Badass Cape: Difference between revisions

* Adol Christin gets a badass cape near the beginning of the anime ''[[Ys]] II: Castle in the Heavens''. What makes it so badass? Well, for one, it's purple. Second, it lets him use magic - specifically, shooting fireballs from his hand. Turns out he uses this more than he does his sword.

* Yuuki from ''[[Saki (manga)|Saki]]'' starts wearing one after she [[Took a Level In Badass]] for the Nationals.

* Half the characters from ''[[One Piece]]''. Crocodile, Hina, lots of High-up Marines, even Luffy once (on a cover). Although, theoretically they're not capes, just specially-draped coats.

* Integra from ''[[Hellsing]]'', but only for formal occasions. Suits her, she looks like a nice lady from the outside but will ''kick your butt'' with her fencing swords.

* [[Batman]] wore his cape this way long before it was popular. Still does!

** Robin [[Legacy Character|always]] wears a cape. [[Sidekick Graduations Stick|Nightwing]] doesn't. The presence of a cape has however been given several [[Justified Trope|justifications]] in canon beyond the theatrics; it contains armor ''and'' you can grab someone who's falling from the roof of a train.

** That, and Batman's cape lets him glide in some versions.

** ''[[Batman Forever]]'' had Batman covering himself with his fire-proofed cape in order to shield himself from the flames of a burning building that Two-Face trapped him in. Only Batman could have pulled this off.

* [[Star Wars]] Darth Vader. [http://img2.timeinc.net/ew/dynamic/imgs/080324/Villains/Darth-Vader-Star-Wars_l.jpg That is all.]

* [[Deconstructed Trope|Deconstructed]] in [[The Incredibles]], along with many other superhero tropes. Edna points out the inherent danger of dragging a long cloth behind you in rather gruesome ways.

** Syndrome's death is caused by his cape, reminiscent of Strato-Girl's.

* In [[The Lord of the Rings (film)|''The Return of the King'']] Aragorn eschews the [[Badass Longcoat]] he's been wearing for the whole trilogy for some kingly armour and a long, black-and-red cape.