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{{trope}}
{{quote|''"I knew it was you all along, Richard Nixon!"''|'''[[The Ditz|Officer Barbrady]]''', ''[[South Park]]''}}
As might be [[Exactly What It Says
Its status as the best-selling political mask of all time (and in many ways the inspiration for ''all'' political masks), as a symbol of famous counterculturists like [[Hunter S. Thompson]] and [[Bob Dylan]], and as a hilarious remnant of the seventies have made it a classic go-to prop when a strange/hilarious mask is needed.
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* Used by a group of convenience store robbers as a throw-away gag in ''[[The Dark Knight Returns]]''. Note that this group predates ''[[Point Break]]'' (see below) by a full five years.
* [[High Octane Nightmare Fuel|The Nun]] in ''[[Fell]]''.
* The gang of anti-clowns in ''[[Transmetropolitan]]''.
== Films -- Live-Action ==
* ''[[Point Break]]'' (1991) is perhaps the canonical example, with its team of bank robbers each donning a mask of a former president, making it almost required for future criminal-themed media to reference it.
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** Parodied in the French movie ''Brice de Nice'', where the title character is obsessed with watching ''Point Break''. When he tries his hand at his first own bank robbing, he's wearing a mask of Jacques Chirac.
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* In ''Airplane II'', when the shuttle goes to "Worp 0.5", the stewardess warns that the passengers may experience some slight metabolic changes. It then shows every passenger in a Nixon Mask.
* The robbers in ''Best Seller'' (1987).
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* A recreation of the Watergate break in the Spike Lee film ''[[She Hate Me]]'' has the perpetrators wearing the masks.
* Worn by one of the cheeleaders in ''[[Sugar and Spice]]''.
== Literature ==
* Worn by three characters who just happen to take part in the same shootout in ''Gone Bush'' by Chris Amies.
== Live-Action TV ==
* One of the characters in a group of friends during the episode "Blood on the Tracks" of ''Cold Case'' is seen riding a back and wearing a Richard Nixon mask... and apparently nothing else.
* One appears in the ''[[
* It also seems to be a popular disguise for streaking episodes: both Joey Gladstone of ''[[Full House]]'' and Eric Forman of ''[[That '70s Show]]'' have streaked in Nixon masks (the latter in front of [[Gerald Ford]]).
* ''[[Will and Grace]]''
** Jack McFarland's biological father wears the mask to hide his identity.
** Also, in the first [[Halloween Episode]], in which Will and Grace get roped into babysitting Harlan's kids for the night, one of the kids is dressed as Nixon, with a mask.
* An episode of ''[[Wings (TV series)|Wings]]'' had a Nantucket bank being robbed by an unnamed criminal wearing a Nixon mask; however, he is later apprehended by Antonio and Brian.
* ''[[Kamen Rider Kiva]]'' subverts it by having a robber in a [[
* On ''[[
* One episode of ''Knowing Me Knowing You'' saw Alan Partridge complaining about a group of robbers who wore Alan Partridge masks.
* Used in ''[[Underbelly]]: Tell Them Lucifer Was Here'' by Bandali Debs and his accomplices. Also applies to the real life robberies.
== Music Videos ==
* In the video for Bow Wow Wow's "Do You Wanna Hold Me" the guitarist rocks out in a Reagan mask.
* The Manic Street Preachers wear the masks in the music video for "The Love of Richard Nixon".
* One of the costumes used in [[The Residents]]' 13th Anniversary Tour was one of these.
* In one of the shots in Billy Joel's "We Didn't Start The Fire" the kid of the couple is shown wearing the mask and holding a toy pistol.
== Western Animation ==
* Meatwad wears one for Halloween in ''[[
* [[Hippie Teacher]] David Van Dreissen wears it for Halloween in ''[[Beavis and Butthead]]''.
* ''[[Family Guy]]''
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** Cleveland is snuck into a white's only golf-course using a Nixon mask.
* ''[[Johnny Bravo]]'': A shark attempting to pass itself off as human in "Beach Blanket Bravo" wears one. It goes surprisingly well.
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'''Shark:''' [[Most Definitely Not a Villain|Uh... no! I'm... Richard Nixon]]!
'''Surfer:''' Cool! Hey, thanks for getting us into China and everything! ''(does the V sign)'' }}
** What, you mean with that set-up he ''didn't'' say "I'm not a shark!"? ''Amateurs''...
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* In ''[[Squidbillies]]'', worn by an aging stunt-hooker as part of rehearsing a sex scene with <s>a double-amputee con artist</s> Patrick Swayze.
* ''[[Frisky Dingo]]'': One of the X-tacles wore a Nixon mask.
== Real Life ==
* Etiquette Hell describes [http://www.etiquettehell.com/content/eh_wedding/vendors/evendors2002arc.shtml a wedding] where "For reasons that were never revealed, the DJs put on mariachi sleeves and latex Richard Nixon masks(?!?!) before leading the conga line under the limbo bar [...] my date whispered to me: '[[What Do You Mean It Wasn't Made
* Stories tell of a man who robbed a bank using one of these as a disguise; he was armed and it was a very serious situation, but still.
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[[Category:Costume Tropes]]▼
[[Category:Disguise Tropes]]
[[Category:Politics Tropes]]
[[Category:Who Was That Masked Index?]]
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▲[[Category:Nixon Mask]]
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