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{{quote|''"Buena Girl's parents scare [[Third Person Person|The Flea]]; they are so... happy."''|'''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
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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* Kamui from [[Gintama]]. {{spoiler|Even while killing everyone during the Yoshiwara arc.}}
* [[Ranma ½|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
* Wolfgang Grimmer from ''[[Monster (manga)|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.
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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
* [[Barbie]].
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