Badge Seller

"Mafia look at little child. Mafia see loser."

The Badge Seller
Appears in:	Almost Everywhere
Species:	Unknown
Role:	Sells Badges
Voice actor:	Mick Lauer
Manual Info:	Not sure where they came from or how they got on this planet but they're a lil... twitchy. They also have magical badges I can buy.

"Badges are... totally "in" right now. That's what I've been told to say. So make a purchase, please." —Badge Seller

The Badge Seller is a supporting character in A Hat in Time, serving as an NPC that sells Badges to Hat Kid in exchange for the game's currency, Pons. They are seen throughout the various Chapters, often located multiple times in one Chapter.

In Vanessa's Curse (DLC), the Badge Seller uniquely takes in the player's souls in exchange for new customizations.

Appearance

"Please disregard my twitchy behavior. My body has been to places that left a permanent mark." —Badge Seller

The Badge Seller is shrouded in a large red t-shirt that covers their torso, tied around by a brown belt and backpack. Their lower half is clad in brown boots and purple baggy pants to help cover a majority of their body. The shoulders are shown as rounded and ending the sleeve with a red and yellow striped puff. At the back is an extension to the shirt, similar to that of a cape.

Their head is covered in a deep purple cloak, further obscured by a white porcelain-eque mask that shows a single green eye in the right socket. This mask has simple facial features, such as light yellow surrounding the eye holes, a petite nose and red lips similar to lipstick. Besides the features themselves is an intricate design painted in tan to define the ridge of the nose and cheek bones.

As the only exposed part of the body, Badge Seller's arms are exceptionally dark purple, akin to that of Snatcher. Further tying such relations is the hand's low quantity of digits, sharing Snatcher's hand structure with only two digits on their in-game models. In their left hand is a thin but sizable wooden staff, being nearly as tall as they are.

A notable quality of the Badge Seller's body is its tendency to spasm at random, often involving their free arm, their upper torso, their head, or having the mask rotate before snapping back to its typical position. They also have purple pixels that frequently emanate from their body, presenting a "glitchy" quality to the idle animation. A quote from Badge Seller explains that their glitched appearance is due to the numerous worlds they have visited taking its toll on them.

The Badge Seller in Vanessa's Curse (DLC)

In Vanessa's Curse (DLC), a unique variant of the Badge Seller can be found with its right eye glowing red with an emitting red rail, its t-shirt now being purple and its belt, backpack, boots, pants, and hood now being red, and being surrounded by pink shadowy hands.

Location

Chapter	Location	Picture
Mafia Town	In the center of the Construction Site, adjacent from the crane.
	Inside the tower near the town's fountain.
	Inside the Mafia Headquarters next to the theater doorway.
Battle of the Birds	Inside the Receptionist's waiting room at the beginning of Act 1.
	On the awning of the blue building next to the Metro entrance of Act 3 exclusively.
	In the caboose of the train of Act 4 exclusively.
Subcon Forest	Adjacent to Snatcher's home, leftward of the starting location of Act 1 and Act 5.
	In the middle of Subcon Village, to the right of the path directly towards the Fire Spirits.
Alpine Skyline	On the same plateau holding the large red house and beacon of Goat Village, directly beneath the Twilight Bell's zipline.
	Leftwards of the doorway entering the Windmill.
	Rightwards to the second zipline end right before the Twilight Bell.
	Rightwards to the second zipline end right before The Birdhouse.
Arctic Cruise	On the top deck of the ship, behind a corner at the starboard quarter (back right) of the ship.
	Inside the reception room, on the top of some stairs blocked by luggage.
Vanessa's Curse (DLC)	Out in the open to the left of the lobby upon leaving Snatcher's hut.

Achievements

Below is the list of achievements related to this character;

Image	Name	Description
	Badge Master	Equip 3 badges!
	Put a Badge On It	Put on your first badge!

Trivia

• The Badge Seller seems to be inspired by the Happy Mask Salesman from The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask, but their pallet and clothing is similar to Aghanim from The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past.
• The Badge Seller's theme is a song that was originally for the cut character Moon Jumper. This early version was also used for the Alpha Build's Main Menu theme.
• Of all the Chapters currently, Alpine Skyline has the most simultaneous spots to shop with the Badge Seller, at four total.
  • Oddly enough, all of the peaks have a Badge Seller except for The Lava Cake, with the fourth being at the center Goat Village.
• Their mask is different in the game from the official artwork. In the game, it has more details and looks broken or mistreated, whereas in the artwork it looks much more plain and clean.
• Throughout most of the game, the Badge Seller's dialogue box is a normal white. In Vanessa's Curse (DLC), the Badge Seller's dialogue box is red in addition to having more squiggly borders.