1 | '''Basic Trope''': A character's malicious smile is unsettling and often indicates [[AxCrazy insanity and violence]]. |
2 | * '''Straight''': Before stabbing Alice, Bob smiles with his teeth exposed and his eyes wide. |
3 | * '''Exaggerated''': |
4 | ** An EldritchAbomination has a smile so disturbing [[BrownNote that just looking at it causes illness.]] |
5 | ** Alice encounters "Bob", a body-snatching SerialKiller ghost, who always makes clear is possessing someone by making them do a gigantic grin a split second before he starts a rampage. |
6 | * '''Downplayed''': |
7 | ** PsychoticSmirk |
8 | ** {{Jerkass}} Alice gets in trouble BIG TIME. As she's being sent to the boss, the last thing she sees is Bob giving her a [[GrinOfAudacity shit eating grin]]. |
9 | * '''Justified''': Bob is going to enjoy what he's about to do VERY MUCH. |
10 | * '''Inverted''': |
11 | ** Before stabbing Alice, Bob bares his teeth in a vicious, disturbing growl - a Slasher Scowl. |
12 | ** Bob frowns, angries, glooms or is shown absolutely calm and serious, but this indicates and evokes calmness, peace and bliss. |
13 | ** DissonantSerenity |
14 | ** WhenSheSmiles |
15 | * '''Subverted''': TheUnSmile |
16 | * '''Double Subverted''': Bob tries harder, it just gets worse. |
17 | * '''Parodied''': |
18 | ** Bob flashes one of these while doing something good. |
19 | ** Bob does this so often that his jaw starts to hurt. |
20 | * '''Zig Zagged''': Bob's smile looks fine until you shoot him from the angle that achieves the KubrickStare |
21 | * '''Averted''': Bob [[PerpetualFrowner doesn't smile]] [[TheStoic at all]]. |
22 | * '''Enforced''': "Let's show how much he enjoys it, by making him smile." |
23 | * '''Lampshaded''': |
24 | ** "Bob's smile is so creepy....and why is he holding a knife?" |
25 | ** "The baring of teeth is a threat display in many species...including humans, apparently." |
26 | * '''Invoked''': [[TechnicalPacifist Bob]] doesn't want to hurt Alice. He puts on a slasher smile and wields a knife to try to scare her away without hurting her. |
27 | * '''Exploited''': Alice notices Bob's smile is not a happy smile at all and gets the hell away from him! |
28 | * '''Defied''': Bob stays stone-faced and stoic while still plotting something malicious against Alice. |
29 | * '''Discussed''': "I do believe you can analyze murderous intent in smiles by the following factors... |
30 | * '''Conversed''': "He's smiling like THAT? This will not end well for our heroes...." |
31 | ---- |
32 | Back to SlasherSmile. And wipe that grin off your face, it's scary! |
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34 | |
35 | %% Optional items, added after Conversed, at your discretion: |
36 | %% |
37 | %%* '''Implied:''': ??? |
38 | %%* '''Deconstructed''': ??? |
39 | %%* '''Reconstructed''': ??? |
40 | %%* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ??? |
41 | %%* '''Played For Laughs''': ??? |
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