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* ''ComicBook/TheBlackKnight'': Arpin Luséne (a very blatant CaptainErsatz of Literature/ArseneLupin) is a master thief who is so certain of his success that he tends to announce his crimes up front, sending his victims a postcard signed by his "Black Knight" alter ego, in addition to the usual CallingCard he does after he finishes the job. When he gains the indestructible suit of armor, he doesn't feel the need to even bother with subterfuge anymore, announcing to the citizens of Duckburg that he will steal all of Scrooge's money in broad daylight.
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* ''ComicBook/TheBlackKnight'': Arpin Luséne (a very blatant CaptainErsatz (an AffectionateParody of Literature/ArseneLupin) is a master thief who is so certain of his success that he tends to announce his crimes up front, sending his victims a postcard signed by his "Black Knight" alter ego, in addition to the usual CallingCard he does after he finishes the job. When he gains the indestructible suit of armor, he doesn't feel the need to even bother with subterfuge anymore, announcing to the citizens of Duckburg that he will steal all of Scrooge's money in broad daylight.
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* ''Anime/DoraemonNobitasSecretGadgetMuseum'', an installment of the series that pays homage to old-school detective stories, introduces the GentlemanThief Kaitou DX who publicly announces his theft before committing them, by leaving behind a name-card with "Kaitou DX" on it, mere moments before he strikes.
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* ''Manga/KaitouSaintTail'': Being a PhantomThief, Saint Tail sends out warnings to Asuka Jr detailing exactly when she's going to strike next and what she'll be trying to steal. But being a stage magician as well, she proceeds to make each one increasingly unique - one might be in an arcade machine's game over screen, another might be on the side of a blimp. [[LoveLetterLunacy These warnings also double as love letters]], something that [[ObliviousToLove completely flies over Asuka's head until it's pointed out to him by his own kidnapper]] (who, being from out of town, [[{{Irony}} lacks the context to recognize it as a "theft warning"]]).
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* ''Manga/KaitouSaintTail'': Being a PhantomThief, Saint Tail sends out warnings to Asuka Jr detailing exactly when she's going to strike next and what she'll be trying to steal. But being a stage magician as well, she proceeds to make each one increasingly unique - -- one might be in an arcade machine's game over screen, another might be on the side of a blimp. [[LoveLetterLunacy These warnings also double as love letters]], something that [[ObliviousToLove completely flies over Asuka's head until it's pointed out to him by his own kidnapper]] (who, being from out of town, [[{{Irony}} lacks the context to recognize it as a "theft warning"]]).
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* ''Anime/PokemonTheOriginalSeries'': As told in the episode "Spinarak Attack", the Black Arachnid was a famous thief in Catallia City 100 years earlier. One of his tactics was to send letters to his victims in advance of robbing them.
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* ''Anime/PokemonTheOriginalSeries'': As told in the episode "Spinarak Attack", "[[Recap/PokemonS3E7SpinarakAttack Spinarak Attack]]", the Black Arachnid was a famous thief in Catallia City 100 years earlier. One of his tactics was to send letters to his victims in advance of robbing them.
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** In his very first appearance in the first dedicated Batman comic, ComicBook/TheJoker announces live on public radio his intent to kill Henry Claridge and steal his diamond. He even gives an exact time for when he does this.
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** In his very first appearance in ''ComicBook/BatmanNumber1'', [[Characters/BatmanTheJoker the first dedicated Batman comic, ComicBook/TheJoker Joker]] announces live on public radio his intent to kill Henry Claridge and steal his diamond. He even gives an exact time for when he does this.
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-->'''Atropos:''' So, the leaders of those gangs I just named: Kaiser, Lung, Coil, Skidmark. You have twenty-four hours to either a) leave town for good or b) surrender to the PRT. In twenty-four hours from midnight tonight, if you haven't all done this, I'm going to kill one of you that hasn't. Just one.
-->Then I'll start the clock again.
-->Then I'll start the clock again.
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-->'''Atropos:''' So, the leaders of those gangs I just named: Kaiser, Lung, Coil, Skidmark. You have twenty-four hours to either a) leave town for good or b) surrender to the PRT. In twenty-four hours from midnight tonight, if you haven't all done this, I'm going to kill one of you that hasn't. Just one.
-->Thenone.\\
Then I'll start the clock again.
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Then I'll start the clock again.
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* ''Anime/DoraemonNobitasSecretGadgetMuseum'', an installment of [[Anime/DoraemonFilmSeries the series]] that pays homage to old-school detective stories, introduces the GentlemanThief Kaitou DX who publicly announces his theft before committing them, by leaving behind a name-card with "Kaitou DX" on it, mere moments before he strikes.
* "WesternAnimation/TheDoverBoys" features the villain Dan Backslide having a habit of announcing his evil intentions, due to being a {{No Indoor Voice}}d LargeHam.
-->''"A runabout! '''[[SuddenlyShouting I'LL STEAL IT!]] ''[[WithCatlikeTread NO ONE WILL EVER KNOW!]]'''''"''
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* ''Anime/DoraemonNobitasSecretGadgetMuseum'', an installment of [[Anime/DoraemonFilmSeries the series]] that pays homage to old-school detective stories, introduces the GentlemanThief Kaitou DX who publicly announces his theft before committing them, by leaving behind a name-card with "Kaitou DX" on it, mere moments before he strikes.
* "WesternAnimation/TheDoverBoys" features the villain Dan Backslide having a habit of announcing his evil intentions, due to being a {{No Indoor Voice}}d LargeHam.
-->''"A runabout! '''[[SuddenlyShouting I'LL STEAL IT!]] ''[[WithCatlikeTread NO ONE WILL EVER KNOW!]]'''''"''
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* In ''Film/TheBansheesOfInisherin'' [[spoiler: Pádraic warns Colm ahead of time that he is going to burn his house down, with or without him in it.]]
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* In ''Film/TheBansheesOfInisherin'' [[spoiler: Pádraic ''Film/TheBansheesOfInisherin'', [[spoiler:Pádraic warns Colm ahead of time that he is going to burn his house down, with or without him in it.]]it]].
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* Creator/AgathaChristie:
** In ''Literature/TheABCMurders'', a murderer announces his crimes in letters to Hercule Poirot. [[spoiler:Subverted for the third, as the letter was intentionally misaddressed to arrive after the murder, but played straight with the others.]]
** ''Literature/AndThenThereWereNone'': When the "guests" have all arrived at the mansion on the island, a record is played in which "U.N. Owen" (a play on "unknown") announces his intention to kill everyone in attendance as retribution for crimes which they escaped justice, either because the law could not touch them, or because they had concealed their crimes too well. There is even a rhyme that spells out how each of the victims is to die. [[spoiler:The narrative makes plain before the story is out that each of them was guilty of the crime they were accused of, making all of them {{Asshole Victim}}s]].
** The title ''Literature/AMurderIsAnnounced'' is the beginning of an ad in the local newspaper, which says in which house and at what time it would occur. [[spoiler:Double Subverted. The man who shows up at the time appears to shoot without actually killing, or even seriously hurting, anyone before shooting himself dead; it turns out that a third party did the shooting and he was the victim.]]
* ''Literature/ArseneLupin'': Possibly the TropeCodifier. He frequently sent out calling cards to victims announcing his crimes as a way to set up audacious plans by playing to his reputation.
** In ''Literature/TheABCMurders'', a murderer announces his crimes in letters to Hercule Poirot. [[spoiler:Subverted for the third, as the letter was intentionally misaddressed to arrive after the murder, but played straight with the others.]]
** ''Literature/AndThenThereWereNone'': When the "guests" have all arrived at the mansion on the island, a record is played in which "U.N. Owen" (a play on "unknown") announces his intention to kill everyone in attendance as retribution for crimes which they escaped justice, either because the law could not touch them, or because they had concealed their crimes too well. There is even a rhyme that spells out how each of the victims is to die. [[spoiler:The narrative makes plain before the story is out that each of them was guilty of the crime they were accused of, making all of them {{Asshole Victim}}s]].
** The title ''Literature/AMurderIsAnnounced'' is the beginning of an ad in the local newspaper, which says in which house and at what time it would occur. [[spoiler:Double Subverted. The man who shows up at the time appears to shoot without actually killing, or even seriously hurting, anyone before shooting himself dead; it turns out that a third party did the shooting and he was the victim.]]
* ''Literature/ArseneLupin'': Possibly the TropeCodifier. He frequently sent out calling cards to victims announcing his crimes as a way to set up audacious plans by playing to his reputation.
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* Creator/AgathaChristie:
**In ''Literature/TheABCMurders'', a murderer announces his crimes in letters to Hercule Poirot. [[spoiler:Subverted for the third, as the letter was intentionally misaddressed to arrive after the murder, but played straight with the others.]]
** * ''Literature/AndThenThereWereNone'': When the "guests" have all arrived at the mansion on the island, a record is played in which "U.N. Owen" (a play on "unknown") announces his intention to kill everyone in attendance as retribution for crimes which they escaped justice, either because the law could not touch them, or because they had concealed their crimes too well. There is even a rhyme that spells out how each of the victims is to die. [[spoiler:The narrative makes plain before the story is out that each of them was guilty of the crime they were accused of, making all of them {{Asshole Victim}}s]].
** The title ''Literature/AMurderIsAnnounced'' is the beginning of an ad in the local newspaper, which says in which house and at what time it would occur. [[spoiler:Double Subverted. The man who shows up at the time appears to shoot without actually killing, or even seriously hurting, anyone before shooting himself dead; it turns out that a third party did the shooting and he was the victim.Victim}}s.]]
*''Literature/ArseneLupin'': Possibly ''Literature/ArseneLupin'' is possibly the TropeCodifier. He Lupin frequently sent sends out calling cards to victims announcing his crimes as a way to set up audacious plans by playing to his reputation.reputation.
* ''The Black Falcon'' sends challenging letters to the police before his crimes to see if they can stop him based on what little he tells them and occasionally misleads them with ExactWords.
* ''Double Z'' does this partially to [[SureLetsGoWithThat reinforce a misconception]]. His whole alias [[spoiler:came into being because he left an item with his monogram, Matthew Wade, at a crime scene, and people reading it sideways thought it said ZZ. Consequently, he began signing his letters to the police and people he is threatening to kill for his schemes with those initials to distract them from the truth]].
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** The title ''Literature/AMurderIsAnnounced'' is the beginning of an ad in the local newspaper, which says in which house and at what time it would occur. [[spoiler:Double Subverted. The man who shows up at the time appears to shoot without actually killing, or even seriously hurting, anyone before shooting himself dead; it turns out that a third party did the shooting and he was the victim.
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* ''The Black Falcon'' sends challenging letters to the police before his crimes to see if they can stop him based on what little he tells them and occasionally misleads them with ExactWords.
* ''Double Z'' does this partially to [[SureLetsGoWithThat reinforce a misconception]]. His whole alias [[spoiler:came into being because he left an item with his monogram, Matthew Wade, at a crime scene, and people reading it sideways thought it said ZZ. Consequently, he began signing his letters to the police and people he is threatening to kill for his schemes with those initials to distract them from the truth]].
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* ''Literature/{{Lensman}}'': The campaign of terror that destroys the social order on Antigan IV culminates in a declaration that at midnight on a specific day, the president will disappear. Despite the president being in a vault surrounded by unquestionably trustworthy guards at the time, he does indeed disappear (along with the guards); Kinnison guesses afterward that a hyper-spatial tube was used to bypass all the defences. Then a similar campaign and announcement occurred on Radelix...[[spoiler:and it turns out that in both cases, the president was incidental; the whole thing was actually a trap for Kinnison himself, snatching him when he comes to the president's rescue.]]
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* ''Literature/{{Lensman}}'': The campaign of terror that destroys the social order on Antigan IV culminates in a declaration that at midnight on a specific day, the president will disappear. Despite the president being in a vault surrounded by unquestionably trustworthy guards at the time, he does indeed disappear (along with the guards); Kinnison guesses afterward that a hyper-spatial tube was used to bypass all the defences. Then a similar campaign and announcement occurred on Radelix... [[spoiler:and it turns out that in both cases, the president was incidental; the whole thing was actually a trap for Kinnison himself, snatching him when he comes to the president's rescue.rescue]].
* The title ''Literature/AMurderIsAnnounced'' is the beginning of an ad in the local newspaper, which says in which house and at what time it would occur. [[spoiler:{{Double subver|sion}}ted. The man who shows up at the time appears to shoot without actually killing, or even seriously hurting, anyone before shooting himself dead; it turns out that a third party did the shooting, and he was the victim.]]
* The title ''Literature/AMurderIsAnnounced'' is the beginning of an ad in the local newspaper, which says in which house and at what time it would occur. [[spoiler:{{Double subver|sion}}ted. The man who shows up at the time appears to shoot without actually killing, or even seriously hurting, anyone before shooting himself dead; it turns out that a third party did the shooting, and he was the victim.]]
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* TheGimmick:
** The Black Falcon sends challenging letters to the police before his crimes to see if they can stop him based on what little he tells them and occasionally misleads them with ExactWords.
** Double Z does this partially to reinforce a SuretsGoWithThat misconception. His whole alias [[spoiler:came into being because he left an item with his monogram, Matthew Wade, at a crime scene, and people reading it sideways thought it said ZZ. Consequently, he began signing his letters to the police and people he is threatening to kill for his schemes with those initials to distract them from the truth.]]
** The Black Falcon sends challenging letters to the police before his crimes to see if they can stop him based on what little he tells them and occasionally misleads them with ExactWords.
** Double Z does this partially to reinforce a SuretsGoWithThat misconception. His whole alias [[spoiler:came into being because he left an item with his monogram, Matthew Wade, at a crime scene, and people reading it sideways thought it said ZZ. Consequently, he began signing his letters to the police and people he is threatening to kill for his schemes with those initials to distract them from the truth.]]
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* ''Series/Castle2009'': "Scared to Death" a young woman is found dead with no apparent mark on her body after she'd called the police to say something was coming for her. Castle finds a DVD in her player that warns "You saw. On the third night, you die." They track the DVD to an apartment, where they find another person dead, also without a mark, who'd also received the DVD. [[spoiler:It turns out that the people being killed incorrectly and under pressure identified an innocent man as being responsible for the work of a serial killer who was later caught. The innocent man, under suspicion of murder, cracked under the pressure and killed himself, leaving behind a very vengeful daughter who wanted to punish the people who she blamed for her father's death.]]
* ''Series/{{CSINY}}'': In "[[Recap/CSINYS07E15 Vigilante]]," the killer calls 911 to report a murder and gives the location of the body. The operator asks when it happened and the perp replies, "It's about to," and hangs up. The call, conversation, and crime are repeated before the killer is caught.
* ''Series/{{CSINY}}'': In "[[Recap/CSINYS07E15 Vigilante]]," the killer calls 911 to report a murder and gives the location of the body. The operator asks when it happened and the perp replies, "It's about to," and hangs up. The call, conversation, and crime are repeated before the killer is caught.
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* ''Series/Castle2009'': "Scared In "[[Recap/CastleS5E17ScaredToDeath Scared to Death" Death]]", a young woman is found dead with no apparent mark on her body after she'd called the police to say something was coming for her. Castle finds a DVD in her player that warns "You saw. On the third night, you die." They track the DVD to an apartment, where they find another person dead, also without a mark, who'd also received the DVD. [[spoiler:It turns out that the people being killed incorrectly and under pressure identified an innocent man as being responsible for the work of a serial killer who was later caught. The innocent man, under suspicion of murder, cracked under the pressure and killed himself, leaving behind a very vengeful daughter who wanted to punish the people who she blamed for her father's death.]]
* ''Series/{{CSINY}}'': In "[[Recap/CSINYS07E15Vigilante]]," Vigilante]]", the killer calls 911 to report a murder and gives the location of the body. The operator asks when it happened and the perp replies, "It's about to," and hangs up. The call, conversation, and crime are repeated before the killer is caught.
* ''Series/{{CSINY}}'': In "[[Recap/CSINYS07E15
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* ''Series/{{Leverage}}'': In the Season 1 finale, Nate announces to his CorruptCorporateExecutive ex-boss Ian that he is going to rob the Two Davids exhibit. Ian already figured Nate would try this because the crew already tried to steal the Two Davids before. Ian thought he would be able to catch Nate in the act so he didn't bother to call the cops. But then came the reveal that Nate wasn't planning to steal the Two Davids, he stole everything else in the gallery, leaving Ian on the hook for hundreds of millions in insurance payments, and the reason he announced his crime in advance was so that he would have a recording of Ian choosing not to call the cops so he would look completely incompetent.
* An episode of ''Series/{{Monk}}'' has the eponymous detective be hired by a woman whose husband told her he was going to murder her. The husband is known to be very brilliant and the woman hires Monk not to prevent her from being killed, but to investigate her murder after it happens. [[spoiler:She's right and he successfully murders her.]]
* An episode of ''Series/{{Monk}}'' has the eponymous detective be hired by a woman whose husband told her he was going to murder her. The husband is known to be very brilliant and the woman hires Monk not to prevent her from being killed, but to investigate her murder after it happens. [[spoiler:She's right and he successfully murders her.]]
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* ''Series/{{Leverage}}'': In the Season 1 finale, finale "[[Recap/LeverageS01E13TheSecondDavidJob The Second David Job]]", Nate announces to his CorruptCorporateExecutive ex-boss Ian that he is going to rob the Two Davids exhibit. Ian already figured Nate would try this because the crew already tried to steal the Two Davids before. Ian thought he would be able to catch Nate in the act so he didn't bother to call the cops. But then came the reveal that Nate wasn't planning to steal the Two Davids, he stole everything else in the gallery, leaving Ian on the hook for hundreds of millions in insurance payments, and the reason he announced his crime in advance was so that he would have a recording of Ian choosing not to call the cops so he would look completely incompetent.
* An episode of ''Series/{{Monk}}'' has the eponymous detective be hired by a woman whose husband told her he was going to murder her. The husband is known to be verybrilliant brilliant, and the woman hires Monk not to prevent her from being killed, but to investigate her murder after it happens. [[spoiler:She's right right, and he successfully murders her.]]
* An episode of ''Series/{{Monk}}'' has the eponymous detective be hired by a woman whose husband told her he was going to murder her. The husband is known to be very
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-->'''Ricky:''' (''to a crowd of people outside a supermarket, while sitting on top of his car'') Hey, everybody! Come on over here, please! I just want you guys to know that I am [[TheAlcoholic drunk as fuck]], driving around town [[DrunkDriver drunk]], I'm [[TheStoner on dope]], and I want you to call the police! I wanna go back to jail! Please? Not only that, (''pulls out a gun'') but I got a loaded handgun right here. (''loads the handgun'') I'm gonna start firing this off, so please call the cops. (''he fires the gun twice, only for his audience to run off'') What, you're not gonna call the police?!
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-->'''Ricky:''' (''to ''[to a crowd of people outside a supermarket, while sitting on top of his car'') car]'' Hey, everybody! Come on over here, please! I just want you guys to know that I am [[TheAlcoholic drunk as fuck]], driving around town [[DrunkDriver drunk]], I'm [[TheStoner on dope]], and I want you to call the police! I wanna go back to jail! Please? Not only that, (''pulls ''[pulls out a gun'') gun]'' but I got a loaded handgun right here. (''loads ''[loads the handgun'') handgun]'' I'm gonna start firing this off, so please call the cops. (''he ''[he fires the gun twice, only for his audience to run off'') off]'' What, you're not gonna call the police?!
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* ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'', ''Literature/{{Polyhedron}}'' magazine #22, adventure "In the Black Hours Part 1". Villetorus is a famous thief in the city of Terkos who always warns his victims before committing a significant theft. He warns the owner of Sarchon's Crown (a magical art object) that he will steal the Crown that very night.
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* ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'', ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'': Villetorus from the ''Literature/{{Polyhedron}}'' magazine #22, #22 adventure "In the Black Hours Part 1". Villetorus 1" is a famous thief in the city of Terkos who always warns his victims before committing a significant theft. He warns the owner of Sarchon's Crown (a magical art object) that he will steal the Crown that very night.
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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Arthur}}'': Discussed in "Bugged", when the Brain and Binky are watching an episode of Bionic Bunny where the villain announces his plan to rob banks disguised as the titular bunny superhero. Brain notes that it's a nonsensical plot device having the villain describe their crimes for no reason.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheBatman:'' In "JTV", the Joker hijacks Gotham's television broadcasts, letting everyone know what crimes he'll be commiting, to the bafflement of Mayor Marion Grange.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheBatman:'' In "JTV", the Joker hijacks Gotham's television broadcasts, letting everyone know what crimes he'll be commiting, to the bafflement of Mayor Marion Grange.
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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Arthur}}'': Discussed in "Bugged", "Bugged" when the Brain and Binky are watching an episode of Bionic Bunny where the villain announces his plan to rob banks disguised as the titular bunny superhero. Brain notes that it's a nonsensical plot device having the villain describe their crimes for no reason.
*''WesternAnimation/TheBatman:'' ''WesternAnimation/TheBatman'': In "JTV", "[[Recap/TheBatmanS2E8JTV JTV]]", the Joker hijacks Gotham's television broadcasts, letting everyone know what crimes he'll be commiting, committing, to the bafflement of Mayor Marion Grange.
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* ''WesternAnimation/BigHero6TheSeries'': Video game-themed SuperVillain Hardlight announces his plan to steal a diamond from the museum, whilst daring the eponymous team of superheroes to stop him. {{Justified|Trope}}, as he has no interest in the actual diamond - he just wants to fight the heroes as part of a real-life video game.
-->'''Hardlight''': Oh, while I have your attention, I'm gonna steal the biggest diamond in the city! Tomorrow night, at the museum!\\
'''Chief Cruz''': [[LampshadeHanging And you're announcing it?]]\\
'''Hardlight''': It's an ''invitation!'' Not to you, [[MaliciousMisnaming Chief Snooze]], but the real players - [[SuddenlyShouting BIG HERO 6!]] So, do me a solid and pass that on to the superheroes, okay?
-->'''Hardlight''': Oh, while I have your attention, I'm gonna steal the biggest diamond in the city! Tomorrow night, at the museum!\\
'''Chief Cruz''': [[LampshadeHanging And you're announcing it?]]\\
'''Hardlight''': It's an ''invitation!'' Not to you, [[MaliciousMisnaming Chief Snooze]], but the real players - [[SuddenlyShouting BIG HERO 6!]] So, do me a solid and pass that on to the superheroes, okay?
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* ''WesternAnimation/BigHero6TheSeries'': Video game-themed SuperVillain {{supervillain}} Hardlight announces his plan to steal a diamond from the museum, whilst daring the eponymous team of superheroes to stop him. {{Justified|Trope}}, as he has no interest in the actual diamond - -- he just wants to fight the heroes as part of a real-life video game.
-->'''Hardlight''': -->'''Hardlight:''' Oh, while I have your attention, I'm gonna steal the biggest diamond in the city! Tomorrow night, at the museum!\\
'''ChiefCruz''': Cruz:''' [[LampshadeHanging And you're announcing it?]]\\
'''Hardlight''': '''Hardlight:''' It's an ''invitation!'' Not to you, [[MaliciousMisnaming Chief Snooze]], but the real players - -- [[SuddenlyShouting BIG HERO 6!]] 6]]! So, do me a solid and pass that on to the superheroes, okay?
'''Chief
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* The WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes short "WesternAnimation/TheDoverBoys" features the villain Dan Backslide having a habit of announcing his evil intentions, due to being a {{No Indoor Voice}}d LargeHam.
-->"A runabout! '''[[SuddenlyShouting I'LL STEAL IT!]] ''[[WithCatlikeTread NO ONE WILL EVER KNOW!]]'''''"
-->"A runabout! '''[[SuddenlyShouting I'LL STEAL IT!]] ''[[WithCatlikeTread NO ONE WILL EVER KNOW!]]'''''"
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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Superfriends}}'': Most of the time the LegionOfDoom will either taunt the Superfriends via video call from Lex Luthor about their plan or The Riddler will leave clues that drop hints about what it is.
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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Superfriends}}'': Most of the time time, the LegionOfDoom will either taunt the Superfriends via video call from Lex Luthor about their plan plan, or The the Riddler will leave clues that drop hints about what it is.
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* ''Manga/KaitouSaintTail'': Being a PhantomThief, Saint Tail sends out warnings to Asuka Jr detailing exactly when she's going to strike next and what she'll be trying to steal. But being a stage magician as well, she proceeds to make each one increasingly unique- one might be in an arcade machine's game over screen, another might be on the side of a blimp.
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* ''Manga/KaitouSaintTail'': Being a PhantomThief, Saint Tail sends out warnings to Asuka Jr detailing exactly when she's going to strike next and what she'll be trying to steal. But being a stage magician as well, she proceeds to make each one increasingly unique- unique - one might be in an arcade machine's game over screen, another might be on the side of a blimp.blimp. [[LoveLetterLunacy These warnings also double as love letters]], something that [[ObliviousToLove completely flies over Asuka's head until it's pointed out to him by his own kidnapper]] (who, being from out of town, [[{{Irony}} lacks the context to recognize it as a "theft warning"]]).
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* The criminal is deliberately calling attention to the crime because its real purpose is to [[FakingAndEntering cover up something else]].
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* ''ComicBook/TeenTitans'': The GentlemanThief André [=LeBlanc=] was so sure of himself that he would regularly announce his crime before committing them, smugly believing no-one could stop him.
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* ''WesternAnimation/TheBatman:'' In "JTV", the Joker hijacks Gotham's television broadcasts, letting everyone know what crimes he'll be commiting, to the bafflement of Mayor Marion Grange.
-->'''Mayor Grange:''' What kind of nut announces his crimes ''before'' he commits them?
-->'''Mayor Grange:''' What kind of nut announces his crimes ''before'' he commits them?
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('''Note:''' this differs from CallingYourAttacks because that doesn't give the victim time to prepare for the crime as this trope does.)
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('''Note:''' this This differs from CallingYourAttacks because that doesn't give the victim time to prepare for the crime as this trope does.)
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* ''Film/ThePinkPantherStrikesAgain'': Commissioner Dreyfus, DrivenToMadness after yet another HumiliationConga at the hands of [[CluelessDetective Inspector Clouseau]], undergoes a FaceHeelTurn and kidnaps the nuclear physicist Professor Fassbender, forcing him to build a DoomsdayDevice by torturing his daughter with NailsOnABlackboard. Some weeks later, Dreyfus then [[DoNotAdjustYourSet hijacks every television in the world]], telling the world's governments that at 3PM Eastern Standard Time, he will fire his weapon at the United Nations Building and erase it from the face of the earth. He then finishes his broadcast with an EvilLaugh and goes back to playing his OminousPipeOrgan. A day later, Dreyfus fires the weapon and destroys the UN Building, as he promised. He then gives the world's governments an ultimatum: give Clouseau to him, or he will start destroying more national landmarks. Thus pressed, the entire world sends their top assassins to [[CarnivalOfKillers the Oktoberfest in Munich]] just to try murdering Clouseau -- [[AssassinOutclassin for all the good it does them]].
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* ''Film/ThePinkPantherStrikesAgain'': Commissioner Dreyfus, DrivenToMadness after yet another HumiliationConga at the hands of [[CluelessDetective Inspector Clouseau]], undergoes a FaceHeelTurn and kidnaps the nuclear physicist Professor Fassbender, forcing him to build a DoomsdayDevice by torturing his daughter with NailsOnABlackboard. Some weeks later, Dreyfus then [[DoNotAdjustYourSet hijacks every television in the world]], telling the world's governments that at 3PM 3 PM Eastern Standard Time, he will fire his weapon at the United Nations Building and erase it from the face of the earth. He then finishes his broadcast with an EvilLaugh and goes back to playing his OminousPipeOrgan. A day later, Dreyfus fires the weapon and destroys the UN Building, as he promised. He then gives the world's governments an ultimatum: give Clouseau to him, or he will start destroying more national landmarks. Thus pressed, the entire world sends their top assassins to [[CarnivalOfKillers the Oktoberfest in Munich]] just to try murdering Clouseau -- [[AssassinOutclassin for all the good it does them]].
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** The Black Falcon sends challenging letters to the police before his crimes to see if they can stop him based on what little he tells them and occasionally mislead them with ExactWords.
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** The Black Falcon sends challenging letters to the police before his crimes to see if they can stop him based on what little he tells them and occasionally mislead misleads them with ExactWords.
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* ''Series/Castle2009'': "Scared to Death" a young woman is found dead with no apparent mark on her body after she'd called police to say something was coming for her. Castle finds a DVD in her player that warns "You saw. On the third night, you die." They track the DVD to an apartment, where they find another person dead, also without a mark, who'd also received the DVD. [[spoiler:It turns out that the people being killed incorrectly and under pressure identified an innocent man as being responsible for the work of a serial killer who was later caught. The innocent man, under suspicion of murder, cracked under the pressure and killed himself, leaving behind a very vengeful daughter who wanted to punish the people who she blamed for her father's death.]]
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* ''Series/Castle2009'': "Scared to Death" a young woman is found dead with no apparent mark on her body after she'd called the police to say something was coming for her. Castle finds a DVD in her player that warns "You saw. On the third night, you die." They track the DVD to an apartment, where they find another person dead, also without a mark, who'd also received the DVD. [[spoiler:It turns out that the people being killed incorrectly and under pressure identified an innocent man as being responsible for the work of a serial killer who was later caught. The innocent man, under suspicion of murder, cracked under the pressure and killed himself, leaving behind a very vengeful daughter who wanted to punish the people who she blamed for her father's death.]]
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* ''WesternAnimation/BigHero6TheSeries'': Video game-themed SuperVillain Hardlight announces his plan to steal a diamond from the museum, whilst daring the eponymous team of superheroes to stop him. {{Justified|Trope}}, as he has no interest in the actual diamond - he just wants to fight the heroes as part of a real life video game.
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* ''WesternAnimation/BigHero6TheSeries'': Video game-themed SuperVillain Hardlight announces his plan to steal a diamond from the museum, whilst daring the eponymous team of superheroes to stop him. {{Justified|Trope}}, as he has no interest in the actual diamond - he just wants to fight the heroes as part of a real life real-life video game.
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** The criminal has [[IHaveYourWife taken someone close to the victim hostage]], and is certain that the victim won't do anything to stop them for fear of putting the hostage in serious danger.
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* Used ''against'' the titular character of ''Literature/TheEnormousCrocodile''. He outright tells four animals that he intends to eat children as he makes his way to civilization. In turn, whenever he tries to do so, these animals disrupt and thwart his attempts one by one, and it culminates with the last one throwing him into the sun to stop him once and for all.
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* Used ''against'' the titular character of ''Literature/TheEnormousCrocodile''. He outright tells four animals that he intends to eat children as he makes his way to civilization. In turn, whenever he tries to do so, these animals disrupt and thwart his attempts one by one, and it culminates with the last one throwing [[spoiler:throwing him into the sun to stop him once and for all.all]].
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** Double Z does this partially to reinforce a SuretsGoWithThat misconception. His whole alias [[spoiler:came into being because he left an item with his monogram, Matthew Wade, at a crime scene, and people reading it sideways thought it said ZZ. Consequently, he began signing his letters to the police and people he is threatening for his schemes with those initials to distract them from the truth.]]
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** Double Z does this partially to reinforce a SuretsGoWithThat misconception. His whole alias [[spoiler:came into being because he left an item with his monogram, Matthew Wade, at a crime scene, and people reading it sideways thought it said ZZ. Consequently, he began signing his letters to the police and people he is threatening to kill for his schemes with those initials to distract them from the truth.]]
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** The Black Falcon sends challenging letters to the police before his crimes to see if they can stop him based on what little he tells them and occasionally mislead them with ExactWords.
** Double Z does this partially to reinforce a SuretsGoWithThat misconception. His whole alias [[spoiler:came into being because he left an item with his monogram, Matthew Wade, at a crime scene, and people reading it sideways thought it said ZZ. Consequently, he began signing his letters to the police and people he is threatening for his schemes with those initials to distract them from the truth.]]
** The Black Falcon sends challenging letters to the police before his crimes to see if they can stop him based on what little he tells them and occasionally mislead them with ExactWords.
** Double Z does this partially to reinforce a SuretsGoWithThat misconception. His whole alias [[spoiler:came into being because he left an item with his monogram, Matthew Wade, at a crime scene, and people reading it sideways thought it said ZZ. Consequently, he began signing his letters to the police and people he is threatening for his schemes with those initials to distract them from the truth.]]
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* ''Series/{{Castle}}'': "Scared to Death" a young woman is found dead with no apparent mark on her body after she'd called police to say something was coming for her. Castle finds a DVD in her player that warns "You saw. On the third night, you die." They track the DVD to an apartment, where they find another person dead, also without a mark, who'd also received the DVD. [[spoiler:It turns out that the people being killed incorrectly and under pressure identified an innocent man as being responsible for the work of a serial killer who was later caught. The innocent man, under suspicion of murder, cracked under the pressure and killed himself, leaving behind a very vengeful daughter who wanted to punish the people who she blamed for her father's death.]]
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* ''Series/{{Castle}}'': ''Series/Castle2009'': "Scared to Death" a young woman is found dead with no apparent mark on her body after she'd called police to say something was coming for her. Castle finds a DVD in her player that warns "You saw. On the third night, you die." They track the DVD to an apartment, where they find another person dead, also without a mark, who'd also received the DVD. [[spoiler:It turns out that the people being killed incorrectly and under pressure identified an innocent man as being responsible for the work of a serial killer who was later caught. The innocent man, under suspicion of murder, cracked under the pressure and killed himself, leaving behind a very vengeful daughter who wanted to punish the people who she blamed for her father's death.]]
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* ''Manga/RurouniKenshin'': Early ArcVillain Udou Jin-e is introduced as an assassin targeting officials of the Meiji government. He often announces his {{Assassination Attempt}}s beforehand because he enjoys cutting his way through the bodyguards on his way to the target.
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* ''Manga/RurouniKenshin'': Early ArcVillain Udou Udo Jin-e is introduced as an assassin targeting officials of the Meiji government. He often announces his {{Assassination Attempt}}s beforehand because he enjoys cutting his way through the bodyguards on his way to the target.
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* ''Series/{{Castle}}'': "Scared to Death" a young woman is found dead with no apparent mark on her body after she'd called police to say something was coming for her. Castle finds a DVD in her player that warns "You saw. On the third night, you die." They track the DVD to an apartment, where they find another person dead, also without a mark, who'd also received the DVD. [[spoiler:It turns out that the people being killed incorrectly identified an innocent man as being responsible for the work of a serial killer who was later caught. The innocent man, under suspicion of murder, cracked under the pressure and killed himself, leaving behind a very vengeful daughter who wanted to punish the people who she blamed for her father's death.]]
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* ''Series/{{Castle}}'': "Scared to Death" a young woman is found dead with no apparent mark on her body after she'd called police to say something was coming for her. Castle finds a DVD in her player that warns "You saw. On the third night, you die." They track the DVD to an apartment, where they find another person dead, also without a mark, who'd also received the DVD. [[spoiler:It turns out that the people being killed incorrectly and under pressure identified an innocent man as being responsible for the work of a serial killer who was later caught. The innocent man, under suspicion of murder, cracked under the pressure and killed himself, leaving behind a very vengeful daughter who wanted to punish the people who she blamed for her father's death.]]
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* In ''Film/TheBansheesOfInisherin'' [[spoiler: Padraic warns Colm ahead of his time that he is going to burn his house down, with or without him in it.]]
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* In ''Film/TheBansheesOfInisherin'' [[spoiler: Padraic Pádraic warns Colm ahead of his time that he is going to burn his house down, with or without him in it.]]
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* ''Anime/KaitouSaintTail'': Being a PhantomThief, Saint Tail sends out warnings to Asuka Jr detailing exactly when she’s going to strike next and what she’ll be trying to steal. But being a stage magician as well, she proceeds to make each one increasingly unique- one might be in an arcade machine’s game over screen, another might be on the side of a blimp.
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* ''Anime/KaitouSaintTail'': ''Manga/KaitouSaintTail'': Being a PhantomThief, Saint Tail sends out warnings to Asuka Jr detailing exactly when she’s going to strike next and what she’ll be trying to steal. But being a stage magician as well, she proceeds to make each one increasingly unique- one might be in an arcade machine’s game over screen, another might be on the side of a blimp.
