The film begins as Dr. Arthur Neuman is giving a tour of the Hall of Norse Mythology in the Edge City Museum to a mysterious black figure. After he talks about the imprisonment of Loki in the first film, the figure transforms into Loki! He takes the mask only to realize it is fake and begins a search for the real mask. Meanwhile, in the town of Fringe City, Tim Avery is a budding cartoonist who has just married and has a wife who is pregnant, although he doesn't quite feel ready for fatherhood. He is also friends with his dog, Otis. Otis finds the mask in a creek behind Tim's house and Tim decides to wear it. After Tim's son is born and has the same powers as Loki. Otis also becomes jealous of the new baby and accidently puts on the mask, becoming a crazed version of himself plotting to get rid of the baby. Jamie Kennedy and Alan Cumming leads, opposite Traylor Howard, Steven Wright, KAl Penn, and Bob Hoskins as Odin. Lawrence Guterman directs from the adaptation by Lance Khazei; Based on characters appearing in Dark Horse Comics' "The Mask". Produced by Erica Huggins and Scott Kroopf; Executive Producers: Beau Marks, Mike Richardson, Toby Emmerich, Kent Alterman and Michele Weiss. SVFX & Animation by ILM. VFX and Otis Animation by Tippett Studio. a Radar Pictures production, with Dark Horse Entertainment, for New Line Cinema, in association with Kumar Mobiliengesellschaft Projeckt Nr. 1. "In Memory of Janis Chaskin". (TM) New Line Productions, Inc.