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** Alice read Bob's reported height of eight Feet as English Feet, not the smaller-per-unit Ruritanian Feet.
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** [[UnitConfusion Alice read Bob's reported height of eight Feet as English Feet, not the smaller-per-unit Ruritanian Feet.Feet]].
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* '''Justified''': The stories surrounding Bob always make the claim he is eight feet tall so naturally, Alice expected someone that big.
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* '''Justified''': '''Justified''':
** The stories surrounding Bob always make the claim he is eight feet tall so naturally, Alice expected someone that big.
** The stories surrounding Bob always make the claim he is eight feet tall so naturally, Alice expected someone that big.
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** Alice read Bob's reported height of eight Feet as English Feet, not the smaller-per-unit Ruritanian Feet.
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** In Alice's culture, being tall is associated with being powerful/badass.
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** Bob is NakedOnArrival during his first encounter with Alice. She glances down and utters in a disgruntled tone that she [[TeenyWeenie expected]] ''[[TeenyWeenie it]]'' [[TeenyWeenie to be bigger]].
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** Bob is NakedOnArrival during his first encounter with Alice. She glances down and utters in a disgruntled tone that she [[TeenyWeenie "[[TeenyWeenie expected]] ''[[TeenyWeenie it]]'' [[TeenyWeenie to be bigger]].bigger]]".
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** When Bob meets Alice, he is somehow NakedOnArrival. [[AllWomenAreLustful Alice]] glances down and admits she [[TeenyWeenie expected]] ''[[TeenyWeenie it]]'' [[TeenyWeenie to be bigger]].
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** When Bob meets Alice, he is somehow NakedOnArrival. [[AllWomenAreLustful Alice]] NakedOnArrival during his first encounter with Alice. She glances down and admits utters in a disgruntled tone that she [[TeenyWeenie expected]] ''[[TeenyWeenie it]]'' [[TeenyWeenie to be bigger]].
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* '''Straight''': Alice meets Bob and expected a taller person due to Bob's reputation as a BadAss.
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* '''Straight''': Alice meets Bob and expected a taller person due to Bob's reputation as a BadAss.badass.
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** When Bob meets Alice, he is somehow NakedOnArrival. Alice glances down and admits she [[TeenyWeenie expected]] ''[[TeenyWeenie it]]'' [[TeenyWeenie to be bigger]].
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** When Bob meets Alice, he is somehow NakedOnArrival. Alice [[AllWomenAreLustful Alice]] glances down and admits she [[TeenyWeenie expected]] ''[[TeenyWeenie it]]'' [[TeenyWeenie to be bigger]].
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* '''Subverted''': Bob is not that tall and asks if she expected someone bigger. Alice mentions she never thought much about his height.
* '''Double Subverted''': It turns out, Alice really was expecting someone taller but was just being polite.
* '''Double Subverted''': It turns out, Alice really was expecting someone taller but was just being polite.
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* '''Subverted''': '''Subverted''':
** Bob is not that tall and asks if she expected someone bigger. Alice mentions she never thought much about his height.
** Bob is leaning to one side, not standing up at his full height, when Alice meets him.
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** It turns out, Alice really was expecting someone taller but was just beingpolite.polite.
** When he stands up straight, Bob is still not particularly tall.
** Bob is not that tall and asks if she expected someone bigger. Alice mentions she never thought much about his height.
** Bob is leaning to one side, not standing up at his full height, when Alice meets him.
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** It turns out, Alice really was expecting someone taller but was just being
** When he stands up straight, Bob is still not particularly tall.
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* '''Implied''': Alice meets Bob and sizes him up then sighs to herself, seemingly disappointed but never says anything.
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* '''Implied''': Alice meets Bob and sizes him up then sighs to herself, seemingly disappointed but never says anything.
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* '''Parodied''': When Bob meets Alice, he is somehow NakedOnArrival. Alice glances down and admits she [[TeenyWeenie expected ''it'' to be bigger]].
* '''Zig Zagged''': Bob is the BigBad and Alice is scared of meeting him, envisioning a hulking brute. She ends up meeting a person she thinks is Bob and is relieved to find he isn't as big as she expected. She quickly learns that she just met TheDragon and [[OhCrap the real Bob is much, much larger than even her wildest fantasies.]]
* '''Zig Zagged''': Bob is the BigBad and Alice is scared of meeting him, envisioning a hulking brute. She ends up meeting a person she thinks is Bob and is relieved to find he isn't as big as she expected. She quickly learns that she just met TheDragon and [[OhCrap the real Bob is much, much larger than even her wildest fantasies.]]
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* '''Parodied''': '''Parodied''':
** Bob is seven feet tall, but Alice expected someone who was seven-foot-''one-inch''.
** When Bob meets Alice, he is somehow NakedOnArrival. Alice glances down and admits she [[TeenyWeenieexpected ''it'' expected]] ''[[TeenyWeenie it]]'' [[TeenyWeenie to be bigger]].
* '''Zig Zagged''': Bob is the BigBad and Alice is scared of meeting him, envisioning a hulking brute. She ends up meeting a person she thinks is Bob and is relieved to find he isn't as big as she expected. She quickly learns that she just met TheDragon and [[OhCrap the real Bob is much, much larger than even her wildestfantasies.]]fantasies]].
** Bob is seven feet tall, but Alice expected someone who was seven-foot-''one-inch''.
** When Bob meets Alice, he is somehow NakedOnArrival. Alice glances down and admits she [[TeenyWeenie
* '''Zig Zagged''': Bob is the BigBad and Alice is scared of meeting him, envisioning a hulking brute. She ends up meeting a person she thinks is Bob and is relieved to find he isn't as big as she expected. She quickly learns that she just met TheDragon and [[OhCrap the real Bob is much, much larger than even her wildest
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** Bob's size or lack thereof, never comes up.
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** Nobody mentions Bob's size size, or lack thereof, never comes up.as the case may be.
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* '''Played For Laughs''': Bob shows up and he is massive. Alice looks up at him and mentions she expected someone a lot taller, much to everyone's dismay.
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* '''Played For Laughs''': Bob shows up and he is massive. Alice looks up at him and mentions she expected someone a lot taller, much to everyone's dismay.
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* '''Defied''': Bob tries to become or simply look taller. So he'll meet people's expectations.
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* '''Defied''': Bob tries to become or simply look taller. So taller so he'll meet people's expectations.
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* '''Defied''': ???
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* '''Defied''': ???Bob tries to become or simply look taller. So he'll meet people's expectations.
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It seemed more like an aversion than a defied trope because no character in that ex. tries prevent said trope from happening. It just doesn\'t happen.
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* '''Averted''': Bob's size or lack thereof, never comes up.
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* '''Averted''': '''Averted''':
** Bob's size or lack thereof, never comesup.up.
** Bob is every bit as tall as Alice expected.
** Bob's size or lack thereof, never comes
** Bob is every bit as tall as Alice expected.
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* '''Defied''': Bob is every bit as tall as Alice expected.
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* '''Defied''': Bob is every bit as tall as Alice expected.???
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* '''Parodied''': When Bob meets Alice, he is somehow NakedOnArrival. Alice glances down and admits she expected him to be [[TeenyWeenie bigger]].
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* '''Parodied''': When Bob meets Alice, he is somehow NakedOnArrival. Alice glances down and admits she expected him to be [[TeenyWeenie expected ''it'' to be bigger]].
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* '''Implied''': Alice meets Bob and seemingly sizes him up and sighs to herself, seemingly disappointed but never says anything.
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* '''Implied''': Alice meets Bob and seemingly sizes him up and then sighs to herself, seemingly disappointed but never says anything.
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* '''Zig Zagged''': When Alice hears stories about Bob, she wonders if he is really tall. She meets him and doesn't say a word about his height. In reality, she is a little disappointed by how short he is. Then it turns out Bob sent a decoy in his place so he can defeat the BigBad in secret. Once Alice meets the real deal, he is every bit as tall as she expected.
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* '''Zig Zagged''': When Alice hears stories about Bob, she wonders if he is really tall. She meets him and doesn't say a word about his height. In reality, she is a little disappointed by how short he is. Then it turns out Bob sent a decoy in his place so he can defeat is the BigBad in secret. Once and Alice meets is scared of meeting him, envisioning a hulking brute. She ends up meeting a person she thinks is Bob and is relieved to find he isn't as big as she expected. She quickly learns that she just met TheDragon and [[OhCrap the real deal, he Bob is every bit as tall as she expected.much, much larger than even her wildest fantasies.]]
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* '''Parodied''': When Bob meets Alice, he is somehow NakedOnArrival. Alice glances down and admits she expected him to be [[TeenyWeeny bigger]].
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* '''Parodied''': When Bob meets Alice, he is somehow NakedOnArrival. Alice glances down and admits she expected him to be [[TeenyWeeny [[TeenyWeenie bigger]].
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'''Basic Trope''': A character meets another character for the first time and, due to the legendary status of that character, expected someone larger.
* '''Straight''': Alice meets Bob and expected a taller person due to Bob's reputation as a BadAss.
* '''Exaggerated''': Alice expected a giant. Bob is a little bigger than a small child.
* '''Downplayed''': Alice admits Bob is tall but in her imagination, she always expected someone even taller.
* '''Justified''': The stories surrounding Bob always make the claim he is eight feet tall so naturally, Alice expected someone that big.
* '''Inverted''': Bob is far taller than Alice expected.
* '''Subverted''': Bob is not that tall and asks if she expected someone bigger. Alice mentions she never thought much about his height.
* '''Double Subverted''': It turns out, Alice really was expecting someone taller but was just being polite.
* '''Parodied''': When Bob meets Alice, he is somehow NakedOnArrival. Alice glances down and admits she expected him to be [[TeenyWeeny bigger]].
* '''Zig Zagged''': When Alice hears stories about Bob, she wonders if he is really tall. She meets him and doesn't say a word about his height. In reality, she is a little disappointed by how short he is. Then it turns out Bob sent a decoy in his place so he can defeat the BigBad in secret. Once Alice meets the real deal, he is every bit as tall as she expected.
* '''Averted''': Bob's size or lack thereof, never comes up.
* '''Enforced''': The writers want to enforce Bob's PintSizedPowerhouse status.
* '''Lampshaded''': "So you're Bob. I thought you'd be bigger."
* '''Invoked''': Alice says this just to mess with Bob or to test his patience.
* '''Exploited''': The BigBad actually spreads stories about Bob being massive and exaggerates his feats. That way, when people meet him, they will be instantly disappointed and have little faith in his abilities.
* '''Defied''': Bob is every bit as tall as Alice expected.
* '''Discussed''': Bob and Alice have an argument on why she expected someone taller and if Bob is still tall despite her expectations.
* '''Conversed''': Bob and Alice are watching a TV show which hints at the appearance of a new BigBad. After months of waiting, they see the new character and talk about how much shorter he is than expected.
* '''Deconstructed''': Bob tells Alice she was silly to assume anything about his height and that she was simply letting her imagination run wild.
* '''Reconstructed''': Alice retorts that size often correlates with feats of great strength, which Bob is known for, so it wasn't that far out of the question to expect someone taller.
* '''Played For Laughs''': Bob shows up and he is massive. Alice looks up at him and mentions she expected someone a lot taller, much to everyone's dismay.
* '''Played For Drama''': Bob feels inferior due to Alice's expectations. Meanwhile, Alice is disappointed and doesn't have as much trust in him.
* '''Implied''': Alice meets Bob and seemingly sizes him up and sighs to herself, seemingly disappointed but never says anything.
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%%* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ???
* '''Straight''': Alice meets Bob and expected a taller person due to Bob's reputation as a BadAss.
* '''Exaggerated''': Alice expected a giant. Bob is a little bigger than a small child.
* '''Downplayed''': Alice admits Bob is tall but in her imagination, she always expected someone even taller.
* '''Justified''': The stories surrounding Bob always make the claim he is eight feet tall so naturally, Alice expected someone that big.
* '''Inverted''': Bob is far taller than Alice expected.
* '''Subverted''': Bob is not that tall and asks if she expected someone bigger. Alice mentions she never thought much about his height.
* '''Double Subverted''': It turns out, Alice really was expecting someone taller but was just being polite.
* '''Parodied''': When Bob meets Alice, he is somehow NakedOnArrival. Alice glances down and admits she expected him to be [[TeenyWeeny bigger]].
* '''Zig Zagged''': When Alice hears stories about Bob, she wonders if he is really tall. She meets him and doesn't say a word about his height. In reality, she is a little disappointed by how short he is. Then it turns out Bob sent a decoy in his place so he can defeat the BigBad in secret. Once Alice meets the real deal, he is every bit as tall as she expected.
* '''Averted''': Bob's size or lack thereof, never comes up.
* '''Enforced''': The writers want to enforce Bob's PintSizedPowerhouse status.
* '''Lampshaded''': "So you're Bob. I thought you'd be bigger."
* '''Invoked''': Alice says this just to mess with Bob or to test his patience.
* '''Exploited''': The BigBad actually spreads stories about Bob being massive and exaggerates his feats. That way, when people meet him, they will be instantly disappointed and have little faith in his abilities.
* '''Defied''': Bob is every bit as tall as Alice expected.
* '''Discussed''': Bob and Alice have an argument on why she expected someone taller and if Bob is still tall despite her expectations.
* '''Conversed''': Bob and Alice are watching a TV show which hints at the appearance of a new BigBad. After months of waiting, they see the new character and talk about how much shorter he is than expected.
* '''Deconstructed''': Bob tells Alice she was silly to assume anything about his height and that she was simply letting her imagination run wild.
* '''Reconstructed''': Alice retorts that size often correlates with feats of great strength, which Bob is known for, so it wasn't that far out of the question to expect someone taller.
* '''Played For Laughs''': Bob shows up and he is massive. Alice looks up at him and mentions she expected someone a lot taller, much to everyone's dismay.
* '''Played For Drama''': Bob feels inferior due to Alice's expectations. Meanwhile, Alice is disappointed and doesn't have as much trust in him.
* '''Implied''': Alice meets Bob and seemingly sizes him up and sighs to herself, seemingly disappointed but never says anything.
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%%* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ???
