History Main / EmotionlessGirl

* ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'': Ferb Fletcher appears to be this in addition to being TheSilentBob. In contrast to the overly upbeat and cheerful Phineas Flynn, Ferb is always seen wearing the same stoic expression almost 24/7, and rarely ever gets angry or upset in the appropriate moments.

* Quake Woman in ''ComicBook/MegaMan'', during the "Spiritus Ex Machina" story arc. Her creator, Dr. Lalinde, believes robots should merely be treated as tools. As things developed, it was revealed that Dr. Lalinde was quite a MotherlyScientist, and when she almost lost Quake Woman in an accident, she removed her personality, feeling that losing a {{Ridiculously Human Robot|s}} is harder to deal with. After the events of the story arc, Lalinde realises that she made a mistake and restored Quake Woman's personality.

* Shigeo "Mob" Kageyama from ''Manga/MobPsycho100'' starts out the series as trying to be one of these due to his powers growing more unstable as his emotions build up inside him. As he gets a better handle on his powers, he starts letting himself express himself more.

* In the ''Manga/MobPsycho100'' [[RuleSixtyThree gender-swap]] fic ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13226631/1/Shigeko-Kageyama-AKA-Mob Shigeko Kageyama AKA Mob]]'', Mob, like in canon, can't emote without running the risk of exploding. Instead of being off-putting, many characters find it endearing and even cute.

* Amanda in ''{{Film/Thoroughbreds}},'' which is understandable since she's a sociopath, albeit one with a [[MoralSociopathy moral code.]] She's a self-described "skilled imitator," copying people's emotions so well that she used to believe that she really had them, including being able to realistically cry on cue. By the end of the film, though, she sports a genuine smile once when alone.

* People unfamiliar with Zamira in ''Literature/AnOutcastInAnotherWorld'' might interpret her as this. In truth, she’s as emotional as anyone, but her facial expressions are naturally subdued and subtle.

* Ellen Harrison in ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/27736435 Zero Context: Taking Out the Trash]]''. She's described as the most cautious of her family to an almost absurd extent, being the utter picture of calmness and silence. Combined with "her perpetual half-lidded stare, soft-spoken voice and near inability to smile", she's considered creepy and borderline frightening... which is exactly how she likes it, since it means no one is bothering her.

* On ''Series/{{The 100}}'', Lexa ''wants'' to be this, [[LoveIsAWeakness believing that feelings are a weakness]]. She's fooled many people into believing she's heartless, [[DefrostingIceQueen but Clarke sees through it and is able to get emotional reactions out of her.]]

** Danced around with Koishi Komeiji from ''Subterranean Animism''. At first glance, she comes across as a [[PerpetualSmiler perpetually smiling]] CheerfulChild but she is actually an EmptyShell due to giving herself a PokeInTheThirdEye, robbing herself of [[{{Telepathy}} the ability to read thoughts and emotions]]... even her own.
** Subverted with Hata no Kokoro from ''Hopeless Masquerade''. She's actually a very emotional individual, but being a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menreiki menreiki]] she can only express emotions through her masks and [[FrozenFace not through her own facial expressions]]. Interestingly, the plot of ''Hopeless Masquerade'' started [[spoiler:when Koishi stole Kokoro's Mask of Hope (actually, Kokoro lost it by herself and Koishi found it lying on the underground. But she refused to give it back.), robbing Kokoro of the emotion "Hope" but allowing Koishi to feel it]].

* Aselia and the minor spirit Nanaru in ''VisualNovel/EienNoAselia'' are both rather emotionless. The latter isn't even an exaggeration or merely based on her behavior since her profile indicates that her sword has eaten away most of her personality. She genuinely feels very little until she gets to know Yuuto.

** Then there's Jones, who is even more of a blank slate. Whether she's [[{{exposition}} expositing]], flirting, [[TricksterMentor intentionally ticking her student off]], or even affirming that something was "hilarious", her expression ''does not change''. Antimony herself has speculated that Jones might be a robot masquerading as a human, but Jones denies this. Later developments have shown that Jones is [[spoiler:neither robot nor human, but an immortal being who's been around since the planet's birth]].

* For an example of an Emotionless Girl who ''doesn't'' overlap with the ShrinkingViolet in romantic situations, see the [[http://www.tsunamichannel.com/archive.php?comic=LovSit 'Su Cool' LovSit story]] from the WebComic/TsunamiChannel. Saki dearly loves the protagonist, but doesn't see why being embarrassed about it - or indeed, why calmly confessing in the middle of the classroom when everyone is having lunch - is likely to give Kei a heart attack.

* In the ''Manga/MobPsycho100'' [[RuleSixtyThree gender-swap]] fic ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13226631/1/Shigeko-Kageyama-AKA-Mob Shigeko Kageyama AKA Mob]]'', Mob, like in canon, can't emote without running the risk of exploding. Instead of being off-putting, many characters find it endearing and even cute.

* In ''Fanfic/NeonGenesisEvangelionGenocide'', Rei’s third incarnation is emotionless and has to relearn how to acknowledge and express her feelings.

* ''Fanfic/RainbowDoubleDashsLunaverse:'' Midnight, from ''Nightmares Yet to Come'', tends to be emotionless in near every situation (her exact age isn't given, but Trixie's known her for several years, and the implication is she's around the same age). She does briefly display emotion when objecting to a decision of Princess Luna's. [[spoiler:It's hinted that her emotionlessness is either an act or something to do with brainwashing. Later chapters show she does feel at least one emotion: Anger, and plenty of it.]]

** Vera Misham in Apollo Justice is of the repressed type. She never changes her facial expression, instead drawing smilies on a notebook she always has. [[spoiler: In the good ending, she gives a proper smile at last.]]
** Agent Shih-na in ''VisualNovel/AceAttorneyInvestigationsMilesEdgeworth'' is always wearing a stern, vacant expression and speaks in very short, to-the-point phrases (presumably in a very flat voice, if the game had real voices). [[spoiler:This is to mask the fact she is actually a mole who infiltrated Interpol and her actual personality is [[TheHyena quite jovial]].]]

* Mio from ''VisualNovel/LittleBusters'' is almost always found stoically reading books on her own away from others, and even when she's brought into the group she speaks with a very soft, calm bordering on apathetic tone and very rarely shows any extreme emotion. [[NotSoStoic It does happen now and then, though]], and Mio is an example of the Emotionally Repressed subset as deep-down [[spoiler:she holds a ''shit-load'' of guilt based on an imagined sin she committed against an old friend of hers]].

* In ''VisualNovel/{{Ascension}}'' there's two races whose females are this. First are the female Nobles, and second are the female Moon elves. However the first is because they have no feelings whatsoever, while the second simply don't show them.
* 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. As the game goes on, this gets subverted and she [[DefrostingIceQueen begins opening up to others more.]]
** Maki Harukawa of ''VisualNovel/DanganronpaV3KillingHarmony'' is an even stronger example, as she was trained as an assassin and her line of work caused her to gradually lose her emotions. Regaining them through her connection with others is a huge part of her CharacterDevelopment.
* ''VisualNovel/TheFruitOfGrisaia'' has Sachi Komine, who only seems to have one emotional setting: polite friendliness. And nothing else. [[spoiler: She was formerly a GenkiGirl, but this part of her personality was utterly destroyed when she watched her parents get run over by a car in front of her.]]
* Misaki in ''VisualNovel/Canvas2'' initially speaks in a very deadpan manner, but warms up over time.
* ''VisualNovel/FaultMilestoneOne'' has [[spoiler: the original Rune]] as she is completely incapable of feeling any emotion.
* The player character, Cardia, starts out this way in ''VisualNovel/CodeRealize''. [[spoiler: Actually, she did develop emotions once in the past. She started off as emotionless, then gradually grew curious about the outside world and eventually wound up befriending a woman named Elaine and her daughter, Etty. Elaine took Cardia in when she was being chased by an angry mob, and so Cardia gradually grew to care for Elaine and Etty. Tragedy strikes, however, when Elaine falls ill due to Cardia's [[ItMakesSenseInContext poison.]] After that, Cardia returns to the mansion where she first awoke and succeeds in killing off nearly all her emotions so that she could live her life as a harmless doll and never harm anyone ever again, making this simultaneously a subversion and played straight.]] Eventually, she does develop feelings for one of the eligible bachelors after spending time with all of them and becomes a full-fledged person.
* Whatever emotion [[BigBad Kakuya]] from ''VisualNovel/SpiritHunterNG'' claims to experience is not reflected in her perpetually stoic expression and voice.

* ''WebAnimation/{{Dreamscape}}'': Keela is an Emotionless Girl mostly as a result of having her soul destroyed. She never really shows much of a reaction to anything.

* Sara Amraphel from ''Webcomic/ErrantStory'', often lampshaded. And made disturbing in a recent sequence were for the purposes of subterfuge, she assumes an appearance and attitude that are very OOC.
* Ditto for Wanda Firebaugh from ''Webcomic/{{Erfworld}}'', who also [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/erf0023.html lampshades]] her status.
-->'''Wanda:''' I ''don't'' laugh.
* Flore in ''Webcomic/{{Frivolesque}}'' never smiles, and has heavy bangs hiding her eyebrows, making her look quite emotionless and distant, and a tad creepy as well. Everyone in-universe seems to think she is totally adorable though.
* Aradia in ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}''. [[spoiler:Because [[TheUnTwist she's dead]].]] Later on, she seems to be recovering [[spoiler: after being transplanted into a robot body]], but this ends up not particularly helping: most of the time she's just as flat as before, but occasionally she'll [[YouWouldntLikeMeWhenImAngry get angry]] and [[UnstoppableRage violently flip the hell out]]. Even later, [[spoiler:however, her dreamself's awakening and [[CameBackStrong ascension to the God Tiers]] causes her to genuinely begin feeling and emoting again]].
* Ozy of ''Webcomic/OzyAndMillie'' has been mistaken for this at times. He tries to be TheStoic, although part of it may be that he just enjoys playing a {{foil}} to Millie. And sometimes his father. And then there's his family...

* ''Webcomic/{{Archipelago}}'': Lucinda, after a powerful tragedy, [[DealWithTheDevil agreed to serve the Raven if he would remove her emotions.]]
* In ''Webcomic/{{Flipside}}'':
** After TheReveal [[spoiler: Maytag herself]] is shown to be this since childhood, eventually learning to feign emotional reactions to fit in and deflect suspicion. Whether she's BecomingTheMask and developing genuine emotional bonds to people is something not even she is sure of.
** The {{Creepy|Child}} EnfantTerrible Melter is a RareMaleExample, showing no emotion even when committing murder or kidnapping people for experimentation. Justified in that he's [[spoiler:an ArtificialHuman that the Thin Man created in an attempt to get into an area that's protected by a devastating EmotionBomb field]].
* Susan, from ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'' shows very little emotion most of the time, though it's less extreme than most examples and there have been a number of cases of explosive rage. Notably, her emotionlessness has a FreudianExcuse [[spoiler: of being nearly killed by a [[OurVampiresAreDifferent vamp...aberration]], then having the supposedly benign immortals recruit her, [[ChildSoldiers as a young girl]], to kill said aberration. The event, understandably, left her mildly traumatized]]. She's recently been shown getting better and has even been seen to smile.

* In ''Webcomic/LuminaryChildren'', the author even made a note that Aurelia's lines are spoken in a cold, emotionless voice.
* ''Webcomic/{{Bomango}}'': Cora May has the attitude of a cold pragmatic businesswoman. [[http://vanheist.deviantart.com/art/Levity-Actually-445342844 One strip]] shows her to be NotSoStoic, though.
* The main character of ''Webcomic/ArmlessAmy'' tends to react with absolute indifference towards all the horrifying things happening in each chapter. At worst, she seems slightly shocked by something, but nothing more than that.
* Violet from ''Webcomic/MonsterPulse'' is introduced as such, implied to be a product of the monsterization of her brain (as a picture from before shows her smiling). She's actually [[spoiler:forced to [[EmotionSuppression suppress her emotions]] because they are now amplified to unhealthy levels]].
* ''Webcomic/JackTheAmericanGhost'': The main character, Go-Eun, doesn't feel things very strongly, and can keep a cool expression in even the most frightening situations (although even she has her limits). It's to the point some characters call her scarier than any haunted house. Although, she does begin to eventually express herself more and more as the series goes on.

%%Administrivia/ZeroContextExample* Since ''The Erotic Mind Control Story Archive'' features, well, mind control, this trope appears a lot. (See also "Real Life" below.)

* Mai from ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender,'' who finds everything in life [[DeadpanSnarker boring and "unbearably bleak"]]... everything except [[VictoriousChildhoodFriend Prince Zuko]].
* ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'':
** [[CreepyTwins Eska and Desna]], who use SpockSpeak and have no idea how to behave socially. It helps that Eska is voiced by Creator/AubreyPlaza, known for her ability to speak deadpan.
** Then there's the stoic, unflappable, eternally calm Zhu Li -- not in a creepy way but in an I'm-on-top-of-things-and-nothing-fazes-me-no-matter-how-insane way. Though not nearly as extreme an example as Mai, the two do put their skills to the same use.
* Mandy in ''WesternAnimation/TheGrimAdventuresOfBillyAndMandy'' seems to have only three major emotions: Indifference, disgust, and anger. The rarity of her smiles, especially in the later seasons was lampshaded in "My Fair Mandy", where her attempt at a ''cheerful'' smile [[RealityBreakingParadox ended up destroying the universe,]] [[CrossoverPunchline and put them in one of McCracken's]], specifically, ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls''. Giving a look of genuine sadness is even rarer; she's only done it once. She's also shown shock and confusion, but that's understandable given the kind of people/things she hangs out with.

* WesternAnimation/{{Daria}} is a rare emotionless main character. She's naturally very stoic, a perennial DeadpanSnarker, and [[TheSnarkKnight by her own admission]], pushes people away to avoid getting hurt. Trying to open up at least a little and express how she feels is her major arc over the course of the series.
* Maud Pie in ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'', who is about as emotionless as the rocks she is obsessed with, which is a sharp contrast to her sister [[GenkiGirl Pinkie Pie]]. [[NotSoStoic She does show slight emotion]] whenever she talks about how much she loves her sister, or when [[BigSisterInstinct Pinkie Pie is in extreme danger.]] Some lines from her seem to subvert it, suggesting Maud might be just as emotional as others but simply be unable to express those emotions in a way that ponies (other than Pinkie) can identify.
* {{Downplayed|Trope}} with Sapphire in ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse''. She normally has a calm exterior but also is seen laughing when being SickeninglySweethearts with Ruby, embarrassed when called by her [[AffectionateNickname pet name]], and crying when she realizes how she's been unintentionally insensitive to Ruby's feelings and by extension upsetting Steven. By the time of "Hit the Diamond", she's just as flirty and distracted as Ruby is.

* The [[BlankSlate Actives]] in ''Series/{{Dollhouse}}'', when in their wiped state. Although they seem happy in a non-thinking way most of the time. Although this is deliberately encouraged by keeping them in a calm and peaceful place. If exposed to more dramatic stimulus they gain emotions quite quickly - terrified and freaked out.
* Irina from Series/{{Vintergatan}} 5B, a Swedish children's sci-fi comedy show. {{Lampshade|Hanging}}d in this dialogue:

* Aeryn Sun in ''Series/{{Farscape}}'' has shades of this character early on due to her military training that advocated against feeling pain or showing emotion. It is commented on in "Twice Shy" when each character's strongest trait was amplified: Scorpius says Aeryn is colder than usual.
* ''Series/{{Fringe}}'''s Agent Olivia Dunham became this when being experimented on as a child caused her to suppress her emotions in preparation of becoming a cross-universal supersoldier.
* Averted in ''Series/BostonLegal''. In the episode "Smile", lawyer Alan Shore tries to get a prestigious school to accept a little girl (actually a child prodigy) lacking the facial muscles to smile. The child has strong positive emotions, she's just completely unable to express them facially.
* Parker on ''Series/{{Leverage}}'' is a bizarre example in that while she does show emotions, they are typically wrong for that situation. Played with in "The Twelve Step Job" when she goes on anti-depressants as part of her cover and suddenly becomes a more or less normal, well-adjusted human being. In "The Snow Job", Parker has to pretend to be a patient dying of a brain tumor and Sophie is trying to help her prepare for the role.
-->'''Sophie:''' Think about something sad. Like, think about when your father died.\\
'''Parker:''' [laughs hysterically]

* ''Series/ParksAndRecreation'': April Ludgate-Dwyer usually has a stoic expression on her face and often talks in a tone of voice that lacks emotion.
* ''Series/PersonOfInterest'': Shaw. {{Justified|Trope}} as she's revealed to have a disorder affecting her this way. One flashback shows her being in a car accident where her father was killed, and calmly asking for a sandwich from the fireman who rescued her afterward, unaffected.
* ''Series/DoctorWho'':
** Zoe, when we first meet her; as the serial progresses, she becomes concerned about how undeveloped her emotional side is.
** Gia Kelly in "The Seeds of Death" resembles a grown-up version of Zoe in this respect. The novelisation remarks that her co-workers think of her as a 'cold-hearted witch'.
* Jerry on ''Series/{{Seinfeld}}'' once dated a woman who appeared emotionally normal in most ways, but never laughed. Needless to say, as a comedian this bothered him. At one point he even tells her a joke, and she responds in a dead monotone that "That's very funny."
* On ''Series/{{The 100}}'', Lexa ''wants'' to be this, [[LoveIsAWeakness believing that feelings are a weakness]]. She's fooled many people into believing she's heartless, [[DefrostingIceQueen but Clarke sees through it and is able to get emotional reactions out of her.]]
* Martha in ''Series/{{Baskets}}'' is always unfazed and casual at anything which contributes to the recurring dry humour in the show.

* ''Series/ControlZ'': Sofia acts very emotionless initially, though it's really hiding her deep-seated trauma.

* A plot point in the ''VideoGame/{{Darkstalkers}}'' series of fighting games. Donovan, a half-vampire monk meets Anita, a young girl who is also a half-vampire, who has lost the ability to feel emotions. He decides to try to slay the world's supply of monsters to cure her. He succeeds in restoring her emotions and humanity but becomes a full vampire himself. This leads to a climactic flash forward cliffhanger showdown between her as the messiah of the human race and him as her main opposition. Especially notable because the creators of the series were sometimes criticized in interviews for using this trope, which was in its peak at the time.

* Presea Combatir of ''VideoGame/TalesOfSymphonia'' was, among other side-effects, robbed of her emotions when implanted with an Exsphere without a Key Crest. She became so robotically narrow-minded that she didn't even notice her father had died in his bed years ago, though his body lay there decaying the whole time. She gets better when she joins the heroes, who give her a Key Crest, but then she has to deal with the pain of everything that's happened while she was like that. She still gives off [[TheStoic the impression]] of being emotionless even in the sequel, though she [[Funny/TalesSeries proves she's found a sense of humor]] within moments of her first appearance.

%%Administrivia/ZeroContextExample* 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]].
%%Administrivia/ZeroContextExample** The Handmaiden in the sequel does a better job of it. Most of the time.
* Ashley from the ''VideoGame/WarioWare'' series. The most emotion she shows outside of her theme tune is a tiny smile at successfully turning a plant into a giant monster.
* Amoretta from ''VideoGame/GrimGrimoire'', a recently made homunculus with an angel for a soul. She has emotions, but she's quiet, composed, and probably very depressed by the emptiness of her existence up to that point, so it's understandable that she's less lively than the ''ghosts'' who show up.
%%Administrivia/ZeroContextExample* Latooni Subota from ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsOriginalGeneration'' starts out like this due to her BreakTheCutie past.

* Pandora from ''VideoGame/MegaManZX'': She's in every way opposite to her berserker comrade, Prometheus.
* Samus in ''VideoGame/MetroidOtherM'' almost makes Lighting looks lively. She speaks in an apathetic monotone throughout the game and only shows emotion in flashbacks when Ridely triggers her [=PSTD=] and [[SarcasmMode everyone's favorite]] Adam Malkovich blasts her in the back. The reason for this boils down to the voice direction for Jessica Martin from Yoshio Sakamoto, [[ValuesDissonance in Japanese]] a stoic character non-expressive character would come off as cool and nonchalant but in practice (and in English) it makes Samus sound robotic and submissive. In other games and media, Samus tends to be more expressive, even when she's a HeroicMime.
* ''Franchise/FireEmblem'':
** Marisa from ''VideoGame/FireEmblemTheSacredStones'' is an emotionally repressed version. She at first seems to be a stoic, emotionless BloodKnight. Turns out she just doesn't know how to act around people. She opens up to whoever you pair her off with in [[RelationshipValues support conversations]].
** Sue of ''VideoGame/FireEmblemTheBindingBlade'' also fits the trope quite well, though this is mostly because she'd much rather speak to nature than people. Seeing as she's the daughter of TheStoic nomad Rath from ''VideoGame/FireEmblemTheBlazingBlade'', this should come as no surprise. There's also [[spoiler:Idoun the Dark Dragon]] and Thite the Pegasus Knight also count; the first simply doesn't know what emotions are like, while the second is the emotionally repressed type with some dashes of DefrostingIceQueen.
** Limstella of ''VideoGame/FireEmblemTheBlazingBlade'' very much fits the bill despite being officially genderless, being a feminine-looking being who is unfazed even by the prospect of their own death. [[spoiler:Some of this can be attributed to them being a morph artificially created by Nergal.]]
** In ''VideoGame/FireEmblemThreeHouses'', a female Byleth very much fits the bill, being so emotionally restrained that even as a child she never once cried. A semi-major subplot is her discovering her emotions through her interactions with the students and staff of Garreg Mach Monastery.
* In ''VideoGame/GrandiaII'', Tio is an Automata, a humanoid robot built to fight in ancient wars. After the group defeats her and removes the claws of Valmar (read: Devil), Mareg takes the emotionless machine under his wing, believing that she does in fact have emotions. In the end, it turns out he was right, but she only really starts to display these [[spoiler:after Mareg dies saving the group ]].
* Shanoa in ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaOrderOfEcclesia''. Justified in that her emotions (and memories) were blown away at the beginning of the game. In fact, when told by a villager that she should smile more often...
--> '''Shanoa:''' "I do not smile."
* Somewhere in between this and a fully fledged RobotGirl is Aki Zeta-Five, leader of the Cybernetic Consciousness in the expansion pack to ''VideoGame/SidMeiersAlphaCentauri''. She would pretty much count as a [[LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya Nagato]] {{expy}} if the game wasn't 8 years older. She's fully human (born Aki Luttinen in Norway--don't ask why she has a Finnish name) who was [[{{Cyborg}} merged with/possessed by an artificial intelligence]] like the rest of [[RobotRepublic her faction]].
* Princess Katrina of ''VideoGame/{{Wild ARMs XF}}''. Although she's said to only not understand the concept of fear, she doesn't seem to feel much in the way of anything else, either.
* Vasilios Cosmos (a guy) of ''VideoGame/SpaceColony'', withdrawn and doesn't consider himself human.
* 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}}. [[spoiler:She was created to ''be'' emotionless by scientists, only to slowly develop earnest feelings anyway. Their less-than-pleased reaction to that started a chain of events that quickly made her lose all faith in humanity, becoming the genocidal BigBad of [[VideoGame/ArTonelicoMelodyOfElemia the first game]] and later the snarky, aloof party member of the second.]]
* Eleanor, the "Cold Princess" in ''VideoGame/RuleOfRose'' - the least developed of the Aristocrats, almost nothing is known about her except that she loves birds and fantasizes about flying away from everything. When her beloved pet bird dies in Bird of Happiness-chapter, she just throws its corpse back in the cage without the tiniest spec of visible emotion and walks off.
* Valentine of ''VideoGame/GuiltyGear 2 Overture'' counts as one, and regularly speaks in a calm, monotone voice without changing it. However, when she gets her VillainousBreakdown once Sol stops the process of the Key by destroying it, that's where she gets [[BerserkButton her first emotion ever]].
** This trope also extends to her successor in ''Xrd'', Ramlethal, who sees her purpose as being an emotionless tool to be used by her "mother". At first, she only has two major expressions; complete stoicisim and a CheshireCatGrin. However, much like the original Valentine, Ramlethal eventuall begins to show emotion (especially thanks to the efforts of Sin and Elphelt), and moves further away from this mindset.
* ''VideoGame/{{BlazBlue}}'''s Murakumo units (namely Lambda-11, Mu-12 and Nu-13) have varying shades of this. Lambda and Nu are the most obvious and only become expressive when near Ragna but [[{{Yandere}} it isn't a good sign for the latter]]. Mu-12, in her first appearance, only experiences emotions, that of nihilistic hatred, during her VillainousBreakdown. Once she's freed from Terumi's influence, she acts more or less like her base form Noel Vermillion.
* Eifer Skute of ''VideoGame/{{Rosenkreuzstilette}}'' could also count as an Emotionless Girl, since she often appears to be cool-headed and mature and rarely smiles. However, she can sometimes get violently-fluctuating emotions and therefore sometimes act out of character. Plus, she seems to carry strong emotions towards Freudia. [[spoiler:There's a perfectly good reason for this; she's actually a clone of Freudia created by Iris, hiding her true hair and eye colors (which are exactly identical to Freu's own) until the time is right.]]
* Elesa from ''VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite'' was meant to come off as an Emotionless Girl. To add onto this all of her official artwork and sprites have the exact face, implying she's rather expressionless too. After you win the gym battle, she has a NotSoStoic moment but quickly becomes embarrassed by it. For whatever reason both [[Anime/PokemonTheSeries the anime]] and ''Manga/PokemonAdventures'' have her being considerably more emotional, to the point where she's a GenkiGirl in the anime. The animated trailer for ''VideoGame/PokemonBlack2AndWhite2'' also has her less stoic as usual.
* The ''only'' reason people know for sure that Valciane, one of your potential cult members in ''VideoGame/CultistSimulator'', is not in fact a machine, is because she can be seen making human errors. That really says something about the emotional state (or rather the lack of thereof) of the woman.
* [[Myth/JapaneseMythology Izanami]] is this in ''VideoGame/Persona2: Eternal Punishment'', when met in Tatsuya's Scenario in Kadath Mandala's Tower of Emotion. She wears a magical mask that completely crushes her emotions, as though her burning rage has faded, her sorrow has not, and she waits until she can meet with Izanagi again to remove it.
* One of the staple character traits of Leona Heidern in ''VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters'' is how much she represses her emotions. This is mostly due to the fact [[DarkAndTroubledPast she once killed her entire village in a berzerk frenzy]], and has major concerns about losing control of herself again. It's also why one of the staples of her team endings revolve around her comrades [[WhenSheSmiles getting her to smile or laugh with their antics]].

** Danced around with Koishi Komeiji from game ''Subterranean Animism''. At first glance, she comes across as a [[PerpetualSmiler perpetually smiling]] CheerfulChild but she is actually an EmptyShell due to giving herself a PokeInTheThirdEye, robbing herself of [[{{Telepathy}} the ability to read thoughts and emotions]]... even her own.

* In ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2006'', Sonic meets a princess named Elise who has clearly suppressed her emotions (though she is much nicer to others than the standard). Throughout the course of their story, Sonic gets her to eventually open up, which leads to an apparent attraction towards Sonic. [[spoiler:It's eventually revealed that the reason she suppressed her emotions was that her father told her not to cry, or else she would unleash the fire beast Iblis on the world.]]

* ''VideoGame/MightyNo9'' brings us Call, a somewhat monotoned RobotGirl created by Dr. Sanda who serves as the "[[Characters/MegaMan Roll]]" to Beck's "[[PunnyName Rock]]".

* ''VideoGame/TargetOfDesireEpisode1'': Maia never shows emotion and rarely talks.
* Noah from ''VideoGame/LostSmileAndStrangeCircus'' appears as if she is this, mostly due to her not being able to smile and being really shy.
* In ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'', trapped in [[EldritchLocation the Realm of Darkness]], that same darkness dampened Aqua's ability to feel her own heart. She remarks in ''VideoGame/KingdomHearts02BirthBySleepAFragmentaryPassage'' that, after ten years in the darkness, she couldn't remember the last time she felt her heart stir.
* In ''VideoGame/EnsembleStars'', Nazuna used to be like this, back when [[spoiler:he was part of Valkyrie and was treated by Shuu as nothing more than a doll to be dressed up and moved however he liked.]] Once he left he became the friendly, reliable BigBrotherMentor to Ra*bits he is in the present day.

* Vera Linus, in ''Manhwa/{{Veritas}}'', generally shows no emotion except when dealing with something that has to do with Lightning Tiger, the guy who taught her the meaning of "fear".

* Deconstructed (again) with Rei in ''Fanfic/DoingItRightThisTime'': Gendo ordered Rei to take medication to "keep herself focused". Upon returning to the past the three pilots found out that her "medication" was a cocktail of mood suppressors and tranquilizers which turned her into a completely creepy and unemotional person. After stopping to take them, Rei starts exhibiting a normal emotion range.
* ''Manga/Evangelion303'': Rei suffered brain damage because of a trial flight gone wrong. She survived, but the stopped being cheerful and warm and became unemotional and quiet.

* Maya from ''Film/ZeroDarkThirty''. She is very deadpan and so MarriedToTheJob that she told torture victim Ammar to tell the truth instead of giving him a heartwarming care. The most emotions she had expressed were mostly through exasperated anger or HeroicBSOD but she had a little laugh when Navy [=SEAL=] Justin told BlackComedy jokes. In the end, [[spoiler:she shed one tear because of her NowWhat situation]].

* The ''Literature/ParadoxTrilogy'' has Caldswell's daughter, Ren. She spends most of her time playing chess by herself, and barely even reacts to anyone except Caldswell or Rupert.
* ''Literature/MalazanBookOfTheFallen'': The young recruit named Sorry in the [[Literature/GardensOfTheMoon first volume]]. Upon their first meeting, the sorceress Tattersail describes her as 'young, pretty as an icicle and looking as warm to the touch' and immediately has a feeling that something's wrong with the cold and distant-seeming girl. There is. She is not only an [[ProfessionalKiller assassin]] but also possessed by the Patron God of Assassins himself, with no memories of her life before the possession.
* In the first book of ''Literature/TheShatteredKingdoms'', [[IHaveManyNames the Mongrel/Meiran/Lahlil]] is perceived to be this, although she actually just has very good self-control (the more impressive for the fact that Norlander telepathy normally transmits emotions, making them hard to hide). It contributes to everyone's fear and uncertainty as to what she actually wants. Her motivations are less hidden in the second book, although that might just be because readers now get substantial sections from her point-of-view ([[NonPOVProtagonist unlike the first book]]).
* ''Broken Gate'':
** Nezumi 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.
** To some extent, six chapters afterwards, this becomes a bit more extreme, as when she starts to feel the aforementioned again, she decides to, as the story put it, "destroy" that feeling and doesn't feel it again for the remainder of the chapter (a move called [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disaffectation disaffection]]). The reason as to why she does this was because she couldn't cry, thus, she refuses to allow herself to feel them once they come, as, if she cannot express them well, then there isn't a purpose in feeling them, almost invoking this trope more directly. In short, she would much rather be emotionless and not to feel emotions vs not being able to express them. When she finally does feel her emotions, it's [[spoiler: when she's dying and its also when she cries]].
* Alysia Morales from ''Literature/ArcanaMagi'' must remain emotionless or she will suffer physically.
* In ''Literature/RiverOfTeeth'', Adelia is always described as having a blank expression and cold eyes. Fittingly, she is a ruthless ProfessionalKiller. When at one point Archie catches her off-guard with a question, Adelia shows mild surprise and Archie notes how that's the first time she's seen Adelia show ''any'' emotion at all.
* Maria de Alva in ''Literature/{{Victoria}}'' is a sympathetic version, not so much weird or socially inept as simply quiet and reserved. It seems the [[DarkAndTroubledPast massive tragedies]] she has endured throughout her life have given her a sort of objective, philosophical way to view life that allows her to endure most anything with stoic calm.

* The "Imouto" Misakas in ''LightNovel/ACertainMagicalIndex'' (except [[CheerfulChild Last Order]]). Because they were [[spoiler:produced in a lab for the sole purpose of being slaughtered]], they never learned how to express emotions, though it is clear that they do have them by the way they act.

* ''Manga/HanaukyoMaidTeam''. To varying degrees, Grace, Konoe, and Mariel all act in an emotionless manner at times. Grace does it because she's suffering from a split personality, Konoe because she's been trained as a security maid, and Mariel because she's been brainwashed to be the perfect maid for her master Taro.

** As the series progresses, it is clear that (due to CharacterDevelopment) in spite of her lack of ''apparent'' feeling, Yuki is a warm, caring and kind-hearted girl. It could be said that Yuki and Asakura are inversions of each other and that both are subtle subversions of this trope (and by extension, RedOniBlueOni). Yuki appears emotionless and coldly logical, but her inner workings are clearly fighting in the other direction. Asakura is what could best be described on as a PuritySue on the outside, while ''she'' is the [[UncannyValleyGirl creepy]], [[DissonantSerenity emotionless]] KnifeNut whose [[spoiler:attempted murder of Kyon]] was actually a calculated act designed to reach a specific goal.

* ''Anime/ImGonnaBeAnAngel''. In the first season, Silky is an emotionless puppet under Dispell's control, merely repeating whatever he says.[[spoiler: In the second season it gets subverted, as it turns out that it was Dispell who was really a puppet and Silky's real personality emerges which is an exact opposite of the term 'emotionless'.]]

* Lila from ''Anime/NajicaBlitzTactics'' showcases many characteristics of this trope, being an ArtificialHuman, although she can fake emotions to some degree if needed to achieve a certain goal (like seducing men). Later in the series she starts to genuinely warm up toward the protagonist though.

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

* Shigeo "Mob" Kageyama from ''Manga/MobPsycho100'' starts out the series as trying to be one of these due to his powers growing more unstable as his emotions build up inside him. As he gets a better handle on his powers, he starts letting himself express himself more.

* In ''Manhua/GoddessCreationSystem'' Xiaxi specifically takes this attitude to intrigue the crown prince by never reacting emotionally to ''anything'', which he finds fascinating. She claims to be a Daoist sage in training and coupled with her emotionless attitude it gives her a slightly inhuman feeling to the people around her. The catch is that this is just a facade she uses in the imperial palace: When she meets people she knew before entering it, she reverts back to a completely different and equally fake attitude.

* ComicBook/{{Raven}} from ''ComicBook/TeenTitans''. Based out of necessity because if she ever let her emotions go, her demonic father, Trigon would seize control of her and take over Earth's dimension. For instance, during a SpaceOpera story with the team assisting in a battle against Starfire's sister, Blackfire, Raven was so overwhelmed trying to help the wounded with her limited healing powers that she had the horrified realization that she was about to lose emotional control and her demonic father, Trigon, nearly seized control of her at that very moment until she regained some calm. Her learning to accept and express emotions after the defeat of her father is a major piece of CharacterDevelopment.
* The Passionchild in ''ComicBook/ShadeTheChangingMan'', an androgynous pretty boy who incited emotion to the psychotic degree in everyone around him, but never expressed anything. He didn't even speak until Shade cracked into his inner world, and found nothing.
-->'''Passionchild:''' I find nothing out there. I find nothing in here too, but it's ''my'' nothing.
%%Administrivia/ZeroContextExample* ''ComicBook/SinCity'': Miho combines this with TheVoiceless.
* Quake Woman in ''ComicBook/MegaMan'', during the "Spiritus Ex Machina" story arc. Her creator, Dr. Lalinde, believes robots should merely be treated as tools. As things developed, it was revealed that Dr. Lalinde was quite a MotherlyScientist, and when she almost lost Quake Woman in an accident, she removed her personality, feeling that losing a {{Ridiculously Human Robot|s}} is harder to deal with. After the events of the story arc, Lalinde realises that she made a mistake and restored Quake Woman's personality.
* In ''ComicBook/LostAtSea'', Raleigh believes that her soulless nature makes her this, unable to feel anything or have any friends. Upon realizing that she never lost her soul, she promptly bursts into tears, lamenting that her problems have ruined her new friends' road trip.
* ''ComicBook/TheTransformersRobotsInDisguise'': Arcee goes through a phase where she's very emotionless and unable to bond with anyone after the death of [[spoiler: Hardhead]]. She eventually gets better and regains the ability to relate to others, even developing ([[TheBigDamnKiss and acting on]]) romantic feelings for [[spoiler: Aileron]].
* ''Franchise/WonderWoman'' [[ComicBook/WonderWoman1942 Vol 1]]: Queen Atomia's [[ReforgedIntoAMinion Protons]] all look like (identical) human women, but they have no ability to express emotion without being specifically ordered to by their queen and seem to have had their ability to emote naturally expunged.

* ''Fanfic/AdviceAndTrust'': Deconstructed. When Shinji and Asuka visit Rei's apartment Asuka discovers that Rei is emotionless because she has been instructed to take a giant cocktail of emotion-suppressing chemicals. Aghast, she tries to convince Rei to stop taking them and worries that NERV would also do this to Shinji and herself. Afterwards, her emotions slowly become that of a normal teenage girl, though she still pretends to be emotionless at NERV so Gendo doesn't realize that she's off her meds.
* ''Fanfic/ACrownOfStars'': Deconstructed. Due to her emotionally stunted upbringing, Rei has a hard time understanding someone one else's feelings and handling her own emotions. As a consequence of it she fails to recognize Shinji and Asuka's arguments as BelligerentSexualTension and [[InsultOfEndearment Asuka's words' endearing nature]], and she does not realize that her jealousy is clouding her good judgment so that she refuses to help them right when they need her.

* ''Fanfic/TheChildOfLove'': At the beginning Rei is very unemotional. Throughout the history, she has to struggle with new emotions she is unprepared for: her jealousy towards Asuka, her caring towards Shinji, her protective feelings towards Teri… and in the process, she learns to acknowledge them and becomes somewhat more expressive.
* ''Fanfic/DoingItRightThisTime'': Deconstructed. Gendo ordered Rei to take medication to "keep herself focused". Upon returning to the past the three pilots found out that her "medication" was a cocktail of mood suppressors and tranquilizers which turned her into a completely creepy and unemotional person. After stopping to take them, Rei starts exhibiting a normal emotion range.

* The eponymous heroine of ''Fanfic/LegolasByLaura'' seems remarkably unconcerned about being tortured and raped by orcs, [[{{Squick}} even though she's only ten]].
* In ''ComicBook/XMen'' fanfic [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7779403/4/Guilt_Trips Guilt Trips]], Northstar (Jean-Paul) is an Emotionless Boy, having asked his empathic friend Manuel da la Rocha to prevent him from feeling strong emotion. His reasoning for this is because here Manuel is an EmotionEater and needs to fed off something, and he himself doesn't have the energy to deal with emotions.
* In the ''Series/{{Sherlock}}'' fanfic ''Fanfic/BakerSchoolBlitz'', Sherlock fits the model of the Emotionally Repressed Boy, in that he can express appropriate emotion (unlike his friend Jim), but often doesn't, instead preferring to be [[BrutalHonesty blunt]], LiteralMinded, and calm.
* In ''Fanfic/{{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.

* 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. Turns out it was a ruse to keep her from revealing that she still has her memories.]]
* Tsukuyomi from ''Fanfic/{{Infinity}}''. She's basically a ReiAyanamiExpy, although it's more that she doesn't understand emotions rather than lacking them.
* In ''Webcomic/DatingATeamMagmaGrunt'', Courtney could very well be mistaken for a robot half the time. However, [[NotSoStoic she shows signs of emotion around Maxie]]. This was especially obvious when he [[spoiler: seemingly]] refused to eat the pie she wanted to feed him.
* In ''Fanfic/ChildrenOfAnElderGod'', Rei is pretty emotionless. It is played for horror, as it was meant to be in the original show (although she gets better gradually).
-->He had looked into the girl's eye. It was red, a bright, vibrant red, but otherwise seemed guileless, straightforward, and void of any particular emotion.

* In ''Fanfic/DreamingOfSunshine'', Shikako has an accident while practicing the Nara clan techniques that leaves her completely detached from everything to the point where she can't even bring herself to care that it isn't her normal state of mind. She recovers after a few days, though.

* [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13226631/1/Shigeko-Kageyama-AKA-Mob Shigeko Kageyama AKA Mob]] Mob, like in cannon, can't emote without running the risk of exploding. In this gender swap instead of being off putting, like in cannon, many characters find it endearing and even cute.

* Subverted and {{lampshade|Hanging}}d mercilessly in ''Film/TheAdventuresOfRockyAndBullwinkle'' with agent [[PunnyName Karen Sympathy]]. She tries relentlessly to be an Emotionless Girl AgentScully, but she's just too sentimental.

* Summer, in ''Film/FiveHundredDaysOfSummer'', is introduced as one of these by the narrator...although he proves to be [[UnreliableNarrator less than completely reliable]].
* In ''Film/TheHappening'', Creator/ZooeyDeschanel is actually given the line "I don't like to show my emotions," which many suspect was a late addition to the script to try to cover up her less than enthusiastic performance.

* Lots of characters portrayed by French actress Léa Seydoux are very cold or stoic dropping very few smiles. ''Film/MissionImpossibleGhostProtocol''? [[http://whoandwhom.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/Lea-Sydoux-in-Mission-Impossible-Ghost-Protocol.jpg Checked.]] ''Film/RobinHood2010''? [[https://e1.vingle.net/booa15isjvv5sytoqni4.jpg Checked.]] ''Film/InglouriousBasterds''? [[http://fr.web.img5.acsta.net/r_640_600/b_1_d6d6d6/medias/nmedia/18/70/45/22/19149441.jpg Checked.]] ''Film/MidnightInParis''? [[http://i2.blogs.indiewire.com/images/blogs/theplaylist/archives/lea-seydoux-midnight-in-paris-owen-wilson.jpg Averted.]]

* ''Literature/IAmNotASerialKiller'' has a RareMaleExample in [[TheSociopath John Cleaver]]. He does try to fake it for the comfort of those around him, but [[NightmareFuelStationAttendant usually fails]]. Before learning his name, Elijah calls him [[DullEyesOfUnhappiness "the boy with the dead eyes"]].

* In the ''Franchise/StarWarsExpandedUniverse'' novels, Winter Celchu (an aide and childhood friend of Leia's), an Intelligence agent with a [[PhotographicMemory holographic memory]], has lost her composure perhaps once in the entirety of her appearances--when she thought her boyfriend had been killed ''and'' his fellow pilots ''didn't seem to care'' (because, of course, he was still alive).
* Kahlan of ''Literature/SwordOfTruth'' has this as a public persona: A voice to freeze water. Another example is Nicci, who is more in the idea of an impassive DarkMagicalGirl hardened by an unpleasant life until she no longer cares about life anymore. [[spoiler: Richard does manage to get through to her in the sixth book, though, shortly before she does a HighHeelFaceTurn.]]

* In the ''Literature/WickedLovely'' series, Leslie becomes a literal emotionless girl when she is acting as the dark court's shadow girl (her emotions are channeled into Irial) and this is part of Sorcha's [[TheWomanWearingTheQueenlyMask mask]].

%%Administrivia/ZeroContextExample* Miranda in L. Jagi Lamplighter's ''Literature/ProsperosDaughter''. There's a reason for it, it turns out.
* Charlotte Crescent/C2 from ''Literature/CharlottePowers'', at least on appearance. She cannot intuitively 'read' the emotions of others, and has difficulty understanding and expressing her own emotional state.

* In ''Literature/TheLastUnicorn'', the titular character can be seen as such. In fact, she's rather [[TheStoic stoic]] when she's in her normal form. Even if she can feel sorrow, joy, and fear, she's unable to feel some human feelings, such as regret and love. As an immortal being, she does not fear mortality. [[EmergencyTransformation When she's turned into a human by Schmendrick]], she's horrified. Following this traumatic event, she becomes completely emotionless and slowly forgets who she was. It's not until later in the story that she's able to feel emotions again.

* Thérèse herself of ''Literature/ThereseRaquin'' becomes emotionless over the course of her childhood due to living with her overbearing aunt and her sickly, petulant cousin Camille. Then [[KissingCousins she and Camille get married]] and it gets worse.

* Lisbeth Salander in the [[Literature/TheMillenniumTrilogy Millennium Series]]. Practically a poster child for the emotionless girl. To others, she appears emotionless, cold and [[NoSocialSkills strange]].
* Electra in ''Literature/GreekNinja''. She shows little emotion even when she's informed of the death of her sensei. During stressful situations, such as battles, she remains cool and stoic.

* Helen, from ''Literature/{{Twig}}'', is an interesting variation in that she is actually a nonhuman TykeBomb designed to look like a child, who is out of necessity a MasterActor. She feels emotions, but as they're disconnected from her instinctive physical reactions, she's actually at her most genuine with the people she cares for when she speaks in flat tones without emotion, and her friends consider it extremely worrying and unsettling if she [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness feels the need to display emotion with physical cues while alone with them.]]

** This trope also extends to her successor in ''Xrd'', Ramlethal, who sees her purpose as being an emotionless tool to be used by her "mother". At first, she only has two major expressions, complete stoicisim and a CheshireCatGrin. However, much like the original Valentine, Ramlethal eventuall begins to show emotion (especially thanks to the efforts of Sin and Elphelt), and moves further away from this mindset,

* One of the staple character traits of Leona Heidern in ''VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters'' is how much she represses her emotions. This is mostly due to the fact [[DarkAndTroublePast she once killed her entire village in a berzerk frenzy]], and has major concerns about losing control of herself again. It's also why one of the staples of her team endings revolve around her comrades [[WhenSheSmiles getting her to smile or laugh with their antics]].

* ''Manga/AttackOnTitan''

* Maria, manager of the Hakushuu Dinosaurs in ''Manga/{{Eyeshield 21}}'' was originally a SugarAndIcePersonality. Sadly, her relationship with team captain [[ManipulativeBastard Marco]] has left her in this state, and she only begins to recover after his defeat.

* ''Manga/MahouSenseiNegima'':
** Asuna was emotionless in the backstory. She was still emotionless upon arrival, but ten years of being bugged by Ayaka taught her emotions, albeit mostly emotions regarding irritation.
** Zazie Rainyday is emotionless to the point of CuteMute. Although she speaks up in the endgame of both the first anime and the manga, she still shows very, very little emotion. The manga makes you ''think'' she's showing a playfully humorous side- but no, she isn't. [[spoiler:That's her twin sister. She herself]] is still mildly altruistic, infuriatingly mysterious, and as emotional as a dead yak.

* ''LightNovel/{{Shimoneta}}''

* The Passionchild in ''Comicbook/ShadeTheChangingMan'', an androgynous pretty boy who incited emotion to the psychotic degree in everyone around him, but never expressed anything. He didn't even speak until Shade cracked into his inner world, and found nothing.

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

* In the ''WesternAnimation/Frozen2013'' modern AU fanfic ''FanFic/ASnowflakeInSpring'', Elsa hasn't displayed emotion - or spoken, or acknowledged another person's existence - for ten years, earning her the nickname "IceQueen" among her fellow asylum patients. When the story switches to her perspective, she's shown actively trying to repress her feelings, attempting to "[[SurvivalMantra conceal]], [[MadnessMantra don't feel]]", though the reason remains unclear. The only person capable of breaking this pattern is Anna, whose mere presence transforms her into a flustered, {{Moe}} CuteMute.
* 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. Turns out it was a ruse to keep her from revealing that she still has her memories.]]
* Tsukuyomi from ''FanFic/{{Infinity}}''. She's basically a ReiAyanamiExpy, although it's more that she doesn't understand emotions rather than lacking them.

%%Administrivia/ZeroContextExample* ''{{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]].

* In ''VideoGame/{{Suikoden V}}'', which has LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters (108, 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]].

* Elesa from ''VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite'' was meant to come off as an Emotionless Girl. To add onto this all of her official artwork and sprites have the exact face, implying she's rather expressionless too. After you win the gym battle, she has a NotSoStoic moment but quickly becomes embarrassed by it. For whatever reason both [[Anime/{{Pokemon}} the anime]] and ''Manga/PokemonAdventures'' have her being considerably more emotional, to the point where she's a GenkiGirl in the anime. The animated trailer for ''VideoGame/PokemonBlack2AndWhite2'' also has her less stoic as usual.

* [[Myth/JapaneseMythology Izanami]] is this in ''VideoGame/{{Persona 2}}: Eternal Punishment'', when met in Tatsuya's Scenario in Kadath Mandala's Tower of Emotion. She wears a magical mask that completely crushes her emotions, as though her burning rage has faded, her sorrow has not, and she waits until she can meet with Izanagi again to remove it.
* ''VideoGame/{{Touhou}}'':

* Misaki in ''VisualNovel/{{Canvas 2}}'' initially speaks in a very deadpan manner, but warms up over time.

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* Ozy of ''WebComic/OzyAndMillie'' has been mistaken for this at times. He tries to be TheStoic, although part of it may be that he just enjoys playing a {{foil}} to Millie. And sometimes his father. And then there's his family...

%%Administrivia/ZeroContextExample* Amanda, lab assistant from "WebComic/TheHorrifyingExperimentsOfDrPleasant," is like this because she CameBackWrong. It doesn't keep her from [[DeadpanSnarker cracking wise]] though.

* ''{{Webcomic/Bomango}}'': Cora May has the attitude of a cold pragmatic businesswoman. [[http://vanheist.deviantart.com/art/Levity-Actually-445342844 One strip]] shows her to be NotSoStoic, though.

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* [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reduced_affect_display Blunted Affect, restricted affect and flat affect]] are conditions characterized by a significant reduction in emotional reactiveness and display, and is found as a symptom of many mental illnesses as well as neurological disorders such as brain damage. It covers a lack of emotional expression stemming from both a [[BeneathTheMask repression of emotion]] and a true lack of emotion (apathy) since internal psychological processes are difficult to infer. Flat affect takes this UpToEleven in being the total absence of any emotional reactions.
** Blunted affect is a common symptom of depression. When one is required to suppress their emotions just to get on with day to day living, it's hardly surprising that a blank expression becomes second nature. Depression doesn't always involve feelings of sadness either, and those afflicted by this expression of depression can appear to others, and themselves, as emotionless.
** Of the personality disorders[[note]]a persistent mental disorder of "non-organic" origin (because brain damage and neurodegenerative disorders [[TheMindIsAPlaythingOfTheBody can also cause personality changes]]) that affects the entire character, from altered emotional functioning at the basic level (e.g. MoodSwinger in borderline personality disorder, or LackOfEmpathy in antisocial personality disorder) to a warping of their perceptions and worldview, generally resulting in persistent personal and social problems.[[/note]], schizoid personality disorder is characterized by detachment, lack of interest in social relationships and a tendency for isolation, emotional coldness and apathy, and a restricted range of emotional expression. Sound familiar? [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Affirming_the_consequent Yes, it does.]]
** Its one of what are called the negative symptoms of schizophrenia[[note]]schizophrenia has its symptoms divided into three types, the so-called "positive" symptoms are the hallucinations and delusions, the "negative" symptoms are apathy, flat affect and lack of social skills and interaction, and the cognitive symptoms which relate to cognitive problems such as concentration and memory problems.[[/note]].
* Those who suffer from Möbius Syndrome may seem like this, as they are not able to create facial expressions.
* People suffering from [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aprosodia aprosodia]] are unable to convey emotions in their communication. They ''have'' emotions, they are simply having a hard time expressing them, at least verbally.
* There is a condition called [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexithymia alexithymia]], which literally translates as 'to be without words for emotions'. People with alexithymia often present themselves as stoic, though paradoxically can also display intense emotional outbursts, with the important aspect being that they will deny having felt the emotion, because they actually do not consciously feel their feelings as feelings (an example being mistaking anxiety as mere hunger pangs, because they only experience the ''physical'' dimension of their emotions). This can be an innate trait or can be acquired from brain damage or can stem as a result of an abusive upbringing.
* 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 are autistic:
** With low verbal spectrum individuals, 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 autistic people are typically stereotyped as such, 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 autistic children and adults 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 others connect it to sensory over-stimulation), detracting the stoic autistic stereotype.
* Sometimes a person can appear this way without any affliction to speak of. Some people just have more muted responses than others.
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* ''ComicBook/WonderWoman1942'': Queen Atomia's [[ReforgedIntoAMinion Protons]] all look like (identical) human women, but they have no ability to express emotion without being specifically ordered to by their queen and seem to have had their ability to emote naturally expunged.

* ''VisualNovel/GrisaiaNoKajitsu'' has Sachi Komine, who only seems to have one emotional setting: polite friendliness. And nothing else. [[spoiler: She was formerly a GenkiGirl, but this part of her personality was utterly destroyed when she watched her parents get run over by a car in front of her.]]

* A minor ''WesternAnimation/{{Freakazoid}}'' villain, aptly named Deadpan.

** [[CreepyTwins Eska and Desna]], who use SpockSpeak and have no idea how to behave socially. It helps that Eska is voiced by Creator/AubreyPlaza.
** Then there's the stoic, unflappable, eternally calm Zhu Li -- not in a creepy way but in an I'm-on-top-of-things-and-nothing-fazes-me-no-matter-how-insane way. Though not nearly as extreme an example as Mai, the two do put their skills [[EvilCannotComprehendGood to the same use]].

* Pathologist Madeline Frost in ''Literature/ShadowUnit'' is the adult version of this trope; no one knows if she's autistic, sociopathic, deeply PTSD, or what, but the hospital where she works has a standing rule about letting her talk to actual living people. (Another character calls her "Cthulhu's Dream Date.")
* Since ''The Erotic Mind Control Story Archive'' features, well, mind control, this trope appears a lot. (See also "Real Life" below.)
* [[http://ppc.wikia.com/wiki/Xericka Agent Xericka]] of the [[WebOriginal/ProtectorsOfThePlotContinuum PPC]]'s Bad Slash unit, who was a Nobody in ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'' before her recruitment.