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| 11 | [[caption-width-right:296:[[MomentKiller Way to kill the mood.]]]] |
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| 16 | ->''"You hardly ever smile, Sam, and you look so beautiful when you do. Your face lights up and your soul shines so bright."'' |
| 17 | -->-- '''Gabriel''', ''Singing Cows'', a ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'' fanfic |
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| 19 | So there is this one character who never smiles. They are always so serious. Or maybe they're TheEeyore who always sees the worst of things. Then one day they smile, and there is something about the sheer happiness in that smile that makes whoever is watching immediately feel welcome, or better, and very often want to make them smile again. Preferably a lot. Depending on the application, can lead to LoveAtFirstSight, a LoveEpiphany, or a [[SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments heartwarming moment]]. |
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| 21 | In summary, the requirements for this trope are: |
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| 23 | #Character that rarely smiles (EmotionlessGirl, DeadpanSnarker, PerpetualFrowner, BrokenBird, TheStoic, etc) |
| 24 | #This character smiles |
| 25 | #This smile is perceived as beautiful |
| 26 | #Other people experience an increase in their affection for this character |
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| 28 | On rare occasions, this can be played with a character who typically shows an insincere smile (such as a StepfordSmiler or a SmugSmiler) who then has a sincere smile. May factor into EndsWithASmile, especially in a SurprisinglyHappyEnding. |
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| 30 | It's not actually AlwaysFemale; the title comes from the song "Absolutely (Story of a Girl)". GoOutWithASmile often involves this plus TearJerker. May involve FingerForcedSmile. A shy cousin to WhatBeautifulEyes, and UnkemptBeauty; a subtrope of OOCIsSeriousBusiness. Contrast with TheUnsmile, where the smile is just plain unnatural. Compare with SerendipityShock, BeautifulTears (when ''crying'' makes a character look prettier). See SmileOfApproval if the character's smile is geared towards someone they don't think too fondly of. |
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| 32 | '''Administrivia/InUniverseExamplesOnly, please.''' Do not include AudienceReactions. |
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| 34 | !!Examples: |
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| 36 | %% Zero-context examples have been commented out. This trope is NOT just "they have a pretty smile". Feel free to expand the entry and add them back in if appropriate. |
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| 38 | [[index]] |
| 39 | * WhenSheSmiles/AnimeAndManga |
| 40 | * WhenSheSmiles/FanWorks |
| 41 | [[/index]] |
| 42 | |
| 43 | !!Other Examples: |
| 44 | [[foldercontrol]] |
| 45 | |
| 46 | [[folder:Comic Books]] |
| 47 | * Similarly Franchise/{{Batman}} barely ever curls his lips up as his dark alter ego and when he does smile it's [[https://i.pinimg.com/originals/6f/9b/cc/6f9bccdc9fafe4a85491dd94408034cd.jpg immediately noted]] upon by his loved ones. |
| 48 | * ''ComicBook/{{Cyclops}}'' rarely shows more than a slight smile, if he smiles at all, being a fairly grave and serious character by nature (a life that pretty much entirely consists of the TraumaCongaLine trope will do that to you). When he ''does'' smile, it tends to be adorable. |
| 49 | * ComicBook/JudgeDredd is the TropeCodifier for PerpetualFrowner but on the very rare occasion, he does smile, [[https://img.fireden.net/co/image/1447/03/1447038235289.jpg it's quite pleasant]]. |
| 50 | * ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}'': Mentioned in the titular song of the movie ''WesternAnimation/ABoyNamedCharlieBrown'': |
| 51 | -->Maybe it's a kind of magic\ |
| 52 | That only little boys can do.\ |
| 53 | But seeing Charlie smile,\ |
| 54 | Can make you stop awhile,\ |
| 55 | And get you feelin' glad you're you. |
| 56 | * ComicBook/{{Superman}} has the warmest smile in the DC Universe. In ''ComicBook/KingdomCome'', he can't crack a smile even after the events are over. In the {{Novelization}}, the US President asks him when he's going to smile again because everyone felt better when he did. In both the graphic novel and novel, after Diana gives him a pair of glasses ("to see a little clearer") does Superman give a warm, unabashed smile as he pulls a giant plowshare. |
| 57 | * ''ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}: First Class'' has a humorous example: Logan is stuck babysitting at Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters, and at one point the students leave the danger room door open causing several deadly robots to begin wreaking havoc. Logan makes quick work of them and breaks out in an open-mouth smile...[[SkewedPriorities because he's able to continue watching the hockey game that the robots interrupted]]. |
| 58 | * ComicBook/{{X 23}} only very rarely smiles. In issue 30 of ''ComicBook/AllNewXMen'', the time-displaced teenaged Angel convinces her to go on a date with him, and while talking afterwards, Warren specifically remarks that he likes it when Laura smiles and that she should do it more often. Notably, in the same conversation, he compares her looks favorably to ''Jean Grey''. |
| 59 | [[/folder]] |
| 60 | |
| 61 | [[folder:Films -- Animation]] |
| 62 | * Sadness from ''WesternAnimation/InsideOut''. She spends most of the movie frowning, moping, crying, and sometimes making sarcastic remarks. But the one or two occasions when she does smile... |
| 63 | * Chuckles the Clown in ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory3'' is a PerpetualFrowner due to his [[spoiler: being accidentally left behind by his, Lotso and Big Baby’s original owner, seeing Lotso become the tyrant ruler of Sunnyside Day Care, and he (Chuckles) being one of the few toys to escape Sunnyside after being mentally broken by Lotso]]. Later on, his current owner Bonnie has drawn pictures of all her toys, with Chuckles’s picture having a grin on his face. The other toys comment that Bonnie really captured his smile and it looks good. Unseen by them, Chuckles looks at it and breaks into a real grin. |
| 64 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Zootopia}}'''s Nick Wilde spends most of the movie being a SmugSmiler, constantly [[DeadpanSnarker snarking]] at other characters' expenses with a contemptuous smirk--but in the end, when he [[spoiler: joins the police force]], he breaks into a huge, sincere smile as [[spoiler: Judy pins his badge on him]]. |
| 65 | [[/folder]] |
| 66 | |
| 67 | [[folder:Films -- Live-Action]] |
| 68 | * Completely subverted in ''Film/AddamsFamilyValues'' when PerpetualFrowner Wednesday Addams decides to smile after being tortured by sentimental films (many of them musicals) at a ridiculously cheery summer camp. When she does smile, [[SlasherSmile some of the other camp girls start to cry in terror]]. |
| 69 | * ''Film/LegendsOfTheFall'': When Susannah smiles at Samuel, she positively beams to the point that Series/SiskelAndEbert specifically pointed out that smile to show Julia Ormond was a star. |
| 70 | * In the film ''Film/LockUp'', at the end Stallone's character tells the captain who walks him to the exit that he'll miss his incredible smile, at which point the captain slowly smiles. |
| 71 | * Aurelia in ''Film/LoveActually''. In the commentary, Richard Curtis says he immediately decided to cast Lucia Moniz after she smiled during her audition, and immediately went from dour plain woman to radiant beauty. |
| 72 | * Josh from ''Film/LoveHard''. He's an average-looking guy, not ugly by any stretch but not a hunk, either. He also considers himself unattractive. But, as Natalie notes, he's actually genuinely handsome when he's relaxed and smiling. She says he'd probably get more bites on his dating profile if he stopped overthinking it and just posted a normal, smiling selfie or two. |
| 73 | * ''Film/MackennasGold'': Gloomy Hesh-Ke looks a lot less threatening the very few times she smiles throughout the film (always at her former lover Mackenna). |
| 74 | %% MCU examples below need more context. Currently the "Other people experience an increase in their affection for this character" part is missing, and it is obligatory. |
| 75 | %%* Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse: |
| 76 | %%** Gamora from ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy2014'' is extremely stoic and hardened but she has a sweet smile [[https://media.tenor.com/images/337e719956c9f0ecfb6a8aa76dbcab77/tenor.png when she lightens up]]. |
| 77 | %%** Bucky due to being BrainWashedAndCrazy never smiles in ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier'', it's a mark of his recovery that Bucky can manage to smile and [[https://66.media.tumblr.com/157172cc05223ba218dc5a3fa92feeac/tumblr_inline_p9y1l1ab2q1u9isuz_540.gif even grin]] in ''Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar''. |
| 78 | %%** Carol Danvers aka Film/CaptainMarvel2019 is a stoic PerpetualFrowner and InUniverse Carol coldly refuses when a biker jerk asks her to give her a smile, though when [[https://66.media.tumblr.com/7a5053ed317c31df3ec2c102c3d9c8b2/tumblr_prtg6qDGhI1tlb1x2o7_250.gif she does manage a smile]] it brightens her face up. |
| 79 | * A well-known scene in ''Film/{{Ninotchka}}'' invokes this trope. Leon attempts to make [[IceQueen Ninotchka]] laugh and/or smile by telling her jokes, but it falls flat when she doesn't find them funny in a room full of cackling men. Leon becomes frustrated and starts to insult her as he leans back in his chair, tipping over with the table behind falling on top of him. Ninotchka shrieks with laughter with the rest of the room, much to everyone's surprise. Leon is annoyed at first, [[ActuallyPrettyFunny but then laughs too]], happy that he got her to smile. |
| 80 | * Subverted early in the ''Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean'' cycle when the creators had to cut every incidence where Commodore Norrington smiled (they are still in the deleted scenes on the ''[[Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanTheCurseOfTheBlackPearl Curse of the Black Pearl]]'' DVD). Creator/JackDavenport's smile was charming enough for the writers to go DracoInLeatherPants on their ''own character'' and start re-writing him accordingly -- these scenes were cut out because the character wasn't supposed to have so much of the audience's sympathy. |
| 81 | * ''Film/SenseAndSensibility'': Elinor, as played by Creator/EmmaThompson, who lights up with one bright, beaming, ''radiant'' smile at the end of the film and immediately negates about five minutes' worth of InelegantBlubbering. Edward's besotted expression says it all. |
| 82 | * Lavinia from ''Film/{{Titus}}'', after her rape and mutilation. Despite the horrible physical and psychological torture she has endured (and is still going through), the rare moments when she smiles, such as when her nephew presents her with new prosthetic hands, are heartwarming - and the camera continues to emphasise her beauty with close-ups of her face. |
| 83 | * The IronicHell for suicides in ''Film/{{Wristcutters|ALoveStory}}'' is just like the real world, except that nothing works, everything's kind of gray, and it's impossible to smile. After seeing nothing but despondent looks from all of the characters for the entire movie, the last shot--the leads smiling at one another -- is like a wash of beautiful sunlight. |
| 84 | [[/folder]] |
| 85 | |
| 86 | [[folder:Literature]] |
| 87 | %%* In Creator/JohnGreen's ''Literature/AnAbundanceOfKatherines'', Lindsey Lee Wells' "smile could end wars and cure cancer." |
| 88 | %%* In Meg Cabot's ''Literature/{{Airhead}}'' series, the lead Emerson [[spoiler: who is actually in supermodel's Nikki Howard's body]] describes everybody (boys and girls) as having this reaction to [[spoiler: Nikki's smile, as opposed to what happened when she smiled on her own body]]. |
| 89 | %%* When ''Literature/AnneOfGreenGables'' was growing up the issue of her beauty was a topic of discussion by many, with the final consensus usually being that she didn't have conventional beauty but ''did'' have some unknown element about her that could occasionally blossom out: |
| 90 | %%--->"How perfectly lovely!" exclaimed Anne, her gray eyes lighting up until they looked like evening stars, causing Mrs. Lynde to wonder anew if she would ever get it settled to her satisfaction whether Anne Shirley was really a pretty girl or not. |
| 91 | %%** L.M. Montgomery also makes Emily Byrd Starr's smile beautiful yet a little strange at the same time: it completely changes her face, but it blooms slowly. She inherited it from her mother, and it instantly wins over her Aunt Laura, who loved Emily's mother dearly. |
| 92 | * In the original ''Literature/TheBlueLagoon'' by H. Devere Stacpoole: |
| 93 | --> "My box," said she; and as she spoke, holding it up as if to prove its safety, the little plain face altered to the face of an angel. |
| 94 | --> She had smiled. |
| 95 | --> When Emmeline Lestrange smiled it was absolutely as if the light of Paradise had suddenly flashed upon her face: the happiest form of childish beauty suddenly appeared before your eyes, dazzled them and was gone. |
| 96 | %%* In Donna Jo Napoli's ''Bound'' (a Chinese "Literature/{{Cinderella}}" retelling), the prince was amused by Xing Xing's impudence. But once she smiled at him, he was surprised (and delighted) and at once, he was certainly interested in getting to know her. |
| 97 | * Number Ten Ox's description of Lotus Cloud in ''Literature/BridgeOfBirds''. He goes on about how she looks like just a normal, unremarkable peasant girl. "and then she smiled..." and Ox falls instantly in love, as does every other male with a working libido. [[spoiler:She is a goddess in disguise, after all]]. |
| 98 | * Ten-year-old Skeeter Traps from ''Literature/ChroniclesOfMagic'' is almost constantly scowling or sporting a psychotic Slasher Smile. Thus, it shocks everyone when she gives them a genuine grin. |
| 99 | * In the first book of Creator/JamesBlish's ''Cities In Flight'' series, TheyShallHaveStars, the main female character, a secretary at a science lab, is described as plain and knows it. When a visiting spaceman dropping off some samples finds himself taken with her, she angrily accuses him of faking being nice in order to seduce her. He is shocked and equally angry at this accusation, and barks back: |
| 100 | -->"[...]the most beautiful woman in the world would bathe in fuming nitric acid to duplicate your smile!" |
| 101 | * ''Literature/ACourtOfThornsAndRoses'': Feyre's smile is noted to be beautiful, though it takes a lot of work to get her to smile at all. |
| 102 | * ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles'': Minor side-character Vince Graver from ''Literature/TurnCoat'' was described as TheNondescript until his last scene, when he smiles. Dresden notes that the smile completely changes him from a generic average Joe to someone who could light up the room just by being there. |
| 103 | %%** Little Inara Raith is described as "pretty" but has a smile that makes her radiant. |
| 104 | %%** More than once a friend of Harry's has noted to him that he looks much better when he smiles. |
| 105 | * ''Literature/DrGretaHelsing'': |
| 106 | ** [[Literature/VarneyTheVampire Francis Varney]] struggles with SupernaturalAngst and bouts of IHatePastMe, but when he's reminded that his friends sincerely care about him, Greta observes that his smile is absolutely radiant: |
| 107 | --->''"...that odd, uncharacteristic, brilliant smile, like the sun rising over a field full of mist, turning it from blank impenetrable barrier to opalescence."'' |
| 108 | ** When the [[spoiler:newbie teenage vampire Emily]] is able to get away from [[spoiler:the Paris catacombs]] and settle down as [[spoiler:a trainee monster vet]], Greta offers her full support, which elicits a smile that "seemed to light up the warm dimness of the stall like a candle flame." |
| 109 | * ''Literature/FateRequiem'': When Voyager smiles, Erice Utsumi compares it to a shining star or a window straight to the heart. |
| 110 | * ''[[Film/GodzillaKingOfTheMonsters2019 Godzilla: King of the Monsters]] -- The Official Movie Novelization'': The book describes the normally arctic-hearted eco-terrorist [[Characters/MonsterVerseEcoTerrorists Alan Jonah]] smiling at Asher the only person he still genuinely cares about) as "a really genuine smile [Jonah] almost never brought out." |
| 111 | * ''Literature/TheGoblinEmperor'': The dowager empress spends most of the book being a hostile and off-putting AlphaBitch, but her stepson admits that she does have a radiant and appealing countenance when she briefly "forg[ets] herself" and has fun while dancing at a party. |
| 112 | * ''Literature/TheGreatGatsby'': Gatsby has a '''glorious''' smile: |
| 113 | -->''He smiled understandingly -- much more than understandingly. It was one of those rare smiles with a quality of eternal reassurance in it, that you may come across four or five times in life. It faced -- or seemed to face -- the whole external world for an instant, and then concentrated on you with an irresistible prejudice in your favor. It understood you just so far as you wanted to be understood, believed in you as you would like to believe in yourself and assured you that it had precisely the impression of you that, at your best, you hoped to convey.'' |
| 114 | %%* ''Literature/HarryPotter'': The first time Ron and Harry notice how attractive Hermione has become is when she laughs and shows how her teeth had been fixed. |
| 115 | * ''Literature/HaruhiSuzumiya'': |
| 116 | ** Haruhi herself starts out the series with a perpetual frown (hence the title of the first book, ''The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya''). Kyon describes her first smile as "reminiscent of a blazing sun in an equatorial sky," and later uses adjectives like "divine" and "cherry blossoms in full bloom" when referring to it. |
| 117 | ** Yuki Nagato, resident EmotionlessGirl, gets one. [[http://images.hologfx.com/Doki/Suzumiya%20Haruhi/Suzumiya%20Haruhi%20no%20Shoushitsu%20-%20Movie.png This moment]] from ''The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya'' is a plot point in the novel and its movie adaptation -- seeing Nagato smile is what [[spoiler:leads Kyon to question whether recreating the old world would really be the right thing to do]]. Three novels later it's revealed that the memory of her smile is ''still'' enough to make him question his decision. |
| 118 | ** Subverted with [[spoiler:Kuyou Suo]], the resident HumanoidAbomination. While Kyon comments on how smiling makes her whole appearance different, even beautiful, it still comes off as profoundly inhuman. |
| 119 | %%* Mordion from Diana Wynne Jones' ''Literature/{{Hexwood}}'' is fairly alarming looking--he's tall, gawky, much too skinny, and his face is frequently said to resemble a skull. However, he has such a transformatively warm and beautiful smile that the female protagonist almost falls out of a tree the first time she sees it. Interestingly, at points, he is actually seen to deploy the power of his smile strategically. |
| 120 | * In ''Literature/InCryptid'', Shelby gets this description early on. |
| 121 | --> "Shelby was one of those people who looked miserable, almost funereal, when she wasn't smiling. When she did, it seemed like she could outshine the sun." |
| 122 | %%* In ''Literature/TheInfernalDevices'', according to Tessa, Sophie has a downright ''amazing'' smile that makes her beautiful despite her scar. |
| 123 | * Meghan Whalen Turner's short story collection ''Instead Of Three Wishes'' has the protagonist of the titular story fitting the trope. Her honest smile "could make flowers bloom early" and stuns the elf king who's known her for a while when he finally sees her smile for real. |
| 124 | %%* From the YA novel ''Literature/JacobHaveILoved'': the protagonist (who is young, island-born, and Protestant) has just been chatting with a Catholic, mountain-born widower. At first, she thinks he doesn't understand her at all… |
| 125 | %%--> "But then, oh, my blessed, he smiled. I guess I knew right then I was going to marry him: God, Pope, three motherless children, unspellable surname and all. For when he smiled, he looked like the kind of man that would sing to the oysters." |
| 126 | * Aragorn in ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'' Appendixes has been described to look solemn and grave but when he smiled, he appeared kingly. |
| 127 | --> His ways were hard and long and he became somewhat grim to look upon, unless he chanced to smile and yet he seemed to Men worthy of honour, as a king that is in exile, when he did not hide his true shape. |
| 128 | %%* In ''Literature/LucifersHammer'', the character of Eileen is the epitome of this trope: plain-looking, but with a smile that literally stops traffic. |
| 129 | %%* Another male example: Sheftu from Eloise Mcgraw's ''Literature/MaraDaughterOfTheNile''. Another male character mentions that Sheftu is actually so plain as to be almost ugly, but his smile (along with his super-suaveness) prevents any woman from realizing this. |
| 130 | * Sandra Paris (a.k.a. the White Queen) in the ''Literature/NickVelvet'' stories. In her first appearance ("The Theft of the White Queen's Menu"), Nick is astounded that Sandra has been able to keep him under observation in a casino without him noticing. Sandra replies that no one ever notices her unless she smiles. She then smiles at him, and she goes from looking like an innocent librarian to completely dominating the room. |
| 131 | %%* In Kathryn Hulme's ''TheNunsStory'', here's the Reverend Mother Emmanuel: |
| 132 | %%--> Her plain face had a carved simplicity, like an early Flemish primitive, but when she smiled, there was a sudden beauty cast over the countenance that made you catch your breath. |
| 133 | * ''Literature/PrideAndPrejudice'': Mr. Darcy's [[NoSocialSkills social awkwardness]] usually comes across as an aloof SugarAndIcePersonality, but the stoic mask cracks completely when he learns that Elizabeth has come to care for him. Oddly for the trope, Elizabeth misses it: |
| 134 | -->Had Elizabeth been able to encounter his eye, she might have seen how well the expression of heartfelt delight, diffused over his face, became him... |
| 135 | --> Even more oddly, Elizabeth actually has seen Darcy smile, but she only consciously realizes it when she sees Darcy's portrait: "...She beheld a striking resemblance of Mr. Darcy, with such a smile over the face as she remembered to have sometimes seen, when he looked at her." |
| 136 | * Kristine Kochanski in the [[Literature/RedDwarf Red Dwarf]] novels. Curiously, it never comes up in the original TV series, but in the novels repeated mention is given to her "pinball smile" (see quotes) |
| 137 | %%* In ''A Reluctant Queen'' by Joan Wolf, a retelling of the story of Esther from the Bible, Esther was already deemed a pretty girl but when she smiled, it was enough to warm anyone's hands, as noted by her Uncle Mordecai. And before her interview with the king, she was told by the lady in charge of the girls waiting to see the king to smile because "[her] smile was [her] greatest beauty." |
| 138 | * ''Literature/{{Sharpe}}:'' The title character is described as looking perpetually sardonic and mocking due to a RuggedScar, except when he smiles. Which isn't often, and then he looks kind and charming. Since he normally looks like some ancient God of War in mid-battle, this is an improvement. It is worth noting that he is always described as roguishly handsome, it's just that he looks kind when he smiles. |
| 139 | %%* Margaret in ''Sisters, No Way''. Aishling at one point notices how old she is looking lately but then Margaret smiles and Aishling relaxes. Cindy also remarks "she's not a very attractive woman but she has a nice smile". |
| 140 | %%* In ''Literature/SoLongAndThanksForAllTheFish'', Wonko the Sane is a ''weird''-looking dude, but when he smiles... |
| 141 | %%-->''But his smile when he turned it on you was quite remarkable. It seemed to be composed of all the worst things that life can do to you, but which, when he briefly reassembled them in that particular order on his face, made you suddenly feel, "Oh. Well that's all right then."'' |
| 142 | * Asher in ''Literature/SomeoneElsesWar'' is a rare male example. His face is heavily scarred, and he spends most of his time shunning emotion as weakness. Smiling (or laughing) makes a huge improvement to his appearances, but he doesn't do it often. |
| 143 | %%* ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'': |
| 144 | %%** Occasionally lists several major flaws in Ygritte's appearance and then comments that when she smiles they are much less noticeable. |
| 145 | %%** Subverted with Brienne of Tarth; when she wins a spot on Renly's Rainbow Guard, her delighted smile lights up her face, but it doesn't make her any less hideously ugly. |
| 146 | %%** Played with in the case of Tywin Lannister. He has apparently never smiled since his wife died, which is lamented by his brother and other people who [[UsedToBeASweetKid knew him when he was a nicer man]]. His son [[TheUnfavorite Tyrion]] is present on several occasions when Tywin almost smiles, but instead of being a heartwarming moment, the look is described as "terrible", probably because the context suggests it would be a SlasherSmile. The only time a true smile appears on Tywin's face is [[spoiler:after he has been killed--and even then, the maesters say the smile is not genuine and is only a tightening of the facial muscles as the body starts to decompose. Tywin's children find it creepy and off-putting--not the father they knew.]] |
| 147 | %%* RareMaleExample: In Creator/TamoraPierce's ''Literature/SongOfTheLioness'', master thief George Cooper "had a nose too big for good looks, but when he smiled he appeared handsome." |
| 148 | * In ''Literature/TalesOfKolmar'', the usually serious, inclined-to-brood mage Vilkas is noted by one character to be "pleasant enough, if only he'd smile now and again". Later she says her wish is granted, and she notes "a broad glorious smile that lit up his face and showed the joy that danced behind his eyes". At the end of the series, he's [[CharacterDevelopment more inclined to smiling in general]]. |
| 149 | * ''{{Literature/Tigana}}'': Dianora's smile is described thusly: |
| 150 | -->''[Her face] was oval, wide at the cheekbones, almost austere. It changed when she laughed though--and for some reason she still knew how to laugh--becoming warm and animated, the unexpected dance in her dark eyes seeming to promise things that went deeper than amusement. Men who had seen her laughing or who had caused her to smile at them would encounter that look again in their dreams, or in the memories that lay on the border of sleep and dream, years after Dianora had gone away.'' |
| 151 | * ''Uncle Chaim and Aunt Rifke and the Angel'', by Creator/PeterSBeagle: The Dybbuk's [[YoungFaceOldEyes dead-black eyes]] convey the millennium of grief and pain he's suffered, but when he's shown genuine kindness for the first time, he reacts with a smile that's every bit as beautiful as his eyes are sad. |
| 152 | * From Creator/LoisMcMasterBujold's ''Literature/VorkosiganSaga'', as applied to a male: Aral Vorkosigan is a rather stern-faced military officer, with "cold intent grey eyes"; in a later book in the series he is described as being "heavy-jawed, heavy-browed, scarred". In ''Shards of Honor'' he has taken as his prisoner his future wife Commander Cordelia Naismith (from a rival--and potentially enemy--planet), but they're stranded on an uninhabited planet (along with one of Commander Naismith's officers, with a head wound that has reduced him to having the mentality of an infant) and have to hike their way across several hundred kilometers to a hidden supply cache. In an effort to save her wounded officer, Naismith has given Vorkosigan her parole, agreeing not to bash in Vorkosigan's head with a rock as soon as he goes to sleep, but officially they're still enemies of a sort. Then they (almost literally) stumble across a local herbivore, which happens to be edible, and Vorkosigan shoots it with a stun gun: |
| 153 | -->"Oh, good shot!" cried Cordelia ecstatically. Vorkosigan grinned like a boy over his shoulder at her and jogged after his prize. "Oh," she murmured, stunned herself by the effect of the grin. It had lit his face like the sun for that brief instant. Oh, do that again, she thought; then shook off the thought. Duty. Stick to duty. |
| 154 | %%* Tolstoy uses this trope in ''Literature/WarAndPeace'' describing Natasha and, to some extent, Princess Marya. At first, it isn't the smile but the expression of her eyes, but in the scene of her second meeting with Nicolas Rostov, it's played literally. |
| 155 | %%* Prince Henry from ''Literature/TheWildHuntTrilogy''. "Henry laughed aloud. The plain features lit up, became attractively mischievous..." |
| 156 | %%* In the YA book ''Literature/WillGraysonWillGrayson''. |
| 157 | %%-->Will Grayson #1: [Jane's] whole face changes when she smiles -- this eyebrow-lifting, perfect-teeth-showing, eye-crinkling smile I've either never seen or never noticed. |
| 158 | %%* In ''Literature/TheWitchOfBlackbirdPond,'' Kit is unaware of her dazzling smile and confused by the romantic overtures it invites. |
| 159 | * ''Literature/WordsOfRadiance'' (second book of ''Literature/TheStormlightArchive'') has a variant. Shallan Davar is a BrokenBird [[StepfordSmiler who is very good at pretending]] to be a GenkiGirl. When Kaladin chides her for being naive and sheltered, she calmly explains how she is very very '''not''', and he finally understands the context of her rare true smiles. |
| 160 | -->He saw it in her eyes. The anguish, the frustration. The terrible nothing that clawed inside and sought to smother her. She knew. It was there, inside. She had been broken.\ |
| 161 | Then she smiled. Oh, storms. She smiled ''anyway''.\ |
| 162 | It was the single most beautiful thing he'd seen in his entire life. |
| 163 | %%* In Creator/HarryTurtledove's ''Literature/{{Worldwar}}'', Mordechai Anielewicz finds Bertha Fleishman more attractive when she smiles, normally considering her plain. |
| 164 | [[/folder]] |
| 165 | |
| 166 | [[folder:Live-Action TV]] |
| 167 | * ''Series/The100'' gives us [[TheStoic Lexa]], the young, beautiful Grounder commander. Being in charge of a violent ProudWarriorRace civilization that doesn't allow her to show any sign of weakness, she rarely shows any emotion at all no matter what happens. It takes many episodes of increasingly romantic interaction with [[TheHero Clarke]] for her to gradually drop the mask, and when she finally ''does'' crack a smile, it's a truly heartwarming sight to behold. |
| 168 | * ''Series/{{Angel}}'': Angel may be TheStoic and broody, but we get to see in "Dead End" that he has [[http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0zu6nxQOS1qaimf2o4_250.gif an absolutely radiant smile.]] Cordelia even remarks he should smile more often. |
| 169 | %%* ''Series/BabylonFive'''s Ambassador Delenn, as played by Mira Furlan. In a Season 5 episode, one character remarks that he'd claw his way through solid rock just to see that smile. |
| 170 | * ''Series/BatesMotel'': It's not until the middle of season two that we ever see Sheriff Alex Romero smile. This was deliberately done by actor Creator/NestorCarbonell, who suggested to showrunners that [[StarCrossedLovers Norma]] should be the one to make him smile for the first time. Throughout the whole series, he ''only'' ever smiles for her. |
| 171 | -->'''Norma''': Oh my God. |
| 172 | -->'''Romero''': What? |
| 173 | -->'''Norma''': You ''smiled''. [[DeadpanSnarker I thought your face was paralyzed.]] |
| 174 | * In ''Series/BrooklynNineNine'', Detective Rosa Diaz is normally scowling or smirking sarcastically. But when she genuinely smiles it's like she's another person entirely. Trying to get her to smile for a Christmas photo takes up an entire subplot of one episode. |
| 175 | * Every morning, Richard ''Series/{{Castle|2009}}'' brings Kate Beckett a cup of coffee just so he can see a smile on her face. Given what a serious and sombre character Beckett often is (particularly in the early seasons), and given the way Beckett's (and Stana Katic's) face lights up whenever she smiles, it's hard to blame him. |
| 176 | * ''{{Series/Chuck}}'': Sarah Walker is not a spy to be fucked with. She'll murder you nine ways from Sunday if you cross her or her team and especially if you hurt Chuck, BUT if you happen to get a genuine smile out of her, like Chuck did in the pilot episode and continues to do throughout the series, she's the prettiest damn thing you've ever seen in your life. You try not falling in love with [[http://superbpix.com/files/glamgalz/imgs/holly/yvonne_strzechowski_smile_03.jpg this smile.]] |
| 177 | * ''Series/CriminalMinds'': Aaron Hotchner is known for his [[PerpetualFrowner perpetual frown]] and [[TheStoic stoic demeanour]], but sometimes when he's around his young son or in a social situation with his team his entire face will light up in a truly lovely smile. There's a period of a few years surrounding his divorce and his wife's death where that happens vanishingly rarely, but during Season 7 he starts dating, finally starting to get over his guilt and grief, and you can see the other members of the team (especially [[HeterosexualLifePartners Rossi]]) take absolute delight in seeing him smile again. |
| 178 | %%* ''Series/TheDailyShow'': On 10/8/2013, [[http://thedailyshow.cc.com/videos/a335nz/malala-yousafzai Jon Stewart interviewed Malala Yousafzai]], a then-16-year-old advocate for girls' rights to education worldwide. At the beginning of the interview, Jon told Malala, "We talked a little bit before the show. Nothing feels better than making you laugh." |
| 179 | * ''Series/DoctorWho'': |
| 180 | ** The Twelfth Doctor, before he [[spoiler:passes out and loses all of his memories of her]] in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS35E12HellBent "Hell Bent"]], asks Clara Oswald, his companion, to do one last thing for him: "Smile for me." Sadly, she's too heartbroken to do it. |
| 181 | ** Twelve himself is an example of this trope. When TheStoic, KnightInSourArmor, PerpetualFrowner gets an opportunity for a genuine smile, his entire face [[https://i.ytimg.com/vi/shABD4Ee4wg/maxresdefault.jpg lights up]]. |
| 182 | * ''Series/Echo2024'': Maya's face looks very lit up on the rare occasions when she smiles, as she's got a broad and charming grin that's a deep contrast with her usual grim or emotional appearance. |
| 183 | * The same can be said for Danielle Panabaker's Caitlin Snow on ''Series/{{The Flash|2014}}''. She's known for her [[http://media.dcentertainment.com/sites/default/files/imce/2014/10-OCT/FLA102a_147b_542f1bacddd961.05366652.jpg stiff demeanor,]] but if you get her to [[http://ilarge.lisimg.com/image/4027065/1118full-danielle-panabaker.jpg smile,]] you could power all of Central City. |
| 184 | * ''Series/GameOfThrones'': |
| 185 | ** Though he's becoming increasingly sombre in disposition when Jon is truly happy, it really stands out. When he's reunited with Sansa in Season 6, she is the main source of his adorable rare smiles. |
| 186 | ** Despite introducing herself as a no-nonsense LittleMissSnarker, Lyanna Mormont looks adorable while smiling during Jon's AwesomeMomentOfCrowning (which ''she'' initiated). |
| 187 | ** Brienne of Tarth. After [[spoiler:Jaime knights her]], she gives what is, to date, the ''only'' full-blown, beaming smile we've ever seen from her, and it is ''radiant''. |
| 188 | * Sakura Nishihori/Bouken Pink in ''Series/GoGoSentaiBoukenger'' started out as a super-serious member of the SGS and can't smile ever. It takes one mission to finally make her smile for a boy she's taking care of. As her leader said, her smile is possessed by only hers alone, and during the climax of the series, she did declare that her smile was her greatest treasure. |
| 189 | * In ''Series/JessicaJones2015'' the number of times Jessica smiles in the first season could be counted on one hand. When she does smile she looks gorgeous, but [[spoiler: it usually means she's being forced to do so by Kilgrave, as he's the one who enjoys her smile.]] |
| 190 | * ''Franchise/KamenRider'': |
| 191 | ** ''Series/KamenRiderDrive''[='s=] female lead Kiriko Shijima is [[TheStoic stern and unflappable]], with [[TheHero Shinnosuke]] making a big deal out of the rare moments when she smiles because it shows that she's not all business. An early episode shows that it's partly trauma: during the [[TimeStandsStill Global Freeze]], the [[MonsterOfTheWeek Paint Roidmude]] almost [[PhantomZonePicture turned her into a picture]], if not for the intervention of Proto-Drive.[[note]]This also explains why she holds the Kamen Rider in such high regard.[[/note]] It also gets brought up in TheMovie: [[spoiler:when Shinnosuke asks his KidFromTheFuture Eiji who his mother is, Eiji says that she doesn't smile very often, but when she does it's very meaningful, prompting Shinnosuke to glance at Kiriko and mutter "It can't be..."]] |
| 192 | ** Subverted in ''Series/KamenRiderAmazons'', where tough, solemn-faced Takai goes UndercoverAsLovers with Haruka to infiltrate a restaurant run by Amazons. Everyone encourages her to smile to make the cover more convincing, and they brighten when she tries, but she ultimately gives up and admits she just can't do it. |
| 193 | ** ''Series/KamenRiderExAid'': Taiga Hanaya rarely ever shows anything else but DeathGlare[=s=] and smug smirks, but [[TheThingThatWouldNotLeave hanging out]] with Nico Saiba would eventually draw out his incredibly dorky smile for a moment. It erased [[DarkAndTroubledPast years]] of pain and resentment off his face for as long it as lasted. |
| 194 | * Penny Parker (there's that name again!), the recurring character Teri Hatcher played on ''Series/{{MacGyver|1985}}'', made her debut in an episode called... "Every Time She Smiles". In the episode, it is commented on how guys just seem to lose their judgment when she smiles at them. |
| 195 | * One episode of ''Series/TheMiddle'' had the Heck family assigning individual New Year's resolutions to each other in an anonymous draw, [[TheStoic Mike]] was told to smile more; later the family revealed to each other who assigned what to who, and Frankie says that Mike has a beautiful smile. |
| 196 | * In ''Series/MrRobot'', Elliot is completely cynical and broken after spending his whole life in a dark place. But whenever he smiles, it is always shown to be heartwarming. |
| 197 | * ''Series/TheOutpost'': Talon doesn't smile very often, but when she does, it makes her look even more beautiful. |
| 198 | %%* In the final minutes of ''Series/ParadesEnd'', when [[Creator/BenedictCumberbatch Christopher Tietjens]] is [[spoiler:dancing with Valentine after cutting ties with Sylvia]], we see his face light up with one bright, beaming supernova of a smile that puts the sun to shame. [[spoiler:Valentine]] visibly melts when she sees it. |
| 199 | * [[BrokenBird Dr. K]] from ''Series/PowerRangersRPM''. For a character that has NoSocialSkills whatsoever and comes across as a deadpan LittleMissSnarker, along with an extremely depressing past, she has a very endearing smile--a rare occurrence throughout the series. This becomes a sign that she opens up to her team as she does it more and more. It even becomes a plot point in the episode "If Venjix Won" when [[ButtMonkey Ziggy Grover]] brings her the gift of a smile on her birthday by performing an elaborate shadow puppet show while being trapped in a cave. |
| 200 | * It seems to be a pattern with people named Parker. Ms. Parker of ''Series/ThePretender'' also counts. |
| 201 | * ''Series/SchittsCreek'': |
| 202 | ** Stevie Budd rarely if ever smiles, and if she does it's usually more of a smirk. That all changes when she meets travel blogger Emir Kaplan in the fifth season. As they banter, she smiles more than she has throughout the previous four seasons of the show. |
| 203 | ** You can basically measure David's character growth by his smile -- in the beginning of the show, he rarely smiles, and his few smiles are closed-mouthed half-smirks. He starts to smile more and more as the show goes on, but it's not until the fifth season when he's in a happy and committed relationship and is in the best place emotionally that he's ever been in, that he starts fully open-mouth smiling more and more often in a way he would never have before. |
| 204 | * ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'': Sarina, one of the Augments that works with Bashir in "Statistical Improbabilities", is catatonic in that appearance due to her senses being too slow for her brain to process. In a later appearance, Bashir is able to get her highly accelerated neural pathways in tune with her senses, breaking her out of her catatonia... and the first time she smiles, Bashir is absolutely smitten with her. |
| 205 | * Generally inverted in ''Series/TerminatorTheSarahConnorChronicles''. [[RobotGirl Cameron]] does ''not'' smile much--and every time she is shown smiling, it is ''creepy as hell'' because the audience ''knows'' she's smiling to manipulate people. The sole exception to this is in "Allison From Palmdale" where a scene showing her laughing and smiling is played as this trope--as Cameron is in her "Allison" persona and thinks she's human, and thus feels real emotions. |
| 206 | %%* In a deleted scene from ''Series/TheThickOfIt'', we discover that according to a "worm poll", the public really loves Hugh Abbott's smile. |
| 207 | * ''Series/TheTwilightZone1959'': In the final scene of "[[Recap/TheTwilightZone1959S3E1Two Two]]", the woman smiles when the man says that her dress is "pryekrasnyy," meaning "beautiful." |
| 208 | %%* In ''Series/Warehouse13'' Pete tells Myka to smile because he thinks she looks pretty when she smiles. |
| 209 | %%--> '''Pete:''' Smile. You're pretty when you smile. |
| 210 | * In the Korean RomCom drama ''Series/YouAreBeautiful'', after a long day of getting lost in the city, when [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Hwang Tae-Kyung]] and Go Mi Nam [[spoiler: who's really Go Mi Nyeo, [[HalfIdenticalTwins posing as her twin brother]] while he's in America getting his plastic surgery fixed]] finally get back to the office Tae-Kyung, whose face is often wearing some gloomy, stoic, and/or grumpy look, smiles the most adorable little boy-like smile and makes Go Mi Nam's heart beat loud and hard. Naturally, since this is out-of-character for him after the slow-motion reveal his smile disappears just as fast as it came. |
| 211 | [[/folder]] |
| 212 | |
| 213 | [[folder:Music]] |
| 214 | %%* "The girl works at the store sweet Jane St. Clair / Was dazzled by her smile while I shopped there." - Barenaked Ladies, Jane. |
| 215 | %%** That's a reference to the extended version of "[[Music/VelvetUnderground Sweet Jane]]": "Heavenly wine and roses seem to whisper to her when he smiles; heavenly wine and roses seem to whisper to her when she smiles." [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WgUs7yWnDJ8 Hear it here]]. |
| 216 | * John Berry's "She's Taken A Shine," about Rosie, an unremarkable girl with an unremarkable life who transforms completely when she falls in love Jesse, a guy who frequents [[ASideOrderOfRomance the diner she works at]]. Her new countenance is the talk of the town. |
| 217 | -->''She's taken a shine to him\ |
| 218 | Becoming the woman that she's never been\ |
| 219 | And all of the guys are wishin' they hadn't been so blind\ |
| 220 | She's taken a shine to life\ |
| 221 | Now there's a sparkle in her eye\ |
| 222 | They all missed the gem, a diamond within\ |
| 223 | She's taken a shine'' |
| 224 | * Dia Frampton, "Inventing Shadows": |
| 225 | --> Don't you know the world shines |
| 226 | -->Every time you smile? |
| 227 | -->Why can't you just smile? |
| 228 | * Shawn Mullins' "Lullaby" mentions as much about the woman who's the subject of the song. |
| 229 | -->All her friends tell her she's so pretty\ |
| 230 | But she'd be a whole lot prettier\ |
| 231 | If she smiled every once in a while |
| 232 | %%* "Annie" by Safetysuit is about a 'plain Jane' who never liked what she saw in the mirror, but "she had a smile that could light up a room." |
| 233 | * Music/AnnaNalick, "Breathe (2am)": |
| 234 | -->Here in town, you can tell he's been down for a while\ |
| 235 | But, my God, it's so beautiful when the boy smiles |
| 236 | * Nine Days' "Absolutely (Story of a Girl)" is the TropeNamer: |
| 237 | -->This is the story of a girl |
| 238 | -->Who cried a river and drowned the whole world |
| 239 | -->And while she looked so sad in photographs |
| 240 | -->I absolutely love her |
| 241 | -->When she smiles |
| 242 | %%* "When I See You Smile" by Bad English could also be this trope's theme song. |
| 243 | %%* As seen in the quotes page, Van Morrison's "Jackie Wilson Said (I'm in Heaven When You Smile)" and Music/TheStoneRoses' "Standing Here". |
| 244 | %%* Music/{{Opeth}}'s Mikael Akerfeldt. Not that he's normally ''un''attractive, but when he [[http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/29/MikaelAkerfeldt.jpg smiles]], he can be almost ''{{moe}}''. |
| 245 | %%* "Just The Way You Are" by Music/BrunoMars: "And when you smile, the whole world stops and stares for a while." Wow, that has to be one heck of a smile. |
| 246 | %%* Music/{{Supertramp}}'s "Know who you are" |
| 247 | %%-->"When you smile we can see the sun" |
| 248 | %%* Music/GoldenEarring has the song "When The Lady Smiles" revolving around this trope. |
| 249 | %%* The Music/FlamingLips, "When You Smile". |
| 250 | %%-->It's like, I didn't need to\ |
| 251 | Say anything or do much, I could tell\ |
| 252 | When you smile\ |
| 253 | All of the sub-atomic pieces come together\ |
| 254 | And unfold themselves\ |
| 255 | In a second |
| 256 | %%* Daughters' "Superman" has the line, "And she smiles/Oh the way she smiles!" |
| 257 | %%* In Music/BruceSpringsteen's "Queen of the Supermarket", there is this lovely little gem about the explosive qualities of a grocer's smile: |
| 258 | %%-->"As I lift my groceries in to my car/I turn back for a moment and catch a smile/That blows this whole fucking place apart" |
| 259 | %%* ''Concrete Blonde'' also has a song called "When You Smile". Unlike what you'd expect, the musical backing of the song is DarkerAndEdgier heavy {{Grunge}}[=/=]PostPunk. |
| 260 | %%--> When you smile, I don't know what to do |
| 261 | %%--> 'Cos I could lose everything in a minute or two |
| 262 | %%--> And it seems like the end of the world... |
| 263 | %%--> ...'''when you smile.''' |
| 264 | %%* Music/TimMcGraw's "Just To See You Smile". |
| 265 | %%-->When all is said and done, |
| 266 | %%-->I'd never count the cost. |
| 267 | %%-->It's worth all that's lost |
| 268 | %%-->Just to see you smile. |
| 269 | %%* Music/JethroTull's "Reasons for Waiting": |
| 270 | %%-->Came a thousand miles |
| 271 | %%-->Just to catch you while you're smiling |
| 272 | %%** "To Cry You a Song". |
| 273 | %%--->The smile in your eyes was never so sweet before |
| 274 | %%--->I came down from the skies to cry you a song |
| 275 | %%* "Smile" by Music/UncleKracker. |
| 276 | %%* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F7vOgPIXfiU "When She Smiles"]] by [[Music/RonnieJamesDio Elf]]. |
| 277 | [[/folder]] |
| 278 | |
| 279 | [[folder:Professional Wrestling]] |
| 280 | * {{Invoked| trope}} by Wrestling/MollyHolly, who had previously been known as the cute smiley one on many rosters full of scowling brutes and vagabonds. When she stopped smiling, suddenly she wasn't so cute anymore, till it was time to participate in photoshoots and stuff, where people were reminded why she once had a {{beauty contest}} gimmick. |
| 281 | * [[Wrestling/EvanBourne Matt Sydal]]'s smile, his actual smile and not his annoying smirk, was said to be worth a million bucks by The Irish Luchador Billy [=McNeil=]. |
| 282 | * Wrestling/SaraDelRey and The World Famous Wrestling/{{Kana|koUrai}}, who both smiled quite a bit initially before becoming angry at the world and smearing their faces with painteyeshadow and covering them with masks. Sara pretty much stopped smiling for the most part, whereas Kana still smiled semi-frequently but it gained a new ominous connotation since she was always up to no good. |
| 283 | * Willow Nightingale's [[HammyHerald intro]]: |
| 284 | -->"From The Bronx, NY, she's got [[AfroAsskicker big hair]] and an even bigger smile. [[RedBaron 'The Babe With The Power']], WILLOW NIGHTINGALE!" |
| 285 | [[/folder]] |
| 286 | |
| 287 | %%[[folder:Tabletop Games]] |
| 288 | %%* The human form of Amalion, a Third Circle demon in ''TabletopGame/{{Exalted}}'', to the point that she wears a veil to keep everyone she meets from falling head over heels in love with her if she cracks a smile. |
| 289 | %%[[/folder]] |
| 290 | |
| 291 | %%[[folder:Theatre]] |
| 292 | %%* In the comic opera ''The Firefly'' (no relation to ''Series/{{Firefly}}''), a waif wins a man over from his [[DisposableFiance Disposable Fiancée]] by smiling at him. |
| 293 | %%* ''Theatre/CyranoDeBergerac'': Roxane is extremely beautiful even without smiling, but in Act I Scene V, Cyrano mentions that her smile is akin to perfection. In act IV scene V, we know this is not an InformedAbility because of Roxane's answer to the Gascon cadets about how she passed enemy lines to smuggle them food: |
| 294 | %%--> '''Roxane:''' None too hard. I but drove quietly forward in my carriage, and when some hidalgo of haughty mien would have stayed me, lo! I showed at the window my sweetest smile, and these [[OfficerAndAGentleman Senors being (with no disrespect to you) the most gallant gentlemen in the world--I passed on!]] |
| 295 | %%--> '''Carbon:''' True, that smile is a passport! |
| 296 | %%* In ''Theatre/TheLittleFoxes'', Regina has a smile that profoundly affects her brother Ben. |
| 297 | %%[[/folder]] |
| 298 | |
| 299 | [[folder:Video Games]] |
| 300 | * ''VideoGame/AlterEgo2018'': In the True Ending, [[spoiler:Es]] is finally able to smile with contentment at herself, having made peace with both her impulses, restraints, and desire to explore herself. That ending is the final one in both her and the Wanderer's journey, so her smiling symbolizes a HappyEnding and invites a feeling of healing. |
| 301 | * [[VideoGame/CaveStory Quote]] in ''VideoGame/BladeStrangers'' is a PerpetualFrowner 80% of the game, but in his [[http://5b0988e595225.cdn.sohucs.com/images/20180829/5d76e342be36440cbebba6a94ee54d14.jpeg reveal trailer]] and [[https://youtu.be/xWuWiviY4E0?t=876 when he meets Curly]] again Quote has a warm smile on his face. |
| 302 | * In ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaOrderOfEcclesia'', [[spoiler:[[BigBrotherInstinct Albus']] LastRequest as his soul is [[HeroicSacrifice sacrificed]] for [[DangerousForbiddenTechnique Dominus]] is for [[EmotionlessGirl Shanoa]] to give him one last smile. [[TearfulSmile She does]].]] |
| 303 | * Taiga spends a lot of his interactions with Muriel in ''VideoGame/DuelSaviorDestiny'' wishing she'd lighten up a little. He's never really at ease near her due to her stoic attitude, so when she smiles and laughs at the end of Mia's route [[spoiler:[[SubvertedTrope he's terrified and runs away.]]]] |
| 304 | * Adam from ''VideoGame/DeusExMankindDivided'' and ''VideoGame/DeusExHumanRevolution'' is a PerpetualFrowner, but an easter egg in ''Mankind Divided'' has him sport a small smile when he finds a note from [[spoiler: Malik on the bottom of his breakfast cereal box in his apartment.]] |
| 305 | * One level in ''VideoGame/EliteBeatAgents'' has this trope as its very goal, as you must help a younger Leonardo da Vinci win the heart of a certain beautiful but emotionless young woman. Win, and she does give a beautiful smile, which inspires Leo to draw a certain famous painting. |
| 306 | %% * ''VideoGame/Fallout4'' has Cait, the chem-addicted gladiatorial fighter. [[spoiler:When she's successfully cured of her addiction, the only physical change is that her normally dour expression is replaced with a beaming, optimistic smile]] |
| 307 | * ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'': |
| 308 | ** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIIRemake'': |
| 309 | *** Cloud Strife is a mostly PerpetualFrowner and is mocked by various characters for it, which is implied to be [[ADarkerMe an affectation he does to look cool]]. But when he lets his mask slip, his smile is very cute -- other characters act delighted to see it, and Jessie in particular coos over it. |
| 310 | *** The lyrics to the ending theme, "Hollow", are (according to WordOfGod) from Cloud's perspective and concern getting to see someone's beautiful smile again... though whose smile this is is left [[ShipTease ambiguous.]] |
| 311 | *** In the "Intermission" DLC, the villainess Scarlet comments that Yuffie Kisaragi has a cute smile. |
| 312 | ** In ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIII'' |
| 313 | *** While he never smiles at all in the entire game, [[spoiler: Squall]] finally smiles in the very end. |
| 314 | *** In the same way, [[spoiler:during the last appearance of Seifer, we can see him with a very sweet smile, rather than the SmugSmirk he used to show throughout the adventure, as he watches the BGU flying over the bridge where he was fishing, and it is very heartwarming]]. |
| 315 | ** Lightning in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIII'' and ''VideoGame/LightningReturnsFinalFantasyXIII'', especially in the epilogue of the latter. |
| 316 | ** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV'' has Emet-Selch, an [[{{Precursors}} Ascian]] with an embittered attitude, sarcastic smirks and a back bent by the burden of having spent the last 10,000 years or so [[spoiler:[[TragicVillain attempting to restore his world,]] [[WellIntentionedExtremist no matter the cost.]] When you finally kill him at the climax of the ''Shadowbringers'' main quest storyline, he stands up straight, finally freed from the burden of his responsibilities, begs you not to forget that he and his people once existed, and gives you a sincere smile. It is at once deeply heartwarming and absolutely heartrending.]] |
| 317 | ** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXV'': |
| 318 | *** Noctis Lucis Caelum, the main player character, is usually seen with a straight face to match his sarcastic demeanor. However, that did not stop both the game and fandom from taking note of the fact that his smile is not only rare but very beautiful and cherished. One famous moment is his reunion with his friends after the timeskip and the last campfire scene at the end of the game. |
| 319 | *** The Episode Ignis DLC also gives us more evaluation as to why Ignis nearly sacrifices himself all to save Noct from performing the ultimate HeroicSacrifice in the main game as well. He lives to see his beloved friend smile. |
| 320 | * ''VideoGame/FireEmblemThreeHouses'': |
| 321 | ** Due to [[PlayerCharacter Byleth]] being TheStoic to the point where some will comment that their impassiveness is offputting, the rare instances in which they do smile tend to draw this reaction. When their father, Jeralt, takes note of it, he confesses that returning to Garreg Mach Monastery was worth it just to see them smile. |
| 322 | *** The ''Cindered Shadows'' side story reveals that their mother was similarly stoic. Both [[HappilyMarried Jeralt]] and [[DidNotGetTheGirl Aelfric]] wax poetic about her smile. |
| 323 | ** Cyril and Lysithea's supports center around Cyril's illiteracy. Lysithea starts helping Cyril by reading lists for him, but at one point asks why he doesn't try learning on his own. Cyril replies that he enjoys having Lysithea read things for him as she always seems happy when he asks for help- and when she's happy, she smiles, and he thinks she's pretty when she smiles. [[ShipTease This flusters Lysithea greatly, and Cyril is surprised to learn that other people haven't told her this.]] |
| 324 | ** [[DeathSeeker Marianne]] normally has a morose expression on her face at all times, befitting her sullen personality. The few times she does sincerely smile are thus acknowledged positively, such as Claude expressing delight when she smiles in their A-Support scene. |
| 325 | %%* Natasha of ''VideoGame/FireEmblemTheSacredStones'', while beautiful, is very serious and leans towards TheWoobie. Naturally, most of her romantic supports feature the wooer attempting to cheer her up. |
| 326 | %%** ''VideoGame/FireEmblemGenealogyOfTheHolyWar'' has Fury, a serious and naive LadyOfWar. Her love talks often involve her love interests trying to get her to loosen up and smile. |
| 327 | * Sin Kiske from ''[[VideoGame/GuiltyGear Guilty Gear Xrd]]'' tries to invoke this with [[PersonOfMassDestruction Ramlethal]]; during her cinematic attacks and winposes she loves to deliver a toothy SlasherSmile, but ''he'' wants to see her smile for real. In fact in ''-REVELATOR-'', the slasher smile from her winpose is replaced with a wistful frown. [[spoiler: She also [[GoOutWithASmile goes out with a smile]].]] |
| 328 | ** Although no PerpetualFrowner like his ''Franchise/{{Blazblue}}'' counterpart Ragna, Sol is a moody and melancholic figure who has been grappling with the [[TheLostLenore death of his wife Aria]] and his RoaringRampageOfRevenge against That Man for centuries. The closest he ever comes to smiling is an [[GrinOfAudacity arrogant smirk]] whenever some chump tries to fight him. [[spoiler:Only in the ending of ''VideoGame/GuiltyGearStrive'' when he's reunited (in a sense) with Aria and finally made peace with Asuka does he genuinely smile with joy.]] |
| 329 | * In ''VideoGame/IWasATeenageExocolonist'', Dys and Tang rarely ever smile because the former doesn't care about the colony while the latter is so focused on her lab work. When they ''do'' smile, it's because they've become more comfortable with Sol over the years, to their appreciation. |
| 330 | * In ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsChainOfMemories'', when Namine laughs, Sora says he likes it when she expresses happiness. |
| 331 | %% * [[spoiler:Isa]] at the end of ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsIII''. |
| 332 | * This trope is pretty much the cornerstone of any ending for the Ikari Warriors team in ''Franchise/TheKingOfFighters'', where the mercenary team's antics help to get the [[EmotionlessGirl ever-stoic Leona]] to smile or laugh. It's adorable just about much every time it happens. |
| 333 | * In ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild'', Zelda for most of the game has a solemn and serious expression but [[spoiler:the Great Deku Tree]] remarked that she has a smile like the sun and they greatly wished to feel its warmth again (and in the Japanese version, Link writes in the final entry of the adventure log that he hopes to save Zelda as soon as possible to see her smile with his own eyes). The few times that she does smile [[spoiler: like in the True Ending]] is absolutely adorable and beautiful. |
| 334 | * ''Franchise/MassEffect'': |
| 335 | ** [[BrokenBird Jack]], who spends time being a [[TheCynic cynical]], AxCrazy BloodKnight with DeathSeeker tendencies and [[LonersAreFreaks isolates herself]] from everyone else, actually gives off a genuine smile of happiness if [[AllLovingHero Shepard]] romances her. |
| 336 | ** In ''3'', Liara has [[TookALevelInCynic taken a level in cynic]] at this point due to a string of tragic events occurring in her life, but if Shepard [[PetTheDog comforts her]] in her time of need, then she'll let out a small smile like she used to back when she was a WideEyedIdealist the first time they met. |
| 337 | * Raizze Haimer, the EmotionlessGirl of ''VideoGame/MitsumeteKnight'', has a special event and CG, where she has a rare beautiful smile, [[spoiler: when the Asian is poisoned and she manages to save him]]. The game's CG Gallery names this CG "Mezurashii Egao" ("An unusual smiling face"). |
| 338 | %%* ''VideoGame/{{Persona 2}}'' does this, too. Tatsuya, of all people, has this to the point where Maya points it out in the bomb shelter. |
| 339 | * ''Franchise/ResidentEvil'' |
| 340 | ** TheStoic Chris Redfield doesn't smile, but when he does [[https://66.media.tumblr.com/636a511da13488250372c4cc9165bdfd/tumblr_olz06dtGS81skp6koo1_r2_250.gif it's quite nice]]. |
| 341 | ** Likewise Chris's sister Claire is almost a PerpetualFrowner in the ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil2Remake'', but when she does smile it's [[https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DygutmMXQAMn8rl.jpg very]] [[https://66.media.tumblr.com/dca7947b15d9f5755f54d239c53f68a2/tumblr_pmccuhDEL81v4gao7_500.gif radiant]]. |
| 342 | ** Aside from ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil4'' Leon is very stoic, so seeing him [[https://66.media.tumblr.com/2e301e9a7bb3463290dc6a79bca2f7c4/tumblr_pn88u3ok1p1taarvc_1280.png smile]] [[http://img15.deviantart.net/22ee/i/2012/312/3/8/leon_s_kennedy_by_sasori18fan-d5kcn21.jpg is a rare]] [[https://i.pinimg.com/originals/39/82/f4/3982f4c1603a1454e298802588281b70.jpg treat]]. |
| 343 | * In ''VideoGame/TheSandman2014'', one character describes the normally stoic and emotionally repressed Sophie as having "a smile like a goddess of the sun". And indeed, in the best ending, we get to see her flash a lovely smile for the first time all game. |
| 344 | * ''VideoGame/SINoALICE'': The ending of the Taiwanese and Global servers has Alice, who has been rather morose for the entire game, finally smile after [[spoiler:[[AllJustADream waking up from her dream with a new lease on life]]]], depicted in a positive light as her friend then happily heads out of the classroom they were in alongside her. |
| 345 | * In ''VideoGame/SouthParkTheStickOfTruth'', the New Kid, aka Douchebag, only smiles when Butters uses his healing touch on him. |
| 346 | ** In ''VideoGame/SouthParkTheFracturedButWhole'', the New Kid, aka Butthole, emotes a lot more often, usually in battle, where their expressions can range from anger, sadness, and happiness whenever they use a superhero ability. But during cutscenes, they smile at exactly three moments, the first being when they play the mandolin and flugelhorn while performing community service for the old people, showing how much they're enjoying it. [[spoiler:The second time is after they and the other members Coon and Friends finally rescue Scrambles from the police. The third time is when the DLC sidequest "Bring the Crunch" is completed after you defeat the alien invading Lake Tardicaca, where the New Kid has the biggest smile on their face along with the other heroes when they win.]] |
| 347 | %% * Ryu from ''Franchise/StreetFighter'' becomes a PerpetualFrowner in later titles but when he reunites with Ken and Chun-Li in the ''[[VideoGame/StreetFighterV SFV]]'' he has [[http://game.capcom.com/manual/sfv/en-us/img/5_1_1_1.jpg unmistakable warm smile]] on his face. |
| 348 | * In ''VideoGame/TalesOfBerseria'', seeing Velvet smile post-breakage is a rare treat. Typical triggers for her include Laphicet, her eventual CharacterDevelopment, Laphicet, her TrueCompanions, and [[RuleOfThree Laphicet]]. |
| 349 | * In ''VideoGame/TalesOfSymphonia'', even after EmotionlessGirl Presea regains her soul and starts being ''capable'' of emotions again, she's got a lot of trauma to deal with and is mostly TheStoic. But after rescuing Colette (and being forgiven for her part in the most recent kidnapping, since she was basically under MindControl), she smiles for real, and everyone notes how cute it is. |
| 350 | * This might seem to be a strange trope to bring up when you're talking about a PerpetualSmiler, but [[spoiler:Sans the Skeleton]] from ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}'' apparently has a distinct enough difference between [[StepfordSmiler the smile he normally sports]] and the smile he makes when he's genuinely happy that it's even recognizable in a photograph. Depending on the context in which you do so, finding the photo album in his room and having the description of its contents followed by a simple "He looks happy" is either one of the saddest or one the most uplifting text-only moments in the entire game. |
| 351 | * Neku in ''VideoGame/TheWorldEndsWithYou'' is usually a stoic DeadpanSnarker, but during a flashback in the [[spoiler:second week]], [[http://l-userpic.livejournal.com/89429693/13790563 it's just awesome to see such a withdrawn character smile without a hint of cynicism or sarcasm.]] |
| 352 | * ''[[VideoGame/Yakuza2 Yakuza Kiwami 2]]'': If Kiryu manages to get Shoko to lower her guard and let her real personality shine through a little in her interactions with the rest of the cast at Four Shine, everyone she comes into contact with will comment on how her real smile is much more beautiful than her professional one. |
| 353 | * In ''Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's World Championship 2011: Over the Nexus'', [[EmotionlessGirl Misaki]] displays a cold attitude towards everyone throughout the entire game. In the ending, however, she congratulates the player with [[http://vignette1.wikia.nocookie.net/yugioh/images/1/14/Misaki_Smile-WC11.png/revision/latest?cb=20110617014442 this.]] |
| 354 | [[/folder]] |
| 355 | |
| 356 | [[folder:Visual Novels]] |
| 357 | * ''Franchise/AceAttorney'': |
| 358 | ** In "Rise From The Ashes" from [[VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorney the first game]], your client is Chief Prosecutor Lana Skye who spends the entire case from stoic to irritated to angry. It's stated repeatedly by her sister Ema, and other people that she used to smile a lot more and after a certain case, she completely changed, but no action from her ever indicates any of this was ever true. Until you actually solve the case and prove that [[spoiler: Ema did not murder Prosecutor Neil Marshall like Lana genuinely believed and that the real killer of her case and the one mentioned before was Damon Gant, Chief of Police, meaning Ema was innocent all along.]] The revelation finally hits her and she finally shows that smile everyone talked about all case long. And it is an AMAZING one! |
| 359 | ** Adrian Andrews in the final case of ''[[VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorneyJusticeForAll Justice For All]]''. First she tries to present herself as TheStoic, only to be revealed that this is a front she puts to appear strong and [[spoiler:cope with her mentor's death]]. She progressively breaks down in the stand after she gets implicated in a murder she didn't commit, but once the real culprit is found out, she's able to smile genuinely feeling happy with who she is. By the next game, [[TookALevelInCheerfulness she's much nicer and more cheerful, and her default expression has her smiling]]. |
| 360 | ** In Case 2 of ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorneyDualDestinies'', Jinxie Tenma, the daughter of the defendant, usually has an expression that ranges from gloomy to terrified. Which is no small part caused by her demanding job as a maid, her fear of Youkai, and [[spoiler: her being in the middle of a merger that is resulting in a murder and the false accusation of her father and hero]]. By the end of the trial where her father is found innocent and [[spoiler: debunking Tenma Taro's existence]], she is so relieved that she smiles for the first time in the whole Episode. Something that Apollo and Athena make note of. |
| 361 | %%** Phoenix apparently also has this opinion of Edgeworth, telling him he should smile more at the end of ''Dual Destinies''. |
| 362 | ** Subverted in ''VisualNovel/TheGreatAceAttorney'' when Susato tries to invoke this trope from the eternally grim-faced Barok van Zieks in order to lift the mood after a very harrowing and emotionally draining trial full of {{Heroic BSOD}}s and {{Villainous Breakdown}}s. Unfortunately, van Zieks either did not get the memo or ignored it completely. |
| 363 | --->'''Susato:''' I'm quite sure that when you see Lord van Ziek's smiling face, everything will seem much better! |
| 364 | --->'''Van Zieks:''' [[ThousandYardStare .....]] |
| 365 | --->'''Ryunosuke:''' ... Um, Miss Susato... everything seems ''worse.'' |
| 366 | * ''VisualNovel/CafeEnchante'': Ignis normally has a scowl, a frown or at best, a cocky smile. But in his route, there was a moment where he smiles gently at Kotone and she is taken back by the warmth in his smile. |
| 367 | * In ''VisualNovel/CodeRealize'', Cardia is a borderline EmotionlessGirl due to living in isolation as long as she could remember. The first time she smiles without any restraint, it brings all the love interests in the room to a halt as they stare at her in wonder. Lupin even goes as far as to say they should make this day a national holiday. |
| 368 | * In ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'', Saber rarely smiles for herself as she always smiled for others. So when she gives a genuine smile in the Fate route, Shirou couldn't help but feel warm after seeing her smile. |
| 369 | * In ''VisualNovel/LittleBusters'', Nishizono Mio gets this treatment. |
| 370 | -->'''Mio''': I'm so glad.\ |
| 371 | '''Riki''': I am, too.\ |
| 372 | '''Mio''': ...why?\ |
| 373 | '''Riki''': Because I now know you can smile like that. |
| 374 | * ''VisualNovel/KatawaShoujo'': |
| 375 | ** Hanako is perpetually downcast ShrinkingViolet because of her physical and mental scars caused by the fire that killed her parents. Her smile is recognized in-game as one of the most beautiful sights the protagonist has ever seen. |
| 376 | ** Shizune who normally has a very serious, almost bossy demeanor also seems to have a nice smile. At the very least, it's nice enough that Hisao tells her that she should smile more during her Act 1 ending. |
| 377 | * [[TheStoic Kyoko Kirigiri]] and [[TheEeyore Touko Fukawa]] in ''VisualNovel/DanganronpaTriggerHappyHavoc'' do have sprites that could be described as smiling, but in Kirigiri's case it's more of an [[SmugSmiler arrogant smirk]] while Fukawa's would be better described as a [[TheUnSmile sneer or a nervous chuckle]]. However, both have two standout cases where they do smile for real: in Kirigiri's final Free-Time Event, she manages to tease Naegi again and his reaction has her seemingly trying to hold in her laughter and failing (this sprite ''never'' gets used elsewhere). For Fukawa it's at the start of the 6th chapter when she sees Naegi safe and sound after he was supposedly executed in the last chapter. The other case is [[spoiler:in an old class photo taken during a sports festival when everyone was in school together, where both girls can be seen with warm smiles.]] |
| 378 | ** In Ultra Despair Girls, after developing her friendship with Komaru, Fukawa begins to genuinely smile, looking soft and happy. It's even more heartwarming when you consider that given her difficult life thus far, she probably hasn't smiled like that in a very long time, if ever. |
| 379 | ** Peko Pekoyama from ''VisualNovel/Danganronpa2GoodByeDespair'' is TheStoic and has two smiling sprites and tells Hajime in Free Time that she ''forgot how to smile''. Her next two Free Times are him trying to help her learn to smile. In her final Free Time, he is able to get her to smile again when he has her think of her "childhood friend's" smiling face (strongly implied to be Fuyuhiko) and thinks to himself when she's smiling: |
| 380 | --->'''Hajime:''' As Peko reminisced about her childhood friend, she looked cuter than I'd ever seen her before. I'm...a little jealous of her friend... |
| 381 | ** Following in their footsteps, Maki Harukara from ''VisualNovel/DanganronpaV3KillingHarmony'' has a grand total of ''two'' sprites where she doesn't look serious or angry and one of them is a very cute smile. |
| 382 | * ''VisualNovel/MonsterProm'': When Vera smiles and it isn't a PsychoticSmirk or a SlasherSmile, it's generally considered to be a very beautiful sight. This is recognized in-universe in which case Oz/Yellow ends up dating her, as the ending polaroid will have a comment from him about her smile. |
| 383 | -->'''Oz''': The world stops when she smiles... |
| 384 | * In ''VisualNovel/PiofioreFatedMemories'', Lili is said to have a lovely smile. In fact, seeing her smile for the first time is the start of [[spoiler: Roberto]] falling in love with her. |
| 385 | * In ''VisualNovel/SpiritHunterNG'', if the player has Akira smile via the [[DialogueTree Judgement system]], the other characters will often remark on how charming and handsome it makes him look, especially since [[PerpetualFrowner he's normally quite moody]]. |
| 386 | * Kaori Yae in the ''VisualNovel/TokimekiMemorial 2'' game series does this, particularly after [[ShesBack she has recovered]] from her HeroicBSOD. Lampshaded several times in the saga by the protagonist, such as in ''Dancing Summer Vacation'', saying the following, as he notices how dazzling she is when she smiles: |
| 387 | --> '''Protagonist''': I have the feeling it's the first time I see her smiling, without being on her guards. It feels like she's a different person. |
| 388 | [[/folder]] |
| 389 | |
| 390 | [[folder:Webcomics]] |
| 391 | * In ''Webcomic/DubiousCompany'', after learning that Tiren almost got the team killed over a toy: |
| 392 | -->'''[[InterserviceRivalry Gen. Izor]]:''' Aren't you going to discipline her?\ |
| 393 | '''[[TheCaptain Cap. Walter]]:''' Are you [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness kidding]]? This is the first time I've seen her this happy while not being [[HardDrinkingPartyGirl drunk]], [[BloodKnight violent]], or [[BrokenAce both]]. |
| 394 | * ''Webcomic/FateTypeRedline'': Sakura Saber, Okita Souji, is introduced as very stoic and serious and scares Kanata Akagi by quickly killing an attacker. When they introduce themselves, Okita gives a smile which really affects Akagi. |
| 395 | %%* Lillian in ''Webcomic/GoGetARoomie'', as noted [[http://www.gogetaroomie.com/index.php?id=332 here]] aaaaand [[http://www.gogetaroomie.com/index.php?id=333 here]]. |
| 396 | * ''Webcomic/{{Lackadaisy}}'': |
| 397 | ** [[FourEyesZeroSoul Mordecai]] of all people is given one of these in a side comic about what would make him smile. [[WordOfGod Tracy]] states that while there were [[AxeCrazy meaner]] [[SlasherSmile ways]] of answering that question, she went for the more "saccharine" of explanations: [[spoiler: remembering a happy moment from his mostly crappy childhood involving his [[EvenEvilHasLovedOnes little sister]]]]. He cracks a small smile that not only softens his presence considerably but damn near makes him seem normal. |
| 398 | ** Viktor is a giant grump with a bad temper who has been described as a "badger caught in a wire fence with a personality to match." As such, he always has either a scowl or a DeathGlare as his default expressions. The few times he does smile make him appear far friendlier and more approachable than he usually is. |
| 399 | * In ''Webcomic/{{Narbonic}}'', Helen describes Dave this way. |
| 400 | -->'''Artie:''' You like his smile?\ |
| 401 | '''Helen:''' It's rare, but when it's genuine, it simply lights up the room.\ |
| 402 | '''Artie:''' Then why do you do such terrible things to him?\ |
| 403 | '''Helen:''' Well, his scream is pretty cute too. |
| 404 | * In ''Webcomic/TrueVillains'', Bayn is an 88-year-old EvilSorcerer cursed into an eight-year-old body, remarkable for his phlegmatic attitude, formal speech patterns, "complete rejection of having fun", and constant irritation at Mia. When he ''[[https://www.truevillains.com/comic.php?P=2014-09-15-A%20Deal-jpg smiles]]'' for the first time because of something she wrote, Mia is absolutely overjoyed. |
| 405 | * Gray Yeon from ''Webcomic/WeakHero'' is a naturally reserved boy who [[DarkAndTroubledPast doesn't have a lot to smile about.]] When he first does so, his best friend makes a note of it. When he does it again in the presence of a new group of friends, they all blush in pride at him opening up. |
| 406 | [[/folder]] |
| 407 | |
| 408 | [[folder:Western Animation]] |
| 409 | * ''WesternAnimation/BojackHorseman'' has the final scene of Season 4. [[spoiler:Upon finally having a relationship he didn't wreck with his toxic influence, making amends with his friends and starting to grow as a person, [=BoJack=] is rewarded with Hollyhock stating that she still wants him in her life as a brother figure, prompting him to give his first sincere and genuine smile in the entire show]]. |
| 410 | * In ''WesternAnimation/{{Castlevania}}'', {{Dracula}} has the [[https://66.media.tumblr.com/bb111af2edaab1e2ce73914e13fa8344/tumblr_inline_p5zuxodU3Y1qec1pk_640.gif sweetest smile]] in the series but it's a understandably rare occasion. |
| 411 | * Hinted at by the producers of ''WesternAnimation/{{Daria}}'' involving the title character when they used the trope namer song in the credits of "Boxing Daria". |
| 412 | * Inverted in an episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheGrimAdventuresOfBillyAndMandy.'' PerpetualFrowner Mandy enters a beauty pageant and Grim and Billy spend the entire episode trying to make her smile. When Mandy finally does smile it '''''[[RealityBreakingParadox breaks reality]],''''' so much so that our main protagonists end up as ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls''. |
| 413 | -->'''Sir Raven''': You fools! You've messed with the ''natural order!'' |
| 414 | ** Played straight during a few early episodes, usually for [[PsychoticSmirk a malevolent reason]]. |
| 415 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Kaeloo}}'': Mr. Cat's default expression is an annoyed frown, and when he does smile it's usually a SlasherSmile, an arrogant, smug smile, or a smile at seeing someone else miserable. When he smiles for real in episodes like Episode 105 or Episode 129, it's a truly heartwarming moment, usually between him and Kaeloo. |
| 416 | * ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' has several characters for whom a natural, happy smile is difficult, which makes it that much more meaningful when they ''do'' pull it off: |
| 417 | ** Pinkie Pie and her family were a whole group of {{Perpetual Frowner}}s living on a rock farm. When Pinkie witnessed Rainbow Dash's sonic rainboom, the sight of it caused her to smile for the first time and throw her own party. With that, the rest of her family smiles too, and she earns her cutie mark. |
| 418 | ** Babs Seed from "One Bad Apple" is a bully who usually sports a SlasherSmile when first introduced, but when she pulls a HeelFaceTurn and is initiated into the Cutie Mark Crusaders, the feeling of acceptance makes her pull a smile that's [[http://vignette1.wikia.nocookie.net/mlp/images/6/61/Babs_Seed_as_the_newest_addition_to_the_CMC_S3E4.png/revision/latest?cb=20121125232634 just goddamn adorable.]] |
| 419 | ** Maud Pie is the most stable [[TheStoic stoic]]-bordering-on-EmotionlessGirl pony among the show's recurring characters, about as far a cry from her GenkiGirl sister Pinkie [[SiblingYinYang as one can get]]. It makes the few times she actually smiles in the show that much more impactful, usually when she sees that her sister is also happy. |
| 420 | ** Starlight Glimmer, the BigBad of Season 5 is this when [[spoiler:she ends up pulling a HeelFaceTurn and accepts Twilight's offer of friendship and tutelage]]. Her smile looks more genuine than it did in her other appearances. |
| 421 | ** Even ''[[MadGod Discord]]'' has his moments. Normally, he smiles in a smug, mean-spirited way. However, after his HeelFaceTurn, he tends to smile in a more genuine, friendly way. It's adorable, [[UglyCute in a weird way.]] |
| 422 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse'': Prior to the episode "Lost in Language", [[AcademicAlphaBitch Amity Blight]] only had three expressions, [[SmugSmiler a smug grin]], [[DeadpanSnarker a deadpan stare]], and [[UnstoppableRage pure rage]]. Once she realizes that Luz isn't actually so bad or when she's reading to younger kids, she gives a real smile for the first time. Luz even lampshades it when she sees it. |
| 423 | --> '''Luz:''' Amity seems so nice, and ''smiley''! |
| 424 | * ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'': |
| 425 | ** Ferb, being TheStoic, is normally shown with a blank expression. The moment where he smiles is a sight to behold. |
| 426 | ** Same goes for Perry, who usually has a mindless look (in pet mode) or a serious frown (as a secret agent). |
| 427 | * ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsRebels'': Surprisingly enough, when [[StateSec Agent]] [[ArchEnemy Kallus]] actually has cause to ''genuinely'' smile, as opposed to the [[SmugSmiler smug smirk]] he usually does, it's like this. The warmest one comes in [[Recap/StarWarsRebelsS3E19ZeroHour "Zero]] [[Recap/StarWarsRebelsS3E20ZeroHourPartII Hour"]], after [[spoiler:his [[HeelFaceTurn defection]] from the Empire, when he thanks Kanan and the ''Ghost'' crew for taking him in despite their pasts, and Kanan thanks him for everything [[TheMole he did]]]]. |
| 428 | * ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'': [[spoiler:White Diamond.]] One of [[spoiler:Pink's]] drawings in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS5E25Familiar "Familiar"]] shows her with a genuinely happy smile, and after [[spoiler:Steven convinces her to stop forcing her perfectionism on everyone]], she gives a small but sincere smile at the end of [[Recap/StevenUniverseS5E28ChangeYourMind "Change Your Mind"]], and it's ''adorable''. |
| 429 | * ''WesternAnimation/StormHawks'': [[BigBad Master Cyclonis']] default "smile" is usually a PsychoticSmirk when she isn't frowning, but in "Five Days", she lets loose a genuinely adorable happy smile [[spoiler:upon repairing a crystal that shows an image of [[EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas her grandmother]] and herself as an infant]]. |
| 430 | * In ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans2003'', it's implied that Beast Boy feels this way toward the [[TheStoic Stoic]] and [[TheCynic Cynical]] Raven, as he puts immense effort into getting her to smile. |
| 431 | * [[KnightInSourArmor Arcee]] in ''WesternAnimation/TransformersPrime'' has seen countless death and destruction in the war with the Decepticons, but when her friends comfort her, she'll start opening up around them and surprisingly give off an innocent smile as a sign of friendship. |
| 432 | * Ice Bear of ''WesternAnimation/WeBareBears'' usually sports a neutral or frustrated expression, but smiles on occasions. |
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