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Men are usually bigger/taller than women, right? Well, most of the time, but there are cases in which a woman will be taller than her love interest, either because she's unusually tall or because he's unusually short. Sometimes it's both; sometimes the girl is a good deal wider than the guy as well. Generally the first example goes under [[Hot Amazon]] or a [[Statuesque Stunner]], while the second goes in [[Big Beautiful Woman]], [[Amazonian Beauty]], or [[Abhorrent Admirer]].
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* In ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory]]'', the [[Amazonian Beauty]] [[Dark-Skinned Redhead]] [[Wrench Wench]] Moira Bascht and the [[Butt Monkey]] pilot Chuck Keith end up becoming the [[Beta Couple]] (or at least are implied to do so). Moira stands head and shoulders over Keith, and is obviously more muscular then he is.▼
▲== Anime & Manga ==
* [[
▲* In ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam 0083 Stardust Memory]]'', the [[Amazonian Beauty]] [[Dark-Skinned Redhead]] [[Wrench Wench]] Moira Bascht and the [[Butt Monkey]] pilot Chuck Keith end up becoming the [[Beta Couple]] (or at least are implied to do so). Moira stands head and shoulders over Keith, and is obviously more muscular then he is.
▲* [[Dragonball|Krillin]] is noticeably shorter than his wife C-18 (who's the tallest female character in the show) and practically every other character of the series (Gohan was the same height as him when he was ''five years old'').
** Krillin's height actually changes constantly, sometimes he's as big as 5 year old Gohan, [[Dissimile|sometimes he's as big as 11 year old Gohan...]]
* Cibo and Killy of the manga series ''[[Blame]]'', with Cibo being a good deal taller than Killy. {{spoiler|At least, at first.}}
* Lampshaded in ''[[Library War]]'', in which Kasahara is noticeably taller than her love interest and superior Dojo, to his annoyance.
* The parrot in ''[[Time Bokan]]'' has a large domineering wife.
* In ''[[Super Dreadnought Girl 4946]]'', short guy Makoto Tokida ends up befriending and forming a relationship with the nearly fifty-meter tall Mana Eimiya. She insists her height is 49 metres 46 centimetres; it's important to her because ''shorter girls are cuter, right?'' There's also Kotou Akemi and [[Gender Blender Name|Isaac Montana]], who both tried to win him over Mana.
* In ''[[Shaman King]]'', Oyamada Manta's father is about his height (in the neighborhood of 80 centimeters tall); his mother, on the other hand, is of normal height (and noticeably better-looking)
* ''[[Gun X Sword]]'': A mild antagonist version; Fasalina is clearly a head and few inches taller than Michael.
* ''[[Bleach]]'': Division 10's Vice Captain Rangiku Matsumoto (172
* ''[[Claymore]]'': Riful and Dauf (Awakened form), and Clare and Raki (pre-timeskip).
* The whole premise of ''[[Lovely Complex]]'' - namely, protagonists Koizumi (171
** It's also hinted that {{spoiler|this is a case of [[Generation Xerox]], as Koizumi's grandparents were also like this... and they faced LOTS of hardships. This ''may'' explain why Koizumi's now widowed grandfather hates Otani so much - he fears that he won't be able to make Koizumi happy if they stay together.}})
* ''[[Zone of the Enders]]: Dolores, i'', in a non-romantic ([[Precocious Crush|sorta]]), platonic way: The old veteran pilot stuck together with a [[Ridiculously-Human Robots|sentient]] [[Humongous Mecha|mecha]] with a [[Genki Girl|little girl's personality]].
* ''[[One Piece]]'': Monkey D. Luffy clocks in at just over five-foot-seven. His enthusiastic admirer, the pirate empress Boa Hancock, towers over him at a statuesque ''six-foot-three''. (For bonus amusement, she's also 12 years his senior, making them if not a [[
** {{spoiler|He's now befriended Shirahoshi, the biggest mermaid alive, whose size is comparable to their ship. It has yet to be seen whether she will develop romantic feelings for him, but it's safe to say that if she does, [[Chaste Hero|they won't be reciprocated]].}}
** {{spoiler|Miss Monday and Mr 9 became an [[Official Couple]] version of this trope during the time skip; they even have a baby to seal the deal.}}
* ''[[Trigun]]'':
** Millie and either Vash or Meryl is a platonic example.
*** Vash and Wolfwood are both rather average sized. But Wolfwood with Millie becomes this trope, while Vash becomes the [[Huge Guy, Tiny Girl|Huge Guy with Meryl]].
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** Arguably, Max and Myria Jenius from [[Super Dimension Fortress Macross|the first series]], although they only encountered each other in her original size [[Capulet Counterpart|once]]... [[Rule 34|that we know of.]]
* [[Midori no Hibi|Inoue Kazurou's]] short story ''Aoi Destruction'', where the titular character is a [[Older Than They Look|38 years old]] [[Adult Child|pint]]-[[Fun Size|sized]] [[Dude Looks Like a Lady|Hot "Loli" Dad]] and his late wife was a [[The Big Guy|overwhelmingly hulking]] [[Mighty Glacier|pile of muscle]].
* [[Ponyo|Ponyo's]] parents. Her mother, Granmammare, can hold her father Fujimoto in the palm of her hand, when she's at full size. He's not particularly tiny,
** Just to make it clear, Granmammare is the OCEAN!! Fujimoto is, most likely, a regular human, or at least APPEARS to be human. Thus, it's extremely understandable that she'd be bigger than him.
* ''[[Magic Knight Rayearth]]'': Tiny [[Spirit Advisor]] Clef (who's [[Really Seven Hundred Years Old]]) and either Umi Ryuzaki or Presea {{spoiler|(add Presea's [[Backup Twin]] Sierra, if you follow the anime)}}, whether their affections for him are romantic or not (at least [[All Love Is Unrequited|onesided]] from Presea {{spoiler|and Sierra}}, Umi's case is a bit more debatable).
* ''[[Take On Me]]'' centers on Tomonori Tsuda (scrawny and about 5' 1" (156
* The [[Official Couple|main couple]] of [[Huge Schoolgirl]], Ayako, and [[Cute Shotaro Boy]], Mamoru, in ''[[Mamoru-kun Ni Megami no Shukufuku Wo]]'' is this trope. He comes a bit short of her shoulders.
** Oh, and speaking of ''Mamoru-kun ni Megami no Shukufuku wo'', ''[[
* Kaoru of ''[[Nana to Kaoru]]'' is really short and skinny, while Nana is a statuesque brunette who's two/three inches taller. One chapter shows he has to stand on tiptoe to whisper into her ear.
* From ''[[Katanagatari]]'' we have Chouchou, who is roughly the size of a child and Oshidori, who is the tallest female character.
* In ''[[Soul Eater]]'', Tsubaki is noticeably taller than her meister Black Star, and both Thompson sisters are taller than Death the Kid. The girls are also quite a bit older.
* In ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh (
** In ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! GX]]'', Napoleon (who is indeed [[The Napoleon]]) is divorced, and his ex-wife is seen only briefly in shadow during a flashback, but that alone shows she's ''much'' taller than he is.
* Pietro's parents in ''Popolocrois''. Doubles as [[Interspecies Romance]], since his [[Hot Mom]] is a dragon.
* [[Noble Demon|Hiei]] from ''[[Yu Yu Hakusho]]'' is significantly smaller than his prospective [[Love Interest]] [[Dark Action Girl|Mukuro]] with whom the [[Belligerent Sexual Tension|BST]] is very present.
* ''[[Eyeshield 21]]'': Sena's [[Not Love Interest]] Mamori is three inches taller then him.
** Sena [[Subverted Trope|considers Mamori]] [[Like Brother and Sister|as an older sister]], so it doesn't fit. Monta can be considered one, but it's one-sided.
* Makken and Leyte in ''[[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann]]''.
* Mizuki and Akira from ''[[Ai Ore Love Me]]''.
* Yui and Kei from ''[[Houou Gakuen Misoragumi]]''.
* Koichi and Yukako from ''[[
* More-or-less every straight Edward Elric pairing is this in ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist (
* Luchino from ''[[Baccano
* ''[[Steel Angel Kurumi]]'' and the 12-year old protagonist Nakahito.
* The protagonists of [[
== Comic Books ==
* [[DC Comics]]:
** [[New Gods|Scott Free]] and Big Barda. Awww, so cute.
*** Mostly in modern versions; as originally drawn by [[Jack Kirby]], Scott is just as tall as she is.
** Also with Scott Free's Manager Oberon and Fire.
** Post-''[[Zero Hour]]'' ''[[Legion of Super-Heroes]]'' had Monstress and Element Lad, which might also count as [[Beast and Beauty]] except for the fact that Monstress doesn't have a "Beast" personality.
** Nightwing and Starfire of ''[[Teen Titans (Comic Book)|Titans]]'' fame. He's only short relative to other superheroes, but ''she'' is almost two meters tall. ''More'', counting her hair.
*** They stay like this even in the animated version, where she's somewhat shorter and has normal hair.
** [[Sizeshifter
** Similarly, Andromeda and Brainiac 5 of ''[[Legion of Super
* [[Marvel Comics]]
** From the ''[[Alpha Flight]]'' series, the towering [[Nigh Invulnerability|Diamond Lil]] and average-height [[Technopath|Madison Jeffries]].
** Also from ''Alpha Flight'', when Heather Hudson briefly dated Puck, a dwarf.
** Technically, when Ant-Man shrinks down to use his [[Power Perversion Potential]].
** [[She
** [[Wolverine]] and almost any woman he dates.
* [[Harvey Comics]]
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* Avatar Comics
** Christos Gage's ''Absolution'' has Alpha, a female [[Nigh Invulnerability|Brick]], well over six feet tall and happily married to a non-metahuman man of considerably more average proportions.
* A number of ''[[Bionicle]]'' fans were hoping that Kiina and Berix would become a couple. Jossed by [[Word of God|Greg Farshtey]], since they're from [[Interspecies Romance|different species]].▼
== Film ==
* [[Who Framed Roger Rabbit?|Roger and Jessica Rabbit]]. He doesn't reach her ''waist''.
** To be fair though, her legs are [[She's Got Legs|pretty long]]
** That, and [[Species Surname|Roger's a rabbit.]]
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* In ''[[Monsters vs. Aliens]]'', Susan was 50 feet tall when she was engaged to her fiancé.
* Being the titular [[Attack of the 50 Foot Woman|50-foot woman]], Nancy Archer towers over her husband, Harry.
* From ''[[
* ''[[Julie and Julia]]'': Julia Child ([[Meryl Streep]]) and her sister ([[Glee|Jane Lynch]]) are both about 6'2" (in [[The Fifties]], where the average ''man'' ls around 5'8") and both fall for guys who are a head shorter, despite Julia's attempt at setting her sister up with a guy who's taller ("What's he like?" "He's... [[Damning With Faint Praise|tall]]"). Based on [[Real Life]].
* ''[[Avatar (
* Jason Melon and his squeeze Valerie from ''[[Back to School (
* Donkey and the Dragon from ''[[Shrek]]''
* Lux and Nim in ''[[Dungeons and Dragons: Wrath of The Dragon God]]''. They're not exactly an item, per se, but they do get several instances of [[Ship Tease|Ship Teasing]].
* ''[[Ella Enchanted]]'' has Slannen the elf falling in love with Brumhilda the giant.
* Seymour and Audrey, from ''[[Little Shop of Horrors]]''.
* Referenced in ''[[
* Long Duk Dong and Marlene in ''[[Sixteen Candles]]''.
* Kurd and Big Girl in ''Take the Lead''.
* Norbit
* Mr. and Mrs. Turnblad in ''[[Hairspray]]''. Admittedly, the mother is played by a man in drag, but it's played straight in both movies and the theatre adaptation.
* ''[[
* Hyacinth Hippo and Ben Ali Gator on the "Dance of the Hours" segment of ''[[Fantasia]]''.
* Ted and Audrey from ''[[The Lorax (
* The short gaunt Kyle and amazonian BBW Rhonda in ''[[Road Trip]]''.
* In the opening sequence of ''[[The Triplets of Belleville]]'', the audience consists ''entirely'' of tiny men and their enormous wives.
* Mr. and Mrs. Wormwood in ''[[Matilda (
▲== Fan Fiction ==
▲* A number of ''[[Bionicle]]'' fans were hoping that Kiina and Berix would become a couple. Jossed by [[Word of God|Greg Farshtey]], since they're from [[Interspecies Romance|different species]].
== Literature ==
* [[Harry Potter|Hagrid's]] parents are a normal-sized wizard and a giant woman. How, you ask? [[Incredibly Lame Pun|A Wizard Did It!]]
* [[Lois McMaster Bujold|Miles Vorkosigan]] and... okay, the only adult woman in his life that was not at least [[One Head Taller]] than his own four-foot-ten-on-a-good-day (
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* ''[[Discworld|Discworld's]]'' rather skinny Vimes and his not quite obese but extremely well-built wife Lady Sybil.
** Also, in ''Thud!'', pipsqueak Nobby Nobbs dates six-foot stripper Tawneee.
** In the ''[[Discworld]]'', we meet greengrocer Arthur Winkling and his wife, a man suffering from late-onset vampirism who is a [[Henpecked Husband]] to his domineering human wife, who expressly forbids him from doing all that business with flighty young women in underwired nightdresses who are no better than they should be. A subversion and a [[Shout-Out]] to Gomez and Morticia Addams.
* From ''[[
** Honor is 6'2" (
** Anton Zilwicki and Cathy Montaigne just keeps the proportion. He is about 5'6" (
* Holly Short and [[
* The ''Garrett, P.I.'' novels' Amazonian Winger and "the Remora", her shrimp of a boyfriend/biographer.
* Mr. and Mrs. Wormwood of ''[[Matilda (
* ''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]'': Jaime's aunt Genna, who is huge in every way, and her husband Emmon Frey, a little wisp of a man.
** [[Brawn Hilda|Brienne]] is in love with Lord/Kind Renly, and is taller than most men (though equal in height to Jaime, with whom she has plenty of [[Ship Tease|Ship Teasing]]. She suffers a lot of [[No Guy Wants an Amazon]] within the books, though her main problem with Renly was their [[Incompatible Orientation]].
* The children's book ''Tiny and Mister Bigman'', Tiny is the definition of [[Hot Amazon]], 6'5" strong as an ox Jamaican woman with a voice like a hurricane that [[No Guy Wants an Amazon|unintentionally frightens all the men on the island]] and Mister Bigman is a 5'4" scrawny almost deaf white man on vacation from somewhere. They fall in love almost the moment they meet.
* In John Crowley's ''Little, Big'', Smoky Barnable, height unspecified but described as short, marries Daily Alice Drinkwater (over 6 feet). Toward the end of the story, though, the size disparity becomes ... much larger.
* In ''[[Sewer, Gas
* Sera Vorder and Francis Love Skelbrooke from ''Goblin Moon'' and ''The Gnome's Engine''. She's so tall and sturdy that she's embarassed about it, he's petite {{spoiler|due to faerie blood}} and (deceptively) delicate-looking.
* The [[Myth Adventures]] books imply that Aahz and Tananda had a fling in the past. Tananda is tall enough to have subjected Skeeve to [[Marshmallow Hell]] in the graphic novel of ''Another Fine Myth'', and Aahz is shorter than Skeeve.
* In the [[Doctor Who]] [[Eighth Doctor Adventures]] book ''Vanishing Point'', Fitz's [[Girl of the Week]] is at least 6'6" (and extremely [[Moe]]
* Physically, Henry and Eva [[Wilt]] also fit the
* ''[[Anonymous Rex]]'' - Vincent, a velociraptor, is naturally much smaller than his friend and colleague, Glenda, a hadrosaur. At one point, Vincent steps onto Glenda's shoulders to reach a high drainpipe, noting that he felt "like a young son sitting on his mother's shoulders to watch a parade."
== Live Action TV ==
* ''[[Survivor|Survivor: Gabon]]'': Ken is the shortest, skinniest guy on the show, while his chief ally, Crystal, stands 6'3" (
* ''[[NCIS]]'': When Abby dates a fellow scientist who is a little person. Abby being Abby, there's no indication she even notices his height until he dumps her for being too tall (an unfortunate development due to the death of the actor).
* On ''[[
* ''[[That '70s Show]]'' has two couples like this: Eric and Donna (who are also a subversion: they're actually about the same height, but Donna is ''way'' stronger), then Fez and [[Huge Schoolgirl|Big Rhonda]].
** In a [[What If]] episode, Eric's Guardian Angel(played by Wayne Knight) shows Eric what his future would be like if he had never dated Donna. In said future, he actually ends up marrying Big Rhonda whose gotten a lot bigger, more homely and quite abusive.
* ''[[
* C.J. Cregg (played by the ridiculously tall [[Allison Janney]]) and Danny Concannon (who's just about normal height) on ''[[The West Wing]]''. [[Lampshade Hanging|Lampshaded]] with C.J. and her [[Temporary Love Interest]] Agent Simon Donovan (played by [[NCIS|Mark Harmon]]) when C.J. remarks that she really likes how tall Donovan is because "it makes [her] feel more feminine."
* Invoked on ''[[Whose Line Is It Anyway?]]'', with Wayne Brady, shortest of the players but highly agile, singing to... [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jCIak-w0DOc a female bodybuilder.] They're actually about the same height, and she IS wearing heels but... she's a BODYBUILDER.
** In another episode, during a playing of Greatest Hits about ''[[Xena: Warrior Princess]]'', Wayne and Chip Esten have to sing a song called "Huge Women, Puny Men."
* Played straight on ''[[Hannah Montana]]'', when Miley ends up on a date with Oliver's friend Connor, who is noticeably shorter.
* For a short time there on ''[[The Wonder Years]]'', thanks to the vagaries of puberty, Winnie was significantly taller than Kevin.
* Charlie and Amita in ''[[Numb3rs]]''.
* In ''[[
* ''[[
* [[The Muppet Show|Kermit the Frog and Miss Piggy]] exaggerate the trope by playing on her temper (made scarier by her size) and his meekness (made funnier by his size).
* Davy and the beautiful, tall laundromat owner in ''[[The Monkees]]'' episode "Monkees Get Out More Dirt".
* In ''[[Working Class]]'', Carli (played by Melissa Peterman, 5'10") gets an internet date (played by David Faustino, 5'3") to go to her boss's housewarming party with her. Numerous height jokes ensue.
* Gaius Baltar and Six in the re-imagined ''[[Battlestar Galactica
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== Video Games ==
* ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]:''
** Peach is visibly (at least) a head taller than Mario, even with a Super Mushroom, mostly because Mario is shorter than average. Perhaps one of the most famous examples in all media aside from Boris and Natasha. But this is somewhat a played with trope in this case since in overall size, Mario is much bigger due to his stocky build and strong enough to throw heavy objects and enemies with ease, while Peach is slim, dainty, and feminine. However, it's still this trope at the core since anytime they're together, she puts her arm around him and when they kiss, she bends down to kiss her heroic plumber.
** Sometimes with his brother Luigi, he alternates between being her size or shorter.
** Oh, and [[Captain Obvious|the page picture is of Mario kissing Peach]]. Imagine [[Marshmallow Hell|where Mario's face would be]] if he had not been standing on those books.
** Sometimes they like to [
** Princess Daisy is more or less the same height as Peach. Rosalina on the other hand, is much taller (she is approximately the same height as Waluigi). Even more so with Rosalina, who was seen as a giant at the end of both ''Galaxy'' games, and the ''[[Mario Kart]]'' series games classes her as a heavyweight despite her slender [[Princess Classic]] type delicate build.
** Mario's ex-girlfriend Pauline is even taller than Peach, something emphasized in ''[[Super Mario Odyssey]]''.
* In ''Metal Combat'' (the sequel to ''[[Battle Clash]]''), the alien Zephyr has a huge and hideous wife named Pamela who is a good deal taller and wider then him. Even her mech is huge!
* [[The Napoleon|Shoma]] and [[Huge Schoolgirl|Natsu]] from ''[[
* [[Sonic the Hedgehog]] and [[Damsel in Distress|Princess Elise]] from ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog (2006
* ''[[Fire Emblem]]'':
** ''[[Fire Emblem Elibe|The Blazing Sword]]'': {{spoiler|Ninian}} and either {{spoiler|Hawkeye}} (platonic) or {{spoiler|Eliwood}} (romantic), as she's a ''[[Our Dragons Are Different|literal dragon]]'' (okay, [[Half-Human Hybrid|half-dragon]]). It only happens once, however, and involuntarily at that.
*** Also, {{spoiler|Ninian (and Nils)'s parents. The mom was Aenir, a dragon woman; the dad was... Nergal, then a normal shuman shaman, and later the [[Archnemesis Dad]].}}
** ''[[Fire Emblem Elibe|The Sword of Seals]]'': Fa and almost any male, but specially Elphin and Roy. Again, when she's in Dragon form.
** ''[[Fire Emblem:
* ''[[
** Handsome stag/centaur Zaetar had relations with the four armed, three faced, giant stoney [[Cosmic Horror]] that is Princess Theradras. This also counts as an inversion of [[Ugly Guy, Hot Wife]].
** Alexstrasza and Korialstrasz/Krasus. Although they're pretty close in height in humanoid form (him being about a head taller), in dragon form she's at least twice his size.
** The Wobblesprockets: Marvin, a gnome, and Tamara, a human.
* Taupy from ''[[Sands of Destruction]]'' is a midget bearfolk who looks like an adorable pirate teddy bear. His wife Muffy also looks like a teddy bear, but is nearly two stories tall and gets summoned to ''[[Fastball Special|throw]]'' her husband at the enemy for his [[Limit Break]].
* The entire Zuul species from ''[[Sword of the Stars]]''. The top end of average height for male Zuul is 25
** Also, the Morrigi, as the males are small eastern dragon creatures with psychic glamour and the ladies are huge western dragons with the ability to terrorize foes with their version of psychic powers.
* In ''[[Dragon Age]]'', romancing Leliana or Morrigan with a dwarf. Though in the romance scenes, the dwarf [[Scully Box|is taller]].
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** A female PC romancing Zevran also accounts, seeing as elves are shorter than humans. Even in the sequel, where elves are generally taller, Fenris seems smaller than a female Hawke (and Isabela, his potential sex-buddy), perhaps because he's both skinny and slouches a lot.
* An odd example between [[Jak and Daxter|Daxter and Tess]], considering that Daxter's not human. Although he [[Baleful Polymorph|used to be]]. {{spoiler|[[Jerkass Genie|Creative wish-granting]] on behalf of some [[Sufficiently Advanced Aliens|Sufficiently Advanced]] [[Precursors]] evened things out, though.}}
* Torahime and Kisuke from ''[[Muramasa:
* The [[Love Interest]] of ''[[Alundra 2:
* Nehema and Zee Tee in the good ending of [[Eversion]]
* [[Ratchet and Clank|Ratchet]] is shorter than each of his [[Girl of the Week|Girls of the Week]] (by variable amounts: maybe an inch or two shorter than Sasha, [[One Head Taller|One Head Shorter]] than Talwyn, and ''at least'' a foot shorter than Angela) -- This has less to do with [[Interspecies Romance]] than it does with Ratchet being just plain short. Additionally Dr. Nefarious [[Unholy Matrimony|gets into a fling with the utterly massive Cassiopeia.]]
* While most of the Princesses in ''[[Little
* The protagonist of ''[[Menace Beach]]'' and his girlfriend.
* Ayla and Kino in ''[[
* The [[Our Elves Are Better|wood elves]] in ''[[The Elder Scrolls]]''.
** Seeing as [[Skyrim]] introduced romance options, you can now have this, mostly if you player as a taller race (especially a female High Elf) and marry someone from a smaller race (such as a Breton).
* The Harvest Goddess in ''[[Harvest Moon]]'' animal parade [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ESevObTPbU towers over the protagonist]. In Harvest Moon Island of Happiness, the extremly short chef Pierre is able to [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qiv8ca03s4A be married by female players].
* From ''[[Ar Tonelico
* Nythera's parents in ''[[
* Flonne at 5'2" from the ''[[Disgaea]]'' series towers above the 4'3" Laharl, according to the supplementary artbook; Etna is also about five inches taller than him. This doesn't really come across in the game proper very well, because almost all the cutscene portraits and character sprites are the same size. [http://danbooru.donmai.us/post/show/956928/absurdres-angel-blonde_hair-blue_hair-demon-disgae Some official art] does show this though.
* [[Fable]]. In the second game investing in Strength will give you muscles, while investing in Skill gives you height, meaning than a female character can potentially end up much taller and more burly than a husband. There is also a far bit of fan art with [[Brawn Hilda|Hammer]] and [[Squishy Wizard|Garth]] that strongly features this trope. In the third game, the Princess is taller than almost everyone else from the outset, possibly because of her Heroic bloodlines).
* [[
==
* In ''[[DMFA]]'' - Jyrras' parents: His father (a kangaroo rat) is about a third the size of his mother (a kangaroo). They met after the agency they had placed personals with [http://www.missmab.com/Comics/Vol_328.php got the species mixed up.]
* Crimeny and Fuschia in ''[[Sinfest]]''. He's barely up to her waist.
** Slick and 'Nique, too. Actually, [[Man Child|most of the male characters]] would end up fitting this trope if they had love interests...
* ''[[Haru-Sari]]'' June is quite tall, while Chi-Min is short due to being an elf, which means he is permanently stuck in a prepubescent body.
* Chris Morrison's ''[http://www.polymer-city.com/ Polymer City Chronicles]''. Dr. Otto Bonn, PhD is a scrawny man at 5 feet, 8 inches and
* ''[[
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** Also, we have [http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/archive_page.php?comicID=861 Lindsey] and [http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/archive_page.php?comicID=908 Bud].
* ''[[Wapsi Square]]'' has [http://wapsisquare.com/comic/05262003/ Owen and Lakshmi.]
* The eponymous [[Hot Amazon]] Of ''[[The Challenges of Zona]]'' makes her reasonably normal-sized boyfriend Mentl look like a freaky little midget by comparison.
* ''[[
* In ''[[The Order of the Stick
* The hyenas in ''[[
* In ''[[Law of Purple]]'' you have Memphis, who is a notably short human man, paired up with Sabre, the much taller than him Caligulan elf chick.
* ''[[A Loonatics Tale
* ''[[Sweet Bro and Hella Jeff]]'': The beautiful wonan whom they both once dated at Subway is double their height and doesn't even completely fit into the panel size ([[Stylistic Suck|intentionally of course]]).
* In
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* [[Futurama]] features the short, dumpy Hermes Conrad, and his statuesque, nearly-Amazonian wife LaBarbara.
* One [[DCAU]] episode featured Wonder Woman and Steve Trevor, and another had the previously mentioned Scott Free and Big Barda.
* ''[[
* ''[[
* ''[[Danny Phantom]]'': Skulker and Ember as Ember is really the huge one; Skulker's real form is a tiny green ghost, but he uses a [[Monster Suit]], thus they appear to be [[Huge Guy, Tiny Girl]].
* ''[[
* ''[[
**
** For a more extreme example, there's [[Pinky and The Brain|Pinky]] and Pharfignewton - he's a mouse, [[Interspecies Romance|she's a horse.]]
* Sierra from ''[[Total Drama Island|Total Drama World Tour]]'' is the tallest female contestant and has a [[Fan Girl]] crush on Cody, the shortest male contestant.
** Also [[Sassy Black Woman|LeShawna]], one of the heaviest female contestants, and [[Otaku|Harold]], the thinnest male contestant. He's taller, but the contrast between [[Big Beautiful Woman]] and [[Noodle People|Noodle Person]] is still striking.
* [[Rocky and Bullwinkle]]: Boris and Natasha. One of the most famous examples in all media along with Mario and Princess Peach.
* The Scotsman and his wife from ''[[Samurai Jack]]''. It's not that the Scotsman is tiny - in fact he's big, ugly, and strong - it's just that his wife is bigger, uglier, and far stronger!
* [[Tutenstein]]: Tut himself and Cleo Carter. Like Aang and Katara, it's because Cleo is two years older (again, kinda sorta), not to mention Tut is a shriveled mummy.
* The Disney's [[Alice in Wonderland (Disney film)|Alice in Wonderland]] has the King and Queen of Hearts. The Queen of Hearts is a huge, overbearing figure. The King of Hearts is miniscule in comparison. It is lampshaded in the introductions:
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'''Crowd:''' ''(wild cheers)''
'''The King:''' ''(clears his throat expectantly)''
'''White Rabbit:''' [[My Friends and Zoidberg|And the King.]]
'''Random voice:''' Hooray! }}
* Riff Raff and his girlfriend Cleo from ''[[
* [[The Napoleon|Lucius Heinous VII]] and [[Gold Digger|Jez]] from ''[[Jimmy Two-Shoes]]''.
* In ''[[The Angry Beavers]]'', the twist of episode 12 is that the legendary [[
* In ''[[Toy Story (franchise)|Toy Story]]'' Buzz is noticeably shorter then Jessie. It helps that they're both toys from different times and companies.
* [[Kids Next Door]], with Numbuh 3/Kuki Sanban and Numbuh 4/Wally Beatles, while Kuki is actually the youngest Operative in Sector V, Wally is the shortest, being around a head shorter than Kuki.
* Ernie Potts, the diminutive demolitions man from ''[[Hey Arnold!]]'', gets involved with his crush - a tall, full-figured (a.k.a. "Large and Lovely") model named Lola.
** [[Jerk
** One episode has a paper fortunteller predict that [[Geek|Sheena]] and [[Born Unlucky|Eugene]] will get married one day. [http://www.google.com/imgres?q=Sheena+Eugene&hl=en&biw=1440&bih=739&gbv=2&tbm=isch&tbnid=z2Omm5bThX57VM:&imgrefurl=http://membres.multimania.fr/wenstrom/hascreens/Married.html&docid=CfAUl_LybpqADM&w=288&h=256&ei=sGqGTs3KF4q4tgedrYRJ&zoom=1&iact=rc&dur=85&page=1&tbnh=120&tbnw=135&start=0&ndsp=32&ved=1t:429,r:8,s:0&tx=83&ty=107 Note the height difference]. He wouldn't even reach her shoulder if his head wasn't so weirdly shaped!
* ''[[American Dragon: Jake Long]]'': Jake and Rose.
* Mr. and Mrs. Brinks from ''[[Angela Anaconda]]''
* Most of Rocko's [[Love Interests]] and dates from ''[[Rocko's Modern Life]]'', with the exception of Claudette (also a wallaby). In fact, the most we ever see of Rocko's primary crush Melba is her legs.
* [[Eek!
* In the ''[[Harley Quinn]]'' cartoon, Dr. Psycho - a [[Depraved Dwarf]] - seems to have a fetish of sorts involving women much larger than he is. He brainwashed [[Hot Amazon|Giganta]] into marrying him and even sired a son before the brainwashing wore off and she left him. (Poison Ivy asks him in one episode [[Improbable Species Compatibility| how it was even possible]].) In a later episode, Poison Ivy drinks some forumula that makes her grow to giant size, and Psycho quickly starts gawking at her.
* In ''[[SpongeBob SquarePants]]'' episode "My Leg!" it is strongly hinted that one reason Fred keeps hurting his leg is because he's in love with a nurse at the hospital, who turns out to be a huge, muscular woman about twice his size.
* In ''[[The Simpsons (animation)|The Simpsons]]'', Krusty's sidekick Sideshow Mel is a short guy, whose wife (possibly ex-wife) Barbara is much taller than he is.
== Real Life ==
* This is, as you might expect, [[Fetish Fuel]] for some people. [[I Thought It Meant|This is not related to]] (but still can cross over with) giantism related fetishes. Even if the girl's not bigger, many of these guys like it when a girl can kick their butts.
** There's also an interesting variation. Some men and women like to have ONLY the height and things related to height (such as who puts their arm around who) defy stereotypes and gender roles while preserving traditional dimorphism aspects otherwise, such as a 6'0" 260
** This is called [[w:Macrophilia|macrophilia]], although [[Rule 34| in some artwork the size]] difference [[Improbable Species Compatibility| borders on - or crosses over into - impossible.]]
* Sophie Dahl and Jamie Cullum.
* [[Tom Cruise]] and either [[Nicole Kidman]] or Katie Holmes. Both are taller than ''he'' is. Of course, being taller than Tom Cruise isn't exactly that impressive, but still.
** Nicole appearing on ''[[Late Night]] With [[David Letterman]]'' right after their divorce:
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* Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy and his wife, Carla Bruni-Sarkozy.
* Frequently happens in middle schools, because girls start puberty earlier on average, while most boys haven't.
* Dennis Kucinich is only 5'7'' (practically a midget for a politician), while his wife is 6'. She's also [[
** In Europe apparently they don't care as much. Silvio Berlusconi (Prime Minister of Italy), Nicholas Sarkozy (President of France), Dimitry Medelev (President of the Russian Federation) and Vladimir Putin (Prime Minister of the Russian Federation) are around 5'4"/5'5". For Sarkozy his height is a [[Berserk Button]].
* While the female anglerfish is the one that typifies the species in terms of size and appearance, the male is a shrimp of a fish less than one-tenth of her size that ends up fusing with the female to become a mere sperm-producing appendage.
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* There are many non-human examples, including most birds of prey and many snakes; a female python or viper is usually longer and heavier than a male of the same species.
* Sonny and Cher
* Limbless Nick Vujicic married her fiancé, Kanae Miyahara on February
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