Did Anyone Else Realize How Important Hats Were?

Did anyone else realize how important hats were?

Every important character we see from the beginning of the show wears something on their head

Soos: baseball hat - symbolizes Soos going from handy man(child) to Mister Mystery and taking over the shack and his journey to get there 

Dipper: baseball hat with pine tree - eventually traded with Wendy to symbolize that he will always hold a special place in Wendy’s heart; hides the birthmark that originated his nickname and made him “special;” symbol used on the cipher wheel

Stan: fez - eventually given to Soos to symbolize giving over the Mystery Shack; symbolized his conman background and family; symbol used on the cipher wheel

Mabel: headband - constant throughout the show, but will always match with the original shooting star sweater that she wore and is her symbol on the cipher wheel

Wendy: lumberjack hat - symbolizes her family background; eventually traded with Dipper so that he’ll never forget Gravity Falls; plays more into the “Dipper is Alex Hirsch as a kid” because Alex commonly wears that type of hat as an adult

Bonus!

Bill: top hat - symbolizes that he’s an overdressed asshole