], [[Randall Munroe|Randall]] discusses his why he wanted to create a separate "asshole" character in his comics, or "Classhole", a term coined by his friend Beth and used in [[72: Classhole]]. In his first appearance, [[29: Hitler]], Black Hat wore a taller top-hat style hat, that quickly evolved to have the current shape and style of a {{w|pork pie hat}}, already used in [[45: Schrodinger]].
 The title text of [[29: Hitler]], his second appearance, says he's based on a character named Aram from a now discontinued webcomic called ''[http://www.meninhats.com Men in Hats]'' and, in the original caption, Randall directed the user to a specific ''Men in Hats'' [http://meninhats.com/d/20040225.html comic about parenting]. Like Black Hat, Aram frequently made judgmental, insulting, or controversial comments in a very emotionless manner. Aram wore a dark gray suit with a red bowtie and a black top hat with a white strip above the brim. Black Hat's hat clearly evolved from the top hat design later in ''xkcd''.

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 :''For Black Hat's girlfriend, see [[Danish]].''</noinclude>
-[[File:Man in Hats.png|400px|thumb|right|[http://meninhats.com/d/20040225.html The ''Men in Hats'' comic] on which Black Hat is based on.]]'''Black Hat''' is a [[stick figure]] character in ''[[xkcd]]''. He is distinguished by his eponymous black hat, and, unlike other ''xkcd'' characters, he always represents the same character in every comic. In [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_zwyJ6IYR0#t=1451 his talk at Dartmouth], [[Randall Munroe|Randall]] discusses his why he wanted to create a separate "asshole" character in his comics, or "Classhole", a term coined by his friend Beth and used in [[72: Classhole]]. In his first appearance, [[29: Hitler]], Black Hat wore a taller top-hat style hat, that quickly evolved to have the current shape and style of a {{w|pork pie hat}}, already used in [[45: Schrodinger]].
+[[File:Man in Hats.png|400px|thumb|right|[http://meninhats.com/d/20040225.html The ''Men in Hats'' comic] on which Black Hat is based on.]]'''Black Hat''' is a [[stick figure]] character in ''[[xkcd]]''. He is distinguished by his eponymous black hat, and, unlike other ''xkcd'' characters, he always represents the same character in every comic. In [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_zwyJ6IYR0#t=1451 his talk at Dartmouth], [[Randall Munroe|Randall]] discusses his why he wanted to create a separate "asshole" character in his comics, or "Classhole", a term coined by his friend Beth and used in [[72: Classhole]]. In his second appearance, [[29: Hitler]], Black Hat wore a taller top-hat style hat, however, in all other appearances he is depicted wearing a {{w|pork pie hat}}.
 The title text of [[29: Hitler]], his second appearance, says he's based on a character named Aram from a now discontinued webcomic called ''[http://www.meninhats.com Men in Hats]'' and, in the original caption, Randall directed the user to a specific ''Men in Hats'' [http://meninhats.com/d/20040225.html comic about parenting]. Like Black Hat, Aram frequently made judgmental, insulting, or controversial comments in a very emotionless manner. Aram wore a dark gray suit with a red bowtie and a black top hat with a white strip above the brim. Black Hat's hat clearly evolved from the top hat design later in ''xkcd''.

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 ==Name==
-The official transcript of "Basketball Earth” refers to him as “Blackhat”.(https://xkcd.com/1515/info.0.json) In the title texts of [[29: Hitler]] and [[493: Actuarial]], Black Hat is referred to as "the hat guy" and "Hat guy" respectively. In [[1139: Rubber and Glue]] a young [[Hairy]] also gave him the nickname "Hatboy". These early characters may also be different personae.
+The official transcript of "Basketball Earth” refers to him as "Blackhat".(https://xkcd.com/1515/info.0.json) In the title texts of [[29: Hitler]] and [[493: Actuarial]], Black Hat is referred to as "the hat guy" and "Hat guy" respectively. In [[1139: Rubber and Glue]] a young [[Hairy]] also gave him the nickname "Hatboy". These early characters may also be different personae.
 It's not verified that Black Hat is a reference to {{w|Black hat hacking}}, but the character's personality is in line with the idea of a "black hat hacker" from the software engineering culture that [[Randall|Randall's]] comics are written for. Black Hat speaks from a place of casual power and safety, living in the luxury that many early hobby hackers found by being ahead of the tech curve or even actually hacking financial systems, hatching evil schemes often for no reason other than to cause chaos or go against the societal norms.

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 It is possible that Black Hat has a name that has been used in the actual webcomic, as opposed to the name "Black Hat." In the title texts of [[29: Hitler]] and [[493: Actuarial]], Black Hat is referred to as "the hat guy" and "Hat guy" respectively. In [[1139: Rubber and Glue]] a young [[Hairy]] also gave him the nickname "Hatboy". These early characters may also be a different persona.
 It's not verified that Black Hat is a reference to {{w|Black hat hacking}}, but the character's personality is in line with the idea of a "black hat hacker" from the software engineering culture that [[Randall|Randall's]] comics are written for. Black Hat speaks from a place of casual power and safety, living in the luxury that many early hobby hackers found by being ahead of the tech curve or even actually hacking financial systems, hatching evil schemes often for no reason other than to cause chaos or go against the societal norms.
 ==Characteristics==