History Main / SmugSmiler

* The [[http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/trollface-coolface-problem Trollface]], of course. Note that the original usage of the face is much different; i.e 2 guys in a car is stopped by the police, and the driver is told by the other guy to show their "cool face". He then makes the trollface, while saying "Problem officer?" People then found this expression to be good for trolling people, and the rest is history.

* Sans from ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}'', being a [[DemBones skeleton]] and all, sports one of these [[PerpetualSmiler almost constantly]]. Normally it's a lighthearted example to emphasize his laid-back and [[TheGadfly mischievous]] nature, but will take a ''[[BewareTheNiceOnes very]]'' dark turn if you manage to get on his bad side by [[spoiler:killing enough characters to get him to fight you]].

* Music/{{Miserable}} by Music/{{Lit}}: {{Creator/PamelaAnderson Val}}, the GiantWoman the band had been performing on top of throughout the video, can be seen smiling while Kevin Baldes makes the [[TooDumbToLive poor decision]] to stand on her lips, which makes it easy for her [[spoiler:to simply open her mouth and [[EatenAlive eat him alive]]]]. Later, when she's captured FinalGuy A.Jay Popoff, she flashes him an amused smile while she watches him dangling from her fingers and [[HelplessKicking flailing]] [[spoiler: before tossing him into her mouth and eating him.]]

* [[SmugSnake Quattro]] from ''Franchise/LyricalNanoha'', when she shows her true colors.

** And then there’s Viola, a KnowledgeBroker with ChronicBackstabbingDisorder, but who doesn’t let her ego get out of control. Her smiling is pretty much just a mask, and Akira often makes her sweat behind it, controlling Viola through fear.

* Seto Kaiba of ''Anime/YuGiOh'' practically owns this trope. Heck, with only one exception, this is the only type of smile he's known for.

* Quite a few villains in ''Franchise/AceAttorney'' have this. Like [[spoiler:[[SmugSnake Redd White]], whose smug smile doesn't leave his face until his VillainousBreakdown.]]

** Sundowner from the same game is like this pretty much all the time.

* [[spoiler: Wario Deluxe]] in ''VideoGame/WarioWare Gold'' always sports a smug look compared to his normal form which is a SlasherSmile instead.

* Jet does this in ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender''. During his first appearance, the writers apparently had orders to make sure Jet always looked cool.

* The main trio of ''Manga/{{Gintama}}'' [[https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/S74AAOSwanlieXXq/s-l1600.png can be seen sporting a shit eating grin in the 9th opening]]. In the show itself a lot of people can be seen doing that.

* The main trio of ''Manga/Gintama'': [[https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/S74AAOSwanlieXXq/s-l1600.png can be seen sporting a shit eating grin in the 9th opening]]. In the show itself a lot of people can be seen doing that.

* The main trio of ''Manga/Gintama'' [[https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/S74AAOSwanlieXXq/s-l1600.png can be seen sporting a shit eating grin in the 9th opening]]. In the show itself a lot of people can be seen doing that.

** The main trio of ''Manga/Gintama'' [[https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/S74AAOSwanlieXXq/s-l1600.png can be seen sporting a shit eating grin in the 9th opening]]. In the show itself a lot of people can be seen doing that.

** [[Characters/MonsterVerseHumans 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.

* ''Anime/PokemonDiamondAndPearlTheSeries'': When [[TheRival Paul]] isn't being a PerpetualFrowner, this is his expression, especially when he's about to crush his current opponent.

* ''[[Franchise/DotHack .hack//SIGN]]'': Protagonist Tsukasa usually greets adversity with one of these. It's less a promise of an eminent curb-stomp - he's a SquishyWizard whose GuardianEntity does the actual fighting - and more of a feeble act of rebellion against social convention. [[spoiler: Given what we see of his player's real-life AbusiveParents, smiling dismissively was apparently the best defense they had to protect what little self-worth they had.]]
* ''LightNovel/{{Durarara}}'': Izaya almost always has a devious smirk on his face, to the point that if he doesn't it means either you should ''really'' [[OhCrap worry]], or that one of his plans has failed.
* ''LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya'':

* Dio Brando from ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'' is almost never seen without one, so you know that when he stops smirking you are either the newest entry on his shit list or about to become [[CruelAndUnusualDeath extremely dead]] (although the former is almost inevitably followed by the latter.) [[spoiler: This carries on to the second opening of ''Stardust Crusaders'' when he passes a smirk to us and Jotaro in the stopped time.]]

* Megumin in the ''LightNovel/{{Konosuba}}'' OVA tricked Yunyun into losing their rock-paper-scissors match, and then followed with an extremely smug shit-eating grin while muttering "Heh". It became known in the fandom as 'Smugumin'.

* ''LightNovel/RebuildWorld'':

* ''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''.

* [[VideoGame/DuckHunt The Duck Hunt Dog,]] [[VideoGame/SuperSmashBros and he ain't showing any signs of stopping.]]
* Miranda Lawson in ''VideoGame/MassEffect2'', due to being genetically engineered to be the perfect human as well as UncannyValley kicking in.
* Nikita Dragovich and Lev Kravchenko, two of the main antagonists in ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyBlackOps''.
* Joshua from ''VideoGame/TheWorldEndsWithYou''.
* Bass from ''VideoGame/MegaManClassic''.
* Leland Monroe in ''VideoGame/LANoire''. There are billboards of him grinning at you all over UsefulNotes/LosAngeles. One character even [[LampshadeHanging lampshades]] it.
* Frequent with villainous characters in ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'', whether that be Ganondorf in ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime Ocarina of Time]]'', Ghirahim in ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaSkywardSword Skyward Sword]]'', or Yuga in ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaALinkBetweenWorlds A Link Between Worlds]]''. They gradually lose the smile during a VillainousBreakdown, however.

* George Sewell from ''VideoGame/SilentHillDownpour''.
* {{ComicBook/Nightwing}} in ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamCity'' has a [[PerpetualSmiler permanent smug grin]] on his face. But considering the people he's directing it at are [[AssholeVictim the criminals he's kicking the crap out of]], it's forgivable.

* ''[[Franchise/DotHack .hack//SIGN]]: Protagonist Tsukasa usually greets adversity with one of these. It's less a promise of an eminent curb-stomp - he's a SquishyWizard whose GuardianEntity does the actual fighting - and more of a feeble act of rebellion against social convention. [[spoiler: Given what we see of his player's real-life AbusiveParents, smiling dismissively was apparently the best defense they had to protect what little self-worth they had.]]

** Goku himself, has some of these whenever he has the advantage.

* ''Anime/DragonBallZ'':

* Literature/ArtemisFowl is really good at this.

%%* ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'' fanfic called ''{{FanFic/Alex}}''.