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{{trope}}
▲[[File:cape2_5669.jpg|link=Creator/Liberace|right|One of his more modest capes.]]
Basically this is [[Costume Porn]] applied to a cape (or robe worn like a cape), where that piece of clothing is expensively decorated. This was common throughout history, for both men and women, as capes of various kinds were a common clothing item, and clearly visible due to their size. Thus a grand cape would easily be a way to show off one's wealth and social status. In fiction, it's a way to either show the same for a high class character, and/or for the artist/costume designer to show off.
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Now let's make it clear that the cape itself has to be decorated. So even though [[Superheroes Wear Capes]], the majority of their capes will ''not'' count as this trope (even for the villains), as those capes are usually simple, no matter how cool or flowing they may be.
Often part of an ensemble with a [[Pimped
▲Compare [[Badass Cape]], [[Ominous Opera Cape]], [[Pimped Out Car]].
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== Anime and Manga ==
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* [[Batman]]'s cape counts in the continuities where it has a mechanism built in that turns it into [[Cape Wings]].
* Ordinarily, [[Wonder Woman]] does not wear a cape. For her, capes are more like what they are for most
* [[Captain Marvel]] of ''[[Shazam]]'' has a cape with gold edging.
* [[Doctor Strange]] has a particularly magnificent cape, made out of bright red material with fancy golden trim that merges seamlessly with a matching golden mantle and topped with a resplendent, distinctive (albeit [[Impractically Fancy Outfit|ludicrously improbable]]) collar. Seriously, just ''look'' at that thing! Fortunately it's also
== Film - Live Action ==
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== Film - Animated ==
* Belle's winter cape in ''[[Beauty and
* The [[Disney Princess
* In ''The [[Care Bears]] Adventure in Wonderland'', both the queen and princess of Wonderland wore ermine-trimmed capes, but the queen wore one that was trimmed with red hearts.
* [[Megamind]], with much fanfare, dons a cape for battle with [[Spikes of Villainy|gargantuan spikes]] [[Shoulders of Doom|on wide shoulder pads]] and [[High Collar of Doom|the high collar to end all high collars]] called "The Black ''Mambaaaaaaaaaaa...''"
== Literature ==
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== Tabletop Games ==
* Some ''[[Dungeons
== Toys ==
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== Video Games ==
* The generals in ''[[Dragon Force (
* Rosa's outfit in the remake of ''[[Final Fantasy IV]]'' is actually two capes, a lace one worn over the regular one.
* The leaders of the Three Kingdoms in ''[[Dynasty Warriors]] 7'' all have ridiculously ornate capes, each one etched with a design representing their kingdom in extreme detail; Liu Bei with a dragon, Cao Cao with a phoenix, and Sun Jian with a tiger.
* Merlina's embroidered robe in ''[[Sonic and The Black Knight]]''.
* Jessica Alkirk of ''[[Lunar:
* Skillcapes in ''[[
** Taken [[Up to Eleven]] with the Max/Completionist capes. They are fully pimped out, trimmed to the max capes with aforementioned smoke generators, and they are even color customizable for max pimping. Of course, the requirements to get one are quite extensive. (The max cape requiring you to reach the max level in all skills, Trimmed Completionist is well, 100% Completion )
* King Ladekahn, Queen Corellia, and Lady Melodia of ''[[Baten Kaitos]]''.
* ''[[Touhou]]'': Utsuho's cape is decorated with an ''[[Unmoving
* Ghetsis' cape in [[Pokémon Black and White]] is pretty pimped-out.
== Western Animation ==
* Amidala's cape with her ice suit in ''[[Star Wars: Clone Wars]]''.
* King Bumi in ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'' wore really gaudy ones... to hide how muscular he was underneath.
** Mai wore one with fur trim while going on a date with Zuko.
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