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A [[Visual Pun]] where an extremely short character is introduced in a manner that makes them appear much taller than they actually are. Also the inverse, where someone ([[Attack of the 50
A subtrope is [[Big Shadow, Little Creature]], where this is done via a large shadow cast on the wall. [[Depth Deception]] is the [[Super-Trope]] -- all examples that don't involve people should go there. May involve the use of [[Hitler Cam]]. See also [[Mister Big]].
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== Film - Animation ==
* Mushu from ''[[Mulan]]'' put a lot of effort into his [[Incredibly Lame Pun|big entrance]].
* ''[[Monsters vs. Aliens]]''. Susan Murphy is captured by the government after [[Attack of the 50
** The inverse happens a short time later when a vast door opens and General W. R. Monger (tiny compared to the [[Attack of the 50
** And it happened a third time when Dr. Cockroach is trying to shrink Susan back to normal [[Lightning Can Do Anything|with electricity]]. When she comes to, she sees the others standing over her and she thinks she's small again. Turns out they were just standing over her face.
* ''[[Shrek]]''. Our first glimpse of Lord Farquaad involves him striding dramatically along a corridor, camera focused on his face or body [[Hitler Cam|at a strange angle]], then when the camera and scenery go still, he's revealed to be maybe half the height of the guards. The gag is repeated when princess Fiona first meets Lord Faarquaad: he arrives on horseback, propped into a sort of prosthetic armour that apparently enables his controlling the horse, and makes him look like he has normal sized arms and legs. Then arrives a guard who helps his lord dismount by picking him up like a teddy bear. Her previously favourable reaction... dies.
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== [[Western Animation]] ==
* ''[[Futurama]]''. When Bender wonders what it would be like to be [[Attack of the 50
* ''[[Looney Tunes]]'':
** In one short, Beaky Buzzard finds a small reptile peeking through some rocks. Noting that the creature seems shorter than him, Beaky tries to grab it and take it home for dinner. Turns out "Shorty" is just the small head of a '''huge''' dragon.
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