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And no, [[I Thought It Meant|despite what you may think]], it's not: '''[[Emoticon|:-)]]'''
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Even when a character is facing away from the viewer and only a narrow part of the side of the face is visible, facial expressions are still apparent, especially a sneaky smile that crawls up the cheek and almost reaches the ear. Real flesh-and-blood humans are anatomically incapable of this, but drawn characters suffer no such limitations.
 
Can be used to hide a [[Psychotic Smirk]].
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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
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** Kamon as well.
* The OVA version of ''[[Hellsing]]'' does this a lot with the "face splitting smiles" of the original manga.
* Many characters in ''[[ShinCrayon ChanShin-chan]]'' do this, though Shin and Hima do it the most.
* ''[[Nausicaa of the Valley of Thethe Wind]]''.: Kurotowa seems to have one perpetually plastered on his face. Ironically, Chris Sarandon seems to share that trait.
* Lust does this early on in the ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist]]'' manga. Combined with [[Psychotic Smirk]].
* Plenty of characters in [[Soul Eater]] get this, particularly Soul himself when the little demon gets in on the action.
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[[Category:Smile Tropes]]
[[Category:Sideways Smile{{PAGENAME}}]]
[[Category:Alliterative Trope Titles]]