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* Mr. Darling from Peter Pan, wears a top hat and black cape with red side similar to Dracula-esque in some appearance, with white tie and tails

* Mr. Darling from "WesternAnimation/Peter Pan", wears a top hat and black cape with red side, He wore a similar to Count Dracula's.

* At 2023 Mark Twain Prize in Kennedy Center, where Idina Menzel She's a Opera Man guise to Opera Woman, wears an her outfit similar to Phantom of the Opera cape.

* Adam Sandler was Opera Man from Saturday Night Live character wears his cape similar to Count Dracula's.

** In ''VideoGame/PaperMarioTheThousandYearDoor'', [[spoiler:Princess Peach receives one as part of her EvilCostumeSwitch from the [[BigBad Shadow Queen]] when she is [[FightingYourFriend being]] [[DemonicPossession possessed]].]]

* ''VideoGame/BlazBlue: Per his love of opera, Relius Clover wears one all the time.

* ''Series/KamenRider'' villain Dr. Shinigami wears a long black Dracula-esque cape over his [[VillainInANiceSuit white suit]].

* ''Series/KamenRider'' villain Dr. Shinigami.

* ''Radio/TheShadow'' wore one in his books to help him blend into the shadows.

* ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'': In keeping with his nature as an {{Invoked}} DarthVaderClone, [[MagnificentBastard General Tarquin]], [[spoiler:Elan's father]], wears one of these, along with [[SpikesOfVillainy other]] [[TinTyrant notable]] [[ShouldersOfDoom accessories.]]

* ''De rigeur'' for ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' vampires, along with every other ClassicalMovieVampire trope. According to Arthur Winkings, Count Notfaroutou, this is because you need something flappy to transform into wings when you [[VoluntaryShapeshifting turn into a bat]].

* Zero's cape in ''Anime/CodeGeass'', even though he is supposed to be a good guy. The show is full of BlackAndGrayMorality though. And Zero sees himself as [[NecessarilyEvil doing evil for the greater good]].
* UsefulNotes/OdaNobunaga from ''Anime/BattleGirlsTimeParadox''.
* Mushiban, the main villain in the ''Anime/YesPrettyCure5 Gogo'' movie, wears a cape like this. It also has that high collar.
* In ''VisualNovel/UminekoWhenTheyCry'', the Endless Magician, [[spoiler:Battler Ushiromiya]], wears one of these from Episode 6 onward.
* In ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica'', Oktavia Von Seckendorff wears one [[spoiler: to complement Sayaka's BadassCape]].

* Franchise/{{Batman}}, who uses his cape in a very Dracula-like fashion. [[WordOfGod Bob Kane]] himself cited Lugosi's Dracula as one of Batman's inspirations.
* In the Comicbook/{{Supergirl}} story ''Comicbook/DemonSpawn'', villain Nightflame wears a long, flowing, black cape which has a high collar.

* Darth Vader of ''Franchise/StarWars''.

* Subverted in ''Film/DonJuanDemarco.'' Nobody finds the title character's cape frightening; on him it looks [[http://www.deppimpact.com/gallery/albums/pub_djd/djdcape.jpg more dashing than sinister.]]
* In ''Film/TheButchers'', UsefulNotes/JackTheRipper wears an opera cape and top hat (which he almost certainly didn't in RealLife). Later used for some SexyCoatFlashing (ItMakesSenseInContext).
* In ''Film/TheHandsOfOrlac'': Vasseur wears an opera cape to conceal his sinister [[ArtificialLimbs metal hands and forearms]].

* TheShadow wore one in his books to help him blend into the shadows.

* The Hammerites in ''VideoGame/{{Thief}}'' have armor like this, making it much harder to knock them out with a blackjack.
* Subverted by Siegfried in ''VideoGame/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. Model limitations prevent this from being achieved in-game.
* ''VideoGame/BlazBlue: Per his love of opera, Relius Clover wears one all the time.

* [[spoiler:The members of the Society of the Free Mind]] in ''Webcomic/{{An Epic Comic}}'' wear these [[spoiler:with the Society's symbol on the back]].
* Bun-Bun from ''Webcomic/SluggyFreelance'', after suffering burn wounds, [[http://sluggy.com/comics/archives/daily/20090813 wears one of these]] as part of a ''Literature/ThePhantomOfTheOpera'' theme he's got going on.
* ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'': Subverted with [[RoyalBrat Eridan Ampora]]. He has a purple, [[HighCollarOfDoom high-collared]] opera cape to compliment his high status and goes to great lengths to try and portray himself as a MagnificentBastard, but ends up more of a clingy, self-conscious IneffectualSympatheticVillain. He gets rid of the cape just before he [[spoiler:[[NotSoHarmlessVillain destroys the Matriorb (the thing that was supposed to repopulate his dying race), kills Kanaya and Feferi, and blinds Sollux]]]].

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* The Queen of ''WesternAnimation/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs'' wears a black cape, but with white trim, just for [[ErmineCapeEffect a touch of grandeur]].

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* [[spoiler: The members of the Society of the Free Mind]] in ''Webcomic/{{An Epic Comic}}'' wear these [[spoiler: with the symbol on the back.]]

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* In the {{Mind Screw}}y ''SherlockHolmes'' pastiche ''[[http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/sherlock/deerstalker1.shtml The Deerstalker]]'' by Creator/PaulCornell, a group of fictional and historic characters who have ascended to popular mythology try to shift Holmes from Doyle's character to the one that exists in the public conciousness by giving him a deerstalker. It's mentioned that for Moriarty, the equivalent item was an opera cape.

* UsefulNotes/OdaNobunaga from ''Anime/SengokuOtome''.

* Professor Ratigan from ''WesternAnimation/TheGreatMouseDetective'' wears an outfit similar to Count Dracula's.

%%* ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'': Dipper (or rather, [[DemonicPossession "Bipper"]]) wears one in "Sock Opera".
%%* 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".

* Mojo Jojo's default outfit from ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls''.

* The Queen of ''WesternAnimation/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs'' wears a black cape, but with white trim, just for [[ErmineCapeEffect a touch of grandeur]].

* Jafar from ''WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}}''.

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* The Queen of ''Disney/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs'' wears a black cape, but with white trim, just for [[ErmineCapeEffect a touch of grandeur]].

* Maleficent from ''Disney/SleepingBeauty''. Bonus points for the flame-like fringe.
* Jafar from ''Disney/{{Aladdin}}''.

* Darth Vader of ''Franchise/StarWars''