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Everyone loves [[Purity Sue]]. [[Love Is in the Air|They can't help it!]] She's [[Mary Poppins|practically perfect in every way.]] The '''Stepford Smiler''' is much like [[Purity Sue]]: she's bright, chipper, and an all-around pleasant person to be with.

* ''[[Game X Rush]]'' has smiling, laughing, charming Yuuki, who's hiding a treasure-trove of Capital-I-Issues in his head. Memori reflects that ''"Even a face laced with a tiny bit of pain... is a thousand times better than seeing that mask."'' It's implied that a large part of Yuuki's impetuous to stay around Memori is that Memori can discern the real smiles from Yuki just being a [[Sad Clown]].

* {{spoiler|Sasame}} from ''[[Prétear]]'' is an example of this in both the manga and anime, but particularly the anime. Outwardly he's jovial and flirty, as well as [[Big Brother Mentor|always willing to be a listening ear to anyone who has problems]]—while keeping his own problems a secret. {{spoiler|Inwardly, he suffers [[Failure Knight|from an extreme amount of guilt and anger]] over Takako becoming a [[Dark Magical Girl]], because he was in love with her but kept silent. The manga only briefly touches on this, but in the anime he becomes so obsessed with Takako that he performs a [[Face Heel Turn]] so he can stay by her side.}} Until [[The Reveal]], ''nobody'' catches on, even when has brief moments of his mask slipping.

* The titular ''[[Hayate the Combat Butler]]''. Recent chapters/episodes have implied that his kindness and decency are coping mechanisms he developed to cope with the harsh, nay, downright vicious realities of his life rather than his fundamental personality.

* ''[[Durarara!!]]'': {{spoiler|Kida}} is not naturally that cheerful — it's a front he puts up for Mikado's sake.

* [[Iron Woobie|Tragically enough,]] {{spoiler|Zero}} of ''[[Kurohime]]'' has been a Depressed Type since the beginning of the manga.

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