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* '''GenderFlipped''': [[ButchLesbian Betty]]'s head is above [[LipstickLesbian Alice]]'s due to her height.

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* '''GenderFlipped''': '''GenderInverted''': [[ButchLesbian Betty]]'s head is above [[LipstickLesbian Alice]]'s due to her height.
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** It's what she finds attractive.
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** [[TruthInTelevision In humans, males tends to be taller than females (though usually not so much).]]

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** [[TruthInTelevision In humans, males tends tend to be taller than females (though usually not so much).]]
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* '''GenderFlipped''': [[ButchLesbian Betty]]'s head is above [[LipstickLesbian Alice]]'s due to his height.

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* '''GenderFlipped''': [[ButchLesbian Betty]]'s head is above [[LipstickLesbian Alice]]'s due to his her height.



** Bob deliberately seeks out a girlfriend that doesn't care if he is shorter than them.
** Bob deliberately seeks out an Uke that doesn't care if he is shorter than them.

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** Bob deliberately seeks out a girlfriend that doesn't care if he is shorter than them.
her.
** Bob deliberately seeks out an Uke that doesn't care if he is shorter than them.him.
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** In humans, males tends to be taller than females (tough usually not so much).

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** [[TruthInTelevision In humans, males tends to be taller than females (tough (though usually not so much). much).]]
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to be more precise (since for most fishes, reptiles and others it's reversed)


** Males tends to be taller than females (tough usually not so much).

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** Males In humans, males tends to be taller than females (tough usually not so much).

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* '''Justified''': Bob does workout that helps his height.

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* '''Justified''': '''Justified''':
** Males tends to be taller than females (tough usually not so much).
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Bob does workout that helps his height.



** Height and biological sex are independent of each other.

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** Height and biological sex are independent of each other.
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** Alice and Bob are actually around the same height when standing straight, but in this scene Alice is kneeling or reclining at an angle towards Bob in a way that makes her look shorter than she is.

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'''Basic Trope''': The guy is noticeably taller than his female companion.

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'''Basic Trope''': The guy is noticeably taller than his female female/feminine companion.



* '''Justified''': Bob's German, Alice is Japanese, or any other racial height difference.

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* '''Justified''': Bob's German, Alice is Japanese, or any other racial height difference.Bob does workout that helps his height.



** Exaggerate the inversion and TinyGuyHugeGirl is the result.



* '''GenderFlipped''': [[ButchLesbian Betty]]'s head is above [[LipstickLesbian Alice]]'s due to his height.



* '''Zig Zagged''': Bob looks taller than Alice in one shot, but he was standing on something, then Alice turns out to be a hologram by the very tiny Alice the Fairy, and Bob turns out to have been cursed to a smaller body, and then it turns out that Alice is a sizeshifter...

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* '''Zig Zagged''': Bob looks Betty, the masculine girl, is one head taller than Alice in one shot, but he was standing on something, then Alice turns out to be a hologram by the very tiny Alice the Fairy, and Bob turns out to have been cursed to a smaller body, and then it turns out that Alice is a sizeshifter...feminine Andy.



** The actor playing Bob is somewhat taller than his home nation's average, so this trope is the result.

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** The actor playing writer wants a visual cue that Bob is somewhat taller than his home nation's average, so this trope is the result. a protective boyfriend.



* '''Deconstructed''': Bob has trouble finding a love interest because everyone he meets insists on this trope.

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* '''Deconstructed''': Bob Andy has trouble finding a love interest because everyone he meets insists on this trope.
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** Bob, the Seme, is taller than his Uke Andy.

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** Bob, the Seme, {{Seme}}, is taller than his Uke {{Uke}} Andy.
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** Alice is still much shorter than Bob WhenSheGrowsUp.

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** [[SheIsAllGrownUp In her adulthood]], Alice is still much shorter than Bob WhenSheGrowsUp.Bob.

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* '''Justified''':
** Bob's German, Alice is Japanese, or any other racial height difference.
** There's an age gap.

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'''Justified''': Bob's German, Alice is Japanese, or any other racial height difference.
** There's an age gap.
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* '''Subverted''': Bob looks to be taller than Alice when we get an above-torso shot of the two, but it turns out that Bob was standing on a cardboard box.
* '''Double Subverted''': But it turns out that Alice also was on a box, and Bob is still taller than her.

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* '''Subverted''': '''Subverted''':
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Bob looks to be taller than Alice when we get an above-torso shot of the two, but it turns out that Bob was standing on a cardboard box.
** Alice is shorter than Bob because there's an age gap.
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But it turns out that Alice also was on a box, and Bob is still taller than her.her.
** Alice is still much shorter than Bob WhenSheGrowsUp.
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** The actor playing Bob is somewhat taller than his home nation's average, so this trope is the result.

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* '''Straight''': Bob's head is above Alice's due to his height.

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* '''Straight''': '''Straight''':
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Bob's head is above Alice's due to his height.



* '''Downplayed''': Bob is a couple inches taller than Alice.

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* '''Downplayed''': '''Downplayed''':
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Bob is a couple inches taller than Alice.



* '''Inverted''': Alice is taller than Bob.

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* '''Inverted''': '''Inverted''':
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Alice is taller than Bob.



* '''Averted''': Height and biological sex are independent of each other.

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* '''Averted''': '''Averted''':
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Height and biological sex are independent of each other.



* '''Enforced''': The writer of the show [[HeteronormativeCrusader believes in rigid gender roles,]] so the male partners are always depicted as taller as a visual analogue to the author's belief that men are/should be the more dominant sex.

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* '''Enforced''': '''Enforced''':
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The writer of the show [[HeteronormativeCrusader believes in rigid gender roles,]] so the male partners are always depicted as taller as a visual analogue to the author's belief that men are/should be the more dominant sex.



* '''Defied''': Bob deliberately seeks out a girlfriend that doesn't care if he is shorter than them.

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* '''Defied''': '''Defied''':
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Bob deliberately seeks out a girlfriend that doesn't care if he is shorter than them.
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** Alternatively, the writer insists on carrying over said gender roles into homosexual relationships.

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** Alternatively, the writer insists on carrying over said gender roles and stereotypes into homosexual relationships.

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** For the Boys Love varient, height and role in the relationship are independent of each other.
* '''Enforced''': The writer of the show believes in rigid gender roles, so the male partners are always depicted as taller as a visual analogue to the author's belief that men are/should be the more dominant sex.

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** For the Boys Love varient, variant, height and role in the relationship are independent of each other.
* '''Enforced''': The writer of the show [[HeteronormativeCrusader believes in rigid gender roles, roles,]] so the male partners are always depicted as taller as a visual analogue to the author's belief that men are/should be the more dominant sex.sex.
** Alternatively, the writer insists on carrying over said gender roles into homosexual relationships.

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** Bob, the Seme, is taller than his Uke Andy.



** All Semes are taller than the Ukes.



** Bob is only a couple inches taller than Andy.



** Exaggerate the inversion and TinyGuyHugeGirl is the result.
** Andy, despite being the Uke, is taller than Bob.



* '''Averted''': Height differences aren't that big.
* '''Enforced''': ???

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* '''Averted''': Height differences aren't that big.
and biological sex are independent of each other.
** For the Boys Love varient, height and role in the relationship are independent of each other.
* '''Enforced''': ???The writer of the show believes in rigid gender roles, so the male partners are always depicted as taller as a visual analogue to the author's belief that men are/should be the more dominant sex.



* '''Invoked''': ???

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* '''Invoked''': ???Bob attempts to somehow make himself taller in order to win over Alice.



* '''Defied''': ???

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* '''Defied''': ???Bob deliberately seeks out a girlfriend that doesn't care if he is shorter than them.
** Bob deliberately seeks out an Uke that doesn't care if he is shorter than them.



* '''Deconstructed''': Bob has trouble finding a love interest because everyone he meets insists on this trope.



%%* '''Deconstructed''': ???
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** [[TheBigGuy Bob is taller than everyone else.]]

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* '''Exaggerated''': HugeGuyTinyGirl.

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* '''Exaggerated''': '''Exaggerated''':
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HugeGuyTinyGirl.



* '''Justified''': Bob's German, Alice is Japanese, or any other racial height difference.

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* '''Justified''': '''Justified''':
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Bob's German, Alice is Japanese, or any other racial height difference.



* '''Deconstructed''': ???
* '''Reconstructed''': ???



* '''Exploited''': ???






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* '''Downplayed''': Bob is a couple inches taller than Alice.
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* '''Subverted''': Bob looks to be taller than alice when we get an above-torso shot of the two, but it turns out that Bob was standing on a cardboard box.

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* '''Subverted''': Bob looks to be taller than alice Alice when we get an above-torso shot of the two, but it turns out that Bob was standing on a cardboard box.



* '''Zig Zagged''': Bob looks taller than alice in one shot, but he was standing on something, then Alice turns out to be a hologram by the very tiny Alice the Fairy, and Bob turns out to have been cursed to a smaller body, and then it turns out that Alice is a sizeshifter...

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* '''Zig Zagged''': Bob looks taller than alice Alice in one shot, but he was standing on something, then Alice turns out to be a hologram by the very tiny Alice the Fairy, and Bob turns out to have been cursed to a smaller body, and then it turns out that Alice is a sizeshifter...

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