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* A specific version I've seen a couple of times is a woman is chatting up a man, sitting down, and then realizes he's very short when he stands up, thus inducing uncertainty over whether she should continue with him. It happened to Jessie in ''[[Saved by the Bell]]'' (she angsted about how she can't date a shorter man, because it makes her feel tall and awkward), Samantha on ''[[Sex and the City]]'' (she agrees to give him a chance, but ends up going back and forth on him, but sticks with him when she realizes he's really funny and great in bed), and Roz on ''[[Frasier]]'' (he realizes she's pregnant at the same time, and they both turn and walk in opposite directions).
* Likewise an episode of ''[[The Golden Girls]]'' had Rose meeting a man at a bar and making a date with him, then he gets off the barstool and is revealed to be a dwarf (leading to the date becoming a huge round of [[Ignore the Disability]]).
* ''[[Star Trek: The Original Series]]'' ("The Corbomite Maneuver"). The ''Enterprise'' encounters a alien vessel, and is able to get a video feed revealing the bridge, which shows the alien captain, Balok, to be a [http://www.startrek.com/database_article/corbomite-maneuver-the scowling monster] that looks to be about 7 feet tall. However, later they manage to get onboard, revealing they had actually been watching an elaborate puppet show, and [https://web.archive.org/web/20130721091519/http://www.ew.com/ew/gallery/0,,20233812_20527844,00.html the real Balok is no larger than a child].
* Done intentionally in-universe in ''[[Deep Space Nine]]''. Bashir and O'Brien are just back from a mission [[Incredible Shrinking Man|that involved them being miniaturised]]. They stand at the bar boasting about their exploits, when Quark and Odo both note that a waitress seems oddly tall next to them, sending them scurrying away to check their height in sickbay. The waitress then stands down, off the step she'd been put on by Odo and Quark, revealing the entire thing to be a gag.
* ''[[Doctor Who]]'' did it as a [[Cliff Hanger]] reveal in ''[[Doctor Who/Recap/S21/E05 Planet of Fire|Planet of Fire]]'', where it turns out the Master has accidentally shrunk himself to a small size, and has been directing the shapeshifter robot that everyone thinks is him from a control box.
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