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* ''Series/AlexRider'': Alex and James are deeply disturbed when their friend Laura suddenly joins the "good" pupils, literally overnight. Later, the same thing happens to James. [[spoiler: They're being replaced by clones of Dr Greif, surgically altered to look like them.]]

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* ''Series/AlexRider'': ''Series/AlexRider2020'': Alex and James are deeply disturbed when their friend Laura suddenly joins the "good" pupils, literally overnight. Later, the same thing happens to James. [[spoiler: They're being replaced by clones of Dr Greif, surgically altered to look like them.]]
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* ''Series/{{Dexter}}'': On the surface, Dexter Morgan affects a harmless, chipper personality to fit into society and hide the fact that he is a sociopathic serial killer. And empty. Over the course of the series, however, he becomes more in touch with his feelings and enjoys periods of legitimate happiness. Watching Dexter's face for real versus feigned expressions is very interesting, especially since the face you're watching actually belongs to an actor who doesn't mean the real ones ''or'' the fake ones.

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* ''Series/{{Dexter}}'': On the surface, [[Characters/DexterDexterMorgan Dexter Morgan Morgan]] affects a harmless, chipper personality to fit into society and hide the fact that he is a sociopathic serial killer. And empty. Over the course of the series, however, he becomes more in touch with his feelings and enjoys periods of legitimate happiness. Watching Dexter's face for real versus feigned expressions is very interesting, especially since the face you're watching actually belongs to an actor who doesn't mean the real ones ''or'' the fake ones.
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* ''Series/TheCrown2016''. While on a grueling tour of the Commonwealth, Queen Elizabeth strains a facial muscle from smiling so much. The worst thing is she can't afford to take a few days off [[TheWomanWearingTheQueenlyMask or even stop smiling]], so has to have a relaxant injected into her face.

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* ''Series/TheCrown2016''. While on a grueling tour of the Commonwealth, Queen Elizabeth strains a facial muscle from smiling so much. The worst thing is she can't afford to take a few days off [[TheWomanWearingTheQueenlyMask [[TheHighQueen or even stop smiling]], so has to have a relaxant injected into her face.
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* ''Series/TheCrown2016''. While on a grueling tour of the Commonwealth, Queen Elizabeth strains a facial muscle from smiling so much. The worst thing is she neither afford to take a few days off or even stop smiling, so has to have a relaxant injected into her face.

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* ''Series/TheCrown2016''. While on a grueling tour of the Commonwealth, Queen Elizabeth strains a facial muscle from smiling so much. The worst thing is she neither can't afford to take a few days off [[TheWomanWearingTheQueenlyMask or even stop smiling, smiling]], so has to have a relaxant injected into her face.
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* ''Series/TheCrown2016''. While on a grueling tour of the Commonwealth, Queen Elizabeth strains a facial muscle from smiling so much. The worst thing is she neither afford to take a few days off or even stop smiling, so has to have a relaxant injected into her face.
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* ''Series/TwentyFour'': This trope also reveals itself very early on with [[spoiler: David Palmer's wife, Sherry...aka the eventual First Lady]]. At first she appears to be a generic, stereotypical "politician's wife", dressed in pink, dowdy outfits and pearls and posing for awkward photo ops. Then over the course of the day it's hinted that beneath this façade she's quite savvy at political hardball herself and is willing to step on a few toes to help her husband win. OK, nothing too bad just yet. But then it gradually becomes clear that she's been involved in some very unsavory dealings in the past and that she ''still is.'' And once her husband discovers this (even he didn't know just how bare-knuckled she actually was), she drops all pretenses (at least in front of him) and basically reveals herself to be a cold, cynical and downright nasty Lady Macbeth-type figure. And she's freaking ''scary''. At one point, she even tries to [[spoiler: convince an intern to sleep with her husband because she's hoping to use her to spy on him]]. It gets especially creepy when we see her doing these unsavory things and spouting borderline psychotic dialogue while dolled up in the most cutesy, matron-like outfits ever, further underlining just how much of a Unstable Smiler she really is. Also, ''anyone'' who finds out about her true personality -- including her husband the President -- becomes utterly terrified of her. At one point she actually [[spoiler: kills a guy by TALKING TO HIM]].

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* ''Series/TwentyFour'': This trope also reveals itself very early on with [[spoiler: David Palmer's wife, Sherry...aka the eventual First Lady]]. At first she first, [[spoiler:Sherry Palmer]] appears to be a generic, the stereotypical "politician's wife", dressed in pink, wearing dowdy pink outfits and pearls and posing for awkward photo ops. Then over the course of the day it's ops, but it’s hinted that beneath this façade she's quite savvy at political hardball herself and is willing to step on a few toes to help her husband win. OK, nothing too bad just yet. But then Over the course of the day, it gradually becomes clear that she's been involved in some very unsavory dealings in the past and that she ''still is.'' And once dealings. Once her husband discovers this (even he didn't know just how bare-knuckled she actually was), this, she drops all pretenses (at least the facade in front of him) him and basically reveals herself to be a cold, cynical and downright nasty Lady Macbeth-type figure. And she's freaking ''scary''. At one point, she even tries to [[spoiler: convince an intern to sleep with her husband because she's hoping to use her to spy on him]]. It gets especially creepy when we see her doing these unsavory things and spouting borderline psychotic dialogue while dolled up in the most cutesy, matron-like outfits ever, further underlining just how much of a Unstable Smiler she really is. Also, ''anyone'' Anyone who finds out about her true personality -- including her husband the President -- becomes utterly terrified of her. At one point she actually [[spoiler: kills a guy by TALKING TO HIM]].her.
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* ''Series/MonarchLegacyOfMonsters'' "[[Recap/MonarchLegacyOfMonstersS1E3SecretsAndLies Secrets and Lies]]": Du-Ho has shades of this. Despite his cheery, pleasant personality, he admits privately to Cate in a moment of graveness that he's seen a lot of death, including the deaths of his father and multiple girlfriends.

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* ''Series/TheTwilightZone1959'':
** Anyone not named [[EnfantTerrible Anthony]] in "Literature/ItsAGoodLife". Anthony is the local RealityWarper, and he gets ticked if anyone has any negative thoughts.

** In "Number Twelve Looks Just Like You", Stepfordization is a standard part of becoming one of [[TheBeautifulElite the beautiful people]].

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* ''Series/TheTwilightZone1959'':
** Anyone not named [[EnfantTerrible Anthony]] in "Literature/ItsAGoodLife". Anthony is the local RealityWarper, and he gets ticked if anyone has any negative thoughts.

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''Series/TheTwilightZone1959'': In "Number Twelve "[[Recap/TheTwilightZone1959S5E17Number12LooksJustLikeYou Number 12 Looks Just Like You", You]]", Stepfordization is a standard part of becoming one of [[TheBeautifulElite the beautiful people]].

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