History Main / SmugSmiler

See Also SmugSnake and SmugSuper, for more villainous/heroic versions; that said, this trope doesn't necessarily not involve them. Villainous versions are usually denoted by TsurimeEyes, more benign or heroic examples usually have DrearyHalfLiddedEyes. Both versions are usually big users of the FascinatingEyebrow. Compare PsychoticSmirk, DreamWorksFace, and CheshireCatGrin for much the same reaction.

* And Saruhiko Fushimi of ''Anime/{{K}}'' (who happens to share [[Creator/JohnnyYongBosch a voice actor]] with the previous two), whenever he comes into contact with "... Mi[[ThenLetMeBeEvil ...sa]][[BerserkButton ...kiiiii]]".

* Series/OnceUponATime If the Evil Queen (before her HeelFaceTurn) isn't annoyed or upset, chances are she's turn the smug factor UpToEleven.

*** Naomi, though she isn't on par with Zachariah. She [[UpToEleven surpasses him]].

* Irish in ''Webcomic/RiverPassage''.

* Cell from ''Anime/DragonBallZ''. It's mostly done in his perfect form, but it's done ''a lot'' in his Perfect form.
** Future Trunks from the beginning of the Android saga adopted this mode when dealing with Frieza and his father King Cold. Being that he spent the better part of his life fighting Androids more powerful than him in the BadFuture he came from, completely wiping the floor with and annihilating two utter monsters was therapeutic for him.
*** He gets it from his father, Vegeta, who is one of the most arrogant characters in the entire Dragon Ball series.

* Fujiwara (or [[SmugSnake "That Sneering Bastard"]]), from ''LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya'', is described as looking like an "evil version of [[PerpetualSmiler Koizumi]]" due to the fact that he constantly wears this expression.
** As for Koizumi himself, Kyon often reads smarm into said perpetual smile when it's combined with his penchant for flippant philosophizing and generally being inscrutable.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Zootopia}}'': Nick Wilde sports a smug smile through most of the film. He's a ConMan whose quite sure of his skill and spends much of the film acting as TheGadfly to more optimistic characters.
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* Aizen from ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'' mixes this trope and DullSurprise for [[MemeticMutation Memetic]] results.

* Throughout the ''Fanfic/{{Eleutherophobia}}'' series, [[SparedByTheAdaptation Tom]] frequently mentions that [[PuppeteerParasite Essa 412]] wore a cruel smile on his face whenever he wasn't wearing a façade of normalcy.

* ''ComicBook/RobinSeries'': While Scarab usually keeps an impassive blank expression or has her face hidden by her helmet her other expression is a smug smirk usually brought on by thoroughly outwitting an opponent or client, like when she tricked Tim into accidentally helping her escape custody in ''ComicBook/RedRobin''.

* ''Film/AlienResurrection'': Ripley 8 flashes a few disturbing smiles, most notably when the Xenomorphs escape.

* ''Film/GodzillaVsKong'': [[CorruptCorporateExecutive Walter Simmons]] has an arrogant, smug little smirk on his face most of the time when he's in the control hub overseeing Mechagodzilla.

** The Doctor briefly adopts one when he goes off the deep end during "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E16TheWatersOfMars The Waters of Mars]]", until he realizes he's crossed a line.
** This is the common expression of the [[Creator/JohnSimm Harold Saxon]] incarnation of the Master towards the Doctor, if he's winning.
** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS29E8HumanNature Son of]] [[Recap/DoctorWhoS29E9TheFamilyOfBlood Mine]]. '''''[[http://www.danielkanolik.co.uk/Images/harrylloyd.jpg SON OF MINE.]]''''' He's having "Super fun!" blowing up the village. What makes it worse is that he ''never stops doing it'' — even when the Doctor is blowing up their ship and he's screaming for the Family of Blood to escape, he's still smiling.

* ''Series/TheMandalorian'' has two so far: Moff Gideon and Bo-Katan. The most noticeable example for the former happens in the final season of season 2 when [[spoiler: Din obtains the Darksaber and he knows they will have to duel to the death for it. He only gets giddier when the Dark Troopers show up, though he quickly loses it when a Jedi shows up.]] As for the latter, she has a tendency to curl her mouth into a shit-eating grin whenever she speaks in an arrogant, condescending manner, which happens quite often.

* ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsRebels'': If smug smirking is needed, Agent Kallus is usually the one who provides it, whenever he's winning. Special mention, however, must go to [[Recap/StarWarsRebelsS3E20ZeroHourPartII "Zero Hour"]], [[spoiler:after Governor Pryce has ordered him ThrownOutTheAirlock because he was [[IShallTauntYou taunting]] her because she was losing, and two stormtroopers escort him into the elevator, and he ''smirks'', because it's the perfect opportunity to escape.]]

* Unadonman from ''{{Franchise/Anpanman}}'' has his eyebrows and mouth flipped up at the tips. Combined with his simplified TsurimeEyes, it makes it look like he's looking down upon others and their food choices. Conversely, these same traits can make him eventually [[BreakTheHaughty look humbled]] when he has learned his lesson.

* ''Literature/HarryPotter'' fanfictions are strangely fixated on making the Slytherins' only facial expressions ''sneering'' or ''smirking'' (for instance, ''FanFic/HarryRiddle'' has a Slytherinish!Harry and his [[DracoInLeatherPants new friend Draco]] do a lot of smirking). This [[FandomSpecificPlot fandom quirk]] is [[ParodiedTrope parodied]] in ''Fanfic/TheParselmouthOfGryffindor'', where smirking and sneering are skills that all Slytherins are supposed to master for public relations as a matter of house pride, and students are casually noted as "master Slytherins" because they manage to communicate their moods solely through sneers and smirks. By contrast, the Smug Smiler in ''Fanfic/TheRivalPrefectsTrilogy'' is a Gryffindor.

* If there's one thing President Donald Trump and President Barack Obama have in common, is that both men have some of the smuggest smiles in presidential history. In fact, they are both so iconic for them that if you do a google image search of "smug" in the US you'll find that both men dominate the first page!

See Also SmugSnake and SmugSuper, for more villainous/heroic versions; that said, this trope doesn't necessarily not involve them. Compare PsychoticSmirk and CheshireCatGrin for much the same reaction.

* Unadonman from ''{{Franchise/Anpanman}}'' has his eyebrows and mouth flipped up at the tips. Combined with his simplified [[TsurimeEyes Tsurime Eyes]], it makes it look like he's looking down upon others and their food choices. Conversely, these same traits can make him eventually [[BreakTheHaughty look humbled]] when he has learned his lesson.

* ''Series/{{Merlin|2008}}'': Morgana Pendragon throughout most of season 3 after doing something evil does an evil smile. Other villains in the series (Agrivaine, Morgose, and Cenred) can be seen doing evil smiles. Even before he was evil Mordred both as Asa Butterfield and Alexander Vlahos. Merlin himself even showed some smug smiles through the course of the 5 seasons.

** Daenerys Targaryen has really turned up the smug in the later seasons if you think this is justified or not will generally dictate whether you are her fan or not.

* ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars'' Bo-Katan sports on