History Main / TinySchoolboy

* Marty [=McFly=] in the ''Film/BackToTheFuture'' trilogy is the nice guy/dorky type, portrayed by the (at least) 5'4" Creator/MichaelJFox.

The inverted DistaffCounterpart to HugeSchoolgirl. JustForFun/NotToBeConfusedWith DawsonCasting. A SisterTrope to TeensAreShort. Also see PintSizedKid for the preteen/children idea as a whole. If they're lucky, they eventually go through the IGotBigger trope.

* In ''Anime/FateZero'', Waver Velvet is all of 5'2" at ''19'', which doesn't help his inferiority complex over being a less powerful mage than most of his classmates -- even the Servant he summons suggests early on that he ask the Holy Grail to make him taller if he wants people to respect him. Fortunately for poor Waver, he does turn out to have been a late bloomer, and sometime in the ten years between ''Fate/Zero'' and ''[=Fate/StayNight=]'' he shoots up to 6'1".

** [[TheHero Makoto Naegi]] from ''VisualNovel/DanganronpaTriggerHappyHavoc'' is only 5'3, making him the shortest boy in the class. He is roughly the same height as Aoi Asahina (who is the second-shortest girl in the class after [[ShrinkingViolet Chihiro Fujisaki]]). [[spoiler:[[WholesomeCrossdresser Chihiro]] himself is also an example, being the shortest student in the class at 4'10)]].

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This is also a case of TruthInFiction as girls tend to have their growth spurths a bit earlier than boys, while the later may need to wait until mid-way through high school to catch-up to or surpass the opposite sex.

* Though only in Junior High, Haruyuki Arita, lead protagonist of ''LightNovel/AccelWorld'' stands at barely half the height of many of the other characters even at the age of 14. This, combined with his obvious weight problem, was what resulted in him being such a popular target for local bullies. Whether he'd retain this aspect when he enters High School is actually something of a minor concern for his girlfriend Kuroyukihime. This is an [[CharacterExaggeration anime-only element]] as Haruyuki is of average height in the light novel.

* ''Series/AdamTwelve'' has a two-part episode about a boy who is 14 but hadn't done much growing yet and is getting picked on at school because of it. He was acting out and getting in trouble and is sent to a police-run summer camp with Malloy as a counselor. He gets in trouble there, too, and Malloy hopes he can be steered in the right direction before he does something that lands him in juvenile hall.

** Koichi Hirose is a [[ZigZaggingTrope zigzagged]] example. Koichi's actual height is 5'2", a plausible height for a 15-year-old high schooler. However, he's always depicted as shorter than he actually is, at one point being shown to be barely taller than 11-year-old Hayato. It doesn't help that the rest of the main characters in the series usually stand at over 6 feet tall, making him look even shorter by comparison.

* Aqualad from the TV series incarnation of ''WesternAnimation/DCSuperHeroGirls'' is a high school freshman, "[[https://twitter.com/Fyre_flye/status/1195230892337188864 but one of those poor kids who's still waiting for puberty]]."

* In ''Series/EvenStevens'', Ren dates a boy in her grade and is made fun of by everyone in her class. When she asks her friends why everyone is acting strangely around her, they tell her that everyone saw her being asked out by him and cannot believe that she didn't know he was short. She tells them that she doesn't see people for their height and doubts that there's a glaring difference, but when she turns up to the date, the boy stands up to escort her, showing her that she is head ''[[UpToEleven and shoulders]]'' taller than him, making her rather embarrassed that she's unknowingly fallen into the TinyGuyHugeGirl trope, and struggles to accept this and consider going out with him ever again.

These small teenage boys (particularly in high school) are the target of bullying and teasing from other students for being below-average, (probably) struggle to find a girlfriend because many girls want a TallDarkAndHandsome boyfriend, and dread falling into the HugeGirlTinyGuy category.

* Given that HugeGirlTinyGuy is the story's core premise, ''Manga/LovelyComplex'' has two Tiny Schoolboys vying for [[HugeSchoolgirl Risa Koizumi's]] affections; the male lead, [[TheNapoleon Atsushi]] [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Otani]], and one RomanticFalseLead, [[LikesOlderWomen Kazuki]] [[SuperGullible Kohori]].

* In ''Series/EvenStevens'', Ren dates a boy in her grade and is made fun of by everyone in her class. When she asks her friends why everyone is acting strangely around her, they tell her that everyone saw her being asked out by him and cannot believe that she didn't know he was short. She tells them that she doesn't see people for their height and doubts that there's a glaring difference, but when she turns up to the date, the boy stands up to escort her, showing her that she is head ''[[UpToEleven and shoulders]]'' taller than him, making her rather embarrassed that she's unknowingly fallen into the HugeGirlTinyGuy trope, and struggles to accept this and consider going out with him ever again.

* NiceGuy Umino from ''Manga/SailorMoon''. He's slightly taller than the 145 cm Usagi... but is at least a head shorter than other male students at their school.

* ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureDiamondIsUnbreakable'' has two:

* ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'':

%%* Yuudai from ''Roleplay/BeyondDespairsBounds''.

* In ''Series/EvenStevens'', Ren dates a boy in her grade and is made fun of by everyone in her class. When she asks her friends why everyone is acting strangely around her, they tell her that everyone saw her being asked out by him and cannot believe that she didn't know he was short. She tells them that she doesn't see people for their height and doubts that there's a glaring difference, but when she turns up to the date, the boy stands up to escort her, showing her that she is head ''[[UpToEleven and shoulders]]'' taller than him, making her rather embarrassed that she's unknowingly fallen into the HugeGirlTinyGuy trope, and struggles to accept this and consider going out with him ever
again.

* In ''Series/EvenStevens'', Ren dates a boy in her grade and is made fun of by everyone in her class. When she asks her friends why everyone is acting strangely around her, they tell her that everyone saw her being asked out by him and cannot believe that she didn't know he was short. She tells them that she doesn't see people for their height and doubts that there's a glaring difference, but when she turns up to the date, the boy stands up to escort her, showing her that she is head ''[[UpToEleven and shoulders]]'' taller than him, making her rather embarrassed that she's unknowingly fallen into the HugeGirlTinyGuy trope, and struggles to accept this and consider going out with him ever again.

* The [[WordOfGod 152 cm]] Yugi Mutou from the [[Manga/YuGiOh manga]] and anime ''Anime/YuGiOh'', who's sixteen, goes to high school, and is shorter than all of his teenage friends -- even [[TheSmurfettePrinciple Anzu/Tea]]. When he becomes [[SuperpoweredEvilSide Dark Yugi]], it makes him grow, and there's a rather glaring difference, and he's nearly as tall as Jonouchi/Joey.

-->-- "School Uniforms", The Wombats

* Though only in Junior High, Haruyuki Arita, lead protagonist of ''LightNovel/AccelWorld'' stands at barely half the height of many of the other characters even at the age of 14. This, combined with his obvious weight problem, was what resulted in him being such a popular target for local bullies. Whether he'd retain this aspect when he enters High School is actually something of a minor concern for his girlfriend, Kuroyukihime. This is an [[CharacterExaggeration anime-only element]] as Haruyuki is of average height in the light novel.

* Valt from ''Anime/BeybladeBurst'' is tiny for an eleven year old. Shu and Rantaro are his age, but look older because they're quite a bit taller than Valt. While not an AttentionWhore, Valt is very [[NoInsideVoice loud]] and HotBlooded.
* ''Manga/BreakTheBorder'': Sei is 156 cm (5'1") due to being a trans boy. He's the shortest member on his all-girls basketball team, but makes up for his height with his ability and energy.

** Koichi Hirose is a [[ZigZaggingTrope zigzagged]] example. Koichi's actual height is 5'2", a plausible height for a 15-year-old highschooler. However, he's always depicted as shorter than he actually is, at one point being shown to be barely taller than 11-year-old Hayato. It doesn't help that the rest of the main characters in the series usually stand at over 6 feet tall, making him look even shorter by comparison.

* Naruto from ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' starts out like the AttentionWhore and dorky type and is shorter than his two friends. However, as an adult he's one of the tallest characters and is easily OneHeadTaller than Hinata (who was taller than him in Part 1).

* ''Anime/OuranHighSchoolHostClub'' features Honey-senpai, whose childlike appearance, stature and personality are explained as him being a leap-year baby. He is really 17, and caters to girls who are into a male {{Moe}} archetype.

* Tailchaser from ''Literature/TailchasersSong'' is a tiny adolescent cat. He gets [[MistakenAge mistaken for a five month old at nine months]]. He's also a NiceGuy and a KidHero.

* Blaine from ''Series/{{Glee}}'', which is rather glaring when he stands next to his much-taller LoveInterest Kurt, considering he's at first a MentorArchetype to him (which is a character that is usually taller than their student). Coach Sylvester sometimes points out his height in her usual FloweryInsults, and [[TheDitz Brittany]] at one point calls him a gnome. Speaking of Brittany, she and Blaine get some sweet moments with each other in the glee club and other lessons, but aren't constantly attached to each other's hip, making this a mild version of the Huge Schoolgirl befriending the Tiny Schoolboy. (You wouldn't really be able to tell because they're the same height.)

* Ben from ''WesternAnimation/Ben10'' isn't the shortest boy of his age (in some cases, he meets kids his age that are shorter than him), but when he is denied access to a water slide because he isn't tall enough, cousin Gwen laughs gleefully as she's let through with no hesitations. Ben spends most of the episode trying to sneak on the ride with his alien transformations, until the villain of the episode shows up.

* Eddy from ''WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy''. Although his height isn't really used to be insulted by the neighborhood kids (except in one of the earlier episodes where his height is a plot point), he's short-tempered and has [[DumbMuscle Ed]] and [[TheSmartGuy Edd]] as their friends/sidekicks.
* Bobby from '' WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill'' is considerably shorter than the other kids on the show, having not hit puberty yet. Part of this is because the producers didn't want to replace his [[CrossDressingVoices voice actress]], Pamela Hayden.

** Phineas, who is a {{cheerful|child}}, NiceGuy that makes wacky plans with his stepbrother Ferb to amuse themselves over the summer break. The top his head comes up to [[LoveInterest Isabella's]] eyes.

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* Though only in Junior High, Haruyuki Arita, lead protagonist of ''LightNovel/AccelWorld'' stands at barely half the height of many of the other characters even at the age of 14. This, combined with his obvious weight problem, was what resulted in him being such a popular target for local bullies. Whether he'played retain this aspect when he enters High School is actually something of a minor concern for his girlfriend, Kuroyukihime. This is an [[CharacterExaggeration anime-only element]] as Haruyuki is of average height in the light novel.
* Nagisa Shiota from ''Manga/AssassinationClassroom'' is 159 cm tall, which coupled with his [[DudeLooksLikeALady androgynous appearance]] leads some to mistake him for a girl. [[spoiler: The fact that his mother wanted to raise him as a girl may or may not have factored into this]]. [[spoiler: The WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue shows that time was not kind to him. He only grew one measly centimeter over the past seven years, leaving him only three centimeters taller than Kayano]].

* ''Manga/BreakTheBorder'': Sei is 156 cm (5'1) due to being a trans boy. He's the shortest member on his all-girls basketball team, but makes up for his height with his ability and energy.

* In ''Anime/FateZero'', Waver Velvet is all of 5'2" at ''19'', which doesn't help his inferiority complex over being a less powerful mage than most of his classmates - even the Servant he summons suggests early on that he ask the Holy Grail to make him taller if he wants people to respect him. Fortunately for poor Waver, he does turn out to have been a late bloomer, and sometime in the ten years between ''Fate/Zero'' and ''[=Fate/StayNight=]'' he shoots up to 6'1".

* Koichi Hirose from ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'' is a [[ZigZaggingTrope zigzagged]] example. Koichi's actual height is 5'2", a plausible height for a 15-year-old highschooler. However, he's always depicted as shorter than he actually is, at one point being shown to be barely taller than 11-year-old Hayato. It doesn't help that the rest of the main characters in the series usually stand at over 6 feet tall, making him look even shorter by comparison.

* An older series called "The Kabocha Wine (The Pumpkin Wine)" has a short boy named Aoba Shunsuke as its main character.

* Minoru Mineta of ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'' is ridiculously tiny, coming in at a whopping 3’6” and a half. Being a pervert, it’s perfect for staring at girls’ butt. But for things like playing an electric guitar? Nope.

* NiceGuy Umino from ''Manga/SailorMoon''. He's slightly taller than the 145 cm Usagi ... but is at least a head shorter than other male students at their school.

* The [[WordOfGod 152 cm]] Yugi Mutou from the [[Manga/YuGiOh manga]] and anime ''Anime/YuGiOh'', who's sixteen, goes to high school, and shorter than all of his teenage friends -- even [[TheSmurfettePrinciple Anzu/Tea]]. When he becomes [[SuperpoweredEvilSide Dark Yugi]], it makes him grow, and there's a rather glaring difference, and he's nearly as tall as Jonouchi/Joey.

* Harry Potter becomes slightly smaller than Hermione throughout the years that the trio hit puberty as the ''Film/HarryPotter'' series progresses because his actor Creator/DanielRadcliffe is 5'5.
* Marty [=McFly=] in the ''Film/BackToTheFuture'' trilogy is the nice guy/dorky type, portrayed by the (at least) 5'4 Creator/MichaelJFox.

* Harry Potter [[WordOfGod is said to have had]] a huge growth spurt between ''Literature/HarryPotterAndTheHalfBloodPrince'' and ''[[Literature/HarryPotterAndTheDeathlyHallows The Deathly Hallows]]'' and becomes almost as tall as (the already-tall) Ron, meaning he was probably this trope throughout his time at Hogwarts. There is a moment in ''[[Literature/HarryPotterAndTheGobletOfFire Goblet of Fire]]'' when Harry is asked out to the school dance by a variety of girls, and a taller girl who he politely rejects, despite being scared of her. Trope's possibly implied because this {{huge schoolgirl}} might want to invoke the Tiny Boy befriending the Huge Girl and doesn't care that he's a champion in the Triwizard Tournament.

* ''Series/AdamTwelve'' has a two part episode about a boy who was 14 but hadn’t done much growing yet and was getting picked on at school because of it. He was acting out and getting in trouble and was sent to a police-run summer camp with Malloy as a counselor. He gets in trouble there, too, and Malloy hopes he can be steered in the right direction before he does something that lands him in juvenile hall.

* Toby Isaacs from ''Series/{{Degrassi}}''. He is the dorky kind.
* Vinnie from ''Series/DoogieHowserMD'' was so upset by his short stature he looked into a medical procedure to try and stretch his legs.

* Yuudai from ''Roleplay/BeyondDespairsBounds''.

* Despite being [[PintSizePowerhouse one of the most skilled athletes]] around, Pablo Sanchez is consistently designed as the smallest boy in VideoGame/BackyardSports.

* Larson from ''Webcomic/VenusEnvy'' is only 5'4 due to being a UsefulNotes/{{transgender}} boy. He makes up for it in feist. The first time he meets Zoe (who is trans herself) and her date, he tries to get into a fight with them before noticing the girls are 5'10 and 5'6 respectively.

* Aqualad from the TV series incarnation of ''WesternAnimation/DCSuperHeroGirls'' is a high school freshman, "[[https://twitter.com/Fyre_flye/status/1195230892337188864 but one of those poor kids who’s still waiting for puberty]]."

* Pidge Gunderson from ''WesternAnimation/VoltronLegendaryDefender'' is dwarfed by the other MilitaryAcademy students and dropout that make up the bulk of his fellow paladins. [[spoiler:This is understandable given that [[SweetPollyOliver Katie Holt is on the petite side for a girl]] and may have falsified her age as well.]]

* The [[WordOfGod 152 cm]] Yugi Mutou from the [[Manga/YuGiOh manga]] and anime ''Anime/YuGiOh'', who's sixteen, goes to high school, and shorter than all of his teenage friends -- even [[TheSmurfettePrinciple Anzu/Tea]]. When he becomes [[SuperpoweredEvilSide Dark Yugi]], it makes him grow, and there's a rather glaring difference, and he's nearly as tall as Jonouchi/Joey.
* NiceGuy Umino from ''Manga/SailorMoon''. He's slightly taller than the 145 cm Usagi ... but is at least a head shorter than other male students at their school.
* Fuuta from ''Manga/SpiritCircle'', who has HeightAngst and hopes that the new student will be much shorter so the attention will be on someone else.
* Shinji in ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' is the shortest boy out of the teenagers we meet. The only human character that's shorter than him is the mysterious girl Rei [[WordOfGod by three centimeters]].
* Naruto from ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' starts out like the AttentionWhore and dorky type and is shorter than his two friends. However, as an adult he's one of the tallest characters and is easily OneHeadTaller than Hinata (who was taller than him in Part 1).
* Connie from ''Manga/AttackOnTitan'' is the nice guy type, even though there are technically no schools in [[CrapsackWorld their universe]]. [[spoiler:[[IGotBigger He shown to have gotten taller]] post-time skip, however]]

* Another old series called ''Manga/DashKappei'' has Kappei who plays basketball despite standing at less than one metre tall.
* ''Anime/OuranHighSchoolHostClub'' features Honey-senpai, whose childlike appearance, stature and personality are explained as him being a leap-year baby. He is really 17, and caters to girls who are into a male {{Moe}} archetype.

* Dan from ''Manga/BambooBlade'' is within the age range of most of the teenage characters, but is a head taller than the shortest girl Tamaki. Strange to some, he is the only character with a real relationship -- dating the much taller Miya.
* Though only in Junior High, Haruyuki Arita, lead protagonist of ''LightNovel/AccelWorld'' stands at barely half the height of many of the other characters even at the age of 14. This, combined with his obvious weight problem, was what resulted in him being such a popular target for local bullies. Whether he'played retain this aspect when he enters High School is actually something of a minor concern for his girlfriend, Kuroyukihime. This is an [[CharacterExaggeration anime-only element]] as Haruyuki is of average height in the light novel.
* Naota from ''Anime/{{FLCL}}'', although it's kind of justified in that he's in 6th grade before going to 7th grade at the end of the series.
* Latvia of ''Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers'' is physically 15 years old, and roughly 4'7" tall. It's implied that his small size is due to his former boss [[PsychopathicManchild Russia]]'s smothering influence leaving him unable to develop properly, as well as Russia's [[AndCallHimGeorge affectionate head pats]] ''[[BodyHorror crushing part of his spine]].''
* In ''Anime/FateZero'', Waver Velvet is all of 5'2" at ''19'', which doesn't help his inferiority complex over being a less powerful mage than most of his classmates - even the Servant he summons suggests early on that he ask the Holy Grail to make him taller if he wants people to respect him. Fortunately for poor Waver, he does turn out to have been a late bloomer, and sometime in the ten years between ''Fate/Zero'' and ''[=Fate/StayNight=]'' he shoots up to 6'1".
* Valt from ''Anime/BeybladeBurst'' is tiny for an eleven year old. Shu and Rantaro are his age, but look older because they're quite a bit taller than Valt. While not an AttentionWhore, Valt is very [[NoInsideVoice loud]] and HotBlooded.
* Ootani from ''Manga/KomorisanCantDecline'' is the shortest teenage member of the cast, which stands in contrast to the [[HugeSchoolgirl 6 foot tall Komori]]. Ironically, the first character of his name translates to "large".
* 10-year old Ash from ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'' was originally short for his age, which fit his bratty and immature personality in the Original Series. He was dwarfed by his similarly aged friend Misty. However, since his CharacterDevelopment in Hoenn, his proportions have changed so that he's almost the same height as Misty (but he's still shorter than Gary).
* Koichi Hirose from ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'' is a [[ZigZaggingTrope zigzagged]] example. Koichi's actual height is 5'2", a plausible height for a 15-year-old highschooler. However, he's always depicted as shorter than he actually is, at one point being shown to be barely taller than 11-year-old Hayato. It doesn't help that the rest of the main characters in the series usually stand at over 6 feet tall, making him look even shorter by comparison.
** Shigekiyo "Shigechi" Yangu is almost the same height as Koichi, at 157 cm or so, though his neotenous proportions make him look even shorter. What's bizarre is that Shigechi's weight is listed as 110kg, or 240 pounds, 60 pounds heavier than the 6'4" Jotaro.

* ''Manga/BreakTheBorder'': Sei is 156 cm (5'1) due to being a trans boy. He's the shortest member on his all-girls basketball team, but makes up for his height with his ability and energy.
* Given that HugeGirlTinyGuy is the story's core premise, ''Manga/LovelyComplex'' has two Tiny Schoolboys vying for [[HugeSchoolgirl Risa Koizumi's]] affections; the male lead, [[TheNapoleon Atsushi]] [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Otani]], and one RomanticFalseLead, [[LikesOlderWomen Kazuki]] [[SuperGullible Kohori]].

* Ryoma Hoshi from ''VisualNovel/DanganronpaV3KillingHarmony'' is only 3'5/105cm, and is the shortest student in the series. He has to [[ScullyBox stand on a box]] during class trials.

* Five of the boys in ''Webcomic/SWAPEnsemble'' are shorter than five feet. Patrick Tempo could be mistaken for an elementary school kid; when Claire Inez kneels down and hugs him, she nearly reaches the top of his head. Vincent Linette, who sports long hair and a bow, looks even more feminine because of his lack of stature. Harry Boisen serves as the shorter half of OneHeadTaller to Claire. Alfred Violon sits in a wheelchair. Paris Forte is probably there to fit in with the middle school kids.

* Larson from ''Webcomic/VenusEnvy'' is only 5'4 due to being a {{transgender}} boy. He makes up for it in feist. The first time he meets Zoe (who is trans herself) and her date, he tries to get into a fight with them before noticing the girls are 5'10 and 5'6 respectively.

* Naruto from ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' starts out like the AttentionWhore and dorky type and is shorter than his two friends. However, as an adult he's one of the tallest characters and is easily OneHeadTaller than his wife [[spoiler:Hinata]] (who was taller than him in Part 1).