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All tuques are tapered, they sometimes have ear-flaps, and may be topped with a pom-pon, this style of tuque is sometimes referred to as a sherpa. Tuques may have a folded brim, or none, and may be worn tightly fitting the skull or loose on top although the latter is considered more standard.

They have become the common headgear for stereotypical dockworkers and sailors in movies and television. The most famous media characters to sport this kind of hat are the SCTV characters Bob and Doug McKenzie. Michael Nesmith of The Monkees also wore this hat in his television series, as did Robert Clothier's character Relic in the long-running Canadian TV series, The Beachcombers, and Hanna-Barbera's character Loopy de Loop wore a tuque as well. Bill Murray wore this type of hat in The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou , possibly as a parody of the tuque worn by Jacques Cousteau. The guitarist for the Irish band U2, The Edge, is also known for wearing a tuque while performing, or during interviews to cover his baldness. Jayne Cobb from the TV series Firefly famously wore an orange sherpa knitted and sent him by his mother in The Message . Canadian Daniel Powter also wore a blue tuque during the music video for Bad Day. Tuques are also worn commonly by hiphop artists. There also is a town known as La Tuque, Quebec, named after a nearby hill that resembles a tuque.

In Australia, New Zealand, the United States and the UK, the term beanie refers almost exclusively to the knitted tuque-style hat, although that word is also used elsewhere to denote a more rigid cap that is not knitted but rather made up of joined panels of felt, twill or other tightly woven cloth. The lack of a consistent term outside Canada for the tuque is a popular source of material for Canadian comedians.

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