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* [[BakaTest Minami Shimada's]] Hair ribbon, as well as Himeji's bunny hair clips.

* Taking this concept to its logical extreme, it's not uncommon for HumongousMecha with humanoid faces to mirror their pilot's expression. ''TengenToppaGurrenLagann'''s mecha even ''lip sync'' to their pilots' dialogue. From the same series, Yoko's skull hairpin sometimes expresses her emotions, like when she realized that the men desperately needed a bath, the pin made a ">_<" expression while Yoko was holding her nose and pretty much doing the same.

* {{Truth in Television}}: [[TheSixties Mood Rings]]

** More generally this is a quirk of PhilFoglio's style and can be found in other works as well, including ''{{XXXenophile}}''.

* ''{{Precocious}}''' Tiffany wears a smiley-face pin whose expression occasionally changes [[http://www.precociouscomic.com/archive/comic/2011/06/26 to match]] [[http://www.precociouscomic.com/archive/comic/2012/03/02 its wearer's mood.]]

* The Chuck Jones cartoon ''The Bear That Wasn't'', based on a book by fellow ''LooneyTunes'' director Frank Tashlin, has a factory foreman whose photo ID has the same expression that he has.

* [[BlazBlue The Booby Lady]]'s hair pin is an animate (or possibly living) tiny panda. It occasionally moves on it's own, sometimes even leaping between her cleavage after a match (with her laughing about it).
* [[MonkeyIsland Meathook]]'s skull tattoo may be something of an edge case, since he does that on purpose.

ExpressiveShirt is a SubTrope.

* The hat of Eric in ''{{Loserz}}''. He himself is unaware of this, as it says only "StarWars" when he's not wearing it, although his friends occasionally notice it change.
* ''TheZombieHunters'' has Jenny's [[IconicItem signature]], [[NumberOneDime much-loved]] orange bear [[NiceHat hat]].

* [[TheSimpsons Simpsons]] writers and animators love using cigarettes and cigars to telegraph character reactions. A smoker--typically Krusty, Lunch Lady Doris, or Patty and/or Selma--is nonplussed by a statement or event, but remains impassive. The only indication of the smoker's feelings is ash falling off of his cigar.

Compare to sister tropes ExpressiveHair and ExpressiveMask.

* The goggles and gas masks of various characters in RomanticallyApocalyptic will take the place of eyes and mouths. Most notable in Snippy's goggles and Captain's gas mask.
* Zeetha in ''GirlGenius'' wears a headband with a face on it that mirrors her facial expressions. For [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20080409 example]]...

** Oddly, the otherwise identical faces on her harness don't do this, nor those on her swords.

* ''EerieCuties'' even mentioned Layla's skull-shaped "emotive hairpin" on the cast page.

* [[ShugoChara Amu's]] [[EveryGirlIsCuterWithHairDecs hair pins]] change whenever she character changes, with what she's changing to depending on who she changed with. Most other characters usually have a new accessory pop up out of nowhere.

* [[GenkiGirl Yuki's]] cat-belt… thingie in ''{{Saki}}''.

* There was a character in ''TheMask'' (the comic/graphic novel, not the movie) who was a huge fan of “Big Head” (that's what everyone calls whoever is wearing the mask at the time) and had a picture of Big Head on the back of his jacket. After he actually got the mask himself, the picture on the back of his jacket changed to his own face, and basically became this trope.

* [[TheMagicSchoolBus Ms Frizzle's]] entire outfit changed depending on what aspect of science she was teaching to her class.

* In LuckyStar, Tsukasa has her bow droop when she's sad in episode 18 and the OVA, and spike up when she's shocked in other episodes.

* [[BakaTest Minami Shimada's]] Hair ribbon.

* Zeetha in ''GirlGenius'' wears a headband with a face on it that mirrors her facial expressions. For [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20081013 example]]...

* In ''PaperMario'', the clouds Lakilester and his girlfriend rode on matched their expessions.

* {{Pita-Ten}} has the toy bunnies in Misha's hair frequently mirroring her emotions. ''The KWM Championship'' (one of the fancomics from the ''Pita-Ten Official Fan Book Vol. 2'') played with this with Misha, after losing an important battle to Koboshi ([[ItMakesSenseInContext It Makes More Sense In Context]]), [[StepfordSmiler pretending to be as cheerful as ever...]]while her hairbunnies [[DeathGlare glare in a rather]] [[NightmareFuel unsettling manner.]]

* {{Pita-Ten}} had the toy bunnies in Misha's hair frequently mirroring her emotions. One fancomic played with this with Misha, after losing an important battle to Koboshi ([[ItMakesSenseInContext It Makes More Sense In Context]]), [[StepfordSmiler pretending to be as cheerful as ever...]]while her hairbunnies [[DeathGlare glare in a rather]] [[NightmareFuel unsettling manner.]]

* Teenaged vampire Layla of EerieCuties has a skull hairpin that mirrors her expressions.

* In the ''AceAttorney'' fancomics on [[http://hiimdaisy.livejournal.com/tag/ace+attorney this blog]], the pin on Phoenix's hat tends to change its expression to match his. Same with [[spoiler:the face-like scar on Kristoph's hand.]]

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* In the AceAttorney fancomics on [[http://hiimdaisy.livejournal.com/tag/ace+attorney this blog]], the pin on Phoenix's hat tends to change its expression to match his. Same with [[spoiler:the face-like scar on Kristoph's hand.]]

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* {{Truth in Television}}: [[{{TheSixties}} Mood Rings]]

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* ''The Devils Panties'': Jennie Breeden's (former) boyfriend Will in wears a T-shirt with a face on it that changes with the situation and his mood.

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* ''EerieCuties'' even mentioned Layla's skull-shaped "emotive hairpin" on the cast page.
* ''GirlGenius'' has Zeetha's smiley headband changing expression to copy her own.

* {{Dilbert}}'s tie.

An item that changes based on the expression or condition of their master, though usually has no reason what so ever to do it.

* Wade duck from ''UsAcres''.

* In ''GrooTheWanderer'' the head of the Minstrel's lute changes into different objects in every panel. Admittedly not necessarily based on his emotional state, though.
* {{Dilbert}}'s tie.

Compare to sister tropes ExpressiveHair and ExpresiveMask.