History Main / McNinja

* In ''Comicbook/{{Empowered}}'', the ninja clan Ninjette escaped from is actually from ''New Jersey''. "Hey, New Jersey's not all ''concrete'' and ''commuters'', y'know... It has ''hidden forests'' and everything!"

** Comicbook/{{Daredevil}} himself learned his moves from a ninja master, and was the leader of the diabolical Hand ninja clan for a short period (he was BrainwashedAndCrazy at the time).

* A gang of Canadian ninjas are recurring minor antagonists in the new ''Comicbook/{{Ms Marvel| 2014}}''.

** In 2022, the Punisher himself has become a ninja as he becomes one of the highest ranking leaders within the Hand.

* ''ComicBook/TheWarlordDC'': The villainess Y'Smalla is a member the Vashek assassins: the most feared killers on Skataris, and essentially a FantasyCounterpartCulture to the ninja.

* [[Comicbook/XMen Psylocke's]] status as this is somewhat emphasised in ''VideoGame/XMenNextDimension''. As in, every move she can use includes the word "ninja" somewhere, and she speaks in an incredibly thick British accent.

* Roxanne Richter, one of Ramona's evil exes (yeah, really) in ''ComicBook/ScottPilgrim'', alhough she keeps reminding people that she's only [[HalfHumanHybrid "half-ninja"]].
** [[StalkerWithACrush Knives]] may qualify too, being a Chinese girl who is also a ninja.

* ''Ninja Commando'' for the UsefulNotes/NeoGeo has a multinational team of protagonists, including American ninja Joe Tiger and British ninja Rayar Dragon.

* Nex of the Literature/WhateleyUniverse. Ruthless mutant-powered ninja killer. Who happens to be English. Also, the 'ninjas' at SuperheroSchool Whateley Academy tend to be Americans and Europeans, not Asian at all.

* An episode of Series Two of ''Series/DoctorWho''. ''[[Recap/DoctorWhoS28E2ToothAndClaw Tooth and Claw]]'' inexplicably had a squad of martial artist monks clearly inspired by the [[WarriorMonk Shaolin]] (orange gis and all) working for the villain. The episode takes place in 19th-century ''Scotland'' with the monks being native Scotts. Thay may not be Mc''Ninjas'', but it's in the same vain.

** For that matter ''Series/PowerRangersNinjaStorm'', with only one of the Rangers, Cam Watanabe, actually being Asian (and he was designated as a ''Samurai'' Ranger, to boot - noting that, in [[Series/NinpuuSentaiHurricaneger the source series]], his counterpart was as ninja as the others, what with his GratuitousEnglish and all).

** In season 3 of ''Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers'' there's Ninjor, a bright blue ''alien'' Ninja with a body made of armored plates and a voice that could shatter glass; and then the Aquitian Rangers, who, due to footage from the aforementioned ''Kakuranger'', have ninja-like suits and the powers used by the original team's Ninja Ranger forms. Of course, Ninjor's connected to them, too, so it makes in-universe sense, but still [[NinjaPirateZombieRobot Aquatic Alien Power Ranger ninjas]].

* ''Manga/HitoribocchiNoOOSeikatsu'': Sotoka is a foreigner who has come to Japan because she's obsessed with Ninjas. She mistakes Bocchi's furtive people-avoidance for ninjutsu, nd refuses to take no for an answer. Bocchi ends up 'training' her in entirely fake Ninja techniques, mostly involving origami shurikens.

* The ''VideoGame/MetalGear'' series had quite a few: first there was the Black Ninja from ''Metal Gear 2'', who was actually Kyle Schneider, the South African resistance leader who helped Snake in ''VideoGame/MetalGear1''. Then there was the [[CyberNinja Cyborg Ninja]] in ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid'', who was actually Gray Fox, Snake's combat buddy from the first two MSX games. And finally, there's Raiden in ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid4GunsOfThePatriots'', who helped Snake during the events of ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid2SonsOfLiberty'', but became a Cyborg Ninja afterward ([[{{expy}} noticed a pattern?]]). There's also Olga Gurlukovich in ''[=MGS2=]'', who was not actually a cyborg minja, but was disguised as one when she helped out Raiden as a double agent. The Tengu Commandos in ''[=MGS2=]'' are EliteMooks who wear ninja-like high-tech equipment, but are all Russians.

* Raven from the ''VideoGame/{{Tekken}}'' series. His style is listed a s Ninjitsu, but he's a black guy with blonde hair. He even does the Kuji-in, carries Kunai and has a friendly rivalry with Tekken's other "ninja" Yoshimitsu. Many players have noted that Raven is like a mix of ComicBook/{{Blade}} and Simon Pheonix from ''Film/DemolitionMan'', two roles played by Wesley Snipes. When Namco was asked about the similarities being intentional, they stated that they simply wanted a true ninjutsu practitioner and a "cool black guy" for a character, and that the similarities were purely coincidental.

* The ''Franchise/StarWars'' ExpandedUniverse (particularly ''VideoGame/StarWarsEpisodeIIIRevengeOfTheSith'') has Clone Assassins, Clone Troopers who have received ''ninja training'' to allow them to fight in melee combat against Jedi. And then there are the [[{{mooks}} Sith Assassins]] in ''VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublicIITheSithLords'' who were invisible ninjas with lightsabers.

* Ninja" by Music/{{Europe}} is pretty much InNameOnly, seeing as the song has a kind of "love during wartime" theme.

** ''VideoGame/StreetFighter6'' adds Kimberly, an African-American [=McNinja=] who utilizes [[ArtAttacker spray cans]] in place of smoke bombs.

* Early UsefulNotes/MixedMartialArts at its "style vs style" era saw a few self-styled Ninjutsu practitioners. Scott Morris in UFC 2 got a victory in the first round of the tournament with a Guillotine Choke but in the second round was thrown into the ground by kickboxer and MMA pioneer Patrick Smith, who violently rained ground-and-pound strikes on him until Morris rested his motionless head in the mat. His gymmate Steve "Ninja Cop" Jennum was a little more successful, winning the UFC 3 after Wrestling/KenShamrock withdrew due to injuries and entering the finals against Harold Howard, who came exhausted from other two fights. In the end however, Jennum flopped in his post-UFC 3 career.

* Early UsefulNotes/MixedMartialArts at its "style vs style" era saw a few self-styled Ninjutsu practitioners. Scott Morris in UFC 2 got a victory in the first round of the tournament with a Guillotine Choke but in the second round was thrown into the ground by kickboxer and MMA pioneer Patrick Smith, who and violently rained ground-and-pound strikes on him until Morris rested his motionless head in the mat. His gym mate Steve "Ninja Cop" Jennum was a little more successful, winning the UFC 3 after Wrestling/KenShamrock withdrew due to injuries and entering the finals against Harold Howard, who came exhausted from other two fights. In the end Jennum flopped in his post-UFC 3 career.

* Early UsefulNotes/MixedMartialArts at its "style vs style" era saw a few self-styled Ninjutsu practitioners. Scott Morris in UFC 2 got a victory in the first round of the tournament with a Guillotine Choke but in the second round was thrown into the ground by Scott Morris, who and violently rained ground-and-pound strikes on him until Morris rested his motionless head in the mat. His gym mate Steve "Ninja Cop" Jennum was a little more successful, winning the UFC 3 after Wrestling/KenShamrock withdrew due to injuries and entering the finals against Harold Howard, who came exhausted from other two fights. In the end Jennum flopped in his post-UFC 3 career.

* Early UsefulNotes/MixedMartialArts at its "style vs style" era saw a few self-styled Ninjutsu practitioners. Scott Morris in UFC 2 got a victory in the first round of the tournament with a Guillotine Choke but in the second round was thrown into the ground by Scott Morris, who and violently rained ground-and-pound strikes on him until Morris rested his motionless head in the mat. His gym mate Steve "Ninja Cop" Jennum was a little more successful, winning the UFC 3 after Wrestling/KenShamrock withdrew due to injuries and entering the finals against Harold Howard, but flopped in his post-UFC career.

* In ''ComicBook/BuckGodotZapGunForHire'', almost every race in the cosmos -- from [[http://www.airshipentertainment.com/buckcomic.php?date=20080920 uplifted cats to ambulatory mountains to humanoid insects]] -- has something identifiable as a ninja. This trope is shamelessly invoked and even named [[http://www.airshipentertainment.com/buckcomic.php?date=20080529 the Universal Ninja Puzzle]] -- "Many of these races cannot see eye to eye (literally) on the definition of such basic concepts as Food, Shelter, Sex and Memory, but they all have Ninja." And they all think that the others are a bunch of ''posers''.