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Bow Kid

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A Hat in Time/Bow Kid
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Background

Bow Kid is the second player character of A Hat in Time, working alongside Hat Kid to collect the Time Pieces and restore power to the spaceship to return home. She was added in the Co-Op DLC on September 13, 2018. Her name was confirmed by A Hat in Time's twitter.

General Information

Name: Unknown

Nickname: Bow Kid

Origin: A Hat in Time

First Appearance: A Hat in Time

Latest Appearance: A Hat in Time

Company: Gears for Breakfast

Creator: Jonas Kaerlev

Actor: Apphia Yu

Gender: Female

Sexuality: Heterosexual

Pronouns: She/Her

Handedness: Right-Handed

Age: Unknown, though consistently referred to as a Kid

Birthday: Unknown

Time Period: Unknown

Timeline: Main Timeline

Homeworld: Unnamed Planet

Residence: Unnamed Place on her Unnamed Planet

Story Role: Protagonist, False Heroic role (As her actions do end up saving the entire world, though she herself was not trying to be a hero)

Legacy: Global Legacy (Bow Kid is known across the planet for saving them from the rule of Mustache Girl. Bow Kid is also implied to be a celebrity from the posters in Nyakuza Metro)

Language: Common Language

Ethnicity: Unknown Dark Skin Origin

Religion: N/A

Influence Event Influence

Classification: Alien, Bow Girl, Legally a Bird

Species: Unknown

State of Being: Regular

Physiology: Alien Physiology

In-Universe Creator: Unknown

Occupation: Potential Idol (Bow Kid can be found all around Nyakua Metro in various different idol posters)

Combat Style: Parkour Fighter/Street Fighter

Affiliations: Hat Kid, Nyakuza Metro (Bow Kid can be found all around Nyakua Metro in various different idol posters), Mustache Girl (Though Mustache Girl becomes her enemy, Bow Kid does give her a time piece at the end of the game, along with this official art shows them playing together), Mafia Boss (Allies with her after Mustache Girl tried to take over the world), Mafia Goon (Allies with her after Mustache Girl tried to take over the world), Mafia Town (Friendly with her after she saved it from burning in lava), The Snatcher (The Snatcher is forced to be her BFF after he couldn't convince her to sign the contract any other way), Subcon Forest (As The Snatcher essentially rules it, she is allied with it), DJ Grooves & The Conductor (One helps out while the other betrays her depending on who she lets win, but after the Mustache Girl boss fight both end up being your ally), Goats (Hat Kid helped them after they were inflicted with a poisonous plant)

Enemies: The Empress, Queen Vanessa (Bow Kid is terrified of her), Mustache Girl (Formerly), Mafia Boss (Formerly), Mafia Goons (Formerly), Mafia Town (Formerly), The Snatcher (Formerly), Subcon Forest (Formerly), DJ Grooves or The Conductor (Formerly, one helps out while the other betrays her depending on who she lets win)

Height: Unknown

Weight: Unknown

Status: Alive

Alignment: Chaotic Neutral (Despite her appearance, Bow Kid is not a necessarily "good" character, she is willing to do whatever, good or bad, to get her Time Pieces back. She has no remorse for killing people if they get in her way, and happily comments when she burned paintings containing the souls of trapped individuals in a fire in order to help a group of Fire Spirits commit suicide in Subcon Forest. Bow Kid has shown to be nice to people and trying to be their friends, though this is likely to get through issues or her own stubbornness)

Protection Level: Cosmic Protector (Fought and stopped Mustache Girl who overwrote the timeline and created an alternate reality where she rules)

Potential

  • Type(s) of Potential: Growth Potential
  • Level of Potential: Growth
  • Description: As even only as a kid she is this powerful and quickly grows strong enough to take on enemies using her own Time Pieces against her.
  • Limitations: Nothing notable.

Archetypal Tiering: Explorer

Codex Statistics

Grade: S (Bow Kid and Hat Kid are some of the most daunting characters, taking down the likes of The Snatcher and forcing him to sign a contract making them BFFs, and even fighting and defeating Mustache Girl when she became the new ruler of her new reality, although they did receive help for this)

Tier: 9-B. 2-B with Preparation

Cardinality: Finite

Dimensionality: 3-D

Power Source: Has a Cosmic level power source with Time Pieces (The time pieces can rewrite the timeline into an alternate reality. Mustache Girl with its powers created a realm with stars and nebulae), Higher Power Source with Death Wish Time Pieces (Can fight the death wish variants of the bosses who are amplified by the Death Wish Time Pieces which can create alternate realms with countless stars like the Twilight Bell which is meant to be the Twilight Realm, which is an alternate universe)

Attack Potency: Wall level (Potency) (Sent a Mafia grunt flying out of sight at high speeds, resulting in this levels of energy. Can blow up crates and barrels. Can harm the Mafia, who broke the glass on her ship. Has been shown to even be physically superior to them in some cases. Punches apart a ball of them, can casually twist the handle of a giant faucet by hitting it, and casually pushes a large ball of mafia at fast enough speeds to harm Mustache Girl, smashes into a train car). Multi-Universe level with Preparation (Created a device that "collapse dimensions together" with a cosmology of this size)

Durability: Wall level (Took no damage from an explosion after being launched out of the subcon well. Can tank hits from herself, no-sells falling down into the planet from space, can take hits from Mafia Goons, no-sells getting launched through a cannon, no-sells crashing into an iceberg), Higher with shield (Mustache Girl used a forcefield that was created by the Time Pieces), up to Far Higher with Death Wish Time Pieces (Repeatedly takes hits from Death Wish variant bosses), Even Higher with Death Wish Time Piece shields

Striking Strength: Below Average Class through punching (Her regular strikes do not harm Mafia members or enemies), Wall Class (Potency) through other attacks or using weapons (She can physically harm them through homing attacks, and she can swing an umbrella with enough force to harm mafia goons)

Lifting Strength: Class 5 (Can freely lift a fully grown walrus with one arm, who are noted to weigh around 2 tons[1])

Travel Speed: At least Supersonic (Can outpace electrical currents while on a tight rope, which is this fast. Ran to the end of a long train in under two minutes. Can cover large distances across a world in a short amount of time. Finished all of the worlds within a day, moved fast enough that she left a dust cloud of herself behind), Higher with Sprint Hat (The sprint hat allows her to run far faster then before)

Attack Speed: At least Supersonic (Can tag The Conductor, who attacks so fast with his knife he leaves several afterimages. Can tag Mafia Members who can fly up to space and tag Hat Kid's ship which was said to be flying at a resting full speed. Can tag the likes of The Conductor, DJ Grooves, The Snatcher, who could all catch Hat Kid's ship before it could take off. Can tag enemies amped by Time Pieces which is the fuel for Hat Kid's ship and what allows it to move across space), Higher with Time Stop Hat

Reaction Speed: At least Supersonic (Could react to Mustache Girl who is amplified by a time piece, which is the fuel for Hat Kid's ship and what allows it to have a regular resting travel speed. Able to pilot her own ship while it is traveling in resting speeds. Can easily avoid electric attacks, avoided a cat train at the last minute. Can easily avoid fire from a rocket launcher), Higher with Time Stop Hat (Moves everything so slow that Mustache Girl's teleportation moves slower in this state)

Stamina: Very High (Has long battles with The Conductor/DJ Grooves, Mustache Girl, and The Snatcher, even with her soul gone she didn't show any sign of fatigue)

Range: Extended Melee with Umbrella or Bat, Hundreds of Meters with Projectile Badge (Projectile badge has in some cases reached off the map and has hit areas far from Bow Kid. Though it has shown short range in the ship that is likely due to game limitations as it's shown far higher range), Kilometers with Enhanced Senses (Can find the source of interest in Mafia Island even if it's on the other side of the island), Universal with Mirror Badge (Flips the entirety of space), Universal with Time Stop Hat and Time Pieces (Can manipulate, stop, and slow down time on a universal scale), Multi-Universal with Dweller Mask (Pulls in objects and enemies from other dimensions), Multi-Universal with Preparation & Dimensional Travel (Created a device that "collapse dimensions together" with a cosmology of this size. Hat Kid can use the time pieces to travel from out of time rifts back into the main reality)

Intelligence: Supergenius Intelligence (Made her spaceship, which is made of space resistant wood. Created glass strong enough to withstand meteorites. Which includes things like a dimensional transporter. Which allows one to "collapse dimensions together" to summon alternate Hat Kids and Bow Kids. This transporter seemingly stacks the dimensions together as multiple items that previously didn't exist in a chapter, now all exist for each Hat Kid or Bow Kid along with it directly being stated to "collapse dimensions together". Built and fixed her Rumbi by herself with seemingly no instructions. Could easily tell the name and the fuel the Mafia Member was using for his rocket)

Knowledge: Expert level (Trained explorer shown capable of piloting an entire ship across solar systems (and possibly time) by herself, has knowledge of the time pieces and how they work. Seems to have the most knowledge out of everyone refusing to use it for changing history. Was able to escape all the cats in New Metro City trying to catch her with a one million dollar bounty, all the while avoiding rocket launcher shots from The Empress. Was capable of convincing Snatcher to give her soul back along with the last time piece of Subcon Forest. Infiltrated Dead Bird Studios with its heavy security)

Powers and Techniques






Equipment


  • Umbrella: Bow Kid's trusty Umbrella, acting as a multipurpose item. Can be used as a weapon to fight the Mafia as she herself can't physically punch them. Can also be used to save herself from lethal falls, and she can equip a hookshot onto it.
  • Key: Functions a lot like the Umbrella, and can unlock doors.
  • Baseball Bat: Functions a lot like the Umbrella.


  • Kid Hat: Her original hat, points her to the location of where he time pieces are or the location to go.
  • Ice Hat: Turns Bow Kid into an ice statue allowing her to fling off of certain areas and makes her invulnerable to attacks.
  • Brewing Hat: Has Bow Kid brew explosive flasks to throw.
  • Sprint Hat: Allows Bow Kid's speed to be augmented having her run far faster.
  • Dweller Mask: Makes intangible things tangible and vice-versa. Can affect enemies in another dimension.
  • Time Stop Hat: Slows down time to the point where even teleportation seems slow.

  • Projectile Badge:
“ Hold and release your attack button for a beam attack! „
Bow Kid's melee attack now also has a beam attack that can be charged to three levels by holding down the attack button.
  • Camera Badge:
“ Press [KEY] to take pictures of your journey! „
Takes pictures with a camera.
  • Fast Hatter Badge:
“ Significantly reduce the cooldown when using hats! „
Bow Kid doesn't wait as long to re-use a hat's ability.
  • Hookshot Badge:
“ Press and hold attack to swing from hooks! „
Bow Kid can hook to and swing from certain points.
  • Hover Badge:
“ Automatically pull out your umbrella before deadly impact! „
If Bow Kid falls from a height that would damage her, umbrella pops out at the last moment to instantly slow down her falling speed and allow her to not take fall damage.
  • Item Magnet Badge:
“ Automatically attract nearby collectibles! „
Items such as Pons and Heart Gems will be drawn to Bow Kid.
  • Mumble Badge:
“ Plugs your ears, now you only hear vague mumbling! „
Changes all character speech to mumbles. (Note: Despite what the description says via it being a badge and all badges giving Bow Kid an ability this is assumed to just be a joke)
  • No Bonk Badge:
“ No more bonking against walls when diving! „
Bow Kid no longer rebounds when hitting a surface after diving, and instead begins a wall run.
  • Compass Badge:
“ Shows a map towards nearby relics! „
A small red arrow appears when Bow Kid is near a relic.
  • Scooter Badge:
“ Upgrades your Sprint Hat to a scooter! „
Changes the effect of the Sprint Hat, giving Bow Kid a scooter to ride around in. The scooter has excellent acceleration, turning, and can jump.
  • 1-Hit Hero Badge:
“ You die in one hit. Only for the brave! „
Bow Kid's healthbar is always at one, meaning she'll die in one hit.
  • Mirror Badge:
“ Dnuora Gnihtyreve spilf „
Flips the screen resembling looking at a mirror.
  • Nostalgia Badge:
“ Everything is better when its worse! „
Reduces the graphical settings so low to make everything resemble a game on the N64.
  • 'Peaceful Badge:
“ Experience Peace and Tranquility whenever you dance! „
Adds the same filter used on the Peace and Tranquility screen of Death Wish when using the dance action.
  • Retro Badge:
“ Glorious 2-bit action! „
Adds a filter to the game that makes everything look like a game on the original GameBoy.
  • REDtro VR Badge:
“ "My eyes hurt." „
Adds a red filter that makes everything look like a game on the Virtual Boy.

Customization During each act, Hat Kid can collect Rift Tokens. These are used to unlock either new aesthetic designs for her hats, new color pallets for her clothing and certain hats, and new remixes of songs for the different acts. Rift Tokens can be spent at the end of each act that you collect them in, or at the Token Machine in Hat Kid's Spaceship.

This dropdown contains the several different hat flairs and customizations Bow Kid can obtain.
Hat Flairs (31)
Base Hat Found in Roulette Not Found in Roulette
☆ ☆☆ ☆☆☆ Seal the Deal (DLC) Nyakuza Metro (DLC) Special
Reward for collecting all Time piecesKickstarter RewardSpeedrunning event exclusive
Needs 2 yarn to make this hat
Needs 4 yarn to make this hat
Needs 8 yarn to make this hat
Needs 12 yarn to make this hat
Needs 36 yarn to make this hat
Color Palettes (29) and Costumes (14)
From Roulette
(base game) 		Blueberry Pie Forest Critter Minty Fresh Margin of Night The Freedom Captain of the Sea Cookie Dough The Blood Moon Cute ‘n Dangerous The Big Appetite The Widow
Rarity: ☆ ☆☆ ☆☆☆
Challenge Rewards
(Seal the Deal DLC) 		Cardboard Virtual Kid Outfit Raincoat Costume Detective Outfit The Queen's Dress Costume Hiking Shorts Transcendent Costume Metallic Costume Parade Costume Witch Costume 24 Karat Kid Costume
Shadow Puppet
Nyakuza Shops
(Nyakuza Metro DLC) 		Green Bean Dignified Obnoxious Mixed Berries Citrus Fortress Battlements The Justice Cherry Soda Busy Bee Coffee with Cream
Pizza Time Bleeding Edge Milky Way Ribbit Anarchy Nyakuza Varsity Jacket Comfy Sweater Wireframe
Remixes (7)
Welcome to Mafia Town (2) Battle of the Birds (2)
Mafia Town:
Electronic Remix
Mafia Boss:
Orchestral Remix 		The Moon:
Jazz Remix
Train Rush:
Electro Swing Remix
Subcon Forest (2) Time Rifts (1)
Subcon Village:
Sci-Fi Remix
Your Contract Has Expired:
Orchestral Remix 		Water Time Rift:
Orchestral Remix

Hat Flairs

Normal Hat Flairs

Not all hats change with Hat Kid's palette. The ones that do will be mentioned below.

Image Hat Rarity Color change Description
Kid's Hat ☆ Yes Gives Hat Kid's favorite hat a bow.
Kid's Hat ☆☆ Yes Gives Hat Kid's favorite hat a bow and vertical stripes.
Kid's Hat ☆☆☆ Yes Gives Hat Kid's favorite hat a bow, a rose and vertical stripes.
Sprint Hat ☆ Yes Replaces the Sprint Hat to a ladybug headband. The red of the band changes to the color of Hat Kid's color palette if equipped.
Sprint Hat ☆☆ Yes Replaces the Sprint Hat with a dinosaur hoodie.
Sprint Hat ☆☆☆ No Replaces the Sprint Hat with a News Boy's Cap. The cap also includes several technological enhancements, like a microphone and enhancing eyepieces on the goggles, though these are purely cosmetic.
Brewing Hat ☆ No Gives the Brewing Hat pink and white stripes, making it look like the hat of Vivian in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door.
Ice Hat ☆ Yes Changes the Ice Hat into a festive Santa hat.
Ice Hat ☆☆ Yes Changes the Ice Hat into a night cap with cat's ears on the top. The base hat alongside the rim and the end of the cap change color alongside any palette changes equipped, defaulting to purple and yellow. This could possibly foreshadow the Nyakuza Metro DLC due to the cat ears on top and its color scheme.
Ice Hat ☆☆☆ No Changes the Ice Hat into a yak hat with a pony tail.
Dweller's Mask ☆ No Alternates from the Fox mask to the pink kitsune Dweller Mask. Badges adhere to the top of the forehead and ends of the ears.
Dweller's Mask ☆☆ No Alternates from the Fox mask to the green bull Dweller Mask. Badges adhere to the top of the forehead and ends of the antlers.
Dweller's Mask ☆☆☆ No Alternates from the Fox mask to the white tattooed Dweller Mask. Badges adhere to the top of the forehead and ends of the antlers.
Kid's Hat - Yes Also known as the "Completionist Kid's Hat." Changes Kid's Hat to have a tartan pattern and the ribbon to have polka dots.
Given to the player after obtaining all Time Pieces.

Death Wish Flairs

These are the Hat Flairs that can be found be clearing challenges in Death Wish Mode

Image Hat Reward From Color change Description
Sprint Hat Rift Collapse: Mafia of Cooks Yes Changes Sprint Hat to a bow, which is placed on the back side of Hat Kid's head.
Brewing Hat Encore! Encore! No Changes Brewing Hat to a chef’s hat.
Ice Hat The Mustache Gauntlet No Changes Ice Hat to a knight's helmet.
Sprint Hat Cruizin' for a Bruzin' No Changes Sprint Hat to a Captain's Hat.

Nyakuza Hat Flairs

These hats are added with the Nyakuza Metro DLC and can be bought from the Gang Sellers around the area.

Image Hat Price Color change Description
Kid's Hat 150 No Bought from a cat in Yellow Overpass Station

Changes Kid's Hat to a flower crown.

Sprint Hat 150 Yes Changes Sprint Hat to an indigo cap.
Brewing Hat 150 No Bought from one of the three alley cats near the jewel store.

Changes Brewing Hat to a headband with cat ears, and a mask with a cat's nose and mouth on it. This flair also changes the explosions of the potions into dollar explosions

Brewing Hat 150 No Bought from a cat near the manhole in Green Clean Station.

Changes Brewing Hat to a burger-themed cap.

Dweller's Mask 150 Yes Bought from a cat in Yellow Overpass Station

Changes Dweller's Mask to a yellow beret, with glasses.

Time Stop Hat 150 Yes Bought from a cat near the bluefin ticket seller in Bluefin Tunnel

Changes Time Stop Hat to a helmet with an ear piece, inside a translucent orb.

Time Stop Hat 150 Yes Bought from a cat above the pink paw ticket seller in Pink Paw Station

Changes Time Stop Hat to a pair of headphones.

Event Hat Flairs

These hats were given out at specific events such as being a backer and being in a Speedrun event.

Image Hat Rarity Color change Event Description
Kid's Hat - Yes Speedrun event[3] Gives Hat Kid's favorite hat a bow, and a digital timer.
Kid's Hat - Yes Backer exclusive[4] Gives Hat Kid's favorite hat a bow, and a green rose.

Color Palettes

Normal Dyes

Name Image Appearance Rarity Description
Blueberry Pie - Changes Hat Kid's shirt and hat dark blue, her cape and ribbon yellow, her pants off white, her boots tan, and dyes her hair blonde. This dye may be inspired by the DC Superhero Booster Gold from the DC Comics Universe.
Forest Critter - Change's Hat Kid's shirt and hat forest green, her cape and ribbon strong yellow green, her pants white, her boots brown, her clasp orange and dyes her hair blonde.

This makes her look like Link from The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker.

Minty Fresh - Turns Hat Kid's shirt and hat olive green, her cape and ribbon moss green, her clasp honey yellow and dyes her hair ash blonde.
Margin of Night ☆ Changes Hat Kid's shirt scarlet, her hat and pants wine red, her cape purple, her boots brown, her clasp rose, her ribbon crimson and dyes her hair lapis.

These colors are the same as Niko from the indie game OneShot. This is made obvious by the fact that Nightmargin is the online name of the main artist, character designer, musician, and co-writer of OneShot.

The Freedom ☆ Changes Hat Kid's shirt and hat white, her cape red, her pants and boots blue, her cape red, and her ribbon lilac while dying her hair the same color.

This color is based off of Lilac from the game series Freedom Planet.

Captain of the Sea ☆☆ Changes Hat Kid's shirt and ribbon navy, her hat, cape and shoes white, her pants space blue and her clasp and zipper yellow. The color scheme might be based on the Seal The Deal DLC, as well as being a reference to Weiss Schnee from RWBY (probably due to the white coloring of her clothes.)
Cookie Dough ☆☆ Changes Hat Kid's shirt, hat and boots lemon, her cape and ribbon pink, and her pants and clasp purple.
The Blood Moon ☆☆

Changes Hat Kid's shirt and hat dark red, her cape, ribbon and pants black, and her claps, zipper, boots and hair white.

The red and black color pallette and white hair are likely a reference to the character Ragna from the Blazblue series and Dante from the Devil May Cry series.

Cute ‘n Dangerous ☆☆☆

Turns Hat Kid's shirt, hat and boots pink, her cape and ribbon fucsia, her clasp blue, her zipper gold and dyes her hair blonde.

This is the same color palette as Princess Peach from the Mario series.

The Big Appetite ☆☆☆ Changes Hat Kid's shirt and hat purple, her cape and ribbon yellow, her pants violet, her boots green, her clasp a light pink and dyes her hair black.

This palette is the same as Wario, one of the antagonists of the Mario series. It also looks similar to Hat Kid's regular clothing.

The Widow ☆☆☆ Turns Hat Kid's shirt and hat crow black, her cape, ribbon and pants ink black, her clasp turquoise, her zipper tawny brown and dyes her hair black. This may be a reference to Blake Belladonna from RWBY.

DLC Dyes

These color palettes are added with DLC. Cardboard is added with Seal the Deal and the rest with Nyakuza Metro. None of these dyes are found in the Roulette, and instead are bought from NPCs or rewards for completing certain challenges.

Name Image Appearance Description
Cardboard Reward for clearing Snatcher Coins in Mafia Town
This palette is Seal the Deal exclusive

Gives a cardboard texture to Hat Kid's clothing.

Green Bean Bought from a cat near the Empress's Jewelry Store for 25 pons.

Makes Hat Kid's shirt and top hat band a dark blue, and her hat and cape a light green.

Dignified Bought from a cat near the Empress's Jewelry Store for 75 pons

Gives Hat Kid a dark red diamond pattern on her shirt, and a gray cape.

Obnoxious Bought from a cat near the Empress's Jewelry Store for 75 pons

Gives a square pattern to her cape, having extremely saturated shades of sky blue and yellow, her shirt a saturated blue, pants a bright pink, and shoes yellow.

Mixed Berries Bought from a cat in Main Station for 25 pons

Changes Hat Kid's shirt to blue, her cape to red, and her pants white.

Citrus Bought from a cat in Main Station next to the yellow ticket gate for 75 pons

Gives Hat Kid a lemon-lime color scheme.

Fortress Bought from a cat in Yellow Overpass Station next to the blue ticket gate for 25 pons

This Dye, alongside the Battlements dye, is based off of Team Fortress 2, and its own paint system for its various cosmetics. The reds and oranges are likely in reference to that game's RED team.

Battlements Bought from a cat in Yellow Overpass Station next to the blue ticket gate for 75 pons

This Dye, alongside the Fortress dye, is based off of Team Fortress 2, and its own paint system for its various cosmetics. The blues and yellows are likely in reference to that game's BLU team.

The Justice Bought from a cat in Yellow Overpass Station next to the blue ticket gate for 75 pons


This dye gives hat kid that same palette as Mustache Girl, sporting a waistband unique to this dye.

Cherry Soda Bought from a cat in Yellow Overpass Station right after one of the yellow ticket gate for 25 pons

Changes Hat Kid's shirt a bright red, her cape white, and pants black.

Busy Bee Bought from a cat in Yellow Overpass Station right after one of the yellow ticket gate for 25 pons

Gives Hat Kid the color scheme of a bumblebee, and possibly the main color scheme of Yang Xiao Long from RWBY.

Coffee with Cream Bought from a cat in Yellow Overpass Station right after one of the yellow ticket gate for 75 pons

Changes Hat Kid's shirt to a brown to white gradient, her cape white, and pants a dark brown.

Pizza Time Bought from a cat in Yellow Overpass Station right after one of the yellow ticket gate for 75 pons

The name references an iconic line from the 2004 movie Spider-Man 2.

Bleeding Edge Bought from a cat near the bluefin ticket seller in Bluefin Tunnel for 25 pons

This skin seems to reference Shadow the Hedgehog from the Sonic the Hedgehog series, as well as referencing Akame and Kurome from the anime Akame Ga Kill!, Ruby Rose from the animated webseries RWBY as well as Lucia from Punishing Gray Raven.

Milky Way Bought from a cat near the bluefin ticket seller in Bluefin Tunnel for 75 pons

Gives Hat Kid's shirt and shoes a light blue color, her cape magenta, along with a star pattern, her pants white, and blonde hair.

Ribbit
Bought from a cat near the pink ticket seller for 25 pons

Gives Hat Kid a frog-like color scheme.

Some think this could represent Yoshi from the Yoshi’s Island and Mario series or Tamagon in Devil World.

Anarchy
Bought from a cat near the pink ticket seller for 75 pons

Makes Hat Kid's cape indigo, her hair and pants a light blue, and her shirt have a black and purple striped pattern.

Too Hot to Handle
Bought from a cat seller for 75 pons

Makes Hat Kid's hair orange, and puts a fire pattern on her cape and shirt.

Remixes

Changes the music played in certain levels and areas. They can be adjusted by the Wowl Band, whom are found on the Spaceship once the player has collected their first remix.

Image Track
Mafia Town (Electronic Remix)
Mafia Boss (Orchestral Remix)
The Moon (Jazz Remix)
Subcon Village (Sci-Fi Remix)
Water Time Rift (Orchestral Remix)

Train Rush (Electronic Remix)


Your Contract Has Expired (Orchestral Remix)

Costumes

The Seal the Deal DLC also adds costumes for Hat Kid to wear. To unlock these costumes, however, she must complete several of the Snatcher's challenges. Nyakuza Metro also adds some more costumes that can be bought from the cats found around the metro.

Name Image Appearance Obtained by Description
Virtual Kid Outfit Complete the Death Wish challenge Beat the Heat A version of Hat Kid where she looks like she came straight from a Nintendo 64 game
Raincoat Costume Complete the Death Wish challenge Vault Codes in the Wind This is the same outfit Hat Kid wears during She Came from Outerspace and Down with the Mafia!
Detective Outfit Complete the candle challenge Snatcher Coins in Battle of the Birds This is the outfit Hat Kid wears during Murder on the Owl Express.
The Queen's Dress Costume Complete the candle challenge Snatcher Coins in Subcon Forest This is the outfit Queen Vanessa wears in the Storybook Pages.
Hiking Shorts Costume Complete the candle challenge Snatcher Coins in Alpine Skyline This outfit is the same outfit that Banjo wears in Banjo Kazooie.
Transcendent Costume Complete the Death Wish challenge The Illness Has Speedrun Changes Hat Kid a space-like texture, and makes her eyes closed.
Metallic Costume Complete the Death Wish challenge Rift Collapse:Dead Bird Studio This costume makes Hat Kid look like Metal Mario from Super Mario 64.
Parade Costume Complete the Death Wish challenge Killing Two Birds This is the outfit Hat Kid wears during The Big Parade.
Witch Costume Complete the Death Wish challenge Breaching the Contract Gives Hat Kid a black dress with a purple belt, and an engraving of The Snatcher's face on the shirt's purple collar.
24 Karat Kid Costume Complete the Death Wish challenge No More Bad Guys Makes Hat Kid look shiny and golden.
Shadow Puppet Complete the Death Wish challenge Seal the Deal This costume makes Hat Kid look similar to The Snatcher himself.
Nyakuza Varsity Jacket Bought from one of the three alley cats near the jewel store for 225 pons A purple hoodie with yellow sleeves, cat-shaped pockets, a gold zipper, and a cat tail hanging from the back.
Comfy Sweater Bought from a cat in Yellow Overpass Station next to the blue ticket gate for 200 pons A purple sweater, with an image of a hot mug on it.
Wireframe Bought from a cat in Yellow Overpass Station right after a yellow ticket gate for 200 pons This outfit also augments Hat Kid's hats to show up as a wireframe too, superseding any flairs equipped to show the base hat's wireframe.

Notable Techniques

  • Abilities: Bow Kid has dozens of abilities at her disposal due to her many different hats, natural athlethic capatilibities, and badges.
  • Jumping: Explained in verse as it being due to Bow Kid's small stature, Bow Kid is not only capable of doing a superhuman jump, far higher then regular humans can, but she can jump again while in the air to do a double jump, allowing her to manuver around areas.
  • Dive: This technique allows Hat Kid to do a dive while either jumping, or when she has enough momentum on the ground, allowing for far faster travel. Diving in the air will briefly slow Hat Kid's vertical speed and lunge her forward, giving her more horizontal movement. She can also cancel her dives in mid-air through jumping, allowing for more precise platforming. Additionally, if she dives on the ground, she will briefly slide, which she can then captalize on by jumping, allowing her to bounce back up and lunge forward into a front flip, increasing her speed further until she touches the ground. Doing this in rapid succession can outpace even the Sprint Hat.
  • Wall Jump: By jumping towards a wall, Hat Kid will start to run up it, gaining some vertical distance. She can then jump off of it onto a platform or another wall, where she can gain some more height and jump again. If the walls are parallel, this can be repeated to gain as much height as possible. Hat Kid cannot run or jump off the same wall twice in a row. She must jump off of another wall or touch the ground to jump off of that wall again. If Hat Kid performs a dive and hits a wall, she will bonk her head and fall to the ground. However, if the player has the "No Bonk" badge equipped or cancels the dive before hitting the wall, she will start a wall run instead.

Melee

  • Punch: At the start of the game, Hat Kid will be unarmed, and hitting anything will cause her to hurt her hand and flinch in pain. This also does no damage.
  • Umbrella: Hat Kid's primary weapon, the umbrella. Hat Kid can string together a maximum of 3 swings with the umbrella at once, dealing enough damage to usually kill her foe.
  • Homing Attack: When airborne above enemies, a button prompt will appear over their heads to let the player know that Hat Kid can perform a homing attack. This allows her to quickly launch herself at the enemy to deal damage and bounce off of them. This is useful for both combat and platforming sections.
  • Hats: The default hat Hat Kid wears can guide her to the nearest timepiece or goal (although it is not always accurate). Throughout the course of her adventure, Hat Kid stitches together other hats which give her several abilities:
    • Sprint Hat: Allows running quickly.
    • Time Stop Hat: Slows time down for a limited time.
    • Brewing Hat: Involves throwing explosive potions.
    • Ice Hat: Turns her into an icy statue to bounce off ice platforms and stuns enemies.
    • Dweller Mask: Makes green see-through platforms tangible, purple patterned surfaces, and enemies/objects from another dimension tangible.
  • Badges: Hat Kid can find several badges on her quest that give her unique secondary abilities, such as saving herself from a great fall or lowering the recharge time on hat abilities. Most badges can be bought from the aptly named Badge Seller, but there are some special badges that must be found in the various worlds. Which do the following:
    • Projectile Badge:
“ Hold and release your attack button for a beam attack! „
Hat Kid's melee attack now also has a beam attack that can be charged to three levels by holding down the attack button.
    • Camera Badge:
“ Press [KEY] to take pictures of your journey! „
Takes pictures with a camera.
    • Fast Hatter Badge:
“ Significantly reduce the cooldown when using hats! „
Hat Kid doesn't wait as long to re-use a hat's ability.
    • Hookshot Badge:
“ Press and hold attack to swing from hooks! „
Hat Kid can hook to and swing from certain points.
    • Hover Badge:
“ Automatically pull out your umbrella before deadly impact! „
If Hat Kid falls from a height that would damage her, umbrella pops out at the last moment to instantly slow down her falling speed and allow her to not take fall damage.
    • Item Magnet Badge:
“ Automatically attract nearby collectibles! „
Items such as Pons and Heart Gems will be drawn to Hat Kid.
    • Mumble Badge:
“ Plugs your ears, now you only hear vague mumbling! „
Changes all character speech to mumbles. (Note: Despite what the description says via it being a badge and all badges giving Hat Kid an ability this is assumed to just be a joke)
    • No Bonk Badge:
“ No more bonking against walls when diving! „
Hat Kid no longer rebounds when hitting a surface after diving, and instead begins a wall run.
    • Compass Badge:
“ Shows a map towards nearby relics! „
A small red arrow appears when Hat Kid is near a relic.
    • Scooter Badge:
“ Upgrades your Sprint Hat to a scooter! „
Changes the effect of the Sprint Hat, giving Hat Kid a scooter to ride around in. The scooter has excellent acceleration, turning, and can jump.
    • 1-Hit Hero Badge:
“ You die in one hit. Only for the brave! „
Hat Kid's healthbar is always at one, meaning she'll die in one hit.
    • Mirror Badge:
“ Dnuora Gnihtyreve spilf „
Flips the screen resembling looking at a mirror.
    • Nostalgia Badge:
“ Everything is better when its worse! „
Reduces the graphical settings so low to make everything resemble a game on the N64.
    • Peaceful Badge:
“ Experience Peace and Tranquility whenever you dance! „
Adds the same filter used on the Peace and Tranquility screen of Death Wish when using the dance action.
    • Retro Badge:
“ Glorious 2-bit action! „
Adds a filter to the game that makes everything look like a game on the original GameBoy.
    • REDtro VR Badge:
“ "My eyes hurt." „
Adds a red filter that makes everything look like a game on the Virtual Boy.

Other

Weaknesses: Has none of her hat abilities if her hats are removed. Though she's shown to fight through this. Snatcher's protection is only active when she's on a contract, so if she fulfills her contractual obligations he'll no longer revive her. Though this weakness seems to not matter since their current contract is being her best friend forever.

Feats: A Bow Kid respect thread can be found here.

Note

  • While there is a scene where she's initially affected by the time piece breaking it should be noted this is a one-off case asides from every other moment. It could be equally argued that this is just a trait of Adaptation or Bow Kid being caught off guard.

Battle Records

None.

None.

References

  1. ↑ "Walruses are large pinnipeds and adult males (bulls) may weigh 2 tons and the females (cows) may exceed 1 ton"
  2. ↑ A Hat in Time Mustache Girl Boss
  3. ↑ Kickstarter - Hat in Time 2017 Speedrunning event! + Upgrade to PS4 / Xbox One
  4. ↑ Kickstarter - Campaign
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