History Main / WhiteMaskOfDoom

* [[Wiki/SCPFoundation SCP-035]] is a living White Mask of Doom based on Greek drama masks that compels anyone near it to put it on and take it as a host. It's also quite sociopathic and manipulative.

* Yokai in ''WesternAnimation/BigHero6'' wears a white kabuki mask with red details [[spoiler: and a Microbot controller inside it]].

* In Music/ClanOfXymox's "[[https://youtu.be/3k4l1T-tGPw She]]" video, the titular protagonist wears a Michael Myers-esque mask with a stitched mouth and Xed-out eyes.

* Wrestling/JasonTheTerrible, Jason El Terrible, Jason X, El Hijo de Jason, Novia de Jason and every other wrestler who took to a white hockey mask, before or after ''Franchise/FridayThe13th'' (as you call tell by the names, mostly after unless {{the gimmick}} was evil Canadian/evil hockey player like Wrestling/{{AAA}}'s Ice Killer)

** Among the [[MachineWorship Machine Orthodoxy]] of ''New Phyrexia'', skin is reviled as evil, so creatures have it [[BodyHorror flayed off and replaced]] by a [[http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=218058 porcelain-colored metal]]. All the white aligned creatures, from [[http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=217981 Suture Priests]] to [[http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=218043 Porcelain Legionnaires]] to [[http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=214352 Elesh Norn, the Grand Cenobite]] herself have shades of this trope as a result.

* The Flame Emperor from ''VideoGame/FireEmblemThreeHouses'' wears one of these, though with splashes of red included as well. When the mask comes off, [[spoiler: it's revealed that it also altered its wearer's voice, to keep people from knowing it was Edelgard.]]

* The Lady in ''VideoGame/LittleNightmares'' is an evil sorceress with ghostlike grace who wears a white mask that is bright even in the dark. She wears the mask because [[spoiler: her reflection, if not her actual face, is hideous]], and the player character, Six, can get a copy of the Lady's mask by finding and breaking all of the Lady's porcelain statues.

* Sal Fisher from ''VideoGame/{{SallyFace}}'' wears a white prosthetic mask with one chunk of it being pink. It is hinted through out the game that a dog mauled Sal's face in the woods as a child, [[spoiler: only for it to be revealed in the final episode that the leader of The Devourers of God shot Sal's face with a shot gun while wearing a ceremonial dog mask]].

* ''Webcomic/GunnerkriggCourt:'' A metaphorical mask [[EmotionlessGirl hides Annie's feelings]] with closed eyes and a neutral smile [[spoiler:it also hides the fact that she cheats on her homework]]. [[http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/archive_page.php?comicID=1039 It only comes off around her best friend]], in the magical forest, and if someone insults her daddy. May be related to the flame-colored mask which [[InTheBlood her ancestor]] had in the stylized flashback.

* ''Webcomic/GunnerkriggCourt:'' A metaphorical mask [[EmotionlessGirl hides Annie's feelings]] with closed eyes and a neutral smile [[spoiler:it also hides the fact that she cheats on her homework]]. [[http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/archive_page.php?comicID=1039 It only]] [[NotSoStoic comes off]] around [[LivingEmotionalCrutch her best friend]], in the magical forest, and if someone [[BerserkButton insults her daddy]]. May be related to the flame-colored mask which [[InTheBlood her ancestor]] had in the stylized flashback.

-->-- Music/TheyMightBeGiants, "Turn Around"

* Jason from the ''Franchise/FridayThe13th'' series wears a white hockey mask.

* The mask worn by Ghostface in the ''Film/{{Scream}}'' series, paired with a BlackCloak. It was based on the iconic image of the Creator/EdvardMunch painting "The Scream", and was originally designed by an employee at the holiday supply company Fun World before the makers of the film discovered it.

* ''Film/NoTimeToDie''. When Safir turns up at Madeleine's home to [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge kill everyone there]], he's wearing white clothing to blend in with the snow and a white Kabuki mask to hide his face. Years later he reveals his identity to an adult Madeleine by giving her a box containing the same mask.

* Father Wrath from ''ComicBook/HackSlash''.
* Mister Quimper's mask from Grant Morrison's ''ComicBook/TheInvisibles''.

* ''Manga/{{Nightschool}}'' -- All [[BondCreatures astrals]] are basically living shadows with white masks.

* V of ''ComicBook/VForVendetta''.

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* ''ComicStrip/FunkyWinkerbean'' [[http://joshreads.com/?p=1275 presents]] [[FanNickname Masky McDeath]].

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* ''Fanfic/ThePiecesLieWhereTheyFell'': The members of the Questioning Order wear these as part of their usual outfit, along with their [[BlackCloak cloaks]].
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* The final scene of ''Film/{{Birdman}}'' has Riggins waking up in a hospital room [[spoiler:after having just attempted suicide by a gunshot to the face]] wearing a white plaster mask [[spoiler:hiding the scars on his face where the bullet entered]]. Because Riggins had gained fame by portraying an avian superhero, it is fitting that his bandaged face has a prominently pointed nose and looks a bit like a plague-doctor mask.

%%* ''VideoGame/{{Xenoblade}}'' has the Face Mechon.

* The White Fang of ''{{WebAnimation/RWBY}}'' all wear four-slotted white masks that cover their upper face; higher ranking members such as Adam and the unnamed Lieutenant have customized theirs by adding red markings to them or having them cover the entire face. According to a renegade member, they chose to wear them because humanity saw them as monsters, so they evoke the image of Creatures of Grimm, who really ''are'' monsters.

* ''WebOriginal/{{Autodale}}'' features blank white masks as a core element, with children receiving their masks when they reach adulthood. All adults wear identical, smiling masks, and are designated either 'pretty' or 'ugly'. And you definitely don't want to be called '[[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness ugly]]'.

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%%* ''Anime/ErgoProxy'' - The Proxy of Death, [[CharacterTitle Ergo Proxy]] himself.
* ''Anime/TenchiMuyo'' - Kain in the first movie has one of these which is also an ExpressiveMask, since it turns out to be his real face. It becomes more creepy as he becomes more desperate in the final battle.
* Noh-Face from ''Anime/SpiritedAway''. Noh-Face is first encountered as a partial black cloak and a white mask. Later his body grows a horrible maw, jarring with the lost-child-in-pain expression of the mask.
* Several of the [[EldritchAbomination Angels]] in ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' have what look like white, flattened {{plague doctor}} masks.
%%* Assassin apparel in ''VisualNovel/PhantomOfInferno''.

%%* ''Manga/PokemonAdventures'' - Mask of Ice and his minions in the ''Gold/Silver/Crystal'' arc.

%%* Turkey/the Ottoman Empire in ''Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers''.
* ''Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaAs'' - The villainous MysteriousProtector is another mask with no mouth and thin slits for eyes.
* ''Manga/LiarGame'' - The dealers and most attendants are MalevolentMaskedMen with white masks.
* Death 13 from ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'' is a ''dream-haunting clown-themed GrimReaper'' that wears an incessantly smiling clown mask. [[spoiler:actually that may not be true, since that is more than likely his face]].
%%* Larva from ''Manga/VampirePrincessMiyu''.
* ''Manga/SoulEater'' - Lord Death had a simple skull-shaped mask he made to deliberately avoid looking scary to the small children he wanted to recruit to his school. He added a sillier personality to match, which he took to very well in the long run. His older, much more skull-like mask is doomier. Kid occasionally copies his father's appearance with a cloak and mask of his own. But in his case it just looks ''cute''.
** Which makes it even more of a Tear Jerker [[spoiler:when he officially replaces his late father, mask and all.]]
*** The members of Arachnophobia should also count as they have similar white masks, but are decidedly much more villainous.

%%* The Knights of Paris in ''Anime/{{Noir}}''.
* Go down to "Real Life". Look at the {{plague doctor}} mask. One of Cardinal Mozgus's lackeys in ''Manga/{{Berserk}}'' wears it. He's actually a decent guy, but is he ''ever'' on the wrong side...
* Rau le Creuset from ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEED''.
** A majority of {{Char Clone}}s in ''Franchise/{{Gundam}}'' sport a white mask in reference to the original.
* Played with with Kuze in ''Anime/GhostInTheShellStandAloneComplex''. Though the face of his white-skinned cybernetic body has been custom sculpted by a famous artist, it has no facial muscles and Kuze doesn't even move his mouth when speaking, so its perfect beauty is always maintained and never twisted.
* In ''Anime/CodeGeass'', Shirley's nightmares [[http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s240/brian_blogger/Folder%20Two/cgr2-1302.jpg are plagued with these]] in an episode of R2, [[spoiler:when she regains her memories and realizes that ''a lot of people'' are lying to her]]. As well, [[http://codegeass.wikia.com/wiki/File:Cs_World.jpg the metaphysical mask]] found in C's World can be considered a case of this, as it represents the masks that people wear (read: ''lies'') caused by being individuals. It resembles the masks that Shirley had nightmares of, although this was coincidental; the masks were simply a recurring theme.
%%* The Norza in ''Anime/RedPhotonZillion''.
* In the latest ''Manga/{{Golgo 13}}'' anime, a cult leader named Gabriel wears one of these. Beneath the mask... [[TheGrotesque well]]
%%* ''Franchise/YuGiOh'': [[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Guardian_Dreadscythe Guradian Dreadscythe.]]

* Kurei from ''Manga/FlameOfRecca'' always wears a mask when going into battle, and has worn three different ones over the course of the series. What's under his mask? Nothing really, just a badass-looking scar.
* The villain Gargoyle in ''Anime/NadiaTheSecretOfBlueWater'' wears a white mask all throughout the series, making an already terrifying character even creepier. We never see his face until the end of the series.
* The [[{{Mooks}} Pawn rank]] Chess Pieces in ''Manga/{{MAR}}''.
* ''Manga/BloodyMonday: Last Season'' has terrorists in white masks crashing international gathering of dignitaries. Fortunately the masks help the counter-terrorists infiltrate the group; unfortunately [[spoiler:the counter-terrorists don't know about the special paint that could be seen with the masks' lenses]].
* Herschel from ''Anime/FullmetalAlchemistTheSacredStarOfMilos'' wears one to conceal [[spoiler:the skin that was [[FaceStealer peeled off his face]]]].
* Yamori from ''Manga/TokyoGhoul'' wears a hockey mask, in fitting with his [[Franchise/FridayThe13th alias "Jason"]]. He primarily wears it while engaging in his [[ColdBloodedTorture favorite]] [[{{Fingore}} hobby]], as opposed to using it to conceal his identity.
* In ''Literature/FromTheNewWorld'', Shun dons one [[spoiler:after he transforms into a Karmic Demon.]]
* Nerabu from ''Anime/TweenyWitches'' wears a white mask that looks like skulls.
* The main villains of ''Manga/HighRiseInvasion'' wear white masks that brainwash them into attacking innocents and driving them to commit suicide.

* ''Manga/{{Nightschool}}'' - All [[BondCreatures astrals]] are basically living shadows with white masks.

* Wild Dog, a vigilante in ''Franchise/TheDCU'', conceals his identity beneath a white hockey mask.
* V of ''ComicBook/VForVendetta''.
* Elite, a VigilanteMan inspired by Comicbook/ThePunisher from ''ComicBook/ThePunisherWelcomeBackFrank'' storyline. A rich man who wears a white suit and mask and kills the "undesirables" in his neighborhood. Frank is not flattered.
* Father Wrath from ''ComicBook/HackSlash''.

* The Court of Owls from Franchise/{{Batman}}. A secret society that manipulates Gotham City from the shadows.
** The 2012 San Diego Comic Con Batman panel where they handed out Owl masks to the audience proves [[https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/6c/bb/07/6cbb075a98dee32d4b9618c935c22dd7.jpg it's just as creepy in real life.]]
* The Elf King from ''ComicBook/{{Amulet}}'' wears a white mask, devoid of features outside a carving reminiscent of his stone. For some extra BodyHorror, the mask is held on by spikes that penetrate his flesh. It serves a practical purpose too. [[spoiler:It hides the fact that he's dead.]]

* ''ComicBook/LadyDeath'': The Death Queen is an AxCrazy tyrant who wears a white mask with a creepy-looking grin. [[spoiler:It is revealed she is actually Lady Death's mother who has been driven mad after being tortured and raped by demons]].

* ''WesternAnimation/ThePrincessAndTheFrog'' has Dr. Facilier wear a Baron Samedi half-mask, but only during the climactic moments of his VillainSong. [[note]]He's also seen wearing a grinning jester mask while incognito at the Labouff's masquerade ball.[[/note]]

* Yokai in ''WesternAnimation/BigHero6'' wears a white kabuki mask with red details [[spoiler: and a Microbot controller inside it]].

* The mask worn by Ghostface in the ''Film/{{Scream}}'' series, paired with a BlackCloak. It was based on the iconic image of the Creator/EdvardMunch painting "The Scream", and was originally designed by an employee at the holiday supply company Fun World before the makers of the film discovered it.
* The serial killer in the horror parody ''Film/ScaryMovie'' wears the Ghostface mask.
* In ''Film/VForVendetta'', the aforementioned "V" always wears one. At one point, quite a few citizens put on the same mask, in a show of support for V's actions.

* Used symbolically in Ingmar Bergman's ''Film/TheSeventhSeal''. Two of the characters (ironically, [[spoiler:the only major characters to survive the film's ending]]) are a husband-and-wife team of actors who [[StreetPerformer perform shows in the streets of the towns they visit]] while wearing stark white face paint so glaring it shows up even on the film's black-and-white palette. We get to see one of their performances, which consists largely of them singing and playing [[BawdySong Bawdy Songs]] while wearing the whiteface. Their songs, while ostensibly entertaining, are quite crude and sound a bit...off, suggesting that something dire is about to happen. And in fact something dire ''does'' happen -- namely, the show is interrupted by a procession of flagellating penitents wreathed in incense, loudly moaning ''[[OminousLatinChanting Dies irae, dies illa, solvet saeclum in favilla...]]'' (which in English is "Day of wrath, day of mourning, Earth in smoldering ashes falling...").
* Christiane's mask in ''Film/EyesWithoutAFace''. Also a subversion because the mask scares ''her'', too.
* ''Franchise/StarWars'' series:
** The face-concealing Stormtrooper helmets. It's interesting that the visually similar good-guy Clone Troopers of ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars'' have color added to their helmets, and are forever getting the mask ''off'' to show a human face.
** General Grievous sports a white mask in the form of a stylized, elongated skull. According to the EU, Grievous' mask is ACTUALLY a skull, just not one of a sentient creature (It belongs to a Kaleesh predator).
** Early concept art for Darth Maul featured one of these.

* ''Film/{{Franklyn}}'': Jonathan Preest (who is essentially an {{Expy}} of [[Comicbook/{{Watchmen}} Rorschach]]).
* The serial killer in ''Film/{{Nightbreed}}'' wore a full head white mask with [[EyelessFace button eyes]], made even more chilling by his soothing and reasonable voice.
* "Killer" from ''Film/MidnightMovie''.

* The Phantom from ''Film/TheTownThatDreadedSundown'' wears a potato sack with holes for eyes.
* In the 2010 ''Film/AliceInWonderland2010'' movie, the Red Queen's over-sized head looks like this.
* These appear throughout the ''Franchise/{{Halloween}}'' mockbuster ''Halloween Night'', but the villain only wears one once, to disguise himself while escaping the asylum he was placed in.
* In the first ''Bloody Murder'', the killer wears a white hockey mask, but upgrades to something kabuki-like in the sequel.
* ''Film/TheCabinInTheWoods'' has a few killers wearing these show up [[spoiler:among the many other monsters let loose during the film's climax]].
* ''Film/DragonFromRussia'', inspired by the ''Manga/CryingFreeman'' anime, has it's protagonist wearing a white mask during his assassinations.
* John Singleton's ''Film/HigherLearning'' (1995) has a scene in which some young neo-Nazis [[MalignedMixedMarriage assault a pair of interracial lovers]] on Halloween Night. They are wearing grotesque skull masks.
* The Creator/GeorgeRomero film ''Film/{{Bruiser}}'' is about a man whose face turns into a white mask overnight.

* The final scene of ''Film/{{Birdman}}'' has Riggins waking up in a hospital room [[spoiler:after having just attempted suicide by a gunshot to the face]] wearing a white plaster mask [[spoiler:hiding the scars on his face where the bullet entered]]. Because Riggins had gained fame by portraying an avian superhero, it is fitting that his bandaged face has a prominently pointed nose and looks a bit like a plague-doctor mask.
* The skull masked maniac from the 2001 german horror film ''Film/ThePool''. The fact that he wears nothing other than black and the entire movie takes place inside a darkly lit pool building at night accentuates the white rubber mask.
* The killer in ''Film/{{Hush}}''.

* In ''Film/ThirteenSins'', the bus that transports Elliot to the motel is driven by a mysterious clown wearing a featureless white mask.

* ''Film/{{Bunni}}'': The killer wears a white mask with black lips.
* In ''Film/JohnDoeVigilante'', John Doe's followers, the [=S4D=] movement, wear white expressionless masks, that frequently end up spattered with blood during their vigilante activities.
* ''Film/Mortuary1983'': The killer is revealed to wear a white latex mask with black eyes and lips when Christie pulls it off, revealing that the killer is [[spoiler:Paul]].
* ''Film/ThePhantomOfTheOpera1925'' and ''Film/PhantomOfTheOpera1943'' are the source of the Phantom's iconic white half- and three-quarter masks. Presumably this is because the mask would show up better in contrast to the black of his costume.

* In the Literature/{{Discworld}} book ''Masquerade'', the Opera Ghost wears a white mask which the narration consistently describes as "like the skull of an angel".
* One of the most dangerous of the main antagonists presented in ''Literature/TheChroniclesOfAncientDarkness'' series by Michelle Paver, [[NoNonsenseNemesis Eostra]], the Mage of the Eagle Owl Clan, is [[TheFaceless always shown wearing a pale-colored mask]] that resembles the face of [[OminousOwl her totem]].
* Dire, of ''Literature/TheDireSaga'' wears one with some nifty augmented reality capabilities. It's noted to be particularly unnerving for her opponents.

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%%* The nightmarish VanityPlate for the Russian TV company [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RT22uXUI-vg VID.]]
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* ''Series/Batwoman2019'': In "Initiate Self-Destruct", [[spoiler:Kate Kane is hypnotized into believing she is Black Mask's daughter. She wears a white mask in her new evil identity]].

* ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'':
** Space Marine Chaplains wear a white skull helmet.
** Death Jester Eldar Aspect Warriors wear skull-masked armour. The twist is, the bones on their armour come from its previous owners.
** The assassins of the Eversor temple wear a similar white skull helmet. Where as the other temples of Officio Assassinorum rely on stealth, [[ColdSniper accuracy]], [[TheInfiltration misdirection]], [[TheSoulless and soul crushing power]], Eversor Assassins will crash through a wall and kill everyone in the building. An Eversor's mask looks like a giant skull. It pumps a stupendous amount of combat drugs directly into the brain; the wearer becomes a screaming ball of death and terror. The assassin will kill until he is killed or there is no one left. At which point he explodes.
** Culexus Temple assassins are also shown with skull-like helmets, although they usually have a bunch of additional high-tech detailing to contrast with the Eversor and draw attention to their less direct combat style. Culexus assassins are the ones who leverage soullessness as a weapon on the battlefield - their job is to eliminate psykers.
* In ''TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering'':
** Creatures from the brood of the Eldrazi titan [[http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=261321 Ulamog, The Infinite Gyre]] share their progenitor's faceless white skull.
** Among the [[MachineWorship Machine Orthodoxy]] of ''New Phyrexia'', skin is reviled as evil, so creatures have it [[BodyHorror flayed off and replaced]] by a [[http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=218058 porcelain-colored metal]]. All the white aligned creatures, from [[http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=217981 Suture Priests]] to [[http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=218043 Porcelain Legionnaires]] to [[http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=214352 Elesh Norn, the Grand Cenobite]] herself have shades of this trope as a result.
** In the original Phyrexia the holiest symbol beside the phi was the Mask of [[GodOfEvil Yawgmoth]], a white mask bearing a twisted expression of sorrow. Several Phyrexian creatures featured the mask somewhere on their bodies.

* This is a common trope in Chinese opera, [[https://www.color-meanings.com/chinese-opera-mask-colors-symbolic-meanings/ where white masks are usually associated with villains.]]

* In ''VideoGame/{{Sundered}}'', every enemy in the Eschaton faction wears a white mask. Some even wear several, having multiple faces. Given that all Eschaton enemies, with the exception of the boss Dominion—who is “merely” a giant human sitting on a living throne—are hideous tentacle monsters, the masks they wear serve to make them creepier by highlighting their inhumanity.

%%* Uboa from ''VideoGame/YumeNikki'' - "Hey, I wonder what this light switch do-aaaaaaaaaaaaaa!"

* ''Webcomic/OneQuestion'' has the appropriately named Mask who wears one of these, with a SlasherSmile.

* ''Webcomic/LastRes0rt'' has Geisha, whose mask supposedly [[PowerLimiter keeps him from petrifying the rest of the cast]].
* ''Webcomic/BeyondTheCanopy'': Shambles has a mask with no mouth and some kind of zipper or seam running down the center. [[spoiler:It's his face. The "zipper" is his ''mouth.'']]
* ''Webcomic/GunnerkriggCourt:'' A metaphorical mask [[EmotionlessGirl hides Annie's feelings]] with closed eyes and a neutral smile [[spoiler:it also hides the fact that she cheats on her homework]]. [[http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/archive_page.php?comicID=1039 It only]] [[NotSoStoic comes off]] around [[LivingEmotionalCrutch her best friend]], in the magical forest, and if someone [[BerserkButton insults her daddy]]. May be related to the flame-colored mask which [[InTheBlood her ancestor]] had in the stylized flashback.

* [[http://twitpic.com/32u8yg The masked man]] [[spoiler:(Tim, maybe totheark)]] from ''WebVideo/MarbleHornets'' wears a rather unsettling white mask. Entry 26 show someone wearing a skull mask. Yup. [[OhCrap There is more than one]]. This seems to be a distressingly common feature of humans under [[Franchise/TheSlenderManMythos the Slender Man's]] influence (called Proxies) in blogs set in the Slenderverse.

* ''WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic'' has repeatedly featured the sinister "Lord Shyamalan," a fictionalized version of Creator/MNightShyamalan dressed like Amon from ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'', complete with a white mask inscribed with {{twist ending}}s and other spoilers from Shyamalan's movies. Just like Amon can "equalize" people by taking away their ElementalPowers, Lord Shyamalan can "shyamalize" performers by taking away their talent.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'' episode "What Have You Done?", Princess Bubblegum briefly wears an old-fashioned {{plague doctor}}'s mask.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'' episode "Mean Seasons", Calendar Girl wears a white mask to hide her face, and freaks out at the end of the episode when the mask is removed. It turns out that she has a perfectly normal, even beautiful, appearance -- but the ''psychological'' scars of being cast aside by the modeling industry for being "too old" cause her to see herself as a hideous old crone.

-->-- '''Music/TheyMightBeGiants''', "Turn Around"

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* The kidnappers in ''Series/{{Crisis}}'' wear white masks that cover their whole faces whenever they're dealing with the kids they've kidnapped.

** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS28E4TheGirlInTheFireplace "The Girl in the Fireplace"]] has a group of [[ClockworkCreature clockwork robots]] who try to pose as eighteenth-century French humans by wearing creepy white masks.
** In [[Recap/DoctorWhoS31E2TheBeastBelow "The Beast Below"]], the lady in the sinister white mask turns out to be "the bloody queen" and one of the good guys.

* The SurrealMusicVideo to Project Pitchfork's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9aJ85G81m70 "Lament"]] features a cocktail masquerade with patrons wearing white kabuki masks.

* Laura Branigan's video for [[https://youtu.be/miGUnKWcYeo "SelfControl"]] has her stalker/love interest wearing one.

* ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}''

** The assassins of the Eversor temple wear a similar white skull helmet. Where as the other temples of Officio Assassinorum rely on stealth, [[ColdSniper accuracy]], [[TheInfiltration misdirection]], [[TheSoulless and soul crushing power]], Eversor Assassins will crash through a wall and kill everyone in the building.\\
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An Eversor's mask looks like a giant skull. It pumps a stupendous amount of combat drugs directly into the brain; the wearer becomes a screaming ball of death and terror. The assassin will kill until he is killed or there is no one left. At which point he explodes.

* Assassin apparel in visual novel ''VisualNovel/PhantomOfInferno''.
* Averted with Mask☆[=DeMasque=] in ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorneyTrialsAndTribulations''. He wears a white mask but is generally gleeful and makes himself publicly popular despite being a criminal. Except for when he murders people. [[spoiler:But he wasn't wearing the mask at the time and he wasn't the real Mask☆[=DeMasque=], so it's still an aversion.]]
** In ''[[VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorneyDualDestinies Dual Destinies]]'', the phantom is first "seen" by anyone while wearing a Noh mask, which has much the same effect. It gives the phantom a suitably creepy air.

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* [[http://twitpic.com/32u8yg The masked man]] [[spoiler:(Tim, maybe totheark)]] from ''WebVideo/MarbleHornets'' wears a rather unsettling white mask. Entry 26 show someone wearing a skull mask. Yup. [[OhCrap There is more than one]].
** This seems to be a distressingly common feature of humans under [[Franchise/TheSlenderManMythos the Slender Man's]] influence (called Proxies) in blogs set in the Slenderverse.
* ''{{WebOriginal/Autodale}}'' features blank white masks as a core element, with children receiving their masks when they reach adulthood. All adults wear identical, smiling masks, and are designated either 'pretty' or 'ugly'. And you definitely don't want to be called '[[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness ugly]]'.

* The SWAG members who beat up Tacoma and [[NervesOfSteel try]] to scare Rebecca in WebVideo/DemoReel wear them.
* The White Fang of ''{{WebAnimation/RWBY}}'' all wear four-slotted white masks that cover their upper face; higher ranking members such as Adam and the unnamed Lieutenant have customized theirs by adding red markings to them or having them cover the entire face. According to a renegade member, they chose to wear them because humanity saw them as monsters, so they evoke the image of Creatures of Grimm, who really ''are'' monsters.
* Subverted in Webcomic/AwfulHospital. The bacterium folk wear white skull masks that are, more likely than not, made of actual human bone. They are a society of genuinely nice, neighborly people.
* Ace from Roleplay/RubyQuest always wears a plague-doctor reminiscent mask. You ''really'' don't want to know [[BodyHorror what's under it]].
* ''WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic'' has repeatedly featured the sinister "Lord Shyamalan," a fictionalized version of Creator/MNightShyamalan dressed like Amon from ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'', complete with a white mask inscribed with {{twist ending}}s and other spoilers from Shyamalan's movies. Just like Amon can "equalize" people by taking away their ElementalPowers, Lord Shyamalan can "shyamalize" performers by taking away their talent.
* ''LetsPlay/{{Dream}}'' is often depicted as having one of those.

* Elite, a VigilanteMan inspired by Comicbook/ThePunisher from ''Comicbook/WelcomeBackFrank'' storyline. A rich man who wears a white suit and mask and kills the "undesirables" in his neighborhood. Frank is not flattered.

* Worn by the Jester from ''VideoGame/DarkestDungeon'', putting him somewhere in-between VillainousHarlequin and MonsterClown, though he is [[AntiHero nonetheless on the side of the heroes]]. Beyond appearances, he wields two sickles that he uses to bleed enemies to death. This combined with the mask creates a frightening jester.

* The Jester from ''VideoGame/DarkestDungeon''. At first, he is the literal laughingstock of the party, as his primary attacks have crippling damage dividers and his secondary attacks compromise him with every strike, while his buffs are somewhat useless. But as he grows stronger and stronger, he can take down hordes of armored enemies by bleeding them dry, finish off foes with an execution and then retreat before their allies can hit the damn clown, sharpen his allies with overpowered buffs and then immediately debilitate the opposition with a high-pitched note, or most importantly, restore the sanity of a party that has already been pushed to madness by eldritch horrors and near-death experiences, allowing the party to continue the slaughter when anyone else would have died from the madness. And no matter what happens, he will always continue to laugh and laugh and laugh...

This trope is fairly widespread in {{Anime}} and {{Manga}}. Compare CoolMask. Sometimes doubles as a MaskOfPower. SubTrope of MalevolentMaskedMen.

* Members of the Masquerade wear these in ''VideoGame/{{Persona 2}}''. Generals in particular have theirs styled after the Zodiac sign that doubles as their codename.

* Worn by [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Dollface]] in the ''VideoGame/TwistedMetal'' games. In ''VideoGame/TwistedMetalBlack'', the mask is sealed onto her by her BadBoss, [[DisproportionateRetribution as punishment for spilling coffee over his files]], while in the 2012 reboot, Krista Sparks was told to wear the mask to heal a scar she received from a car crash. In both cases, it ties with ClingyCostume, with the ''Black'' Dollface getting the mask locked on by special key her boss constructed, while the ''2012'' Dollface had her mask magically sealed by the man who gave it to her, and she couldn't find him again when she went to have it removed.

* [[http://pressthebuttons.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/shyguy.jpg Shy Guys]] in ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'' are a cute example.
* Darth Nihilus in ''[[VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublic Knights Of The Old Republic II]]''. In fact, it is of ''such'' doom that [[spoiler:he has [[SoulJar concealed his essence in it]], and it canonically survives centuries after you destroy him.]]
* Assassin apparel in visual novel ''VisualNovel/PhantomOfInferno''.
* White masks add to the menace of splicers in ''VideoGame/BioShock''. The masks hide their cancerous disfigurement.
* Vega from ''Franchise/StreetFighter'' always wears one of those during a fight; not to conceal his identity, [[TheFightingNarcissist but to prevent his]] ''[[TheFightingNarcissist beautiful]]'' [[TheFightingNarcissist face from being touched]].

* Uboa from ''VideoGame/YumeNikki'' - "Hey, I wonder what this light switch do-aaaaaaaaaaaaaa!"
* Averted with Mask☆[=DeMasque=] in ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorneyTrialsAndTribulations''. He wears a white mask but is generally gleeful and makes himself publicly popular despite being a criminal. Except for when he murders people. [[spoiler:But he wasn't wearing the mask at the time and he wasn't the real Mask☆[=DeMasque=], so it's still an aversion.]]
** In ''[[VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorneyDualDestinies Dual Destinies]]'', the phantom is first "seen" by anyone while wearing a Noh mask, which has much the same effect. It gives the phantom a suitably creepy air.
* Doctors in ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedII'' wear below-mentioned plague masks, and the Doctor multiplayer character from ''Brotherhood'' has SinisterShades over one.
* TheMedic in ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'' can wear a {{Plague Doctor}} mask as well, called the Blighted Beak.
* Members of the Masquerade wear these in ''VideoGame/{{Persona 2}}''. Generals in particular have theirs styled after the Zodiac sign that doubles as their codename.

* A RecurringBoss of ''Musha VideoGame/{{Aleste}}'' is a gunship with the face of a Noh mask.
* Old SNK mascot [[http://snk.wikia.com/wiki/G-Mantle G-Mantle]], which appeared as a cameo in various games, before getting a role as a Striker in ''VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters 2000''.
* [[BigBad Victor Donovan]] in the cutscenes of ''VideoGame/DeadOrAlive Dimensions''.
* The [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin appropriately-monikered]] [[BigBad Masked Man]] in ''VideoGame/RuneFactoryOceans'' wears a creepy white mask with a black robe to conceal his appearance. He keeps the mask even after removing the robe and making his identity obvious to the player, only ditching it once he thinks the fight is won.

* In ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaLordsOfShadowMirrorOfFate'' the [[ExpositionFairy Lost Soul]] wears one as he silently observes the Belmonts in the castle.

* Worn by [[BombThrowingAnarchist Anarky]] in ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamOrigins'', [[spoiler:likely to hide the fact that he's pretty young, if his voice didn't already give it away.]]

* ''VideoGame/{{Xenoblade}}'' has the Face Mechon.
* The Puppet from ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys2'' (and by extension its non-canon counterpart Nightmarionne in ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys4'') has one as its face.
* Tim and Tom from ''VideoGame/{{Wick}}'' wear the comedy and tragedy 'drama masks' respectively.
* The Manikins from the trailer of ''VideoGame/DarkSoulsII'' wore [[CoolMask really cool ones]], with a design much appreciated by fans... except [[ExecutiveMeddling copyright issues]] with ''Franchise/{{Naruto}}'' led to a (plain) restyle to just make them headless, much to [[WhatCouldHaveBeen fans' delusion]].
* New ghosts you encounter in ''VideoGame/GhostTales'' will have a white mask. Once you help out the ghost, their faces are revealed on their sprites.
* The Combine Elites from the ''VideoGame/HalfLife'' series wear white helmets and are the most dangerous of the Combine's {{Mooks}}.
* The Jester from ''VideoGame/DarkestDungeon''. At first, he is the literal laughingstock of the party, as his primary attacks have crippling damage dividers and his secondary attacks compromise him with every strike, while his buffs are somewhat useless. But as he grows stronger and stronger, he can take down hordes of armored enemies by bleeding them dry, finish off foes with an execution and then retreat before their allies can hit the damn clown, sharpen his allies with overpowered buffs and then immediately debilitate the opposition with a high-pitched note, or most importantly, restore the sanity of a party that has already been pushed to madness by eldritch horrors and near-death experiences, allowing the party to continue the slaughter when anyone else would have died from the madness. And no matter what happens, he will always continue to laugh and laugh and laugh...
* In ''VideoGame/{{Sundered}}'', every enemy in the Eschaton faction wears a white mask. Some even wear several, having multiple faces. Given that all Eschaton enemies, with the exception of the boss Dominion—who is “merely” a giant human sitting on a living throne—are hideous tentacle monsters, the masks they wear serve to make them creepier by highlighting their inhumanity.
* As their name implies, the [[TerroristsWithoutACause White Masks]] of ''VideoGame/RainbowSixSiege'' all wear blank white [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ballistic_face_mask ballistic masks]]. While their masks are meant to protect their faces, [[ArmorIsUseless they are as vulnerable to headshots as anyone else]].

* In ''VideoGame/{{Overwatch}}'', Reaper's default outfit includes an off-white mask designed to resemble a barn owl's face. Barn owls are a symbol of death in Mexican culture, which fits his bloodthirsty character.
* The Flame Emperor from ''VideoGame/FireEmblemThreeHouses'' wears one of these, though with splashes of red included as well. When the mask comes off, [[spoiler: it's revealed that it also altered its wearer's voice, to keep people from knowing it was Edelgard.]]
* [[TheGrimReaper Death]] from ''VideoGame/{{Darksiders}}'' wears a bone-white mouthless mask at all times, which he first donned when he led the [[GenocideFromTheInside genocide of the nephilim]] and never took off in public since, likely as a reminder of what he had to do. [[spoiler:The only time he takes it off is before his HeroicSacrifice in ''II'' to revive humanity.]]
* Sal Fisher from ''VideoGame/{{SallyFace}}'' wears a white prosthetic mask with one chunk of it being pink. It is hinted through out the game that a dog mauled Sal's face in the woods as a child, [[spoiler: only for it to be revealed in the final episode that the leader of The Devourers of God shot Sal's face with a shot gun while wearing a ceremonial dog mask]].
* The Butcher from ''VideoGame/PurgatoryRPGMaker'' wears one of these, and he's an AxCrazy SerialKiller.
* The Lady in ''VideoGame/LittleNightmares'' is an evil sorceress with ghostlike grace who wears a white mask that is bright even in the dark. She wears the mask because [[spoiler: her reflection, if not her actual face, is hideous]], and the player character, Six, can get a copy of the Lady's mask by finding and breaking all of the Lady's porcelain statues.