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* ''ComicBook/{{Daredevil}}'': The Hand clan wears bright red costumes. Also former Hand disciple [[Characters/DaredevilSupportingCharacters Elektra]]'s revealing leotard and loin-cloth... thing.

** Characters/{{Wolverine|JamesLoganHowlett}} wears bright yellow and frequently sneaks by the Mooks. Several of Wolverine's girlfriends are capable of the same:

* ''VideoGame/RisingZanTheSamuraiGunman'' throws ninja mooks at the titular hero, all of them clad in a kaleidoscope of colours. The first and lowest-ranked classes are green ninjas who uses swords, followed by a red variety who uses [[WolverineClaws clawed gauntlets]], extremely durable yellow ninjas who fight with GoodOldFisticuffs, pink {{Kunoichi}} that use fans, and EliteMook purple ninjas.

* WesternAnimation/KimPossible has ''bright red hair'' ''and'' a bumbling SideKick. Nonetheless, she has been known to successfully sneak unnoticed while in her purple and orange ''cheerleader uniform.'' Shego can also be pretty sneaky, even though half her outfit is bright green.

* ''Comicbook/{{Daredevil}}'': The Hand clan wears bright red costumes. Also former Hand disciple [[Characters/DaredevilSupportingCharacters Elektra]]'s revealing leotard and loin-cloth... thing.

* ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'': Spider-Man comes close because of NoPeripheralVision and the fact that he's got [[SuperReflexes faster reflexes]] than normal humans. Apparently no one in the Franchise/MarvelUniverse ever looks up (which is an important point made in the superhero comic ''Comicbook/{{Invincible}}'' that heroes have a tendency to move above the populace who never look up but often look up themselves which separates them from the average civilian).

* If this trope applies in the [[Franchise/SpiderMan comic book franchise]], any animated version of Spider-Man will feature it, too. Not that he doesn't get [[HighlyVisibleNinja quickly noticed, lampshaded, and subsequently attacked]] sometimes.

* The Franchise/MarvelUniverse:
** ComicBook/XMen is an egregious offender, and that's without taking into consideration the telepaths who can shield their presence from others, or people who turn invisible or can fly.
*** Characters/{{Wolverine|JamesLoganHowlett}} wears bright yellow and frequently sneaks by the Mooks. Several of Wolverine's girlfriends are capable of the same:
*** Yuriko is almost not a ridiculously stealthy ninja, except she likes to shout "GOTCHA!" at people she's sneaked up on.
*** [=TigerTyger=] is ridiculously stealthy.
*** Viper is ridiculously stealthy, despite wearing a bright green patent leather catsuit and spiked heels.
*** [[Characters/MarvelComicsGambit Gambit]] has been known to wear [[RealMenWearPink a color somewhere between fuchsia and hot pink]], and also is sneaky enough to go unnoticed in this color combination.
*** Enemy Ms. Locke, who wears a red cheongsam, is ridiculously stealthy.
*** [[Characters/MarvelComicsKittyPryde Kitty Pryde]] is a trained ninja and tends to go unnoticed in the yellow and black "bumblebee" costume. And this is without taking into account that she can phase.
*** [[Characters/MarvelComicsNightcrawler Nightcrawler]], whose costume is largely red and white, turns invisible (except for his eyes) in shadow, and can WallCrawl like Spider-Man. As long as he doesn't teleport and give himself away[[note]]In addition to creating the iconic "BAMF!" sound effect as air rushes in to fill his previous location, Nightcrawler's teleportation leaves a strong smell of brimstone. This is eventually revealed to be because the dimension he travels through to teleport is [[PhysicalHell Hell]].[[/note]], he's super stealthy. (He does have a "secondary mutation" of camouflaging while wearing a suit of unstable molecules. If there's any shadows at all, he can blend into them. But this is virtually never mentioned.)
** Characters/{{Deadpool|WadeWilson}} is a borderline CloudcuckooLander example. If he's concentrating enough to stop the constant stream of crazed, manic, fourth-wall breaking babble, he can be quite stealthy. Of course sometimes he is stealthy because of the constant stream of crazed, manic, and fourth-wall breaking behavior. The Skrulls were not looking for a [[CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass Super 'hero']] hidden dressed as a baseball mascot.
** Franchise/SpiderMan comes close because of NoPeripheralVision and the fact that he's got [[SuperReflexes faster reflexes]] than normal humans. Apparently no one in the Franchise/MarvelUniverse ever looks up (which is an important point made in the superhero comic ''Comicbook/{{Invincible}}'' that heroes have a tendency to move above the populace who never look up but often look up themselves which separates them from the average civilian).
** The ever present Hand clan (originally from ''Comicbook/{{Daredevil}}'', but now they're everywhere) wear bright red costumes. Also former Hand disciple [[Characters/DaredevilSupportingCharacters Elektra]]'s revealing leotard and loin-cloth... thing.
** [[InvokedTrope Invoked]] by ComicBook/MoonKnight: he dresses all in white because he ''wants'' his enemies to [[TerrorHero see him coming]].
* Franchise/TheDCU:
** Characters/{{Robin}} from ''Franchise/{{Batman}}''. The original Robin grows out of it; as Characters/{{Nightwing|DickGrayson}}, he has the sense to wear a mostly black costume. But in his civilian clothing he can still pull off ridiculous stealth. Successive Robins have had more muted red and greens in their costumes (also pants). [[Characters/RobinTimDrake Tim Drake]]'s second costume is dark red and black, and both of his costumes had a black cape with relatively muted yellow lining inside, which he uses to cloak himself. Damian Wayne has added a hood, presumably for extra stealth, but returned to the bright yellow cape.

* David Mack's ''ComicBook/{{Kabuki}}'' has a brief appearance of the preppy ninjas. Ninjas who wear golfing duds on their missions. Doesn't make them any less deadly.
* The Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles are, out of necessity, stealthier than your average {{Ninja}}. They are anthropomorphic turtles in a world not widely populated by anthropomorphic animals.

* ''Fanfic/{{Chiaroscuro}}'': {{Defied}}. One of the first problems the rookie sensei set out to correct is the clothing choices of their students. For one, getting Naruto to wear colors other than orange and Ino to discard her purple dress.

** [[Series/NinjaSentaiKakuranger The]] [[Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers ninja-]][[Series/NinpuuSentaiHurricaneger based]] [[Series/PowerRangersNinjaStorm incarnations]] [[https://www.rovang.org/wiki/ninja-rangers.jpg feature]] rangers in such non-stealthy colors as bright pink, yellow, red, and blue. The last two form an almost subversion, there was a pair of "crimson and navy" rangers whose suits were dark colored. Still too bright to be stealthy, but much better than their neon-red-and-sky-blue counterparts. Even better, Shurikenger from ''Hurricaneger''[[note]]changed to the Green Samurai Ranger in ''Ninja Storm''[[/note]] calls himself "ninja of ninja"...while wearing a bright green costume with lots of gold accents including an armored vest.

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* ''Anime/MazingerZ'': [[http://garada.net/mediashare/o5-6e3kjgy0boqeow3l7uukwa5i2kl1s0-pre.jpg Blazas S1 and S2,]] two humanoid, blue-and-yellow MechaMooks were capable to infiltrate stealthily into the HomeBase and planting two bombs without being unseen.

*** ComicBook/{{Wolverine}} wears bright yellow and frequently sneaks by the Mooks. Several of Wolverine's girlfriends are capable of the same:

*** ComicBook/{{Gambit}} has been known to wear [[RealMenWearPink a color somewhere between fuchsia and hot pink]], and also is sneaky enough to go unnoticed in this color combination.

*** ComicBook/KittyPryde is a trained ninja and tends to go unnoticed in the yellow and black "bumblebee" costume. And this is without taking into account that she can phase.
*** ComicBook/{{Nightcrawler}}, whose costume is largely red and white, turns invisible (except for his eyes) in shadow, and can WallCrawl like Spider-Man. As long as he doesn't teleport and give himself away[[note]]In addition to creating the iconic "BAMF!" sound effect as air rushes in to fill his previous location, Nightcrawler's teleportation leaves a strong smell of brimstone. This is eventually revealed to be because the dimension he travels through to teleport is [[PhysicalHell Hell]].[[/note]], he's super stealthy. (He does have a "secondary mutation" of camouflaging while wearing a suit of unstable molecules. If there's any shadows at all, he can blend into them. But this is virtually never mentioned.)
** ComicBook/{{Deadpool}} is a borderline CloudcuckooLander example. If he's concentrating enough to stop the constant stream of crazed, manic, fourth-wall breaking babble, he can be quite stealthy. Of course sometimes he is stealthy because of the constant stream of crazed, manic, and fourth-wall breaking behavior. The Skrulls were not looking for a [[CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass Super 'hero']] hidden dressed as a baseball mascot.

** The ever present Hand clan (originally from ''Comicbook/{{Daredevil}}'', but now they're everywhere) wear bright red costumes. And let's not forget former Hand disciple ComicBook/{{Elektra}}'s revealing leotard and loin-cloth... thing.

** ComicBook/{{Robin}} from ''Franchise/{{Batman}}''. The original Robin grows out of it; as Comicbook/{{Nightwing}}, he has the sense to wear a mostly black costume. But in his civilian clothing he can still pull off ridiculous stealth. Successive Robins have had more muted red and greens in their costumes (also pants). [[ComicBook/RobinSeries Tim Drake]]'s second costume is dark red and black, and both of his costumes had a black cape with relatively muted yellow lining inside, which he uses to cloak himself. Damian Wayne has added a hood, presumably for extra stealth, but returned to the bright yellow cape.
** Anyone in the [[Characters/BatmanBatFamily Bat Family]] can pull this off, no matter how eye-catching their outfit might be. The master would have to be [[SuckSessor Jean-Paul Valley]], who somehow managed to be stealthy in both his [[ScaryImpracticalArmor [=AzBats=] armor]] and in his ComicBook/{{Azrael}} costume, which included ''flaming swords''.

* One episode of ''WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor'' had ''cheese ninjas'', all of whom were bright-yellow in coloration and wielded cheese-themed weaponry (ie. cheese slices that acted as shuriken). They worked for the Cheese Shogun Roquefort, who actually believed cheese is more valuable than gold, and forced people to work in his "cheese mines". Numbahs 2 and 4 end up being captured and engineer a breakout/mine collapse, and Numbah 2 ends up taking the Shogun down (over a hunk of swiss the ninjas had taken from him).

** Anyone in the [[Characters/BatmanAndBatFamily Bat Family]] can pull this off, no matter how eye-catching their outfit might be. The master would have to be [[SuckSessor Jean-Paul Valley]], who somehow managed to be stealthy in both his [[ScaryImpracticalArmor [=AzBats=] armor]] and in his ComicBook/{{Azrael}} costume, which included ''flaming swords''.