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The Cape

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The Cape	comment	The Cape as an ideally good person. Generally associated with older protagonists and often invokes elements of the Messianic Archetype. Has now become nigh-synonymous with the "classic" Super Hero. This trope is used to evoke admiration amongst other good guys in certain ways. Capes don't need to actually wear capes (especially if Edna Mode has anything to say about it), although a distinct outfit and some kind of special ability is part of the image. The most important feature is these heroes adhere to a strict moral code and sense of authority; capes can be notoriously inflexible and perceive things in black and white, and even be painfully straightforward and selfless. They often downplay their own heroism and will act heroically even when no one will know. They almost universally subscribe to Thou Shalt Not Kill. Capes usually have secret identities, but make public appearances in costume and actively try to keep a good public image. While theyâ€™ll likely be adored by the public and a Friend to All Children with a reassuring sense of charisma, they're also extremely likely to be a Humble Hero, pointing out others they say are The Real Heroes. One major reason for this is it serves as self-imposed safety to keep them from abusing their powers. Most Capes have Evil Counterparts who do whatever they want and eventually devolve into villains. A second is to set an example for others to follow, as in the page quote and image quote. Capes are usually born with their powers, or get them in a unique fashion (or are given them to act as champions of Good). Though this is not absolutely necessary; it's the mindset (or self-perception) that's critical. Capes are contrasted with the The Dark Age of Comic Books which saw the emergence of vigilantes and Anti Heroes who have become more extreme (sometimes to ludicrous effect), mainly as a response to the perception of comic books as "kid stuff." Nearly all Super Hero series eventually address the idea that Capes and Badass Normals have unspoken issues: Capes can impose their morality because they have the power to back them up. In a setting where Capes and Anti-Heroes coexist, the former usually consider the latter to be unstable, amoral Smug Supers. In more cynical universes, the Smug Super might consider himself to be a Cape, but very much isn't. If they do have powers, expect them to be a Flying Brick. This trope is named, appropriately enough, for Oliver Queen's term for certain superheroes, as opposed to Badass Normals who live otherwise relatively mundane lives. See Superheroes Wear Capes for the actual wearing of capes. Sub-Trope to Ideal Hero. Note that while there is significant overlap between the two archetypes, they can best be differentiated by their subtle expressions: an Ideal Hero is someone with an iron-clad understanding of right and wrong that's always aligned with what helps the most people. Arguably, they are following a strict set of ethics. Meanwhile, The Cape is more accurately described as "The People's Hero," with a more wholesome and approachable demeanor, who inspires others, and tries to get them to believe in themselves. The Cape could then be said to be an expression of morals. Compare the Knight in Shining Armor (the medieval version of this character), Captain Patriotic, The Paragon, The Paladin. Contrast '90s Anti-Hero. Compare and contrast with The Cowl. If you're looking for NBC's canceled series of the same name, go here.
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The Cape / int_1331990c	comment	Puella Magi Madoka Magica: Sayaka Miki declares herself an ally of justice who will keep the city 'super safe'. She is one of the few magical girls who fights familiars in addition to witches to reduce the number of muggles that are killed by them, and of the five main characters her Magical Girl outfit is the only one with an actual cape. Homura explains why these magical girls are always the first to die or be corrupted. Because they fight familiars (which don't drop grief seeds) they engage in many more battles which means more chances to die in battle. Also, all of this fighting taxes their magic supply which accelerates the rate at which their soul gem darkens. Because they run on lofty ideals like selflessness and heroism and justice, they are more vulnerable to despair, which also accelerates the rate at which the soul gem darkens, ultimately turning them into the very witches they fight.
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The Cape / int_134e15f2	comment	The title of Thom Zahler's independent comic-book sitcom Love and Capes says it all. Issue 10 reveals some practical reasons for superheroes to wear capes.
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The Cape / int_1367cea0	comment	In Worm, anyone who dons a costume is referred to as a 'Cape' though few indeed fit the actual trope. However there are several clear examples, Legend is a crystal clear case. Chevalier and several other heroes may well be examples and a couple of the Brockton Bay Wards fit as well. A great many others seem to fit the trope at first, but later turn out not to do so as well as might be hoped.
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The Cape / int_15d1f0fd	comment	X-23 is increasingly showing aspects of this, as opposed to her genetic father's cowl. This has become especially noticeable in the aftermath of The Death of Wolverine, first in her issue of self-reflection of The Logan Legacy, and particularly during Wolverines; Laura rescues Fantomelle from Siphon because it is the right thing to do, not just because the group needs her. And when she later realizes that Siphon is as much a victim as the rest of the Paradise experiments, she manages to talk both Blade and Daken out of killing him in order to try and help him, even though she would be fully justified putting him down due to the immense threat he presents. Notably, when Laura visits the Ultimate Universe and learns the origin of mutants in that reality, she actually starts to break down in frustration that no matter where she goes because she cannot find something noble to aspire to.
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The Cape / int_1937dd14	comment	Another Marvel one is The Sentry. When he is sane. In theory. He wants to be one, and his Sentry persona is essentially the expression of his desire to be Marvel's answer to Superman. Unfortunately, his Superpowered Evil Side is having none of it.
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The Cape / int_1a12bbee	comment	The Mighty Thor is another Marvel Comics Cape.
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The Cape / int_21938c93	comment	The Vision in Avengers: Age of Ultron. He has a great respect for humanity and even has some sympathy for Ultron. Notably, he's the only Avenger besides Thor - and later, Cap - who is worthy enough to wield MjÃ¶lnir.
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The Cape / int_2212773a	comment	Angel: The Groosalugg. Angel grumps about how he's better at being one than Angel himself.
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The Cape / int_22745a6c	comment	Argued in Demon Spawn: Kara is a real hero, not because she is perfectâ€”she is notâ€”but because of her powers allowed her to do anything, and she chose to be a good person.
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The Cape / int_26617e6b	comment	American Eagle, of Legacy: The Tale of the American Eagle. His idealism and code of "No One Dies", (even when running through Vietnamese jungle after a drug cartel and getting repeadtedly ambushed), annoys the team of mercenaries accompanying him to no end.
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The Cape / int_27286fb2	comment	Spider-Man is naturally this and it extents to all of his variants in Spider-Man: No Way Home. Notably, only Raimi-Verse Spidey takes this a step further and is an Ideal Hero.
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The Cape / int_2c15b0d3	comment	Batgirl II Cassandra Cain is a very surprising example of a Cape. If you only read her very troubled backstory, you'd think she'd be an Anti-Hero Substitute for Barbara Gordon as Batgirl. But her experiences shaped her into being a very idealistic character instead of an anti-hero. This is mostly because she views Batman more as a symbol than a person, and in many ways upholds Batman's edicts better than the man himself. Even with her communication problems, she has enough charisma she can inspire others around her simply by being a hero.
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The Cape / int_2ecdb7b0	comment	Archvillain: Mighty Mike, a Flying Brick who spends his time saving kittens from trees and stopping forest fires.
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The Cape / int_2ee87bea	comment	Haran Banjo and Rom Stol get turned into these in Super Robot Wars. When all seems lost, Haran Banjo will arrive on the scene (sometimes with a distinct yell of "DAIITAAAARN...COME HERE!!!") and will deliver his Bad Ass Creed and Boast of how Daitarn 3 is here to smash evil ambitions (along with fixing whatever the problem was). Rom Stol one ups this by always interrupting the villain with a yell of "MATE!" (HALT!) before going into a speech about justice, love, punishment et al., sometimes in improbable places (like on top of the stage boss' cockpit). Inevitably, he will be asked who he is, whereupon he declares that they "do not deserve to know [his] name."
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The Cape / int_2ef7cb74	comment	Fate Testarossa of Lyrical Nanoha spends one or two seasons as a Dark Magical Girl. Flash forward 10 years in StrikerS and she's a law enforcer donning a white cape instead of her old completely black attire. Out of the main trio, she is the most classically heroic and focused on enforcing justice and has neither Hayate's trickster attitude nor Nanoha's Blood Knight characteristic. This is also evident in the climax of StrikerS, where she gets the honor of punching out and arresting the Big Bad.
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The Cape / int_2fce14ae	comment	Gently subverted in Wearing the Cape. The more powerful and photogenic superheroes are major media celebrities, who often publicly play to the Golden Age Hero stereotype and have whole marketing campaigns and PR departments to back them up. Of course, Atlas did start out as, and remained, pretty much the closest thing they had to The Cape. This was even lampshaded when Astra comments you could have put a big S on his chest and dared someone to claim it wasn't appropriate. However, it's subtly deconstructed by implying that Atlas feels a great amount of pressure to live up to people's expectations of the Cape and would have become rather burnt-out if not for Astra.
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The Cape / int_30b255fb	comment	Supergirl is traditionally very much a Cape. During the Silver Age in particular she was one of the most caring and humble superheroes, perhaps more so than her cousin himself since for her first few years she had to do her heroism in secret. Kara died a hero in the Crisis on Infinite Earths. When the Anti-Monitor attempted to destroy The Multiverse, she sacrificed her own life so that her cousin might live. In so doing, however, she severely set back the Anti-Monitor's plans, making victory possible for the heroes of the surviving Earths. The greatest tragedy of all, however, was that with the destruction of the Multiverse and changes to the timestream, Kara was erased from history, and no one at all remembered her heroic life and death. And still she accepted this, though, because she accomplished her goal: save them all. Post-Crisis Supergirl acted like a selfish emo teen for a while when she showed up on Earth because she suffered from Kryptonite poisoning and it was messing her head up and altering her behavior. For all her problems, though, Kara was headed strongly in this direction by the time of the New 52 reboot. She'd put the past behind her, adopted Superman's attitude towards dealing with issues, built strong friendships with other heroes, and was well on her way to being the same sort of paragon as her cousin. New 52 Supergirl didn't want to hurt anyone and was willing to help people, but her obsession with bringing Krypton back and her anger and loneliness issues were holding her back. During the Red Daughter of Krypton arc she finally faced her inner demons and outgrew her angst and anger. When Supergirl (Rebirth) starts out, she has become the kind of hero who will punch criminals and monsters but also try to reach out to them. In Elseworld's Finest: Supergirl & Batgirl, Kara is nice, good-natured, selfless and trusting. And she always tries to do the right thing. Unfortunately, Lex Luthor used her innocence against her, earning her trust so he could manipulate her. Argued in Demon Spawn: Kara is a real hero, not because she is perfectâ€”she is notâ€”but because of her powers allowed her to do anything, and she chose to be a good person.
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The Cape / int_31a8701b	comment	The Flash Barry Allen. A CSI with Super-Speed powers, a trained police officer, and founding member of the Justice League, he sacrificed himself to save the multiverse in a last ditch attempt to defeat the Anti-Monitor, this was one of the longest lasting comicbook hero deaths until he came back in Final Crisis.
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The Cape / int_32d026ec	comment	Lazenby, from Rave Master was made as a parody of this.
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The Cape / int_33acebd8	comment	Ky Kiske from the Guilty Gear series exemplifies this, minus the actual cape. Always standing up for peace and justice, his flaw is his primarily black-and-white view that leads him to be at odds with the lawless-yet-positive Sol Badguy.
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The Cape / int_3823caa4	comment	Trapped on Draconica: Daniar is a Flying Brick who enforces her father the king's justice. More than simple fighting she tries to set a moral example with her insistence of showing mercy to her enemies instead of killing them.
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The Cape / int_382ee557	comment	Cyclops in X-Men, though Depending on the Writer. Some play up his "boy scout" image, others play up his "emotionally conflicted and badass leader" image, so he varies on either a Cape in charge of the group, or a somewhat reckless, Crazy-Prepared Four-Star Badass that often makes him look like a Jerkass. In general, the most consistent thing about Cyclops is that he is a skilled field leader who lacks the natural charisma of a true "Cape".
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The Cape / int_38fa34eb	comment	Wonder Woman, up until that business with Max Lord was used to make her Darker and Edgier, has always been an ideal loving hero who strives to help everyone, even her own villains.
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The Cape / int_3aeb1c75	comment	Dragon Ball: Son Goku of Dragon Ball, especially in later stories. He flies on a cloud that only supports the pure of heart; he is a firm believer that Rousseau Was Right, sparing his enemies sometimes and often turning most of them into friends. He respects the pride of an individual, yet draws the line when that pride would hurt others; he always keeps his promise, no matter how little he understood when making it; and, above all, he never demands recognition or fame, instead preferring to live quietly and discreetly with his wife and sons, and then emerge from nothingness when the worldâ€”or even the universeâ€”needs saving once more. Oddly, in Dragon Ball Z, Goku's heroic traits were exaggerated in the anime, especially in the Non Serial Movies, though he was a more ambiguous hero in the manga who fought to get stronger for the sake of winning fights because that was his favorite pastime. In Dragon Ball Super, which had direct input from Goku's creator Akira Toriyama, shows a Goku that can be jarringly different from the one people are used to from the Z dub. In Dragon Ball Super, we are introduced to Jiren, the strongest fighter of Universe 11. Jiren's personality (in the Manga at least) is closer to that of a classic superhero. He's more concerned with saving civilians than learning about Goku, and initially refused to the enter the tournament of power because it would mean the death of seven other universes.
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The Cape / int_3ef1def5	comment	When Superman was dead, Steel took up the role of The Cape and fought "to keep the spirit of Superman alive."
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The Cape / int_3fe6b4fb	comment	Wedge, his CO, probably qualifies too. One example: during the Borleias evacuation, the shuttle he's supposed to ride out is destroyed, so he grabs a damaged X-Wing from the vehicle bay. A freighter warns him of nearby Vong ground troops, so he goes and destroys them. Then, while escorting the transport up, they're jumped by a squadron (12, for those of you keeping score at home) of Vong fighters. Wedge proceeds to pull them off the freighter and annihilate the squad, losing his shields in the process. Another squadron catches up to the freighter in this time, and Wedge pulls them away too, despite knowing that there's no possible way he can win...except the Rogues showing up.
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The Cape / int_400469e	comment	Parodied in Calvin and Hobbes with Stupendous Man, whose powers (not counting his costume) exist only in Mild-Mannered Calvin's imagination, and whose actual motives are purely selfish.
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The Cape / int_41b0198a	comment	Michael Carpenter from The Dresden Files, although he'd never trivialize his work as a Knight of the Cross by comparing it to comic-book superheroism, fits this trope. Knights have all the virtues, including humility. When Harry has repeatedly compared him to everything from Superman to Dudley Do-Right, Michael has usually seemed to actually find it moderately funny, somewhat complimentary, and not in the least embarrassing. Which pretty much doubles down on the trope.
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The Cape / int_44040f52	comment	Divinos in the Halt Evil Doer!! M&M setting.
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The Cape / int_44127c7c	comment	All Power Rangers from the first six seasons are this; it's all but stated to have been among Zordon's recruitment criteria, and he sets non-negotiable rules as conditions of retention. In later seasons, the Rangers who don't start out this way learn better and come around.
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The Cape / int_44715363	comment	Atem from Yu-Gi-Oh! zigzags this trope. While far more of an anti-hero than other examples, he nevertheless has a strict honour code and is initially very black and white in his views about justice and punishment. He plays the rest of the trope straight as he is incredibly selfless and downplays his own heroism to the extent of writing himself out of history to save his people. He plays the example straight the most in his life as Pharaoh Atem (revisited in the last arc of the manga) when he literally wears a cape and has to be the upholder of Ma'at i.e. law and justice.
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The Cape / int_4522fd1	comment	In the Whateley Universe, there are plenty. The Headmistress of Whateley Academy is a retired Superhero and very much fits the The Cape trope, even if her current superheroine garb is a body suit without cape. Since she's been fighting villains since 1943, she has a 1940's sensibility about superheroing... along with over sixty years of experience. She still looks early- to mid-thirties. And don't forget the 'Future Superheroes of America', better known around the school as... The Cape Squad.
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The Cape / int_468bebb0	comment	Captain Carrot of the Ankh-Morpork City Watch, from Terry Pratchett's Discworld series. He has no overtly superhuman abilities, but he combines a strong sense of justice, a solid punch and a fountain of charisma — he assumes that everyone else is basically a decent person, and somehow, they can't help but live up to his expectations.
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The Cape / int_4c363bcc	comment	Sentinels of the Multiverse has local Superman Expy and all around boy scout Legacy.
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The Cape / int_4e7cac32	comment	Supergirl. In the television series, Supergirl straddles between being The Cape and The Heart.
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The Cape / int_4f091b42	comment	Mr. Legend and Sky High from Tiger & Bunny. Kotetsu wants to be this but his destructive approach to justice usually gets in the way. In an interesting turn of events Mr. Legend turns out to be a Subversion of this trope, and while well-intentioned, Sky High is a bit of a ditz.
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The Cape / int_52e7a4e4	comment	Yuusuke Godai from Kamen Rider Kuuga, Shouchi Tsugami from Kamen Rider Agito, Shinji Kido from Kamen Rider Ryuki, Kazuma Kenzaki from Kamen Rider Blade, Eiji Hino from Kamen Rider OOO, and Kouta Kazuraba from Kamen Rider Gaim are the straightest examples, using their powers to protect the people due to feeling that they have a duty to do so, and simply because they believe that it's the right thing to do.
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The Cape / int_59d04ad0	comment	In Superman: Brainiac, Jonathan Kent explains that his son's real and greatest power is not being mightier than a locomotive or faster than a speeding bullet.
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The Cape / int_5ae0bec6	comment	WWE wrestler The Hurricane is, essentially, Superman meets the Green Lantern by way of Adam West.
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The Cape / int_5ec8cfe2	comment	All Fall Down has the superhero veteran, Paradigm. Of all the victims of the Fall, he handles it best.
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The Cape / int_5f89c8b8	comment	Atlas in PS238 seems to be a mild deconstruction. His chronic heroism destroys his marriage since he's never there for his wife, and he ultimately abandons Earth and his depowered son in order to take control of his homeworld in order to try and fix it. Julie 84 is a much straighter example and is in the process of being trained as his replacement (insofar as an eight year old girl can be allowed to take on such things).
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The Cape / int_5ff936e	comment	Web reviewer The Cartoon Hero uses a heroic persona and a typical cape outfit.
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The Cape / int_643a10a0	comment	In Elseworld's Finest: Supergirl & Batgirl, Kara is nice, good-natured, selfless and trusting. And she always tries to do the right thing. Unfortunately, Lex Luthor used her innocence against her, earning her trust so he could manipulate her.
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The Cape / int_65d07453	comment	The titular character in Captain America: The First Avenger. The movie is able to play this trope straight, and beautifully so, by giving him a deep need to prove himself and making him come off as adorable.
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The Cape / int_69d15cc0	comment	Marvel Cinematic Universe: The titular character in Captain America: The First Avenger. The movie is able to play this trope straight, and beautifully so, by giving him a deep need to prove himself and making him come off as adorable. The trope is also played straight in The Avengers where Cap gives Tony Stark a lecture about his selfishness and lone wolf behavior. Which gets turned around at the end, when Tony is actively working with the other Avengers while battling all over New York and ends up nearly performing a Heroic Sacrifice, only being saved at the last moment by the Hulk. The Vision in Avengers: Age of Ultron. He has a great respect for humanity and even has some sympathy for Ultron. Notably, he's the only Avenger besides Thor - and later, Cap - who is worthy enough to wield MjÃ¶lnir. Spider-Man is naturally this and it extents to all of his variants in Spider-Man: No Way Home. Notably, only Raimi-Verse Spidey takes this a step further and is an Ideal Hero.
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The Cape / int_6a4c8f1b	comment	Saitama in One-Punch Man is an odd example. Initially he comes off as an aversion since he just wants fame, fortune, and a good fight to alleviate the soul-crushing ennui that's affected him since he became the World's Strongest Man. However, as the story progresses, we get glimpses of a more idealistic side of his character, tying into the fact that unlike many heroes who really are just in it for money or acclaim, he's wanted to be a hero since he was a kid and thus has a good idea of what a hero should be like. Thus, he starts making himself into a Silent Scapegoat, willingly painting himself as a scam artist who mooches off of other heroes' hard work, in order to maintain the public's trust in other heroesâ€”not just the noble ones, but the selfish Jerkasses too. Over time this hurts his image with the public, but he accrues a small circle of True Companions who know him for the good person he really is, and this seems to make him happy. Probably reaches its peak in the climax of the Hero Hunter arc, where Saitama talks Garou down by correctly surmising that rather than hating heroes, he loved them and simply got disillusioned by the dark side that came from making heroics a profession. One can't talk about OPM without giving a nod to Mumen Rider. He might just be an ordinary man on a bicycle, but he's noble, kind-hearted, and above all else brave. When a giant monster who had defeated a dozen other heroes threatened innocent civilians, Mumen fought him despite knowing that he stood no chance, all while delivering an epic speech. There's a reason he's one of the most beloved heroes, both in-universe and out; if his body were as strong as his heart, Mumen would give Superman a run for his money.
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The Cape / int_6b3cfe38	comment	Bob and George. George, though, sometimes has to be reminded
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The Cape / int_7149a731	comment	Wonder Woman starts out this way through her first movie, being motivated purely by her empathetic need to help people. However, she becomes a Knight in Sour Armor in the end, but rediscovers it in time for Justice League.
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The Cape / int_75149ccd	comment	X-Wing Series: Tycho Celchu. He's a brilliant pilot but not superhuman. What makes him a Cape — well, there's an exchange in Wedge's Gamble that illustrates it. Wedge, his CO, probably qualifies too. One example: during the Borleias evacuation, the shuttle he's supposed to ride out is destroyed, so he grabs a damaged X-Wing from the vehicle bay. A freighter warns him of nearby Vong ground troops, so he goes and destroys them. Then, while escorting the transport up, they're jumped by a squadron (12, for those of you keeping score at home) of Vong fighters. Wedge proceeds to pull them off the freighter and annihilate the squad, losing his shields in the process. Another squadron catches up to the freighter in this time, and Wedge pulls them away too, despite knowing that there's no possible way he can win...except the Rogues showing up.
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The Cape / int_7988cb68	comment	Like Superman, Paragon Shepard's best friend is the Mass Effect universe's equivalent of Batman, Garrus Vakarian. It's lampshaded in the third game that when they work together they make an unstoppable team.
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The Cape / int_7aaf9e41	comment	Batman holds himself to enough standards that he is often closer to this than an Anti-Hero, just more on the pragmatic side. But regardless, there's a reason his comics are the Trope Namer for Joker Immunity.
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The Cape / int_7cf5a07	comment	Barry Allen, the main character of The Flash (2014). Many critics and fans have pointed out that Barry is a sort of anti-anti-hero. It also gets pointed out in the series itself, since he's sharply contrasted with the Arrow, who is very much The Cowl.
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The Cape / int_7f5bc680	comment	In many RPGs the player can become The Cape, examples include the Fallout series, Mass Effect and Knights of the Old Republic.
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The Cape / int_81f5d35d	comment	Kamen Rider often has protagonists like these for the Heisei lineup, and with some shows this is done to contrast from the rest of the morally ambiguous cast. While having just motives, the older Showa Riders often fought terrorists groups out of revenge. Yuusuke Godai from Kamen Rider Kuuga, Shouchi Tsugami from Kamen Rider Agito, Shinji Kido from Kamen Rider Ryuki, Kazuma Kenzaki from Kamen Rider Blade, Eiji Hino from Kamen Rider OOO, and Kouta Kazuraba from Kamen Rider Gaim are the straightest examples, using their powers to protect the people due to feeling that they have a duty to do so, and simply because they believe that it's the right thing to do. In crossover movies, the Showa Riders' (especially #1) For Great Justice schtick tend to be flanderized into this.
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The Cape / int_8258e260	comment	Mario. He may be something of a Flat Character, but his defining quality is his unrelenting altruism. He is an incorruptible do-gooder. He even gets a cape in Super Mario World.
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The Cape / int_8607fd53	comment	Kat from Gravity Rush is a Gravity Master who uses her powers to help the people of Hekseville. Usually she uses her powers to fight off the monstrous Nevi, but she also fights thieves, supervillains, and corrupt officials. She's always nice to everyone, and is always willing to help everyone with expectation of a reward.
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The Cape / int_86cdf0cb	comment	The titular hero TenÃ³rio Cavalcanti, from the O Homem da Capa Preta presented himself this way for promoting his image. The titular cape also served the purpose of concealing his MG-34 at indoor environments, like in the famous I-just-shoot-at-men scene.
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The Cape / int_8d32e966	comment	Hyperion of the Squadron Supreme.
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The Cape / int_8df5521b	comment	Of course, Atlas did start out as, and remained, pretty much the closest thing they had to The Cape. This was even lampshaded when Astra comments you could have put a big S on his chest and dared someone to claim it wasn't appropriate. However, it's subtly deconstructed by implying that Atlas feels a great amount of pressure to live up to people's expectations of the Cape and would have become rather burnt-out if not for Astra.
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The Cape / int_8feafd95	comment	Justice of the New Warriors.
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The Cape / int_95f7f987	comment	Nightwing is considered one of the greatest capes in the entire DC universe (right up there with Superman himself) as he's one of the most experienced superheroes who ever operated (having started around age twelve). Even Superman and Batman are willing to defer to him on occasion. Ironic, because he hates wearing capes.
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The Cape / int_960062b7	comment	All Might of My Hero Academia is an Affectionate Parody of this trope while also managing to play it straight. He is a typical Silver Age Super Hero who also happens to be the world's most powerful hero as well as being considered the "symbol of peace" and the main source of inspiration not only for the main character, but also several other ones. Also somewhat of a Deconstructed Character Archetype since a critical wound has left him unable to maintain his powers or appearance for more than a short time, which is a secret to the general populace so he has to limit his power usage for the sake of keeping up his image. Adding to the Deconstruction is the fact that In-Universe he has set the bar for being a hero so outrageously high that numerous characters develop inferiority complexes from not being able to measure up. And then he retires, due to losing his powers entirely in the process of defeating the most powerful villain in the world, prompting all sort of other villains who were previously too afraid to act to come out of the woodwork.
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The Cape / int_961b37e0	comment	DC Extended Universe: While Henry Cavill's Superman is not quite there yet in Man of Steel, due to being a version of the Man of Steel going through a Decon-Recon Switch, he shows shades of this, Humble Hero, and The Paragon, and has come to fit the three roles much better two years later (in universe) in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. He becomes this completely in Justice League. Wonder Woman starts out this way through her first movie, being motivated purely by her empathetic need to help people. However, she becomes a Knight in Sour Armor in the end, but rediscovers it in time for Justice League. In SHAZAM!, Billy Batson doesn't quite start out as an all-loving boyscout. When he initially gains his powers, Billy is more interested in abusing his powers to skip school, buy alcohol, and making money. However, after getting called out for his selfishness and realizing that he needs to own up to his shortcomings, Billy matures into an inspirational hero, though he still has issues with the status as of SHAZAM! Fury of the Gods.
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The Cape / int_985ad25d	comment	In Dragon Ball Super, we are introduced to Jiren, the strongest fighter of Universe 11. Jiren's personality (in the Manga at least) is closer to that of a classic superhero. He's more concerned with saving civilians than learning about Goku, and initially refused to the enter the tournament of power because it would mean the death of seven other universes.
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The Cape / int_98b9912e	comment	Super-Goof is a cheerful, heroic, superpowered Flying Brick who is a bit less bright than the usual examples of this trope, but ultimately is an archetypical hero through and through. This is in sharp contrast to Paperinik, who's a Terror Hero.
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The Cape / int_9d47a2a2	comment	Stannis Baratheon of A Song of Ice and Fire is what would happen if a non-superhero Cape existed in real life. He stands for truth and justice, but comes off a vengeful Jerkass. He always does his duty but has little to show for it which fuels his quest for the throne. He wants to bring peace to the realm and the people in it, but has no problem sacrificing a few to save all.
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The Cape / int_9ecd1e02	comment	Played straight in the Nightside novels with Julian Advent, who could've been another Dr. Jekyll, but chose to drink a formula that brought his Good side to the fore instead.
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The Cape / int_9eddb2fb	comment	In Irredeemable, the Plutonian was seen as one of these until his Faceâ€“Heel Turn. The comic book series is essentially exploring what would happen both if Superman went bad and, by extension, what would happen if someone who ultimately did not have the moral fibre to be The Cape was given this role.
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The Cape / int_9f85d26	comment	Captain Galhardo of Galactiquest wears one. Notably, he only wears it on his ship, and it's implied that no other captain does this. In one episode, it's revealed that he keeps a collection of them in the engine room.
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The Cape / int_9f89a5f0	comment	PokÃ©mon: Palafin, introduced in PokÃ©mon Scarlet and Violet, is essentially a dolphin version of Superman, complete with mild-mannered secret identity, which has pathetic stats and looks near-identical to its pre-evolved form, Finizen. You must switch it out mid-battle and then switch it back in to give it time to change into costume, at which point it will have stats on par with or even exceeding that of most legendary PokÃ©mon.
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The Cape / int_a0e1af96	comment	The Martian Manhunter is an example of this trope, as (in his 90s ongoing) he is the most well-loved superhero in the entire southern hemisphere of Earth, and he is (Depending on the Writer, of course), more powerful than Supes.
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The Cape / int_a15ee289	comment	Last Child of Krypton: Jor-El sends the rocket to Earth hoping helping them and guiding them this way. As he grows up Shinji aspires to be a good person and help people as much as he can. This mindset helps him to overcome some of his childhood traumas and become Superman. When someone says he can not fight fate, he replies "You watch me".
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The Cape / int_a481d45e	comment	Luke Skywalker is almost always shown as this, especially in works such as Luke Skywalker and the Shadows of Mindor. He's a perfect example of Beware the Nice Ones-yes, he is a Living Legend and Big Good, but he's also kind, gentle, compassionate, and willing to give a second chance to everyone, unless they're absolutely steeped in the Dark Side-and even then, he'll still defeat them as quickly and painlessly as possible. It's telling that even when there's anti-Jedi sentiment, it's almost never directed at him personally. Even after going through enough to make anyone into a Woobie, he always remains a good guy.
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The Cape / int_a687154e	comment	Airstrike and Clash from Wake of the Clash both happen to wear fluttery red capes that intentionally catch the eye. Clash seemed to be regarded and well liked as the classic hero type pre-Disaster, his fitting of The Cape stands in direct contrast to the antagonist role he takes on for the rest of the series. Airstrike on the otherhand, has an earnest and bombastic personality. It seems like she wears the cape to visually fit herself into the image of a classic, well-liked hero as she wants to be.
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The Cape / int_a86b7660	comment	Benton Fraser of Due South, a Mountie who came to Chicago on the trail of the killers of his father, exemplifies this trope, being genuinely polite, noble, selfless and heroic to everyone he meets. In something of a subversion, everyone consequently assumes he's unhinged.
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The Cape / int_ac25afb	comment	The titular villainess of Interviewing Leather has nothing but respect for the "old-school" superheroes.
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The Cape / int_ad20e006	comment	Wonder Woman (1975): Wonder Woman is an Ideal Hero who strives to do good for the sake of doing good, rehabilitate villains if possible, and, to quote her theme song, "stop a war with love".
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The Cape / int_ae806378	comment	Notorious from No More Heroes III is a textbook tÃ©cnico, a heavyweight wrestler who works as a superhero and is easily the most morally upstanding of Travis's group of assassins and other partially-reformed ne'er-do-wells. He takes out the #4 Galactic Ranking Superhero and helps Travis in a battle against Destroyman True Face.
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The Cape / int_b0097aa5	comment	In an age when so many of Marvel's old guard heroes are being depicted as morally compromised for the sake of drama, Kamala Khan, the new Ms. Marvel, is one of the most stand-up and earnest heroes around, and the citizens of Jersey City are generally very proud of their hometown hero in a way that's rare in the Marvel Universe.
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The Cape / int_b0bb89d8	comment	Superman: The Movie: As should be expected, Christopher Reeve as Superman plays this straight as well.
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The Cape / int_b2fba3e0	comment	Many Ultra Series heroes and their human hosts fall under this category, especially during the Showa era. Heisei era Ultras and humans tended to be more fallible, but still remain equally admirable characters.
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The Cape / int_b432d859	comment	Lycoris Recoil has Chisato, who while using guns unlike most capes is as heroic as any cape here, even outright using non-lethal bullets and methods. While she's in a setting where this makes her come off more as a Bunny-Ears Lawyer where everyone else is either a child soldier, mercenary, or terrorist, her skill and desire to make her good not only makes her stand out as something special, but her skills and abilities make her stand out so much that despite the former everyone in story has to at least respect her capabilities and achievements.
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The Cape / int_b4996199	comment	Spider-Man is Marvel's second greatest Capeless Cape after Captain America; he radiates the ideals of responsibility and hope for others. He once was originally a young man whose goal was just to get into university and study science, but while on an excursion to a museum, he was bitten by a radioactive spider, giving him super-powers. After he discovers the responsibility that comes with the power he now possesses, he protects his city and loved ones from whatever may threaten them. Like Cap, Spidey is one of the most trusted and beloved heroes in the franchise, and one of the friendliest and most selfless of the entire heroic roster. Many heroes, including Cap, enjoy his presence, along with his heroism, determination, and lightheartedness, due to the fact he is the heart of the Marvel Universe.
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The Cape / int_b8c4fbbc	comment	Sarah, the titular character in Tales of an Mazing Girl. But that's just the character she plays. On the inside she's snarky, and egotistically self-satisfed. But she hides it as the Big Good. Or maybe that's who she really is.
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The Cape / int_b8e7bb8	comment	All of the Super Sentai series always present the group of heroes as heroic characters who help protect the public. It is a child-friendly tv show franchise after all, so they have to show good role models to inspire the younger generations.
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The Cape / int_b93ba031	comment	Raymond from The Thin Blue Line, or at least Raymond's self-image.
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The Cape / int_ba3d2748	comment	While it is possible that all of the superheroes displayed in The Incredibles can qualify as this, Mr. Incredible and Syndrome's dynamic can qualify as a deconstruction of this trope. Mr. Incredible is shown to be a popular and inspiring hero, having many flattering articles of his super heroics, a fan club and even a key to the city of Metroville given to him by the mayor. This leads to him inspiring his "number one fan" Buddy to want to become a superhero just like him and trying to be his sidekick "Incrediboy." Because Mr. Incredible only wants to work alone (or, maybe more importantly, had just had a long day "at the office" which Buddy did not make any easier), he inadvertently crushes the boy's dreams in an attempt to keep him safe, leading to him to becoming a sociopathic supervillain whose plot is to become a superhero in the eyes of the public. This involves killing off various veteran heroes, unleashing a giant robot into populated areas and then "stopping it", as a bastardization of The Cape.
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The Cape / int_bb931b09	comment	Fire Force: Shinra looks like a central casting choice for, at best, an Anti-Hero: red eyes, a shark-like grin (with a tendency to come out at inappropriate times), and a power literally named "The Devil's Footprints". However, he is very much this trope, with a selfless desire to help and protect those around him.
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The Cape / int_bcea8f7c	comment	In the Freedom City setting for Mutants & Masterminds, the Cape was originally Centurion, the Superman Expy. Following his death the Cape is Captain Thunder.
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The Cape / int_bd310eaa	comment	Elliot of El Goonish Shive is brave, kind, chivalrous, and is the most straight up-and-down member of the eight True Companions. He hates injustice and bullying more than anything else, and his greatest fear is that he might begin to do bad things.
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The Cape / int_c19161	comment	New 52 Supergirl didn't want to hurt anyone and was willing to help people, but her obsession with bringing Krypton back and her anger and loneliness issues were holding her back. During the Red Daughter of Krypton arc she finally faced her inner demons and outgrew her angst and anger. When Supergirl (Rebirth) starts out, she has become the kind of hero who will punch criminals and monsters but also try to reach out to them.
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The Cape / int_c2463c46	comment	The Warrior of Light was made out to be a MASSIVE cape in Dissidia Final Fantasy. He's unwaveringly loyal to Cosmos, flatly shoots down Ultimecia's Hannibal Lecture, and even vows to save his Evil Counterpart Garland from his fate. No wonder Cosmos' Batman Gambit worked so well.
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The Cape / int_c25176c5	comment	In The Supervillainy Saga, Ultragod is this to the entirety of the superhero world. His daughter Gabrielle is viewed as this but is actually more of a Pragmatic Hero. Both of them are Expy for Superman and Supergirl so this makes sense.
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The Cape / int_c2fcda	comment	In SHAZAM!, Billy Batson doesn't quite start out as an all-loving boyscout. When he initially gains his powers, Billy is more interested in abusing his powers to skip school, buy alcohol, and making money. However, after getting called out for his selfishness and realizing that he needs to own up to his shortcomings, Billy matures into an inspirational hero, though he still has issues with the status as of SHAZAM! Fury of the Gods.
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The Cape / int_c43df4d8	comment	A Doctor Who Christmas special introduces one to the show. The Ghost is clearly a Superman Substitute (justified, since Grant was a huge fan of Superman as a kid), protecting New York, while also working as a babysitter for his crush (who, as befits a Lois Lane Expy, has no idea that her babysitter and the Ghost are one and the same).
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The Cape / int_c61f3112	comment	A number of the early DC heroes from the Justice Society of America era were and often still are this trope, most notably Green Lantern/Sentinel and the original Flash.
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The Cape / int_c83a00e4	comment	Superwomen of Eva 2: Lone Heir of Krypton: The real point of this story is Asuka donning the Supergirl identity and growing out of being an immature kid and into this trope and as well as an Ideal Hero.
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The Cape / int_c85df53e	comment	I Did NOT Give That Spider Superhuman Intelligence!: He is a Humble Hero who never attacks villains in their personal lives, is hesitant to feed even the most bloodthirsty heroes and villains to Mourning Dove at first, and is one of the few seventies heroes to express open concern for the civilian victims of supervillains.
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The Cape / int_c9ff23dd	comment	For bonus points, genre television show The Cape. Ironically the title character is actually The Cowl.
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The Cape / int_cb6abef3	comment	The trope is also played straight in The Avengers where Cap gives Tony Stark a lecture about his selfishness and lone wolf behavior. Which gets turned around at the end, when Tony is actively working with the other Avengers while battling all over New York and ends up nearly performing a Heroic Sacrifice, only being saved at the last moment by the Hulk.
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The Cape / int_ce50887e	comment	Son Goku of Dragon Ball, especially in later stories. He flies on a cloud that only supports the pure of heart; he is a firm believer that Rousseau Was Right, sparing his enemies sometimes and often turning most of them into friends. He respects the pride of an individual, yet draws the line when that pride would hurt others; he always keeps his promise, no matter how little he understood when making it; and, above all, he never demands recognition or fame, instead preferring to live quietly and discreetly with his wife and sons, and then emerge from nothingness when the worldâ€”or even the universeâ€”needs saving once more. Oddly, in Dragon Ball Z, Goku's heroic traits were exaggerated in the anime, especially in the Non Serial Movies, though he was a more ambiguous hero in the manga who fought to get stronger for the sake of winning fights because that was his favorite pastime. In Dragon Ball Super, which had direct input from Goku's creator Akira Toriyama, shows a Goku that can be jarringly different from the one people are used to from the Z dub.
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The Cape / int_d4e33bb9	comment	In The Adventures of Gyno-Star, Gyno-Star embodies a feminist version of the trope, attempting to abide by a strict feminist code (although often failing).
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The Cape / int_d8cdd857	comment	Hercules: The Legendary Journeys: Hercules, as portrayed by Kevin Sorbo. He doesn't have a literal cape or secret identity, but in all other aspects he pretty much fits the bill.
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The Cape / int_ddad77ae	comment	The leading example in Astro City is unarguably the Silver Agent. A natural leader and All-Loving Hero, he selflessly helps anyone in need regardless of the risk to himself. He ends up being an inspiring figure for over 43 centuries to beings throughout the universe. Samaritan is the world's most famous hero and always a reassuring sight in times of danger. Despite the never-ending pressures he faces trying to help everyone, the harshest he'll get is a stern-voiced frown. The Gentleman is so nice and polite that he makes Fred Rogers look like a drunken sailor by comparison. Stylishly dressed and unerringly chivalrous, The Gentleman is a constant example of impeccable civility.
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The Cape / int_df36d7e3	comment	Deconstructed in Power & Glory: while A-Pex may appear to be an all-American blonde, blue-eyed, virtuous superhero, in reality he is nothing of the sortâ€”the guy is actually a government-created nationalist fantasy whose fear of germs leaves him incapable of fighting anyone, and it is his handler who has to take care of things from behind the scenes.
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The Cape / int_e542bff1	comment	In The Secret Return of Alex Mack, the titular character is this. Being the first superhero to go public, she is also the most well-known and is always at the forefront in every disaster. Serving as an inspiration for later heroes. Half of the team she gathers only becomes heroes due to her influence.
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The Cape / int_e7410020	comment	The eponymous Empowered might well qualify. For all her faults and frailties, she knows what is right, and will go to tremendous lengths to do just that. In the last story in volume 5, she is willing to very probably die to save Mindf* , and she only slightly knows the other woman. Mindf* had to resort to using mind control to force Empowered to save herself instead. She later literally went with Sista Spooky to Hell in an attempt to rescue Mindf***. Spooky simply cannot understand why the woman she has belittled, embarrassed, and humiliated time and again would do that. Emp did it because it was the right thing to do.
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The Cape / int_e7de0d5f	comment	The Letter People: Mister S is characterized as a Flying Brick superhero.
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The Cape / int_ec28245c	comment	Oddly, in Dragon Ball Z, Goku's heroic traits were exaggerated in the anime, especially in the Non Serial Movies, though he was a more ambiguous hero in the manga who fought to get stronger for the sake of winning fights because that was his favorite pastime. In Dragon Ball Super, which had direct input from Goku's creator Akira Toriyama, shows a Goku that can be jarringly different from the one people are used to from the Z dub.
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The Cape / int_f1a38c03	comment	Jerom from Suske en Wiske has pretty much all of the attributes described here, even with his eventual flaws such as badly speaking Dutch and being very impulsive. Willy Vandersteen eventually noticed this and created the Jerom franchise, in which he is a hero fighting crime.
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The Cape / int_f4a1d45b	comment	Kara died a hero in the Crisis on Infinite Earths. When the Anti-Monitor attempted to destroy The Multiverse, she sacrificed her own life so that her cousin might live. In so doing, however, she severely set back the Anti-Monitor's plans, making victory possible for the heroes of the surviving Earths. The greatest tragedy of all, however, was that with the destruction of the Multiverse and changes to the timestream, Kara was erased from history, and no one at all remembered her heroic life and death. And still she accepted this, though, because she accomplished her goal: save them all.
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The Cape / int_f90ee70b	comment	Cassandra Cain, the lead of Angel of the Bat, was already the Cape during her time as Batgirl, but becomes even more hopeful and and strong after her religious conversion to Catholicism and changing her title to Angel of the Bat.
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The Cape / int_fa5e90fd	comment	The central figure of the "mythology" behind City of Heroes, Statesman, is a classic Cape. Strict moral code, no-kills rule, monochrome vision, enforces his code upon others and backs it up with literally demigod-like powers. Naturally, he comes complete with an Evil Counterpart, Lord Recluse. He is also canonically over 100 years old and has been in the superhero business since the 1920s. So being a little jaded and tired of it all is somewhat understandable. He tends to come off when well written as something of a Jerk with a Heart of Gold. Though he is basically an Expy fusion of Superman and Captain America (backstory by the way of Captain Marvel) after all.
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The Cape / int_fb9c177d	comment	Optimus Prime, from any incarnation of the Transformers franchise, is a non-superhero example, somewhat like Carrot above but played a great deal straighter. To be fair, Optimus and the rest of his race do fall under the Super Robot category, so to us Puny Earthlings, he seems pretty strong... But his respect for sentient life, his inspiring oratory, his dedication to justice, his courage in the face of impossible odds, as well as being one of the finest warriors and most well-constructed Transformers in history... He's a shining example of this trope, and a beacon of light in a war without end. A much less publicized character called Countdown is, if possible, even more so. He's no more powerful than Optimus (though his recent Ultra-class figure gives ridiculous statistics for him), but in attitude, morality, determination, intelligence, and so on, he's sort of a cross between Captain Picard, Superman, Thor (from Stargate SG-1), and Carl Sagan.
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The Cape / int_fcf65a1c	comment	In Jeramey Kraatz's The Cloak Society, Lone Star.
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The Cape / int_fdb7646c	comment	Thundermind of DC's Great Ten fulfills this archetype despite lacking a cape. As a result, he's the only member of the Great Ten deemed capable of being a media darling.
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The Cape / int_fe8ef766	comment	Captain America is probably Marvel's best capeless Cape. As a youth, he tried out for World War II, but was rejected on physical grounds, so he volunteered to be a guinea pig in a military experiment. He did not know there had already been successful trials, and the risk was much less than is commonly advertised; the experiment turned him into a soldier with physical and mental capabilities very slightly above peak human. In the modern era (how he survived is another story), he is such a tactical and moral exemplar that while powerless and wielding nothing more than an indestructible shield that doesn't obey the laws of physics, he leads a team consisting of powerhouses like Thor, Iron Man, Wonder Man, Ms. Marvel, and the rest of "Earth's Mightiest Heroes". Further punctuating his status as The Cape, Cap makes it clear on numerous occasions that he does not stand for America as a nation specifically, but for "the Dream", to the point where he is willing to fight and die for his beliefs against his own government.
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The Cape / int_ff0bf83f	comment	Oddly enough, the classic Cape on Justice League Unlimited is not Superman, but Golden-Age boy scout Captain Marvel. The series also frequently has subplots involving Superman's motivations and temptations despite being The Cape everyone looks up to. To some extent it depends on the writer exactly how different The Big Red Cheese and Billy Batson actually are (they talk about each other in the third person, but there's substantial overlap). Given that Billy, even if he is not literally a Boy Scout, certainly tries to be Trustworthy, Loyal, Helpful, Friendly, Courteous, Kind, Obedient, Cheerful, Thrifty, Brave, Clean, and Reverent, it makes a certain amount of sense that his super-powered alter ego is usually shown to be pretty much pegged at one edge of the sliding scale from idealism to cynicism. For that matter, one assumes this is exactly why the wizard Shazam picked Billy for the job. Kyle Rayner once observed that Captain Marvel is essentially 10-year-old Billy Batson's concept of the perfect adult, made real.
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The Cape / int_ff9ab17f	comment	A much less publicized character called Countdown is, if possible, even more so. He's no more powerful than Optimus (though his recent Ultra-class figure gives ridiculous statistics for him), but in attitude, morality, determination, intelligence, and so on, he's sort of a cross between Captain Picard, Superman, Thor (from Stargate SG-1), and Carl Sagan.
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52 (Comic Book) / int_e2415f	type	The Cape
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Superman (Phillip Kennedy Johnson) (Comic Book) / int_e2415f	type	The Cape
Superman: Up in the Sky (Comic Book) / int_e2415f	type	The Cape
Superman vs. the Amazing Spider-Man (Comic Book) / int_e2415f	type	The Cape
Supreme (Comic Book) / int_e2415f	type	The Cape
The American Way (Comic Book) / int_e2415f	type	The Cape
The Authority (Comic Book) / int_e2415f	type	The Cape
The End League (Comic Book) / int_e2415f	type	The Cape
The Umbrella Academy (Comic Book) / int_e2415f	type	The Cape
Ultraduck / Comicbook / int_e2415f	type	The Cape
Watchmen (Comic Book) / int_e2415f	type	The Cape
DeadMan	seeAlso	The Cape
Demon Spawn (Comic Book) / int_e2415f	type	The Cape
Green Lantern (Comic Book) / int_e2415f	type	The Cape
Supergirl (Rebirth) (Comic Book) / int_e2415f	type	The Cape
Superman (Comic Book) / int_e2415f	type	The Cape
The Falcon / Comicbook / int_e2415f	type	The Cape
A Certain Mythic Archmage / Fan Fic / int_e2415f	type	The Cape
Angel of the Bat / Fan Fic / int_e2415f	type	The Cape
A Supe of a Man (Fanfic) / int_e2415f	type	The Cape
Big Human on Campus (Fanfic) / int_e2415f	type	The Cape
Dekugate (Fanfic) / int_e2415f	type	The Cape
Inviolate (Fanfic) / int_e2415f	type	The Cape
Last Child of Krypton (Fanfic) / int_e2415f	type	The Cape
Superwomen of Eva 2: Lone Heir of Krypton (Fanfic) / int_e2415f	type	The Cape
The Secret Return of Alex Mack (Fanfic) / int_e2415f	type	The Cape
The Worm Protocol (Fanfic) / int_e2415f	type	The Cape
Ultimate Sleepwalker (Fanfic) / int_e2415f	type	The Cape
Captain America: The First Avenger / int_e2415f	type	The Cape
Fallen / int_e2415f	type	The Cape
Heroic Trio / int_e2415f	type	The Cape
Hydrozagadka / int_e2415f	type	The Cape
Kick-Ass / int_e2415f	type	The Cape
O Homem da Capa Preta / int_e2415f	type	The Cape
Super / int_e2415f	type	The Cape
The Adventures of Captain Marvel / int_e2415f	type	The Cape
The Specials / int_e2415f	type	The Cape
Unbreakable / int_e2415f	type	The Cape
Power Rangers (Franchise) / int_e2415f	type	The Cape
The Lone Ranger (Franchise) / int_e2415f	type	The Cape
Appointment with F.E.A.R. / int_e2415f	type	The Cape
Archvillain / int_e2415f	type	The Cape
Devils Cape / int_e2415f	type	The Cape
Galactiquest / int_e2415f	type	The Cape
Hench / int_e2415f	type	The Cape
Interviewing Leather / int_e2415f	type	The Cape
Justice Wing / int_e2415f	type	The Cape
Nightside / int_e2415f	type	The Cape
Nuklear Age / int_e2415f	type	The Cape
Soon I Will Be Invincible / int_e2415f	type	The Cape
Super Powereds / int_e2415f	type	The Cape
Tales of an Mazing Girl / int_e2415f	type	The Cape
The Cloak Society / int_e2415f	type	The Cape
The Precipice / int_e2415f	type	The Cape
The Riyria Revelations / int_e2415f	type	The Cape
The Supervillainy Saga / int_e2415f	type	The Cape
Tsar Gorokh's Detective Agency / int_e2415f	type	The Cape
Wearing the Cape / int_e2415f	type	The Cape
ChampionsOnline	seeAlso	The Cape
GeorgeWashington	seeAlso	The Cape
GlobalGuardiansPBEMUniverse	seeAlso	The Cape
GoldenBat	seeAlso	The Cape
Hourman	seeAlso	The Cape
JohnDebney	seeAlso	The Cape
Kaliman	seeAlso	The Cape
Mario4812LikedTropes3	seeAlso	The Cape
MissRobinsonBoyWonder	seeAlso	The Cape
NuklearAge	seeAlso	The Cape
PhantomLady	seeAlso	The Cape
QuantumAndWoody	seeAlso	The Cape
SarahWilliams	seeAlso	The Cape
Steel	seeAlso	The Cape
SteveElOtaku	seeAlso	The Cape
Stinkoman87	seeAlso	The Cape
SuperVillain	seeAlso	The Cape
Superhero	seeAlso	The Cape
TheDarkAgeOfComicBooks	seeAlso	The Cape
TheGreatCharacterAlignmentDebate	seeAlso	The Cape
Kongoh Bancho (Manga) / int_e2415f	type	The Cape
Rave Master (Manga) / int_e2415f	type	The Cape
Tiger Mask (Manga) / int_e2415f	type	The Cape
The Adventures of Superman (Radio) / int_e2415f	type	The Cape
Global Guardians PBEM Universe (Roleplay)	seeAlso	The Cape
Marvels RPG (Roleplay) / int_e2415f	type	The Cape
The First Hero (Roleplay) / int_e2415f	type	The Cape
Ace Lightning / int_e2415f	type	The Cape
Dallas / int_e2415f	type	The Cape
Hercules: The Legendary Journeys / int_e2415f	type	The Cape
No Heroics / int_e2415f	type	The Cape
Superman & Lois / int_e2415f	type	The Cape
The Letter People / int_e2415f	type	The Cape
The Thin Blue Line / int_e2415f	type	The Cape
The Thundermans / int_e2415f	type	The Cape
Wonder Woman (1975) / int_e2415f	type	The Cape
TV Tropes Superhero Team / Sugar Wiki / int_e2415f	type	The Cape
Freedom City (Tabletop Game) / int_e2415f	type	The Cape
Halt Evil Doer! (Tabletop Game) / int_e2415f	type	The Cape
Bullshot	seeAlso	The Cape
Golden Bat (Theatre) / int_e2415f	type	The Cape
Champions Online (Video Game) / int_e2415f	type	The Cape
City of Heroes (Video Game) / int_e2415f	type	The Cape
Gravity Rush (Video Game) / int_e2415f	type	The Cape
HeroSmash (Video Game) / int_e2415f	type	The Cape
Mole's World (Video Game) / int_e2415f	type	The Cape
Ōkami (Video Game) / int_e2415f	type	The Cape
Spider-Man (PS4) (Video Game) / int_e2415f	type	The Cape
Super Robot Wars (Video Game) / int_e2415f	type	The Cape
Master of the Wind / Videogame / int_e2415f	type	The Cape
The Demented Cartoon Movie (Web Animation) / int_e2415f	type	The Cape
Tales to Behold (Webcomic) / int_e2415f	type	The Cape
I'm a Marvel... And I'm a DC (Web Video) / int_e2415f	type	The Cape
Media Whorz (Web Video) / int_e2415f	type	The Cape
My Hero Academia: Abridged (Web Video) / int_e2415f	type	The Cape
The Cartoon Hero (Web Video) / int_e2415f	type	The Cape
Almighty Protectors (Webcomic) / int_e2415f	type	The Cape
Hero by Night (Webcomic) / int_e2415f	type	The Cape
Heroes of the World and Beyond (Webcomic) / int_e2415f	type	The Cape
Lady Spectra & Sparky (Webcomic) / int_e2415f	type	The Cape
Love and Capes (Webcomic) / int_e2415f	type	The Cape
Section P (Webcomic) / int_e2415f	type	The Cape
Spinnerette (Webcomic) / int_e2415f	type	The Cape
SuperSamAndJohnOfTheNight	seeAlso	The Cape
The Adventures of Gyno-Star (Webcomic) / int_e2415f	type	The Cape
Challenge of the GoBots / int_e2415f	type	The Cape
Mighty Mouse / int_e2415f	type	The Cape
Skeleton Warriors / int_e2415f	type	The Cape
Superman: The Animated Series / int_e2415f	type	The Cape
Superman vs. the Elite / int_e2415f	type	The Cape
The Wacky World of Tex Avery / int_e2415f	type	The Cape
Time Squad / int_e2415f	type	The Cape
Twice Upon a Time / int_e2415f	type	The Cape
Ultimate Avengers / int_e2415f	type	The Cape
El Santo (Wrestling) / int_e2415f	type	The Cape
John Cena (Wrestling) / int_e2415f	type	The Cape
Aztek (Comic Book) / int_e2415f	type	The Cape
Red Daughter of Krypton (Comic Book) / int_e2415f	type	The Cape
Freedom Force (Video Game) / int_e2415f	type	The Cape

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