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* When I See You Smile by Bad English could also be this tropes theme song
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* [[MadMen Rich Sommer]]. On the show, he looks like a slightly above average, mildly doughy, kind of dorky guy. But when he smiles, well...[[http://yfrog.com/1q7v4cj just look]].
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* As mentioned in the page quite, Nine Days "Absolutely (Story of a Girl) defines this trope and may well be the troper namer.
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* SharonSmall's smile could power a sun.
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* SharonSmall actually managed to [[DyeingForTheirArt subdue]] her own good looks enough to make [[InspectorLynley Barbara Havers]], if not unattractive, at the very least mostly unremarkable. But there was absolutely no concealing the fact that when she smiled, Barbara was hands-down the most beautiful woman on the show.

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* SharonSmall actually managed to [[DyeingForTheirArt [[DyeingForYourArt subdue]] her own good looks enough to make [[InspectorLynley Barbara Havers]], if not unattractive, at the very least mostly unremarkable. But there was absolutely no concealing the fact that when she smiled, Barbara was hands-down the most beautiful woman on the show.
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* SharonSmall actually managed to [[DyeingForTheirArt subdue]] her own good looks enough to make [[InspectorLynley Barbara Havers]], if not unattractive, at the very least mostly unremarkable. But there was absolutely no concealing the fact that when she smiled, Barbara was hands-down the most beautiful woman on the show.
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* "and all her friends tell her / she's so pretty / but she'd be a whole lot prettier / if she smiled once in a while" - Shawn Mullins, Lullabye.(See ''ThePretender'' reference above.)

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* "and all her friends tell her / she's so pretty / but she'd be a whole lot prettier / if she smiled once in a while" - Shawn Mullins, Lullabye. (See ''ThePretender'' reference above.)
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* "The girl works at the store sweet Jane St. Clair/ Was dazzled by her smile while I shopped there." - Barenaked Ladies, Jane.

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* "The girl works at the store sweet Jane St. Clair/ Clair / Was dazzled by her smile while I shopped there." - Barenaked Ladies, Jane.



* "and all her friends tell her/ she's so pretty/ but she'd be a whole lot prettier/ if she smiled once in a while" - Shawn Mullins, Lullabye.(See ''ThePretender'' reference above.)
* "Here in town you can tell he's been down for a while/ But, my God, it's so beautiful when the boy smiles," - Anna Nalick, Breathe (2am)

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* "and all her friends tell her/ her / she's so pretty/ pretty / but she'd be a whole lot prettier/ prettier / if she smiled once in a while" - Shawn Mullins, Lullabye.(See ''ThePretender'' reference above.)
* "Here in town you can tell he's been down for a while/ while / But, my God, it's so beautiful when the boy smiles," - Anna Nalick, Breathe (2am)
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* "The girl works at the store sweet Jane St. Clair/ Was dazzled by her smile while I shopped there." From "Jane" by the Barenaked Ladies.
* That's a reference to the extended version of "[[TheVelvetUnderground Sweet Jane]]": "Heavenly wine and roses seem to whisper to her when he smiles; heavenly wine and roses seem to whisper to her when she smiles." [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WgUs7yWnDJ8 Hear it here]].
* Shawn Mullins' "Lullabye". See ''ThePretender'' reference above.

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* "The girl works at the store sweet Jane St. Clair/ Was dazzled by her smile while I shopped there." From "Jane" by the - Barenaked Ladies.
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That's a reference to the extended version of "[[TheVelvetUnderground Sweet Jane]]": "Heavenly wine and roses seem to whisper to her when he smiles; heavenly wine and roses seem to whisper to her when she smiles." [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WgUs7yWnDJ8 Hear it here]].
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*"and all her friends tell her/ she's so pretty/ but she'd be a whole lot prettier/ if she smiled once in a while" -
Shawn Mullins' "Lullabye". See Mullins, Lullabye.(See ''ThePretender'' reference above.
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* "Here in town you can tell he's been down for a while/ But, my God, it's so beautiful when the boy smiles," - Anna Nalick, Breathe (2am)
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* Aeryn was a good example of this in the early days of {{Farscape}}. The rare occasions when she dropped her tough girl facade and gave a smile (usually as a result of something Crichton did) really brightened up the show.
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A character is described as plain or unremarkable, except, well, [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin when they smile]]; when you get them to crack a grin, '''HelloNurse'''!. A SlasherSmile or evil smirk doesn't do it - it's something about the sheer happiness in that smile that makes whoever's watching immediately feel welcome, or better, and very often want to make them smile again. Preferably a lot. Depending on the application, can lead to LoveAtFirstSight, a love realization, or a CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming. It's very effective for a BrokenBird, TheStoic, a ShrinkingViolet or a PerpetualFrowner, but is in no way limited to them. The key element is that the smile adds a ''lot.''

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A character is described as plain or unremarkable, except, well, [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin when they smile]]; when you get them to crack a grin, '''HelloNurse'''!. '''HelloNurse'''! A SlasherSmile or [[PsychoticSmirk evil smirk smirk]] doesn't do it - it's something about the sheer happiness in that smile that makes whoever's watching immediately feel welcome, or better, and very often want to make them smile again. Preferably a lot. Depending on the application, can lead to LoveAtFirstSight, a love realization, or a CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming. It's very effective for a BrokenBird, TheStoic, a ShrinkingViolet or a PerpetualFrowner, but is in no way limited to them. The key element is that the smile adds a ''lot.''
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* JuliaRoberts. The woman ''OWNS'' this trope. Watch the very last scene in ''The Pelican Brief'' - and tell me that you can't be melted down by that smile.
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* MaryElizabethWinstead is already pretty adorable, but takes it UpToEleven when she smiles.

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* Ikaros from SoraNoOtoshimono manages to smile only by ''gluing her face.'' It works amazingly well.
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* Usually a DeadpanSnarker, [[OuranHighSchoolHostClub Haruhi Fujioka]] is quite [[http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g12/countzander/cosplay%20and%20anime/anime%20and%20cgi/Haruhi%20Fujioka/HaruhiFujioka7.jpg adorable]] [[http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/kk1/_00faye00_/haruhi8.jpg when]] [[http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/hh151/audreytrigo/Haruhi32.jpg she]] [[http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/gg296/yagami_of_death/xat%20pics/Fujioka_Haruhi_by_jc088.jpg smiles]].
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* {{Persona 3}} [[UpdatedRerelease Portable]] makes Shinjiro Aragaki into this. While in the main game he was something of a PerpetualFrowner, he's given HiddenDepths if the player is [[DistaffCounterpart female]] and does have [[http://img.youtube.com/vi/RwzsCKowZtk/0.jpg other expressions]] other than a bitter look.

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* {{Persona ''{{Persona 3}} [[UpdatedRerelease Portable]] Portable]]'' makes Shinjiro Aragaki into this. While in the main game he was he's something of a PerpetualFrowner, he's given HiddenDepths if the player is [[DistaffCounterpart female]] female protagonist]] gets the chance to reveal some HiddenDepths and does have [[http://img.youtube.com/vi/RwzsCKowZtk/0.see him smile - and when he does, it's [[http://www.famitsu.com/image/4423/s115_KnijPG8C4ScSG42ezC3dEz31UJO7H1l9.jpg other expressions]] other than a bitter look.startlingly attractive]].
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* Dianna Argon is stunningly pretty even when she's crying, but her smile takes it UpToEleven.

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* Dianna Argon Agron is stunningly pretty even when she's crying, but her smile takes it UpToEleven.

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* In MercedesLackey's ''{{Heralds of Valdemar}}'' series this describes the Queen's Own Herald quite well. While Talia was preparing for her wedding the groom walked in and this observation was made: "Two hours I spend on her?" Jeri muttered under her breath, obviously amused, "?and in two eyeblinks he makes everything I did look insignificant."

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* In MercedesLackey's ''{{Heralds of Valdemar}}'' series this describes the Queen's Own Herald quite well. While Talia was is preparing for her wedding wedding, the groom walked in and this walks in, prompting the following observation was made: from Jeri: "Two hours I spend on her?" Jeri muttered under her breath, obviously amused, "?and her, and in two eyeblinks he makes everything I did look insignificant."
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** Also Adrian Andrews at the end of 2-4.
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* From what I've seen, Lightning of FinalFantasyXIII has this in common with her SpearCounterpart. [[http://api.ning.com/files/-PxhMF-iGRkJ6o0Kk0HkWRXF* T8gqkMjwcY2HA7fwXhVnJZyOe4Z-6-RkPwdtzJvzQ2AKT4HZToq* T65E* -khhelFKPv3zJB/LightningSmiles.JPG?width=393&height=358 Aww.]] (It's worth noticing that this is fairly early on, probably why it's a sad smile... but still gorgeous.) Seems someone at SquareEnix has a thing for this trope.

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* From what I've seen, Lightning of FinalFantasyXIII has this in common with her SpearCounterpart. [[http://api.ning.com/files/-PxhMF-iGRkJ6o0Kk0HkWRXF* T8gqkMjwcY2HA7fwXhVnJZyOe4Z-6-RkPwdtzJvzQ2AKT4HZToq* T65E* -khhelFKPv3zJB/LightningSmiles.JPG?width=393&height=358 [[http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20091125173326/finalfantasy/images/4/43/Lightningsmile.PNG Aww.]] (It's worth noticing that this is fairly early on, probably why it's a sad smile... but still gorgeous.) Seems someone at SquareEnix has a thing for this trope.

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* From the YA novel ''Jacob Have I Loved'': the protagonist (who is young, island-born and Protestant) has just been chatting with a Catholic, mountain-born widower. At first she thinks he doesn't understand her at all...
---> "But then, oh, my blessed, he smiled. I guess I knew right then I was going to marry him: God, Pope, three motherless children, unspellable surname and all. For when he smiled, he looked like the kind of man that would sing to the oysters."
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It's not actually AlwaysFemale; the title comes from the song [[RefrainFromAssuming Absolutely]] (Story Of A Girl). GoOutWithASmile often involves this plus {{Tearjerker}}. A shy cousin to WhatBeautifulEyes, and UnkemptBeauty; a subtrope of OOCIsSeriousBusiness. Contrast with TheUnsmile.

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It's not actually AlwaysFemale; the title comes from the song [[RefrainFromAssuming Absolutely]] (Story Of A Girl). GoOutWithASmile often involves this plus {{Tearjerker}}. A shy cousin to WhatBeautifulEyes, and UnkemptBeauty; a subtrope of OOCIsSeriousBusiness. Contrast with TheUnsmile.TheUnsmile, where the smile is just plain unnatural.
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* [[AllisonJanney Allison]] [[TheWestWing Janney]]. [[XJustX Just...]] AllisonJanney.

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* [[AllisonJanney Allison]] [[TheWestWing Janney]]. [[XJustX Just...]] AllisonJanney.
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* ''DoctorWho'': The tenth doctor (Tennant) is {{Adorkable}} most of the times, but when he smiles, no one can help but smile with him.

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* ''DoctorWho'': The tenth doctor (Tennant) is {{Adorkable}} Christopher Eccleston's Doctor isn't the most of the times, attractive man, physically, but when every flaw that he smiles, no one can help but smile with him.has is instantly negated by his giant, heart-stopping smile.

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*Tolstoy does use this trope in WarAndPeace describing Natasha and, to some extent, Princess Marya (at first, it isn't smile but the expression of her eyes, but in the scene of her second meeting with Nicolas Rostov it's played literally).


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** When it comes to that, AudreyTautou fits this trope to a T.


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*** And the fact that in Continental Europe the so-called 'American grin' (when upper and lower teeth are visible) is often seen as insincere, whatever the case behind the picture is, doesn't help either.
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* ''DoctorWho'': The tenth doctor (Tennant) is {{Adorkable}} most of the times, but when he smiles, no one can help but smile with him.
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** Somewhat appropriately, this extends to his LoveInterest Mai as well- while she's conventionally good looking, you wouldn't really call her cute because of her perpetually sour expression. But on the rare occasions when she smiles... well, together with Zuko, there's a reason [[http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20081212185053/avatar/images/d/d8/Zuko%26Mai.png this]] is [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming one of the sweetest moments of the series]].
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[[folder: Theatre]]
* In the comic opera ''The Firefly'' (no relation to ''{{Firefly}}''), a waif wins a man over from his [[DisposableFiance Disposable Fiancée]] by smiling at him.
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* AlysonHannigan has the most adorable CatSmile.
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It's not actually AlwaysFemale; the title comes from the song [[RefrainFromAssuming Absolutely]] (Story Of A Girl). GoOutWithASmile often involves this plus {{Tearjerker}}. Shy cousin to WhatBeautifulEyes, and UnkemptBeauty. Contrast with TheUnsmile.

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It's not actually AlwaysFemale; the title comes from the song [[RefrainFromAssuming Absolutely]] (Story Of A Girl). GoOutWithASmile often involves this plus {{Tearjerker}}. Shy A shy cousin to WhatBeautifulEyes, and UnkemptBeauty.UnkemptBeauty; a subtrope of OOCIsSeriousBusiness. Contrast with TheUnsmile.

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