THE MASK TROPES SERIES
This series actually has a running theme of declaring oneself to be something and then using that as a source of strength to follow through.This leads to a funny exchange where the Usopp and Sogeking parts of his personality have an argument while he's trying to think of a plan. This is a literal case of becoming the mask for Usopp, who undergoes a heavy personality shift when he dons the Sogeking mask. turns into a cruel subversion when he seems to consciously invoke this trope in a confrontation with the girl he intends to kill to make her drop her weapon Not so much a Face Heel Turn considering how he wanted to do it, though. The motivation of Captain Kuro in One Piece, who wanted to give up the life of piracy to become a normal (albeit rich) man.She ended up fusing with the person she was emulating. And the end she helped The Hero Kouji and she died cause it. She genuinely believed she was a normal girl, and when she was told her true nature, she rejected it. However, she suffered from amnesia and had forgotten her origins. Has overlap with The Woman Wearing the Queenly Mask. Do not confuse with Becoming the Costume or Becoming the Boast.
THE MASK TROPES PROFESSIONAL
Contrast Lost in Character, where a character who is a professional actor lives and breathes a role. When a literal mask starts to change someone's personality, it's Evil Mask. If the character does not even respond to his old name anymore, that is That Man Is Dead. Compare Secret Identity Identity, Fake Real Turn, and Going Native. Similar in style to Amnesiac Dissonance, but without amnesia. Can be the result of a Secret Identity Identity crisis.Ĭontrast Beneath the Mask where the audience is only given a peek. Or they grow to believe their own Masquerade a little too much and become a Stepford Smiler.
THE MASK TROPES TRIAL
whoops, Did I Just Say That Out Loud?") The usual response to The Reveal is " Was It All a Lie?" Occasionally, they will test the waters with a Trial Balloon Question.Ī more cynical subtrope is when the person is actually the Reverse Mole, but the temptation of The Dark Side gradually causes them to discard their initial good cause and become everything they originally despised.
("You're so wonderful, I can't believe I was just seducing you to get the location of your secure base. For extra irony, have it happen in the process of confessing their love. Sometimes the friendship or relationship will dissolve when The Mole lets their true identity slip. Go through with the con and say, " My God, What Have I Done?" when it's all over.Make a Heel Face Turn and become The Atoner and Sixth Ranger.Either way, he wants to remain in his new identity forever. He might even fall in love with another person whom he is explicitly supposed to be taking advantage of. His new friends prove reliable and he is struck by the contrast. As time progresses, he grows to love his new identity and the way people treat him. The Mole or the Con Man takes on a fake identity in order to gain something: information, money, a safe place.
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