History Main / DramaticUnmask

* Khan's removal of his mask in ''StarTrek II: The Wrath of Khan''. For a reveal where it's doubtful that ''anyone'' didn't realize who it was going to be, Ricardo Montalban still does it masterfully.

* Happens multiple times in works featuring the {{Predator}}; where the creature removes it's mask to reveal it's face. To quote Arnold "You're one ugly motherfucker."

* In Medabots, Space Medafighter X gets badly injured, and his golden mask begins to crack. When it is broken it reveals... [[spoiler:a second, white mask! Space Medafighter X is really the Phantom Renegade!]]

* Subverted in Naruto, where Naruto, Sakura and Sasuke spend an entire episode debating what secret Kakashi might possibly be hiding under his mask, possibly thin lips, buck teeth or some other facial anomaly. They try and trick him to take it off but have all of their plans fail, until he finally offers to remove it. Under is mask is... [[spoiler:ANOTHER MASK!]]

* [=DiZ=] does it near the end of KingdomHearts II, although the "dramatic" part is debatable.

** And [[http://social.bioware.com/forum/1/topic/105/index/931488/1 look]] what they've [[MemeticMutation wrought]]...

* DiZ does it near the end of KingdomHearts II, although the "dramatic" part is debatable.

** Don't forget about Kallen in the first part of season 1 finale when she removes her mask covering the half of her face, revealing her identity to Rivalz, Shirley, and Milly.

** Subverted even more in the original Amzing Spider-Man series where Doctor Octopuss unmasks him in front of the other students who immediately recognize Peter but refuse to believe a geek like him could possibly be Spider-Man. They even convince Doc Ock himself that he caught not the real Spidey but just some kid in a cheap costume, preserving Peter's secret.

* ''{{Watchmen}}'', both the comic and the movie, shows the police finally apprehending and forcefully unmasking Rorschach. To surprise of the audience, he turns out to be a [[ChekhovsGunman previously introduced background character.]]

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* ''TheAdventuresOfDrMcNinja''

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* Done in ''{{Another Centurys Episode}}'' 3, with [[spoiler: Berkt]], revealing that [[spoiler: he looks exactly the same as the protagonist, Barel Orland]]

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* Subverted in ''{{South Park}}'': Cartman convinces fourth-grade superhero Mysterion to take off his mask and reveal his identity in order to prevent threats to public safety (à la ''{{The Dark Knight}}''); Mysterion complies, only to reveal that [[spoiler:because the face of every fourth-grader on the show looks exactly the same, it is impossible for the viewers to know his true identity. Cartman and the rest of the characters, however, recognize him immediately.]]

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* Subverted in ''{{South Park}}'': Cartman convinces fourth-grade superhero Mysterion to take off his mask and reveal his identity in order to prevent threats to public safety (à la ''{{The Dark Knight}}''); Mysterion complies, only to reveal that [[spoiler:because the face of every fourth-grader on the show looks exactly the same, it is impossible for the viewers to know his true identity. Cartman, however, recognizes him immediately.]]

* ''{{Watchmen}}'', both the comic and the movie, shows the police finally apprehending and forcefully unmasking Rorschach. To surprise of the audience, he turns out to be a previously introduced character.

* In the SailorMoon manga, Usagi slowly removes Tuxedo Kamen's mask to reveal Mamoru, her frenemy, after he's already seen her detransform. It's a pretty big moment in the plot and their relationship. The same event happens in the live-action, though with slightly changed dynamics. The anime changes it around by revealing Mamoru as Tuxedo Kamen by having him put the mask ON by way of transforming.

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*** I believe the troper was referring to the mustache.

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