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Not necessarily a fan of pure logic and reason like [[The Spock]], as compassionate under the skin as the [[Tin Man]], as wise and profound as [[Silent Bob]], or as strong and [[Badass]] as [[The Stoic]]. She just stands out for keeping cool in stressful situations or when taking decisions.
In certain instances, she may be an actual [[Robot Girl]]. See also [[The Quiet One]], [[Strange Girl]], and [[The Snark Knight]]. Often [[Foil|contrasted]] with a more [[Hot Blooded]] partner to form a [[Red Oni, Blue Oni]] pair. Despite the name, the trope isn't [[Always Female]] and male characters also apply but, due to men being expected to have [[A Real Man Is a Killer|no emotions other than anger]], they're less noticed.
An interesting twist on the Emotionless Girl is the Emotionally [[Beneath the Mask|Repressed]] Girl. This girl feels the emotions but doesn't express them openly or vividly. These girls can draw the viewers into the scene by forcing one to pick up on her subtle cues - so that when the seemingly Emotionless Girl finally does smile, there's a tremendous amount of satisfaction.
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Polar opposite of the [[Hysterical Woman]].
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== Anime and Manga ==
* Yuki Nagato, from ''[[Suzumiya Haruhi]]'', is also the [[The Spock]], [[The Stoic]] and the [[Badass Bookworm]]. {{spoiler|The tenth novel reveals that she's surprisingly bitter about being designed to be so unemotive and that the IDTE ''could'' have made her more expressive like they did Asakura, but didn't. This largely confirms the point below, which prior to this were based mostly on [[Unreliable Narrator|Kyon's]] interpretations.}}
** Though as the series progresses, it is clear that (due to [[Character Development]]) 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 subversions of this trope (and by extension, [[Red Oni, Blue Oni]]). Yuki appears emotionless and coldly logical, while her inner workings are clearly fighting in the other direction. Asakura is what could best be described as a [[Purity Sue]] on the outside, while ''she'' is the [[Uncanny Valley Girl|creepy]], [[Dissonant Serenity|emotionless]] [[Knife Nut]] whose {{spoiler|attempted murder of Kyon}} was actually a calculated act designed to reach a specific goal.
** Somewhat subverted by the "official-but-not-exactly-canon" Haruhi-Chan, which shows Yuki staring into space after completely finishing a anime/game series, and telling Kyon "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 the [[Alternate Universe]].}}
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** Zazie Rainyday is emotionless to the point of [[Cute Mute]]. Although she speaks up in the endgame of both the first anime and the manga, she still shows very, very little emotion. The manga makes you ''think'' she's showing a playfully humorous side- but no, she isn't. {{spoiler|That's her twin sister. She herself}} is still mildly altruistic, infuriatingly mysterious, and as emotional as a dead yak.
** Chachamaru is a justified [[Emotionless Girl]], being a robot. Even so, she's a very caring person whose main fault is [[My Master Right or Wrong]]. Notably, while she ''is'' emotionless, she emotes a ''lot'' more than any of the above, mostly due to her ongoing Pinocchio syndrome. She is less 'emotionless' and more 'expressionless'. She [[Ridiculously Human Robot|has emotions]], but her face don't display it very well.
* Shizuku, the [[Token Mini
* Otome from ''[[Koi Koi 7]]''. It probably comes from being the oldest of the group, but stuck at a young age, since she was the first to become a cyborg.
* Ayuki of ''[[Kashimashi Girl Meets Girl]]'' seems to be one of these in the anime. However, in the manga, she just seems [[The Stoic|quiet and calm]]. However, even then she never shows much emotion other then some casual comedy moments. {{spoiler|Except in a later chapter, where she cries and screams at Hitoshi when she learns that Hazumu will die in 29 days. This only fuels the theory that she is in love with Hazumu, which was never really hinted at in the anime (instead, it was hinted she likes ''Tomari'')}}
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* Aki Izayoi from ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh 5 Ds]]''.
* ''[[Shinigami Trilogy]]'': Himeka, a [[Devil in Plain Sight]], basically [[The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy|Mandy]] (specifically [[Deviant ART|Bleedman's]] teen version). She may have been a terminally [[Ill Girl]] but thanks to a [[Love Makes You Dumb|love-struck]] [[Grim Reaper]] she will rule the world with an iron fist.
* Dou Haguro from ''[[Wolf Guy Wolfen]]'' is an amoral emotionless guy who occasionally wonders "how his face looks" and casually leaves the keys to his sizable arsenal in front of a vengeance-crazed lackey {{spoiler|who he provoked by secretly unplugging the lackey's brother's life support}}. Not even being ambushed and shot several times while in the fifth grade can break him, until he encounters the [[Anti
* Lucy from ''[[Elfen Lied]]'' before {{spoiler|the children at her orphanage kill her puppy right in front of her.}}
** She also verges on emotionless whenever she takes over from Nyu in the anime.
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* Coira, the protagonist of ''[[White As Snow (Literature)|White As Snow]]'' never shows emotions as they were, symbolically, bled out of her after a childhood illness caused by her mother rejecting her love. She is sometimes stated to feel things, such as disgust when her drunken brother asks to dance with her, but the emotion is so distant and she accepts the offer so coolly that nobody can tell. In a twist on the usual [[When She Smiles]], the big sign of Coira opening her heart to someone is crying.
* Thérèse herself of ''[[Therese Raquin]]'' becomes emotionless over the course of her childhood due to living with her overbearing aunt and her sickly, petulant cousin Camille. Then [[Kissing Cousins|she and Camille get married]] and it gets worse.
* [[The Hunger Games (Literature)|Katniss Everdeen]], probably as a direct result of being a [[Shell
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* Presea Combatir of ''[[Tales of Symphonia (Video Game)|Tales of Symphonia]]'' was, among other side-effects, robbed of her emotions when implanted with an Exsphere without a Key Crest. She became so robotically narrow-minded that she didn't even notice her father had died in his bed years ago, though his body lay there decaying the whole time. She gets better when she joins the heroes, who give her a Key Crest, but then she has to deal with the pain of everything that's happened while she was like that.
** She still gives off [[The Stoic|the impression]] of being emotionless even in the sequel, though she [[Tales Series (Franchise)/Funny|proves she's found a sense of humor]] within moments of her first appearance.
* In ''[[Suikoden]] V'', which has [[Loads and Loads of Characters]] ([[
* Bastila of ''[[Knights of the Old Republic]]'' tries. She tries very hard. Perhaps too hard. [[Defrosting Ice Queen|And utterly fails]]. [[Face Heel Turn|Though not in a good way]]. [[Heel Face Turn|Probably]].
** The Handmaiden in the sequel does a better job of it. Most of the time.
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* Raven from ''[[Teen Titans (Animation)|Teen Titans]]'' (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 [[Super
* [http://piandao.org/screencaps/ep23/ep23-187.png Mai] from ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender (Animation)|Avatar: The Last Airbender]],'' who finds everything in life [[Deadpan Snarker|boring and "unbearably bleak"]]... everything except [[Victorious Childhood Friend|Prince Zuko]].
* Mandy in ''[[The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy]]'' 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 ended up destroying the universe.
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