Archetype:Masked Hero

"You know it can be hard? You run around this city in a pair of little boy's pajamas and a mask. You go home at night, right? Take that mask off, maybe you think it wasn't you who did those things, maybe it was somebody else."

― Frank Castle/Punisher to Matt Murdock/Daredevil (Marvel Cinematic Universe)

"I guess being the Green Arrow is what makes you feel complete. For some reason when you put that hood on it enables you to be the best version of yourself."

― Thea Queen to Oliver Queen (Arrowverse)

The archetype of a masked hero. Variation of Superhero. Opposite to Masked Villain.

Also Called[]

Costume Hero/Heroine/Superhero/Superheroine
Mask Hero/Heroine/Superhero/Superheroine
Masked Heroine/Superhero/Superheroine

Properties[]

The user possesses the powers and traits of a masked hero, assuming an alternative persona by wearing a mask. The mask itself often possesses supernatural traits, empowering the user. In other times the mask may simply be a way for a character to express themselves. The freedom and anonymity brought about by the mask may bring out both the good and the bad.

Associated Powers[]

Dark Form
Disguise Mastery
Jungian Archetype Mimicry (The "Mask" archetype)
Light Form
Lucha Libre Mastery
Powers Via Object
Rescue Mastery
Indomitable Heroism

Relationships[]

Action Hero: Most masked heroes usually take action constantly.
Badass Normal: Some masked heroes usually have no superpowers but still have capability to be badass.
- Empowered Badass Normal
Soldier
- Super Soldier
Superhero
- Anti-Hero
- True Hero
Vigilante: Most masked heroes are usually vigilantes.
War Hero

Example Characters[]

Anime/Manga/Manhwa[]

Cat Sentai Go-Nyanger (Akazukin Chacha)
Karakura-Raizer Team (Bleach)
Dagwon Team (Brave Command Dagwon)
Vanguamen (Cardfight!! Vanguard G)
Nobuna Gaizer (Case Closed/Detective Conan)
Ota Rangers (Danball Senki)
UFO Rangers (Doraemon)
Son Gohan/Great Saiyaman (Dragon Ball series)
Videl Satan/Great Saiyaman 2 (Dragon Ball series)
Ganbar Team (Genki Bakuhatsu Ganbaruger)
Happy Heroes (Happy Heroes)
Miracle Sentai AppleV (Hello Kitty: Ringo no Mori no Fantasy)
EatRanger (Kirarin Revolution)
Angel Rangers (Kyoro-Chan)
Color Rangers (Level E)
A Power Rangers Parody (Makeruna! Makendo 2)
Municipal Force Daitenzin (Municipal Force Daitenzin)
Zetraman (Ninja High School)
Battle Rangers (Ojamajo Doremi)
Powertrons (Perfect Blue)
Charles/The Mighty Accelguard (Pokémon Anime series)
Latoya Parker/Gligirl (Pokémon Anime series)
Mr. Parker/Gligarman (Pokémon Anime series)
Meyer/Blaziken Mask (Pokémon Anime series)
Wagashi Sentai Araranger (Rumiko Takahashi)
Brass Rangers (Samurai Flamenco)
Money Rangers (Samurai Flamenco)
Samurai Sentai Flamenger (Samurai Flamenco)
Road Busters (Scan2Go)
Nishinohashi Hero Shoutenger (Tari Tari)
Superheroes (Tiger & Bunny)
Kanda Momo/Wonder Momo (Wonder Momo)
Kenta Hirono ("Yume Senshi Wingman")

Cartoons[]

A-M[]

Action Pack (Action Pack)
The N-Men (The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius)
Ultra Lord (The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius)
Simon Seville/Batmunk (Alvin and the Chipmunks)
Bro-Squad (The Amazing World of Gumball)
Super Strong Warner Siblings (Animaniacs)
Deuce Dwayne/Dark Bunny (Arthur)
Flighty Fluoride Scour Rangers (Arthur)
The Terrific Turbo-Trooper Toy T-Bot Team (Arthur)
Joseph "Joey" Felt/Nuclear Boy (Atomic Puppet)
Prince Zuko/The Blue Spirit (Avatar: The Last Airbender)
Otis Cow/Cowman (Back at the Barnyard)
Abel North/Kangaroo Commando (Ben 10)
Omega Lucky Scouts (Ben 10 Reboot)
The Affiliates (Big City Greens)
Superfantastic Mega-Buds (Camp Lakebottom)
Supera-Man (Captain Biceps)
Elfa Strike Team (Codename: Kids Next Door)
Courageous Cat and Minute Mouse (Courageous Cat and Minute Mouse)
Various Characters (DC Animated Universe)
- Simon Trent/Gray Ghost (Batman: The Animated Series)
- Terrance/Terry McGinnis/Batman (Batman Beyond)
- Hoop Squad (Static Shock)
- Morris Grant/Soul Power (Static Shock)
- Richie Foley/Gear/Push (Static Shock)
- Shenice Vale/She-Bang (Static Shock)
Dee Dee/Diva Dynamite (Dexter's Laboratory)
Dexter/Dexstar Boy Of Wonder (Dexter's Laboratory)
Radley Crowne/Blue Falcon and Dynomutt (Dynomutt, Dog Wonder)
Erica Wang/Plungerina (The Epic Tales of Captain Underpants)
Jonny/Captain Melonhead (Ed, Edd n Eddy)
Manny Rivera/El Tigre (El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera)
Maria Rivera/Plara Peligrosa (El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera)
Rodolfo Rivera/White Pantera (El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera)
Blackbird (The Fairly OddParents)
Charles Hampton "Chuck" Indigo/Crimson Chin (The Fairly OddParents)
Power Pals (The Fairly OddParents)
Timmy Turner/Cleft, the Boy Chin Wonder/Spider-Timmy/Costume superhero (The Fairly OddParents)
Power Force Patrol (Fish Hooks)
Burger Brigade (Fighting Foodons: Prepare for Battle!)
Imaginary Man (Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends)
Gregory Fletcher/Golden Blaze (Golden Blaze)
Billy/Green Squeaker (The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy)
Grim Reaper/Cheese Reaper (The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy)
Mandy/Milk Mandy (The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy)
The Impossibles (Hanna-Barbera)
Penrod "Penry" Pooch/Hong Kong Phooey (Hanna-Barbera)
Super Globetrotters (Hanna-Barbera)
Energy Man (Harry and Bunnie)
Flame Man (Harry and Bunnie)
Rubber Man (Harry and Bunnie)
Speed Man (Harry and Bunnie)
Judy Ken Sebben/Birdgirl (Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law/Birdgirl)
Superheroes (Hero High)
Heroes (Hero Inside)
The Incredibles (The Incredibles)
El Toro (Jackie Chan Adventures)
Larry/Spectacu-Larry (Jackie Chan Adventures)
Jimmy Neutron/Brain Boy (Jimmy Timmy Power Hour 3: The Jerkinators!)
Green Swoosh (Johnny Bravo)
Johnny Test/Johnny X (Johnny Test)
Ratman (Justice Friends)
Various characters (Keeping Up With the Joneses)
- Shelby Jones/Lady Liberty
- Calvin Jones/Agent Double A
- Corrine Jones/Agent D Minor
Earth Force Enforcement Force (Kid Cosmic)
Team Go (Kim Possible)
Timothy North/Fearless Ferret and Wonder Weasel (Kim Possible)
Force Fighters Five (League of Super Evil)
Boomfist (The Life and Times of Juniper Lee)
Daniel Leight/Lightspeed (Lightspeed)
Ace Savvy (The Loud House)
Full House Gang (The Loud House)
El Falcón de Fuegon (The Loud House/The Casagrandes)
Various characters (M.A.S.K.S)
A Power Rangers Parody (Marsupilami 2000)
Mighty Heroes (The Mighty Heroes)
French Miraculous Superhero Team (Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir)
Barbara Keynes/Knightowl (Miraculous World: New York – United Heroez)
Camilla Hombee/Victory (Miraculous World: New York – United Heroez)
Olympia Hill/Majestia (Miraculous World: New York – United Heroez)
Variation Luchadores (Mucha Lucha!)

N-Z[]

Oscar/Nanoboy (The New Adventures of Nanoboy)
Hue Troop (OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes)
Mighty Pups (Paw Patrol)
Au Yu/Dragon Girl (PJ Masks)
Dylan/Armadylan (PJ Masks)
Newton/Newton Star (PJ Masks)
PJ Masks (PJ Masks)
Ace and Polly (Powerbirds)
Captain Righteous and Lefty (The Powerpuff Girls)
Penny Proud/Snack Girl (The Proud Family)
Pucca/Noodle Girl (Pucca)
Super Sooga Rangers (Pucca)
Commander Cool and Mellow Mutt (A Pup Named Scooby-Doo)
Super John Doe (Random Cartoons)
Randy Cunningham (Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja)
Badly Animated Man (Raw Toonage)
Perry/Kid Venison (Robot Chicken)
Power Forest Rangers (Robot Chicken)
- Ranger John Francis Smith/Power Forest Ranger Yellow
- Power Forest Ranger Red
- Power Forest Ranger Blue
- Power Forest Ranger Black
- Power Forest Ranger White
Superbear (Robot Chicken)
The Human Fist (Robotboy)
Lois Lame/Really Really Big Man (Rocko's Modern Life)
Adventure Squad (Rugrats)
Mega Hyper Heroes (Rugrats)
Eagle Riders (Saban's Eagle Riders)
Super Team (Sanjay's Super Team)
Brian Crown/Blue Falcon (Scoob!)
Blue Falcon and Dynomutt (Scooby-Doo! Mask of the Blue Falcon)
Peter Possum/Pith Possum (Disney's The Shnookums and Meat Funny Cartoon Show)
Opossum Man (Sidekick)
Bart Simpson/Bartman (The Simpsons)
Springfield Avengers (The Simpsons)
A Spider-Man Parody (The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror)
The Skysurfers (Skysurfer Strike Force)
Barf/Spidermawg (Spaceballs: The Animated Series)
The International Justice League of Super Acquaintances (SpongeBob SquarePants)
Henry Blumenshine/Boost (StarBeam)
Zoey/StarBeam (StarBeam)
Zoey's Mom/WonderBeam (StarBeam)
Flex Fighters (Stretch Armstrong and the Flex Fighters)
Super Drags (Super Drags)
Mr. Merica (Superhero Intern)
Preston Change-O (Superhero Intern)
Tsunami (Superhero Intern)
The Weirdo (Superhero Intern)
Super President/James Norcross (Super President)
Emerson (Superhero Kindergarten)
Super K's (Superhero Kindergarten)
SuperTed (SuperTed/The Further Adventures of SuperTed)
Teen Titronz (Teen Titans Go!)
Nobody (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2003 TV series)
The Tick (The Tick)
Teamo Supremo (Teamo Supremo)
Bat Cat (Tom and Jerry Kids)
Bat Mouse (Tom and Jerry Kids)
Droopy Van Droop and Drippler Drippson/Droopy Man and Dripple Boy (Tom and Jerry Kids)
Stanley Carter/Supercape (The Tom and Jerry Show 1975)
Amazing Acquaintances (Tom and Jerry Tales)
Crusaders Action League (The Venture Bros.)
Sniffles/Darkbat (Wabbit: A Looney Tunes Production/New Looney Tunes)
Super Racers (Wacky Races 2017)
Far Out Flower Power Rangers (Walter Melon)
Peter Piper/Arachnoman (Walter Melon)
Ultra-Meteorite Fighters (We Bare Bears)
Kelly Webster/Web Woman (Web Woman)
Go Hero Go (Where's Waldo)
Becky Botsford/WordGirl (WordGirl!)
Zevo-3 (Zevo-3)

Comics[]

Justice Prevails (AAM/Markosia)
Ruby Kaye/Geek-Girl (AAM/Markosia)
Justice Squadron (AC Comics)
Clark Kent/Super-Soldier (Amalgam Comics)
Seven Sentinels (America's Best Comics)
Eric Twinge/Bananaman (Bananaman)
Round Table of America (Big Bang Comics)
Various Heroes (DC Comics)
- Barry Allen/The Flash II
- Rex Tyler/Hourman
- Bruce Wayne/Batman
- Dick Grayson/Robin/Nightwing
- Hal Jordan/Green Lantern
- Jacob Jordan/Manhattan Guardian
- Jefferson Pierce/Black Lightning
- Richard Tyler/Hourman II
- Justice Foundation
- Lana Lang/Superwoman
- Wallace “Wally” West/The Flash
The Skunk and Macy Fitzgerald (Entity Comics)
Zora (Icon Comics)
The League of Honor (Image Comics)
Mark Grayson/Invincible (Image Comics)
Markus Murphy/Kid Invincible (Image Comics)
Oliver Grayson/Omni-Boy/Kid-Omni Man (Image Comics)
Pearl Penalosa/Ultra (Image Comics)
Terra Grayson (Image Comics)
Trent Phloog/Megaton Man (Image Comics)
The Union (Image Comics)
Zandale Randolph/Invincible (Image Comics)
Various Characters (Marvel Comics)
- Bobby Wright/Captain Hero
- Gwendolyn "Gwen" Stacy/Ghost Spider/Spider-Gwen
- Gwendolyn "Gwen" Stacy/Nightbird/Night-Gwen
- Harry Osborn/New Goblin
- John Jonah Jameson III/Colonel Jupiter
- Matt Murdock/Daredevil
- Peter Parker/Spider-Man
- Steve Rogers/Captain America
Stanley Ipkiss (The Mask)
Mightily Murdered Power Ringers (Mightily Murdered Power Ringers)
Cosmic Crime Alliance (Monkeybrain Comics)
The Peacemakers (Monkeybrain Comics)
Teenpeace (Monkeybrain Comics)
Bastions of Justice (Moonstone Comics)
Mighty Crusaders (Red Circle Comics)
New Crusaders (Red Circle Comics)
Maggie Simpson/Bouncing Battle Baby (Simpsons Comics)
Tremendous Trio (Simpsons Comics)
Nerds of Prey (Simpsons Super Spectacular)
Sonic the Hedgehog/Stealth the Hedgehog (Archie’s Sonic the Hedgehog)
Betty Bopper/Batbabe (Spoof Comics Presents)
Penny Perky/Spider-Femme (Spoof Comics Presents)
Al Gordon/Green Mantle (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)
Gadgetman (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)
Wingnut and Screwloose (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)

Literature[]

Galloping Gazelle (Goosebumps)
Skipper Matthews/Elastic Boy (Goosebumps)

Live Television/Movies[]

Maria Musajev/The Red Fury (Antboy)
Pelle Nøhrmann/Antboy (Antboy)
Side-Kick (Antboy)
Wendy Wane/BatBabe (Batbabe: The Dark Nightie)
Darryl Walker/Blankman (Blankman)
Danger Force (Danger Force)
Earl Sinclair/Captain Impressive (Dinosaurs)
Justice League (Just Imagine)
Kamen Riders (Kamen Rider Franchise)
Jefferson Reed/Meteor Man (Meteor Man)
Mighty Moshin' Emo Rangers (Mighty Moshin' Emo Rangers)
Jenny Johnson/G-Girl (My Super Ex-Girlfriend)
Power Bangers (Power Bangers: A Power Rangers Parody)
Power Rangers (Power Rangers)
Power Rangers (Power Rangers 2017)
- Legendary Dino Rangers (Power Rangers Beast Morphers)
- Historic Rangers (Power Rangers Megaforce/Super Megaforce)
- Legendary Rangers (Power Rangers Ninja Steel/Super Ninja Steel)
- Retro Rangers (Power Rangers Operation Overdrive)
- Red Rangers (Power Rangers Wild Force)
Dion Warren/Mind Mover (Raising Dion)
Thunder Force (Thunder Force)
Patricia Porker/SpiderBabe (SpiderBabe)
Sport Rangers (Squadron Sport Ranger)
Justice Rangers (Studio C)
Justice Trio (Studio C)
Zack and Cody Martin/Quick Guy and Brain Man (The Suite Life of Zack and Cody)
Rick Riker/Dragonfly (Superhero Movie)
Sentai Rangers (Super Sentai franchise)
Gavin Lucas/Surge (Surge of Power: The Stuff of Heroes)
Edward Marshall/Steel Condor (Up, Up and Away)
Jim Marshall/Bronze Eagle (Up, Up and Away)
Judy Marshall/Warrior Woman (Up, Up and Away)

Video Games[]

Bakufuu Sentai Bombermen (Bomberman)
Snotty Ragsdale/Boogerman (Boogerman: A Pick and Flick Adventure)
Nick/Captain Rainbow (Captain Rainbow)
Uber Troopers (Dance Central)
Xeno Trunks/Great Saiyaman 3 (Dragon Ball Heroes)
Beat/Great Saiyaman 4 (Dragon Ball Heroes)
Kung Fu Rainbow Lazerforce (Grand Theft Auto V)
Justice V (THE iDOLM@STER: Shiny Colors)
Punishing Rangers Handsome Men (Killer 7)
A Power Rangers Parody (Mutants Genetic Gladiators)
Animeger (Myself; Yourself)
Rescue V (Paper Mario: Color Splash)
The Phantom Thieves of Hearts (Persona)
Phoenix Ranger Featherman R (Persona)
Donald Duck/Paperinik (PK: Out of the Shadows)
Hawlucha (Pokémon)
Pikachu Libre (Pokémon)
King (Tekken)
The Wonderful Ones (Wonderful 101)

Others[]

Godbeast Megazord As Celestial Warrior/(Shen Shou Jin Gang) 神兽金刚神獸金剛
Gigatribe/(Gigatribe) 기가트라이브
Ryuji Five/(Ryuji Five) ริวจิไฟว์
Toa (Bionicle)
The Adequately Impressive 3 (Channel Awesome)
Steffi Frohlich/Blitz (Kiwi Blitz)
Slide Sentai Slingers (Toyota)
X-Rangers (X-Rangers: Defenders of Gaming)

Gallery[]

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