# Ninjas are tired.  Pirates are played out.  What's next?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [June 10, 2011, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ninjas-are-tired-pirates-are-played-out-whats-next/584992 "2011-06-10T16:45:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![WotNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e19b73/32.png) [@WotNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WotNot)\
**Post date:** [June 10, 2011, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ninjas-are-tired-pirates-are-played-out-whats-next/584992/18 "2011-06-10T18:36:39Z")

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As **Exapno** said in [this thread:](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=611010)

> [@Why did Sherlock Holmes become so popular?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-sherlock-holmes-become-so-popular/584184/26):
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> How can we live in a world in which several different series of gentleman burglars aren’t the norm?

I’ll go along with that: smartly dressed rogues with domino masks – charming the ladies and thumbing their noses at the flatfoots.

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