History PlayingWith / EmotionlessGirl

* '''Downplayed''': ???

* '''Played straight''': Alice never smiles.

* '''Deconstructed''':
** An "origins" episode of a TV show or superhero comic shows that a ton of nasty stuff happened to Alice in her life, and that she's very emo about it. She suffers from depression and has attempted suicide in the past.
** She's born like this and it alienates the hell out of her (both in-story and in the viewers) due to the fact that she will feature stoic reactions to what should be emotional scenes (violent murders of relatives, heartwarming reunions, etc.) She may even justify it by asking something like "Why ''should'' I feel emotions to these scenes when they are so common?"
** Her emotions are deliberately suppressed (by magical or medical means) because she's AxCrazy with emotions.
** She has emotions, [[HiddenDepths deep down]], but she cannot process them well around others, and foribly closes off her heart and mind to even her closest friends, fearing what they'll think if she shows her true self.
* '''Reconstructed''': She decides to seek some therapy, but still doesn't turn into a ball of smiles.

* '''Invoked''':

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** She's very deeply hypnotized.

* '''Lampshaded''': Alice has [[AxCrazy a very sadistic mindset]] and the stuff she's laughing at involves people dying and really bloody fights or DeadBabyComedy.
** When asked to express her feelings, Alice blinks. This is considered to be unusually forthcoming of her.
* '''Invoked''': Alice actually sees a fight or a killing in progress and decides that this trope is the best response.

** AKA she's a SugarAndIcePersonality or a DefrostingIceQueen

* '''Deconstructed''': An "origins" episode of a TV show or superhero comic shows that a ton of nasty stuff happened to Alice in her life, and that she's very emo about it. She suffers from depression and has attempted suicide in the past.

* '''Justified''': It's the only way she can control herself. If she emotes, bad things happen.

* '''Inverted''': HystericalWoman

* '''Subverted''': The emotionless girl bit is all a front. When she meets a new friend and gets to know him/her well enough, Alice opens up.

* '''Double Subverted''': ...then he/she dies, and Alice goes back to the way she was.

* '''Parodied''': Alice's friends all try to get her smile or laugh at something.

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* '''Conversed''': "I'm in a staring contest with [[HaruhiSuzumiya Yuki Nagato!]]"

* '''Inverted''': Alice is a [[CloudCuckoolander crazy]] GenkiGirl .

'''Basic trope''': A girl who almost never makes any kind of emotion.
* '''Played straight''': Kimiko never smiles.
* '''Exaggerated''': Kimiko's face is frozen solid.

* '''Inverted''': Kimiko is a batshit insane, [[HystericalWoman hysterical]], [[GenkiGirl energetic]] LargeHam.

* '''Subverted''': The emotionless girl bit is all a front. When she meets a new friend and gets to know him well enough, Kimiko opens up like a flower...

* '''Double Subverted''': ...then he dies, and she goes back to the way she was.

* '''Parodied''': Kimiko's friends all try to get her smile or laugh at something.
** Kimiko's friends challenge her to a StaringContest.
* '''Deconstructed''': An "origins" episode of a TV show or superhero comic shows that a ton of nasty stuff happened to Kimiko in her life, and that she's very emo about it. She suffers from depression and has attempted suicide in the past.
** She's born like this and it alienates the hell out of her (both in-story and in the viewers) due to the fact that she will feature DullSurprise to what should be emotional scenes (violent murders of relatives, heartwarming reunions, etc.) She may even justify it by asking something like "why ''should'' I feel emotions to these scenes when they are so common?"

* '''Averted''': Kimiko DOES smile and laughs at stuff.

* '''Lampshaded''': Kimiko has [[HeroicSociopath a very sadistic mindset]] [[AxCrazy and the stuff she's laughing at involves people dying and really bloody fights]] or DeadBabyComedy.
* '''Invoked''': Kimiko actually sees a fight or a killing in progress and decides that this trope is the best response.

-->'''Guy''': "You know, Kimi, you seem very cold and unfriendly. What's up with that?"

* '''Played For Laughs''': Kimiko is unphased by the bizarre goings-on around her or causes embarrassing situations for other characters. She walks in on her friends changing to ask what they want to eat, walks across the rickety RopeBridge without a second thought, and asks the [[AttackOfThe50FootWhatever giant monster]] where the nearest grocery store is.
* '''Played For Drama''': Kimiko really wants to experience emotions, but because she's a BarrierMaiden, she can't risk showing them without potentially causing massive destruction. Characters around her aren't necessarily aware of this fact, and constantly try to cheer her up or otherwise make her emotional.

* '''Reconstructed''': She decides to seek some therapy.

** AKA she's a {{Kuudere}} or a DefrostingIceQueen

* '''Zig Zagged''': See also PMS. She goes through this trope, {{Yandere}}, {{Kuudere}}, and {{Tsundere}} all in a matter of minutes.

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'''This trope''': A girl who almost never makes any kind of emotion.

** OR: She's very deeply hypnotized.
** OR: She's a robot of the non-[[RidiculouslyHumanRobot ridiculous]] kind.
** OR: She has brain damage making emotion impossible for her.
* '''Inverted''': Kimiko is batshit insane and makes all sorts of emotions, like:
** GenkiGirl
** HystericalWoman
** LargeHam
** ChewingTheScenery

* '''Conversed''': "I'm in a staring contest with Yuki Nagato!"

** Kimiko's friends challenge her to a staring contest.

* '''Lampshaded''': Kimiko has [[StongRadd a very sadistic mindset and the stuff she's laughing at involves people dying and really bloody fights]] or DeadBabyComedy.

* '''Lampshaded''': Kimiko has a very sadistic mindset and the stuff she's laughing at involves people dying and really bloody fights.

* '''Inverted''': Kimiko is batshit insane and makes all sorts of emotions.