Purrhams' hat is a mysterious, albeit fashionable, top hat that signifies the owner of the Battleblock Theater. It appears that it's filled with all the souls of its previous wearers and their conflicting viewpoints, haunting whoever wears it as seen with Hatty.
Summary[]
Ever since the death of Purrham, the cats determine their leader with the theater hat, with whoever wearing it becoming the theater manager. The only person to end this tradition was Hatty.
Although no one really knows how Purrham came upon this marvellous headpiece, there are several theories presented in the cutscenes, including it being found atop a giant ruby, or it being possessed by a voodoo witch doctor.
Trivia[]
- There is an unused block version of this hat that can be placed in levels via modding, It acts almost exactly like the Key that is found at the end of every Finale level, acting as an exit that forces the level to end, regardless of if all players touched it or not. Its intended purpose was to trigger the old puppet show cutscene depicting Hatty and the player discovering the hat and putting it on. That idea was scrapped and replaced with the in-game event where Hatty has the hat forced onto him while the player is in hiding. [1]