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*** It's pointed out several times that according to dwarf law and custom, Carrot actually is a dwarf. This tends to disturb other dwarfs meeting him for the first time, because they know something's not right but can't quite put their finger on specifically what it is, since their definition of "dwarf" doesn't actually say anything about height.
*** It's pointed out several times that according to dwarf law and custom, Carrot actually is a dwarf. This tends to disturb other dwarfs meeting him for the first time, because they know something's not right but can't quite put their finger on specifically what it is, since their definition of "dwarf" doesn't actually say anything about height.
* And about as averted as you can get in ''[[Artemis Fowl]]'' where Dwarves are human/mole/earthworm hybrids with [[Prehensile Hair|Prehensile Beards]] that burrow through the dirt by eating it and then crapping it out as fast as they do. Also, they can suck in water through their skin (a dehydrated dwarf can use this to [[Wall Crawl]]!), and their saliva is a fast-hardening, glow-in-the-dark anesthetic.
* And about as averted as you can get in ''[[Artemis Fowl]]'' where Dwarves are human/mole/earthworm hybrids with [[Prehensile Hair|Prehensile Beards]] that burrow through the dirt by eating it and then crapping it out as fast as they do. Also, they can suck in water through their skin (a dehydrated dwarf can use this to [[Wall Crawl]]!), and their saliva is a fast-hardening, glow-in-the-dark anesthetic.
** Also, far from being traditional, they tend to have a healthy disregard for the law. They also tend to [[Big Eater|eat anything]] regardless of whether it is alive or sentient. Plus, rather than fighting [[Elves vs. Dwarves|elves]], they have a long standing rivalry with [[Our Goblins Are Different|goblins]]. Who are able to [[Elemental Powers|shoot fire]]. Which dwarves [[Kill It with Fire|are incredibly vulnerable to and afraid of]]. The main dwarf character, Mulch, [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshades]] how ridiculous it is [[Too Dumb to Live|to form a cultural conflict with the only beings on Earth capable of conjuring your major weakness]].
** Also, far from being traditional, they tend to have a healthy disregard for the law. They also tend to [[Big Eater|eat anything]] regardless of whether it is alive or sentient. Plus, rather than fighting [[Elves vs. Dwarves|elves]], they have a long standing rivalry with [[Our Goblins Are Wickeder|goblins]]. Who are able to [[Elemental Powers|shoot fire]]. Which dwarves [[Kill It with Fire|are incredibly vulnerable to and afraid of]]. The main dwarf character, Mulch, [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshades]] how ridiculous it is [[Too Dumb to Live|to form a cultural conflict with the only beings on Earth capable of conjuring your major weakness]].
* Niven and Barnes were probably playing homage to this trope with Mary-Martha "Mary-Em" Corbett, an eccentric live-action Gamer from the Dream Park novels. Though human, she's 4'1" tall, is built like a muscular fire hydrant, wields a halberd (~battleax), is [[The Big Guy]] of her adventuring party, guzzles beer like a pro, calls a spade a spade, and sings repetatively while she's marching. Although her songs tend to be a hell of a lot raunchier than this trope usually allows.
* Niven and Barnes were probably playing homage to this trope with Mary-Martha "Mary-Em" Corbett, an eccentric live-action Gamer from the Dream Park novels. Though human, she's 4'1" tall, is built like a muscular fire hydrant, wields a halberd (~battleax), is [[The Big Guy]] of her adventuring party, guzzles beer like a pro, calls a spade a spade, and sings repetatively while she's marching. Although her songs tend to be a hell of a lot raunchier than this trope usually allows.
* ''The Soddit'', being a parody of ''[[The Hobbit]]'', starts by taking the traditional portrayal of dwarves up to eleven and then some, although with ludicrously exaggerated Welsh accents, rather than Scottish ones (well, what would you expect a race of miners to sound like, look you, bach?). It's revealed early on, however, that dwarves ''hate'' having beards, it's just that they're allergic to shaving soap. Later, when Bingo Grabbins [[Fridge Logic|questions]] how they could have possibly carved the great caverns of the Mines of Black Maria with hand-axes (or, as the dwarves themselves claim, trowels), they're forced to admit that they didn't; all the mountains in Upper-Middle Earth are naturally hollow. And at the end of the book it turns out that {{spoiler|dwarves are the larval form of dragons}}.
* ''The Soddit'', being a parody of ''[[The Hobbit]]'', starts by taking the traditional portrayal of dwarves up to eleven and then some, although with ludicrously exaggerated Welsh accents, rather than Scottish ones (well, what would you expect a race of miners to sound like, look you, bach?). It's revealed early on, however, that dwarves ''hate'' having beards, it's just that they're allergic to shaving soap. Later, when Bingo Grabbins [[Fridge Logic|questions]] how they could have possibly carved the great caverns of the Mines of Black Maria with hand-axes (or, as the dwarves themselves claim, trowels), they're forced to admit that they didn't; all the mountains in Upper-Middle Earth are naturally hollow. And at the end of the book it turns out that {{spoiler|dwarves are the larval form of dragons}}.
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