History Main / SmallParentHugeChild

* ''Literature/{{Outlander}}'': Lord John is raising his stepson William Ransom. William is over six feet tall, towering over Lord John's own 5'6", a height which makes him shorter than average. Lord John's family is not overly surprised when they later find out that William was sired by the 6'4" Jamie Fraser.

* ''Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles'': In almost every incarnation (except the [[WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2012 2012 animated series]]), the turtles tower over their father/sensei, Splinter.

* Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles: In almost every incarnation (inverted in the [[WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2012 2012 animated series]]), the turtles tower over their father/sensei, Splinter.

* ''Anime/SpiritedAway'': Yubaba's son Boh is a massive baby, twice the height of his mother. They're ageless spirits, and he can speak in full sentences, so one could say that he's "actually" an adult who looks this way because of his immaturity and Yubaba's coddling.

* ''Anime/SpiritedAway'': Yubaba's son Boh is a massive baby twice the height of his mother. It's implied that he's actually an adult who resembles a baby due to his mother continuing to coddle him into adulthood.

* ''WesternAnimation/RiseoftheTeenageMutantNinjaTurtles'': A much more exaggerated example in this incarnation as the Splinter here is much shorter and chubbier than most of the others while his sons are very tall and large (especially Raphael).

** A more extreme example is the seven-foot behemoth Link, who towers over his father Sam. It's clear that Link takes after his mother [[NuclearNasty Dakota]].

* ''Fanfic/PokemonResetBloodlines'': As a result ot being [[AgeLift aged up to 15 years]] in the new timeline, Ash Ketchum has already outgrown his mother Delia by the time he begins his Pokémon journey. And since [[IGotBigger he comes back home with some extra muscle and height just after a few months]], we can assume this trope will be in full effect in a few years.

* ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'': Downplayed. Thelma is only a little shorter than her son Peter, though he's definitely heftier than her.

-->''"I'm at a loss for words," said Vignir.
-->"Why's that?" asked Odd.
-->"I can't believe such a puny-looking little wretch as you could be my father," said Vignir.''

* ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'': This trope applies to every hatchling belonging to a species whose size exceeds or dwarfs their parents'. For instance, the (fully-evolved) love child of HotSkittyOnWailordAction can be 200 times larger than daddy Skitty (if the mother is a Wailord) [[InvertedTrope or 200 times smaller than daddy Wailord (if the mother is a Skitty)]]. This can also be invoked by the fact that many base-evolution Pokemon can still breed, so a player can breed a base level Pokemon, then proceed to level and evolve the child instead of the parent.
** This is enforced with the Nidoran group; the second and third female forms, Nidorina and Nidoqueen, cannot breed.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheRaccoons'': Lisa is the tallest of the main raccoon characters and as a result, she towers over her parents.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Encanto}}'': Luisa, the musclebound GentleGiant with SuperStrength, towers over everyone else in the Madrigal family, and this includes her parents Julieta and Agustín.