Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Deleted line(s) 29 (click to see context) :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o68cL-UViww
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Deleted line(s) 29 (click to see context) :
''Manga/{{Haikyuu}}'': Whenever [PerpetualFrowner Kageyama] forces himself to smile, like when he [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o68cL-UViww attempts to lighten up the mood during a volleyball match]], his smile instead terrifies everyone. Emphasis on "forces himself" because his natural smile looks quite normal.
Added DiffLines:
* ''Manga/{{Haikyuu}}'': Whenever [[PerpetualFrowner Kageyama]] forces himself to smile, like when he [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o68cL-UViww attempts to lighten up the mood during a volleyball match]], his smile instead terrifies everyone. Emphasis on "forces himself" because his natural smile looks quite normal.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
''Manga/{{Haikyuu}}'': Whenever [PerpetualFrowner Kageyama] forces himself to smile, like when he [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o68cL-UViww attempts to lighten up the mood during a volleyball match]], his smile instead terrifies everyone. Emphasis on "forces himself" because his natural smile looks quite normal.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o68cL-UViww
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o68cL-UViww
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 105,107 (click to see context) from:
* Fun was had at the end of the Pegasus arc in ''WebVideo/YuGiOhTheAbridgedSeries'' where Kaiba is genuinely smiling when his MoralityPet little brother is freed and they go home. The parody has everyone stating that this is creepy as hell.
-->"Every time Kaiba smiles, a puppy dies."
* Likewise, the {{Narrator}} of a ''Franchise/LyricalNanoha'' parody [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/NanohaGamerSEp03-031-003.jpg here.]]
-->"Every time Kaiba smiles, a puppy dies."
* Likewise, the {{Narrator}} of a ''Franchise/LyricalNanoha'' parody [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/NanohaGamerSEp03-031-003.jpg here.]]
to:
* Fun was had at Bucky Barnes in ''Fanfic/BuckyBarnesGetsHisGrooveBackAndOtherInternationalIncidents'' is pretty out of practice when it comes to the end of the Pegasus arc socializing or civilian life thing, so when he winds up in ''WebVideo/YuGiOhTheAbridgedSeries'' social situations where Kaiba a smile is genuinely smiling when expected, his MoralityPet little brother is freed attempts are generally not received well. He never quite figures out how to smile nicely, so he mostly just avoids people entirely and they go home. sticks to a neutral expression.
* In ''Fanfic/DragonFromAsh'', the Dark Elves [[WindowsOfTheSoul emote with their eyes]] so are horrendously unpracticed regarding facial expressions. When Velandryn tries his hand at grinning, a horrified Lydia briefly compares him to a Daedra popping out of Oblivion.
-->'''Velandryn:''' Humans tell me I shouldn't smile. I believe them, because it makes children cry.\\
'''Lydia:''' They... aren't wrong.
* Theparody has everyone stating that this is creepy as hell.
-->"Every time Kaiba smiles, a puppy dies."
* Likewise, the{{Narrator}} of a ''Franchise/LyricalNanoha'' parody [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/NanohaGamerSEp03-031-003.jpg here.]]
* In ''Fanfic/DragonFromAsh'', the Dark Elves [[WindowsOfTheSoul emote with their eyes]] so are horrendously unpracticed regarding facial expressions. When Velandryn tries his hand at grinning, a horrified Lydia briefly compares him to a Daedra popping out of Oblivion.
-->'''Velandryn:''' Humans tell me I shouldn't smile. I believe them, because it makes children cry.\\
'''Lydia:''' They... aren't wrong.
* The
-->"Every time Kaiba smiles, a puppy dies."
* Likewise, the
* ''Fanfic/TheGoodHunter'':
** When Vermut asks Cyril about the things that he hunts, Cyril stiffens a bit, then gives a smile, before answering that he [[HunterOfMonsters hunts beasts]] no matter what skin they choose to wear. To Vermut and her compatriots, there is nothing good in that smile and it makes them anxious.
** In response to Ancalagon's disappointment towards Cyril for not being brutal enough while killing Father Zachariah[[note]]he merely [[BoomHeadshot shoots him in the face]][[/note]], Cyril replies that he simply did as she asked. Ancalagon then smiles at him, an expression the narration describes as "nothing nice".
** Cyril smiles when asked by [[spoiler:the Wandering Scholar regarding the reason he created the Wild Hunt and stood against monster and man alike]]. [[spoiler:The Scholar]] internally remarks that there is "nothing good in that expression of his".
* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12380418/1/In-the-Interest-of-Justice In the Interest of Justice]]'', Monkey D. Dragon may or may not made cry the neighbour's baby by smiling at them. He actually manages to make grown-up Marines flinch by doing so at thirteen years old, and Sengoku remembers he was already that way at three, almost four.
* ''Fanfic/ThePiecesLieWhereTheyFell'': At one point, Vix-Lei sees Night Blade smiling, and asks him to do another. What he gives is "an all too wide smile on his face, showing off his fangs and sharper teeth in a frightening way". Vix-Lei is amused, but asks him to stop; when he only grins even wider at her, Page has to step in (at Vix-Lei's request) and make him stop by using a spell to make her nose cold, then pokes him in the ear with it.
* ''Fanfic/RobbReturns'': [[TheStoic Stannis]] smiles at [[CorruptCop Janos Slynt]] after reminding Slynt that he's fought and killed far more and far tougher opponents than a single corrupt cop. Jon Arryn describes it as looking like a death-rictus, and it causes Slynt [[BringMyBrownPants to soil himself]].
** When Vermut asks Cyril about the things that he hunts, Cyril stiffens a bit, then gives a smile, before answering that he [[HunterOfMonsters hunts beasts]] no matter what skin they choose to wear. To Vermut and her compatriots, there is nothing good in that smile and it makes them anxious.
** In response to Ancalagon's disappointment towards Cyril for not being brutal enough while killing Father Zachariah[[note]]he merely [[BoomHeadshot shoots him in the face]][[/note]], Cyril replies that he simply did as she asked. Ancalagon then smiles at him, an expression the narration describes as "nothing nice".
** Cyril smiles when asked by [[spoiler:the Wandering Scholar regarding the reason he created the Wild Hunt and stood against monster and man alike]]. [[spoiler:The Scholar]] internally remarks that there is "nothing good in that expression of his".
* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12380418/1/In-the-Interest-of-Justice In the Interest of Justice]]'', Monkey D. Dragon may or may not made cry the neighbour's baby by smiling at them. He actually manages to make grown-up Marines flinch by doing so at thirteen years old, and Sengoku remembers he was already that way at three, almost four.
* ''Fanfic/ThePiecesLieWhereTheyFell'': At one point, Vix-Lei sees Night Blade smiling, and asks him to do another. What he gives is "an all too wide smile on his face, showing off his fangs and sharper teeth in a frightening way". Vix-Lei is amused, but asks him to stop; when he only grins even wider at her, Page has to step in (at Vix-Lei's request) and make him stop by using a spell to make her nose cold, then pokes him in the ear with it.
* ''Fanfic/RobbReturns'': [[TheStoic Stannis]] smiles at [[CorruptCop Janos Slynt]] after reminding Slynt that he's fought and killed far more and far tougher opponents than a single corrupt cop. Jon Arryn describes it as looking like a death-rictus, and it causes Slynt [[BringMyBrownPants to soil himself]].
Deleted line(s) 114,116 (click to see context) :
* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12380418/1/In-the-Interest-of-Justice In the Interest of Justice]]'', Monkey D. Dragon may or may not made cry the neighbour's baby by smiling at them. He actually manages to make grown-up Marines flinch by doing so at thirteen years old, and Sengoku remembers he was already that way at three, almost four.
* ''Fanfic/ThePiecesLieWhereTheyFell'': At one point, Vix-Lei sees Night Blade smiling, and asks him to do another. What he gives is "an all too wide smile on his face, showing off his fangs and sharper teeth in a frightening way". Vix-Lei is amused, but asks him to stop; when he only grins even wider at her, Page has to step in (at Vix-Lei's request) and make him stop by using a spell to make her nose cold, then pokes him in the ear with it.
* ''Fanfic/RobbReturns'': [[TheStoic Stannis]] smiles at [[CorruptCop Janos Slynt]] after reminding Slynt that he's fought and killed far more and far tougher opponents than a single corrupt cop. Jon Arryn describes it as looking like a death-rictus, and it causes Slynt [[BringMyBrownPants to soil himself]].
* ''Fanfic/ThePiecesLieWhereTheyFell'': At one point, Vix-Lei sees Night Blade smiling, and asks him to do another. What he gives is "an all too wide smile on his face, showing off his fangs and sharper teeth in a frightening way". Vix-Lei is amused, but asks him to stop; when he only grins even wider at her, Page has to step in (at Vix-Lei's request) and make him stop by using a spell to make her nose cold, then pokes him in the ear with it.
* ''Fanfic/RobbReturns'': [[TheStoic Stannis]] smiles at [[CorruptCop Janos Slynt]] after reminding Slynt that he's fought and killed far more and far tougher opponents than a single corrupt cop. Jon Arryn describes it as looking like a death-rictus, and it causes Slynt [[BringMyBrownPants to soil himself]].
Changed line(s) 118,121 (click to see context) from:
* Bucky Barnes in ''Fanfic/BuckyBarnesGetsHisGrooveBackAndOtherInternationalIncidents'' is pretty out of practice when it comes to the socializing or civilian life thing, so when he winds up in social situations where a smile is expected, his attempts are generally not received well. He never quite figures out how to smile nicely, so he mostly just avoids people entirely and sticks to a neutral expression.
* In ''Fanfic/DragonFromAsh'', the Dark Elves [[WindowsOfTheSoul emote with their eyes]] so are horrendously unpracticed regarding facial expressions. When Velandryn tries his hand at grinning, a horrified Lydia briefly compares him to a Daedra popping out of Oblivion.
-->'''Velandryn:''' Humans tell me I shouldn't smile. I believe them, because it makes children cry.
-->'''Lydia:''' They... aren't wrong.
* In ''Fanfic/DragonFromAsh'', the Dark Elves [[WindowsOfTheSoul emote with their eyes]] so are horrendously unpracticed regarding facial expressions. When Velandryn tries his hand at grinning, a horrified Lydia briefly compares him to a Daedra popping out of Oblivion.
-->'''Velandryn:''' Humans tell me I shouldn't smile. I believe them, because it makes children cry.
-->'''Lydia:''' They... aren't wrong.
to:
* Bucky Barnes in ''Fanfic/BuckyBarnesGetsHisGrooveBackAndOtherInternationalIncidents'' is pretty out of practice when it comes to Fun was had at the socializing or civilian life thing, so when he winds up end of the Pegasus arc in social situations ''WebVideo/YuGiOhTheAbridgedSeries'' where a smile Kaiba is expected, genuinely smiling when his attempts are generally not received well. He never quite figures out how to smile nicely, so he mostly just avoids people entirely MoralityPet little brother is freed and sticks to they go home. The parody has everyone stating that this is creepy as hell.
-->"Every time Kaiba smiles, aneutral expression.
* In ''Fanfic/DragonFromAsh'', the Dark Elves [[WindowsOfTheSoul emote with their eyes]] so are horrendously unpracticed regarding facial expressions. When Velandryn tries his hand at grinning, a horrified Lydia briefly compares him to a Daedra popping out of Oblivion.
-->'''Velandryn:''' Humans tell me I shouldn't smile. I believe them, because it makes children cry.
-->'''Lydia:''' They... aren't wrong.puppy dies."
-->"Every time Kaiba smiles, a
* In ''Fanfic/DragonFromAsh'', the Dark Elves [[WindowsOfTheSoul emote with their eyes]] so are horrendously unpracticed regarding facial expressions. When Velandryn tries his hand at grinning, a horrified Lydia briefly compares him to a Daedra popping out of Oblivion.
-->'''Velandryn:''' Humans tell me I shouldn't smile. I believe them, because it makes children cry.
-->'''Lydia:''' They... aren't wrong.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 74,76 (click to see context) from:
* ComicBook/TheVision from the Marvel universe has this problem from time to time.
** During Creator/KurtBusiek's run on ''ComicBook/TheAvengers'', The Avengers become a UN organization, and have to get new photo [=IDs=] to go with the change of status. [[TheStoic Vision's]] attempt to smile for his photo at She-Hulk's urging is ''[[https://i.pinimg.com/originals/09/e2/bf/09e2bf6b903699db1dd181433d5c4263.jpg priceless]]''. He seems to do just fine on the rare occasion that he actually ''wants'' to smile, but apparently, photo day is his downfall.
-->"I do not like this...'smile'."
** During Creator/KurtBusiek's run on ''ComicBook/TheAvengers'', The Avengers become a UN organization, and have to get new photo [=IDs=] to go with the change of status. [[TheStoic Vision's]] attempt to smile for his photo at She-Hulk's urging is ''[[https://i.pinimg.com/originals/09/e2/bf/09e2bf6b903699db1dd181433d5c4263.jpg priceless]]''. He seems to do just fine on the rare occasion that he actually ''wants'' to smile, but apparently, photo day is his downfall.
-->"I do not like this...'smile'."
to:
* ComicBook/TheVision from the Marvel universe Franchise/MarvelUniverse has this problem from time to time.
** DuringCreator/KurtBusiek's run on ''ComicBook/TheAvengers'', ''ComicBook/TheAvengersKurtBusiek'', The Avengers become a UN organization, and have to get new photo [=IDs=] to go with the change of status. [[TheStoic Vision's]] attempt to smile for his photo at She-Hulk's urging is ''[[https://i.pinimg.com/originals/09/e2/bf/09e2bf6b903699db1dd181433d5c4263.jpg priceless]]''. He seems to do just fine on the rare occasion that he actually ''wants'' to smile, but apparently, photo day is his downfall.
-->"I --->"I do not like this...'smile'."
** During
Changed line(s) 80,81 (click to see context) from:
* In ''[[ComicBook/TheAmazingSpiderManLeeAndDitko The Amazing Spider-Man]]'', Jameson's smiles creeping people out serves as a Running Gag.
* ''Franchise/{{Superman}}'' mini-series ''ComicBook/TheKryptonChronicles'' provides an example: In the far distant past, Krypton was invaded and conquered by an alien race known as the Vrangs, who forced their slaves to pretend they were happy, content servants. Several panels show the Kryptonians forcing themselves to lift up their mouths' corners while their eyes remain haggard and tired.
* ''Franchise/{{Superman}}'' mini-series ''ComicBook/TheKryptonChronicles'' provides an example: In the far distant past, Krypton was invaded and conquered by an alien race known as the Vrangs, who forced their slaves to pretend they were happy, content servants. Several panels show the Kryptonians forcing themselves to lift up their mouths' corners while their eyes remain haggard and tired.
to:
* In ''[[ComicBook/TheAmazingSpiderManLeeAndDitko The Amazing Spider-Man]]'', ''[ComicBook/TheAmazingSpiderManLeeAndDitko'', Jameson's smiles creeping people out serves as a Running Gag.
*''Franchise/{{Superman}}'' mini-series ''ComicBook/TheKryptonChronicles'' provides an example: ''ComicBook/{{Superman}}'':
** ''ComicBook/TheKryptonChronicles'': In the far distant past, Krypton was invaded and conquered by an alien race known as the Vrangs, who forced their slaves to pretend they were happy, content servants. Several panels show the Kryptonians forcing themselves to lift up their mouths' corners while their eyes remain haggard andtired.tired.
** In ''ComicBook/BatmanSupermanWorldsFinest'': When Negative Man manages to filter the Kryptonite radiation out of Superman's blood, Batman's face displays an expresion which could charitably be called a smile... even though it creeps the Doom Patrol out.
--->'''Elastic Girl:''' ''"Is Batman...smiling?"''\\
'''Robin:''' ''"It happens."''\\
'''Elastic Girl:''' ''"And you accuse us of looking spooky."''
*
** ''ComicBook/TheKryptonChronicles'': In the far distant past, Krypton was invaded and conquered by an alien race known as the Vrangs, who forced their slaves to pretend they were happy, content servants. Several panels show the Kryptonians forcing themselves to lift up their mouths' corners while their eyes remain haggard and
** In ''ComicBook/BatmanSupermanWorldsFinest'': When Negative Man manages to filter the Kryptonite radiation out of Superman's blood, Batman's face displays an expresion which could charitably be called a smile... even though it creeps the Doom Patrol out.
--->'''Elastic Girl:''' ''"Is Batman...smiling?"''\\
'''Robin:''' ''"It happens."''\\
'''Elastic Girl:''' ''"And you accuse us of looking spooky."''
Changed line(s) 85 (click to see context) from:
* In [[http://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2011/11/29 this]] ''ComicStrip/PearlsBeforeSwine'' strip, Rat's attempt at a "charming smile" doesn't go well.
to:
* ''ComicStrip/PearlsBeforeSwine'': In [[http://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2011/11/29 this]] ''ComicStrip/PearlsBeforeSwine'' strip, Rat's attempt at a "charming smile" doesn't go well.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 57 (click to see context) from:
* ''Manga/SpyXFamily:'' Not wanting to start anything on the first day of school, Anya attempts to shrug off a boy's bullying by smiling like her mom, Yoru, advised her to. Unfortunately, Anya's smile is accidentally one of the most [[https://i.imgur.com/od5GKJa.png smug looking faces]] ever put to paper.
to:
* ''Manga/SpyXFamily:'' Not wanting to start anything on the first day of school, Anya attempts to shrug off a boy's bullying by smiling like her mom, Yoru, Yor, advised her to. Unfortunately, Anya's smile is accidentally one of the most [[https://i.imgur.com/od5GKJa.png smug looking faces]] ever put to paper.paper (and later anime).
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 256 (click to see context) from:
* Like many elements of human culture, Harry Vanderspiegle of ''Series/ResidentAlien'' does not completely understand the concept of smiling, giving an accidental SlasherSmile most of the time.
to:
* Like many elements of human culture, Harry Vanderspiegle of ''Series/ResidentAlien'' does not completely understand the concept of smiling, giving an accidental SlasherSmile most of the time.looking truly inhuman whenever he tries.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
Up To Eleven is a defunct trope
Changed line(s) 221 (click to see context) from:
** The Twelfth Doctor does this whenever he smiles while showing teeth, and it's creepy enough. However, "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS36E8TheLieOfTheLand The Lie of the Land]]" takes it UpToEleven, as the Doctor [[spoiler:is supposedly BrainwashedAndCrazy, and his [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/dwthelieofthelandpart3.png "smile"]] ''this'' time descends directly into the UncannyValley.]]
to:
** The Twelfth Doctor does this whenever he smiles while showing teeth, and it's creepy enough. However, in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS36E8TheLieOfTheLand The Lie of the Land]]" takes it UpToEleven, as Land]]", the Doctor [[spoiler:is supposedly BrainwashedAndCrazy, and his [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/dwthelieofthelandpart3.png "smile"]] ''this'' time descends directly into the UncannyValley.]]
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* Like many elements of human culture, Harry Vanderspiegle of ''Series/ResidentAlien'' does not completely understand the concept of smiling, giving an accidental SlasherSmile most of the time.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Deleted line(s) 125 (click to see context) :
* In ''Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit'', Judge Doom is interrogating some men at a bar for Roger's whereabouts. One of the barmen plays a joke on him, and everyone except Doom has a good laugh. Judge Doom stares at them for a few seconds, then smiles, causing everyone else to stop laughing.
Added DiffLines:
* In ''Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit'', Judge Doom is interrogating some men at a bar for Roger's whereabouts. One of the barmen plays a joke on him, and everyone except Doom has a good laugh. Judge Doom stares at them for a few seconds, then smiles, causing everyone else to stop laughing.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
Real Life folder cut, troping real people like fictional characters, general examples, ZC Es, ROCEJ issues. See this thread: https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=13350380440A15238800&page=467
%%[[folder:Art]]
%%* The [[http://www.kuriositas.com/2010/04/madness-of-messerschmidt.html head]] sculptures of [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_Xaver_Messerschmidt Franz Xaver Messerschmidt]] (1736-1783) contain a fine [[http://www.flickr.com/photos/access/77566870/ example]].
%%[[/folder]]
%%* The [[http://www.kuriositas.com/2010/04/madness-of-messerschmidt.html head]] sculptures of [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_Xaver_Messerschmidt Franz Xaver Messerschmidt]] (1736-1783) contain a fine [[http://www.flickr.com/photos/access/77566870/ example]].
%%[[/folder]]
Deleted line(s) 456,485 (click to see context) :
[[folder:Real Life]]
* Fun fact: You can subliminally tell if someone is faking by their ''eyes'', not their mouth. In a real smile, the eyebrows lower and the cheeks will rise, narrowing the edge of the eye -- some people (especially people with wrinkles) get "crow's feet" at their eyes if it's real. This is known as the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smile#Duchenne_smile "Duchenne smile"]], after the French neurologist, Guillaume Duchenne, who discovered this fact. This is also why deceptive characters in fiction are often described as having smiles that do not reach their eyes.
%%* Seems to be standard for official pictures of the female members of the United States House and Senate. Examples include: [[http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2a/Nancy_Pelosi%2C_official_photo_portrait%2C_111th_Congress.jpg Speaker Pelosi]], [[http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/83/Kosmas.png Representative Kosmas]].
** This is true for politicians in general who seem to think that constantly wearing an affected smile in public will make them appear warm and personable. Their cold Joker-like grins usually portray the exact opposite.
%%* Creator/HPLovecraft. He might be smiling, but he does ''not'' look happy.
* UsefulNotes/GordonBrown... he had a perfectly respectable "dour Scot" thing going on, but then his PR people must have decided he wasn't warm enough, because he suddenly started doing [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Vor03-uUeuM THIS all the time.]] ''(Shudder)'' [[Series/{{QI}} Alan]] [[Series/JonathanCreek Davies]] summarized Gordon Brown smile's creepiness by saying "you can see him DECIDE to smile, which really ruins any smile."
-->'''[[Series/TopGear Jeremy Clarkson:]]''' Who was it that told him that he had to smile... and then why did no-one tell him to ''stop''?
* UsefulNotes/RichardNixon. The man was an extreme introvert and absolutely hated dealing with people on a personal level. It showed: whatever his mouth was doing, those two beady little ferret-eyes were always lurking right above it.
%%* [[GunmanWithThreeNames Lee Harvey Oswald]] seemed to have a cocky smirk as a default expression, but when he tried to smile... [[https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c1/Lee_Harvey_Oswald-USMC.jpg Yikes.]]
%%* Chilean President [[http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_lkfUAw2LR0M/TLfHJiNJctI/AAAAAAAAAj8/9JEESWGMx88/s1600/20091117-sebastian-pinera.jpg Sebastián Piñera]].
%%* The [[http://www.kuriositas.com/2010/04/madness-of-messerschmidt.html head]] sculptures of [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_Xaver_Messerschmidt Franz Xaver Messerschmidt]] (1736-1783) contain a fine [[http://www.flickr.com/photos/access/77566870/ example]].
%%* Part of being Miss California is having a winning smile, So why does [[https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/78/Carrie_Prejean_Miss_California.jpg Carrie Prejean]] not have one?
%%** This trope is ubiquitous among pageant girls. Disturbingly so. Especially the children.
* [[StepfordSmiler People with depression, anxiety, or severe stress sometimes look as if they have forced smiles]], because they sometimes get the advice of "Smile until you're happy/Fake it until you make it," "You're not happy because you're not smiling enough," or "Just grin and bear it." It's difficult to feign happiness if you don't believe there's anything to be happy about.
%%* There is something sincerely disturbing about Canadian politician Michael Ignatieff's [[https://opensocietyfoundations.imgix.net/uploads/2a2fc810-2c59-4497-b7a3-edd57056eb0c/ignatieff-michael-010-2200.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=360&q=80&rect=0%2C0%2C2200%2C1414&w=560 smile]].
%%* [[UsefulNotes/NaziGermany Nazi]] [[PropagandaMachine Minister of Propaganda and Public Enlightenment]] Joseph Goebbels. [[http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lk1dy5YD9J1qigifbo1_500.jpg Eep.]]
%%** Of course, knowing who he is adds to the creepiness, but still...
* Some people's natural smiles are closed-mouth. At some point, it is inevitable that a photographer will order them to "really" smile and show their teeth. The end result is a fake grin that would do [[WesternAnimation/TheJungleBook1967 Shere Khan]] proud.
* This can happen fairly frequently in family photographs when trying to hold the smile for several snaps can become a strain, and saying "cheese" does nothing for the eyes. Professional photographers will try to get the group to laugh in order to avert this.
%% * All four guys in [[http://www.lsdimension.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/pihos.jpg this photo]], with the possible exception of Gaddafi. [[note]]Left to right: President Zine el Abidine Ben Ali of UsefulNotes/{{Tunisia}}, President Ali Abdullah Saleh of UsefulNotes/{{Yemen}}, Brother Leader UsefulNotes/MuammarGaddafi of UsefulNotes/{{Libya}}, President Hosni Mubarak of UsefulNotes/{{Egypt}}.[[/note]]
* People with Bell's Palsy or facial paralysis from birth often feel this way about themselves so when they're told to smile in pictures, their fake smiles look far different from their natural smiles to an almost jarring effect.
* Ted Bundy's smile isn't ''too'' bad - [[https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cc/Ted_Bundy_headshot.jpg but then you look at his eyes]]... The eyes and the mouth look like they're from two different photos.
%%* Dr Jonas Salk: Discovered the Polio vaccine, and saved countless lives by refusing to patent it, but also had a [[http://www.biography.com/people/jonas-salk-9470147 terrifying]] grin.
%%* One Nation senator Malcolm Roberts. [[http://www.onenation.com.au/images/candidates/malcolm-web.jpg Note the]][[https://i1.wp.com/theaimn.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/roberts.png?fit=400%2C400&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 contracted]][[http://www.abc.net.au/news/image/7690188-3x2-940x627.jpg pupils.]]
%%* [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eduard_Khil Eduard Khil]], he of the viral "[[https://youtu.be/6S8OsJOP4Bw Trololo]]" video.
* Phil Spector. [[https://akns-images.eonline.com/eol_images/Entire_Site/2014824/rs_600x600-140924073020-600.Phil-Spector-Prison-Photos.jl.092414.jpg?fit=around%7C1080:1080&output-quality=90&crop=1080:1080;center,top Several]] [[https://storage.googleapis.com/afs-prod/media/media:1f9c2cad713d40da8b9aebd2c81f67e6/3000.jpeg prison]] [[https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/NINTCHDBPICT000550233670-1.jpg mugshots]] had been taken of him since he was convicted of murder, and they can all be described as the look of someone trying and failing to contain their rage.
* Emojis, even the most basic smiley ones, can fall into this due to DullEyesOfUnhappiness, straight-up BlackEyesOfEvil or, if animated, unmoving, unblinking eyes. This is sometimes in contrast to cuter, more expressive emojis of the same set.
* András Arató, known online by the nickname "Hide the Pain Harold". According to him, the painful-looking forced smile in the stock photo he's famous for was the result of tiredness after the photography session dragged on.
[[/folder]]
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
trope in-universe only
Changed line(s) 231 (click to see context) from:
* ''Series/HowIMetYourMother'': [[AwesomeMcCoolName The Captain]]. Marshall eventually figures out what it is about the captain that creeps them out: even when he smiles, his eyes seem completely serious and empty. Marshal highlights this by covering half of a photo of him.
to:
* ''Series/HowIMetYourMother'': [[AwesomeMcCoolName The Captain]].Captain. Marshall eventually figures out what it is about the captain that creeps them out: even when he smiles, his eyes seem completely serious and empty. Marshal highlights this by covering half of a photo of him.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* ''Literature/WhenMyHeartJoinsTheThousand'': When Alvie was in third grade, she had to see a counselor, who told her to smile, as "an easy way to be friendly." Alvie bared her teeth at her.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
The Lost Woods has been split between a video game setting of the same name and Enchanted Forest. Cutting non-examples, zero-context potholes and ZCEs.
Changed line(s) 336,337 (click to see context) from:
* The only expression the Whites in ''WebAnimation/LuckyDayForever'' can display. Used to show that they are in the UncannyValley.
* Cordie from ''WebAnimation/{{Cliffside}}'' being a CuteMonsterGirl from TheLostWoods has smiles that range from [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/cliff-side/images/6/62/S1E01_Sadistic_Cordie.png/revision/latest?cb=20180915121300 "I'm going to eat you"]] to [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/cliff-side/images/a/a3/S1E01_I%27ll_do_it.png/revision/latest?cb=20180915120020 "high as a kite".]]
* Cordie from ''WebAnimation/{{Cliffside}}'' being a CuteMonsterGirl from TheLostWoods has smiles that range from [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/cliff-side/images/6/62/S1E01_Sadistic_Cordie.png/revision/latest?cb=20180915121300 "I'm going to eat you"]] to [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/cliff-side/images/a/a3/S1E01_I%27ll_do_it.png/revision/latest?cb=20180915120020 "high as a kite".]]
to:
* ''WebAnimation/LuckyDayForever'': The only expression that the Whites in ''WebAnimation/LuckyDayForever'' can display. Used to show that they are in the UncannyValley.
*Cordie from ''WebAnimation/{{Cliffside}}'' being ''WebAnimation/{{Cliffside}}'': Cordie, a CuteMonsterGirl from TheLostWoods the forest, has smiles that range from [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/cliff-side/images/6/62/S1E01_Sadistic_Cordie.png/revision/latest?cb=20180915121300 "I'm going to eat you"]] to [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/cliff-side/images/a/a3/S1E01_I%27ll_do_it.png/revision/latest?cb=20180915120020 "high as a kite".]]
*
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 140 (click to see context) from:
* ''Film/Terminator2JudgmentDay'': The eponymous killer robot does this in a deleted scene (if not the TropeCodifier then at least a perfect textbook example): John tries to get him to smile, and so the T-101 scans the mouth of a grinning man talking on the telephone to see how it's done. Since he didn't scan the muscles above the mouth, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ANUP5-aW4E it leads to a bizarrely creepy smile that has Arnie still affecting a scowl from the cheekbones up]]. When John suggests that he stop, the "smile" instantly leaves his face.
to:
* ''Film/Terminator2JudgmentDay'': The eponymous killer robot does this in a deleted scene (if not the TropeCodifier then at least a perfect textbook example): John tries to get him to smile, and so the T-101 T-800 scans the mouth of a grinning man talking on the telephone to see how it's done. Since he didn't scan the muscles above the mouth, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ANUP5-aW4E it leads to a bizarrely creepy smile that has Arnie still affecting a scowl from the cheekbones up]]. When John suggests that he stop, the "smile" instantly leaves his face.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
Crosswicking
Changed line(s) 71 (click to see context) from:
** During Creator/KurtBusiek's run on ''ComicBook/TheAvengers'', they become a UN organization, and have to get new photo [=IDs=] to go with the change of status. [[TheStoic Vision's]] attempt to smile for his photo at She-Hulk's urging is ''[[https://i.pinimg.com/originals/09/e2/bf/09e2bf6b903699db1dd181433d5c4263.jpg priceless]]''. He seems to do just fine on the rare occasion that he actually ''wants'' to smile, but apparently, photo day is his downfall.
to:
** During Creator/KurtBusiek's run on ''ComicBook/TheAvengers'', they The Avengers become a UN organization, and have to get new photo [=IDs=] to go with the change of status. [[TheStoic Vision's]] attempt to smile for his photo at She-Hulk's urging is ''[[https://i.pinimg.com/originals/09/e2/bf/09e2bf6b903699db1dd181433d5c4263.jpg priceless]]''. He seems to do just fine on the rare occasion that he actually ''wants'' to smile, but apparently, photo day is his downfall.
Added DiffLines:
** At one point during Geoff Johns' run of ''ComicBook/TheAvengers'', he's asked to smile for a photo. He does so technically, but it's... well, damned creepy looking. So Vis alters the photo to get rid of it.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* In ''Film/Partners1982'', Benson, who is straight, wears an extremely pained smile while flirting with men for information on the murders.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 146 (click to see context) from:
* ''Film/{{Skyfall}}: Raoul Silva is at his most unnerving when he's smiling. [[spoiler:It turns that he's wearing a prosthetic face implant to cover up the damage caused by a CyanidePill that failed to kill him.]]
to:
* ''Film/{{Skyfall}}: ''Film/{{Skyfall}}'': Raoul Silva is at his most unnerving when he's smiling. [[spoiler:It turns that he's wearing a prosthetic face implant to cover up the damage caused by a CyanidePill that failed to kill him.]]
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* ''Film/{{Skyfall}}: Raoul Silva is at his most unnerving when he's smiling. [[spoiler:It turns that he's wearing a prosthetic face implant to cover up the damage caused by a CyanidePill that failed to kill him.]]
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 227 (click to see context) from:
* ''Series/HowIMetYourMother'': [[AwesomeMcCoolName The Captain]]. Marshall eventually figures out what it is about the captain that creeps them out: even when he smiles, his eyes seem completely serious and empty.
to:
* ''Series/HowIMetYourMother'': [[AwesomeMcCoolName The Captain]]. Marshall eventually figures out what it is about the captain that creeps them out: even when he smiles, his eyes seem completely serious and empty. Marshal highlights this by covering half of a photo of him.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 258 (click to see context) from:
* ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'': Whenever Data tries to smile, he [[http://tng.trekcore.com/hd/albums/season-4/4x11/datas-day-hd-285.jpg really shouldn't.]] He gets ''much'' better at it after the events of ''Film/StarTrekGenerations''.
to:
* ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'': Whenever Data tries to smile, he [[http://tng.trekcore.com/hd/albums/season-4/4x11/datas-day-hd-285.jpg really shouldn't.]] He gets ''much'' better at it after the events of ''Film/StarTrekGenerations''.''Film/StarTrekGenerations'' thanks to [[PersonalityChip his emotion chip]].
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* In ''Series/{{Peacemaker}}'' the leader of the [[PuppeteerParasite Butterflies]] complains that every human smiles differently and it needs to be relearned for each host. This is put to good effect later as a crowd of Butterflies with fresh hosts attempt to smile, still-bloody faces sporting a range of unnatural grins.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
YMMV
Changed line(s) 43 (click to see context) from:
%%** [[spoiler: Äs Nödt]]'s '''[[NightmareFuel/{{Bleach}} horrifying]]''' un-smile, coming after ([[AmbiguousGender s]]?)he [[spoiler: steals Byakuya's Bankai]]. It's next to no wonder that [[spoiler: their FanNickname is "As {{Troll}}"]]
to:
%%** [[spoiler: Äs Nödt]]'s '''[[NightmareFuel/{{Bleach}} horrifying]]''' un-smile, coming after ([[AmbiguousGender s]]?)he [[spoiler: steals Byakuya's Bankai]]. It's next to no wonder that [[spoiler: their FanNickname is "As {{Troll}}"]]
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* Shinra Kasukabe in ''Manga/FireForce'' has a habit of grinning when nervous or facing danger. Said grin looks like a SlasherSmile, which made him a pariah when the habit emerged after his parents died in a fire he was blamed for, further reinforcing the behavior. The times when he genuinely smiles are very far and few between, such that [[WhenHeSmiles he appears almost like a different person]].
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 442,443 (click to see context) from:
* Raven from ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'' is a PerpetualFrowner. The one time she tried to force herself to smile, it was... ugly; the sounds of previously unused facial muscles stretching could clearly be heard as she struggled to pull her lips into position. However, there have been instances where she genuinely smiled and it wasn't so bad.
** There's also Robin forcing a smile on his "date" with [[{{SpoiledBrat}} Kitten]]. This would be the one that made a noise like bones cracking.
** There's also Robin forcing a smile on his "date" with [[{{SpoiledBrat}} Kitten]]. This would be the one that made a noise like bones cracking.
to:
* Raven from ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'' ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans2003'' is a PerpetualFrowner. The one time she tried to force herself to smile, it was... ugly; the sounds of previously unused facial muscles stretching could clearly be heard as she struggled to pull her lips into position. However, there have been instances where she [[WhenSheSmiles genuinely smiled smiled]] and it wasn't so bad.
** There's also Robin forcing a smile on his "date" with[[{{SpoiledBrat}} [[SpoiledBrat Kitten]]. This would be the one that made a noise like bones cracking.
** There's also Robin forcing a smile on his "date" with
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* ''VideoGame/ScarletHollow'': It's possible to make PerpetualFrowner Tabitha smile. [[https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FH8RtDYVQAc_VBB?format=jpg&name=large Judging from the results]], she seems to be ''very'' out of practice.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
Direct link.
Changed line(s) 59 (click to see context) from:
* A {{Justified}} example in ''Manga/TheRoseOfVersailles'': when the Countess of Noailles and a number of nobles inform the Dauphin Louis and his wife Marie Antoinette they're now the King and Queen of France they're all smiling because protocol demands they show happiness for the rise to the throne of the new monarch, but not only has Louis XV died a terribly painful death of smallpox mere minutes earlier, he's Louis' grandfather, and Marie Antoinette is a smallpox survivor who has already lost a sister and a sister in law to the illness-and they know that perfectly. Thus none of them wants to smile as they announce "The King is dead, long live the King"... But the protocol demands it.
to:
* A {{Justified}} {{Justified|Trope}} example in ''Manga/TheRoseOfVersailles'': when the Countess of Noailles and a number of nobles inform the Dauphin Louis and his wife Marie Antoinette they're now the King and Queen of France they're all smiling because protocol demands they show happiness for the rise to the throne of the new monarch, but not only has Louis XV died a terribly painful death of smallpox mere minutes earlier, he's Louis' grandfather, and Marie Antoinette is a smallpox survivor who has already lost a sister and a sister in law to the illness-and they know that perfectly. Thus none of them wants to smile as they announce "The King is dead, long live the King"... But the protocol demands it.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 182 (click to see context) from:
** Lord Talmanes takes being TheStoic to [[TheComicallySerious the extreme]], and only starts to smile when [[spoiler:he takes enough wounds from Shadow-tainted [[HumanoidAbomination Myrddraal]] weapons in the Last Battle that only HeroicWillpower keeps him from dying on the spot. The sight of him grinning frightens the ''[[StaringDownCthulhu Myrddraal]]'', and is generally agreed to be worse to look at than the corruption consuming his body. He gets better, too.]]
to:
** Lord Talmanes takes being TheStoic to [[TheComicallySerious the extreme]], and only starts to smile when [[spoiler:he he takes enough wounds from Shadow-tainted [[HumanoidAbomination Myrddraal]] weapons in the Last Battle that only HeroicWillpower keeps him from dying on the spot. The sight of him grinning frightens the ''[[StaringDownCthulhu Myrddraal]]'', and is generally agreed to be worse to look at than the corruption consuming his body. He [[spoiler:He gets better, too.]]]]
** After [[spoiler:Tarna Feir]] is [[ReforgedIntoAMinion forcibly Turned to the Shadow]], her eyes become cold and her smile looks like something "on the lips of a corpse."
** After [[spoiler:Tarna Feir]] is [[ReforgedIntoAMinion forcibly Turned to the Shadow]], her eyes become cold and her smile looks like something "on the lips of a corpse."
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 74 (click to see context) from:
* In ''ComicBook/LeeDitkoSpiderMan'', Jameson's smiles creeping people out serves as a Running Gag.
to:
* In ''ComicBook/LeeDitkoSpiderMan'', ''[[ComicBook/TheAmazingSpiderManLeeAndDitko The Amazing Spider-Man]]'', Jameson's smiles creeping people out serves as a Running Gag.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* In ''Film/BringItOn'', Sparky Pulaski tells Missy to smile. When she does, he immediately tells her, [[VerbalBackspace "Don't smile."]]
