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{{quote|''Let's say that I want to portray that I've just done something [[Card-Carrying Villain|evil]]. Well that would be your standard, "I've got a fish-hook in my eyebrow and I like it".''
|'''Joey Tribbiani'''
The best way to portray amused superiority or superior amusement, the arched eyebrow is a prime weapon in the expression arsenal for the [[Chessmaster]], [[Manipulative Bastard]] or (in possibly the most famous modern example, hence the trope name) [[The Spock]]. Often raised just as the heroes comprehend what the [[Evil Plan]] was all about. For instance, [[Xanatos Gambit|finding out that by foiling one objective they helped their enemy achieve a second,]] the planner will arched an eyebrow as if to say 'suckers!'.
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== Literature ==
* Lord Vetinari of ''[[Discworld]]'' fame often used the Fascinating Eyebrow along with a finishing blow in a verbal power struggle to make sure the opponent knows he's been defeated. (This is highlighted in ''[[
** What's worse, Cosmo couldn't actually raise his eyebrow on his own. He has to rely on a small mechanical device to raise his eyebrow for him.
** There is a small asylum dedicated to people who think they are Vetinari. They have eyebrow-raising competitions.
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