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When a character suddenly breaks into an ear-to-ear grin, it's a Cheshire Cat Grin. When this is permanently part of their facial structure, whether they're happy or not, it's a Glasgow Grin. It may have curlicues or stitches at the ends. This also happens a lot with puppets, intentionally or not. Compare with Cheshire Cat Grin and Slasher Smile. Contrast Perpetual Frowner. Subtrope of Facial Horror. Examples of Glasgow Grin include:

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  • When a character suddenly breaks into an ear-to-ear grin, it's a Cheshire Cat Grin. When this is permanently part of their facial structure, whether they're happy or not, it's a Glasgow Grin. It may have curlicues or stitches at the ends. This also happens a lot with puppets, intentionally or not. Compare with Cheshire Cat Grin and Slasher Smile. Contrast Perpetual Frowner. Subtrope of Facial Horror. Examples of Glasgow Grin include:
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  • When a character suddenly breaks into an ear-to-ear grin, it's a Cheshire Cat Grin. When this is permanently part of their facial structure, whether they're happy or not, it's a Glasgow Grin. It may have curlicues or stitches at the ends. This also happens a lot with puppets, intentionally or not. Named, of course, after the Glasgow Smile, an act of violence where you hold someone's mouth open with a knife and cut a smile into the victim's face. Not all characters with a Glasgow Grin have been scarred; some of them were born with it. Generally, characters with Glasgow grins tend to be evil, insane, or both. If it is a protagonistic character who is not a villain, it also just shows that they are somewhat of a Dark Is Not Evil character. It's sometimes known as a Chelsea Smile, in reference to the London football team, whose more violent fans were reputed to inflict it on people as a Finishing Move. Compare with Cheshire Cat Grin and Slasher Smile. Contrast Perpetual Frowner. Subtrope of Facial Horror. Examples of Glasgow Grin include:
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