Tiny Guy, Huge Girl: Difference between revisions

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When this trope happens, the guy might feel [[No Guy Wants an Amazon|self-conscious]] about dating a woman larger than him, or the girl might feel [[All Amazons Want Hercules|similarly insecure]] about dating a man much shorter/smaller than her (and let's not talk about if she wears ''heels''...). But in other cases, [[Statuesque Stunner|the guy will find a woman attractive not "despite" how tall she is, but partly because of it.]]

Naturally, the [[Counter Trope]] of [[Huge Guy Tiny Girl]] and [[One Head Taller]]. It may overlap with [[Hot Amazon]], [[Statuesque Stunner]], [[Amazonian Beauty]], or [[Big Beautiful Woman]]. [[Masculine Girl Feminine Boy]] is a [[Sister Trope]], and the two are often found together.

Naturally, the [[Counter Trope]] of [[Huge Guy, Tiny Girl]] and [[One Head Taller]]. It may overlap with [[Hot Amazon]], [[Statuesque Stunner]], [[Amazonian Beauty]], or [[Big Beautiful Woman]]. [[Masculine Girl, Feminine Boy]] is a [[Sister Trope]], and the two are often found together.

== 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.

* 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...]]

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** 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 [[May December Romance]] than at least a May August...Whatever The Heck Is Going On There.)

* ''[[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 [[May-December Romance]] than at least a May August...Whatever The Heck Is Going On There.)

** {{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]].

*** 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]].

** In the anime, the Nebraskas. Pa Nebraska is a tiny, ugly, ancient-looking man. His wife, Ma Nebraska, basically looks like Gofsef (the giant deformed cyborg who is so huge that Pa rides around in his pocket) with breasts and hair. Except she may be even bigger than her giant son, at least a head taller.

* ''[[Macross Frontier]]'': Michel Blanc and Kuran Kuran (often a full-sized Zentraedi). That is, if Kuran isn't Micloned. If she does, the trope is [[Huge Guy Tiny Girl]] instead, as she looks [[Really Seven Hundred Years Old|much]] [[Lolicon|smaller and younger]] than her real age.

* ''[[Macross Frontier]]'': Michel Blanc and Kuran Kuran (often a full-sized Zentraedi). That is, if Kuran isn't Micloned. If she does, the trope is [[Huge Guy, Tiny Girl]] instead, as she looks [[Really Seven Hundred Years Old|much]] [[Lolicon|smaller and younger]] than her real age.

** 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 ~~Thirty Four~~|that we know of.]]

** 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.]]

* [[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, though -- she's just ''really'' big.

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* Mizuki and Akira from ''[[Ai Ore Love Me]]''.

* Yui and Kei from ''[[Houou Gakuen Misoragumi]]''.

* Koichi and Yukako from ''[[Jo ~~Jos~~ Bizarre Adventure (Manga)|Jo Jos Bizarre Adventure]]''.

* Koichi and Yukako from ''[[Jo Jo's Bizarre Adventure (Manga)|Jo Jos Bizarre Adventure]]''.

* More-or-less every straight Edward Elric pairing is this in ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist (Manga)|Fullmetal Alchemist]]''. For most of the manga he's 4'11 - 5'2, though he outgrows it.

* Luchino from ''[[Baccano (Light Novel)|Baccano]]'' is a smallish teenage boy. [[Cool Big Sis|Aging]], on the other hand, stands well over two meters and is described as having a build like Michelangelo's David, but with breasts and 50% more muscle. Luchino barely reaches up to her chest.

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* Jason Melon and his squeeze Valerie from ''[[Back to School (Film)|Back to School]]''. She's about three inches taller than average and he's about three inches shorter than average; he practically needed to stand on his toes to kiss her.

* 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]].

* 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]]''.

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* [[Sonic the Hedgehog]] and [[Damsel in Distress|Princess Elise]] from ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog 2006 (Video Game)|Sonic the Hedgehog (2006)]]'', though any semblance of a romantic relationship [[Star Boarding|is primarily one-sided on Elise's part]].

* ''[[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.

** ''[[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 the Sacred Stones (Video Game)|The Sacred Stones]]'': Myrrh and either Saleh or Ephraim when she's in her real Dragon form. If she's not, she's the [[Token Mini Moe]] instead.

** ''[[Fire Emblem the Sacred Stones (Video Game)|The Sacred Stones]]'': Myrrh and either Saleh or Ephraim when she's in her real Dragon form. If she's not, she's the [[Token Mini-Moe]] instead.

* ''[[War Craft]]'':

** 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]].

** 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.

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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 135lbs. His [[Green Skinned Space Babe|Blue Skinned Space Babe]] [[Interspecies Romance|of a wife]] Andrah, on the other hand, is a towering 7'1" (7'8" with her [[Eighties Hair|mohawk]]). She's not just taller than him either; [[Amazonian Beauty|she's 387 lbs. of pure muscle with strength 25 times that of an average human male]]; then again, [[Author Appeal|almost]] ''[[Author Appeal|every]]'' [[Author Appeal|female]] in his comic is large-breasted and/or muscular <ref>Andrah, in fact, [[Write Who You Know|is based off an ex-girlfriend of Morrison's]], an amateur female bodybuilder who was approximately 6'2", 200lbs.</ref>) and [[Made of Iron|high resistance to injury]]. [http://www.polymer-city.com/profiles.shtml According] [http://www.gamezero.com/team-0/comics/ to] [[Word of God]], Andrah also happens to be Otto's [[Genius Bruiser|intellectual equal]] (as an esteemed mechanic with the [[Omniglot|ability to translate any written or spoken language]]), and is the 26-year-old's senior by a margin of ''[[Mayfly December Romance|217 years]]''. They are such a [[Belligerent Sexual Tension|Belligerent]] [[Moe Couplet]], it's sweet.

* 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 135lbs. His [[Green-Skinned Space Babe|Blue Skinned Space Babe]] [[Interspecies Romance|of a wife]] Andrah, on the other hand, is a towering 7'1" (7'8" with her [[Eighties Hair|mohawk]]). She's not just taller than him either; [[Amazonian Beauty|she's 387 lbs. of pure muscle with strength 25 times that of an average human male]]; then again, [[Author Appeal|almost]] ''[[Author Appeal|every]]'' [[Author Appeal|female]] in his comic is large-breasted and/or muscular <ref>Andrah, in fact, [[Write Who You Know|is based off an ex-girlfriend of Morrison's]], an amateur female bodybuilder who was approximately 6'2", 200lbs.</ref>) and [[Made of Iron|high resistance to injury]]. [http://www.polymer-city.com/profiles.shtml According] [http://www.gamezero.com/team-0/comics/ to] [[Word of God]], Andrah also happens to be Otto's [[Genius Bruiser|intellectual equal]] (as an esteemed mechanic with the [[Omniglot|ability to translate any written or spoken language]]), and is the 26-year-old's senior by a margin of ''[[Mayfly-December Romance|217 years]]''. They are such a [[Belligerent Sexual Tension|Belligerent]] [[Moe Couplet]], it's sweet.

* ''[[Gunnerkrigg Court (Webcomic)|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]].

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* ''[[Jackie Chan Adventures (Animation)|Jackie Chan Adventures]]'' has one episode where Jade becomes really big and it is ''[[The Big Guy|Tohru]]'' who looks small to her.

* [[Re Boot|Princess Bula and Specky]], but the contrast is jarring: he's as tall as her leg!

* ''[[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]].

* ''[[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]].

* ''[[Beast Machines (Animation)|Beast Machines]]'' in the case of Obsidian and Strika, and also Rattrap and Botanica.

* ''[[Animaniacs (Animation)|Animaniacs]]'':

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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 [[May December Romance|31 years younger]], for good measure.

* Dennis Kucinich is only 5'7'' (practically a midget for a politician), while his wife is 6'. She's also [[May-December Romance|31 years younger]], for good measure.

** 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.