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* ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'': Ferb is one of the most stoic cartoon guys you ever hope to meet. The look on his face is 99% of the time, entirely blank, and he speaks, on average, [[TheQuietOne once an episode]]. He does, occasionally, get moments of emotion, but his first true Not So Stoic moment happened in [[WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerbTheMovieAcrossThe2ndDimension his first]] [[TheMovie movie]]: When he and his brother meet their other-dimension counterparts, the alternate Phineas sees Perry and immediately hugs him, thinking he's ''their'' Perry, finally come home. When Phineas tells him that it's the wrong Perry, he then asks "Wait...can I hold him a little longer?". Cut to Ferb, along with ''his'' other dimension counterpart, shedding a [[SingleTear single]], [[ManlyTears small tear]]. Another instance occurs in [[WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerbTheMovieCandaceAgainstTheUniverse his second movie]], where he's visibly sad and hurt after being told by Candace that she's better off without him and Phineas.
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* ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'': Ferb is one of the most stoic cartoon guys you ever hope to meet. The look on his face is 99% of the time, entirely blank, and he speaks, on average, [[TheQuietOne once an episode]]. He does, occasionally, get moments of emotion, but his first true Not So Stoic moment happened in [[WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerbTheMovieAcrossThe2ndDimension his first]] [[TheMovie movie]]: When he and his brother meet their other-dimension counterparts, the alternate Phineas sees Perry and immediately hugs him, thinking he's ''their'' Perry, finally come home. When Phineas tells him that it's the wrong Perry, he then asks "Wait...can I hold him a little longer?". Cut to Ferb, along with ''his'' other dimension counterpart, shedding a [[SingleTear single]], [[ManlyTears small tear]]. Another instance occurs in [[WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerbTheMovieCandaceAgainstTheUniverse his second movie]], where he's he screams in terror with the rest of the kids when they encounter Norm the giant robot for the first time. He is also visibly sad and hurt after being told by Candace that she's better off without him and Phineas.
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** In Season 4, Kuvira seems genuinely broken up [[spoiler: by her decision to ShootTheHostage and nuke the building where her fiance and the Avatar are hiding]].
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** In Season 4, Kuvira [[Characters/TheLegendOfKorraKuvira Kuvira]] seems genuinely broken up [[spoiler: by her decision to ShootTheHostage and nuke the building where her fiance and the Avatar are hiding]].
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** [[Recap/BatmanTheAnimatedSeriesE5PrettyPoison "Pretty Poison."]] It's rare to see Batman startled, but the vine he used to swing out of Ivy's trapdoor cacti pit suddenly coming alive and wrapping itself around his wrist, revealing sharp, chomping fangs too, does the trick.
** In the episode "Harlequinade", Harley Quinn [[WhatDoesThisButtonDo pushes a button]] in the Batmobile, thinking it will turn on the radio. Instead, it deploys the drag parachute, causing Batman to lose control of the Batmobile as it swerves left and right. Batman hits the brakes... [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6IJi_Vj4_-k loses his cool and gives Harley a well-deserved scolding]].
** In the episode "Harlequinade", Harley Quinn [[WhatDoesThisButtonDo pushes a button]] in the Batmobile, thinking it will turn on the radio. Instead, it deploys the drag parachute, causing Batman to lose control of the Batmobile as it swerves left and right. Batman hits the brakes... [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6IJi_Vj4_-k loses his cool and gives Harley a well-deserved scolding]].
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** [[Recap/BatmanTheAnimatedSeriesE5PrettyPoison "Pretty Poison."]] It's rare to see Batman [[Characters/DCAUBatman Batman]] startled, but the vine he used to swing out of Ivy's trapdoor cacti pit suddenly coming alive and wrapping itself around his wrist, revealing sharp, chomping fangs too, does the trick.
** *** In the episode "Harlequinade", Harley Quinn [[WhatDoesThisButtonDo pushes a button]] in the Batmobile, thinking it will turn on the radio. Instead, it deploys the drag parachute, causing Batman to lose control of the Batmobile as it swerves left and right. Batman hits the brakes... [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6IJi_Vj4_-k loses his cool and gives Harley a well-deserved scolding]].
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* ''WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack'' has Jack himself, who is usually a calm and composed individual. The two things that have made him lose his temper were the Scotsman and Ashi. Notably, in both instances, he finally lost his temper after being insulted for an extended period of time.
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* ''WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty'': Despite how serious he's played as a threat, he's not above falling into BuffySpeak or trolling Morty by offering him a ride off the exploding Citadel only to admit he was lying because the second seat on his ship is just a toilet. Also, if one were to attribute Evil Rick's actions to [[Characters/RickAndMortyEvilMorty Evil Morty]] as the former was quite literally a puppet to the latter, he can be [[PsychopathicManChild outright childish]] at times, saying he invented SarcasticClapping in one dimension and stops C-137 Rick from doing it himself, saying "That's mine!", provided that wasn't an act.
* ''WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack'' hasJack [[Characters/SamuraiJackJack Jack]] himself, who is usually a calm and composed individual. The two things that have made him lose his temper were the Scotsman and Ashi. Notably, in both instances, he finally lost his temper after being insulted for an extended period of time.
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** Grand Admiral Thrawn is a very calm and collected man, playing his cards so close to the chest that they're under his jacket. When Slavin suggests destroying the Syndulla family's Kalikori--an extremely important heirloom to Twi'lek families and culture--Thrawn grabs him by the collar and snarls in his face for a moment before releasing him and apologizing for his outburst, making Slavin look as scared as if he'd just insulted Darth Vader's mother to his face. As practically the only non-human officer in the very speciesist Imperial military and an art lover besides, Slavin's suggestion hit two of Thrawn's [[BerserkButton Berserk Buttons]] at once.
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** [[Characters/StarWarsThrawnCharacterSheet Grand Admiral Thrawn Thrawn]] is a very calm and collected man, playing his cards so close to the chest that they're under his jacket. When Slavin suggests destroying the Syndulla family's Kalikori--an extremely important heirloom to Twi'lek families and culture--Thrawn grabs him by the collar and snarls in his face for a moment before releasing him and apologizing for his outburst, making Slavin look as scared as if he'd just insulted Darth Vader's mother to his face. As practically the only non-human officer in the very speciesist Imperial military and an art lover besides, Slavin's suggestion hit two of Thrawn's [[BerserkButton Berserk Buttons]] at once.
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** Garnet tends to be unfazed by most things. She becomes more expressive as the series progresses, ranging from desperation (when Steven nearly ages himself to death in "Too Many Birthdays", or when he endangers himself during "Future Vision" because of something she told him), to unrestrained joy (seeing that [[spoiler:Steven and Connie have pulled off a successful FusionDance]] in "Alone Together", or [[spoiler:fusing back together herself]] in "Jail Break"), to rage (after [[spoiler:Pearl]] violates her trust in "Cry For Help", or when [[spoiler:Peridot]] squanders what little goodwill she had in "It Could've Been Great"). The most dramatic case comes in "Keeping it Together"; confronting [[spoiler:the artificial gem [[BodyHorror assembled from the shards of fallen comrades]]]] elicits absolute ''horror''.
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** Garnet [[Characters/StevenUniverseGarnet Garnet]] tends to be unfazed by most things. She becomes more expressive as the series progresses, ranging from desperation (when Steven nearly ages himself to death in "Too Many Birthdays", or when he endangers himself during "Future Vision" because of something she told him), to unrestrained joy (seeing that [[spoiler:Steven and Connie have pulled off a successful FusionDance]] in "Alone Together", or [[spoiler:fusing back together herself]] in "Jail Break"), to rage (after [[spoiler:Pearl]] violates her trust in "Cry For Help", or when [[spoiler:Peridot]] squanders what little goodwill she had in "It Could've Been Great"). The most dramatic case comes in "Keeping it Together"; confronting [[spoiler:the artificial gem [[BodyHorror assembled from the shards of fallen comrades]]]] elicits absolute ''horror''.
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** In a different vein, Peridot is introduced as a technician on a routine assignment, and her inflections and expression border on mechanical. In subsequent appearances, she gets rather amusingly flustered when others meddle in her business ("I'M REPORTING THIS!"), and she becomes slowly unhinged [[spoiler:after being stranded on Earth]], ending up a nervous wreck by the time the Crystal Gems finally track her down.
** When Peridot's finally able to contact her leader, [[spoiler:Yellow Diamond]] reprimands her for falling behind schedule, [[spoiler:losing her ship and her escort]], and using an emergency contact rather than proper channels, but then goes on to calmly thank her for completing her report, and offers to arrange transport to bring her home. Only after Peridot stumbles across her BerserkButton ([[spoiler:suggesting they spare Earth from the DoomsdayDevice they'd planted, and questioning [[RevengeBeforeReason her motives]] when she dismisses the idea]]) does her [[EvilIsPetty vindictive streak]] become apparent. By the end of their conversation, after [[spoiler:[[ShutUpHannibal Peridot denounces her]] in a moment of desperation]], she is ''furious''.
** When Peridot's finally able to contact her leader, [[spoiler:Yellow Diamond]] reprimands her for falling behind schedule, [[spoiler:losing her ship and her escort]], and using an emergency contact rather than proper channels, but then goes on to calmly thank her for completing her report, and offers to arrange transport to bring her home. Only after Peridot stumbles across her BerserkButton ([[spoiler:suggesting they spare Earth from the DoomsdayDevice they'd planted, and questioning [[RevengeBeforeReason her motives]] when she dismisses the idea]]) does her [[EvilIsPetty vindictive streak]] become apparent. By the end of their conversation, after [[spoiler:[[ShutUpHannibal Peridot denounces her]] in a moment of desperation]], she is ''furious''.
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** In a different vein, Peridot [[Characters/StevenUniversePeridot Peridot]] is introduced as a technician on a routine assignment, and her inflections and expression border on mechanical. In subsequent appearances, she gets rather amusingly flustered when others meddle in her business ("I'M REPORTING THIS!"), and she becomes slowly unhinged [[spoiler:after being stranded on Earth]], ending up a nervous wreck by the time the Crystal Gems finally track her down.
** When Peridot's finally able to contact her leader,[[spoiler:Yellow Diamond]] [[spoiler: [[Characters/StevenUniverseYellowDiamond Yellow Diamond]]]] reprimands her for falling behind schedule, [[spoiler:losing her ship and her escort]], and using an emergency contact rather than proper channels, but then goes on to calmly thank her for completing her report, and offers to arrange transport to bring her home. Only after Peridot stumbles across her BerserkButton ([[spoiler:suggesting they spare Earth from the DoomsdayDevice they'd planted, and questioning [[RevengeBeforeReason her motives]] when she dismisses the idea]]) does her [[EvilIsPetty vindictive streak]] become apparent. By the end of their conversation, after [[spoiler:[[ShutUpHannibal Peridot denounces her]] in a moment of desperation]], she is ''furious''.
** When Peridot's finally able to contact her leader,
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* ''WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfTheGalaxyRangers'': Zachary is a very quiet, steady, and stoic fellow, especially in contrast with the more colorful crew he's commanding. It makes it all the more powerful when it slips.
* ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'':
** Mai comes across as the EmotionlessGirl most of the time but blows up in the episode "The Beach", where she actually shouts.
** "The Beach" is the one time in which Azula is caught off the battlefield and she's a colossal dork.
** ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'': In Season 2, Eska's reaction to Bolin's break-up shows her true possessive and horrifying nature.
** In Season 4, Kuvira seems genuinely broken up [[spoiler: by her decision to ShootTheHostage and nuke the building where her fiance and the Avatar are hiding]].
** PlayedForLaughs (most of the time) with Tenzin; he tries his best to appear as the stoic, wise Airbending Master. When Korra's acting too much like a BrattyTeenageDaughter, or his older siblings start picking on him, or when he's run ragged by his young children, that composure fractures.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond'' film ''Return of the Joker'', what the Clown Prince does to [[spoiler: Tim Drake]] and the resulting retaliation taint the entire Bat Family's demeanor forever.
* ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'':
** [[Recap/BatmanTheAnimatedSeriesE5PrettyPoison "Pretty Poison."]] It's rare to see Batman startled, but the vine he used to swing out of Ivy's trapdoor cacti pit suddenly coming alive and wrapping itself around his wrist, revealing sharp, chomping fangs too, does the trick.
** In the episode "Harlequinade", Harley Quinn [[WhatDoesThisButtonDo pushes a button]] in the Batmobile, thinking it will turn on the radio. Instead, it deploys the drag parachute, causing Batman to lose control of the Batmobile as it swerves left and right. Batman hits the brakes... [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6IJi_Vj4_-k loses his cool and gives Harley a well-deserved scolding]].
** [[Recap/BatmanTheAnimatedSeriesE25TheClockKing "The Clock King"]]. Even before his StartOfDarkness, Temple Fugate was TheStoic. It's justified because he is TheSociopath whose only interest in life is to be a ScheduleFanatic. But there is a theme that makes him emote:
--->'''Counselor Hill:''' Do you take a coffee break?\\
'''Fugate:''' Of course. Every day at 3 on the dot.\\
'''Counselor Hill:''' [[AdviceBackfire Then take it at 3:15.]]\\
'''Fugate:''' (''he grinds his teeth while the subway wheels grind by slowly stopping, [[EmpathicEnvironment giving the illusion that the noise is caused by Fugate]]'') [[SeriousBusiness But my schedule!]]
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Cellbound}}'' has the [[https://i.ytimg.com/vi/FQ28hD3gkMQ/hqdefault.jpg ever-serious jail warden,]] who nevertheless begins doing an [[http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-j-lWHkJnBDk/UQUtE6fLW1I/AAAAAAAAgj0/LsSElXb_thw/s1600/DANCING%2BWARDEN%2B2.png incredibly goofy dance]] upon hearing some Dixieland jazz (then goes back to serious and stoic within a single animation frame).
* On his earliest cartoons, the typically unemotional WesternAnimation/{{Droopy}} would suddenly explode in an exuberant display of emotion at the end, only to revert to his usual composure and calmly state [[ThatMakesMeFeelAngry "I'm happy."]]
* A comedic example during the ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' DVD special, "Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story." Tricia Takanawa, TokenMinority news reporter for Channel 5 goes to interview Music/DavidBowie on the red carpet. It takes one sentence from Bowie to turn Tricia from deadpan reporter to shrieking, leg-humping fangirl.
-->'''Tricia:''' Oh, make love to me, Ziggy Stardust! I take you home, I make you fishball soup! Fishball!\\
'''Tom:''' ''[{{beat}}]'' Thank you, Tricia, for setting your people back 1000 years.
* ''WesternAnimation/FinalSpace'':
** [[Characters/FinalSpaceTheTeamSquad Avocato]]. He's one of the tougher and more serious members of the Team Squad, but he has his emotional spots when it comes to his son Little Cato. He'll freak when his son is in danger, his HeelFaceTurn away from willingly serving the Lord Commander was even jump-started by him refusing to kill his own son to prove his loyalty, and [[spoiler:the truth about Little Cato's parentage and the deaths of his birth-parents is implied to be one of Avocato's greatest, if not his single greatest shame]]. Darkly enough, Invictus exploits Avocato's weak spots for Little Cato to make him go psycho when Invictus possesses him.
** Nightfall ultimately turns out to be this in "[[Recap/FinalSpaceS2E7TheFirstTimesTheyMet The First Times They Met]]". She's been presented throughout most of the series as a Stoic Woobie, hardened by twenty years of traveling through hundreds of {{Alternate Timeline}}s and watching Gary and all her friends die in every one, but in this episode, she implicitly hits the DespairEventHorizon when she uses the ship's virtual simulator to create a duplicate of her world's Gary from her memories, even though this is heavily draining the ship's power and will likely kill her and the rest of the squad.
* Scruffy the janitor ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' rarely shows emotion, even once showing no concern to ''dying''. However, in "The Prisoner of Benda," his washbucket (who is in Amy's body) confesses her love for him. While he reciprocates, he turns her down on the basis that she's a robot. After she leaves, he breaks down in tears.
* In ''WesternAnimation/TheGrimAdventuresOfBillyAndMandy'', Mandy is normally emotionless, but in the episode featuring Pandora's Box, upon realizing that she had unleashed it, she is overwhelmed with fear/shock. Also, the episode when her nerve is stolen from her.
** And the episode "Heartburn", when she finds out she may actually like Irwin.
** In "My Fair Mandy", [[AlphaBitch Mindy]] makes her feel bad by calling her ugly, and she looks sad over the thought of losing a beauty pageant.
** "Billy And Mandy's Big Boogey Adventure" features no fewer than three examples of this. First, when the Boogey Man puts her to sleep and turns her dreams into a PsychologicalTormentZone. Second, she brushes tears from her eyes when she thinks the Kraken has eaten Billy, despite knowing and stating that he was always fine, no matter what happened to him. And third, Horror's Hand causes her to experience her greatest fears. She was confident that nothing could scare her…as were many of the viewers. But when she comes face to face with the adult version of herself, a plump [[ThePollyanna Pollyanna]], and sees her kissing a grown-up Irwin, she ''runs away screaming.''
* ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'' has yet another example of Batman breaking his stony expression, in the episode "For the Man who has Everything". Batman gets attacked by an alien parasite that presents you with a vision of your greatest desire but leaves you catatonic - a classic LotusEaterMachine. Batman sees [[spoiler:a vision of the night his parents were shot by Joe Chill, except this time Thomas Wayne goes PapaWolf, rushes and overpowers Chill, and begins beating the crud out of him.]] This is the only time you see the caped crusader with a look of sheer unbridled ''bliss''. Of course, [[TearJerker it doesn't last...]]
* Quack Quack from ''WesternAnimation/{{Kaeloo}}'' has shown real emotions at times when necessary, like when he sees Mr. Cat [[BerserkButton destroying his precious yogurt]]. However, this is extremely rare, as in one case he was completely stoic when Kaeloo was about to ''die''.
* ''WesternAnimation/KipoAndTheAgeOfWonderbeasts'': When Kipo confronts Wolf [[spoiler:over hiding a clue from her Dad]], Wolf [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness breaks down crying]] and admits that she really doesn't want to lose Kipo, having come to accept her as a friend.
* ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'': The Roadrunner is a PerpetualSmiler who is usually unfazed by most of Wile E. Coyote's attempts to catch him, but the titular machine in ''WesternAnimation/TheSolidTinCoyote'' manages to genuinely spook him.
* This applies to Wind-Whistler from ''Franchise/MyLittlePony''. "I do have feelings -- I merely refrain from expressing them at the drop of a hat," as she says.
* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'':
** Towards the end of "Lesson Zero", after all the brainwashed characters are cured and give up fighting over the Smarty Pants doll, we see the normally [[TheStoic stoic]] Big Macintosh grin childishly and run off with it complete with little love-hearts around his head.
** He gets another one in "The Last Roundup": we see [[TheQuietOne quiet]] [[GentleGiant giant]] Big Macintosh's lip quivering when he gets the note that Applejack's not coming home.
** Done for a humorous role reversal in the episode "Ponyville Confidential". The town is mad at the Cutie Mark Crusaders for their gossip rag. They try seeking forgiveness from Applejack and Big Mac, but Applejack only responds in Macintosh's usual "yep" and "nope"s, while Macintosh chews them out for what they did.
** In the episode "Maud Pie", Pinkie's eponymous sister spends most of the episode as a drab, monotone EmotionlessGirl, until Pinkie is in danger of being crushed by a boulder. This causes Maud to run faster than any of the other ponies with a determined expression, punch the boulder to dust with her bare hooves, and after bringing Pinkie down from the rock slide, hug her out of relief and raise her voice when scolding her. She also smiles at the end of the episode, saying she loves Pinkie Pie.
* ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'': Ferb is one of the most stoic cartoon guys you ever hope to meet. The look on his face is 99% of the time, entirely blank, and he speaks, on average, [[TheQuietOne once an episode]]. He does, occasionally, get moments of emotion, but his first true Not So Stoic moment happened in [[WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerbTheMovieAcrossThe2ndDimension his first]] [[TheMovie movie]]: When he and his brother meet their other-dimension counterparts, the alternate Phineas sees Perry and immediately hugs him, thinking he's ''their'' Perry, finally come home. When Phineas tells him that it's the wrong Perry, he then asks "Wait...can I hold him a little longer?". Cut to Ferb, along with ''his'' other dimension counterpart, shedding a [[SingleTear single]], [[ManlyTears small tear]]. Another instance occurs in [[WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerbTheMovieCandaceAgainstTheUniverse his second movie]], where he's visibly sad and hurt after being told by Candace that she's better off without him and Phineas.
* ''WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack'' has Jack himself, who is usually a calm and composed individual. The two things that have made him lose his temper were the Scotsman and Ashi. Notably, in both instances, he finally lost his temper after being insulted for an extended period of time.
* Craig from ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' briefly loses his temper during an argument with Tweek in "Put it Down". He lampshades it himself right afterwards.
-->'''Craig:''' Well, I'm sorry that I'm actually in control of my goddamn emotions, you baby! *{{Beat}}* Oh, see? Now you made me lose control of ''my'' emotions. Goddammit.
* ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsRebels'':
** It transpires that ISB Agent Kallus has a tendency towards InopportuneVoiceCracking when he's [[OhCrap scared]], injured, or ''very'' angry.
** Grand Admiral Thrawn is a very calm and collected man, playing his cards so close to the chest that they're under his jacket. When Slavin suggests destroying the Syndulla family's Kalikori--an extremely important heirloom to Twi'lek families and culture--Thrawn grabs him by the collar and snarls in his face for a moment before releasing him and apologizing for his outburst, making Slavin look as scared as if he'd just insulted Darth Vader's mother to his face. As practically the only non-human officer in the very speciesist Imperial military and an art lover besides, Slavin's suggestion hit two of Thrawn's [[BerserkButton Berserk Buttons]] at once.
* ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'':
** Garnet tends to be unfazed by most things. She becomes more expressive as the series progresses, ranging from desperation (when Steven nearly ages himself to death in "Too Many Birthdays", or when he endangers himself during "Future Vision" because of something she told him), to unrestrained joy (seeing that [[spoiler:Steven and Connie have pulled off a successful FusionDance]] in "Alone Together", or [[spoiler:fusing back together herself]] in "Jail Break"), to rage (after [[spoiler:Pearl]] violates her trust in "Cry For Help", or when [[spoiler:Peridot]] squanders what little goodwill she had in "It Could've Been Great"). The most dramatic case comes in "Keeping it Together"; confronting [[spoiler:the artificial gem [[BodyHorror assembled from the shards of fallen comrades]]]] elicits absolute ''horror''.
** Sapphire, [[spoiler:one of Garnet's component gems]], is always calm and emotionless to the point of appearing apathetic, a side effect of [[{{Seers}} being able to look into the future]]. This comes back to haunt her in "Keystone Motel"; when she and Ruby are upset by [[spoiler:Pearl]]'s actions in the previous episode, she refuses to acknowledge her own present emotional state, as well as Ruby's. When she realizes how much it's affected the pair (as well as Steven), she breaks down:
--->'''Sapphire:''' I keep looking into the future when all of this has already been solved. As if it doesn't matter how you feel in the present. ''(voice cracking as she starts crying)'' No wonder you think I don't care!
*** When she (as part of Garnet) learns that [[spoiler:Rose Quartz was actually a shapeshifted Pink Diamond for all the millennia she had known and followed her]], Sapphire understandably, yet rather uncharacteristically, [[spoiler:'''flips out in rage and warps out of the temple,''' leaving Ruby and the other Crystal Gems behind]].
---->'''Sapphire:''' [[spoiler:SHE ''LIED'' TO US!!! SHE LIED ABOUT EVERYTHING!]]
** In a different vein, Peridot is introduced as a technician on a routine assignment, and her inflections and expression border on mechanical. In subsequent appearances, she gets rather amusingly flustered when others meddle in her business ("I'M REPORTING THIS!"), and she becomes slowly unhinged [[spoiler:after being stranded on Earth]], ending up a nervous wreck by the time the Crystal Gems finally track her down.
** When Peridot's finally able to contact her leader, [[spoiler:Yellow Diamond]] reprimands her for falling behind schedule, [[spoiler:losing her ship and her escort]], and using an emergency contact rather than proper channels, but then goes on to calmly thank her for completing her report, and offers to arrange transport to bring her home. Only after Peridot stumbles across her BerserkButton ([[spoiler:suggesting they spare Earth from the DoomsdayDevice they'd planted, and questioning [[RevengeBeforeReason her motives]] when she dismisses the idea]]) does her [[EvilIsPetty vindictive streak]] become apparent. By the end of their conversation, after [[spoiler:[[ShutUpHannibal Peridot denounces her]] in a moment of desperation]], she is ''furious''.
* ''WesternAnimation/StormHawks'': {{Discussed}} by Piper in "Best Friends Forever", who indicates that for all of [[Characters/StormHawks Cyclonis]]' efforts to be a merciless dictator devoid of empathy, at heart she's more vulnerable. There have been a few hints over the series that Piper is right.
-->'''Piper:''' You can't hide who you really are. A lonely girl who desperately wants a friend!
* In ''WesternAnimation/SymBionicTitan'', Lance starts out as quiet, serious, and aloof, but goes through this trope as more of a gradual change as opposed to facing consequences that briefly put him into this. Octus, a robot, is stoic throughout most of the show, but when all organic life becomes still due to a [[MonsterOfTheWeek Mutraddi]], he attempts to use his electricity to bring Ilana and Lance "back to life." When it does work, he actually smacks his hand across this face, making this pained expression as if he was going to cry.
* Charlie of ''WesternAnimation/SmilingFriends'' is mostly a DeadpanSnarker and OnlySaneMan of the group, doesn't stop him from reacting like a normal person would to certain situations like someone springing out from the TV or being overjoyed that a magic potion worked to cure his hangover.
* Raven of ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans2003'' strives for utter calm and control over her emotions--making it that much more frightening when she lets her temper show. The episode "Nevermore" begins with Raven torturing a villain, and the fourth season's [[HalfArcSeason Trigon arc]] features her angrily attacking and yelling at both Slade and Trigon.
** Justified, though, because it was mentioned once in a FreakyFridayFlip episode "Switched" that her powers are controlled by her emotions. Cue [[LoveFreak Starfire]] exploding things without noticing when she had Raven's body, or Raven accidentally kidnapping all other Titans and creating an army of monsters when she was scared by a horror movie.
* In ''WesternAnimation/TotalDrama'' Noah was an emotionless, sarcastic DeadpanSnarker, however, in ''World Tour'' he gets some CharacterDevelopment and focus that reveals that he's quite enthusiastic and friendly when he wants to be. Evenly as early as ''Island,'' he seems quick to start dancing when the team is celebrating their first victory.
** ''WesternAnimation/TotalDramaPresentsTheRidonculousRace'' also shows that he gets ''very'' goofy [[LoveMakesYouStupid when he has a crush]].
* ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}'':
** Very few things can make Prowl of ''WesternAnimation/TransformersAnimated'' lose his composure. Unfortunately for Prowl, one of those things is his annoying teammate [[KidAppealCharacter Bumblebee]], who can provoke uncharacteristic displays of frustration in Prowl without even trying.
** It is rare to see Optimus Prime from ''WesternAnimation/TransformersPrime'' show any sort of emotion. He only really loses it twice: once when Raph is injured by Megatron, and once when Starscream steals the Omega Keys.
* In ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice2010'', Batman is still TheStoic, but he shows a lot more emotion around Dick and the rest of the team, at least moreso than most of his other appearances. The most heartwarming is the moment after Dick gets jealous of Aqualad, he "trains" Dick by playing a one-on-one game of basketball with him.
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* ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'':
** Mai comes across as the EmotionlessGirl most of the time but blows up in the episode "The Beach", where she actually shouts.
** "The Beach" is the one time in which Azula is caught off the battlefield and she's a colossal dork.
** ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'': In Season 2, Eska's reaction to Bolin's break-up shows her true possessive and horrifying nature.
** In Season 4, Kuvira seems genuinely broken up [[spoiler: by her decision to ShootTheHostage and nuke the building where her fiance and the Avatar are hiding]].
** PlayedForLaughs (most of the time) with Tenzin; he tries his best to appear as the stoic, wise Airbending Master. When Korra's acting too much like a BrattyTeenageDaughter, or his older siblings start picking on him, or when he's run ragged by his young children, that composure fractures.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond'' film ''Return of the Joker'', what the Clown Prince does to [[spoiler: Tim Drake]] and the resulting retaliation taint the entire Bat Family's demeanor forever.
* ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'':
** [[Recap/BatmanTheAnimatedSeriesE5PrettyPoison "Pretty Poison."]] It's rare to see Batman startled, but the vine he used to swing out of Ivy's trapdoor cacti pit suddenly coming alive and wrapping itself around his wrist, revealing sharp, chomping fangs too, does the trick.
** In the episode "Harlequinade", Harley Quinn [[WhatDoesThisButtonDo pushes a button]] in the Batmobile, thinking it will turn on the radio. Instead, it deploys the drag parachute, causing Batman to lose control of the Batmobile as it swerves left and right. Batman hits the brakes... [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6IJi_Vj4_-k loses his cool and gives Harley a well-deserved scolding]].
** [[Recap/BatmanTheAnimatedSeriesE25TheClockKing "The Clock King"]]. Even before his StartOfDarkness, Temple Fugate was TheStoic. It's justified because he is TheSociopath whose only interest in life is to be a ScheduleFanatic. But there is a theme that makes him emote:
--->'''Counselor Hill:''' Do you take a coffee break?\\
'''Fugate:''' Of course. Every day at 3 on the dot.\\
'''Counselor Hill:''' [[AdviceBackfire Then take it at 3:15.]]\\
'''Fugate:''' (''he grinds his teeth while the subway wheels grind by slowly stopping, [[EmpathicEnvironment giving the illusion that the noise is caused by Fugate]]'') [[SeriousBusiness But my schedule!]]
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Cellbound}}'' has the [[https://i.ytimg.com/vi/FQ28hD3gkMQ/hqdefault.jpg ever-serious jail warden,]] who nevertheless begins doing an [[http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-j-lWHkJnBDk/UQUtE6fLW1I/AAAAAAAAgj0/LsSElXb_thw/s1600/DANCING%2BWARDEN%2B2.png incredibly goofy dance]] upon hearing some Dixieland jazz (then goes back to serious and stoic within a single animation frame).
* On his earliest cartoons, the typically unemotional WesternAnimation/{{Droopy}} would suddenly explode in an exuberant display of emotion at the end, only to revert to his usual composure and calmly state [[ThatMakesMeFeelAngry "I'm happy."]]
* A comedic example during the ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' DVD special, "Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story." Tricia Takanawa, TokenMinority news reporter for Channel 5 goes to interview Music/DavidBowie on the red carpet. It takes one sentence from Bowie to turn Tricia from deadpan reporter to shrieking, leg-humping fangirl.
-->'''Tricia:''' Oh, make love to me, Ziggy Stardust! I take you home, I make you fishball soup! Fishball!\\
'''Tom:''' ''[{{beat}}]'' Thank you, Tricia, for setting your people back 1000 years.
* ''WesternAnimation/FinalSpace'':
** [[Characters/FinalSpaceTheTeamSquad Avocato]]. He's one of the tougher and more serious members of the Team Squad, but he has his emotional spots when it comes to his son Little Cato. He'll freak when his son is in danger, his HeelFaceTurn away from willingly serving the Lord Commander was even jump-started by him refusing to kill his own son to prove his loyalty, and [[spoiler:the truth about Little Cato's parentage and the deaths of his birth-parents is implied to be one of Avocato's greatest, if not his single greatest shame]]. Darkly enough, Invictus exploits Avocato's weak spots for Little Cato to make him go psycho when Invictus possesses him.
** Nightfall ultimately turns out to be this in "[[Recap/FinalSpaceS2E7TheFirstTimesTheyMet The First Times They Met]]". She's been presented throughout most of the series as a Stoic Woobie, hardened by twenty years of traveling through hundreds of {{Alternate Timeline}}s and watching Gary and all her friends die in every one, but in this episode, she implicitly hits the DespairEventHorizon when she uses the ship's virtual simulator to create a duplicate of her world's Gary from her memories, even though this is heavily draining the ship's power and will likely kill her and the rest of the squad.
* Scruffy the janitor ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' rarely shows emotion, even once showing no concern to ''dying''. However, in "The Prisoner of Benda," his washbucket (who is in Amy's body) confesses her love for him. While he reciprocates, he turns her down on the basis that she's a robot. After she leaves, he breaks down in tears.
* In ''WesternAnimation/TheGrimAdventuresOfBillyAndMandy'', Mandy is normally emotionless, but in the episode featuring Pandora's Box, upon realizing that she had unleashed it, she is overwhelmed with fear/shock. Also, the episode when her nerve is stolen from her.
** And the episode "Heartburn", when she finds out she may actually like Irwin.
** In "My Fair Mandy", [[AlphaBitch Mindy]] makes her feel bad by calling her ugly, and she looks sad over the thought of losing a beauty pageant.
** "Billy And Mandy's Big Boogey Adventure" features no fewer than three examples of this. First, when the Boogey Man puts her to sleep and turns her dreams into a PsychologicalTormentZone. Second, she brushes tears from her eyes when she thinks the Kraken has eaten Billy, despite knowing and stating that he was always fine, no matter what happened to him. And third, Horror's Hand causes her to experience her greatest fears. She was confident that nothing could scare her…as were many of the viewers. But when she comes face to face with the adult version of herself, a plump [[ThePollyanna Pollyanna]], and sees her kissing a grown-up Irwin, she ''runs away screaming.''
* ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'' has yet another example of Batman breaking his stony expression, in the episode "For the Man who has Everything". Batman gets attacked by an alien parasite that presents you with a vision of your greatest desire but leaves you catatonic - a classic LotusEaterMachine. Batman sees [[spoiler:a vision of the night his parents were shot by Joe Chill, except this time Thomas Wayne goes PapaWolf, rushes and overpowers Chill, and begins beating the crud out of him.]] This is the only time you see the caped crusader with a look of sheer unbridled ''bliss''. Of course, [[TearJerker it doesn't last...]]
* Quack Quack from ''WesternAnimation/{{Kaeloo}}'' has shown real emotions at times when necessary, like when he sees Mr. Cat [[BerserkButton destroying his precious yogurt]]. However, this is extremely rare, as in one case he was completely stoic when Kaeloo was about to ''die''.
* ''WesternAnimation/KipoAndTheAgeOfWonderbeasts'': When Kipo confronts Wolf [[spoiler:over hiding a clue from her Dad]], Wolf [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness breaks down crying]] and admits that she really doesn't want to lose Kipo, having come to accept her as a friend.
* ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'': The Roadrunner is a PerpetualSmiler who is usually unfazed by most of Wile E. Coyote's attempts to catch him, but the titular machine in ''WesternAnimation/TheSolidTinCoyote'' manages to genuinely spook him.
* This applies to Wind-Whistler from ''Franchise/MyLittlePony''. "I do have feelings -- I merely refrain from expressing them at the drop of a hat," as she says.
* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'':
** Towards the end of "Lesson Zero", after all the brainwashed characters are cured and give up fighting over the Smarty Pants doll, we see the normally [[TheStoic stoic]] Big Macintosh grin childishly and run off with it complete with little love-hearts around his head.
** He gets another one in "The Last Roundup": we see [[TheQuietOne quiet]] [[GentleGiant giant]] Big Macintosh's lip quivering when he gets the note that Applejack's not coming home.
** Done for a humorous role reversal in the episode "Ponyville Confidential". The town is mad at the Cutie Mark Crusaders for their gossip rag. They try seeking forgiveness from Applejack and Big Mac, but Applejack only responds in Macintosh's usual "yep" and "nope"s, while Macintosh chews them out for what they did.
** In the episode "Maud Pie", Pinkie's eponymous sister spends most of the episode as a drab, monotone EmotionlessGirl, until Pinkie is in danger of being crushed by a boulder. This causes Maud to run faster than any of the other ponies with a determined expression, punch the boulder to dust with her bare hooves, and after bringing Pinkie down from the rock slide, hug her out of relief and raise her voice when scolding her. She also smiles at the end of the episode, saying she loves Pinkie Pie.
* ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'': Ferb is one of the most stoic cartoon guys you ever hope to meet. The look on his face is 99% of the time, entirely blank, and he speaks, on average, [[TheQuietOne once an episode]]. He does, occasionally, get moments of emotion, but his first true Not So Stoic moment happened in [[WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerbTheMovieAcrossThe2ndDimension his first]] [[TheMovie movie]]: When he and his brother meet their other-dimension counterparts, the alternate Phineas sees Perry and immediately hugs him, thinking he's ''their'' Perry, finally come home. When Phineas tells him that it's the wrong Perry, he then asks "Wait...can I hold him a little longer?". Cut to Ferb, along with ''his'' other dimension counterpart, shedding a [[SingleTear single]], [[ManlyTears small tear]]. Another instance occurs in [[WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerbTheMovieCandaceAgainstTheUniverse his second movie]], where he's visibly sad and hurt after being told by Candace that she's better off without him and Phineas.
* ''WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack'' has Jack himself, who is usually a calm and composed individual. The two things that have made him lose his temper were the Scotsman and Ashi. Notably, in both instances, he finally lost his temper after being insulted for an extended period of time.
* Craig from ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' briefly loses his temper during an argument with Tweek in "Put it Down". He lampshades it himself right afterwards.
-->'''Craig:''' Well, I'm sorry that I'm actually in control of my goddamn emotions, you baby! *{{Beat}}* Oh, see? Now you made me lose control of ''my'' emotions. Goddammit.
* ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsRebels'':
** It transpires that ISB Agent Kallus has a tendency towards InopportuneVoiceCracking when he's [[OhCrap scared]], injured, or ''very'' angry.
** Grand Admiral Thrawn is a very calm and collected man, playing his cards so close to the chest that they're under his jacket. When Slavin suggests destroying the Syndulla family's Kalikori--an extremely important heirloom to Twi'lek families and culture--Thrawn grabs him by the collar and snarls in his face for a moment before releasing him and apologizing for his outburst, making Slavin look as scared as if he'd just insulted Darth Vader's mother to his face. As practically the only non-human officer in the very speciesist Imperial military and an art lover besides, Slavin's suggestion hit two of Thrawn's [[BerserkButton Berserk Buttons]] at once.
* ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'':
** Garnet tends to be unfazed by most things. She becomes more expressive as the series progresses, ranging from desperation (when Steven nearly ages himself to death in "Too Many Birthdays", or when he endangers himself during "Future Vision" because of something she told him), to unrestrained joy (seeing that [[spoiler:Steven and Connie have pulled off a successful FusionDance]] in "Alone Together", or [[spoiler:fusing back together herself]] in "Jail Break"), to rage (after [[spoiler:Pearl]] violates her trust in "Cry For Help", or when [[spoiler:Peridot]] squanders what little goodwill she had in "It Could've Been Great"). The most dramatic case comes in "Keeping it Together"; confronting [[spoiler:the artificial gem [[BodyHorror assembled from the shards of fallen comrades]]]] elicits absolute ''horror''.
** Sapphire, [[spoiler:one of Garnet's component gems]], is always calm and emotionless to the point of appearing apathetic, a side effect of [[{{Seers}} being able to look into the future]]. This comes back to haunt her in "Keystone Motel"; when she and Ruby are upset by [[spoiler:Pearl]]'s actions in the previous episode, she refuses to acknowledge her own present emotional state, as well as Ruby's. When she realizes how much it's affected the pair (as well as Steven), she breaks down:
--->'''Sapphire:''' I keep looking into the future when all of this has already been solved. As if it doesn't matter how you feel in the present. ''(voice cracking as she starts crying)'' No wonder you think I don't care!
*** When she (as part of Garnet) learns that [[spoiler:Rose Quartz was actually a shapeshifted Pink Diamond for all the millennia she had known and followed her]], Sapphire understandably, yet rather uncharacteristically, [[spoiler:'''flips out in rage and warps out of the temple,''' leaving Ruby and the other Crystal Gems behind]].
---->'''Sapphire:''' [[spoiler:SHE ''LIED'' TO US!!! SHE LIED ABOUT EVERYTHING!]]
** In a different vein, Peridot is introduced as a technician on a routine assignment, and her inflections and expression border on mechanical. In subsequent appearances, she gets rather amusingly flustered when others meddle in her business ("I'M REPORTING THIS!"), and she becomes slowly unhinged [[spoiler:after being stranded on Earth]], ending up a nervous wreck by the time the Crystal Gems finally track her down.
** When Peridot's finally able to contact her leader, [[spoiler:Yellow Diamond]] reprimands her for falling behind schedule, [[spoiler:losing her ship and her escort]], and using an emergency contact rather than proper channels, but then goes on to calmly thank her for completing her report, and offers to arrange transport to bring her home. Only after Peridot stumbles across her BerserkButton ([[spoiler:suggesting they spare Earth from the DoomsdayDevice they'd planted, and questioning [[RevengeBeforeReason her motives]] when she dismisses the idea]]) does her [[EvilIsPetty vindictive streak]] become apparent. By the end of their conversation, after [[spoiler:[[ShutUpHannibal Peridot denounces her]] in a moment of desperation]], she is ''furious''.
* ''WesternAnimation/StormHawks'': {{Discussed}} by Piper in "Best Friends Forever", who indicates that for all of [[Characters/StormHawks Cyclonis]]' efforts to be a merciless dictator devoid of empathy, at heart she's more vulnerable. There have been a few hints over the series that Piper is right.
-->'''Piper:''' You can't hide who you really are. A lonely girl who desperately wants a friend!
* In ''WesternAnimation/SymBionicTitan'', Lance starts out as quiet, serious, and aloof, but goes through this trope as more of a gradual change as opposed to facing consequences that briefly put him into this. Octus, a robot, is stoic throughout most of the show, but when all organic life becomes still due to a [[MonsterOfTheWeek Mutraddi]], he attempts to use his electricity to bring Ilana and Lance "back to life." When it does work, he actually smacks his hand across this face, making this pained expression as if he was going to cry.
* Charlie of ''WesternAnimation/SmilingFriends'' is mostly a DeadpanSnarker and OnlySaneMan of the group, doesn't stop him from reacting like a normal person would to certain situations like someone springing out from the TV or being overjoyed that a magic potion worked to cure his hangover.
* Raven of ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans2003'' strives for utter calm and control over her emotions--making it that much more frightening when she lets her temper show. The episode "Nevermore" begins with Raven torturing a villain, and the fourth season's [[HalfArcSeason Trigon arc]] features her angrily attacking and yelling at both Slade and Trigon.
** Justified, though, because it was mentioned once in a FreakyFridayFlip episode "Switched" that her powers are controlled by her emotions. Cue [[LoveFreak Starfire]] exploding things without noticing when she had Raven's body, or Raven accidentally kidnapping all other Titans and creating an army of monsters when she was scared by a horror movie.
* In ''WesternAnimation/TotalDrama'' Noah was an emotionless, sarcastic DeadpanSnarker, however, in ''World Tour'' he gets some CharacterDevelopment and focus that reveals that he's quite enthusiastic and friendly when he wants to be. Evenly as early as ''Island,'' he seems quick to start dancing when the team is celebrating their first victory.
** ''WesternAnimation/TotalDramaPresentsTheRidonculousRace'' also shows that he gets ''very'' goofy [[LoveMakesYouStupid when he has a crush]].
* ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}'':
** Very few things can make Prowl of ''WesternAnimation/TransformersAnimated'' lose his composure. Unfortunately for Prowl, one of those things is his annoying teammate [[KidAppealCharacter Bumblebee]], who can provoke uncharacteristic displays of frustration in Prowl without even trying.
** It is rare to see Optimus Prime from ''WesternAnimation/TransformersPrime'' show any sort of emotion. He only really loses it twice: once when Raph is injured by Megatron, and once when Starscream steals the Omega Keys.
* In ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice2010'', Batman is still TheStoic, but he shows a lot more emotion around Dick and the rest of the team, at least moreso than most of his other appearances. The most heartwarming is the moment after Dick gets jealous of Aqualad, he "trains" Dick by playing a one-on-one game of basketball with him.
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