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* ''VideoGame/RiverCityGirls'': The song "Bully" mentions [[KillTheLights killing the lights]] before a fight, although whether it helps the protagonist or not is unknown.
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on this ride.\\
Feel the spite, won't play nice, don't you bully me,\\
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--> Kill the lights, gonna fight, don't you hassle me\\
on this ride.\\
Feel the spite, won't play nice, don't you bully me,\\
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* Possible to invoke using the [[CastingAShadow Obtenebration Discipline]] of Clan Lasombra in ''TabletopGame/VampireTheMasquerade'', as the second power "Shroud of Night", allows the Vampire to create a pitch black darkness that blinds everyone within it but themselves.
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* Possible to invoke using the [[CastingAShadow Obtenebration Discipline]] of Clan Lasombra in ''TabletopGame/VampireTheMasquerade'', as the second Level 2 power "Shroud of Night", allows the Vampire vampire to create a pitch black darkness that blinds everyone within it but themselves.
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* ''Franchise/{{Zatoichi}}'' has this as one of its signature tropes, since it stars BlindWeaponmaster TropeCodifier Ichi. While he's more than capable of fighting in the light, Ichi prefers to cut out any light sources, leaving his attackers stumbling around while he has a lifetime's experience fighting blind. He even has a CatchPhrase: "Darkness is my advantage".
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* ''Franchise/{{Zatoichi}}'' has this as one of its signature tropes, since it stars BlindWeaponmaster TropeCodifier Ichi. While he's more than capable of fighting in the light, Ichi prefers to cut out any light sources, leaving his attackers stumbling around while he has a lifetime's experience fighting blind. He even has a CatchPhrase: catchphrase: "Darkness is my advantage".
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* ''Fanfic/TheBridge'': [[spoiler: Irys]] summons a cloud of shadow to let her [[spoiler: temporarily]] gain an edge over [[spoiler: Ghidorah]], using her comparatively smaller size to dart around him while he cannot see her.
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* ''Fanfic/TheBridge'': [[spoiler: Irys]] summons a cloud of shadow to let her [[spoiler: temporarily]] gain an edge over [[spoiler: Ghidorah]], using her [[MakeMeWannaShout echolocation]] and comparatively smaller size to dart around him while he cannot see her.
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* ''Fanfic/TheBridge'': [[spoiler: Irys]] summons a cloud of shadow to let her [[spoiler: temporarily]] gain an edge over [[spoiler: Kaizer Ghidorah]], using her comparatively smaller size to dart around him while he cannot see her.
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* ''Franchise/{{Zatoichi}}'' has this as one of its signature tropes, since it stars BlindWeaponmaster TropeCodifier Ichi. While he's more than capable of fighting in the light, Ichi prefers to cut out any light sources, leaving his attackers stumbling around while he has a lifetime's experience fighting blind. He even has a CatchPhrase: "Darkness is my advantage".
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* In ''Anime/RebornToMasterTheBlade'', the protagonist Inglis quickly realizes that a rich merchant's son, Rahl, is using a magical curse that slows down the reaction speed of anyone looking directly at him, rendering them easy prey in a "fair" duel. Inglis advises her brother, Rafael, to beat Rahl without looking directly at him, and it works... until Rafeal [[LogicalWeakness runs into a wall from not looking at Rahl's position]] and is defeated. With her ChosenOne power from the Goddess and her mastery over Aether, Inglis realizes that she could just nullify Rahl's power and render it harmless... but, instead chooses to literally fight him with her eyes closed as that would be [[BloodKnight more entertaining and Inglis lives for challenging fights.]] She wins, fending off Inglis until he trips, is struck, and forfeits in shame and exhaustion.
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* In ''Anime/RebornToMasterTheBlade'', the protagonist Inglis quickly realizes that a rich merchant's son, Rahl, is using a magical curse that slows down the reaction speed of anyone looking directly at him, rendering them easy prey in a "fair" duel. Inglis advises her brother, cousin, Rafael, to beat Rahl without looking directly at him, and it works... until Rafeal [[LogicalWeakness runs into a wall from not looking at Rahl's position]] and is defeated. With her ChosenOne power from the Goddess and her mastery over Aether, Inglis realizes that she could just nullify Rahl's power and render it harmless... but, instead chooses to literally fight him with her eyes closed as that would be [[BloodKnight more entertaining and Inglis lives for challenging fights.]] She wins, fending off Inglis Rahl until he trips, is struck, and forfeits in shame and exhaustion.
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* In ''Anime/RebornToMasterTheBlade'', the protagonist Inglis quickly realizes that a rich merchant's son, Rahl, is using a magical curse that slows down the reaction speed of anyone looking directly at him, rendering them easy prey in a "fair" duel. Inglis advises her brother, Rafael, to beat Rahl without looking directly at him, and it works... until Rafeal [[LogicalWeakness runs into a wall from not looking at Rahl's position]] and is defeated. With her ChosenOne power from the Goddess and her mastery over Aether, Inglis realizes that she could just nullify Rahl's power and render it harmless... but, instead chooses to literally fight him with her eyes closed as that would be [[BloodKnight more entertaining and Inglis lives for challenging fights.]] She wins, fending off Inglis until he trips, is struck, and forfeits in shame and exhaustion.
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* Cleverly used in the ''WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack'' episode "Samurai Vs Ninja": Jack matches an assassin's mastery of the dark by using identical tactics, [[BlindedByTheLight only wearing stark white and hidden in the glare of sunlight.]]
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* Cleverly used in the ''WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack'' episode "Samurai Vs Ninja": Jack matches an assassin's mastery of the dark by using identical tactics, [[BlindedByTheLight only wearing stark white and hidden in the glare of sunlight.]]]] Since they're fighting immediately before sunset, the fight quickly becomes a race up the tower they're using as a battleground so Jack can keep up with the shrinking areas of sunlight.
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* ''Fanfic/TheBridge'': [[spoiler: Irys]] summons a cloud of shadow to let her [[spoiler: temporarily]] gain an edge over [[spoiler: Kaizer Ghidorah]]
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* Franchise/HowToTrainYourDragon: Two examples, both in the first film:
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** When the Hideous Zippleback is released into the dragon-training arena, it's accompanied by white mist/smoke, which obscures the trainee Vikings' vision. This allows it to trick and defeat Astrid, Ruffnut, Tuffnut, Snoutlout, and Fishlegs, before the smoke clears and it's repelled by Hiccup.
** [[spoiler: Later in the film, Hiccup and Toothless use this trick against the Red Death, luring her into the clouds and then flying circles around her, striking when her back is turned and then retreating. This backfires when eventually the Red Death anticipates their movements and sets Toothless's prosthetic tail afire.]]
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** When the Hideous Zippleback is released into the dragon-training arena, it's accompanied by white mist/smoke, which obscures the trainee Vikings' vision. This allows it to trick and defeat Astrid, Ruffnut, Tuffnut, Snoutlout, and Fishlegs, before the smoke clears and it's repelled by Hiccup.
** [[spoiler: Later in the film, Hiccup and Toothless use this trick against the Red Death, luring her into the clouds and then flying circles around her, striking when her back is turned and then retreating. This backfires when eventually the Red Death anticipates their movements and sets Toothless's prosthetic tail afire.]]
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* ''Fanfic/VowOfNudity'': When Haara proves more dangerous than she expected, Umbra casts ''darkness'' to blind her, relying on her own TrueSight and whip's range to attack with impunity.
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* ''Fanfic/VowOfNudity'': When Haara proves more dangerous than she expected, Umbra casts ''darkness'' to blind her, relying on her own TrueSight and whip's range to attack with impunity.
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* ''VideoGame/Disgaea2CursedMemories'': The ultimate skill of the [[HornyDevils Succubus]] class is called "Nightmare", and it involves surrounding the enemy with darkness and launch an unseen beatdown. Can be seen [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ilgik3s0tY4#t=03m03s here]].
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* ''VideoGame/Disgaea2CursedMemories'': The ultimate skill of the [[HornyDevils [[SuccubiAndIncubi Succubus]] class is called "Nightmare", and it involves surrounding the enemy with darkness and launch an unseen beatdown. Can be seen [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ilgik3s0tY4#t=03m03s here]].
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* Often invoked by ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'' with his use of shadows and smoke pellets to scare criminals. It disorients his enemies and make them easier to pick off one by one. In ''Film/TheDarkKnightRises'' Bane was a member of the League Of Shadows and knows of their tricks of using darkness to distract enemies in battle, so when Batman tries to use these same tactics on Bane, he mocks him for it and goes into a BadassBoast about how he is made of Shadows.
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* ''ComicBook/{{Batman}}'': Often invoked by ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'' the titular hero with his use of shadows and smoke pellets to scare criminals. It disorients his enemies and make them easier to pick off one by one. In ''Film/TheDarkKnightRises'' Bane was a member of the League Of Shadows and knows of their tricks of using darkness to distract enemies in battle, so when Batman tries to use these same tactics on Bane, he mocks him for it and goes into a BadassBoast about how he is made of Shadows.
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* The ''Comicbook/GhostRider'' villain Blackout suppresses all light sources in his presence.
* In ''Comicbook/LegionOfSuperHeroes'', Shadow Lass can manipulate darkness and see in the dark, and so often blinds enemies with darkness. Night Girl can also see in the dark, and carries smoke bombs and devices that can shut off lights both to blind enemies and allow her to use her SuperStrength that only works in the dark.
* In ''Comicbook/LegionOfSuperHeroes'', Shadow Lass can manipulate darkness and see in the dark, and so often blinds enemies with darkness. Night Girl can also see in the dark, and carries smoke bombs and devices that can shut off lights both to blind enemies and allow her to use her SuperStrength that only works in the dark.
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* The ''Comicbook/GhostRider'' ''ComicBook/GhostRider'' villain Blackout suppresses all light sources in his presence.
*In ''Comicbook/LegionOfSuperHeroes'', ''ComicBook/{{Superman}}'':
** ''ComicBook/TheDeathOfLuthor'': Subverted. Luthor hurls a "grenade darkness", which blankets several city blocks with darkness, to loot a bank and get scot-free, but ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} -whose X-Ray Vision lets her see through the dark- steps between his gang and the getaway car.
** Shadow Lass from the ComicBook/LegionOfSuperHeroes can manipulate darkness and see in the dark, and so often blinds enemies with darkness. Night Girl can also see in the dark, and carries smoke bombs and devices that can shut off lights both to blind enemies and allow her to use her SuperStrength that only works in the dark.
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** ''ComicBook/TheDeathOfLuthor'': Subverted. Luthor hurls a "grenade darkness", which blankets several city blocks with darkness, to loot a bank and get scot-free, but ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} -whose X-Ray Vision lets her see through the dark- steps between his gang and the getaway car.
** Shadow Lass from the ComicBook/LegionOfSuperHeroes can manipulate darkness and see in the dark, and so often blinds enemies with darkness. Night Girl can also see in the dark, and carries smoke bombs and devices that can shut off lights both to blind enemies and allow her to use her SuperStrength that only works in the dark.
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* The Blind Master Training occurs in a book of the ''Literature/{{Pendragon}}'' series. Bobby is blindfolded and asked to ''feel'' his trainers' presences.
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** ''{{VideoGame/The Legend of Zelda Oracle|Games}} of Seasons'':
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* ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoSanAndreas'': [[spoiler: [[BigEater Big Smoke]] switches out the lights and puts on night vision goggles when up against CJ.]]
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* For Robin in an episode of ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'' he went on a quest and one of the trials was to fight a blind snake in his own element, a dark cave with zero light. He eventually has to learn to try to stop seeing his enemy and start hearing and ''feeling'' where the master is.
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* For Robin in an episode of ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'' ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans2003'' he went on a quest and one of the trials was to fight a blind snake in his own element, a dark cave with zero light. He eventually has to learn to try to stop seeing his enemy and start hearing and ''feeling'' where the master is.
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* In ''WesternAnimation/UltimateSpiderMan'', Spider-Man and White Tiger turned off the lights and used night-vision to get an advantage over Taskmaster. Taskmaster boasted that he could easily navigate the room with his PhotographicMemory, only to find that the two heroes moved everything in the room after turning off the lights.
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* In ''WesternAnimation/UltimateSpiderMan'', ''WesternAnimation/UltimateSpiderMan2012'', Spider-Man and White Tiger turned off the lights and used night-vision to get an advantage over Taskmaster. Taskmaster boasted that he could easily navigate the room with his PhotographicMemory, only to find that the two heroes moved everything in the room after turning off the lights.
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* In the David Morrell thriller ''The Fraternity of the Stone'', the assassin is shown in a flashback being trained via a dark room exercise -- the lesson is to not blunder around looking for the enemy but remain perfectly still and wait for him to make a noise. Unfortunately later in the novel he's lured into a dark room by someone who had the exact same training that he did. So who moves first?
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* In the David Morrell Creator/DavidMorrell thriller ''The Fraternity of the Stone'', ''Literature/TheFraternityOfTheStone'', the assassin is shown in a flashback being trained via a dark room exercise -- the lesson is to not blunder around looking for the enemy but remain perfectly still and wait for him to make a noise. Unfortunately later in the novel he's lured into a dark room by someone who had the exact same training that he did. So who moves first?
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* In ''Film/{{Ultraviolet}}'', the final villain plunges the room into total darkness, explaining that he can see in the dark. Violet counters by [[FlamingSword lighting her sword on fire]].
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* In ''Film/{{Ultraviolet}}'', ''Film/Ultraviolet2006'', the final villain plunges the room into total darkness, explaining that he can see in the dark. Violet counters by [[FlamingSword lighting her sword on fire]].
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* In ''Comicbook/{{Legion of Super-Heroes}}'', Shadow Lass can manipulate darkness and see in the dark, and so often blinds enemies with darkness. Night Girl can also see in the dark, and carries smoke bombs and devices that can shut off lights both to blind enemies and allow her to use her SuperStrength that only works in the dark.
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* In ''Comicbook/{{Legion of Super-Heroes}}'', ''Comicbook/LegionOfSuperHeroes'', Shadow Lass can manipulate darkness and see in the dark, and so often blinds enemies with darkness. Night Girl can also see in the dark, and carries smoke bombs and devices that can shut off lights both to blind enemies and allow her to use her SuperStrength that only works in the dark.
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** ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOracleOfSeasons'':
*** Agunima is fought in a pitch-black room, where he's invulnerable. To beat him, Link must light the room's torches to restore light to it and remove Agunima's invulnerability.
*** In the final fight against the Poe Sisters, they cause their room to gradually darken unless Link lights the torches scattered around it. If the room ever plunges into full darkness, Link is sent back to the dungeon entrance and must return to and begin the battle anew.
** ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaALinkBetweenWorlds'': After its weak spot is hit several times, the Gemesaur King roars and snuffs out every torch in the room, plunging the arena into darkness. Link must then relight the torches while dodging the beast's attacks, temporarily stunning it before it snuffs out the light again.
** ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOracleOfSeasons'':
*** Agunima is fought in a pitch-black room, where he's invulnerable. To beat him, Link must light the room's torches to restore light to it and remove Agunima's invulnerability.
*** In the final fight against the Poe Sisters, they cause their room to gradually darken unless Link lights the torches scattered around it. If the room ever plunges into full darkness, Link is sent back to the dungeon entrance and must return to and begin the battle anew.
** ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaALinkBetweenWorlds'': After its weak spot is hit several times, the Gemesaur King roars and snuffs out every torch in the room, plunging the arena into darkness. Link must then relight the torches while dodging the beast's attacks, temporarily stunning it before it snuffs out the light again.
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* The ultimate skill of the [[HornyDevils Succubus]] class in ''VideoGame/Disgaea2CursedMemories'' is called 'Nightmare', and it involves surrounding the enemy with darkness and launch an unseen beatdown. Can be seen [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ilgik3s0tY4#t=03m03s here]].
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* ''VideoGame/Disgaea2CursedMemories'': The ultimate skill of the [[HornyDevils Succubus]] class in ''VideoGame/Disgaea2CursedMemories'' is called 'Nightmare', "Nightmare", and it involves surrounding the enemy with darkness and launch an unseen beatdown. Can be seen [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ilgik3s0tY4#t=03m03s here]].
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* ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' naturally has both invisibility and darkness spells and creatures that can create either effect as a natural ability; dark elf warriors in particular are somewhat infamous for just dropping darkness on both themselves and their enemies in battle, knowing ''they'' have trained for that situation and their foes (especially surface dwellers) probably have not. And even if their opponent *was* trained to fight while blind, it was still often a useful tactic for the dark elves due to their [[BlindedByTheLight sensitivity to sunlight]].
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* ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' naturally has both invisibility and darkness spells and creatures that can create either effect as a natural ability; dark elf warriors in particular are somewhat infamous for just dropping darkness on both themselves and their enemies in battle, knowing ''they'' have trained for that situation and their foes (especially surface dwellers) probably have not. And even if their opponent *was* ''was'' trained to fight while blind, it was still often a useful tactic for the dark elves due to their [[BlindedByTheLight sensitivity to sunlight]].