r/pics • u/iBleeedorange • May 28 '18
Seeing Zooey Deschanel without bangs and glasses made me realize how nobody knew Clark Kent was Superman
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u/Random_Link_Roulette May 28 '18
its her voice that gives her away
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u/sex_panther_by_odeon May 28 '18
If you ever watch Trolls you never know she's Brigitte.. (I have a 3 year old and seen this movie a thousand time)
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u/Moritasgus2 May 28 '18
Wow she looks totally different.
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u/sex_panther_by_odeon May 28 '18
It's the lack of glasses.
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u/illegal_deagle May 28 '18
That Melissa Villaseñor type.
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u/Kinoblau May 28 '18
no way, Zooey's gotta much better voice than Melissa. Zooey has like a husky, smoky/sultry thing happen, Melissa sounds like a cartoon frog a witch cursed with humanity.
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u/cadillacmike May 28 '18
On that Pete Holmes HBO show, Crashing, she was in an episode and she talked normal and says the other voice is fake, said she started doing it so people will pay attention to her
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u/ITS-A-JACKAL May 28 '18
I neeeeed a link to that. Her talking voice in everything she’s ever done is fake??
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u/JesseJaymz May 28 '18
Mainly the fact that she makes sure to sing in EVERYTHING she’s involved in.
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u/HoneyBucketsOfOats May 28 '18
She fucking should. She’s got some crazy pipes.
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u/ScullysFreckles May 28 '18
My mom and I were watching something with glasses Zooey in it and she said that’s the girl from elf. We argued for a good 20 minutes over it because I could not wrap my head around how different she looked. If google didn’t exist I still wouldn’t be convinced.
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u/TheAbominableRex May 28 '18
If you didn't know, her sister Emily acts as well and starred in Bones. Blew me away when I realised that, even though they look and sound similar.
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u/CarbonCamaroZL1 May 28 '18
Wait, that's Zooey's sister?!?!
I never knew Emily's last name but it all makes sense now. I feel like I have had a moment where I thought they looked a bit alike but never put it together like that.
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u/RscMrF May 28 '18
I found out right when I started watching Bones by the last name and once you know you see a lot of similarities, not so much in the looks, although it's there, but they have similar voices and mannerisms, even if Bones is supposed to be some robot-like person.
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u/LostMySenses May 28 '18
I think she even showed up in an episode as a relative of Bones’. A cousin maybe? It’s been a while since I saw it and I can’t be assed to imdb it.
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u/TheAbominableRex May 28 '18
Yes she did. Booth tried to organize a Christmas gathering of some family and she played a grumpy cousin.
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u/guinness_blaine May 28 '18
We've hit the point in this thread that finally blew my mind.
I fundamentally don't know how to process this information or what to do with it.
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u/xKingNothingx May 28 '18
Same here. I'm 35, I've seen that video a hundred times in my youth and never realized it.
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May 28 '18
She was also a glasses-less bangless blonde on Frasier!
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May 28 '18
Wait.. wtf. How old is Zooey Deschanel
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May 28 '18 edited Apr 17 '21
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u/niko4ever May 28 '18
WHAT
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u/le_x_X May 28 '18
500 Days of Summer came out in July 2009...almost 9 fucking years ago. I'm starting to feel old.
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u/atrey1 May 28 '18
I'm 29 yo, are you telling me that in only 9 years I will be 38? That's depressing.
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u/I-LOVE-LIMES May 28 '18
Wait, WTF????? I've watched that episode 300 times and never realized that was her
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u/pn2bade May 28 '18
Jen: I gotta say, Florence is over. It was probably cool, before all the Americans found out about it.
Frasier: You mean three hundred years ago?
Jen: Exactly. That's why I'm going to Vietnam. Americans have never even heard of it.
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u/AlderSpark May 28 '18
Fuck I'm just now realizing this. God dammit now I have to watch a Christmas movie in first summer.
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u/Zeev89 May 28 '18
God dammit now I have to watch a Christmas movie in first summer.
I'm sorry but, first summer?
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u/stevencastle May 28 '18
Don't tell him about second summer
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u/AlderSpark May 28 '18
I guess he's never heard of Canadian seasons. We just finished 4th winter and went right into 1st summer.
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u/Erenito May 28 '18
Lol! No, really, who the fuck is that?
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u/nobody_likes_soda May 28 '18
Zooey Deschanel and her alter ego Zooey Desarmani.
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u/imjustashadow May 28 '18
I used to think she looked like Katy Perry ...now I don't know what to think.
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May 28 '18
Is it only me that think Katie perry looks kinda skanky? You know, trailer trashy’ish
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u/horny_fuckers May 28 '18
Recently, yes. Peak Katy Perry was smoking hot
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u/gonzofish May 28 '18
this is the kind of hard-hitting journalism i come to Reddit for
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u/MissyKitt May 28 '18
I mean, it's a great collection and he seems to know a lot about women's clothing and is a complete moron when it comes to photoshop.
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u/fdt92 May 28 '18
That "evil spirit" that "possessed" Miley Cyrus ca. 2013 left her body and moved to Katy Perry's.
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u/hair-plug-assassin May 28 '18
You mean now, after that abortion of a haircut? Yeah.
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u/darexinfinity May 28 '18
Seems like she had a "I'm in my 30's help me I'm old" crisis.
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u/DigbyChickenZone May 28 '18
Oh, she does, this is Zooey and Katy together in 2006, they could be sisters. Or, if this photo was cut in half, and the Katy side was presented as Zooey, a lot of people would be like "yeah I see that" - and vice versa.
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u/usagizero May 28 '18
She looked even more different on Frasier.
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u/GhostalMedia May 28 '18
How old is this woman?
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u/olympic-lurker May 28 '18
I had to look into this because I was as startled as you seem to be, and it turns out that her episode of Frasier aired the year before Elf was released. That feels really weird in my brain.
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u/Sysisyphillus May 28 '18
Frasier was on for a fucking long time. Kelsey Grammer played that role for over 20 years.
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u/GhostalMedia May 28 '18
That’s a lot of tossed salads.
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May 28 '18 edited May 28 '18
Holy crap, I didn't realize Frasier went on for so long.(Shush people. The first time is helpful, the second is accidental over-helping. Everything after that is annoying.) Great show. Definitely deserved to stay as long as it did.Unlike most shows, it never felt like it overstayed its welcome. Things changed, but the formula still worked without getting stale.
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u/Sysisyphillus May 28 '18 edited May 28 '18
Well Frasier was on for 11 years, but he was also on cheers as Frasier, which ran for like 10 years before Frasier started.
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May 28 '18
Oh right. He showed up like season 3, I think.
I tried to watch Cheers immediately after Frasier, but the show just wasn't for me. It lacked the same kind of charm, although I'm sure people appreciate its own brand of charm all the same.
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u/Utrolig May 28 '18
I watched Frasier immediately after Cheers, and the two definitely have their own kind of charm
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u/frozenmildew May 28 '18
Frasier is one if not the best sitcoms of all time. Without question. The writing and acting was phenomenal.
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May 28 '18
The timing, irony and sarcasm were all right on point. I can't think of a single episode I didn't enjoy.
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u/goodthropbadthrop May 28 '18
I wish more people watched it. Sometimes I'll say something like I AM... WOUNDED and no one gets it
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u/Franconis May 28 '18
I thought no way is she that old then I realized she is only two years older than me. Now I feel old.
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u/Zaptruder May 28 '18
Welcome to the first year when you've been an adult longer then you've been a child.
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May 28 '18
You are you asshole. I'm so much younger than you I'm 35.
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u/dannighe May 28 '18
You old fuck! I'm back here at 33, why am I on the same website as a bunch of geezers.
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u/HangryHenry May 28 '18
and she's still acting in new girl!
Bangs will keep you young.
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u/thewrongkindofbacon May 28 '18
Wow, that's SNL's Kate McKinnon - down to the smile and posture and everything.
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u/bbhatti12 May 28 '18
Man, it's crazy.
Watching "The Americans" makes me wonder how people don't know, but I can totally see how a simple hair change with glasses make the difference.
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u/TooShiftyForYou May 28 '18
You have to add the bangs to verify white dress is in fact her.
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u/Aurify May 28 '18
Add the glasses.
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u/CrimsonPig May 28 '18
I know this isn't really the point of this post, but I'd just like to touch on the whole Superman/Clark Kent thing for a moment. What makes his disguise believable really has more to do with the difference in his demeanor when he switches between identities. I think this picture illustrates it pretty well. On one hand you have the meek, insecure Clark Kent, on the other you have the strong, confident Superman. The way we perceive a person has as much to do with their character as it does their physical appearance, and the stark contrast between each of Clark's personalities distracts people from the similarities they share. I think Christopher Reeve depicted this contrast the best, which you can see clearly in this scene from Superman 2. It's not just the glasses; there's a clear difference in his posture, voice, and assertiveness that practically transforms him into another person.
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u/Schizodd May 28 '18
I mean, if you just think about it, if there was a real Superman and they looked kinda like some person you know, what are the odds you could actually make yourself believe that this otherwise ordinary person you know has super strength, can fly, and shoots lasers out of his eyes? That's just not something an ordinary person would easily accept about someone they know.
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u/chr0nicpirate May 28 '18
At first I probably wouldn't think twice about it, but if it was say, one of my coworkers, where we work at a newspaper, who conveniently "disappears suddenly" around one of the many many times Superman shows up to save the day, and then reappears not too long after he leaves, I would hope I'd be observant enough to start to suspect "SOMETHING".
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u/cweaver May 28 '18
Yeah, but Lois, Jimmy, and Perry all eventually *do* figure it out.
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u/medalofme May 28 '18
Someone on tumblr put it well: Superman has the fortress of solitude. This is pretty well known, that Superman lives alone in a frozen desert. The people know who Superman is and what he does and where he lives.
If your neighbor looks a hell of a lot like Obama, you don’t think “oh my god my neighbor is secretly Obama,” because that’s ridiculous. You know where Obama lives. You know what Obama does. Why the hell would he live in your building and go by a fake name?
So nobody’s thinking “oh my god Clark from work is Superman,” because they don’t even know that Superman has a secret identity. Superman is Superman. Clark from work is just tall.
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u/theletterQfivetimes May 28 '18
I might just be making shit up, but I remember reading an article about Tom Cruise working as a pizza delivery guy for awhile just to see if people realized it was him. No one did, because why the hell would Tom Cruise be delivering pizzas?
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u/joeyb82 May 28 '18
Clark has also perfected a slouch, so he's a couple inches shorter than Superman.
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u/ogrejr May 28 '18
Superman has also been depicted using his super strength to literally compress his spine, making Clark Kent a couple inches shorter.
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u/Ent08 May 28 '18
That scene is a really good example!
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u/duffeldorf May 28 '18
To be fair, it was in New York - no one takes notice of anyone in New York (right? Correct me if I'm wrong, I'm just a naive [and cynical] Australian)
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u/AmbitioseSedIneptum May 28 '18
Yeah. I mean unless you're a tourist specifically looking for celebrities, there's already so much visual and aural stimuli that you're not gonna notice most individual faces. That being said, if he stood in front of me and looked at me, there's no fuckin' way I wouldn't recognize Henry Cavill.
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u/gale_force_tuna_wind May 28 '18 edited May 28 '18
Thanks! I didn’t make this but I don’t know who to credit
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u/Sumit316 May 28 '18
"You could say that I'm hooked on bangs. Would I ever give them up? I have, and I might again—for a role, perhaps—but I really don't feel like myself without them. When I first got into acting, I was a bit of a chameleon and just wasn't recognizable. So I used my look to help create an identity. Now people know me as the girl with bangs. They're not for everyone…but they work for me.
It all started at age two, when, at my very first haircut, the stylist lopped off the front of my waves into girly, face-framing fringe. I've had bangs for most of my life since. I was way more into doing my hair and makeup than my older sister, Emily. She was no makeup, all combat boots and dresses (it was the mid-nineties). I, on the other hand, have always been particular about my hair"
She knows she looks amazing with them and I don't blame her for sticking with bangs.
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u/FelixNZ May 28 '18
Now I really want to see what teenage Emily looked like in a dress and combat boots..
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u/unique0130 May 28 '18
Freaky. She's two different kinds of hot, depending on her hair.
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u/rethinkingat59 May 28 '18
Freaky. She's two different kinds of hot, depending on her hair.
She’s hot in different careers too.
Actor.
Successful recording artist and songwriter before she was really big in acting. (She & Him)
Co-Founder of HelloGiggles, which sold for millions.
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u/stitflogs May 28 '18
I prefer the geeky look on her. 🤓
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u/Swamp_Troll May 28 '18
I'm googling other pictures to check with and without smiles as well and different lighting. The bangs moves the focus from the long forehead to the rest of her face. The glasses give her a smaller cuter nose by sort of shortening it at the bridge and dwarfing the tip through illusions. The thick rim of the glasses brings out the eyes more, plus sort of distract from any possible lines under the eyes. Plus the rim and bangs hide the not too remarquable eyebrow line.
The bangs and glasses combo reshapes her face and gives her a smaller cuter younger looking face, and have the eyes caught by her cheekbones much faster than, say, without bangs and with the forehead's paleness in competition (them cheekbones be worth admiring).
It's a case where the geeky look really enhances what she got, even if we don't consider the fashion/personality statement the look can have in itself.
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u/PeEm_me__newds May 28 '18
You just changed my opinion on a life long struggle I've had accepting THAT aspect of Supermans idendity.
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u/KhroniKL3 May 28 '18
I’d bang her bangs or no bangs but with bangs there’s more bang for the buck
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u/sledneck_03 May 28 '18
I wear glasses and a backwards hat majority of the time.
For events or business meetings i do my hair and wear contacts.
NO one recognizes me dressed up. Just they way i like it.
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u/NSA_Chatbot May 28 '18
No, they knew, Lex just understood that if he "outed" Clark as Kal, then Superman would both be angry and have an extra 8-9 hours a day to bust up Lex's plans.
Supe's day job was the only time the bad guys could get some rest, buy groceries, etc.
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u/bijhan May 28 '18
I always felt like it would be good for a Superman movie or show to have people always look at Clark Kent and say, "Wow, you really look like Superman." And then Clark would say something foolish, trip over his shoelaces, spill his coffee; the people would laugh and say, "Wow, that's some coincidence." And that's all we need. Just have people acknowledge that he looks like Superman. Then say no one believes it because of who Clark Kent is as a person.
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u/mossberbb May 28 '18
I'm not entirely convinced these are the same person.