History Main / DreamworksFace

* ''Literature/{{Anpanman}}: Nigauriman is TheCharmer and often does this to the ladies.

* ''Anime/{{Anpanman}}: Nigauriman is TheCharmer and often does this to the ladies.

* On the Volume 4 cover of ''Anime/PuellaMagiKazumiMagica'', Niko Kanna sports one.

* ''Anime/LaSeineNoHoshi'': The anime's [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/simone_6.jpg official soundtrack cover]] features the titular heroine, Simone, smirking this way as she holds her sword between her teeth.

** [[IHaveBoobsYouMustObey Raiza]], [[SmugSnake who prides herself]] in being [[AlienPrince Prince]] [[EvilPrince Richter]]'s right hand, is prone to this trope. She makes an especially smug [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/dreamworksface.png one]] when gleefully telling [[HandsomeLech Melvi]] that [[spoiler:Dr. Oourin]] was executed for treason against the Baam Empire.

* ''Anime/LaSeineNoHoshi'': The anime's [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/simone_6.jpg official soundtrack cover]] features the titular heroine, Simone, smirkimg this way as she holds her sword between her teeth.

** [[RichBitch Reiko]], the dim-witted [[UpperClassTwit upper-class]] woman from episode 11, makes [[https://i.ibb.co/Gk3rTv5/dremaoerks.png one]] as she confidently proclaims that [[CulturedBadass Kyoushiro]] is in love with her. It serves to highlight her TheDitz status [[AbhorrentAdmirer since it couldn't be farther from the truth]].

* [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Bug_Cover_8163.png The title character]] of the UsefulNotes/SegaSaturn game ''VideoGame/{{Bug}}''.

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** [[RichBitch Reiko]], the dim-witted [[UpperClassTwit upper-class]] woman from episode 11, makes [[https://i.ibb.co/Gk3rTv5/dremaoerks.png one]] as she confidently proclaims that Kyoushiro is in love with her. It serves to highlight her TheDitz status [[AbhorrentAdmirer since it couldn't be farther from the truth]].

** [[IHaveBoobsYouMustObey Raiza]], [[SmugSnake who prides herself]] in being [[AlienPrince Prince]] [[EvilPrince Richter]]'s right hand, is prone to this trope. She makes an especially smug [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/dreamworksface.png one]] when gleefully telling [[TallDarkAndHandsome Melvi]] that [[spoiler:Dr. Oourin]] was executed for treason against the Baam Empire.

** Raiza, being a SmugSnake who's wholly devoted to [[AlienPrince Prince]] [[EvilPrince Richter]] is prone to this trope. She makes an especially smug [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/dreamworksface.png one]] when gleefully telling Melvi that Dr. Oourin was executed for treason against the Baam Empire.

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

* Disney's been doing this more often since the early 2000's (not coincidentally around the time ''WesternAnimation/{{Shrek}}'' came out).

* Done by Creator/EddieMurphy as his default movie poster [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19093_8-actors-who-look-exactly-same-every-movie-poster.html expression.]] Another article asks if he might have been the inspiration for [=DreamWorks=] Face [[http://uproxx.com/filmdrunk/was-eddie-murphy-the-original-model-for-dreamworks-face/ in the first place]] - considering that Donkey from ''WesternAnimation/{{Shrek}}'', one of the first major hits from Creator/{{DreamWorks|Animation}}, is an InkSuitActor version of Murphy, it wouldn't be surprising.

* ''Franchise/{{Mario}}'':
** Cappy from ''VideoGame/SuperMarioOdyssey'' does this for about a quarter of the time that you can see his eyes, including on the box art... sort of. He can't do the smirk on account of having no mouth.

* Abe makes this face while standing next to Munch in promotional art material for ''[[VideoGame/{{Oddworld}} Oddworld: Munch's Oddysee]]''

* In ''Webcomic/{{Multiplex}}'', [[http://www.multiplexcomic.com/strip/468 Jason uses this trope]] to sum up his expectations of ''WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragon'' before seeing it.

** The poster for ''WesternAnimation/{{Cars}}'' had Lightning [=McQueen=] covered in a vehicle hood with only the corner lifted to reveal the smile.
** The [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/pixar/images/f/f5/Cars-2-movie-poster-cast-hi-res-01.png/revision/latest?cb=20110525161429 poster]] for ''Cars 2'' included ''all four main characters'' doing it now!

** Several promotional pictures for ''WesternAnimation/{{Frozen|2013}}'' have Elsa making that face. While she does it in the movie itself a few times, it's not often. And perhaps because of backlash, it's noticeable that [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/disney/images/8/83/Frozen_2_Official_Poster.jpeg/revision/latest?cb=20190930163128 the promotional posters]] for ''WesternAnimation/FrozenII'' make a point of keeping Elsa away from the Dreamworks face... with the exception of [[https://i.redd.it/1dsxf4uo7ty31.jpg this]] image.

* Done by Creator/EddieMurphy as his default movie poster [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19093_8-actors-who-look-exactly-same-every-movie-poster.html expression.]] Another article asks if he might have been the inspiration for Creator/DreamWorks Face [[http://uproxx.com/filmdrunk/was-eddie-murphy-the-original-model-for-dreamworks-face/ in the first place]] - considering that Donkey from ''WesternAnimation/{{Shrek}}'', one of the first major hits from Creator/DreamWorks, is an InkSuitActor version of Murphy, it wouldn't be surprising.

** Early [[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog Sonic]] boxart and title screens had Sonic with notably similar expressions used for the exact same reason as the Dreamworks face (though after [[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog1 the first game]], [[AmericanKirbyIsHardcore the American boxart tended to have more attitude]] to the point that some of the Japanese boxart didn't even have the face for a while up until ''VideoGame/Sonic3DBlast''). This has since become a trademark expression for the hedgehog.

* One ''PainTrain'' comic [[http://paintraincomic.com/bud/ directly references Dreamworks]] as the characters make this very face in the last panel.

* In his WebAnimation/ZeroPunctuation review of ''VideoGame/RatchetAndClank2016'', one of the reasons Yahtzee gives for his lack of interest in the franchise is that all the characters have "a permanent case of Dreamworks Eyebrow".

* Guess what real-life animation figure was known for doing this himself decades before Creator/DreamWorks or even its founder were conceived: ''Creator/WaltDisney!'' His [[CharacterTics habit]] of [[FascinatingEyebrow raising one eyebrow out of intrigue]] was later used for [[WesternAnimation/{{Fantasia}} Yensid]], a character already based on him.

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* ''Series/{{The Boys|2019}}'': Butcher's default expression. He will smilk and raise his eyebrow everytime he has a crazy idea, and he has them all the time.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Coco}}'':
** Miguel raises his eyebrow and smirks goofily when trying to imitate Ernesto's facial expression captured on a record cover.
** Miguel wears a smirk in the poster.

* [[Creator/BobChipman Moviebob]] [[LampshadeHanging blew a fuse over this]] [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/escape-to-the-movies/1721-Shrek-For-Ever-After in his already-not-too-positive review]] of ''WesternAnimation/ShrekForeverAfter'': "[[PunctuatedForEmphasis Everyone. Does. That same. Fucking. Smirk.]]", with each word illustrated by a screenshot of a [=DreamWorks=] character.

* Horton does this on the [[http://www.impawards.com/2008/posters/horton_hears_a_who.jpg poster]] for Creator/BlueSkyStudios' ''Literature/HortonHearsAWho''. It's more jarring if you're only familiar with the humbler Horton from the 1970s Chuck Jones special!

** [[OlderThanTheyThink Buzz Lightyear]] does it in the posters for [[http://www.impawards.com/1995/posters/toy_story_ver1_xlg.jpg all]] [[https://fanart.tv/fanart/movies/863/movieposter/toy-story-2-5275e1f63a9f3.jpg of]] [[http://vignette4.wikia.nocookie.net/disney/images/5/5b/Toy_Story_3_-_Poster.jpg/revision/20160408160703 the]] ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory'' films. At least the face is pretty much in-character for him, and he makes it in the actual film -- it's the expression he was molded with, in fact, and wears whenever he's inanimate. On the poster for ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory3'', Woody and Mr. Potato Head also have the expression.

'''First row:''' [[WesternAnimation/{{Megamind}} Megamind and Metro Man]], [[WesternAnimation/TheBossBaby Boss Baby]], [[WesternAnimation/ToyStory Buzz Lightyear]].\\

See also MascotWithAttitude, MoeStare, AmericanKirbyIsHardcore, SeanConneryIsAboutToShootYou.

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