Mr. Hat is a puppet worn on Herbert Garrison's hand, and Mr. Garrison appears to converse with it. Mr. Hat is used by Mr. Garrison from "Cartman Gets an Anal Probe" until "Summer Sucks" (Where he is replaced with Mr. Twig), and then from the end of "Chef Aid" to his last regular appearance in "A Ladder to Heaven". He is replaced by Mr. Slave in the episode "The Death Camp of Tolerance". Since then, he only makes one cameo appearance in the episode "Pre-School" in a flashback. He returns to the show in the episode "200" because Cartman knows that Mr. Hat could know the truth behind Cartman's father.

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Background

Mr. Garrison appears to have had Mr. Hat since he was a child, as seen in the episode "Weight Gain 4000". Mr. Garrison uses Mr. Hat to channel his homosexual emotions and thoughts, even after he accepts that he is gay. Mr. Garrison often blames Mr. Hat for unethical things, such as being a racist and appearing with the KKK protesters in "Chef Goes Nanners", and chasing Principal Victoria's butt in "Two Guys Naked in a Hot Tub". When Garrison comes out as gay, he continues to use Mr. Hat as his teaching assistant while working as the kindergarten teacher. However, when he is promoted to the 4th grade teacher, he replaces Mr. Hat with Mr. Slave.

In the episode "200", Mr. Garrison is forced by Eric Cartman and his hand-turned-con-artist-puppet Mitch Conner to pull Mr. Hat out of storage, so as to reveal the truth about his father who until recently was believed to be Cartman's mother, Liane Cartman. Garrison is initially dismissive of using the old puppet, saying he no longer has need of it. However, as the conversation between Mr. Garrison, Cartman and Mitch progresses, Garrisons seems to regress back to talk with and to Mr. Hat as if the puppet is alive.

Alive or Not?

In, Mr. Hat can be found inside Mr. Slave's butt, as an object that the player must climb up.

Some people still debate whether Mr. Hat is a real living character, or merely a puppet. Below is a list of reasons and key moments in the series where Mr. Hat shows sentience:

Appearance

Trivia

Prominence

References

Mr. Hat is a puppet who resembles a person's torso and head with the puppet wearing a purple shirt, a brown beard and mustache with a tall red and white hat which his eyes are placed on. In " Cartman Gets an Anal Probe " Mr. Hat doesn't have eyes. His mustache looks the slightest bit like Zebedee's, and they are both puppets.