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{{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}}
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* [[Angel]] smiles so rarely that when he does it's enough of an event that one of the other characters may feel called upon to remark on it.
* Stefan Salvatore from ''[[The Vampire Diaries]]'', in more episodes than not. You can tell that if he's smiling things must be going really, really well.
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* Aaron Hotchner from ''[[Criminal Minds]]''. Also a male [[When She Smiles]].
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** Sagat and Guile are also constantly frowning, though Guile occasionally smiles in the presence of his family. Main character Ryu is halfway there, though it's more of an impassive look that leans toward frowning than a proper Perpetual Frown.
** Are we forgetting Guy from Final Fight/SFA? Guy has a trademark scowl that matches his aloof and serious personality. The only instance this troper can think of in which Guy smiles is in an official art depicting Ryu, Ken, and Guy in casual clothes (Hell in Cody's Ending in [[SFA 3]], his face is scowling, even though the dialogue implies he is glad Cody is back on his side)
*** As of Super Street IV, Makoto was not seen showing so much as a smirk in any official art. She makes up for it with [[Hot
**** The one case this troper can recall Makoto smiling is in her ending, after she almost fell off her dojo's roof.
** Remy from Street Fighter. You wouldn't expect someone whose win quote translates to "I hate everything that I see!" to smile much, would you?
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* 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.
** [[Word of God]] says he laughed only once in [[Final Fantasy VII]] as well, during the scene with Aeris where they are escaping from the Turks.
* Throughout the ''[[Legacy of Kain]]'' series, Kain very rarely smiles. In the event that he [[Psychotic Smirk|does]], it's usually a good indication that his enemies have found themselves on the [[Out
* Sten of [[Dragon Age]]: Origins. Nonetheless he's occasionally shown that he's got a [[Gentle Giant]] side going on.
** [[Player Character|Hawke]] is show doing nothing ''but'' scowling in any [[Dragon Age II]] promotional material, though thankfully, this is averted in the game itself.
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== Western Animation ==
* Squidward from ''[[Spongebob SquarePants]]'' is a well-known frowner. Can't really blame him, what with living between [[Cloudcuckoolander|Spongebob]] and Patrick.
* The complex but bitter and sometimes just downright [[Wangst|angsty]] Prince Zuko on ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'' always has a big angry look on his face and has a strong tendency to stand around with his arms crossed. At the culmination of his character progression within the second season, he recovers from a spiritual illness and spends an entire episode at peace, smiling, and gaining a more optimistic look on life...Cue the [[Wham! Episode]]. He pretty much sums it up in one line:
{{quote| ...are you happy now?<br />
I'm never happy. }}
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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 Partners a Monkey]].
* [http://www.progressiveboink.com/archive/ihbfd/schleprock.htm Schleprock] from [
* Bleak from ''[[Lite Sprites]]''
{{quote| '''Meadow''': I've never been so happy to see your frowning face!}}
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** Pick any movie he's in, he has exactly two expressions: ''frowning'', and ''frowning with his shirt off.''
* Formula One World Driving Champion Fernando Alonso. His smile practically involves a frown.
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* Charlie Sheen always looks as though he's scowling, even if he's smiling or telling a joke. His eyebrows seem to be the main factor.
* 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].
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[[Category:Smile Tropes]]
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