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* Creator/BillyZane gets a lot of face time in ''Film/{{The Phantom|1996}}'', considering he's playing a character whose face is never shown clearly in the comics.

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* Creator/BillyZane gets a lot of face time in ''Film/{{The Phantom|1996}}'', considering he's playing a character whose face is never shown clearly in the comics. (As the [[ProverbialWisdom Old Jungle Sayings]] put it, "There are times when the Phantom leaves the jungle and walks the streets of the town like an ordinary man", but even then he always wears sunglasses because "He who sees the Phantom's face will surely die". This is not reflected in the movie.)
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** In ''Film/BatmanBegins'', [[ComicBook/TheScarecrow Jonathan Crane/Scarecrow]] spends almost ''all'' his time out of the mask, only putting it on for a few seconds at a time when he's using the fear gas.

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** In ''Film/BatmanBegins'', [[ComicBook/TheScarecrow Jonathan Crane/Scarecrow]] spends almost ''all'' his time out of the mask, only putting it on for a few seconds at a time when he's using the fear gas. He spends most of his brief appearance in ''Film/TheDarkKnight'' wearing the mask but Batman makes it a point of unmasking him and ''not'' the captured Batman copycats for little reason other than to tell the audience "Yes, we bothered to get Creator/CillianMurphy back for this". In ''Film/TheDarkKnightRises'', Crane doesn't bother with the mask or the Scarecrow identity at all.
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Compare HelmetsAreHardlyHeroic and ComicBookMoviesDontUseCodenames. May also result from ObscuredSpecialEffects.

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A SubTrope of ShootTheMoney. Compare HelmetsAreHardlyHeroic and ComicBookMoviesDontUseCodenames. May also result from ObscuredSpecialEffects.
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** The Joker spends all his time in makeup in ''Film/TheDarkKnight'' except for a few seconds where he is without his make-up, although the scene is shot in a way that it is hard to see him clearly.

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** The Joker spends all his time in makeup in ''Film/TheDarkKnight'' except for a few seconds where he is without his make-up, although the scene is shot in a way that it is hard to see him clearly.clearly and he still has his facial scars.
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* ''Series/{{Secret Invasion|2023}}'': Due to the makeup process needed for the Skrull actors, most of the big-name Skrull characters spend the majority of their screentime in human disguises that conveniently happen to look like the actors portraying them, even when they don't have a reason to hide behind a human skin.
** Talos spends the entire show continuing to sport [[Film/CaptainMarvel2019 Director Keller]]'s form, only reverting to his natural appearance [[spoiler:after he's wounded and subsequently killed while thwarting Gravik's assassination attempt on the President]].
** G'iah spends all of her screentime looking like Creator/EmiliaClarke, and only shows her true appearance [[spoiler:when she's playing dead after being shot by Gravik]].
** Gravik is constantly shown using the appearance of Creator/KingsleyBenAdir, which is handwaved in the final episode as [[spoiler:him taking on the appearance of someone he killed on behalf of Nick Fury as a way of mocking him]]. His Skrull form only shows twice in the present day: when he's fending off a mutiny led by Beto, and his fight in the finale with [[spoiler:superpowered G'iah]].
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* In ''Comic Book: The Movie'', the hero appeals to Creator/BruceCampbell, starring in a movie about his childhood idol superhero, to make the movie about the original character rather than the recent DarkerAndEdgier version. He mainly appeals to Campbell's ego, saying the classic costume would allow far more of Campbell's face to be seen than the new one.

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* In ''Comic Book: The Movie'', ''Film/ComicBookTheMovie'', the hero appeals to Creator/BruceCampbell, starring in a movie about his childhood idol superhero, to make the movie about the original character rather than the recent DarkerAndEdgier version. He mainly appeals to Campbell's ego, saying the classic costume would allow far more of Campbell's face to be seen than the new one.
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** Ditto with Roman Sionis/Black Mask (Creator/EwanMcGregor) in ''Film/{{Birds of Prey|2020}}''. He only briefly wears his trademark skull mask in the climax, and ditches it in his final confrontation with Harley Quinn.

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** Ditto with Roman Sionis/Black Mask (Creator/EwanMcGregor) in ''Film/{{Birds of Prey|2020}}''. He only briefly In the comic, Black Mask started wearing a mask shaped like a humanoid black face and then suffering consecutive disfigurements, resulting in his actual face being just a black skull by ''ComicBook/BatmanNoMansLand''. In the movie, he never wears his trademark a Black Face mask and he wears a skull mask in the climax, and climax instead of having a skull disfigurement, even that he ditches it in his final confrontation with Harley Quinn.
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* ''Series/WhatWeDoInTheShadows2019'' tones down how much prosthetics Creator/DougJones wears as the Baron in "The Wedding". [[spoiler:When Nandor wishes for the Djinn to heal the Baron's burned and decaying body, the Djinn also reverses the signs of aging on the Baron's face.]]

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* ''Series/WhatWeDoInTheShadows2019'' tones down how much prosthetics Creator/DougJones wears as the Baron in "The Wedding". [[spoiler:When Nandor wishes for the Djinn to heal the Baron's burned and decaying body, the Djinn also reverses the signs of aging on the Baron's face.]]]] This look sticks into Season 5, [[spoiler:until Guillermo accidentally sunburns him again]].
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** ComicBook/{{Iceman}} has an [[AnIcePerson ice-form]] in the comics that kind of obscures his face. In the movie series, we never see this form until the end of ''Film/XMenTheLastStand'' and even then, he ices up for only a few seconds to take down Pyro. He does ''finally'' ice up consistently in ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'' since, by that point, the CGI technology required to pull off the transformation was now much less expensive.

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** ComicBook/{{Iceman}} ComicBook/{{Iceman|MarvelComics}} has an [[AnIcePerson ice-form]] in the comics that kind of obscures his face. In the movie series, we never see this form until the end of ''Film/XMenTheLastStand'' and even then, he ices up for only a few seconds to take down Pyro. He does ''finally'' ice up consistently in ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'' since, by that point, the CGI technology required to pull off the transformation was now much less expensive.

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** ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar'': In Wanda and Vision's first scene, it's revealed that Vision has taken on Creator/PaulBettany's natural appearance as a HumanDisguise so he can have romantic hookups with Wanda without drawing attention to them.



* In ''Film/TheFugitive'' the plot calls for Dr. Kimble to spend most of the movie in disguise; the filmmakers deliberately had him start out some distance from Creator/HarrisonFord's usual look, so that when he disguises himself by dying his hair and shaving off his beard he became the Harrison Ford audiences were paying to see.

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* In ''Film/TheFugitive'' ''Film/TheFugitive'', the plot calls for Dr. Kimble to spend most of the movie in disguise; the filmmakers deliberately had him start out some distance from Creator/HarrisonFord's usual look, so that when he disguises himself by dying his hair and shaving off his beard he became the Harrison Ford audiences were paying to see.



* ''Series/WandaVision'' has several scenes of ComicBook/TheVision's trademark red, metallic face being transformed into Creator/PaulBettany's natural one, especially when he is in public (e.g., at work), or having guests over at his and Wanda's place. Assuming a WatsonianVersusDoylist perspective, the Watsonian reason is that Vision is assisting in Wanda's desire for them to fit in into their suburban setting by posing as an ordinary human being. The Doylist reason was likely for Bettany to spend less time in his Vision makeup. In the sixth episode, Vision [[DefiedTrope intentionally refuses to transform into human form]] on the grounds that since they were celebrating Halloween, [[ForHalloweenIAmGoingAsMyself Vision can get away with keeping his red face]].

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* ''Series/WandaVision'' has several scenes of ComicBook/TheVision's ''Series/WandaVision'': ComicBook/TheVision normally sports his trademark red, metallic face being transformed into Creator/PaulBettany's natural one, especially when whenever he is and Wanda are at home by themselves. Whenever he goes out in public (e.g., at work), or he and Wanda are having guests over at over, he'll transform his and Wanda's place.face into Creator/PaulBettany's natural one. Assuming a WatsonianVersusDoylist perspective, the Watsonian reason is that Vision is assisting in Wanda's desire for them to fit in into their suburban setting by posing as an ordinary human being. The Doylist reason was likely for Bettany to spend less time in his Vision makeup. In the sixth episode, Vision [[DefiedTrope intentionally refuses to transform into human form]] on the grounds that since they were celebrating Halloween, [[ForHalloweenIAmGoingAsMyself Vision can get away with keeping his red face]].
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*** In Chapter 15, Din must infiltrate an Imperial mining hub in disguise. [[https://www.instagram.com/p/Cb5qv4IvYQb/?utm_medium=copy_link Early concept art]] for the disguise took inspiration from AT-AT commander uniforms, leaving Din without any means of covering his face. However, Pedro Pascal reduced the episode's reliance on this trope by suggesting that Din instead [[https://www.starwars.com/chapter-15-story-gallery?image_id=5cf484b942e51ebd6b4f2a72 continue hiding his visage]] until a high-stakes moment forces it into the open.

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*** In Chapter 15, Din must infiltrate an Imperial mining hub in disguise. [[https://www.instagram.com/p/Cb5qv4IvYQb/?utm_medium=copy_link Early concept art]] for the disguise took inspiration from AT-AT commander uniforms, leaving Din without any means of covering his face. However, Pedro Pascal ultimately reduced the episode's reliance on this trope trope, by suggesting that Din instead continue hiding his visage (resulting in [[https://www.starwars.com/chapter-15-story-gallery?image_id=5cf484b942e51ebd6b4f2a72 continue hiding his visage]] a re-designed disguise]]), until a high-stakes moment forces it into the open.
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*** In Chapter 15, Din must infiltrate an Imperial mining hub in disguise. [[https://www.instagram.com/p/Cb5qv4IvYQb/?utm_medium=copy_link Early concept art]] for the disguise took inspiration from AT-AT commander uniforms, leaving Din without any means of covering his face. However, Pedro Pascal reduced the episode's reliance on this trope by suggesting that Din instead [[https://www.starwars.com/chapter-15-story-gallery?image_id=5cf484b942e51ebd6b4f2a72 continue hiding his visage]] until a high-stakes moment forces it into the open.
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* Not transformed back, but after Creator/JackNicholson becomes ComicBook/TheJoker in the 1989 ''Film/{{Batman|1989}}'' film, there are stretches where he puts on enough makeup to pass for normal.
* Used with Batman in ''Film/BatmanReturns''. He takes his mask off when trying to talk ComicBook/{{Catwoman}} down from killing Schreck. There seems to be little reason for Batman to show his identity in front of two villains, other than to give Creator/MichaelKeaton some more face time for the dramatic final scene.
* ''Film/BatmanForever'':
** Creator/JimCarrey spends about half his screentime wearing the famous [[ComicBook/TheRiddler Riddler]] DominoMask, which makes sense, considering it doesn't hide much of his face.

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Not transformed back, but after Creator/JackNicholson becomes ComicBook/TheJoker in the 1989 ''Film/{{Batman|1989}}'' film, there are stretches where he puts on enough flesh-colored makeup to pass for normal.
* ** Used with Batman in ''Film/BatmanReturns''. He takes his mask off when trying to talk ComicBook/{{Catwoman}} down from killing Schreck. There seems to be little reason for Batman to show his identity in front of two villains, other than to give Creator/MichaelKeaton some more face time for the dramatic final scene.
* ''Film/BatmanForever'':
** In ''Film/BatmanForever'', Creator/JimCarrey spends about half his screentime wearing the famous [[ComicBook/TheRiddler Riddler]] DominoMask, which makes sense, considering it doesn't hide much of his face.

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