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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 ''[[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.}}
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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'', ''[[Kanokon]]'' goes under the ''same'' vein.
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** 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-Heroes]]''.
* [[Marvel Comics]]
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== 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 (
{{quote|This must be what it's like for M'lord... ''all the time''.}}
* ''[[Discworld|Discworld's]]'' rather skinny Vimes and his not quite obese but extremely well-built wife Lady Sybil.
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** 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 Harrington]]'':
** Honor is 6'2" (
** Anton Zilwicki and Cathy Montaigne just keeps the proportion. He is about 5'6" (
* Holly Short and [[Artemis Fowl]]. He's a human child of just below average height, she's a metre-tall elf, making her ''slightly'' shorter than him but she's visibly muscular and he's a scrawny academic. And in the sixth book {{spoiler|she kisses him, and briefly considers becoming involved with him, but ... it's complicated.}} Of course, when (if?) he becomes an adult human, he should become much taller than her.
* The ''Garrett, P.I.'' novels' Amazonian Winger and "the Remora", her shrimp of a boyfriend/biographer.
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* 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 ''[[The Addams Family]]'', Morticia is way taller than Gomez.
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** 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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** 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
* ''[[Gunnerkrigg Court]]'' has Parley and Smitty. Take a look at the last panel of [http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/archive_page.php?comicID=789 this] strip. It's even lampshaded in [[The Rant]].
{{quote|He better start carrying a footstool around.}}
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== 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
* 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.
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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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