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When someone mentions his or her “little brother”, you usually expect a smaller, weaker individual, most likely a child or teenager. The big little brother is the polar opposite of this. It’s someone who may be the youngest member of his family, but just so happens to be stronger, taller and overall more physically impressive than his older siblings. The revelation of this usually comes as a surprise to both the audience and the characters in a story. This trope is usually used for comical effect.
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* Boa Sandersonia and Boa Marigold from ''[[One Piece (Manga)|One Piece]]'' are both taller than their eldest sister, Boa Hancock. And this is considering that Hancock herself [[Statuesque Stunner|is already more than 6 feet tall.]]
** Also {{spoiler|Mermaid Princess Shirahoshi}}, who even ''[http://images.wikia.com/onepiece/images/0/05/Royal_Family.png as a baby]'' was much bigger than her brothers.
* Michio Kawata from ''[[Slam Dunk]]'' is ''way'' taller than his older brother Masashi. Also [[Sibling Yin
* Exaggerated in ''[[Recorder and Randsell (Manga)|Recorder and Randsell]]'': Atsushi Miyagawa is a fifth grader who looks 17. On top of this, his older sister is in high school and looks his age.
* Yuki Aiba of ''[[Infinite Ryvius]]''. Even though his older brother Kouji is the protagonist of the series, Yuki is a bona-fide [[The Ace|Ace]], while Kouji barely squeaks into [[Dogged Nice Guy]] territory. Yuki is taller, stronger, bolder, is better looking, is better a fighter, a better pilot, a better tactician, and has a more active love life than his older brother. Kouji's only saving graces are that he's more responsible and better organized than Yuki.
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