History Main / EmotionlessGirl

* [[BlowYouAway Taffe]] of ''Webcomic/{{Pacificators}}'' fame is a mixture of this, TheStoic, and TheQuietOne. And then there's [[TheDitz her]] [[GenkiGirl older]] [[ObfuscatingStupidity sister]] [[MakingASplash Larima]]...
* Amanda, lab assistant from "WebComic/TheHorrifyingExperimentsOfDrPleasant," is like this because she CameBackWrong. It doesn't keep her from [[DeadpanSnarker cracking wise]] though.

* [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?id=646 Naal]], ''Webcomic/{{Drowtales}}''' resident {{Goth}}. Though [[spoiler: when she was younger, she was more expressive]].

--> [[http://gunnerkrigg.proboards.com/index.cgi?action=display&board=general&thread=1680&page=1#72118 a forum fan]]: It almost looks like Jones is doing something somewhat resembling the idea of a smile in that second panel.

* Unan of ''VisualNovel/UnderTheMoon'' is a [[DistaffCounterpart Spear Counterpart]], although his looks, and often his mannerisms, are [[DudeLooksLikeALady very feminine]].
* Setsumi from ''VisualNovel/{{Narcissu}}'' starts out this way, but she starts to open up toward the end.

** Hisui seems to follow this trope at first, though it becomes apparent fairly quickly that she just suppresses her emotions very well. [[spoiler:The real emotionless girl is actually the [[StepfordSmiler ever-smiling Kohaku]]]].
*** Shiki discusses this at the end of her route, saying that despite Hisui seemingly emotionless demeanor, she actually shows a full range of emotions from sadness to fear to occasionally happiness, [[spoiler:while Kohaku can barely express herself beyond her smile]].

* Noah from ''VideoGame/LostSmileAndStrangeCircus appears as if she is this, mostly due to her not being able to smile and being really shy.

* Widowmaker from ''VideoGame/{{Overwatch}}'': A woman emotionally brainwashed by the terrorist organization, Talon, serve as a highly-trained assassin. Example of the trope taken to a psychopathic extreme.
* ''VideoGame/TargetOfDesireEpisode1'': Maia never shows emotion and rarely talks. She's the perfect woman.

** Briefly averted as Call, at one point, [[spoiler:asks her creator why she lacks the emotions and empathy Beck has. However, a ConvenientlyTimedDistraction prevents Dr. Sanda from answering, the topic is never brought up again, and Call resumes being completely unconcerned.]]

* Gamall in ''VideoGame/{{Thief}} 2'' is an example of this trope played to perfection.

* ''Series/GameOfThrones'': Earlier in Season 1, Daenerys shows shades of this, which makes sense, given that she spent most of her life with Viserys in constant fear of 'waking the dragon', making it an impressive indicator of her psychological fortitude that she ''isn't'' a perpetually flinching ExtremeDoormat. She becomes much more assertive later on and is flamboyantly, openly emotional with her moods among her supporters.

* ''{{Series/Humans}}'': Niska is mostly like this, making it hard to show at first that she's sentient. However, when [[NotSoStoic she isn't, watch out]].

* Bastila of ''VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublic'' tries. She tries very hard. Perhaps too hard. [[DefrostingIceQueen And utterly fails]]. [[FaceHeelTurn Though not in a good way]]. [[HeelFaceTurn Probably]].
** The Handmaiden in the sequel does a better job of it. Most of the time.

* Latooni Subota from ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsOriginalGeneration'' starts out like this due to her BreakTheCutie past.
** ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsAlpha 3'' features a male variant in Ace Gozzo, who considers himself a machine. When he's dying and asked if he finally feels anything, Ace asks why he has to feel anything. He failed in his purpose and his life will end soon, and there's nothing wrong with that.

* Nezumi in ''Broken Gate'' really seemed to have mastered suppressing her emotions in light of her situation, as examined in chapter 4, when it's noted that her lament doesn't feel painful (like it would for some), instead, it feels cold. It's to such an extent that she wished she could cry or, at least, shed tears, something to express her anguish in some way. Likewise, she hadn't felt cold in a long time, either, and is very detached from her own thoughts towards it. Naturally, her feeling lament for the first time made her realize how her pragmatism had its drawbacks in that she had shut her mind off to anything irrelevant to guarding the gate, her thoughts and feelings included, in which case she stopped feeling them.

* Actually ''subverted'' in ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles''. Ivy appears to be totally emotionless for quite a while after we meet her, [[spoiler:but it turns out that this is actually one of the Archive's defense mechanisms. Ivy herself is lonely and has to cope with the fact that she has almost no personal identity; even her name is just [[TheNicknamer a nickname Harry gave her]]. She's also cursed with the Archive's perfect recall, so she knows ''exactly'' how her mother felt about her. (Hint: It wasn't real positive)]].
** It's implied that since [[spoiler: names have power, Harry starting to call her Ivy (and asking others to call her that) instead of the Archive allowed her to find strength in her own identity and open up to people, becoming much happier. Some people (Luccio) don't think this is a Good Thing]].

* Miranda in L. Jagi Lamplighter's ''Literature/ProsperosDaughter''. There's a reason for it, it turns out.

* Katniss Everdeen from ''Literature/TheHungerGames'', probably as a direct result of being a ShellShockedVeteran thanks to all the trauma she goes through.

* Sasha from ''Literature/TheTenetsOfFutilism'' initially comes across as this. It's a facade.

* ''Literature/Discworld'':

* Susan Sto Helit of ''Literature/SoulMusic'', ''Literature/{{Hogfather}}'' and ''Literature/ThiefOfTime'' shows no outward emotion on hearing of the deaths of her parents, and otherwise fits the "cool in a crisis" model. She does occasionally get angry. Don't get in her way at this point.

* %%Administrivia/ZeroContextExample The Flame ''Literature/TalesOfAnMazingGirl'' as she creates fires and burns out peoples minds, all the while looking to be about 12 years old. and speaking in all in lower case.

* The Flame ''Literature/TalesOfAnMazingGirl'' as she creates fires and burns out peoples minds, all the while looking to be about 12 years old. and speaking in all in lower case.
* Susan Calvin from Creator/IsaacAsimov's many robot short stories.

* Lydia in ''Film/{{Beetlejuice}}''. In the [[WesternAnimation/{{Beetlejuice}} animated series]], she becomes a PerkyGoth. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] in that it seems the events of the movie did change her personality by the end of it.

* Miette starts off like this in ''Film/TheCityOfLostChildren''.
* Margot (Gwyneth Paltrow) in ''Film/TheRoyalTenenbaums''.
* Darius in ''Film/SafetyNotGuaranteed''. She's played by Creator/AubreyPlaza of all things, an expert in deadpan.
* Emily in ''Film/TheFinal''. [[spoiler:Until Ravi is killed.]] Then she goes right back to this.

* Estella from ''Literature/GreatExpectations''.

* ''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, and in the end it's by embracing her emotions, namely her love for Anna, that lets her gain full control. Provides the page quote.

* ''Fanfic/UnbreakableRedSilkenThread'': Scarlett; again, it's all a facade.

* In ''FanFic/DespairsLastResort'', Miyako Morino acts like this. The only times she's noted as actually expressing any emotion is [[spoiler: after witnessing Kaito's execution and when the remaining students are fighting among each other]].
** [[spoiler: Turns out it was a ruse to keep her from revealing that she still has her memories.]]

* The [[MarySue eponymous heroine]] of ''FanFic/LegolasByLaura'' seems remarkably unconcerned about being tortured and raped by orcs, [[{{Squick}} even though she's only ten]].

* Ruri from ''Anime/MartianSuccessorNadesico'' is one, arguably. Though she's far cry from being actually emotionless - just emotionally repressed, and sometimes not even that - her voice never seems to reflect her emotions, making her always sound like she just doesn't ''care''. This is a big part of why she used to be the {{Trope Namer|s}} for the LittleMissSnarker.

* Pretty much ''any'' Jack Rudd-written ''Series/{{Neighbours}}'' fanfic starring Lisa Jeffries.

* ''Manga/VampireKnight'' gives us two: Seiren and Rima.
* Layla from ''Manga/VenusVersusVirus'', in contrast with her somewhat livelier twin sister, Lola.

* ''ComicBook/SinCity'': Miho combines this with TheVoiceless.

* ''Anime/TimeOfEve'':
** Outside the eponymous cafe Sammy and Akiko behave this way. They transform into a ShrinkingViolet and a GenkiGirl, respectively, when given the opportunity to express their emotions. However, behaving like humans in public would draw unwanted attention, and they are ''very'' good at suppressing their feelings.
** Actually, half of the robots in-series ([[RobotGirl the female half]]) qualify.

** Actually, half of the robots in-series ([[RobotGirl the female half]]) qualify. Sammy and Akiko just happen to have been given the most character development.

* Mai from ''Manga/{{Nichijou}}'' is usually this. However, she laughs in the first volume[=/=]episode because of a piece of squid remaining in Yuuko's hair.

* Temporary ''Anime/SkyGirls'' Aisha. Somewhat justified in that she's actually fused with nanotech which may or may not influence her brain functions.

* Otome from ''Manga/KoiKoi7''. It probably comes from being the oldest of the group, but stuck at a young age, since she was the first to become a cyborg.

* Anya from ''Anime/CodeGeass''. Maybe she was just traumatized from [[spoiler:seeing Marianne killed in gory fashion and then getting Marianne's consciousness put into her head against her will.]].

* Origami from ''LightNovel/DateALive''.