MUNCLE picspam: hurray for hats!

[xparrot]

Busy day packing and cleaning. The Move is on Wednesday, the goodbye party's tomorrow. So to take my mind off of that, I am picspamming MUNCLE.

As the worst spies ever international super-spies, Napoleon and Illya don a variety of hats, most of which are ridiculous, or else ridiculously adorable - more the former for Napoleon, who accrues negative fashion karma nearly every time he puts something on his head; more the latter for Illya (even if it is a crime* to cover his hair.)

*punishable by death in eight countries, including Japan, San Rico, and Ingolstein.

So, in celebration of headgear!


"Must we do this, Napoleon?"
"Yes. Yes, we must!"


Napoleon is quite fond of fezzes...unfortunately...




Illya, on the other hand, is more partial to the burnoose:




And will even fashion his own from a parachute, when he's not playing Illya of Arabia:




Napoleon can go for a burnoose himself:


But he can't quite pull it off.


Oh well, it's better than the pith helmet:




Or the winter gear:


"What do you mean, I look like a beagle?"


"Never mind, Napoleon..."


(you'll have to take my word for it that it's Napoleon in the middle. And that's Illya in blue.)


Napoleon has hats for all occasions!


...including this one. I have no idea.


Dressed up for a head of state:





You love me even in a bowler, right?


Napoleon is just hat-crazy in "The Round Table Affair":





Are you actually going out in public in that?



Oh, come on, Napoleon.



Oy vey!
(Tsk, tsk. People in absurd false mustaches shouldn't throw stones, Illya.)


Okay, how about this one?





Nope, Illya doesn't care for this one, either.


Illya generally wears hats only in the line of duty, as part of his disguises:


Here, for instance, he's disguised as a piece of coral...





Mmmm, disguises.


...now will you take that thing out of your mouth?!





And occasionally while in uniform:





Mmm, Russian naval officer hat...


Or sometimes when he's just impersonating a Gypsy. Or, um, whatever he's wearing this for:


The difference between you and me, Napoleon, is that I make silly hats look good.


I'll drink to that!


Then there is the beret.


Tell us more...

In the '60s, berets were apparently a sign of Evil, as seen on the standard THRUSH uniform.

Consequently, both boys look absolutely fetching when pretending to be THRUSHies:













Even moreso when they're matching!





Fourth season sadly does not feature many hats, but makes up for it with those it does have:


--No, Napoleon, it's on your head, but it doesn't count!


Ah, here we go:


Why is he wearing a fishing hat in the desert?


And who cares, if he's going to sprawl so artfully while he does it?



Silly hats are also good for expressing I-think-my-partner's-dead-angst.



Aww!


And fourth season also has the best Illya-in-disguise, of course:


Ahhhhh, glasses...


Disturbingly sexy for a neo-Nazi.


Thrush dude: He must be UNCLE, we don't have anyone this hot on our side!


Napoleon concurs.
("...On the one hand, kissing my partner's perfect lips now would probably blow his cover. On the other hand...mmm, blow...")



Now! I must sleep.

(And let me know what amazing hats I've forgotten!)

Comments

[bluemeanybeany.livejournal.com]

Meany theory is that there does seem to be a direct correlation between the silliness (and indeed apperance) of Napoleon's hats and the lack of quality of the episode. Mr Vaughn being the true professional, is we suspect, attempting to distract from the plot/dialogue/gorrilla at great personal fashion cost to himself-bless him.

McCallum on the other hang seems to like using hats for dressing up and disguise (in all his career actually) It may be possibly because he is known for his oh so heavenly goldeny hair, so for him to be someone else he has to cover it up. Have you seen the colour version of The Vulcan Affair (episode one, series one)? Some twit has decided Illya needs his hair dyeing red, it's oh so very wrong on a very large number of wrong levels.

[nangi-akki.livejournal.com]

You may be on to something there with your Hat quality episode rating theory. It does seem that Napoleon's millinery misadventures are largely confined to the less than stellar episodes. Conversely, in a good ep even when the hat is silly he looks quite good (for example The Shark Affair and that little knit cap).

[dessieoctavia.livejournal.com]

Mmm, thanks. Now I want to watch MUNCLE.

The gypsy one reminded me of my favorite Ilya moment ever. A silly girl went over to him and asked, "Do you believe in gypsies?"

"Of course not. They are figments of the imagination."

[xparrot.livejournal.com]

Hee, I love that moment myself!

[greyias.livejournal.com]

Okay, I nearly just spewed water all over my keyboard from that first one alone XD Dear God the hats! I clearly need to add to my MUNCLE collection, because I hadn't seen any of those. Although considering some of them... maybe that's a good thing.

[xparrot.livejournal.com]

Heh - you've probably seen some of these but just blocked them from your memory...I know I did, I was flipping through eps going, "Wait, really?? Oh, Napoleon!"

[feikoi.livejournal.com]

Perfect glasses shine in those last shots. Also perfect commentary :P (also the last pic reminds me of early SG1 Daniel and no I don't need a new fandom *backs away*)

[xparrot.livejournal.com]

I know, are the glasses not totally anime? He's pretending to be evil at that point, so it's perfect...

Illya's hair - and I say this loving early-Daniel's floppy 'do - is worth watching the show for all on its own. I might have to do a picspam devoted to it...

[bcassie.livejournal.com]

Illya looks so pretty in hats whereas poor Napoleon... (though I concur both boys suit berets *ahem private moment* -;)

I loved your commentary, it was just perfect - funny and quite narrative too. I'm still laughing at Coral!Illya.

Thanks for the lovely screencaps and the giggles.

[xparrot.livejournal.com]

Poor Coral!Illya. I have no idea what that hat is...

[tristen84.livejournal.com]

Awesome pic spam! Thank you! I haven't seen enough Muncle eps to contribute but I'm really looking forward to watching all these crazy hats appear in all the eps that are waiting for me to be watched. Hee hee!

The "I look like a beagle"-one is my favourite: it cracks me up every time I watch that scene :o)

[xparrot.livejournal.com]

I envy you, all those unwatched eps! XP

And yes, I love the Yukon hat, really ^^

[batagur.livejournal.com]

I really enjoyed this. It made my evening! Thank you for posting it! :)

[xparrot.livejournal.com]

So glad you enjoyed (your icon's adorable! ^^)

[gritsinmisery.livejournal.com]

Yowza! That, I think, is one of my favorite picspams EVAH. *mems*

[xparrot.livejournal.com]

Hee, thank you! ^_^

[epicycles.livejournal.com]

LOL This is the best picspam EVAR. Crying with laughter in a public computer lab, here.

I was just thinking the other day that I need to make an animated "Masters of Disguise" icon to celebrate the ridiculous hats.

(Also, does the fact that I find Nazi!Illya about 200% hotter than regular Illya make me a bad person? So wrong...yet so right...)

[xparrot.livejournal.com]

Gaah, if drooling over Nazi!Illya is wrong, I don't want to be right. He makes such smexy evil!

...for me it's like 50% the glasses anyway. He also wears glasses (and a lab coat!) in Virtue Affair and they undo me then, too!

[wishfulaces.livejournal.com]

"What do you mean, I look like a beagle?"

Ha! My caption for that one, before I scrolled down, was "Even Illya was shocked by Napolone's headgear."

[xparrot.livejournal.com]

Poor Illya, he endures much, having Napoleon as a partner - not the least of which, having to look at the things upon his head!

[nangi-akki.livejournal.com]

That beagle shot always kills me. The hat is ridiculous but I think Illya quite likes it :)

Thanks!

[xparrot.livejournal.com]

I actually rather like the beagle hat - it looks very warm (in wintertime, that's all I care about in a hat! XP)

[ahavia.livejournal.com]

Love the pics! Thanks for putting them together.
Ahavia

[xparrot.livejournal.com]

Glad you enjoyed it! ^_^

[cynaravurzyn.livejournal.com]

The 'ugly hat' aka the bomber I think of all of the pictured hats (okay, the watch cap too) looks the least self-conscious of Napoleon's headgear. There is a certain preciousness that always spoils things otherwise. Being precious is a help with a beret, naturally.

Didn't you know, if Napoleon wasn't with U.N.C.L.E. he'd be a Shriner? Definitely little car, not minibiker.

Epicycles, yes. Must be time for the riding crop. Similarly, that first of the Gurinus pics, I had Allo Allo flashbacks. Or, wondered what site Indy was about to demolish by setting off another trap.

[xparrot.livejournal.com]

Ahahah! Napoleon as a Shriner, yes (and hee, I almost made a Dr. Jones reference about that first Gurnius shot myself - it wasn't just me, then! ^^)

Napoleon's fashion disasters tend to be precious, he's so bold about wearing them...Illya tends to look embarrassed, but Napoleon, never!

[suchthefangirl.livejournal.com]

That was very awesome. Thank you so much for this. Made my night!

[xparrot.livejournal.com]

Glad it did! ^__^

[kanders07.livejournal.com]

Nice. Now I'll have to spend the evening watching MUNCLE. Such a struggle. : )

[xparrot.livejournal.com]

I'm very sorry for forcing such things on you! XD

[jessebee.livejournal.com]

Laughing A LOT right now. \o/

[xparrot.livejournal.com]

Heee, thank you!

[crossgate-teri.livejournal.com]

These were great. My biggest problem is now I want to figure out which episode each picture is from. Like Napoleon with white hair? Gracious I don't remember an episode like that. Of course, I recognize the last few pictures as my favorite episode. Thanks!!

[xparrot.livejournal.com]

Glad you liked it! If you click on any of the pictures, it will bring you to the scrapbook page - the title of the page is the ep it's from. (Otherwise I might've forgotten myself! ^^) Napoleon's white hair is from s4's "Prince of Darkness"...

[mishklet.livejournal.com]

Wonderful. Both myself and felicia_angel (who is visiting for the weekend) got a good laugh from your lovely picspam and even better commentary. And for berets being signs of Evil, they certainly do look sexy on our boys. Thank you much! :D

[xparrot.livejournal.com]

Mmm, I do love the berets! (and yay for mutual fangirling, it's always more fun with a friend! ^^)

[xparrot.livejournal.com]

I hadn't realized how many different absurd hats Napoleon had until I made this picspam (I thought he was rewearing them, but nope, he's got a collection!) And that's just on his head - Napoleon's got plenty of other fashion disasters as well (our theory is that his snappy suits require a fashion karma pay-off otherwise...)

[rabidsamfan.livejournal.com]

ah, picspam I can really appreciate...

[xparrot.livejournal.com]

Hee, glad you like! ^^

[tgabrielle.livejournal.com]

Oh gosh, I'm trying to think of forgotten headgear. I think you've got most of them, bless your heart. Except didn't Illya wear a coolie hat in "Hong Kong Shilling?" That's missing. And didn't Napoleon wear something Tyrolean in, was it, "Monks of St. Thomas? Of course Illya should never cover his hair and, often enough, threw his hats aside as if acknowledging this truth. Napoleon, OTOH, shows a fetching lack of vanity with his selections, an unexpected goofiness. It's endearing really that he can summon his inner Elmer Fudd with a devil-may-care attitude. Thank you for this pix essay. It's a riot.

[xparrot.livejournal.com]

Oh, yes, I forgot the coolie hat! (I also believe Illya wore a cap while pretending to be a chauffeur in one ep, but I couldn't figure out which one. He also might have been wearing a turban when he was onstage in Off-Broadway, but I'm not sure as I've blocked that scene from my memory XPPP)

Napoleon is impressively unselfconscious about his attire (such as that awful sweater in your icon...wearing it on their date, no less! XD)

[marah-sarie.livejournal.com]

Hee! Okay, this picspam has officially made my day. :D

'Here, for instance, he's disguised as a piece of coral...'

I lol'ed, for real. Even Illya has some trouble pulling that hat off. :) Thank you for the excellent picspam!

[xparrot.livejournal.com]

Glad you enjoyed it! I love how unabashedly silly this show can be... ^^

UNCLE - Hats

[jx-walker.livejournal.com]

Thank you for taking the time to give us all the funny hats from MFU. I agree, Illya looks better in Any of his hats compared to Napoleon.

Thanks again. Wishing you an easy move.

Re: UNCLE - Hats

[xparrot.livejournal.com]

Poor Napoleon, he's got a lot of competition in the looks department, being partnered with Illya... XP

And thanks for the well wishes...must get back to packing now, siiiigh...

[edna-blackadder.livejournal.com]

You love me even in a bowler, right?

"C'mon, I just know you have a John Steed kink." ...which is really, really wrong considering I've written crossover fic.

Anyway, this was hilarious and thank you so much for posting! I hope the move goes well.

[xparrot.livejournal.com]

Hee - really, if the bowler fit right, it'd be pretty cute...

[scherwood]

Hehe, I love Illya's "reactions" to Napoleon's hats!!! xD *giggle*
And Illya do look sexier in his hats. *nod*

"Here, for instance, he's disguised as a piece of coral..."
I lughed har and long after that sentence! =D

Thank you so much for sharing! *hugs*

[xparrot.livejournal.com]

Hee - Illya gives Napoleon the best looks, with or without hats! XD