- "We're supposed to be changing the world, not acting suicidal to settle old scores."
- —Hat[src]
An unnamed man, nicknamed "Hat", is an alien vigilante from England, whose hat has Fifth Dimensional properties. He joined up with the Elite to help Manchester Black deal with the anti-alien bigotry of the Children of Liberty and the ineffectiveness of the American government and the D.E.O..[1]
Biography
Original multiverse
Early life
An extraterrestrial of unknown origins, the man who would become known as "Hat" has arrived to Earth at some point before Manchester Black met Fiona Byrne, settling in England. Hat was like a brother to Fiona, and the two shared the hardships of living on a world alien to them. Hat and Fiona befriended Manchester Black, who protected them when their alien origins were questioned by the gang members, with Fiona later starting a relationship with Manchester.[2]
He became a drinking buddy of Mxyzptlk, winning Mxy's hat in a poker game and access to the Fifth Dimension with it.[3]
The Elite
After Fiona's death, Manchester set onto a path of revenge and recruited Hat for his crusade. Hat broke Manchester out of prison and became one of the core members of the Elite, a vigilante team that would handle the villains such as the Children of Liberty with extreme prejudice, something the Superfriends wouldn't do.[1]
Anti-Monitor Crisis
During the Anti-Monitor Crisis, Hat as well as everyone in the multiverse except for the seven Paragons, was killed in an antimatter wave by the Anti-Monitor on December 10, 2019,[4] only to be restored a month later, after the Paragons and the Spectre created a new universe.[5]
New multiverse
Hat is still alive in the new multiverse.[3]
Powers and abilities
Powers
- Superhuman strength: Hat is extremely strong, much more so than normal humans. He was able to throw his hat at a prison guard with enough force to knock him out. He was also able to match blows with Brainy and Dreamer, who are both superhumanly strong.[1]
Former powers
- Powers via Fifth Dimensional hat: Hat is a highly adept user of the Fifth Dimensional hat. He can use some of the hat's abilities simply by wearing it, but more advanced abilities require him to directly touch it.[1][2][6]
- Teleportation: Using the Fifth Dimensional hat, Hat is able to teleport to any location he has seen with his eyes, and is also able to teleport others together with himself.[1]
- Fifth Dimensional energy manipulation: The Fifth Dimensional hat is imbued with Fifth Dimensional energy, which can be tapped into as a source of power in order to achieve a variety of effects..[1]
Abilities
- Sleight of hand: Aside from Fifth Dimensional powers, Hat is also an able trickster on his own, managing to steal a Legion ring from Querl Dox.[1]
- Multilingualism: While it is unclear how many languages he knows besides English, he is able to understand Mo.[2]
Equipment
Former equipment
- Fifth Dimensional hat: Gifted to him by Mxyzptlk, the hat allows to store infinite items and channel Fifth Dimensional energies.[2]
Appearances
Supergirl
Season 4
Season 5
- "It's a Super Life" (mentioned)
Behind the scenes
- In the main DC Comics continuity, Rampotatek aka The Hat is a young Japanese man who became suffused with the power of a demon. He was recruited by the psychic Manchester Black to join his team of heroes known as The Elite.
- Hat's origins being connected to the fifth dimension allude to Mr. Mxyzptlk having a similar hat in most depictions that's notably absent from his depiction in the Arrowverse (the hat is instead worn by this character.). In the New 52 DC comics continuity he used his hat to entertain fourth dimensional royalty as a court jester, storing thousands of third dimensional planets such as Earth within it.