History Main / MenacingMask

* Tobi/Obito's various masks in ''Anime/{{Naruto}}''

** The ComicBook/RedSkull is a former Nazi high officer who, during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII, wore a characteristic red [[SkullForAFace skull mask]] to strike fear in his enemies. Later, the mask ''became'' his face after being disfigured by [[HoistByHisOwnPetard his own Death Dust]].

* ''Film/EvenLambsHaveTeeth'': The Pastor, who decides to visit a sex slave ring and rapes the girls, is distinguished by the extremely creepy pig mask he wears.
* ''Film/HappyDeathDay'': The killer wears a plastic baby face mask based on the school mascot combined with a [[InTheHood black hoodie]]

** The Red Skull is a former Nazi high officer who, during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII, wore a characteristic red [[SkullForAFace skull mask]] to strike fear in his enemies. Later, the mask ''became'' his face after being disfigured by [[HoistByHisOwnPetard his own Death Dust]].

** Taskmaster, another villain sometimes associated with the Red Skull, also wears a skull mask over his normal human face.
* The ''ComicBook/FantasticFour'' have Doctor Doom as their arch-nemesis. Doom started out as a foreign exchange student from Latveria studying advanced physics at an upstate New York university. A flawed experiment in his dorm room caused an explosion that left Doom with a long vertical gash in his face. Expelled from uni, Doom traveled to Tibet, where he studied mysticism, and forged his iconic mask with its perpetual scowl. His face is rarely seen without this mask.

** The Inner Demons made their début in 2008 during the ''ComicBook/BrandNewDay'' arc. Like [[VideoGame/SpiderManPS4 their video game counterparts]], they are a gang of bodyguards under the control of villain Mr. Negative and wear [[https://comicvine.gamespot.com/the-amazing-spider-man-547-crimes-of-the-heart/4000-121612/ silvery bluish Chinese masks]].
* In ''ComicBook/XMen'', Ogun is (supposedly) a long-lived samurai master who mentored Logan (before he was ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}) at one point. In "the modern era", he reappears in Japan to brainwash Logan's then-recent protégé, Kitty Pryde. During a mid-1980s story arc, he resurfaces, [[https://comicvine.gamespot.com/kitty-pryde-and-wolverine-6-honor/4000-25394/ wearing a red Oni mask.]]

* Discussed in the very first episode of ''Series/MoneyHeist'', during the scene that follows the title sequence. The heisters wear plastic Creator/SalvadorDali masks that don't really appear to be visually menacing. Rio is not impressed by them and asks why they couldn't have more intimidating masks. In response, Berlin points a gun in his face while he wears his, telling him it does not matter what kind of mask it is as long as you have a gun. As others join in the discussion, Denver interjects by saying that a children's mascot mask like one of WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse would make an armed criminal look far more dangerous, due to the contrasting juxtaposition between children's mascots and weaponry.

* Discussed in the very first episode of ''Series/MoneyHeist'', during the scene that follows the title sequence. The heisters wear plastic Creator/SalvadorDali masks that don't really appear to be visually menacing. Rio is not impressed by them and asks why they couldn't have more intimidating masks. In response, Berlin points a gun in his face while he wears his, telling him it does not matter what kind of mask it is as long as you have a gun. As others join in the discussion, Denver interjects by saying that a children's mascot mask like one of WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse would make an armed criminal appear far more dangerous, due to the contrasting juxtaposition between children's mascots and weaponry.

* Discussed in ''Series/MoneyHeist''. The heisters wear plastic Creator/SalvadorDali masks that don't really appear to be visually menacing. Rio is not impressed by them and asks why they couldn't have more intimidating masks. In response, Berlin points a gun in his face while he wears his, telling him it does not matter what kind of mask it is as long as you have a gun.

* ''Series/ScreamTVSeries'': The killer wears a plastic mask similar to the Ghostface mask except appearing a little more melted and human. It's actually a mask based on the mask Brandon James wore to hide his deformities and prevent infections.

* Discussed in ''Series/MoneyHeist''. The heisters wear plastic Salvador Dali masks that don't really appear to be visually menacing. Rio is not impressed by them and asks why they couldn't have more intimidating masks. In response, Berlin points a gun in his face while he wears his, telling him it does not matter what kind of mask it is as long as you have a gun.

* ''Series/MoneyHeist'': The heisters wear plastic Salvador Dali masks. Rio is [[NightmareRetardant not impressed by them]] and asks why they couldn't have more intimidating masks. Berlin then points a gun in his face while he wears his and tells him it does not matter what kind of mask it is as long as you have a gun.

* ''WesternAnimation/MartinMystery'': Martin is abducted by kidnappers in "Journey into Terrorland". After he manages to cut his way through the sack, he sees that they are wearing cartoonish plastic monster masks (Frankenstein's monster, a fish monster, and a mummy) over their faces that they take off and reveal themselves to be Java, Billy, and Diana. M.O.M (who seems to be wearing a mask depicting a [[DominoMask domino-masked]], horned vampire). is driving the getaway van as she explains to Martin that his abduction is part of his surprise for a trip to Terrorland, [[MoodWhiplash something he is immediately enthused about]].

[[caption-width-right:350:"Oink oink, [[ThisIsForEmphasisBitch bitch.]]"]]

* ''Anime/{{Bleach}}'': Whenever Ichigo goes into hollow mode, a skull-like mask with red markings manifests on his face. The mask can take multiple forms and cover varying amounts of his face depending on what hollow form he takes.

* ''Anime/PrincessMononoke'' wears a mask while conducting raids on Iron Town supply lines. Hers is roughly a ''youkai'' mask with crimson accents, evoking a "blood ghost" aesthetic. Understandable, since San is rather pretty, despite being a [[WildChild feral child]].

* ''ComicBook/CaptainAmerica'': In Captain America's corner of the larger Marvel Universe, at least three villains stand out that use an iconic skull mask:
** The [[Characters/{{MarvelComicsRedSkull}} Red Skull]] is a former Nazi high officer that, during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII, wore a characteristic red skull mask to strike fear in his enemies. Later, the mask ''became'' his face after being disfigured by [[HoistByHisOwnPetard his own Death Dust]].

** [[Characters/{{MarvelComicsTaskmaster}} Taskmaster]], another villain sometimes associated with Red Skull, also wears a skull mask over his normal human face.
* The ''ComicBook/FantasticFour'' have ComicBook/DoctorDoom as their arch-nemesis. Doom started out as a foreign exchange student from Latveria studying advanced physics at an upstate New York university. A flawed experiment in his dorm room caused an explosion that left Doom with a long vertical gash in his face. Expelled from uni, Doom traveled to Tibet, where he studied mysticism, and forged his iconic mask with its perpetual scowl. His face is rarely seen without this mask.
* [[Characters/MarvelComicsNormanOsborn The Green Goblin]] is notorious for this thanks to his rubber, [[ExpressiveMask expressing]], green mask in the likeness of a green-skinned goblin.
* The Inner Demons from the ''Spider-Man'' [=PS4=] game made their début in 2008, during the ''[[ComicBook/{{BrandNewDay}} Brand New Day]]'' arc of the Spider-Man books. Like their video game counterparts, they are a gang of bodyguards under the control of villain Mr. Negative and wear [[https://comicvine.gamespot.com/the-amazing-spider-man-547-crimes-of-the-heart/4000-121612/ silvery bluish Chinese masks]].
* In ''ComicBook/XMen'', Ogun is (supposedly) a long-lived samurai master who mentored Logan (before he was Wolverine) at one point. In "the modern era", he reappears in Japan to brainwash Logan's then-recent protégé, Kitty Pryde. During a mid-1980s story arc, he resurfaces, [[https://comicvine.gamespot.com/kitty-pryde-and-wolverine-6-honor/4000-25394/ wearing a red Oni mask.]]

* ''Film/TheDarkKnight'': At the beginning of the movie, The Joker and his gang don rubber clown masks to rob a bank. In a homage to ''Film/TheKilling'', The Joker wears the same clown mask worn in the earlier film.

* ''Film/{{Drive}}'': The Driver puts on a latex mask in the likeness of a bald, old man before killing El Nino. [[AlternateCharacterInterpretation Why he wears it is one of the film's hotly debated points]].

* ''Film/Julia2008'': After the titular character is hired by Elena to abduct her son from his grandfather's care, Elena provides Julia with a black plastic mask having the features of a human face and nothing else. After Julia puts it on and demonstrates it to Elena, she is so unnerved by it that it's enough to make her change her mind and want to get a different mask. But Julia quickly leaves and decides to use the mask anyway after Elena tries to get her to pray with her.
-->'''Elena''': It's like death. [[WhiteMaskOfDoom White's better.]] [[LampshadeHanging That's going to frighten Tom. It frightens me.]] Now I have to change it! I-I have to change that and-- Pray with me. Pray with me now.
-->'''Julia''': I don't pray.

* ''Film/SpiderManHomecoming'': Subverted during a bank robbery scene involving a gang of robbers with cartoonish plastic masks based on the comic versions of [[ComicBook/TheAvengers the Avengers]] that are a little too cartoonish to be intimidating. Not helped by [[DeadpanSnarker Spider-Man]] quipping at them.

* ''Film/ThePurge1'': The teenagers who break into the Sandins' house during the Purge wear creepy rubber masks with [[SlasherSmile Slasher Smiles]].
* ''Film/TheTown'': In the first heist, the robbers wear hoods and rubber dark skull masks that feature discolored teeth. Later in the film, they wear matching nun costumes with rubber masks in the likeness of wrinkled women.

* ''Literature/{{Goosebumps}}'': In ''Literature/TheHauntedMask'', Carly Beth purchased the titular mask that attaches to her face and changes her personality.
* In the Creator/CarlReiner picture book "Tell Me a Scary Story, But Too Scary", the young Carl sees a creepy thing in the basement. His new neighbor, Mr. Neewohall took the thing upstairs. [[spoiler:He gets scared by a frightening monster which turned out to be Mr. Neewohall in a creepy rubber mask.]]

* Inverted in ''Literature/TheWitches'': The Grand High Witch wears a mask to disguise herself as a pretty young lady and to hide her extremely ugly real face.

* ''Series/BirdsOfPrey'': A gang of robbers in "Primal Scream" wear rubber animal masks as they rob a nightclub at gunpoint.

* In ''Series/ThePunisher'' MCU series, Jigsaw had his men, along with himself, wear masks to terrify their victims during their robberies.

* ''Series/{{Scream}}'': The killer wears a plastic mask similar to the Ghostface mask except appearing a little more melted and human. It's actually a mask based on the mask Brandon James wore to hide his deformities and prevent infections.

* In ''TabletopGame/{{YuGiOh}}'', the [[https://yugioh.fandom.com/wiki/Mask Mask archetype]] has a heavy focus on the mask motif. Its members are all the "[[OurDemonsAreDifferent Fiend]]" Monster-type (''Akuma'' or Demon, in the original), and are aligned with the [[DarkIsEvil DARK]] attribute. The "Mask" Spell Cards and Trap Cards are also depicted as evil-looking.

* ''VideoGame/HotlineMiami'': The 50 Blessings operatives are provided with rubber animal masks before receiving coded instructions over the answering machine to embark on assassination missions against [[TheMafiya Russian Mob targets]]. The reasoning for these specific kinds of masks is revealed in ''Videogame/HotlineMiami2WrongNumber'' when The Colonel who (likely) started the 50 Blessings organization skins the face of a panther and wears it over his face as a mask before he delivers this speech to his unit (MotiveRant, SanitySlippage).
--> '''The Colonel''': "Do you see this? ... Can you see my face? This is my true nature! You see, don't you? This is who I am! This is who we all are. We're animals! ... There's no denying it! A bunch of goddamn animals! They're sending us out to slaughter or be slaughtered... And here we sit until they tell us what to do, and how to do it! No will of our own, just mindless obedience! We don't even know why we're fighting now, do we? All we know is that deep down, somewhere in there, we enjoy it. Destruction and violence... it's just part of our nature."

* ''VideoGame/SpiderManPS4'': The [[FarEastAsianTerrorists Inner Demons]], as their name implies, wear black-and-white Chinese opera masks shaped like fanged, horned demons' faces, which partially contributes to their [[RuthlessForeignGangsters nightmarish reputations]].

* During the ''WebVideo/GameGrumps'' LetsPlay of ''VideoGame/DeadRising3,'' Danny dresses up in a red devil mask and declares that he's the "Whap Goblin." He proceeds to run around hitting zombies with a big stick.

* Satan appears in ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfMarkTwain'', living on a BabyPlanet. He wears reddish armor, calls himself an "angel," and has no visible head. Instead, Satan holds an opera mask where his face should be. Initially, this mask isn't scary, but the longer Satan speaks to his guests, the more deformed and grotesque the mask becomes. Twain and company end up fleeing from him and his monstrous mask.
* One of the books on which the ''WesternAnimation/KingRollo'' episodes were based has King Rollo, Queen Gwen, and the Magician making masks to scare Cook with. She gets her own back soon after they all take off their masks.
-->'''Cook:''' Take off those horrible masks, and come and get your lunch.
-->'''King Rollo:''' But... we aren't wearing masks!
-->'''Cook:''' HA HA HA! Just a little joke!
* ''WesternAnimation/MartinMystery'': Martin is abducted by kidnappers in "Journey into Terrorland". After he manages to cut his way through the sack, he sees that they are wearing cartoonish plastic monster masks (Frankenstein's monster, a fish monster, and a mummy) over their faces that they take off and reveal themselves to be Java, Billy, and Diana. M.O.M (Who seems to be wearing a mask depicting a [[DominoMask domino masked]], horned vampire.) is driving the getaway van as she explains to Martin that his abduction is part of his surprise for a trip to Terrorland. [[MoodWhiplash Something he is immediately enthused about]].
* ''WesternAnimation/TheSpectacularSpiderMan'': The Green Goblin's [[ExpressiveMask expressive]] rubber mask in the likeness of a goblin with green skin, as usual. The trope also extends to his goons who wear rubber pumpkin head jack-o-lantern style masks. The female mooks even wear pink ribbons on the pumpkin stem. Seemingly just to highlight that they're girls.

* The killers in the ''Film/{{Saw}}'' franchise wear sinister pig masks with blood and pus running from the eyes whenever capturing people. For a bonus point, a pig squeal-like screech usually plays during such scenes.

If you want to keep your identity a secret but you also want to give someone a good dose of NightmareFuel while doing it, these are the kinds of masks to go for. They're effective not just because of how much of the face they hide but also because they thrive on the UncannyValley effect. If these masks are not straight up Halloween masks depicting monsters, they will depict humans that only barely pass as such because, well, faces aren't typically made of rubber and plastic.

Some masks like this have a resemblance to celebrities, political figures, and fictional characters while making them so inhuman looking that it will veer heavily into uncanny valley territory.

* ''Manga/{{Plunderer}}'': Licht Bach wears a variety of Noh masks. Most notably, mask with a pale white face with red lips and a strek of red running down from one eye known as the "flash mask". A mask that represents Licht's self-loathing.

** Crossbones is one of Red Skull underlings in "modern times". He wears a mask with a stylized white skull.

** In TheRemake, one of the robberies featured in the montage scene shows Dick and Jane robbing a Chinese restaurant while wearing full head rubber masks of Bill and Hilary Clinton. PlayedForLaughs when the clerks don't treat them with any suspicion and actually seem to happily welcome them until they pull the guns out and aim them.

* In ''Film/{{Scream}}'', the masked killer wears a white ghost-like Halloween mask with hollowed out eyes, a pained expression and a perpetually open mouth hole. The killer's name is given as Ghostface, probably due to the mask they wear.

* ''Film/SetItOff'': Stoney, Cleo, and TT, wear transparent plastic masks over their faces during the final robbery that prove effective at distorting them to the point of hardly being recognisable. Somewhat of a PaperThinDisguise however since they don't bother covering their rather distinctive hairstyles.
* In ''Film/{{Smiley}}'', there is supposedly an urban legend about a serial killer called Smiley [=McGee=] that wears the smiley emoticon on their face: a fleshy looking, distorted smiley icon. [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] when the movie reveals that [[spoiler:it is acutally a group of individuals who decide to psychologically torment Ashley, the protagonist.]] Then [[DoubleSubvertedTrope double subverted]] when [[spoiler:there is ''in fact'' a ''real'' Smiley [=McGee=] on the loose.]]

* Discussed in ''Literature/TheFamousFive'' book ''Five Go To Smuggler's Top'': the creepy servant Block has a face which never shows any expression at all, and, as Anne says, it might even be a wax mask.

** Kai Anderson is the three-faced clown with the exaggeratedly long noses. Kai himself is a manipulative, two-faced person with a bit of a fixation on his phallus.

* ''Series/{{CSINY}}'': "[[Recap/CSINYS06E16 Uncertainty Rules]]." On an introverted young man's 21st birthday, he is held at gunpoint by his two best friends who are wearing rubber clown masks with spiked red hair, pointed teeth and evil grins. [[note]]The gun turns out to be a realistic-looking water pistol filled with vodka, and they're there to force him to go out on the town for once.[[/note]]

** While murdering Briggite Reinholdt, Theodora "Teddy" Rowe wears a latex mask that makes her look malformed and inhuman especially when she talks since the mouth of the mask moves along with her actual mouth behind it. Complete with close-ups on her eyes as they peer though the holes and the masked mouth.
* In ''Series/ThePunisher'' MCU series, Jigsaw had his men, along himself, wear masks to terrify their victims during their robberies.

* ''Series/StrangerThings'': Kali's gang wear plastic Halloween style masks. Including El after she briefly joins them.

* This is often averted in theatre by actors wearing masks which only cover part of the face, or having the actors carrying the mask, rather than wearing it. Many characters do this in a theatrical production of ''Literature/HisDarkMaterials''.

* In ''VideoGame/ClockTowerIITheStruggleWithin'', one of the antagonists does wear [[https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/ps/196937-clock-tower-ii-the-struggle-within/images?pid=196937&img=4 a red Oni mask]]. This is [[JustifiedTrope justified]]: in the ''original'' Japanese version, the events of the game happen in Osaka, Japan. When the game got localized to the West, the setting was moved to California and the characters' names were Westernized, while keeping the Japanese trappings.

* Played with in ''VideoGame/HugosHouseOfHorrors'', in that Hugo has to find a mask, and wear it, to become inconspicuous among a group of very ugly and creepy dinner guests. If he fails to do this, the butler recognises him as an interloper, and chops his head off.

* ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime'', there are two masks from a the Happy Mask Shop subquest: the Skull Mask and the Spooky Mask.

* ''VideoGame/PaydayTheHeist'': The heisters wear plastic clown masks as their default disguise. These mask can also be swapped with many other masks fulfilling this trope.

* In the ''VideoGame/{{Splatterhouse}}'' franchise, the protagonist, Rick, wears a [[https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/arcade/584217-splatterhouse/images?pid=584217&img=42 white hockey mask]] in the first game -- a ''very'' obvious nod to killer Jason Voorhees which they had to change to a [[https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/tg16/589119-splatterhouse/images?pid=589119&img=12 blood red colour]] when the game came to the West. In the third game, the mask appears more [[https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/genesis/586483-splatterhouse-3/images?pid=586483&img=67 organic-looking]], almost skeletal or cranium-like. The mask is actually sentient, and is eventually revealed [[spoiler:to be the Big Bad in the third game]].

* One of the books on which the ''WesternAnimation/KingRollo'' episodes were based has King Rollo, Queen Gwen and the Magician making masks to scare Cook with. She gets her own back soon after they all take off their masks.

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* ''Film/AliceSweetAlice'': Alice [[spoiler: and Mrs. Tredoni]] wear the feminine version of the clear plastic mask with a yellow raincoat. Alice even has a collection of them that add to her CreepyChild persona.

--> '''Elena''': "It's like death. [[WhiteMaskOfDoom White's better.]] [[LampshadeHanging That's going to frighten Tom. It frightens me.]] Now I have to change it! I-I have to change that and- Pray with me. Pray with me now.
--> '''Julia''': I don't pray.

* In ''Film/{{Smiley}}'', there is supposedly an urban legend about a serial killer called Smiley [=McGee=] that wears the smiley emoticon on their face: a fleshy looking, distorted smiley icon. [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] when the movie reveals that [[spoiler: it is acutally a group of individuals who decide to psychologically torment Ashley, the protagonist.]] Then [[DoubleSubvertedTrope double subverted]] when [[spoiler: there is ''in fact'' a ''real'' Smiley [=McGee=] on the loose.]]

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* In ''Literature/TheMasqueOfTheRedDeath'', by Edgar Allan Poe, nobleman Prospero holds a masquerade ball. At midnight, a mysterious reveller appears, wearing a "corpse-like mask" resembling "the countenance of a stiffened corpse". [[spoiler: It was the Red Death itself.]]

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** Souya Yomotsuki, protagonist Ruka Minazuki's father, [[spoiler: also becomes a ghost after the failed ritual.]] When he is encountered through the game, he is seen with a scary mask and attacks with masks.
** Finally, the method to create the titular "Mask of the Lunar Eclipse": [[spoiler: among other things, it involves removing the face of a person who has Bloomed (an in-game physical condition that affects the face).]]

* In the ''VideoGame/{{Splatterhouse}}'' franchise, the protagonist, Rick, wears a [[https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/arcade/584217-splatterhouse/images?pid=584217&img=42 white hockey mask]] in the first game - a ''very'' obvious nod to killer Jason Voorhees which they had to change to a [[https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/tg16/589119-splatterhouse/images?pid=589119&img=12 blood red colour]] when the game came to the West. In the third game, the mask appears more [[https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/genesis/586483-splatterhouse-3/images?pid=586483&img=67 organic-looking]], almost skeletal or cranium-like. The mask is actually sentient, and is eventually revealed [[spoiler: to be the Big Bad in the third game]].

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--> '''Cook:''' Take off those horrible masks, and come and get your lunch.
--> '''King Rollo:''' But... we aren't wearing masks!
--> '''Cook:''' HA HA HA! Just a little joke!

* ''Series/TheFlash': [[AmazonBrigade The Black Rose gang]] in "Tina, Is That You?" wear the feminine version of the clear mask cut at the bottom to cover just the top half of their faces along with black veils to enhance the disguise.

* In ''[[VideoGame/{{TheLegendOfZeldaMajorasMask}} The Legend of Zelda Majora's Mask]]'', the Garo's Mask is a hood-like apparel of a dirty brown-gray colour, and its sprite shows two large shining eyes against a black void. The mask is first introduced as a prize from the Gorman Brothers, and it is needed to access Ikana Canyon. Its ''other'' purpose, however, comes into play when Link reaches Ikana's Canyon: the dead spirits of the Garo Ninjas rise from the grave and fight Link, if he is still wearing it. The mask can also be used to bypass the zombie-like [=ReDeads=] in Ikana's Castle.

* ''Literature/{{Goosebumps}}'': In "Literature/TheHauntedMask", Carly Beth purchased the titular mask that attaches to her face and changes her personality.

** The [[Characters/{{MarvelComicsRedSkull}} Red Skull]] is a former Nazi high officer that, during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII, wore a characteristic red skull mask to strike fear in his enemies. Later, the mask *became* his face.

* ''Film/TheRiseOfLeslieVernon'': The titular character wears a plastic pale mask with an exaggeratedly large, thin mouth and wide eye holes that have dark spaces under them. The mask also comes with scraggly dirty blonde hair.

* ''Film/SpiderMan'': A gang of armored truck robbers wear transparent plastic masks in one scene. Then, of course, there's the Green Goblin's menacingly grinning visage his mask presents.

* ''Series/{{Scream}}''
** The killer wears a plastic mask similar to the Ghostface mask except appearing a little more melted and human. It's actually a mask based on the mask Brandon James wore to hide his deformities and prevent infections.

[[caption-width-right:300:"Oink oink, [[ThisIsForEmphasisBitch bitch.]]"]]

* ''VideoGame/HotlineMiami'': The 50 Blessings operatives are provided with rubber animal masks before receiving coded instructions over the answering machine to embark on assassination missions against [[TheMafiya Russian Mob targets]]. The reasoning for these specific kinds of masks is revealed in ''Videogame/HotlineMiami2WrongNumber'' when The Colonel who (likely) started the 50 Blessings organization) skins the face of a panther and wears it over his face as a mask before he delivers this speech to his unit (MotiveRant, SanitySlippage).

* ''WesternAnimation/TheSpectacularSpiderMan'': The Green Goblin's [[ExpressiveMask expressive]] rubber mask in the likeness of a goblin with green skin, as usual. The trope also extends to his goons who wear rubber pumpkin head jack-o-lantern style masks. The female mooks even wear pink ribbons on the pumpkin stem. Seemingly just to highlight that they're girls. - '''Administrivia/PartialContextExample How does the Green Goblin's mask fit the trope? Remember that the reader may never have heard of him.'''