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* ''[[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.
* [http://mi9.com/uploads/anime/3921/eureka-seven-skateboard_1280x1024_62627.jpg This is Renton]{{Dead link}} from [[Eureka Seven]]. [[media:Nightmare 6 5445.png|This is Renton]] when he sees a hallucination while mercilessly ripping apart an LFO in Episode 20. Any questions?
* Anyone going crazy in ''[[Soul Eater]]''. It's a combination of [[Wide Eyes and Shrunken Irises]], a [[Slasher Smile]], and extreme violence in large quantities.
** Also, {{spoiler|Asura's}} smile. Seriously, just... just [http://img3.ak.crunchyroll.com/i/spire1/7e46a265c3fb6d06dc1de8dc8fb272681255988589_full.jpg look at it]{{Dead link}}.
* Initially just played with in [[Bleach]]; instead of horrifically deformed faces, it's instead had a number of horrifying ''expressions'' mainly given out by Hollow Ichigo and Mayuri Kurotsuchi, so those never really counted as much as the other examples.... until [http://www.mangahere.com/manga/bleach/v45/c420/15.html this happened].
** How about [http://www.mangareader.net/bleach/493/6 this] then.
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* ''[[Revolutionary Girl Utena]]'': Saionji's face whenever he gets pissed. As well as the blank face or [[Scary Shiny Glasses]] that Anthy sometimes has. Also, in episode 38 when Akio tries to make Utena his princess Anthy responds with another scary blank face and her eyes roll back in her head as she disappears.
* Sasuke in chapter 574 of ''[[Naruto]]'' makes a creepy crazy face [http://www.mangahere.com/manga/naruto/v60/c574/15.html here].
* Of all series, ''[[One Piece]]'' gives us [http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20111023033058/onepiece/images/a/aa/Caribou_marine.jpg Caribou]{{Dead link}} and [http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20111227053806/onepiece/images/e/ec/Big_Mom_portrait.png Big Mom]{{Dead link}}.
== Comic Books ==
* [http://www.comics.org/issue/251817/cover/4/ Jonah] [https://web.archive.org/web/20131127104454/http://www.politedissent.com/archives/1937 Hex]. (That second link includes an informative essay on what the result of [[Jonah Hex|Hex]] being unable to close his right eye would lead to.)
* [http://imgur.com/SrNSD.jpg Two-Face], obviously. Well, half of him. Varies from artist to artist, with Tim Sale's rendering (pictured) being particularly gruesome.
* [[The Joker]], naturally. [[Frozen Face]] with a [[Slasher Smile]]? Check. Permanent [[Uncanny Valley Makeup]]? Check. Looks like a [[Monster Clown]] from your worst nightmares? [[Precision F-Strike|Fucking]] ''check''.
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* Nina's crazy face in ''[[Black Swan]]'' that also is in the TV ads. Sweet dreams [[media:black-swan-movie 1188.jpg|tropers]]!
* In ''[[Dagon]]'', almost everyone in Imboca has one of these.
* The movie [[Ink]] has these in the form of [https://web.archive.org/web/20120507204034/http://www.itchywatermelon.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/ink1.jpg Incubi], pictures not enough? [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ziK3mVnK-s&feature=related Here is a lovely video]. Oh no, please, don't thank me. ''Really''.
{{quote|video may contain some spoilers.}}
* [[Transformers (film)|Movie]] [[Big Bad|Megatron.]]
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** Moffat's new villains, the Weeping Angels, are already beyond frightening. The nightmarish implications, the living inanimate objects, people ceasing to exist, all of these already put the Angels at the top, but when they're in mid-pounce form... [http://images.wikia.com/tardis/images/b/be/Series5weepingangels.jpg JAEEEEZZUSS!!]
** Speaking of [[Steven Moffat|The Grand Moff]], he also gave us New Series 6 villains {{spoiler|[http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20110423193636/tardis/images/5/53/The_Silence.jpg The Silence]}}. Best part? {{spoiler|[[Paranoia Fuel|You forget you saw them as soon as you stop looking at them]]}}.
** In both the classic series AND the new ones, there was a group of alien creatures called the Autons, which were mannequin-like at first, but turned alive. They turn more human-ish later on, to the point where in the episode "Spearhead from Space", they look completely human. It's not scary now at all, but back in the eighties when most of the villains were Daleks or wore rubber suits... [http://images.wikia.com/tardis/images/7/76/Auton_spearhead.png oh god]{{Dead link}}.
** In the classic series, there was the Master in ''The Deadly Assassin'' and ''The Keeper of Traken'' who, being on the very verge of death, had basically become a walking corpse with the skeletal face to match (as best makeup of the 1970s & 80s could manage, anyway).
** A lot of ''Doctor Who'' monsters, especially if they initally seem friendly, get a ''lot'' nastier-looking when they [[Face Heel Turn|get down to business]]. For example, the [http://images.wikia.com/tardis/images/4/4a/Gelth_Ambassador.PNG Gelth]{{Dead link}} from "[[Doctor Who/Recap/S27/E03 The Unquiet Dead|The Unquiet Dead]]"
** The [http://images.wikia.com/tardis/images/d/d7/Siren-angry.jpg Siren] from "[[Doctor Who/Recap/S32/E03 The Curse of the Black Spot|The Curse Of The Black Spot]]" when she gets angered.
** Subverted in "Midnight." When Skye turns around, there is clearly a new consciousness, but her face is unchanged.
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* ''[[Fringe]]'' has one episode where a biological weapon results in people developing scar tissue at an alarming rate. Biggest problem with this is that it turns them into a blank, covering their eyes, nose, and mouth, resulting in them suffocating.
* Mild-mannered demon Clem on ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer|Buffy]]'' is capable of showing one, while we only see the back of his head, in an obvious [[Shout-Out]] to ''[[Beetlejuice]]''.
* On ''[[Angel]]''--[http://www.screencap-paradise.com/caps/displayimage.php?pid=161597&fullsize=1 Jasmine's real face.]{{Dead link}} Shudder.
* Balok in the ''[[Star Trek: The Original Series]] episode'' "The Corbomite Maneuver".
* The lion from ''[[The Teletubbies]]'', especially when he says "Where is THE BEAR?!!!"
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== Videogames ==
* The Grunt and the Brute from ''[[Amnesia: The Dark Descent|Amnesia the Dark Descent]]''. The Brute pretty much doesn't even have a face, though you can find [http://th08.deviantart.net/fs71/PRE/f/2011/189/d/9/brute_ii_by_kalmisto-d3lf2mx.jpg an eye and some teeth in there...]{{Dead link}} And the Grunt isn't much better. He doesn't really have a jaw, it's just a flappy bit of skin. [https://web.archive.org/web/20120130150023/http://images.wikia.com/amnesia/images/1/1d/AmnesiaServent.jpg Well, that's an understatement...]
* Essentially, every single splicer in ''[[BioShock (series)]]'' seems to have a gruesome, mutated face, sometimes hidden by a New Year's party mask, their mutation either thanks to their rigorous splicing or Dr. Steinman's attempts to fix the effects of said splicing, and it certainly didn't help that Steinman had his own ideas of beauty...
* [[Left 4 Dead|The Boomer, the Smoker, the Tank, the Spitter, the Jockey, and the Charger.]] Boomer's face is coated in bile-filled pustles. Smoker's face is laden with tumors and, in the sequel, ''extra tongues''. The Tank is ''missing his lower jaw''. The Spitter has her neck elongated, and most of her lips burned off. Jockey's face is twisted into that of a constant manic glee, with his lips torn off. And the Charger's face looks like someone took a hammer to it multiple times.
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** ''NO TAKE MIRROR!''
** [[The Legend of Zelda CDI Games|"...or else you will DIE!!!"]]
** The [[Majoras Mask|Happy Mask Salesman's]] face becomes this when he gets angry. The [http://www.zeldawiki.org/images/a/a4/Mask_Salesman_MM_rage.jpg frightening expressions]{{Dead link}} on some of the masks he carries don't help much either.
*** Forget him. What about the face that appears when you put on the Deku, Goron, and Zora masks?
* In [[Touhou Project|Labyrinth of Touhou]], Alice's boss sprite is apparently a reference to a very obscure game. For the rest of us who don't know about that (and is challenging her for the first time), her face can be quite startling to look at.
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* [[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.
* In ''[[Stardroids]]'' [https://web.archive.org/web/20101128122058/http://stardroids.net/wordpress/?p=152
** Return X is rather skilled at these...as seen [https://web.archive.org/web/20101128092909/http://stardroids.net/wordpress/?p=77 here]...
* ''[[Homestuck]]'' has a few. Particularly notable is Jack Noir, who... [http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa281/Jiminiminy/127566327117.gif holy shit.]
** <small>and you...</small> '''''[http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=darkcage GOT ONE]'''''
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* ''[[The Ren and Stimpy Show]]'' owes much of its horror to this trope.
** A REALLY exaggerated and freaky one happens in "Ren Seeks Help". [http://i173.photobucket.com/albums/w45/nashimi/happyjoy00005.jpg Here, but you're warned - it's ''REALLY'' scary]. I'm not kidding.
** 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 [https://web.archive.org/web/20110907033047/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.
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* ''[[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/E03 Lesson Zero|Lesson Zero]]", Twilight gets a [[Slasher Smile]] ([https://web.archive.org/web/20150112105136/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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* Dear God, [[Music/Dead Or Alive|Pete Burns]]. Even the botched lip job that nearly cost him his life didn't stop his plastic surgery addiction.
* [http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/nstv/2011/08/friday-illusion-flipping-faces-reveals-odd-features.html This video] demonstrates how our perception of faces can be toyed with.
* ''Something'' is very, very wrong with [http://worldofwonder.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Callista-Gingrich.jpg Newt Gingrich's wife Callista]{{Dead link}} in a recent photo.
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