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[[File:fleb spongebob squidward-EPIC-frown.jpg|link=SpongeBob SquarePants|frame|[[Memetic Mutation|Does THIS look unsure to you?]]]]
{{quote|''....staying all serious and scowling every minute of the day is impossible! How can anyone look so mad all the time?!''
|'''Kon''', ''[[Bleach]]'', about Ichigo}}
{{quote|''I can't exactly fight a war with a big smile on my face.''
|'''Athrun Zala''', ''[[Gundam Seed]]''}}
A character (usually [[Badass]]) who can always be seen with a serious upside-down smile, even in the most pleasant of situations. Though it can be compared to [[The Stoic]], '''Perpetual Frowner''' differs in the simple fact that rather than wearing a face of indifference, the character perpetually expresses the biggest, ugliest frown he or she can make on their face.
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{{examples}}
▲== Anime & Manga ==
* Jotaro Kujo from ''[[JoJo's Bizarre Adventure|Jojo's Bizarre Adventure]]'' never smiles even once throughout the series. And considering [[Long Runner|how long it's been going on]], that's saying something.
* Giichi from ''[[Blade of the Immortal]]''. Admittedly, he has good reasons to never smile.
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* Among several others, Tien, Piccolo and Vegeta were the three biggest Perpetual Frowners in ''[[Dragonball Z]]''. The only things they did with their arms were punching, lifting, push-ups and crossing over the chest. Though Vegeta does crack a smile every now and then in the form of an arrogant smirk (and the occasional [[Psychotic Smirk|evil grin]] during his scenes as a villain).
** Piccolo got the occasional grin as well, mainly when interacting with Gohan - even with the eyebrows up at least once (during his death in DBZ.) Vegeta, however, had somehow managed to master scowling even when asleep or unconscious.
* Mugen on ''[[Samurai Champloo]]'' always has a nasty, twisted, "
** Jin, as well.
* Kaiser Ryo of ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! GX]]''. Oddly enough, his [[Face Heel Turn]] to Hell Kaiser caused him to ''smile''... [[Slasher Smile|evilly, with a touch of insanity]].
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* Tetsuma Jou, receiver for the Seibu Wild Gunmen from ''[[Eyeshield 21]]'', has had a permanent serious frown on his face from (at least) the tender age of four. Although he did once adopt an expression of raging, unholy killing intent when {{spoiler|Gaou [[Berserk Button|broke Kid's arm]],}} if that counts as a change.
* Thorfinn from ''[[Vinland Saga]]'', when he does smile, those smiles are rather....vicious.
* Germany and Sweden from ''[[Axis Powers Hetalia]]'' rarely smile, though not because they're unhappy. Hong Kong may be [[Emotionless Girl|a straighter example]], and Belarus mixes this with [[Yandere
** [[It Runs in The Family|Of the few blood-related siblings]] in [[Axis Powers Hetalia|Hetalia]], [[Deadpan Snarker|Norway]] and [[White-Haired Pretty Boy|Ice]][[Kuudere|land]] both tend to frown and have never been shown smiling.
** [[Inscrutable Oriental|Japan]] too. While it's more of [[The Stoic|a blank expression]] than a frown and he has smiled once or twice, it's noticeable enough that one manga strip revolved around Italy trying to get Japan to smile and failing.
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* [[Fiery Redhead|Nove]] in ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha StrikerS|Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha Striker S]]'', whose expression is always in some form of angry, and maybe some bits of embarassed. In fact, fans reacted with shock when the artwork for an audio drama showed her with a slight smile on her face.
* Exedore/Exsedol's redesigned version, when seen in ''[[Macross 7]]''. The only time he ever smiles is during his [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]]. This troper actually thinks he looks a bit like Squidward....
* Kurogane from [[Tsubasa Chronicle|Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicles.]]. The only times you see him smiling are when he's fighting... And it's more of a [[Slasher Smile]] than everything. As far as I recall, he only really smiled in the flashbacks from his childhood... And [http://img43.onemanga.com/mangas/00000018/00000167/13.jpg in chapter 167]{{Dead link}}.
* Kenshiro from ''[[Fist of the North Star]]'' used to be a happy camper but after his best friend kidnapped his fiancee and left him for dead in the desert, it's understandable that he doesn't smile much.
* The title character of ''[[Golgo 13]]'' fame is one of the trope's fathers.
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* [[Buso Renkin|Tokiko Tsumura's]] default expression is "I'm about 5 seconds away from disemboweling someone."
* As mentioned above, Athrun Zala from [[Gundam Seed]].
* ''[[Jitsu wa...]]'': The beautiful and mysterious Youko Shiragami doesn't smile, because {{spoiler|she needs to hide her [[Our Vampires Are Different|half-vampire]] fangs}}.
== Comic Books ==
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* Bukama from ''[[The Wheel of Time]]'' prequel novel is one of these. "The older man brightened. Well, his scowl lessened a little. For him, that was as good as a grin from anyone else."
* Heathcliff in ''[[Wuthering Heights (novel)|Wuthering Heights]]'' starts out like this, at any rate.
* The titular character in the ''[[Eisenhorn]]'' trilogy, though not by choice. You see, early in the first book, he gets tortured so horribly (an this is set in ''[[Warhammer
* ''[[The Death Gate Cycle]]'': The fact that Haplo tends to maintain a grim expression even while sleeping is remarked upon by other characters. He does smile occasionally, however.
* Tahniya in [[The Path to War]] is actually described as having a permanent small frown, which always makes her look like something has irritated or troubled her.
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{{quote|'''Naesala:''' Where's that stone-faced sidekick of yours?
'''Micaiah:''' He's just hesitant to show his emotions. }}
** I'm surprised that no one has mentioned Ike. He even scares Sothe when they first meet in ''Path of Radiance''. Sanaki also [[
{{quote|'''Ike''': I'm here. What do you want?
'''Sanaki''': Hmph. Don't look so sour.
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** For the record, he can smile. He did it in the European version of God of War 1. That said, if he does smile, FUCKING RUN!
* Riku in the ''[[Kingdom Hearts]]'' games only appears to smile when [[Ho Yay|he's around Sora]].
* ''[[Mana Khemia: Alchemists of Al
{{quote|'''Nikki''': Whoah! Scary face alert!}}
* Cloud Strife from ''[[Final Fantasy VII]]'' almost never smiles. He's smiled all of... 5 times. Twice in ''[[Crisis Core]]'', once in ''[[Advent Children]]'', once in ''[[Dirge of Cerberus]]'' and once in ''[[Dissidia Final Fantasy]]'' The original game can be sort of forgiven, though, because the characters don't even have mouths.
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* Dave of [http://gunshowcomic.com/ac/ The Anime Club]. Since Mort and Mark are always yelling at each other, they might count, too.
* [[Walkyverse|Mike Warner]] has smiled about ten times over a ten year period of existence. Note that these smiles only appear when he's completely [[In Vino Veritas|hammered]]. The comment section following [http://www.shortpacked.com/2009/comic/book-9/03-mikes-double-life/unexpectedsmile/ this comic] and Amber's reaction kind of says it all.
** He has [https://web.archive.org/web/20090711134224/http://www.itswalky.com/d/20020407.html smiled] [http://www.shortpacked.com/2010/comic/book-11/02-the-relationshipocalypse/smile/ twice] while not drunk (warning: both links are disturbing) and only looked [https://web.archive.org/web/20130522093715/http://www.itswalky.com/d/20030719.html truly upset] once.
* ''[[Manly Guys Doing Manly Things]]'' seems to collect Perpetual Frowners, as seen [http://thepunchlineismachismo.com/images/scowlymen.jpg here.]
* Tyler in ''[[Damaged Tape]]'' hasn't smiled once in the entire run of the comic. He's only had two other expressions: yelling, and a typical Nut Shot reaction face.
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** Heck, ALL of the Brothers Strong (Strong Bad, Strong Sad, and Strong Mad) are often seen with frowns on their faces.
** The Homestar Runner Wiki has pages for cataloging instances of smiling for [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php/Strong_Bad_Smiling all] [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php/Strong_Mad_Smiling three] [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php/Strong_Sad_Smiling Brothers Strong].
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20131230204452/http://www.doreen-and-maureen.co.nr/ Doreen], from Doreen and Maureen
* Black puffles from Club Penguin.
* Can you help stop the scourge of [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3v98CPXNiSk Bitchy Resting Face]?
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** Not surprisingly, Zuko's [[Emotionless Girl|emotionless girlfriend]], Mai, also fits. Interestingly enough, the only times they seem genuinely happy are when they're together. This is likely a result of Mai's listlessness and Zuko's angst canceling each other out.
* Raven in ''[[Teen Titans (animation)|Teen Titans]]''.
* Mandy in ''[[The Grim Adventures of Billy
* Eva the "Female Bully" from ''[[Total Drama Island]]'' rarely smiles.
* The adorable but angsty Buttercup of ''[[The Powerpuff Girls]]''.
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* Droopy and later on his son Dripple.
* Hank from ''[[King of the Hill]]'' was said by Peggy to sleep with a look of extreme disgruntlement. And his father, Cotton, is always frowning.
* [[Stoic Woobie|Chuckles the Clown]] of ''[[Toy Story (franchise)|Toy Story]] 3'' is always seen with a frown on his face, as a result of {{spoiler|going through exactly what Lotso and Big Baby went through and seeing them corrupted by their experiences. He does [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming|crack a smile at the end though.]]}}
* Tim Burton's ''[[Corpse Bride]]'' : Nearly all the living people.
* Huey Freeman from [[The Boondocks]]. An Adult Swim bump once featured a fan asking the question, "Does Huey ever smile?" The AS team, apparently stumped, claim to have called up Aaron McGruder to ask. The answer? Apparently, the animators are contractually obligated never to depict Huey smiling or laughing, ''ever''.
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* Agent Six from [[Generator Rex]] has never changed his perpetual frown. Even when knocked out in a nanite induced coma, he has the exact same expression on his face.
* Vice Coach Horace Ferret from [[My Gym Partner's a Monkey]].
* [
* Bleak from ''[[Lite Sprites]]''
{{quote|'''Meadow''': I've never been so happy to see your frowning face!}}
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* As an [[Actors|actor]], Ice Cube utilizes the angry scowl so often that when he ''does'' smile; it looks downright freaky.
* Many politicians!
** Especially notable in [https://web.archive.org/web/20131024081951/http://uglyrepublicans.com/republicans/United-States/Dick-Cheney/cheney_emotional_chart.jpg Dick Cheney]. It doesn't matter whether he's at the Republican National Convention, the campaign trail, having tea at the White house, apologizing for shooting another guy in the face, getting an apology from the guy that he shot in the face, or even making the official announcement that Bush has won re-election—he always has this look on his face like someone just ran over his pet dog a few hours ago.
*** Or just ran over ''your'' pet dog and is daring you to do something about it.
* Silent era comedian [[Buster Keaton]], also known as [[Frozen Face|The Great Stone Face]]. In his entire film career he has only smiled once...[[The Un-Smile|and he had to push up the corners of his mouth with his fingers to do it.]]
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* Despite his rather jokey nature, Eminem rarely smiles in covers, interviews or anywhere else really.
** It's rumored that he made a vow to not smile in front of a camera after Proof died.
* What about [https://web.archive.org/web/20120722025820/http://www.extremefunnyhumor.com/pics/steven_seagal_emotion_.jpg Steven Seagal]?
* Till Lindemann of [[Rammstein]].
** Which makes the video for "Mein Teil" creepier than it would be otherwise, as he as a rather impressive rictus throughout.
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* Former British Prime Minister [[Gordon Brown]] always looked miserable (although that was probably justified). Sadly his spin-doctors noticed this and told him to smile more, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYPqAo3UasA it didn't really work].
* Trent Reznor.
* Most birds of prey such as [http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/birds/bald-eagle/ eagles], [http://animal-wildlife.blogspot.com/2011/08/vulture.html vultures], and [http://cs.birdwatchingdaily.com/brd/m/us_and_canada/61646.aspx hawks]{{Dead link}}, constantly looked pissed off all the time, although this is more due to their facial muscles being more limited in expression that in humans.
** Also with snakes, especially [http://www.desertusa.com/may96/du_rattle.html rattlesnakes], who might as well be considered the most angriest looking animal in the entire animal kingdom, looking like they're constantly pissed off at everyone's shit.
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