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* A variant shows up in ''VideoGame/DarkCloud2'' - Osmond is a small, rabbit-shaped creature covered head to toe in clothes. When Monica asks him to lend the protagonists a hand, he considers it for a moment, then detaches his glove to give to her, revealing that he has no hand or arm underneath it.

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* A variant shows up in ''VideoGame/DarkCloud2'' ''VideoGame/DarkChronicle'' - Osmond is a small, rabbit-shaped creature covered head to toe in clothes. When Monica asks him to lend the protagonists a hand, he considers it for a moment, then detaches his glove to give to her, revealing that he has no hand or arm underneath it.
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* A FacialHorror variant happens in ''WebAnimation/DingoDoodles''. [[spoiler:Gothi always wears a wooden mask because she survived having her face sliced off, leaving her with no lips, nose, or eyelids. Under her mask is only eyes, teeth, and scar tissue.]] One person who sees this immediately vomits.
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* Referenced by Willow in ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse'' episode "Follies at the Coven Day Parade" when she and Gus are debating what they think Emperor Belos' real face looks like.
-->'''Willow:''' I heard there's just a mirror underneath. ''[Whispers]'' The real emperor was society all along.
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--->'''Cob''': Why not? There's nothing to fear under that fine robe of yours, is there?\\

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* Happens briefly in ''VideoGame/DiabloIII'' when [[spoiler:the archangel Tyrael defies Heaven. His hood falls back, revealing empty space where a face begins to form as HumanityEnsues.]]

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* Happens briefly in ''VideoGame/DiabloIII'' when [[spoiler:the archangel Tyrael defies Heaven. His hood falls back, revealing empty space where a face begins to form as HumanityEnsues.]]HumanityEnsues]].



---> '''Cob''': Why not? There's nothing to fear under that fine robe of yours, is there?
---> '''Bobbin''': If you fear Nothing, then you'd better not touch me.

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---> '''Cob''': --->'''Cob''': Why not? There's nothing to fear under that fine robe of yours, is there?
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'''Bobbin''': If you fear Nothing, then you'd better not touch me.



* In ''VideoGame/WorldOfHorror'', if you know the correct response when you first meet Aka Manto, he takes his mask off to fight you, revealing he doesn't have a face.

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* In ''VideoGame/WorldOfHorror'', if ''VideoGame/WorldOfHorror'':
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you know the correct response when you first meet Aka Manto, he takes his mask off to fight you, revealing he doesn't have a face.face.
** There's also the Crestfallen Mask, which can be used to inflict this upon [[spoiler:your own protagonist by equipping it]].



* Downplayed in ''Webcomic/SidekickGirl''. [[spoiler: Declan Jade]], antagonist of the ''Gravity'' arc, wears a WhiteMaskOfDoom that covers all of his face except for one eye. When he removes it, wee see that half of his face is relatively normal, but the other half is a mass of scar tissue, [[spoiler: due to the accident that nearly killed him.]]

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* Downplayed in ''Webcomic/SidekickGirl''. [[spoiler: Declan Jade]], antagonist of the ''Gravity'' arc, wears a WhiteMaskOfDoom that covers all of his face except for one eye. When he removes it, wee see that half of his face is relatively normal, but the other half is a mass of scar tissue, [[spoiler: due [[spoiler:due to the accident that nearly killed him.]]him]].



* In the Website/RapNews video on 2012, this is how Anonymous is represented: when the main speaker takes off their Guy Fawkes mask, nothing is underneath.[[note]]As in, [[NothingIsScarier the figure’s head is completely transparent.]][[/note]]
* ''Roleplay/RubyQuest'' has Ace, who constantly wears a WhiteMaskOfDoom. Beneath it, [[spoiler: his "face" is a writhing mass of tentacles or possibly worms]].

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* In the Website/RapNews video on 2012, this is how Anonymous is represented: when the main speaker takes off their Guy Fawkes mask, nothing is underneath.[[note]]As in, [[NothingIsScarier the figure’s figure's head is completely transparent.]][[/note]]
transparent]].[[/note]]
* ''Roleplay/RubyQuest'' has Ace, who constantly wears a WhiteMaskOfDoom. Beneath it, [[spoiler: his [[spoiler:his "face" is a writhing mass of tentacles or possibly worms]].
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* Parodied in ''Webcomic/DarkLegacyComics''. In [[http://darklegacycomics.com/311.html one strip,]] two characters are busy unmasking "liars", thus ruining everyone's Halloween costumes. In the end, they "unmask" a pandaren by tearing of his real face. Since he doesn't have any face left under that "mask", well, ewwww....

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* Parodied in ''Webcomic/DarkLegacyComics''. In [[http://darklegacycomics.com/311.html one strip,]] two characters are busy unmasking "liars", thus ruining everyone's Halloween costumes. In the end, they "unmask" a pandaren by tearing of off his real face. Since he doesn't have any face left under that "mask", well, ewwww....
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* Celty from ''LightNovel/{{Durarara}}'' wears a motorcycle helmet to conceal that she is a [[HeadlessHorseman dullahan]] and thus has no head.

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* Celty from ''LightNovel/{{Durarara}}'' ''Literature/{{Durarara}}'' wears a motorcycle helmet to conceal that she is a [[HeadlessHorseman dullahan]] and thus has no head.



* In ''[[Manga/GeGeGeNoKitaro GeGeGe no Kitaro (2018)]]'', Nanashi's true appearance behind his mask is nothing but a void of darkness, along with having a [[OverlyLongTongue very thin tongue.]]

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* In ''[[Manga/GeGeGeNoKitaro GeGeGe no Kitaro (2018)]]'', ''Manga/GeGeGeNoKitaro'' (2018), Nanashi's true appearance behind his mask is nothing but a void of darkness, along with having a [[OverlyLongTongue very thin tongue.]]tongue]].



* Sort of happened during Franchise/{{Batman}}'s first encounter with ComicBook/{{Anarky}}. Batman took Anarky's mask off, only to see a flat white plastic surface underneath. [[spoiler:Anarky was just a teenager, so, underneath his cowl and mask, he wore a plastic mannequin part on top of his head to appear taller.]]
* One [[ComicBook/JusticeLeagueOfAmerica JLA]] story had some AppliedPhlebotinum separate all the heroes and their secret identities into separate people, and the separated Batman had only the barest outline of a face under his cowl. This was to symbolize that, without Bruce, the identity of Batman barely has any motivation, while Bruce himself was slowly going insane from not having an outlet for his righteous fury at crime.
* ComicBook/JusticeSocietyOfAmerica villain Johnny Sorrow was flung into AnotherDimension and remade by the EldritchAbomination that calls it home. Afterwards he is an invisible, intangible specter while wearing his mask. When he removes it, he becomes solid and reveals an other-dimensional visage so incomprehensibly hideous that all but the most powerful (or blind, or insane) of living things will instantly die at the sight of it. The reader typically only sees a bright light. The one time that it was shown, it appeared to be a disgusting, incongruous mass of tentacles.
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* Sort of happened during Franchise/{{Batman}}'s ComicBook/{{Batman}}'s first encounter with ComicBook/{{Anarky}}. Batman took Anarky's mask off, only to see a flat white plastic surface underneath. [[spoiler:Anarky was just a teenager, so, underneath his cowl and mask, he wore a plastic mannequin part on top of his head to appear taller.]]
* One [[ComicBook/JusticeLeagueOfAmerica JLA]] ''ComicBook/JLA1997'' story had has some AppliedPhlebotinum separate all the heroes and their secret identities into separate people, and the separated Batman had has only the barest outline of a face under his cowl. This was is to symbolize that, that without Bruce, the identity of Batman barely has any motivation, while Bruce himself was slowly going goes insane from not having an outlet for his righteous fury at crime.
* ComicBook/JusticeSocietyOfAmerica ''ComicBook/JusticeSocietyOfAmerica'' villain Johnny Sorrow was flung into AnotherDimension and remade by the EldritchAbomination that calls it home. Afterwards he is an invisible, intangible specter while wearing his mask. When he removes it, he becomes solid and reveals an other-dimensional visage so incomprehensibly hideous that all but the most powerful (or blind, or insane) of living things will instantly die at the sight of it. The reader typically only sees a bright light. The one time that it was shown, it appeared to be a disgusting, incongruous mass of tentacles.
* ''ComicBook/LegionOfSuperHeroes'' ''ComicBook/LegionOfSuperHeroes'':
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* When the prince unmasks the stranger in the Red Death costume at his costume party in Creator/EdgarAllanPoe's "Literature/TheMasqueOfTheRedDeath", the costume is completely empty and falls to the ground, because the stranger was actually the personification of the plague.

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* When the prince unmasks revellers unmask the stranger in the Red Death costume at his costume Prince Prospero's masked party in Creator/EdgarAllanPoe's "Literature/TheMasqueOfTheRedDeath", the costume is completely empty and falls to the ground, because the stranger was actually the personification of the plague.title plague, which wastes no time in killing everyone.
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* The Conductor from ''Manga/GalaxyExpress999'' wears a high-collared uniform paired with a brimmed hat, giving him the appearance of [[ShadowedFaceGlowingEyes a shadowed face with two glowing eyes]]. Taking off his hat reveals the truth about him: [[{{Invisibility}} he's an invisible alien]].

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* The Conductor from ''Manga/GalaxyExpress999'' wears a high-collared uniform paired with a brimmed hat, giving him the appearance of [[ShadowedFaceGlowingEyes a shadowed face with two glowing eyes]]. Taking off his hat reveals the truth about him: [[{{Invisibility}} [[InvisibleStreaker he's an invisible alien]].alien wearing clothes so he can be seen]].

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