History Main / BarrageOfBats

* ''VideoGame/Ys'': Vagullion is a large winged monster that is fought in the subterranean mines in ''VideoGame/YsIAncientYsVanishedOmen'' (and its remake), and is described as a "demon" in the prequel, ''VideoGame/YsOrigin''. In both games, he can disperse himself as a swarm of bats that trails behind the player character.

* ''VideoGame/Ys'': Vagullion is a large winged monster that is fought in the the subterranean mines in ''VideoGame/YsIAncientYsVanishedOmen'' (and its remake), and is described as a "demon" in the prequel, ''VideoGame/YsOrigin''. In both games, he can disperse himself as a swarm of bats that trails behind the player character.

* In ''Dracula: Crazy Vampire'' for the Game Boy Color, the player controls Count Dracula. His only type of attack is releasing bats from insid his cape at the enemies. Fortunately, there is an endless supply of it.

* ''Veil of Darkness'': Vampiric overlord Kairn scries on Ron Stock, an American freight pilot, as he flies over the Carpathian Mountains. Kairn then sends some bats to collide with the Ron's plane (as this is only the introduction).

* ''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.

* ''Anime/ShamanKing'': The Romanian shaman, Boris Tepes Dracula, Beffiting his inspiration, can manipulate bats to attack his enemies through his "blood cape".

* In the LightGunGame ''VideoGame/VampireNight'', the last boss, simply named Vampire, turns into a bat-winged demon in phase 1 of his boss battle and surrounds himself with a protective barrier made entirely of bats he can sic at the player characters.

* A variation in the horror crime novel ''Nightwing'' by Martin Cruz Smith, an aged Hopi shaman summons the help of the Hopi god of death. This leads to a large swarm of bats to convene to the American Southwest and attack both animals and humans. Another danger they pose is that they are carrying a deadly plague with them.

* ''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.
* ''VideoGame/BatmanReturns'' 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/CastlevaniaSymphonyOfTheNight'': Alucard can find {{Familiar|s}} through the game. With the Bat familiar, if Alucard alternates to his own Bat form, the Bat can trail behind him for a joint attack. The higher the level, more bats appear.

** ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaJudgment'': Alucard, Dracula's estranged son, extends his hand and summons a swarm of bats to attack his opponent.

** 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.

* ''VideoGame/{{Quackshot}}'': Donald Duck stars in an Indiana Jones-inspired adventure/treasure hunt around the world. One of his stops is a castle in Transylvania, where he fights Count Dracula in 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.

* Feature prominently in the opening to ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooWhereAreYou''.
* Often show up randomly in ''WesternAnimation/{{Teen Titans 2003}}'' such as when Robin tells Slade, "I already have a father," and when Robin makes his premiere in Jump City taking down a criminal in an alley.

* ''VideoGame/DuskDiver2'': The NinjaMaid Bette can cast swarms of bats at the player character.

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