History PintsizedPowerhouse / AnimeAndManga

* Luffy from ''Manga/OnePiece'' is one of the shorter male humans in the series and can kick the ass of people many times his height and size and do things he damn sure shouldn't be able to do with his [[SuperStrength inhuman strength alone]]. In real life, his height is about average (172 cm), there are just [[LargeAndInCharge a lot]] of big mofos walking around the ''One Piece'' world (and that's not even counting the [[OurGiantsAreBigger giants]]) so he just is short in comparison.

** And now ''Anime/DigimonFusion'' gives us Zamielmon, an evil Digimon who's small enough to sit in someone's palm yet is strong and fast enough to give Mega level a hard time. [[spoiler: However he's actually a gigantic SizeShifter and LightningBruiser]].

* ''Franchise/DragonBall'':

** Or for that matter, [[ApocalypseMaiden Rei]] [[CloningBlues III]] who's equally as strong, if not stronger.

* ''Anime/FutureBoyConan'': Conan is an eleven year old boy who possesses incredible strength, he can knock out grown men with ease, carry large animals and adults over his head, throw large boulders, and when ten men piled up on him he easily threw them off.

** ''Anime/DigimonTamers'' has [=MarineAngemon=] -- a ''Mega'' with the size and appearance of an In-Training and an who becomes Kenta's partner right before the D-Reaper invades Japan. This tiny sea angel utilizes ThePowerOfLove for its attacks which, against a being PoweredByAForsakenChild that passed the DespairEventHorizon, ends up being a [[HeartBeatDown perfect counter]].

* ''Anime/DigimonAdventure'' gives us Gatomon -- a Champion-level Digimon with the size and appearence of a Rookie. Subverted in ''Anime/DigimonAdventure02'', in which she's reduced to Rookie-level strength by the loss of the ring on her tail.

** While Skull Satamon is not as tiny as most of these teddy-bear-and-smaller figures, he is this compared to the team, since the Champion-levels and above are usually ''huge.'' We're talking a bad guy who's twice the size of a human vs. a team of colorful {{Kaiju}}. This makes it a sight to see when he hands a CurbStompBattle to the '''combined might of the season one and two teams, including ''Imperialdramon.''''
** ''Anime/DigimonTamers'' has [=MarineAngemon=] -- a ''Mega'' with the size and appearance of an In-Training.
** And now ''Anime/DigimonFusion'' gives us Zamielmon, an evil digimon who's small enough to sit in someone's palm yet is strong and fast enough to give Mega level a hard time. [[spoiler: However he's actually a gigantic SizeShifter and LightningBruiser]].

** There's also Tsururin, who has unbelievably powerful psychic powers, such as telekinesis, which she's used on multiple occasions.

* ''Manga/AttackOnTitan''

** A certain amount of FridgeBrilliance sets in when you realize that Negi learned his martial arts from Ku Fei, herself a PintSizedPowerhouse. Due to her small stature and petite frame, Master Ku would naturally know plenty of techniques designed to fight larger opponents.
* ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion '':

* Jacuzzi Splot from ''LightNovel/{{Baccano}}'' is a pint-sized OneManArmy and a total badass...when he isn't a crying, whimpering mess in an attempt just to ''introduce himself''.

* ''Anime/Durarara!!'' Shizuo as a child qualifies, although he did suffer some consequences.

* Sagara Sousuke from ''LightNovel/FullMetalPanic'' against pretty much all of his major enemies/rivals. Every single guy he has a serious fight with is built ''much'' larger than him, [[PickOnSomeoneYourOwnSize is older]], and has a whole lot more muscle than him. However, he holds his own ''very'' well, and pretty much always wins in the end.
** The president of the Karate Club in Fumoffu seems to be even better in the martial skills, being the same age and size as Sousuke. His casually defeats multiple opponents, each one much bigger than him and sent Sousuke to the ground [[ItMakesSenseInContext without]] [[IAmNotLeftHanded his glasses]].

* Taiga Aisaka, the [[EmbarrassingNickname "Palmtop Tiger"]] from ''LightNovel/{{Toradora}}'' has violence issues, but she's probably too much of a klutz to be seriously dangerous.

* ''Webcomic/OnePunchMan'' has "Tornado of Terror" Tatsumaki. She's only about as tall as a middle schooler ( despite being 28) and is psychically powerful enough to tear a massive underground facility out of the ground and through the city above it.

** A good deal of the team's main Pokémon tend to be this (and if they're lucky, will kick the butts of their evolved forms down the line!). Of course, there's the sheer irony in Brock's [[GooGooGodlike Happiny]] being one of the physically strongest when the games have its physical Attack with the likes of Shuckle and its evolution Chansey. Misty's Psyduck can often be the most powerful member of her team [[DisabilitySuperPower if it has a headache]].

** In the first movie, Mew, a cute little guy, was able to fight his evil, intimidating clone [[BigBad Mewtwo]] to a standstill.

* ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamTheWitchFromMerury'' has Chuatury "Chuchu" Panlunch, who is 150cm tall (about 4'11"), but can cold cock a bully in one hit.

** Edward Elric is only 149 cm (4'11") at the start of the series, but don't point it out. He doesn't like [[BerserkButton to be called]] [[TheNapoleon short]]. [[IGotBigger He gets considerably taller]] after a 3-month TimeSkip in the manga and ''Brotherhood'', but is still rather short at the end of [[Anime/FullmetalAlchemist the first anime]].

** The [[Anime/FullmetalAlchemist 2003 anime's]] version of Wrath is a textbook version of this trope. Being a kid, he's even shorter than Ed, but even when low-powered on red stones he's strong enough to tear off an automail limb. When fully powered, he can punch holes in the ground, grapple with a giant monster, and generate shockwaves with his kicks. The only other homunculus capable of this kind of strength in human form is Envy.

* Chirin from Anime/RingingBell after his TrainingFromHell from the Wolf, at one point when he’s still small and has a tiny pair of horns he can now plow through trees and is seen fighting a pack of cougars and a grizzly bear and winning.

* ''Anime/YuGiOh''
** Yugi Mutou. Granted he does have an extremely powerful alter ego in his head [[spoiler: but the final episode of the series proved that he could kick ''his'' ass as well, in the most epic duel of the series.]]
** Rebecca Hawkins and Leon von Schroeder are young in age and small in stature, but don’t let that fool you: Both are highly accomplished duelists with championships under their belts, and can have pretty strong killer instincts in competitions.

* Yugi Mutou, from ''Anime/YuGiOh''. Granted he does have an extremely powerful alter ego in his head [[spoiler: but the final episode of the series proved that he could kick ''his'' ass as well, in the most epic duel of the series.]]

** And ''Anime/DigimonTamers'' takes it UpToEleven with [=MarineAngemon=] -- a ''Mega'' with the size and appearance of an In-Training.

* The titular character in Anime/FutureBoyConan is an eleven year old boy who possesses incredible strength, he can knock out grown men with ease, carry large animals and adults over his head, throw large boulders, and when ten men piled up on him he easily threw them off.
* [[DudeLooksLikeALady Nuriko]] from ''Manga/FushigiYuugi''. Justified, as Nuriko's seishi power is super strength. (Which gets TurnedUpToEleven with a pair of magic gauntlets.)

* Manga/AstroBoy, the original pint-sized powerhouse of anime.

* ''Manga/InuYasha'': Shippou is both a child and a {{kitsune}}. As a result, he is tiny, much smaller than even children of an equivalent age. Despite having no time to prepare for a set of exams he didn't even know existed, Shippou thrashed his fellow kitsune, achieving unheard of success by climbing several ranks of power within the space of a single night and going down as a legend among the other students. Although he can pale by comparison to the adults in his group, the calibre of the group he's with and the enemies they fight have ensured he's incredibly powerful by Kitsune standards.

* At [=5'2''=] and 97 lbs, Shigeo "Mob" Kageyama of ''Manga/MobPsycho100'' is tiny even by middle schooler standards; and while he's naturally [[SquishyWizard physically]] [[IllBoy frail]], he can use his telekinesis to augment his physical abilities and turn himself into a superhuman LightningBruiser who can [[https://thcf5.redgifs.com/DaringPowerfulCrane-mobile.mp4 instantly crater a man twice his size.]]

** There have been several child characters who've qualified: young Goku and Krillin, as well as Chaiotzu in the original series, young Gohan, Goten, Trunks, Gotenks, Uub and Pan in Z, and Goku again in GT.

** The 2003 anime's version of Wrath is a textbook version of this trope. Being a kid, he's even shorter than Ed, but even when low-powered on red stones he's strong enough to tear off an automail limb. When fully powered, he can punch holes in the ground, grapple with a giant monster, and generate shockwaves with his kicks. The only other homunculus capable of this kind of strength in human form is Envy.

** And now ''Anime/DigimonXrosWars'' gives us Zamielmon, an evil digimon who's small enough to sit in someone's palm yet is strong and fast enough to give Mega level a hard time. [[spoiler: However he's actually a gigantic SizeShifter and LightningBruiser]].

* Ash's Pikachu in ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}''. It can also be [[GlassCannon quite scary]] in the games when equipped with a Light Ball.

* [[OurVampiresAreDifferent Kokoa]], one of the [[TokenMiniMoe smallest girls]] in ''Manga/RosarioToVampire'' is one of the most physically powerful characters, since it's [[MusclesAreMeaningless a vampire's special power]]. However, she [[UnskilledButStrong doesn't have the fighting skills to back it up]].

** ''[[NeverMessWithGranny Genkai]]''. She's barely taller then Hiei. In her first episode, she knocks two rude and ''huge'' men into a wall just by shouting a wave of energy at them. And complains she's ''getting old'', and in her youth she would have obtained the same result by ''looking at them''. Be polite to your elders.