Limited Animation: In picture book form.Ironic Echo: At the end the Bear lies about seeing the Rabbit in the exact same style the Rabbit used to lie about seeing his hat.Humble Goal: The bear just wants his hat back.Hair-Trigger Temper: Lying and stealing hats really angers the Bear.Failed a Spot Check: The Bear fails to notice that the Rabbit is wearing his hat when he meets him.Exactly What It Says on the Tin: The book is about someone wanting his hat back.'I have lost my hat and nobody has seen it.' The specific moment when the bear realised was when he was asked what the hat looked like and he realised he had seen it while searching. 'Eureka!' Moment: Bear realizes that Rabbit took his hat.Dull Surprise: All of the animals have the same deadpan expression, including Bear at least until he realizes who stole his hat.Disproportionate Retribution: Rabbit stole Bear's hat.Bullying a Dragon: A rabbit steals from a bear and gets eaten by him for it.Big Heroic Run: The Bear running to where he knows the hat is.Up to and including killing whoever pissed him off.

Bears Are Bad News: While very polite, the Bear is easily angered.

His later book This Is Not My Hat is unrelated. This includes Rabbit, who definitely didn't take the hat and would never steal anyone's hat. I Want My Hat Back is a picture book by Jon Klassen.īear is looking for his hat, and goes to the creatures of the forest in turn asking whether they've seen it.

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