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{{trope}}
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Somebody needs to disguise their identity and/or avoid attracting attention. Their solution? Wear a [[Black Cloak]] with a really big hood. Because nothing diverts attention away from oneself better than a big creepy black cloak that makes you look like [[The Grim Reaper]]. Its hood will cover their face in shadow, regardless of whether it's long enough to actually do so. In addition, the hood will never fall off accidentally, even if the wearer is fighting a Wind Mage in the middle of a typhoon. In modern times, a hoodie is a good substitute.
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This can be a [[Justified Trope]] if in a [[Wretched Hive]] or [[Bad Guy Bar]]; where this is a perfectly acceptable fashion accessory.
Contrast with the [[Cool Mask
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Not to be confused with ''[[Boyz N the Hood]]''.
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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* Zest and Lutecia of ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha]]'' wear these occasionally, removing them when they go into battle.
* Androssi, Akryung and {{spoiler|Rachel}} during their introduction in ''[[
* The members of the Black Valley in ''[[Mai-Otome (
* Sara from ''[[
* Subverted in ''[[
* "<s>Colonel</s> [[Word of God|Ku:Nel]] Sanders" from ''[[
** Oddly enough for this trope, it doesn't generally mask his face from the reader. But the characters themselves can't see his face unless he shows them.
** Later, after Negi is [[Wrongly Accused]] in the [[Magic World]], he doesn't go out without a hood when he's not disguised.
* In ''[[
* In ''[[
** Oddly enough, the Seven Ghosts frequently wear these as well. Of course it is obvious they are being mysterious, but they seem more concerned with avoiding positive identification.
* Hermit's early appearances in ''[[Kenichi:
* Fakir wears a hood to cover his distinctive green hair while he ''wears a mask'' in the tenth episode of ''[[
* Subverted with Korumi in ''[[
* Holo from ''[[
** She switches a lot between the two. The point of the hood is to imply that she is a traveling nun, explained in the light novels to be the standard getup of any independent woman who wants to do traveling, and as such doesn't normally get a lot of attention. The hat on the other hand is a part of a typical city girl outfit, which is more convenient when she wants to go drinking and having fun, activities unsuitable for even a nun out of convenience rather than devotion.
* When on an assassination mission, Guts from ''[[
* Turkey from ''[[
* In ''[[Blood+
== [[Comic Books]] ==
* Roderick Kingsley, the original Hobgoblin, in ''[[
* Raven of the ''[[Teen Titans (Comic Book)|Teen Titans]]'' loves the Hood; it somehow conceals her face just as well as a mask but without that pesky glue. It even stays on when she ''flies.'' ([[Teen Titans (
* In the comic book version of ''[[
* As his name suggests, Hooded Justice, the first costumed adventurer in the [[Backstory]] of ''[[Watchmen (
* Every [[Legacy Character|Host]] for [[
* How this trope could exist without mentioning [[The Hood]]?
** You'd think he'd be the trope's image.
* The secret conspiracy that [[Tintin
* [[Batman
* The Oliver Queen [[Green Arrow]] during the Mike Grell series _The Longbow Hunters_ and the following _Green Arrow_ monthly series (1980s and 1990s run) wore a hood. Dinah "[[Black Canary]]" Lance designed it for him so he wouldn't catch a chill in Seattle's rainy clime. Since he had abandoned his trick and gadget arrows for broadheads instead, it was a better fit for a darker and grittier GA than the old "Robin Hood" hat from the Golden Age. Initially he still wore his domino mask underneath the hood, but after enough people explain they already knew who he was he gives up the mask and wears only the hood. Depending on the artist, it still hid the
* Subverted in ''The Traveler''. While the Traveler always wears a hood, it's constantly falling off and he's shown putting it back on numerous times per issue. He wears a mask that covers everything but his eyes and mouth though, so his face still isn't seen even when the hood is down.
* [[Doctor Doom]] of course, who <s> probably wears it to cover his grotesquely disfigured face even more than his mask already does</s> is [[Genre Savvy]] about the sources of [[Memetic Badass|badassery.]]
* Skroa used this in Book 7 and 8 [[
* Time Trapper, the mysterious purple wearing X-factor villain in [[Legion of Super-Heroes (
* [https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Spider-Woman_(Gwen_Stacy) Ghost Spider's] costume has a hood worn over her mask, with a web-design on the lining.
* In the [[Harry Potter (Literature)|Harry Potter]] fic ''Rise of the Wizards'', Harry's account manager sent him a note which mentioned that Gringotts' nighttime customers tended to be of the more... disreputable sort and suggested that Harry "would not look out of place with a hooded black cloak."▼
▲* In the ''[[Harry Potter (
== [[Film]] ==
* The ''[[
** Obi-wan Kenobi wears a hood that hides his face at his very first appearance, making him look like a mysterious scary thing that causes the Sandpeople to flee. This was probably what determined the Jedi cloaks and hoods would become standard issue.
** Luke wears a hood for a while in ''[[
** ''[[
* Aragorn in ''[[The Lord of the Rings (
* ''[[Cthulhu (
* Subverted with ''[[Hot Fuzz]]''. The ominous hoodies seen occasionally and hinted at as possible suspects are just local kids raging against authority via minor vandalism. And when you consider what that [[Town
* The Alchemist in ''Vidocq'' wears a black hood over his [[The Faceless|mirrored mask]]. Very creepy, since when a victim to be tries to glimpse under the hood, they only see their own face staring back.
* The Mountain Man in the third ''[[
== [[Literature]] ==
* ''[[
* ''[[Robin Hood]].''
* ''[[
* Lampshaded in the ''[[
* Defied in ''[[
* ''[[The
* The eponymous "Ghost Jogger" of the short story in ''[[Nancy Drew]] Ghost Stories'' makes full use of his hood to hide the fact that {{spoiler|he's a young man assumed to be dead at the beginning the series}}.
* [[Older Than Print]]: The medieval Icelandic ''[[The Icelandic Sagas
* In the ''[[
== [[Live-Action TV]] ==
▲== [[Live Action TV]] ==
* The [[Power Rangers in Space
▲* "St. Joan" in ''[[Heroes (TV)|Heroes]]''.
* ''[[
▲* The [[Power Rangers in Space (TV)|Red Space Ranger]] Andros would often wear a cloak, sometimes even when morphed. When morphed, the cloak had to cover his helmet, so the edges of the opening were almost clamped shut.
* Done in ''[[
▲* ''[[Smallville (TV)|Smallville]]'''s Green Arrow gets by with a Unibomber-like hoodie and sunglasses-at-night. Later he gives members proto-[[Justice League of America]] matching outfits. Somehow action never knocks them off; even [[The Flash]]'s hood fails to uncover his face [[Fridge Logic|while running at super-speed]].
* Overdone in the 2006 BBC ''[[Robin Hood (TV series)|Robin Hood]]'': soldiers never inspect people wearing hoods.
▲* Done in ''[[Stargate SG-1 (TV)|Stargate SG-1]]'' by, believe it or not, General Hammond. He was on Chulak tracking down Teal'c to help save the rest of SG-1.
*
* Superhoodie of ''[[
▲* Superhoodie of ''[[Misfits (TV)|Misfits]]'' wears a hood, but uses a ski mask, and later a paintball helmet, to actually hide his identity of {{spoiler|Simon from the future}} as the hood fits pretty tightly over the top of this head and therefore provides no shadow.
* In ''[[Juken Sentai Gekiranger]]'', Long's human form comes with one of these.
* The Cape from, well, ''[[The Cape (2010 TV series)|The Cape]]'' used to use a hood for a disguise, until it almost revealed his identity. Now he has a mask on underneath the hood.
* [[Green Arrow|Oliver Queen/The Arrow]] from ''[[Arrow]]''.
== [[Music]] ==
* The icon of [[
== [[Tabletop Games]] ==
* [http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=205960 Jace Beleren] of ''[[Magic:
== [[Video Games]] ==
* In ''[[
* In ''[[Bully (
* Magus of ''[[
* Gorath from ''[[Betrayal
* Hector, Lyn, and Eliwood in ''[[
*** From the same game we also have Ephidel, who uses his cloak to partially hide his [[Eyes of Gold|unnatural appearance]]
** Done again in ''Path of Radiance'' with the laguz, but this time getting bumped into by a stranger knocked down Ranulf's hood and revealed his [[Unusual Ears]]. Unfortunately resulted in an [[Fantastic Racism|angry mob]].
* The main character of the ''[[Thief (
* ''[[
* The ''MUD Shadows of Isildur'' is guilty of this- just putting up your hood allows you to disguise everything but your build and the color of your cloak.
* Altaïr from ''[[
** Interestingly, [[Justified Trope|having a hood on one's traveling robe in the medieval Holy Land wasn't actually that uncommon.]] The shade helped keep your head cool if you needed to walk a long distance. And it also matches the local scholars' robes perfectly, making it easy to blend in.
** Altaïr's descendant, Ezio Auditore da Firenze, the protagonist [[Assassin's Creed II
*** It does keep his face hidden though, which given his status as a [[Hero
**** Oddly enough, in ''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood
***** That's because it's the game [[Justified Tutorial]] for the Notoriety system. In ''II'', it occurred just after Ezio's {{spoiler|father and brothers had been killed}} and in that he was the one being instructed. In ''Brotherhood'', [[The Mentor|it's Ezio doing the instructing.]]
** [[Metal Gear Solid
** Averted with Altaïr and Ezio's modern-day descendant Desmond Miles, who wears a hoodie but has yet to be seen with the hood up. Although presumably he may later as he now has all of Ezio's skills. It should also be noted that said hoodie is white, [[Generation Xerox|just like traditional Assassin costumes from the past.]]
** It turns out that the hood is slightly ''pointed'', just like his ancestors' "eagle beak" hoods.
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** Also, [[Evil Counterpart|Il Lupo]], AKA The Prowler, is a Templar agent trained in the skills of the Assassins. Fittingly, his outfit is very similar to Ezio's, though black and red rather than white, and his hood is missing the distinctive point.
** [[Assassin's Creed III|Connor]] keeps the tradition during his timeline. Since it's during [[The American Revolution]] and a large part of the world is snowy, his hood keeps his head warm.
* A lot of people in ''[[
** Mickey's hood is actually altered to accommodate his ears... Which sort of defeats the purpose of having a hood conceal your face in the first place. "Who's that small person with very large, noticeable, visibly circular ears?" "Hmm, I don't know, it's a mystery!"
** Averted with Sora, whose outfit has a hood that is ''never'' worn over his head. It is instead used to hold Jiminy Cricket and his journal.
*** Kairi also has a hood she never wears ([[KH 2]]), but it's a heck of a lot less noticeable.
* That Man from ''[[
* [[Our Angels Are Different|Archangel Tyrael]] From ''[[Diablo (
* The Hunters from ''[[
** That's why they scream while preparing an attack. Stealth.
*** When you are being attacked by an army of rotting zombies, it is extraordinarily easy to miss that screech in the distance.
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** Ergo, the Hunter as Altair - ''[[Memetic Mutation|Hunter's Greed]]''.
** The hood also helps shadow their face and hide the fact that [[Eye Scream|they have no eyes]].
* Weavers in ''[[Loom (
* In ''[[
** [[Big Bad|Kessler]] wears a white hood.
* In ''[[Prototype (
* Caster in ''[[Fate/stay
* The entire Kaka clan, including playable character Taokaka, from ''[[
** Platinum the Trinity wears one that obscures the top part of... their face.
* Amusingly played with in ''[[
** There's one for warlocks too.
** Generally, the baddies hide their faces behind scarfs, though.
** Death Knights start with a face-concealing shadowy hood.
*** Face-concealing scarves are mostly reserved for rogues, Defias Brotherhood, and the Syndicate. Enemy rogue NPCs are pretty rare and Defias and the Syndicate are fairly low-level enemies. Once you hit level 40 or so, there's nary a scarf in sight. A lot of hoods in Outland and Northrend, though. Pretty much every cultist and many of the spellcasters wear hoods.
* [[The Legend of Zelda
* The semi-human "Habnabits" in ''Ferazel's Wand'' wear full-length cloaks with the hoods always up, shadowing their faces except for two features: large, vaguely human eyes, and a snout like an anteater. They're the good guys, though, as signified by the fact that their cloaks are a wide variety of colors rather than the generic black.
* One of many clothing options for a hero or villain in ''[[City of Heroes
* [[Classy Cat Burglar|Kasumi Goto]] and [[Wrench Wench|Tali]] in ''[[
* While a few robes and cloaks in ''[[
* The White Mage class in the ''[[
** Particularly young or cute white mages (or related classes) may get a hood with cute cat ears on it. [[Cute Kitten|N'awwwww]].
** In ''[[Final Fantasy IV:
* [[Tokugawa Ieyasu]] in ''[[
* The various unnamed Reapers in ''[[
* And now there's a ''[[
* In ''[[Castlevania III:
* ''[[
* The title character's hood in ''[[
* The hooded figure in ''[[
* Altair's peaked hood has inspired a wave of homages from other sneaky characters, such as the blade obsessed assassin [[League of Legends
* ''[[
== [[Web Comics]] ==
* ''[[
* ''[[
** Miko Miyazaki wore a hood in her first handful of appearances, allowing for a [[Samus Is a Girl]] [http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0200.html moment] when it was knocked off.
* The uniform of choice for the Mysterious Cloak Guys in ''[[
* Sarda from ''[[8-
* ''[[Sluggy Freelance
* ''[[
* In ''[[
* ''[[Girl Genius]]'' played with this one - when Agatha's party arrives in Mechanicsburg, they try a [[Black Cloak]] with hood [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20070416 to sneak in]. They're stopped immediately by the guards looking for Agatha. Luckily, the heroes were [[Genre Savvy]] enough to put Zeetha in the hood, even using her [[You Gotta Have Blue Hair|green hair color]] as an excuse why she was wearing the hood in the first place. The guards conclude it's the wrong girl and let them go, [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20070418 while Agatha watches from a distance.]
* In ''[[
* Ace in ''[[Eerie Cuties]]'' [
== [[Web Original]] ==
* In the webserial ''[[
** So that if someone manages to pierce her disguise, they still wouldn't see her face? It's unlikely they would think of the possibility that the revealed face was a [[Mask Power|fake]] as well.
* ''[[Todd in
== [[Western Animation]] ==
* Zuko in ''[[
* Raven from ''[[Teen Titans (
* Kenny from ''[[
* The evil Daedalus from ''[[The Mighty Hercules]]'', who usually ends each episode being dragged off by said hood.
* ''[[
* Frollo's judges in ''[[The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Disney film)|The Hunchback of Notre Dame]]''.
* The supervillain [[Obviously Evil|Grim Reaper]] in ''[[The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes
* Death from ''[[
* The Grim Reaper from ''[[The Grim Adventures of Billy
* [[Big Bad|Mumm-ra]] from [[Thundercats (2011
== [[Real Life]] ==
* [[Truth in Television]]: Hoodies. Many shops in the UK have banned them.
** And if you walk into a bank wearing a hood, you will probably have a chat with the police.
* Medieval executioners' black hoods were designed to intimidate prisoners and give would-be troublemakers pause, as well as providing a measure of anonymity for a ''very'' unpopular profession.
** Except that this, like so many "facts" about the Middle Ages, is a Victorian myth. Medieval executioners had no standard uniform, and made no effort to hide their identity. They were usually depicted in contemporary art as bald and pox-ridden or scarred, but never with hoods. Everybody knew the executioner's identity, and shunned him for it. The small population centers of medieval times did not provide the anonymity that would have allowed a man to hide his profession by simply covering his face.
*** This probably came about due to the fact that after the
*** The popular views about the executioners varied widely even within one nation. In some times and communities they were shunned, in others they were thought of just as another trade — it generally depended on the populace's view to the [[Public Execution|capital punishment]] itself. In one place the execution was a dark and solemn ceremony where people gathered to think of the eternal, and in another it might be a sort of grisly spectator sport.
* The [[wikipedia:File:Unabomber-sketch.png|iconic police sketch]] of Ted Kaczynski, the Unabomber.
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