Samus' helmet

Samus' helmet is the helmet of Samus Aran. One of the most iconic symbols of her in the Metroid series, it acts as a detachable portion of her overall Power Suit.

Specifications
The helmet is one of Samus' most important protections as it enables her to breathe safely in alien environments using the Oxygen Supply Equipment and protect her from head injuries. The helmet is most often red in color (except for the Phazon, Dark and Light Suits) and contains a usually green, but also at times blue, orange or white Visor that can be customized to see in different spectrums, scan objects for data, and command her gunship.

The helmet is removable from the Power Suit, but how it does so varies from game to game. Early depictions showed it manually removable like regular helmets, and sometimes held in Samus' left hand in a pose, such as in the Samus Unmasked trophy and Special Ending of Metroid Prime. However, as most games have depicted the Power Suit activating via a bright flash using Samus' focused consciousness, the helmet's removal has adjusted accordingly. In Metroid Prime 3: Corruption, Samus seems to press a button on the left side of the helmet to turn it off in two instances, to vomit excess Phazon in Bryyo Seed following the battle with Mogenar, after which she reactivates it in the same manner, and while reflecting on her fellow Bounty Hunters on the Main Docking Bay of SkyTown, Elysia. In Metroid Prime 2: Echoes, Corruption and Metroid: Other M, Samus dematerializes the Power Suit at will, though it is only in Corruption that she disables her helmet alone. Prime artwork for the Fusion Suit states that the helmet is removed much like an attached-cap: if removed, it can bend backward and remain attached to Samus.

Gandrayda had promised Dark Samus she would bring her Samus' "bloody helmet" as a trophy, but whether this would have been possible is unknown, as it is known that the Power Suit cannot be removed from Samus unless done surgically.

Physical appearance
The Visor has always had an upside-down partial circle above it, with a line split up the helmet. In later Prime games the partial circle is removed and replaced with two zig-zag lines beside the retained splitting line. Concept artwork for Other M depicted two mysterious almond-shaped ridges in the helmet's front above the visor, possibly representing Chozo eyes, though they are not present in the game.



In other games
The helmet is featured in Famicom Wars, Geist and as an unlockable hat in later Animal Crossing games.