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| 10 | [[quoteright:338:[[Series/{{Jekyll}} https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/slashersmile_5.png]]]] |
| 11 | [-[[caption-width-right:338:With a face like this, it's very easy to tell [[JekyllAndHyde which side]] is [[SplitPersonalityTakeover in control]].]]-] |
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| 13 | ->''"He is Bob, eager for fun. He wears a smile, everybody run."'' |
| 14 | -->-- '''Mike''', ''Series/TwinPeaks'' |
| 15 | |
| 16 | What's the difference between a smile and a grin? The same difference between kissing and tasting. |
| 17 | |
| 18 | In the animal kingdom, baring your teeth is a sign of aggression. In the case of humans -- well, there's something very disconcerting about a smile that doesn't have an ounce of happiness in it. It's downright frightening when the smile is in anticipation of pain or death -- yours, probably. Needless to say, the Slasher Smile does not inspire warmth in anyone who sees it. |
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| 20 | The Slasher Smile is the EvilCounterpart of the CheshireCatGrin. In general, the difference is in the eyes of the character. If the eyes sparkle or are mischievously wicked, it's a Cheshire Cat Grin. If, however, the eyes are clearly crazy or malevolent, it's a Slasher Smile. If the grinning person is [[PsychoKnifeNut holding a knife]] or an axe or some other implement of painful and often bloody death, it's best to assume the worst. |
| 21 | |
| 22 | While the CheshireCatGrin is a staple of TheTrickster, generally one of the good guys, the Slasher Smile is the staple of the AxCrazy, unless said hero is a particularly dark or vicious AntiHero. Only expect to see a "nice" hero with a Slasher Smile if they've been [[DemonicPossession possessed]], are BrainwashedAndCrazy, suffered a major FreakOut or if they've been taken over by their SuperPoweredEvilSide. Also, a devious [[TheChessmaster Chessmaster]] or MagnificentBastard is unlikely to look like this -- it's too ObviouslyEvil, and they prefer the subtler PsychoticSmirk. |
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| 24 | No, the Slasher Smile is more appropriate for TheDragon, the MadScientist, and most especially {{Serial Killer}}s, but it can happen with any character who is gleefully violent and/or fits any "wild crazy person" stereotypes. Beings who hunt and eat victims we are supposed to identify with will also often have Slasher Smiles... in their case, it means "Hello, lunch!" |
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| 26 | Some characters with a Slasher Smile [[PerpetualSmiler wear the grin all the time]] -- [[FrozenFace in fact, it's physically impossible for them to move their face out of it.]] For many, this has the added worry of making it harder to tell what they're thinking or feeling, because their face betrays no expression beyond the smile. This can be especially tricky for a character with a FaceOfAThug -- even if the smile genuinely has no malice behind it, others will ''assume'' there is. |
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| 28 | [[JustForFun/IThoughtItMeant Not to be confused with]] a GlasgowGrin (although they sometimes overlap), and has nothing to do with the pleased smiles of SlashFic fans upon the detection of impending HoYay. Hopefully. |
| 29 | |
| 30 | Contrast DissonantSerenity for a calm mood which isn't the slightest bit more reassuring, and also contrast GrinOfAudacity and GrinOfRage. Sometimes paired with the ManiacTongue. When the smile is merely creepy, it's TheUnSmile. May be part of the fear behind the MonsterClown. See also TechnicallyASmile. |
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| 33 | !!Example subpages: |
| 34 | |
| 35 | [[index]] |
| 36 | * SlasherSmile/AnimeAndManga |
| 37 | * SlasherSmile/ComicBooks |
| 38 | * SlasherSmile/FanWorks |
| 39 | * [[SlasherSmile/AnimatedFilms Films — Animation]] |
| 40 | * [[SlasherSmile/LiveActionFilms Films — Live-Action]] |
| 41 | * SlasherSmile/{{Literature}} |
| 42 | * SlasherSmile/LiveActionTV |
| 43 | * SlasherSmile/VideoGames |
| 44 | * SlasherSmile/{{Webcomics}} |
| 45 | * SlasherSmile/WesternAnimation |
| 46 | [[/index]] |
| 47 | |
| 48 | !!Other examples: |
| 49 | |
| 50 | [[foldercontrol]] |
| 51 | |
| 52 | [[folder:Advertising]] |
| 53 | * In the Enzyte Commercials, Smilin' Bob has one of the most unnatural smiles ever seen in an advertisement. It's not MEANT to be a Slasher Smile, but still... BRRR! |
| 54 | [[/folder]] |
| 55 | |
| 56 | [[folder:Card Games]] |
| 57 | * [[http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=218040 This]] fine example from [[TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering New Phyrexia]]. |
| 58 | [[/folder]] |
| 59 | |
| 60 | [[folder:Comic Strips]] |
| 61 | * ''ComicStrip/TheFarSide:'' A hiker encounters a bunch of little happy forest animals, but notices that they are all looking a bit ''[[https://i.pinimg.com/originals/8a/32/c9/8a32c9ef049eb682db30a4495b1949c4.jpg too]]'' happy... |
| 62 | * ''ComicStrip/PearlsBeforeSwine'': When Starbicks Coffee seizes Pig and Rat's house to set up a new coffee shop, one of the Starbicks guys gives an evil grin to Rat before kicking him and Pig out. |
| 63 | * Both hosts of ''ComicStrip/WhatsNewWithPhilAndDixie'' do it at the end of [[BrandX Megagame]][[superscript:TM]] 3-page mini arc -- they had [[InterruptedIntimacy a good reason]]. |
| 64 | -->'''The company representative''': ...cute joke, eh? Eh? Eh? ...why aren't you laughing? |
| 65 | [[/folder]] |
| 66 | |
| 67 | [[folder:Manhwa]] |
| 68 | * Manhwa/JackFrost is the embodiment of this trope. The wider his smile, the bloodier things get. [[BloodKnight And things get pretty damn bloody.]] |
| 69 | [[/folder]] |
| 70 | |
| 71 | [[folder:Music]] |
| 72 | * Music/MichaelJackson turns to the camera with cat eyes and a creepy smile at the end of his "Music/{{Thriller}}" music video. |
| 73 | ** Parodied in the music video for the Music/WeirdAlYankovic song "Eat It". |
| 74 | * One of the detective's [[spoiler: other selves]] in the music video for Music/BlindGuardian's "Another Stranger Me." The band's singer also has a Slasher Smile at one point. |
| 75 | ** The {{Monster Clown}}s in Music/BlindGuardian's "Mr. Sandman". |
| 76 | * "The Guy," the {{mascot}} of the metal band Music/{{Disturbed}}, is always depicted with this (''[[FrozenFace always]]''.) |
| 77 | * Music/DannyElfman practically made a living doing this in the '70s and '80s. There's hardly any Music/OingoBoingo music video (or film, for that matter) in which he doesn't spend a few seconds scaring the living crap out of the audience. Overly obnoxious talk show hosts occasionally got the silent treatment from him, combined with a trademark psychotic grin. The worst, or possibly the ''best'' example, has got to be the music video for "Little Girls", wherein the slasher smile goes on for the entire video and makes Danny look like he's in searing pain. See it [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2LQMElLoLs here]] |
| 78 | ** As he's aged, the smile lines around his mouth have become deeply etched enough to make this possibly his default smile. |
| 79 | * And then there's... well, everyone but the band in the video for Music/{{Soundgarden}}'s "Black Hole Sun". |
| 80 | * Pustulus Maximus pulls one of these in the music video for Music/{{GWAR}}'s "I'll Be Your Monster". |
| 81 | * In Music/TheBirthdayMassacre's song Happy Birthday ( 3 guesses as to what it's about), there are the lines: |
| 82 | ** I think my friend said, "Don't forget the video." / I think my friend said, "Don't forget to smile." |
| 83 | * Music/{{Motorhead}} has a song about this trope called "Smiling Like a Killer." |
| 84 | -->"Go to bed, lock the door,\ |
| 85 | don't look in the mirror,\ |
| 86 | what if I was right behind you,\ |
| 87 | SMILING LIKE A KILLER?" |
| 88 | * The more disturbing of the Music/{{Vocaloid}} music videos feature this, such as the chainsaw-happy "nurse" and the demented victims in the "Dark Woods Circus" series (you can even see a disembodied Slasher Smile behind the flap of the circus tent), and Miku in "Circle you" [[spoiler: ''right before [[TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou she cleaves you in half with a machete]], [[JumpScare at the moment when you least expect it.]] it will most likely catch you off guard.'']] |
| 89 | * The cover of Music/AphexTwin's ''Richard D. James Album''. |
| 90 | ** Music/AphexTwin fits this trope to a T. He really loves to paste his creepy grin on everything from album covers to music videos. One of the most notable appearances of his face is [[http://img366.imageshack.us/img366/6540/aphexly2.png spectrograph at the end of "Equation"]] -- an EasterEgg which is cool and disturbing at the same time. |
| 91 | * Technical thrash metal band Coroner has a song entitled "Grin (Nails Hurt)" off the aptly titled "Grin" album, which itself features a pretty sadistic grin. |
| 92 | -->Nails in my brain, all that's left just\ |
| 93 | Grin\ |
| 94 | Grin 'til I lose\ |
| 95 | Until I lose myself |
| 96 | * The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4R8HTIgHUU video]] for Music/DavidBowie's "Valentine's Day" consists of just about nothing but David playing guitar while making a Slasher Smile at the camera. |
| 97 | * [[Music/{{Eurythmics}} Annie Lennox]] has an unexpected one at the very end of the music video for [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eU-zTf5mjp8 Little Bird]] |
| 98 | * La Camilla from Army of Lovers displays a rather frightening one in the video for "Obsession" as she's rolling her fellow bandmate down the hall in a wheelchair. And later, while cutting his head open. |
| 99 | * Then-prime minister UsefulNotes/TonyBlair is depicted with such a smile in a hidden booklet included with early pressings of Music/{{Radiohead}}'s ''Music/KidA''. It's every bit as unsettling as it sounds. |
| 100 | * The [[http://poetsofthefall.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/PotF_-_Twilight_Theater-550x550.jpg album art]] for Music/PoetsOfTheFall's ''Twilight Theater'' gives us [[TragicMistake Hamartia]], the MonsterClown jester who finds perverse humour and joy in others' disastrous errors. No wonder he's smiling. |
| 101 | * The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAYL5H46QnQ music video]] for Music/TheLonelyIsland's "Threw It on the Ground" features Creator/ElijahWood giving a hilariously creepy grin as he and Creator/RyanReynolds [[spoiler:pin the narrator down and fire a tazer into his anus repeatedly. The guy definitely earned it, but it's still a strange experience to see this kind of expression on Frodo Baggins]]. |
| 102 | * Brent Smith of Music/{{Shinedown}} unleashes a blink-and-you-miss slasher smile in the band's video for "Devil." [[https://ibb.co/cYX447 It's surprisingly creepy.]] |
| 103 | * The sharks' smiles in ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XqZsoesa55w Baby Shark]]'' become slasher smiles when they go hunting and we see them behind the children. |
| 104 | * Siobhan Fahey's default expression throughout the music video for [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yp9ROv7o_mQ "Stay" by Shakespears Sister]] - It's a ConceptVideo where she's meant to portray a sinister (if unconventionally glamorous and sparkly) version of TheGrimReaper. |
| 105 | [[/folder]] |
| 106 | |
| 107 | [[folder:Mythology And Folklore]] |
| 108 | * The ''kathakano/catacano'' is a Greek [[OurVampiresAreDifferent vampire known as "The Happy Vampire"]] because of its constant smile. |
| 109 | [[/folder]] |
| 110 | |
| 111 | [[folder:Pinball]] |
| 112 | * The Devil in ''Pinball/DevilsDare'' has this on the backglass. |
| 113 | * The Jinx King from ''Pinball/MagicGirl'' has one as part of his VillainousHarlequin appearance. |
| 114 | [[/folder]] |
| 115 | |
| 116 | [[folder:Podcasts]] |
| 117 | * ''Podcast/TheMagnusArchives'': The mysterious hunter in "First Hunt" is described as having a smile with "far too many teeth to it". As you'd expect from the trope, he is indeed a killer, HuntingTheMostDangerousGame. |
| 118 | [[/folder]] |
| 119 | |
| 120 | [[folder:Professional Wrestling]] |
| 121 | * Wrestling/RandyOrton doesn't smile often, but when he does... |
| 122 | * Wrestling/{{Batista}} could be like this as well, both as a face and as a heel. |
| 123 | * Wrestling/{{Kane}} too. Bonus points for not ''needing'' to smile to look scary. |
| 124 | * Wrestling/BethPhoenix is the rare Diva who is able to smile evilly without making it look the ''least'' bit sexy. |
| 125 | * Wrestling/ChrisBenoit. Throughout most of his career, he tried to keep his missing tooth hidden behind his lips, but WWE bookers decided to have him accentuate it with a slasher smile. |
| 126 | * Wrestling/MadisonRayne, even when giving a genuinely friendly smile, looks really unnerving. |
| 127 | * So far in NXT, a slasher smile seems to be Asuka's trademark. During her NXT contract signing, she was interrupted and teased by Emma and Dana Brooke, and just before she walked backstage she turned around and smiled so creepily it scared them both into silence. She followed up by getting a bit of an ass-kicking from Billie Kay in her debut match -- then after Billie mocked her, she smiled and proceeded to ''hurt'' her. |
| 128 | * Eddie Dennis is the master of this. He's usually smiling when he appears on NXT UK, but with how toothy it is and the fact that it never quite reaches his eyes, it comes off more like an animal about to attack you. |
| 129 | * Wrestling/VinceMcMahon would give one whenever he was hamming it up and about to fire somebody. |
| 130 | * Wrestling/MickFoley during his Hell In The Cell match with Wrestling/TheUndertaker at King Of The Ring 1998 started [[https://static.sportskeeda.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/the-tooth-1492946424-800.png smiling]] at one point. What brings it into creepy territory is he did it after having been both thrown off the side and through the cell, the latter of which knocked him out, and knocked a tooth through the roof of his mouth, sending it out his nose. |
| 131 | |
| 132 | [[/folder]] |
| 133 | |
| 134 | [[folder:Tabletop Games]] |
| 135 | * ''TabletopGame/{{Exalted}}'s'' signature Dusk Caste Abyssal is known as the Maiden of the Mirthless Smile. |
| 136 | * The [[TheFairFolk Dark Eldar]] of ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'' are usually depicted with this in artwork. Hardly surprising considering [[CombatSadomasochist what many of them are]]. |
| 137 | [[/folder]] |
| 138 | |
| 139 | [[folder:Theatre]] |
| 140 | * Red Caboose from ''Theatre/StarlightExpress''. [[http://bellesdomain.co.uk/stex/brochures/us03_40.jpg And]] [[http://bellesdomain.co.uk/stex/brochures/j90_28.jpg how]] [[http://bellesdomain.co.uk/stex/brochures/b97_22.jpg very]]. |
| 141 | * ''Theatre/SweeneyToddTheDemonBarberOfFleetStreet'': It is said of Sweeney that he seldom laughed but often smiled. |
| 142 | * Umbridge in ''[[Theatre/AVeryPotterMusical A Very Potter Sequel]]''. Especially when she's accusing Cho of being perfect and after she fires Lupin and Harry tells her to "do your worst". |
| 143 | [[/folder]] |
| 144 | |
| 145 | [[folder:Toys]] |
| 146 | * The Piraka of ''Toys/{{Bionicle}}'' all have giant Slasher Smiles plastered on their faces, which is the defining characteristic of their species. As fearsome as Skakdi smiles are, the story points out that their frowns are ''worse''. |
| 147 | * When photos of the toy for [[KidAppealCharacter Hot]] [[TheLancer Shot]] of ''Anime/TransformersArmada'' showed up, his prototype was shown with [[http://tfwiki.net/wiki/File:ArcherSays.jpg a ridiculously unhinged-looking grin]], apparently a [[OffModel misapplication of the design artist's concept art]]. Fan reaction was immediate and for a while, it was known as the "jAam Smile" after a popular bit of MemeticMutation. |
| 148 | [[/folder]] |
| 149 | |
| 150 | [[folder:Visual Novels]] |
| 151 | * ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorney'' has [[spoiler:Manfred von Karma, villain of the fourth case. He's very much ObviouslyEvil, but his sinister grin when you meet him in the evidence room gives you an idea of just ''how'' evil he is.]] |
| 152 | * ''VisualNovel/CorpseParty'' has several. [[spoiler: There's possessed Ayumi, Kizami, Sachiko, and the shadowy creature at the end of Chapter One (if it catches you)... who turns out to be Sachiko's mother.]] |
| 153 | * Quite a few characters from ''VisualNovel/DiesIrae'' are prone to pull these kinds of smiles. [[BloodKnight Wilhelm]], [[TortureTechnician Rusalka]] and [[AxCrazy Schreiber]] are among those that pull these the most. |
| 154 | * The dragon in ''VisualNovel/DraKoi'' has a slasher smile for her default smile. The protagonist kind of hates it, even in the good ending. |
| 155 | * Gilgamesh of ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'' shows off a particularly disturbing one of these after [[spoiler: making the Holy Grail manifest in the U.B.W. story route]]. For a 'yippee, destruction and fire!' variant, watch the activation of his best Noble Phantasm. |
| 156 | * ''VisualNovel/HigurashiWhenTheyCry'': ''Everyone'' has them by the dozens. [[spoiler:The ''real'' culprit, though, has a perpetually blank appearance, which is even creepier in contrast. [[https://i.imgur.com/miR3kvs.jpg Until she wins, that is]].]] |
| 157 | * In ''VisualNovel/NineHoursNinePersonsNineDoors'', [[spoiler:Clover]] has one in the [[spoiler:Axe Ending.]] |
| 158 | * [[spoiler: Kotonoha]], in the one of the bad endings of ''VisualNovel/SchoolDays''. [[spoiler: The one where she kills Sekai, more specifically]] |
| 159 | * One of Seiji's common [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/death-mark/images/e/ed/Amanome_bust.png/revision/latest?cb=20190108222922 expressions]] in ''VisualNovel/SpiritHunterNG''. His normally soft eyes sharpen into pinpricks as he takes on a wicked smile, [[BitchInSheepsClothing revealing his true personality]]. |
| 160 | ** [[spoiler: Sekai]] also gets one in another of the bad endings when [[spoiler: she kills Kotonoha.]] |
| 161 | * ''VisualNovel/UminekoWhenTheyCry'': |
| 162 | ** Beatrice, the Golden Witch has a rather good one, complete with [[FangsAreEvil not-so-]]CuteLittleFangs. It's a particularly common expression when she's trolling Battler. |
| 163 | ** Also, Maria, when she's in CreepyChild mode. |
| 164 | ** Lamdadelta has this. Especially [[ArtEvolution her sprite]] from the [[UpdatedRerelease PS3 version of the game]]. [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/lamdadelta_evil_5464.png See for yourself]]. |
| 165 | [[/folder]] |
| 166 | |
| 167 | [[folder:Web Animation]] |
| 168 | * ''WebAnimation/BabushkaTheMovie'' has Creator/{{Sykkuno}} doing one of these just after killing [=BrookeAB=] as [[VideoGame/AmongUs an impostor]]. The bloody knife, [[BlackEyesOfEvil black eyes]] and [[BloodIsTheNewBlack blood all over his face]] only [[https://i.imgur.com/KOzPYAa.png add onto the effect]]. |
| 169 | * ''WebAnimation/DrCrafty'': Doctor Mindstein makes these quite frequently, made even creepier by her [[FauxAffablyEvil cheery demeanor]]. Even her EstablishingCharacterMoment had her pulling of [[https://twitter.com/Doctor_Crafty/status/1033117668239450114 a truly nightmarish grin]]. |
| 170 | * ''WebAnimation/DSBTInsaniT'': Thanks to his ScaryTeeth giving off this expression, [[KnightOfCerebus Killer Monster]] qualifies. |
| 171 | * Flippy from ''WebAnimation/HappyTreeFriends'' whenever he goes into AxCrazy mode. |
| 172 | * Bubs from ''WebAnimation/HomestarRunner'' has a big toothy grin permanently plastered on his face, which results in making some already decidedly non-happy situations downright creepy with him around. |
| 173 | [[/folder]] |
| 174 | |
| 175 | [[folder:Web Original]] |
| 176 | * The infamous [[VideoGame/AmongUs "When the impostor is sus!"]] meme features WebVideo/Jerma985's face edited into one of these. [[https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/001/956/027/fee.jpg See for yourself!]] |
| 177 | * WebVideo/{{Ask That Guy|WithTheGlasses}} will tell you all about this, in great detail. Just ask him. |
| 178 | ** WebVideo/TheCinemaSnob. He's a dashingly handsome man, but he has a [[http://i322.photobucket.com/albums/nn407/Icaenea/SlasherSnob.jpg creepy smile]]. Jack Nicholson, anyone? |
| 179 | ** [[WebVideo/BadMovieBeatdown Film Brain]] can have some very creepy smiles at times. |
| 180 | ** WebVideo/TheNostalgiaChick is a gorgeous lady, but Lindsay smiling genuinely is ''very'' different from the Chick's usual grin, which is just far too wide and teeth baring-y to be anything but disturbing. |
| 181 | ** [[WebVideo/WhatTheFuckIsWrongWithYou Nash]] has one that regularly scares the hell out of viewers. |
| 182 | * The smilers from ''WebOriginal/TheBackrooms'' are {{Eldritch Abomination}}s who reside in the darkness. Their grins are particularly horrifying, and they will certainly haunt your nightmares! |
| 183 | * [[WalkingSpoiler A character]] has this in the ''WebVideo/BlackBoxTV'' episode [[http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Gj6IyOrMWnQ The Babysitter.]][[http://blackboxtv.tumblr.com/post/55154471828/j0eygraceffa-the-babysitter-new-blackboxtv Here's a picture.]] Link contains spoilers. |
| 184 | * Simon in ''WebVideo/TheCartoonMan'', particularly when he blows Roy up with dynamite. |
| 185 | * [[http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/dr-nagyfi-rich%C3%A1rd Dr. Nagyfi Richárd]] often sports a version of this. |
| 186 | * WebVideo/FilthyFrank can pull off a hell of a creepy smile when he wants to, best demonstrated with [[https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/600x315/56/72/1e/56721e57139a1ff0fbe00230d57793d7.jpg Pink Guy.]] |
| 187 | * Jack Douglass of WebVideo/JacksFilms is known for his, generally referred to by fans as the "Creeper Face". |
| 188 | * Tez On Toast from ''WebVideo/KateModern'', for whom this expression may as well be a smile of recognition. Truly chilling. |
| 189 | %% * [[Creator/{{Laina}} The Overly Attached Girlfriend]]. |
| 190 | * [[WebVideo/MatthewSantoro Matt Santoro]] does this in his more horror-related videos, reasonably. |
| 191 | * [[WebVideo/TheMusicVideoShow The Music Video Show]] has this in the middle of [[https://youtu.be/6Lq8ZPAURw0 Episode 92]], which comes [[SurprisinglyCreepyMoment out of nowhere.]] "Hello." indeed. |
| 192 | * The Tails Doll Short, which can be found [[http://comickpro.deviantart.com/art/Tails-Doll-79228090?offset=50#comments here]]. You will never, ''ever'' look at [[Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog Tails]] the same way again. |
| 193 | * Creator/StuartAshen sports one at the beginning of his "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jX9veeOMxeQ Video Remix Competition]]" video, just before his FourthWallGreeting. |
| 194 | * Kirito wears one in Episode 4 of ''WebVideo/SwordArtOnlineAbridged'' when Rosalia pushes ''three of his Berserk Buttons at once''. |
| 195 | * Kirby has a biiiiig one in ''WebVideo/ThereWillBeBrawl''. |
| 196 | * Trollface, of course. |
| 197 | * The necromancer Sawyer is never seen without one of these on his face in ''Literature/VoidDomain''. |
| 198 | * Played with in the ''WebVideo/YuGiOhTheAbridgedSeries'' with Kaiba's normal-looking, yet still-disturbing smile. "Every time Kaiba smiles, a puppy dies." |
| 199 | ** He does it [[spoiler:twice]] in the newly released Episode 42. |
| 200 | ---> ''[[spoiler: [As Odion summons Mega-Ultra Chicken]]]''\ |
| 201 | '''Kaiba[Grinning]:''' Oh god yes! ''["+ 100 Dead Puppies" is written on the bottom]'' |
| 202 | * The ''WebVideo/SmileTapes'' combines this with FacialHorror for maximum creepiness. |
| 203 | * "Literature/TheSmilingMan" and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBYGUn6Q7tQ The Smiling Woman]]. |
| 204 | * ''Literature/CreepypastaCookoff'': The {{Santabomination}} in [[https://bogleech.com/creepy/creepy-inflatable Inflatable]] has one described as "a death mask strapped to an innocuous face". |
| 205 | [[/folder]] |
| 206 | |
| 207 | [[folder:Web Videos]] |
| 208 | * ''WebVideo/DrGlaucomflecken'': The graduating medical student's hallucination/anthropomorphic representation of [[https://www.youtube.com/shorts/u2khPZvmOjc intern year]] has one. For context, intern year (a.k.a. the first year of medical residency) is universally regarded as the most difficult and demanding part of medical education. |
| 209 | [[/folder]] |
| 210 | |
| 211 | [[folder:Other]] |
| 212 | * Many of the images on Encyclopedia Dramatica's [[http://encyclopediadramatica.ch/DO_IT_FAGGOT "DO IT FAGGOT"]] page can either be examples of {{Slasher Smile}}s or {{Cheshire Cat Grin}}s. |
| 213 | * In Myth/NorseMythology, Loki was often depicted with one of these (in some versions, due to a bet gone wrong). Loki often had ''scars'' on his entire lip as well. |
| 214 | * [[http://knowyourmeme.com/photos/60436 Smile.dog's]] nightmarish grin is like this. |
| 215 | * The urban legend of [[TheAdjectivalMan The Grinning Man]], told as an event that coincided with the Mothman sightings in West Virginia during the 1960s. [[http://rookery.s3.amazonaws.com/2452500/2452827_31a7_625x1000.jpg Some artistic renderings]] [[http://otherworldmystery.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/grinning-man.jpg can be a little unsettling]]. |
| 216 | ** The last one... Is that Voldemort? |
| 217 | ** That last image may be NightmareRetardant. It's an edited photo of the cockmongler. |
| 218 | *** It's only NightmareRetardant if you actually knew who the cockmongler was beforehand. Otherwise? |
| 219 | * Death is usually seen as a skeleton (with some accessories, like a scythe). Ironically, a human skull seems to "smile" all the time. |
| 220 | * The devil overlooking ''Art/DanteAndVirgilInHell'' doesn't seem to have lips and has teeth that look more like razor-like fangs. This leaves him with a permanent and threatening grin as he sees a man bite into the throat of another. |
| 221 | %%* Play the ''VideoGame/LunaGame'', [[http://i2.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/original/000/005/722/TheLuna.png Never sleep again.]] |
| 222 | %%* [[CreepyPasta Jeff The Killer]]. [[NightmareFuel/CreepyPasta Go to sleep]]. |
| 223 | * [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_J._Guiteau#/media/File:Cartoon_of_Charles_Guiteau_by_Miriam_Leslie_d_1914.jpg This one terrifying 1881 cartoon]] from Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper featuring Charles Guiteau, the assassin of then-United States president [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_A._Garfield James Garfield]] (no relation to that [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Franchise/Garfield Garfield]]). |
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| 227 | [[folder:Real Life]] |
| 228 | * Actor Creator/JackBlack can be seen with these in a wide number of photos. |
| 229 | * The "literally smiling from ear to ear" disfigurement smile as evidenced by characters such as Kakihara in Ichi the Killer, Gwynplaine (of the aforementioned The Man Who Laughs), and ''Film/TheDarkKnight'''s Joker is commonly referred to as a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glasgow_smile "Glasgow]] [[GlasgowGrin smile]]" and is not a terribly uncommon humiliation injury by gangs. The actor [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommy_Flanagan_%28actor%29 Tommy Flanagan]][[note]]Actually from Glasgow, Scotland.[[/note]] sports one of these courtesy of being jumped outside a pub in his younger days. |
| 230 | ** In Japan, legends abound of the ''kuchisake-onna'' (口裂け女), a female onryou with a surgical mask to conceal it and who is hellbent on returning the favor to every male she accosts around sundown. |
| 231 | * Creator/JackNicholson. |
| 232 | ** [[Film/TheShining "Heeeeeeere's Johnny!"]] (that tends to happen when you play those roles). |
| 233 | ** ''With new Joker brand I get a grin again and again and again.'' |
| 234 | * Creator/LonChaney was a master of this both in and [[http://i.imgur.com/e7zZM4H.jpg out]] of makeup. |
| 235 | * Creator/MichaelFassbender. There's a reason everyone on the Internet [[MemeticMutation thinks he's a shark]]. |
| 236 | ** Smiling too widely is a good way to unsettle a fencing opponent. |
| 237 | * Pittsburgh Steeler receiver Hines Ward is known for two things. The first is blocks so vicious and they made a new rule to try to keep him from hurting people. The second is almost always smiling. No matter how hard he gets hit, or how hard he hits someone, he gets up smiling like a lunatic. |
| 238 | * Cult leader and sexual deviant David Berg's slasher smile never seemed to leave his face. Makes you shudder and want to punch him at the same time. |
| 239 | * Creator/MarlonBrando, as seen [[http://images.wikia.com/godfather/images/4/49/Marlon_brando_make_up.jpg here]]. (He looks like he might have been told by the makeup artist to grin so that the artist knows which facial wrinkles to highlight. Still looks freaky.) |
| 240 | * UsefulNotes/JoeBiden smiles a lot: a nice smile, on the whole. But in this smile, as he [[https://www.cc.com/video/3q8zy1/the-daily-show-with-jon-stewart-finding-memo explains why we have the Geneva Convention,]][[note]]go to 5:15[[/note]] there's nothing but pure distilled rage. And NightmareFuel. |
| 241 | -->To protect ''my son'' in the military. ''That's'' why we have these treaties. |
| 242 | * [[TheFundamentalist Shirley Phelps]] [[http://i.imgur.com/0G2jb.jpg tends to wear this expression during interviews]]. |
| 243 | * Actor Creator/JohnAstin often sports one of these in his various roles. For example, take a look at the unnerving grin he's wearing during his credit close-up in ''Series/TheAddamsFamily'' theme song. |
| 244 | ** Supposedly, he first perfected it while living in a rough area, when he found that coming across as unnerving and somewhat AxCrazy made people leave him alone, and it then became his trademark as an actor. |
| 245 | * [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Kehoe Andrew Kehoe]] was reportedly seen wearing one of these while heading toward Bath School, [[WouldHurtAChild half of which he had blown up with dynamite minutes earlier, killing 38 people (mostly kids)]]. Shortly thereafter, he blew up his car, killing himself and four others. |
| 246 | ** In a similar vein, [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Andrew_Williams Charles "Andy" Williams]] was smiling while shooting at his classmates. |
| 247 | * UFC Heavyweight Champion Fabricio Werdum often makes a goofy face at the camera that has become memetic. It involves a large, bizarre, Joker-like smile that makes him look insane. He's even worn shirts with himself making the smile. |
| 248 | * Music/DavidBowie could produce one when he was in the right mood. |
| 249 | * Satoshi Uematsu, suspected of stabbing 19 severely disabled people to death in a Japanese care home, has one of these in virtually every photo of him, both before and after the rampage. |
| 250 | * Alligators and crocodiles often appear to have a permanent one, though, in reality, this is just how their mouths are shaped. Gators, however, look less threatening since they have an overbite, in contrast to crocs which have both their upper and lower teeth interlock with each other forming a toothy grin. |
| 251 | * Averted with wolves, which is one of the reasons our two species get along fairly well. Granted, the phrase "wolf grin" exists for a reason. Their smiles don't always look ''happy'', but anything resembling a smile from a wolf can at least be read as non-aggression. |
| 252 | * Played straight and inverted with chimpanzees. Any facial gesture from a chimp that shows teeth is at best a warning sign, whether it's a smile or otherwise, even if it is a happy-looking smile. |
| 253 | * Autistic people have a hard time reading neurotypical social and facial cues, so many autistics often have to practice grinning to avoid it looking like a slasher smile. |
| 254 | * Italian actor Creator/GeorgeEastman (no, not [[Creator/EastmanKodak that one]]) is a master at the slasher smile from his numerous villain and exploitation film roles throughout his career. |
| 255 | * Ad voiceover artist Mona Abboud recorded a song called "The Pretty Little Dolly", [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0xq2K-ut8U which she was invited to perform on The Tonight Show as Johnny Carson's guest.]] While her expression starts off shy and sweet, as the song veers off Letter to Santa Road and onto Psychopath Boulevard, Abboud's smile slowly morphs into a pretty unsettling Slasher Smile. |
| 256 | * Creator/NiaVardalos of ''Film/MyBigFatGreekWedding'' fame has [[FaceOfAThug naturally "angry eyebrows" shaped in a way that make her look perpetually pissed off]], despite the fact that she's a really sweet, funny, and kind lady. [[PerpetualSmiler She tends to smile a lot]] but her angry eyebrows make her smile look aggressive, despite the warmth behind it, making her an unintentional example of this. |
| 257 | * During the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, Ukrainian troops painted [[https://preview.redd.it/a-smiling-himars-v0-bbzu82w4ul2a1.jpg?auto=webp&s=6cac5d19dc5a9330d38096f2280a797fcb6d7715 long, thin smiles]] on the fronts of US-donated M142 HIMARS rocket artillery systems, acknowledging a [[https://taskandpurpose.com/uploads/2022/10/31/HIMAARS-copy.jpg?auto=webp&width=1440&height=810 popular internet meme]]. |
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