--- title: Australian Man Dresses in G-String to Rob Store, Dons Batman Costume description: The crook Australia (doesn't) deserve canonical: https://time.com/15672/man-dressed-in-nothing-but-g-string-steals-batman-costume-then-puts-it-on-just-for-funsies/ author: TIME Staff article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-03-07T17:05:57.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:07:35.153Z og:title: Watch: Man Dressed in G-String Steals Batman Costume, Then Puts It On Just for Funsies og:description: Watch: Man Robs Store in Nothing but a G-String, Dons Batman Costume og:url: https://time.com/15672/man-dressed-in-nothing-but-g-string-steals-batman-costume-then-puts-it-on-just-for-funsies/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltba2f8e8600d714b8/698684611eebf7ba2f36fb47/1280tout1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1280 og:image:height: 720 og:image:alt: Gstring Clad Robber Steals Batman Costume og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch: Man Dressed in G-String Steals Batman Costume, Then Puts It On Just for Funsies twitter:description: Watch: Man Robs Store in Nothing but a G-String, Dons Batman Costume twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltba2f8e8600d714b8/698684611eebf7ba2f36fb47/1280tout1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Man Dressed in Nothing But G-String Steals Batman Costume, Then Puts It On Just for Funsies > Sponsored content. 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