In the Hood: Difference between revisions

* Lampshaded in the ''[[Discworld]]'' novel ''Going Postal'', in which the antagonist notes that running through dark and rainy streets with a hood and cloak is the surest way to ''attract'' attention and quietly orders a subordinate killed for his incompetence.

* Defied in ''[[The Wheel of Time]]'': Myrddraal, the second-most common type of Shadowspawn, could easily pass for a human by wearing a dark hood. As a result, in several countries, the law states that everyone wearing a hood is to be killed on sight, just in case. In less watchful countries, this is not the case and Aes Sedai use this trick all the time.

* 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|Saga of Grettir the Strong]]''. Grettir was the ''tallest'' man in Iceland. He was an outlaw with a price on his head. He wore a hood and nobody ever recognized the ''[[Paper-Thin Disguise|tallest]]'' [[Paper-Thin Disguise|man in Iceland]].

** 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]].

* In ''[[Infamous (video game series)|In Famous]]'', the first gang of the game, the normal Reapers wear red reaper style hoods while the Conduits wear white. Oddly enough, they normally paint a skull onto the hood itself. The hood happens to hide their face, no matter how much light is actually shining on it. {{spoiler|Then again, they aren't entirely human according to later missions, so maybe they just have pitch-black faces.}}

** [[Big Bad|Kessler]] wears a white hood.

* In ''[[Prototype (video game)|Prototype]]'', the main character, Alex Mercer, wears a hood to cover his face. This is because {{spoiler|the real}} Alex Mercer was wearing a hood {{spoiler|on his way to Penn Station}} because he was {{spoiler|on the run}}. In the game, Alex keeps wearing that hood because {{spoiler|thats what he was wearing when the FBI shot him dead}}. The Blacklight Virus simply {{spoiler|copied his appearance at the time of his death and made it his [[Shapeshifter Default Form]]}}.

* Caster in ''[[Fate/stay night|Fate Stay Night]]'' though it's really not entirely clear as to ''why''. It's clear she's a beautiful woman but she isn't really distinctive enough for it to identify her. Nevertheless, you only get one good look at her actual face. Perhaps it's to make sure the audience thinks of her as a manipulative witch and saves the reveal of her rather elfin features for when she gets all her sympathy points {{spoiler|and won't need us to pity her anymore since she's already dying?}}

** Platinum the Trinity wears one that obscures the top part of... their face.

* Amusingly played with in ''[[World of Warcraft]]''. There are several types of hood, but about 70% of them don't cast any shadows over the face. About half of what is left is composed of larger hoods that also don't hide faces. Hilariously enough, most of the hoods that actually ''do'' cast shadows over the face are intended for ''priests'', and when examined with the rest of their matching gear sets, seem to have been made with ''holy'' priests in mind.

* The various unnamed Reapers in ''[[The World Ends With You]]'', who bar your path with invisible walls, forcing you to complete tasks for them to proceed.

* And now there's a ''[[Pokémon]]'' [http://archives.bulbagarden.net/media/upload/1/11/560Zuruzukin.png based off a mohawk hoodie]. Its hood is made up of the shed skin of its pre-evolved form. Slightly subverted as it doesn't really wear the hood during battle.

* ''[[Heavy Rain]]'' has Norman Jayden giving Ethan Mars a police coat with a hood so that he could escape.

* The title character's hood in ''[[Amea]]'' turns out to serve as a case of [[Lazy Artist]]--{{spoiler|she doesn't need new sprites after [[Eye Scream|gouging her own eyes out]]}}.