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May involve being [[Never Bareheaded]]. For other parts of the body, see [[Scenery Censor]]. If you don't see ''anything'' at all from a villain, watch your step; you're up against an [[Ultimate Evil]]. For ''literally'' faceless characters see [[The Blank]]. [[Scary Shiny Glasses]] is related. The hidden-by-shadow version combined with [[Chekhov's Gunman]] results in [[Sinister Silhouettes]]. If a character never appears ''at all'', they're [[The Ghost]].

The mask-wearing kind of [[The Faceless]] often end with [[The Reveal]]. Sometimes this is [[Nerd in ~~Evils~~ Helmet|a big anticlimax]].

The mask-wearing kind of [[The Faceless]] often end with [[The Reveal]]. Sometimes this is [[Nerd in Evil's Helmet|a big anticlimax]].

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* Soichiro Otonashi, Kyoko's late husband in ''[[Maison Ikkoku]]'', has his face [[media:mangasoichiro.jpg|blacked out]] in all flashbacks of him. Even his yearbook photo was obscured by a large ink stain. When the main character is finally able to see a picture of Soichiro, it's an [[Un Reveal]] for the reader.

* ''[[Gun X Sword]]'': {{spoiler|Shino}} is only ever seen once, and that is in silhouette {{spoiler|behind a sheet as she hangs laundry in Ray's dying fantasy}}. However, we do see a waitress who Joshua says looks just like her. Also applies to {{spoiler|Elena}}, who appears in several flashbacks; her full face is never revealed and we never see her eyes.

* ''[[Jo ~~Jos~~ Bizarre Adventure (Manga)|Jo Jos Bizarre Adventure]]'' - The face of Dio Brando in the third series is never seen until a splash page [[The Reveal|reveal]] near the end and his Stand powers are also not shown until shortly thereafter. Although his face wasn't obscured in the slightest in the first volume, the art change since then leaves his true features a mystery, as his face is shown in shadow (often, the rest of his body will be perfectly visible). This is primarily because {{spoiler|he has taken the body of the protagonist from Series 1, Jonathan Joestar}}. In the arcade and PSX fighting game, this trope is literally embodied in the character of Shadow Dio, whose face is blacked out and whose Stand is shown briefly as a colorless apparition from the waist up. His attacks do not reveal his Stand powers, and hardly use his stand at all, focusing on his vampiric powers instead. However, {{spoiler|he can stop time just as the normal Dio can, has Dio's knife-throw as a standard move, and even has a special move where he stuns the opponent with his Stand, stops time, and surrounds them with knives as time starts again}} In the same part, Midler, wielder of the High Priestess Stand, is never seen clearly. When she appeared in the aforementioned fighting game, they couldn't do this; therefore the game is the first time her actual face is seen. She appears to resemble a sort of belly dancer.

* ''[[Jo Jo's Bizarre Adventure (Manga)|Jo Jos Bizarre Adventure]]'' - The face of Dio Brando in the third series is never seen until a splash page [[The Reveal|reveal]] near the end and his Stand powers are also not shown until shortly thereafter. Although his face wasn't obscured in the slightest in the first volume, the art change since then leaves his true features a mystery, as his face is shown in shadow (often, the rest of his body will be perfectly visible). This is primarily because {{spoiler|he has taken the body of the protagonist from Series 1, Jonathan Joestar}}. In the arcade and PSX fighting game, this trope is literally embodied in the character of Shadow Dio, whose face is blacked out and whose Stand is shown briefly as a colorless apparition from the waist up. His attacks do not reveal his Stand powers, and hardly use his stand at all, focusing on his vampiric powers instead. However, {{spoiler|he can stop time just as the normal Dio can, has Dio's knife-throw as a standard move, and even has a special move where he stuns the opponent with his Stand, stops time, and surrounds them with knives as time starts again}} In the same part, Midler, wielder of the High Priestess Stand, is never seen clearly. When she appeared in the aforementioned fighting game, they couldn't do this; therefore the game is the first time her actual face is seen. She appears to resemble a sort of belly dancer.

** Given what Jotaro did to her stand a few minutes ago, there was definitely an excellent reason to not show her face.

* ''[[Kashimashi Girl Meets Girl]]'' pulls the anime variant when boy-type [[Attractive Bent Gender|Hazumu]] appears in flashbacks.

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* ''[[Kekkaishi]]'' - [[Action Mom|Yoshimori's mother, Sumiko]], is one of these. The most we ever see of her face is her enigmatic smile. {{spoiler|By this point, she--or rather, her Shikigami--has appeared.}}

* [[The High Queen|The Queen of the Witches]] from ''[[Ojamajo Doremi]]'' always wears an opaque silk veil {{spoiler|to hide the fact that she's acutally [[King Incognito|Yuki-sensei]]}}. {{spoiler|At least, until [[The Reveal|episode 50]] of Dokkan}}.

* ''[[Beyblade]]'' - Although seemingly a harmless computer geek, Kenny obviously had something to hide. Not only were his eyes always covered by his hair (they were shown once, in a [[Face Fault]]), in the original version he was also known almost exclusively by a [[Everyone Calls Him Barkeep|nickname]]. Suspicious.

* ''[[Beyblade]]'' - Although seemingly a harmless computer geek, Kenny obviously had something to hide. Not only were his eyes always covered by his hair (they were shown once, in a [[Face Fault]]), in the original version he was also known almost exclusively by a [[Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep"|nickname]]. Suspicious.

* ''[[Ghost in The Shell|Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex]]'' has the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laughing_Man_(Ghost_in_the_Shell) Laughing Man], who is such a competent hacker that he censors out his own face with a logo not only from any simple cameras that see him, but from the computerized brains of anyone who looks at him, in real time. Of course, he is revealed to viewers around halfway through, {{spoiler|and he also shows himself to Section 9 after the main conflict is resolved}}.

* A vast quantity of Doujin mangas involve female characters being sexually involved with male characters whose faces are either obscured, drawn with scant detail, or in extreme instances with no face at all. The reasoning is most likely because the artist believes that the reader would prefer to fantasize about themselves being the guy doing the filthy things to said female character, rather than watching one of the official characters or some some stock thug/nerd/old man/etc do it. For the same reason, many H-games have the same black faced or eyeless wonder.

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* The Green Goblin in his first appearances was always either wearing his mask or had his face obscured by some random object.

* ''[[Two Thousand AD (Comic Book)|2000 AD]]''

** [[Judge Dredd]] ''never'' shows his face. He almost never removes his helmet. On the exceedingly rare occasions he does it's an [[The Un Reveal|Unreveal]]. One famous story revealed near the end that its protagonist, a [[The Drifter|mysterious drifter]] [[Walking the Earth|Walking The (Cursed) Earth]], was Dredd during a [[Ten Minute Retirement]], but he was so badly scarred it didn't count as [[The Reveal]].

** [[Judge Dredd]] ''never'' shows his face. He almost never removes his helmet. On the exceedingly rare occasions he does it's an [[The Un-Reveal|Unreveal]]. One famous story revealed near the end that its protagonist, a [[The Drifter|mysterious drifter]] [[Walking the Earth|Walking The (Cursed) Earth]], was Dredd during a [[Ten Minute Retirement]], but he was so badly scarred it didn't count as [[The Reveal]].

** Judge Death has never taken his helmet off.

** Judge Fear: we never see his true face, just his helmet, which covers all his face and which he can open, which is apparently so frightening it can scare people to death -- gaze into the face of fear! Does not always work: Dredd: [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|gaze into the fist of Dredd!]]

* V in ''[[V for Vendetta]]'' chooses to remain behind his mask for the entire duration of the narrative, save for his revealing himself to Dr. Delia Surridge as she lays dying. She comments that his hideously burn-scarred face is "so beautiful..." This trope exists partly because V is more embodied as an Idea than as Individual. In the film adaptation (so goes the story), various prettyboy types were considered for the role of V, but they all wanted to do at least one scene unmasked. [[Hugo Weaving]] was therefore enlisted instead and his mask is never removed. The "mystery factor" is diminished since Weaving looks pretty much the same [[Captain America the First Avenger|in]] [[The Matrix|every]] [[Lord of the Rings (Film)|movie]], but what was lost there is regained in spades in the [[Large Ham|voice and physical acting]]. He does get a cameo in that he's one of the prominent faces (along with the others are characters who have died in the course of the film) in the crowd removing their masks at the end. It's rather poignant.

* ''[[Preacher]]'' - John Wayne acted as a spirit guide to Jesse Custer. His face was always in shadow, even in the middle of Monument Valley with no shade. A similar thing occurs with the [[Elvis Lives|mysterious fat guy]] that Jesse gives a lift to in issue #53.

* ''[[Preacher (Comic Book)]]'' - John Wayne acted as a spirit guide to Jesse Custer. His face was always in shadow, even in the middle of Monument Valley with no shade. A similar thing occurs with the [[Elvis Lives|mysterious fat guy]] that Jesse gives a lift to in issue #53.

* An ''[[X-Files]]'' comic about the Fatima Prophecies had a scene with the Pope and a military commander discussing the third (unopened) prophecy. They were no backgrounds or faces, just the two symbolic outfits of "military" and "church".

* Taskmaster from [[Marvel Comics]] does better than most costumed types at concealing his true name and face; he never takes off his mask in-panel, whether others are around or not. When he is defeated and his mask is stolen in his own miniseries, we see him only in silhouette, and then from behind, before he retrieves his mask and makes sure the ones who took it aren't going to be telling anyone.

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* 'Hawg' Waller from ''[[Knights of the Dinner Table]]'' is only ever shown from behind while standing behind his bar.

* Both incarnations of [[Marvel Comics]]' Baron Zemo have had their masks literally fused to their face. The younger Baron eventually finds a way to remove his, but his face is horribly scarred underneath.

* In the ''[[Batman (Comic Book)|Batman]]'' storyline ''[[Batman No ~~Mans~~ Land (Comic Book)|No Man's Land]]'', the person who takes the identity of Batgirl is never shown without her mask until {{spoiler|Batman fires her}}, at which point {{spoiler|she's revealed to be Huntress}}.

* In the ''[[Batman (Comic Book)|Batman]]'' storyline ''[[Batman: No Man's Land (Comic Book)|No Man's Land]]'', the person who takes the identity of Batgirl is never shown without her mask until {{spoiler|Batman fires her}}, at which point {{spoiler|she's revealed to be Huntress}}.

* [[The Legion of Super Heroes]] villain Mano wore a transparent bubble helmet filled with the poisonous gases he needed to breathe so all the reader ever saw was a shadowy silhouette of his head.

** Another example from the Legion: the Time Trapper. His face is always in shadow from the hood of his tattered purple robe. In the recent ''[[Final Crisis]]: Legion of Three Worlds'' miniseries, he was revealed to be {{spoiler|A future version of Superboy Prime}}.

*** Mind you the Time Trapper has had his/her/its identity revealed four or five times making the TT effectively faceless no matter what. In ''LO3W'', Brainiac 5 speculates that the Trapper is a living alternate future, whose history is constantly been rewritten (he/she's previously been a Controller, his/her own sidekick Glorith, a future version of Cosmic Boy, the [[Anthropomorphic Personification]] of Entropy, and a future version of Lori Morning [who may have been the [[Post Crisis]] Glorith]).

*** Mind you the Time Trapper has had his/her/its identity revealed four or five times making the TT effectively faceless no matter what. In ''LO3W'', Brainiac 5 speculates that the Trapper is a living alternate future, whose history is constantly been rewritten (he/she's previously been a Controller, his/her own sidekick Glorith, a future version of Cosmic Boy, the [[Anthropomorphic Personification]] of Entropy, and a future version of Lori Morning [who may have been the [[Post-Crisis]] Glorith]).

** Ferro Lad is basically a heroic Dr Doom with transformation powers.

* ''[[The Punisher]]'' - Subverted and averted with Finn Cooley. An Irish bomb-maker, his face was blown off, so he was [[Nightmare Fuel]]-ishly grotesque and disfigured, and his face was shown frequently during the "Kitchen Irish" storyline.

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* ''[[ET the Extraterrestrial (Film)|ET the Extraterrestrial]]'': With the exception of Elliot's mother, the audience doesn't see the faces of any adults until the final third of the movie, playing up the perspective from a child's POV.

* In ''[[Julias Eyes (Film)|Julias Eyes]]'', during the middle of the film, in which Julia has her eyes bandaged, everyone she interacts with has their face obscured to the viewer; either we see them from behind or their head is cut off by the camera.

* Gene Hackman's employer in [[The Conversation]] is only ever seen in shadows. Made all the more tantalizing because he's played by a very famous actor, who was unbilled in the film's original release, leading many viewers to say [[Hey ~~Its~~ That Guy|'hey, is it really that guy?']]

* Gene Hackman's employer in [[The Conversation]] is only ever seen in shadows. Made all the more tantalizing because he's played by a very famous actor, who was unbilled in the film's original release, leading many viewers to say [[Hey It's That Guy|'hey, is it really that guy?']]

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** The Grey Council, constantly wearing hoods with their [[Face Framed in Shadow|Face Framed In Shadows]]. Also the [[Powers That Be|Bureau 13]] operative, only showing her mouth until [[The Reveal]] at the end of the episode.

* Alan Brady on ''[[The Dick Van Dyke Show (TV)|The Dick Van Dyke Show]]'' started out being [[The Ghost|talked about but never seen]] (meant to be ironic, since he was the star of the [[Show Within a Show]] while the actual show revolved around the unseen writers). However the writers (of the real show) found this too limiting after a while and started using Alan Brady in scenes, only with his face always pointing away from the camera. Eventually this was done away with too, and the audiences got to regularly see Alan Brady and scenes from ''The Alan Brady Show''.

* ''[[Police Squad]]'' - Al, one of the cops in the stationhouse was so tall that everything above his shoulders was always out of shot. Al often had strange things going on up there, including non-regulation headgear and strange haircuts; sometimes they were lowered into shot.

* ''[[Police Squad!]]'' - Al, one of the cops in the stationhouse was so tall that everything above his shoulders was always out of shot. Al often had strange things going on up there, including non-regulation headgear and strange haircuts; sometimes they were lowered into shot.

** Subverted in the episode "Rendevous at Big Gulch"; at one point, the camera remains fixated below the shoulders of the evil mob boss stroking his white fluffy cat as he goes over his plan to deal with the do-gooder protagonist. Right before cutting to commercial, he ducks into frame to deliver his final line.

* Anubis on ''[[Stargate SG 1 (TV)|Stargate SG 1]]'' is completely covered by a [[Black Cloak]] for the majority of his appearances. It [[The Reveal|turns out]] that {{spoiler|he doesn't ''have'' a face, since he has partially [[Ascend to A Higher Plane of Existence|Ascended To A Higher Plane Of Existence]] and is an [[Energy Beings|energy being]]. He still has a ''skull'', though, and at one point allows it to become visible to freak out his enemies}}.

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* ''[[Passions]]'': evil patriarch Alistair Crane. Initially only his hands were seen when his character appeared. When he was finally shown, the actor who played him died a short time later. He was replaced and was shown fully for the remainder of the series.

* Hello, ''[[Rhoda (TV)|Rhoda]]'', "This is Carlton, your doorman." Played by Lorenzo Music, he wwas only a voice on the intercom.

* "Charlie" from the 1970's TV series ''[[~~Charlies~~ Angels (TV)|Charlies Angels]].''

* "Charlie" from the 1970's TV series ''[[Charlie's Angels (TV)|Charlies Angels]].''

* Little Ghoul, a comic relief villain on ''[[Beetleborgs]]'', was only ever shown from the front as eyes beneath a hood. Characters who saw her face tended to run off screaming.

* ''[[One Hundred Deeds for Eddie Mcdowd (TV)|One Hundred Deeds for Eddie Mcdowd]]'' has the titular character as [[The Faceless]] prior to becoming a dog (and since the show's been canceled, viewers will never know what Eddie [[Mc Dowd]] looked like before he became a dog).

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* Shermie from ''[[The King of Fighters]]'', [[Blinding Bangs|who combs her bangs down over her face]] [[Hidden Eyes|so that her eyes remain hidden]]. It's said that they have a malevolent glare about them.

* ''[[Super Robot Wars]]'' dabbles in this a lot, usually replacing a character's portrait with a ? and ???ing out their name. Sometimes, they make fun of this, such as in MX, when their shadowing technique was to only partially shadow someone's face, so its really obvious who they are. At one point an EVA Monolith is partially shadowed out, but you can still see the words on it that say who is speaking through the monolith. In addition, [[Mooks]] virtually always have their face above their nose obscured, either by a helmet or shadows in place of their eyes.

* In ''[[Loom (Video Game)|Loom]]'', viewing the face of a member of the perpetually hooded weaver's guild is said to be fatal (note that [[By the Lights of Their Eyes|their eyes are still visible]] within the darkness of their hood, as in many cartoons). This later seems to be close to being revealed, [[The Un Reveal|only to skip for a few scene happening outside the room in medium and easy difficulty mode, and being obscured by a flash of light in hard difficulty mode.]]

* In ''[[Loom (Video Game)|Loom]]'', viewing the face of a member of the perpetually hooded weaver's guild is said to be fatal (note that [[By the Lights of Their Eyes|their eyes are still visible]] within the darkness of their hood, as in many cartoons). This later seems to be close to being revealed, [[The Un-Reveal|only to skip for a few scene happening outside the room in medium and easy difficulty mode, and being obscured by a flash of light in hard difficulty mode.]]

* In the N64 platformer game, ''[[Rocket Robot On Wheels]]'', Dr. Gavin's face is never seen.

* Meta Knight from the ''[[Kirby]]'' series. He will challenge Kirby to a swordfight, and when defeated, his mask is cleaved in half. He is briefly revealed to look [[Badass Adorable|very similar to Kirby]], before wrapped his cape around his face and vanishing.

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** The original ''[[Final Fantasy]]'' had the Black Mage show his face when he upgraded to the Black Wizard. More recent remakes have redesigned the Black Wizard to retain the iconic "pointy hat" look.

** The Garif of Jahara in ''[[Final Fantasy XII]]'' wear masks to cover their faces.

* ''[[Halo]]'' - Master Chief's face, hidden behind a face mask and [[The Un Reveal|clever camera work]], is a source of debate among fans. This was because, despite having a voice, and "personality" they wanted to keep an active [[AFGNCAAP]] factor going. In the novels, Master Chief does take off his helmet occasionally: he's described as being deathly pale from spending so much time in his armor, and having brown hair and eyes. ''[[Halo 3 ODST]]'' and ''[[Halo Reach]]'' also have protagonists who never remove their helmets. Reach also has one NPC squad member, Emile, who never removes his helmet (which has a skull etched into the front of it) either.

* ''[[Halo]]'' - Master Chief's face, hidden behind a face mask and [[The Un-Reveal|clever camera work]], is a source of debate among fans. This was because, despite having a voice, and "personality" they wanted to keep an active [[AFGNCAAP]] factor going. In the novels, Master Chief does take off his helmet occasionally: he's described as being deathly pale from spending so much time in his armor, and having brown hair and eyes. ''[[Halo 3 ODST]]'' and ''[[Halo Reach]]'' also have protagonists who never remove their helmets. Reach also has one NPC squad member, Emile, who never removes his helmet (which has a skull etched into the front of it) either.

** In Halo Wars, all the marines except Sergeant Forge wear balaclavas.

** In the epilogue of ''[[Halo Reach]]'', the dying Noble Six removes his damaged helmet, but you still don't see his face.

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* [[The Dragon|Vanitas]] from ''[[Kingdom Hearts]]: [[Birth By Sleep]]'' transcends [[In the Hood|the normal way]] of remaining ambiguous in the series by wearing a mask-helmet-thing to hide his face, so he can pull off all of his [[Ax Crazy|badass]] stunts without restraint. He's seen with the helmet removed at least once {{spoiler|(before [[The Reveal]], anyway)}}; however, his face is hidden by the camera angle.

** Amusingly, if you can [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nA9whgJ5r9s&feature=related alter the camera angle to scroll up in that scene], you'll find out that under that helmet is... {{spoiler|[[The Dev Team Thinks of Everything|another helmet]].}}

*** Kingdom Hearts has this as a requirement for every game, the first one ends with us just about to see a spiky-haired blonde's {{spoiler|[[Kingdom Hearts 358 Days Over 2 (Video Game)|"Roxas"]]}} before the camera stops, and the same in Sora's story in ''Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories''. In Riku's story we finally see him... but now part of Riku's face is hidden {{spoiler|to hide his blindfold}} In [[Kingdom Hearts II (Video Game)|Kingdom Hearts II]] not only do the Organization cloaks hide most Nobody's faces, but the Masked Boy in the extra scene, and (in [[No Export for You|"Final Mix"]]) the Lingering Sentiment, who are revealed in ''[[Kingdom Hearts Birth By Sleep (Video Game)|Kingdom Hearts Birth By Sleep]]'', only for Young Master Xehanort to be hidden. {{spoiler|In ''[[Kingdom Hearts Dream Drop Distance]]'', 6 members of the new Organization XIII hide their faces beneath the usual dark cloaks, but Young Master Xehanort's face is clearly seen this time, including in the secret ending.}}

*** Kingdom Hearts has this as a requirement for every game, the first one ends with us just about to see a spiky-haired blonde's {{spoiler|[[Kingdom Hearts: 358 Days Over 2 (Video Game)|"Roxas"]]}} before the camera stops, and the same in Sora's story in ''Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories''. In Riku's story we finally see him... but now part of Riku's face is hidden {{spoiler|to hide his blindfold}} In [[Kingdom Hearts II (Video Game)|Kingdom Hearts II]] not only do the Organization cloaks hide most Nobody's faces, but the Masked Boy in the extra scene, and (in [[No Export for You|"Final Mix"]]) the Lingering Sentiment, who are revealed in ''[[Kingdom Hearts Birth By Sleep (Video Game)|Kingdom Hearts Birth By Sleep]]'', only for Young Master Xehanort to be hidden. {{spoiler|In ''[[Kingdom Hearts Dream Drop Distance]]'', 6 members of the new Organization XIII hide their faces beneath the usual dark cloaks, but Young Master Xehanort's face is clearly seen this time, including in the secret ending.}}

* Pyro from ''[[Team Fortress 2 (Video Game)|Team Fortress 2]]'', to the point where even the [[Ambiguous Gender|gender is ambiguous]]. In fact, we're not even sure that Pyro is a human being. Or any organic lifeform, for that matter.

* Agent XYZ from ''[[Tonic Trouble]]'' is permanently hidden [[Newspaper Thin Disguise|behind a newspaper]].

* Agent XYZ from ''[[Tonic Trouble]]'' is permanently hidden [[Newspaper-Thin Disguise|behind a newspaper]].

* The [[Hello Insert Name Here|nameless main character]] from ''[[Science Girls]]'' wears a mask for the entire game. She claims it's a psychological experiment.

* The [[Hello, Insert Name Here|nameless main character]] from ''[[Science Girls]]'' wears a mask for the entire game. She claims it's a psychological experiment.

* Both protagonists of the ''[[Bio Shock]]'' series, [[Heroic Mime|who never speak either]]. The latter is a Big Daddy, who is The Faceless by definition.

* The Assassin from [[Monday Night Combat]].

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* [[God]] in ''[[Sinfest]]''.

* In ''[http://strangecandy.net/ Okashina Okashi]'', Dahlia, a mysterious female assassin, always hides in the shadows - even in an open battlefield. [http://strangecandy.net/d/20061026.html\]

* Black Mage in ''[[~~Eight~~ Bit Theater (Webcomic)|8-bit Theater]]'' always kept his face hidden in the shade beneath his hat: {{spoiler|This was because his face [[Alien Geometries|didn't conform to euclidian geometry]], and therefore looking upon it could [[Brown Note|drive people insane]].}}

* Black Mage in ''[[8-Bit Theater (Webcomic)|8-bit Theater]]'' always kept his face hidden in the shade beneath his hat: {{spoiler|This was because his face [[Alien Geometries|didn't conform to euclidian geometry]], and therefore looking upon it could [[Brown Note|drive people insane]].}}

* Cartoonist Bill Hollbrook gets big mileage out of this trope:

** In ''[[Kevin and Kell]]'', Kell's boss, R.L., is only shown as a protruding - usually salivating - wolf snout (And occasionally his arms).

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* The [[Exactly What It Says On the Tin|Faceless Janitor Cop]] from ''[[Fruit Incest]]''.

* [[Knight Templar|Kore]] from ''[[Goblins]]''. His armor and helm conceal his entire body except for one eye and some beard.

** He had to take the helmet off once after he got [[Tele Frag|Tele Fragged]] in the throat with a rope, but [[The Un Reveal|the comic switched to back views until he puts it back on]].

** He had to take the helmet off once after he got [[Tele Frag|Tele Fragged]] in the throat with a rope, but [[The Un-Reveal|the comic switched to back views until he puts it back on]].

* Greliz from ''[[Beyond the Canopy]]''. He ''always'' wears a paper bag over his head, even if he's wearing another mask over it.

* In ''[[The Specialists]]'', [http://thespecialistscomic.com/page-72/ the Bombardier won't show his face, and won't tell why.]

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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}}. [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.

** 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.]

** [[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.

* Nanny on ''[[Muppet Babies]]'', seen only from the shoulders down (as were the non-Muppet adults in the babies' fantasy sequences).

* Subverted on the Cartoon Network original series ''[[Cow and Chicken (Animation)|Cow and Chicken]]'': their parents are supposed to be faceless, but the first episode reveals they're actually no more than two pairs of legs.

* Sheldon in ''[[Garfield and Friends]]'' never completely hatched and is just a walking egg. In one episode, he finally hatches - [[The Un Reveal|to reveal another eggshell beneath.]]

* Sheldon in ''[[Garfield and Friends]]'' never completely hatched and is just a walking egg. In one episode, he finally hatches - [[The Un-Reveal|to reveal another eggshell beneath.]]

* The original shorts of ''[[The Fairly Odd Parents]]'' had Timmy's [[Unnamed Parent|Unnamed Parents]] are (like the ones from ''Cow and Chicken'') never shown from the waist up, but when it was made into its own show the parents' faces were seen.

* Subverted on ''[[Codename Kids Next Door]]''. The first episode with Numbuh One's father involves his father's face being obscured from view quite blatantly; midway through the episode, though, it's suddenly seen. Several of the other character's parents were [[The Faceless]] at first, but later were shown, though some of the parents still haven't been seen. During season 6, the mysterious kid from the KND Splinter Cell was only shown as a shadow. In the Finale, it was revealed that he was in fact {{spoiler|[http://knd.wikia.com/wiki/Numbuh_74.239 Numbuh 74.239], and that the splinter cell was just a cover for the Galactic KND.}}

* Number One, the main villain of ''Birdman'', never removes his mask. (Then again, neither does Birdman himself.) For that matter, neither does [[Space Ghost]]. Nor Frankenstein, Jr., who makes one wonder why the mask anyway - he's a [[Humongous Mecha|Giant Robot]] -- difficult to hide that without a mask!

* Slade in ''[[Teen Titans (Animation)|Teen Titans]]'', to such a degree that even getting a clear look at him in-costume (mask and all) is given the "big reveal" treatment. His mask is finally broken down the middle in the first season finale, but he manages to [[The Un Reveal|cover the other half of his face]] with one hand as he escapes. Later, during the fourth season finale, his mask is knocked off, but under extenuating circumstances: he's kinda-sorta dead, so all we get is a skull (although it was still a cool moment). The rationale appears to be that he is missing an eye -- confirmed when his mask is removed during the fourth season finale.

* Slade in ''[[Teen Titans (Animation)|Teen Titans]]'', to such a degree that even getting a clear look at him in-costume (mask and all) is given the "big reveal" treatment. His mask is finally broken down the middle in the first season finale, but he manages to [[The Un-Reveal|cover the other half of his face]] with one hand as he escapes. Later, during the fourth season finale, his mask is knocked off, but under extenuating circumstances: he's kinda-sorta dead, so all we get is a skull (although it was still a cool moment). The rationale appears to be that he is missing an eye -- confirmed when his mask is removed during the fourth season finale.

* Conrad Fleem in ''[[The Replacements]]'' is always shown from behind. His most distinguishing characteristic is a huge moustache.

* In ''[[Darkwing Duck]]'' series, FOWL High Command is always shown in shadow, revealing nothing but shapes and eyes.

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* Most of the character's parents in ''[[Tiny Toon Adventures]]'' are only shown from the waist down, the exceptions being Hampton's parents, Elmyra's parents, and Plucky's Dad's face has been seen a few times.

* In ''[[Batman the Brave And The Bold (Animation)|Batman the Brave And The Bold]]'', Bruce Wayne is ''never'' seen without his mask. If he's not wearing it, he'll be in shadow until he is. Finally averted in "Chill In The Night", where he unmasks himself to Joe Chill, the man who killed Thomas and Martha Wayne, just to strike a whole other level of fear into the guy.

* In ''[[Batman ~~the~~ Animated Series (Animation)|Batman the Animated Series]]'', there's an episode, "P.O.V.", which features a ''very'' puzzling example of this trope. Batman and three of the Gotham Police Department's detectives work together (though they don't officially team up) to bring down a crime ring. The [[Big Bad]] in charge of the gang is always seen either in shadow or partially in shadow, so we can only see the outline of his face and some of his more notable facial features. He looks suspiciously like The Penguin (short and bespectacled), but obviously can't be because (if the basic shape of his face is any indication) he is not at all disfigured like the Penguin. What makes him an especially frustrating character is the fact that Batman apparently knows who he is, ''but he won't tell us''! And as if all that weren't mysterious enough, this villain is [[The Voiceless]] as well!

* In ''[[Batman: The Animated Series (Animation)|Batman the Animated Series]]'', there's an episode, "P.O.V.", which features a ''very'' puzzling example of this trope. Batman and three of the Gotham Police Department's detectives work together (though they don't officially team up) to bring down a crime ring. The [[Big Bad]] in charge of the gang is always seen either in shadow or partially in shadow, so we can only see the outline of his face and some of his more notable facial features. He looks suspiciously like The Penguin (short and bespectacled), but obviously can't be because (if the basic shape of his face is any indication) he is not at all disfigured like the Penguin. What makes him an especially frustrating character is the fact that Batman apparently knows who he is, ''but he won't tell us''! And as if all that weren't mysterious enough, this villain is [[The Voiceless]] as well!

* In ''[[X Men Evolution]]'', Magneto's almost always wears his psi-blocking helmet, as in most versions, but here the helmet's shadow often obscures his face as well, leaving only his eyes (which glow white when he's using or about to use his powers) visible. If Magento has the helmet on and the shadow isn't there, he's usually about to be given either a [[Pet the Dog]] or a moment of weakness- in other words, something that humanizes him. If the shadow's there, he'll usually be in straight villain mode. His face was revealed at the end of the first season, and from then on we see it even when he is wearing the helmet. Its implied that his earlier "appearances" were actually astral projection, and this Magneto appears to have more developed telepathic powers than other versions.

* On the animated adaptation of ''[[The Ricky Gervais Show]]'', Carl's longtime girlfriend Susanne is [[The Faceless]], always shown from behind or her face hidden by a book, a lamp, or other object, if not cast completely in darkness.