History Main / ToothyIssue

* GoldTooth: Usually reserved for greedy villains.

** Often, old people have only a few teeth left, sometimes with at least one sticking out of the mouth for comic effect.

** Similarly, a gap between the two front teeth can be seen in {{Loveable Rouge}}s.

** Similarly, a gap between the two front teeth can be seen in {{Lovable Rouge}}s.

** Similarly, a gap between the two front teeth can be seen in {{Loveable Rouge}}s.

** This is occasionally subverted for realism's sake: in the Broadway version of ''Theatre/LesMiserables'', the characters have horrible teeth, which makes sense since most of them are, well, poor.

** Or, conversely, on cute little kids who are losing their baby teeth.

Toothy Tropes And Idioms:

* MoreTeethThanTheOsmondFamily

* Missing teeth can be seen on roguish or villainous sort of characters, like [[OliverTwist Fagin]].

** This is occasionally subverted for realism's sake: in the Broadway version of ''[[{{Theatre/ptitlenjisnv3p}} Les Misérables]]'', the characters have horrible teeth, which makes sense since most of them are, well, poor.

* FunWithFalseTeeth

* YellowPeril: Villainese Japanese have crooked teeth.

Most of the time, you get Hollywood Teeth- everybody has [[EternallyPearlyWhiteTeeth lovely straight pearly whites]], even where this is unlikely (more on the lack of orthodontics front than access to sweets). Ironically enough, this is TruthInTelevision, as everyone in the world except [[KGarrett this troper]] has perfect teeth.
** Granted, this is occasionally subverted for realism's sake: in the Broadway version of ''[[{{Theatre/ptitlenjisnv3p}} Les Misérables]]'', the characters have horrible teeth, which makes sense since most of them are, well, poor.

** Granted, this is occasionally subverted for realism's sake: in the Broadway version of ''LesMiserables'', the characters have horrible teeth, which makes sense since most of them are, well, poor.

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