History Main / BlackKnight

* In ''Literature/{{Maoyu}}'', the [[EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep Black Knight]] is TheHero in disguise: He and the Demon Queen (disguised as a human scholar) are secretly playing both sides to find a peaceful political solution to the human-demon war.

** [=ExDeath=], the antagonist from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyV'', although like Golbez above he's presented in-story as a magic user (though he does have a sword and does use it in in-game battles). He also deviates a bit from this trope since his armor is actually [[LightIsNotGood light blue with gold trim.]]

** ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemMysteryOfTheEmblem Mystery of the Emblem]]'' has Sirius, a [[CharClone mysterious masked knight]] [[spoiler:who is actually Camus once again, having returned to Archanea one last time to clean up some unfinished business.]]

* ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug'': Armand D'Argencourt, Adrien's fencing instructor, became the villainous Darkblade after being [[TheCorruption akumatized]] by [[BigBad Hawkmoth]]. He had the ability to turn anyone who he knighted into mindless knight underlings. In the French dub of the show the super villain is called "Chevalier Noir" wich literally means "Black Knight" in french.

*** The Death Knight is a grim reaper-themed knight clad in spiky black armor and a horned skull mask. He wields a scythe and is rumored to be responsible for kidnapping people in the dead of night. He acts as TheDragon to the [[MalevolentMaskedMan Flame Emperor]], who is a major antagonist in the Blue Lions route. [[spoiler: He also has a close personal connection with Mercedes (being her younger brother, Emile) and singles out the main character, Byleth, as a worthy opponent.]]
*** [[spoiler: Dimitri could count as one in the Blue Lions route after the 5 year time skip. He goes from an earnest, idealistic teenager to a bitter and [[RevengeBeforeReason vengeful]] BloodKnight. He speaks with a raspy snarl and will stop at nothing to rip Edelgard's head from her shoulders. The black armor he wears post-timeskip lends itself well to the Black Knight aesthetic]].

* ''VideoGame/SoulCalibur'' BigBad Nightmare is an [[AnimatedArmor animated suit of dark blue armour]] who is actually called the Azure Knight. Funnily enough, he's an evil version of the game's resident paladin Siegfried.

** Guts himself is called "The Black Swordsman" and gains black armor later on in the series. Despite his time [[AntiHero as "The Black Swordsman"]] [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge when he was murdering every Apostle he saw and anyone in his way]], Guts tends to subvert the standards (especially during the Golden Age) as he just looks scary and brooding: he's actually really socially awkward and just has the misfortune of looking intimidating. He also fits the example of the wandering {{ronin}} due to not having a leader anymore.

* The US Military Academy's football team is nicknamed the Black Knights. They have a long-standing InterserviceRivalry with the Naval Academy's Midshipmen, but - perhaps in keeping with the tendency for a black knight to be a villain and for the villain to lose - as of 2018 they trail the series 60–52.

* In ''TabletopGame/{{Chronopia}}'', with its heavy influence from ''TabletopGame/WarhammerFantasy'' and how prevalent heavy, spiky plate armor is in the artwork and miniatures, almost everyone in Chronopia looks and acts like a black knight. But perhaps the most fitting are the Repulsar Knights and Repulsar Knight Marksmen of the Kingdom of the Firstborn. Wearing especially chunky full plate, these guys are [[HeroUnit Individuals]] who are the most heavily armoured unit in the game and hit almost as hard with their Maiming Polearm or Great Bow. While not necessarily evil, they are fanatically loyal to the [[GodEmperor One King]] and will gladly carry out wetwork missions in his name.

* ''VideoGame/{{Diablo}}'': These are your final and toughest opponents, along with the undead mages and the fireball-throwing succubi, in the original game as you close in on the title archdemon in Hell. They are what happened to Lachdanan and his knights as a result of the DyingCurse placed upon them by their mad king Leoric, who Lachdanan himself was forced to slay.