!! Female Examples

* Winnowill of ''ElfQuest'' is smiling and regal, pseudo-friendly and aloof -when she's not getting her kicks torturing Strongbow or messing with other elves' heads.
* Both [[spoiler:Yubiseiharukana Tanaka]] and [[spoiler:Sara Matsunaga]] from ''{{VisualNovel/Ever17}}'' - the former [[spoiler: has a terminal disease and works at the [=LeMU=] theme park to support her cloned daughter]], while the latter [[spoiler:has been subject to bullying and illegal scientific testing for years, to the point where being trapped in a sinking theme park, away from Leiblich's clutches, is actually ''why'' she's happy]].
* In ''{{VisualNovel/Tsukihime}}'', [[spoiler:the maid Kohaku is this for some [[NightmareFuel very very dark reasons.]]]].
* In ''VisualNovel/LittleBusters'', Haruka is a Type A, using her cheerful [[GenkiGirl energetic]] personality to cover up her depression and crippling insecurity. Komari also becomes a very creepy Type A [[spoiler:whenever she encounters something that triggers her memories of her dead brother, causing her to HeroicBSOD. At first she's just depressed, but when she starts repressing her memories by pretending another person nearby is her brother, she starts acting just like everything's normal again - except for her dead, cold eyes...]]
* In ''VisualNovel/UminekoWhenTheyCry'', it turns out this is the case with [[spoiler:Shannon of all people. The cute and clumsy {{Meido}} is simply a SplitPersonality[=/=]ImaginaryFriend of a person known only as Yasu, who is the one who orchestrates the murders with [[AmbiguousGender his/her]] other personas Kanon and Beatrice because s/he couldn't find a solution to being in love with three different people (George, Jessica and Battler). Battler's sudden return after six years only adds to his/her madness. However, it also turns out the horrible, cold blooded murders she commits on the gameboard aren't quite what ''really'' happened on Rokkenjima.]] The murderer in the real world is heavily implied (though never outright stated) to be [[spoiler:another StepfordSmiler, Kyrie.]]
* Emi Ibarazaki from ''VisualNovel/KatawaShoujo''. She is cheery, energetic and happy-go-lucky as they come, but it's really a facade to cover up [[spoiler:the trauma of losing her father in a car accident in which she also lost her legs, as well as the fear of losing the people close to her just like she lost her father.]]
** Shiina "Misha" Mikado is also a cheery and playful girl, but it's becoming clear late in her route that it's a an act [[spoiler:to cover up the pain of UnrequitedLove after Shizune rejects her confession.]] Lampshaded by Shizune in which she said this:
-->'''Shizune''': [[spoiler:The Misha you know is different from the one I think of, when I think of the time we first met. Even though I think she looks better cheerful and smiling, that isn't how she typically is.]]
* [[spoiler:Sayaka Maizono]] in ''VisualNovel/DanganRonpa''. Even though she seems to be a cheerful IdolSinger at first, she is the first student [[spoiler:to crack under the pressure of Monobear's game, which led her to attempt to kill some students ''and'' frame Naegi for that. And she also has a crippling fear of being forgotten and abandoned which stems from her workaholic father and always being alone which is why she became an idol singer so she get the love and attention she desperately wanted.]]

!! Male Examples

* ''VisualNovel/{{CLANNAD}}'': Tomoya Okazaki is a Type A. The casual behavior might fool the watcher/reader for awhile, but it becomes clear over time that he's basically starting the story in despair.
* An oddly non-creepy example that doesn't fit into any of the categories is Ambassador Colias Palaneo in ''VisualNovel/AceAttorney Investigations'', who mainly keeps a constant smile as part of his [[NiceGuy ur-politeness]]. The fact that he drops it pretty easily helps out.
** [[spoiler:Kristoph Gavin]] is a villainous Type C example: a Machiavellian madman who hides beneath a mask of contentment and composure.
** [[spoiler:Matt Engarde]], also a type C. [[spoiler: His mask is that of a doofy ExtremeDoormat who's completely clueless about anything. His real personality is [[ObfuscatingStupidity exactly]] the [[CrazyPrepared opposite]]. He even pulls back his [[PeekABangs hair]] to reveal his [[GoodScarsEvilScars scars of villainy]]]].
** There's also Diego Armando, [[spoiler:who tells Mia that [[MeaningfulEcho "a lawyer is someone who smiles no matter how bad it gets."]] He only stops after coming very close to death and losing his girlfriend, Mia, who was murdered while he was in a coma.]]
** Add [[spoiler:Souta Sarushiro]] to the list of Type C villains.
*** Though also give him a slight Type A as well. After all, [[spoiler:living most of your life assuming your best friend's deceased father was really your own father and your father was actually your best friend's father and the murderer of the man you though was your father will really mess you up]].
** Klavier could possibly be a Type A, [[spoiler: seeing as he seems fine during the credits, but during the last part of the final trial was anything but.]]
* [[spoiler:Nagito Komaeda]] is a pretty solid Type A in SuperDanganRonpa2, at least until [[spoiler: He starts losing what sanity he has left. His free time events in the game proper and the Dangan Island bonus game hint that this is a combination of an incurable brain disease and an incredible cycle of good and terrible luck that has left him so burnt out on everything that he just wants to die.]]
* In ''VisualNovel/HatofulBoyfriend'' there is an A-type mixed with ObfuscatingStupidity in [[spoiler: Yuuya Sakazaki]]. It's part of a mask of general good cheer and unflappability which he wears just about all the time; even he doesn't know just how much is a bluff. [[spoiler: Even when dying]] he says he's fine.
!! Mixed Gender Examples
* In ''VisualNovel/AProfile'', Masayuki is implied to be one for a time, but it turns out to be untrue and that he really has simply changed, mostly for the better. [[spoiler:Miou, on the other hand, is pretty emotionally damaged inside.]]
* It's strongly implied that [[VisualNovel/{{CLANNAD}} Nagisa Furukawa's parents]], Akio and Sanae, at least partially fake their OneOfTheKids behaviors. They ''are'' genuinely loving and sweet persons, but they hide their own worries and sad thoughts to keep their very frail IllGirl daughter happy, in an attempt to make up for having neglected her a lot as a little girl. [[spoiler: It's confirmed in ''After Story'', where Sanae tries to cheer up Tomoya by acting like a ManicPixieDreamGirl, but can't keep up and finally cries and lets herself grieve for the deceased Nagisa.]]
* The characters do this in ''VisualNovel/HigurashiNoNakuKoroNi'' in the question arcs, and first two answer arcs, to try and hide things.
** Rena is also a perfect example of a Type A. [[spoiler:It's all a facade, but she does it to escape from her sadness.]]
** [[spoiler:Rika]] too. To all the world she's just a CheerfulChild, because [[spoiler:she's convinced that if she lets anyone know something's wrong they'll just get hurt, and she's given up anyways]]. The reality of her situation is pretty bad, and in private she resorts to [[DrowningMySorrows drinking away her problems]].
** For that sake, almost every main character in the series. They are first shown a a group of cheerful persons, and indeed the first episode looks like it's gonna be Lucky Star 2. Then we find out that [[spoiler:Rika has revived at least a hundred times after being brutally killed, and remembers every single deaths she has been through]]; [[spoiler:Keiichi is a delusional psychopath that once went on a rampage with a BB gun, shooting little girls]]; [[spoiler:Satoko killed her parents almost by accident and her brother Satoshi is hospitalized with little chance of recovery, and since then, her uncle has been abusing of her so much the only action of patting her head can potentially lead her to violent convulsions]]; [[spoiler:Shion was meant to be killed just for being Mion's twin, and possibly even worse then that, she lost her beloved Satoshi by Oyashiro-sama's curse, and later is forced to rip off her own fingernails]]; [[spoiler:Rena had to suffer from her parents' divorce, and on top of that, seeing her mother with another man lead her to viciously wound some of her classmates during a rampage (not to forget the AttemptedRape on her, and how she has to fight off Rina and Teppei's machinations)]]; [[spoiler:Takano is another delusional psychopath, so twisted by her horrifying past in an OrphanageOfFear that she doesn't even care about how many thousands of people die due to her activities]]. But outside of that, they're pretty happy and smiling...
* Of the four main girls in SymphonicRain, Torta, Fal and [[spoiler: Phorni]] are one of these. Lise would count if she actually smiled too.
* [[spoiler: Kali Utsumi]] from ''{{VisualNovel/Remember11}}'' is kind, serene and motherly... Or, rather, [[spoiler:she's putting up a façade to hide her sorrow from having her own son killed in a brutal spree killing, while plotting to kill one of the people she's currently taking care of - the mentally diseased girl who killed said son - ''and'' commit suicide in the process]]. Jesus.
** [[spoiler:Her husband, Seiji Yomogi]], is a laid-back, practical, fatherly man who acts as a soothing voice of reason in times of panic when his fellow survivors are freaking out. [[spoiler:He also happens to have a terrible guilt complex and a lot of repressed anger as a result of losing his child. When he stops being Mayuzumi's doormat and snaps, he ''exiles her to die of hypothermia'', ''strangles Yuni to death'', ''hallucinates that Kokoro is his dead son'' and apparently ''tries to rape her''. '''''[[DissonantSerenity While smiling all the time.]]''''']]