Witch hat
A witch hat (), in popular culture, is the style of hat characterized by a conical crown and a wide brim (like akubras and gats).
The origins of the witch hat as displayed today is disputed. A common theory is that it is an exaggeration of the edgeless hats associated with the Welsh and later the Puritans, or an exaggeration of the conical hats believed to stimulate the brain of the wearer. These "thinking caps" are the precursors to the modern dunce cap. Church despised pointy hats given that the points were often related to those of the devil's horns. The witch hat is a more brimmed version of the cone-shaped hats commonly worn by male-gendered wizards and magicians, as the hat was more brimmed for it to be female-appropriate. As of the Victorian era, fairy tales began depicting black-colored conical hats and crones as symbols of wickedness in their illustrations. Another possibility is that in Luna, a town of the Etruscan civilization, there were coins on one side depicting a goddess commonly associated with witches, named Diana, wearing a brimless, cone-shaped hat.
Witch Hazel (Looney Tunes)
"Broom-Stick Bunny" is usually cited as Jones' funniest Witch Hazel outing. The cartoon begins with a labor union certificate stating that Hazel is a member of the Malevolent Order of Witches, A. F. of Elves, poking at the American Federation of Labor, then called the "A. F. of L." It then showed Hazel asking the genie of her magic mirror who is the ugliest one of all (a plot similar to the one in "Snow White", but the opposite). The scene cuts to Bugs trick-or-treating on Halloween dressed as a witch. When he visits the isolated house of Witch Hazel, she mistakes Bugs-in-witch-costume for an actual witch. Jealous that this newcomer is uglier than "herself", Hazel invites the "witch" inside her strange home (beautifully rendered by layout artists Ernest Nordli and Philip DeGuard, and including a 'Magic Broom Closet') for some "Pretty Potion" disguised as tea. Bugs removes his mask to drink, sending her into a frenzy and mad dash; a rabbit's clavicle (a bone in the shoulder) is the last ingredient in her witch's brew. Hazel then chases Bugs and soon captures him by tricking him with a carrot. Hazel is about to kill Bugs, but when she looks into his big sad eyes, she cries and says that he reminds her of her pet tarantula, Paul. Bugs then tries to calm her down with a beverage (the Pretty Potion from earlier). Hazel unknowingly drinks the Pretty Potion (it is unknown if Bugs did this on purpose or by accident), a fate worse than death for a woman who relishes her ugliness. The potion transforms Hazel into a young and beautiful redhead (with a hairdo that, according to Foray, matched her own in a tribute to the actress). Now with a slender but curvaceous figure, Hazel wears a tight sea green/teal dress that shows off her legs and the top of her cleavage. Horrified at her appearance, she runs to her magic mirror and (in a newly softened, sexier voice matching her beautiful appearance) meekly asks if she is still ugly. The genie, seeing Hazel's sexy new appearance, instantly falls in love with her and lunges to grab her after giving a Bob Hope-like "ROWR, ROWR!". Hazel then flies off into the night on her flying broomstick with the genie slowly gaining on her riding his magic carpet. Bugs then calls Air Raid headquarters about them. Critics have praised the film's witty dialogue, written by Tedd Pierce, such as Hazel's question to Bugs-in-costume: "Tell me, who undoes your hair?". He replies, "Do you like it?", to which her response is a gleeful "Like it? Why, it's absolutely "hideous!"" Subsequently, when she leaves the room to prepare the poisonous concoction, she encourages him to "Make yourself "homely"!"