This Troper's PlatonicLifePartner (not so much from my side) is normally not so bad looking, but when she smiles, she is just amazing. And she does a little sound effect to go with it.

This Troper has had a ridiculously played out crush on a girl for several years. The girl is actually very plain, when you look at her, but is utterly irresistible when she smiles. He would like to post a pic, but feels that would be a little creepy.

... Ian?

... yes? This Troper probably isn't who you're thinking of, but it's one of those coincidences. (It's not even my Troper tale...)

... If it is you, I will find you and marry you. No objections. And now for the test: What does the phrase 'invisible birds' mean to you?

This random passerby troper believes this conversations qualifies for a Crowning Moment of Heartwarming.

As does this one. If it really is true, this moment belongs in a movie.

Not to ruin the moment, but c'mon you guys!! Don't leave us hanging like that, tell us what happened! Did you find each other? Was it HappilyEverAfter?

Unfortunately, it was just one of those coincidences. We weren't who the other was thinking of, but if it's any consolation, the exchange prompted me (the Girl) to reconnect with my Ian, and we are going out for dinner in the near future. c:

Happy endings all 'round. This Troper (the wrong Ian) is happy beyond his wildest dreams, entirely in the spirit of this little exchange.

UnknownTroper, I just wanted to say that I'm happy for you and I wish you well in the future. Congratulations! :D

Who said TV Tropes will ruin Your Life?

Me. Compare not smiling with smiling.

You really need to smile more often. :D

T-this troper actually found you very pretty, even when you didn't smile... <3

Were you trying your hardest to look serious in pic one? (You succeeded) Nonetheless...girl, why you so pretty?

*blushes, scuffs foot* Aww, gee whiz.

I must say, your smile is quite pretty :D

I also agree that your have a really lovely smile and should use it more. =3

Inverted with this troper. He's normally okay-looking, but his smiles--especially those that show teeth--are rather grotesque.

Same for this one. He even trained himself to struggle against smiling, going as far as putting his mouth back into place with his ''hands''.

Same for this troper. She can make a small smile look pretty, but has taught herself not to grin or smile with her lips open because of how bad it looks on her.

Same for me, to the point that my D&D group has issued a standing order that I am not to smile without laughing because it looks really, really creepy.

I die a little inside knowing that it will probably never be. Due to me being butt ugly and personally repulsive.

I bet you're beautiful.

We must be related. I consider myself ugly, and I am constantly depreciating my stale personality.

That makes two of us. While I don't think of myself as ugly very much anymore, my personality still needs some work.

I often feel the exact opposite of this; a wide smile makes even the most beautiful women look worse.

Well, of course an insincere smile looks poorly on everyone.

But isn't there such a thing as a wide, sincere smile?

It's not about sincerity. I just have a weird taste.

Due to her parents' divorce ending with me and my Mam in a separate COUNTRY whilst I as still in primary school and my step-dad's 11 weeks in hospital (over Christmas) has left me with a face of stoic miserableness and I tendency to smirk cynically at the world instead of smiling and wear a lot of dark colors. One day I just decided I'd moped about enough, got over myself, painted my room orange and started smiling. Cue the double takes.I still wear the black though XD.

There's a guy in this troper's class who has a very cheerful smile. As a better description, it's as if he's got a bunch of laughter inside him and some of it slips out into his smiles. When he smiles, it never fails to brighten up my whole day.

A male example: There's a boy who this troper likes. He's a very stoic, poker-faced individual, and he so rarely talks that most people have no idea what his teeth look like. But when he smiles, he's so absolutely adorable and bright that this troper has to do whatever it takes to not let out a fangirl squee.

This troper knows a very similar person; great smile and eyes, but he never changes his expression or takes off his sunglasses. And it's a shame.

Yesterday, this troper was actually rendered speechless by the sight of her usually stoic, scary-shiny-glasses wearing best friend smiling sweetly and looking like a complete meganekko. SQUEE ensued. She (the friend) was kind of just like 'whut?' and went back to default expression afterwards, though...

This Troper feels that there is no such thing as a woman who is less attractive when she smiles than she is with any other expression.

This troper is a sucker for a cute smile. Just look at some of his favorite actresses; MaggieGyllenhaal, ZooeyDeschanel, AmberBenson, AliciaWitt, AudreyTautou, etc... Flash him a cute smile, and he's jelly.

Every guy this troper has dated has claimed that her smile is her best feature. She personally doesn't see anything remarkable about her smile, but she'll take their word for it.

This troper had some random guy I semi-knew say after he took my photo at a cosplay party, "You should smile more. You're very handsome when you smile." I'm ''male'', but... thanks. I think. I cannot force a smile for a photo, though -- my face will not let me, and I'm not sure I want to fake one either. Staged photos give the impression I'm miserable.

This troper... A rather abrasive personality helped by depression-related moodswings, coupled with rather forbidding facial features. Ridged, low eyebrows, sunken eyes with permanent black circles, a mouth that naturally perma-frowns, a not very large but very noticeable facial scar, and to top it off, the hair and beard of a Hell's Angel. His natural facial expression has made random people ask him why he's angry, and scared small children into crying. His smile has been described as lighting up a room, and he has been told that he's just SO cute when he smiles...

One of my closest friends is an incredibly attractive girl with some serious self-confidence issues, but when she genuinely smiles and laughs, she instantly becomes the most beautiful girl I've ever known. It's a shame she doesn't show that side of her more often...

This troper was told by a lover, "You're so beautiful when you laugh." And then, "And really cute when you blush!"

This troper seldom smiles for various reasons (I have Bird}} clinical depression driven by a pretty sad childhood caused by bullying, as well as Done Son Guy}} feeling like I'm not making my parents proud and just having an earnest nature). However, I'm told I have a beautiful smile.

My girlfriend. She's always beautiful, but when she smiles she's a goddess. (According to her, I'm similar.)

This troper is, apparently, a rare subversion. I'm already unattractive (one female friend though I was "cute", but only because I remind her of a teddy bear), but when I smile, I pretty much look like a zombiefied pothead serial killer / rapist.

Same with this troper. If it wasn't for the fact that I look big, soft, and cuddly, people wouldn't say anything about me that relates to my looks. My natural face makes me look like I'm angry, and when I smile, it doesn't look much better. And my personality doesn't make up for it at all.

Same with this one as well. Her default expression is surprisingly serious, but the only change a smile brings is to show off the bags underneath her eyes.

For the longest time, this troper has been self-conscious of her teeth in photographs, so she has always smiled with her mouth shut. One of her online friends began to insist that her closed-mouth smile looks more like a Sidereal's smirk, cool and serene under pressure, until finally the troper sent a picture of her showing her yellowish teeth. The answer was "Good lord, now ''that's'' a smile." I started looking at old pictures and realized I ''did'' look better with my grins, so... I've started posing with teeth showing again.

This troper is so ugly it goes beyond the impossible and loops back on itself into a singularity. But when she smiles or laughs - and I mean a real, genuine smile - you can see the emotion on her face and it makes everything better again.

This troper, during her many years with ugly teeth and then with braces, basically stopped smiling much beyond a small grin. Even when she thought she was smiling, she wasn't really, as she learned from looking at her pictures in the school yearbook. About a week ago, she got her braces off. All of a sudden, EVERYONE is commenting on how beautiful her smile is, and her orthodontist even said that she should go for Miss America with that smile.

Experienced this in a big way recently. There was a French girl on my course who I got on with pretty well, and every now and again I'd wonder why I seemed to be developing a huge crush on her... then I'd tell her a joke, and ''ohhhh'' yeah that's why. Well, that or she'd start speaking French...

This troper's best friend is already ''adorable'', in an ImTakingHerHomeWithMe way. Heart-shaped face, large eyes (Grey eyes, my ''god'') and can pull off the cutest "I'm confused, please explain" look. Oh, and her being TheWoobie in our RagtagBunchOfMisfits does help. But, when she laughs, giggles, or just ''goddamn smiles''... It makes my whole day, to know I've made her happy. In a less LesYay way, I adore cute boys with hair over their eyes and shy little grins. They get me every time.

My best friend has a really beautiful smile, when she smiles it always makes me smile too, especially cause of all the trouble shes been through in the past-shes a very strong person to get through it all and still be smiling.

This troper has a close friend who is virtually always grumpy and cold. He smiles less than anyone I know, but when he does... its gorgeous. He has an amazing smile, quite possibly BECAUSE he never smiles.

This troper regularly smiles at random people on the bus. Most people do not dare to meet my gaze, but the few times someone smiles back make it all worth it. Everyone is beautiful with a smile on their face.

Except for this troper.

This troper bets it's not as bad as the above troper thinks it is.

My friends seem to have an inverted opinion of this. They think I look adorable when I cry because my face turns a deep red (I'm one of the fair-skinned ones in a Filipino class). And then there's someone who invokes affectionate laughter or brings a smile to my face with the memory of his...

Ah, This Troper's first love. Waaay back when. She was always cute, but her smile... it could melt steel at twenty paces. Whenever I read about Kochanski's "Pinball Smile", I always think of Seahawk.

This Troper's friend has a bit of an odd facial structure that comes together perfectly when she smiles or laughs hysterically. Considering she is a very theatrical LargeHam...

The girl I adore has a cute but slightly awkward face - all nose and chin and forehead - until she smiles, when I personally think she becomes the most beautiful girl in the world. As an added bonus, I know that my own face lights up every time she walks into the room, which means that I am at least at my best advantage whenever she sees me.

Averted. My default facial expression (or lack thereof) is... nothing at all. The reason why I avoid all but the tiniest of smiles? Cartoony Christmas elf cheeks plus huge mouth plus massive overbite and giant horse teeth equals {{gonk}}. So much for this trope.

My best friend is already damn gorgeous - tall, slim with porcelain white skin, blonde hair, large blue eyes and rosy cheeks - but daaaaaamn, when she smiles... her face seems to light up and she's just got this adorable, but still confident grin on her face. Girl looks like a freaking top model. And I sound like a PsychoLesbian StalkerWithACrush right now, so I'd better stop writing this in case she happens to read this and thinks I fancy her.

This troper has a freshwoman who's hot but mostly stoic or frowning. When she entered college, he didn't care much for her. Then 6 months later, he started spending time with her, and most important, seeing her smile... and not only she became his favorite freshie, but the woman which he is constantly afraid of falling in love with.

This troper has a usually snarky demeanor, and it's usually hard to get a genuine smile or laugh from her. But she has gotten a few compliments about her laugh, even though she thinks it's reminiscent of a hyena's...

Both girls that this troper likes are very attractive and cute. Neither of them smile much though, but when they do, this troper's heart easily melts. And even though both of them deny it, they are soooo freaking adorable when they smile.

I think that this trope is especially true for those ones who never smile. There's a boy in my class who never smiles, so when he does, it takes me completely by surprise. He's kind of plain usually but when he smiles...damn.

Smiles don't suit this troper's face (as in, they look completely unnatural), so I rarely smile because I'm aware of how strange they look. Yeah, I've been single pretty much my whole life, although I have heard rumours of people attracted to me because I'm (in my sister's work friend's words (passed to me by my sister)) "kinda cute".

According to my mom and stepdad, I both play this straight and invert it. When I ''try'' to smile or force a smile, I look utterly terrible, but when I actually ''do'' smile, I look cute.

Literal example with me. My girlfriend and I literally live on opposite sides of the world (she's Chinese, I'm American), and neither of us has a job good enough to see the other very often. But she constantly smiles whenever we talk via webcam, and that smile is enough to tell me that she's still in love with me.

Averted by this troper, he is moderately good-looking, and he has been told several times that he would look more attractive if he smiled. However, the people who say that are always proven wrong when he does smile, because genuine or otherwise, it looks look goofy, and not in a cute way.

This troper has a very dear friend who is basically Sousuke. Handsome, but always has his eyebrows in an angry slant, a cold look on his face at all times, is considered very rude, frightening, and unapproachable, but when he smiles or laughs, this troper just melts. The first time this troper saw him smile, her heart just stopped. His smile makes me smile. In contrast, this troper has this effect on him sometimes. Inverted, however, by me. Guys always tell me I look my best when I'm pissed off to all hell. He (my friend) says I look pretty when I cry but he'd prefer it if I didn't since it's always his fault when he sees me cry.

A friend of mine once told me that my face was perfect when I smile. One of the best compliments I've ever gotten.

I have a friend who looks ok with her default expression, but she gets twice as cute when she laughs or smiles. Which is often. She also has a really cute laugh.

This troper has never been told that he has a nice smile, but he has been informed on multiple occasions that when he starts smiling randomly,(which happens a lot), it looks like a Slasher Smile. When combined with his Evil Laugh, it has achieved pleasurable results.

This troper knows a guy like this. In the past year he's had a nervous breakdown and spent a month in a psychiatric hospital. He's sort of awkward looking and not really remarkable most of the time, but when he smiles... it's like seeing the sun for the first time. It makes this troper instantly happy whenever she sees it.

My friend, who is often depressed, is absolutely adorable when she smiles and I can't help but to say 'awe' when she does. However, when she ''pouts'', I can't help but to squeal and hug her. If we weren't best friends she probably would have a restraining order on me.

This troper has a BadassLongcoat, DeathGlare when so much as mildly annoyed, and EmotionlessGirl otherwise, as a result of emotional BullyingTheDragon as a kid. Smiling at dogs and pigeons and small children really, really confuses her friends.

According to this troper's girlfriend and family, he has this kind of smile. It's a rare sight considering his years of low self-esteem and loathing of social interaction, but it does show up more often than it used to nowadays.

This girl from my class is cute but in a normal way. She's a silent, shy, sulky nerd and isn't very affectionate with anyone. But goddamn, every time she smiles I feel like I'm falling in love with her.

Inverted with this troper. When she's neutral, sad, or pouting, she's regarded as very attractive. But when she smiles, ick. Oversized, yellow teeth, and unsymmetrical to boot. Even if she's not showing teeth it's ugly. This really sucks, because she's laughing all the time.

This troper. When he doesn't smile, his mouth gets set into a :| type expression, and he looks years older. When he smiles, his whole face lights up and he looks like a little kid again.

This Troper has a friend who is Beautiful as She is (Red hair,Brown eyes,porcelain skin) but when She smiles,She lights up everything around Her.Is it any wonder I have had an unknown crush on Her for some time?

Partial example: MarilynMonroe. She was always gorgeous, but her beauty seemed to multiply when she smiled. Likely helped by her Woobie status, knowing how tragic her life was, you don't want to see her as sad.

Most people look better when they smile, as opposed to looking angry or sad.

A rare subversion: When Victoria Beckham was in the Spice Girls, she mentioned that she didn't like the way she looked when she smiled, so she tended to be photographed looking very intense. However, on the occasions when she does smile, it tends to look a little forced.

Colin Farrell is a renowned PerpetualFrowner and almost always looks gritty or serious when photographed. Which contributes to his EstrogenBrigadeBait status. However, the rare times when he does smile, he looks just too cute for words.

It's often said that while Julia Roberts is, of course, always pretty, her smile is what makes her beautiful.

Some people disagree and think she looks like a goblin, and even moreso when she smiles.

Franka Potente is actually a bit plain until she smiles.

AudreyHepburn might be considered like this, except she was so damn good-looking to begin with.

Actually, she just smiles a lot.

She's got a damn cute pout, too.

Ditto Anne Hathaway.

When it comes to that, AudreyTautou fits this trope to a T.

Admit it, most people (both male and female) look different (and better) with a healthy, sincere grin - which is unfortunately difficult to replicate in posed photographs. But still!

BilliePiper is this trope. She's a typical pretty blonde, but when she smiles she becomes blindingly beautiful.

CillianMurphy is already handsome to begin with, but he's so much more lively when he cracks a smile.

YourMileageMayVary, as he is also listed on the SlasherSmile page.

CandiceBergen with no smile is a model of cool, refined elegance. CandiceBergen ''with'' a smile is, quite simply, heartstopping.

What about ChristopherEccleston for a RareMaleExample? Big ears, big nose, generally weird, rough features -and a really amazing smile.

Already mentioned in the Series/DoctorWho section, but it's worth mentioning twice.

EvaLaRue. 'Nuff said.

Hayley Atwell. Good god, Hayley Atwell. She's a looker regardless, though not fitting the profile of most CookieCutterCuties and boasts a healthier figure. But when she smiles, she's like a wee happy god.

Allison Janney.

Dianna Agron is stunningly pretty even when she's crying, but her smile takes it UpToEleven.

AmandaTapping (of ''StargateSG1'' fame) is quite stunning regularly, but her smiles manage to make her look drop dead gorgeous, adorably goofy, or even both at the same time. (They're also bright enough to immediately resurrect any suns she might care to blow up.)

AlysonHannigan has the most adorable CatSmile.

MaryElizabethWinstead is already pretty adorable, but takes it UpToEleven when she smiles.

SharonSmall's smile could power a sun.

Rich Sommer. On the show, he looks like a slightly above average, mildly doughy, kind of dorky guy. But when he smiles, well...just look.

Male example: at the best of times, SteveCoogan would be described as a rather odd-looking man. Then he smiles, and suddenly he's rather handsome!

Doug Walker is adorable and attractive anyway, but then he smiles genuinely and it makes you feel kinda happy inside. Just take a look at Part Three of TheNostalgiaCritic's Animaniacs Tribute to see what I mean.

MaggieGyllenhaal has these two big front teeth that only seem to be visible when she smiles. God, is it cute.

JaymaMays looks like she's stifling a laugh, for fear of snorting.

JohnBarrowman is already a handsome man, but when he smiles, he just makes you feel all warm and fuzzy inside.

Danny Pudi (Abed on Community) has a got a smile that could melt rock. Although you'll almost never see it on the show.

Some people, when they smile, don't just smile with their mouth, but their entire face; ie. MonicaKeena, MelonieDiaz.

Summer Glau.

AngelaBettis looks like she's about to let out the dorkiest laugh imaginable, and then probably act embarassed by it.

This troperette's crush is a male version. He looks good wen he's not smiling, but when he is smiling, I can't help but smile myself. If I'm in private and I think about his smile, I usually {{Squee}}. It just makes him look that much better.

This troper isn't usually one to think this way about politicians, but Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, who's currently recovering from an assassination attempt, has got a smile that could light up a room. Fortunately, a giant grin seems to be her default facial expression. Sure, she's a good-looking lady in general, but that big smile and those adorable dimples... even her doctors and nurses are charmed by it. It's no wonder they've taken to calling her "Gorgeous Gabby."

Tennis player Maria Sharapova becomes a '''hundred times''' prettier when she smiles, even just a little bit.

This Troper, after reading this page, promises to smile more.

I think you are all beautiful when you smile.

I saw someone with this a few years ago when I was in college. I was waiting for my Dad to pick me up after having a really rubbish day, and was sat in the foyer next to an old woman who was part of one of the courses for people with learning disabilities. I saw her looking at me and tried to smile at her, despite not at all feeling it. Then she smiled back, and to this day I've never seen a sweeter and more radiant and genuine smile from anyone. I couldn't help but break out into a proper smile after seeing that, and my day didn't seem nearly so bad anymore by the time my Dad arrived.

when this troper takes pictures it looks like a Slasher Smiles but when she smiles for real she lights up the whole room

This troper's never been told she has a pretty smile, but she ''has'' been told that if she doesn't smile she has a tendency to look homicidal. As a default expression. So, sort of...inverted?

Apparently me. Though I don't consider myself very pretty in any way ~__~ I'm just average =X not smiling smiling

Oh, you're definitely more than just average. And you're ''definitely'' more than just average when you smile!

EllieGoulding is very pretty, of course, but she's just the cutest thing ''ever'' when she smiles.