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See [[Attack of the 50-Foot Whatever]] and [[Humongous Mecha]] for examples of media ignoring the '''Square-Cube Law'''. Sometimes justified by the use of [[Required Secondary Powers]]. Compare [[Muscles Are Meaningless]] and [[Pint-Sized Powerhouse]].
 
 
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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
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== [[Literature]] ==
* The dragon species created in ''[[Duumvirate]]'' has wings in its juvenile stage, but loses its ability to fly as it grows up.
* ''[[Discworld]]'':
** Mentioned in ''[[Discworld/Feet of Clay (novel)|Feet of Clay]]'' by [[Terry Pratchett]], regarding how different sizes of animal would end up after a given fall of about two stories—a spider wouldn't notice it, a mouse would walk away, etc.
** In ''[[Discworld/Guards! Guards!|Guards! Guards!]]'' almost all the characters realize right away that the dragon can't possibly fly under its own power... unless it's fueling itself with magic. The descriptions specifically point out that its flight looks completely unrealistic compared to a bird's, because it's actually magically levitating itself.
** Discworld's gnomes are also terrifyingly strong, despite being six inches tall, and able to knock a man out and break bones with a headbutt or otherwise—becauseotherwise — because they have the strength of a grown man, concentrated in a very small area.
*** Said gnomes ''also'' possess all of a grown man's bad temper concentrated into that same space, which makes the above acts of violence not only ''possible'' but also fairly ''probable''.
* Justified in the ''[[Star Trek: Voyager]]'' novel ''Ragnarok'', where Chakotay explicitly notes that the creatures in question [[Hand Wave|must have evolved in a low-gravity environment]].
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