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{{quote|''"We wear the mask that grins and lies''
''It hides our face and shades our eyes."''
|'''[[wikipedia:Paul Laurence Dunbar|Paul Laurence Dunbar]]''', ''[http://www.potw.org/archive/potw8.html We Wear The Mask]''}}
Virtually everyone has to wear a public mask in order to be accepted by others. That's a simple fact of human psychology. When circumstances (such as anonymity, strong emotion, or sufficient power) allow a character to take off that mask and act in complete accord with their inclinations, they reveal what's '''Beneath the Mask'''.
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== Anime and Manga ==
* ''[[Magical Project S]]'': Misao Amano's normal self is that of a stereotypical [[Shrinking Violet]] [[Friendless Background|friendless]], [[Shy Blue-Haired Girl|blue-haired]] [[Ill Girl]]. However, this persona falls away when she's transformed into Pixy Misa, the manifestation of her deeply repressed id: an egomaniacal [[Chaotic Evil]] [[Green-Eyed Monster|jealous]] [[Dark Magical Girl]] [[Villainous Harlequin|trickster]].
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