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* In ''Film/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2014'', all of the Turtles are much larger compared to their traditional appearances, but Raphael is noticeably the bulkiest of the four.
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* [[Fanfic/DeliverUsFromEvilSeries Mortality]] [[TheLeader Watson]] is the CuteBruiser type, as well as the GentleGiant type. [[ShmuckBait Go ahead.]] [[BerserkButton Mess with]] [[LivingEmotionalCrutch his friend.]] He ''will'' [[DeadlyDoctor cause you a life of SERIOUS pain and agony]] [[BewaretheNiceOnes and not show an ounce of mercy while doing it.]]
** Mycroft is taller, but doesn't do the things Watson does.

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* [[Fanfic/DeliverUsFromEvilSeries Mortality]] [[TheLeader Watson]] is the CuteBruiser type, as well as the GentleGiant (that shouldn't be [[BewaretheNiceOnes pissed off]] type. [[ShmuckBait Go ahead.]] [[BerserkButton Mess with]] [[LivingEmotionalCrutch his friend.]] He ''will'' [[DeadlyDoctor cause you a life of SERIOUS pain and agony]] [[BewaretheNiceOnes and not show an ounce of mercy while doing it.]]
]] [[OhCrap Uh-oh.]] Basically, you're dealing with someone who's [[NightmareFuel ruthless if you mess with his friend.]]
** Mycroft is taller, but doesn't do the things Watson does.does, though he is loyal.
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If it's a two-person duo, they could double as TheLancer.
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* [[Fanfic/DeliverUsFromEvilSeries Mortality]] [[TheLeader Watson]] is the CuteBruiser type, as well as the GentleGiant type. [[ShmuckBaitGo ahead.]] [[BerserkButton Mess with]] [[LivingEmotionalCrutch his friend.]] He ''will'' [[DeadlyDoctor cause you a life of SERIOUS pain and agony]] [[BewaretheNiceOnes and not show an ounce of mercy while doing it.]]

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* [[Fanfic/DeliverUsFromEvilSeries Mortality]] [[TheLeader Watson]] is the CuteBruiser type, as well as the GentleGiant type. [[ShmuckBaitGo [[ShmuckBait Go ahead.]] [[BerserkButton Mess with]] [[LivingEmotionalCrutch his friend.]] He ''will'' [[DeadlyDoctor cause you a life of SERIOUS pain and agony]] [[BewaretheNiceOnes and not show an ounce of mercy while doing it.]]
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* [[Fanfic/DeliverUsFromEvilSeries Mortality]] Watson is the CuteBruiser type. Go ahead. Mess with his friend. He ''will'' [[DeadlyDoctor cause you a life of SERIOUS pain and agony]] [[BewaretheNiceOnes and not show an ounce of mercy while doing it.]]

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* [[Fanfic/DeliverUsFromEvilSeries Mortality]] Watson [[TheLeader Watson]] is the CuteBruiser type, as well as the GentleGiant type. Go ahead. [[ShmuckBaitGo ahead.]] [[BerserkButton Mess with with]] [[LivingEmotionalCrutch his friend. friend.]] He ''will'' [[DeadlyDoctor cause you a life of SERIOUS pain and agony]] [[BewaretheNiceOnes and not show an ounce of mercy while doing it.]]
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* [[Fanfic/DeliverUsFromEvilSeries Mortality]] Watson is the CuteBruiser type. Go ahead. Mess with his friend. He ''will'' [[DeadlyDoctor cause you a life of SERIOUS pain and agony]] [[BewaretheNiceOnes and not show an ounce of mercy while doing it.]]
** Mycroft is taller, but doesn't do the things Watson does.

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* [[Fanfic/DeliverUsFromEvilSeries *[[Fanfic/DeliverUsFromEvilSeries Mortality]] Watson is the CuteBruiser type. Go ahead. Mess with his friend. He ''will'' [[DeadlyDoctor cause you a life of SERIOUS pain and agony]] [[BewaretheNiceOnes and not show an ounce of mercy while doing it.]]
** Mycroft **Mycroft is taller, but doesn't do the things Watson does.
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*[[Fanfic/DeliverUsFromEvilSeries Mortality]] Watson is the CuteBruiser type. Go ahead. Mess with his friend. He ''will'' [[DeadlyDoctor cause you a life of SERIOUS pain and agony]] [[BewaretheNiceOnes and not show an ounce of mercy while doing it.]]
**Mycroft is taller, but doesn't do the things Watson does.
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This bandmate is rarely a woman, unless the ''[[AmazonBrigade whole team]]'' [[AmazonBrigade is women]]. The Big Girl can be classified into three subspecies:

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This bandmate is rarely More and more women are filling this role, which used to be a woman, rarity unless the ''[[AmazonBrigade whole team]]'' [[AmazonBrigade is was women]]. The Big Girl can be classified into three subspecies:
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* [[WebVideo/MatthewSantoro Matt Santoro's clone]], Big Shine. He's tough, and beats up anyone who leaves a {{troll}} comment on one of Matt's videos.

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* ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy'' has two, Class 1 Drax and Class 2 Groot.



* ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy'' has two, Class 1 Drax and Class 2 Groot.

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* ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy'' has two, Class 1 Drax and Class 2 Groot.
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* ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy'' has two, Class 1 Drax and Class 2 Groot.
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Add note about dwarves to the lead


Besides gender, the most common way to subvert the trope is when the Big Guy is actually physically short, slim, or unimposing - and yet his strength comes with [[TheDeterminator raw determination]] or intensity. (Or possibly supernatural means)

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Besides gender, the most common way to subvert the trope is when the Big Guy is actually physically short, slim, or unimposing - and yet his strength comes with [[TheDeterminator raw determination]] or intensity. (Or possibly supernatural means)
means). The Big Guy doesn't need to be physically large -- if there's a [[OurDwarvesAreAllTheSame Dwarf]] on the team, he'll usually take the role of the Big Guy.
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Remove five who are not known for their fighting. This trope isn\'t \"person X is tall\", this is \"person X is the combat/brute force specialist on the team\"


* Former MLB pitcher, Randy Johnson, was nicknamed the Big Unit. Even though he bore a striking resemblance to a beanpole, he stood 6'10'' (2.08 m). Why they couldn't pick a less suggestive nickname, no one knows.



* UsefulNotes/AbrahamLincoln was a very tall man, in fact even the tallest American president to date, even without his high hat.
* UsefulNotes/CharlesDeGaulle was also a tall man, whose length was often exaggerated in caricatures.
* Former NAVO secretary general Joseph Luns.
* Robert Wadlow, the tallest certified man in history.
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* Apollo of ''TheAuthority'', the team's calm, cheerful FlyingBrick.

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* Apollo of ''TheAuthority'', ''ComicBook/TheAuthority'', the team's calm, cheerful FlyingBrick.
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* Apollo of ''TheAuthority'', the team's calm, cheerful FlyingBrick.

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* Apollo of ''TheAuthority'', ''ComicBook/TheAuthority'', the team's calm, cheerful FlyingBrick.
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* UsefulNotes/CharlesDeGaulle was also a tall man, whose length was often exaggarated in caricatures.

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* UsefulNotes/CharlesDeGaulle was also a tall man, whose length was often exaggarated exaggerated in caricatures.
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* CharlesDeGaulle was also a tall man, whose length was often exaggarated in caricatures.

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* Robert Woodlow, the tallest certified man in history.

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* Robert Woodlow, Wadlow, the tallest certified man in history.
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* UsefulNotes/AbrahamLincoln was a very tall man, in fact even the tallest American president to date, even without his high hat.
* CharlesDeGaulle was also a tall man, whose length was often exaggarated in caricatures.
* Former NAVO secretary general Joseph Luns.
* Robert Woodlow, the tallest certified man in history.
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* Ajax slides in as a Class 2, being described as a giant of a man towering "head and shoulders" above the rest and incredibly powerful. Though he was just as intelligent as Odysseus, he would talk slowly and was quiet. At other times, however, he's busy making his own red carpet from Trojan warriors.

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* Ajax slides in as a Class 2, Ajax, being described as a giant of a man towering "head and shoulders" above the rest and incredibly powerful. Though he was just He is called the "bulwark of the Achaeans" as intelligent as Odysseus, he would talk slowly their strongest warrior and was quiet. At other times, however, he's busy making his own red carpet from Trojan warriors.second-best fighter after Achilles himself. He is never described as receiving in injury in ''Literature/TheIliad''.

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** Roadblock and Snake Eyes in ''Film/GIJoeRetaliation''.

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** * Roadblock and Snake Eyes in ''Film/GIJoeRetaliation''.


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* The Russian machinegunner in ''Film/{{Predators}}''
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** ''[[MemeticMutation For you]]''
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* Kai from RobotHolocaust is this with a bit of BarbarianHero & The Speechless.

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* About 90% of the cast in ''Webcomic/SchlockMercenary''. It is a story about mercenaries, after all.
-->'''Kevyn:''' I've also prepared for nearly every contingency by selecting the grunts with the widest possible range of potentially useful engagement skill sets.\\
'''Tagon:''' I didn't realize we had that much range among the grunts.\\
'''Kevyn:''' Mostly it boils down to 'hurting people' and 'breaking things,' but there are a lot of variations on those two themes.
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Just because Europe calls it Football doesn\'t mean it is. Damn Brits


* Most footballers in general are not shorter than 5'9' (Lionel Messi and Diego Maradona notable exceptions at 5'6' and 5'5' respectively), and yet still TheBeautifulGame has a few notable examples; such as goalkeepers Thibaut Courtois (6'6'), Petr Cech (6'4') and Costel Pantilimon (6'8'), defender Brede Hangeland (6'6') and strikers Peter Crouch, Nikola Zigic (both 6'7') and Lacina Traore (6'8').
** Pantilimon is on [[http://www.sportskeeda.com/football/top-10-tallest-footballers-in-the-world/?ref=start this list]] of the tallest footballers in the world (playing at the time the list was written). One of the tallest players mentioned (a 6'10' striker playing for a third division team in Scotland) directly caused the club he was playing for to heighten the door so he didn't injure his head.

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* Most footballers Soccer Players in general are not shorter than 5'9' (Lionel Messi and Diego Maradona notable exceptions at 5'6' and 5'5' respectively), and yet still TheBeautifulGame has a few notable examples; such as goalkeepers Thibaut Courtois (6'6'), Petr Cech (6'4') and Costel Pantilimon (6'8'), defender Brede Hangeland (6'6') and strikers Peter Crouch, Nikola Zigic (both 6'7') and Lacina Traore (6'8').
** Pantilimon is on [[http://www.sportskeeda.com/football/top-10-tallest-footballers-in-the-world/?ref=start this list]] of the tallest footballers soccer players in the world (playing at the time the list was written). One of the tallest players mentioned (a 6'10' striker playing for a third division team in Scotland) directly caused the club he was playing for to heighten the door so he didn't injure his head.
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** Colossus is the strongest member of the X-Men and his power revolves around hitting hard and shrugging off blows that could take out most other mutants.
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** In ''Film/XMenFirstClass'', despite not being the largest or physically strongest, Alex's powers are ''much'' more destructive than the other young mutants and he's far more likely to pick a fight than the more docile Hank.
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*''Franchise/{{Pokémon}}'s'' Send Your OCs fanfic, ''[[PokemonTakeTwo Pokémon: Take Two'', gives us Raion, the protagonist. She may not be anything special when it comes to Pokémon training, but has more physical strength than a ten-year-old child should.

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* Fred Dukes in ''Film/XMenOriginsWolverine''. In many ways.

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** Arclight in ''Film/XMenTheLastStand''.
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Fred Dukes in ''Film/XMenOriginsWolverine''. In many ways.
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* Fred Dukes in ''Film/XMenOriginsWolverine''.

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* Fred Dukes in ''Film/XMenOriginsWolverine''. In many ways.

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