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9	[[quoteright:350:[[WesternAnimation/HazbinHotel https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/1000009678.jpg]]]]
10	[[caption-width-right:350:She normally looks prettier than this. We swear.]]
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12	Some works strive to make its characters [[BeautyIsNeverTarnished look appealing in every scenario.]] Others, however, are willing to have normally attractive characters give off shockingly exaggerated facial expressions.
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14	Goblin Face occurs when a character emotes to an extreme degree, making them appear [[OffModel much uglier than normal]]. The most common traits feature wrinkled skin caused by stretched facial muscles. One may also see WideEyesAndShrunkenIrises, [[NostrilShot flared nostrils,]] and gums exposed over and under the character's teeth. Anger, terror, depression, disgust, and pain are some of the most common emotions that can evoke this trope.
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16	Such facial expressions are normally played either for [[PlayedForDrama drama]] or [[PlayedForComedy comedy.]] This gets used because creators believe that straining the face conveys the emotion better than a more reserved facial expression, [[ShowDontTell showing exactly how much stress the character is under without having to directly explain it to the audience.]]
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18	Goblin Face is used sparingly by most creators, as it runs the risk of falling into {{Narm}} territory if overdone in dramatic works, or becoming unfunny if overdone in comedic ones. It's usually reserved for scenes the show wants viewers to remember most vividly.
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20	Compare WildTake, which also involves exaggerated facial expressions but takes them to cartoonishly overblown levels, and ComicalAngryFace. Also compare {{Gonk}}, where the character's face is repulsive-looking by default. See also NostrilShot, when the shot is taken from a low position, therefore displaying the nose for added intimacy and creepiness.
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28	* ''Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureStardustCrusaders'': Mariah of the Egypt Nine Glory Gods tends to show [[{{Gonk}} hideous facial expressions]] whenever she gets angry, such as [[https://jojo.fandom.com/wiki/Mariah?file=Facefault.jpg after discovering]] how Joseph and Avdol manage to avoid getting run over by a train.
29	* ''Literature/TheSagaOfTanyaTheEvil'': Despite having the appearance of a cute young girl, Tanya frequently makes extreme facial expressions in the anime adaptation. Her goblin face is best seen during her final speech at the end of the first season.
30	* ''Manga/SoulEater'': All characters forced to spend any amount of time with Excalibur make the exact same exaggerated expression of disgust. It does not matter whether or not the character even ''has'' a face, Excalibur is just that annoying.
31	* ''Anime/YuGiOh'': Joey Wheeler is [[Memes/YuGiOh infamous]] for his habit of pulling an unnervingly realistic facial expression at odds with the series's main art style, consisting of an amazingly wrinkled smile with pronounced lips and a pointy chin. While meant to emphasize his hammy, HotBlooded personality, Joey's [[https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/897/576/ce1.jpg "creepy chin" face]] is also inspired by Wrestling/AntonioInoki's equally memetic facial expressions.
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35	* One of the most infamous moments in ''WesternAnimation/MulanII'' occurs when Shang blows up at Mulan near the end of the second act. [[https://tenor.com/view/li-shang-angry-mad-mulan-fuming-gif-16760672 His facial animation]] displays a shockingly extreme example of the trope.
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39	* ''Film/TheDarkKnight'': Joker's makeup is applied in such a way as to emphasize the creases in his face so that he always appears to be either laughing maniacally or looking enraged. The brief glimpse we get of him without his makeup shows that -- barring his Glasgow smile -- he actually has flawless good looks.
40	* ''Film/SpiderManTrilogy'':
41	** Willem Dafoe dramatically wrinkles up his face several times in his role as the Green Goblin in ''Film/SpiderMan1'', especially when he's angry or laughing. When he returns in ''Film/SpiderManNoWayHome'', he gets even more opportunities to do this, especially since he's ditched his mask.
42	** In ''Film/SpiderMan2'', Peter Parker scrunches up his face while trying to stop a train with his webs, demonstrating the extreme strain his body undergoes.
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46	* ''VideoGame/{{Cuphead}}'': The Devil exhibits this trope at the very end of the second phase in the FinalBoss fight against him. With his {{pride}} now [[VillainousBreakdown ground to dust]] by Cuphead and Mugman as they prove to be more than mere annoyances, all he can do is scrunch up his face -- in an oddly detailed manner in contrast to the game's InkblotCartoonStyle -- and descend into {{inelegant blubbering}}.
47	* In ''Videogame/FateGrandOrder'', Christopher Columbus already stands out for having a very distinct artstyle with thick outlines but is very prone to horrifyingly exaggerated expressions for any particularly strong emotional outbursts.
48	* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV'': You can tell CluelessDetective Hildibrand Manderville is the game's comic relief because of the way his face stretches and contorts far more than any other character into {{Wild Take}}s.
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52	* Goblin Faces, along with {{wild take}}s, are a major element that makes up the signature style of Mexican animator Creator/SrPelo. Expect otherwise normal-looking characters in his works to regularly make ''absurd'', exaggerated expressions for both hilarious and [[NightmareFace terrifying]] effect.
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56	* ''Webcomic/GrrlPower'': Sydney is usually depicted cute enough, but some of her extreme facial expressions can veer into the misshapen. [[https://www.grrlpowercomic.com/archives/comic/grrl-power-949-hob-nobbin-goblin/ For example, when having a jealousy fit]] (about a goblin, fittingly).
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60	* ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'': Finn discovers in an early episode that he's afraid of the ocean. Every possible fault on his face is scrunched as a drop of ocean water lands on him.
61	* PlayedForLaughs in ''WesternAnimation/TheAmazingWorldOfGumball'' episode "[[Recap/TheAmazingWorldOfGumballS3E32TheSafety The Safety]]". Mr. Small plays an extremely old and extremely [[StylisticSuck horribly animated]] ScareEmStraight VHS video that teaches about trying to stay safe with common activities. The video's audio and visuals begins to horribly warp at the end and leaves Mr. Small rocking in a TroubledFetalPosition with a garbage basket over his head after he screams in terror over the ''demonic entity'' it just turned into. The rest of the class all have the same [[https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/001/128/144/576.png horribly scrunched up]] look of complete shock on their faces as class ends and they all walk out.
62	* The page's image is of Vaggie from ''WesternAnimation/HazbinHotel''. She is normally quite the pretty character, but has some wild faces when she's angry, making faces like the one above for when she's ''especially'' displeased.
63	* ''WesternAnimation/TheMask'': In "The Mask Is Greener on the Other Side", the protagonist Stanley Ipkiss puts on Loki's mask for the first time, in a ''highly'' PainfulTransformation. Stanley starts making up his face as the mask painfully grips onto him.
64	* ''WesternAnimation/OKKOLetsBeHeroes'' has many examples due to its notoriously loose art style, including Rad and Enid's facial expressions at the end of "Sibling Rivalry", and Lord Boxman's series of expressions as he searches for Jethro 2.0 in a crowd in the episode "I Am Jethro".
65	* ''WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack'': Played straight in Episode XCVI, while Ashi was being [[ElectricTorture tortured by the Dominator]]. Her scrunched face demonstrates the extreme amount of pain she suffers.
66	* One of the best examples in ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'' occurs in the episode "Message Received", when Yellow Diamond's face scrunches up after [[spoiler:Peridot betrays and insults her.]]
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70	* Creator/JimCarrey -- master of facial contortions -- has a pretty well-known [[https://youtu.be/gxiwg3Gos2M Joker-face]].
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