1 | '''Basic Trope''': A usually [[TheStoic stoic]] character tries to smile, but it ends up being creepy. |
2 | * '''Straight''': Bob, who has never been seen smiling, finally does, but it heads straight into the UncannyValley. |
3 | * '''Exaggerated''': Bob, who has never been seen smiling, finally does, but his [[SlasherSmile smile]] twists and stretches his facial features in ways that people normally insist are physically impossible. |
4 | * '''Downplayed''': Bob, who has never been seen smiling, finally does, but it looks somewhat creepy until he gets it under control. |
5 | * '''Justified''': |
6 | ** Bob, while attractive in real life, is just not very photogenic. |
7 | ** Bob can smile just fine when he has something to smile about. ''Faking'' a smile, on the other hand, gives Bob a CentipedesDilemma which makes him screw it up. |
8 | * '''Inverted''': WhenSheSmiles. |
9 | * '''Subverted''': Bob slowly smiles, and it seems to be heading into the uncanny valley, but becomes cute smile. |
10 | * '''Double Subverted''': ...Then it keeps going into creepiness. |
11 | * '''Parodied''': Bob's smile is so horrible to look at that every adult around him [[BringMyBrownPants loses]] [[PottyFailure bladder control]], while all infants and children in the nearby area start to cry. |
12 | * '''Zig Zagged''': |
13 | ** Bob's smiles can either be this or WhenSheSmiles, often without rhyme or reason. |
14 | ** Bob's smile is CreepyCute. |
15 | * '''Averted''': Bob's smile is in no way creepy. |
16 | * '''Enforced''': When the actor playing Bob smiles, it really does look creepy, and he'd need a plastic surgeon, an orthodontist, and a specialized facial expression coach to change that. So instead, Bob's creepy smile is [[ThrowItIn just thrown in]] as a genuine character trait. |
17 | * '''Lampshaded''': "Is that a smile or did you lose a fight with a weed whacker?" |
18 | * '''Invoked''': "We want to use Stoic Bob in a joke. I wonder how..." |
19 | * '''Exploited''': |
20 | ** Bob's creepy smile is used to distract a guard so they can sneak in somewhere. |
21 | ** Bob uses his creepy smile to intimidate someone. |
22 | * '''Defied''': Bob refuses to even try to smile. |
23 | * '''Discussed''': "So why did we ask Bob to smile again?" "Who knows? I really wish we hadn't. It's creepy." |
24 | * '''Conversed''': "Bob really looks better when he doesn't smile. It's actually quite unsettling." |
25 | * '''Deconstructed''': Bob was in a horrible accident years ago, and the facial nerves and muscles didn't heal right. |
26 | * '''Reconstructed''': There is nothing that Bob wants to smile about anyway. |
27 | * '''Implied''': The audience never sees Bob's smile, but Alice seems quite unnerved by it. |
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30 | Go back to TheUnsmile, and seriously, stop smiling. You're creeping everyone out. |
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32 | %% Optional items, added after Conversed, at your discretion: |
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35 | %%* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ??? |
36 | %%* '''Played For Laughs''': ??? |
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