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{{quote|'' "The turtles wear rubber masks as a disguise. But why do the mouths move? Those are some ''expressive masks''."''~~|'''[[James Rolfe]]''', ''[http://cinemassacre.com/2011/05/31/tmnt-tuesday-top-20-turtle-flubs/ Top 20 Turtle Flubs]''}}~~

{{quote|'' "The turtles wear rubber masks as a disguise. But why do the mouths move? Those are some ''expressive masks''."''

|'''[[James Rolfe]]''', ''[http://cinemassacre.com/2011/05/31/tmnt-tuesday-top-20-turtle-flubs/ Top 20 Turtle Flubs]''}}

A character's mask is usually intended to obscure the face. In animation this used to also be a helpful cheat to draw something similar.

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* Fain in ''[[Lusternia]]'' combines this with [[Not a Mask]] for [[Uncanny Valley|creepy effect]].

* Bernard from the ''[[Maniac Mansion]]'' series has expressive glasses, as shown in the ''[[Day of the Tentacle]]'' intro.

== Web Comics ==

* The [[Big Bad]] and common [[Mooks]] for most of ''[[~~Its~~ Walky]]'' are capable of showing rage, confusion, and even bewilderment through their helmets. Sometimes even [https://web.archive.org/web/20130208153545/http://www.itswalky.com/d/20030216.html all of them at once].

* The [[Big Bad]] and common [[Mooks]] for most of ''[[Walkyverse|It's Walky!]]'' are capable of showing rage, confusion, and even bewilderment through their helmets. Sometimes even [https://web.archive.org/web/20130208153545/http://www.itswalky.com/d/20030216.html all of them at once].

* Justified in ''[[Freefall]]'': Sam Starfall's mask was purpose-built to mimic human expressions, and [[Mobile Suit Human|he can control it with his tentacly face]].

** But the same strip contains robots whose normally-oval eyes appear as semicircles when they're annoyed, or as lines. (The latter made sense when it appeared on Sawtooth Rivergrinder, however, as the ^ shapes were displayed ''inside'' his eyes, which are confirmed to be capable of functioning as a graphical display.)

* Xykon of ''[[The ~~Order of the Stick|~~Order of the Stick]]'' doesn't wear a mask, but his skull is surprisingly expressive, even if it can't do an [[Evil Laugh]]. Of course, the ''rest'' of his body is ''also'' moving more than a normal skeleton.

* Xykon of ''[[The Order of the Stick]]'' doesn't wear a mask, but his skull is surprisingly expressive, even if it can't do an [[Evil Laugh]]. Of course, the ''rest'' of his body is ''also'' moving more than a normal skeleton.

** "Suck it, arthritis!"

* Averted in ''[[The Adventures of Dr. McNinja]]'' The masks on the titular character and his ninja family stay motionless. However, they manage to be fairly expressive through eye movements (it helps that the masks show eyebrows.)

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* Mr. Snippy in ''[[Romantically Apocalyptic]]'' has open goggle-flaps on his mask which function as rudimentary eyebrows, changing angle to very effectively portray [http://romanticallyapocalyptic.com/15 anger], [http://romanticallyapocalyptic.com/36 shock], [http://romanticallyapocalyptic.com/31 worry], [http://romanticallyapocalyptic.com/30 desper][http://romanticallyapocalyptic.com/42 ation], [http://romanticallyapocalyptic.com/38 determi][http://romanticallyapocalyptic.com/40 nation], [http://romanticallyapocalyptic.com/60 fear], [http://romanticallyapocalyptic.com/44 bad][http://romanticallyapocalyptic.com/45 ass], and [http://romanticallyapocalyptic.com/46 oh crap]. All the masked characters also show expression by the angles at which their masks are shown, and their [[Color-Coded for Your Convenience|coloured goggles can change in tone and brightness to express different emotions]] or even [http://romanticallyapocalyptic.com/59 levels of consciousness].

* [http://www.squidi.net/comic/amd/view.php?series=amd&ep=4&id=119 Hechter] is nothing more than a magically animated suit of armor, but he manages to have an amazing range of expression with his helmet.

* [[The Phantom of the Opera|Erik]]'s half-mask in the [[Fanfic|fan]][[Web Comic|comic]] ''[[Roommates 2007|Roommates]]'' and its [[Spin-Off]] s (''[[Girls Next Door]]'' and ''[[Down the Street]]'').

* [[The Phantom of the Opera|Erik]]'s half-mask in the [[Fanfic|fan]][[Web Comic|comic]] ''[[Roommates 2007|Roommates]]'' and its [[Spin-Off]]s (''[[Girls Next Door]]'' and ''[[Down the Street]]'').

* Mortimer Jones' mask from ''[[Newheimburg]]'' does this a lot.

* Not in canon, but fans love to take the [[Team Fortress 2|Pyro]]'s gas-mask and deform it according to this trope.

== Web Original ==