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->''"...his face which was a paper-white mask of evil — sang us this song"''
-->-- '''Music/TheyMightBeGiants''', "[[Music/Apollo18Album Turn Around]]"

[[MalevolentMaskedMen Masks]] are spooky: they dehumanise, they make a dangerous inhuman inner being visible. White masks occupy a special place. They have a long history in several cultures. Being white, they are blanker and scarier, offering nothing for the eye to hold on to. And look like [[RuleOfScary skulls]].

Sometimes our imagination will dwell on what is ''[[NothingIsScarier under]]'' the snow-pure mask: ghastly disfigurement? [[TheBlank Nothing at all]]?

Bonus points if the rest of the character is dark to accentuate the mask. Being white it'll show [[WhiteShirtOfDeath bloodstains]] starkly.

Note that the mask doesn't have to be ''pure'' white; any mask that is paler in color than most human skin tones and relatively featureless fits this trope.

Anime and manga have [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noh Noh masks]] to draw inspiration from. Western tradition has [[http://costumes.lovetoknow.com/Greek_Drama_Masks Greek drama masks,]] {{plague doctor}}s, [[MonsterClown scary clowns]], TheKlan, and [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnival_of_Venice#Venetian_carnival_masks Venetian Carnival masks.]] Mexicans have the calavera masks of Dia de los Muertos ([[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Day of the Dead]]).

Compare CoolMask. Sometimes doubles as a MaskOfPower. SubTrope of MalevolentMaskedMen.

See also: TheBlank.

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[[folder:Anime & Manga]]
* 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...
* ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'': [[TheHeartless Hollows]] are monsters born from human souls that don't cross over to Soul Society and remain in the human world for too long. They are corrupt spirits with supernatural powers which devour the souls of both living and deceased Humans. All Hollows wear white, skull-like masks formed from the hearts they lost as humans.
* ''Manga/BloodyMonday: Last Season'' has terrorists in white masks crashing an 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]].
* 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]]. In addition, [[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.
* Hei from ''Anime/DarkerThanBlack'': see the page picture. Unusually, he's the [[AntiHero hero]], if one [[TheCowl prone to]] [[MookHorrorShow being rather scary]].
* 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.
* In ''Literature/FromTheNewWorld'', Shun dons one [[spoiler:after he transforms into a Karmic Demon.]]
* Herschel from ''Anime/FullmetalAlchemistTheSacredStarOfMilos'' wears one to conceal [[spoiler:the skin that was [[FaceStealer peeled off his face]]]].
* 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 the latest ''Manga/{{Golgo 13}}'' anime, a cult leader named Gabriel wears one of these. Beneath the mask... [[TheGrotesque well]]
* The main villains of ''Manga/HighRiseInvasion'' wear white masks that brainwash them into attacking innocents and driving them to commit suicide.
* Death 13 from ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'' is a ''dream-haunting clown-themed GrimReaper''-like Stand that appears to wear an incessantly smiling clown mask, [[spoiler:but it is more than likely its face]].
* ''Manga/LiarGame'': The dealers and most attendants are MalevolentMaskedMen with white masks.
* ''Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaAs'': The villainous MysteriousProtector is another mask with no mouth and thin slits for eyes.
* The [[{{Mooks}} Pawn rank]] Chess Pieces in ''Manga/{{MAR}}''.
* Rau le Creuset from ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEED''.
** A majority of Char's expies in ''Franchise/{{Gundam}}'' sport a white mask in reference to the original.
* 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.
* ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'':
** Haku's mask in the Land of Waves arc has no mouth and thin slits for eyes.
** The ANBU members wear similar animal-shaped ceramic masks.
** Then there's Naruto's six-tailed form, in which [[DemonicPossession a fox skull engulfs his head]].
** [[spoiler:After Konan destroyed his old mask, Tobi began wearing a dull gray mask carved with the pattern of a Sharingan.]]
* Several of the [[EldritchAbomination Angels]] in ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' have what look like white, flattened {{plague doctor}} masks.
%%zero context* ''Manga/{{Nightschool}}'': All [[BondCreatures astrals]] are basically living shadows with white masks.
* In ''Manga/PokemonAdventures'', the [[MalevolentMaskedMan villainous]] Masked Man (aka The Mask of Ice) wears one of these, as do his underlings.
* ''Manga/SayonaraZetsubouSensei'' had a MagicalGirl parody, and Sensei's villain mask and costume [[http://img.kyon.pl/img/6529,screencap,Sayonara_Zetsubou_Sensei,parody,Darker_than_Black,.html seen here]] happen to be a dead-ringer for Hei's outfit, emphasizing how "evil looking" Hei's costume is.
* ''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.
* 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.
* ''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.
* 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.
* Nerabu from ''Anime/TweenyWitches'' wears a white mask that looks like skulls.
* ''Anime/YuGiOh5Ds'': Aki Izayoi/Akiza Izinski in her Black Rose Witch/Black Rose persona.
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[[folder:Comic Books]]
* ''ComicBook/{{Amulet}}'': The Elf King 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/{{Batman}}'': The Court of Owls from the storyline ''ComicBook/NightOfTheOwls'' and onwards, 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 that [[https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/6c/bb/07/6cbb075a98dee32d4b9618c935c22dd7.jpg it's just as creepy in real life.]]
* ''ComicBook/TheBeauty'': The first batch of hitmen sent to kill Detectives Vaughn and Foster can be seen wearing white masks.
* ''ComicBook/{{Fantomas}}'': Fantomas -- at least the Mexican version.
* [[http://i.imgur.com/23vTi.png This girl]] in ''Formera''. She doesn't seem to be evil, just [[http://i.imgur.com/X9kFn.png unwilling to give information.]] Her completely flat mask seems to hint that ''she has no face''.
%%zero context* ''ComicBook/HackSlash'': Father Wrath.
%%zero context* ''ComicBook/TheInvisibles'': Mister Quimper's mask.
* ''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]].
* ''ComicBook/MrA'': Mr. A, a vigilante hero created by Creator/SteveDitko who believes in BlackAndWhiteMorality, wears a somewhat dehumanizing white mask.
* ''ComicBook/ThePunisher'': Elite from ''ComicBook/ThePunisherWelcomeBackFrank'', a rich VigilanteMan inspired by the Punisher who wears a white suit and mask and kills the "undesirables" in his neighborhood. Frank is not flattered.
* ''ComicBook/SimonDark'': Simon Dark wears a creepy white mask with uneven stitching to hide his frequently shifting head. He's also a bit unhinged and has decapitated multiple violent criminals who made the mistake of attacking people in his neighborhood.
* ''ComicBook/VForVendetta'': V wears a white Guy Fawkes mask.
* ''ComicBook/WildDog'': The vigilante Wild Dog conceals his identity beneath a white hockey mask.
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%%zero context* ''ComicStrip/FunkyWinkerbean'' [[http://joshreads.com/?p=1275 presents Masky McDeath]].
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[[folder:Fan Works]]
* ''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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[[folder:Films — Animated]]
* ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfMarkTwain'': In the ever-popular (and creepy) "Mysterious Stranger" sequence, {{Satan}}'s face is a Greek drama mask that morphs into various faces, including an exceptionally disturbing skull.
* Yokai in ''WesternAnimation/BigHero6'' wears a white kabuki mask with red details [[spoiler:and a Microbot controller inside it]].
* The evil aunts in ''WesternAnimation/KuboAndTheTwoStrings'' wear Noh masks.
* ''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]]
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[[folder:Films — Live-Action]]
* In ''Film/AliceInWonderland2010'', the Red Queen's oversized head looks like this.
* In "Film/Batman", the Joker's girlfriend Alicia begins wearing a white porcelin mask shortly after he takes over Grissom's criminal empire. It's later revealed that the mask hides her acid burn scars.
* The final scene of ''Film/BirdmanOrTheUnexpectedVirtueOfIgnorance'' 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.
* ''Film/BloodWidow'': The killer wears one of these. The rest of her outfit is black.
* In the first ''Bloody Murder'', the killer wears a white hockey mask, but upgrades to something kabuki-like in the sequel.
* The Creator/GeorgeRomero film ''Film/{{Bruiser}}'' is about a man whose face turns into a white mask overnight.
* Similarly in ''Film/{{Bunni}}'', where the killer dresses like a playboy bunny with a porcelain mask.
* ''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 its protagonist wearing a white mask during his assassinations.
* The Brontë sisters in ''Film/{{Emily}}'' have a parlor game in which one person puts on a plain white mask and acts out a character and the others have to guess who it is. However, when it is the reluctant Emily's turn to put on the mask, she pretends to be possessed by the spirit of their late mother, and does it so well that the others starts to believe that it is true. She buries the mask in the garden the next day.
* Christiane's mask in ''Film/EyesWithoutAFace''. Also a subversion because the mask scares ''her'', too.
* ''Film/{{Franklyn}}'': Jonathan Preest (who is essentially an {{Expy}} of [[Comicbook/{{Watchmen}} Rorschach]]).
* Jason Voorhees from the ''Franchise/FridayThe13th'' series wears a white hockey mask. Prior to that, though, he wore a white [[SackheadSlasher flour sack over his head]].
* Michael Myers, the killer from the ''Franchise/{{Halloween}}'' series, wears a mask that resembles an eyeless human face. The original was an altered [[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries Captain Kirk]] mask; the film's creators chose it over an Emmett Kelly clown mask because its emotionless stare was more frightening.
* 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.
* The Death Eaters from ''Film/HarryPotter'', in their secret society / magical terrorist mode.
* 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.
* Babyface from ''Film/TheHillsRunRed'' wears a mask made from a white doll's face and a human jawbone.
* The killer in ''Film/{{Hush}}''.
* 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.
* "Killer" from ''Film/MidnightMovie''.
* ''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]].
* The Stan Laurel mask that Evil dons near the end of ''Film/NewYearsEvil''.
* 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.
* ''Film/APageOfMadness'' is a thoroughly creepy film about a man who gets a job as a custodian in an insane asylum, to stay close to his wife, who was committed to that asylum after drowning their infant child. ([[MindScrew Maybe]].) In the most unsettling scene in this unsettling movie, the custodian gets ahold of a bunch of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noh Noh]] masks and distributes them to the frenzied, maniacal inmates, all of whom immediately calm down and seem to take on the placid attitudes of their masks. The man gives a mask to his wife and then dons one himself, and they all seem to [[BreakingTheFourthWall nod at the camera]].
* ''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.
* 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 title character in ''Film/QueenOfOuterSpace'' wears a white mask that is assumed to be the Venusian version of a MysteriousVeil. [[spoiler:It hides a face that has been disfigured by radiation burns, fueling her [[DoesNotLikeMen obsessive hatred of all Men]] and desire to [[OmnicidalManiac destroy the Earth!]]]]
* ''Film/RipperLetterFromHell'', the man who silently has sex with Marissa at the party is wearing a plain white mask.
* The serial killer in the horror parody ''Film/ScaryMovie'' wears the Ghostface 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 "Art/{{The Scream|Munch}}", and was originally designed by an employee at the holiday supply company Fun World before the makers of the film discovered it.
* 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...").
* ''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.
* The Masked man, Pin-Up Girl and Dollface, the three titular villains in a ''Film/TheStrangers'', sport white masks when they terrorize a couple ForTheEvulz.
* In ''Film/ThirteenSins'', the bus that transports Elliot to the motel is driven by a mysterious clown wearing a featureless white mask.
* The Phantom from ''Film/TheTownThatDreadedSundown'' wears a potato sack with holes for eyes.
* In ''Film/VForVendetta'', the aforementioned "V" habitually wears a Guy Fawkes mask. Members of the public start putting them on as a show of support, eventually numbering in the hundreds of thousands after he sends copies of his outfit all over England.
* ''Film/NoTimeToDie''. When Safin 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.
* ''Film/{{Emily}}'': The Brontës have a parlor game in which one person puts on a plain white mask and acts out a character; the others then have to guess who it is. When it's weirdo middle sister Emily's turn, however, she claims to be possessed by the spirit of their deceased mother — and the way she is framed, alone in the shot surrounded by the dark, adds to the creepiness of this choice. Everyone is horrified and the mask is buried shortly afterward.
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[[folder:Literature]]
* 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.
* In the ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' book ''Literature/{{Maskerade}}'', the Opera Ghost wears a white mask which the narration consistently describes as "like the skull of an angel".
* [[HumanoidAbomination The Stranger in Pallid Mask]] mentioned in Robert E. Chambers' ''Literature/TheKingInYellow'' short stories, and in Thom Ryng's {{Defictionalization}} of the titular play appears to be wearing something like this. The key word is [[TheFaceless appears.]]
-->'''The Stranger:''' I wear [[NotAMask no mask]].
* In Creator/CSLewis's ''Literature/TillWeHaveFaces'', the protagonist Orual spends most of her life wearing a white veil, which is portrayed in the illustrations as a white mask, completely featureless save for two eyeholes. While she's not evil per se, her subjects are definitely put off by it, and rumors spread about what she's hiding under her veil.
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[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
* ''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]].
* The Greendale Human Being in ''Series/{{Community}}''. In a misguided attempt to be overly politically correct, the school mascot was designed to avoid all ethnic traits whatsoever: UncannyValley ensues.
* In the Ian Doyle arc of ''Series/CriminalMinds'', his hit squad wear these.
* The kidnappers in ''Series/{{Crisis|2014}}'' wear white masks that cover their whole faces whenever they're dealing with the kids they've kidnapped.
* ''Series/DoctorWho'':
** "[[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.
* ''Series/GhostAdventures'' had the team visit Poveglia Island and don the plague masks mentioned below.
* ''Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers'' villain Madam Woe sports one. Or it may just be her face.
* The SerialKiller known as The Carver from ''Series/NipTuck'' wears a white porcelain mask to hide his identity during his assaults.
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[[folder:Music]]
* Music/{{Buckethead}} is famous for wearing an expressionless white mask and KFC bucket (or plain white plastic bucket) on his head during all performances, as well as just about any public appearance. This is because Brian Carroll happens to be extremely shy and eccentric in spite of his [[BunnyEarsLawyer talent]], and creating the fictional persona of Buckethead lets him remain semi-anonymous and unrecognized without the pressures of fame.
* One of the few publicity photos that Music/DavidBowie has done for ''The Next Day'' shows him in an ominous white mask.
* In the third verse of "Turn Around" by Music/TheyMightBeGiants, a person [[FaceRevealingTurn turns around to reveal]] a "face which was a paper-white mask of evil".
* Venezuelan IndustrialMetal act Music/{{Zardonic}} always performs wearing a white mask with a black stripe running through the centre. The only other features are the eyeholes that are made to [[MalevolentMaskedMen look like an angry scowl]] and the cables hanging from the back to made to look like dreadlocks. The mask is easily his most recognisable feature, with some artwork equating the mask to his real face.
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[[folder:Music Videos]]
* The SurrealMusicVideo to Project Pitchfork's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9aJ85G81m70 "Lament"]] features a cocktail masquerade with patrons wearing white carnival masks.
* Laura Branigan's video for [[https://youtu.be/miGUnKWcYeo "SelfControl"]] has her stalker/love interest wearing one.
* In Music/ClanOfXymox's [[https://youtu.be/3k4l1T-tGPw "She"]] video, the titular protagonist, played by Niamh Hogan of ''Film/DemonHunter2016'' fame, wears a Michael Myers-esque mask with a stitched mouth and Xed-out eyes.
* In the video for Nation of Language's "[[https://youtu.be/7ox_SnQOpXk?si=dgpS6T4e-99knAoG Sole Obsession]]" and the cover art of its parent album ''Strange Disciple'', the titular Disciple wears a {{black cloak}} and Venetian clown mask.
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[[folder:Pro Wrestling]]
* The Destroyer would have been [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast the most obvious example ever]] if not for the fact his mask had a red(sometimes blue) line on it.
* The Original Mr. Wrestling had nothing but a plain white mask. The stuff {{legac|ycharacter}}ies are made of, though many of his successors discard the mask entirely.
* In Mexico, the premier example of the 1970s and '80s was Dr. Wagner. His son started out the same way but eventually switched to a black mask and ''his'' son wore a half-white half-black mask.
* 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).
* Mid-1990s professional wrestler Phantasio was notorious for wearing a [[BadassLongcoat black trench coat]] and stark white mask that he pulled off to reveal an ''[[ShapedLikeItself equally immobile white painted-on face]]''. [[DarkIsNotEvil But]] despite his warped appearance, [[{{Face}} he was a good guy]]. He delighted [[KidAppealCharacter children]] by performing magic tricks that enabled him to pick up victories over his opponents.
* Kazunari Murakami as a member of Wrestling/{{New Japan|ProWrestling}}'s [[PowerStable Makai Club]].
* Allison Danger's pre-match mask, though it has pink lips. Cat Power later got one too, hers being unsurprisingly feline themed.
* Wrestling/{{Sting}}, disguising himself by wearing a mask...[[PaperThinDisguise of his own face]] to "sneak attack" Wrestling/RobVanDam.
* Leva Bates as [[Film/ThePurge the masked biker.]] It and a white masked RedShirtArmy became a regular visage in her campaign to [[HeWhoFightsMonsters cleanse]] SHINE.
* Wrestling/{{Kana|koUrai}} wears a [[https://www.reddit.com/r/SquaredCircle/comments/3rl0b8/serious_can_someone_explain_the_significance_of/ noh mask.]]
* Marty Scurll had a [[SpikesOfVillainy jagged]] white mask with a curved beak for his "reign of wickedness"(his {{finishing move}} is a chicken wing).
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[[folder:Roleplay]]
* Ace from ''Roleplay/RubyQuest'' always wears a plague-doctor reminiscent mask. You ''really'' don't want to know [[BodyHorror what's under it]].
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[[folder:Tabletop Games]]
* ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons''
** In ''TabletopGame/{{Ravenloft}}'', the [[BedlamHouse mental institution]] of the Dr Heinfroth has both the inmates and the [[OurVampiresAreDifferent wardens]] wear grey monklike robes and white featureless masks.
** The Witches of Rashemen in the ''TabletopGame/ForgottenRealms'' setting wear grey-white clay masks.
* ''TabletopGame/LegendOfTheFiveRings''
** Several followers of the Lying Darkness wear such masks to denote their status as one of TheBlank.
** Fu Leng used to wear a [[ArtifactOfDoom white porcelain mask]] when he had a corporeal form. In some artwork so does his most faithful disciple Daigotsu.
** Similar masks are used by Bloodspeakers to [[OurZombiesAreDifferent animate zombies]] from the bodies of the dead.
** White porcelain masks are also quite in fashion with necromancers such as Iuchiban and Kuni Yori.
* 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.
* ''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. Whereas 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.
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[[folder:Theatre]]
* 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.]]
* The Phantom of ''Theatre/ThePhantomOfTheOpera'', though, unusually, the Phantom's mask covers less than half of his face. Even though the iconic white half-mask is famous from a thousand theatre posters, in the original novel his mask was ''black''. The mask originally covered the Phantom's entire face but was changed after a preview performance because it muffled his voice too much.
* The opening number and the final testimony scene in the Creator/TakarazukaRevue productions of ''Theatre/{{Elisabeth}}'' feature a group of beings in featureless white masks. Their presence and costumes are never explained.
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[[folder:Video Games]]
* A RecurringBoss of ''Musha VideoGame/{{Aleste}}'' is a gunship with the face of a Noh mask.
* Doctors in ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedII'' wear the below-mentioned plague masks, and the Doctor multiplayer character from ''Brotherhood'' has SinisterShades over one.
* 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.]]
* White rabbit masks add to the menace of splicers in ''VideoGame/BioShock'', hiding their cancerous disfigurement.
* [[TheWormThatWalks Arakune]] from ''Franchise/BlazBlue'' made himself a creepy expressionless white mask, purportedly to help him communicate. [[AndIMustScream It doesn't]]. Hakumen, although a LawfulGood-ish HeroAntagonist, has a distinctly [[Anime/CodeGeass Zero]]-esque one.
* In ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaLordsOfShadowMirrorOfFate'' the [[ExpositionFairy Lost Soul]] wears one as he silently observes the Belmonts in the castle.
* 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]].
* 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 bloodthirst combined with the mask creates a rather frightening visage.
* [[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.]]
* [[BigBad Victor Donovan]] in the cutscenes of ''VideoGame/DeadOrAlive Dimensions''.
* ''VideoGame/EldenRing'': White Mask Varré is probably the first NPC you'll meet, and as the name suggests he wears a white mask (and white everything else). His outfit marks him as a war surgeon, but the descriptions on it note they were more like mercy killers than doctors. Initially he offers you condescending advice on how to proceed, but if you check back with him regularly, he gives you an item that lets you invade and kill other players and reveals himself to be a member of the murderous cult of Mohg, the Lord of Blood, and tries to recruit you into the same. He's not even the only White Mask in this cult; Mohg originally kidnapped them to try to control his cursed blood, but they all ended up as his loyal minions.
* The White Glove Society of ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas'' all wear White Masks ([[http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20110405233829/fallout/images/thumb/e/e2/Whiteglovemask.png/406px-Whiteglovemask.png seen here]]) since it makes them mysterious in the eyes of their leader Marjorie. However, everyone else thinks that it just makes them creepy. Granted, they don't exactly have a [[ImAHumanitarian clean record]], but that's in the past.
* 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 Puppet from ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys2'' (and by extension its non-canon counterpart Nightmarionne in ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys4'') has one as its face, covered in clown-like markings and cast in a permanent menacing smile.
* 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.
* In the adventure game ''VideoGame/GrayMatter'', Dr. David Styles, reclusive scientist and resident of an OldDarkHouse, wears a white mask that covers half his face, reminiscent of the one the [[Theatre/ThePhantomOfTheOpera Phantom]] wears, to hide the horrible burn scars that he sustained in the car accident that killed his wife.
* ''VideoGame/GuildWars2: End of Dragons'': The Purists are a xenophobic Canthan organization and one of the antagonist groups in the expansion. They wear featureless masks, partly because they're an illegal organization but mainly because they're the last remnant of the Ministry of Purity (from the original game) and the masks copy the white helmets worn by the Ministry. Some Purists are shown wearing colored masks, but most of them wear white.
* The Combine Elites from the ''VideoGame/HalfLife'' series wear white helmets and are the most dangerous of the Combine's {{Mooks}}.
* All the Trigram members in ''VideoGame/HiddenDragonLegend'' wears white masks with slits for eyes, and they're a ruthless cult [[ImmortalitySeeker seeking an immortality-granting artifact]] while having entire villages and towns slaughtered to impose their dominance.
* Mörkö ([[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Finnish for "bogeyman"]]) from ''VideoGame/{{INFRA}}'' is a shadow creature with a white mask reminiscent of Munch's ''Art/{{The Scream| Munch}}'', who appears as a hidden JumpScare in the Bergmann Water Tunnels, and as a [[Franchise/TheSlenderManMythos Slender Man]]-style graffiti mural in a bathroom of the Power Plant.
* 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.]]
* ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'':
** Curiously for a game that is all about masks, ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaMajorasMask'' only features one. The Couple's Mask also subverts the usual creepiness by being a symbol of marriage and loving union; the lines it has in lieu of a face are a simplified image of an embracing couple.
** The [[{{Ninja}} Yiga Clan]] from ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild'' wear white masks with an inverted Sheikah eye emblem painted on them.
* 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.
* 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.
* 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.
* In ''Psychosis'' for the UsefulNotes/TurboGrafx16, an enemy found in the second stage is a floating white mask that splits in half to reveal a different white mask underneath.
* The Butcher from ''VideoGame/PurgatoryRPGMaker'' wears one of these, and he's an AxCrazy SerialKiller.
* 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]].
* 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.
* Sal Fisher from ''VideoGame/{{SallyFace}}'' wears a white prosthetic mask with one chunk of it being pink. It is hinted throughout 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 shotgun while wearing a ceremonial dog mask]].
* In ''VideoGame/{{Shinobi}} X'', the Stage 1 boss is a disembodied white mask.
* 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]].
* 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.
* [[http://pressthebuttons.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/shyguy.jpg Shy Guys]] in ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'' are a cute example.
* TheMedic in ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'' can wear a {{Plague Doctor}} mask called the Blighted Beak.
* ''VideoGame/{{Tekken}}'':
** Up until ''Tekken Tag Tournament 2'', Yoshimitsu has at least one costume in which he dons a skull mask, although the color varies from pure white to greenish.
** Yoshimitsu's female counterpart, Kunimitsu, is nearly always seen wearing a white fox mask.
* In ''VideoGame/{{Timecrest}}'', a reoccurring adversary is a woman in a bone mask who seems to always pop up whenever [[spoiler:Ignis]] is around. If the Player chooses to go along the Altered Past route in ''Timecrest 3: Luthor'', they may ask her about it. [[spoiler:Scarlet]] then tells the Player that her mask is actually a collectible from one of her favorite stories where a beautiful woman curses herself to make their lover appear gorgeous by comparison. Considering her relationship to [[spoiler:[[BigBrotherBully Sol]]]], this becomes quite dark by comparison seeing as the later is [[SerialKiller already pretty monstrous]].
* Worn by [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Dollface]] in the ''VideoGame/TwistedMetal'' games. In ''Twisted Metal: Black'', 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.
* Tunon the Adjudicator in ''VideoGame/{{Tyranny}}'' has several white masks which he seems able to change without actually removing them. Not only does this play into his no-longer-human traits, but being the Archon of Justice and chief judge of Kyros' [[TheEmpire empire]] adds an extra layer of appropriateness to the trope name[[note]]historically, doom could mean a legal judgement.[[/note]].
%%* Tim and Tom from ''VideoGame/{{Wick}}'' wear the comedy and tragedy 'drama masks' respectively.
* In ''VideoGame/YandereSimulator'', if Yandere-chan joins the Drama club, she has access to masks she can use to conceal her identity. All but one of them are white, some with red markings, but the one that exemplifies this trope the most is based on a Noh mask. [[spoiler:However, Yandere-chan only gets one shot at murder while wearing a mask, as the Headmaster will ban them afterward.]]
%%* ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles1'' has the Face Mechon.
%%* Uboa from ''VideoGame/YumeNikki'' -- "Hey, I wonder what this light switch do-aaaaaaaaaaaaaa!"
%%* 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''.
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[[folder:Visual Novels]]
* Assassin apparel in visual novel ''VisualNovel/PhantomOfInferno''.
* ''Franchise/AceAttorney'':
** 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.
* ''VisualNovel/BadEndTheater'' prominently features a white theater mask in its logo. [[spoiler:It is worn by TRAGEDY, the theater's owner and the one responsible for all the bad endings.]]
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[[folder:Web Animation]]
* ''WebAnimation/{{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 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.
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[[folder:Webcomics]]
* 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.
* ''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.'']]
* "The Adversary" from ''Webcomic/{{Blip}}''.
* ''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/LastRes0rt'' has Geisha, whose mask supposedly [[PowerLimiter keeps him from petrifying the rest of the cast]].
* ''Webcomic/{{Mokepon}}'' has [[http://mokepon.smackjeeves.com/comics/1001692/chapter-3-page-24/ the guy on the giant Feraligatr.]] Though his mask is only half white, and he's not the only one wearing it. Oh, and it has no eyes. The author has said in an AltText that she has no clue how he sees.
* In ''Webcomic/{{Nextuus}}'', the uber-psychic's club known as the Waywachrie [[http://nextuus.com/about/waywachrie-council wear masks]] to their meetings. Most Way masks just show a bland smile, but a couple (notably Dayro's and Burenna's) are scowls or grimaces.
* ''Webcomic/OneQuestion'' has the appropriately named Mask who wears one of these, with a SlasherSmile.
* ''Webcomic/ParallelDementia'' (and now Sword Interval) has [[NamesToRunAwayFrom The Visage of Death]].
* ''Webcomic/TheRedacverse'''s Assassins wear such masks, with a big SlasherSmile to boot.
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[[folder:Web Originals]]
* The [[http://seedeater.blogspot.com Seadeater]]/Stitchface. [[NotAMask Assuming]] it is a mask.
* ''Website/SCPFoundation'': [[http://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-035 SCP-035]] is a living White Mask of Doom based on Greek drama masks that [[EvilMask compels anyone near it to put it on and take it as a host]]. It's also quite sociopathic and manipulative.
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[[folder:Web Videos]]
* The SWAG members who beat up Tacoma and [[NervesOfSteel try]] to scare Rebecca in ''WebVideo/DemoReel'' wear them.
* ''WebVideo/{{Dream}}'' is often depicted as having one of these as a representation of his smiley-faced avatar, and given his reputation as TheDreaded in his Manhunt videos, the mask causes him to look extra terrifying. The same applies to [[Characters/DreamSMPDream his character]] on the ''WebVideo/DreamSMP'', an abusive and manipulative tyrant who eventually becomes a SerialKiller.
* ''WebVideo/TheGreylockTapes'':
** The most frequently-seen [[{{Tulpa}} thoughtform]] takes the form of a humanoid figure with an expressionless white mask.
** ''trojan technology'' shows footage of an entire group of white-masked figures, though it's unclear if they're all thoughtforms, or just your regular garden-variety cultists.
* [[http://twitpic.com/32u8yg The masked man]] [[spoiler:(Tim, maybe totheark)]] from ''WebVideo/MarbleHornets'' wears a rather unsettling white mask. Entry 26 shows 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.
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[[folder:Western Animation]]
* In the ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'' episode "[[Recap/AdventureTimeS1E24WhatHaveYouDone What Have You Done?]]", Princess Bubblegum briefly wears an old-fashioned PlagueDoctor's mask.
* ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender''
** Many Fire Nation war helmets have removable white face coverings that look like skulls.
** Koh, whose most memorable face is a female Noh mask.[[note]]He actually has a lot of Noh-style masks, and this may have inspired his name.[[/note]]
** The mask Huu wears with his swamp monster disguise. It's more light brown, apparently made of bark, but same difference.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'' episode "[[Recap/TheNewBatmanAdventuresE13MeanSeasons 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.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'': [[Characters/TheLegendOfKorraAmon Amon]] wears [[http://images2.nick.com/nick-assets/shows/images/korra/characters/character_large_332x363_amon.jpg?height=363&width=332&quality=0.75 an awesome]] white mask with a red circle on the forehead, which features prominently in [[http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-pm_N023an_4/T68GJPSOeXI/AAAAAAAAAKU/qatvAj58GXQ/s1600/Korra+-+Amon%2527s+Equalist+Movement+propaganda+poster.jpg both official]] [[http://th02.deviantart.net/fs71/PRE/i/2012/142/7/c/amon_propaganda_poster_by_billytwo-d50p5ru.png and fanmade]] [[http://i.imgur.com/5FkFm.png propaganda posters.]]
* Hexadecimal of ''WesternAnimation/ReBoot'' has a whole bunch that she can switch freely between at a moment's notice.
* ''WesternAnimation/Sealab2021'' references {{plague doctor}}s' white masks (see below) when Sealab is hit with a plague.
* ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice2010'': The assassin Cheshire wears a white mask in the shape of a grinning cat.
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[[folder:Real Life]]
* Standard-bearers in Roman legions wore full-face, expressionless, armoured masks, often in gilded metal. This is thought to have been symbolic: the mask, like the standard, represented the soul of the unit and symbolised the idea that the bearer was no individual soldier, but an Avatar for the unit. If the standard bearer was killed, another soldier would take up both the standard and the mask, and [[LegacyCharacter lose his identity with the role.]]
* {{Plague doctor}}s during the Black Death wore white bird masks as part of their [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plague_doctor_costume plague outfits]] to prevent from getting the plague. These masks also had the effect of being ''[[https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/564x/49/77/d1/4977d19dedba69da5387e79d7a59845e.jpg terrifying]]''. Being scary was intentional -- the doctors had to be fearsome and barely-trusted, half-mythical figures, or else they'd get mobbed by the sick every time they went out. They also went armed with clubs. The "beak" was stuffed with sweet-smelling herbs to mask the sickening smell of dying plague victims. The masks became [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnival_of_Venice#Medico_della_peste_.28The_Plague_Doctor.29 one of the traditional masks in the Carnival of Venice,]] which is where you typically see these masks nowadays, as well as in references to the Carnival, like ''Film/EyesWideShut''.
* Guitarist Brian "Music/{{Buckethead}}" Carroll.
* Hip-hop dance crew the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmbh7pqYFDw&feature=fvw Jabbawockeez, (with bonus Shaq!)]] spelt doom for their competition.
* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phantom_Killer The Phantom Killer,]] the still unidentified perpetrator of the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texarkana_Moonlight_Murders Texarkana Moonlight Murders]], wore a crude, creepy white mask during at least a few of his attacks.
* The UsefulNotes/KuKluxKlan, although their leaders often wear ''red'' robes and masks, just like the medieval penitents they eerily resemble.
* The Guy Fawkes masks worn by Anonymous members and some Occupy Wall Street protesters.
* Serbian noise musician Dead Body Collection adopts this as part of his stage act.
* Website/YouTube gamer [[LetsPlay/ChaoticMonki Cryaotic]] is often depicted in fan art as wearing a rather nondescript white mask, as he has never shown his face on camera. Some fans have taken to giving the mask a horror twist with cracks, sharpened-toothlike features, and blood splatters.
* In the First World War, German soldiers making night raids across the trench lines wore their gas masks, sometimes because they were needed but usually as a deliberate psychological thing, to make themselves impersonal or un-human to the people they were attacking.
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