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* Ironically (because she otherwise embodies so many ''Russian'' [[National Stereotypes]]), Katyusha of ''[[Girls und Panzer]]'' is extremely sensitive about her height.

 

* The Big Figure, the dwarf kingpin in ''[[Watchmen]]''. Rorschach is also a small man who wears lifts in his shoes while in costume to appear taller.

* ''[[Fantastic Four]]'' villain, the Mole Man is a short guy who rules Monster Island, where most residents are [[Kaiju]]-size.

* In ''[[Love and Rockets]]'', Carmen is very small and extremely aggressive, though she isn't as nasty as many examples on this page.

* Despite what Hugh Jackman's portrayal may have you believe, [[Wolverine]] is 5'3" and has a legendary temper and mean streak.

* Joe Dalton in ''[[Lucky Luke]]''. While his height isn't a problem for him, he is described as a "hysterical midget" and lives up to that description.

* Similarly, [[Iznogoud]]. Both characters' jumping up and down in rage would be a lot less funny if they were taller.

* Jose of ''[[Cybersix]]'', the bratty, bossy son and second-in-command of [[Big Bad|Von Reichter]]. The only thing shorter than him is his temper.

* ''Ivy the Terrible'' from ''[[The Beano]]'' is a short agressive pre-school aged child. Who ocassionally seems to be more agressive and destructive than some of the [[Dennis the Menace UK|older and larger characters]] in the comic.

 

== Films -- Animation ==

* [[Big Bad|Mr.]] [[Jerkass|Sykes]] from ''[[Shark Tale]]''. He a short-temperd pufferfish who rules the Whale-Wash with henchmen [[Adult Child|Ernie & Bernie]].

* Yao from ''[[Mulan]]'' is one of the more fierce and [[Blood Knight]] -ish soldiers on the heroes side... and is also the shortest of them.

 

== Films -- Live-Action ==

* Kevin Hart's character in [[Think Like A Man]], when confronted with a very tall man who wants to play on the basketball court that he and his friends were just about done with, refused to give it up and instead challenged the man and his equally tall friends to play him and his friends for the right to use the court. Kevin and friends lost really badly.

* Ottilio Panza, an assassin in ''[[The Boondock Saints]] II'', wears elevator shoes. He also lies down next to his victims after killing them, comparing his height with theirs.

 

== Literature ==

* ''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]].

 

== Live-Action TV ==

{{quote|'''Kermit:''' Who else do you handle? Rich ''Little''? Tiny Tim?

'''Irving:''' I wouldn't handle ''you'' pal, I'd get ''warts''!}}

 

== Sports ==

* The Quarterback gives orders to the offensive line in a football game, and is generally expected to by smaller and more spry than the other players. Conversely, telling a large person they'd be good at blocking carries the [[Unfortunate Implications]] of calling them a [[Dumb Muscle|Meat Shield]]. However, this is a relative measurement as most quarterbacks are at least 6 feet tall as a requirement if only to to see over the heads of the offensive line and to thrown 'down' at the smaller wide receivers. As far as blocking, it's harder than it looks and it's an vital part of any offense, if no where near as glamourous as other positions.

* In international football (soccer), quite a number of the truly great centre forwards were of below-average height with a somewhat squat figure that belied their talent for explosive speed and ability to jump higher than taller defenders to head a ball. Good cases in point were Ferenc Puskas of Hungary, and Uwe Seeler (known to his teammates as "Dicker" = "fat one") and Gerd Müller (fondly known as "kleines dickes Müller" = "little fat Müller") of West Germany.

 

== Tabletop Games ==

* In the ''[[BattleTech]]'' universe, Victor Steiner-Davion may be the most obvious example (mostly because he regularly gets accused of this by his detractors). In reality, he's not overly sensitive about his height... but he ''is'' physically short, has to live up to being the firstborn son of two of the most famous and popular rulers in the recent history of the Inner Sphere, and doesn't suffer fools gladly, so, close enough.

 

== Theater ==

* Hermia in ''[[A Midsummer Night's Dream]]'' seems to have this as her [[Berserk Button]]. Sure, she's angry because she thinks Helena stole her boyfriend, but what ''really'' gets her riled are the short jokes.

 

== Video Games ==

* ''[[Fate/stay night]]'': Even though he doesn't really fit this trope in terms of personality (or height for that matter), Shirou seems to be quite conscious about being "too short," even though he's actually normal height. It seems like he'll eventually go through an [[Future Badass|insane growth spurt]], but chances are that this spurt is of unnatural causes.

* Reo from the [[Hentai]] [[Girls Love]] [[Visual Novel]] ''[[Sono Hanabira ni Kuchizuke wo]]''. Also a [[Tsundere]].

 

== Web Animation ==

* Strong Bad from ''[[Homestar Runner]]'', even though he's really the second shortest character and of course the shortest is The Cheat, his [[Non-Human Sidekick]].

* Paul Hammerbro from ''[[Bowser's Kingdom]]''. The only one shorter than him is Jeff and Paul has a temper to match.

 

== Web Comics ==

* 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'.

 

== Web Original ==

* [[The Nostalgia Chick]], scary-tempered sociopath that she is, gets fairly insecure about being the shortest on [[That Guy With The Glasses]] and wears high heeled boots everywhere to combat it.

 

== Western Animation ==

* Bart Simpson in ''[[The Simpsons (animation)|The Simpsons]]'' episode "Radioactive Man", in an attempt to get the part for Fallout Boy for the titular film being made, did several things indicative of the trope, including wearing elevator shoes, wearing a pin-stripe suit with vertical lines, and having a chihuahua as a scale for comparison. He ultimately doesn't get the part only because he was still a few inches too short. Milhouse got the part instead.

* The titular character of [[Dan Vs.]].

 

== Real Life ==