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== Advertisements == |
== Advertisements == |
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* In Venezuela, there is this beer ad that features a [[Ms. Fanservice]] known as "la catira Regional" ("the Regional blonde", for the brand of the beer), |
* In Venezuela, there is this beer ad that features a [[Ms. Fanservice]] known as "la catira Regional" ("the Regional blonde", for the brand of the beer), who's always [http://www.google.co.ve/imgres?imgurl=http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__W1w33M6yfE/R7EbRmhcrxI/AAAAAAAAAnY/Ox6uHBL1kQ4/s400/CatiraRegional13.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp%3FTID3D53594%26PN%3D15&usg=__YSFIr_y0hWoZH9W_TftRbWdlWIg=&h=166&w=400&sz=23&hl=es&start=8&zoom=1&tbnid=Z5AfnFPokma4gM:&tbnh=51&tbnw=124&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dla%2Bcatira%2Bregional%26um%3D1%26hl%3Des%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26sa%3DN%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:es-ES:official%26biw%3D1280%26bih%3D610%26tbs%3Disch:1&um=1&itbs=1 in a bikini] [http://www.google.co.ve/imgres?imgurl=http://www.mercadolibre.com.ve/jm/img%3Fs%3DMLV%26f%3D24435414_8152.jpg%26v%3DE&imgrefurl=http://articulo.mercadolibre.com.ve/MLV-25372720-ccce2008-la-catira-regional-poza-vasos-sexys-cervezas-_JM&usg=__prdkA_3cYIrqp2woSfgwQsZJAYQ=&h=280&w=280&sz=11&hl=es&start=19&zoom=1&tbnid=BCFxLS0TMJZpiM:&tbnh=145&tbnw=175&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dla%2Bcatira%2Bregional%26um%3D1%26hl%3Des%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26sa%3DN%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:es-ES:official%26biw%3D1280%26bih%3D610%26tbs%3Disch:10%2C502&um=1&itbs=1&ei=kafDTO_bHcH6lwe5ir0H&iact=hc&vpx=606&vpy=254&dur=2090&hovh=224&hovw=224&tx=103&ty=72&oei=D6bDTImCHYL98Abc45TfBA&esq=17&page=2&ndsp=21&ved=1t:429,r:10,s:19&biw=1280&bih=610 or some] [http://dawarg.blogab.com/archives/261-La-catira-vestida-y-Regional-Pilsen-con-nueva-imagen.html other revealing outfit]. But everybody is more concerned about why she never shows her face: would she be ugly? Would she be a man...? And, not happy with making the whole country be worried about this matter, after years of teasing [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9glHiGiCy-U they make this], where you can see her face very briefly for some seconds. Isn't it cruel? |
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* A recent advertising campaign for the acid reflux medicine [[Unfortunate Names|Aciphex]] features either people shown only from the nose down, or people who have their faces from their nose up conveniently obscured by objects like a lamp, cupboard door, and a car front hood. |
* A recent advertising campaign for the acid reflux medicine [[Unfortunate Names|Aciphex]] features either people shown only from the nose down, or people who have their faces from their nose up conveniently obscured by objects like a lamp, cupboard door, and a car front hood. |
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* A staple of "golden age" theatrical shorts (''[[Looney Tunes]]'', etc.) in the '40s and '50s was to have a human character, typically female, who was only shown from the knees down. Examples include Mammy Two-Shoes (and her white, sometimes Irish, replacement as seen in edited versions of the shorts and in the short-lived ''Tom and Jerry Tales''), in the ''[[Tom and Jerry (Animation)|Tom and Jerry]]'' shorts; Sylvester and Tweety's owner in ''Tweetie Pie'' (though not Granny in the later shorts); J.L. in the Daffy Duck cartoon "The Scarlet Pumpernickel," and Marc Antony's owner in Chuck Jones' ''Feed the Kitty''. |
* A staple of "golden age" theatrical shorts (''[[Looney Tunes]]'', etc.) in the '40s and '50s was to have a human character, typically female, who was only shown from the knees down. Examples include Mammy Two-Shoes (and her white, sometimes Irish, replacement as seen in edited versions of the shorts and in the short-lived ''Tom and Jerry Tales''), in the ''[[Tom and Jerry (Animation)|Tom and Jerry]]'' shorts; Sylvester and Tweety's owner in ''Tweetie Pie'' (though not Granny in the later shorts); J.L. in the Daffy Duck cartoon "The Scarlet Pumpernickel," and Marc Antony's owner in Chuck Jones' ''Feed the Kitty''. |
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** Parodied and/or homaged in ''[[The Ren and Stimpy Show]]'', by Mr. and Mrs. Pipe. |
** Parodied and/or homaged in ''[[The Ren and Stimpy Show]]'', by Mr. and Mrs. Pipe. |
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** Also homaged in ''[[Who Framed Roger Rabbit]]'', where it turns out that those legs are a pair of stilts worn by an off-screen performer. |
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* Marvin the Martian in ''[[Looney Tunes]]'', and by extension the entire Martian race as seen on ''Animaniacs'' (the episode "Clown and Out" ended with {{spoiler|the Jerry Lewis-esque clown being blasted to Mars, where he's seen singing to Martian children}}) and ''[[Duck Dodgers]]', have this as a racial trait, their only physical facial feature being their eyes; otherwise, their face is a total blank. |
* Marvin the Martian in ''[[Looney Tunes]]'', and by extension the entire Martian race as seen on ''Animaniacs'' (the episode "Clown and Out" ended with {{spoiler|the Jerry Lewis-esque clown being blasted to Mars, where he's seen singing to Martian children}}) and ''[[Duck Dodgers]]', have this as a racial trait, their only physical facial feature being their eyes; otherwise, their face is a total blank. |
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* Fire Lord Ozai during the first two seasons of ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]''. He is usually a shadowed silhouette, but is seen fully illuminated in one episode, with different parts of his face and head visible in different shots -- every part ''except'' his eyes. His actual face is [[Pretty Boy|a good deal less intimidating then you'd think]] (if only because [[The Reveal]] was when he was in a good mood). |
* Fire Lord Ozai during the first two seasons of ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]''. He is usually a shadowed silhouette, but is seen fully illuminated in one episode, with different parts of his face and head visible in different shots -- every part ''except'' his eyes. His actual face is [[Pretty Boy|a good deal less intimidating then you'd think]] (if only because [[The Reveal]] was when he was in a good mood). |
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* ''[[G.I. Joe]]''. |
* ''[[G.I. Joe]]''. |
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** Cobra Commander, Destro, and Snake Eyes. Except Cobra Commander got revealed in the ill-received movie. Destro was subsequently shown without his mask via a 12" figure released in the mid-'90s (it was the main selling point!) and has since been shown without it in the current comics. Snake Eyes has been shown in one form of silhouette or another both pre- and post-scarring in all the various comics, usually showing the lower half of his face. |
** Cobra Commander, Destro, and Snake Eyes. Except Cobra Commander got revealed in the ill-received movie. Destro was subsequently shown without his mask via a 12" figure released in the mid-'90s (it was the main selling point!) and has since been shown without it in the current comics. Snake Eyes has been shown in one form of silhouette or another both pre- and post-scarring in all the various comics, usually showing the lower half of his face. |
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** Eventually the comics gave Cobra Commander one as well, not nearly as cheesy as the movie's version. He just looked kind of like {{spoiler|Che Guevara}}. |
** Eventually the comics gave Cobra Commander one as well, not nearly as cheesy as the movie's version. He just looked kind of like {{spoiler|Che Guevara}}. [http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.oafe.net/yo/art/gijsgcc4.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.oafe.net/yo/gijlcc.php&usg=__HK9IDqy5uVE06mQIjrMl3Fw9Ifw=&h=275&w=280&sz=48&hl=en&start=0&zoom=1&tbnid=kLOJSg8tfV9qiM:&tbnh=145&tbnw=149&ei=0Q9LTeCoEIG88gbKz-2iDg&prev=/images%3Fq3Dcobra%2Bcommander%2527s%2Bface%26hl%3Den%26biw%3D1280%26bih%3D933%26gbv%3D2%26tbs%3Disch:1&itbs=1&iact=rc&dur=564&oei=0Q9LTeCoEIG88gbKz-2iDg&esq=1&page=1&ndsp=35&ved=1t:429,r:1,s:0&tx=72&ty=94 Link]. And even ''that'' was a disguise. |
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** Snake Eyes' face was eventually revealed in it's entirety in ''GI Joe Vol.1: Reinstated'' by Devil's Due Publishing. The reveal showed both the "before" as well as the "after" of his reconstructive surgery. |
** Snake Eyes' face was eventually revealed in it's entirety in ''GI Joe Vol.1: Reinstated'' by Devil's Due Publishing. The reveal showed both the "before" as well as the "after" of his reconstructive surgery. [http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_1GF4elKx_Z8/SfZEq--AuyI/AAAAAAAABQ0|AAAAAAAABQ0/MxKi7NN_e48/s400/snake_eyes_face.JPG&imgrefurl=http://demsgoodreadin.blogspot.com/2009/04/snake-eyes.html&usg=__rFt_htxzkJK65OcwReCZwyhqJ0c=&h=392&w=400&sz=44&hl=en&start=0&zoom=1&tbnid=HpJKbWSIfgJPdM:&tbnh=142&tbnw=145&ei=Dg9LTZ7RGsP78AbQnoSpDg&prev=/images%3Fq3Dsnake%2Beyes%2Bface%26hl%3Den%26biw%3D1280%26bih%3D933%26gbv%3D2%26tbs%3Disch:1&itbs=1&iact=hc&vpx=132&vpy=103&dur=1654&hovh=222&hovw=227&tx=137&ty=132&oei=Dg9LTZ7RGsP78AbQnoSpDg&esq=1&page=1&ndsp=38&ved=1t:429,r:0,s:0 It's right here, if you want to look.] |
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** [[G.I. Joe Renegades]] continues the tradition. We see only ''part'' of Cobra Commander's face. Destro is introduced prior to getting his mask but he gets it soon after, and Snake Eyes's remains mostly hidden, except for [[The Un Reveal]] in one episode, when Zartan tried to steal his mask, and then promptly gave it back after commenting that Snake Eyes needed it more. |
** [[G.I. Joe Renegades]] continues the tradition. We see only ''part'' of Cobra Commander's face. Destro is introduced prior to getting his mask but he gets it soon after, and Snake Eyes's remains mostly hidden, except for [[The Un Reveal]] in one episode, when Zartan tried to steal his mask, and then promptly gave it back after commenting that Snake Eyes needed it more. |
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* Nanny on ''[[Muppet Babies]]'', seen only from the shoulders down (as were the non-Muppet adults in the babies' fantasy sequences). |
* Nanny on ''[[Muppet Babies]]'', seen only from the shoulders down (as were the non-Muppet adults in the babies' fantasy sequences). |
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