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6[[quoteright:350:[[Series/TheBigBangTheory https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/sheldon_smile.jpg]]]]
7[[caption-width-right:350:Sheldon, you're here to see your friend, not [[Characters/BatmanTheJoker kill Batman]].]]
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9->'''Natalie Teeger:''' You're freaking people out!\
10'''Adrian Monk:''' No, he'll just think we're in love.\
11'''Natalie Teeger:''' You don't look like you're in love! You look like the victim of an industrial accident!
12-->-- ''Series/{{Monk}}'', "[[Recap/MonkS4E4MrMonkGoesToTheOffice Mr. Monk Goes to the Office]]"
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14Those characters that [[TheStoic never show any emotion]]? Or, if they do show emotion, it's always [[PerpetualFrowner anger and/or despondency]]? Yeah, every single one of them was at one point told to "cheer up a little". The result? Horrible. It can range from merely discomforting to downright {{Squick}}, as they just don't get it. Expect more or less horrified reactions from their friends. Sometimes appears alongside HaHaHaNo when they're especially not buying it.
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16This trope is often accompanied by [[SickeningCrunch audible cracking]], and always played for laughs. Not to be confused with StepfordSmiler, though they can overlap. May be the result of FingerForcedSmile. Compare SlasherSmile, for when the smile goes from merely creepy to horrific, and GrinOfRage, when a person smiles when they're angry. See also TechnicallyASmile. Opposite of WhenSheSmiles, where a smile is especially nice for a character who rarely shows it.
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18Here is a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXw-1cc_aOA compilation]] with a lot of examples of this trope.
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21!!Examples:
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25[[folder:Anime & Manga]]
26%%* ''Manga/DeathNote:''
27%%** Near [[http://media.photobucket.com/image/Near+sMILE+/demonbane29/death%2520note/2457.jpg here]]
28%%** [[WhenSheSmiles Contrast with L.]]
29%%* ''Manga/KyouNoGoNoNi'' has a chapter about trying to get a girl to smile. The characters regret it.
30* ''Manga/{{Doraemon}}'' has a short where Gian had a crush on a girl, and tried smiling to win over her affections. Unfortunately, Gian's definition of a "warm smile" is closer to "DeathGlare with slanted eyes".
31* The first of the ''Literature/FullMetalPanic'' LightNovels describes [[TheStoic Sousuke's]] attempt at smiling for a student picture as making him look like he's suffering from [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trigeminal_neuralgia facial neuralgia]]. The effort as depicted in the anime series looks similarly painful.
32* ''Manga/{{Haikyuu}}'': Whenever [[PerpetualFrowner Kageyama]] forces himself to smile, like when he [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o68cL-UViww attempts to lighten up the mood during a volleyball match]], his smile instead terrifies everyone. Emphasis on "forces himself" because his natural smile looks quite normal.
33* [[FaceOfAThug Natsuki's]] '[[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/mko10-34.jpg smile]]' in ''Manga/MinamiKe''. HilarityEnsues when he tries to do it -- plus follow a few other reasonable instructions completely literally -- while asking a favour of the Minamis.
34* Sawako's earlier attempts at smiling in ''Manga/KimiNiTodoke'' turn out utterly horrifying. Her innately [[EvilLaugh creepy laughter]] does not help matters.
35* Naka Kaburagi from ''Manga/NosatsuJunkie'' wants to be a model, but her smiling face makes her look like a criminal.
36* In ''Manga/{{Inuyasha}}'', Sesshomaru's expressions normally run the gamut from happy (read: completely impassive) to furious (read: slight frown). He's only shown (in current memory) fully smiling exactly ''once''. And when he does it is a thing of ''beauty'' to the viewers. But, given his normal disposition, his [[IneffectualSympatheticVillain retainer, Jaken]] has a slowly-building panic attack over it, eventually begging Sesshomaru to "go ahead and beat me, but please stop smiling!" More often, if Sesshoumaru starts to smile, it goes from a simple smirk to a SlasherSmile, then literally ear to ear in a horrifying way as part of his transformation to demon dog.
37* In general Amu from ''Manga/ShugoChara'' is capable of smiling normally, but in her "cool and spicy" mode at school when attempting to be friendly to others she has a threateningly disturbing smile...really.
38* ''Manga/LuckyStar'': Akira's friend Akuru Nakatani is never shown smiling. [[PerpetualFrowner She constantly looks mildly peeved]], though she's not necessarily angry. When Akuru says she smiles now and then, TheUnSmile is what Akira imagines. (As for what it really looks like? [[TakeOurWordForIt Presumably]] [[WhenSheSmiles nice]].)
39* [[EmotionlessGirl Chihaya Kisaragi]] in ''Anime/TheIdolmaster'' when the producer tells her to smile, though we don't see it. Oddly enough, she smiles in other episodes, though it's a rare sight.
40* ''Manga/RamenFighterMiki'': Tomoka Kayahara somehow fulfills both this and WhenSheSmiles. When enjoying a bowl of her favourite ramen, Kayahara-sensei has a sparkly bishojo smile. Otherwise, her Un-Smile is the kind of thing that lingers in your nightmares.
41%%** Some minor examples are when Megumi, Miki, and Makiko (Miki's mother) try to fake a smile for a contest.
42* Every smile Christopher Shouldered from ''Literature/{{Baccano}}'' gives is unnerving, regardless of the intent behind it. This can be blamed on his [[MoreTeethThanTheOsmondFamily maw of sharklike teeth]].
43* ''Sub-Audio'' stars a [[TheStoic stoic]] HugeSchoolgirl that's mistaken for badass just because she doesn't/can't smile when the situation calls for it (girl talk, a guy offering tissues, etc.,) which [[IJustWantToHaveFriends really]] [[IJustWantToBeLoved gets to her]] [[NotSoStoic more than anyone realizes.]] It takes a [[BrotherSisterIncest "session"]] with her [[SiblingYinYang Cute Shotaro Boy brother]] to cheer her up where despite a subtle, pleasant smile that comes naturally, [[NightmareFace her forced smile results in this trope]] [[ShootTheShaggyDog and her brother advises her to stick]] to being stoic.
44* ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'': [[PerpetualFrowner Kensei]] in the Turn Back the Pendulum Arc, when trying to comfort a young Shuuhei Hisagi. He ended up looking a lot like an alligator.
45%%** [[spoiler: Äs Nödt]]'s '''[[NightmareFuel/{{Bleach}} horrifying]]''' un-smile, coming after ([[AmbiguousGender s]]?)he [[spoiler: steals Byakuya's Bankai]].
46* ''Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers'':
47** At one point the very grumpy Switzerland muses that he doesn't seem to have been smiling much, as of late. When he meets Liechtenstein for breakfast, he tries to give her a smile. It comes out very strained.
48** Germany is also this. He tries to smile and be as friendly as the locals when visiting Italy. It ends up scaring the hell out of them.
49* In ''Manga/{{Gintama}}'', Saitou Shimaru, hoping to overcome his shyness, tries smiling after Gintoki says that it'll make him seem more approachable. It makes everyone think he wants to murder them instead.
50* China Kousaka in ''Anime/GundamBuildFighters'' cannot smile without a genuine reason to. Any attempt to do so otherwise results in this.
51* Shinra Kasukabe in ''Manga/FireForce'' has a habit of grinning when nervous or facing danger. Said grin looks like a SlasherSmile, which made him a pariah when the habit emerged after his parents died in a fire he was blamed for, further reinforcing the behavior. The times when he genuinely smiles are very far and few between, such that [[WhenHeSmiles he appears almost like a different person]].
52* When [[EmotionlessGirl Kohina]] of ''Manga/GugureKokkurisan tries'' smiling, her eyes and mouth slide around her face, sometimes falling off. [[WhenSheSmiles When she manages a genuine smile, however...]]
53* ''Manga/YowamushiPedal'': Teshima tells [[PerpetualFrowner Imaizumi]] he needs to smile while praising Sadatoki for successfully emulating Onoda's climbing style. The result is... confusing.
54-->'''Sadatoki:''' Nii-chan, was he praising me or angry just now?\
55'''Sugimoto:''' Even I don't know!
56* ''Manga/MyMonsterSecret'': Any time [[OldMaid Akari]] attempts a genuine smile (i.e. one that isn't a SlasherSmile or TranquilFury) she ends up with one of these. It's especially bad when she gets a job at a Maid Cafe and ends up terrifying her patrons.
57* Maika of ''Manga/BlendS'' has this as a recurring issue. She's a very kind and pleasant person, but when she gets nervous or anxious she gets a scary look in her eyes and her smiles become terrifying. This tanked numerous job interviews she had until she came across Cafe Stile, which hired her ''because'' of this trait. Stile is a CosplayCafe where every waitress has a particular role, such as tsundere or little sister. The manager, Dino, hires Maika to be the "Sadist" character.
58* Abby Earp in ''Manga/LiesOfTheSheriffEvansDeadOrLove'' is a PerpetualFrowner who always looks stern or angry, even when she doesn't feel that way. As a result, when she ''tries'' to smile to put someone at ease, she looks like she's thinking about how to horribly murder them.
59* ''Manga/SpyXFamily:'' Not wanting to start anything on the first day of school, Anya attempts to shrug off a boy's bullying by smiling like her mom, Yor, advised her to. Unfortunately, Anya's smile is accidentally one of the most [[https://i.imgur.com/od5GKJa.png smug looking faces]] ever put to paper (and later anime). Her bully ends up being freaked out by that smile.
60-->'''Anya:''' Ma's a liar. Smiling didn't help a bit.
61* In ''Manga/ReLife'', Hishiro can smile just fine when she's genuinely happy. When she ''actively'' tries to smile though, the result looks more like a creepy, deformed smirk. It's both PlayedForLaughs and PlayedForDrama when her classmate Kariu, whom she's trying to befriend, ends up thinking that Hishiro is making fun of her because she beat her in exams. The two of them solving this conflict is the first major arc of the series.
62* A {{Justified|Trope}} example in ''Manga/TheRoseOfVersailles'': when the Countess of Noailles and a number of nobles inform the Dauphin Louis and his wife Marie Antoinette they're now the King and Queen of France they're all smiling because protocol demands they show happiness for the rise to the throne of the new monarch, but not only has Louis XV died a terribly painful death of smallpox mere minutes earlier, he's Louis' grandfather, and Marie Antoinette is a smallpox survivor who has already lost a sister and a sister in law to the illness-and they know that perfectly. Thus none of them wants to smile as they announce "The King is dead, long live the King"... But the protocol demands it.
63* ''Anime/DigimonTamers:'' The fake Juri starts off with a tiny sort-of smile which is combined with eerily pale skin and dead, expressionless eyes that aren't focused on anything for increasingly terrifying effect. Bearing in mind, when it first appears, Juri had just gone through a severe case of BreakTheCutie, so anyone not suspecting a rat might just think Juri has snapped completely.
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67%%* The [[http://www.kuriositas.com/2010/04/madness-of-messerschmidt.html head]] sculptures of [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_Xaver_Messerschmidt Franz Xaver Messerschmidt]] (1736-1783) contain a fine [[http://www.flickr.com/photos/access/77566870/ example]].
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71* ''Animation/HappyHeroes'': At one point in Season 2, [[TheStoic Careful S.]] gets advice on how to be more approachable. Part of this advice is that he’s told to smile more. He tries… But ends up [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/happy-heroes/images/2/2e/Smiling_Careful_S.png/revision/latest?cb=20201024040712 looking like]] ComicBook/TheJoker. It then becomes a RunningGag that whenever he tries to smile on command, he looks utterly terrifying. Not even the [[ArtEvolution new art style]] takes this away, although the effect is slightly [[DownplayedTrope Downplayed]] as he just looks really pissed off. When he does smile naturally (usually with [[HeterosexualLifePartners Kalo]]) [[WhenSheSmiles it’s quite adorable]].
72** Strangely, this is sometimes [[https://www.bilibili.com/s/video/BV1o54y1Q7hn shown to be natural]].
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76* ''ComicBook/{{Animorphs}}'': When [[PuppeteerParasite Temrash]] tells Jake about how great it is to be a full member of the Sharing in ''The Invasion'', Tom [[FightingFromTheInside briefly regains control of his facial muscles]] in an attempt to warn him. It's depicted in the graphic novel as a strained, forced smile with tears in his eyes.
77* ComicBook/TheVision from the Franchise/MarvelUniverse has this problem from time to time.
78** During ''ComicBook/TheAvengersKurtBusiek'', The Avengers become a UN organization, and have to get new photo [=IDs=] to go with the change of status. [[TheStoic Vision's]] attempt to smile for his photo at She-Hulk's urging is ''[[https://i.pinimg.com/originals/09/e2/bf/09e2bf6b903699db1dd181433d5c4263.jpg priceless]]''. He seems to do just fine on the rare occasion that he actually ''wants'' to smile, but apparently, photo day is his downfall.
79--->"I do not like this...'smile'."
80** At one point during Geoff Johns' run of ''ComicBook/TheAvengers'', he's asked to smile for a photo. He does so technically, but it's... well, damned creepy looking. So Vis alters the photo to get rid of it.
81** In ''ComicBook/TheVision2015'', the Vision's [[https://media.newyorker.com/photos/5ab2b0139145c42a9857dbb5/master/pass/%20Cantwell-Wisdom-of-The-Vision.jpg fake smile]] when he greets George and Martha for the first time cannot be unseen.
82* The Smiler from ''ComicBook/{{Transmetropolitan}}''. He spends most of the series showing his teeth, but The Unsmile really comes to a point of fracture in the finale where at one point his face is split into two separate panels, one showing a perfect smile and one a pair of eyes clearly set on murder.
83* ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'': In ''ComicBook/TheAmazingSpiderManLeeAndDitko'', Jameson's smiles creeping people out serves as a Running Gag.
84* ''ComicBook/{{Superman}}'':
85** ''ComicBook/TheKryptonChronicles'': In the far distant past, Krypton was invaded and conquered by an alien race known as the Vrangs, who forced their slaves to pretend they were happy, content servants. Several panels show the Kryptonians forcing themselves to lift up their mouths' corners while their eyes remain haggard and tired.
86** In ''ComicBook/BatmanSupermanWorldsFinest'': When Negative Man manages to filter the Kryptonite radiation out of Superman's blood, Batman's face displays an expression that could charitably be called a smile... even though it creeps the Doom Patrol out.
87--->'''Elastic Girl:''' Is Batman...smiling?\
88'''Robin:''' It happens.\
89'''Elastic Girl:''' And you accuse us of looking spooky.
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93* ''ComicStrip/PearlsBeforeSwine'': In [[http://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2011/11/29 this]] strip, Rat's attempt at a "charming smile" doesn't go well.
94* ComicStrip/BeetleBailey normally has no trouble smiling, but this appears once when he's depressed. The camp psychiatrist first tells him to smile but seeing the result asks him to go back to looking sad.
95* In one very early ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}'' strip, Charlie Brown is trying to take Snoopy's picture and is trying to convince him to smile. Snoopy eventually makes a ''really big'' smile, causing his owner to roll his eyes and say, "Okay, forget the smile..."
96** On another occasion, Charlie Brown and Linus encounter Snoopy while talking about how the world would be a better place if everyone smiled more. Snoopy gives them a similarly massive (and creepy) grin, leading them to comment that maybe people shouldn’t smile ''too'' much.
97* Not from a character known for never smiling, but a scary-as-hell fake smile nonetheless: Seth from ''ComicStrip/NineChickweedLane'', suddenly caught discussing sex around a group of children, responds with an OhCrapSmile that [[https://www.gocomics.com/9chickweedlane/2010/12/10 looks like it was copypasted from SMILEDOG]].
98** Pretty much ''every'' character in this strip looks like some sort of horrifying deep-sea fish when they smile.
99* A ''ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes'' strip has Calvin's dad ordering him to smile for a photograph. He made a hideous face that was technically a smile since his mouth was upturned.
100-->"[[ExactWords That was a smile! I smiled!]]"
101** Calvin's done that a number of times for photos. One of them was a strip Bill Watterson said he laughed out loud at. Needless to say, these smiles are ''always'' fantastic.
102** There's also a scene at the breakfast table where Dad says that Calvin should have an earlier bedtime because [[NotAMorningPerson he's so grumpy in the morning]]. Calvin tries to look happy so that Dad will change his mind. [[http://www.gocomics.com/calvinandhobbes/1992/03/01 Dad is not fooled.]]
103* In ''ComicStrip/OnTheFastrack'', Fistula's unsmile [[ContrivedCoincidence happens to be]] well-timed with a ringtone that sounds like glass breaking.
104* In ''ComicStrip/DogEatDoug'', Sophie considers switching from begging to smiling. Doug faints at the sight.
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108* Bucky Barnes in ''Fanfic/BuckyBarnesGetsHisGrooveBackAndOtherInternationalIncidents'' is pretty out of practice when it comes to the socializing or civilian life thing, so when he winds up in social situations where a smile is expected, his attempts are generally not received well. He never quite figures out how to smile nicely, so he mostly just avoids people entirely and sticks to a neutral expression.
109* In ''Fanfic/DragonFromAsh'', the Dark Elves [[WindowsOfTheSoul emote with their eyes]] so are horrendously unpracticed regarding facial expressions. When Velandryn tries his hand at grinning, a horrified Lydia briefly compares him to a Daedra popping out of Oblivion.
110-->'''Velandryn:''' Humans tell me I shouldn't smile. I believe them, because it makes children cry.\
111'''Lydia:''' They... aren't wrong.
112* The {{Narrator}} of a ''Franchise/LyricalNanoha'' parody [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/NanohaGamerSEp03-031-003.jpg here.]]
113* [[http://x-losfic.livejournal.com/6762.html#cutid1 The Master quickly dusted off his black suit and concentrated on perfecting the "charmingly smarmy" to "death-by-cyanide-rictus" ratio of his smile.]]
114* ''Fanfic/TheGoodHunter'':
115** When Vermut asks Cyril about the things that he hunts, Cyril stiffens a bit, then gives a smile, before answering that he [[HunterOfMonsters hunts beasts]] no matter what skin they choose to wear. To Vermut and her compatriots, there is nothing good in that smile and it makes them anxious.
116** In response to Ancalagon's disappointment towards Cyril for not being brutal enough while killing Father Zachariah[[note]]he merely [[BoomHeadshot shoots him in the face]][[/note]], Cyril replies that he simply did as she asked. Ancalagon then smiles at him, an expression the narration describes as "nothing nice".
117** Cyril smiles when asked by [[spoiler:the Wandering Scholar regarding the reason he created the Wild Hunt and stood against monster and man alike]]. [[spoiler:The Scholar]] internally remarks that there is "nothing good in that expression of his".
118* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12380418/1/In-the-Interest-of-Justice In the Interest of Justice]]'', Monkey D. Dragon may or may not made cry the neighbour's baby by smiling at them. He actually manages to make grown-up Marines flinch by doing so at thirteen years old, and Sengoku remembers he was already that way at three, almost four.
119* ''Fanfic/LittleHandsBigAttitude'': The clearest memory AmnesiacHero Shadow has of Gerald Robotnik is Gerald smiling in an effort to comfort him, but Shadow found - and still finds - his smile unnerving.
120* ''Fanfic/ThePiecesLieWhereTheyFell'': At one point, Vix-Lei sees Night Blade smiling, and asks him to do another. What he gives is "an all too wide smile on his face, showing off his fangs and sharper teeth in a frightening way". Vix-Lei is amused, but asks him to stop; when he only grins even wider at her, Page has to step in (at Vix-Lei's request) and make him stop by using a spell to make her nose cold, then pokes him in the ear with it.
121* ''Fanfic/RobbReturns'': [[TheStoic Stannis]] smiles at [[CorruptCop Janos Slynt]] after reminding Slynt that he's fought and killed far more and far tougher opponents than a single corrupt cop. Jon Arryn describes it as looking like a death-rictus, and it causes Slynt [[BringMyBrownPants to soil himself]].
122* ''Fanfic/TheSimpsonsTeamLASH'': When [[TheStoic Simon]] is [[PictureDay getting his school picture taken]] in "The Heiress Diaries", the photographer instructs him to give a "big smile". Simon then forces himself into an awkward grin that looks more like a SlasherSmile than a genuine expression of joy, which even the photographer says is too forced and extreme.
123* In ''Franchise/{{Superman}}'' story ''Fanfic/SupermanOf2499TheGreatConfrontation'', Alan Kent and his uncle George argue after Alan's appointment. During the argument, Alan's uncle smiles... creepily.
124-->His uncle George, by contrast, was smiling. Uncle George. Good old George... who was always smiling. The quintessence of a reasonable man; forever pointing out the obvious. Good old Uncle George...\
125Whose bright smiles never quite seemed to reach the icy depths of his startling blue eyes.
126* ''Fanfic/ThousandShinji''. When [[EmotionlessGirl Rei]] is trying to learn how to smile, she looks scary.
127-->Her bandages now mostly off, Rei approaches the three with a huge grin on her face, but it looked like she didn’t know how to smile properly, and instead, it came off as some sort of psychotic killer grin.
128* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13239859/1/Unlimited Unlimited]]'', Izuku's teacher Kurobayashi's smiles are described as nightmare-inducing due to the fact his Quirk has given him a shark head.
129* ''Fanfic/AYoungGirlsGameOfThrones'': Those who pay close attention to [[EnfantTerrible Myrcella]] often note that when she smiles, it doesn't reach her eyes, and it tends to creep them out. The one time her eyes smiled with the rest of her face, it was after Davos told her that the Mountain was executed, and he noted that.
130* Fun was had at the end of the Pegasus arc in ''WebVideo/YuGiOhTheAbridgedSeries'' where Kaiba is genuinely smiling when his MoralityPet little brother is freed and they go home. The parody has everyone stating that this is creepy as hell.
131-->"Every time Kaiba smiles, a puppy dies."
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135* In ''WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast'', when Lumiere tries to get the Beast to smile for his date with Belle, [[http://i.imgur.com/c6l095n.jpg he grins so that all his fangs stick out.]] It's so bad that Mrs. Potts immediately tells him not to scare Belle.
136* ''WesternAnimation/CorpseBride'': Mr. and Mrs. Everglot are barely seen smiling throughout the entire movie. However, when they meet the Van Dorts for the first time, Mrs. Everglot quietly encourages her husband to smile. After a few moments of struggling, he ends up with a part-grimace, part-look-of-unadulterated-pain.
137** His face creaked from the strain. Loudly.
138* Yzma from ''WesternAnimation/TheEmperorsNewGroove'' does one at the beginning of the film that's part this, part SlasherSmile as she [[FalseReassurance reassures]] Kuzco that she has no hard feelings about being fired. [[BlatantLies None whatsoever]].
139* Marianne from ''WesternAnimation/StrangeMagic'' gives a teeth-gritting fake smile when forced to accompany her father to the Spring Ball.
140* In ''WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragon'', when Hiccup feigns a smile after eating the raw fish Toothless regurgitated for him (ItMakesSenseInContext), Toothless attempts to copy him. The result is less scary than you'd think coming from a giant predator, in large part because his teeth are still retracted.
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144* ''Film/AddamsFamilyValues'': After [[CoolAndUnusualPunishment being forced to watch]] animated Creator/{{Disney}} movies for the better part of the day, Wednesday is asked to smile. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=buZZyUBwymA She does. Sort of.]]
145-->'''Amanda:''' She's scaring me!
146* In ''La Femme Film/{{Nikita}}'', Nikita does an awkward grimace in the mirror when told to smile.
147* Mantis from ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxyVol2'' is a nice, pleasant, cheerful, quite pretty, vaguely-insectoid alien girl, but she isn't experienced at meeting people:
148-->'''Drax:''' What are you doing?\
149'''Mantis:''' Smiling. I hear it is the thing to do to make people like you.\
150'''Drax:''' Not if you do it like that.
151* In the movie adaptation of ''Theatre/{{Gypsy}}'', Louise puts one on for a photoshoot right after a fight with Rose. It's not particularly creepy, but it's definitely fake.
152* Happens in ''Film/{{Hancock}}'', where he makes a weird grimace-like smile when asked to for a fan, which was good for a laugh. Then he does the exact same thing to a camera, and it goes into hilarious.
153* Gustave, the antagonist of ''Film/{{Hugo}}.'' One suspects that he's out of practice.
154-->'''Madame Emile:''' Come on, give me your best smile.\
155'''Gustave:''' ''[opens mouth a little]''\
156'''Madame Emile:''' ''[{{beat}}]'' Your ''best'' smile.
157* Displayed by Smith in ''Film/TheMatrixRevolutions'', right after he [[spoiler: absorbs the Oracle.]]
158* Alien Orphan in ''Film/TheSpecials''. Subverted in that he's not averse to smiling; he just hasn't quite got it down yet.
159* ''Film/Terminator2JudgmentDay'': The eponymous killer robot does this in a deleted scene (if not the TropeCodifier then at least a perfect textbook example): John tries to get him to smile, and so the T-800 scans the mouth of a grinning man talking on the telephone to see how it's done. Since he didn't scan the muscles above the mouth, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ANUP5-aW4E it leads to a bizarrely creepy smile that has Arnie still affecting a scowl from the cheekbones up]]. When John suggests that he stop, the "smile" instantly leaves his face.
160** Brought back for ''Film/TerminatorGenisys'', [[TheComicallySerious with hilarious results]]. The first time Pops shows it off to Kyle Reese, Sarah even remarks "I've been trying to teach him to blend in. I know, it needs work." Later, Pops does the same thing when getting his mugshot photo taken.
161* As the Theatre section below mentions, Malvolio (the pompous and priggish head servant in Shakespeare's ''Twelfth Night'') is often played this way. In Trevor Nunn's movie of it, Nigel Hawthorne does an excellent version of a forced smile by a man not given to smiling.
162* Played humorously in ''Film/WarmBodies''. A zombie smiling, even if it is established that he's friendly, is as creepy as you'd expect.
163* In ''Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit'', Judge Doom is interrogating some men at a bar for Roger's whereabouts. One of the barmen plays a joke on him, and everyone except Doom has a good laugh. Judge Doom stares at them for a few seconds, then smiles, causing everyone else to stop laughing.
164* ''Film/XMenApocalypse'': Nightcrawler tries to smile for a fake passport photo. The results are ghastly.
165* ''Film/JupiterAscending'': BigBad Balem Abrasax usually alternates between languid ennui and [[SuddenlyShouting shrieking rage]], but after explaining his [[TheSocialDarwinist Social Darwinist]] ethos to Jupiter, he tries -- slowly, with visible strain -- to pull his face into a smile while brushing her cheek. It doesn't help that he sees Jupiter as the {{reincarnation}} of his mother, [[spoiler:whom he's suffering SanitySlippage from having killed]].
166* ''Film/{{Holidays}}'': In ''St. Patrick's Day'', when Liz tells her student Grainne she should smile more, the girl starts giving her creepy, fixed grins.
167* ''Film/{{Skyfall}}'': Raoul Silva is at his most unnerving when he's smiling. [[spoiler:It turns that he's wearing a prosthetic face implant to cover up the damage caused by a CyanidePill that failed to kill him.]]
168* One of the creepiest scenes in ''Film/AFieldInEngland'' is when Whitehead emerges from the tent after being tortured. He slowly walks out, tied to a rope leash, with his eyes rolled back into his head and a huge grin on his face. The other characters are visibly frightened. (For bonus points, this was a ThrowItIn by Whitehead’s actor, as the original script had called for a ThousandYardStare. The effect is much more unsettling with the [[NothingIsScarier lack of detail given]] in the build-up.)
169* In ''Film/BringItOn'', Sparky Pulaski tells Missy to smile. When she does, he immediately tells her, [[VerbalBackspace "Don't smile."]]
170* In ''Film/Partners1982'', Benson, who is straight, wears an extremely pained smile while flirting with men for information on the murders.
171* In ''Film/AreYouBeingServed'', Mrs. Slocombe puts on a shocking smile when taking her passport photo:
172-->'''Mrs. Slocombe''': Is this expression alright?
173-->'''Captain Peacock''': The authorities don't like you smiling. ({{Beat}}) I must say I agree with them.
174* In ''Film/HolidayOnTheBuses'', Blakey instructs his security staff to give the guests a nice big smile, like he does, leading to all of them giving some rather painful-looking smiles.
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177[[folder:Literature]]
178* Creator/IsaacAsimov:
179** In ''Literature/TheCavesOfSteel'', Elijah Baley asks R. (Robot) Daneel Olivaw if he can smile.
180--->R. Daneel smiled. The gesture was sudden and surprising. His lips curled back and the skin about either end folded. Only the mouth smiled, however. The rest of the robot's face was untouched.\
181Baley shook his head. "Don't bother, R. Daneel. It doesn't do a thing for you."
182** Several millennia later in ''Forward the Foundation'', he's learned to chuckle. And it took what appears to be weeks of coaching to actually make it seem genuine.
183* ''Literature/TheChroniclesOfNarnia'': In ''Literature/TheSilverChair'', when Eustace, Jill, and Puddleglum were trying to think of a way to leave Harfang without being caught, part of the idea was to put them off their guard by pretending that they love being there and are looking forward to the Autumn Feast. To this end, [[TheEeyore Puddleglum]] tells them they've got to be [[HaveAGayOldTime "gay"]]. During his demonstration, "he assumed a ghastly grin."
184* ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'':
185** Otto Chriek tries to photograph Nobby Nobbs in ''Literature/TheTruth'':
186--->'''Otto:''' Smile, please.\
187'''Nobby:''' I am smilin'.\
188'''Otto:''' Stop smiling, please.
189** Rincewind often does this intentionally:
190--->He had put a lot of thought into that grin. It was the sort of grin people use when they stare at your left ear and tell you in an urgent tone of voice that they are being spied on by secret agents from the next galaxy. It was not a grin to inspire confidence. More horrible grins had probably been seen, but only on the sort of grinner that is orange with black stripes, has a long tail and hangs around in jungles looking for victims to grin at.
191** In ''Literature/ReaperMan'', Ludmilla Cake (a werewolf) is described as having "the bright, crystalline smile perfected by people who had long ago learned not to let their feelings show."
192** Similarly, Angua from the Ankh Morpork City Watch books is occasionally noted to be "smiling", insomuch as her teeth are bared and she's not actively speaking. As she's generally staring at the jugular vein of the recipient of the smile and is, in fact, another werewolf, the results are generally quite unnerving.
193* The ''Series/DoctorWho Literature/EighthDoctorAdventures'' novel ''Camera Obscura'' implies this, when the Doctor and Sabbath, his [[EnemyMine sometimes-antagonist]], are [[MidBattleTeaBreak interrupted]] during an argument that's getting a little violent. Knowing [[DeadpanSnarker the kind of]] [[NobleDemon character that]] [[StoutStrength Sabbath is]], and the fact [[TheStoic he probably hasn't beamed sincerely in decades]], and the fact the Doctor, [[WaifFu possibly half his size]], [[MusclesAreMeaningless was just shoving him around]], will allow you to appreciate the futility of their forcing smiles.
194-->The station manager, a portly little man in wire rims, crept timidly from the office. "Everything all right, gentlemen?" he asked, more hopefully than sternly.\
195Sabbath and the Doctor both beamed at him. The station master didn’t really find this a reassuring sight.
196* The ''Literature/DreambloodDuology'':
197** The master DreamWeaver Sonta-i has never experienced emotion in his life and is usually [[TheStoic completely stoic]], performing his duties in the waking world without care or concern. When he makes the effort to emote, well...
198--->To his utter shock, Sonta-i smiled. It was a horrible expression beneath his [[EmptyEyes dead gray eyes]], lacking the slightest touch of amusement or pleasure, and the sight of it sent a shiver down Nijiri's every nerve.
199** Tiaanet is an utterly BrokenBird who usually plays the part of Sanfi's demure, beautiful daughter so well that she has a horde of suitors. When she goes through the motions of affecting a smile, they quickly find somewhere else to be.
200* Lady Angelica of ''Literature/GirlsKingdom'', is so unused to smiling that the first time she tries it for Misaki and Kirara, Misaki notes that it comes off as a roguish smirk, instead of a friendly smile.
201* ''Literature/HeraldsOfValdemar'': Weaponsmaster Alberich is warned not to put on a false smile. He's scary enough when he's scowling.
202* ''Literature/JohannesCabalTheNecromancer'' has the title character putting his anti-smile to good use in his demonic carnival.
203* British statesman Lord Chesterfield writes about this trope in ''Literature/LettersToHisSon'': "both men and women upon whom unkind nature has inflicted a surliness and ferocity of countenance, do at least all they can, though often without success, to soften and mitigate it; they affect 'douceur', and aim at smiles, though often in the attempt, [[Literature/ParadiseLost like the Devil in Milton]], they GRIN HORRIBLY A GHASTLY SMILE." (letter 189)
204* ''Literature/LesMiserables'' describes the smiles of InspectorJavert as being rare, quick, and really unnerving, more like a predator's snarl than an expression of pleasure: "Javert, serious, was a watchdog; when he laughed, he was a tiger."
205* In ''Literature/MortalEngines'', Katherine Valentine thinks that [[UltimateAuthorityMayor Magnus Chrome's]] smile looks like someone who had read a book on how to smile but has never actually seen one in real life.
206* In the ''Literature/ParadoxTrilogy'', CreepyChild Ren's face is usually blank and emotionless. She only smiles on a couple of occasions, and Devi describes it as horrifying and painful to look at.
207* Erik in ''Literature/ThePhantomOfTheOpera'' tries to smile near the end, but his lips are so disfigured it comes out wrong.
208* ''Literature/TheSilenceOfTheLambs'': During the scene where Starling and Crawford process a "floater", Clarice notes that victims' teeth aren't bared in pain. [[FacialHorror Their faces have been gnawed by fish and turtles]].
209* In ''Literature/TheWheelOfTime'':
210** It's often mentioned that Mazrim Taim never smiles, although he has a kind of half-smile without a shred of good humour in it.
211** Lord Talmanes takes being TheStoic to [[TheComicallySerious the extreme]], and only starts to smile when he takes enough wounds from Shadow-tainted [[HumanoidAbomination Myrddraal]] weapons in the Last Battle that only HeroicWillpower keeps him from dying on the spot. The sight of him grinning frightens the ''[[StaringDownCthulhu Myrddraal]]'', and is generally agreed to be worse to look at than the corruption consuming his body. [[spoiler:He gets better, too.]]
212** After [[spoiler:Tarna Feir]] is [[ReforgedIntoAMinion forcibly Turned to the Shadow]], her eyes become cold and her smile looks like something "on the lips of a corpse."
213* ''Literature/WingsOfFire'': After [[spoiler:Darkstalker]] is freed in ''Escaping Peril'', he gives the heroes a smile that is said to be charming yet menacing at the same time.
214* In the ''Franchise/StarWars'' novel ''Literature/{{Shatterpoint}}'', [[TheStoic Mace Windu]] tries to smile once. He quickly gives up on it.
215* ''Literature/HarrietTheSpy'': The science-focused AdorablyPrecociousChild Janie is known for only smiling when she's angry about something, in which case the expression is bright-eyed, fixed, and a bit disconcerting.
216* ''Literature/BooksOfTheRaksura'': The AlwaysChaoticEvil Fell [[spoiler:Progenitor-Queen]] Ranea's smile is at best a "disjointed" mimicry that she puts on when she tries to act FauxAffablyEvil and forgets to stop doing when she drops the affability act.
217* In the ''Literature/AlexRider'' book ''Scorpia Rising'', the BigBad Razim meets his end when the bridge he's making his last stand on gives way and he falls into a massive pile of salt beneath it. As he is pleading for Alex to throw him a rope before he is pulled underneath the salt, he attempts to smile at him, but the narrator describes it as "looking more like a hideous grimace than anything".
218* ''Literature/ImperialRadch'': Spaceship [=AIs=] usually show no emotion whatsoever through their ancillary {{Wetware Bod|y}}ies. ''Justice of Toren'''s captain jokes about her smiling, so her nearest ancillary cracks a grin; the captain shudderingly tells her to stop because she looks possessed.
219* Literature/XandriCorelel once caused a diplomatic incident with the Kowari by trying to smile.
220* Harold Lauder in ''Literature/TheStand'' is a downplayed example. To most people, his smile looks normal but Nick Andros finds it fake and untrustworthy because he notices Harold has a "'smiletight' compartment between his mouth and his eyes."
221* ''Literature/MyDarkVanessa'': At Vanessa's high school graduation, her dad tells her, "Come on, at least pretend to be happy." The result looks like an animal about to bite.
222* ''Literature/LanguageArts'': When Mrs. Braxton bestows a compliment upon Charles, she tries to smile, even though the muscles responsible are nearly atrophied and she's wearing a set of creepy-looking dentures.
223* In the ''Literature/HorusHeresy'' novels is stated that not a single member of the [[SociopathicSoldier Night Lords]] legion "smiled with anything approaching grace" even in the few instances where they are not [[SlasherSmile actively trying to scare someone.]]
224* ''Literature/WhenMyHeartJoinsTheThousand'': When Alvie was in third grade, she had to see a counselor, who told her to smile, as "an easy way to be friendly." Alvie bared her teeth at her.
225* ''Literature/SkinOfTheSea'': In ''Soul of the Deep'', Folasade goes to check on Simidele, who has spent the last six months living at the bottom of the sea with Olokun. Simi, who has been very unhappy there, tries to smile at Folasade but instead only bares her teeth.
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228[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
229* In ''Series/TheAddamsFamily'' original series, Lurch's attempts at smiling were only out-creepied by his attempts at flirtation.
230* ''Series/TheBigBangTheory'':
231** In "The Griffin Equivalency": Sheldon, both with and without teeth. But don't take our word for it; see the page picture.
232** In "The Tenant Disassociation", Stuart shows Howard a new flirty smile he's been using on girls.
233--->'''Howard:''' Now, I don't use the word "ghoulish" a lot, but... I-I just can't think of another word.
234* In one episode of ''Series/BlackBooks'', Manny attempts to turn the small secondhand bookshop into a chain bookstore and encourages Bernard to smile, so as to appear more friendly and approachable to customers.
235-->'''Manny:''' A bit more -- wider -- wider...\
236''[Bernard is pulling a horrific face]''\
237'''Manny:''' No, that looks nasty...
238* ''Series/{{Community}}'': Abed, generally an emotional blank, formally greets his friends at his and Troy's housewarming party with a big toothy smile-thing. His friends are a bit startled.
239* ''Series/TheDickVanDykeShow'': In "[[Recap/TheDickVanDykeShowS1E2MyblondeHairedBrunette My Blonde-Haired Brunette]]", Rob is at work trying to figure out why his wife, Laura, seems so upset (occasionally prone to crying fits). Sally and Buddy suggest that maybe she's jealous of someone. Rob dismisses the idea, saying that when she's jealous, she "smiles". They don't understand what he's talking about until he demonstrates by squinting his eyes and showing a lot of teeth.
240* ''Series/DoctorWho'':
241** In "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS29E12TheSoundOfDrums The Sound of Drums]]", the Master does both an exaggerated smile and exaggerated [[AngryEyebrows frowny face]] while insulting his Cabinet, right before gassing them all to death.
242--->'''The Master:''' You see, I'm not making myself very clear. "Funny" is like this. ''[makes exaggerated grin]'' "Not funny" is like this. ''[makes exaggerated frown]'' And right now, I'm not like ''[grins]'', I'm like ''[frowns]'', because you are traitors. [[SuddenlyShouting YES, YOU ARE!]] As soon as you saw the votes swinging '''my''' way, you abandoned your parties and you jumped on the Saxon bandwagon! So... ''[sits down]'' ...''this''...is your reward!
243** The Twelfth Doctor does this whenever he smiles while showing teeth, and it's creepy enough. However, in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS36E8TheLieOfTheLand The Lie of the Land]]", the Doctor [[spoiler:is supposedly BrainwashedAndCrazy, and his [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/dwthelieofthelandpart3.png "smile"]] ''this'' time is utterly creepy]].
244** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS37E1TheWomanWhoFellToEarth Immediately after regenerating]], the Thirteenth Doctor smiles in a similar manner. It's even worse because she's capable of a reasonable approximation of a smile, but [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/tardis/images/1/1c/ThirteenthDoctor3.jpg this]] is very much not it.
245* A fantastically memorable one occurs in an episode of ''Series/EverybodyLovesRaymond'', where Ray tries to get his equally (if not more so) mopey and pessimistic cousin Gerard to smile. The result is hilariously terrifying.
246* ''Series/{{Frasier}}'': Niles is a master of the non-smile. One of the best examples is "The Apparent Trap" when Niles learns that Frasier and Lilith are remarrying (they're not):
247-->'''Niles:''' ''(frozen smile) What's this joyous news I hear?!''\
248'''Lilith:''' You know, Frederick, you're going to have to give up all of your friends, because we're going to live here in Seattle.\
249'''Freddie:''' I'd live anywhere to be a family again.\
250'''Niles:''' ''[in one single breath]'' So it is true congratulations to you both good night. ''[walks to the door without looking at anyone, his whole posture stiff as a board with tension]''\
251'''Freddie:''' Don't you want your coat, Uncle Niles?\
252'''Niles:''' ''[still not looking back]'' No thank you! ''[storms out]''
253* In ''Series/{{Friends}}'', Chandler has a nice smile but whenever he gets his picture taken, it turns into a grimace.
254* ''Series/GameOfThrones'': Stannis appears to be ''trying'' to smile come Season 5. It's a little unsettling. When he has to spare Davos, his riled smile against a sunset background is memetically creepy.
255* Will Graham of ''Series/{{Hannibal}}'' doesn't smile much, but when he does it's genuinely sweet -- with the memorable exception of "Rôti" during a stroke test. His lips curve upward, but it would have been ''less'' creepy if he'd burst into tears. Or thrown up. Or started screaming.
256* ''Series/HowIMetYourMother'': The Captain. Marshall eventually figures out what it is about the captain that creeps them out: even when he smiles, his eyes seem completely serious and empty. Marshall highlights this by covering half of a photo of him.
257* In episode 4 of ''Series/TheITCrowd'' season 3, Jen, upon becoming employee of the month, tries to improve Roy's service by telling him to smile more.
258-->'''Jen:''' When you're upstairs, fiddling about with [[AccentUponTheWrongSyllable com-puters]], would it hurt to smile? Don't you realise what a difference that would make, hey? Come on, let's see a smile now. Come on.\
259''[Roy attempts to smile]''\
260'''Jen:''' No, more warmth. Warmer.\
261''[Roy hesitantly tries to widen his smile]''\
262'''Jen:''' No, you're just showing more teeth. That's not warmth. I would say that's more of a threatening look, actually. I'll tell you what, Roy. Keep at it; ''that's'' your homework.
263** As this is part of Jen's increasingly DrunkWithPower smugness as a result of becoming employee of the month, Roy gets his own back when Jen moments later learns that she will be forced to give a speech in front of the whole company about the IT department -- something she has absolutely no knowledge about. Upon delivering this news, [[ComedicSociopathy Roy has a genuinely big, genuinely happy smile on his face]].
264--->'''Roy:''' ''[pointing]'' How's that?
265* ''Series/{{Kaamelott}}'': Léodagan almost never smiles, which is why Arthur and Co. can't recognize him in a painting. And when he does smile... they find it very creepy.
266* ''Franchise/KamenRider'':
267** ''Series/KamenRiderDrive''[='s=] [[SixthRanger Third Rider]], Chase, is TheStoic because he's a MechanicalLifeform; in his own DirectToVideo movie, his attempts to smile draw laughter and cause people to remark that he looks like a mannequin, which contributes to his desire to [[PersonalityChip gain human emotions]].
268*** The show also has Drive's main partner Kiriko who's very stoic and serious most of the time and rarely smiles. At one point one of the other characters tries to motivate him by saying he's got a "Cute Beauty" looking up to him and Kiriko attempts to humor this by giving a very fake and strained-looking smile accompanied by the sound of breaking metal. Shinnosuke isn't particularly comforted by this frightening sight though which annoys her. Kiriko is however capable of smiling genuinely when she's truly very happy, that's just fairly rare.
269** In ''Series/KamenRiderAmazons'', Haruka and Takai prepare to go UndercoverAsLovers at a restaurant run by Amazons. Haruka encourages Takai to smile so that she'll look more convincing as his girlfriend. The others are unnerved by the result, and Haruka hastily says it's probably better if she ''doesn't'' smile.
270* The ''Series/LastOfTheSummerWine'' character with the IronicNickname "Smiler" has occasionally been known to smile. It looks like his face has been twisted the wrong way.
271* ''Series/{{Monk}}'' does this in one episode, because [[spoiler: he's being watched by a killer who can read lips]].
272* Bull on ''Series/NightCourt'':
273-->'''Random woman:''' He bared his teeth at me!
274* ''Series/OddSquad'':
275** All the Scientists attending Lab-Con in "Oscar Strikes Back" make these when ordered to by President Obbs. He even remarks on how the smiles are creepy but keeps them regardless.
276** In "Mr. Unpredictable", as Oswald and Orla (disguised as villains attending [[AcademyOfEvil Villain University]]) are meeting Tessa Twosie, Orla gives a very unnatural, almost sinister smile that nearly manages to blow her and her partner's covers. Luckily, Tessa doesn't sniff them out and instead heads off so they can begin a tour of the school.
277* In ''Series/Peacemaker2022'', the leader of the [[PuppeteerParasite Butterflies]] complains that every human smiles differently and it needs to be relearned for each host. This is put to good effect later as a crowd of Butterflies with fresh hosts attempt to smile, still-bloody faces sporting a range of unnatural grins.
278* In ''Series/{{Reba}}'', Van's "charming smile", which he believes is warm and inviting, is anything but.
279-->'''Reba:''' Van, that's not a killer smile, that's [[SlasherSmile the smile of a killer]].
280* Like many elements of human culture, Harry Vanderspiegle of ''Series/ResidentAlien'' does not completely understand the concept of smiling, looking truly inhuman whenever he tries.
281* In ''Series/ResshaSentaiToQger'' we have SixthRanger Akira Nijino sporting [[https://imageshack.com/a/img538/4564/bYk3jg.gif this smile]].
282* In ''Series/{{Roseanne}}'', the normally sullen, cynical Darlene had a boy, Barry, over to study in the hopes of getting him to ask her to an upcoming dance. Becky gives her some tips on flirting which includes smiling and being interested in what Barry has to say. Cue Darlene with a very over-the-top smile and craning her neck to try and get in his line of view. Roseanne sums it up thusly while she and Becky watch on:
283-->'''Roseanne:''' What is she doing?\
284'''Becky:''' ...Flirting?\
285'''Roseanne:''' Well, God, I hope she don't hurt herself.
286* ''Series/RussellHowardsGoodNews'': "Every time UsefulNotes/GordonBrown smiles, a fairy dies." (See his page for context.)
287* In the ''Series/{{Sherlock}}'' episode "[[Recap/SherlockS03E02TheSignOfThree The Sign of Three]]", Sherlock's "smile" to scare off Mary's ex is both disturbing and hilarious (well, at least to the audience).
288* In the Granada ''Series/SherlockHolmes'' series, Jeremy Brett's Holmes rarely grins at all. Whenever a situation calls on him to smile, Brett twitches his mouth muscles for a hair of a second. "A" for effort, Holmes. Like the canonical Holmes, however, Brett ''is'' capable of a genuine smile. Except when he does, it usually [[CheshireCatGrin bodes badly]] for somebody.
289* In one episode near the beginning of ''Series/StargateSG1'', Teal'c tries to smile under duress. You will either wet yourself laughing or be very afraid.
290** Vala also gives a brief one in ''Prometheus Unbound'', when Daniel frees her from the brig.
291* ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'': Whenever Data tries to smile, he really shouldn't, as "[[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS4E11DatasDay Data's Day]]" [[http://tng.trekcore.com/hd/albums/season-4/4x11/datas-day-hd-285.jpg shows.]] He gets ''much'' better at it after the events of ''Film/StarTrekGenerations'' thanks to [[PersonalityChip his emotion chip]].
292* ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'':
293** Due to his lack of lips, Odo's smiles look... odd to say the least.
294** When a young and impressionable Jem'Hadar makes his way onto the station in "[[Recap/StarTrekDeepSpaceNineS03E06TheAbandoned The Abandoned]]", Odo tries to teach him how to smile. The Jem'Hadar makes an even ghastlier face than Odo usually does.
295** After a BarBrawl in "[[Recap/StarTrekDeepSpaceNineS06E04BehindTheLines Behind the Lines]]" leads to the deaths of several Cardassians and Jem'Hadar, Dukat and Weyoun both put on smiley faces to look like they're not pissed at each other. They're not fooling anyone.
296** The stress of the Dominion War has a negative effect on Bashir's "boyish smile".
297--->'''Garak:''' Not so boyish anymore.
298%%* ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'' Same goes for Seven of Nine.
299* ''Series/StarTrekEnterprise'' has Dr. Phlox, who most of the time smiles normally... unless he's ''really'' pleased, or trying too hard to be friendly. Then it becomes terrifying. Think [[Music/{{Soundgarden}} ''Black Hole Sun'']].
300* ''Series/StarTrekPicard'': When F8 grins after a coworker tells him the punchline of a joke, the android's amused expression looks unnatural and it's rather unsettling.
301* Five Hargreeves from ''Series/TheUmbrellaAcademy2019'' is more likely to "smile" as a threat than in genuine happiness, but his smile to Agnes in the episode "[[Recap/TheUmbrellaAcademy2019S01E01 We Only See Each Other at Weddings and Funerals]]" is hilarious uncanny valley nightmare fuel. It's not the sort of [[https://imgur.com/a/h6JKMxe smile]] that should ever be on a supposed 13-year-old's face.
302* Selina Meyer on ''Series/{{Veep}}'' suggests that Amy flirts with a reporter for favorable coverage. Amy assures Selina that she can do that, and demonstrates with a horrifying "flirtatious" smile that quickly changes Selina's mind.
303* Over the course of ''Series/WandaVision'', the Vision's smile in the title card grows increasingly more and more strained.
304* ''Series/YoungSheldon'': In "Pish Posh and a Secret Back Room", Sheldon gives Mary a forced half-smile when she asks if he's fine. This makes her worry about him.
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307[[folder:Music]]
308* The [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/slint_spiderland.jpg album cover]] for ''Music/{{Spiderland}}'' by Music/{{Slint}} is a black and white photo of the band floating in an abandoned quarry, staring at the camera. They're smiling, but in such a way that their expressions are a new level of creepy.
309* Music/BadLipReading has a congressman react to Mark Zuckerberg smiling as if it were this.
310-->"Oh, good heavens, that--that--that's just ''horrible''. Stop that, son. For the rest of the day, will you not do that, please?"
311* The music video for Music/BobbyMcFerrin's "Don’t Worry, Be Happy" features [=McFerrin=] along with Creator/RobinWilliams and comedian Bill Irwin trying to act happy despite personal difficulties, including putting on some very forced smiles.
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314[[folder:Podcasts]]
315* In ''Podcast/WelcomeToNightVale'':
316** [=StrexCorp=] has the following piece of advice that sums up their mentality pretty well.
317--->Step one: separate your lips. Step two: use facial muscles to pull back corners of mouth. Step three: widen your eyes. This is how to be happy.
318** Implied of Kevin, as well. "No... that is ''not'' a smile."
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321[[folder:Pro Wrestling]]
322* After adopting a "guru" gimmick, Wrestling/DiamondDallasPage begins to mentor the [[TantrumThrowing ever-petulant]] Wrestling/{{Christian}}, which culminated in Page advising him to try brightening his outlook, leading to this trope.
323-->'''Christian:''' [[http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x7prs3_ddp-christian-backstage_sport?GK_FACEBOOK_OG_HTML5=1 I feel like an idiot]].
324[[/folder]]
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326[[folder:Radio]]
327* In the ''Radio/CabinPressure'' episode "Rotterdam", the smile Carolyn puts on for the welcome address is described as "shark-like".
328[[/folder]]
329
330[[folder:Roleplay]]
331* ''Roleplay/DawnOfANewAgeOldportBlues:''
332** Having been called to the principal about the auditorium's destruction, Ciro forces a smile when he sees Shooter that just makes it more obvious how panicked he is.
333** Shooter himself tries to offer a reassuring smile to the students while the police are investigating the school. It actually creeps them out more due to how unnatural it looks.
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336[[folder:Theatre]]
337* OlderThanSteam: Malvolio from Creator/WilliamShakespeare's ''Theatre/TwelfthNight'' is usually treated this way, after being told in a letter (supposedly from his beloved) that his smiles become him.
338-->"Jove, I thank thee: I will smile; I will do everything that thou wilt have me."
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341[[folder:Video Games]]
342* ''VideoGame/DeadlyPremonition'': Agent Francis York Morgan is a nice enough guy, if [[BunnyEarsLawyer extremely]] [[CloudCuckoolander weird]], but his smile is permanently caught somewhere between "electrocution victim" and "serial rapist".
343* ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'':
344** In ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIIRemake'', after your party breaks from the Shinra building, Cloud on a motorcycle and everyone else on a truck, Barret says that they're home free. Red XIII tells him that he wouldn't celebrate just yet and Barret replies that he needs to lighten up, that he might even try smiling. Red gives a grimace that causes Barret to say that on second thought maybe frowning suits him better.
345** Believe it or not, the infamous ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyX'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5FTJxfV3pc laughing scene]] was actually made for the lulz. The voice actors sound like they're doing a bad job, but it's intentional.
346*** Played straight after Operation Mi'hen. "Kimari practice smiling."
347* Henry from ''VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening'' is a PerpetualSmiler, and his "angry" portrait is no exception, but there's an unnerving tightness to the expression that clearly betrays its insincerity.
348* Stoic Post-Apocalyptic Samurai Uthid in ''VideoGame/HorizonZeroDawn'' is asked to smile by another character in some after-mission dialog, and is accused of grimacing rather than smiling.
349* ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'':
350** In ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsI'', when they first meet up, Donald and Goofy tell a depressed Sora to cheer up if he wants to come with them because their ship "runs on happy face." Sora responds [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/625278_1295677195880_full.jpg with this face]], and Donald and Goofy nearly die laughing.
351--->'''Goofy:''' That's one funny face!
352** Sora's smile comes back in ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsIII'' as the "Funny Face Special," which he gets to use on Boo in [[WesternAnimation/MonstersInc Monstropolis]].
353* ''VideoGame/MassEffect2'': Commander Shepard seems to have this effect during [[http://desmond.yfrog.com/Himg15/scaled.php?tn=0&server=15&filename=lolwhutsheperd.jpg&xsize=640&ysize=640 an infamous scene]] from Miranda's romance.
354* ''VideoGame/SengokuBasara'': You'd think that with him being a very pretty young man, it'd be nice to see [[TheStoic Mori Motonari]] smiling for a change. It's not. Sure, it means he's happy, but the reason he's happy is probably that he's [[ManipulativeBastard devised the perfect method to ruin your life]].
355* In Filia's ending of ''VideoGame/{{Skullgirls}}'', as Carol (formerly [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Painwheel]]) is introduced to her class she gives a smile so big and desperate it's frankly disturbing. Then again, [[LivingWeapon goodness knows]] [[ChildSoldier when she last genuinely smiled at all.]]
356** A later update made this un-smile into her taunt. [[SuckinessIsPainful It's so bad]] that it causes ''[[CherryTapping very slight damage.]]''
357* ''VideoGame/SuikodenV'' has Sagiri, who was [[spoiler: abducted by the assassin group Nether Gate as a child and trained to smile disarmingly all the time. Their logic was that a pleasantly smiling girl would put their victims off-guard. [[GoneHorriblyRight It worked so well]] that, until the end of the game, she's incapable of doing anything ''but'' smiling.]]
358* From the ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'' comic "Old Wounds":
359-->'''Sniper:''' ''[hands firmly gripping Medic's throat]'' You were ''smilin[='=]''. The last thing I ''saw'' 'fore [[spoiler:I bled out and ''died'']] was your smug, evil grin!\
360'''Medic:''' I was happy to see you! That's just how I ''look'' when I smile! Smug and evil! ''[grins]'' [[https://41.media.tumblr.com/dec65c95d7960a2c1ef5cbc3b6d2a242/tumblr_ntz2gv6A7x1qfnhmgo1_400.jpg See]]?
361* ''VideoGame/MedievalCop'': Dregg's smile is so ghastly that he uses it as his Halloween costume every year. It ''always'' wins the costume contest.
362* In the ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil2Remake'' Claire's attempt at a smile from relief at hearing that her brother Chris wasn't in town when the ZombieApocalypse hit is marred by her urge to scream at the top of her lungs since her whole reason for coming to Raccoon City was rendered completely pointless.
363* ''VideoGame/ScarletHollow'': It's possible to make PerpetualFrowner Tabitha smile. [[https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FH8RtDYVQAc_VBB?format=jpg&name=large Judging from the results]], she seems to be ''very'' out of practice.
364* In ''VideoGame/RobocopRogueCity'' OCP holds a press conference with Robocp on stage. The presenting executive Max Becker tells Robocop to try smiling. Robocop awkwardly pulls his lips to the sides and up to reveal just a bit of teeth. Becker immediately decides not smiling is better.
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368* A rather infamous case in ''VisualNovel/FullMetalDaemonMuramasa'' comes about when the main character Kageaki goes to question some mechanics and attempts to smile to try and appear approachable. The poor mechanic believed he had come face to face with the devil and promptly fled in a panic.
369* Akio Mutou, ''VisualNovel/KatawaShoujo'''s resident AbsentMindedProfessor, is a nice enough man, but his face is incapable of making a smile that wouldn't "scare little children senseless".
370* Two notable examples appear in ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorneyDualDestinies'':
371** In one of her first trials, rookie attorney Athena Cykes tries to smile in the spirit of the Wright Anything Agency's motto, "The worst of times are when lawyers have to force their biggest smiles." Her partner Apollo remarks that her attempt at smiling looked like "a weird mix of terror and creepy grin".
372** Aristotle Means frequently provides attempts at a toothy smile that looks more like he's grimacing, baring his teeth and gums in a way Athena finds unsettling. [[spoiler:At the end of his VillainousBreakdown, he grins so hard his teeth ''shatter.'']]
373* Shih-na from ''VisualNovel/AceAttorneyInvestigationsMilesEdgeworth'' gets a rather [[http://img3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20120801003814/aceattorney/images/a/a6/Shih-na_Grin_1.gif unsettling grin]] when she's nervous.
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376[[folder:Web Animation]]
377* ''WebAnimation/LuckyDayForever'': The only expression that the Whites can display, which makes them look more creepy and fake.
378* ''WebAnimation/{{Cliffside}}'': Cordie, a CuteMonsterGirl from the forest, has smiles that range from [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/cliff-side/images/6/62/S1E01_Sadistic_Cordie.png/revision/latest?cb=20180915121300 "I'm going to eat you"]] to [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/cliff-side/images/a/a3/S1E01_I%27ll_do_it.png/revision/latest?cb=20180915120020 "high as a kite".]]
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381[[folder:Webcomics]]
382* ''Webcomic/QuestionableContent'':
383** Faye does not quite grasp the concept of [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1215 smiling at her customers]].
384--->'''Dora:''' I said ''smile'', not horrible rictus.
385** Also at Dora's instigation, Penelope is a bit too eager to "[[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=751 show some teeth]]".
386** Hannelore has NoSocialSkills and runs into this when she [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1399 tries to smile pleasantly]], then [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1401 realizes her mistake]]. The lesson is not learned, since the Un-Smile [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1585 returns]] in a form that the artist shuddered to draw.
387** Marigold produces one when compensating for being told that it was impossible to resist the wishes of her sad face.
388** Dora's ''cat'' delivers one [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1584 upon moving into Marten's apartment.]]
389* In ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'', the normally {{aloof|DarkHairedGirl}} Susan pulls a [[http://www.egscomics.com/?date=2003-01-28 truly]] [[http://www.egscomics.com/?date=2003-01-31 disturbing]] one, complete with [[OpenTheIris impossibly dilated pupils]], to scare away a cat.
390* ''Webcomic/{{Lackadaisy}}'': [[http://lackadaisy.foxprints.com/exhibit.php?exhibitid=29 Mordecai]], when trying to do a "smouldering" look.
391-->'''Mordecai:''' Am I doing it now?\
392'''Viktor:''' No.\
393'''Mordecai:''' Is this it?\
394'''Viktor:''' Maybe happier, little bit.\
395'''Mordecai:''' How is--\
396'''Viktor:''' NO. Vorse. [[LongingLook Dark look like Valentino]] is different from dark look like, ehh, [[SlasherSmile I vill like to murder your family]]... vith ice pick, probably.
397* ''Webcomic/BasicInstructions'' offers us some... [[ShapedLikeItself basic instructions]] on [[http://basicinstructions.net/basic-instructions/2006/8/23/how-to-fake-a-smile.html how to make a fake smile look genuine]]. Panels 1 and 3 look especially ridiculous.
398-->''Your hide will make a fine poncho!''
399* ''Webcomic/BloodyUrban'': Murray tries smiling for a change [[http://bloodyurban.smackjeeves.com/comics/1475025/smile/ with horrifying results]].
400* In ''Webcomic/{{Blip}}'', a very androgynous stranger on the bus gives K a beaming smile. K panics and gives a half-smirk in response.
401-->'''K:''' Just smile back, smile back... Yeah, that's natural.
402* ''Webcomic/SomethingPositive'': Davan [[TheEeyore rarely looks happy]], but [[http://www.somethingpositive.net/sp10312006.shtml maybe it's better that way...]]
403* ''Webcomic/ThreePanelSoul'': "Giving someone a story to tell is easy. [[http://www.threepanelsoul.com/comic/on-gift-giving All it takes is a smile.]]"
404* The Webcomic/{{Walkyverse}}:
405** ''Webcomic/{{Shortpacked}}'':
406*** Amber is told to smile for the customers. Her horrible grimace is, as Ethan sourly remarks, about how much smile they're paid for.
407*** The scene in ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' of Rei smiling at Shinji for the first time [[http://www.shortpacked.com/comic/you-are-alone-not gets redone]].
408** ''[[Webcomic/RoomiesItsWalkyJoyceAndWalky It's Walky!]]'': PerpetualFrowner [[{{Jerkass}} Mike Warner]]'s [[http://www.itswalky.com/d/20020407.html first attempt]] at smiling when not under the [[SentimentalDrunk influence of alcohol]]. Gah! (Second time was only a [[SlasherSmile slight improvement]].)
409* Krom from ''Webcomic/DarkLegacyComics'' doesn't smile often. [[http://www.darklegacycomics.com/255.html He has a good reason.]]
410* Florence, the anthropomorphic Bowman's Wolf in ''Webcomic/{{Freefall}}'', has to be careful to smile ''without'' showing teeth to avoid doing one of these. Of course, [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff100/fv00098.htm sometimes]] she ''does'' want to. After all, a nice, big smile makes people more civilized. They do ''not'' want things to be ''un''civilized.
411* One of the advertisements for ''Webcomic/OurLittleAdventure'' has Lenny, Angelika, and Rocky each doing one for Julie who was complaining about them not smiling for the ad. When she sees these horrid smiles, she tells them it's okay to go back to frowning.
412* From ''Webcomic/{{Concession}}'', [[http://concessioncomic.com/index.php?pid=20090317 Joel.]]
413* In ''Webcomic/{{Oglaf}}'', anyone affected by the Funsnake's aura gets a wide-eyed, demented grin.
414* ''Webcomic/BadMachinery:'' The protagonists meet Don Gravy in the hospital after he has been driven mad by ''something'':
415-->'''Linton:''' At least he's smiling.\
416'''Lottie:''' That's not a smile, Linton. That's a face you get when someone says "Cheese"... then takes two minutes to work out how to use the camera. That HURTS.
417* ''Webcomic/GunnerkriggCourt'':
418** EmotionlessGirl Jones [[http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/?p=1127 makes a smile]] that [[TakeOurWordForIt we never get to see]] but that leaves Antimony traumatized.
419** Antimony can break out a [[http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/?p=1263 weapons-grade Un-Smile herself]], complete with WideEyesAndShrunkenIrises.
420--->'''Antimony:''' Oh, don't worry, don't worry! ...It's not '''my''' blood.
421* ''Webcomic/{{Paranatural}}'' has PJ, the [[UndeadChild ghost boy]] that lives in Max's house. When Max first makes friends with him, he sports a smile that is described as "a 9.4 on the international creepy scale". PJ claims it's because he hasn't smiled in a long time. His smile gets better later on.
422* ''Webcomic/{{Precocious}}'': Used to great effect [[http://www.precociouscomic.com/archive/comic/2011/04/09 here]].
423* ''Webcomic/{{JL8}}'': [[http://limbero.org/jl8/156 Poor Bruce.]]
424* In ''{{Webcomic/Drowtales}}'', EmotionlessGirl Naal makes one, though the smile itself isn't actually seen.
425--> '''Kiel:''' Together, no one can stop us!\
426''[{{beat}}]''\
427'''Kiel:''' That's where you're supposed to grin and shout enthusiastically with me.\
428'''Naal:''' No one can stop us.\
429'''Kiel:''' That was soo weak! Plus that grin was creepy.\
430'''Naal:''' Sorry.
431* ''Webcomic/LasLindas'' has a Tumblr page where users ask questions directed at various characters from the comic. One user asked [[EmotionlessGirl Naerie]] if she could smile for the audience. [[http://67.media.tumblr.com/b4da8edbb8e73c18b18c0719a88bb447/tumblr_oal2fjjLaE1rl7g5vo1_1280.jpg The result was rather unsettling.]]
432* ''Webcomic/{{Niels}}'': In one comic, Thomas has been forced to arrest 250 and 300 after they got into a bar fight. He knows he can't hold them because the agency they belong to will get them released, but he does take a moment to relish that this happened at all. The result is a very awkward, stilted, and creepy open-mouthed grin.
433* From ''Webcomic/OzzieTheVampire'': Kimmy's [[http://www.ozziethevampire.com/comic/episode-03-blood-line-page-18 "nice person smile".]]
434-->'''Ozzie:''' Jesus ''Christ'', Kimmy.
435* In ''Webcomic/OnwardToMidnight'', van Rensburg asks the new guy to smile. He agrees to, saying "A smile given is always returned." Her response: [[https://onwardtomidnight.thecomicseries.com/comics/10/ "What a ghastly grimace!"]]
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439* ''Frog Quest'': We aren't shown the main character's smile, because the mirror exploded from the sheer terror of his face. Also, bandits flee and friends ask him never to smile again.
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442[[folder:Web Videos]]
443* ''Series/TheCryOfMann'': Agent Martinez, who is serious and struggles with expressing emotion, gave a rather weird "smile" after Berry claimed being around her made her feel safer; her eyes grew wide and her lips apart, with teeth showing, in a very awkward, uncomfortable, "happy" expression.
444* The AnalogHorror ParodyCommercial "[[https://youtu.be/Td2x8s9GZlo BLUE_CHANNEL: THALASIN]]", advertising an EmotionControl drug that begins experimenting with creating new emotions, illustrates one of these ("Nage") as a man grinning with his lips peeled back unnaturally wide.
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447[[folder:Western Animation]]
448* In ''WesternAnimation/The7D'' episode "Oh Happy Grumpy", Grumpy is cursed by a witch so he can't get angry or be turned into melted cheese. After being sung a song by Happy, Grumpy puts on a facade of happiness, [[https://vignette4.wikia.nocookie.net/the7d/images/a/a6/S2e01a_very_wide_grumpy_smile.png/revision/latest?cb=20160215214658 sporting a grin]] that not only creeps out the other 7D but is so huge that it takes up the bulk of his face. [[spoiler:Fortunately, the woman turns out to not be a real witch and the curse was a fake.]]
449* Lemongrab of ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'' does this in "Too Young". A perpetually bitter, angry sourpuss, he assumes that a harmless prank was some kind of personal attack. Once he was informed that it was a prank, he tries to understand what a prank is. Not entirely grasping the concept of a joke, he smiles a very quick, little goofy smile...then starts LaughingMad in a HaHaHaNo sort of fashion. Then he sends everyone in the room to the dungeon. (In later episodes, he is shown smiling rather cutely when he is actually genuinely happy.)
450* In ''WesternAnimation/TheAmazingWorldOfGumball'' episode "The Lie", seasonal depression causes Mr. Small to forget how to smile, so he tries to force one with tape. Unfortunately, he was a little too generous with the tape, contorting his face into a too-wide grin that wouldn't be out of character for a serial killer. [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/theamazingworldofgumball/images/7/7b/Lie14.png/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/1000?cb=20170409091130 Witness it for yourself]].
451* ''WesternAnimation/{{Amphibia}}'': In “Reunion”, Sasha coaches Captain Grime to smile so he can get the citizens of Wartwood to trust him and lower their guard. He responds with a wide, shark-like grin that frightens tadpoles.
452* The ''WesternAnimation/{{Arthur}}'' episode "Opposites Distract" features a very irritated Buster briefly trying to reassure [[NeatFreak Arthur]] everything's fine with a toothy, narrow-eyed grin. Arthur doesn't catch it.
453* ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'':
454** Villainous sociopath Azula. She can [[http://media.photobucket.com/image/azula%20smirk/Sara_Shadow/Avatar/azula-smirkhd-thebeach.png smirk]] without a problem, but [[http://media.photobucket.com/image/azula%20smile/Vig0r/vlcsnap-223570.png sincere smiling?]] Interestingly, she ''can'' give a real smile, after she practices a bit. She used a charming smile on a hapless partygoer later in the evening, to great effect. Then she went on a tangent about how she and the partygoer would rule the world (in [[AxCrazy typical Azula style]]), [[WastedBeauty which ruined the whole effect]] and sent the poor guy running for the hills.
455** The second season episode "City of Walls and Secrets" brings you Joo Dee and her constant pained grimace. It starts off as merely unsettling, but as the episode goes on, it only gets worse. And then right at the end of the episode, the Gaang meets a ''second'' Joo Dee, who has the exact same smile. A later episode shows [[spoiler:that there are multiple Joo Dees, each BrainwashedAndCrazy, and each making the same creepy smile.]]
456* General consensus within the Franchise/DCAnimatedUniverse is that Batman smiling, regardless of context, is creepy as hell.
457** It's even a ''plot point'' in one episode of ''WesternAnimation/SupermanTheAnimatedSeries''
458--->'''Robin:''' [[NotHimself See what I mean about him acting strange]]?... He's ''smiling''.
459** [[TheComicallySerious At least he wasn't laughing]]. Poor Harley, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2e96W0hYz0&t=0m18s all she wanted to do was impress Mistah J....]]
460** Even ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold'' runs with this. The episode he smiles the most in is the one in which he's become a vampire planning to devour the Justice League.
461** Oddly enough, Bruce Wayne smiles a lot and quite convincingly. It makes you wonder if his Bruce/Batman dichotomy is just [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two-Face one chemical dip away from a mental breakdown...]]
462* ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents'':
463** In "Father Time!", everyone in the BadFuture sports unconvincing, strained smiles. They simply have to smile at all times... or else!
464** After having been [[HilarityEnsues put through hell]] during the Five Days of F.L.A.R.G. to avert an EarthShatteringKaboom, Timmy learns to his horror that F.L.A.R.G. ends with a similar Kaboom. Then he has a [[LoopholeAbuse sudden epiphany]]...
465-->'''Mark Chang:''' What's with the face? It's happy yet at the same time disturbing...
466* Occurs in ''WesternAnimation/TheGrimAdventuresOfBillyAndMandy''. In one episode, when Mandy smiles, it causes their universe itself to fall apart and transports Grim, Billy, Mandy, and Irwin into the universe of ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls''. This wasn't because it was ugly but because it "[[RealityBreakingParadox messed with the natural order.]]" Funnily enough, this is only after {{Flanderization}} changed her from an AntiHero to a VillainProtagonist. [[EarlyInstallmentWeirdness At least a couple earlier episodes]] (including the pilot) ended with Mandy flashing an evil smirk.
467* While teaching her Grunkle Stan to be more attractive to women in the ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'' episode [[Recap/GravityFallsS1E6DipperVsManliness Dipper vs. Manliness]], Mabel tells him to smile. The result sends ManChild Soos fleeing in terror.
468* PerpetualSmiler Alastor in ''WesternAnimation/HazbinHotel'' tilts into this trope whenever his normally-unflappable confidence is shaken. While he can maintain a smile even in privacy (and it's implied he can't ''not'' smile), Alastor's eyes tend to give away his exact mood.
469* The borderline psychotic Jolly Olly Ice Cream Man from ''WesternAnimation/HeyArnold'' gives one of these when asked to put on a pleasant smile for customers. It sends the children screaming. Though with a little training from Arnold in one episode, he was able to put on a better smile.
470%%%** Plus, there's a compilation video of all of the times that she has smiled. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VI1670PVrsM]]
471* On ''WesternAnimation/JimmyTwoShoes'', Beezy gives a very forced one when having to pretend to be best friends with a [[WickedWeasel weavil]], whom he has serious FantasticRacism toward.
472* In a ''WesternAnimation/{{Kaeloo}}'' episode parodying ''WesternAnimation/DoraTheExplorer'', Kaeloo teaches the viewers words in foreign languages, [[FakeInteractivity asks them to repeat what she said, and stares at the camera]] with a huge, creepy smile. The rest of the cast think she's lost it.
473* If [[TheStoic Lisa Loud]] from ''WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse'' makes one of these, it's usually a sign that she's trying (and failing) to divert the conversation away from [[MadScientist one of her experiments]], usually one that involves the [[ForScience unknowing aid of her siblings as subjects]].
474* The "Super Evil" episode of ''WesternAnimation/MakingFiends'' has Vendetta attempting to smile like Charlotte after an evil magazine quiz they took rated Charlotte as more evil. After several pained struggles, she finally manages a smile. A SlasherSmile.
475* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'':
476** Occurs in [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E3LessonZero "Lesson Zero"]], when Twilight Sparkle has a psychotic breakdown. She starts smiling in a manner somewhere between "CheshireCatGrin", "[[WesternAnimation/HowTheGrinchStoleChristmas The Grinch]]", and "utter disconnect from reality".
477** Starlight Glimmer makes everypony in her town put on one of these in [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS5E1TheCutieMapPart1 "The Cutie Map"]], while she puts on condescending fake smiles herself. It greatly unnerves all of the Mane Six, especially Pinkie Pie, who notices something's off immediately.
478* ''WesternAnimation/PinkyAndTheBrain'': The Brain's smile, at least in one episode. A character actually identifies him his best-effort smile.
479* Ren, of ''WesternAnimation/TheRenAndStimpyShow'', gets one of these after donning the Happy Helmet in "Stimpy's Invention". And since this series is the poster child of DerangedAnimation, when he smiles... FACES SHOULD NOT BEND THAT WAY!
480* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'':
481** This has happened at least twice with Mr. Burns. First, in "Two Cars in Every Garage and Three Eyes on Every Fish", when he was running for governor, and he's being shown an artist's rendition of his political ad where he's standing tall on a mountain top. He asks "Why are my teeth showing like that?!" to which his advisor responds "Because you're ''smiling''!" Mr. Burns commends him for producing the sort of trickery they were being paid for. Later he actually smiles, and it causes him physical pain to do so.
482** In "The Seemingly Never-Ending Story", Mr. Burns bets his fortune to the Rich Texan over who can get a photo with a kid smiling. He loses because he is so creepy when smiling that all the town's children (and Otto) cry when standing next to him.
483** Moe, beaten down into misanthropy by a hard life, rarely tries to smile, and it always looks forced, desperate, and a little creepy when does.
484** In "Homer vs. The Eighteenth Amendment", Rex Banner, the no-nonsense police officer trusted with keeping Springfield dry when it briefly enacted Prohibition. He tries to laugh at some point but only ends up choking and coughing.
485** In "Last Tap Dance In Springfield", when Lisa takes up tap dancing her instructor, Little Vicky, tells her to "turn your frown upside-down!" and then chastises her when she attempts a smile. "That's a smile, not an upside-down frown! Work on that, too."
486* In one episode of ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'', Kyle discovers that the girls have voted him the ugliest boy in class and is now forced to sit with the other ugly kids during lunch. When he attempts to stir morale up and encourages one of the kids to smile, the result he gets isn't exactly what he was hoping for.
487* ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'': Pearl dons one in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS1E24AnIndirectKiss "An Indirect Kiss"]], in the middle of losing it.
488-->"We could've probably gotten in without hurdling a giant rock ''[[[SanitySlippage laughs in a less-than-sane fashion]]]'' into Rose's most precious sanctuary, but if you're okay with it, I'M FINE, TOO!"
489* ''WesternAnimation/SymBionicTitan'':
490** Octus/Newton does this at the end of the third episode.
491** Also Lance's driver's license photo.
492* Raven from ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans2003'' is a PerpetualFrowner. The one time she tried to force herself to smile, it was... ugly; the sounds of previously unused facial muscles stretching could clearly be heard as she struggled to pull her lips into position. However, there have been instances where she [[WhenSheSmiles genuinely smiled]] and it wasn't so bad.
493** There's also Robin forcing a smile on his "date" with [[SpoiledBrat Kitten]]. This would be the one that made a noise like bones cracking.
494* WesternAnimation/TexAveryMGMCartoons: Droopy usually has to say "I'm happy" to let the audience know, but he did grin in a promotional and it was ridiculous.
495* Happens in ''WesternAnimation/TimeSquad'' when the characters have to get Creator/LeonardoDaVinci to paint [[Art/TheMonaLisa Mona Lisa's]] portrait. He encourages her to smile, but it turns out she has really bad teeth.
496* Ice Bear usually plays TheStoic on ''WesternAnimation/WeBareBears'', giving only small, occasional smiles. Then he gets a job as a cupcake mascot, and his boss insists on a huge, stiff, and overly toothy grin that makes babies cry. It doesn't help that he goes around saying "Cup-Cake" in his usual monotone.
497* ''WesternAnimation/WorkItOutWombats'': While Mr. E is capable of a genuine smile, his attempt to smile for the camera in "Zoom In Zadie" makes it look like he's in pain.
498* ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice2010'': The Green Beetle pulls one off when trying to endear himself to The Team to gain their trust. [[http://25.media.tumblr.com/26ee8bfc7fd2a9be6bb7553663963401/tumblr_mh8qfdYAUc1ryv3uoo1_500.gif It doesn't go so well.]] What really makes it creepy is that he isn't smiling physically; if you watch closely, he's using his shapeshifting powers to ''rearrange his face'' into the ''shape'' of a smile.
499-->''"Is this not how humans show friendship?"''
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