Recap / The Mask S 1 E 7 Bride Of Pretorius

Stanley dates a shy, quiet girl who works at the bank - who becomes a loud, man-hungry woman when she stumbles upon The Mask. Meanwhile, Pretorius looks for a female companion for his latest scheme.

Tropes:

• Abhorrent Admirer: Eve is this but though she is attractive with her red dress along with everything on it, she is very aggressive onto Stanley. She is very lustful and unpredictable(due to wearing the mask) but she doesn't try to force herself on Stanley, as she genuinely cares about him and loves him very much. Stanley, even though he's scared of her at first, can see that she is a nice, good-hearted woman, which is why he pushes her out of the way to save her from getting captured by Pretorius.
  • He even briefly considers returning Eve's affection, before realizing that its not right and tries to free Evelyn.
• Action Girl: Eve, like The Mask, has all the powers and abilities of the mask of Loki, which she uses them to fight Pretorius and stop him from hurting the man she loves. To clarify, she busts into his hide out, kicks the robot down to try and stop it from activating the machine that will bring down a meteor down to Earth, though she fails to stop it. Stanley tells her to use her powers to stop the meteor, which she responds by ordering him to say it in French, so Stanley, desperate and fed up by her antics, takes her mask off to deal with the comet himself but it's most likely that she would have stopped it anyway if Stanley didn't, considering she is pretty much a female version of The Mask and she proved herself to be heroic and brave like him in the end.
• Affectionate Nickname: Eve calls Stanley her "Screwball Rabbit", because he made a funny face earlier, so she calls him that as way of showing her love to him and how much she cares about him.
  Eve: Oh those faces you make. (she turns her head into an alien one which has one eye on both sides, hair spiking out, her buck white teeth that is longer, her tongue that is enlarged and sticking out, she then laughs with her eyes closing and after that turns her head back to normal) Crazy making screwball rabbit!!!
• All Women Are Lustful: Eve is this to a T. She tries to kiss Stanley multiple times, then hugs him very hard and starts throwing him around while dancing at the Coco Bongo but she does ease up after she throws Stanley through the ceiling, which she seems to regret. After that act, she goes a lot easier on him and though she does try to kiss him, it's in a more gentle way than before.
• Amazon Chaser: Downplayed as Stanley is scared of Eve at first due to her being too strong towards him but over time he starts to see just how attractive she is along with the fact that like Evelyn she is a good-hearted woman though he starts to think what will their children be like so he decide to take her face that is the mask off which he does.
• Attention Deficit... Ooh, Shiny!: Eve, like The Mask, has a very short attention span. She keeps getting distracted by trying to kiss Stanley while there is a cage behind her, which she only just notices at the last second and would have been captured had Stanley not pushed her away. After rescuing Stanley from Pretorius, she tries to kiss him again while Pretorius's body goes over to activate the machine that will bring a meteor to destroy all life on Earth but she does get herself back on track when Stanley tells her to and she stops the body but unfortunately it was too late as it already pressed the button just before she stopped it.
• Badass Adorable:
  • Evelyn is a sweet, nice, kind and polite girl with glasses who is very cute but fires a weapon upon Pretorius when he attacks the man she loves.
  • Eve is a lot more cute than Evelyn as she is unafraid and confident and the fact that she is a complete sweetheart to Stanley makes her this even more along with giving him a nickname and after accidentally throwing him through the ceiling decides to make up for it by hugging him lightly like a teddy bear but she is powerful and attacks Pretorius for kidnapping Stanley and trying to kill him. Eve would also most likely stop that comet going to Earth if Stanley did not take the mask that is her face off.
• Be Careful What You Wish For: Stanley really wanted to know if Evelyn liked him or not. He got his answer...the moment she put the mask on.
  Stanley:(trying to avoid Eve's kisses) I...I guess she likes me after all.
• Beware the Quiet Ones: Evelyn fires upon Dr. Pretorius when he tries to kill Stanley.
• Beware the Silly Ones: Eve dresses up like a vamp, has a southern American accent and acts like one as well but like The Mask, she is very powerful as she fights against Pretorius and most likely like The Mask would have used her power to save the planet if Stanley did not take her face that is the mask off.
• Birds of a Feather: Evelyn and Stanley have a lot of things in common.
  • Though unfortunately their dogs don't get along which is the only difference they have but enough to cause them to break up.
  • Averted as The Mask and Eve never meet each other in person but if they did then considering they have a lot of things in common like their unmasked selves, they would definitely get along like a house on fire considering they tend to be too strong towards other people but both of them would have no problem with that from each other at all.
• Blind Without 'Em: Evelyn loses her glasses when she opens the closet instead of the bathroom and though she found them, she did not see them attached to the Mask of Loki which she unknowingly put it on and having no idea ends up feeling her entire head being wrapped along with her eyes, mouth and nose changing with the glasses disappearing so in her place out of the whirlwind is Eve a green-headed woman who does not need glasses to see at all.
• Breaking the Fourth Wall: The Mask, after eating his sandwich, decides to call Charlie to let him know that he can keep his promotion and then he tells the audience with a smile that he always wanted to say that.
  Mask: I always wanted to say that ( with a big grin on his face)
• Butter Face: One of the things that turns Stanley off from Eve is that, while she is somewhat attractive and in love with him, she has "a big green head".
• Cloudcuckoolander:
  • The Mask, as usual, is this due to the fact that he tries to work out a way to stop that meteor but decides to give up and go back to the apartment where he reads all the books that he had no chance to read, watch all his favorite TV shows and movies, makes a large sandwich which he eats and then goes to the bathroom where he straights his tie up, brushes his teeth, cuts the hair in the nostrils and sprays his armpits before he finally gets an idea to stop the comet after noticing a leaking pipe in the bathroom.
  • Eve, like The Mask, is genuinely insane but is harmless like him and loves and cares about Stanley very much.
• Distaff Counterpart: Eve, just like The Mask, is wacky and crazy but is also a superhero like him. She fights Pretorius to save Stanley and tries to stop his body from activating the button that will bring a meteor that will destroy all life on Earth, though she fails to stop it in time.
  • Evelyn is basically an even shyer, female version of Stanley.
• Does Not Know His Own Strength: Eve doesn't seem to notice that she is crushing Stanley with her hugs. Justified as this is the first time she has come out and is not used to people who are not like her.
• Establishing Character Moment:
  • Evelyn first appears stuttering her words and then shows that like Stanley, she is shy, sweet and kind and she has a dog named Esmeralda which makes her the female version of Stanley.
  • Eve, after coming out of the whirlwind, sees Stanley and flirtatiously says "Hiya Sugar" before smacking her lips together to get Stanley to kiss her. When he doesn't, she turns her head into that of a cartoon wolf and begins to howl and whistles suggestively and beginning to drool lustfully over to him as she (still looking like a wolf) starts walking slowly towards him. After renaming herself as "Eve", she confesses to Stanley that she loves him very much and she cares about him as well before trying to kiss him, which makes her the female version of The Mask as she is sweet, nice, kind, wacky and crazy like him.
    Stanley: Evelyn
    Eve: Call me Eve, it's more — how you say? Je ne sais quoi. Oh Stanley, when I look at you, I see vital organs and my head aches (Her eyes turn into hearts while an angel appears around her head which then shoots an arrow through her head) in a good way. WE WERE MEANT FOR EACH OTHER!
• "Eureka!" Moment: The Mask, after getting himself cleaned up, saw dripping in the pipe of his tap and while saying he never had the chance to get it fixed, he realizes that he can build a pipe that will take the meteor back to space and does it straightaway. It works!
• Everyone Has Standards:
  • When Pretorius tells The Mask that he would marry him if he was a woman, The Mask reacts in disgust due to the fact that Pretorius is one of his enemies and is willing to hurt people to get what he wants. The Mask understandably make a puke face because of that.
  • Eve, despite being much stronger than The Mask, does not try to force herself onto Stanley. While whipping him about the floor at the Coco Bongo, she accidentally throws him to the ceiling, which causes Eve to regret that and rescues him from it. Afterwards, when she notices he’s shaking or "frozen in fear" as he puts it, Eve, feeling guilty about what she did to him, warms him up to make up for it. This shows that like The Mask, she has morals. Also, when Pretorius offers her to marry him, she rejects him because of the fact that he tried to hurt the man she loves (and is trying to destroy the world) which shows Eve, while crazy like The Mask, is good hearted person who will never hurt anyone at all and will refuse to join with anyone who will hurt others so that they can get what they want.
• Everything Sounds Sexier in French: When Stanley tries to ask Eve something, she flirtatiously demands that he say it in French.
• Face Death with Dignity: The Mask after calling Charlie checks on his cartoonish watch that tells him the end is near so he decide to go out looking sharp which he goes to the bathroom to clean himself up. But after doing it he hears the tapping in the pipe of his tap which causes him to get the idea to build a pipe to take the meteor back to space.
  The Mask: Only a minute left, i gotta go out looking SHARP! (He goes to his bathroom to knot his tie, brushes his large white teeth, cuts the nostrils in his nose since he has no hair on his head, then sprays his armpits which is when he hears the tapping in the pipe of his tap.)
• Forceful Kiss: Eve tries to give a couple to Stanley, much to his dismay.
• Gag Lips: Eve has a pair of big, red lips that sometimes grows to comedic sizes when she tries kiss Stanley.

• Hourglass Plot: Whenever Stanley puts on the mask and his alter ego comes out, The Mask tends to be too strong towards any woman he meets, partying and having Skewed Priorities but now when Evelyn puts on the mask, Stanley now has to deal with her alter ego Eve, who is basically a female version of The Mask but much stronger and even more amorous. He ends up having to party around with her, dodge her advances, as well as having to remind her to stay on task.
• The Lad-ette: Eve is a wild party animal who, though she cares about Stanley very much, can go aggressively with him at times. However, she does know when she's gone too far such as throwing Stanley through the ceiling which she regrets straightaway. Afterwards, though she does try to kiss Stanley again, she is a lot more gentle with him after what happened clearly, feeling guilty about what she did.
• Lady in Red: Eve wears a revealing red dress with matching high heels
• Life of the Party: Eve decide to have the time of her life at the Coco Bongo bringing Stanley with her and sees everyone looking all down which she decide to make everyone happy by dancing with the man she loves along with telling everyone to swing.
  Eve: What's with this "Crying in your pretzels" achy-breaky cowboy clamor? Let's swing!
• Loon with a Heart of Gold:
  • The Mask as usual saves the planet from being destroyed by a comet heading towards Earth even if at first that he decided to give up and go back to his apartment to catch up on everything that he never had the chance to do before.
  • Eve is a lustful, man-hungry madwoman who is a good-hearted woman who like The Mask cares about and loves Stanley along with her dog and the people in Edge City. She would very most likely save Earth from being destroyed as she is heroic and brave like The Mask.
• Love Makes You Crazy: Eve loves Stanley with all her heart, which causes her to lose reason and focus at times.
  • One example is when he tries to warn her that there is a cage behind her but she doesn't notice due to trying to kiss him but she sees it at the last moment.
  • Another example is that after rescuing Stanley, she starts kissing him again. The problem is that Pretorius hasn't been defeated yet and when Stanley tells her to stop the robot body from pressing that button, she briefly regains focus and stops it, though it was too late at that point.
  • After being told by Stanley to stop that meteor with her powers, she decided at first to tell Stanley to say it in French which causes Stanley to finally have enough and take her face off.
• Loves My Alter Ego: Played with, since Stanley originally liked Evelyn and viewed Eve as his Abhorrent Admirer, but after spending time with her and seeing that like Evelyn, she is a nice, good-hearted woman and after she gone easy on him, Stanley starts to consider letting Eve stay around to pursue a relationship with her.He is even conflicted due to his worry for Evelyn and his belief that The Mask should only be used for good. He did even say that it's good that [Eve] loves him but he then starts to think about what their children will be like, so even though he starts to like Eve, he decides to take the mask off her to get Evelyn back to normal. He does so after he tells her to stop the comet, which she coyly tells him to say it in French again, which was when he takes her off.
• Lust: Eve's biggest flaw. She loves hugging and kissing Stanley, whether he wants to or not.
• Manic Pixie Dream Girl: Eve is a happy go-lucky girl who is madly in love with Stanley and is very wacky as well.
• Masculine Girl, Feminine Boy: Eve is much more aggressive and wild compared to the shy and meek Stanley.
• Ms. Fanservice: Evelyn is fairly attractive despite being shy and bookish but Eve is this up to eleven as she shows her legs off and having a very slim body as well which is helped by having a red dress, gold jewellery and being confident as well.
• My God, What Have I Done?: Eve decide to take Stanley to the Coco Bongo for a date, where she starts to fly him around while dancing and clearly forgot that he is not like her and can't handle it. When she notices him trying to flee (he lied and said he was going to the men's room), she starts doing it again with him until she throws him through the ceiling. Upon realizing that she went too far, she rescues him and seems to ease up a bit. At the rooftop, she notices him shaking (or frozen in fear) because of what she did. Feeling guilty for what she did, Eve decides to go easy on him by trying to give gentle kisses and a light hug and not going too all wild with him.
• Nerds Are Sexy: Stanley considers Evelyn to be this.
  • He is on the receiving end of this as far as Eve is concern.
• Nice Girl:
  • Evelyn, despite being shy and meek, is nice and kind and agrees to go on a date with Stanley.
  • Eve, despite being much stronger than The Mask, is still very sweet, polite, kind and nice to other people. She also cares about Stanley very much and is in love with him.
    Eve: (She notices that Stanley is shaking which is when she asks him) Awwww... you're shiverin slender thing.
    Stanley: I-I'm frozen in fear...
    Eve: I'll heat you up (clearly feeling guilty about what she did for accidentally putting him through the ceiling)
• No Guy Wants an Amazon: Downplayed, while Stanley is afraid of Eve at first, its mostly due to her coming on too strong and accidentally hurting him due to not knowing her own strength.
• No Guy Wants to Be Chased: Poor Stanley. The moment his date puts on the mask, she turns into a man-hungry, super powered wacko who is stuck on him.
• No Sense of Personal Space: Eve spends the majority of the episode clinging to Stanley, much to his horror.
• Pet the Dog: Despite often being a Bad Boss who takes advantage of Stanley, Charlie was supportive in Stanley's interest in Evelyn and even pushes him to ask her out.
• Prim and Proper Bun: Evelyn wears one to emphasis her shy, bookish personality.
• Rescue Romance: Played with, after Stanley accidentally gets kidnapped by Pretorius, Eve goes to rescue him. After a brief scuffle with the villain, she frees Stanley and proceeds to smother him with kisses, despite the fact that the villain still hasn't been defeated and Stanley has to beg her to take care of Pretorius.
• Say My Name: Eve screams out Stanley's name after Pretorius kidnaps him.
  Eve: STANLEY!
• Self-Proclaimed Love Interest: Played with, Stanley is in love with Evelyn, but is terrified of her mask persona, who deems him her "screwball rabbit" and tries to kiss him. Though he does start to like Eve as she is a nice, kind and good-hearted woman like The Mask who is a good-hearted, kind and nice man as well so he does start to consider if he should let her be around then he starts to think what will their children be like so he decide to take her off to bring Evelyn back even though he comes around to liking her which he does and Evelyn comes back.
• Sexier Alter Ego: Eve, unlike Evelyn, is very confident and attractive due having a red dress, blue eyeshadows, red lips and flashy gold jewellery. She is also very flirtatious and amorous, gets very attached to Stanley in no time at all, proclaiming to be in love with him, even with her having hearts in her eyes as she said it.
• Shipper on Deck: Charlie could tell that Stanley's feelings for Evelyn were mutual and encouraged him to ask her out.
• Shrinking Violet: Evelyn definitely counts.
  • Her dog Esmeralda, is even shyer than her.
• Single Woman Seeks Good Man: Both Evelyn and Eve are in love with Nice Guy Stanley because he is kind and funny.
• Skewed Priorities: Much like The Mask, Eve is like this. She seems far more interested in making out with Stanley than stopping Pretorius. Sure, she does go after the bad guy after he kidnaps Stanley and does fight him when Stanley asks her to, but failed to stop him from pressing the button to summon the comet to destroy the world. When Stanley told her to use her superpowers to stop the comet, she told him to say it in French.
• Southern Belle: For some reason, Eve speaks in a light, southern accent that Evelyn lacks.
• Statuesque Stunner: Unlike Evelyn, who is petite and average in appearance, Eve is very tall and attractive.
• Stutter Stop: Evelyn, due to her being shy, has trouble speaking her words. Eve, on the other hand, has no trouble speaking her words because she is confident and unafraid.
  • Seems to no longer be an issue in the end, as Evelyn then starts speaking her words completely after the mask has been taken off her.
• Violently Protective Girlfriend: Eve will go after anyone who intends to harm Stanley. She will attack them to save him, such as attacking Pretorius for kidnapping Stanley and trying to kill him.
  • Evelyn also counts, as she fires upon Dr. Pretorius when he tries to kill Stanley.
• Voluntary Shapeshifting:
  • The Mask as usual changes into a boxer, a statue and finally a handyman.
  • Eve, like The Mask, can change her appearance into something appropriate for the situation.
  • An example includes when she changes into Vasquez to break into Pretorius's lab and after firing at him with a suction cup, changes into She-Ra and attacks him again with the sword.
• Weakness Turns Her On: Possibly one of the reasons Eve is attracted to Stanley.