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{{quote|''"...his face which was a paper-white mask of evil -- sang us this song"''|'''[[They Might Be Giants (band)|They Might Be Giants]]''', "Turn Around"}}
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* Several of the [[Eldritch Abomination|Angels]] in ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]'' have what look like white, flattened plague-doctor masks.
* Several of the [[Eldritch Abomination|Angels]] in ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]'' have what look like white, flattened plague-doctor masks.
* Assassin apparel in ''[[Phantom of Inferno]]''.
* Assassin apparel in ''[[Phantom of Inferno]]''.
* Hei from ''[[Darker Than Black]]'': see the page picture. Unusually, he's the [[Anti-Hero|hero]], if one [[The Cowl|prone to]] [[Mook Horror Show|being rather scary]].
* Hei from ''[[Darker than Black]]'': see the page picture. Unusually, he's the [[Anti-Hero|hero]], if one [[The Cowl|prone to]] [[Mook Horror Show|being rather scary]].
* ''[[Pokémon Special]]'' - The brainwashed kids under Mask of Ice in the manga.
* ''[[Pokémon Special]]'' - The brainwashed kids under Mask of Ice in the manga.
* ''[[Naruto]]'' - Haku's mask in the Land of Waves arc has no mouth and thin slits for eyes. The ANBU members wear similar animal-shaped ceramic masks. Then there's Naruto's six-tailed form, in which [[Demonic Possession|a fox skull engulfs his head]].
* ''[[Naruto]]'' - Haku's mask in the Land of Waves arc has no mouth and thin slits for eyes. The ANBU members wear similar animal-shaped ceramic masks. Then there's Naruto's six-tailed form, in which [[Demonic Possession|a fox skull engulfs his head]].
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* Darth Nihilus in ''[[Knights of the Old Republic|Knights Of The Old Republic II]]''. In fact, it is of ''such'' doom that {{spoiler|he has [[Soul Jar|concealed his essence in it]], and it canonically survives centuries after you destroy him.}}
* Darth Nihilus in ''[[Knights of the Old Republic|Knights Of The Old Republic II]]''. In fact, it is of ''such'' doom that {{spoiler|he has [[Soul Jar|concealed his essence in it]], and it canonically survives centuries after you destroy him.}}
* Assassin apparel in visual novel ''[[Phantom of Inferno]]''.
* Assassin apparel in visual novel ''[[Phantom of Inferno]]''.
* White masks add to the menace of splicers in ''[[Bioshock]]''. The masks hide their cancerous disfigurement.
* White masks add to the menace of splicers in ''[[BioShock (series)]]''. The masks hide their cancerous disfigurement.
* Vega from ''[[Street Fighter]]'' always wears one of those during a fight; not to conceal his identity, [[The Fighting Narcissist|but to prevent his]] ''[[The Fighting Narcissist|beautiful]]'' [[The Fighting Narcissist|face from being touched]].
* Vega from ''[[Street Fighter]]'' always wears one of those during a fight; not to conceal his identity, [[The Fighting Narcissist|but to prevent his]] ''[[The Fighting Narcissist|beautiful]]'' [[The Fighting Narcissist|face from being touched]].
* [[The Worm That Walks|Arakune]] from ''[[Blaz Blue]]'' made himself a creepy expressionless white mask, purportedly to help him communicate. [[And I Must Scream|It doesn't.]] Hakumen, although a [[Lawful Good]]-ish [[Hero Antagonist]], has a [[Code Geass|distinctly Zero-esque]] one.
* [[The Worm That Walks|Arakune]] from ''[[Blaz Blue]]'' made himself a creepy expressionless white mask, purportedly to help him communicate. [[And I Must Scream|It doesn't.]] Hakumen, although a [[Lawful Good]]-ish [[Hero Antagonist]], has a [[Code Geass|distinctly Zero-esque]] one.
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* The Adversary from ''[[Blip]]''.
* The Adversary from ''[[Blip]]''.
* ''[[One Question]]'' has the appropriately named Mask who wears one of these, with a [[Slasher Smile]].
* ''[[One Question]]'' has the appropriately named Mask who wears one of these, with a [[Slasher Smile]].
* ''[[Mokepon]]'' has [http://mokepon.smackjeeves.com/comics/1001692/chapter-3-page-24/ the guy on the giant Feraligatr]. Though his mask is only half white, and he's not the only one wearing it. Oh and it has no eyes. The author has said in an [[Alt Text]] that she has no clue how he sees.
* ''[[Moképon]]'' has [http://mokepon.smackjeeves.com/comics/1001692/chapter-3-page-24/ the guy on the giant Feraligatr]. Though his mask is only half white, and he's not the only one wearing it. Oh and it has no eyes. The author has said in an [[Alt Text]] that she has no clue how he sees.
* ''[[Last Res0rt]]'' has Geisha, whose mask supposedly [[Power Limiter|keeps him from petrifying the rest of the cast]].
* ''[[Last Res0rt]]'' has Geisha, whose mask supposedly [[Power Limiter|keeps him from petrifying the rest of the cast]].
* ''[[Beyond the Canopy]]'': Shambles has a mask with no mouth and some kind of zipper or seam running down the center.
* ''[[Beyond the Canopy]]'': Shambles has a mask with no mouth and some kind of zipper or seam running down the center.