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[[caption-width-right:350:Not just for Creator/{{DreamWorks|Animation}}, though.[[note]]\\
'''First row:''' [[WesternAnimation/{{Megamind}} Megamind and Metro Man]], [[WesternAnimation/TheBossBaby Boss Baby]], [[Franchise/ToyStory Buzz Lightyear]].\\
'''Middle row:''' [[WesternAnimation/TheEmojiMovie Poop]], [[WesternAnimation/{{Zootopia}} Nick Wilde]], WesternAnimation/Shrek1. '''Third row:''' WesternAnimation/{{Coraline}}, [[WesternAnimation/Frozen2013 Elsa]], [[WesternAnimation/OverTheHedge RJ]].[[/note]]]]

->''"Uhh... There are talking animals. And they do things animals don't normally do. And they all make this face." ''(holds up picture of guy smirking)''''
-->-- '''Creator/{{DreamWorks|Animation}} representative''', [[http://i.imgur.com/LuYTe.jpg short]] {{webcomic|s}}

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You know that face. The clever, asymmetrical [[TwinkleSmile smirk]]. The similarly [[FascinatingEyebrow crooked eyebrows]]. The intense stare-down that comes at you from the promo posters. It's the expression that tells you the hero is going to be up to no good, and is much cooler than any of those classic, mainstream, conformist wimps those ''other'' studios produce... except the character him- or -herself never, or rarely, makes that face to begin with in the show! It's usually a way to get audiences to see a particular film over another, and promises a very different tone from what we are used to. It's the facial expression form of hip, sassy and snarky dialogue.

This trope pertains to faces seen outside of the body of the film or TV show and only in marketing material... in posters, billboards, ads, etc. Otherwise, it would be a NoFourthWall or an AsideGlance.

Films produce advertising and posters as various stages of production and all of these are meant to be teasers. The stuff that comes first is normally dominated by faces staring at you because that's the only thing finalized at that point. So the [=DreamWorks=] Face is one of numerous stock attractive faces. For instance, you may have also seen the "everyone is smiling, bright eyes and maybe waving at you".

See also MascotWithAttitude, AmericanKirbyIsHardcore, SeanConneryIsAboutToShootYou.

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!!Examples:
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[[folder:Advertising]]
* Isaiah Mustafa as Advertising/TheManYourManCouldSmellLike in the Old Spice commercials, especially when he's on a horse.
* The red M&M has this expression permanently etched onto his face in advertisements, reflecting his sarcastic personality.
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[[folder:Anime and Manga]]
* ''Literature/{{Anpanman}}'': Nigauriman is TheCharmer and often does this to the ladies.
* ''Anime/{{Daimos}}'':
** [[IHaveBoobsYouMustObey Raiza]], [[SmugSnake who prides herself]] in being [[AlienPrince Prince]] [[EvilPrince Richter]]'s right hand, is prone to this trope. She makes an especially smug [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/dreamworksface.png one]] when gleefully telling [[HandsomeLech Melvi]] that [[spoiler:Dr. Wallin]] was executed for treason against the Baam Empire.
** [[RichBitch Reiko]], the dim-witted [[UpperClassTwit upper-class]] woman from episode 11, makes [[https://hero.fandom.com/wiki/File:Smugreiko.png one]] as she confidently proclaims that [[CulturedBadass Kyoushiro]] is in love with her. It serves to highlight her TheDitz status [[AbhorrentAdmirer since it couldn't be farther from the truth]].
* ''Manga/{{Lady}}'': When [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/hiroyuki_2.png Hiroyuki]]'s introduced, he smiles with half-lidded eyes as he {{troll}}s his AlphaBitch cousin Sonoko.
* ''Anime/LaSeineNoHoshi'': The anime's [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/simone_6.jpg official soundtrack cover]] features the titular heroine, Simone, smirking this way as she holds her sword between her teeth.
* ''Anime/KazeNoShojoEmily'': Rhoda Stewart is a smug AcademicAlphaBitch who loves to rub her successes in Emily's face and pranks her on her first day of school with a live snake, Each time, she has this smirk.
* ''Anime/PrincessDiana'': Yes, [[https://lair.riczroninfactories.eu/2021/07/niji-no-kanata-e-shoujo-diana-monogatari/ even Princess Diana]] can make a DreamworksFace.
* On the Volume 4 cover of ''Manga/PuellaMagiKazumiMagica'', Niko Kanna sports one.
* ''Manga/SeraphOfTheEnd'': Shinoa Hiiragi often makes this face befitting to her [[TheGadfly Gadfly]] status. If you see her on a cover, she'll usually be wearing a DreamWorksFace.
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[[folder:Asian Animation]]
* ''Animation/PleasantGoatAndBigBigWolf'': [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/xyy/images/3/35/Sparky0.png/revision/latest?cb=20190325081924 This artwork of Sparky]] shows him with the smirk and the crooked eyebrows that are characteristic of the [=DreamWorks=] Face.
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[[folder:Comic Books]]
* This expression has become an [[http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_1E8eWhxtOCo/SNlQfvi3WyI/AAAAAAAAAKY/LSe9KO6jAog/s400/tick1.jpg iconic]] [[http://westfieldcomics.com/wow/art/large/JUL111187.jpg image]] of ComicBook/TheTick.
* ComicBook/{{Superboy|1994}}/Kon-El has a habit of grinning or smirking while raising an eyebrow at friend or foe alike when making sarcastic quips. He also makes such an expression to the viewer on a [[ComicBook/SuperboyAndTheRavers couple]] of [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kon_3.png covers]].
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[[folder:Fan Works]]
* A rare literary example is used for a cheap laugh in the end of Fanfic/GarfieldInAlongCameASplut. It's even ''called'' the "[=DreamWorks=] attitude expression"!
* The cover image of ''Fanfic/TheCelestiaCode''.
* ''FanFic/PokemonMysteryDungeonWhatCameAfter'': Popplio is doing this on the cover art.
* The cover image of ''FanFic/SaikoRocks'' has Saiko do a more subdued version.
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[[folder:Films -- Animated]]
* The {{Trope Namer|s}} is, obviously, Creator/DreamWorksAnimation, who uses this face in most of its film posters, where it may also be the TropeCodifier. The image above explains it.
-->'''Megamind:''' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5yBtk23fXI Do you feel the taunting power of my eyebrow?]]
* Sometimes used in Creator/{{Pixar}}'s posters.
** [[OlderThanTheyThink Buzz Lightyear]] does it in the posters for [[http://www.impawards.com/1995/posters/toy_story_ver1_xlg.jpg all]] [[https://fanart.tv/fanart/movies/863/movieposter/toy-story-2-5275e1f63a9f3.jpg of]] [[http://vignette4.wikia.nocookie.net/disney/images/5/5b/Toy_Story_3_-_Poster.jpg/revision/20160408160703 the]] ''Franchise/ToyStory'' films. At least the face is pretty much in-character for him, and he makes it in the actual film -- it's the expression he was molded with, in fact, and wears whenever he's inanimate. On the poster for ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory3'', Woody and Mr. Potato Head also have the expression.
** The poster for ''WesternAnimation/Cars1'' had Lightning [=McQueen=] covered in a vehicle hood with only the corner lifted to reveal the smile.
** The [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/pixar/images/f/f5/Cars-2-movie-poster-cast-hi-res-01.png/revision/latest?cb=20110525161429 poster]] for ''WesternAnimation/Cars2'' included ''all four main characters'' doing it now!
** The poster for ''WesternAnimation/MonstersUniversity'' has the younger Sulley doing it--justified, as it's to show audiences that the college-age overconfident jock we see in this movie isn't the kind, gentle adult Sulley audiences know from ''WesternAnimation/MonstersInc1''. Mike, however, can't make it, having only one eye of course.
** ''WesternAnimation/{{Coco}}'': Miguel makes this expression both on the movie's posters, and in the movie proper where he raises his eyebrow and smirks goofily when trying to imitate Ernesto's facial expression captured on a record cover.
** In ''WesternAnimation/TurningRed'', Mei makes the face during the epilogue when her friends show up.
* Disney's been doing this more often since the early 2000's (not coincidentally around the time ''WesternAnimation/Shrek1'' came out).
** Ads for ''WesternAnimation/{{Bolt}}'', ''WesternAnimation/MeetTheRobinsons'', and ''WesternAnimation/HomeOnTheRange'' all included this. The dot-eyed WesternAnimation/ChickenLittle even managed to do this sometimes.
** In ''WesternAnimation/{{The Lion King|1994}}'', Simba makes the [=DreamWorks=] face in advertisements, on [[https://static.myfigurecollection.net/pics/figure/large/872612.jpg?rev=1564275261 toys]] and [[https://imgix.ranker.com/user_node_img/102/2032052/original/simba-photo-u8?w=650&q=50&fm=pjpg&fit=crop&crop=faces in the actual movie]], where it signifies him as a mischief-maker.
** The minimalist poster for ''WesternAnimation/{{Tangled}}'' had Rapunzel and Flynn side by side, looking at the audience deviously behind a sea of hair. Those who see the film know that Rapunzel is usually polite and cheery at heart and only rarely gets devious. It's equally as unnecessary as the rest of the movie's TotallyRadical style ad campaigns.
** Disney was associated with a Bollywood animated musical called ''Animation/RoadsideRomeo'', [[http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_CcM0S1O6SXg/TB3HiaC7htI/AAAAAAAAAvI/yrWd0_At1BU/s1600/roadside-romeo-06.jpg and pretty much all the posters featured this.]]
** [[http://www.animationmagazine.net/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/mars-needs-moms-1.jpg These]] [[http://www.animationmagazine.net/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/mars-needs-moms-2.jpg posters]] for ''WesternAnimation/MarsNeedsMoms''.
** WesternAnimation/WreckItRalph [[http://www.filmblerg.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/wreck-it-ralph-poster.jpg does it as well.]]
** Several promotional pictures for ''WesternAnimation/{{Frozen|2013}}'' have Elsa making that face. While she does it in the movie itself a few times, it's not often. And perhaps because of backlash, it's noticeable that [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/disney/images/8/83/Frozen_2_Official_Poster.jpeg/revision/latest?cb=20190930163128 the promotional posters]] for ''WesternAnimation/FrozenII'' make a point of keeping Elsa away from the [=DreamWorks=] face... with the exception of [[https://i.redd.it/1dsxf4uo7ty31.jpg this]] image.
** The series continues with Judy Hopps making the face in [[http://cdn1-www.comingsoon.net/assets/uploads/gallery/zootopia/zootopiaposter.jpg this poster]] of ''WesternAnimation/{{Zootopia}}''. Nick Wilde also wears this expression in plenty of advertisement, but it quite fits his smug behaviour in the first half of the movie.
* Horton does this on the [[http://www.impawards.com/2008/posters/horton_hears_a_who.jpg poster]] for Creator/BlueSkyStudios' ''[[WesternAnimation/HortonHearsAWho2008 Horton Hears a Who!]]''. It's more jarring if you're only familiar with the humbler Horton from the [[WesternAnimation/HortonHearsAWho1970 1970s Chuck Jones special]]!
* Two of the [[http://www.copertinedvd.org/copertine-dvd-file/C/coraline_e_la_porta_magica_-_dvd.jpg DVD]] [[http://www.dvd-covers.org/d/133558-5/coraline_cd.jpg art choices]] for ''WesternAnimation/{{Coraline}}'', with the same art on the DVD cases. This is a curious case, as the posters released before the movie had Coraline [[http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2429/3663628209_3ac80154fa.jpg in a suspicious or frightened expression]] to tell viewers that this is will be scarier than a typical family film. While she is normally a sarcastic girl, she does spend the majority of the film scared.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Planet 51}}''.
* WesternAnimation/{{Balto}} on the cover for ''Wolf Quest'', in heavy contrast to the bold, noble gaze seen advertising the first movie.
* Jimmy Neutron rather noticeably makes one on the movie poster of ''WesternAnimation/JimmyNeutronBoyGenius''.
* While the gang don't use the face for the poster of ''WesternAnimation/RecessSchoolsOut'', they do use it for the video and DVD cover.
* Dracula does this face for the poster of ''WesternAnimation/HotelTransylvania''.
* The face has even come into use in EasternAnimation, as seen on [[http://www.armenianow.com/sites/default/files/img/imagecache/600x400/Anahit-cartoon-armenia.jpg this poster]] for the film ''Anahit'', Armenia's first full-length animated feature. The dog beside the title character bears the face.
* Posters for ''WesternAnimation/TheSpongeBobMovieSpongeOutOfWater'' has [=SpongeBob=] doing it as the Invincibubble.
* Plenty of promotional artwork for ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyANewGeneration'' has [[TheOneGuy Hitch Trailblazer]] pulling this off.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{SpaceChimps}}''.
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[[folder:Films -- Live-Action]]
* Alvin does it in [[http://alvinfacial.ytmnd.com/ nearly every piece of promotional art]] for the 2007 CG feature film ''Film/AlvinAndTheChipmunks'' and the ''Squeak-quel''.
* [[http://collider.com/wp-content/uploads/paul_movie_poster_tagged_001.jpg This poster]] for ''Film/{{Paul}}''.
* [[http://www.obsessedwithfilm.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/fb1.jpg The poster]] for the movie ''Film/FerrisBuellersDayOff'' is a non-animated example.
* ''Film/HomeAlone'': Kevin does this on [[https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/A1UCXsx7xWL._RI_.jpg some of]] the [[https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/71kft3nhOwL._SL1500_.jpg movie covers.]] The protagonist of the third movie does this [[https://fanart.tv/fanart/movies/9714/movieposter/home-alone-3-585c9389de2fc.jpg as well.]]
* ''Film/{{Matilda}}'' herself has one of these on the DVD cover and poster, where she is spinning an orb with her teachers and parents engulfed inside it on her finger. From the looks of it, one would guess that Matilda is some sort of mischievous witch girl who likes to pull pranks and cast spells on people, but Matilda is actually a nice little girl who happens to have telekinetic abilities that came about from the oppression that she faces at home from her parents and Miss Trunchbull, and only ever uses her powers as revenge on people who've done her wrong and to teach them lessons.
* Fatso does this in the [[https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZThhYTlhMDUtMDhjZi00MTljLTkwMDYtOGU3ZjVlMWE4NDk4XkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMTQxNzMzNDI@._V1_SY1000_CR0,0,717,1000_AL_.jpg poster]] for the ''Film/{{Casper}}'' movie.
* The poster for ''[[Series/TheInbetweeners The Inbetweeners Movie]]''. Hell, it's so obvious that it almost looks as though they just saw the face themselves and are mocking it.
* Mike Myers does this as the Cat on ''Film/TheCatInTheHat'' DVD cover.
* Taika Waititi does this in the [[https://www.movieposters.com/products/jojo-rabbit-mpw-125831 poster]] for ''Film/JoJoRabbit''.
* It's more of a frown, but the posters for [[Franchise/TheMatrix The Matrix trilogy]] kinda does this.
* Gutsy Smurf is the prime example of this in ''Film/TheSmurfs''. In [[http://www.hdwallpapers.in/walls/the_smurfs_2_movie-wide.jpg a poster]] for ''Film/TheSmurfs2'', everyone does it except for Grouchy and Hackus.
* Completely averted on any poster for movies either directed or produced by Judd Apatow, likely to make his protagonists look as awkward as possible.
* Done by Creator/EddieMurphy as his default movie poster [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19093_8-actors-who-look-exactly-same-every-movie-poster.html expression.]] Another article asks if he might have been the inspiration for [=DreamWorks=] Face [[http://uproxx.com/filmdrunk/was-eddie-murphy-the-original-model-for-dreamworks-face/ in the first place]] - considering that Donkey from ''WesternAnimation/Shrek1'', one of the first major hits from Creator/{{DreamWorks|Animation}}, is an InkSuitActor version of Murphy, it wouldn't be surprising.
* Creator/TimCurry in ''Film/TheRockyHorrorPictureShow''. He makes this face on both the film's poster and in the film, briefly giving one to the audience during his ''"Sweet Transvestite"'' number.
* Oh, hi, Creator/JimCarrey! Pull off a cartoon [=DreamWorks=] Face with ease, you say?! Best case being ''Film/TheMask'', turning [[Comicbook/TheMask the original comic's]] SlasherSmile into [[http://i.imgur.com/yRBjsw8.jpg something]] [[http://thefancarpet.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/The_Mask_9730_Medium.jpg zanier]]. [[Westernanimation/TheMask The resulting cartoon]] [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/5416338_3252.jpg followed suit.]]
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[[folder:Literature]]
* In Animator Nancy Beiman's "Animated Performance" book, this expression is briefly mentioned as an example of a cliche expression that should be avoided. It also sets up a gag where a guy making this expression gets hit with a pie in the face to make him don a more specific expression.
* Done on [[http://www-deadline-com.vimg.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/heist__130627180323.jpg the cover]] of the Ally Carter book ''Literature/HeistSociety''.
* Literature/HarryPotter seems to be stuck doing it for seven years on the cover of [[https://imgur.com/gallery/qaspBUf the german books]].
* Artwork depicting the Literature/{{Discworld}}'s Machiavellian tyrant Lord Vetinari almost invariably features the steepled fingers, the quizzical expression - and the single raised eyebrow.
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[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
* Creator/DavidTennant, period. See examples [[http://aikainkauna.tumblr.com/post/7027663175/ive-just-realised-that-david-tennant-is here]].
* Jay Leno.
* ''Series/{{The Boys|2019}}'': Butcher's default expression. He will smirk and raise his eyebrow every time he has a crazy idea, and he has them all the time, including in official posters and action figurines of him.
* Oz from ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' (played by Creator/SethGreen) in [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/oz_green_5088.jpg this publicity photo]].
* Creator/StephenColbert likes doing it in promotional images for ''Series/TheColbertReport''.
* Tyrion gets one in a ''Series/GameOfThrones'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDxoC5HuBlM#t=55s promo]].
* ''Series/{{Seinfeld}}'' also uses this trope in ads and billboards, especially the [[Creator/JerrySeinfeld the titular star of the series]].
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[[folder:Theme Parks]]

* At Ride/UniversalStudios:
** [[http://attractionsmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/dsc04105.jpg The painting of Jimmy Neutron]] on the front entrance to the former ''Ride/JimmyNeutronsNicktoonBlast'' ride had him doing this.
** Shrek does this on the [[https://c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000OUqxnvrQvKw/s/600/600/Florida-Orlando-Universal-Shrek-4-D-Sign.jpg sign]] for ''WesternAnimation/ShrekFourD''.
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[[folder:Video Games]]
* Alex makes this face while pointing a gun GangstaStyle [[SeanConneryIsAboutToShootYou at the viewer]] in the American and European cover art for ''VideoGame/DeusExInvisibleWar''.
* ''Franchise/SpyroTheDragon'' [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/logo1.gif has been doing this face]] on the covers of his video games since TheNineties.
* [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Bug_Cover_8163.png The title character]] of the UsefulNotes/SegaSaturn game ''VideoGame/{{Bug|1995}}''.
* ''VideoGame/SonicUnleashed'', due to the Werehog having a lower brow, accidentally gives [[MascotWithAttitude Sonic]] this expression on the boxart.
** Early [[Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog Sonic]] boxart and title screens had Sonic with notably similar expressions used for the exact same reason as the [=DreamWorks=] face (though after [[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog1 the first game]], [[AmericanKirbyIsHardcore the American boxart tended to have more attitude]] to the point that some of the Japanese boxart didn't even have the face for a while up until ''VideoGame/Sonic3DBlast''). This has since become a trademark expression for the hedgehog.
* In ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas'' Mr. House does a subtle version of this with his avatar. The single raised eyebrow is pronounced but the smile is is very slight but noticeable, especially from the position the player is can activate his monitor to begin dialogue.
* Delsin Rowe sports this expression in the cover art for ''VideoGame/InFamousSecondSon''. His character in the game is really living up to that expression.
* Both ''VideoGame/JakAndDaxter'' do the crooked eyebrows on [[http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/b6/Jak_and_Daxter_-_The_Precursor_Legacy_Coverart.png the cover]] of [[VideoGame/JakAndDaxterThePrecursorLegacy their first game]].
* In ''VideoGame/TheAdventuresOfLomax'', the titular character sports this expression on the cover.
* In ''VideoGame/HalfLife2'', both Alyx and Barney seem to have this expression permanently imprinted on their faces (at least whenever they look at Freeman).
* The G-man does this at the end of the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ilk-6zD3M0A reveal trailer]] for ''VideoGame/HalfLifeAlyx''.
* VideoGame/MaxPayne's character model from the first game has the ever-so [[MemeticMutation memetical]] [[BuffySpeak constipated-y wiseass-y]] smirking face that seems to invoke this trope to a certain point.
* VideoGame/MonsterRancher4's boxart and advertising material somehow manage to pull off [[https://cdn.mobygames.com/covers/4279392-monster-rancher-4-playstation-2-front-cover.jpg a one-eyed version of this]], featuring the monster Suezo.
* ''VideoGame/{{Splatoon|1}}'', naturally, as part of its mid-late '90s GenreThrowback. Female Inklings can be seen doing it [[http://vignette3.wikia.nocookie.net/fantendo/images/f/fe/InklingFemaleSplatoon.png/revision/latest?cb=20150323164523 in official artwork]] and several Japanese and European TV spots.
* ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}'':
** One of the sprites in the game files of Undertale shows Toriel making this face and is named spr_face_torieldreamworks_0.
** Papyrus does it during his boss fight sequence, showing his confidence in himself at that point in the game.
* Cappy from ''VideoGame/SuperMarioOdyssey'' does this for about a quarter of the time that you can see his eyes, including on the box art... sort of. He can't do the smirk on account of having no mouth.
* The ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' Weavile sports one of these in its official art, making it look like a 90's MascotWithAttitude. Incineroar also makes this face as part of its victory pose in ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosUltimate.''
* This is used in the inverse of AmericanKirbyIsHardcore on the American cover of ''VideoGame/YakuzaLikeADragon''. The Japanese cover has main character Ichiban Kasuga looking quite serious and ready for a fight while the US cover has this exact trope, considering how DenserAndWackier the game is compared to the rest of the series.
* Abe makes this face while standing next to Munch in promotional art material for ''VideoGame/OddworldMunchsOddysee''.
* Kouji Tagawa from ''VideoGame/WorldOfHorror'' is always seen to be doing this in his character portrait, no matter how injured or haggard he looks. The only time he's not seen with this face is when hovering over the tutorial button in the menu, showing him looking anxious.
* ''VideoGame/TombRaiderAnniversary'' had carried this trope in the game's [[https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/f1/Tomb_Raider_-_Anniversary.png?20180110071817 cover art]] where Lara Croft is seen smirking while holding one of her iconic dual pistols.
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[[folder:Webcomics]]
* In ''Webcomic/{{Multiplex}}'', [[http://www.multiplexcomic.com/strip/468 Jason uses this trope]] to sum up his expectations of ''WesternAnimation/{{How to Train Your Dragon|2010}}'' before seeing it.
* In ''Webcomic/{{Drowtales}}'', [[CloudCuckooLander Kiel]]'s Vloz'ress mask bears a huge, ''toothy'', crooked grin.
* [[https://chainsawsuit.com/comic/2014/03/18/peanuts/ This]] ''Webcomic/{{Chainsawsuit}}'' uses it to make Charlie Brown look like a tool.
* One ''PainTrain'' comic [[http://paintraincomic.com/bud/ directly references DreamWorks]] as the characters make this very face in the last panel.
* A [[http://lackadaisy.foxprints.com/exhibit.php?exhibitid=333 drawing tutorial]] in ''Webcomic/{{Lackadaisy}}'' calls this "the Smarm Brow" and lists it among "things to unlearn". The character making this face gets smacked so hard his eyebrows pop off.
* In ''Webcomic/ScaryGoRound'', Sonny is under the impression that this expression is [[http://scarygoround.com/?date=20150910 the height of cool]] and will make him and his mates {{Chick Magnet}}s.
* The trope is referenced by name in this ''Webcomic/TheNonAdventuresOfWonderella'', where Wonderella reminisces of an ex who did this face during... intimate moments.
* A strip in ''Webcomic/CyanideAndHappiness'' [[http://explosm.net/comics/2299/ shows]] that it might be ''contagious''.
* At one point in ''Webcomic/GirlGenius'' Tarvek actually briefly pairs a cocked eyebrow with a shit-eating grin/smirk when he is being way to smug and cheerful for his own good. He ends up with [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20180312 a hand around his throat in short order.]]
* ''Webcomic/MrBoop'': Alec's trademark expression when thinking of his wife (Betty Boop).
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[[folder:Web Original]]
* WebVideo/TheNostalgiaChick examined this trope in her "[=DreamWorks=] vs. Disney" episode; directly referenced in the title of the first half, "Rise of the Eyebrow".
* [[Website/FourChan Trollface]].
* In his WebAnimation/ZeroPunctuation review of ''VideoGame/RatchetAndClank2016'', one of the reasons Yahtzee gives for his lack of interest in the franchise is that all the characters have "a permanent case of [=DreamWorks=] Eyebrow".
* This is [[Creator/TeamFourStar Takahata101's]] default expression.
* This is mentioned in {{WebVideo/Honest Trailers}}' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OCr1xWuk1UA video about]] ''Shrek''.
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[[folder:Western Animation]]
* This trope is OlderThanTheyThink. The show logo in the opening for early 90s cartoon ''WesternAnimation/LittleDracula'' featured the protagonist's face [[https://youtu.be/y1abPrmZf2k?t=56 making this expression]].
* The term is directly used in a [[https://web.archive.org/web/20120515095858/http://www.formspring.me:80/calwwong/q/266487508932506651 storyboard]] for the ''WesternAnimation/RegularShow'' episode "Cruisin'".
-->'''Rigby''': ''(Struggling to talk and hold the expression)'' Dude, this isn't going to work, no human ''ever'' makes this face.
* Explicitly avoided in Creator/JohnKricfalusi's cartoons--he hates this expression so much that he forbids any of his artists from ever drawing it--and that includes any expression that even ''remotely'' resembles it, including non-cocky smirks or eyebrows raised out of curiosity. ''WesternAnimation/TheRenAndStimpyShow'' ''does'' make use of the FascinatingEyebrow, though, usually when Ren is feeling smug or slightly annoyed.
* The promotional images for ''WesternAnimation/{{Archer}}'' all feature the titular character making this face whilst all the other characters make neutral or disgruntled facial expressions. Might be deliberately invoked, as Archer is a textbook narcissist and everyone around him is perpetually frustrated by his personality.
* [[WesternAnimation/PennZeroPartTimeHero Penn Zero]] makes this face nearly every time he's seen smiling.
* ''[[WesternAnimation/LittlestPetShop2012 Littlest Pet Shop]]'' guest character Harold Winston of "In the Loop" has his eyebrows stuck in this position about 90% of the time.
* Lampshaded in the season 3 premiere episode of of ''WesternAnimation/HomeAdventuresWithTipAndOh'' where, among the LongList of seemingly arbitrary rules the Boov have, making that face is expressly forbidden.
* In ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPandaTheDragonKnight'', Po is shown with this expression in his wanted posters. He protests it looks nothing like him.
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* Guess what real-life animation figure was known for doing this himself decades before Creator/{{DreamWorks|Animation}} or even its founder were conceived: ''Creator/WaltDisney!'' His [[CharacterTics habit]] of [[FascinatingEyebrow raising one eyebrow out of intrigue]] was later used for [[WesternAnimation/{{Fantasia}} Yensid]], a character already based on him.
* [[Wrestling/DwayneJohnson Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson]] did it so much in his WWE days that his ''logos'' made the expression. Although normally he didn't do the half-grin, just the eyebrow.
** On the poster for the intercontinental title match of [[http://www.wwe.com/f/styles/og_image/public/2016/05/20160502_match_ER_1920x1080_4Way--8bce1d836c34a5689e7474aba52b750e.jpg WWE Extreme Rules 2016]], Miz and Cesaro do it side by side.
* [[http://imgur.com/aa6VXLQ Ever-so-subtly used]] by Montréal mayoral candidate Mélanie Joly in her promotional images during the 2013 municipal election.
* ''Series/{{Jeopardy}}'' contestant [[http://cdn.abclocal.go.com/images/wls/cms_exf_2007/news/local/9008209_448x252.jpg Colby Burnett]] seems to have one.
* Famously dreamy Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau often makes this face.
** The much less dreamy former prime minister of Italy, Silvio Berlusconi, [[https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5c/Silvio_Berlusconi_in_Japan.jpg makes it]] [[http://prod-upp-image-read.ft.com/c48fad8e-f559-11e7-a4c9-bbdefa4f210b often, too]].
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