History Main / LittlePeopleAreSurreal

* "Your Horoscope for Today" by Music/WeirdAlYankovic foretells that people with the star sign Aries will "trade toothbrushes with an {{albino|sAreFreaks}}," among a list of other nonsensical horoscopes.

-->That is why we are ''not using midgets properly'' in this country. We have normal jobs! We should ''not'' have normal jobs, they should be ''giving'' midgets to cancer patients! "Sorry sir, we've discovered you have cancer." "Damn it!" "Here's your midget." "[[PrecisionFStrike FUCK]] [[SuddenlyShouting YEEEEAAAAHH!!!]]"

* ''Literature/MirrorMirror'' by Gregory Maguire includes an InnerMonologue by the main villain about how dwarfs tend to have an air of self-possession about them, even in the role of court jester mid-joke. Interestingly, this is used to ''increase'' the surreality of the dwarfs who ''don't''. It's so common for dwarfs to act abnormal, that the relative normalcy is what tips her off that these aren't normal dwarfs. She's just that kind of character.

** Dinklage's appearance in ''Film/{{Elf}}'' as a children's author named Miles Finch inverts this trope. Instead of highlighting the surreal nature of a situation, Miles's presence highlights just how out of touch Creator/WillFerrell's character is with [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome the real world]]. Ferrell's character Buddy was raised by ChristmasElves, so he assumes that Miles is also an elf and makes some InnocentlyInsensitive comments during a business meeting. Miles proceeds to run across the table and kick Buddy's ass in [[https://youtu.be/cQ_dL_IMPP4 a scene that you really have to see to believe]].

* The dwarfs of the VideoGame/{{Borderlands}} series are even weirder than is standard for enemies in those games.

Little people rarely ''just'' appear in fiction. They tend to show up to make sure the audience understands that a story is surreal. More often than not, they dress in overly colorful clothes, or talk in a particularly strange way, or just stare at the other characters to symbolize that someone's having a nightmare. Sometimes, they're magical. They're particularly liable to show up in a CharlieAndTheChocolateParody or OffToSeeTheWizard plot, respectively in reference to the Oompa-Loompas in ''Literature/CharlieAndTheChocolateFactory'' (especially the [[AmazingTechnicolorPopulation orange-skinned]] version in the [[Film/WillyWonkaAndTheChocolateFactory 1971 movie]]) and the Munchkins in ''Film/TheWizardOfOz''.

Little people rarely ''just'' appear in fiction. They tend to show up to make sure the audience understands that a story is surreal. More often than not, they dress in overly colorful clothes, or talk in a particularly strange way, or just stare at the other characters to symbolize that someone's having a nightmare. Sometimes, they're magical.

* WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic references this trope in his [[Recap/TheNostalgiaCriticS2E52 review]] of ''Film/ErnestSavesChristmas'' when Creator/PattyMaloney and [[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0234975/ Buddy Douglas]] appear as ChristmasElves: "We're here to shoot a Creator/DavidLynch film!" For bonus points, the Lollipop Guild song from ''Film/TheWizardOfOz'' accompanies their entrance.