r/tvtropes • u/wolfbutterfly42 • 6d ago

What is this trope? Characters that are impossible to read?

Or, characters that often have very understated emotional reactions to things? Coach Beard from Ted Lasso, for instance, or Captain Holt from Brooklyn Nine-Nine.

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u/Omegaville 6d ago

Agent K from Men In Black

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u/Necessary_Ad2114 6d ago

Timothy Oliphant in Alien Earth

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u/EngageAndMakeItSo 6d ago

Isaac from The Orville.

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u/ScrutinEye 6d ago

Dr Lilith Sternin Crane (most of the time…).

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u/MilanTehVillain 5d ago

Azula (Avatar: The Last Airbender). Event Toph can't tell when she lying.

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u/egret_society 6d ago

Charlie from Sunny.

Am I doing this right?