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* In ''[[Darker than Black]]'', Contractors tend to have lessened emotions. When the [[Emotionless Girl]] companion of the main character wants to get emotions across [http://fc04.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2010/323/d/1/yin_attempting_to_smile_by_lilith_zer0-d336dxk.jpg she puts her fingers to the corners of her mouth to] "[[Frozen Face|make]]" herself smile. This differs from most of the examples because of the specific [[Emotionless Girl]] trope appeal... this was considered [[Moe Moe|adorable]] by fans instead. July makes himself smile this way too. It's [[Uncanny Valley|not as cute]].
** Yin's "smile" was adorable, but July's was hilarious.
* [[Face of a Thug|Natsuki]]'s '[[media:mko10-34.jpg|smile]]' in ''[[Minami-ke]]''. [[Hilarity Ensues]] when he tries to do
* Ichi's "smile" from ''[[Ichi the Killer]]''. Is it pathetic? Or creepy? [http://www.mangafox.com/manga/ichi_the_killer/c005/15.html You decide].
* Sawako's earlier attempts at smiling in ''[[Kimi ni Todoke]]''. Her innately [[Evil Laugh|creepy laughter]] does not help matters.
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* In [[Inuyasha]], Sesshomaru's expressions normally runs the gamut from happy (read: completely impassive) to furious (read: slight frown.) He's only shown (to this troper's memory) fully smiling exactly ''once''. And when he does it is a thing of ''beauty'' to the viewers. But, given his normal disposition, his [[Ineffectual Sympathetic Villain|retainer, Jaken]] has a slowly-building panic attack over it, eventually begging Sesshomaru to "go ahead and beat me, but please stop smiling!"
* In general Amu from [[Shugo Chara]] is capable of smiling normally, but in her "cool and spicy" mode at school when attempting to be friendly to others has a threateningly disturbing smile...really.
* [[Lucky Star|Akira's]] friend Akuru Nakatani is never shown smiling. [[Perpetual Frowner|She constantly looks mildly peeved]], though she's not necessarily angry. When Akuru says she smiles now and then,
* [[Emotionless Girl|Chihaya Kisaragi]] in ''[[The Idolmaster (anime)|The Idolmaster]]'' when the producer tell her to smile, though we don't see it Oddly enough, she smiles in other episodes, though it's a rare sight.
* Rei Ayanami from [[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]. Although that may just be this troper.
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** Earlier: [http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=751 No, no, I didn't mean literally].
** [[The Woobie|poor Hanners]] [http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1399 tries to be normal,] then [http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1401 tries to figure out where she went wrong.]
** As does Marigold when compensating for being told that it was impossible to resist the wishes of her sadface. Really, very few significant characters with teeth have gone without an
** Hanners gets another one that's so creepy that Jeph shuddered while drawing [http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1585 it.]
* [http://www.egscomics.com/?date=2003-01-28 This], and [http://www.egscomics.com/?date=2003-01-31 this] ''[[El Goonish Shive]]'' comic.
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== Real Life ==
* Fun fact: You can subliminally tell if someone is faking by their ''eyes'', not their mouth. In a real smile, the eyebrows lower and the cheeks will rise, narrowing the edge of the
** Unless of course they've learned how to make a convincing fake smile, which is quite easy to do with a little mirror practice.
** It's not even necessary to know how a "natural" smile works. It's enough to think of something that elicits a smiling response from you. It should be enough to fake a smile, because our facial expressions are a (relatively) simple response. In other words: if you have to pretend to smile, just pretend to have something to smile about. Amazingly, your brain will believe you.
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