"I like your smile. Can I touch it?"
— Amoretta Virgine, GrimGrimoire
"Start every day with a smile and get it over with."
Tropes pertaining to moments where characters smile. Smiling is a facial expression in which the eyes brighten and the corners of the mouth curve slightly upward. It expresses various emotions, especially happiness, amusement, pleasure, approval, or sometimes scorn.
Compare Happiness Tropes.
Contrast Tear Tropes.
Might see usage of some Teeth Tropes.
Tropes:
- Braces of Orthodontic Overkill
- British Teeth
- Broken Smile
- Cat Smile
- Cheerful Child: A child who is constantly happy.
- Cheer Them Up with Laughter
- Cheshire Cat Grin
- Cute Little Fangs
- Died Happily Ever After
- Dissonant Serenity
- Dreamworks Face
- Dying Smirk
- Fangs Are Evil
- Finger-Forced Smile: Sticking one's fingers into someone's mouth to force them to smile.
- Glasgow Grin: A large smile created by scarring the cheeks.
- Go Out with a Smile: A character dies smiling.
- Grin of Audacity
- "Have a Nice Day" Smile
- Just Smile and Nod
- Moe Stare
- Mona Lisa Smile
- More Teeth than the Osmond Family
- "Oh, Crap!" Smile: A character gives a nervous smile after realizing they are in trouble.
- Ominous Adversarial Amusement
- Perpetual Frowner
- Perpetual Smiler
- Psychotic Smirk
- Sideways Smile
- Slasher Smile: Big creepy grin = This guy is bad news.
- Smile of Approval
- Smug Smiler
- Stepford Consumer
- Stepford Smiler
- Tearful Smile
- Technically a Smile
- Tombstone Teeth
- Twinkle Smile
- The Un-Smile: A character attempts to smile, but their smile comes off as forced and unnerving.
- When She Smiles: A character who was depressed or grumpy beforehand finally starts smiling to show that they are at last experiencing happiness.
- Wipe That Smile Off Your Face
- Wistful Smile
