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In season 2, episode 1 ("Summer, Kind of Wonderful") of the hit TV show Gossip Girl (2009), high schooler Blair Waldorf is about to leave on a date when she finds herself talking to her on-off romantic partner, Chuck. Before she leaves with another man, Blair asks Chuck to declare his love by saying "three words, eight letters," implying that she wants him to say "I love you." When Chuck hesitates, Blair says "thank you" and proceeds to get in the car with her date. Blair's cold words and affect related to her romance with Chuck demonstrates a below-average example of the Emotion attribute.
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In James Gunn's 2025 movie Superman, Mister Terrific joins Lois Lane on a mission to rescue Superman. During their conversation about Lois' relationship with Clark Kent, Mister Terrific interrupts, stating, "I'm not into peoples' emotions," accompanied by intense, penetrating eye contact. This lack of interest and emotional expression reflects the Emotion attribute.
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Felicia @ Feels
Yeah, lady, just to be clear ... I'm not into peoples' emotions.
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Felicia @ Feels
Yeah. No. Totally ... I was going to break up with him actually. We had this huge fight and he told me he loved me and it just didn't ...
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Felicia @ Feels
In James Gunn's 2025 movie called Superman, comic book character Mister Terrific embarks on a trip to rescue Superman alongside Lois Lane.
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Felicia @ Feels
As Lois started chatting about her relationship with Superman, or Clark Kent, Mister Terrific interrupted Lois and said:
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Felicia @ Feels
"Yeah, lady ... just to be clear. I'm not into peoples' emotions," and proceeded to stare at her intensely.
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Felicia @ Feels
Phrases like "I'm not into peoples' emotions" represent the Emotion attribute and Mister Terrific's direct eye contact with high visibility of the sclera, or white part of the eye, represents his agitation.
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Felicia @ Feels
That's why Mister Terrific's language reflects an Ultra Low score in Emotion.
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Felicia @ Feels
Here's the full clip.
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Felicia @ Feels
I'm not even sure how I feel, honestly.
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Felicia @ Feels
What?
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Felicia @ Feels
About Clark ... he's not my boyfriend. We've actually just been seeing each other for a couple of months ...
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Felicia @ Feels
Yeah, lady, just to be clear. I'm not into peoples' emotions.
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Felicia @ Feels
Yeah, no, totally. I'm just thinking out loud. I was going to break up with him actually. I mean, we had this huge fight and he told me he loved me and it just didn't ...
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In the hit movie Letters to Juliet (2010), Sophie meets a guy she likes and has an exchange with him while on the balcony. As we learn, Sophie misunderstood several key facts about the guy she liked and they reunite their romance. Sophie's numerous inaccurate but consequential assumptions demonstrate a below-average example of the Inference attribute.
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Jim questions William about Delos investing in the Westworld theme park.
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In season 1, episode 2 of The Summer I Turned Pretty (2022), Belly is picking up some snacks at the gas station when the cashier starts flirting with her. Unfortunately for Belly, she does not realize this is the case until much later in the interaction. By the time she gets in the car, Belly starts adjusting her hair and evaluating her physical appearance.
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In the hit movie Arrival (2016), linguist Dr. Banks has nightmares about her job of decoding an alien language, and presence, on earth. Dr. Banks' inability to differentiate a dream from reality while projecting novel dream content demonstrates an average example of the Inference attribute.
