The Mask (object)

The Mask of Loki in the movie.

The Mask of Loki in the Adventures of The Mask comic and The Mask Animated Series.

The Mask's first appearance in the original comics.

The Not Ordinary Mask (or the Mask of Loki in the film)  is a supernatural arcifact that is held by Stanley Ipkiss in the film and many other wearers in the comics. In reality, The Mask itself is an object surrounded by darkness and mystery. No one knows who made it, or why it even exists in the first place.

It is uncontrollable, and it unleashes something equally uncontrollable on the wearers, that are themselves.

Origin

In the original comics, the mask was apparently created in the past for a long time, in a time unknown by an unknown African tribe that originated in Africa. The ancient shamans of that ancient tribe used his ancient African techniques of secret and mystical knowledge using a kind of magic that was infused and used in the creation of the Mask which was a jade made mask and was originally used in ancient rituals performed by that tribe. When it was used, which is was considered as a symbiotic relic by the inhabitants of that same African tribe, its bearer gets impregnated with fictional magical reality, gains physical impermeability and skills similar to those of a cartoon character such as those of being able of pulling random objects out of nothing and extending your body and limbs far beyond human limits.

In the film, the Mask was created between the end of the 4th century AD and the beginning of the 5th century AD by Loki, the Nordic god of fire and mischief in the northern lands of Europe in Asgard, supposedly of Scandinavian origin. Some very old texts describe Loki as a night god and a nocturnal creature, which fits perfectly with the Mask and its method of functioning since it only works at night, and stops to function completely with the sun's rising during the rising of the day, returning to work when the sun sets and the night arrives.

However, the mystical story behind the creation of the Mask that is told in the movies seems open to interpretation. In the first film, it is said by Stanely that Loki may have been banished into the Mask by Odin when he consulted with Dr. Arthur Neumann and some believe in that theory, as well as believe that at the moment the user wears the mask, which is released on that moment is Loki himself when the artifact is used. However, this theory has its problems since each transformation of the Mask is unique as well as of each person who uses it and they always follow their own personal desires more than those of Loki.

Another theory is that Loki was the one who created the Mask and he imbued it with some of his own powers, where he then threw it on Earth so that it could cause chaos, confusion and terror among humans. Although this is the version that was proven to have been the one that gave origin to the Mask in the events of the second film, this theory also has its problems, such as why Loki would allow humans to win equality foot against him or other gods, and because the one who wears the Mask gains more than the ability to change form and other powers than those that Loki is able to use and understand.

There is no text or ancient records or books that describe Loki as being able to do such things as making appear and pulling objects out of nothing, nor the ability to deform, manipulate, and distort reality to his will. If he had even those powers, his adoptive father Odin could not have easily exiled Loki from the divine kingdom at Asgard to Earth as punishment by his past actions. Thus there is no satisfactory and solid theory behind the creation of the Mask and the point is still under debate. As such, the powers demonstrated by the Mask in the first must be more the most basic and simple powers that Loki possesses, since he has more powers than the Mask itself and which are described in ancient texts and books.

In the animated series, the Mask was supposedly created around the 11th century in the Nordic lands of Europe, but the creator of it is still unknown, but this was a false information created by Dr. Pretorius in the episode "Sister Mask" to catch Stanley in a trap to use it and the Mask in his plans. In the episode "Shadow of a Skillit", the villain Skillit who has more than 4,000 years of existence knows of each one who ended up finding and wearing the Mask. In his own words, however, he says that in fact the Mask was the one that possessed them before being found by Stanley, and the first and oldest known user of the mystic artifact that Skillit mentioned was the ancient king of the Huns, Attila the Hun, who was known as God's Plague or Scourge of God, and ruled the greatest European empire of his time from 434 AD until his death in 453 AD in the 5th century AD.

Taking into account that Attila was born around 406 AD in that same century cited, it is believed then that the Mask was created precisely around the 5th century AD, which could reinforce that the origins of this version of the Mask may be linked with those of Loki in this reality too. The origins of the Mask may also be related to those of the family of Madame Suspiria in relation to the magic that this family has lost as generations passed and this version of the Mask is considered to be one of the most powerful objects in the world according to the statements of Madame Suspiria in the episode "Love Potion No. 8 ½". In fact, this is the most powerful version of the Mask in comparison to the two other versions of the artifact cited above for being able to work both day and night, although the artifact version of the original comics can also be used both day and night.

Appearance

The appearance and design of the Mask are in fact very different in the original comics, in the movies and in the animated series. In the case of the Mask version which is seen in the original comics, it is a voodoo mask made entirely of several pieces of jade with cracks around the entire front surface and the back surface, having an oval appearance that covers both the face, the forehead, and the scalp, and having details carved on the front surface with red eyes, nose, and a closed mouth, much like a real face.

In the version seen in the films, it is an old mask of the viking type made of wood and being of Scandinavian origin due to its design, having a shape of a concave triangle made of wood with the top being cut in a straight horizontal line with wide and distorted vertical bands on the front surface and cracks of wood around it as well as on the back of the artifact as well, with it being painted a dull dark green color with some small parts being painted brown and having on its surface three small holes Small, two for the eyes and one for the mouth, with a piece of metal made of bronze or painted rusty metal that lies between the nose and the holes of the eyes and mouth on the front surface and bearing around this piece for four spherical metal points stamped on the metal piece and a fifth larger spherical point with an "L" letter stamped in the center of this point, located at the top of the metal part where the forehead is. In an official version of the first film adapted by comics, the Mask's appearance is identical to that quoted above, except that the fifth spherical dot with the letter "L" stamped on its center is replaced by another simple metallic dot, and color of The mask is all light oak painted.

In the animated series, the look and design of the Mask is a combination of the two designs seen in the original comics and in the movies, but much more prevail the version seen in the movies, with this version of the artifact having a more oval appearance and design and being made of wood with vertical stripes with some loose lines between them on both the front surface and the back surface and being painted with light brown oak with three small open holes being shown, two for the eyes and one for the mouth, with a piece of metal painted in silver gray color that lies between the nose and the holes of the eyes and the mouth on the frontal surface and having around this piece five small metal spherical points. The edges of the Mask, as well as those found in the holes of the eyes and mouth are painted a green color.

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The three versions of the Mask have symbiotic features and are generally placed on the face or are close enough to someone's face to produce small tentacles from the edges of the Mask and cover the head completely, with the facial parts of the artifact connecting with the features of face of user (eyes, nose and mouth), distorting, deforming, and squeezing both the face and the head during the transformation, as well as causing the user's eyes to become larger and bulging and the teeth of the mouth causing both distressing and traumatic pain on the user's face and head (both during the transformation and when the mask is removed from the face by the wearer himself or by someone removing the mask).

In the original comics, the user's transformation to Big Head is a very quick one, allowing the user to be transformed without attracting the attention of people who are around, completely changing or not the clothes that the user has at the moment, with Stanley Ipkiss And Lieutenant Mitch Kellaway respectively being two examples.

In movies, animated series and comics based on the animated series, the transformation is initiated with the user generally becoming a kind of a spinning human miniature, identical to the character Taz Mania of Looney Tunes or cover the user's body in a cloud of black smoke in the case of bad people, and the transformations are always accompanied by noises and loud noises of thunder and flashes of lightning surrounding the area where the user is, and sometimes can show the skeleton of the user undergoing the transformation while Inside the tornado or already immense in black smoke. These two types of transformation can attract the attention of people who are close because they are not as stealthy as the Mask of the original comics, however, in certain types of situations, the transformation may end up becoming fast in case your user is in danger of life as the case where Stanley was falling from the top of a building after remove the Mask of Peggy in the episode "Counterfeit Mask".

After the transformation is completed, he or she will have their head and face completely covered in a rubber-like material of bright green-colored skin color (certain users can be transformed with all their hair and scalp being covered or not by the material of the Mask), with its ears being completely covered by the material of the mask, accompanied with a set of big teeth completely whitened and shiny, as well as a change of the user's basic casual clothes according to the personality of each one, in order to appear more suited to match the most desired repressed personality that is released by the power of the Mask and the loving interest he or she may have in the moment or not.

Personality

The most peculiar and also the most interesting aspect of the Mask is what it does with the minds and personalities of its users and its subconscious when they use it and are under its influence. Due to its many different origins in the versions of the mystical artifact that are seen in the original comics, in the films, and in the animated series (well in the adapted comic version of the animated series), the Mask may or may not have a personality and a will of its own, as well as an agenda of its own. In terms of how the artifact affects the user's mind and personality when he or she uses it, the three versions of the Mask have similar effects that are these.

Because it is an object of mystical and magical nature at the same time in its properties, the mask transforms anyone who uses it according to the inner motives and intents that may exist within the subconscious mind and the deepest feelings and emotions within the heart of user, and he or she own usually do not know or have any idea that they can have, whether good or bad, whether conscious or repressed.

The Mask transforms the user into a kind of alter ego (both body and soul) based on the most desired repressed personality that may exist within a person's subconscious mind by using the repressed parts he or she represses within, bringing out their desires, dreams, joys, repressed feelings, and deeper, hidden, and inner needs that they may have, amplifies all of them and finally puts that alterego of that person who is created by the power of the Mask in the control of the taking of decision with absolutely no self-control or possible psychological inhibitions that are imposed by the society in which that person lives, seeking for pleasure without personal pain in a very exaggerated or aggressive way and thus reach their most desired goals and objectives at the moment without being afraid of the consequences.

That would always vary from person to person and how the character, personality, and state of the user's mental and spiritual alignment is currently at the moment, as well as whether the person wearing the Mask is good or bad in both the mind and the heart. This is usually always dangerous, as the users will rarely be able to maintain their morals and even their basic decencies in some active cases while wearing the Mask and are affected by their influence, which can even lead to cause deaths as a result of the actions provoked by the user's wishes using the Mask, which is more especially true in the case of bad people using the artifact since that type of person is bad by nature and by choice, has almost no inhibitions and are not complacent with the laws and authorities, as well as with their victims and the people they do not like, so they have more control over their actions while they are wearing the Mask because of the chaotic nature itself that contains the powers of the mask, which in general, makes its users into insane beings when they use it.

The artifact also feeds on the darker impulses that may exist in a person's psyche, such as anger, fury, envy, lust, childishness, mischief, and other similar feelings and emotions (especially in cases seen in The Mask of Original Comics), and the Mask makes its users who use it act based on these types of impulses and emotions. The motor that makes the Mask work is the most basic desires that a person has (do not confuse inner desires of the mind with the desires of the heart) which are the need to eat, drink, play, defend, and so on. In other words, the desires and feelings of the user wearing the Mask are more specifically the selfish desires of each other, with the artifact transforming him or her into a personification and also a slave to their own inner and primitive desires.

In a more psychological field, this is called ID, the basis of any personality of the person and the source of all desire that a person thinks and feels in the subconscious and is the first link in the chain of decision making. The theory suggests that the Mask and its influence ignores the other two parts of the mind that are involved in decision making. A person's mind is composed of Ego, Super Ego, and ID. The ID is what the mind says of someone who wants something (I'm hungry), the Ego decides what to do about it (You can not eat a table, or a lamp, or the rug, but you can eat a sandwich), And the Super Ego is what decides how to get it (make it, buy it, steal it). Each person's ID, Ego, and Super Ego are unique to that person and are what make up that person's personality.

What the Mask and its influence does with the user's mind is to turn off the Ego and the Super Ego, thus giving the ID the full reign of decision-making. So if he or she decides to look for something (I'm hungry), they do not have the other two mental processes of the brain to figure out how to get it, so that the Mask forces the ID of user to do what he or she can make, but the Mask allows the ID of this person to retain some intelligence to know what not can make, for example, eat a table, or sometimes in the case of someone flirting a woman at a party and that user is a married person, the morale of this user wearing the Mask will be triggered and will immediately stop with this action when reminding that he ou she was committed and married to someone.

The forces behind the Mask are completely irrational and beyond the comprehension of man, being inherently unpredictable. Depending on his or her personality, the Mask brings out the "inner self" of each one who uses it and uses the user's imagination to be able to release their power. The user's will "fuses" with the insatiable thirst of the Mask itself for violent devastation through fun and games. Another important detail is that the Mask itself is not averse to violence, and this is much more demonstrated in the original comics, where they result in destruction and occasionally fatal flurries. In the movie, this was fine-tuned and the Mask only becomes as dangerous as the user who is using it, and in the animated series, one could rarely see something that was explicitly violent, but it was seen in case the Mask was used by bad people or with mental problems like Dr. Pretorius.

There are several differences in how the versions of the Mask seen in the original comics, in the movies, and in the animated series affect the user's mind and how he or she behaves when they come under his influence, but the rule is that the personality of user when using the mask is always different from person to person. In some cases, the character may go to a "Up for Eleven" (especially if he or she already has superpowers before) or turn it into a soulless vampire type creature, just thinking about himself. In general, the Mask/Big-Head Killer is a very temperamental being what is very moody and loves to want to change the situation around him to be the center of attentions, whose results that people transformed in this type of being cause in his actions when the Mask is used Is very inconsistent, unstable and effectively random.

In Original Comics

In the case of the original comics, in addition to obtaining the varied powers and abilities that the Mask confers, it also grants its users a high intelligence that affects their personality to make it smarter, but in return, besides making the user into a being Insane as the user spends time with it in his face, the artifact ends up causing him or her to become cruel and dangerous anti-heroes with ultraviolent tendencies even if that was not the original intention that the user had in mind.

An interesting detail regarding this version of the Mask is that it did not replace the user's personality with another as is the case of the other two found in the movies and the animated series, but rather exaggerates character traits of the one who use it for something that they dream of being (like a fearsome crime boss or a manic animal for parties depending on the person), which usually results in making the users act on the basis of play and unleash unbelievable violence. In addition, the user almost always becomes overwhelmed by their own desires and their effects when they remove it.

At first, the user who uses this version of the mask after discovering what it is and what it does resolves to take advantage of the powers it grants to perform things related to revenge against any form of injustice that the user may have suffered, be it personal or public. However, over time, the user loses control and he or she becomes a trapped personality behind the mask while witnessing the chaos he or she is causing as Big Head.

For example, when he discovered the Mask being sold in an antique shop and she had granted Stanely Ipkiss his powers, he had declared that he would become a superhero and protect the innocent, but not before he killed the bikers Who had tormented him that very day earlier before he put on the mask. Ironically, he began to kill the innocent people who had caused him personal sorrow in the past, making him slowly surrender to his most violent desires. The reason for this drastic change in user is because this version of the Mask has a will and controls the user by matching their will with the personality of the user who is using that version of the Mask.

Because the origins in relation to its creation are that of an african tribe in Africa, the Mask was created with it having gained a will of its own and as such, those who use it can sometimes get to talk to the Mask itself, even though it Is not being used by users on their faces. When the manifestation of the Mask manifests itself in the form of one of its users to talk to the host during their sleep, the will of the artifact reveals that it is indeed an "enabler", but that the user is the motor that direct it, or better, "we" as the Mask's will refers to itself when it is united with a user, referring to itself as a "humble mystical artifact" and its wearer who uses it is who brings out the which Mask itself can support.

The mask itself also explains to this user that in case one of their users is a well-adjusted person in terms of attitude and personality, Mask simply simply "redecorates" those features with the most hidden desires that are within the user's subconscious. But in case one of your users is an "an ulcerated emotional bag" person, then the Mask's will ends up telling this user that he or she should be on the alert. In general characteristics, the Mask that transforms the user into "Big Head" has a psychotic and extremely violent personality, causing him or her to play the role between the anti-hero and the villain, depending on who used the Mask at the time, for deal with most personal grudges by killing their targets, using real weapons like pistols and axes and being more direct in their battles.

In terms of side effects on the personalities of users, the Mask ends up leaving a residual effect where they do not end up forgetting the actions they did when they were under the influence of the artifact after each use and will have to live with the consequences of what they did for better or worse. The psychological effects that this version of the Mask causes on users are not only limited when he or she uses it. Some of them, after wearing the Mask have become more violent and temperamental. This can be attributed due to the fatigue they feel because wearing the Mask ends up tiring the wearer, especially if they stay up all night, or more likely due to the barriers of the mind being constantly broken down and then re-raised when the Mask is removed, But it is believed that these mental barriers are not fully healed. There have been a few instances where a Mask user has gradually become insane because his mental barriers do not reform properly after removing the Mask, although in this case this is most often a speculation.

Thus, people who use it in general, even those who are good, always have to deal with the exchange between power and control, and the future realization that the power of the Mask will distort them in a version of themselves Same ones they fear. Because of this, what the original Mask of the original comic does is release the dark side of the psyche of the users and turns him or her into a psychotic killer, who is called "Big Head" by impresse, with the ability to materialize any weapon, to become immortal to all type of attack and to change its appearance. But no matter in which hands this version of the Mask ends up stopping, since the end result after using it is usually to lead its users to ruin as well as those who are next to them by causing bloody chaos wherever they go.

In Movies and Animated Series

In the version of the Mask seen in both films, the artifact alone has no will, soul, spirit or even its own personality and not even an agenda of its own or moral. It simply ends up releasing the repressed desires that the user may have within himself by giving him or her the powers of the Nordic god of Loki mischief, and as that mask also represents Loki, because he is a nocturnal creature of the night, the artifact only It works at night and not during the day as well as it only affects the user to be violent if he or she is already so in his personality usually as well as the nature of his thoughts, feelings and emotions that these same users may have, due to the fact that this version of the Mask has no will of its own.

The Mask alone in this version is more like a powerful drug, and once the user puts on the Mask, he or she becomes able to do anything without consequences and end up waking up the next day where they do not really remember What they have done or have only a few memories in the form of a blur, but for some reason, they know they want to do it over and over again.

An important detail is that depending on the case, the user may or may not remember the things he ended up doing when he was wearing the Mask. An example is that when Stanley Ipkiss came back to normal the first two times when the Mask left alone on his face when he went to sleep and the sun appeared, he did not remember much of the things that ended up doing as The Mask and thought that that everything he lived in those earlier times were just dreams. However, in case the user himself resolves to remove the Mask after spending a few hours using it of his own free will, it seems that the user eventually remembers all the things he did when he was using the artifact and was under his influence in that moment he or she placed and wore the Mask.

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In the case of the Mask of Animated Series, she is able to let go of a person's repressed side in the form of a crazy alter ego and grant him or her powers that challenge reality, as well as being able to use it both day and night, thus making this version of the Mask the most powerful in relation to the other two mentioned above. In some cases, the alter ego of this person created by the power of the Mask almost always refers to himself in the third person, as if he were a personality separate from the original, where also varied from person to person and it always make users act almost always the basis of the antics (except in case of bad people using this version of the artifact). Being that, in the case of Stanley Ipkiss according to Dr. Pretorius, in terms of personality, he is a "repressed" man, who suffers from a "hyperactive superego", and having inside him "a hallucinated man within himself, wanting get out."

The Mask also acts on the wishes of the person who is currently using it, whether the user is willing to fulfill those wishes or not. In the episode "The Aceman Cometh", Milo, Stanely's pet dog is abducted and Stanley prepares to go look for him, but he sees a commercial for a limbo tournament at the Cogo Bongo club, and he knows that if he puts The mask, he will go where the party was being held instead of going to find Milo. This shows that while the user of the Mask puts it to try to perform a specific task or action, the user's subconscious when have on in the Mask and under his influence has his own agenda.

This version of the Mask is also apparently even aware of the surroundings where it is when it is not being used by the user, which can be shown to be true when Stanley tries to control the Mask with the Sister Mask in the episode "Sister Mask" and the Sister Mask seems to work at the beginning, only for The Mask will end up going back to their normal state of behavior and claiming that the Sister Mask does not really work after all, although this may actually be due to the fact that The Mask and Stanley share knowledge that they possess when the Mask is used.

Another detail that can prove this is that in the episodes "Shadow of a Skillit" and "Mystery Cruise", after removing the Mask, Stanley rebukes the actions that the Mask had made his alter ego do as if he had not stopped the shadow of Skillit to stop his thief of shadows after finding her and for having clogged Milo with a lot of dog ration, as well as having pulled the underwear of many of the city's cops and fleeing in a high chase that he had with them respectively. In crossover episode of Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, "Have Mask Will Travel," accidentally Ace Ventura ends up with his butt dropping where the bottom of the Mask was being exposed when they were fighting the aliens along with Stanley and Ace Ventura's alter ego ended up being manifested on Ace's backside when the Mask was placed in the shape of a head itself that was exactly like Ace's own but colored in a green tint, while Ace himself was aware with his face intact in that short time when the Mask was linked with Ace. As she removed it and replaced it in her face, Stanley as The Mask again tried to rub her face repeatedly.

In addition to being self-conscious, the Mask has its own mind and thinks of itself as an independent entity. In the episode "Split Personality", the Mask was broken in half and when Stanley uses one of the halves, she turns her left side into The Mask, which asks Stanley "Hey! What are you doing here?", and as Stanley observes the antics of his alter ego, he comments, "So that's what I do as you do." In another case where the Mask has demonstrated some agency in its actions was in the episode "Fantashitck Voyage", where Milo became ill due to a computer virus that left the cyberspace partially due to the actions of The Mask. Desperate, Stanley left a video message for The Mask saying that if Milo is not healed, Stanley would throw away the mask forever in a museum where no one else will ever put her again. Convinced, The Mask went outside to save Milo while saying that he has "gotten accustomed to his (Stanley's) face!"

Because of this, the user may or may not remember the things he ended up doing when he or she was wearing the Mask, especially if the user himself or herself decides to remove the Mask from their faces, and may or may not keep some or even all the memories of the things they did when their alter egos were in control of their bodies when they wore the Mask or did not remember well or had no recollection of what they did and their actions when they used it, especially in case they spent up with it in his faces all night, And woke up only the next day with them having already returned to normal and being tired in general.

This version of the Mask transforms the user into a kind of "Jekyll & Hyde" where the character who becomes masked when using it becomes a totally different person with a personality and a mind of his own. These types of alter egos that are born while wearing the Mask are aware of their unmasked hosts (and vice versa), but rarely felt any obligation to do things in their interest.

In more philosophical terms regarding how the mask affects users in the last two versions cited above, what it does is highly dependent on the more pressing desire he or she has when they put it on. For example, people like Stanley and Fish Guy in the animated series are extremely insecure and deeply hated people. They are the kind of person who desperately is eager to be another person, and therefore the Mask literally gives them a different personality. In the case of other characters as Peggy in the animated series, or Dorian in the first film, who are people who were already very comfortable with their own identities, they just wanted specific things, such as to be famous in Peggy's case, or to be feared in the case of Dorian.

In general features, the two versions of the Mask that are seen in the movies and in the animated series turn users into much more comic versions of themselves, such as those of a regular cartoon character, turning them into mischievous and crazy people who just want But they do heroic acts if necessary by playing with their enemies, such as giving them Atomic Wedgies, using comedy-slapstick and prank objects to cause mischief and trigger insanity and cartoon confusion in their struggles. This is more apparently in people with a good heart, but in simple tasks that wish to use the Mask to protect their hometowns and the world in which they live. In the case of bad people, they only wish to use the powers of the Mask to accomplish their evil and evil purposes, but this may be true in the case of people with good intentions also depending on the state of their character and their personality.

In other words, the Mask/Big Head, regardless of its user, is an immortal spirit, an unstoppable engine, and an untiring avenger, as well as being a force of nature or a wild fire. The artifact itself has no morality, virtually unlimited power, and even in the hands of someone experienced (as in the case of Stanley in the animated series) can not be fully controlled. The mask could easily forge a better future for you and for everyone, or maybe not. It can be the supreme weapon against crime, corruption and evil, or the supreme weapon to cause death, ruin, and destruction.

Powers and Abilites

The mask gives the wearer various powers and abilities, increased skills of those that the user already has naturally and they are all just limited to the mind and the imagination of the user, being the main source of the powers of the mask all based on manipulation of the manufactures of reality in the style Toonforce.

The Toonforce is the term for a kind of power generally used for comedy. Due to that the mask makes the minds of users, he or she act as wacky characters of cartoons, of the type that are not meant to be taken seriously (at least, far less seriously than other characters who act with integrity and in accordance with their personalities and their current ideas, thoughts, and feelings) and his skills are often inconsistent to the point of being able to do what he or she wants, however, that is funny or weird. Examples are walking in midair and not fall until you look down, or paint a tunnel on a wall or fence or mountain and then pass through the tunnel painted even though it is not really there. And even ridiculous things well as sending someone to the real and physical world or stop a show, movie, or entire cartoon series by destroying the film. This force is also known as the Kingdom of Animation, which uses the principles of animation, the Acme Law (used in cartoons with characters from Looney Tunes, for example), the logic of caricature, cartoon physics and physics Toon.

So, the powers that have the mask are basically all these here:

1. Manipulation of the Manufactures of Reality (Reality Warping) in Toonforce Style - The Main Source of the Powers of the Mask (Comic Cartoon Level: Change the reality around you with manifestation of objects that appear mysteriously, meaning "out of nowhere", change of clothes, handling the physical form of the user and the world around them in a superhuman extension, but for comic effects, funny, weird, fun, humorous and exaggerated);
2. Increased Speed (Supersonic Level: Leaving a blur when it moves in this speed, reaction time to dodge bullets from firearms or attacks using the speed of sound and run at a speed of approximately 344 meters per second or 123.84 kilometers per hour);
3. Increased Strength (Class 100 Level II: Being able to lift 100 tons or more on their heads and varies of user-to-user);
4. Increased Durability (City-Block Level: Able to survive an explosion powerful enough to destroy a block an entire city and being almost completely immune to attacks from enemies);
5. Increased Stamina (Very High Level: The user never shows fatigue or getting breathless);
6. Regeneration (Dimensional Level: Making him or her effectively indestructible and able to regenerate while your consciousness exists in the physical world, regenerating from even other dimensions);
7. Increased Intelligence (Insane Level: With the loss of sanity, inhibitions and self-control. Depending on the personality, ideas, thoughts of mind and the heart of user);
8. Transformation and Metamorphosis (Imaginary Level: Including elasticity, self-transmutation, duplication, biological manipulation and change of size, in addition to having the ability to turn others to disguise);
9. Amplification and Increased Natural Powers and Abilities (Varied Depending on the Individual Level: Negative and neutralize many or almost all negative effects of any kind of power or natural ability that the user has due the effects of regenerative abilities in the mask and increase the benefits of these same natural powers and abilities in up to ten times more than normal);
10. Energy Manipulation (Dimensional Level: Being able to use any type of energy attack, imaginary power, techniques or any other type of energy by the rules imposed by the unusual sense, limited only by the mind and the imagination of the thoughts of the user)

Despite all this, The Mask does have weaknesses, which are when it is removed by the user or by other factors, circumstances or other people or events that remove the face of someone or having the user been unconscious with an impact or attack strong enough to make loses the senses and making the mask face go out alone, he or she come back to normal, without the powers of the mask. Also almost never used all the total maximum capacity of the powers of the mask, since that it depends and varies of user-to-user.

In the version of the film, the mask is useless and dead during the daylight and comic versions or in the animated series, it can be used at any time, either during the day or at night. When it is removed, the user may or may not have some memories or almost none of the things that his or her alter ego did when they used the mask, or think that it was all a dream. Due to the time that the user was using the mask, he or she can get very tired and exhausted after using the power of manipulation of reality of the Toonforce type as a side effect, since the mask uses the user's mental energy to operate this kind of power.

In the animated series, if the user stops acting as his alter ego and releases many of their emotions, feelings and repressed thoughts of your subconscious and combines with his current personality, the mask only works for a few minutes and it melts on its own, leaving the user's face, since the deeper parts and suppressed the subconscious are needed to make the mask work in this individual, thus it does stop working in this person, even when putting the mask on the face of him or her again. If the user decides to crack down on those repressed parts back into your subconscious, the mask return running in this individual again.

Trivia

• Since Loki was a night god, The Mask only works at night.
  • This rule was created only for the film, and does not exist in either comics or the animated series.
• Hence the name, the mask was created by Loki in the film canon.
• In the film canon it's shown that if a child is conceived while the father is wearing the mask, the child will gain Loki's powers.
• The Mask is worn by many people in the comics, in the movie there is normally one Protagonist and Antagonist, but it also works on animals.
  • The mask has only shown to be ineffective on Walter in the animated series. Perhaps this is because he lacks a personality or soul.
  • Because of his amazing Powers, the Mask has not realy an equal enemy.
• One of the only powers not adapted into the films (only appearing in the comics and cartoon) is the mask's ability to create a second 'face' on top of the mask itself, disguising the wearer as a normal person even with the mask on.
• In the episode "Fantashtick Voyage" Stanley threatens the Mask by leaving a video promising to throw it away if his alter ego can't save Milo. Curiously, in the video he puts the mask on to affirm his promise and the Mask says "Listen to him joe! HE MEANS IT!" This seems to imply the Mask is not aware of some instances when it is worn by Stanley, but is of others.
• It appears that several mask props were made for the original film, as the color seems to change from scene to scene. For example, the scene where the mask rises from the water it seems to be made of bright green wood, while in the scene in Dr. Neuman's lab, it seems to be brown.