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The Smiling Titan is a Titan that is responsible for killing Eren Jaeger's mother, Carla Jaeger, during the fall of Wall Maria.

Appearance
The "Smiling Titan" is very tall and, like most regular Titans, possesses a masculine body. Its main distinguishing feature is its characteristic, grinning smile, in which its lips are fixed wide open, exposing its teeth and gums within at all times.

The Smiling Titan has a thin, emaciated frame with stocky proportions, in which its ribs are visibly apparent, and it possesses an unusually-long neck. It has medium-length, blonde hair that only barely reaches down to its neck and features small, light blue eyes.

The Fall of Shiganshina arc
After the Colossal Titan breaches Shiganshina District in Wall Maria, many Titans proceed inside and among them is the Smiling Titan. It embarks inside the town and is seen by Eren and Mikasa as they try to free Carla Jaeger, who is trapped under the debris of their house. Though Hannes initially comes to their aid and decides to face the Smiling Titan, he stands catatonic in fear of its frightening appearance. After he realizes that he is too afraid to face it, he opts to instead take Eren and Mikasa to safety, leaving Eren's mother behind. Afterwards, Eren witnesses the Smiling Titan pull Carla out of the debris, as it proceeds to violently incapacitate her and devour her shortly thereafter.

During Eren's days in the 104th Cadet Corps training to enlist into the military, it has a traumatizing impact on Eren. This is evident when he is approached by his fellow classmates about his impressions regarding normal Titans, in which Eren experiences a flashback of the Smiling Titan devouring his mother, associating normal Titans to the trauma caused by the Smiling Titan. He remains silent and is visibly shaken by the thought, until maintaining his composure in front of his classmates and shrugging it off as if he were unaffected by their questions.

Clash of the Titans arc
After Eren and Mikasa are flung from their horse after an impact with a Titan thrown by the Armored Titan, the earth suddenly shakes as a large footstep can be heard and they look up. Due to the fog, they can see the barely visible body of a very tall Titan slowly moving toward them. After closer inspection, and as the Titan gradually comes closer, they both realize it is the exact same Titan that devoured Eren's mother five years prior.

As the Smiling Titan is about to approach Eren and Mikasa, Hannes comes in saying he's gonna butcher the titan. He menages to get a few hits on the Titan. While Hannes is doing this Eren is attempting to transform to the Attack Titan to assist Hannes. When Hannes slices the ankles of the Titan he is than grabbed. In horror Eren bites harder and harder, while Mikasa watches in shock. As this is happening the two witness how Hannes is killed in a similar faction to their mother. Eren later states how nothing has changed at all for them. Mikasa tells Eren about how that's not true and he taught her how to survive and thanks him for all that he's done. Eren comfronts the titan once and for all protecting Mikasa and punches it. After a few seconds a titan jumps in front of the two attacking the Smiling Titan, than a bunch others come in ripping and eating her apart one by one. This is when Eren realizes he has the Coordinate Ability.

People Killed

 * Carla Jaeger
 * Hannes

Trivia

 * The Smiling Titan is one of the two known mindless Titan shown to kill a victim before devouring them, the other being the Bigmouth Titan.