by Teddy Roosevelt in the first half of the 20th century, and by cinema in the second. Its image in many western and post-colonial societies is often associated with the age of empire and colonial expansion. Comedian Richard Buckley, more famously known as Lord Buckley, wore a pith helmet so often in his act that it became his trademark. The Indian comic character Shikari Shambu featured in the Tinkle children's magazine always sported a pith helmet that completely covered his face. Steve March and Sally Fallon wore pith helmets on the 1950s science fiction movie The Brain from Planet Arous. Van Pelt, the fictional big-game hunter from Jumanji, wore a pith helmet. Grandpa Potts, the eccentric father of the noble inventor Caractacus Potts, wore pith helmets on Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. Professor Shelly Oberon, a scientist avatar played by Jack Black on Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle and Jumanji: The Next Level, wore a pith helmet. The Tarzan franchise features many humans wearing pith helmets, including Jane Porter, the love interest and eventual wife of the title hero. Tommy Pickles wears a pith helmet when playing Okie Dokie Jones, the show's parody of Indiana Jones on The Rugrats Movie and Rugrats Studio Tour My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic features Daring Do, a pony parody of Indiana Jones, wearing a pith helmet. Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls features a pith helmet worn by Fulton Greenwall. On Wishbone, Sam wears a pith helmet during the scavenger on the episode "Halloween Hound: The Legend of Creepy Collars". Members of the British Army during the Anglo-Zulu War wore pith helmets on the films Zulu and Zulu Dawn as well as the Doctor Who episode Empress of Mars. See also List of headgear Military uniform Notes References External links 1840s fashion 1850s fashion 1860s fashion 1870s fashion 1880s fashion 1890s fashion 1900s fashion 1910s fashion 1920s fashion 1930s fashion 1940s fashion 19th-century fashion 20th-century fashion Helmets Military uniforms Hats Wood products Colonialism North-West Mounted Police Military hats