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*** And then there's Rosa, who, although is the central character in Episode 2, makes [http://www.mangafox.com/manga/umineko_no_naku_koro_ni_episode_2_turn_of_the_golden_witch/c022/9.html this face]at a point. What hits the most is not the expression of it, but the ''situation''. It came after a rather moving [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming]], and it hits you like a punch. Rosa, by this moment, really is losing her mind, anyone can tell.
* ''[[D.Gray-man]]'' is very, very good at this. Half the Akuma qualify, and even they have nothing on [http://www.mangafox.com/manga/d_gray_man/c134/12.html the Millennium Earl]. As he would probably say: [[Say It with Hearts|<3]]
** Don't forget Tyki and Road. They have some pretty damn terrifying faces too.
* ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist]]'' also likes this. Besides a certain [[Came Back Wrong|failed attempt]] [[media:Fullmetal_Alchemist_-_02_-_Large_21.jpg|at human transmutation]], {{spoiler|Envy's [[One-Winged Angel]] form}} is ''covered'' in screaming, melting faces begging for release from their torture. Oh, and there's the {{spoiler|Cyclops army}}, whose [[Sarcasm Mode|stunning good looks]] have led the fandom to conclude that they're the illicit love children of [[Neon Genesis Evangelion|Mass-Production EVAs]] and zombies.
* ''[[Hellsing]]'' has a lot of characters with these. Like Alucard himself.
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* ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!]]'': Yami Bakura and Yami Marik have the tendency to make these kinds of faces in the anime. Especially Yami Marik since he is prone to having veins randomly pop up on his face, usually while his eyes are out of proportion and his tongue sticking out. ''Even the [[Off-Model]] shots of their faces are nightmarish''.
** Yubel from ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! GX]]'' is practically the successor of the two above when it comes to this, especially near the end of his/her duel with Judai, and quite possibly even surpasses the above two villains. The fact that she [[Expy|looks like both Yami Marik and Yami Bakura doesn't make it any better.]]
* ''[[Perfect Blue]]'': Mima sports one of these {{spoiler|as she kills a guy while disguised as a pizza delivery guy}}, Rumi's eyes are too widely spaced, which gives her an eerie look, but it's towards the end of the movie where she really gets into this trope. And [[Gonk|Me-Mania]] pretty much has this as his default facial expression.
* The villain Birds in ''[[Katekyo Hitman Reborn]].''
* ''[[Beelzebub]]'' has [http://www.mangareader.net/222-57385-6/beelzebub/chapter-76.html this shot]. It's drawn with so much detail it's disturbing.
* ''[[Serial Experiments Lain]]'': The girl from episode 1 and 2, the one that's supposedly hit by a train. One word: {{spoiler|HOLES}}. And {{spoiler|Evil Lain's}} grin.
* Dear god, ''[[Angel Densetsu]]'' practically ''runs'' [http://www.mangareader.net/178-11668-9/angel-densetsu/chapter-63.html on] [http://www.mangareader.net/178-11674-6/angel-densetsu/chapter-69.html this] [http://www.mangareader.net/178-11670-2/angel-densetsu/chapter-65.html trope].
* Normally, [[Weasel Mascot|Kyubey]] of ''[[Puella Magi Madoka Magica]]'' freaks viewers out with his [[Frozen Face|Frozen]] [[Cat Smile]]. Not so in the [http://i55.tinypic.com/106kap5.jpg manga].
* ''[[Wolf's Rain]]'': Darcia makes a few of these.
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* [[Toriko]] villains love this trope, and the worse their nature is, the more [[Up to Eleven|over-the-top disgusting]] their facial expressions during emotionally charged moments are.
* Manami from ''[[Life (manga)|Life]]'' often puts on a [[Nightmare Face]] when she isn't trying to be cute.
* Gouda from ''[[Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex]] 2nd Gig'' was badly disfigured in an accident, but chose not to undergo reconstructive surgery because his new look was more memorable.
* Drosselmeyer from ''[[Princess Tutu]]'' has a permanent manic grin and unblinking owl-like red eyes etched to his face.
* If [http://www.mangafox.com/manga/fuan_no_tane/ Fuan no Tane] is compared to a car, [[Nightmare Face]] is the High Octane [[A Worldwide Punomenon|Nightmare Fuel]] that powers it. The stories are subtley written, almost never exaggerated but includes ridiculous amounts of people/demons/poltergeists having faces that should not exist in any case. These range from three blacks holes for eyes and mouth, diluted sclera and contracted pupils at the same time, faces made of shadow, completely agape mouths with unhinged jaws, face with only skin, and faces completely distorted like that of Rorscach from [[Watchmen]]. Special mention goes to the baby who was so ugly, they put a bag on it's face, leaving a hole for it to breathe. Too bad it's [[Slasher Smile|permanent smile]] covers two-thirds of it's face while it consistently begs for someone to talk to.
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== Films -- Animated ==
* Twice in ''[[Snow White (Disney film)|Snow White and The Seven Dwarfs]]''. First, the hideous gnarled faces Snow White sees on the trees during her escape in the forest. Then, the Queen the first time she reveals her hag look.
* The face Fidget from ''[[The Great Mouse Detective]]'' makes when he [http://images4.fanpop.com/image/polls/590000/590681_1291376651365_full.jpg breaks through the window].
* The face Joanna makes from ''[[The Rescuers Down Under]]'' when she [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nuRohMj2f-s sticks her head out at Cody in the hole].
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* [[The Princess and the Frog|Doctor Facilier]] during his spell-casting: "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8I4h-lHZ6Gw I hope you're satisfied...]"
* The first appearance of [[Everything's Even Worse with Sharks|Bruce]] in ''[[Finding Nemo]]''.
* The snarling, vicious look on Tod's face during the fight with Copper in [[The Fox and The Hound]].
* The face [[Big Bad|Maleficent]] makes during the first shot of her as [[One-Winged Angel|a]] [[Scaled Up|dragon]] at the end of ''[[Sleeping Beauty (Disney film)|Sleeping Beauty]]''.
* ''[[Beauty and the Beast]]'': Whenever the Beast gets pissed.
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* [[Aphex Twin]]'s "Rubber Johnny". In fact, [[Aphex Twin]] has played this trope for Surreal Humor and Surreal Horror (sometimes both at the same time) in most of his music videos.
* The last scene in [[Lady Gaga]]'s video "Alejandro" in which the film burns up from the eyes and mouth out.
* In the music video for Madonna's "Bedtime Story", there’s a part near the end where [http://img269.imageshack.us/img269/3516/bedtimestories.jpg Madonna's mouth has been replaced by an eye and her eyes by two mouths.] Do NOT click on that image! [[Schmuck Bait|You have been warned.]]
* In the music video for "Mama," by [[Genesis (band)|Genesis]], when [[Phil Collins]] [[Evil Laugh|laughs]]. Also done in live performances of the song as well.
** "In the Air Tonight" does this as well. When the drum solo kicks in, Collins' black-and-white visage suddenly transforms into a blazing, brightly-colored, and VERY angry thermographic image.
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** Face, by the way, is ''full-screen.'' And once the scene starts, ''you cannot manually exit it.''<ref>short of hitting ALT+ F4</ref> When it does end, you wake up.
** The Kaibutsu in the Fan Sequel .Flow also count...
* What about the extremely low-poly face of Andross in the original [[Star Fox (series)|Star
* In ''[[Fatal Frame]] 4: Mask of Lunar Eclipse'', the final stage of the Getsuyuu Syndrome is [http://www.cameraslens.com/fatalframewiki/index.php5?title=Blooming Blooming], which doesn't directly affect the victim's face itself but somehow makes it appear horrifically blurred and distorted. Oh, and the people who die of this syndrome become ghosts, and anyone who just ''looks'' at the face will suffer the same fate.
* ''[[Silent Hill 3]]''. [[Big No|The final boss]]. It's just so wrong on a subconscious level, because the skin has a strange netlike pattern to it. Also, it never opens its eyes.
** ''[[Silent Hill 4]]'': That one room in the hospital world...you know the one. {{spoiler|The giant Eileen head with the demented expression}}.
** Also, the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfWBZ0M0qT4 Silent Hill nurses]. [[Butter Face|Great bodies, horrifying faces]].
*** In ''[[Silent Hill 2]]'' and ''[[Silent Hill Homecoming|Homecoming]]'', they [[The Blank|hardly even have faces]].
* More recently, we have [http://www.esotericarticles.com/images/silent_hill_downpour/monocle_monster.jpg The Aristocrat] from [[Silent Hill: Downpour]]. You meet him for only a few seconds at the end of the terrifying train ride at Devil's Pit Mine, but he will most likely remain etched into your mind's eye for quite some time: a disembodied piece of flesh draped on the cave walls, wearing [[High-Class Glass]]. [[Sarcasm Mode|Fancy]].
* The enemies in ''[[Rule of Rose]]'' are this. [http://img405.imageshack.us/img405/4584/onebigeyedimpkx9.jpg FUCK.]
* In ''[[Eversion]]'', the smiling block faces you see at the start of the game become less and less happy as you evert into deeper worlds. {{spoiler|In [[Wham! Episode|World X-5]], they have blank, terrified expressions with empty eye sockets. In X-6, they're disfigured, as if they're ''melting''.}}
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* In ''[[Corpse Party]]'', many of the evil spirits sport these. At times, the victims' reaction faces can veer into this, too, particularly in the manga.
* The Necromorphs from ''[[Dead Space (series)|Dead Space]]''. This is not surprising considering they are the remains of violently slaughtered corpses, reanimated and deformed by an alien virus. The [http://media.photobucket.com/image/dead%20space%202/TheUnsungHeroes/scan0001.png?o=245 concept] [http://www.flickr.com/photos/gamingafterfive/5376425719/in/set-72157625877813648/lightbox/ art] [http://www.flickr.com/photos/invertsfromhell/4783619909/in/photostream/lightbox/ is] [http://dailydead.com/dead-space-2-concept-art/ little] [http://envydream.blogspot.com/2010/07/dead-space-2-necromorph-analysis.html better] (perhaps even worse since every little horrible detail is layed bare for all unlucky viewers to see). Don't look at it if you don't have a strong stomach.
** ''[[Dead Space 2]]'' throws their face literally into yours, with the opening showing someone within kissing distance of Isaac turning into one of those face-exploder-type slashers, while still alive.
* Lady Tsepish from ''[[King's Quest VII the Princeless Bride|King's Quest 7]]'', whose face is apparently so horrifying that it'll instantly kill Valanice/Rosella if they look upon her.
* During the final boss battle at the end of ''[[Super Mario World (video game)|Super Mario World]]'', after taking a certain amount of damage, [[Big Bad|Bowser]] will actually temporarily fly away in his Koopa Clown Car and towards the camera very fast, and we get to see a closeup of the Clown Car's face!
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== Webcomics ==
* Comedic [[In-Universe]] example is [[8-Bit Theater
* [[Dan and Mab's Furry Adventures|DMFA]]'s [[All There in the Manual|background material]] gave us [http://www.missmab.com/Demo/Leader03.php this]. Oh Lordy. Gee, I wonder what [[Emotion Eater|that clan feeds on]]...
* Some people in [[Goblins]] are very good at this. [http://www.goblinscomic.com/05272009/ Very] good.
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** He makes another terrifying face later in the episode after he kills Mr. Horse, and the face he makes in "Stimpy's Pregnant" when he finds out Stimpy's "pregnant" and [http://www.awn.com/imagepicker/image/7792 attempts to abort the "baby"] is also pretty frightening.
* ''[[Family Guy]]'' parodied ''[[The Ring]]'' in one [[Manatee Gag]]; Peter watches the cursed tape despite fair warning, and the next cut we see him? [[Nightmare Face]], just like what you might expect from a reference to ''[[The Ring]]'' ({{spoiler|[[Don't Explain the Joke|The joke is that]] the cursed video was a copy of ''[[Mannequin]]''; [[Take That]]!}}).
** The character of Death also apparently has on of these, causing Peter to scream in terror when he see it and vomit afterwards.
* ''[[SpongeBob SquarePants]]'' has actually used this on occasion. Probably the most well-known (and disturbing) example is [http://th04.deviantart.net/fs42/300W/i/2009/143/8/2/MOAR_KRABS_by_Sporemaster.jpg Moar Krabs], from the "more" montage from the episode "Jellyfish Hunter."
** MOAR Krabs is absolutely nothing compared to THAT face in "Who Bob What Pants." The face I speak of is scarier than any of the pictures on the Image Links page.
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** [[Cute Monster Girl|Vampiress Marceline]] cranks the [[Nightmare Face]] up to eleven when she gets angry or [[Our Vampires Are Different|feeds on anything red.]]
** The shot of Lemongrab with his eyes rolled back into his head, with only the whites exposed, could count as this. That just came out of nowhere... *shudders*
*** There was a deleted scene from that same episode, where Lemongrab sends a tiny candy kid to the dungeon. When the kid meekly tries to protest, LG makes an exceedingly creepy, deranged face, and the kid leaves the room in tears.
** The Lich's face, all the time.
** Ricardio's close-up. "AND MAKE OUT WITH IT!"
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*** ''HOWDOYALIKEMYNEWCHAINSAWANDHOCKEYMASK?!?!''
* "[[Rugrats|I'M NOT TOMMY!]]" [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=91TKa2133vQ&feature=related Here you go]
* [[media:CreepyEzekiel_7614.png|These]] [[media:EvilEzekiel_6557.png|three]] [[media:NightmareZeke_6999.png|images]] of Ezekiel from [[Total Drama World Tour]] as he descends into complete madness from an obsession with winning the season.
* Some of the faces the Grinch makes from ''[[How the Grinch Stole Christmas (animation)|How the Grinch Stole Christmas]]'' could qualify, like [http://zeichenpress.files.wordpress.com/2008/11/grinchy-smile.jpg this one] [http://chud.com/nextraimages/GrinchHolyFreakingEvilF.jpg or this one].
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=25yEwVAnA9U#t=261s Invite that cat ... to TEAAAAAA]
* Snake Eyes in [[G.I. Joe: Renegades]] is implied to have this by the unnerved reaction of several bikers who saw him unmasked. {{spoiler|Scrap-Iron's}} scarring after taking a missile to the face ''definitely'' qualifies.
** No mention of Cobra Commander? In the Marvel comics, he wore the mask just to stay anonymous, but in the Sunbow cartoon, the mask was to hide his face. Destro, himself masked but a normal guy underneath, is repulsed in one episode when walking in unexpectedly on Cobra Commander dining. When the animated movie rolled around, everyone [http://joetoonarchive.com/displayimage.php?album=52&pos=193 saw why]... then [[It Got Worse]].
* ''[[The Problem Solverz]]'' episode "Funny Facez" invokes this several times with "funny face artists." The characters find the faces hilarious, but they're really kind of creepy looking. At the end of the episode, Alfe makes the [http://i.imgur.com/HvZsl.jpg "funniest"] one.
* [[Transformers Animated|Blackarachnia]] without her helmet.
* In the ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]'' episode "[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic/Recap/S2 E3 Lesson Zero|Lesson Zero]]", Twilight gets a [[Slasher Smile]] ([http://th05.deviantart.net/fs71/PRE/i/2011/288/4/c/oh__twilight__you__re_crazy_by_aibotnya-d4cwat4.png here]), [http://fc06.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2011/288/d/8/tweeloot_sporkle_3_by_rewirken-d4cwlh5.jpg grinding teeth], and a horrible mane when she falls off the deep end.
* Nebby K. Nezzer during the climax of the ''[[Veggie Tales]]'' video "Rack, Shack, and Benny" when he dumps Bob the Tomato as Shadrach, Junior Asparagus as Meshach, and Larry the Cucumber as Adbenago into the furnace.
* The faces the Hitchhiking Ghosts make to scare [[Pete]] in the ''[[House of Mouse]]'' version of the song [[The Haunted Mansion|"Grim Grinning Ghosts."]]
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== Other ==
* Some of the scarier vanity plates sometimes used these. Some notable ones include the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DEMwrKQXJiw "VID Mask"] and [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90U0dYQDft0 the Klasky-Csupo Robot (or SSF)].
* Most if not all the pics from Creepy Pasta Wiki will want to make you sleep with a gun under your pillow.
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* Not just nightmare face but nightmare head and brain too: a mistake in the womb around day 22 of pregnancy can result in a condition called anencephaly, where the baby is born alive, but ''without a brain''. [[Schmuck Bait|Don't search for it]], the image will scar you for life.
** Related is a condition called holoprosencephaly...well basically another name for this is 'Cyclopia'. Yeah. Guess what it does. It results from the brain not splitting into two hemispheres; Cyclopia is the worst form, but the simplest of cleft palates is the least...
* Joseph Merrick - You might know him as "The Elephant Man". Tragically, he was treated as a freak and exploited by freakshow owners and doctors despite simply being born with a terrible illness.
* Huang Chuncai, also known as "[http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/episode/china-s-elephant-man-4210/Overview China's Elephant Man]" Think Joseph Merrick to [[Up to Eleven|10th power.]] And that includes [[The Woobie|woobie points]] [[Tear Jerker|as well.]]
* Charla Nash, the victim of a domesticated animal attack, had most of her face as well as her right hand ripped off when her friend's pet chimpanzee mauled her in 2009. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3DeJjHAz8I The result] is ''extremely'' hard to look at; hell even her operators needed counseling after seeing her damage!
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** [http://www.yourdailymedia.com/media/1125941136 This Russian guy] ('''WARNING: graphic''') also had his face ripped off by a bear.
* In a similar, but more horrifying vein, [http://www.nydailynews.com/lifestyle/2010/07/16/2010-07-16_gunshot_survivor_chrissy_steltz_receives_incredible_prosthetic_face_11_years_aft.html Chrissy Steltz] got a prostetic face (well, eyes and nose). She previously wore a sleeping mask when she went out.
* Denise Wagoner, who was blinded and severely disfigured in a DUI accident. The EMT on the scene remarked that her face looked like "bloody hamburger" after the crash, and that's pretty much exactly what it was. Don't google image search this.
** In hindsight, it sounds eerily similar to the case of the "hamburger lady" described in a certain [[Throbbing Gristle]] song, which was based on a real life car crash/burn victim.
** Jacqui Saburido was also disfigured in a drunk driving accident, but is even more of a [[Woobie]] because, unlike Wagoner, the accident wasn't her fault.
* Chase No Face, a cat who looks like someone took a blowtorch to her eyes and nose. She was hit by a car and survived, but her nose, whiskers, and most of the fur on her face could not be repaired by doctors, leaving nothing but pink flesh left where her fur was.
* Jose Mestre, the "Bad Face of Lisboa"(according to rotten.com), who had his face taken over be a hemangioma/AVM. Rumor has it that he died during the surgery... However, as everyone knows, rumors are unreliable. He lived. What he looks like under the bandages has yet to be seen.
* Look up "keloid" (a scar that starts absorbing collagen, so it gets wicked huge. commonly forms from radiation exposure) on google images.
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