History Main / WhenSheSmiles

* ''VisualNovel/CafeEnchante'':
** Ignis normally has a scowl, a frown or at best, a cocky smile. But in his route, there was a moment where he smiles gently at Kotone and she is taken back by the warmth in his smile.
** Il has a default polite, gentle smile but when Il outright ''beams'' when Kotone compliments him that he is becoming more human, Kotone is absolutely mesmerized by his beautiful smile.

* ''[[Film/GodzillaKingOfTheMonsters Godzilla: King of the Monsters]] -- The Official Movie Novelization'': The book describes the normally arctic-hearted eco-terrorist [[Characters/MonsterVerseHumans Alan Jonah]] smiling at Asher as "really genuine smile he almost never brought out."

%%-->[[NamesTheSame Will Grayson #1]]: [Jane's] whole face changes when she smiles -- this eyebrow-lifting, perfect-teeth-showing, eye-crinkling smile I've either never seen or never noticed.

* Sin Kiske from ''[[VideoGame/GuiltyGear Guilty Gear Xrd]]'' tries to invoke this with [[PersonOfMassDestruction Ramlethal]], during her cinematic attacks and winposes she loves to deliver a toothy SlasherSmile, be ''he'' wants to see her smile for real. In fact in ''-REVELATOR-'', the slasher smile from her winpose is replaced with a wistful frown. [[spoiler: She also [[GoOutWithASmile goes out with a smile]].]]

* ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry'':
** Lady is so hardened she rarely smiles at all in ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry3DantesAwakening'', at least until the [[Anime/DevilMayCryTheAnimatedSeries anime]] where she softens up and gives [[https://66.media.tumblr.com/5396348e1aba51d98d22ce20cbfe4da0/tumblr_pir03ut4Jp1w7pk4zo2_500.png a big radiant smile]] at one point.
** Vergil [[TheStoic almost never smiles]] during the entire series, but in ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry5'', he lets [[https://images-ext-2.discordapp.net/external/5QuYoq932llQQWELo5Vil__gs8m_1pU2ECtic6YVLvI/https/cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/481577316296818689/551625458882445312/DMC5VSmile.gif a smile cross his face]] when facing his WorthyOpponent brother.

It's not actually AlwaysFemale; the title comes from the song "[[RefrainFromAssuming Absolutely]] (Story of a Girl)". GoOutWithASmile often involves this plus {{Tearjerker}}. May involve FingerForcedSmile. A shy cousin to WhatBeautifulEyes, and UnkemptBeauty; a subtrope of OOCIsSeriousBusiness. Contrast with TheUnsmile, where the smile is just plain unnatural. Compare with SerendipityShock, BeautifulTears (when ''crying'' makes a character look prettier). See SmileOfApproval if the character's smile is geared towards someone they don't think too fondly of.

* In game one, case five of ''VideoGame/AceAttorney'', [[spoiler:Lana Skye]], someone known for being somber and hard-hearted, smiles warmly once the case is won and the weight of [[spoiler:her blackmail and fear for her sister]] has been lifted.

* Wrestling/WillowNightingale's [[HammyHerald intro]]:

It's not actually AlwaysFemale; the title comes from the song "[[RefrainFromAssuming Absolutely]] (Story of a Girl)". GoOutWithASmile often involves this plus {{Tearjerker}}. May involve FingerForcedSmile. A shy cousin to WhatBeautifulEyes, and UnkemptBeauty; a subtrope of OOCIsSeriousBusiness. Contrast with TheUnsmile, where the smile is just plain unnatural. Compare with SerendipityShock. See SmileOfApproval if the character's smile is geared towards someone they don't think too fondly of.

* [[TropeNamers "Absolutely"]] by Nine Days:

* From Creator/LoisMcMasterBujold's ''Literature/VorkosiganSaga'', as applied to a male: Aral Vorkosigan is a rather stern-faced military officer, with "cold intent grey eyes"; in a later book in the series he is described as being "heavy-jawed, heavy-browed, scarred". In ''Shards of Honor'' he has taken as his prisoner Commander Cordelia Naismith (from a rival--and potentially enemy--planet), but they're stranded on an uninhabited planet (along with one of Commander Naismith's officers, with a head wound that has reduced him to having the mentality of an infant) and have to hike their way across several hundred kilometers to a hidden supply cache. In an effort to save her wounded officer, Naismith has given Vorkosigan her parole, agreeing not to bash in Vorkosigan's head with a rock as soon as he goes to sleep, but officially they're still enemies of a sort. Then they (almost literally) stumble across a local herbivore, which happens to be edible, and Vorkosigan shoots it with a stun gun:
-->"Oh, good shot!" cried Cordelia ecstatically. Vorkosigan grinned like a boy over his shoulder at her and jogged after his prize. "Oh," she murmured, stunned herself by the effect of the grin. It had lit his face like the sun for that brief instant. Oh, do that again, she thought; then shook off the thought. Duty. Stick to duty.
%%** And much later in the same series, another character thinks to herself that Emperor Gregor has "one of those wildly unfair male face-transforming smiles".
%%** In her fantasy novel ''Literature/TheHallowedHunt'', after the usually rather gloomy protagonist finally smiles at the LoveInterest, he is soon thereafter told that she "thinks your smile is ''devastating''."

%%* Creator/LoisMcMasterBujold is fond of this trope as applied to males. From her ''Literature/VorkosiganSaga'':
%%** "Oh, good shot!" cried Cordelia ecstatically. Vorkosigan grinned like a boy over his shoulder at her and jogged after his prize. "Oh," she murmured, stunned herself by the effect of the grin. It had lit his face like the sun for that brief instant. Oh, do that again, she thought; then shook off the thought. Duty. Stick to duty.

** Lady is so hardened she rarely smiles at all in ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry3DantesAwakening'', at least till the [[Anime/DevilMayCryTheAnimatedSeries anime]] where she softens up and gives [[https://66.media.tumblr.com/5396348e1aba51d98d22ce20cbfe4da0/tumblr_pir03ut4Jp1w7pk4zo2_500.png a big radiant smile]] at one point.

** Vergil [[TheStoic almost never smiles]] during the entire series, but in ''[[VideoGame/DevilMayCry5 DMC5]]'', he lets [[https://images-ext-2.discordapp.net/external/5QuYoq932llQQWELo5Vil__gs8m_1pU2ECtic6YVLvI/https/cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/481577316296818689/551625458882445312/DMC5VSmile.gif a smile cross his face]] when facing his WorthyOpponent brother.
** Lady from ''[[VideoGame/DevilMayCry DMC3]]'' is so hardened she rarely smiles at all, at least till the [[Anime/DevilMayCryTheAnimatedSeries anime]] where she softens up and gives [[https://66.media.tumblr.com/5396348e1aba51d98d22ce20cbfe4da0/tumblr_pir03ut4Jp1w7pk4zo2_500.png a big radiant smile]] at one point.

* Vergil [[TheStoic almost never smiles]] during the entire series, but in ''[[VideoGame/DevilMayCry5 DMC5]]'', he lets [[https://images-ext-2.discordapp.net/external/5QuYoq932llQQWELo5Vil__gs8m_1pU2ECtic6YVLvI/https/cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/481577316296818689/551625458882445312/DMC5VSmile.gif a smile cross his face]] when facing his WorthyOpponent brother.

* Vergil from ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry'' almost never smiles, but in [[VideoGame/DevilMayCry5 DMC5]] he lets [[https://images-ext-2.discordapp.net/external/5QuYoq932llQQWELo5Vil__gs8m_1pU2ECtic6YVLvI/https/cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/481577316296818689/551625458882445312/DMC5VSmile.gif a smile cross his face]] when facing his WorthyOpponent brother.
** Lady from [[VideoGame/DevilMayCry DMC3]] is so hardened she rarely smiles at all, at least till the [[Anime/DevilMayCryTheAnimatedSeries anime]] where she softens up and gives [[https://66.media.tumblr.com/5396348e1aba51d98d22ce20cbfe4da0/tumblr_pir03ut4Jp1w7pk4zo2_500.png a big radiant smile]] at one point.

* In ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'', it's implied that Beast Boy feels this way toward the [[TheStoic Stoic]] and [[TheCynic Cynical]] Raven, as he puts immense effort into getting her to smile.

->''"You hardly ever smile Sam, and you look so beautiful when you do. Your face lights up and your soul shines so bright."''

[[folder:Live Action TV]]

** Twelve himself is an example of this trope. When TheStoic, KnightInSourArmor, PerpetualFrowner gets an opportunity for a genuine smile his entire face [[https://i.ytimg.com/vi/shABD4Ee4wg/maxresdefault.jpg lights up]].

*** Cloud is a mostly PerpetualFrowner and is mocked by various characters for it, which is implied to be [[ADarkerMe an affectation he does to look cool]]. But when he lets his mask slip, his smile is very cute -- other characters act delighted to see it, and Jessie in particular coos over it.

[[folder:Anime and Manga]]
* ''Manga/AhAndMmAreAllSheSays'': At the end of chapter 3, Toda finally smiles, rendering Tanaka speechless. She immediately takes a photo for posterity, and Toda chases after her to make her delete it.
%%* Parodied in ''Anime/AngelBeats Heaven's Door'' (though not in the story proper): Chapter 18 is entirely about how Hinata just wants to see Yurippe smile and laugh happily. After the chapter though, there is a SuperDeformed gag page where said Yurippe laughs maniacally and creepily, prompting Hinata to decide that, nope, it's better when she doesn't laugh after all.
* In ''Manga/AsteroidInLove'', Mira often spots them.
** In Chapter 2 / Episode 1, Mira notes Ao is [[DefrostingIceQueen not really a "cool beauty" and she's super cute]] when she noticed the latter's smile the morning after their StargazingScene-over-the-phone.
** There are several times when the [[{{Tsundere}} usually prickly Mikage shows her caring side]], especially when she takes note of her kouhai's achievements. Mira often [[LampshadedTrope takes note of this]], at which point Mikage turns back goes back to her usual mode.
* ''Manga/AttackOnTitan'' has Levi always look stoic and angry, pretty much all the time. However in the OVA when he does crack a smile, it's pretty amazing and heartwarming. And then when he smiles in the main chapter, it leaves everyone present absolutely stunned.
%%* ''LightNovel/{{Baccano}}'': Elmer seems to have a tendency to make bets with himself to see if he could make Huey smile within a certain time period.
* In ''Manga/BattleRoyale'', Hirono, the second in command [[AlphaBitch bad girl]] in Mitsuko's gang is depicted as this. Despite having a punk hairstyle and being ''very'' nasty normally, when she meets up with protagonist Shuya (whom it's implied and revealed that she actually has a crush on), she ends up showing a smile from her heart. This leads to Shuya realizing that she's not all bad, and throughout the series, one of his greater regrets is being unable to save her. It pretty much directly follows this trope when he describes her in [[http://www.mangafox.com/manga/battle_royale/c064/16.html this page.]]
* Sen Yarizui from ''LightNovel/BenTo'' is usually TheStoic, but her features soften considerably when she offers up a sincere, heartfelt smile.
* Discussed by Guts and played for drama in ''Manga/{{Berserk}}''.
** After all of the crap that they had gone through since the eclipse, all that Guts wants to do is to make his insane lover Casca smile (though she is attractive regardless of if she smiles or not). But after [[spoiler: he nearly strangles and later almost rapes her on account of being influenced by his EnemyWithin]] she is now fearful of him and won't even let Guts touch her with tenderness anymore. It's more heartbreaking because seeing her smile is the only thing that makes Guts himself smile nowadays, [[HeartbrokenBadass and it kills him to see how Casca fears and detests him now.]]
** To add to the above, in Volume 28, Guts briefly gives a true smile (bonus that his eyes are shining and not [[DullEyesOfUnhappiness dull like they usually are]]) upon hearing from the Skull Knight that Casca might be cured of her insanity once and for all if he gets her to Elfhelm. Schierke, who is present, gives a soft reaction of happiness that she was able to see Guts smile like this.
** Guts [[https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C_g8obLXgAEyvj7.jpg does it again]] when he gets actual confirmation that Casca can be cured.
%%* Yuki of ''Manga/BetrayalKnowsMyName''. Also, Luka. In Chapter 21, Luka tells Yuki "I'm glad to see you smiling. I wish you could keep smiling like that." and [[HoYay touches his face]].
* ''Manga/BlackButler'' goes out of its way to prove this of Ciel. To the point where Joker in the manga gives him the stage name of Smile in an ironic sense... but then finds out that Ciel is a [[EvenTheGuysWantHim damn knockout]]. It seems as though Elizabeth's entire point of existing is to make him smile again... and she is one of the few people who can get a genuine smile.
%%* In ''Manga/BlackCat'' [[http://i640.photobucket.com/albums/uu130/jate88/saya-train-17078163d9.jpg Saya]] convinces Train to change his ways.
* ''Anime/DarkerThanBlack'':
** Hei generally racks up a ChickMagnet count even without a real smile (he has plenty of fake ones, but they're just that -- fake), but if Amber's testimony is anything to go by, a genuine one can make ''[[LackOfEmpathy sociopaths]]'' fall for him.
--->'''Amber:''' There was one time that he actually laughed from the bottom of his heart. His smile captivated me. That's when I thought to myself, "You really did it this time." I felt as if I would do ''anything'' for him.
** Yin has a weird combination of this and TheUnsmile. Due to her FrozenFace, it's not the end result that's cute so much as the effort she puts into it.
%%* When Ayu smiles in ''Manga/DeepLove'' Reina starts crying because she's never smiled at her before. In the live-action version, she merely pointed it out.
* When ''Manga/{{Erased}}'s'' adult protagonist Satoru {{Mental Time Travel}}s back to when he was in fifth grade, he becomes involved with Kayo Hinazuki in order to prevent her murder. In doing so he learns she's a BrokenBird with AbusiveParents. When he sees Kayo smile or show genuine happiness the effect on Satoru is strong enough that he has to consciously remind himself that he ''isn't'' a child.
* In ''LightNovel/TheFamiliarOfZero'' Season 4 Episode 5 Saito says he feels happy when he sees [[{{Tsundere}} Louise]] smile.
* Subverted and Played Straight in the series ''Manga/FireForce''. The main character, Shinra, suffers from nervous laughter. This makes him break out into a SlasherSmile when he gets nervous or scared (which considering he's often fighting off sentient fire demons, it's a pretty understandable reaction). [[spoiler: However, after he helps defeat his first Infernal he receives cheers from the crowd outside. His smile here is noticeably [[https://66.media.tumblr.com/9aea0253d6f6388a7e30659415d7bbdb/acbb4c1f95b8ee99-b8/s640x960/a0d02672028e93678359386f10f44876469e2632.jpg more genuine.]]]]
* Erina Nakiri in ''Manga/FoodWars'' starts to smile more as she opens up more to other people. This doesn't go unnoticed by Soma.
* In ''LightNovel/FullMetalPanic'', Sousuke is not unattractive even in PerpetualFrowner mode--it's even directly addressed in the novels, where he's still considered ''very'' attractive, but ''very'' unapproachable, as his eyebrows are in a constant state of slanting down angrily, and his lips are always pressed firmly in a grim, straight thin line. But during the moments where his face relaxes and he lightens up, people who see him like that tend to [[IDidntMeanToTurnYouOn have their heart racing BIG TIME]].
* Monsley from Anime/FutureBoyConan is normally a very stern and angry woman, but on the occasions when she smiles Captain Dyce tells her how pretty she looks when she does, she usually calls him a dummy afterwards.
* ''Manga/FruitsBasket'':
** Hana and her younger brother are normally [[TheStoic stoic]] around most people. However, when they're with Tohru and Uo, and a few other characters, they show off truly beautiful and genuine smiles.
** Same with Yuki. Although he does smile quite a bit, it's just a [[StepfordSmiler mask to appear friendly and cheerful]]. With a little help from Tohru, he develops a real smile.
** Kyo, a GrumpyBear and {{Tsundere}}, also has this happen to him.
* Applied several times with Chairman Morinomiya in ''Manga/GakuenBabysitters''. Always acting like a grouch, the few times she smiles reveals quite a lot.
* Kohina from ''Manga/GugureKokkurisan'' is very much TheStoic to the point of referring to herself as a doll. When she does try to force out a smile, [[http://i.ytimg.com/vi/2YmJGSN1mXA/maxresdefault.jpg her face literally falls apart]] and [[TheUnsmile scares everyone]]. Thus the first time she [[http://i58.tinypic.com/16kp308.jpg genuinely smiles]] for Kokkuri, he finds it absolutely adorable.
* ''LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya'':
** Haruhi herself starts out the series with a perpetual frown (hence the title of the first book, ''The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya''). Kyon describes her first smile as "reminiscent of a blazing sun in an equatorial sky," and later uses adjectives like "divine" and "cherry blossoms in full bloom" when referring to it.
** Yuki Nagato, resident EmotionlessGirl, gets one. [[http://images.hologfx.com/Doki/Suzumiya%20Haruhi/Suzumiya%20Haruhi%20no%20Shoushitsu%20-%20Movie.png This]] picture from the ''Disappearance'' is a plot point in said movie and the novel it's adapted from -- seeing Nagato smile is what [[spoiler:leads Kyon to question whether recreating the old world would really be the right thing to do]]. Three novels later it's revealed that the memory of her smile is ''still'' enough to make him question his decision.
** Subverted with [[spoiler: Kuyou Suo]] (resident HumanoidAbomination). While Kyon comments on how smiling makes her whole appearance different, even beautiful, it still comes off as profoundly inhuman.
* ''Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers'': England either frowns, sneers, or is yelling at someone (usually America or France.) There are very few instances of him genuinely smiling, like after the football game with Germany during the "Christmas truce" in UsefulNotes/WorldWarI, when his magical friends come to greet him at the meeting, or during America's childhood.
%%** Invoked in one strip, when [[SugarAndIceGirl Vietnam]] asks her "brother" [[PerpetualSmiler Thailand]] to teach her how to smile.
* ''LightNovel/IsThisAZombie'': Eucliwood stuns and surprises Ayumu when she finally shows her extremely cute smile.
* Jotaro TheStoic from ''Manga/JojosBizarreAdventure'' has '''very''' rarely seen but very [[https://i.pinimg.com/originals/34/d8/7c/34d87c5bff799131d9971b23b85140a1.jpg sweet smile]].
** Likewise Jotaro's similarly stoic daughter Jolyne can be radiant when she smiles.
** Parodied [[{{Woolseyism}} in the English dub]] of ''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureBattleTendency Battle Tendency]]'' when [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rt4q6Dwa-LE Joseph taunts Santana by jokingly invoking this trope]]. That said, [[TheStoic Santana]] [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/jjba/images/3/34/SantanaA.png/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/319?cb=20161029000034 actually does smile slightly]] in a piece of promotional art for the anime.
** Liss Lisa [[spoiler:Joseph's mom]] is very stoic and business-like, but she has a [[https://66.media.tumblr.com/d9bc122e1b9f47eebd5662629eb027b2/tumblr_mkc116xwv01ry9vkao1_500.gif radiant smile]].
* In ''Manga/KaguyaSamaLoveIsWar'', Osaragi is shown crying in Chapter 68 when seeing her childhood friend Iino smile after the election. The chapter is even titled "I want to make Miko Iino Smile". In Chapter 174, Ishigami also notices how nice Iino can be, and tells her that she should smile more often.
* ''Kawaii Hito'' centers around Hanazono, a kindly florist with a FaceOfAThug and beady eyes. Almost everyone is scared of him when he's making his usual expressions, but when he closes his eyes and smiles, hearts melt.
* Sawako from ''Manga/KimiNiTodoke'' usually looks damn creepy what with resembling [[{{Film/Ringu}} Sadako]] and all, but her genuine warm smile was one of the first reasons Kazehaya fell in love with her. When she tries to force herself to smile though, it, ah... doesn't work.
* ''Manga/KenichiTheMightiestDisciple'': During the BeachEpisode, [[SexyMentor Shigure]] teaches Kenichi how to swim to help him overcome his fear of water, and gives him a faint smile when proud of his progress. Kenichi even wonders if it's an optical illusion since he had never seen her smile before.
* ''Anime/{{Kiznaiver}}'':
** The main character, Agata, is an EmotionlessBoy, but as time goes on, he starts being able to feel again after [[spoiler:a failed experiment took away his capacity to feel pain or anything at all]]. At the end of the show, [[spoiler:Noriko breaks the original Kizna link he gets all his ability to feel back, right as he was attempting to rescue a drowning Noriko. When she rescues him, he claims that he feels sore all over, but his face becomes a tearful smile at the feeling of being able to feel again]].
** Noriko is an EmotionlessGirl that is [[spoiler:constantly heavily sedated due to a constant flux of pain to her body]]. However, the [[spoiler:the final scene of the anime is her showing a very sweet smile to the main characters as they accept her into their group]].
** The resident IceQueen Maki finally smiles in Episode 7 after [[spoiler:coming to terms with the death of a former friend, everyone notices and are dazzled by it]].
* Mika and Koharu of ''Manga/KoharuNoHibi'' just want Akira to always be happy and smile. And Koharu is normally a creepy StepfordSmiler {{Yandere}} but at one point she does genuinely smile without any insanity or creepiness behind it.
* ''Anime/LittleWitchAcademia2017'' has Constanze, the [[GermanicDepressives teutonic]] witch who is perpetually grumpy, almost never speaks, and whose only interest is working in her lab. So it's quite a surprise when at the end of one episode she shows a gorgeous sweet smile to Akko. Though her body language shows she is uncertain in how to do it, giving credit to the idea that she suffers from some AmbiguousDisorder.
%%* Rikka from ''LightNovel/LoveChunibyoAndOtherDelusions'' can be [[http://i1192.photobucket.com/albums/aa322/HinataShou/fmb-42499.gif Weapon-Grade]] [[http://i.minus.com/ibmyRRTxUT8bqg.gif Adorable]] is she breaks her ElegantGothicLolita delusion.
* ''Franchise/LyricalNanoha'':
** [[ThoseTwoGuys Arisa]] in the ''[[Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaAs A's]]'' manga really didn't want to like Fate. She was rather jealous of the attention Nanoha got from her. But she has to [[http://www.mangareader.net/magical-girl-lyrical-nanoha-as/5/3 admit]] that disliking her is [[http://www.mangareader.net/magical-girl-lyrical-nanoha-as/5/4 hard to do]] when subjected to the smile.
** Arf also commented on Fate's smile when watching her officially become friends with Nanoha at the end of [[Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha the first season]]. Given the fact that she had to helplessly watch Fate go through absolute ''hell'' at the hands of [[AbusiveParents her mother]] for several years, one can hardly blame her for breaking down in TearsOfJoy at the sight of it.
** The Wolkenritter pretty much define happiness as "seeing Hayate smile".
* ''Manga/MaisonIkkoku'': In a scene [[THeHero Yusaku]] reflects that Kyoko is [[{{Tsundere}} short-tempered, jealous, hard to deal with]]... but when she smiles, he feels that the world is his.
%%* Alviss of ''Manga/MarchenAwakensRomance''. Lampshaded in the series the few times he has smiled genuinely as [[http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u312/sasukeitachi777/Alviss_016.jpg seen]] [[http://i614.photobucket.com/albums/tt229/Rukia_200/Marchen%20Awakens%20Romance/Alviss.jpg here.]]
* In ''Manga/{{Monster}}'', [[RichBitch Eva]] [[WomanScorned Heinemann]] spends much of the series as a bitter, lonely person lashing out at those she perceives to have wronged her, chiefly her fugitive ex-fiancee [[AllLovingHero Dr. Kenzo Tenma]], complete with a nasty malicious smile. However, in rare moments when she does smile with something approaching authentic sincerity and kindness, the audience is reminded of her beauty. By the end of the series, [[spoiler: after undergoing a HeelFaceTurn and realizing the errors of her ways]], [[DefrostingIceQueen she seems to have found true happiness and satisfaction in life that previously eluded her]].
* In ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'', after little Eri is saved from Overhaul, there's still the issue of getting her to smile again, as the first step towards her mental recovery. When Class 1-A's concert at the school festival finally does the trick, Mirio, who was watching over her, breaks into TearsOfJoy. Izuku does as well when Eri tells him excitedly what she thought of it.
* Early on in ''Manga/MyLittleMonster'', Mizutani convinces Haru to stop glaring at people all the time and start smiling a bit more in order to make friends. This ends up [[GoneHorriblyRight going horribly right]], as the female half of the class finds that [[{{bishonen}} he's surprisingly good-looking]], and Haru briefly finds himself harassed by numerous admirers.
* ''LightNovel/MyNextLifeAsAVillainessAllRoutesLeadToDoom'':
** Katarina thinks she has a villainous face (and technically she does) so when she's trying to put someone at ease she always pauses beforehand to make it as friendly and non-threatening as possible, which is implied to turn a vaguely pretty girl absolutely gorgeous and has made several girls fall for her.
** Nicol, one of her love interests, is known for being pretty stoic, but when he smiles it's the same as Katarina but in reverse. Not only are the girls charmed, but so are some of the men around him. He smiles the most around Katarina herself because of how well she understands him.
* Machida Yuki of ''Manga/{{Namaikizakari}}'' is normally drawn with a flat scowl that befits her [[TheStoic stoic]] nature. She doesn't change her expression much, even for her boyfriend Sho. When she smiles at him for the first time after a qualifying match, he is stunned. It affects him so much that he sticks closer to her afterwards, unwilling to let other people see her smile in front of them.
* ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' tends to invoke this with usually dower/stoic characters such as [[https://yzgeneration.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Naruto-Shippuden-482-3.jpg Gaara]], [[https://i.pinimg.com/474x/cb/da/a8/cbdaa8ee74e4a2ebfc1d531003803b05.jpg Neji]] [[https://i.ytimg.com/vi/yt3vosagT_s/hqdefault.jpg Sasuke]], [[https://data.whicdn.com/images/309411041/large.jpg Shikamaru]], [[https://i.pinimg.com/originals/2e/02/5d/2e025d013bda0d6d97ed5db679b66b09.jpg Itachi]], [[https://data.whicdn.com/images/51686199/original.gif Sai]] and [[https://tenor.com/view/hinata-hyuga-smile-gif-4725210 Hinata]].
* Natsume Takashi from ''Manga/NatsumesBookOfFriends'' has managed to charm quite a few people [[http://img855.imageshack.us/img855/4453/natsume.png with a well-placed smile.]] He's even flustered a youkai woman on the far end of the Kinsey scale with one.
%%-->'''Hinoe:''' Why do you have to be a ''man!''
* ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'': In several points -- such as after being saved by [[TheHero Shinji]] from dying in a volcano, shielding Shinji from Matarael or in the last scene of the final chapter -- [[BrokenBird Asuka]] smiles sincerely. And in Episode 6, after Shinji tearfully berates [[EmotionlessGirl Rei]] for [[DeathSeeker risking her life for his just because she considers herself expendable]] and she expresses confusion at how to respond, he tells her to try smiling... and she does, shocking him into a brief silence.
* EmotionlessGirl Anita from ''Anime/NightWarriorsDarkstalkersRevenge'' never smiles due to the horror she's witnessed. However, when Donovan brings happiness and optimism back to her in the FinalBattle, she gives a ridiculously adorable smile Donovan even claims he's graced by tender warmth of her smile.
* Gender-inverted in ''Manga/{{Ojojojo}}''. After Haru tells Tsurezure her backstory, he shows her an absolutely stunning smile (that he'd been practicing for weeks) to cheer her up. She's so stunned by it that she begs him to do it again.
** Haru gave Akane one after saying that [[spoiler: she isn't angry that Akane pretended not to know about their ForgottenFirstMeeting.]]
* ''Manga/OnePiece'':
** Discussed in regards to Nami whose been a BrokenBird on the inside since Arlong ruined her [[HarmfulToMinors childhood]], Nojiko is amazed when Usopp says that Nami smile when she's with her TrueCompanions. When Nami left the crew and cried some TenderTears, she hopes to rejoin them and smiles "from the bottom of her heart".
*** Nico Robin is similar, though she's a bit more ZigZagged, when she is introduced she occasionally smiles, but nothing special and doesn't really reach the eyes, it's only after the Enies Lobby arc that her smile becomes genuine, and that's when the magic happens.
** The un-dead [[https://i.pinimg.com/originals/cd/a0/6e/cda06ea3b4319f54d96b08e893cca330.png Cindry's smile]] may be the sweetest smile in the whole series given it's from the beyond the grave and contrasts so greatly to her previous demeanor.
** Grizzled characters such as [[http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyd20oNJ7D1qjde74.png Zoro]], [[https://cdn-ak.f.st-hatena.com/images/fotolife/m/mouseion/20190303/20190303100240.jpg Sanji]], [[https://tenor.com/view/trafalgar-law-one-piece-smile-gif-8466161 Law]], and [[https://www.funmanga.com/uploads/chapters/5404/911/15.jpg?u=5ce4c8ac6691d even Katakuri]] have their faces brighten up when they smile.
* A gender-inverted example from ''LightNovel/OnlyTheRingFingerKnows'': Yuichi fell for Wataru when he returned Wataru's ring the first time he lost it from a distance, before they met, and Wataru's smile made him fall in love.
* ''Manga/OuranHighSchoolHostClub'': Kasanoda has the FaceOfAThug and what seems like a permanent scowl that frightens everybody. During most of his introductory episode, his smiles are out of anxiety and are equally unnerving. His first genuine, happy smile is when he sees the hurt sparrow fly away healed, and all semblance of scariness is gone in a flash.
%%* In the ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'' anime, [[ElegantGothicLolita Marley]] succeeds big time at doing this when a Shaymin she saved before crawls into her sleeping bag.
* ''Manga/PokemonAdventures'':
** Though [[WildChild Sapphire]] is perfectly capable of being happy and showing smiles, as she's normally in full tsun mode around [[CampStraight Ruby]], this trope is in full effect when she finally admits her feelings to Ruby. [[spoiler:The realization that she's his ForgottenChildhoodFriend nails it down all the more him.]]
** [[{{Hikikomori}} X]]'s default expression is one of resigned depression, but when Viola catches him smiling one time, she notes how nice it is.
* Nako of ''Manga/PoorPoorLips'', [[OlderThanSheLooks with her kid-like proportions]], is frequently mentioned by [[LipstickLesbian Ren]] to not be her type. However, all of that changes when Nako flashes one of her genuine smiles...
--> '''Ren:''' The thing I want most in the world, is to see her smile.
* In ''Manga/ThePrinceOfTennis'', there are exactly two (perhaps three) instances in which Tezuka Kunimitsu can be seen smiling: one is after a very symbolic match with his best friend Fuji Shusuke, the other is after his team has just won the National Tournament against the supposedly-unbeatable Rikkaidai. The last one, Inui Sadaharu even felt necessary to get on tape.
* Izumi Himoru from ''Anime/PrincessNine'' pulls off this trope at the end of the final episode, [[spoiler: where she hugs Ryo Hayakawa after the team lost in the quarter-finals, to cheer her up, with the hope of winning next year.]]
* ''Manga/TheQuintessentialQuintuplets'': Fuutarou Uesugi is of the PerpetualFrowner variety, always keeping a serious demeanor. During Chapters 36-37, he goes to see [[GenkiGirl Yotsuba]] to give her something as thanks for helping him before, so she forces him to go on a date with her and they visit different places. That is, until he asks her what ''she'' wants, so she takes him to an AbandonedPlayground where they start playing on the swings. Fuutarou manages to do a full turn, which makes him laugh out loud. Yotsuba's thoughts then reveal all she wanted was to see him smile and happy.
* ''Manga/RamenFighterMiki'': Kayahara’s sensei perpetual depression made her look as a StringyHairedGhostGirl, and attempts to cheer up result in TheUnSmile… except when she eats her TrademarkFavoriteFood, she is so happy then that When She Smiles, everyone thinks she is beautiful and LoveBubbles appear.
%%* Akane Tendo in ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf''. Even Ranma freely admits that she's cute when she smiles.
* ''Manga/{{ReLIFE}}'': When Hishiro smiles genuinely it's enough to leave Kaizaki stunned. [[TheUnsmile When she tries, however...]]
* ''Manga/RurouniKenshin'': Every frame which features Tomoe is gloom, grave, whose inability to smile [[spoiler: caused her original fiancee to sign up as a bodyguard for a powerful samurai and get himself killed by Kenshin]], can be seen smiling twice: once, [[spoiler: when she dies]], and once [[spoiler:in a vision asking him to continue living life to the fullest]]. Enishi, the villain of the same arc, is willing to ''kill'' for that smile.
* Konzen, from ''Manga/{{Saiyuki}}'', like his later incarnation, Sanzo, is very pretty but has a permanent scowl. Goku, his surrogate son, thinks he'd be beautiful if he did smile. Subverted, though, as when he finally does Goku decides it doesn't suit him at all, even though it is a completely genuine loving smile. Goku is saying he loves Konzen as he is.
* ''Manga/SamuraiHaremAsuNoYoichi'': Ayame, who has always lived in the shadow of her older sister Ibuki and feels like her efforts are never appreciated, so when main character Yoichi compliments her cooking, even after her admittance that she had had help from younger sister Kagome, the smile she gives is such that both Yoichi and her three sisters are stunned silent.
* Gender-inverted with Sakura from ''Manga/SandChronicles''. He's mostly a PerpetualFrowner and smirks when he's being snobby, yet the first two times he genuinely smiles at Ann, she blushes and admits he has a killer smile and is probably popular with women.
* Invoked in ''Manga/SensualPhrase''. Aine is a CuteBookworm who doesn't give smiles a lot due to shyness, but when she does and particularly with Sakuya, she's very cute... [[spoiler: But when she's chosen as a model ''specifically'' due to this, she cannot smile as cutely as before, which causes her quite the angst.]]
* ''Manga/TimeStopBrave'': When Kuzuno Sekai rescues Fiona from being raped by goblins, she gives him such a beautiful smile that he muses that seeing it makes this hero shtick worth it.
* Kotone from ''Manga/TonariNoKashiwagiSan'' is said to be particularly cute by Yuuto when she smiles, and outside their circle of friends, she rarely smiles. Sayaka also mentions that she can't get Kotone to smile like that.
* ''Manga/UmiNoMisaki'': Nagi feels this way about all three of the girls. [[GenkiGirl Karin]] is seemingly perpetually happy, which Nagi finds one of her most endearing traits; He likes [[TheStoic Shizuku]] when she is able to smile and relax; It's a positively heartwarming moment for him when he gets [[{{Tsundere}} Soyogi]] to open up and smile.
* In ''Anime/VampireHunterD'', D's (very, very rare) smiles are apparently worthy of historical documentation.
-->If that boy could have seen it, he would have told people for the rest of his days how he'd been the one to bring it out. It was just such a smile.
%%* Meia from ''Anime/{{Vandread}}''. [[http://i53.tinypic.com/28jvez9.jpg Her smile]] causes babies to stop crying.
* In ''Manga/YonaOfTheDawn'', it's noted by Yona that frequent SmugSmiler Hak doesn't smile as genuinely as he used to before [[spoiler: their longtime mutual friend Su-won betrayed and tried to kill both of them]]. His rare, sincerely happy smiles tend to trigger Yona's CrushBlush and even have her thinking she should try harder so that he'll do it more often.
* ''Anime/YuGiOh5Ds'': In the final episode, right before Aki Izayoi leaves for Germany, Yusei Fudo holds her hands and tells her to keep smiling because she has the most beautiful smile in the world.
* ''Anime/YuriOnIce'': Yuri Plisetsky is an extremely grumpy and moody teenager who almost always has a frown, scowl, or DeathGlare on his otherwise handsome face. The few times he does smile are both adorable and extremely disarming to those around him who are used to his sourness.
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* ''Fanfic/AbraxasHrodvitnon'': Several characters have observed that when San smiles in genuine happiness without any violent intent compared to his SlasherSmile, it's quite disarming. Ren Serizawa is apparently not known to smile often, but when [[BackFromTheDead Vivienne]] sees him smiling in Chapter 13, it's a bittersweet reminder of the late Dr. Serizawa.
* Italy tells Japan to smile more in ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11886910/1/Gankona-Unnachgiebig-Unità Gankona, Unnachgiebig, Unità]]'' because of this. Japan really does have a nice smile.
* ''Fanfic/AdviceAndTrust'': When Asuka sees Shinji acting gloomy, moody, or depressed she encourages him to smile because she thinks his smile is beautiful.
** In chapter 3:
--->Once they were almost alone on the bus, Asuka felt safe to talk to him, and rested her head on her arms on the back of Shinji's seat. Shinji was staring out the window, a faintly sad look on his face. She poked him in the back of the head. "Why the glum look, Shinji?"\\
Shinji blinked and snapped out of his distracted fugue. "Uh? Oh, it's nothing."\\
She poked him again. "Bullshit. Talk, Third. I like it when you smile too."
* ''Fanfic/ACrownOfStars'': Before traveling to Avalon Shinji and Asuka were very, very burnt-out and broken. Nonetheless, Shinji always made a special effort to find new video games for [[BrokenBird Asuka]] because he loved seeing her smile for a change.
-->He never managed to say to her face that it was all worth it to see that wisp of a smile and hear her calling him ‘baka’ again in that softer voice.
* ''Fanfic/TheChildOfLove'': Asuka’s smile was so beautiful when they got married after so many hardships that Shinji said he would never forget it.
-->'''Shinji:''' I will never forget that smile you gave me when you said 'I do' in front of the priest. And it may take my entire life to repay you for that smile, but I'll do it.
* ''Fanfic/ChildOfTheStorm'' has Carol usually wear a cynical smirk or a sardonic smile. When she actually, genuinely smiles [[ShipTease (something that, not coincidentally, usually happens when Harry's around),]] it's noted as being genuinely dazzling.
** Harry himself smiles a little more often, but when he does really smile, it both tends to be dazzling, and give him a startling resemblance to his maternal second cousin, Jean Grey.
* In chapter 7 of ''Fanfic/ChildrenOfAnElderGod'', [[HumanoidAbomination Rei]] [[EmotionlessGirl Ayanami]] blushes and smiles when Shinji says she's beautiful. Touji and Kensuke agreed that her smile was memorable.
-->And then she smiled.\\
It was a small smile.\\
A very small one.\\
But it was a memorable one.
* ''Fanfic/DoingItRightThisTime'':
** Shinji thinks Rei--his formerly aloof, BrokenBird fellow pilot--has a very cute smile.
--->Shinji's head shot upwards at the familiar voice. Perched casually on Unit-00's shoulder, Rei met his gaze and smiled that little Mona Lisa smile that had made him harbour thoughts he was somewhat embarrassed about.
** As Asuka does:
--->Asuka had only ever seen that smile once, directed at Shinji after Ritsuko--or Misato--finally got him back out of Unit-01. Now she wasn't continually seeing red and green both at once, she had to admit it was quite a nice smile. Rather cute, in fact.
* ''Manga/Evangelion303'': In chapter 4 [[http://eva303.smackjeeves.com/comics/960266/031/ Asuka beamed at Shinji sincerely.]] Up to that point, Shinji had seen her angry or depressed most of the time, and he was shocked and flushed.
* In ''Fanfic/HellsisterTrilogy'', ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} is often troubled or depressed. Still, according to her lover, her smile is beautiful.
-->She turned and smiled at him. Her smile, he thought, had power enough to illuminate the darkness between Earth and Aldebaran.
* ''Fanfic/{{HERZ}}'': In chapter 10 Shinji imagines Asuka smiling such a beautiful smile that it was heart-breaking.
-->Asuka. He imagined her standing at the end of a long polished corridor. She was in her HERZ uniform with her usual eye patch and arm harness. She held Akiko in her arms and smiled at him. It was a smile that could break his heart.
* Kyon, already described as average-looking in ''Fanfic/KyonBigDamnHero'', whose smile is a source of security and relief to Tsuruya.
* ''Fanfic/LastChildOfKrypton'':
** Shinji finds [[BrokenBird Asuka]] beautiful when she smiles.
--->Asuka rolled over beside him, her red-gold hair shining in the newborn light. She smiled beatifically, the neural connection clips she wore in her hair blinking faintly. She reached out and stroked his arm gently.
** Kaworu thinks the same thing of [[EmotionlessGirl Rei]]:
--->He said something softly to her, and she jerked back in surprise, and then smiled warmly as he approached.
* ''Fanfic/NeonGenesisEvangelionGenocide'': In chapter 11, when Asuka is distraught and Shinji tells that he wants to be always with her and live for her, she smiles. Shinji thinks her smile is beautiful.
-->Then Asuka's lips curled up, an almost-smile. It was the most beautiful expression Shinji had seen on her face since before she took Keiko into combat.
* In chapter 9 of ''Fanfic/OnceMoreWithFeeling'', Touji notes that [[BrokenBird Misato]]’s smiles are dazzling:
-->"Uh huh" Misato agreed suddenly, turning one of her dazzling smiles on him. "And its time to real them in" she declared, turning back to the battle before Toji's legs got too shaky from the effects of that awesome smile.
* ''Fanfic/TheOneILoveIs'': After spending several chapters angry and trying to not crying, Shinji asks Asuka out. In answer, she smiles, and he thinks she is gorgeous when she smiles sincerely instead of seeming mad, smug, or depressed:
-->She gave me her most beautiful smile, before reverting to her arrogant self. If I had not been seated on my bed, I might have fallen on the floor. For that brief moment, she had really been the most gorgeous person I had ever seen.
* ''Fanfic/ScarTissue'':
** After Third Impact Asuka spent most of the time looking angry, depressed, or sneering. When she smiled, though, Shinji thought that she was the most beautiful girl in the world.
** GenderFlipped when Shinji smiles and Asuka thinks that his childish, relaxed smile melts her heart.
* When Literature/SherlockHolmes smiles for the first time in ''Fanfic/AStudyInRegret'', Mary Watson is so joyful that it unlocks all the emotions she's been keeping at bay, and she cries. And Holmes holds her for as long as she needs him.
* In ''Fanfic/TheSecondTry'', the main characters -a married couple of {{Broken Bird}}s- love seeing each other smile for this reason:
** Asuka liked teasing Shinji because she loved seeing him smile after everything that they'd been through.
** Shinji loved seeing Asuka smile, too. When she smiles, he usually cannot deny her anything.
---> If Asuka had fought that day in her usual manner, he might have been able to persuade her. But he hadn't stood a chance against the still tired yet serene smile that she had worn the whole time, so he eventually had given in when she softly asked him to just drive extra carefully.
** Asuka complements Rei's smile after Shinji is rescued from Unit-01's core, though she deliberately words it in such a way that everyone other than Rei would mistake it for an insult due to having to stay in character.
* ''Fanfic/SOE2LoneHeirOfKrypton'':
** When ExtremeDoormat Shinji smiles he makes Asuka's heart race.
** In chapter 16 Asuka beams at Shinji, and he feels his heartbeat speeding up:
--->Then, to his considerable surprise, she smiled at him, something she hadn't done since before the last Angel battle. Shinji felt his heartbeat accelerating as he looked at her.
* In ''Fanfic/ThousandShinji'', when Shinji sees [[BrokenBird Asuka]] and [[{{Tykebomb}} Rei]] smiling after their final transformations, he thinks that both girls look beautiful.
* In ''Fanfic/ChildrenOfTime'', [[Literature/SherlockHolmes Holmes's]] smile is rare by the time [[AscendedFangirl Beth Lestrade]] meets him, and her heart melts every time she sees it. On the flip side, Holmes later tells her that she has "no idea what her smile does to his insides". He ends up [[AffectionateNickname nicknaming her "sunshine"]].
* ''Fanfic/HigherLearning'': In the prologue, when Kaoru sees [[TheWoobie Shinji]] smiling, he thinks: "I would have moved the universe to see that smile."
* In the ''Franchise/TouhouProject'' doujin ''[[http://danbooru.donmai.us/pools/7063 Kokoro's Smile Is Priceless]]'', [[EmotionlessGirl Kokoro]] ends up losing her mask again, this time to Rinnosuke, and he tells her to sell things in the village to learn how to be responsible. In the end, she manages to surprise him by selling everything (wearing an expressionless maid outfit) and receives her mask back. And she gets impressed with the fact that Rinnosuke looked over her, from distance, and she ends up smiling. The quicker is that the artist [[SubvertedTrope doesn't show her smiling]].
* This is [[spoiler:a dying]] L's reaction to Erin's TheReasonYouSuckSpeech at the end of ''Fanfic/StoryOfTheCentury'', and Erin herself is so overwhelmed by it that it renders her speechless.
* While Katara despised Zuko, she noticed the transforming power of Zuko's smile in ''Fanfic/TheStalkingZukoSeries.'' Averted by Jet, who thinks Zuko looks extremely strange when he smiles.
* Cloud is usually very sour and so Zack treats every time Cloud smiles like a momentous occasion in ''Fanfic/TheFifthAct.'' Even Genesis notices how attractive Cloud can be when he smiles.
* In ''Fanfic/NarutoTheSecretSongsOfTheNinja'' this is how Naruto first notices how pretty Hinata is.
-->A sudden random thought struck him at that moment--when she smiled, Hinata was actually quite pretty. [[ObliviousToLove He wondered how he'd never managed to notice that before.]]
* In ''Fanfic/AufWiedersehenSweetheart'', Feliciano describes [[NotSoStoic Ludwig]] while playing soccer:
-->When Ludwig smiled, he was the most beautiful person in the entire world.
* In ''Fanfic/TheRockFarmersDaughters'', Cheese Sandwich finds himself in awe when he witnesses Pinkamena smile for the first time in years.
* In ''Fanfic/ExpendableHeroes'' this is how the bond between Team 7 fully forms.
-->It was tiny, a mere curling on his lips. But it was still a sight to see. Only then did Sakura understand why Sasuke was seemed so fond of the blond. That timid smile that threatened to break through his usual stoic demeanor... at that moment, Sakura felt like she could take on the world to protect that smile.
* In ''Fanfic/HopeForTheHeartless'', [[VillainProtagonist the Horned]] [[OurLichesAreDifferent King]], the monstrous lich, has the most beautiful smile of all creatures... according to Avalina, his MoralityPet. She lampshades this trope by saying:
--> "You have the most genuine smile of anyone I've ever met. When you're happy, I know it's real. Not a mask, like I've seen other people wear."
* In ''Anime/FullmetalAlchemist'' fanfic ''Fanfic/BuildYourWingsOnTheWayDown'' Edward notes how Gabby, a college student he meets outside a nightclub and Aviv, her intimidating FaceOfAThug Ishvalan boyfriend, look nicer when they both smile.
* ''Fanfic/TheBridge'':
** The Cutie Mark Crusaders are really affected when the stern, no-nonsense Destroyah gives a real smile, and do their best to get her to do it more often. Later, when she smiles for Xenilla, he is very affected and remarks that he didn't know she was capable of smiling.
** Flash Sentry's father Stalwart Sentry is very stoic and serious. In a flashback, he smiles when he sees a very young Flash playing with a very young Starlight Glimmer and Sunburst. Fancy Pants remarked that he hadn't seen him smile in a long time and it was good to see.
** In ''Fanfic/TheShimmerverse'' crossover ''The Bridge: A Shimmer in the Dark'', Princess Sunset Shimmer's smile is so beautiful that Rodan subconsciously remembers it even after his memories of her have been erased.
* ''Fanfic/CorrinReacts'': Flora is shown to be rather down often and is as much a BrokenBird as she is in canon. Corrin mentions she looks far nicer when she smiles, noting that she very rarely does.
* Both Shinji and Asuka in ''Fanfic/NeonMetathesisEvangelion'' find Rei beautiful when she smiles and adorable when she shows actual interest in things.
* In [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/8383045 this]] ''VisualNovel/MysticMessenger'' fanfic, the main character is absolutely dazzled when [[BrokenBird V]] gives her a genuine smile, noting that it felt like she was getting a glimpse of "the old V."
* ''Fanfic/PokemonResetBloodlines'' has an unusual example in Chapter 31. Misty barters her spare clothes to get a Sceptilite for Ash, and she smiles after he thanks her. Ash notes that, while he has seen Misty smile many times before, there's something different this time, and he likes it.
* ''Fanfic/ToHellAndBackArrowverse'': According to Henry, Iris' smiles were rare after [[Franchise/TheFlash Barry]]'s presumed death. During the visit where he learned of Barry's survival, the first sign that something major has happened is how she's positively ''beaming'' at him.
* ''Fanfic/FatesCollide'': During a party, Glynda Goodwitch smiles while she is dancing with Vlad. When Medea sees it, she is happy that Glynda is finally relaxing and having fun.
* ''Fanfic/LostToDust'': Gray's teammates tend to become very happy whenever she gives a rare smile.
* ''Fanfic/SonOfTheSannin'':
** Chapter 76 has a non-romantic example. While Naruto visits the Hyuga estate, he notices that several of the clan's members (including [[TheStoic Neji]]) look a lot happier than usual. [[spoiler:Turns out it's because Hinata found the way to remove the Caged Bird Seal from their foreheads.]]
** Inverted in Chapter 78 with [[NoSocialSkills Sai]]. He smiles when Ino confronts him [[spoiler:during the raid to Root's headquarters.]] Ino calls him out on giving her a fake smile, but Sai reveals it's not fake, and he's genuinely happy to see her.
* ''Fanfic/TheRedDragonsSaber'': When Artoria first appears, she has her usual stoic look. When she identifies Issei and Asia, she smiles. Issei is awestruck, telling himself he didn't think she could be any lovelier, but he was wrong. Asia also likes her smile and decides to trust her because of it.
* In ''Fanfic/FireEmblemAwakeningInvisibleTies'', Lucina is noted to be truly beautiful whenever she smiles or laugh, which isn't often.
* In ''Fanfic/XMenTheEarlyYears'', [[ComicBook/{{Cyclops}} Scott Summers]] is sour-tempered, moody, snarky and anti-social... but when he smiles, ComicBook/JeanGrey's heart skips a beat.
-->Jean Grey studied the framed picture she was holding. She'd managed to capture one of Scott's rare unguarded smiles in the photograph. No one else had ever seen this particular picture of Scott. She'd made sure of that. This was her picture, and it made her heart skip a beat every time she saw it. Scott had been sending that smile to her and only her that afternoon in the park. That's the reason no other human being would ever see this picture. This was her Scott and no one else's.
* ''Fanfic/TheLongRoad2015'': Instances where Jack smiles at Hiccup in particular garner interesting reactions from the latter. Holding his hand also does this, as Hiccup notes that Jack, unlike all other people he's ever met, has smooth, unblemished hands.
* During ''Fanfic/CrossCases'', both Sam and Dean are in bad places in their canon arcs and aren't up to smiling. Dresden remarks how much younger Sam looks when he smiles and laughs, like any other thirtysomething guy joking around with friends, and once Dean's [[spoiler:had the Mark of Cain removed]], he grins at Sam, a smile Sam hadn't seen Dean make in two years and thought he'd never see again, as [[spoiler:the brothers set out together to save the world once again]].
* ''Fanfic/FateBlackDawn'': When she was a Servant, Arturia was TheStoic who rarely smiled, but when she did it lit up the room. Here, when she is king, she ''never'' smiles, and it kills Shirou when he sees her displaying all the emotions of a statue. He is delighted when he does actually make her smile, if only briefly.
* ''Fanfic/UnbreakableRedSilkenThread'': Heather, who typically smirks or grins when in a good mood rarely if ever truly smiles. The few times she does are noticed by whoever happens to see it. The same is true with her laugh, which is usually described as a 'harsh barking' as opposed to her genuine laughter that has been compared to "soft bells ringing". Sammy also plays this straight due to how shy she is, with the rare occasions she truly smiles standing out.
* ''Fanfic/WormGrandOrder'': Taylor Hebert gives Vista a smile. Vista describes it as something she wants to see every day.
* ''Fanfic/FuturesFreakMeOut'': After calling her father out for the final time, Asuka goes to meet Shinji to tell him she loves him and she is putting her troubled past behind her. Then she smiles broadly, and Shinji finds her incredibly gorgeous.
-->For the first time since she began talking, she smiles. A moment later a giggle slips out of her mouth. She looks… unburdened. She looks like she was in chains and is at long last finally free.\\
And she is overwhelmingly beautiful.
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