Line #6 PlayingWith/TheUnsmile

Context PlayingWith / TheUnsmile

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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''': ???

Context PlayingWith / TheUnsmile