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* [[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]]'':
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== [[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.
 
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