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1	[[quoteright:327:[[WesternAnimation/ThePrincessAndTheFrog https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/still_the_princess_and_the_frog_03.jpg]]]]
2	[[caption-width-right:327:Face your fate.]]
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4	->"''Remember mom's birthday? You sent her socks! Honestly, who sends socks to a magic mask with no feet?!''"
5	-->--'''Aku Aku''' to his brother Uka Uka, ''VideoGame/CrashMindOverMutant''
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7	One way to indicate a MaskOfPower is having it float. Sometimes, it means that the mask itself is sentient.
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9	Note: That doesn't include masks which float with other items due to SelectiveGravity.
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11	See also FlyingFace.
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14	!!Examples:
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16	[[foldercontrol]]
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18	[[folder:Anime & Manga]]
19	* The Noh mask in the ''Anime/InuYasha'' episode "The Flesh Eating Noh Mask" was a floating mask that, well, ate people.
20	[[/folder]]
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22	[[folder:Comic Books]]
23	* The Helmet of Nabu, which gives ComicBook/DoctorFate his powers.
24	* Johnny Sorrow's mask in ''Comicbook/JusticeSocietyOfAmerica'' seemingly floats above the empty collar of his suit. However, when he removes it, his horrific true face can be seen, and [[BrownNote kills whoever sees it]]. It's not clear if the mask makes his head invisible, or if it's only ''there'' when he takes it off.
25	[[/folder]]
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27	[[folder:Films — Animation]]
28	* The masks representing the ancestral kings of Atlantis in ''WesternAnimation/AtlantisTheLostEmpire'' float and spin around the crystal that gives Atlantis its life.
29	** Also, at the end of the film, a new mask, representing [[spoiler: the now deceased [[Creator/LeonardNimoy King Kashekim Nedakh]]]] is actually constructed by his daughter and son-in-law upon becoming the new rulers of Atlantis, which then floats away into the sky to join the other masks representing the dead kings of Atlantis.
30	** And for some reason, the queens ''never'' get floating masks.
31	* The voodoo masks in ''WesternAnimation/ThePrincessAndTheFrog'', which represent The Friends On The Other Side.
32	** Also, the HellGate the Friends on the Other Side use to [[spoiler:drag [[BigBad Doctor]] [[Creator/KeithDavid "the Shadow Man" Facilier]] into the Other Side]] at the end of the film, which resembles a larger voodoo mask.
33	[[/folder]]
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35	[[folder:Literature]]
36	* The Haunted Mask from the ''Literature/{{Goosebumps}}'' series.
37	[[/folder]]
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39	[[folder:Tabletop Games]]
40	* ''TabletopGame/{{Pathfinder}}'': Once per day, the Mask of the Skull can fly up to 50 feet from its wearer to deliver a TouchOfDeath. The extra mobility actually adds several expensive prerequisites to its ItemCrafting requirements.
41	[[/folder]]
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43	[[folder:Toys]]
44	* ''Toys/{{Bionicle}}'': the Ignika and Spectral Mask.
45	[[/folder]]
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47	[[folder:Video Games]]
48	* ''VideoGame/{{Extrapower}}'': One of Blackberry's spells in ''[[VideoGame/ExtrapowerAttackOfDarkforce Attack of Darkforce]]'' is to summon a set of large masks which suspend themselves in the air and blow their breath attacks down at the enemy. This move is also used by the Duba shaman boss fight in ''[[VideoGame/ExtrapowerGiantFist Giant Fist]]'' as its special attack.
49	* ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros2'' and ''VideoGame/SuperMarioMaker2'': Phanto, which pursue your character if you are holding a key (Cursed Key in the latter game).
50	* All of the masks in the ''VideoGame/CrashBandicoot'' series are like this, the most iconic of which being [[BigGood Aku Aku]] and [[BigBad Uka Uka]]. However, they do have the ability to grant abilities to those who ''wear'' them as well.
51	* ''VideoGame/ChronoTrigger'': Queen Zeal's final form is a giant floating mask-like face and two disembodied hands.
52	* The BigBad of ''VideoGame/HeavyMetalFAKK2'', Gith the Spoiler, is basically a giant floating gas mask.
53	* ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'':
54	** ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaMajorasMask'': Near the end of the game, the titular mask [[spoiler:discards the Skull Kid and begins floating around on its own]].
55	** Jalhalla from ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker'' seems to be this and [[AsteroidsMonster uses a swarm of Poes to create a body]].
56	* Carmilla's incarnation in ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaIISimonsQuest'' is of a large and very creepy mask that floats around the room and weeps flaming tears.
57	* ''VideoGame/Sly3HonorAmongThieves'': the Mask of Dark Earth floats around the mining operation, looking for a suitable wearer.
58	* Banished Pantheon spirits in ''VideoGame/CityOfHeroes'' manifest as floating masks.
59	* The Gali type in ''VideoGame/MonsterRancher'' is depicted as a floating mask and cape, although it can manifest phantom appendages when fighting.
60	* Vector Strong Bad from ''[[WebAnimation/HomestarRunner StrongBadZone]]'': "YourHeadASplode!"
61	* Yamask from ''VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite'', which is a ghost connected to a mask, the former of which can turn invisible.
62	* Some specimens of the Tiki Tak Tribe from ''VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountryReturns'' are floating Tiki masks.
63	* ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'': There are floating tiki masks in some troll areas, most notably Zul'Drak and Zul'Gurub.
64	[[/folder]]
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66	[[folder:Web Animation]]
67	* ''WebAnimation/LlamasWithHats'': As [[TheSociopath Carl]]'s atrocities continue to mount, he carries around the Paul Mask [[ReplacementGoldfish to replace his friend that had run away.]] Things get creepier when it starts to talk back to him ([[ArcWords "You must finish your work, Carl."]]) and float around. [[spoiler: It's actually an indication that Carl's [[SanitySlippage sanity has gone off the rails]].]]
68	[[/folder]]
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70	[[folder:Western Animation]]
71	* Tarakudo, the BigBad of Season 4 of ''WesternAnimation/JackieChanAdventures''.
72	* An episode of ''WesternAnimation/AladdinTheSeries'' is about Princess Jasmine buying an evil floating mask at a bazaar.
73	* In ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' episode "I'm Goin' to Praiseland", Ned and Homer build a Bible-themed amusement park, with their main attraction being a floating mask of Ned's late wife Maude. Unfortunately, it turns out that the mask is kept afloat by a leaking gas pipe, and their amusement park is shut down for that reason.
74	[[/folder]]

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