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** Since the cloak usually seems to start out in bat form, it's probably the other way around.
* [[Science Ninja Team Gatchaman]] (aka G-Force, Eagle Riders) are an example. Come to think of it Zoltar's cape behaved interestingly from time to time too....
* Both ''[[G Gundam]]''{{'}}s Master Gundam and ''[[Gundam Wing]]''{{'}}s Deathscythe Hell have mechanical wings that transform into a cloak that covers their body; the movie version of Deathscythe takes it a step further by having the wings be lined with thrusters for exceptional mobility.
* In another [[Humongous Mecha]] example, some incarnations of ''[[Getter Robo]]'' have this power. Unlike the above example there is usually no plausible mechanism for this, much like everything else about Getter Robo.
* ''[[Berserk]]'': Femto (a.k.a. {{spoiler|Griffith}}) looks a lot like a blood-red demonic version of Batman, with his evil-looking hawk-hood and his dark and menacing batlike Cape Wings.
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* The title [[Humongous Mecha]] of ''[[Vision of Escaflowne]]'' is able to transform into a dragon. Its [[Caped Mecha|cape]] forms the fabric of the wings.
* Dukemon/Gallantmon of [[Digimon Tamers]] when he mode-change into crimson mode.
== [[Comic Books]] ==
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* ''[[Batman Begins]]'' and ''[[The Dark Knight]]'' did this with Batman's cape. Justified in that the wings were only for gliding, with "memory cloth" in the cape going rigid when you apply an electrical current.
** And before that, it was done in ''[[Batman Returns]]''.
== Literature ==
* As [[Discworld]] vampires [[Our Vampires Are Different|follow mostly cinematic tradition]], some of them (particularly Arthur Winkins, the Count Notfaroutoe and a full time vegetable merchant), need the cape to transform into a bat.
* In ''[[X Wing Series|The Krytos Trap]]'', part of the outfit Wedge Antilles wears while trying to talk some Twi'leks around, along with [[Fingerless Gloves]] and a [[Loin Cloth]], is a cape cut in such a way that it fell in two red wings.
== Tabletop games ==
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* [[Batman: Arkham Asylum]] and [[Batman: Arkham City]] use the same "memory cloth" justification as in [[Batman Begins]] to enable Batman to glide like his namesake.
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* Ariel from ''[[Drowtales]]'' explicitly does it with magic for a one-time stunt. [[Hilarity Ensues]] when said stunt gets derailed by Liriel.
* Mink from ''[[Darken]]'' [https://web.archive.org/web/20090413024343/http://darkencomic.com/d/20040821.html can do this.]
== Web Original ==
* The dating website Soul Geek has different pieces of mini-fiction, along with iconic characters, used in the advertising. One of the pair of vampires is showing with a cloak that rises up on one side in a huge wing.
* Oblivion from [[Shadowhunter Peril]] is shown to do this when he gets pissed. It generally preludes his transformation into an [[Eldritch Abomination]]. Once he completes his transformation, he keeps the wings, but now they're [[Hot Wings|FLAMING]].
== Western Animation ==
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