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* ''Fanfic/AbraxasHrodvitnon'': [[Characters/AbraxasHrodvitnonMonsterX Vivienne Graham]], during her reunion with Madison Russell following Vivienne's transformation into Monster X, playfully gives Madison an unimpressed blank look when the latter teasingly asks Vivienne to perform a dance with her new Titan body.

* In the ''Film/GodzillaVsKong'' {{novelization}}, this is PlayedForLaughs; when one reporter asks [[Characters/MonsterVerseMarkRussell Mark Russell]] if Godzilla's attacking because he hates artificial beaches.

* While promoting ''The Marshall Mathers LP 2'', Music/{{Eminem}} was doing a persona where he'd spend his TV appearances gawking vacantly at the camera with his eyes blinking slightly out of sync - a sort of parody of [[Music/TheBeastieBoys Ad-Rock]], whose music inspired a lot of the content on the album. Most viewers just reacted with concern for his mental health.

* ''Fanfic/AbraxasHrodvitnon'': [[Characters/AbraxasHrodvitnonMonsterX Vivienne Graham]], during her reunion with Madison Russell following Vivienne's transformation into Monster X, playfully gives Madison this look when the latter teasingly asks Vivienne to perform a dance with her new Titan body.

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It is usually performed primarily in a visual medium such as film, television or graphic novels and is done for both humorous and dramatic effect; the dramatic type tends to display the moment when you can no longer depend on that particular character anymore, while the comedic one usually reveals a WTF-type scenario similar to a DoubleTake or a SpitTake. The verbal version of this, which usually accompanies one of these, is the FlatWhat. Compare ThousandYardStare, which is similar, but is meant to showcase the extreme trauma the stare-giver has gone through.

* ''Film/ThorRagnarok'': Loki appears as an [[AstralProjection illusion]] in the dungeons the evening before the Gladiator fight and talks to Thor how he couldn't help him in front of the Grandmaster but has plans about [[MakeItLookLikeAnAccident getting rid]] of the Grandmaster so that [[WeCanRuleTogether he and Thor can take over Sakaar]], and advises Thor to forget about Asgard because they don't stand a chance agains Hela. Thor just throws rocks through Loki's illusion, [[SilentTreatment not answering him]], and when he runs out of rocks he just stares into space, still angry at Loki for [[Film/ThorTheDarkWorld having faked his death]] four years ago, and blaming him for [[spoiler:their father's death.]]

* ''Series/ThePeripheral2022'': Wilf develops a spectacular one after he visits Lev at his gentlemen's club to tell the oligarch that [[spoiler:his family have been killed in Flynne's [[AlternateTimeline stub]]... Only for Lev to laugh at him, explain that [[KillingYourAlternateSelf he arranged the murders himself]] because his other self's presence made him uneasy, and elaborate on his plans to [[TimeTravelForFunAndProfit open other stubs and exploit their inhabitants for money]], leaving Wilf to goggle in horror at the abject LackOfEmpathy]].

--> "Blank faced Phoebe has a high cuteness stat."

* In the ''Film/GodzillaVsKong'' {{novelization}}, this is PlayedForLaughs; when one reporter asks [[Characters/MonsterVerseFamilies Mark Russell]] if Godzilla's attacking because he hates artificial beaches.

* ''Series/ThePeripheral2022'': Wilf develops a spectacular one after he visits Lev at his gentlemen's club to tell the oligarch that [[spoiler:his family have been killed in Flynne's stub... Only for Lev to laugh at him, explain that [[KillingYourAlternateSelf he arranged the murders himself]] because his other self's presence made him uneasy, and elaborate on his plans to [[TimeTravelForFunAndProfit open other stubs and exploit their inhabitants for money]], leaving Wilf to goggle in horror at the abject LackOfEmpathy]].

* ''Fanfic/AbraxasHrodvitnon'': [[Characters/AbraxasHrodvitnon Vivienne Graham]], during her reunion with Madison Russell following Vivienne's transformation into Monster X, playfully gives Madison this look when the latter teasingly asks Vivienne to perform a dance with her new Titan body.

* During the First Season of ''Series/TheMuppetShow'', Timmy Monster was Depicted with This.

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* In the ''Film/GodzillaVsKong'' {{novelization}}, this is PlayedFor Laughs; when one reporter asks [[Characters/MonsterVerseFamilies Mark Russell]] if Godzilla's attacking because he hates artificial beaches.

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* ''Film/GodzillaVsKong'': Not in the film but in the {{novelization}} this is PlayedFor Laughs; when one reporter asks [[Characters/MonsterVerseHumans Mark Russell]] if Godzilla's attacking because he hates artificial beaches.

It is usually performed primarily in a visual medium such as film, television or graphic novels and is done for both humorous and dramatic effect; the dramatic type tends to display the moment when you can no longer depend on that particular character anymore, while the comedic one usually reveals a WTF-type scenario similar to a DoubleTake or a SpitTake. The verbal version of this, which usually accompanies one of these, is the FlatWhat.

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* One of the most notable moments in Music/TheBeatles' film ''Film/LetItBe'' is a scene in which Paul [=McCartney=] gives John Lennon an earnest talk about how the band is getting stale and, to liven things up again, they need to get on the road and play live shows. John, who had no interest in this idea, simply stares at Paul blankly.
* ''Film/ThorRagnarok'': Loki appears as an [[AstralProjection illusion]] in the dungeons the evening before the Gladiator fight and talks to Thor how he couldn't help him in front of the Grandmaster but has plans about [[MakeItLookLikeAnAccident getting rid]] of the Grandmaster so that [[WeCanRuleTogether he and Thor can take over Sakaar]], and advises Thor to forget about Asgard because they don't stand a chance agains Hela. Thor just throws rocks through Loki's illusion, [[SilentTreatment not answering him]], and when he runs out of rocks he just stares into space, still angry at Loki for [[Film/ThorTheDarkWorld having faked his death]] four years ago, and blaming him for [[spoiler:their father's death.]]

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* In ''Webcomic/SneakyGoblins'', Bog [[http://www.tolcraft.com/comic/page-55/ pulls one of these]] when Dank unthinkingly admits to having lied to him earlier.
* Phoebe momentarily gives two in Chapter 2 of ''Webcomic/StarImpact''; [[https://www.starimpactcomic.com/comic/chapter-2-page-6 once]] after Aster revealed herself to be the new bearer of the [[LegendaryWeapon Shooting Star gloves]], and [[https://www.starimpactcomic.com/comic/chapter-2-page-17 again later]] when [[MentorArchetype Stryker]] requested her to spar with Aster, which quickly gave way to a BigWhat. The latter page's AltText unabashedly lampshades it:
--> "Blank faced Phoebe has a high cuteness stat."

* Phoebe momentarily gives two in Chapter 2 of ''Webcomic/StarImpact''; [[https://www.starimpactcomic.com/comic/chapter-2-page-6 once]] after [[TheProtagonist Aster]] revealed herself to be the new bearer of the [[LegendaryWeapon Shooting Star gloves]], and [[https://www.starimpactcomic.com/comic/chapter-2-page-17 again later]] when [[MentorArchetype Stryker]] requested her to spar with Aster, which quickly gave way to a BigWhat. The latter page's AltText unabashedly lampshades it:

* ''Film/ThorRagnarok'': When Loki attempts to talk to Thor in the dungeons the evening before the Gladiator fight, Thor just throws rocks through Loki's illusion, [[SilentTreatment not answering him]], and when he runs out of rocks he just stares into space.

The Blank Stare is usually performed by one character in response to another's actions or verbal tirade, either in mind-numbing disbelief or disappointing awe, and especially when said character happens to go off the rails or otherwise show an aspect of themselves wildly different from what was expected.

It is usually performed primarily in a visual medium such as film, television or graphic novels and is done for both humourous and dramatic effect; the dramatic type tends to display the moment when you can no longer depend on that particular character anymore, while the comedic one usually reveals a WTF-type scenario similar to a Double Take or a Spit Take. The verbal version of this, which usually accompanies one of these, is the FlatWhat.

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It is usually performed primarily in a visual medium such as film, television or graphic novels and is done for both humourous and dramatic effect; the dramatic type tends to display the moment when you can no longer depend on that particular character anymore, while the comedic one usually reveals a WTF-type scenario similar to a Double Take or a Spit Take. The verbal version of this, which usually accompanies one of these, is the FlatWhat.

It is usually performed primarily in a visual medium such as film, television or graphic novels and is done for both humourous and dramatic effect; the dramatic type tends to display the moment when you can no longer depend on that particular character anymore, while the comedic one usually reveals a WTF-type scenario similar to a Double Take or a Spit Take. The verbal version of this is the FlatWhat.

It is usually performed primarily in a visual medium such as film, television or graphic novels and is done for both humourous and dramatic effect; the dramatic type tends to display the moment when you can no longer depend on that particular character anymore, while the comedic one usually reveals a WTF-type scenario similar to a Double Take or a Spit Take.