History Main / OminousOperaCape

* In ''Film/TheButchers'', UsefulNotes/JackTheRipper wears an opera cape and top hat (which he almost certainly didn't in RealLife.

* ''Manga/BattleRoyale'': Kazuo Kiriyama's {{Coat Cape}} looks so much like this you'd think it was this to begin with.

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* [[RoyalBrat Eridan]] of ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'' and his purple, [[HighCollarOfDoom high-collared]] opera cape. He goes to great lengths to try and portray himself as a MagnificentBastard, but ends up more of a clingy, self-conscious IneffectualSympatheticVillain.
** [[spoiler:He gets rid of the cape just before he [[NotSoHarmlessVillain stops being]] an IneffectualSympatheticVillain and upgrades himself to total bastard status by committing his MoralEventHorizon]].

* Doc Ock and Vulture wore those in an opera-themed episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheSpectacularSpiderMan''.
* ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'': Dipper (or rather, [[DemonicPossession "Bipper"]]) wears one in "Sock Opera".

* In Comicbook/{{Supergirl}} story ''Comicbook/DemonSpawn'', villain Nightflame wears a long, flowing, black cape which has a high collar.

* Eridan of ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'' and his purple, high-collared opera cape. He goes to great lengths to try and portray himself as a MagnificentBastard, but ends up more of a clingy, self-conscious IneffectualSympatheticVillain.
** [[spoiler:he gets rid of the cape just before he stops being an IneffectualSympatheticVillain and upgrades himself to Total Bastard status]].

Since then, any similar cape has become an iconic accessory for major villains everywhere, from TheDragon to the EvilOverlord. Also a standard outfit of the ClassicalMovieVampire.

* [[Manga/BattleRoyale Kazuo Kiriyama's]] {{Coat Cape}} looks so much like this you'd think it was this to begin with.

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* [[Manga/BattleRoyale Kazuo Kiriyama's]] {{Coat Cape}} looks so much like this you'd think it was this to begin with.

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* ''ComicBook/JudgeDredd'': Judge Fear, the largest and most imposing of the four Dark Judges, is also the only one who wears a huge black cape.

* [[VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft The Lich King]], to EPIC effect...in the opening cutscene. Model limitations prevent this from being achieved in-game.
* Per his love of opera, [[VideoGame/BlazBlue Relius Clover]] wears one all the time.

* Mr. Sleuth wears an Inverness coat, and he wears it ominously, in ''Literature/TheLodger''.

* Parodied in ''NightAtTheMuseum: Battle of the Smithsonian'', when Khamen Ra pokes fun at Darth Vader. "And what's with the cape? Are we going to the opera? I don't think so."

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBrothers'', an Ominous Opera Cape and a HighCollarOfDoom are the signature of Dr. Orpheus, who is largely an homage to Marvel's ComicBook/DoctorStrange. It took Hank and Dean some time to stop calling him "a Dracula". Dermott once joked that on Halloween he expected to see Dr. Orpheus in sweatpants.

* Per his favoritism of watching opera movies, [[VideoGame/BlazBlue Relius Clover]] wears it all the time.

Compare CapeSwish, BadassCape, SpikesOfVillainy, SuperheroesWearCapes (which ''can'' include villains), PimpedOutCape, SimpleYetOpulent.

* In ''VisualNovel/UminekoNoNakuKoroNi'', the Endless Magician, [[spoiler:Battler Ushiromiya]], wears one of these from Episode 6 onward.

* Being a superhero with a Batman-like modus operandi (and on top of that quite the AttentionWhore), WesternAnimation/DarkwingDuck loves to pose dramatically with his cape.

* Being a superhero with a Batman-like modus operandi (and on top of that quite the AttentionWhore), WesternAnimation/DarkwingDuck loves to do dramatic poses with his cape.

* Being a superhero with a Batman-like modus operandi (and on top of that quite the narcissist), WesternAnimation/DarkwingDuck loves to do dramatic poses with his cape.

But then ''{{Dracula}}'' was adapted into a hit stage play, and an even bigger hit film. Creator/BelaLugosi used his old-fashioned cape, and turned it into something iconic, giving the garment a sense of grandeur and menace, especially as he flourished it whenever possible.

* ''Film/{{Dracula}}'' is the TropeCodifier from the aforementioned adaptations.

* Subverted by Siegfried in ''SoulCalibur'', but played straight by Nightmare. Those familiar with the series' storyline will get why this is funny.
* [[VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft The Lich King]], to EPIC effect.
** In the opening cutscene anyways. Model limitations prevent this from being achieved in-game.