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Compare [[Heroes Want Redheads]], [[Heroes Prefer Swords]], [[Badass Cape]] (a cape used to signify a [[Badass]] character), [[Caped Mecha]], [[Requisite Royal Regalia]], [[Ominous Opera Cape]].
Not to be confused with [[The Cape (trope)]], which is a character type.
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* [[Shazam|Captain Marvel]]
* ''[[Astro City]]'' examples: Samaritan, Beautie, The Confessor and Altar Boy, El Hombre and Bravo, Mermaid, Starwoman. The series, typically, acknowledges the potential disadvantages but posits that people will work around them, for instance by applying low-friction coatings that prevent adversaries grabbing the cape during a fight.
* When [[Captain America (comics)]] stopped [[Wearing a Flag on Your Head|wearing the stars and stripes]] and took the name "Nomad", he stitched himself a costume and decided to include a full-length cape. Why not? He'd always sort of wanted one. The first time he went into action, he tripped on that cape and missed catching the bad guys, one of whom snarked as she was escaping that she'd always hoped she'd see that happen. Promptly he tore the cape off. It was never seen again.
** This old desire for a cape was revisited with one of the revamped and expanded origin story issues - Steve Rogers, training during the day to toughen himself before being hit with the [[Super Serum]], spent his evenings drawing the imaginary superhero "American Eagle", writing in the margins that he had to have a cape, capes were ''boss''. The military rifled through his drawings, based the design of his costume off of them without telling him, much to his embarrassment, and left out the cape.
** Cap's spoof, Major Glory from ''[[Dexter's Laboratory]]'', wears a cape. Of course, he's also a Superman spoof, so he probably doesn't have the same problems Cap did.
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* [[Quantum and Woody|Quantum]]. Woody thinks they're stupid.
* [[Orient Men]], as part of his [[The Artifact|origins as a parody superhero]].
* Magneto and Mr. Sinister, both of X-Men books usually wear capes.
* Deconstructed: the protagonist of Joe Hill's ''The Cape'' had a blanket that was turned into a costume cape, and he wore it as a kid when playing with his brother as superheroes. As an adult, he discovers that the cape makes him able to fly. His full "costume" is just his cape.
** {{spoiler|Then he kills his ex-girlfriend and we discover that, as a child, he played the supervillain. In its first issue, the main character starts as the Woobie, becomes an [[Iron Woobie]] and then treats us to a sudden [[Face Heel Turn]] to became a [[Villain Protagonist]]. Brilliant.}}
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* Ralph's alien-bestowed super suit in ''[[The Greatest American Hero]]'' comes complete with a hip-length cape.
* Sesame Street's entry into the world of superheroes, "Super Grover" also includes the requisite cape -- along with a decidedly non-standard knight's helmet.
* ''[[The Cape (2010 TV series)|The Cape]]''.
* In [[Sabrina the Teenage Witch]], Harvey's superhero alter ego in one episode, "Mighty Teen" does indeed wear a cape.
** Sabrina comments on this when she's yelling at Hilda for running in the election:
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