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Line 14: * Steals as a form of vigilante justice. * May or may not actually [[Impossible Thief\|break the laws of physics]] to achieve their goal. * An [[Escape Artist]] who is hard to catch and even harder to hold. Particularly common in Japanese media, stemming from the popularity of [[Arsène Lupin]] [[Big in Japan\|in Japan]]. The Japanese word for it is ''Kaitou''. Line 20 ⟶ 21: {{examples}} == [[Advertising]] == * McDonalds' Hamburglar. Line 53: * Le Bled from ''[[Steam Detectives]]''. Also known as Phantom Thief Le Bled! == [[Comic Books]] == * The Rogue from ''[[The Maze Agency]]''. * [[Fantomas]] (the Mexican comic book version anyway.) Line 60: * Sir Charles Lytton, a.k.a. 'the Phantom', from ''[[The Pink Panther]]'' and sequels. == [[Literature]] == * [[Arsène Lupin]] the [[Trope Codifier]]. * [[The Saint]] * The Gray Ghosts in the ''[[Shadowleague]]'' books. * Conina from ''[[~~Discworld/Sourcery\|~~Sourcery]]'' once stole some diamonds from a thief who had himself absconded from a jewellery shop ''having swallowed'' them. She's actually a [[Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot\|phantom thief illegitimate barbarian hairdresser]]. * The titular character of the German gangster spoof series ''[[Dickie Dick Dickens]]'' has traces of this, being a Chicago gangster in the 1920s who uses trickery, charm and his [[Impossible Thief\|impossibly well-honed skills as a pickpocket]] to reach his goal. His son, Donald D. Doberman, is an even clearer example of the trope. * ''[[Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats\|Old Possums Book of Practical Cats]]'': Line 71: * Comus from the [[Ellery Queen]] short story "The Dauphin's Doll" in ''Calendar of Crime''. == [[Live -Action TV]] == * [[Kamen Rider Decade\|Kamen Rider Diend]] ishas a character actually named ~~has~~ Daiki ''[[Meaningful Name\|Kaitou]]'', but he's only partway to being a full-fledged Phantom Thief. He has the "theft of valuable objects" and "uses trickery and illusions" bits down, but his personality boils down to "real-life [[Troll]]" for his victims (especially [[The Hero\|Tsukasa]]), and he steals not out of a sense of social justice but because he enjoys it ({{spoiler\|though that's just his assertion, in truth it's because he's trying to fill the void left behind by his brother being [[Brainwashed and Crazy\|brainwashed by a crime boss]]}}). * ''[[Iljimae\|Il Ji-mae]]''{{context}} * Parker on [[Leverage]] is this, being the only member of the team to never have been put in prison. Line 94: * [[Sly Cooper]]. * ''[[Wario Master of Disguise]]'' features Wario becoming one of these using a magic wand he took from a ''real'' phantom thief. * The Phantom from ''[[Maple Story]]'', the member of the Thief class among the original Five Heroes who sealed [[Big Bad\|The Black Mage]]. * Most versions of [[Carmen Sandiego]]. == [[Web Comics]] == Line 106 ⟶ 108: {{reflist}} [[Category:~~Phantom Thief~~{{PAGENAME}}]]▼ [[Category:Steal This Index]] [[Category:Criminals]] ▲[[Category:Phantom Thief]]