History Series / FaceOff

* FourElementEnsemble: [[spoiler:Darla]]'s entries for the S8 finale.

* FunnyForeigner: Robert.

* RuleFifty: Season Three gives us ''Literature/AlicesAdventuresInWonderland'' [[JustForFun/XMeetsY meets]] ''Resident Evil''... with the ''Film/ResidentEvilFilmSeries''' producer/director, Creator/PaulWSAnderson, as a ''guest judge'' for that challenge, no less!

** For the season 7 finale, instead of normally bringing back the last six eliminated contestants to help, they instead used the last three eliminated ones and three previous Face Off winners Rayce (season 2), Nicole (season 3), and Rashaad (season 6).

** We can now add [[spoiler:Laney]] from season 5 to this list, as [[spoiler:she walked out two weeks before the finale due to not wanting to be in the competition anymore, being upset her last fellow newcomer was eliminated and general homesickess]].

* MadLibFantasyTitle: Almost literally in the season 8 finale, where the contestants had to create a team of 4 characters, then grab words off a board and assemble them into the title. This created the relatively straightforward "The Fortress" and "Spirits of Eden", but also the bizarre "Paradise Reckoning."

* AllGhoulsSchool: The "Fantasy High School" challenge in season 7, with the artists creating [[OurGoblinsAreDifferent goblin]], [[{{Cyclops}} cyclops]], [[FaunsAndSatyrs faun]] and [[OurMinotaursAreDifferent minotaur]] students based on high school stereotypes like StereotypicalNerd, EmoTeen, JerkJock and PomPomGirl).

* AllGhoulsSchool: The "Fantasy High School" challenge in season 7, with the artists creating [[OurGoblinsAreDifferent goblin]], [[{{Cyclops}} cyclops]], [[FaunsAndSatyrs faun]] and [[OurMinotaursAreDifferent minotaur]] students based on high school stereotypes {{Nerd}}s, [[EmoTeen emos]], [[JerkJock jerk jocks]] and cheerleaders).

* NiceHat: A foundation challenge in season 8 focused on creating characters who had these.

* EpicFail[[invoked]]: Tate is completely at a loss for words as to how he managed to completely decapitate Laney's makeup bust while taking it out of her mold in season 5's Mother Nature challenge.. "It's made out of fiberglass, they make ''boats'' out of this shit, so I don't know... ''what'' happened..."

* KillEmAll: The combat display from Season 7's final "Knights" challenge concluded with ''every'' knight, good or evil, fallen in battle.

* WhenSheSmiles: Glenn, usually TheStoic, has had only two occasions where he's smiled. Both times, it made him look like a very different person. Nevermind the one(!) instance when he actually bursts out laughing.

* AllGhoulsSchool: The "Fantasy High School" challenge in season 7, with the artists creating [[Main/OurGoblinsAreDifferent goblin]], [[Main/{{Cyclops}} cyclops]], [[Main/FaunsAndSatyrs faun]] and [[OurMinotaursAreDifferent minotaur]] students based on high school stereotypes ([[Main/{{Nerd}} nerds]], [[Main/EmoTeen emos]], [[Main/JerkJock jerk jocks]] and [[Main/TheCheerleader cheerleaders]]).

** Joe from Season 3, despite only appearing the first episode, was a complete jerk to his partner Tommy. Not only did he prevent him from contributing his ideas to the design of their character, but went as far as degrading him and bragging about how much better he was. It was also clear from the start that he could not take criticism when the judge from the foundation challenge did not like his character.

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Much of the female cast has hair dyed some colorful shade.

* OurCryptidsAreMoreMysterious: Season 6 had a cryptid challenge. Among them were the {{Chupacabra}} and TheJerseyDevil, and also the lesser known Mapinguari (from TheAmazon), Vodyanoy (from Myth/SlavicMythology) and [[Main/YowiesAndBunyipsAndDropBearsOhMy Bunyip]] (from Myth/AboriginalAustralianMyths).

* CreepyFamily: Season 9's "Macabre Family" challenge, inspired by ''[[Series/TheAddamsFamily The Addams Family]]'' and ''[[Series/TheMunsters The Munsters]]''. Comprised of a [[BigBrotherBully big brother]] [[ALoadOfBull bully]], a literal and figurative [[BlackSheep black sheep cousin]], a [[DeceasedParentsAreTheBest zombie father]], a [[CreepyUncle creepy uncle]] and a [[MaidenAunt maiden aunt]].

* AllGhoulsSchool: The "Fantasy High School" challenge in season 7, with the artists creating [[Main/OurGoblinsAreDifferent goblin]], [[Main/{{Cyclops}} cyclops]], [[Main/FaunsAndSatyrs faun]] and [[Main/ALoadOfBull minotaur]] students based on high school stereotypes ([[Main/{{Nerd}} nerds]], [[Main/EmoTeen emos]], [[Main/JerkJock jerk jocks]] and [[Main/TheCheerleader cheerleaders]]).

* EnthrallingSiren: Combined with SirensAreMermaids as the basis of a season 9 challenge.

* RuleFifty: Season Three gives us ''Literature/AlicesAdventuresInWonderland'' [[JustForFun/XMeetsY meets]] ''Resident Evil''... with the ''Film/ResidentEvil'' film franchise's producer/director, Paul W.S. Anderson, as a ''guest judge'' for that challenge, no less!

* WhatTheHellHero: During Season 12 while acting as team foreman, Nick gets harshly called out by the judges for outright removing the clay from fellow teammate Jill's mold without her permission, calling the act both taboo and outrageous. He is eliminated the same episode for exactly this reason.

* RealityTVShowMansion: Where the artists live during the competition, although this has been fazed out in later seasons.

''Face Off'' is a TalentShow broadcast by Creator/{{Syfy}} where makeup artists compete by designing and applying makeup and prostheses. It is hosted by [=McKenzie=] Westmore, and the judges and guest judges are accomplished leaders in the industry such as Glenn Hetrick, Ve Neill, Creator/PatrickTatopoulos (seasons 1–3), and Neville Page. Guest judges include Brian Grazer, Creator/KevinSmith, Creator/PaulWSAnderson, Greg Nicotero, Creator/RickBaker, Creator/DougJones, Len Wiseman, Gale Anne Hurd and Marcus Nispel. Every week the artists complete challenges and the judges eliminate a contestant until only three are left, who then compete one last time for the grand prize. The prizes change from season to season, but they usually involve a cash prize, a car and a supply of makeup.

''Face Off'' is a TalentShow broadcast by Creator/{{Syfy}} where makeup artists compete by designing and applying makeup and prostheses. It is hosted by [=McKenzie=] Westmore, and the judges and guest judges are accomplished leaders in the industry. Every week the artists complete challenges and the judges eliminate a contestant until only three are left, who then compete one last time for the grand prize. The prizes change from season to season, but they usually involve a cash prize, a car and a supply of makeup.

''Face Off'' is a [[RealityShow reality show]] broadcast by Creator/{{Syfy}} where makeup artists compete by designing and applying makeup and prostheses. It is hosted by [=McKenzie=] Westmore, and the judges and guest judges are accomplished leaders in the industry. Every week the artists complete challenges and the judges eliminate a contestant until only three are left, who then compete one last time for the grand prize. The prizes change from season to season, but they usually involve a cash prize, a car and a supply of makeup.

* LamePun: Neville can be fond of these.

** Seasons 11 and 13 features only returning contestants.

* WeddingDay: For the show's 100th episode, Season 9's paired contestants made up seven ''real'' engaged couples, who then got married on stage in their matching make-ups.

** In the Season 11 Frightening Families challenge, a male model and a female model ended up as the little daughter and the father, respectively, because the team felt they needed the element of suprise.

* FriendlyRivalry: Competitors on the show are refreshingly good sports, and are frequently seen helping each other with their projects. Common examples are helping open and clean molds, or teaching each other how to use unfamiliar tools and materials. Many former competitors have gone on to work together professionally, and the season 3 finale revealed that several former competitors had gone so far as to move to LA together to support each other while pursuing their careers.