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{{quote|''"A smile that would frighten the blind."''|"Three Might Be Duende", [[They Might Be Giants (band)|They Might Be Giants]]}}

 

 

 

The Slasher Smile is the evil sibling of the [[Cheshire Cat Grin]]. In general, the difference is in the eyes of the character. If the eyes sparkle, or are mischievously wicked, it's a Cheshire Cat Grin. If, however, the eyes are clearly crazy or malevolent, it's a Slasher Smile. If the grinning person is [[Knife Nut|holding a knife]] or [[An Axe to Grind|an axe]], it's best to assume the worst.

Contrast [[Dissonant Serenity]] for a calm mood which isn't the slightest bit more reassuring. When the smile is merely creepy, it's [[The Un-Smile]]. May be part of the fear behind the [[Monster Clown]].

 

 

* Harry from ''[[Outlaw Star]]'' gives a creepy one when Gene figures out he's been trying to [[Mind Rape]] Melfina and another when talking to Melfina about how they're [[Not So Different]].

* ''[[Katekyo Hitman Reborn]]'': Birds. And Mukuro as well. Hooo Boooy...

** As of ''El Baile De La Muerte'', Rock's Slasher Smile has become pretty damn unnerving, to the point ''Revy'' seems uneasy. [http://www.anymanga.com/black-lagoon/009/008/007/ Case] [http://www.anymanga.com/black-lagoon/009/008/008/ in] [http://www.anymanga.com/black-lagoon/009/008/024/ point].

* Anemone from ''[[Eureka Seven]]'' displays a few of these when she fights.

* Agito of ''[[Air Gear]]''. He has this whole shark fang thing going on.

* Osaka's attempt to "wake up" Yukari in ''[[Azumanga Daioh]]'' fell into this from a different angle. Osaka always looks a bit blank, and she was half-asleep when she tried it... which just resulted in her standing in the doorway with a blank, empty smile and a large knife. She had no violent intentions, but she sure as hell [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=37mPoKQijj8 looked like] someone was gonna get stabbed.

* Kaguro from ''[[Kekkaishi]]'' almost constantly has one of these, and an endless supply of lethal blades to back it up.

* Kuroudo Akabane from ''[[GetBackers]]'''s happy face.

** In ''[[Umineko no Naku Koro ni]]'', we get {{spoiler|[[Fan Nickname|Beatroll and Trollkastel]].}} And [[Creepy Child|Maria]].

*** Lamdadelta has this. Especially [[Art Evolution|her sprite]] from the [[Updated Rerelease|PS3 version of the game]]. [[media:lamdadelta evil 5464.png|See for yourself]].

* Asuka cracks a lovely example of this smile when fighting the Mass Production EVAs in ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion|End of Evangelion]]''.

** And the EVA units gives it right back, as [[media:Eva01NightmareFuelRight.png|EVA Unit 01]] and [http://ghostlightning.files.wordpress.com/2009/04/neon-genesis-evangelion-end-of-evangelion-eva-series-smiles.jpg the Mass-Produced EVAs] demonstrate.

** Some people regard [[Creepy Child|Rei]]'s rare smiles this way as well.

*** [[End of Evangelion]] tosses in Gorn.

* ''[[Fruits Basket]]'': Hatsuharu Sohma's [[Split Personality]], Black Haru, has some pretty disturbing smiles that are nonetheless better than the alternative (in the vein of "I'm going to ''love'' kicking your ass" is better than "I'm going to kill you").

* When Guts, the [[Anti-Hero]] from ''[[Berserk]]'', smiles, it is usually one of these. This should be your signal to run, as he's usually in a blood-spilling mood when he's got that grin.

* Frequently sported by Viral from ''[[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann]]''.

** Which is fitting, given that [[Petting Zoo People|he's part shark.]]

** Lord Genome in episode 15 sports one while he is beating the shit out of a mecha ''with his bare hands''.

** Kittan gives us two very good Slasher Smiles; [http://oi53.tinypic.com/4pwdjr.jpg one in the Parallel Works video starring him,] and [http://i33.servimg.com/u/f33/12/03/89/51/kittan10.jpg an especially badass one] during his ultimate [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]] in Episode 25.

** Mikami Teru, one of the most psychotic of the Kiras, also sports one of these on occasion.

** The Death God Ryuk also has one permanently etched to his face, along with [[More Teeth Than the Osmond Family]]. Light showed what a badass he is when he only was seriously freaked out for a few seconds, when Ryuk spontaneously appeared in his bedroom.

** Then during particularly grueling battles Naruto (or rather the Kyuubi displays this, most notably when Sasuke talks to the Kyuubi in Naruto's mind).

*** It gets worse. Apparently he has that expression ''24/7''. It's only hidden by the sand armor.

** Naruto also (by himself) displayed ''two'' slasher smiles in the 101 episode of the anime. And some of the smiles he makes when he's about to do(or just finished) a prank can have traces of this.

*** Chapter 574: Sasuke shows another Slasher Smile. And it is creepy. [http://www.mangareader.net/naruto/574/15 Just look.]

** This is pretty much Orochimaru's and Hidan's default expression.

** Zetsu seems to have this whenever he's battling someone.

*** And now {{spoiler|Allen}} doesn't even need the 14th Noah [http://www.mangareader.net/dgray-man/204/15 to do this.] Somehow, he manages to make such smiles ''even worse.''

** And the when the Earl is pissed off, the preexisting Slasher Smile goes [[Serial Escalation|so far off the deep end]] that hiding under the bed begins to seem like a very attractive option. [http://www.mangareader.net/210-15225-12/dgray-man/chapter-134.html Meep?]

** Road Kamelot does this sometimes as well too, especially when she starts to get too much fun out of tormenting the main characters.

* [[Perpetual Frowner]] [[Evil Counterpart|Vicious]] from ''[[Cowboy Bebop]]'' rarely smiles. This only makes it spookier when he flashes a particularly chilling slasher smile right as he's picking up the [[Anti-Hero]] lead ''[[Neck Lift|by the neck]]'' and ''throwing him through a stained glass cathedral window''.

** Gecko Moria has a permanent Slasher Smile, but it's most apparent during his [[Villainous Breakdown]].

** [[Evil Redhead|Eustass Kidd]] sports one almost all the time, Funnily enough, his face even looks quite similar to the Joker.

** Donquxiote Doflamingo. This is practically his look at all times.

** This happens to the Straw Hats (minus Luffy and Nami) when Oz has his horns stuck to the ground and unable to move. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYa9SOuyowE Cue the Straw Hats' slasher smiles] and a nonchalant, epic, off-screen beatdown of Oz.

* Michiko from ''[[Michiko to Hatchin]]'' sports one right before she breaks through a police roadblock.

* In ''[[Soul Eater]]'', Maka gets one of these when she {{spoiler|[http://randomc.maximum7.net/image/SOUL%20EATER/SOUL%20EATER%20-%2021%20-%20Large%2007.jpg goes completely nuts while fighting Chrona]}}.

** Even the Moon has a Slasher Smile in this series

** Heck, even the Woobie, Crona, has a few!

** Subverted as that's his ''default expression'' and he's actually one of the [[The Messiah|nicest character in the history of fiction]]. For others however, nightmare indeed.

* Hiruma Youichi from ''[[Eyeshield 21]]'' has one of these, aided by his fang-like teeth and his habit of constantly carrying large guns when not on the field. In fact, he does it so often that he scares his teammates when he DOESN'T have a slasher smile, and uses it to his advantage against his opponents.

* At the end of the ''[[Weiss Kreuz]]'' OAV, Ken Hidaka perfectly calmly prepares to kill the man who tried to set up the deaths of his entire team. Then he actually pulls the trigger.

* Lelouch of ''[[Code Geass]]'', [[Magnificent Bastard|of course]], right after he successfully orders a collective suicide with his handy-dandy new [[Evil Eye|geass]]. Being [[Despair Event Horizon|only]] [[Royally Screwed-Up|semi]]-[[Evil Laugh|crazy]], he otherwise reserves it only for special occasions (such as having just added another few digits to his kill count).

* ''[[Gankutsuou]]'': The titular Count wears a rather terrifying example of this when everything is going according to plan (which usually involves a humiliating and/or painful death).

* ''[[Dragon Ball]] Z'': Zarbon manages one that's ''just'' twisted enough to be freaky, just before transforming into a... [[One-Winged Angel|rather unattractive salamander-looking thing]].

* Haguro and Ryuuko of ''[[Wolf Guy|Wolf Guy Wolfen Crest]]'' revel in this.

** Minene also sports a kill grin as her default expression, though unlike Yuno, she keeps her cool most of the time.

* This is Koko Hekmatyar's default facial expression in ''[[Jormungand]]''. Though she rarely does her own dirty work, the fact that she is a [[Arms Dealer|dealer of death]] makes this appropriate.

** Heck, in the anime Yukino gets an epic *series* of different slasher smiles in a rampage after {{spoiler|Tsubasa}} presses her [[Berserk Button]].

* Kohta Hirano, from ''[[Highschool of the Dead|High School of the Dead]]'', often dons one when fighting "Them". Contradicts nicely with his [[Beware the Nice Ones|usual personality]].

* Kagura from ''[[Gintama]]'' [http://gallery.minitokyo.net/view/418521 gets one] when her Yato side kicks in harder than she can control.

* Sayaka from "[[Puella Magi Madoka Magica]]". After being pushed past her [[Despair Event Horizon]] she is seen smiling and [[Laughing Mad|laughing]] while [[No Kill Like Overkill|tearing into a witch with her sword]]. While covered in blood. While her best friend watches on. [[Break the Cutie|Poor girl.]]

* The first episode of ''[[Persona 4: The Animation]]'' has Yu with a (completely heroic and yet still disturbing) slasher smile on his face while summoning Izanagi for the first time.

 

* [[The Joker]] from ''[[Batman]]'' had this expression [[Frozen Face|glued on his face]]. His "Joker Venom" induces the expression in those exposed to it.

** The literary example, ''[[The Man Who Laughs]]'' by [[Victor Hugo]], which is commonly cited as inspiration for [[The Joker]], involves a man whose face is horribly mutilated so that he cannot stop smiling and how his psyche is twisted by this. In order to maintain the grin throughout the movie, actor [[Conrad Veidt]] had to get metal hooks in his mouth to pull back his cheeks. Nevertheless, the character is a really nice guy.

**** In [[Frank Miller]]'s ''[[All-Star Batman and Robin The Boy Wonder]]'', the Dark Knight himself has one in both his costumed and civilian identity, especially when thinking about his young ward, age 12. [[Squick]].

* [[Anti-Hero]] example: The Midnighter, in ''[[The Authority]]''. He [[Sociopathic Hero|loves his job]] and he isn't afraid to show it in the scariest manner possible.

* The Juggernaut enjoys his role as an unstoppable engine of destruction.

* Evil Ernie. And maybe his button.

* One of the last things you want to see is [[Ultimate Marvel|Ultimate Hawkeye]] covered in the blood of the squad you sent to subdue him, holding their weapons and grinning into your security camera telling you, [[Tranquil Fury|"Run"]], when you are part of the group responsible for his family's murder. Unfortunately for you, it ''is'' the one of the last things you're going to see.

** Yeah, you see that space where he's missing a tooth. That's cause he killed a guy with it.

* Subverted in an issue of the [[G.I. Joe|G.I. Joe comics]]. Formerly masked gunmen hold a family hostage in a remote house with the result being the authorities are not sure at first who are the hostages and who are the hostage-takers. One of them seems to be grinning maliciously all the time and the footage they have of the masked rampage shows them all grinning like maniacs while gunning down innocent people. So obviously the one with the constant grin is one of the bad guys? Wrong, he's the father of the innocent family caught in the middle, and a veteran who had suffered permanent damage to his facial muscles during active military service.

* Grimjack sports one whenever he is in a fight. The smile is a involuntary tick that he developed as a child gladiator where he was known as "The Grinner." Also, combat is the only time you ever see him smiling.

 

* ''[[The Nightmare Before Christmas]]'': Oogie Boogie constantly and Jack has one as his default.

** How did you forget about [http://i643.photobucket.com/albums/uu159/Wibey/The%20Nightmare%20Before%20Christmas/Shock%20Lock%20Barrel/970406457a5625864977l.jpg Barrel?]

* Ed the hyena (and to a much lesser extent, Shenzi, Banzai, and all of the other hyenas) actually gains this type of smile when {{spoiler|the hyenas all kill [[Big Bad|Scar]]}} at the end of ''[[The Lion King]]''.

** Scar gives one himself to Zazu when he points out how unhappy Mufasa will be that he didn't show up for Simba's birth ceremony. After he tells him this (as well as forcing Scar to let a mouse, his ''lunch'', escape), Scar sarcastically states "ooh, I quiver with FEAR!", flashing this smile when he says the last word, and then tries to EAT Zazu! Good thing Mufasa showed up right at that moment.

* Rothbart from ''[[The Swan Princess]]'' gains one of these near the end after he transforms into [[One-Winged Angel|The Great Animal]] for the second time.

* The [[Monster Clown]] that appears in Toaster's dream sequence in ''[[The Brave Little Toaster]]'' has a big one [[Frozen Face|glued to its face]].

* In ''[[The Lorax (film)|The Lorax]]'', at the end of the [[Villain Song]], "How Bad Can I Be", the Once-ler has one after shouting the last lyrics, "HOW BAD CAN THIS POSSIBLY BE?!"

* ''[[Atlantis: The Lost Empire]]'': When {{spoiler|Rourke}} has a pretty awesome and crazy slasher smile when he tries to kill Milo with a fire axe. You can clearly tell the guy has gone batshit insane.

* The "Here's Johnny!" scene from ''[[The Shining]]''.

* Alex from ''[[A Clockwork Orange (film)|A Clockwork Orange]]'', whenever he gets deep into the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v90KPJ6n4Ew&feature=related old ultraviolence. (forms at around 1:10)]

* The short horror film ''Smile'' revolves around body-snatching beings with hideous grinning faces. [http://youtube.com/watch?v=OYk5SumcxQw It's well worth a watch.]

* [[Jim Carrey]] has done this trope in ''[[Ace Ventura]] Pet Detective'', ''Lemony Snicket's [[A Series of Unfortunate Events]]'', and ''[[How the Grinch Stole Christmas (film)|How the Grinch Stole Christmas]]'' to demonstrate how remarkable his rubberface really is when it comes to expressions.

* The ever lovable late comedian John Candy had this expression on his face in ''[[Uncle Buck]]'' during the scene where he comes to the bedroom of Tia's "boyfriend" Bug to rescue Tia by drilling a hole through the doorknob, he's also holding a drill and smoking a cigar. Although generally throughout the movie Buck comes out as kind of kooky such as when he asks Tia "How would you like to spend the next several nights wondering if your crazy out of work bum uncle will shave your head while you sleep?" and where he's talking to Tia's boyfriend about burying the hatchet.

{{quote|'''Bug''': "Ever hear of a tuneup? Ah-hee-hee-hee-hee!"

* Loki gets frighteningly good at these during ''[[The Avengers (film)|The Avengers]]'' to reflect his more...[[Jumping Off the Slippery Slope|unhinged]] mental state since ''[[Thor (film)|Thor]]''.

 

* A few Death Eaters display this, as does Snape on occasion and Voldemort of course in the ''[[Harry Potter (novel)|Harry Potter]]'' series.

* [[Coraline (novel)|Coraline]]: Done by the Other Mother, when she's not busy being a [[Stepford Smiler]].

* In Robin Jarvis' ''The Deptford Mice: The Dark Portal,'' a rat called Smiler had a Slasher Smile on his face all the time...because he'd been rude to his superior as a child, and said superior had [[Family-Unfriendly Violence|cut off his lips]].

* Both Carcer and Mr. Teatime of Terry Pratchett's ''[[Discworld]]'' books are described as smiling like this ''all the time''. The drawing of Mr. Teatime in ''The Art of Discworld'' perfectly illustrates this. Marc Warren does a good job with this in the TV adaptation, too.

** Then there's [[Our Werewolves Are Different|Angua]], who at one point must have been smiling because "her mouth was open, and [[Oh Crap|all of her teeth were showing]]".

* A rare heroic version: [[The Big Guy|Ivarian Borenson]], of [[The Runelords]] fantasy novels, is known for his chilling laughter and grin as he fights, which makes him feared even amongst warriors who have far more endowments (strength, stamina, speed, and so on taken from other people) than him. Not so much out of a love for killing, but [[Genre Savvy|because it works far better at frightening other people than a war cry,]] so he got himself into the habit of laughing instead.

** In the next book, Abnett gives Magister Enok Innokenti (one of the most evil servants of Chaos ) an even better one. His smile is so hideous that it causes physical pain and nausea in humans and even ''his daemonic bodyguard, who has murdered millions can't bear to look at it.''

* Jack Vance's character Iucounu the "Laughing Magician" perpetually supports one of these providing a clue that his sense of humor is not exactly benevolent

** Perhaps inspired by the above, [[Dragaera|Steven Brust's]] novel ''Five Hundred Years After'' has the court wizard as a minor character and he is similarly described as always smiling creepily and chuckling in a questionably sane manner.

* In [[Devon Monk]]'s [[Allie Beckstrom]] novel ''Magic in the Blood'' the villain does this while making demands on Allie.

 

* ''[[Oz]]'': Displayed among the [[Complete Monster]] characters like Shillinger, Adebisi, the Aryans, Timmy Kirk, Claire Howell, etc. [[Manipulative Bastard]] Chris Keller and Ryan have done this too. Even Beecher, when he was crazy in Season 2.

* An episode of ''[[Xena: Warrior Princess]]'' flashes back to the point in her past where Xena went from ruthless but otherwise sane and rational warlord to utterly psychotic rampager; she has one of these grins on her face when she snaps a Roman soldier's neck, but it's her ''eyes'' that are the most disturbing.

** The First does this as it's impersonating Cassie.

** Angelus, Spike, Warren and even Buffy herself. She flashes a pretty smile [[Bully Hunter|to a group of bullies]]. Given some think she is crazy, others remember she burnt down her previous school's gym, and is on record for being a multiple murder suspect, is enough to make them back off.

* An interesting example is the Enzyte Commercials, where Smilin' Bob has one of the most unnatural smiles ever seen in an advertisement. It's not MEANT to be a Slasher Smile, but still... BRRR!

* Scorpius of ''[[Farscape]]'' fame is infamous for wearing slasher smiles during his [[Moment of Awesome (Sugar Wiki)|Crowning Moments of Awesome]] - accompanied by his black gums and needle-sharp teeth.

* ''The Stand'': [http://parkinglotconfessional.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/creepy-randall-flagg.jpg Randall] [http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_t8MirDiMGHI/SMCIE4KEy8I/AAAAAAAAATk/_Gzjy1AC0sY/s400/RandallFlagg.jpg Flagg]

 

* [[Michael Jackson]] turns to the camera with cat eyes and a creepy smile at the end of his Thriller music video.

* One of the detective's {{spoiler|other selves}} in the music video for [[Blind Guardian]]'s "Another Stranger Me." The band's singer also has a Slasher Smile at one point.

Until I lose myself }}

 

 

* [[Randy Orton]] doesn't smile often, butwhen he does....

* [[Batista]] could be like this as well, both as a face and as a heel.

* [[Chris Benoit]]. Especially unnerving, considering what happened to him.

 

 

* Umbridge in ''[[A Very Potter Musical|A Very Potter Sequel]]'' pretty much perfects this trope. The two most notable times being when she's accusing Cho of being perfect and after she fires Lupin and Harry tells her to "do your worst".

 

* The Piraka of ''[[Bionicle]]'' all have giant Slasher Smiles plastered on their faces.

** The story points out that their frowns are ''worse''.

 

* Hihidaruma/Darmanitan from ''[[Pokémon Black and White]]''. Just think about what is going through its mind.

** [[Action Bomb|Electrode]] along with Gengar and its relatives, Haunter and Gastly, too. [[Everything's Better with Monkeys|Aipom]] has one that manages to be kind of cute.

* A heroic (and utterly strange) example is [[Jak and Daxter|Daxter]]. The reason it's strange is that he's a [[Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass|goofy wisecracking sidekick with a bit of badass thrown in]]. Only shown off in-game by his [[Super-Powered Evil Side]]. Every other time, it's part of an HD image promoting ''Jak X''.

* [[Our Goblins Are Wickeder|Goblins]] wear these in the [[Warcraft]] [[World of Warcraft|series]]. The Goblin Shredder pilot has a particularly mad grin.

* {{spoiler|Matt Engarde}} shows a particularly disturbing one when you make him show his true colors in the second ''[[Ace Attorney]]'' game.

** In ''Investigations'' {{spoiler|Shih-na}} gets a bit of one when unmasked as one of the villains before eventually going on to a full-blown ''[[Higurashi no Naku Koro ni]]''-style [[Evil Laugh]].

* Hot Coldman, the [[Complete Monster]] in ''[[Metal Gear Solid Peace Walker]]'', constantly smiles rather psychotically during his appearances. In fact, outside of being the man [[Moral Event Horizon|who set The Boss up]] or [[Bald of Evil|The baldie]], probably the most recognizable characteristic of his ''is'' the smile.

** [[Depraved Bisexual|Vamp]] does this a lot too.

** In the sequel we have {{spoiler|Hazama/Terumi}} who's smile is perfectly fitting for his [[Ax Crazy|batshit insane]] personality. Especially on the Japanese audio track.

* Dimentio in ''[[Super Paper Mario]]'' is heavily implied to have a constant smile especially when committing very atrocious acts such as murder.

* In ''[[Billy Hatcher and the Giant Egg]]'', any crow enemy will always have a ''massive'' Slasher Smile on its mug.

 

* ''[[Girl Genius]]'' has the Jägermonsters (clawed, fanged, monstrous [[Super Soldier|super soldiers]]) - and most of them are on the ''good guys''' side.

** Our heroine, while not a violent person, is also prone to sporting a scary grin when she's in [[The Madness Place|in the throes of a bout of mad SCIENCE!]] And when she does, the ''Jägermonsters'' stay the hell out of her way...

** [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20081105 Gil, too], when he's in a ''really'' bad mood. Or when he knows something bad is going to happen... to you.

** Hell, pretty much ''all'' the Sparks do it any time they go into [[The Madness Place]]. Along with the changing speech bubbles, it's the biggest visual cue.

* Played for laughs in ''[[Questionable Content]]'' when Dora puts her foot down on Faye being friendly to customers, and the best she can manage is scaring them off with what Dora calls a [http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1215 "horrible rictus."] The title of the strip is even "[[The Dark Knight Saga|Why So Serious?]]"

** Dora sports one of her own [http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1323 here.] The broadsword doesn't hurt, either.

** [http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0611.html This issue] as well.

* Joel of ''[[Concession]]'' sports a prime example [http://concessioncomic.com/index.php?pid=20090317 here].

* ''[[Lackadaisy]]'' trouble boys [[Lovable Rogue|Rocky]] Rickaby and [[Hidden Depths|Calvin]] McMurray both possess [http://lackadaisycats.com/comic.php?comicid=49 alarming] [http://www.lackadaisycats.com/comic.php?comicid=78 smiles]. This is one of Rocky's [[Cheshire Cat Grin|primary expressions]], but for quiet, unassuming, Calvin, it generally doesn't show unless he's [[Ax Crazy|pumping]] [[Laughing Mad|someone]] [[Put the Laughter In Slaughter|full of lead]].

** "I thought this was my sincere smile. Isn't this my sincere smile?"

** Mordecai, a [[Career Killers|killer-for-hire]] who has a [[Four Eyes, Zero Soul|hard time with emotions]], managed to unsettle Viktor when his [http://www.lackadaisycats.com/exhibit.php?exhibitid=29 attempt] at a seductive smile turned into one of these.

* Nina in [http://www.eeriecuties.com/strips-ec/kitty this] ''[[Eerie Cuties]]'' strip.

* Kimi of ''[[Caribbean Blue]]'' [http://cblue.katbox.net/index.php?strip_id=183 here].

* ''[[Cry Havoc]]'' has Skoll, who sports one when fighting hand to hand against a fire team of rebels armed only with a sword.

* Osiris of ''[[Voices]]'' is a Heroic example, initially of the [[Sociopathic Hero]] type, later less so.

* [[Mega Man (video game)|Mega Man]] from ''[[Bob and George]]'' tends to have one whenever [http://www.bobandgeorge.com/archives/050107 Ran-bombs] are brought up.

* Vriska Serket of ''[[Homestuck]]'' wears the biggest shit-eating smile possible as she {{spoiler|waves Tavros's severed legs in front of him, just before impaling him on a lance and throwing him off a cliff.}}

* Wrecking Paul from ''[[Everyday Heroes]]'', in [http://www.webcomicsnation.com/eddurd/everydayheroes/series.php?view=single&ID=142744 this strip.]

* Penny Levac of ''[[Penny and Aggie]]'' manages ''two'' distinct ones in [http://www.pennyandaggie.com/index.php?p=432 this strip].

* Emperor Luca deSadar from ''[[The Meek]]'' gets some wide, toothy smiles while debating an ambassador from another country about the other country's recent history of genocide and torture against his people. It doesn't help that it's been strongly hinted that Luca suffered those tortures personally, or that the author has specifically stated that big, toothy grins are ''not'' associated with good humor in his culture. [http://www.meekcomic.com/2009/11/03/2-11/ See for yourself].

* ''[[Schlock Mercenary]]'', occasionally.

{{quote|'''Ebby''': I've seen Schlock made [http://www.schlockmercenary.com/2010-10-23 that smile] before, sir. It's creepier on you. }}

 

* Tez On Toast from ''[[Kate Modern]]'', for whom this expression may as well be a smile of recognition. Truly chilling.

* The Tails Doll Short, which can be found [http://comickpro.deviantart.com/art/Tails-Doll-79228090?offset=50#comments here]. You will never, EVER look at [[Sonic the Hedgehog|Tails]] the same way again.

* Flippy from ''[[Happy Tree Friends]]'' whenever he goes into [[Ax Crazy]] mode.

* Kirby has a biiiiig one in ''[[There Will Be Brawl]]''.

 

* The twin kittens in ''Best Ed'' give these all the time, the only time they DROP their smile is at Buddy the Squirrel, who gives an [[Oh Crap]] moment whenever they do.

* {{spoiler|William Dunbar}}, of all people in '' [[Code Lyoko]]'' displays this while in Lyoko while {{spoiler|possessed by XANA after the ending of the third season.}} This is helped by the fact that he is given a [[BFS]] to use as weapon while backed up by Monsters.

* [[Chuck Jones]]' ''[[How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (animation)|How the Grinch Stole Christmas]]'' has the titular character grow one that takes up most of his face when he gets the "wonderful, ''awful'' idea!" to steal Christmas.

* Psycho, aka "Smiley," [[The Dragon]] from ''[[Max Steel]]''.

** That grin was made even funnier when it shatters. Literally. Complete with a sound of breaking glass.

* Vendetta from ''[[Making Fiends]]'' has shown one out of agression and frustration in the episode Super Evil.

** Also, "I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR YOU, PATRICK!!"

* [[The Joker]], in [[Justice League (animation)|all]] [[Batman: The Animated Series|of]] [[Batman Beyond|his]] [[Batman: The Brave And The Bold|appearances]]. His good guy counterpart gets one of these in ''Brave and the Bold'', too.

** In a more comedic example, [[Stalker with a Crush|The Kanker Sisters]] were prone to these too.

** So was [[Enfant Terrible|Sarah]].

* Try to name someone in [[The Venture Brothers]] who '''hasn't''' done one yet.

 

* In [[Norse Mythology]], Loki was often depicted with one of these (in some versions, due to a bet gone wrong Loki often had ''scars'' on his entire lip as well.

* [http://knowyourmeme.com/photos/60436 Smile.dog's] nightmarish grin is like this.

** That last image may be [[Nightmare Retardant]]. It's an edited photo of the cockmongler.

*** It's only [[Nightmare Retardant]] if you actually knew who the cockmongler was before hand. Otherwise?

* Play the [[Luna Game]], [http://i2.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/original/000/005/722/TheLuna.png Never sleep again.]

 

* Actor [[Jack Black]] can be seen doing this trope in a wide number of photos.

* The "literally smiling from ear to ear" disfigurement smile as evidenced by characters such as Kakihara in Ichi the Killer, Gwynplaine (of the aforementioned The Man Who Laughs), and ''[[The Dark Knight Saga]]'''s Joker is commonly referred to as a [[wikipedia:Glasgow smile|"Glasgow]] [[Glasgow Grin|smile]]" and is not a terribly uncommon humiliation injury by gangs. The actor Tommy Flanaghan sports one of these courtesy of being jumped outside a pub in his younger days.

* [[Cillian Murphy]]. When he smiles all the cherubic androgyny disappears, and only the creepiness remains. Something about the emptiness of the eyes contributes to the effect.

** Someone hasn't gone to Google--when he smiles ''naturally,'' he looks ''[[Adorkable]]''.

* Michael Fassbender. There's a reason everyone on the internet [[Memetic Mutation|thinks he's a shark]].

* This kind of smile may have a long history. Among chimpanzees, smiling is a fear or aggression behavior. Maybe it was the same for our ancestors.

* Great White Sharks, the serial killers of the ocean. They actually stalk their prey, just like a serial killer—or like any natural predator.

* Pittsburgh Steeler receiver Hines Ward is known for two things. The first is blocks so vicious and they made a new rule to try to keep him from hurting people. The second is almost always smiling. No matter how hard he gets hit, or how hard he hits someone, he gets up smiling like a lunatic.

 

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