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** Minako could have become one at the end of the [[Codename: Sailor V]] manga. In the final chapter she recovered the memories of the fall of Silver Millennium, discovered she's about to embark in a battle that may well end with her own death and bring [[The End of the World as We Know It]], her one true love was revealed to be {{spoiler|the [[Big Bad]] of the series and a subordinate of Kunzite}} before dying {{spoiler|''at her own hands''}}, received a prediction she'd never find love due herself chosing duty over it, and renounced her dream of becoming an idol... And yet, as she returns to Tokyo she smiles cheerfully.

* Seras Victoria from ''[[Hellsing]]''. She's unnaturally cheerful and goofy for someone who's had all of her police partners killed, being nearly raped and killed by a vampire and then is actually turned into one. That's just the first volume/episode. Also [[spoiler:her parents were killed in front of her and her mother was raped. [[Necrophilia|In]] that order. The manga was a bit more subtle about her being a Stepford Smiler but the OVA series comes right out and says it.

* Most of the members of the "Scratch" cult in ''[[Cowboy Bebop]]''. Faye's smile while talking about getting rid of her debts by getting rid of her body is especially unsettling...

* The girls from St Arsenal Academy in the manga ''Mission! School''. At first they seem like your average happy schoolgirls. However, it turns out that they have been brainwashed and when they are provoked are revealed to be highly trained killers. The scary thing? They never stop smiling, even as they are taking on their enemies.