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Synchronicity
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(4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
16th Jan, 2018 04:11:40 AM
The Faceless and related tropes
Where the appearance of a character (usually someone imporant, like a very rich dad or a high-ranking government official) is hidden, because they are permanently surrounded by a horde of suit-clad, sunglasses-wearing, no-nonsense looking bodyguards.
Usually is a recurring joke for a character, the joke being that we never really get to see the person and what they look like.
I have an example that explains the visual aspect of the trope, but not necessarily the intent (because this character is only obscured for a moment, where this trope is more focused on characters permanently or near-permanently traveling with bodyguard cover, as if the bodyguards were cardboard cut outs taped to a car).
https://youtu.be/mLVmocdbJbw?t=19s
While the "president" is , in the first few seconds, hidden by his bodyguards, THAT is an example of the visual aspect. If it were fully aligned with the idea of this trope, then the president would never have been revealed on screen.