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'''Basic Trope''': A character puts up a cheerful appearance to hide their true insanity/depression. |
'''Basic Trope''': A character puts up a cheerful appearance to hide their true insanity/depression. |
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* '''Straight''': A seemingly happy character turns out to be deeply depressed or psychopathic behind the mask of cheerfulness. |
* '''Straight''': A seemingly happy character turns out to be deeply depressed or psychopathic behind the mask of cheerfulness. |
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* '''Exaggerated''': The [[Tastes Like Diabetes|painfully sweet]], [[Genki Girl|eternally]] [[Keet|happy]] child is actually the [[Dark and Troubled Past|angst-]][[Woobie|ridden]] [[Woobie Destroyer of Worlds|bringer of death]]. |
* '''Exaggerated''': The [[Tastes Like Diabetes|painfully sweet]], [[Genki Girl|eternally]] [[Keet|happy]] child is actually the [[Dark and Troubled Past|angst-]][[Woobie|ridden]] [[Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds|bringer of death]]. |
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** [[The Ace|The (wo)man who is charming, handsome, chipper, intelligent, talented, and sharply dressed to the extreme]] [[Broken Ace|turns out to have a past that]] [[Dark and Troubled Past|"dark and troubled"]] [[Trauma Conga Line|does not]] ''[[Trauma Conga Line|begin]]'' [[Trauma Conga Line|to describe]]. |
** [[The Ace|The (wo)man who is charming, handsome, chipper, intelligent, talented, and sharply dressed to the extreme]] [[Broken Ace|turns out to have a past that]] [[Dark and Troubled Past|"dark and troubled"]] [[Trauma Conga Line|does not]] ''[[Trauma Conga Line|begin]]'' [[Trauma Conga Line|to describe]]. |
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* '''Justified''': The character is a villain who is completely insane but who operates more or less secretly, and would likely be locked up in an asylum if he showed his real nature, so he pretends to be happy and polite. Or, the character is a hero who is completely sad and depressed, with little or negative self-esteem, but to help his friends and everyone he cares for, or to hide his insecurities, he pretends to be happy and cheerful. |
* '''Justified''': The character is a villain who is completely insane but who operates more or less secretly, and would likely be locked up in an asylum if he showed his real nature, so he pretends to be happy and polite. Or, the character is a hero who is completely sad and depressed, with little or negative self-esteem, but to help his friends and everyone he cares for, or to hide his insecurities, he pretends to be happy and cheerful. |
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