History PlayingWith / NervesOfSteel

* '''Inverted''': Smith breaks down in tears after [[MinorInjuryOverreaction stubbing]] [[{{Wangst}} his toe.]]

** Smith explicitly has the same emotions but [[AmbiguousDisorder expresses it in ways most people don't recognize as such]].

* '''Zig-Zagged''': Smith is stoic and fearless when facing down Drake's demon army, but runs in fear from an insect on the ground. But that's because [[WeaksauceWeakness he happens to be especially vulnerable to insects of this species]]. But he rebalances his keel and goes back to kill the insect calmly.

* '''Parodied''': Drake [[ApocalypseHow brings about the end of the world]]. Smith decides to have a [[DissonantSerenity nonchalant]] SpotOfTea [[DissonantSerenity as he watches.]]

'''Basic Trope''': A character maintains a calm facade and/or continues to be able to think and reason while under pressure.

* '''Exaggerated''': Smith calmly performs complicated mathematical calculations in his head in order to disarm a nuclear bomb that's at ten seconds on the clock while under heavy machine gun fire, with sirens and strobe lights going off around him.

** Smith is too stupid and/or absentminded to recognize threats against him, and thus does not fear anything.

** Smith is actually a cyborg, or has endured enough stressful incidents in the past to have deadened nerves.

** Smith explicitly has the same emotions but [[AmbigiousDisorder expresses it in ways most people don't recognize as such]].

* '''Zig Zagged''': Smith is stoic and fearless when facing down Drake's demon army, but runs in fear from an insect on the ground.
* '''Averted''': Drake summons his ultimate demon, a 200 foot hellbeast. Smith panics and runs away.

* '''Defied''': Smith deliberately exaggerates his emotions so he doesn't look like an EmptyShell.
* '''Discussed''': "Hey did you see Smith the other day? He was so calm."
* '''Conversed''': "This is the part where I don't flinch, right?"

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* '''Subverted''': Smith is dealt a critical injury, and breaks down under threat of his imminent death...

* '''Downplayed''': Smith is too stupid and/or absentminded to recognize threats against him, and thus does not fear anything.

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* '''Inverted''': Smith breaks down in tears after [[MinorInjuryOverreaction stubbing]] [[Wangst his toe.]]

* '''Inverted''': Smith breaks down in tears after stubbing his toe.

* '''Parodied''': Drake [[ApocalypseHow brings about the end of the world]]. Smith decides to have a nonchalant SpotOfTea as he watches.

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** A very important part of Smith's training was devoted to develop a fortitude that would allow him to keep calm even under the most stressful situations; an important skill that professionals in real life, like combat pilots, have to attain in order to excel at their jobs.

** A very important part of Smith's training was devoted to develop a fortitude that would allow him to keep calm even under the most stressful situations; an important skill that professionals in real life, like [[ChuckJeager combat pilots]], have to attain in order to excel at their jobs.

* '''Justified''': Smith is actually a cyborg, or has endured enough stressful incidents in the past to have deadened nerves.

* '''Downplayed''': Smith is too stupid and/or absentminded to recognize threats against him.
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* '''Parodied''': Drake [[ColonyDrop brings about the end of the world]]. Smith decides to have a nonchalant SpotOfTea as he watches.

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* '''Straight''': [[QuintessentialBritishGentleman Smith]] develops a strategy against [[TheDreaded Drake]] despite being scared.

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