History Main / EmotionlessGirl

* In ''[[FanFic/SovereignGFCOrigins Origins]]'', a ''Franchise/MassEffect''[=/=]''Franchise/StarWars''[[spoiler:[=/=]''[=Borderlands=]''[=/=]''[=Halo=]'']] MassiveMultiplayerCrossover, Sarah increasingly looks like this. {{Justified}}, by her creators at least, because the last time [[YouWouldntLikeMeWhenImAngry she got mad]] she [[PersonOfMassDestruction destroyed a lot of stuff]]. Her psychologist even notes that she was meant to be a weapon, not a person. Samantha Shepard ''tries'' to be this but heads into NotSoStoic territory before hitting a HeroicBSOD, falling into depression, and only recovering belatedly, providing an aversion.

* Nemu, Mayuri Kurotsuchi's Lieutenant in ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'', is not just emotionless but seems to have no free will of her own. She exists almost as an extension of Kurotsuchi's will; no matter how horribly he treats her, she never reacts. [[spoiler:MadScientist Kurotsuchi CREATED Nemu. His "daughter" is really just an OppositeSexClone.]]
** Nemu may not be able to disobey direct commands but she does have free will as shown when she [[spoiler: cures Uryruu after he was poisoned during his fight with Mayuri]].

* Ran-Mao from ''Manga/BlackButler'' is Lau's bodyguard and by far had little-to-no emotion and lines than any female character of the series.

* R. Dorothy Waynewright from ''Anime/TheBigO''. She's an actual RobotGirl. On at least one occasion, she expresses relief on never being programmed with emotions, although arguably she didn't need to be -- she demonstrates disgust, loyalty, nostalgia, and numerous other emotions, just not at what a human would call full intensity.
** Sometimes her actions suggest she's far more emotive than she lets on but holds back because it annoys/unnerves Roger.

* Chane Laforet from ''LightNovel/{{Baccano}}'', who actually is mute. The series main instantly falls for her because of that.

* ''Manga/AngelDensetsu'''s expy to ''Manga/{{Claymore}}'' (Ikuno/Claire) is a DeadpanSnarker too.

* ''Manga/AttackOnTitan'' has Annie Leonhart. It's not that she ''lacks'' emotions, it's just that she doesn't care about the world around her. [[spoiler:When Armin (correctly) suggests that she's the female Titan, however, she [[SlasherSmile smiles]], and it is rather [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness unsettling]], to say the least.]]

* ''Manga/HanaukyoMaidTeam''. To varying degrees, the maids Grace, Konoe, and Mariel all fit this trope.

* Sometimes a person can appear this way without any affliction to speak of. Some people just have more muted responses than others.

* A few people who have Autism / Asperger's:
** With high-functioning/low verbal spectrum kids, the struggle to turn thoughts into actual speech can be overwhelmingly difficult and leave them with "blank" as their chief expression. In some cases, expressions can be mimicked along with appropriate response phrases - quite disconcerting when they go from blank to super expressive and back to blank again. Or when the expression and phrase don't quite match the situation. It's not that these kids don't feel emotions, they just don't process or display them like neurotypical people.
** While those with autism spectrum disorders are typically stereotyped this way, it is often averted in that they often do express their emotions in some way which might be weird to outsiders, but do clearly convey emotions. Some children and adults with an ASD, especially those who are low-functioning, also experience occasional violent outbursts which can turn very destructive to themselves and the immediate environment (it's not clear why these outbursts happen. Some believe that they are attempts by the sufferers to communicate their needs, while some connect it to sensory over-stimulation), detracting the stoic autistic stereotype.

* Tsukiko from ''LightNovel/HentaiOujiToWarawanaiNeko'' becomes this after she wishes she didn't show her emotions so easily and obviously. Her actual feelings about things remain unchanged, but she's literally unable to make any emotional reaction at all.

* ''Anime/HanaukyoMaidTai''. To varying degrees, the maids Grace, Konoe, and Mariel all fit this trope.

* In ''VideoGame/{{Suikoden V}}'', which has LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters (OneHundredAndEight, to be precise), Sagiri nonetheless manages to stand out due to this trope. Rather than having a perfectly straight face, her expression is frozen in a permanent [[StepfordSmiler creepy smile]], no matter how she feels. Combined with the way she speaks, she comes across as rather spooky, even BEFORE you learn her backstory: [[spoiler:She's a former member of the Nether Gate, a clan of fanatical assassins who don't ''recruit'' new members - they ''raise'' them. Trained from infancy to be an assassin, she was taught to put on a childish, innocent smile to help her approach her unwitting targets... even though she's a grown woman now, and even though she escaped from the cult more than 8 years ago, her face remains set in that same smile]].

* Jacqli of ''VideoGame/ArTonelicoIIMelodyOfMetafalica'' semi-subvert this. Main plot-wise, she looks and acts like one, but when you're getting to know her in Cosmosphere or in synthesis scenes, she's become a sarcastic {{Tsundere}}.

* ''Anime/ParallelTroubleAdventureDual'': D fits this until the final battle. She's actually frightened about showing emotion.

* The {{Brainwashed}} trope and several MindControl tropes related to it is an example of how real life hypnotism causes this trope. When you hypnotize someone, this is almost always what you eventually achieve. The subject is just too deeply relaxed and her mind is too focused on the hypnotist to emote, hence the stereotypical blank stare and mouth hanging open.* A few people who have Autism / Asperger's:

** The AlternateUniverse spinoff ''Manga/TheDisappearanceOfNagatoYukiChan'' averts this trope in [[AdaptationalPersonalityChange its characterization of Yuki]]. Yuki in this world is a ShrinkingViolet who is fully expressive of her feelings, such as her crush on Kyon. This is the AU that [[spoiler:Yuki created in ''The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya'' by hijacking Haruhi's [[TheOmnipotent powers]], where she [[RetCon RetConned]] the supernatural out of existence and remade herself along with the others as [[BecomeARealBoy normal people]], removing the emotional limitations of being a Data Interface]].

* Kyoko Kirigiri of ''VisualNovel/DanganronpaTriggerHappyHavoc'' has a calm voice and blank face at almost all times. She mentions, if the player decides to get to know her better, that she actually intentionally evokes this image, as it both makes her hard to read and gives other people someone to lean on in times of emotional stress.

Conceal, don't feel, don't let them know"'' [[note]]''"Well, now they know!"''[[/note]]
-->-- '''[[Creator/IdinaMenzel Elsa]]''', ''WesternAnimation/Frozen2013''

* ''Mannga/TheGodsLie'': This is how Rio Suzumura initially comes across to Natsuru and their classmates. She always has a stoic demeanor at school, and when Natsuru asks her if she can take care of an abandoned kitten he found, her reaction is to accept as long as he pays her a specific "rent" for the service. As the two of them bond, Rio starts showing more emotion with Natsuru...and he eventually finds out just why she was so emotionally reserved and frugal.

* ''WesternAnimation/Frozen2013'': Elsa is a {{deconstruct|edTrope}}ion. Because her magical powers are controlled by her emotions, Elsa has grown up trying to be as emotionless ("Conceal, don't feel") but it's taken a massive emotional toll on her (and her family) until an intense argument with Anna causes her to snap and lose control of her powers, thus kicking off the plot. Ironically the fact that she tried to be an emotionless girl makes her less capable of controlling her powers. Provides the page quote.

* Kyouko Kirigiri of ''VisualNovel/DanganronpaTriggerHappyHavoc'' has a calm voice and blank face at almost all times. She mentions, if the player decides to get to know her better, that she actually intentionally evokes this image, as it both makes her hard to read and gives other people someone to lean on in times of emotional stress.

* The {{Brainwashed}} trope and several MindControl tropes related to it is an example of how real life hypnotism causes this trope. When you hypnotize someone, this is almost always what you eventually achieve. The subject is just too deeply relaxed and her mind is too focused on the hypnotist to emote, hence the stereotypical blank stare and mouth hanging open.
* Alice Glass of the band Crystal Castles acts like this quite a bit. See their music video for the song "Crimewave"
* A few people who have Autism / Asperger's:

** While those with autism spectrum disorders are typically stereotyped this way, it is often averted in that they often do express their emotions in some way which might be weird to outsiders, but do clearly convey emotions. Some children and adults with an ASD, especially those who are low-functioning, also experience occasional violent outbursts which can turn very destructive to themselves and the immediate environment (its not clear why these outbursts happen. Some believe that they are attempts by the sufferers to communicate their needs, while some connect it to sensory over-stimulation), detracting the stoic autistic stereotype.

** This troper has especially seen it with high-functioning[=/=]low verbal spectrum kids; the struggle to turn thoughts into actual speech can be overwhelmingly difficult and leave them with "blank" as their chief expression. In some cases, expressions can be mimicked along with appropriate response phrases - quite disconcerting when they go from blank to super expressive and back to blank again. Or when the expression and phrase don't quite match the situation. It's not that these kids don't feel emotions, they just don't process or display them like neurotypical people.

This is a [[AlwaysFemale female-specific]] subtrope of TheStoic. Sister-trope to IceQueen and DefrostingIceQueen. Often overlaps with TheHermit, TheQuietOne, RobotGirl, TheCynic, or TinMan. In comedies, tends to partake in either TheComicallySerious or {{Deadpan Snark|er}}ing. Quite often a {{Foil}} to a more HotBlooded partner to form a RedOniBlueOni or StraightManAndWiseGuy pair. Contrast SugarAndIcePersonality, where the character is alternatingly bubbly and aloof.