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* Washu of ''[[Tenchi Muyo!]]!'', usually right before she's about to stuff Tenchi into some machine or another.
* Kisuke Urahara from ''[[Bleach]]'', particularly before unleashing one of his [[Training from Hell|training regimes]] on someone.
** Shinji Hirako has an [https://web.archive.org/web/20100830222413/http://manga.animea.net/bleach-chapter-184-page-8.html even more classic version of a cheshire cat grin].
* Ichihara Yuko from ''[[xxxHolic]]'' has a grin that can roughly be summed up in words as: "Not only do I know something you don't know, but it's going to bite you in the ass in a ''very'' [[Hilarity Ensues|amusing fashion]]." Despite this, it's when she appears ''serious'' that should really scare Watanuki. This is because Yuko's Cheshire cat grin simply means she's going to make him do all the laundry, whereas the latter expression is usually a forecast of man-eating crow demons or similar.
* [[Trickster Archetype|Deviant genius]] Hiruma from ''[[Eyeshield 21]]'' has this as one of his default expressions, to the point where those new to the series—or complete non-fans—can [[Loads and Loads of Characters|identify him]] as 'the one with the teeth.'
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== Literature ==
* The [[Trope Namer]] is the [http://www.ebbemunk.dk/alice/23a_cheshire_cat.jpg Cheshire Cat], from ''[[Alice in Wonderland|Alice's Adventures in Wonderland]]''. He's a mischevious creature, but not malicious to Alice or anyone who doesn't seem to deserve it. He even manages to mock the Queen of Hearts and then fade away before she can retaliate. The character is a play on the phrase "grinning like a Cheshire cat," which simply means smiling broadly. No one is exactly sure where the phrase came from.
** There are several possible explanations, but very little info to support any of them. On another note, the novel might be also a [[Trope Maker]], because most of its incarnations stem from the Sir John Tenniel's [https://web.archive.org/web/20121115121810/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/Cheshire_Cat_Tenniel.jpg/250px-Cheshire_Cat_Tenniel.jpg.png iconic illustrations of the Cheshire Cat].
* From the nonfiction desktop book ''Murphy's Law for Lawyers'': "A man who can smile in a crisis is a man who has thought of someone to blame it on."
* ''[[Discworld]]''
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* Gengar from ''[[Pokémon]]'' is almost constantly making a Cheshire Cat Grin. In the handheld games from Red and Blue all the way to Platinum, ''every single one of his sprites'' is doing it.
** Not quite so in the first ''[[Pokémon Mystery Dungeon]]'' [[Spinoff Series|games]]. A {{spoiler|formerly human}} Gengar shows not only a Cheshire Cat Grin and [[Slasher Smile]]; he frowns quite a bit as well, and even ''[[Tear Jerker|tears up]]'' {{spoiler|by the time Gardevoir's body is restored.}}
** We also have [http://archives.bulbagarden.net/wiki/File:Sableye_anime.jpg Sableye]{{Dead link}} from Gen III, but it's generally hard to smile pleasantly when you have a mouthful of sharp teeth.
* Tohsaka in ''[[Fate/stay night|Fate Stay Night]]'' is described as being scariest when she's smiling, because then you ''know'' she is going to get you. Nobody else is ever happy when she smiles.
** That's nothing. Sakura's can silence a room and ''extinguish candles''. {{spoiler|It makes sense. They are sisters, after all.}}
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