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This is a main symptom of [[Came Back Wrong|Coming Back Wrong.]] ''Any'' humanoid example of [[Our Monsters Are Weird]] will fit this trope.
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* [[Black Eyes of Evil]].
* [[Glasgow Grin]]
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* 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.
* As mentioned above, [[Neon Genesis Evangelion|the MP-EVAs]], which are basically [[Humongous Mecha]] straight out of the [[Uncanny Valley]] and [[Slasher Smile|grinning like madmen]]. Some of Asuka and Shinji's [[Freak
* ''[[Barefoot Gen]]'' has *lots* of this, what with people's eyes melting out of their sockets, faces burned off, etc.
* Shows up a few times in ''[[Wolf Guy Wolfen Crest]]''. Haguro and Ryuuko in particular are very good at making these kinds of faces.
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* 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].
* ''[[
* The face Jack Skellington makes from ''[[The Nightmare Before Christmas]]'' when he [http://necaonline.com/nbctcg/cardlist/characters/jack2.jpg threatens Lock, Shock, and Barrel].
** Also Jack's expressions and movements when he sings, "...and they call him Sandy Claaaawwwwwzzzzz!!!!!"
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* This is the real reason why [[Star Wars|Darth Vader]] wears a mask.
* The titular creatures from the [[Predator]] series have a face terrifying enough to warrant the phrase [[Phrase Catcher|"You're one ugly motherfucker!"]]
* Jason Voorhees in all the ''[[Friday the
* [[Who Framed Roger Rabbit|"Remember me, Eddie? When I killed your brother, I talked... JUST... LIKE... THIS!!!!"]]
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== Literature ==
* In ''Invisible Monsters'' by [[Chuck Palahniuk]], the main character's lower jaw is shot off. [http://chuckpalahniuk.net/files/images/news/invisible-monsters-xander-lg.jpg This fanmade image] '''(WARNING: [[Gory/NSFW|NSFW]])''' gives a pretty good idea of why this is a bit of an upsetting thing.
* [[Redwall]]'s Slagar the Cruel has a badly mutilated [[Two
* ''[[The Phantom of the Opera]]''. This is the primary cause of Erik's tragedy (which makes all the slightly-marred-prettyboy adaptations that much more galling).
** With all due respect to the above opinion, unless we are talking about [http://i668.photobucket.com/albums/vv46/AnnePhantom/ponr076.jpg Gerard Butler's Phantom], [http://media.photobucket.com/image/Ramin%20Karimloo%20unmasked/OMGWTFGERIKHAWTNESS/RaminKarimlooMonkey.jpg this] [http://mariabjornson.com/images/phantom164s.jpg is not the slightly marred face] [http://davidlrattigan.com/Phantom%20of%20the%20Opera,%20unmasked,%201962.jpg of] [http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-WIPt0fpBHE8/TgI_9nqLKTI/AAAAAAAAAME/gAf3n1Cga5E/s1600/Lon_Phantom.jpg a pretty boy.]
*** And Gerard Butler's Phantom still looks like Sandor Clegane from [[A Song of Ice and Fire]].
* While we're at it: Sandor "The Hound" Clegane from [[A Song of Ice and Fire]], who had the left [[Two
* "The Dream" from ''[[Scary Stories to Tell In The Dark]]''? We don't know what the mysterious dream woman in the new edition looks like yet, but let's just say the one from the infamous classic edition ''will'' make you wish you slept with a ''[[Warhammer 40000]]'' weapon next to your bed.
** Also, the illustration from ''The Haunted House''. We would post a link, but we're too scared to search.
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== Live-Action TV ==
* ''[[
** 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].
** 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] from "[[Doctor Who
** The [http://images.wikia.com/tardis/images/d/d7/Siren-angry.jpg Siren] from "[[Doctor Who
** Subverted in "Midnight." When Skye turns around, there is clearly a new consciousness, but her face is unchanged.
** The [http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a293/toolbox1234/DoctorWhoS5E2Smiler.png "Angry Face"] of the mechanical Smiler androids from ''The Beast Below'', it should be noted that the Smilers' heads rotated 90 degrees to display one of two [[Frozen Face|Frozen Faces]] (pleased and disapointed), making the sudden appearence of the angry face (also revealed by rotating the head 90 degrees) a total suprise.
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* [[Monster Clown|Pennywise]] in the made for TV movie version of ''[[IT]]''.
* ''[[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
* On ''[[Angel (TV)|Angel]]''--[http://www.screencap-paradise.com/caps/displayimage.php?pid=161597&fullsize=1 Jasmine's real face.] Shudder.
* Balok in the ''[[Star Trek the Original Series]] episode'' "The Corbomite Maneuver".
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** 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
* 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''.}}
* The Psycho Heads from (SNES) ''[[Final Fantasy V (Video Game)|Final Fantasy V]]''. They are floating heads with the faces ripped off, with long, pink tongues sticking out. (shudders)
* The ending of ''[[Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game)|Final Fantasy VIII]]'' shows the main character, Squall, with no face.
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