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** King Bradley. Even when {{spoiler|stabbing Marta, who was hiding inside Al's armor}} he had that gentle smile on his face.
** Ling Yao was this up until [[Always Save the Girl|Lan Fan was injured]].
* Shizuru from ''[[
* The Lord of Nightmares from ''[[The Slayers|Slayers Next]]'' embodies this trope, dishing out apocalyptic destruction while never once raising her voice above an emotionless monotone.
* Nurse Takano Miyo from ''[[Higurashi no Naku Koro ni]]'' often talks in a <s>stoned</s> calm, friendly tone about horrible ritualistic murders. Considering that most of the rest of the cast tends to go psychotically [[Ax Crazy]], her nonchalant attitude sticks out.
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* Chizuru of ''[[Seitokai no Ichizon]]''.
{{quote|"My smile becomes more beautiful the angrier I get."}}
* Hosaka of ''[[Goshuushou
* The climax of the Kyoto arc in ''[[Yami no Matsuei]]'' (''Descendants of Darkness''): {{spoiler|Tsuzuki has just stabbed Muraki, and called out Touda to burn down the lab. As the place burns and breaks down, he sits there numbly, doing nothing. It takes Hisoka to get him to even consider not staying there to die.}}
* Contractors of ''[[Darker than Black]]'' frequently kill in gruesome ways with little emotion and no remorse.
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* Zirah from the ''[[Good Omens]]'' [[Fanfic]] ''[[The Sacred and the Profane]]'' to the effect that it [[Like a Badass Out of Hell|gets him kicked out of Hell]] because [[Too Spicy for Yog-Sothoth|it so creeps out the other demons.]]
* When Tsuruya is almost thrown out of a school window to her death by one of Kyon's classmate in ''[[Kyon: Big Damn Hero]]'', Kyon dangles him out of a window by the ankle and interrogates him, while making [[Shout-Out|Shout Outs]] to The Dark Knight, among others.
* Hinata in [[Yet
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{{quote|'''The Dude''': Will you just take it easy, Walter?
'''Walter''': I'm calmer than you are. }}
* [[The Dragon|Xenia]] [[Meaningful Name|Onatopp]] in ''[[
* John Ryder from ''[[The Hitcher]]''.
* This may be a stretch for serenity, but Colonel Kilgore in ''[[Apocalypse Now]]'' doesn't act like a normal man surrounded by gunfire and explosions. "I love the smell of napalm in the morning."
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== [[Tabletop Games]] ==
* [[Trope Overdosed|Bound to happen]] in ''[[Warhammer
** This is less to do with the aforementioned factions fitting entirely into the trope (plenty of Eldar are quite [[Axe Crazy]] in battle and when they speak at all Necrons are more [[Creepy Monotone]]) and more to do with how every single other faction is '''[[World of Ham|ALWAYS SHOUTING! ALL THE TIME!]]''' and as a result they seem positively catatonic in comparison.
* Friend Computer in ''[[Paranoia]]'' can embody this trope, depending on how the game-runner decides to depict its voice.
** Friend Computer just wants you to be happy. Happiness is mandatory. Failure to be happy is treason. Treason is punishable by summary execution.
*** Please report to the nearest Internal Security office for routine brainscrub therapy. Thank you for your cooperation. Have a nice daycycle.
* [[Dungeons
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* Nessiah of ''[[Yggdra Union]]''.
* <s>Melissa Pierce</s> Eve from ''[[Parasite Eve]]''. Her [[Establishing Character Moment|opening]] [[Stealth Pun|act]] consists of her setting the entire opera troupe ''and'' audience on fire through the power of her awakened mitochondria. She continues to sing her aria as calm and detached as she can be, even as the stage itself catches fire and blazes all around her.
* The fighting game ''[[
** {{spoiler|That doll, Nirvana really is his sister. Gotta love alchemical experiments.}} Cleverly, the game {{spoiler|initially}} implies that Nirvana (the doll) is driving Carl to his madness. {{spoiler|Then Valkenhayn talks to Nirvana, and it's revealed that Carl's insanity is hurting her. Meep.}}
* In ''[[Dead or Alive]] 4'', both Helena and Christie remain completely calm in their pre-showdown conversation, even though they're in a skyscraper that is being rocked by explosions and is sure to collapse at any moment.
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* In ''[[Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire]]'', [http://cheezburger.com/daveman2003/lolz/View/5797426944 you can go fishing in the same area that Kyogre and Groudon are battling].
* This trope is DEFCON's bread and butter. As all of civilization is destroyed in a nuclear war, the player watches things unfold through a tactical computer depicting the carnage through simple wireframe models and numbers. [[Soundtrack Dissonance|This is accompanied by quiet piano music.]]
* One of the endings in ''[[Anchorhead]]'' involves the player character, who has by then [[Go Mad
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