In some later incarnations, the scallops are attached to a separated bracer worn below the glove around the wrist. In "Batman Begins" these bracers are part of the costume Wayne wore during his League of Shadows training, painted black – this set are hard enough to slice Ra's al Ghul's sword into many pieces. The scallops typically serve a defensive purpose and are used to defend against bladed weapons, such as swords or knives. The gloves are sometimes depicted as being capable of launching the scallops as projectiles, most notably in "The Dark Knight Trilogy", which also revealed electrical shockers in the fingertips of the gloves, used to control the structure of the wingsuit-style cape.