Favorite cartoon facial expressions ever (and why)?
 

(Yes, you can add anime)

Hey guys, I was just reading up an old Toon Zone thread about their users' all time favorite facial expressions in their favorite cartoons/anime. I was wondering what NF's users' selections were in this case. Screencaps loved, but descriptions are fine too - but be aware of people that may have dial-up connections, so don't go screencap crazy. KTHNXBAI.

(And also if the scene has a major spoiler try to explain in spoilers!)

I for one love Cody Maverick's (Shia LaBeouf as a penguin the main penguin of Surf's Up) deadpan expressions. He does quite a lot of them during the movie - to Cody's defense, he's gone through a lot of crap on Pen Gu Island so he does them rightfully so.

My first favorite one - sorry for blurry screens, I was watching the movie on my iTunes:
http://i39.tinypic.com/16ixhkw.jpg
Spoiler Below
He tricks Cody into thinking that putting pineapple slices on his eyes will help him win the Big Z Memorial. After finding out it was a joke...?
He looks at the camera with this expression, throws the slices at the camera lenses (see the miscolored areas on the screen?) and says while the crew is laughing their collective rear ends off in the background:
"As long as we're all havin' fun, right?"

The second expression comes right after that scene. Cody is yelling at Geek Spoiler Below to wake up. After realizing it's pointless, he looks over the the screen, aaaaand...Favorite Expression 2:
http://i41.tinypic.com/bzfbk.jpg

The third and last one comes as soon as Spoiler Below Tank makes fun of them by saying this will be the easiest year ever.
Joe mistook the insult and looks over to Cody and says, "Cody, didja hear that? This'll be the easiest year ever! Huh."
Cody just stares at Joe in disbelief. Number 3 rolls in.
http://i44.tinypic.com/21lra6r.jpg

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Well that's all I have for now, but feel free to jump in!

It's amazing now days how well formed animation is that we can actually tell what a character is thinking by the look on their face. I especially love that first one.

My mind is too jumbled with cartoons to think of specific expressions without watching a bunch of them. But we do have easy access to Foster's screencaps! :D So I searched through them and it didn't take long to find some of my favorite moments having to do with expressions.

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Mac's unamused look is such a classic. He does this a number of times, and I love it each time.

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/a...n/sweetMac.jpg
And then there's his sweet "Pretty please?" look. Makes him appear more like a little kid, when many other times he seems more mature for his years.

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/a..._Lyn/Wheee.jpg
Blooregard gets sooooo excited and enthusiastic sometimes! I love his expression here, lol! And paired with Mr. Herriman's unamused look makes it even better.

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/a..._Lyn/Hohum.jpg
This has got to be my favorite Wilt expression. It's best when Ed is actually hugging him, but you can still see it here. He looks so tired of the nonsense going on, and annoyed at Ed's behavior.

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/a...e_Lyn/Hehe.jpg
And Frankie's, she does this a number of times too. You can just see how she's thinking of something mischievous, and maybe an evil laugh in there somewhere too, heheheh. I love the look she gives Mr. H when Coco's trying to talk him into letting her have the room in "Room with a Feud" too.

Edit: Here's Frankie and Coco. Both their expressions here are great.
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/a...ocoFrankie.jpg

I know how you feel about animation improving, Lynnie - I hope to get a job in storyboarddng/writing for shows. My art teacher tells me I'm good with facial expressions :)

Here are two RJ expressions from Over the Hedge that I'm fond of, too:

Towards the end of the movie,
Spoiler Below

"Oh -- BEAR!!"
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I love how you can see the panic on RJ, Stella and Verne's (all in order) faces and Vincent's reflection...

Spoiler Below

RJ + blunt weapon =
http://i43.tinypic.com/6ofzhu.jpg

...and continuing from the "dot dot dots" on the top, that RJ's face in both these scenes made me tear up a lung with laughing so hard. 8D time a million. Srsly.

Mainly because RJ's pupils shrink and his irises(?) grow HUGE and bright. The way his jaws juts out in the second picture just make it better.
But what killed me was his girly screams xD Who knew Bruce Willis had such a girl scream

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(Oh and the reason these are clearer than Surf's Up was because OtH isn't on iTunes yet, and I only had the fullscreen DVD)

These are from "Plane Talk," an episode of Dastardly & Muttley In Their Flying Machines. It's one thing to hear Dick Dastardly mocking Klunk's bizarre mode of talking. But it's hilarious to freeze it at these two spots:
http://www.geocities.com/Chris_30040/Dastardly1.jpg
http://www.geocities.com/Chris_30040/Dastardly2.jpg

I'm loving both of them there! "Oh yeah, we're bad ass..! =]"

Judge Claude Frollo from Disney's Hunchback of Notre Dame had some awesome facial expressions - unfortunately, all of my screenshots of him were saved on my old computer. I really should make some more, only I don't have my Hunchback DVD to hand right now. Until then, here's one of my favourite Disco Bear expressions:

http://img102.imageshack.us/img102/6...scobearawe.png

Why is this a favourite? He's just so darned adorable, I guess.

...I'm going to have to control my urges of reposting of of Herriman's pics here...But I don't mind sharing a few of Drakken's.

http://caps.kpfanworld.com/images/Mo...2-29-01-90.jpg
Love both Dr.D's and Shego's faces.

http://caps.kpfanworld.com/images/Mo...2-30-25-89.jpg
http://caps.kpfanworld.com/images/Mo...2-30-27-89.jpg
Haha, I just love this episode! Man...I'm going to have to choose something else, though...

(I'll post some Shego and other cartoon stuff later!)

Mac's nervous grin.

http://www.fosters-home.com/screengrabs/4/406-0036.jpg

Poor Mac...

http://www.fosters-home.com/screengrabs/5/508-0033.jpg

Is it me or is Mac crosseyed in that last picture? (Look at his left pupil)

My all time favorite screencaps of Antoine from Sonic SatAM/Archie!Sonic comes from the infamous Margarine scene

http://i42.tinypic.com/wvwylf.jpg
I love how his eyes turn to dots for this brief moment (his eyes are blue) as he says in an attempt to make himself look brave - "I cannot be disappointing to my princess!" (Princess referring to Sally Acorn) Even though he's cowardly, you can't help but feel a little sympathy for him since Sally loves Sonic and he's probably a hopeless suitor.

http://i40.tinypic.com/24mdrf8.jpg
This is the scene right after - and you can tell he's PISSED. "NO! I will never talk!"

And this is for the lulz:
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"MARGARINE! MARAGARINE! YOU WILL COOK ESCARGOT WITH MARAGARINE?!"

I hate posting back to back, but I got an OK from a mod to do this :)

I honestly didn't fall in love with the Bolt movie, but one of his expressions cracked me up so hard:

Spoiler Below , he thinks he has heat vision amongst other powers.

http://i43.tinypic.com/xf7tec.jpg

This is the face he makes when he does the heat wave stare. OMG, does this one crack me up. 8D Really reminds me of the RJ posts from before.

Bolt stays dead silent in concentrartion. It doesn't sound good when you read it but you really have to watch the scene yourself to really get. I actually screencapped it (rented it on iTunes out of curiosity... 3.99 won't kill me). XDDD

Other than my avatar, There's this:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...chasweetie.jpg

This:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...6305777245.jpg

And of course, this:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...n/aaaaaaaa.jpg

The image below just shows why guns are REALLY effective:
http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q...7/boston03.jpg

The show is Histeria!, and Charity's face (the girl in the middle) is just ROFL!!

Angelfire isn't letting the pic be displayed here (at least not for me). I did see it though by copying the image location, pasting it into my browser and hitting "Enter". Haha, she does look really annoyed. :bendy:

While I'm here, I might as well submit another of my favourite expressions:
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It's from the episode Perfect Day. I just love that GOOFY smile that Ben has. 8D

If I were him I'd be smiling, too. :bloocross:

I can think I have 8 or 9 pictures from Foster's saved on my computer, but since I just watched Wall-E, you'll be getting some of those :bloogrin:

http://images.broadwayworld.com/upload/39355/wall-e.jpg

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http://forladiesbyladies.com/wp-cont...eve-wall-e.jpg

You've got to admire Pixar's work on these characters, especially Wall-E, he always so adorable :D

I actually think he's best compared to a combination of Wilt and Eduardo :smed:

Mainly because he has Ed's innocence, scared demeanor, and timidness and Wilt's cautiousness, and concern for others.

Dude, my gf LOVES that show! :bloogrin: Especially Froggo.

Wow. It's great to know there are SOME people who remember Histeria! :frankiesmile:

Heading back to Wall-E, here's one of my favourite Eve expressions:

http://img36.imageshack.us/img36/3083/vlcsnap13148.png

I think it's remarkable how greatly expressive Eve is as a character, particularly when you consider just how limited she actually is in the facial features department. Wall-E's lacking in a lot of the more traditional features too, but he does have those big sad eyes, which I suppose more than makes up for it.

Also, although it's not an animated facial expression, I really love the look on Binky's face in the following Life in Hell cartoon:

http://img36.imageshack.us/img36/699...nightmarea.jpg

For those of you who aren't familiar with LIH, this particular aspect of the strip usually deals with Binky's ominous shadow terrorising Bongo, so this is a pretty straightforward role reversal gag. For the record, I think that Binky is one of the most adorable cartoon rabbits that ever was (particularly when he'd looking stressed or depressed, which is to say, most of the time), but I find him nothing short of utterly terrifying whenever he assumes that shadow form.

Here's a couple more of my favourite expressions:
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The episode is Put That Putter Away, and the look on Candace's face is just priceless! 8D

Now, I hope I don't get kicked off for saying this, but these two have got to be the funniest WTF moments I've ever seen!
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From the Looney Tunes cartoon Beep, Beep!

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From the episode Ami's Secret

You can almost see the oncoming 18-wheeler in his eyes. :eek: 8D

On the emotional side, here's one from Simpsons I really love (the episode is Lisa's Subsitute):

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Lisa overhears Homer and her teacher's conversation about good male role models (Homer isn't one) - Homer just blows off her teacher's comments and Lisa just looks over her shoulder with such a withering look of disgust.

These all come from the Animaniacs episode “Chairman of the Bored”, which happens to be one of my personal favourites. Here, the Warner siblings sneak into a celebrity-packed Hollywood gathering, only to bump into a complete nobody named Francis “Pip” Pumphandle, who spends the rest of the episode following them around and forcing them to listen to an exceedingly long-winded and tangent-ridden anecdote about the time he met Bob Barker. Pip of course is voiced by the Grand Master of the Monotone Himself, Mr. Ben Stein. It undoubtedly says something about how sad I am that I find everything he says to be strangely fascinating. But then he does bring up cats and orchids, which are two of my all-time favourite subject matter.

http://img526.imageshack.us/img526/7...snap113897.png

I singled this one out primarily for Yakko’s expression, though Pip’s expression is priceless too of course. :blooxd:

Below are a trio of increasingly-exasperated expressions pulled by Wakko when he’s left shaking hands with Pip:

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Yes, Pip was a truly awesome character. He later put in a killer reappearance for the Pinky and the Brain finale "Star Warners". There, as I recall, he was some sort of torture expert.

Oh, and while we're at it, you can add my current Foamy avatar to my list too...nothing says pure and utter happiness quite like a rabid mongrel gazing up all starry-eyed at a lampost, I find.

I miss the Animaniacs. :( I'd watch it on YouTube but my WiFi connection is rarely reliable enough to watch a whole episode of anything. Haha, Pip's expression is such classic WB! Of course Yakko and Wakko's are great too, I miss those little guys (and Dot).

Is this not the most badass image of Katara you've ever seen? 8D
http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q...dassKatara.png
From the episode The Siege of the North Part 1

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"And for the ladies. Rrrrrow!"

I have no emotional reasoning behind this - it's for the lulz and Ferb's a real ladies man. Hahaha 8D

(Thanks to Phineas and Ferb Wikia!)

Frankie Foster does this a lot, but it is so adorable. Her eyes wide in surprise, and those long eyelashes - so endearing.

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c3.../riskFF1-1.jpg

In watching "World Wide Wabbit" tonight, I noticed it's full of Mac making fun annoyed expressions.

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/a...yn/15-0008.jpg
Haha, this is my favorite! He's soooo irritated here, with his scowl and his arms tightly folded. You can just feel his annoyance.

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/a...yn/15-0022.jpg
And again, especially compared to Frankie and Bloo laughing as hard as they are. 8D

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And here his eyes are so big, like he's in shock! He just doesn't know what to do! Poor Mac!

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Oh snap! Tish's worst fears has come true!! 8D
From the episode Makeover

Here's a Scratte expression from Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs which I particularly love:

http://img22.imageshack.us/img22/1340/scrattesmile.jpg

I find her expression here funny, but also kind of chilling. At first glance, it looks like she's just happy to be falling side-by-side with Scrat (and his infamous acorn). It takes on a somewhat more sinister slant when you're aware that she's actually just played a trick on him. You can watch the full scene, if you haven't already seen it, in the teaser trailer here.

That Scratte is certainly a devious one. I really do gotta love her for it. :bloogrin:

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O_o Uh... did I say something wrong? *runs and hides*

From the episode Lightspeed

Fist of the North Star has several particularly good ones.

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y18...headexpand.jpg

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y18...Madd-death.jpg

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http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y18.../diamond01.png

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y18.../tuskguy02.png

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y18...geira-face.png
This one makes a great desktop image.

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y18...ots/boltz1.png

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And now I'm never allowed to post in this thread again.

Hahaha, I especially like the last four. 8D They're colorful, too!

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Continuing my recent post in the Cartoon Crushes thread (if anyone did read it!), this is one of the many reasons why Jessie will always remain in my heart. The smile that she has when she sees Woody staying with the gang, it's just so sweet and beautiful. It really warms my heart. :frankiesmile:

There's something about seeing the look on a guy's face when he gets kissed that's really funny, and Mickey Mouse is no exception:
http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q...ckeysHappy.png

It either generates 'Aww', or laughter. For me, it's the latter.
From Mickey Donald & Goofy: The Three Musketeers

This has to be the best face I EVER saw!!
http://i27.tinypic.com/2lw822x.jpg
I always enjoy seeing this evil side of Courtney. 8D

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http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2.../flapjack2.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2.../flapjack3.jpg

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I always say that The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack is one of those shows that I can watch on mute and still laugh because of all the weird faces the characters make.:P

LOL! They do have funny expressions.

nice thread, I'll think of some more to go one here.

My profile image is one of my favorite Fosters examples- I love that huge adorable smile on Mac's face, and the large open eyes. The look is full of excitement and joy, and it is nice to see him so happy as he is quite mature for his age, and gets annoyed/frustrated in other episodes. That he is so delighted by toy cars reminds us he is a kid. Bloo, however, has an awesome miserable sulk, as he is determined to end all fun (a trip to the water park was canceled, and he was really looking forward to it). Their eyes are both perfectly focusing on the blue car.

I'll go and look for more.

Having seen the Ben 10 episode Big Fat Alien Wedding recently, two things became favourite moments from that episode. The Ben/Gwen dance getting interrupted by Grandpa, and this:
http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q...77/Awkward.png
I can only imagine how Gwen would deal with Grandpa Max dressing her up! 8D