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* A meme on Website/Tumblr is [[https://www.tumblr.com/minmos/712450575034351616/hi-minmo-3-check-this-out-we-call-him-the this cat]], whose expression has earned him the nickname, "The Sniler"
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* A smug smile is the defining feature of [[http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/smug-wendys Smug Anime Girl Wendy's]], as a result of delivering sick burns. Sometimes she has a CatSmile for extra smugness.

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* A smug smile is the defining feature of [[http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/smug-wendys Smug Anime Girl Wendy's]], as a result of delivering sick burns. Sometimes she has a CatSmile PlayfulCatSmile for extra smugness.
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Cat Smile was renamed to Playful Cat Smile. Moving wicks with enough context to the new trope.


** Daario Naharis generally wears a mischievous grin, which manages to be a CatSmile due to the shape of his lips, especially when he's trying to impregnate Daenerys with his eyes. This is gone now that Michiel Huisman plays him.

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** Daario Naharis generally wears a mischievous grin, which manages to be a CatSmile PlayfulCatSmile due to the shape of his lips, especially when he's trying to impregnate Daenerys with his eyes. This is gone now that Michiel Huisman plays him.
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** Jaime Lannister does this a lot (which fits with his first appearance as a stereotypical fantasy villain), although the chapters written from his POV show that he consciously puts on his smile whenever he's unsure of the situation because he's learned that people will read lots of different things from a knowing smile. [[spoiler: This is, in fact, one of the early indications that he might turn out to be a better manipulator than you'd think from his initial thoughtlessness.]]

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** [[Characters/ASongOfIceAndFireJaimeLannister Jaime Lannister Lannister]] does this a lot (which fits with his first appearance as a stereotypical fantasy villain), although the chapters written from his POV show that he consciously puts on his smile whenever he's unsure of the situation because he's learned that people will read lots of different things from a knowing smile. [[spoiler: This is, in fact, one of the early indications that he might turn out to be a better manipulator than you'd think from his initial thoughtlessness.]]
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** [[Characters/MonsterVerseSkullIslandExpedition Riccio]] in ''Skull Island: The Birth of Kong'' starts out with a near-constant little smirk on his face and the attitude to match in the first part, but it disappears once things go south for the expedition within minutes of touching down on the island.
** [[Characters/MonsterVerseWalterSimmons Walter Simmons]] in ''Film/GodzillaVsKong'' has an arrogant, smug little smirk on his face most of the time when he's in the control hub overseeing Mechagodzilla.

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** [[Characters/MonsterVerseSkullIslandExpedition Walter R. Riccio]] in ''Skull Island: The Birth of Kong'' starts out with a near-constant little smirk on his face and the attitude to match in the first part, but it disappears once things go south for the expedition within minutes of touching down on the island.
** [[Characters/MonsterVerseWalterSimmons [[Characters/MonsterVerseApexCybernetics Walter Simmons]] in ''Film/GodzillaVsKong'' has an arrogant, smug little smirk on his face most of the time when he's in the control hub overseeing Mechagodzilla.

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