History Main / BlackHelicopter

** And then PlayedStraight in ''Series/MonarchLegacyOfMonsters'', with Tim and Verdugo pulling up to the American Southwest in a black helicopter. Notably, this series is the installment that paints Monarch as pretty dark gray morals-wise, while the others tend to have them as light grey or white.

** The Combine's Hunter-Choppers from ''VideoGame/HalfLife2'' are also black (really a variety of shades of grey) helicopters, except they are not stealthy and are dedicated attack helicopters.

* Done with some twists in ''VideoGame/{{Prototype}}''. What these helicopters lack in silence, they make up for with [[MoreDakka firepower]]; starting out with one Blackhawk that deploys a squad of [[FastRoping fast-roping]] Marines every now and then, and eventually working up to three Black Apaches determined to send you to [[BulletHell Missile Hell]]. However, they still evoke that cool paranoia factor whenever they show up.

* Franchise/MonsterVerse: Zig-zagged. [[Characters/MonsterVerseMonarch Monarch]] tends to use black Osprey [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiltrotor tiltrotors]] instead, which have a higher max altitude and speed, lower fuel usage, and higher weight capacity than helicopters, making them much more practical. However, Monarch’s military attachments use fighter jets, and in the first film, Drs. Serizawa and Graham arrive at the mine in the Philippines via a small blue-and-white helicopter. Furthermore, HelicopterFlyswatter antics that would normally occur in a {{Kaiju}} film get played out with the Ospreys or fighter jets instead. There is the exception of ''Film/KongSkullIsland'', but those helicopters weren’t technically Monarch’s, they were on loan from the US military (and painted a sensible jungle green, as they were fresh from use in Vietnam). The only time aircraft that are both black and helicopters appear is a few during a scene in ''Film/Godzilla2014'', flying in the distance around the Janjira BlackSite.

* ''Series/{{Amerika}}'' has the [[DirtyCommunist United Nations Special Service Unit]] flying over the InvadedStatesOfAmerica in helicopters [[PropRecycling reused]] from ''Series/BlueThunder'', except [[EvilWearsBlack they're no longer blue]].

In RealLife if a helicopter was involved in sinister operations it would probably not be painted black -- to avoid the trope and avoid sticking out like a sore thumb.

* Franchise/MonsterVerse: Zig-zagged. [[Characters/MonsterVerseMonarch Monarch]] tends to use black Osprey [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiltrotor tiltrotors]] instead, which have a higher max altitude and speed, lower fuel usage, and higher weight capacity than helicopters, making them much more practical. However, Monarch’s military attachments use fighter jets, and in the first film, Drs. Serizawa and Graham arrive at the mine in the Philippines and later at the Janjira BlackSite via a small white-and-blue helicopter. Furthermore, HelicopterFlyswatter antics that would normally occur in a {{Kaiju}} film get played out with the Ospreys or fighter jets instead. There is the exception of ''Film/KongSkullIsland'', but those helicopters weren’t technically Monarch’s, they were on loan from the US military (and painted a sensible jungle green, as they were fresh from use in Vietnam).

* Franchise/MonsterVerse: Zig-zagged. [[Characters/MonsterVerseMonarch Monarch]] tends to use black Osprey [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiltrotor tiltrotors]] instead, which have a higher max altitude and speed, lower fuel usage, and higher weight capacity than helicopters, making them much more practical. However, Monarch’s military attachments use fighter jets, and in the first film, Drs. Serizawa and Graham arrive at the mine in the Philippines and later at the Janjira BlackSite via a small white-and-blue helicopter. Furthermore, HelicopterFlyswatter antics that would normally occur in a {{Kaiju}} film get played out with the Ospreys or fighter jets instead. There is the exception of ''Film/KongSkullIsland'', but those helicopters weren’t technically Monarch’s, they were on loan from the US military (and painted a sensible jungle green, as they were fresh from Vietnam).

* Franchise/MonsterVerse: Zig-zagged. [[Characters/MonsterVerseMonarch Monarch]] tends to use black Osprey [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiltrotor tiltrotors]] instead, which have a higher max altitude and speed, lower fuel usage, and higher weight capacity than helicopters, making them much more practical. However, Monarch’s military attachments use fighter jets, and in the first film, Drs. Serizawa and Graham arrive at the mine in the Philippines via a small white-and-blue helicopter. Any HelicopterFlyswatter antics that would normally occur in a {{Kaiju}} film get played out with the Ospreys instead (With the exception of Film/KongSkullIsland, but those helicopters weren’t technically Monarch’s, they were on loan from the US military).

* Blackout from the 2007 ''Film/{{Transformers|2007}}'' movie transforms into a Sikorsky MH-53 helicopter. The [[TheMenInBlack Sector 7]] agency also has a few of these choppers, which are used to try and track down the Autobots and for prisoner transport.

* Blackout from the ''Film/{{Transformers}}'' movie. Megatron in ''WesternAnimation/TransformersAnimated'' is also a futuristic helicopter. The [[TheMenInBlack Sector 7]] agency also has a few of these choppers, which are used to try and track down the Autobots and for prisoner transport.

* [[FauxAffablyEvil Airachnid]] from ''WesternAnimation/TransformersPrime'' has a Black Helicopter as her alt form.