History Main / GentlemanThief

* A [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PjyvJL_oGTM commercial]] for Casillero del Diablo wine has a suave thief (played by Creator/PedroPascal) show off several valuables he acquired through lavish heists. However, he denies stealing his supply of wine, due to legends of the devil protecting Casillero del Diablo's cellar. A later [[https://twitter.com/PedroPascalNews/status/1592279378742104067?s=20&t=V0tjkaeQfWpzHoqaso5upQ commercial]] implies that the thief himself is [[DevilInDisguise the devil in question]].

** The Black Knight from Creator/DonRosa's comics who is a rather obvious CaptainErsatz of Arsene Lupin.

* ''Series/{{Astrid}}'': In the episode "The Starling", the victim turns out to be the titular criminal, a wealthy lawyer who secretly committed theatrical, non-violent "impossible" thefts, leaving behind a CallingCard stencil of a starling painted on a wall.

* [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Bellamy Samuel Bellamy,]] better known as "Black Sam", achieved a reputation for being known as the "Prince of Pirates", and he even likened himself to Robin Hood, and his crew called themselves "Robin Hood's Men" and sometimes called their captain the "Robin Hood of the Sea". His appearance was that of a tall, strong, well-mannered, and very tidy man, by which time he was known as "Black Bellamy". He captured more than 50 ships, and his accumulated wealth is estimated today to be worth $120 million in 2008 dollars. His leadership style was democratic, and he was well-liked by his men. Sadly, his life was cut short when he was killed at age 28 in a shipwreck off the Massachusetts coast.

* Gary Karkofsky a.k.a Merciless: The Supervillain without MercyTM in ''Literature/TheSupervillainySaga'' is this without the gentleman part. Described by the author as "Hudson Hawk with magic", he's someone who wishes he could rob banks and museums with impunity but constantly gets roped into fighting worse villains instead.

* ''Literature/{{Drenai}}'' saga:
** Bowman, a Robin Hood-esque outlaw from ''Literature/{{Legend|1984}}''.
** Scaler from its sequel.

* The ''Literature/InDeath'' series: you can be sure that Roarke became this as he became an adult. He is as suave as they come and is certainly an expert at stealing.
* In ''Literature/TheIronTeeth'' web serial, the Robin Hood-like bandit leader the White Raven is an example of this trope. He was apparently honorable, charming, and rarely killed anyone.

* Kelsier and his crew from ''Literature/{{Mistborn}}'' by Brandon Sanderson. Breeze however is the culmination of this trope in the group. He lives the fine wines and finer suits, and is the most larcenous of the team, whereas the others are usually a little more hands-on and prone to mingling with the skaa.

* ''Literature/ShadowsOfSelf'' (second book of ''Literature/WaxAndWayne'', sequel to ''Mistborn''): The Marksman sets himself up as this, which is why Wax was willing to leave him to the city watch. But then the Marksman started killing people in the course of his robberies.

* Literature/ArseneLupin has been adapted [[DerivativeWorks/ArseneLupin several times]] on television, most prominently in France in [[Series/ArseneLupin1971 1971-1974]] and [[Series/ArseneLupin1989 1989-1996]].

* Literature/ArseneLupin has been adapted several time on television, most prominently in France in [[Series/ArseneLupin1971 1971-1974]] and [[Series/ArseneLupin1989 1989-1996]].

* Hugenay [[SpellMyNameWithAnS (Huganay?)]], the art thief from the kid detective series "The Three Investigators" is a borderline case. Began as FauxAffablyEvil and choose to drop the faux later (even co-working with the heroes sometimes). [[PoliceAreUseless In any case, he's still at large.]]

* The series title of Scott Lynch's ''Literature/GentlemanBastard'' (''The Lies of Locke Lamora'', ''Red Seas Under Red Skies'') gives a nod to this trope and to the nature of the central protagonists. Locke is actually pretty much a deconstruction of this trope: his deeds inspired the legend of the "Thorn of Camorr", who is a gentleman thief, but the real Locke Lamora will not hesitate to [[KickTheDog kick a few dogs to reach his goals]], even if he still have [[EvenEvilHasStandards his standards]] (after all, he is also [[spoiler:a priest of the 13th]]), hence the ''bastard'' (singular) in the series title. Because of his intelligence and education, people may expect this of him, even knowing that he is a thief. He speculates about this at one point, after he punches out his elderly woman captor, who apparently never considered that he would do such a thing, to gain an antidote to her poisoning and escape.

* Literature/{{Fantomas}} is a literary and cinematic Gentleman Thief from France. He's also kind of a psycho-murderer as well. Crazy name, crazy guy.

* ''Literature/ArseneLupin'', titular thief of the series of short stories and books written by Maurice Leblanc between 1905 and 1939, and five additional volumes written by Boileau-Narcejac in the 1970s. This Gentleman Thief moonlights as a detective. He was the precursor of [[Franchise/LupinIII Arsène Lupin III]], and is pretty much the {{Trope Namer|s}}, as the first collection of short stories on the character is called ''Arsène Lupin: Gentleman Cambrioleur'' (Arsène Lupin: Gentleman Burglar). He's also the TropeCodifier, exhibiting many of the tropes associated with this trope and PhantomThief: {{Calling Card}}s, being a MasterOfDisguise, announcing his crimes ahead of time, fighting evil criminals, and displaying a general romantic attitude.

* Phantom Limb from ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBrothers'' is another example. It is canon that Phantom Limb is the descendant of Literature/{{Fantomas}}.