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replaced the back-mistranslation "Dia de los Muertos" with the correct name "Día de Muertos"
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(replaced the back-mistranslation "Dia de los Muertos" with the correct name "Día de Muertos")
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Bonus points if the rest of the character is dark to accentuate the mask. Being white it'll show [[White Shirt of Death|bloodstains]] starkly.
 
Anime and Manga have [[wikipedia:Noh|noh masks]] to draw inspiration from. Western tradition has [http://costumes.lovetoknow.com/Greek_Drama_Masks Greek drama masks], the birdlike masks worn by medieval plague doctors (see the [[Real Life]] section), [[Monster Clown|scary clowns]], and the Ku Klux Klan. Mexicans have the masks of DiaDía de los Muertos.
 
This trope is fairly widespread in [[Anime]] and [[Manga]]. Compare [[Cool Mask]]. Sometimes doubles as a [[Mask of Power]]. Subtrope of [[Malevolent Masked Men]].