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{{quote|''"Koizumi's cheerful smile pisses me off every time I see it."''|'''[[First-Person Smartass|Kyon's narration]]''', ''[[Haruhi Suzumiya|Remote Island Syndrome]]''}}
|'''[[First-Person Smartass|Kyon's narration]]''', ''[[Haruhi Suzumiya|Remote Island Syndrome]]''}}
 
{{quote|''"Buena Girl's parents scare [[Third Person Person|The Flea]]; they are so... happy."''|'''The Flea''', ''[[Mucha Lucha]]''}}
|'''The Flea''', ''[[Mucha Lucha]]''}}
 
The exact opposite of [[Perpetual Frowner]]. This is a character who, no matter what, is never seen without a smile of some kind. A [[Stepford Smiler]] would be a sub-trope, one who smiles because that's all they can do to keep from ''breaking''. A [[Cat Smile]] or [[Cheshire Cat Grin]] can also be their perpetual expression. A [['''Perpetual Smiler]]''''s smile can change, and the emotions behind it can be literally anything... so long as there is something that can be called a 'smile' on their face. Usually, though, this smile is pleasant and cheerful, or at least calm, and often, the feeling behind it is genuine, so [[The Un-Smile]] doesn't usually appear. Compare to [[Glasgow Grin]], where the [[Perpetual Smiler|'''smile]]''' is ear-to-ear and usually inflicted by cutting.
 
As a Super-Trope of those listed above, all examples of them should be sorted into their respective categories. This page is only for examples of this trope who do NOT fit into the other perpetual-smile categories.
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== Advertising ==
* Jack the Clown in the "Jack In The Box" TV commercials, who's been appearing as a living, ball-faced humanoid since 1995. It disappears when he's particularly perturbed, though.
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* Sendo from [[Slam Dunk]] is considered as this.
* Kamui from [[Gintama]]. {{spoiler|Even while killing everyone during the Yoshiwara arc.}}
* [[Ranma One Half½|Kasumi Tendo]] is never seen without a lovely smile, and doesn't seem to have [[Stepford Smiler]] tendencies.
* Despite the fact that he really [[Emotionless Girl|doesn't understand emotions]], Sai from [[Naruto]] is a [[Perpetual Smiler]]. He has reasons for this though, which do not fall into the other categories.
* Wolfgang Grimmer from ''[[Monster (Animemanga)|Monster]]'' doesn't even stop smiling {{spoiler|as he bleeds to death}}. He ''is'' a pleasant person but the smile is just something he was trained to do.
* Konata Izumi from ''[[Lucky Star]]'' has a [[Cat Smile]] that, while not quite perpetual, is her default expression.
* Raquel from ''[[Scrapped Princess]]'' is perennially cheerful no matter what's going on.
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* [[Bleach|Ichimaru Gin and Sousuke Aizen]].
* God from ''[[Oyasumi Punpun]]''
* Elmer C. Albatross of [[Baccano (Light Novel)|Baccano!]] is always smiling and happy. He'd be [[The Messiah]] were it not for the fact that there are times where one shouldn't be smiling and jokey, so he just comes across as creepy. Oh, and he's friends with [[Mad Scientist|Huey Laforet]].
* [[Mad Scientist|Professor Souichi Tomoe]] of ''[[Sailor Moon]] S''. Heck, for most of the series, the only thing we ever see of his face are his [[Scary Shiny Glasses]] and his big, open-mouthed smile.
* Jail Scaglietti of ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha Striker S (Anime)StrikerS|Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha Striker S]]'' is another [[Mad Scientist|perpetually happy fellow]]. Impending defeat and imprisonment couldn't even make him drop his smile.
* Kaede of ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima]]'' is always smiling mysteriously, to go along with her [[Eyes Always Shut]]. She isn't actually very mysterious as a ''character'', having no secrets to hide, she just looks it. Unless she's so good at hiding secrets that we don't even suspect them.
** <s>Albireo Imma</s> Ku:Nel Sanders also has a perpetual [[Cheshire Cat Grin]], although he's generally much more suspicious than Kaede.
* [[Shinigami|Ryuk]] from [[Death Note (Manga)|Death Note]]. [[Slasher Smile|It's creepy]]. He only broke it once when Light snapped at him after {{spoiler|Offering the eyes after meeting L}}.
* [[D Gray Man|D.Gray-Manman]] has the Millennium Earl, who smiles even when he's pissed.
* Kousaka from [[Genshiken]], always has the same expression, [[The Pollyanna|no matter what]] takes place.
* Xellos from [[Slayers]].
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* [[Fullmetal Alchemist|Pride, PRIDE, OH DEAR TRUTH/GOD/ANYTHING PRIDE!!!!!!!!!!!]]
** Also, Ling Yao.
* Ariel from [[Kore wa Zombie Desu Kaka?]].
* Mikako from [[Sora no Otoshimono]].
* Ling-Ling from ''[[Rosario to+ Vampire]]''. Justified, since she's [[Catch Phrase|already dead]], and thus has nothing left to worry about.
* [[Puella Magi Madoka Magica (Anime)|Kyuubey]], anyone?
* Ojisan of ''[[Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou]]'' is always grinning.
* Thailand from ''[[Axis Powers Hetalia (Manga)|Axis Powers Hetalia]]''
* Kio from [[Loveless]].
* Koala from ''[[One Piece]]'', until [[Badass|Fisher Tiger]] [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming|broke down her]] [[Stepford Smiler]] [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming|façade]].
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== Comic Books ==
* The [[Batman|Joker]], obviously (his appearance was based partly on the [[JDJ. D. Salinger|Laughing Man]]).
** Well, make that every incarnation of the Joker except [[The Dark Knight|Heath Ledger]], who has a [[Glasgow Grin]].
* Also from the [[DCU]], [[The Creeper]].
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* ''[[The Man Who Laughs]]'' (L'Homme Qui Rit) is a man who ''literally cannot stop smiling'' as [[Body Horror|he has no cheeks]] (he was kidnapped by gypsies as a baby, who mutilated him like this to make money showing him off). His picture currently illustrates the [[Slasher Smile]] page.
* The Piraka and their whole species in ''[[Bionicle]]''.
* Westley from ''[[The Princess Bride (Filmfilm)|The Princess Bride]]'' only stops smiling {{spoiler|once he's dead. Of course, he gets better}}.
** Actually, he didn't smile in flashbacks, either. He was being too serious about his love for Buttercup.
* [[Michael Sheen]]'s portrayal of [[Tony Blair]] in ''[[The Deal]]'' and ''[[The Queen]]'' covers just about the whole range of possible smiles, to the point where it starts to feel like his [[Discworld|teeth are following you around the room]]. Which is pretty much [[Truth in Television]].
* Most of the toys from the ''[[Toy Story (franchise)|Toy Story]]'' series are this in their 'toy' mode.
* Atom in ''[[Real Steel]].'' His face (if he has one) is obscured by a metallic mesh that only shows his eyes, but there are seams in the mesh that resemble a nose ridge and a smile. It helps highlight his child-like appearance, which is most noticeable when his Shadow Function is activated.
 
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* Ella in ''Sunny Ella'', though what kind of smile it is changes depending on whose point of view we're reading.
* Jon Masters from [[Dale Brown]]'s books.
{{quote| "The bastard never stops smiling, too. You notice that? Always with the damned grin on his puss. I don't trust somebody who grins all the time - it usually means they found someone else to put the blame on."}}
 
 
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** The older kind more so; newer ones (from around the mid-to-late nineties on) have plenty of frowns, neutral expressions, and other miscellaneous emotions to perpetually display. Some of their heads can be turned around for different expressions.
** Within that, Flex from ''Alpha Team'' is said to always smile "even when danger threatens".
** A ''[[Robot Chicken]]'' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2i_CKDrZUw sketch] [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshaded]] this to creepy effect by depicting a spaceship accident resulting in the astronauts inside burning, their faces still stuck in [[Perpetual Smiler]] mode while screams were overdubbed. Despite the sketch's [[Black Comedy]], it crosses into nightmarish, especially when one of the firemen yells "Their faces! Their horrible faces!" before another cut to them smiling/screaming.
* [[Barbie]].
 
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* Evil Otto in the early 1980s arcade game ''[http://www.arcade-museum.com/game_detail.php?game_id=7096 Berzerk]'', who is basically a smiley button, who comes onscreen to chase after the player and to electrocute him, passing through walls and destroying robots along the way. On top of that, he's also invulnerable. Designer Alan MacNeil put Evil Otto in the game because [[Take That|he hates smiley buttons]].
** Evil Otto also appears in the game sequel ''[http://www.arcade-museum.com/game_detail.php?game_id=7853 Frenzy]'', but he loses that smile when the player can now shoot him down.
* [[Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater]] the [[Ironic Nickname|Sorrow]] is always seen smiling.
* ''[[Inazuma Eleven]]'''s 3D character models have fixed expressions. Characters who smile will smile even though the ball hits them. Masaru Gojou always has a rapist's face, and Hijikata will never stop grinning.
*Sunshine is constantly seen smiling in ''[[Kinnikuman: Muscle Fight]]''. His super meter even has a depiction of him smiling. The only times when his expression changes is when he gets hit by the Cross Bomber, does that super where he freaks out about Friendship Power, or when he loses.
 
 
== Web Original ==
* [[The Comics Curmudgeon]] describes TJ from ''Luann'''s smile as a death-rictus.
* [[Eighties Dan (Web Video)|Eighties80's Dan]] is almost always smiling and cheerful, especially when he's taken a good hit of cocaine.
* Cedric Diggory in ''[[A Very Potter Musical]]''.
 
 
== Web Comics ==
* Trudy of ''[[General Protection Fault]]'' is one, combined with [[Bitch in Sheep's Clothing]]. As such, her "Nega" counterpart is a [[Perpetual Frowner]].
* [[Trickster Archetype|Coyote]] from ''[[Gunnerkrigg Court (Webcomic)|Gunnerkrigg Court]]'', who has a near-perpetual [[Cheshire Cat Grin]]. Even on the rare occasions when it vanishes, though, his upbeat attitude never does.
* The Caped Crustacean from ''[[Beyond the Canopy]]'' seems to have a grin permanently on his face. As it turns out, he's just wearing a smiling mask.
* Smiling Guy from [[Power Nap]], who smiles even as he is kicked out of the way and his desk set on fire.
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* The Joo Dees from ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'' are ''[[Brainwashed]]'' to do this.
* Ed the hyena from [[The Lion King]] is always smiling the only instances he doesn't smile is when he's trying to warn Banzai and Shenzi that Simba and Nala are escaping and later when hears Scar outing them as the reasons why he's evil.
* Nick from ''[[Invader Zim]]''. The [[Getting Smilies Painted Onon Your Soul|happiness probe]] may be involved.
* [[Cinderella (Disney film)|"Cindy"]], [[Snow White and Thethe Seven Dwarfs (Disney film)|"Bianca"]], [[The Little Mermaid (Disney)|"Hi]][[Mulan|me"]], [[The Princess and Thethe Frog (Disney)|"Iria"]], and [[Aladdin (Disney film)|"Zade"]] from [[Video Brinquedo|"Little Princess School"]] for some reason [[Nightmare Fuel|never. stop. smiling.]]
* ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (Animation)|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]'' has Pinkie Pie, who is always smiling save for a few... ''[[Berserk Button|notable]]'' [[Break the Cutie|exceptions]].
* ''[[Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers (Animation)|Galaxy Rangers]]'': Zozo is a very cheerful and laid back guy, even in the middle of a brawl with guys twice his size. It's not like he ''can't'' stop smiling, it just takes a lot for him to choose not to.
* Whatever he's actually feeling, [[Taz -Mania|Bull Gator]] is, in verbiage and tone, almost invariably cheerful and collected about the situation. Even when he's facing down a Tasmanian Devil who regards mauling him as good, clean, Sunday-afternoon fun.
 
== [[Real Life]] ==
* This is a symptom of the [http://en.[wikipedia.org/wiki/Angelman_syndrome:Angelman syndrome|Angelman Syndrome]], a genetic disorder characterized by development delay, speech impediment, movement or balance disorder, and frecuent laughter and smiling.
 
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[[Category:Characters As Device]]
[[Category:Smile Tropes]]
[[Category:Perpetual Smiler{{PAGENAME}}]]
[[Category:TropePerpetual Expression]]
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