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{{quote|'''Camilla:''' You, sir, should unmask.~~ ~~

{{quote|'''Camilla:''' You, sir, should unmask.

'''Stranger:''' Indeed?~~ ~~

'''Stranger:''' Indeed?

'''Cassilda:''' Indeed, it's time. We have all laid aside disguise but you.~~ ~~

'''Cassilda:''' Indeed, it's time. We have all laid aside disguise but you.

'''Stranger:''' I wear no mask. |''[[The King in Yellow]]''.}}

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** Actually, they're kind of accepting at first, with some persuasion from the guy running the festival. It's only after the soldiers throw vegetables at Quasi that everyone turns on him.

* Used in the first ''[[Austin Powers]]'' movie, although it was perhaps more a case of Not a Wig.

* The Archbishop of Canterbury in ''[[Johnny English]]''.

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* ''[[The King in Yellow]]'' (see above) is also a straight example, from back before it was such a [[Dead Horse Trope]].

* [[Shel Silverstein]]'s poem "Best Mask?"

{{quote| They just had a contest for scariest mask,~~ ~~

{{quote|They just had a contest for scariest mask,

And I was the wild and daring one~~ ~~

And I was the wild and daring one

Who won the contest for scariest mask--~~ ~~

Who won the contest for scariest mask--

And (sob) I'm not even wearing one. }}

* In ''Quozl'', the [[Petting Zoo People]] aliens are wandering around Disneyland pretending to be people in suits. ({{spoiler|The protagonist's sister had written them into her kids' TV show}}) [[Hilarity Ensues]] when {{spoiler|the security guards confront them for being dressed up like characters ''[[Glamour Failure|from a rival company]]''.}}

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== Theater ==

* [[Cyrano De Bergerac]]: In Act I Scene I, Cyrano is described by one of his friends, Raguenau (making this [[Older Than Radio]]):

{{quote| ''Above his Toby ruff''~~ ~~

{{quote|''Above his Toby ruff''

'' he carries a nose!—ah, good my lords, what a nose is his! When one sees it''~~ ~~

'' he carries a nose!—ah, good my lords, what a nose is his! When one sees it''

'' one is fain to cry aloud, 'Nay! 'tis too much! He plays a joke on us!' Then''~~ ~~

'' one is fain to cry aloud, 'Nay! 'tis too much! He plays a joke on us!' Then''

''one laughs, says ''He will anon take it off.'' But no!—Monsieur de Bergerac''~~ ~~

''one laughs, says ''He will anon take it off.'' But no!—Monsieur de Bergerac''

'' always keeps it on.'' }}

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* In the story "Tall Tales" in the ''[[Paradise]]'' setting, characters who began to see through the [[Weirdness Censor]] assume that the [[Funny Animal|Funny Animals]] they see are humans wearing costumes. Of course, they are all attending a [[Furry Fandom]] convention at the time.

* In [http://strangeandsecretfaces.blogspot.com/2011/05/fever-ship.html this creepypasta] for ''[[The Fear Mythos]]'', this trope is applied to [[Enemy to All Living Things|the Plague Doctor]]:

{{quote| "He had a funny beak face," the child said. "I asked him. I asked him why he was wearing such a funny mask. He told me that he wasn't wearing no mask."}}

{{quote|"He had a funny beak face," the child said. "I asked him. I asked him why he was wearing such a funny mask. He told me that he wasn't wearing no mask."}}

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* [[Hanna-Barbera]] also did it with Loopy de Loop and [[Magilla Gorilla]].

* Used on ''[[The Simpsons]]'' at the end of "Who Shot Mr. Burns? Part 1":

{{quote| '''Chief Wiggum:''' This isn't Mr. Burns' face at all! It's a mask! (pulls on his face) Oh wait, it is Burns. Heh -- his wrinkly skin lo -- looked like a mask.}}

{{quote|'''Chief Wiggum:''' This isn't Mr. Burns' face at all! It's a mask! (pulls on his face) Oh wait, it is Burns. Heh -- his wrinkly skin lo -- looked like a mask.}}

** Also, Krusty to Homer in "Homer's Triple Bypass", pointing at his own face: "I got news for ya. This ain't makeup."

** Also inverted by Krusty. In "Bart the Fink", for a while Krusty went under the alias "Rory B. Bellows". The Rory persona looked like a "normal" Simpsons character, that is, with yellow skin, short brown hair and a normal nose. It turns out that it wasn't Krusty without his clown makeup, but Krusty with a disguise that covered his usual clown face... even his red nose was hidden under a fake yellow one!