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* Several of the bad endings in the original ''[[School Days (Visual Novel)|School Days]]'' game end with Makoto staring blankly at whatever gruesome scene has just happened before him.

* Despite being an expert at [[Parrot Exposition]], Solid Snake (of ''[[Metal Gear]]'') is usually expressive enough with his face and body to avoid this even with graphics limitations - except in ''[[Metal Gear Solid]]: The Twin Snakes'', which had really freakishly awful facial expressions. Snake's gormless, changeless expression in that game is referred to by fans as 'Mildly-Annoyed Confusion', and combined with his [[Parrot Exposition|mindless repetition of things that other people say]], and with his [[Informed Ability|180 IQ which is repeatedly mentioned in the manual]] and [[Unwitting Pawn|never demonstrated in the canon ever]], it hits [[Memetic Mutation|legendary]] levels. Mind you, 'Mildly-Annoyed Confusion' pretty much sums up Solid Snake's personality for 90% of the game.

* The main character in ''[[Knights of the Old Republic]]'' always looks sort of mildly interested in dialogue mode, complete with nodding or raising an eyebrow occasionally, which works for much of the time but not when something dramatic is going on.

* In ''[[Team Fortress 2 (Video Game)|Team Fortress 2]]'', the Spy is the class most likely to be incinerated by a triggerhappy Pyro. Thus, one might expect the Spy to fear his natural enemy. However, where the others might bawl out "I'M BURNING!" and "ON FIRE!" at the top of their lungs with expressions of obvious distress, the Spy's response? Just him with practically the same unperturbed expression he usually exhibits, coupled with an [[Major Injury Underreaction|extremely blasé]] "I do believe I'm on fire," or "I appear to have burst into flames."