History Main / GlasgowGrin

* Mr. Grin from ''[[Literature/AlexRider Stormbreaker]]'' is a former circus performer who used to catch a knife between his teeth as the finale of his act, until his mother came to see his act and distracted him at the crucial moment. In addition to the scars on his cheeks, he [[TheUnintelligible has no tongue]].
* The title character of ''Literature/TheManWhoLaughs'', by Creator/VictorHugo. Despite having this trope, he isn't that bad.

* In Creator/CliveBarker's ''Literature/TheThiefOfAlways'', Rictus has a Glasgow Grin.
* In Joanne Harris's ''Peaches for Monsieur le Curé'', [[spoiler:Inès Bencharki turns out to have one of these]].
* Vestara from ''Literature/FateOfTheJedi'' has a deformity near her mouth that gives her the appearance that she is smirking. The fact that it resembles a smirk is also the only reason the Lost Tribe of the Sith let her live (as they don't want their members to have birth defects).

* In Alex Grecian's ''The Black Country'', the [[NoNameGiven "gray-eyed American"]] has a huge gash in his face from his lip up through the cheek, courtesy of [[spoiler:Calvin Campbell]].
* ''Literature/YoungBond'' novel ''Literature/BloodFever'' has a fellow named Smiler, who is Count Carnifex's head henchman and assassin. He got his name from the scars that he bears on his cheeks, which he received for betraying his last gang. In Glasgow.
* ''Literature/{{Everworld}}'' has a Viking by the name of Sven Swordeater. Guess what his cheeks look like.
* In Creator/RobinJarvis' ''Literature/DeptfordMice'' trilogy, a rat who offended [[BigBad Jupiter's]] lieutenant [[TheDragon Morgan]] in his youth had his lips sliced off as punishment. Because of his permanent grin, he was given the nickname Smiler.

* Referenced at the start of Kano's fight with Sonya from ''Film/MortalKombatTheMovie'' when Kano brings out the Raptor knife he used to kill Sonya's partner, and taunts her on how he used it to put a "big smile" on said partner, "ear...to ear."

* Kakihara from ''Manga/IchiTheKiller''; it was inflicted on him by some of his fellow gang members, though he let them. His is interesting in that he kept the cuts in his cheeks from sealing together when they healed and scarred, so the slits are permanent. As a result, his mouth opens ''far'' wider than it normally should, and he uses piercings to hold his cheeks together.

* Kakihara (from ''Film/IchiTheKiller'') sports one. Except it hasn't healed and is held together with rings at the corners of his lips.

Named, of course, after the Glasgow Smile, an act of violence (supposedly popular with {{Violent Glaswegian}}s) in which one holds another person's mouth open with a knife and cuts a smile into the victim's face. Not all characters with a Glasgow Grin have been scarred; some of them were born with it. [[GoodScarsEvilScars Generally, characters with Glasgow Grins tend to be evil, insane, or both]]. If it is a protagonist character who is not a villain, it also just shows that they are a somewhat {{dark|IsNotEvil}} character. It's sometimes known as a Chelsea Smile, in reference to [[UsefulNotes/BritishFootyTeams the London football team]], whose [[FootballHooligans more violent fans]] were reputed to inflict it on people as a FinishingMove, or as a [[UsefulNotes/IrishTravellers Traveller's Smile]], also called "sourire de l'ange" (the angel's smile) in French.

* Kakuzu of ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' has most of his joints modified by his kinjutsu to come apart at will; this results in disturbing Glasgow Grin-like disfiguration of his face. While in the four-tails form, Naruto also displayed this, though it healed after.

* Several of the Titans in ''Manga/AttackOnTitan''. One example is when the Female Titan in opens her mouth so wide it splits [[spoiler:so she can devour/capture Eren after defeating his Titan form.]] She pretty much redefines BodyHorror.

** In the prequel Attack on Titan: Before the Fall, Ogre, a [[BadassNormal pure Titan]] has a significant case of this, which defies all logic as Pure Titans are usually pretty scarless.
* Dabi in ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia''. Part of Dabi’s facial scarring does this trope very effectively.

-->'''Joker:''' It's a funny world we live in. Speaking of which, you know how I got these scars?\\

* Stand-up comedian Doug Smith received half of one when he [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IurvVNHsKw4 distracted an attempted rapist.]]

* In the episode ''Good Hunting'' from ''WesternAnimation/LoveDeathAndRobots'', the bionic [[{{Kitsune}} Huli jing]] prostitute Yan fights off the Governor of Hong Kong who was beating her and she reaches into the sides of his mouth and rips hard...

* WebOriginal/JeffTheKiller of CreepyPasta fame (best known for the infamous "Go to Sleep" picture) carved himself one in the attached story.

Compare with CheshireCatGrin and SlasherSmile. Contrast PerpetualFrowner. An inversion is MouthStitchedShut. Subtrope of FacialHorror. Not to be confused with the "[[UseYourHead Glasgow Kiss]]".

Compare with CheshireCatGrin and SlasherSmile. Contrast PerpetualFrowner. An inversion is MouthStitchedShut. Subtrope of FacialHorror. See also GlasgowKiss.

* ''Film/{{Howl}}'': When Jenny's transformation into a werewolf has reached the point where she's lost her human mind, the skin around her moutht appears to be pulled back so it looks like she's constantly sporting a deranged, sharp-toothed SlasherSmile.

* There's an infamous ad for Durex condoms that shows a woman with bandages at the edges of her mouth (the implication apparently being that her recent partner's [[BiggerIsBetterInBed endowment]] was a little too big.)

* The title character of ''Literature/TheManWhoLaughs'', by Victor Hugo. Despite having this trope, he isn't that bad.

* Grinpayne, the title character from ''Theatre/TheGrinningMan'', an adaptation of Victor Hugo's''Literature/TheManWhoLaughs''. Like his book counterpart, he is a very good guy, despite his scary features.

-->-- '''ComicBook/TheJoker''', ''Film/TheDarkKnight''

* In ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'', these are the aftereffects of Scary Monsters when turning from Dinosaur back to human. [[BodyHorror This sometimes happens to the Stand User, but each time it's creepy as all hell.]]

* In ''Film/PansLabyrinth'', Captain Vidal gets half a Glasgow Grin on his right cheek, courtesy of Mercedes.

* The film ''Film/GreenStreet'' sees Matt threatened this by a group of Birmingham FootballHooligans. Being hooligans, of course, they refer to this as a Chelsea Grin.
* Keiko sports one after her transformation to the latter half of ''Film/VampireGirlVsFrankensteinGirl''.
* One of the most fearless of the Dead Rabbit warriors in Creator/MartinScorsese's ''Film/GangsOfNewYork'' is a large Irishman named Jack Mulraney whose left cheek is curved up in a permanent grin thanks to a long-ago knife injury. Because of this peculiarity, the other gang members call him "Happy Jack."
* Referenced at the start of Kano's fight with Sonya from ''Film/MortalKombatTheMovie'' when Kano brings out the Raptor knife he used to kill Sonya's partner, and taunts her on how he used it to put a "big smile" on said partner, "ear...to ear."
* Kakihara (from ''Film/IchiTheKiller'') sports one. Except it hasn't healed and is held together with rings at the corners of his lips.

* Psychotic clown Sergio sports one of these in ''Film/TheLastCircus''.
* The original film example is ''Film/TheManWhoLaughs'', whose face was permanently deformed into a grin as a punishment for his father's misdeeds.
* ''Film/ISawTheDevil'' has a horrifying variation, wherein [[spoiler:one of the cannibals gets "A permanent smiley face" by having his lower jaw pulled until his cheeks begin to split]].
* ''Franchise/{{Godzilla}}'':
** The Film/MonsterVerse version has a "born with it" variation, though it's only really visible when he opens his mouth to roar or use his [[BreathWeapon atomic breath]]. Its design seems to be based off the similar "smiles" of many real life reptiles.
** Likewise, the Godzilla of ''Film/ShinGodzilla'' has a "born with it" version, due to his large and ragged mouth and the amount of teeth he has.
* The killer in the internet slasher film ''Film/{{Smiley}}'' is named for carving a smile into his face (in addition to [[EyeScream stitching his eyes shut]]).
* ''City of Joy'' has its main antagonist, the son of a Godfather-like mafia figure in India use this as his preferred [[DisproportionateRetribution punishment against females]]. He does it once to a minor female character, and late in the film he attempts to do it to [[spoiler:Anouar's daughter in retaliation to his defiance]], but is unable to [[PapaWolf go through with it]].
* ''Film/{{Society}}'': Bill's psychologist Dr. Cleveland sports one in the climax.
* Slit from ''Film/MadMaxFuryRoad'' has a very prominent one, hence the name.
* Inigo Montoya in ''Film/ThePrincessBride'' has a downplayed version with a DuelingScar on each cheek. These scars don't touch his lips, and they came from neat nonlethal cuts rather than deeply carved incisions from the corners of the mouth, inflicted by the six-fingered man responsible for [[YouKilledMyFather killing his father]]. [[spoiler:During his duel with Count Rugen, the six-fingered man in question, Inigo inflicts similar wounds on the man's face before finishing him off.]]
* ''Film/TheABCsOfDeath'': When Gertrude starts cutting herself in "X", she cuts her mouth into a Glasgow grin in an attempt to have a permanent smile like the skinny girl on the television.
* In the [[Film/TheWitches2020 2020 film adaption]] of ''Literature/TheWitches'', the titular antagonists have enlarged mouths which appear as Glasgow grins when undercover.

* Punsy [=McKale=] in ''WesternAnimation/TheMarvelousMisadventuresOfFlapjack'' has a permanent smile. It gets [[TearJerker kind of sad]] when he's offended that someone is laughing at him when he himself is actually very sad after losing a pun-off and sheds a SingleTear.

* In one episode of ''WesternAnimation/MightyMax'', [[BigBad Skullmaster]] holds Max hostage and threatens to "cut the boy a new smile."

* ''ComicBook/GothamKnights'' [[AdaptationalUgliness sees]] ComicBook/RedHood sport half of one of thes.

** The eponymous character has stitches going ear to ear, as seen in the current page image.
** An omake has a kuchisake-onna (see below) do her thing to a guy. It backfires completely as it turns out her mouth is fetish fuel for him, and she ends up running away calling him a pervert.

** [[spoiler:The Ten-Tailed Beast has one filled with [[MoreTeethThantheOsmondFamily rows of jagged teeth]]]].

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** As another MLP example, ''Fanfic/PagesOfHarmony'' has a MadScientist Twilight Sparkle do this to [[spoiler:Sweetie Belle]] when she's captured with [[spoiler:Rarity]].

* Robin shoots one to TheDragon Godfrey in Creator/RidleyScott's ''[[Film/RobinHood2010 Robin Hood]]''.

* The Saw franchise contains two examples of this trope:

* Franchise/{{Godzilla}}

* A particularly gory real life example, David Faber, a Holocaust survivor, once visited a school and calmly told an auditorium of middle schoolers how his Nazi interrogators [[spoiler:put a vice inside his brother Romek's mouth and proceeded to slowly crank it open until Romek's jaw broke and his cheeks tore open.]] All this to get information from David, who knew nothing about what they were asking him about.

* UFC featherweight champion José Aldo received a partial one in a childhood accident. Though long healed, the scar is easily noticeable.

* The PerversePuppet Chachazero of ''Manga/MahouSenseiNegima'' smiles while saying the most twisted or acidic of things, if only for the fact that she was carved that way.

* ''Manga/OnePiece''

* The Comedian in ''Comicbook/{{Watchmen}}'' has half a Glasgow grin, after being slashed by a Vietnamese woman whom he'd gotten pregnant [[spoiler: and whom he ruthlessly shoots down]].

** In {{Comicbook/Flashpoint}}, Thomas and Martha Wayne survive the infamous shooting while Bruce dies. [[spoiler:Martha is traumatized by the event and cannot let go of Bruce's death. When Thomas tells her he misses her smile, she cuts open her mouth in a permanent grin. This turns her completely mad and turns her into the Joker.]]

* Mr Rictus from ''Comicbook/{{Wanted}}'' has this, though it's due to horrible burns rather than cutting.
* The ''Comicbook/GreenLantern'' series has Karu-Sil of the [[Characters/GLSinestroCorps Sinestro Corps]], a WildChild who cut off her lips and sharpened her teeth into fangs so she could look more like the large beasts that adopted her, giving her a permanent predatory grin.

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* ''FanFic/AShadowOfTheTitans'': During the Gotham Arc, [[spoiler: Joker carves a smile into Jade's face as punishment for ratting him out to Batman]].

* ''FanFic/{{Hivefled}}'': this is what happened to Gamzee when his MonsterClown and StepfordSmiler parents got frustrated with his refusal to pretend to be happy through all the terrible things they did to him.
* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' is a cute, cuddly-wuddly cartoon featuring adorable ponies. The chief smiler, Pinkie Pie, makes it her job to put a smile on everypony's face. In the dark and violent fanfic ''{{Fanfic/Pagliacci}}'', however, [[MonsterClown Pinkie Pie]] puts THIS smile on everypony's face... because she has one, too. Yes, it's NightmareFuel.

* Kefka Palazzo in ''{{VideoGame/Dissidia|FinalFantasy}}'' sports a Glasgow grin with his redesign for the ''Dissidia'' subseries of the ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' series, both the Creator/HeathLedger's Joker variation (normal form) and the more traditional variation (EX-mode)

* ''Videogame/SleepingDogs'' has "Big Smile" Lee, named for the giant scar that gives him a half-Chelsea Grin.

* Also Mr. Sardonicus. The short story version.

* ''Film/MrSardonicus''. AKA: Glasgow Grin: The Horror Movie.

* Jessicka Havok sported two cuts on her face at ''Welcome To The [[Wrestling/{{CZW}} Combat Zone]], though they had gotten better by ''The Heart Of Wrestling/{{SHIMMER}}'', Amber Gertner couldn't resist slipping in a reference.

* Sans from Undertale (2015) appears to always be sporting this trope no matter the situation.

* Ellen from ''DarthWiki/PaleBlue'' normally have this. When she transforms into some of her more monstrous forms the whole thing rips open.

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