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->'''President:''' By the way, he was quite different from what I expected.
->'''Kremmen:''' Oh really?
->'''President:''' Yes, I thought from your report that [[InvertedTrope Gort would be short!]]
->'''Kremmen:''' Well I too sort of thought that Gort would be short before we fought and he got caught and his evil came to naught, but I guess I'm just fraught, taut, and a little overwrought since I brought Gort back to port.
-->-- ''Captain Kremmen of the Star Corps''
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-->-- '''Queen Maeve''', ''[[Literature/TainBoCuailnge The Tain]]''

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-->-- '''Queen Maeve''', ''[[Literature/TainBoCuailnge The Tain]]''
''Literature/TheCattleRaidOfCooley''
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-->-- '''Ranking Machine,''' ''VideoGame/RatchetDeadlocked''

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-->-- '''Ranking Machine,''' Machine''', ''VideoGame/RatchetDeadlocked''



->''Mr. Muggleton had read reports and romances about the Great Criminologist, who sits in his library like an intellectual spider, and throws out theoretical filaments of a web as large as the world. He was prepared to be led to the lonely chateau where [[Literature/SherlockHolmes the expert wore a purple dressing-gown, to the attic where he lived on opium and acrostics]]], to the vast laboratory or the lonely tower. To his astonishment he was led to the very edge of the crowded beach by the pier to meet a dumpy little clergyman, with a broad hat and a broad grin, who was at that moment hopping about on the sands with a crowd of poor children; and excitedly waving a very little wooden spade.''

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->''Mr. Muggleton had read reports and romances about the Great Criminologist, who sits in his library like an intellectual spider, and throws out theoretical filaments of a web as large as the world. He was prepared to be led to the lonely chateau where [[Literature/SherlockHolmes the expert wore a purple dressing-gown, to the attic where he lived on opium and acrostics]]], acrostics]], to the vast laboratory or the lonely tower. To his astonishment he was led to the very edge of the crowded beach by the pier to meet a dumpy little clergyman, with a broad hat and a broad grin, who was at that moment hopping about on the sands with a crowd of poor children; and excitedly waving a very little wooden spade.''
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-->-- '''Isard''', ''[[Literature/XWingSeries Isard's Revenge]]''

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-->-- '''Isard''', '''Ysanne Isard''', ''[[Literature/XWingSeries Isard's Revenge]]''
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-->-- '''Isard''', ''[[ComicBook/XWingSeries Isard's Revenge]]''

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-->-- '''Isard''', ''[[ComicBook/XWingSeries ''[[Literature/XWingSeries Isard's Revenge]]''
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-->--''Disney/MickeysChristmasCarol''

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-->--''Disney/MickeysChristmasCarol''
-->--''WesternAnimation/MickeysChristmasCarol''
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->'''[[Disney/{{Pinocchio}} Jiminy Cricket]]:''' Why, I'm the Ghost of Christmas Past.

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->'''[[Disney/{{Pinocchio}} ->'''[[WesternAnimation/{{Pinocchio}} Jiminy Cricket]]:''' Why, I'm the Ghost of Christmas Past.
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-->-- ''Literature/FatherBrown'', "The Pursuit of Mr. Blue"

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-->-- ''Literature/FatherBrown'', "The Pursuit of Mr. Blue"Blue"
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-->-- ''Series/BlakesSeven'', "Death Watch"

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-->-- ''Series/BlakesSeven'', "Death Watch"Watch"

->''Mr. Muggleton had read reports and romances about the Great Criminologist, who sits in his library like an intellectual spider, and throws out theoretical filaments of a web as large as the world. He was prepared to be led to the lonely chateau where [[Literature/SherlockHolmes the expert wore a purple dressing-gown, to the attic where he lived on opium and acrostics]]], to the vast laboratory or the lonely tower. To his astonishment he was led to the very edge of the crowded beach by the pier to meet a dumpy little clergyman, with a broad hat and a broad grin, who was at that moment hopping about on the sands with a crowd of poor children; and excitedly waving a very little wooden spade.''
-->-- ''Literature/FatherBrown'', "The Pursuit of Mr. Blue"
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-->--''Disney/MickeysChristmasCarol''

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-->--''Disney/MickeysChristmasCarol''-->--''Disney/MickeysChristmasCarol''

->'''Karla:''' I've seen you on the viscasts of course, but you look different somehow -- [[InvertedTrope you're taller than I expected]].
->'''Deeta:''' [[DeadpanSnarker I usually stand in a hole.]]
-->-- ''Series/BlakesSeven'', "Death Watch"
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-->--''Film/{{Hook}}''

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-->--''Film/{{Hook}}''-->--''Film/{{Hook}}''

->'''Scrooge:''' Who are you?
->'''[[Disney/{{Pinocchio}} Jiminy Cricket]]:''' Why, I'm the Ghost of Christmas Past.
->'''Scrooge:''' Oh. I thought you'd be taller.
->'''Jiminy:''' Hmph! Listen, Scrooge, if men were measured by kindness, you'd be no bigger than a speck of dust!
-->--''Disney/MickeysChristmasCarol''
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-->-- '''Ranking Machine,''' ''RatchetDeadlocked''

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-->-- '''Ranking Machine,''' ''RatchetDeadlocked''
''VideoGame/RatchetDeadlocked''
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-->--''Film/{{Hook}}

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-->--''Film/{{Hook}}-->--''Film/{{Hook}}''
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-->-- '''Website/SFDebris''' reviewing ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'', "The Thaw"

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-->-- '''Website/SFDebris''' reviewing ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'', "The Thaw"Thaw"

->'''Peter Pan''': I remember you being a lot bigger.
->'''Captain Hook''': To a ten year old, I'm huge.
-->--''Film/{{Hook}}

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-->-- '''Isard''', ''[[XWingSeries Isard's Revenge]]''

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-->-- '''Isard''', ''[[XWingSeries ''[[ComicBook/XWingSeries Isard's Revenge]]''



-->-- '''Senator Vreenak''', [[Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine "In The Pale Moonlight"]]

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-->-- '''Senator Vreenak''', [[Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'', "In The Pale Moonlight"]]
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->''A king in Denmark was called Hrolf Kraki, and he was the most famous of all kings in the old time. (...) A poor fellow, called Vogg, once came to King Hrolf's hall when the king was still a young man and of rather delicate growth. Vogg went before him and looked at him. The king said: What do you mean to say, fellow, looking at me this way? Vogg answered: When I was at home, I heard say that King Hrolf at Hleidra was the greatest man in the Northlands, but now here sits in the high-seat a little stick and they call it their king!“''
-->---''Literature/ProseEdda''

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->''A ->''"A king in Denmark was called Hrolf Kraki, and he was the most famous of all kings in the old time. (...) A poor fellow, called Vogg, once came to King Hrolf's hall when the king was still a young man and of rather delicate growth. Vogg went before him and looked at him. The king said: What do you mean to say, fellow, looking at me this way? Vogg answered: When 'When I was at home, I heard say that King Hrolf at Hleidra was the greatest man in the Northlands, but now here sits in the high-seat a little stick and they call it their king!“''
-->---''Literature/ProseEdda''
king!'"''
-->-- ''Literature/ProseEdda''



-->-- '''Queen Maeve''', ''[[Literature/TainBoCuailnge The Tain]]''

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-->-- '''Queen Maeve''', ''[[Literature/TainBoCuailnge The Tain]]''Tain]]''

->'''The Clown:''' How are you? I'm fear incarnate, the living embodiment of terror stretching back a billion years. The most base of all emotions.\\
'''Captain Janeway:''' Heh. I thought you'd be taller.
-->-- '''Website/SFDebris''' reviewing ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'', "The Thaw"

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->''You’re shorter, looking at you like this. Tall for a girl, but… not'' tall.

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->''You’re ->''"You’re shorter, looking at you like this. Tall for a girl, but… not'' tall."



-->-- '''Angel Anevant''', during an audience with '''[[VampireMonarch Mina Tepes]]''', ''Manga/DanceInTheVampireBund''

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-->-- '''Angel Anevant''', during an audience with '''[[VampireMonarch Mina Tepes]]''', ''Manga/DanceInTheVampireBund''''Manga/DanceInTheVampireBund''

->''"That? '''That''' is the whelp? You mean to tell me this girlish boy is the devastator of my army? I don't believe you. I refuse to believe you. I have better warriors than that in slave collars!"''
-->-- '''Queen Maeve''', ''[[Literature/TainBoCuailnge The Tain]]''
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-->-- '''Clockblocker''', talking to '''Skitter''' (with whom he has never before interacted without her trying to [[HorrifyingHero shove insects down his throat]]), ''Literature/{{Worm}}''

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-->-- '''Clockblocker''', talking to '''Skitter''' (with whom he has never before interacted without her trying to [[HorrifyingHero shove insects down his throat]]), ''Literature/{{Worm}}''''Literature/{{Worm}}''

->"I had heard that you were a wise, regal vampire, several centuries old. I was slightly intimidated at the prospect of meeting you, truth be told. But sitting here... I find that you are actually very... ''[[UndeadChild cute]]''."
-->-- '''Angel Anevant''', during an audience with '''[[VampireMonarch Mina Tepes]]''', ''Manga/DanceInTheVampireBund''
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->''You’re shorter, looking at you like this. Tall for a girl, but… not tall.''

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->''You’re shorter, looking at you like this. Tall for a girl, but… not not'' tall.''
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-->-- '''Clockblocker''', talking to '''Skitter''' (with whom he has never before interacted without her trying to [[HorrifyingHero shove insects down his throat]], ''Literature/{{Worm}}''

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-->-- '''Clockblocker''', talking to '''Skitter''' (with whom he has never before interacted without her trying to [[HorrifyingHero shove insects down his throat]], throat]]), ''Literature/{{Worm}}''
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-->---''Literature/ProseEdda''

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-->---''Literature/ProseEdda''-->---''Literature/ProseEdda''

->''You’re shorter, looking at you like this. Tall for a girl, but… not tall.''
-->-- '''Clockblocker''', talking to '''Skitter''' (with whom he has never before interacted without her trying to [[HorrifyingHero shove insects down his throat]], ''Literature/{{Worm}}''
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-->-- '''Ranking Machine,''' ''RatchetDeadlocked''

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-->-- '''Ranking Machine,''' ''RatchetDeadlocked''''RatchetDeadlocked''

->''A king in Denmark was called Hrolf Kraki, and he was the most famous of all kings in the old time. (...) A poor fellow, called Vogg, once came to King Hrolf's hall when the king was still a young man and of rather delicate growth. Vogg went before him and looked at him. The king said: What do you mean to say, fellow, looking at me this way? Vogg answered: When I was at home, I heard say that King Hrolf at Hleidra was the greatest man in the Northlands, but now here sits in the high-seat a little stick and they call it their king!“''
-->---''Literature/ProseEdda''
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-->-- '''Ranking Machine,''' ''RatchetAndClankDeadlocked''

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-->-- '''Ranking Machine,''' ''RatchetAndClankDeadlocked''''RatchetDeadlocked''
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->''"Does it bother you that you are shorter than most heroes?"''
-->-- '''Ranking Machine,''' ''RatchetAndClankDeadlocked''
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-->-- '''Senator Vreenak''', [[StarTrekDeepSpaceNine "In The Pale Moonlight"]]

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-->-- '''Senator Vreenak''', [[StarTrekDeepSpaceNine [[Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine "In The Pale Moonlight"]]
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moving to the main page since the current\'s a duplicate; also, this one was picked in the IP thread


->'''General Grievous:''' Anakin Skywalker. I was expecting someone with your reputation to be a bit... older.\\
'''Anakin:''' General Grievous. You're ''shorter'' than I expected.
-->-- '''''[[RevengeOfTheSith Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith]]'''''

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'''Anakin:''' General Grievous. You're ''shorter'' than I expected.\\
'''General Grievous:'''... Jedi slime!

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'''Anakin:''' General Grievous. You're ''shorter'' than I expected.\\
'''General Grievous:'''... Jedi slime!
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[[caption-width-right:226: [-Jack Chick: "First Bite"-] ]]
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[[caption-width-right:226: [-Jack Chick: "First Bite"-] ]]

->''"It is interesting we have not met before, you and I, having been foes for so long. I expected you to be taller."''
-->-- '''Isard''', ''[[XWingSeries Isard's Revenge]]''

->''"So, you're the captain of Deep Space Nine, and the Emissary to the Prophets. Decorated combat officer, widower, father, mentor... and oh, yes, the man who started the war with the Dominion. Somehow I thought you'd be taller."''
-->-- '''Senator Vreenak''', [[StarTrekDeepSpaceNine "In The Pale Moonlight"]]
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Leia had never heard of Luke. Not an example.



->'''Princess Leia:''' Aren't you a little short to be a Storm Trooper?
-->-- Princess Leia to Luke Skywalker in disguise in '''''[[ANewHope Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope]]'''''
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-->-- '''''[[RevengeOfTheSith Star Wars Episode III: Retort of the Sith]]'''''

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-->-- '''''[[RevengeOfTheSith Star Wars Episode III: Retort Revenge of the Sith]]'''''Sith]]'''''

->'''Princess Leia:''' Aren't you a little short to be a Storm Trooper?
-->-- Princess Leia to Luke Skywalker in disguise in '''''[[ANewHope Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope]]'''''

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