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X-parrot ([personal profile] xparrot) wrote2009-05-23 06:13 am
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MUNCLE picspam: hurray for hats!

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!

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


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

Come to the Casbah


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

Arabian


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

Foreign Legion


Napoleon can go for a burnoose himself:

Foreign Legion
But he can't quite pull it off.


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

Her Master's Voice


Or the winter gear:

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

Matterhorn
"Never mind, Napoleon..."

5 Daughters
(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!

Tigers Are Coming
...including this one. I have no idea.


Dressed up for a head of state:

Round Table


Round Table
You love me even in a bowler, right?


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

Round Table


Round Table
Are you actually going out in public in that?


King of Diamonds
Oh, come on, Napoleon.


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


Okay, how about this one?

Shark


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


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

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


Ultimate Computer


Mmmm, disguises.

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


Hula Doll


And occasionally while in uniform:

YoHoHo and a Bottle of Rum


Neptune
Mmm, Russian naval officer hat...


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

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

Terbuf
I'll drink to that!


Then there is the beret.

See Paris and Die
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:

Arabian


Ultimate Computer


Ultimate Computer


Concrete Overcoat


Even moreso when they're matching!

Concrete Overcoat



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

Prince of Darkness 2
--No, Napoleon, it's on your head, but it doesn't count!


Ah, here we go:

Maze
Why is he wearing a fishing hat in the desert?

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


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


Maze
Aww!


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

Gurnius
Ahhhhh, glasses...

Gurnius
Disturbingly sexy for a neo-Nazi.

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

Gurnius
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!)

[identity profile] cynaravurzyn.livejournal.com 2009-05-24 02:36 am (UTC)(link)
that's a typical North African hat that I know no name for. It may be distributed lopsidedly into Arabia and not include all of the Maghrib. While you still see a little of the blond, it's not the first thing you'd notice about the stranger.

[identity profile] ilkaril.livejournal.com 2009-05-24 04:52 am (UTC)(link)
you have a special brain and i like it. ;)
ext_3572: (muncle pillowtalk)

[identity profile] xparrot.livejournal.com 2009-05-24 12:06 pm (UTC)(link)
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)
ext_3572: (muncle illya)

[identity profile] xparrot.livejournal.com 2009-05-24 12:07 pm (UTC)(link)
Glad you enjoyed it! I love how unabashedly silly this show can be... ^^
ext_3572: (muncle shack)

Re: UNCLE - Hats

[identity profile] xparrot.livejournal.com 2009-05-24 12:08 pm (UTC)(link)
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...
ext_3572: (muncle old skool)

[identity profile] xparrot.livejournal.com 2009-05-24 12:09 pm (UTC)(link)
Hee - really, if the bowler fit right, it'd be pretty cute...
ext_3572: (muncle pillowtalk)

[identity profile] xparrot.livejournal.com 2009-05-24 12:09 pm (UTC)(link)
Hee - Illya gives Napoleon the best looks, with or without hats! XD
ext_3572: (muncle illya)

[identity profile] xparrot.livejournal.com 2009-05-24 12:10 pm (UTC)(link)
Ahahahah I <3 your annoyed!Illya icon ^____^
ext_3572: (muncle illya)

[identity profile] xparrot.livejournal.com 2009-05-24 12:11 pm (UTC)(link)
I admit to being very partial to Illya's leather jacket...the fishing hat, not so sure about, though XP Glad you enjoyed the picspam! ^^
ext_3572: (muncle shack)

[identity profile] xparrot.livejournal.com 2009-05-24 12:11 pm (UTC)(link)
Napoleon is so delightfully bold in his choice of headgear!
ext_3572: (muncle illya)

[identity profile] xparrot.livejournal.com 2009-05-24 12:11 pm (UTC)(link)
Why thank you! ^__^
ext_3572: (muncle gaze)

[identity profile] xparrot.livejournal.com 2009-05-24 12:15 pm (UTC)(link)
Ahh, so it is an area-appropriate hat? Good to know - I'd never seen one like it before and wasn't sure (I don't exactly take MUNCLE as a good guide to regional culture XP Though I believe in the episode in question he's breaking into a place where all the guards are dressed similarly, so it was helping him blend in. His blue eyes and blond hair, not so much...)
scherwood: (Show Plot)

[personal profile] scherwood 2009-05-24 04:13 pm (UTC)(link)

so true.. *nod* ;P

[identity profile] tgabrielle.livejournal.com 2009-05-25 01:40 am (UTC)(link)
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 wears a chauffeur cap in "Her Master's Voice" and something similar in, I think, "Shark." Nevertheless you've got the gist of this look from the taxi scene in "Hula Doll."

such as that awful sweater in your icon...wearing it on their date, no less! XD)

This has nothing to do with hats, but Napoleon's ugly ass sweater is a curious choice indeed for their ice cream date. It's almost as if he had gotten dressed to go home and the director had to call him back from the MGM parking lot to shoot the last scene.

[identity profile] xjestx.livejournal.com 2009-05-25 03:47 pm (UTC)(link)
Brilliant picspam! How on earth did you remember where to find and cap all of those?
ext_3572: (muncle ducky)

[identity profile] xparrot.livejournal.com 2009-05-25 04:15 pm (UTC)(link)
Hee, glad you enjoyed it!
Well, I only just watched the series, so I remembered a lot of them...as for the rest, I, uh, spent about three hours fastforwarding through episodes... (truth be told, one reason I screencap is to have an excuse to rewatch things XP)

[identity profile] saintvic.livejournal.com 2009-05-26 08:17 pm (UTC)(link)
This is a wonderful picspam, love all the different hats.

Disturbingly sexy for a neo-Nazi.
I really have to agree.

In the '60s, berets were apparently a sign of Evil, as seen on the standard THRUSH uniform.
I'd have to say they probably are still a sign of evil or at least how I remember looking in them.

Thank you.

[identity profile] vysila.livejournal.com 2009-05-27 12:25 am (UTC)(link)
What a great treat to come home to!
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[identity profile] xparrot.livejournal.com 2009-05-29 07:55 pm (UTC)(link)
Berets may be evil, but they're such adorably smexy evil! XD

& you're welcome, glad you enjoyed it!
ext_3572: (muncle old skool)

[identity profile] xparrot.livejournal.com 2009-05-29 07:56 pm (UTC)(link)
Thank you, glad you enjoyed it! ^^ (were you at MediaWest? So jealous...I've been wanting to go for years, never have had the chance!)

[identity profile] channeld.livejournal.com 2009-08-08 05:18 pm (UTC)(link)
Again, thank you for the hats. I too always thought Illya and Napoleon both made incredibly fetching Thrush agents.

Cynthia
ext_3572: (muncle old skool)

[identity profile] xparrot.livejournal.com 2009-08-08 07:37 pm (UTC)(link)
So glad you liked this one, too! They are very attractive THRUSHies...berets are a good look for them ^^

(Ahh, your real name is Cynthia? I have an OC with the same name...didn't realize it was already, umm, "in use" in the fandom, as it were ^^;)

names

[identity profile] channeld.livejournal.com 2009-08-10 02:39 am (UTC)(link)
Yes, Cynthia is my real name. Is your OC by chance rather snooty and stuck up? Most fictional Cynthias are. I don't know why that is. People always tell me 'You don't seem like a Cynthia' and I assume that is because the Irish peasant I am at heart shows through.

Cynthia
ext_3572: (muncle pillowtalk)

Re: names

[identity profile] xparrot.livejournal.com 2009-08-10 04:56 am (UTC)(link)
Hee - actually my OC's not particularly stuck up; she's a refined beauty who works at UNCLE and goes out with Napoleon from time to time (here and in cameos elsewhere). Her only bad point is that she's not Illya. A flaw many of us share! XP

I guess Cynthia is considered sort of a preppy or yuppy name? I always thought it was lovely, myself ^_^

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