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** King Bradley. Even when {{spoiler|stabbing Marta, who was hiding inside Al's armor}} he had that gentle smile on his face.
** Ling Yao was this up until [[Always Save the Girl|Lan Fan was injured]].
* Shizuru from ''[[MaiMy-HiME]]'' manages to maintain her [[Ojou|calm demeanor]] even when {{spoiler|she [[Yandere|goes a-huntin' for blood]]}}. This change also comes with what appear to be a pair of colorless [[Mind Control Eyes]].
* The Lord of Nightmares from ''[[The Slayers|Slayers Next]]'' embodies this trope, dishing out apocalyptic destruction while never once raising her voice above an emotionless monotone.
* Nurse Takano Miyo from ''[[Higurashi no Naku Koro ni]]'' often talks in a <s>stoned</s> calm, friendly tone about horrible ritualistic murders. Considering that most of the rest of the cast tends to go psychotically [[Ax Crazy]], her nonchalant attitude sticks out.
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* Chizuru of ''[[Seitokai no Ichizon]]''.
{{quote|"My smile becomes more beautiful the angrier I get."}}
* Hosaka of ''[[Goshuushou Sama-sama Ninomiya Kun-kun]]''. He always wears a calm smile and speaks in a polite manner even as he throws Shinobu out of a helicopter and [[Curb Stomp Battle|curb stomps]] Shungo with the intent to kill him in the last episode.
* The climax of the Kyoto arc in ''[[Yami no Matsuei]]'' (''Descendants of Darkness''): {{spoiler|Tsuzuki has just stabbed Muraki, and called out Touda to burn down the lab. As the place burns and breaks down, he sits there numbly, doing nothing. It takes Hisoka to get him to even consider not staying there to die.}}
* Contractors of ''[[Darker than Black]]'' frequently kill in gruesome ways with little emotion and no remorse.
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* Zirah from the ''[[Good Omens]]'' [[Fanfic]] ''[[The Sacred and the Profane]]'' to the effect that it [[Like a Badass Out of Hell|gets him kicked out of Hell]] because [[Too Spicy for Yog-Sothoth|it so creeps out the other demons.]]
* When Tsuruya is almost thrown out of a school window to her death by one of Kyon's classmate in ''[[Kyon: Big Damn Hero]]'', Kyon dangles him out of a window by the ankle and interrogates him, while making [[Shout-Out|Shout Outs]] to The Dark Knight, among others.
* Hinata in [[Yet Againagain, with a little extra help]] could possibly rival [[Bleach|Unohana]].
 
 
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{{quote|'''The Dude''': Will you just take it easy, Walter?
'''Walter''': I'm calmer than you are. }}
* [[The Dragon|Xenia]] [[Meaningful Name|Onatopp]] in ''[[GoldeneyeGoldenEye (film)|GoldenEye]]'' always looks like she is having an orgasm when killing people. {{spoiler|She is}}.
* John Ryder from ''[[The Hitcher]]''.
* This may be a stretch for serenity, but Colonel Kilgore in ''[[Apocalypse Now]]'' doesn't act like a normal man surrounded by gunfire and explosions. "I love the smell of napalm in the morning."
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== [[Tabletop Games]] ==
* [[Trope Overdosed|Bound to happen]] in ''[[Warhammer 4000040,000]]'', where it's mainly the province of the Eldar and, presumably, the Necrons.
** This is less to do with the aforementioned factions fitting entirely into the trope (plenty of Eldar are quite [[Axe Crazy]] in battle and when they speak at all Necrons are more [[Creepy Monotone]]) and more to do with how every single other faction is '''[[World of Ham|ALWAYS SHOUTING! ALL THE TIME!]]''' and as a result they seem positively catatonic in comparison.
* Friend Computer in ''[[Paranoia]]'' can embody this trope, depending on how the game-runner decides to depict its voice.
** Friend Computer just wants you to be happy. Happiness is mandatory. Failure to be happy is treason. Treason is punishable by summary execution.
*** Please report to the nearest Internal Security office for routine brainscrub therapy. Thank you for your cooperation. Have a nice daycycle.
* [[Dungeons and& Dragons|Fourth Edition Monks]] are portrayed this way, at least in the fluff. Although obviously [[Depending on the Writer|up to the player]] on how they act, most powers are described as something along the lines of "floating through the chaotic battle like a leaf on the wind." While, incidentally, executing [[Rapid-Fire Fisticuffs]] or simply sending entire enemy groups (or one giant dragon/demon/abomination) flying with a "mere flick of the wrist."
 
 
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* Nessiah of ''[[Yggdra Union]]''.
* <s>Melissa Pierce</s> Eve from ''[[Parasite Eve]]''. Her [[Establishing Character Moment|opening]] [[Stealth Pun|act]] consists of her setting the entire opera troupe ''and'' audience on fire through the power of her awakened mitochondria. She continues to sing her aria as calm and detached as she can be, even as the stage itself catches fire and blazes all around her.
* The fighting game ''[[Blaz BlueBlazBlue]]'' features a young boy named Carl Clover, whose profession is bounty hunter. He is accompanied by his "sister", a semi-sentient doll/bio-cyber weapon which has long, sharp claws and is fueled by Carl's subconscious hate and desire to kill. Carl lets his courteous manners and innocent smile slip '''on a single occasion''' - namely, when [[Knight Templar|Haku-men]] fills him in on this.
** {{spoiler|That doll, Nirvana really is his sister. Gotta love alchemical experiments.}} Cleverly, the game {{spoiler|initially}} implies that Nirvana (the doll) is driving Carl to his madness. {{spoiler|Then Valkenhayn talks to Nirvana, and it's revealed that Carl's insanity is hurting her. Meep.}}
* In ''[[Dead or Alive]] 4'', both Helena and Christie remain completely calm in their pre-showdown conversation, even though they're in a skyscraper that is being rocked by explosions and is sure to collapse at any moment.
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* In ''[[Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire]]'', [http://cheezburger.com/daveman2003/lolz/View/5797426944 you can go fishing in the same area that Kyogre and Groudon are battling].
* This trope is DEFCON's bread and butter. As all of civilization is destroyed in a nuclear war, the player watches things unfold through a tactical computer depicting the carnage through simple wireframe models and numbers. [[Soundtrack Dissonance|This is accompanied by quiet piano music.]]
* One of the endings in ''[[Anchorhead]]'' involves the player character, who has by then [[Go Mad Fromfrom the Revelation|Gone Mad from the Revelation]] {{spoiler|by reading through the [[Tome of Eldritch Lore|black book]] in the church}}, calmly [[Eye Scream|clawing her own eyes out]].
 
 
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