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supervillain unmasking moments in movies
and TV before we begin
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for this list we’re looking at the key
points in film and television where a
super villain has his or her identity
exposed by means of unmasking if you
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list on the top 10 superhero unmasking
moments and be warned of spoilers number
10
yokai big hero 6
behind his mask yokai is known for his
all black attire with his face hidden
behind a kabuki mask he uses stolen
microbots from 14 year old genius hero
for his own plans thinking that the man
behind yokai was tech mogul Alastair cry
the truth shocked hero along with the
rest of big hero 6 when they knocked off
his mask during an attack in an
abandoned lab he’s then revealed to be
professor robert callaghan whose thirst
for vengeance cost heroes brother
Tadashi his life it’s over krei
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professor Callaghan once a trusted
teacher and mentor his actions as yokai
as well as his callousness towards hero
about Tedeschi showed how far Callaghan
had fallen number nine the shredder
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles the
shredder is the cold-hearted ninja
master who is incorporating the troubled
youth of New York into his criminal Foot
Clan
once the Ninja Turtles start to ruin his
operations he faces them in battle alone
nearly killing Leonardo shredder is
halted by Master Splinter
who calls him out as Oroku Saki the man
taking off the mask
shredder confirms that he is Sachi as
his lip bears the scars from his first
encounter with splinter years ago in his
rage shredder falls off a high rise and
is thoroughly trashed until the sequel
at least
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number eight prometheus arrow Oliver
Queen is mine not if I kill him first
with his father killed by green arrow in
season one
Prometheus sought to discredit the arrow
and psychologically torture him in a
surprise twist he is revealed to be a
former district attorney
Adrian chase during a rooftop fight
against the vigilante in the comics
chase fought crime as the costumed
superhero named the vigilante
so this revealed really threw viewers
for a loop chase whose real name is
Simon Morrison was the son of a villain
killed by the arrow early in his career
he continued to torment Oliver Queen and
team arrow even after his identity was
revealed with Prometheus unmasked this
throwing star killer became even more of
a threat you’re not just my boss you’re
my friend number 7 silver samurai The
traditionally the silver samurai is a
mutant and silver armor in the film a
piper he is a man in a samurai mech this
is not the only difference as Harada who
is the samurai in the comics is just a
minor character in the film in the final
battle with Logan
the silver samurai is revealed as Ichigo
Yashida don’t look so shocked
saved by the Wolverine in World War 2
Yoshida showed his loyalty by trying to
take his healing factor in an effort to
cheat death his deception did not go
unpunished as his own granddaughter
distracted him long enough for Wolverine
to defeat Yoshida for good you asked me
to come say goodbye sayonara number six
reversed flash the flash even at the
beginning there was something off about
Harrison wells the STAR Labs founder
often hid things from team flash and
even acted maliciously once it was
revealed that he was the reverse-flash
however these actions started to make
sense revealing himself to general
Eiling and the audience before Gorilla
Grodd drags him away to his death this
was actually the first of two masks worn
by the sinister speedster Wells is in
reality a man from the future named Joe
bard Thawne stuck in the past he masked
his true identity by killing the real
Harrison wells and using his face and
skin
high design ste can you tell me your
is embarrassing Wow
surviving being murdered by her former
employer max Shreck Selina Kyle became
the stinky villain known as Catwoman as
Selena she met Bruce Wayne and things
got a little heated between them still
Catwoman was determined to kill Shrek
for what he did to her only for Batman
to intervene Batman reveals to both her
and Trek that he is Bruce Wayne in order
to get her to stop
so we nakai you fired Bruce Wayne why
you dressed up like Batman because he is
Batman you more however she rejects the
man that loves her as both Selina and
Catwoman and dramatically unmasks in
front of her would-be killer what
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number four Red Skull Captain America
the First Avenger Johann Schmidt was the
leader of the Nazi sub group Hydra
during World War two
Schmidt was using the mysterious and
supremely powerful tesseract to create
weapons that could turn the tide of war
this managed to get the attention of the
strategic scientific reserve and Captain
America as Schmidt and cap faced off for
the first time in a burning building
Schmidt’s face began to melt ripping off
the ruined mask the Red Skull is
literally revealed to cap and the
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with this meeting the two super soldiers
learn of each other setting up the
confrontation on his aircraft the
Valkyrie number three Green Goblin
mr. Osbourne for much of the movie Green
Goblin has had his suspicions about
spider-man’s secret identity giving him
an edge
during their final confrontation
spider-man seems to have defeated the
Green Goblin leaving him begging for his
life as a final trump card he revealed
as a Spidey that he is the wealthy
industrialist Norman Osborn father of
Peters best friend Godfrey with
spider-man distracted by his own grief
that someone close to him would commit
such heinous crimes the Goblin summons
his glider only to end up in paling
himself Osborne’s actions would lay the
groundwork for Harry and Peter’s
relationship throughout the rest of the
trilogy if you done but if you died
number two Winter Soldier Captain
when Hydra returns and destroys shield
from the inside one of their key players
is the ruthless assassin
the Winter Soldier Captain America goes
toe to toe with him more than once but
it isn’t until their second battle that
things got interesting cap
unintentionally unmasked the assassin
only to learn that he is his long-lost
friend Bucky Barnes brainwashed and
experimented on by Hydra
Bucky didn’t even remember who he was it
was only during the to final battle that
Steve Rogers gets through to Barnes his
slow path to redemption and regaining
his identity could then finally begin
Bucky
who the hell is Bucky number one the
Joker the dark knight for this reveal a
bank robbery takes place with the Joker
pulling the strings while he
purposefully keeps key details of the
heist from the robbers they end up
attacking a bank controlled by Gotham
City’s underworld to top it off
many of the crooks are told to kill
others so they could keep more of the
loot I’m betting the Joker told you to
bus driver what bus driver when there’s
only one robber left standing the
corrupt bank manager baits him after
asking the masked clown figure what he
believes in the robber reveals himself
to have been the Joker all along the
madness and cunning of the Joker are all
revealed at the very beginning of the
film immediately letting fans know that
this Joker is truly strange do you agree
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