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* In ''Saint Seiya'' spin-off manga ''Manga/SaintSeiyaTheLostCanvas'', Specter Bat Wimber can control bats. His main attack is "Nightmare Sonar": he summons a large swarm of bats that emit deafening shrieks at the opponent.
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* In the Arcade Beat 'Em Up ''VideoGame/NightSlashers'', the Vampire Count boss can release at the player some bats from inside his heavy cloak.
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* ''VideoGame/{{Darkstalkers}}'': Vampiric demon Dimitri Maximoff has his "Demon Million" EX Skill, whereupon transforming into his vampiric form, he launches a swarm of fiery bats. In ''Darkstalkers 3 / Vampire Savior'' he instead becomes a swarm of bats to tear through his opponent. There is also his Darkside Master, which summons two fiery bats to aid him in combos.
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* ''VideoGame/{{Darkstalkers}}'': in this MonsterMash series based on public domain monsters and fantastic creatures, one is bound to find bats used by the local vampires, as well as {{CuteMonsterGirl}}s:
** Vampiric demon Dimitri Maximoff has his "Demon Million" EX Skill, whereupon transforming into his vampiric form, he launches a swarm of fiery bats. In ''Darkstalkers 3 / Vampire Savior'' he instead becomes a swarm of bats to tear through his opponent. There is also his Darkside Master, which summons two fiery bats to aid him incombos.combos.
** Lilith Aensland, introduced in ''Darlstalkers 3'' as part of Morrigan Aensland's soul, commands her outfit to become a swarm of bats that strikes against her opponent in her EX Move.
** Vampiric demon Dimitri Maximoff has his "Demon Million" EX Skill, whereupon transforming into his vampiric form, he launches a swarm of fiery bats. In ''Darkstalkers 3 / Vampire Savior'' he instead becomes a swarm of bats to tear through his opponent. There is also his Darkside Master, which summons two fiery bats to aid him in
** Lilith Aensland, introduced in ''Darlstalkers 3'' as part of Morrigan Aensland's soul, commands her outfit to become a swarm of bats that strikes against her opponent in her EX Move.
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** In ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaOrderOfEcclesia'', during Dracula's second phase, he will open his arms and release a swarm of bats from his cape.
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** In ''Vampire Killer'' (a re-release of the first ''Castlevania'' for the MSX), Dracula's second form (a large portrait of a vampire) opens its mouth and spits out streams of bats against the player.
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** In ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaTheAdventureReBirth'', the mini-boss in stage 4 unleashes streams of bats that zigzag in the screen to hit Christopher Belmont.
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* In ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamCity'', Batman can summon a swarm of bats as a special move against mooks: he jumps, then lands on the ground with a punch, and a swarm of bats appears to encircle him and hit nearby enemies.
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** In ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaCircleOfTheMoon'' for the [=GameBoy=] Advance, in his first phase (Dracula in normal form), he casts three flaming bat projectiles from his cape at the player. When he assumes his OneWingedAngel form, he alternates between a large purple monstrosity, and a large eye surrounded by a swarm of bats that act as a protective barrier.
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* In ''VideoGame/TheRevengeOfShinobi'', the round 6 boss, a Spider-Man rip-off, summons a few bats to attack Shinobi after he changes into a Batman/Devilman rip-off (depending on the version one is playing).
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* In ''Chiki Chiki Boys'' (or ''Mega Twins''), the boss of R4, Battle Stage 3, "Monster Castle's Dungeon", is an underwear-clad, top hat-wearing vampire. Whenever he stays upside down on the ceiling, he may open his wings to release six cute, cartoony-looking small bats.
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* In ''Chiki Chiki Boys'' ''VideoGame/ChikiChikiBoys'' (or ''Mega Twins''), the boss of R4, Battle Stage 3, "Monster Castle's Dungeon", is an underwear-clad, top hat-wearing vampire. Whenever he stays upside down on the ceiling, he may open his wings to release six cute, cartoony-looking small bats.
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* In ''VideoGame/SwordOfMana'', Count Lee can turn himself into a swarm of invincible bats if you avoid him for too long. The bats can all dish out smaller hits that can add up very quickly. You're also slowed down for the duration of the attack.
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* ''Franchise/{{Castlevania}}'': the franchise deals with the centuries-long battle between the Belmont Clan and his allies (representing humanity) against Dracula and his minions (on the side of evil and the powers of darkness), which takes place in the titular ''Castlevania'', a castle that belongs to Dracula.
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* ''Franchise/{{Castlevania}}'': the The franchise deals with the centuries-long battle between the Belmont Clan and his allies (representing humanity) against Dracula and his minions (on the side of evil and the powers of darkness), which takes place in the titular ''Castlevania'', a castle that belongs to Dracula.
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* ''VideoGame/PrinnyCanIReallyBeTheHero'': The sequel introduces the [[HornyDevils Lilith]] as a new enemy in certain stages. Upon getting close, she will teleport around, and if not interrupted with either a [[GroundPound Hip-Pound]] or an attack, she will launch a homing bat swarm at the player. Both Lilith and the swarm are [[InvulnerableAttack utterly invincible]] until the attack subsides.
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* ''VideoGame/PrinnyCanIReallyBeTheHero'': The sequel introduces the [[HornyDevils Lilith]] Lilith as a new enemy in certain stages. Upon getting close, she will teleport around, and if not interrupted with either a [[GroundPound Hip-Pound]] or an attack, she will launch a homing bat swarm at the player. Both Lilith and the swarm are [[InvulnerableAttack utterly invincible]] until the attack subsides.
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* ''Series/{{Gotham}}'': In the Season 5 episode "They Did What?", Bruce has an experimental new cloaking device that has the side effect that it's sound summons bats. When he and Selina get into a fight with Bane, he puts the device on Bane's back and turns it on, resulting in a huge swarm of bats attacking the villain.
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This is not to be confused for BatPeople or {{Animorphism}}, wherein a person is bat-like creature or turns into a bat, but they can serve as explanation why the character has such powers in the first place.
The archetype of TheBeastmaster may also manipulate bats, but they usually commune with ''extant'' animals in nature, and do not conjure them. The bats may also be utilized by TheMinionMaster.
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The archetype of TheBeastmaster may also manipulate bats, but they usually commune with ''extant'' animals innature, nature and do not conjure them. The bats may also be utilized by TheMinionMaster.
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* ''Franchise/{{Digimon}}'': In-universe, Virus-type digimon are considered antagonistic to Vaccine-type: while the latter fight to protect data, the former seek to consume and destroy it, and mostly represent the major villains of the franchise and their underlings. As such:
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** Another evil/dark Digimon that can control bats is [=LadyDevimon=], who attacks with her "Darkness Wave", a wave of bat-like creatures that can turn enemies to cinders. Her appearances include the "Dark Master" arc of ''Digimon Adventure 1'', the "World Tour" arc of ''Anime/DigimonAdventure02'', and the heroes' invasion of the Cemetery Zone in ''Anime/DigimonFusion'' (1st series).
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** Another evil/dark Digimon that can control bats is [=LadyDevimon=], who attacks with her "Darkness Wave", a wave of bat-like creatures that can turn enemies to into cinders. Her appearances include the "Dark Master" arc of ''Digimon Adventure 1'', the "World Tour" arc of ''Anime/DigimonAdventure02'', and the heroes' invasion of the Cemetery Zone in ''Anime/DigimonFusion'' (1st series).
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* In ''ComicBook/BatmanYearOne'', Batman has a device embedded in his boot heel which can emit a sonar signal to summon a huge swarm of bats to his location. The bats themselves are harmless, but they cause enough confusion for Batman to escape when the police have him cornered. (This was the inspiration for the similar scene in ''Film/BatmanBegins''.)
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* In ''ComicBook/BatmanYearOne'', Batman has a device embedded in his boot heel which that can emit a sonar signal to summon a huge swarm of bats to his location. The bats themselves are harmless, but they cause enough confusion for Batman to escape when the police have him cornered. (This was the inspiration for the a similar scene in ''Film/BatmanBegins''.)
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** ''Literature/HarryPotter'': Downplayed. Ginny Weasley's SignatureMove, the Bat-Bogey Hex, is an attacking spell that causes the victim's boogers to turn into bats and fly out of their nose. She is one of heroes of the series, however.
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* In ''Batman Returns'' for the UsefulNotes/SegaGenesis, Batman has at his disposal the weapons in his utility belt. Aside the traditional Batarangs and other doohickeys, he can ''cast a swarm of bats from inside his cape'' to attack his enemies.
* ''VideoGame/{{Bayonetta}}'': The titular Bayonetta is a member of the Umbra Witches, a clan of darkness-using sorceresses that follow the DarkIsNotEvil trope. In the series, she can obtain the "Bat Within" ability, described in-universe as a "dark art" that allows her to become a swarm of bats as an defensive maneuver, while also slightly damaging the opponent.
* ''VideoGame/{{Bayonetta}}'': The titular Bayonetta is a member of the Umbra Witches, a clan of darkness-using sorceresses that follow the DarkIsNotEvil trope. In the series, she can obtain the "Bat Within" ability, described in-universe as a "dark art" that allows her to become a swarm of bats as an defensive maneuver, while also slightly damaging the opponent.
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* In ''Batman Returns'' for the UsefulNotes/SegaGenesis, Batman has at his disposal the weapons in his utility belt. Aside from the traditional Batarangs and other doohickeys, he can ''cast a swarm of bats from inside his cape'' to attack his enemies.
* ''VideoGame/{{Bayonetta}}'': The titular Bayonetta is a member of the Umbra Witches, a clan of darkness-using sorceresses that follow the DarkIsNotEvil trope. In the series, she can obtain the "Bat Within" ability, described in-universe as a "dark art" that allows her to become a swarm of bats asan a defensive maneuver, while also slightly damaging the opponent.
* ''VideoGame/{{Bayonetta}}'': The titular Bayonetta is a member of the Umbra Witches, a clan of darkness-using sorceresses that follow the DarkIsNotEvil trope. In the series, she can obtain the "Bat Within" ability, described in-universe as a "dark art" that allows her to become a swarm of bats as
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* Highborn Vampires from ''VideoGame/EvilWest'' have a magical shockwave attack that takes the form of a huge ammount of red holographic bats.
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* ''VideoGame/TheHouseOfTheDead'': in the first game and in ''Scarlet Dawn'', its second boss, the Hanged Man, is a bat-like humanoid who commands bat-like zombies called Devilons he can sic at the plaer as a ranged attack. The Devilon swarm also functions like a OrbitingParticleShield where they will fall when Hangedman's health depletes to half.
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* ''VideoGame/MegamanZero3'': One of Devilbat Schilt's attacks is to open his armored cape to release dozens of AttackDrone units shaped like bats. Zero can destroy the drones or evade them, while also giving an opening for him to inflict more damage on the now vulnerable Schilt.
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* ''VideoGame/MegamanZero3'': One of Devilbat Schilt's attacks is to open his armored cape to release dozens of AttackDrone units shaped like bats. Zero can destroy the drones or evade them, while also giving an opening for him to inflict more damage on the now vulnerable now-vulnerable Schilt.
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* In ''VideoGame/{{Quackshot}}'', Donald Duck stars in a Indiana Jones-inspired adventure/treasure hunt around the world. One of his stops is a castle in Transylvania, where he fights Count Dracula as a boss battle. During the fight, Dracula floats around the screen wrapped in his cape, stops at certain points and opens his cape to release bats at Donald.
* ''VideoGame/{{Skylanders}}'': Bat Spin is able to command bats at will, either by firing them like projectiles or forming a defense circle around her. In-universe, she is a member of the "Undead" faction/element, which includes ghosts, vampires and other classes of undead, but she is more of a FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire than the common occurrence of the trope.
* ''VideoGame/{{Skylanders}}'': Bat Spin is able to command bats at will, either by firing them like projectiles or forming a defense circle around her. In-universe, she is a member of the "Undead" faction/element, which includes ghosts, vampires and other classes of undead, but she is more of a FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire than the common occurrence of the trope.
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* In ''VideoGame/{{Quackshot}}'', Donald Duck stars in a an Indiana Jones-inspired adventure/treasure hunt around the world. One of his stops is a castle in Transylvania, where he fights Count Dracula as a boss battle. During the fight, Dracula floats around the screen wrapped in his cape, stops at certain points points, and opens his cape to release bats at Donald.
* ''VideoGame/{{Skylanders}}'': Bat Spin is able to command bats at will, either by firing them like projectiles or forming a defense circle around her. In-universe, she is a member of the "Undead" faction/element, which includes ghosts,vampires vampires, and other classes of undead, but she is more of a FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire than the common occurrence of the trope.
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* ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'': When the Batcave is invaded by the Thanagarian army in "Starcrossed", Batman fights back by hurling a batarang at his foes. Though the aliens scoff at the hero's projectiles, they fail to realize that the weapons are actually emiting an acoustic signal, which directs all the bats in the cave to attack them.
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* In ''Film/BatmanReturns'', Batman uses a device to release a swarm of bats from the Batboat that attack The Penguin.
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* ''VideoGame/Miitopia'': The Vampire Job has an attack called Bat Tornado, in which the Vampire jumps into the air and opens their cape to unleash a swarm of bats at a singular enemy.
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* ''VideoGame/BloodstainedCurseOfTheMoon'': Gebel's standard attack is to fire a spread trio of bats in an upward diagonal direction.
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* ''Franchise/{{HarryPotter}}'':
** ''Literature/HarryPotter'': Downplayed. Ginny Weasley's SignatureMove, the Bat-Bogey Hex, is an attacking spell that causes the victim's boogers to turn into bats and fly out of their nose. She is one of heroes of the series, however.
** ''Literature/QuidditchThroughTheAges'': During the final of the Quidditch world cup in 1473, between Flanders and Transylvania, the Transylvania captain smuggled a swarm of vampire bats onto the pitch inside their robes and released them to attack the Flanders players.
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** ''Literature/HarryPotter'': Downplayed. Ginny Weasley's SignatureMove, the Bat-Bogey Hex, is an attacking spell that causes the victim's boogers to turn into bats and fly out of their nose. She is one of heroes of the series, however.
** ''Literature/QuidditchThroughTheAges'': During the final of the Quidditch world cup in 1473, between Flanders and Transylvania, the Transylvania captain smuggled a swarm of vampire bats onto the pitch inside their robes and released them to attack the Flanders players.
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** ''Literature/HarryPotter'': Downplayed. Ginny Weasley's SignatureMove, the Bat-Bogey Hex, is an attacking spell that causes the victim's boogers to turn into bats and fly out of their nose. She is one of heroes of the series, however.
** ''Literature/QuidditchThroughTheAges'': During the final of the Quidditch world cup in 1473, between Flanders and Transylvania, the Transylvania captain smuggled a swarm of vampire bats onto the pitch inside their robes and released them to attack the Flanders players.
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** ''Literature/HarryPotter'': Downplayed. Ginny Weasley's SignatureMove, the Bat-Bogey Hex, is an attacking spell that causes the victim's boogers to turn into bats and fly out of their nose. She is one of heroes of the series, however.
** ''Literature/QuidditchThroughTheAges'': During the final of the Quidditch world cup in 1473, between Flanders and Transylvania, the Transylvania captain smuggled a swarm of vampire bats onto the pitch inside their robes and released them to attack the Flanders players.
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-> ''"Time for my ultimate attack: The Day Bats!"''
-->-- '''Jake Hell''', ''WebVideo/RollerSamuraiVampireSlayers''
In fictionland and in RealLife, bats are frightful creatures, and in cultures across the world they are linked to darkness and the domain of night. A [[Main/{{TheSwarm}} swarm]] of bats may live in dark places untouched by unsuspecting victims, until one appears in their way.
But what if ''someone'' calls upon them as a type of attack?
In fictionland, dark-aligned characters will draw on the powers of darkness to [[Main/{{CastingAShadow}} cast shadow attacks]], control terrible TendrilsOfDarkness, and even [[Main/{{ShadowWalker}} teleport through shadows]]. In addition, they may invoke a swarm of bats as a manifestation of their dark powers.
Simple forms of this casting involves the characters swishing their capes and releasing the swarm at their opponent. A more imposing form consists in the character creating and/or controlling a large swarm with their powers.
The trope may appear in the following users:
# Vampires: Due to OurVampiresAreDifferent, they possess this ability either due to them becoming a bat, or [[Main/{{DealWithTheDevil}} through a pact with demonic forces]].
## A subtype of this one involves the character [[OneToMillionToOne shapeshifting into a swarm]] of bats to [[Main/{{TravelTransformation}} teleport away]], and attacking their enemies while still in this form.
# Other darkness users: drawing on the above description, the character may cast a swarm of bats as a manifestation of their dark powers.
# Artificially: Excluding examples where there is magic or dark powers involved, a swarm of bats may be weaponized against people by the use of a device.
# The swarm ''is'' the character, as a variation on TheWormThatWalks.
This is not to be confused for BatPeople or {{Animorphism}}, wherein a person is bat-like creature or turns into a bat, but they can serve as explanation why the character has such powers in the first place.
The archetype of TheBeastmaster may also manipulate bats, but they usually commune with ''extant'' animals in nature, and do not conjure them. The bats may also be utilized by TheMinionMaster.
Subtrope to TheSwarm, and to BatOutOfHell (type 1), where the bats in question may cause a BatScare in unsuspecting victims.
Contrast SwarmOfRats, ScaryStingingSwarm, SpiderSwarm, and AntAssault.
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* ''Franchise/{{Digimon}}'': In-universe, Virus-type digimon are considered antagonistic to Vaccine-type: while the latter fight to protect data, the former seek to consume and destroy it, and mostly represent the major villains of the franchise and their underlings. As such:
** In ''[[Anime/{{DigimonAdventure}} Digimon Adventure]]'', the third major antagonist is a vampire-like digimon named Myotismon (Vamdemon), a Virus-type digimon. One of his attacks involves him casting a swarm of bats from inside his cape.
** Another evil/dark Digimon that can control bats is [=LadyDevimon=], who attacks with her "Darkness Wave", a wave of bat-like creatures that can turn enemies to cinders. Her appearances include the "Dark Master" arc of ''Digimon Adventure 1'', the "World Tour" arc of ''Anime/DigimonAdventure02'', and the heroes' invasion of the Cemetery Zone in ''Anime/{{DigimonFusion}}'' (1st series).
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* In ''ComicBook/BatmanYearOne'', Batman has a device embedded in his boot heel which can emit a sonar signal to summon a huge swarm of bats to his location. The bats themselves are harmless, but they cause enough confusion for Batman to escape when the police have him cornered. (This was the inspiration for the similar scene in ''Film/BatmanBegins''.)
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* ''Franchise/{{HarryPotter}}'':
** ''Literature/HarryPotter'': Downplayed. Ginny Weasley's SignatureMove, the Bat-Bogey Hex, is an attacking spell that causes the victim's boogers to turn into bats and fly out of their nose. She is one of heroes of the series, however.
** ''Literature/QuidditchThroughTheAges'': During the final of the Quidditch world cup in 1473, between Flanders and Transylvania, the Transylvania captain smuggled a swarm of vampire bats onto the pitch inside their robes and released them to attack the Flanders players.
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* ''Film/BatmanBegins'': Downplayed. When Batman is cornered by the police at Arkham Asylum, he uses a sonic device to summon the bats that live in the bat-cave to him. They don't actually attack anyone, but he's able to flee in the confusion they cause.
* In ''Film/DraculaUntold'', Dracula, a Transylvanian prince during his life, makes a pact with an ages-old vampire so he can protect his homeland, gaining vampire powers and the whole shebang. Later in the movie, he stands at the towers of his castle and manipulates a large swarm of bats to descend upon the invading Turkish army.
* ''Film/TheLeagueOfExtraordinaryGentlemen'': Vampire Mina Harker can transform into a swarm of bats, which she first demonstrates during the Fantom's attack on Venice: when the Fantom's riflemen ambush the League's car from the rooftops, she transforms to counterattack them.
* In ''Film/Morbius2022'', Morbius learns that he can control vampire bats. During the climactic battle in the subway, he summons a swarm of bats to overwhelm the BigBad.
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* Nicte from ''Series/MotherlandFortSalem'' is a witch [[TheBeastMaster who uses crows and bats whose call has been enabled to cast spells against enemies.]] She defected from the Army and went on to found the Spree, a terrorist group that has killed civilians. Even after pulling an EnemyMine with the protagonists, she remains TheUnfettered.
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* In ''Batman Returns'' for the UsefulNotes/SegaGenesis, Batman has at his disposal the weapons in his utility belt. Aside the traditional Batarangs and other doohickeys, he can ''cast a swarm of bats from inside his cape'' to attack his enemies.
* ''VideoGame/{{Bayonetta}}'': The titular Bayonetta is a member of the Umbra Witches, a clan of darkness-using sorceresses that follow the DarkIsNotEvil trope. In the series, she can obtain the "Bat Within" ability, described in-universe as a "dark art" that allows her to become a swarm of bats as an defensive maneuver, while also slightly damaging the opponent.
* ''VideoGame/{{Boktai}}'': One of the post-game bosses in the second game is [=ShadeMan=] from the ''VideoGame/MegaManBattleNetwork'' series. His most powerful attack has him opening his arms to summon a swarm of bats, which fly at the player at high speed.
* ''Franchise/{{Castlevania}}'': the franchise deals with the centuries-long battle between the Belmont Clan and his allies (representing humanity) against Dracula and his minions (on the side of evil and the powers of darkness), which takes place in the titular ''Castlevania'', a castle that belongs to Dracula.
** ''VideoGame/{{CastlevaniaChronicles}}'': The 1st stage boss is a giant bat that can break apart into a swarm of little bats that advances on Simon Belmont.
** In ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaJudgment'': Alucard, Dracula's estranged son, extends his hand and summons a swarm of bats to attack his opponent.
** ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaLordsOfShadow2'': Gabriel Belmont [[spoiler:, who has become Dracula,]] can use an attack named Bat Swarm at their enemies to distract them, although he summons them with a crack of his whip.
* In ''Chiki Chiki Boys'' (or ''Mega Twins''), the boss of R4, Battle Stage 3, "Monster Castle's Dungeon", is an underwear-clad, top hat-wearing vampire. Whenever he stays upside down on the ceiling, he may open his wings to release six cute, cartoony-looking small bats.
* In ''VideoGame/{{Darksiders}}'', Tiamat is a large bat-like entity that can conjure bat demons to attack the player. In-universe, she is part of "The Chosen", a category of creatures from a region named Abyss that resemble animals from Earth.
* ''VideoGame/{{Darkstalkers}}'': Vampiric demon Dimitri Maximoff has his "Demon Million" EX Skill, whereupon transforming into his vampiric form, he launches a swarm of fiery bats. In ''Darkstalkers 3 / Vampire Savior'' he instead becomes a swarm of bats to tear through his opponent. There is also his Darkside Master, which summons two fiery bats to aid him in combos.
* ''Videogame/DevilMayCry3'': The Nevan is one of the more bizarre weapons in Dante's arsenal, a demonic fusion of an [[InstrumentOfMurder electric guitar]] and a SinisterScythe. When played, it summons swarms of electrically charged bats that fly towards the enemy.
* ''VideoGame/Disgaea4'': Vampiric lead character Valvatorez, in his "Impaler Prince" skill, transforms into a bat swarm to stun his foe before transforming into a set of teeth that bites down on his enemy. Appropriately, this skill has LifeDrain.
* Highborn Vampires from ''VideoGame/EvilWest'' have a magical shockwave attack that takes the form of a huge ammount of red holographic bats.
* ''VideoGame/GrimmsNotes'': One of Shadow Carmilla's skills is enveloping herself in a barrage of dark red bats and attack the player character with all of them. Also, her AlwaysAccurateAttack involves summoning a huge swarm of bats that strikes the entire battlefield.
* In ''VideoGame/HauntedCastle'', the FinalBoss is Dracula himself, in a two-phase battle: in the first phase, he towers over the player and, whenever he is hit, he turns into a swarm of bats that '''can''' hurt the player if it touches them.
* ''VideoGame/TheHouseOfTheDead'': in the first game and in ''Scarlet Dawn'', its second boss, the Hanged Man, is a bat-like humanoid who commands bat-like zombies called Devilons he can sic at the plaer as a ranged attack. The Devilon swarm also functions like a OrbitingParticleShield where they will fall when Hangedman's health depletes to half.
* ''VideoGame/InjusticeGodsAmongUs'': Batman's character trait summons three mechanical bats that hover around him. Pressing the trait button again makes the bats track down the opponent.
* ''VideoGame/MarioAndLuigi'':
** ''VideoGame/MarioAndLuigiSuperstarSaga'': In Cackletta's boss fight, the [[MesACrowd clones]] she makes can split up into several, small bats with Cackletta's face and fly at the Mario Bros one by one.
** ''VideoGame/MarioAndLuigiDreamTeam'': Antasma, who is a {{bat|people}} himself, has the ability to split up into several tiny versions of himself, which all fly at the Mario Bros to attack.
* ''VideoGame/MegaManBattleNetwork'': [=ShadeMan=] from the fourth and fifth games has an attack where he summons up to three bats to chase after the player.
* In ''VideoGame/MasterOfDarkness'', a British detective tracks Dracula across London and even Transylvania, where he faces the vampire lord himself as the final boss. Among his attacks, he uses a circular barrier of three bats that flies around him and he releases at the player character.
* ''VideoGame/MegamanZero3'': One of Devilbat Schilt's attacks is to open his armored cape to release dozens of AttackDrone units shaped like bats. Zero can destroy the drones or evade them, while also giving an opening for him to inflict more damage on the now vulnerable Schilt.
* ''Videogame/MonsterHunterRise'': in the expansion ''Sunbreak'', the vampiric dragon Malzeno powers up his attacks with the Qurio, winged leech-like parasites which may count as a FantasticFaunaCounterpart to vampire bats.
* ''VideoGame/MortalKombatVsDCUniverse'' has a variation: as his FinishingMove (called "Heroic Brutality" in-game), Batman tosses a sonar at the defeated opponent, which draws bats to torment them.
* ''VideoGame/PrinnyCanIReallyBeTheHero'': The sequel introduces the [[HornyDevils Lilith]] as a new enemy in certain stages. Upon getting close, she will teleport around, and if not interrupted with either a [[GroundPound Hip-Pound]] or an attack, she will launch a homing bat swarm at the player. Both Lilith and the swarm are [[InvulnerableAttack utterly invincible]] until the attack subsides.
* In ''VideoGame/{{Quackshot}}'', Donald Duck stars in a Indiana Jones-inspired adventure/treasure hunt around the world. One of his stops is a castle in Transylvania, where he fights Count Dracula as a boss battle. During the fight, Dracula floats around the screen wrapped in his cape, stops at certain points and opens his cape to release bats at Donald.
* ''VideoGame/{{Skylanders}}'': Bat Spin is able to command bats at will, either by firing them like projectiles or forming a defense circle around her. In-universe, she is a member of the "Undead" faction/element, which includes ghosts, vampires and other classes of undead, but she is more of a FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire than the common occurrence of the trope.
* ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosUltimate'': During Dracula's first battle phase, he occasionally turns into a swarm of bats that swoops across the stage in an attempt to hit the player.
* In ''[[VideoGame/{{Warcraft}} Warcraft 3]]'', the Dread Lord is a vampiric HeroUnit of the Undead. One of his abilities is "Carrion Swarm", which unleashes a swarm of bats to deal damage and [[LifeDrain restore his own health by a percentage of the damage done]]. Also, Dreadlords are heavily associated with vampires in the setting.
** Mal'Ganis gets an homage to that ability in ''VideoGame/HeroesOfTheStorm'' (being the Dreadlord representative) with his Plague Bats talent, which causes Necrotic Embrace to fire a similar wave of bats when used.
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[[folder:Web Video]]
* In ''WebVideo/RollerSamuraiVampireSlayers'', Jake summons a flock of "day bats" to attack Sam.
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[[folder:Western Animation]]
* ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'': When the Batcave is invaded by the Thanagarian army in "Starcrossed", Batman fights back by hurling a batarang at his foes. Though the aliens scoff at the hero's projectiles, they fail to realize that the weapons are actually emiting an acoustic signal, which directs all the bats in the cave to attack them.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse'': Downplayed. Lucy Loud, the goth sister of the family, has a pet bat named Fangs, whose friends (other bats) sometimes visit the house. So sometimes, Lucy will sic Fangs and his friends on enemies, who will fly in the person's face.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{WITCH}}'': The Tracker has a hole on his chest, which he can open during combat to unleash a swarm of bats at his enemies.
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Aiming for VampireTropes index and DarknessAndShadowsTropes.
-> ''"Time for my ultimate attack: The Day Bats!"''
-->-- '''Jake Hell''', ''WebVideo/RollerSamuraiVampireSlayers''
In fictionland and in RealLife, bats are frightful creatures, and in cultures across the world they are linked to darkness and the domain of night. A [[Main/{{TheSwarm}} swarm]] of bats may live in dark places untouched by unsuspecting victims, until one appears in their way.
But what if ''someone'' calls upon them as a type of attack?
In fictionland, dark-aligned characters will draw on the powers of darkness to [[Main/{{CastingAShadow}} cast shadow attacks]], control terrible TendrilsOfDarkness, and even [[Main/{{ShadowWalker}} teleport through shadows]]. In addition, they may invoke a swarm of bats as a manifestation of their dark powers.
Simple forms of this casting involves the characters swishing their capes and releasing the swarm at their opponent. A more imposing form consists in the character creating and/or controlling a large swarm with their powers.
The trope may appear in the following users:
# Vampires: Due to OurVampiresAreDifferent, they possess this ability either due to them becoming a bat, or [[Main/{{DealWithTheDevil}} through a pact with demonic forces]].
## A subtype of this one involves the character [[OneToMillionToOne shapeshifting into a swarm]] of bats to [[Main/{{TravelTransformation}} teleport away]], and attacking their enemies while still in this form.
# Other darkness users: drawing on the above description, the character may cast a swarm of bats as a manifestation of their dark powers.
# Artificially: Excluding examples where there is magic or dark powers involved, a swarm of bats may be weaponized against people by the use of a device.
# The swarm ''is'' the character, as a variation on TheWormThatWalks.
This is not to be confused for BatPeople or {{Animorphism}}, wherein a person is bat-like creature or turns into a bat, but they can serve as explanation why the character has such powers in the first place.
The archetype of TheBeastmaster may also manipulate bats, but they usually commune with ''extant'' animals in nature, and do not conjure them. The bats may also be utilized by TheMinionMaster.
Subtrope to TheSwarm, and to BatOutOfHell (type 1), where the bats in question may cause a BatScare in unsuspecting victims.
Contrast SwarmOfRats, ScaryStingingSwarm, SpiderSwarm, and AntAssault.
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!!Examples:
[[folder:{{Anime}} and {{Manga}}]]
* ''Franchise/{{Digimon}}'': In-universe, Virus-type digimon are considered antagonistic to Vaccine-type: while the latter fight to protect data, the former seek to consume and destroy it, and mostly represent the major villains of the franchise and their underlings. As such:
** In ''[[Anime/{{DigimonAdventure}} Digimon Adventure]]'', the third major antagonist is a vampire-like digimon named Myotismon (Vamdemon), a Virus-type digimon. One of his attacks involves him casting a swarm of bats from inside his cape.
** Another evil/dark Digimon that can control bats is [=LadyDevimon=], who attacks with her "Darkness Wave", a wave of bat-like creatures that can turn enemies to cinders. Her appearances include the "Dark Master" arc of ''Digimon Adventure 1'', the "World Tour" arc of ''Anime/DigimonAdventure02'', and the heroes' invasion of the Cemetery Zone in ''Anime/{{DigimonFusion}}'' (1st series).
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[[folder:Comic Books]]
* In ''ComicBook/BatmanYearOne'', Batman has a device embedded in his boot heel which can emit a sonar signal to summon a huge swarm of bats to his location. The bats themselves are harmless, but they cause enough confusion for Batman to escape when the police have him cornered. (This was the inspiration for the similar scene in ''Film/BatmanBegins''.)
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[[folder:Literature]]
* ''Franchise/{{HarryPotter}}'':
** ''Literature/HarryPotter'': Downplayed. Ginny Weasley's SignatureMove, the Bat-Bogey Hex, is an attacking spell that causes the victim's boogers to turn into bats and fly out of their nose. She is one of heroes of the series, however.
** ''Literature/QuidditchThroughTheAges'': During the final of the Quidditch world cup in 1473, between Flanders and Transylvania, the Transylvania captain smuggled a swarm of vampire bats onto the pitch inside their robes and released them to attack the Flanders players.
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[[folder:Films -- Live-Action]]
* ''Film/BatmanBegins'': Downplayed. When Batman is cornered by the police at Arkham Asylum, he uses a sonic device to summon the bats that live in the bat-cave to him. They don't actually attack anyone, but he's able to flee in the confusion they cause.
* In ''Film/DraculaUntold'', Dracula, a Transylvanian prince during his life, makes a pact with an ages-old vampire so he can protect his homeland, gaining vampire powers and the whole shebang. Later in the movie, he stands at the towers of his castle and manipulates a large swarm of bats to descend upon the invading Turkish army.
* ''Film/TheLeagueOfExtraordinaryGentlemen'': Vampire Mina Harker can transform into a swarm of bats, which she first demonstrates during the Fantom's attack on Venice: when the Fantom's riflemen ambush the League's car from the rooftops, she transforms to counterattack them.
* In ''Film/Morbius2022'', Morbius learns that he can control vampire bats. During the climactic battle in the subway, he summons a swarm of bats to overwhelm the BigBad.
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[[folder:Live Action TV]]
* Nicte from ''Series/MotherlandFortSalem'' is a witch [[TheBeastMaster who uses crows and bats whose call has been enabled to cast spells against enemies.]] She defected from the Army and went on to found the Spree, a terrorist group that has killed civilians. Even after pulling an EnemyMine with the protagonists, she remains TheUnfettered.
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[[folder:Video Games]]
* In ''Batman Returns'' for the UsefulNotes/SegaGenesis, Batman has at his disposal the weapons in his utility belt. Aside the traditional Batarangs and other doohickeys, he can ''cast a swarm of bats from inside his cape'' to attack his enemies.
* ''VideoGame/{{Bayonetta}}'': The titular Bayonetta is a member of the Umbra Witches, a clan of darkness-using sorceresses that follow the DarkIsNotEvil trope. In the series, she can obtain the "Bat Within" ability, described in-universe as a "dark art" that allows her to become a swarm of bats as an defensive maneuver, while also slightly damaging the opponent.
* ''VideoGame/{{Boktai}}'': One of the post-game bosses in the second game is [=ShadeMan=] from the ''VideoGame/MegaManBattleNetwork'' series. His most powerful attack has him opening his arms to summon a swarm of bats, which fly at the player at high speed.
* ''Franchise/{{Castlevania}}'': the franchise deals with the centuries-long battle between the Belmont Clan and his allies (representing humanity) against Dracula and his minions (on the side of evil and the powers of darkness), which takes place in the titular ''Castlevania'', a castle that belongs to Dracula.
** ''VideoGame/{{CastlevaniaChronicles}}'': The 1st stage boss is a giant bat that can break apart into a swarm of little bats that advances on Simon Belmont.
** In ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaJudgment'': Alucard, Dracula's estranged son, extends his hand and summons a swarm of bats to attack his opponent.
** ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaLordsOfShadow2'': Gabriel Belmont [[spoiler:, who has become Dracula,]] can use an attack named Bat Swarm at their enemies to distract them, although he summons them with a crack of his whip.
* In ''Chiki Chiki Boys'' (or ''Mega Twins''), the boss of R4, Battle Stage 3, "Monster Castle's Dungeon", is an underwear-clad, top hat-wearing vampire. Whenever he stays upside down on the ceiling, he may open his wings to release six cute, cartoony-looking small bats.
* In ''VideoGame/{{Darksiders}}'', Tiamat is a large bat-like entity that can conjure bat demons to attack the player. In-universe, she is part of "The Chosen", a category of creatures from a region named Abyss that resemble animals from Earth.
* ''VideoGame/{{Darkstalkers}}'': Vampiric demon Dimitri Maximoff has his "Demon Million" EX Skill, whereupon transforming into his vampiric form, he launches a swarm of fiery bats. In ''Darkstalkers 3 / Vampire Savior'' he instead becomes a swarm of bats to tear through his opponent. There is also his Darkside Master, which summons two fiery bats to aid him in combos.
* ''Videogame/DevilMayCry3'': The Nevan is one of the more bizarre weapons in Dante's arsenal, a demonic fusion of an [[InstrumentOfMurder electric guitar]] and a SinisterScythe. When played, it summons swarms of electrically charged bats that fly towards the enemy.
* ''VideoGame/Disgaea4'': Vampiric lead character Valvatorez, in his "Impaler Prince" skill, transforms into a bat swarm to stun his foe before transforming into a set of teeth that bites down on his enemy. Appropriately, this skill has LifeDrain.
* Highborn Vampires from ''VideoGame/EvilWest'' have a magical shockwave attack that takes the form of a huge ammount of red holographic bats.
* ''VideoGame/GrimmsNotes'': One of Shadow Carmilla's skills is enveloping herself in a barrage of dark red bats and attack the player character with all of them. Also, her AlwaysAccurateAttack involves summoning a huge swarm of bats that strikes the entire battlefield.
* In ''VideoGame/HauntedCastle'', the FinalBoss is Dracula himself, in a two-phase battle: in the first phase, he towers over the player and, whenever he is hit, he turns into a swarm of bats that '''can''' hurt the player if it touches them.
* ''VideoGame/TheHouseOfTheDead'': in the first game and in ''Scarlet Dawn'', its second boss, the Hanged Man, is a bat-like humanoid who commands bat-like zombies called Devilons he can sic at the plaer as a ranged attack. The Devilon swarm also functions like a OrbitingParticleShield where they will fall when Hangedman's health depletes to half.
* ''VideoGame/InjusticeGodsAmongUs'': Batman's character trait summons three mechanical bats that hover around him. Pressing the trait button again makes the bats track down the opponent.
* ''VideoGame/MarioAndLuigi'':
** ''VideoGame/MarioAndLuigiSuperstarSaga'': In Cackletta's boss fight, the [[MesACrowd clones]] she makes can split up into several, small bats with Cackletta's face and fly at the Mario Bros one by one.
** ''VideoGame/MarioAndLuigiDreamTeam'': Antasma, who is a {{bat|people}} himself, has the ability to split up into several tiny versions of himself, which all fly at the Mario Bros to attack.
* ''VideoGame/MegaManBattleNetwork'': [=ShadeMan=] from the fourth and fifth games has an attack where he summons up to three bats to chase after the player.
* In ''VideoGame/MasterOfDarkness'', a British detective tracks Dracula across London and even Transylvania, where he faces the vampire lord himself as the final boss. Among his attacks, he uses a circular barrier of three bats that flies around him and he releases at the player character.
* ''VideoGame/MegamanZero3'': One of Devilbat Schilt's attacks is to open his armored cape to release dozens of AttackDrone units shaped like bats. Zero can destroy the drones or evade them, while also giving an opening for him to inflict more damage on the now vulnerable Schilt.
* ''Videogame/MonsterHunterRise'': in the expansion ''Sunbreak'', the vampiric dragon Malzeno powers up his attacks with the Qurio, winged leech-like parasites which may count as a FantasticFaunaCounterpart to vampire bats.
* ''VideoGame/MortalKombatVsDCUniverse'' has a variation: as his FinishingMove (called "Heroic Brutality" in-game), Batman tosses a sonar at the defeated opponent, which draws bats to torment them.
* ''VideoGame/PrinnyCanIReallyBeTheHero'': The sequel introduces the [[HornyDevils Lilith]] as a new enemy in certain stages. Upon getting close, she will teleport around, and if not interrupted with either a [[GroundPound Hip-Pound]] or an attack, she will launch a homing bat swarm at the player. Both Lilith and the swarm are [[InvulnerableAttack utterly invincible]] until the attack subsides.
* In ''VideoGame/{{Quackshot}}'', Donald Duck stars in a Indiana Jones-inspired adventure/treasure hunt around the world. One of his stops is a castle in Transylvania, where he fights Count Dracula as a boss battle. During the fight, Dracula floats around the screen wrapped in his cape, stops at certain points and opens his cape to release bats at Donald.
* ''VideoGame/{{Skylanders}}'': Bat Spin is able to command bats at will, either by firing them like projectiles or forming a defense circle around her. In-universe, she is a member of the "Undead" faction/element, which includes ghosts, vampires and other classes of undead, but she is more of a FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire than the common occurrence of the trope.
* ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosUltimate'': During Dracula's first battle phase, he occasionally turns into a swarm of bats that swoops across the stage in an attempt to hit the player.
* In ''[[VideoGame/{{Warcraft}} Warcraft 3]]'', the Dread Lord is a vampiric HeroUnit of the Undead. One of his abilities is "Carrion Swarm", which unleashes a swarm of bats to deal damage and [[LifeDrain restore his own health by a percentage of the damage done]]. Also, Dreadlords are heavily associated with vampires in the setting.
** Mal'Ganis gets an homage to that ability in ''VideoGame/HeroesOfTheStorm'' (being the Dreadlord representative) with his Plague Bats talent, which causes Necrotic Embrace to fire a similar wave of bats when used.
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[[folder:Web Video]]
* In ''WebVideo/RollerSamuraiVampireSlayers'', Jake summons a flock of "day bats" to attack Sam.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Western Animation]]
* ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'': When the Batcave is invaded by the Thanagarian army in "Starcrossed", Batman fights back by hurling a batarang at his foes. Though the aliens scoff at the hero's projectiles, they fail to realize that the weapons are actually emiting an acoustic signal, which directs all the bats in the cave to attack them.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse'': Downplayed. Lucy Loud, the goth sister of the family, has a pet bat named Fangs, whose friends (other bats) sometimes visit the house. So sometimes, Lucy will sic Fangs and his friends on enemies, who will fly in the person's face.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{WITCH}}'': The Tracker has a hole on his chest, which he can open during combat to unleash a swarm of bats at his enemies.
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Aiming for VampireTropes index and DarknessAndShadowsTropes.
