History Main / DreamworksFace

** The much less dreamy former prime minister of Italy, Silvio Berlusconi, [[makes it https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5c/Silvio_Berlusconi_in_Japan.jpg]] [[often, too http://prod-upp-image-read.ft.com/c48fad8e-f559-11e7-a4c9-bbdefa4f210b]].

* ''VideoGame/{{Splatoon}}'', naturally, as part of its mid-late '90s GenreThrowback. Female Inklings can be seen doing it [[http://vignette3.wikia.nocookie.net/fantendo/images/f/fe/InklingFemaleSplatoon.png/revision/latest?cb=20150323164523 in official artwork]] and several Japanese and European TV spots.

** The Poster for ''WesternAnimation/MonstersUniversity'' has the younger Sulley doing it. Mike, however, can't make it, having only one eye of course.

** The [[http://www.iwatchstuff.com/2011/03/22/cars-2-poster-globe.jpg poster]] for ''Cars 2'' included ''all four main characters'' doing it now!

->'''Creator/{{DreamWorks|Animation}} Representative:''' Uhh... There are talking animals. And they do things animals don't normally do. And they all make this face. (''holds up picture of guy smirking'')
-->-- [[http://i.imgur.com/LuYTe.jpg Short]] {{webcomic|s}}

** The series continues with Judy Hopps making the face in [[http://cdn1-www.comingsoon.net/assets/uploads/gallery/zootopia/zootopiaposter.jpg this poster]] of ''WesternAnimation/{{Zootopia}}''.

* Posters for ''WesternAnimation/TheSpongebobMovieSpongeOutOfWater'' has [=SpongeBob=] doing it as the Invincibubble.

* The red M&M has this expression permanently etched onto his face in advertisements, reflecting his sarcastic personality.

!!Examples

[[folder:Film - Animated]]

[[folder:Films - Live-Action]]

[[folder:Others]]

* The {{Trope Namer|s}} is, obviously, Creator/DreamWorksAnimation, and used this face in every (or most) of its film posters, where it may also be the TropeCodifier. The image above explains it.

* Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs has this for Mayor Shelbourne's official render to display his smugness.

'''Middle row:''' [[WesternAnimation/TheEmojiMovie Poop]], [[WesternAnimation/{{Zootopia}} Nick]], WesternAnimation/{{Shrek}}. '''Third row:''' WesternAnimation/{{Coraline}}, [[WesternAnimation/Frozen2013 Elsa]], [[WesternAnimation/OverTheHedge RJ]].[[/note]]]]

* Lampshaded in the season 3 premiere episode of of ''WesternAnimation/HomeAdventuresOfTipAndOh'' where, among the LongList ofseemingly arbitrary rules the Boov have, making that face is expressly forbidden.

* The term is directly used in a [[http://www.formspring.me/calwwong/q/266487508932506651 storyboard]] for the ''WesternAnimation/RegularShow'' episode "Cruisin'".

You know that face. The clever, [[TwinkleSmile asymmetrical smirk]]. The similarly [[FascinatingEyebrow crooked eyebrows]]. The intense stare-down that comes at you from the promo posters. It's the expression that tells you the hero is going to be up to no good, and is much cooler than any of those classic, mainstream, conformist wimps those ''other'' studios produce... except the character him- or -herself never, or rarely, makes that face to begin with in the show! It's usually a way to get audiences to see a particular film over another, and promises a very different tone from what we are used to. It's the facial expression form of hip, sassy and snarky dialogue.

You know that face. The clever, [[TwinkleSmile asymmetrical smirk]]. The similarly [[FascinatingEyebrow crooked eyebrows]]. The intense stare-down that comes at you from the promo posters. It's the expression that tells you the hero is going to be up to no good, and is much cooler than any of those classic, mainstream, conformist wimps those ''other'' studios produce... except the character him- or -herself never, or rarely, makes that face to begin with in the show! It's usually a way to get audiences to see a particular film over another, and promises a very different tone from what we're used to. It's the facial expression form of hip, sassy and snarky dialogue.

* [[http://chainsawsuit.com/comic/2014/03/18/peanuts/ This]] ''Webcomic/{{Chainsawsuit}}'' uses it to make Charlie Brown look like a tool.