History Main / EmotionlessGirl

* Wiki/{{Killerbunnies}}' Oleander Cloris (otherwise known as "Imogene"), whose personality can be described as "vague and dull" has some shades of this. One could chalk it up to her experiences or the head injury she sustained (which, weirdly enough, the scar from said injury is where her frontal lobe is).

It is important to note that this is not simply a girl or woman who does not conform to the [[DoubleStandard typically higher standard of emotional intelligence for females]]. This character goes beyond healthy management of emotion and enters a [[UncannyValley disturbing, perhaps even creepy]] realm of emotional numbness. Be on the lookout for another character making an "[[LampshadeHanging is she even human?]]" comment.

* 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.

* Felli Loss from ''LightNovel/ChromeShelledRegios'' comes off as emotionless because her PsychicPowers make it difficult for her to express emotions. It's promptly subverted in her introduction, where she is seen screaming and shouting insults down one of the city's ventilation shafts to relieve some frustration.

* Parodied in a chapter of ''Manga/NoMatterHowILookAtItItsYouGuysFaultImNotPopular''. After watching an episode of an anime (strongly implied to be ''Anime/HaruhiSuzumiya''), Tomoko decides to become an emotionless girl so people will try to get close to her and break through her shell. Unfortunately, nobody notices, and in the next episode of the anime, she sees the same character displaying emotion and everyone liking her better.

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

* 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.
* Felli Loss from ''LightNovel/ChromeShelledRegios'' comes off as emotionless because her PsychicPowers make it difficult for her to express emotions. It's promptly subverted in her introduction, where she is seen screaming and shouting insults down one of the city's ventilation shafts to relieve some frustration.

%%Administrivia/ZeroContextExample* Origami from ''LightNovel/DateALive''.

* Yuki Nagato, from ''LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya'', is also the TheSpock, TheStoic and the BadassBookworm. The tenth novel reveals that [[spoiler:she's surprisingly bitter about being designed to be so unemotive and that the [[SufficientlyAdvancedAliens IDTE]] ''could'' have made her more expressive like they did to [[UncannyValleyGirl Asakura]], but didn't. It's implied she was created without the capability to express emotions, in the same sense a computer may be designed to not have a graphical display.]] This largely confirms the point below, which prior to this were based mostly on [[UnreliableNarrator Kyon's]] interpretations.
** 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 as a PuritySue on the outside, while ''she'' is the [[UncannyValleyGirl creepy]], [[DissonantSerenity emotionless]] girl whose [[spoiler:attempted murder of Kyon]] was actually a calculated act designed to reach a specific goal.
** All the Humanoid Interfaces seem to have one emotion setting they do not deviate from, (which is... none for Yuki). Asakura is always [[UncannyValleyGirl cheerful]], and Kimidori is always a polite {{Ojou}}. The other two interfaces could be considered a DoubleSubversion of this trope since they clearly do display emotion but apparently do not have any other emotions to display.
** Somewhat subverted by the "official-but-not-exactly-canon" Haruhi-Chan, which shows Yuki staring into space after completely finishing an anime/game series, and monotonously telling Kyon that "It was an emotional game." Aside from this, she actually laughs at one point, but it is hidden by her arm.
** Yuki smiled at one point in the movie, and it was completely visible. It was a major event, as [[spoiler:it was what made Kyon consider staying in [[Manga/TheDisappearanceOfNagatoYukiChan the alternate world]]]].
** 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.
** Kuyou Suou, [[spoiler:an interface of another alien entity]], is [[HumanoidAbomination even more alien]] than the other Humanoid Interfaces, [[SelfDemonstratingArticle communica__ting__in__mono__tone...broken__speech__]] and generally remaining expressionless, though sometimes also having sudden creepy bursts of emotion. Her behavior is of one who simply doesn't even know how to act like a living thing, and she is [[UncannyValley so weird]] that {{Muggles}} who haven't been made to acknowledge her [[WeirdnessCensor ignore her existence]].
--->'''Kyon:''' ''[referring to Kuyou]'' A cardboard cutout would have had more life than her.

* Tsukiko from ''LightNovel/HennekoTheHentaiPrinceAndTheStonyCat'' 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.

* Eucliwood Hellscythe from ''LightNovel/IsThisAZombie''. On top of showing little emotion, her main means of communication is writing in a notebook as opposed to talking. The reason for this being [[spoiler:that her magic is so powerful that any of her words or expressions of any kind can trigger uncontrollable, devastating magic]]. Subverted and justified in that [[SugarAndIcePersonality she's not really emotionless]], but her magic requires her to be in control of all of her emotions, including so much as showing amusement.

%%* Zefiris from ''LightNovel/ScrappedPrincess''. Also a RobotGirl - kind of.
* ''LightNovel/{{Shimoneta}}'':
** The anime adaptation portrays Hyouka as having a perpetually deadpan expression and monotone, including rare instances when she's agitated. She only smiles once in the entire series -- after she agrees to lie for Tanukichi on the condition that he would convince Oboro to [[spoiler: return her yaoi doujinshi]].
** Oboro is near identical to ''[[Manga/AzumangaDaioh Azumanga Daioh's]]'' Sakaki in both [[AloofDarkhairedGirl appearance]] [[TheComicallySerious and mannerism]]. So he'll often make off-the-wall statements with a perfectly straight face and monotone and ''mean it''.
* ''LightNovel/SundayWithoutGod'' has the gravekeeper Scar. [[spoiler:When she does start to experience emotions after adopting Ulla's twin sister, it leads to a FreakOut.]]

* 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]].

* ''Broken Gate'':

* ''Webcomic/{{Archipelago}}'': Lucinda, after a powerful tragedy, [[DealWithTheDevil agreed to serve the Raven if he would remove her emotions.]]

%%Administrivia/ZeroContextExample* 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.]].

* Sugarcoat, a member of the Crystal Prep Shadowbolts introduced in ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirlsFriendshipGames'' certainly qualifies. She's in a [[PerpetualFrowner constantly serious]] mood, [[WhenSheSmiles rarely smiles]], always speaks in a CreepyMonotone and never raises her voice. She also seems to be something of a GrumpyBear, as she gets clearly annoyed and angry in when the situation calls for it.

%%* ''VideoGame/TargetOfDesireEpisode1'': Maia never shows emotion and rarely talks.

* ''Manga/ShinigamiTrilogy'': Himeka, a DevilInPlainSight, basically [[WesternAnimation/TheGrimAdventuresOfBillyAndMandy Mandy]] (specifically Creator/{{Bleedman}}'s teen version). She may have been a terminally IllGirl but thanks to a [[LoveMakesYouDumb love-struck]] [[TheGrimReaper Grim Reaper]] she will rule the world with an iron fist.

* 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.

* 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.

* 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.]]

* A very, very rare male version of this trope: Mytho from ''Anime/PrincessTutu'', who is ''literally'' emotionless, thanks to a spell that shattered his heart.

* In ''VideoGame/SuikodenV'', 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]].

* Mischa from ''Anime/{{Endride}}'' is a [[{{Tykebomb}} child assassin]] who was brainwashed not to have emotions in order to turn her into a better killing machine. Even after being [[DefusingTheTykebomb defused]], she barely displays more emotion than quiet jealousy and mistrust.

* 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.

* Sabrina (or Natsume in Japanese), the Psychic Gym Leader from ''VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue'', appears as an Emotionless Girl in the ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'' anime. In the first episode in which she appears, she has that trademark creepy blank stare and a doll who sits on her lap and does all the talking for her. She beats Ash easily, then lets her doll "play" with him and his friends in her dollhouse. Later, the viewers find out she had a rough childhood and reacted by stuffing all her emotions into her doll (who represents her childhood self) and having no mercy on the trainers who come to visit her. Ash teaches her to laugh again and by the end of the second episode she's a normal girl (well, with psychic powers). In the ''Manga/PokemonAdventures'' manga she almost qualifies as one, but still cracks a smile or a glare every once in a while.

* ''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.

** ComicBook/EmmaFrost frequently comes across as this due to her detached, cynical persona. The Stepford Cuckoos are generally portrayed as just copying her attitude, but between ''X-Men: Phoenix: Warsong'' and ''Nation X'' they are physically incapable of having emotions.

* Deconstructed in ''Fanfic/AdviceAndTrust'': 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.

** 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 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.

* Ininia from ''Manga/WitchHatAtelier'' is a [[CuteWitch ''very pretty'']] but [[CreepyChild ''very creepy child'']] who does not show any emotion other than an ice cold stare. Even though she likes to heal and help people in a technical sense, nothing shown had even registered as a mild surprise from her. This is further highlighted when she is paired with [[spoiler: Coustas who is, personality wise, the direct polar opposite of her. Given that Ininia is an apprentice of a Brimmed-Hat witch, whatever she was forced to learn would have been so horrifying that she became numb or preconditioned towards forbidden magic.]]

* Ininia from ''Manga/WitchHatAtelier'' is a [[CuteWitch ''very pretty'']] but [[CreepyChild ''very creepy child'']] who does not show any emotion other than an ice cold stare. Even though she likes to heal and help people in a technical sense, nothing shown had even registered as a mild surprise from her. This is further highlighted when she is paired with [[Spoiler: Coustas who is, personality wise, the direct polar opposite of her.]] [[Spoiler: Given that Ininia is an apprentice of a Brimmed-Hat witch, whatever she was forced to learn would have been so horrifying that she became numb or preconditioned towards forbidden magic.]]

* Raven from ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'' (emotionally repressed out of necessity more than choice). She becomes more and more open as the series progresses. Though Raven can actually be ''intensely'' emotional -- you do ''not'' want to see her angry. She needs to stay repressed in order to avoid losing control of her powers and/or unleashing her SuperpoweredEvilSide.

* The intro for ''VideoGame/YandereSimulator'' has the VillainProtagonist explain that she's never experienced emotions before, up until she met her Senpai. At which point, she experienced love for the first time. She soon felt rage when she met Osana, the first rival. What she does next is up to the player and how they choose to eliminate the rivals.