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[[File:fun-size mario 8753.jpg|link=Mario vs. Donkey Kong|frame]]

{{quote|''I'll make'' you ''fun-sized!''|'''Reducto''', ''[[Harvey Birdman|Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law]]''}}

Want to make something cuter? Just make it smaller. Look at [[Cute Kitten|kittens]] and [[Precious Puppies|puppies]]. Don't you just want to hug and squeeze them [[And Call Him George|and call them George]]? Okay, perhaps not that far, but they are cute. And it's not merely being smaller, but also having a "smoother" shape than adult dogs and cats, and usually having bigger eyes.

Naturally, this is used in certain character designs to achieve a [[Kawaisa|cute effect]]. Take how in [[Comic Books|Comics]], [[Anime]] and [[Manga]], younger characters have bigger eyes. This can be seen in shows where we see a character grow from childhood to adulthood. Some even have normal eyes when they're past their mid-20s.

Of course, the best-known anime and manga method of making something cute is the [[Super-Deformed]] look (a.k.a. "[[Chibi]]").

In some cases however, it's primarily done to cram a recognizable variation of the character into a smaller space, such as a map screen, and the cute is just a bonus.

[[Trope Namer|The trope's title]] is from 'Fun-sized' candy bars, the smallest size typically seen as Halloween treats. [[Freud Was Right|Has nothing to do with a certain other Fun Size.]]

[[Fun Size]] characters frequently take the form of [[Ridiculously Cute Critter]]s, and may be [[Spinoff Babies]] or [[Sleep Mode Size]] versions of normal-sized characters. Compare [[Animation Anatomy Aging]] and [[Only a Model]]. When cuteness is pushed too far, it may [[Tastes Like Diabetes|Taste Like Diabetes]].

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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* [[Shana]]-tan from the Shakugan no Shana omake.
* [[Yu-Gi-Oh!|Yugi Moto and Yami Yugi]] are among the most clear cases of big eyes when smaller.
** Yami/Atem used to remain the same size in the first manga, but then got a case of import and started getting a growth spurt like his anime counterpart after the transformation. Can be seen clearly in ''Yu-Gi-Oh R''.
* Name a [[Mon]] that's under a couple of feet high; good chance it'll be completely adorable. [[Pokémon (anime)|Shaymin]] gets bonus points for not only being one of the smallest of the 493 pocket monsters, but a ''Legendary'' as well. Screw the Sky Forme, cute hedgehog is '''cute'''.
** But you're forgetting Mew! And Jirachi, and Celebi, and Manaphy...
*** And Joltik! It's the smallest of all Mons, and is ridiculously cute to match.
*** The other chibi legends aren't the size of a ''Diglett'' (8 inches tall).
*** BLASPHEMY!!! How has no one mentioned Togepi? Cute egg that squeaks and has tiny legs is '''cute'''!!!
** Talking about [[Mons]], MarineAngemon is definitely [[Digimon]]'s take on Shaymin (or is it the reverse, since MarineAngemon came first?). Also, this [http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa6/Calibremon/Kapurimon.jpg Kapurimon] is the Fun-Sized version of [[Digimon Frontier|Wolfmon]].
* [[Suzumiya Haruhi|Tsuruya-san]] was cute enough already, with her [[Cute Little Fangs|cute little fang]] and speech impediment and her [[Genki Girl]] personality. However, [http://danbooru.donmai.us/wiki/show?title=eretto someone] then had to make [[Memetic Mutation|Churuya...]]
** Churuya even has her [[Haruhi-chan|own]] mini-show.
** Don't forget tiny Asakura. (Achakura)
* The chibi episodes in ''[[The Prince of Tennis]]''.
* The puppy and chibi forms of Arf in ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha]]''. [[Big Badass Wolf|Zafila's]] first attempt at using the former in the [[All There in the Manual|third Sound Stage of the second season]] earned him many squealing, cuddle-happy girls, much to his annoyance.
** In the same vein, Reinforce is a lean, mean, living killer machine. Reinforce Zwei, on the other hand, is a 6-inch tall, supremely cute and flat chested. However, she still carries a large dose of ass kicking (when properly...ahem, "used", since she's still technically a ''living weapon''). Although Zwei can "upsize" to roughly Vita's size, as mentioned in the Sound Stages and demonstrated visually in ''Force''.
* ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima]]'' has Chibi-Setsuna, the adorable shikigami Setsuna pulls out when she has to accompany someone but needs to be somewhere else at the same time.
** Aisaka Sayo also counts when she is possessing the Voodoo doll.
** There are also the [[Fountain of Youth|magic de-aging pills]] that allow the girls to turn themselves into lolis. Chisame in particular says that she prefers her "Chibi-Chiu" form to her normal self.
* [http://www.mangafox.com/manga/lucky_star_pocket_travelers/c001/ This] ''[[Lucky Star]]'' manga, which takes the already quite [[Moe]] cast and inexplicably shrinks them. [[Hilarity Ensues]].
* Lumiere of ''[[Kiddy Grade]]'' has the ability to create cute, miniature search subroutines. When Tweedledee sees this, she remarks on how cute they are, and creates her own version.
* [[Medabots]]. Full-powered combat robots... in a three-foot tall package (well, except for that one that Ikki disabled in one episode, that qualified as a [[Humongous Mecha]]). Did I mention that Medabots are kid's toys?
** [[My Little Panzer|With functioning MISSILES AND LASER CANNONS]].
* In ''[[Soul Eater]]'', Medusa possesses the body of a little girl, and twists her appearance into a copy of her original one. Uses the cuteness to her advantage in the manga when she [[Self-Restraint|got herself imprisoned]] by Shibusen (similar in the anime, but the reaction isn't quite the same). Usually looks cute in this form, but not always.
** Also, after Maka {{spoiler|[[Defeat Means Friendship|befriends Crona rather than defeating him/her in combat]], Ragnarok shrinks down to fun size and becomes mostly comic relief}} (at least in the anime).
* The opening to ''[[Macross]]'' in [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iOLsKEXu02g chibi form].
* The [[Adventures of Mini-Goddess|Adventures of Mini Goddess]] was designed specifically for and around this trope.
* in the (non-canon) Pilot Chapter of [[Bleach]], a side-effect of Rukia transferring her powers to Ichigo was being shrunk down to a small enough scale that she could [[Fetish Fuel|comfortably take a bath in Ichigo's coffee mug]].
* [[Played for Drama]] in chapter 40 of ''[[Franken Fran]]''. [[Cain and Abel|Veronica]] gets cut in half by Gavrill, and Fran has to make a a smaller version of her body with the very few parts that were still left. This is unfortunate for Veronica, but [[Air Vent Passageway|does come in handy later]].
* The laptop-model Persocoms in [[Chobits]]! Sumomo is smaller than your forearm but several times as cute as human-sized Chii.
* [http://www.mangafox.com/manga/shinryaku_ika_musume/v02/c038.5/1.html Bite Size!] [[Shinryaku! Ika Musume|Mini Ika Musume]].
* Beta Mechazawa from [[Cromartie High School]].

== [[Comic Books]] ==
* Comic books: WaRP Graphics' ''[[Elf Quest]]'' had elves that were about half as high as humans. They were adorable.
** Yeah, that wasn't quite the point, although the Pinis did mention in an interview that giving them large heads and eyes made audiences feel more protective toward them.
*** And there were also the "Tiny Toon Elves" self-parodies, drawn IIRC by some of the original ''[[Tiny Toon Adventures]]'' artists.
*** [[Harry Potter|Dobby]].
* The extradimensional ''[[X-Men (Comic Book)|X-Men]]'' villain Mojo, in an effort to keep his world's television ratings high after their (presumed) death, created Fun Size versions of the titular mutants—the [[wikipedia:X-Babies|X-Babies.]] [[Hilarity Ensues]] when the babies prove to be less restrained than their adult counterparts.
** Despite hilarity destructively ensuing, it was apparently a ratings success, because he later brought out the Mitey 'Vengers (Fun Size Avengers) and a team of Fun Size [[Age of Apocalypse]] villains, including the terrifying four-armed head-for-a-torso Sugar Man.

== [[Literature]] ==
* While nearly all fairy species in ''[[Artemis Fowl]]'' are small at around a metre tall, pixies specifically are said to be cute, rather fragile, and look very much like human children.

== [[Live Action TV]] ==
* In the Series 3 finale of ''[[Doctor Who]]'', the Master makes the Doctor look as old as he is (900 and something years old), and he turns into an adorable tiny creature. The thing that made the Doctor look cute was his huge eyes, which completely makes you look past his grey, withered skin, and bony hands.
* An episode of ''[[Will and Grace]]'' made mention of the "Pocket Gay" when Will was set up on a blind date with a guy who was quite short. Jack basically described him as "all the perks of a boyfriend in convenient travel size."

== [[Tabletop Games]] ==
* Many [[fanfic]]s have included the grimdark models used in tabletop versions of ''[[Warhammer 40,000]]'' to come to life or appear in our world as the size of their tabletop counterparts, such as [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5474237/1/40k_ToyHammer this one]. [[Hilarity Ensues]].
* In ''[[Tabletop Game]]/Pathfinder'', the Improved Familiar feat lets a spellcaster chose from a wide range of tiny magical creatures as potential familiars. Many of them (such as the [[Cute Kitten|silvanshee agathion]], [[Shoulder-Sized Dragon|pseudodragons, fairy dragons]], and the [[Fairy Companion|Lyrakian azata]]) are [[Ridiculously Cute Critter]]s, although the [[Our Demons Are Different|evil outsiders]] range from [[Ugly Cute]] to [[Body Horror]].

== [[Toys]] ==
* Hasbro's various "Heroes" series, including the ''[[Marvel Comics]]'' Super Hero Squad, ''[[Transformers]]'' Robot Heroes, ''[[Star Wars]]'' Galactic Heroes, and the recently released ''[[Indiana Jones]]'' Adventure Heroes and ''[[G.I. Joe]]'' Combat Heroes.
* Does anyone have a link to the [[Transformers|Galvatron]] toy? There's a picture of a super deformed Galvatron that Teletraan I caption, "He'll kill you with adorability."
** you mean [http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:MycloneGalv.jpg this one]?

== [[Video Games]] ==
* The entire premise of ''[[Kirby Mass Attack]]'' is based upon this: Kirby gets split up by the [[Big Bad]] into ten parts, each with only a fraction of his full power.
* The ''[[Super Robot Wars]]'' series. To really hammer the point home, the entire opening movie of ''[[Super Robot Wars Alpha]]'' is this trope [[Up to Eleven]].
* ''[[World of Warcraft]]'' does this with Lil' Ragnaros, the Moonkin Hatchling, Lil' XT, and Lil KT; all vanity pets obtainable from the microtransaction shop.
** Also, Lil' Deathwing from the Collector's Edition of Cataclysm.
** The quest giver (and later companion) [http://www.wowhead.com/npc=49956 Pebble], and [http://www.wowhead.com/npcs?filter=na=lizard;minle=1;maxle=1;cr=39;crs=4;crv=0 various lizard critters] (miniature versions of the hostile Warp Stalker beast).
* Metal Gear Mk II in ''[[Snatcher]]'' is terribly cute, despite having a design inspired by [[Metal Gear|nuke-launching superweapons]].
* ''[[Kingdom Hearts II]]'' does this to [[Final Fantasy X-2|Yuna, Rikku, and Paine]] by turning them into ''[http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/kingdomhearts/images/thumb/5/53/Final_Fantasy_Girl.jpg/600px-Final_Fantasy_Girl.jpg fairies.]''
* ''[[Ōkamiden|Okamiden]]'''s Chibiterasu. Sure, [[Ōkami|Amaterasu]] was already a [[Badass Adorable]], but just [http://kotaku.com/5351390/okamiden-kicks-cuteness-up-a-notch look at them]!
* ''[[Team Fortress 2]]'' gives us the mini-sentries, which are basically the standard sentries at a smaller size and significantly less firepower, with a police siren duct taped on top of it. Of course, this is [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshaded]] by the Engineer himself, as he sometimes calls it a "cute little gun".
** Taken further with [[Dungeon Defenders]], if purchased from Steam you also get the Engineer/Pyro/Heavy/Medic as a pet.
* ''[[Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo]]'' has chibi versions of the ''[[Street Fighter]]'' and ''[[Darkstalkers]]'' characters.
** A formula that was followed through in ''[[Pocket Fighter]]''.
* Suika Ibuki from ''[[Touhou Project]]'' is short and cute to begin with, but the numerous Fun Size duplicates of herself she can create to attack with are just adorable.
* The main trio from ''[[Disgaea]]'' get drawn this way in promotional artwork.
* The Mobile Suits/Armors of the ''[[SD Gundam G Generation]]'' series, which also doubles as [[Badass Adorable]].
* Ah those teeny tiny [[Mega Man Legends|servbots]], doesn't matter that they can pilot machines that can drop highly explosive bombs, they are just so darn cute!
** And you can control one of them in ''[[Marvel vs. Capcom 2]]''!
* ''Burnout'' Paradise's Toy Cars DLC. But here's the not fun part : Toys car retain [[Car Fu|same strength stat]] of it's original cars...
* The Minis in ''[[Mario vs. Donkey Kong]]'', as pictured above.
* The ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog]]'' series is fond of using little chibi versions of the characters as icons. In ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog CD]]'', Sonic (and Tails in the digital remake) are shrunk down into chibi forms in Metallic Madness zone.
* The Downsize status ailment in the [[PlayStation 2]] remake of ''[[Tales of Destiny]]'' does this to your characters by making them take on their tiny [[Super-Deformed]] sprites from the original version of the game.
** A mob of tiny, squeaky voiced Chelsea clones is also fought in the bonus dungeon.

== [[Web Comics]] ==
* ''[[Hello Cthulhu]]''
** And that's where Ursula Vernon [http://ursulav.deviantart.com/art/Cthulhu-s-Day-Out-86330269 steps in]. She got a little "[http://ursulav.deviantart.com/gallery/7872436 Happy Cthulhu and Friends]" themed gallery.
** ''Gastly's Ghastly Webcomic'' had Lil' Cthuthy. Turns out that for an [[Eldritch Abomination]], being a million years old doesn't even get you out of diapers.
* The ''[http://www.krakowstudios.com/archive.php?date=20050124 Chibi Kia]'' arc in ''[[Krakow]]''.
* The premise of ''[[Lil Formers]]''.
* ''[[Girl Genius]]'' has [[Incredibly Lame Pun|fun]] with this. Played straight by the [[Do-Anything Robot|Dingbots]]. Inverted by the "Fun-Sized Mobile Agony and Death Dispensers"—old Heterodynes did ''everything'' very... FUN sized (they probably heard about miniaturization, but thought it's about [[Shrink Ray]]).
* Discussed in [http://girlyyy.com/go/579 This] ''[[Girly]]'' strip.
* Zig-zagged in ''[[Twokinds]]''. Bastins are more-or-less short versions of Keidrans, but they're really not that cute. At least, not while they're not trying to take your head off with a [[Blade on a Stick]].
* Snuggleninja, found [http://snuggleninja.blogspot.com/2012/02/short.html here] is so little. But that doesn't stop him from doing what he needs to do.

== [[Web Original]] ==
* [http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/747/watchmenkq3.gif Chibi]{{broken link}} [[Watchmen (comics)|Rorschach.]] That is all.
** Could also apply to the movie version. Next to the other actors, Jackie Earl Haley's Rorschach looks rather small. Fans quickly took to calling him [[Fan Nickname|"Tinyschach."]]
*** Totally appropriate. In the comic, Rorschach was fairly short, and wore elevator shoes when in costume to look more intimidating.
** [http://danbooru.donmai.us/post/show/416403/chibi-rorschach-watchmen Another] Chibi Rorschach.
** [http://gunshowcomic.com/d/20090312.html And another.]
* Here, have some [https://web.archive.org/web/20100206131222/http://design-benign.blogspot.com/2009/11/adorable-inglourious-basterds.html adorable drawings] of ''[[Inglourious Basterds]]''.
* This is the entire point of the Minis in the [[Protectors of the Plot Continuum|PPC]]. That and to [[Grammar Nazi|poke fun at the badficcer's misspellings]].
{{quote|''Each time a name's spelled wrong in ''[[Lord of the Rings|Rings]]'', a mini-Balrog gets its wings.''}}
* Calling tiny, [[All Hallow's Eve|trick-or-treat size]] candy bars "fun size", or calling any sort of eating "fun" for that matter, is one of ''[[Cracked.com]]'''s [http://www.cracked.com/blog/the-5-stupidest-lies-advertisers-expect-you-to-believe/ The 5 Stupidest Lies Advertisers Expect You to Believe]. It compares the practice to [[Little People]] demanding to be called "fun size".

== [[Western Animation]] ==
* ''[[The Superhero Squad Show]]'', with the entire [[Marvel Universe]] (minus Spider-Man) chibified. Even the dread [[Cosmic Horror|Dormammu]] can be made cheek-pinchingly adorable (while apocalyptically powerful.)
* ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'' has [http://avatar.wikia.com/wiki/Super_Deformed_Shorts Super Deformed Shorts]!
{{quote|'''Tiny!Katara''': ''Tiny Zuko! He looks so cute!''
'''Tiny!Zuko''': (attempts to resume normal form) '''''I AM NEITHER CUTE NOR TINY!'''''
'''Tiny!Iroh''': ''You are pretty cute, my tiny nephew.'' }}
* [[SpongeBob SquarePants]] has the Krabby Kiddie Patty which is "thirty percent cuter" than a normal krabby patty.
* Chibi versions of the characters are used for gags in ''[[Totally Spies!]]''. In one episode, Alex finds Clover adorable after she is shrunk to insect size.

== [[Real Life]] / [[Truth in Television]] ==
* [[Fan Art]] tends to do this.
* Again, [[Truth in Television|kittens and puppies]].
* Various breeds of animals are bred for size, presumably because of cuteness: dwarf cats, chihuahuas, poodles...
** Japanese culture is obsessed with [[Kawaiiko|cuteness]], and this is a part of it.
** Shelties are adorable mini-sheepdogs that were bred for an adorable reason: to herd tiny sheep!
** Miniature ponies. Which are now being tried out as a substitute for ''guide dogs''.
** Pomerianians were bred specifically to be small after Queen Victoria both popularized the smaller types, and led a breeding program to decrease their size.
** Miniature dachshunds. When they're nasty, they're really nasty... but when they're nice, they're [[Kawaiiko|sweethearts!]]
** Poodles actually do come in normal-dog size as well as yappy-dog size. The infamous "poodle cut" that the smaller versions are known for is actually a perverted, decorative mutation of the more functional haircut they used to be given in their capacity as hunting dogs.
* Babies.
* In biology, this is termed neoteny (the appearance of being youthful) and is one reason men are often attracted to women who appear younger than them (ie. being shorter and having smaller features overall). The inverse is [[Hot Amazon]].
* In the United States, small candybars mostly given during Halloween are marketed as "fun size."
* The [http://www.aussieracingcars.com.au/ Aussie Racing Cars] series, a series featuring silhouette race cars (eg. every car runs the same equipment, in this case a turbocharged 1.2L Yamaha motorbike engine mated to a sequential transmission) with body styles that resemble scaled down versions of famous cars that have participated in the V8 Supercars series at some point in history.

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