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* Base from ''[[Star Trek: Millennium]]'', the galaxy's shortest and most angrily homicidal Ferengi.
* Base from ''[[Star Trek: Millennium]]'', the galaxy's shortest and most angrily homicidal Ferengi.
* In [[Ian Fleming]]'s original novel of ''[[James Bond (novel)|Goldfinger]]'', the title character is depicted as one of these.
* In [[Ian Fleming]]'s original novel of ''[[James Bond (novel)|Goldfinger]]'', the title character is depicted as one of these.
{{quote| "[[James Bond (novel)|Bond]] always mistrusted short men. They grew up from childhood with an inferiority complex. All their lives they would strive to be big -- bigger than the others who had teased them as a child. Napoleon had been short, and Hitler. It was the short men that caused all the trouble in the world. And what about a misshapen short man with [[Evil Redhead|red hair]] and a bizarre face? That might add up to a really formidable misfit."}}
{{quote|"[[James Bond (novel)|Bond]] always mistrusted short men. They grew up from childhood with an inferiority complex. All their lives they would strive to be big -- bigger than the others who had teased them as a child. Napoleon had been short, and Hitler. It was the short men that caused all the trouble in the world. And what about a misshapen short man with [[Evil Redhead|red hair]] and a bizarre face? That might add up to a really formidable misfit."}}
* ''Sisterhood'' series by [[Fern Michaels]]: Many times, a short male character will pop up and the author or one of the characters will say that the guy probably has a Napoleon Complex. This sort of character is portrayed as a [[Jerkass]] at best and a [[Complete Monster]] at worst by the author. At times this seems to go into the territory of [[Unfortunate Implications]].
* ''Sisterhood'' series by [[Fern Michaels]]: Many times, a short male character will pop up and the author or one of the characters will say that the guy probably has a Napoleon Complex. This sort of character is portrayed as a [[Jerkass]] at best and a [[Complete Monster]] at worst by the author. At times this seems to go into the territory of [[Unfortunate Implications]].
* Horace Rangoon, the villain in ''The Rio Hondo Kid'' by [[J. T. Edson]].
* Horace Rangoon, the villain in ''The Rio Hondo Kid'' by [[J. T. Edson]].
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* ''[[Top Gear]]'''s Richard "Hamster" Hammond, although he isn't actually ''very'' short. The Napoleon stuff comes from working with a "[[The Big Guy|seven foot oaf]]" who is [[Deadpan Snarker|big on the mockery]]. Nonetheless, at about 5'7", he's the smallest of the hosts and also probably the most [[Cluster F-Bomb|foul-mouthed]] and adventurous.
* ''[[Top Gear]]'''s Richard "Hamster" Hammond, although he isn't actually ''very'' short. The Napoleon stuff comes from working with a "[[The Big Guy|seven foot oaf]]" who is [[Deadpan Snarker|big on the mockery]]. Nonetheless, at about 5'7", he's the smallest of the hosts and also probably the most [[Cluster F-Bomb|foul-mouthed]] and adventurous.
* ''[[El Chapulin Colorado]]'' can't get five minutes straight without being called "short" in a way or another, to the more insulting. The most memorables takes on it involve the famous "Pastillas de Chiquitolina" (Smallinium Pills), who can turn anyone who gulps them into [[Fun Size]].
* ''[[El Chapulin Colorado]]'' can't get five minutes straight without being called "short" in a way or another, to the more insulting. The most memorables takes on it involve the famous "Pastillas de Chiquitolina" (Smallinium Pills), who can turn anyone who gulps them into [[Fun Size]].
{{quote| '''Chapulín:''' ''(showing the bottle)'' With one of these pills, I can become incredibly tiny! Just see!<br />
{{quote|'''Chapulín:''' ''(showing the bottle)'' With one of these pills, I can become incredibly tiny! Just see!
''(El Chapulín swallows one pill and instantly shrinks to Action Figure size)''<br />
''(El Chapulín swallows one pill and instantly shrinks to Action Figure size)''
'''Helped:''' Whoa! This is amazing! I though that you couldn't get smaller, but I figure I was totally wrong!<br />
'''Helped:''' Whoa! This is amazing! I though that you couldn't get smaller, but I figure I was totally wrong!
'''Chapulí&shy;n:''' They take advantage of my nobility... }}
'''Chapulí&shy;n:''' They take advantage of my nobility... }}
* [[The Daily Show|Jon Stewart]] was recently accused of being one of these. [http://www.thedailyshow.com/video/index.jhtml?videoId=230075&title=jons-napoleonic-complex He decided to grab the idea and run with it].
* [[The Daily Show|Jon Stewart]] was recently accused of being one of these. [http://www.thedailyshow.com/video/index.jhtml?videoId=230075&title=jons-napoleonic-complex He decided to grab the idea and run with it].
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* Lord Stanley in ''[[Erfworld]]''. "I'll ignore one height crack. One."
* Lord Stanley in ''[[Erfworld]]''. "I'll ignore one height crack. One."
* ''[[Girl Genius]]'' has Dr. Beetle, who was one of most brilliant [[Mad Scientist|mad scientists]] around, but his little issues sped up his fall.
* ''[[Girl Genius]]'' has Dr. Beetle, who was one of most brilliant [[Mad Scientist|mad scientists]] around, but his little issues sped up his fall.
{{quote| '''Gil:''' [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date{{=}}20030108 Being a short man he places too much importance on size]...}}
{{quote|'''Gil:''' [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date{{=}}20030108 Being a short man he places too much importance on size]...}}
* While it's not too obvious because he's usually around people his own height or less, [[Homestuck|Doc Scratch]], [[The Man Behind the Man]] (behind the man behind the {{spoiler|end of the universe}}) is only about four feet tall.
* While it's not too obvious because he's usually around people his own height or less, [[Homestuck|Doc Scratch]], [[The Man Behind the Man]] (behind the man behind the {{spoiler|end of the universe}}) is only about four feet tall.
* "[[No Name Given|Shorty]]" from ''[[Skullkickers]]'' is a [[Our Dwarves Are All the Same|dwarf]] with a [[Hair-Trigger Temper]], described by the creators as being 'always one step away from and explosion of emotional rage'.
* "[[No Name Given|Shorty]]" from ''[[Skullkickers]]'' is a [[Our Dwarves Are All the Same|dwarf]] with a [[Hair-Trigger Temper]], described by the creators as being 'always one step away from and explosion of emotional rage'.
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