Pint-Sized Powerhouse/Playing With

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  • Basic Trope: A small person who is very strong.
  • Played Straight: Bob is 5'2" and weighs 120 lbs. But he can bench-press 400 lbs.
  • Exaggerated: Bob is a midget with super strength
  • Up to Eleven: Bob is ant-sized, yet can benchpress mountains or even planets.
  • Justified: Strength and size aren't always the same.
    • Bob is a superhero or magic-user
  • Inverted: Bob is 6'4" and 200 lbs, but is Weaksauce Weakness personified.
    • Bob is 6'4" and 200 lbs and very strong
    • Bob is 5'2", 120 lbs, and Weaksauce Weakness personified.
  • Subverted: Bob claims to be stronger then he looks, but is beaten easily.
  • Double Subverted: I Am Not Left-Handed.
  • Deconstructed:
  • Reconstructed:
  • Parodied: Bob is a midget, and he lifts a building and tosses it over his shoulder.
  • Averted: Bob is small and weak
    • Bob is big
    • Bob is of average strength and size
  • Enforced: Underdog
  • Invoked: Bob enters a contest of strength, and he's up against big bodybuilder types.
  • Defied: Bob is small, and doesn't do a lot of physical activity. Instead, he prefers things like art and music and chess over sports.
  • Discussed: "I'm glad this is just a cartoon. Bob could never do that in reality."
  • Conversed: "Damn! Did you just see Bob?" "Yeah! Picked up that car like it was nothing!"
  • Played For Laughs: Bob (a midget) bests Goliath (a huge bodybuilder type) in a wrestling match, then juggles an elephant, a kitchen sink, a toilet, a barbell, and a car to show off.
  • Played For Drama: Bob wishes for superstrength, but it causes problems for him. Like accidentally crushing his infant daughter.