 In the original comics, characters who wore the Mask would become cruel antiheroes at best or murderous, vengeful villains at worst with ultra-violent tendencies, even if this was not the wearer's original intention.In the 1994 film and the , the Mask was toned down to make it only as dangerous as its wearer, and the main character Stanley Ipkiss was depicted as a mischievous yet benevolent superhero.The same is true of the 2005 sequel's main character Tim Avery, who is named after Tex Avery.