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* {{Batman}} in Batman: Gotham Knights.

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* {{Batman}} in Batman: ''Batman: Gotham Knights.Knights''.




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* Hei from ''DarkerThanBlack'', a very antiheroic example.
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* Though a villainous example, the appropriately-named Cowl in ''TheDresdenFiles'' believes he is one of these.
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--> ''A cloud of smoke and he appears;''
--> ''The master of surprise;''
--> ''Who's that cunning mind behind;''
--> ''The shadowy disguise?''
--> ''Nobody knows for sure, and bad guys are out of luck, here comes...''
--> DarkwingDuck [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=375ENQbru8s Theme]].

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\n--> ''A ->''A cloud of smoke and he appears;''
--> ''The
appears;\\
The
master of surprise;''
--> ''Who's
surprise;\\
Who's
that cunning mind behind;''
--> ''The
behind;\\
The
shadowy disguise?''
--> ''Nobody
disguise?\\
Nobody
knows for sure, and bad guys are out of luck, here comes...luck.''
--> DarkwingDuck [[http://www.-- ''DarkwingDuck'', "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=375ENQbru8s Theme]].
Opening Theme]]"
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* [[TheCape Ironically]], Series/TheCape.
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* ''{{Spawn}}'' could count.

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* ''{{Spawn}}'' could count.''{{Spawn}}''. He literally pulls the trope description off several times, for one.
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Trope named and Ur-example.

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[[ComicBook/{{Batman}} http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/batmanrip.jpg]]
[[caption-width:250:"Without warning, it comes. Crashing through the window of your study. I have seen it before...somewhere. It frightened me as a boy...frightened me. Yes, father. [[ComicBook/{{Batman}} I shall become a bat]]."]]

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I really don\'t see how any version of the Doctor fits this- he\'s more likely to stroll into the room and start monologuing at the villian than strike from the shadows.


* [[DoctorWho The Doctor]]
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** And Black Wing in the ''HaltEvilDoer!'' setting for same.

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** And Graywing (GoldenAge Batman), Black Wing I (SilverAge Batman) and Black Wing II (ModernAge Batman/Nightwing) in the ''HaltEvilDoer!'' setting for same.
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* [[SailorMoon Tuxedo Mask]] has some of this as part of his character (moreso in the manga, where he operated in a ''very'' Batman-like manner for awhile) But he also has elements of [[TheCape the classic Cape]] as well.

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** Also the night theme. This Batman acts in broad daylight. SoYeah

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** Also the night theme. This Batman acts in broad daylight. SoYeah
daylight.



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* AdamWest's {{Batman}}. The high camp level pretty much destroys the "uses his opponent's fears against them" aspect.

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* AdamWest's {{Batman}}. The high camp level pretty much destroys the "uses his opponent's fears against them" aspect.
aspect.
** Also the night theme. This Batman acts in broad daylight. SoYeah
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** Subverted in the final season, when he tries to pull this only for his security team to show up and the person he saved being asked to sign a form attesting that she had been saved by Angel, CEO of Wolfram and Hart, and they turned it into a photo op. He didn't try again.
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* After having to retire from the KidsNextDoor due to a technicality, Tommy begins to dress like TheShadow and attempts to reinvent himself as one of these.
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* Further, there was a Zorro RPG released by Gold Rush Games.
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* [[JackOfAllTrades The Daring Dragoon]], being pretty heavily based on Zorro afterall.
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[[OverlyLongGag Did we mention Batman is an example of this trope]]?

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[[OverlyLongGag Did we mention Batman is an example of this trope]]?trope]]? [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment Also, Zorro]]?
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* In ''AceAttorney'' the newspaper artist's depiction of the Yatagarasu is a shadowy cowled figure. Of course, the real Yatagarasu looks nothing like this. [[spoiler: For one, there's [[CollectiveIdentity three of them.]]]]
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* [[WarhammerFortyThousand Night Haunter]] during before meeting the emperor and leading the Night Lords. Granted, he and his chapter is based on a darker take on Batman himself.

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* [[WarhammerFortyThousand Night Haunter]] during before meeting the emperor and leading the Night Lords.NightLords. Granted, he and his chapter is based on a darker take on Batman himself.
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* Achilles and Battlecat from the ''GlobalGuardiansPBEMUniverse''.

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* Achilles and From the ''GlobalGuardiansPBEMUniverse'': Achilles, leader of the Global Guardians. Battlecat from the ''GlobalGuardiansPBEMUniverse''.
and his daughter, Lynx, in New Orleans. The Nightwatchman in Boston. El Buho in Mexico City.

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* Achilles and Battlecat from the ''GlobalGuardiansPBEMUniverse''.

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Just A Face And A Caption. Does not illustrate the trope.


[[ComicBook/{{Batman}} http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/batmanrip.jpg]]
[[caption-width:250:"Without warning, it comes. Crashing through the window of your study. I have seen it before...somewhere. It frightened me as a boy...frightened me. Yes, father. [[ComicBook/{{Batman}} I shall become a bat]]."]]
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See also DarkIsNotEvil and AntiHero. Compare and contrast with TheCape and TheCrown.

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See also DarkIsNotEvil and AntiHero. Compare and contrast with TheCape and TheCrown.
TheCape.
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* Cloak. Which is to be expected from someone whose name is almost a synonym for this trope.

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* AdamWest's {{Batman}}.

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* AdamWest's {{Batman}}. The high camp level pretty much destroys the "uses his opponent's fears against them" aspect.

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* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Zorro_(wrestler) El Zorro]], who worked the masked wrestler gimmmick for a number of years.
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* The Revenant in ''{{PS238}}''.

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* The Revenant in ''{{PS238}}''.''PS238''.



* Halle Berry's [[DisContinuity best forgotten]] portrayal of ''Catwoman'' as an AntiHero.

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* Halle Berry's [[DisContinuity best forgotten]] portrayal of ''Catwoman'' ''{{Catwoman}}'' as an AntiHero.



* David Dunn from Unbreakable is an example of this trope applied to a somewhat realistic setting- he wears a cowl-like poncho as part of his "costume", uses violence to save innocents, and has difficult family issues to boot.

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* David Dunn from Unbreakable {{Unbreakable}} is an example of this trope applied to a somewhat realistic setting- he wears a cowl-like poncho as part of his "costume", uses violence to save innocents, and has difficult family issues to boot.



* PhilipPullman 's ''Spring-Heeled Jack'' is basically described as "Batman in VictorianEngland," and it suits.

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* PhilipPullman 's PhilipPullman's ''Spring-Heeled Jack'' is basically described as "Batman in VictorianEngland," VictorianBritain", and it suits.
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* [[DoctorWho The Doctor]]
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* Die Fledermaus on TheTick (This is clearly the image he's going for, but [[ThePiratesWhoDontDoAnything the fact that he never actually fights crime makes him somewhat less intimidating]].

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* Die Fledermaus on TheTick (This is clearly the image he's going for, but [[ThePiratesWhoDontDoAnything the fact that he never actually fights crime makes him somewhat less intimidating]].
intimidating]].)
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* Die Fledermaus on TheTick (This is clearly the image he's going for, but [[ThePiratesWhoDontDoAnything the fact that he never actually fights crime makes him somewhat less intimidating]].
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* DarkwingDuck, as the page quote shows, though, unlike most examples of this trope, despite being shadow and mysterious he is also a teensy bit of a glory hound(UnderStatement of the century). Though he's a AffectionateParody of this concept anyway.

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* DarkwingDuck, as the page quote shows, though, unlike most examples of this trope, despite being shadow and mysterious he is also a teensy bit of a glory hound(UnderStatement hound ({{understatement}} of the century). Though he's a AffectionateParody of this concept anyway.

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