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* [[Batman]]'s mask can sometimes be seen doing this. Of course, for Bats it's almost always "brow furrowed." '''[[media:batmangasp.png|Almost]]'''. The ''appearance'' of this is [[Justified Trope|explained]] by the live-action films: close-ups on Batman's face make clear that he's wearing eye makeup in the gap between his mask and the edges of his eyelids. (This is the most likely method for any live actors masked in the same style.)
:Another good example is Cassandra/Batgirl II's mask: Unlike Batman's it's full face and even the eyes are black, but they get a lot of mileage out of changing the shading on it.
** Spoilers mask is similar to Spider-man and Deadpool [http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lj5gtqoxW51qzecq2o1_500.jpg below], complete with the cocked [http://media.comicvine.com/uploads/1/10978/454679-spoiler4_super.jpg eyebrow]{{Dead link}}
** Jason Todd (aka Red Hood) appears to be getting one in the DC reboot. The thing is, its a bike helmet that covers his face.
* Destro in ''[[G.I. Joe]]'' was a very good example of this, given that despite his wearing of a metal mask that completely covers his head, it was in essence "painted on", in regards to being able to furrow his brow, smile, frown, move his lips, etc. Destro's mask was played with in the live-action film where {{spoiler|his severely burned face is turned to flexible metal through the [[Applied Phlebotinum]] of the nanomites.}}
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* Justified in ''[[The Mask (film)|The Mask]]'' (all versions) because the thing is magic, even if it appears wooden when not being worn.
* Played for laughs in ''[[Scary Movie]]'', where the expression of the mask worn by the killer changes between shots into anything from mad, to happy, to [[The Stoner|stoned]].
* Jack Skellington in ''[[The Nightmare Before Christmas]]'' not only has expressive eyesockets, he ''[[Up to Eleven|even can stretch his face into a]] [http://necaonline.com/nbctcg/cardlist/characters/jack2.jpg terrifying roar]{{Dead link}}''. This helps to make him more endearing to the audience, obviously, but some fans have come up with an in-universe explanation that, this paired up with the fact that Jack apparently has a need to eat and can feel pain, that Jack is a skeletal ''creature'' ([[Fan Nickname|Bone Demon]]) rather than an actual skeleton.
* The skeletons in ''[[Jason and the Argonauts]]'' have angry "eyebrows."
* Deadpool, in (what else?) ''[[Deadpool (film)|Deadpool]]'', has a genuinely expressive mask, the nature of which is never explained.
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== Web Comics ==
* The [[Big Bad]] and common [[Mooks]] for most of ''[[Its Walky]]'' are capable of showing rage, confusion, and even bewilderment through their helmets. Sometimes even [https://web.archive.org/web/20130208153545/http://www.itswalky.com/d/20030216.html all of them at once].
* Justified in ''[[Freefall]]'': Sam Starfall's mask was purpose-built to mimic human expressions, and [[Mobile Suit Human|he can control it with his tentacly face]].
** But the same strip contains robots whose normally-oval eyes appear as semicircles when they're annoyed, or as lines. (The latter made sense when it appeared on Sawtooth Rivergrinder, however, as the ^ shapes were displayed ''inside'' his eyes, which are confirmed to be capable of functioning as a graphical display.)
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* Qujia Vloz'ress, a minor antagonist in ''[[Drowtales]]'' wears a black, smooth, featureless mask, which is nevertheless [http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?order=chapters&id=919 quite expressive].
* [[PvP]]: Scratch Fury in his Christmas tree disguise, Kringus.
** Brent's eyeglasses [https://web.archive.org/web/20120217164531/http://www.pvponline.com/2011/11/21/fine-print/ squint when he squints].
* In ''[[Everyday Heroes]]'', Carrie has both expressive glasses and [[Open the Iris|puppy eyes]] [http://www.webcomicsnation.com/eddurd/everydayheroes/series.php?view=single=73518 here].
** [[Alliteration|Mr. Mighty's mask]] and most others [http://www.webcomicsnation.com/eddurd/everydayheroes/series.php?view=single&ID=93116 also have this feature].
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