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In the 19th century, the opera cape was a fashion accessory that upper class men wore [[At the Opera Tonight]]. It was grand, but not too flashy, and went great with a top hat, white tie and tails. But fashion changed, and the cape went out of style, destined to fade into the kind of outfit you would see only in [[Period Piece
But then ''[[Dracula]]'' was adapted into a hit stage play, and an even bigger hit film. [[Bela Lugosi]] 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.
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Since then, any similar cape has become an iconic accessory for major villains everywhere, from [[The Dragon]] to the [[Evil Overlord]]. Also a standard outfit of the [[Classical Movie Vampire]].
But all have to fit these three criteria:
* Long (at least knee length)
* Flowing
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[[High Collar of Doom]] is the [[Sister Trope]], as it is often paired with this trope, and was also codified by Lugosi's performance. It also often overlaps with [[Black Cloak]].
Compare [[Cape Swish]], [[Badass Cape]], [[Spikes of Villainy]], [[Superheroes Wear Capes]] (which can include villains), [[Pimped
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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* Zero's cape in ''[[Code Geass]]'', even though he is supposed to be a good guy. The show is full of [[Black and Gray Morality]] though.
* [[Oda Nobunaga]] from ''[[Sengoku Otome]]''.
* Mushiban, the main villain in the ''[[Yes! Pretty Cure 5]] Gogo'' movie, wears a cape like this. It also has that high collar.
* In ''[[Umineko no Naku Koro
* In ''[[
== [[Film]] ==
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** To make it that much freakier, in the ''[[Castlevania]]'' series the damned thing is arguably ''alive and sentient''.
* Darth Vader of ''[[Star Wars]]''
** Parodied in ''[[Night
** Standard wear for Sith Lords who don't go for full black robes, like Darth Malak and Count Dooku.
* ''[[The Phantom of the Opera]]'' wears one of course.
* [[Megamind]]: The Black Mambaaaaaaaaaa. Yes, there are that many A's in the name.
* Subverted in ''[[Don Juan Demarco|Don Juan DeMarco.]]'' Nobody finds the title character's cape frightening; on him it looks [
== [[Literature]] ==
* In the [[Mind Screw
* ''De rigeur'' for ''[[Discworld]]'' vampires, along with every other [[Classical Movie Vampire]] trope. According to Arthur Winkings, Count Notfaroutou, this is because you need something flappy to transform into wings when you [[Voluntary Shapeshifting|turn into a bat]].
* The Shadow wore one in his books to help him blend into the shadows.
== [[Live-Action TV]] ==
* In ''[[
* ''[[Kamen Rider]]'' villain Dr. Shinigami.
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* Subverted by Siegfried in ''[[Soul Calibur]]'', but played straight by Nightmare. Those familiar with the series' storyline will get why this is funny.
* [[World of Warcraft|The Lich King]], to EPIC effect.
* Per his favoritism of watching opera movies, [[
* Pretty much every villain in ''[[Dissidia Final Fantasy]]''. Namely, Garland, Emperor, Cloud of Darkness (it being all she wears), Golbez (who has the option of stripping down to just the cape, too), Ex-Death and Gabranth. Note that, subtracting The Emperor and the Cloud, these guys also get the [[Tin Tyrant|Evil Overlord Armor]], to boot.
== [[Web Comics]] ==
* Bun-Bun from ''[[Sluggy Freelance]]'', after suffering burn wounds, [http://sluggy.com/comics/archives/daily/20090813 wears one of these] as part of a ''[[Phantom of the Opera]]'' theme he's got going on.
* Eridan of ''[[
** {{spoiler|he gets rid of the cape just before he stops being an [[Ineffectual Sympathetic Villain]] and upgrades himself to Total Bastard status}}.
* Drake from [http://www.goldcoincomics.com Gold Coin Comics] is a villain with a dark cape to match.
== [[Web Original]] ==
* In ''[[
== [[Western Animation]] ==
* The Queen of ''[[Snow White and
* Jenner wears one in ''[[The Secret of NIMH]]''.
* Maleficent from ''[[Sleeping Beauty (Disney film)|Sleeping Beauty]]''. Bonus points for the flame-like fringe.
* Jafar from ''[[Aladdin (Disney film)|Aladdin]]''.
* Doc Ock and Vulture wore those in an opera-themed episode of ''[[The Spectacular Spider
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