History Main / PsychoticSmirk

* A staple for many Film/JamesBond villains, including [[ArchEnemy Ernst Blofeld]], [[Film/{{Goldfinger}} Auric Goldfinger, Oddjob]], [[Film/DiamondsAreForever Mr. Wint, Mr. Kidd]], [[Film/LiveAndLetDie Baron Samedi, Tee Hee]], [[Film/TheManWithTheGoldenGun Francisco Scaramanga, Nick Nack]], [[Film/LicenceToKill Franz Sanchez]] and [[Film/{{Goldeneye}} Alec Trevelyan]].

* [[spoiler: Roose Bolton]] from ''Series/{{Game Of Thrones}}'' puts on a [[nightmarefuel flat out disturbing one]] combined with a {{kubrick stare}} during The Rains of Castamere when [[spoiler: urges Catelyn via his eyes to pull up his sleeve and see he has his chainmail on]] thus [[spoiler: cluing her and the audience in he's betrayed Robb and the Red Wedding is about to begin]].

* [[spoiler: Roose Bolton]] from ''Series/{{Game Of Thrones}}'' puts on a [[nightmarefuel flat out disturbing one]] combined with a {{kubic stare}} during The Rains of Castamere when [[spoiler: urges Catelyn via his eyes to pull up his sleeve and see he has his chainmail on]] thus [[spoiler: cluing her and the audience in he's betrayed Robb and the Red Wedding is about to begin]].

* A non-villainous example is when Grumman's XanatosGambit to [[spoiler: prevent Bradley, A.K.A Wrath, from being able to reach Central, when Mustang's assault happens, which either Bradley will not return to Central due to a training exercise or does return and his train is destroyed while over a bridge planted with explosives, possibly killing him]], pulls off. Grumman has this reaction when he hears that the latter happened. It's even better in the anime where the opening notes of the [[CrowningMusicofAwesome ending theme]] play right when he does this.

* In ProfessionalWrestling, Randy Orton's latest gimmick involves him viciously stomping the heads of other wrestlers (most of them legends), presumably giving them career ending concussions. Right before Orton does the move, he gets a sinister look in his eyes and gives a smirk.

* From [[GameOfThrones]], this seems to be Petyr "Littlefinger" Baelish's default expression.

** And in Season Three, [[spoiler: Roose Bolton sports one throughout most of the Red Wedding.]]

* Light from ''Manga/DeathNote''. Three words: "Exactly as planned."

* A staple for many Film/JamesBond villains, including [[ArchEnemy Ernst Blofeld]], [[Film/{{Goldfinger}} Auric Goldfinger, Oddjob]], [[Film/DiamondsAreForever Mr. Wint, Mr. Kidd]], [[Film/LiveAndLetDie Baron Samedi, Tee Hee]], [[Film/TheManWithTheGoldenGun Francisco Scaramanga]], [[Film/LicenceToKill Franz Sanchez]] and [[Film/{{Goldeneye}} Alec Trevelyan]].

* This seems to be [[HarryPotter Draco Malfoy's]] default facial expression.

* ''{{Tsukihime}}'': Nanaya Shiki. Usually more of an antihero than a villain, [[http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y13/GrieverZero/Tsukihime/Nanaya_Shiki.jpg his smirk]] doesn't mean he knows more than he's letting on...it's just that he's going to ''love'' kicking/killing your ass.

* [[spoiler:Bernkastel]] of ''UminekoNoNakuKoroNi'' does this a whole lot after TheReveal.

* In "Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney", Prosecutor Miles Edgeworth does this in court whenever he's about to say something that will crush Pheonix's argument.

* A staple for any Film/JamesBond villains, including [[ArchEnemy Ernst Blofeld]], [[Film/{{Goldfinger}} Auric Goldfinger, Oddjob]], [[Film/DiamondsAreForever Mr. Wint, Mr. Kidd]], [[Film/LiveAndLetDie Baron Samedi, Tee Hee]], [[Film/TheManWithTheGoldenGun Francisco Scaramanga]], [[Film/LicenceToKill Franz Sanchez]] and [[Film/{{Goldeneye}} Alec Trevelyan]].

* Pretty much a staple for any Film/JamesBond villain, including, but not limited to, [[ArchEnemy Ernst Blofeld]], [[Film/{{Goldfinger}} Auric Goldfinger, Oddjob]], [[Film/DiamondsAreForever Mr. Wint, Mr. Kidd]], [[Film/TheManWithTheGoldenGun Francisco Scaramanga]], [[Film/LicenceToKill Franz Sanchez]] and [[Film/{{Goldeneye}} Alec Trevelyan]].

** Speaking of [[WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic Critic]], he spends most of "The Review Must Go On" like this. His even doing it when he's back at his desk made people theorize that he CameBackWrong.

* AntiHero type: Count D in ''PetShopOfHorrors'', particularly when he's manipulating a presidential candidate and his aide in ''Dual'' and when he tells a couple to "take good care" of their new pet rabbit/surrogate daughter in ''Daughter''. In the anime, this is made even more creepy when the darkness of the screen emphasises his smirk and his [[MismatchedEyes mismatched, glowing eyes]].

* At the start of ''MassEffect2'', Miranda is seen first conferring with [[MartinSheen The Illusive Man]] and then watching over Shepard with a genuinely warm smile. She reappears after losing contact trying to aid Shepard, flashes a smirk at Wilson, before killing him for trying to lead Shepard into a trap and abandon her to die.

** MassEffect3: When questioned by Admiral Hackett on how s/he got the krogan and salarians to cooperate (answer: [[spoiler:by sabatoging the genophage cure]]), Shepard's response of "careful diplomacy" is accompanied by a KubrickStare and PsychoticSmirk.

* In "Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney", Prosecutor Miles Edgeworth does this in court whenever he's about to say something that will crush Pheonix's argument.

* {{Batman}}'s enemy ComicBook/TheRiddler is fond of doing these.

** From [[GameOfThrones]], this seems to be Petyr "Littlefinger" Baelish's default expression.

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* Look at [[http://www.auschwitz.dk/Vernichtung-17.jpg the grin]] on [[ThoseWackyNazis Josef Mengele]], that [[EvilutionaryBiologist sick bastard]].

* Smerdyakov in ''TheBrothersKaramazov'' has a habit of flashing these when he thinks he's making an irrefutable point. [[spoiler:He can't help himself from grinning sickly here and there when he's giving Ivan a HeroicBSOD during his mind-blowing MotiveRant]].

* [[VainSorceress Lydia]] from ''BarbieAndTheDiamondCastle''.

* It's never certain whether Gendo Ikari is actually the BigBad of ''NeonGenesisEvangelion'', but this is an important facet of his character - every time you see the EVA units going into action, the camera cuts to Gendo seated at his desk, with a smile hidden behind his [[ClaspYourHandsIfYouDeceive folded hands]].