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{{quote|"They'll realize that beneath your unfeeling exterior is a heart that's breaking. Silently, and in more pain than any of us can possibly understand, because that's what it is to be [[The Spock|Vulcan]]!"|''[[Star Trek:
This character needs a hug. Badly. [[Beneath the Mask|Don't expect them to admit it]], though. [[Captain Obvious|A subtrope of]] [[The Stoic]], unlike other [[Woobie]] characters, they won't cry, angst, or outwardly show how much they're suffering at all. (Internally is another story). [[Don't You Dare Pity Me!|They don't want your pity]], and in a great number of cases, will [[Tin Man|deny having emotions at all]]. Don't be fooled. The plot has heaped complication after complication on them, and silently, internally, they're suffering. They may inadvertently show their suffering for a moment, in which case they are [[Not So Stoic]], or they may just have [[Bad Dreams]]. Sometimes, however if they are lucky they will find a [[Manic Pixie Dream Girl]] to comfort them and live happily ever after as a reward for their stoicism.
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* Unsui Kongo from ''[[Eyeshield 21]]''. Where to begin...
** From the day he was born he's been compared to and completely overshadowed by his brother, who's better than him in every possible way without even ''trying''.
** He puts himself through [[Training
** Said brother, Agon, is a total jerk to him (and to everyone else) but gets away with it because he's just THAT special.
** Yet despite having every reason to angst and despise Agon, he instead focuses all his energy into helping his brother live up to his full potential. On top of that, whenever someone starts to feel sorry for him, he tells them not to bother themselves with someone like him.
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* Both Ritsuka and Soubi from ''[[Loveless]]'' could qualify when you look at their backgrounds, though Soubi is arguably more of a [[Stepford Smiler]] than legitimately stoic.
* Chirico Cuvie in ''[[Armored Trooper VOTOMS]]''.
* The eponymous character in ''[[
* Major Motoko Kusanagi from [[Ghost in the Shell]].
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== Films -- Animation ==
* Chuckles the Clown from ''[[Toy Story (franchise)|Toy Story]] 3'', a perpetually frowning clown doll {{spoiler|who used to be friends with Lotso the bear and Big Baby, before they were accidentally abandoned by their owner. Chuckles was fortunate enough to be taken in by a new kid, but feels sorry for the embittered shell his former friend Lotso has become.}}
** At the end, {{spoiler|when he sees a picture Bonnie (the girl he belongs to) drew of him, he [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming|smiles for the first time]], realizing that he is indeed loved.}}
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** "I stand corrected."
* Olivia Dunham in ''[[Fringe]]''. She's a tough FBI agent; she's not allowed to cry. That, and she cares about other people's feelings too much to dump her own on them.
* ''[[Star Trek:
** Spock had his moments in TOS as well.
*** So, believe it or not, did Kirk.
* ''[[Star Trek: The
* After season five and the Reaper arc? Half the fanbase and nearly all the main characters of ''[[Criminal Minds]]'' want to tuck Aaron Hotchner (and his son) up in blankets somewhere and shoot anyone who tries to drag them back out.
** To elaborate: Despite having been abused as a child, almost blown up (suffering hearing damage as well as having to treat a friend {{spoiler|as she lay dying}} in the immediate aftermath), being psychologically tortured and later {{spoiler|stabbed nine times}} by the Reaper, he rarely ever does more than wince and/or collapse, and almost never raises his voice. [[Despair Event Horizon|The only time he ever loses it]] is when {{spoiler|the Reaper kidnaps his ex-wife and forces him to listen to her murder, before threatening to kill his son.}}
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* [[Street Fighter|Cammy White]], when she's mid-awakening from Killer Bee to human being and starting to question her actions and orders.
* When you look at his personality, his goals, and his motive for fighting in the 2nd Maverick Wars never mind him being on the wrong side of said war, [[Mega Man Zero|Harpuia]] is quite a complex, tragic character, and people [[Ensemble Darkhorse|love him for it]].
* Leon is this in [[Resident Evil]]. On his first day as a police officer he's forced into the middle of a [[Zombie Apocalypse]], during which he's shot and led to believe his [[Love Interest]] died, and after he escapes he's blackmailed into working for the government lest they experiment on the young girl he and Claire were trying to save. He's sent to investigate a drug lord where he meets Manuela, an innocent girl he sets out to protect who either dies in the bad ending or is taken in by the government in the good. Oh, and his friend Krauser resents the role he was blackmailed into doing and as such becomes his enemy. Then he's sent to rescue the president's daughter, in the process getting beaten up a ridiculous amount by the bad guys, injected with a mind controlling parasite that causes him a lot of physical pain and nearly leads him to kill the [[Back
* [[Fear Effect]]. Royce Glas is very much this.
* The point Man in ''[[F.E.A.R.]]'', especially in the third game, when we see firsthand what he went through as a child.
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* [[Deadpan Snarker]] Noah from ''[[Total Drama World Tour]]'' definitely qualifies, he gets severely injured in almost every episode he appears in, has a HUGE family in which he's the youngest kid, is generally ignored and made fun of, and yet never complains about it.
* [[Phineas and Ferb|Ferb]] comes off this way any time you get the feeling he's sad.
{{quote|'''Phineas:''' Hey, Ferb, where's [[Precocious Crush|Vanessa]]?
'''Ferb:''' She left me for someone else. }}
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