He seemed to have no hesitation in changing hats, despite the attachment shown in Primeape Goes Bananas. PokГ©mon the Series: Ruby and Sapphire hatДЄfter returning from Johto, Ash was given a change of clothes by his mother, and he immediately changed into them, including switching his old hat for a new black-and-red one which had a green PokГ© Ball symbol on it. The sequence was actually a common animation practice used frequently to cut costs at the time.ДЄsh wearing his PokГ©mon League Expo hat backwards This was seen most often early in his journey in Kanto, gradually becoming less frequent until his journey in Johto ended, by which time he hardly ever turned his cap. The design may be loosely based on Red's Generation I hat, and in early concept sketches for the anime, Ash's hat matched Red's exactly.Д¬ommonly, Ash would turn the cap backwards, particularly when he was concentrating heavily, such as when he would face a Trainer or capture a PokГ©mon. Ash wore this hat during his journey through Kanto, the Orange Archipelago, and Johto, and was very attached to it, becoming enraged when a Mankey stole it and played keep-away with it in Primeape Goes Bananas. Misty also tried to win it but stated she only sent in one postcard.

There were only 100 of these hats which were given away by the PokГ©mon League, and Ash claims to have 'sent in about a million postcards' in order to obtain it. 3.1.1 Sun, Moon, Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon chapterДЄsh's first hat, worn during the original series, is easily the most well-known: an official PokГ©mon League Expo hat that was red and white with a green, stylized 'L' on the front.1.4 PokГ©mon the Series: Black & White hat.1.3 PokГ©mon the Series: Diamond and Pearl hat.1.2 PokГ©mon the Series: Ruby and Sapphire hat.

A hat in time concept art