That stupid smirk

[lazygecko]

For some reason, there was an epidemic among American boxart designers throughout the early 90's which caused characters to have that "I just fucked your wife" smirk applied to their face.

Classic example, the americanized Sonic 1 boxart:

Once Capcom were done having well-built men in their 30s figure as Mega Man, they decided to give him the same treatment:

Wonderboy in Monster World appears to have the same mischievous tone mixed with a healthy dose of cocaine:

[SLyGeN]

All children's mascots are smiling in some form or another.

They all also just fucked your wife.

[TheSnowStorm]

I don't have a wife so I don't care!

[Thalzon]

Kid Chameleon is too serious to smirk.

[Tex]

[Demko]

"I fucked your mom three times"

this is what he looks like

[PassivePretentiousness]

am I doing it right

[Teknobunny]

and this is why gecko has always been one of my favorite posters.

[Weirdboyscott]

Same idea but with Dreamworks movies.

[Xenon Odyssey]

When I first read the thread title, the Dreamworks-Pixar picture was the first thing to pop into my head.

[lazygecko]

Hmm, yeah.

[Lunarfall]

sonic has been frowning recently due to the craptacular shit that keeps getting released under his name

[Atomic Dog]

I don't see a smirk here:

I see homicidal rage.

[The Author]

I don't see a smirk here:

I see homicidal rage.

You smirked while posting.

[The Pezman]

If you don't think that's so bad, look at him here ( 0:08 ):

He's a bandicoot, so I'm not sure if it's bestiality or not, but it is DAMN freaky.

[Ferret]

I fail to see the logic that says that an axe-wielding barbarian would also be wearing a hockey mask.

[Gario]

I don't see a smirk here:

I see homicidal rage.

That octopus is fucking smirking. Look closely at the shading; as he's grabbing the barbarian's ass, that fucker is smirking.

I hate that fucking smirk trend - I'm glad it got replaced by the 'I'm in a craptastic game' frown.

[Buttercup]

I fail to see the logic that says that an axe-wielding barbarian would also be wearing a hockey mask.

Maybe he's got a whole lotta pretty up in there.

But it's most likely a smirk.

[friendlyHunter]

I wondered if Captain Falcon can be seen smirking on box art, and then I found these:

Why have I not heard of this game???

F-Zero GP Legend was based off the F-Zero Anime

Obligatory: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFtw7qW7Vcw

I NEED TO PLAY THIS GAME RIGHT NOW.

Also I found this happy-looking foursome:

And this guy:

I fail to see the logic that says that an axe-wielding barbarian would also be wearing a hockey mask.

Look at that box art again and tell me what makes you think they're trying to be logical

(Also it's clearly not a hockey mask... where I'm from that's obvious - but you're way out in left field)

[cobaltstarfire]

Look at that box art again and tell me what makes you think they're trying to be logical

(Also it's clearly not a hockey mask... where I'm from that's obvious - but you're way out in left field)

Also that's definitely not a ax he's wielding...

[friendlyHunter]

And is he really a barbarian? I'd hit that purple thing with a rod if I was in his situation.

[MechaFone]

And is he really a barbarian? I'd hit that purple thing with a rod if I was in his situation.

Is there anything you wouldn't hit with your rod?

[DarkeSword]

It's because the cool thing to have in the 90s was "attitude."

Whatever that means.

[Gario]

It's because the cool thing to have in the 90s was "attitude."

Whatever that means.

It meant that you needed to smirk, if you were cool.

Obviously.

[DJMetal]

It's because the cool thing to have in the 90s was "BADitude."

Fixed that for ya.

And it wasn't just the 90s. EVERYONE in this picture (except for tails and shadow) is sportin' that sleazy grin. Shadow probably knows what's in the future for him, though, so I can understand why he doesn't look happy.