1 | [[quoteright:350:[[Film/AntMan1 https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/https___blogs_imagesforbescom_jvchamary_files_2015_08_ant_man_microverse_photo_fire_ant_1940x1092.jpg]]]] |
2 | %%[[caption-width-right:200:"I think I'll call him... Ant-hony!"]] |
3 | |
4 | -> ''"It's not the size, mate. It's how you use it."'' |
5 | -->-- '''Nigel Powers''' (referring to his spy-car[[labelnote:*]][[SexualEuphemism probably]][[/labelnote]]), ''[[Film/AustinPowers Austin Powers in Goldmember]]'' |
6 | |
7 | [--Tropes about things that are small. Not incidentally small, like being young. These tropes require something to be ''physically'' small.--] |
8 | |
9 | [--Compare RuleOfCute, {{Youngsters}}.--] |
10 | |
11 | [--Contrast '''BiggerIsBetter.'''--] |
12 | |
13 | ---- |
14 | !!!Tropes: |
15 | [[index]] |
16 | * [--ACupAngst --a woman's breasts are small (or at least she thinks they are) and she feels negatively about it.--] |
17 | * [--AdorableEvilMinions --the villain's minions are small and cute.--] |
18 | * [--AnimalsNotToScale -- animals which are strangely big or small for their species.--] |
19 | * [--BabyDontGotBack -- a person with a small rear end. --] |
20 | * [-- BabyPlanet -- a really tiny planet. --] |
21 | * [--BigGuyLittleGuy -- two men who walk around together, one tall and one short.--] |
22 | * [--BigLittleMan -- an incredibly short character is introduced in a way that makes them seem significantly taller than they really are.--] |
23 | * [--BigShadowLittleCreature -- a large, gigantic shadow appears on the wall surface, but it soon turns out to come from someone or something much smaller and completely harmless.--] |
24 | * [--CartoonishCompanions -- the main characters have a pal who's short and a lot more cartoony-looking than them.--] |
25 | * [--CompactInfiltrator -- a character, often small and slight, with a gift for sneaking in through small holes and narrow passageways.--] |
26 | * [--CuteLittleFangs -- a character has cute, often small, fangs.--] |
27 | * [--DinkyDrivers -- very tiny people try to drive a regular-sized car.--] |
28 | * [--FantasticVoyagePlot -- characters become tiny enough to go inside someone's body... then, they ''do''.--] |
29 | * [--FunSize -- smaller = cuter.--] |
30 | * [--GulliverTieDown -- someone is excessively tied to the ground by a group of smaller people.--] |
31 | * [--HugeGuyTinyGirl -- a tall man and a short woman who are lovers or best friends.--] |
32 | * [--HugeRiderTinyMount -- a large character rides a small animal.--] |
33 | * [--IncredibleShrinkingMan -- someone shrinks.--] |
34 | * [--KillerRabbit -- a small, cute person or animal that is dangerous.--] |
35 | * [--KneeHighPerspective -- the work takes place from the perspective of someone who comes up to the average person's knees/ankles/waist.--] |
36 | * [--LargeRunt -- a character who's small for their species but actually quite big.--] |
37 | * [--{{Lilliputians}} -- tiny humanoids (the tallest a Lilliputian can be is about knee-high).--] |
38 | * [--LilliputianWarriors -- a species of tiny, aggressive humanoids.--] |
39 | * [--LiterallyFallingThroughTheCracks -- A character so small that they can accidentally fall through the tiniest cracks in the floor.--] |
40 | * [--LittlePeople -- a race of humanoids who are short but not quite Lilliputians.--] |
41 | * [--MascotMook -- a (usually small, but not always) {{Mook}} becomes popular among fans.--] |
42 | * [--MicroDieting -- comically tiny portions of food.--] |
43 | * [--MiniatureEffects -- film effects created with miniature props.--] |
44 | * [--MiniatureSeniorCitizens -- someone who's elderly and short.--] |
45 | * [--MiniMe -- A smaller version of a character coexisting with the original.--] |
46 | * [--MiniMecha -- the tiniest mecha for a normal sized pilot.--] |
47 | * [--MiniMook -- a mook that is small.--] |
48 | * [--MinisculeRocking -- a tiny song.--] |
49 | * [--MobileSuitHuman -- something normal sized but for a tiny pilot.--] |
50 | * [--ModelPlanning -- planning something to do with a place and using models of that place to demonstrate.--] |
51 | * [--MouseWorld -- a story where the protagonists are very small.--] |
52 | * [--{{Nanomachines}} -- little tiny machines.--] |
53 | * [--OneParagraphChapter -- a chapter that is very short and/or has only one paragraph.--] |
54 | * [--OnlyAModel -- a model of something larger.--] |
55 | * [--PetitePride -- the opposite of A-Cup Angst; a woman who is ''proud'' of having small breasts.--] |
56 | * [--PintSizedKid -- kids in media are unrealistically smaller than adults.--] |
57 | * [--PintSizedPowerhouse -- someone is short but ''very strong''.--] |
58 | * [--ResizedVocals -- For some reason, being shrunken or grown changes your voice as well. --] |
59 | * [--SewingNeedleSword -- A very small character uses a sewing needle as an improvised sword.--] |
60 | * [--ScaleModelDestruction -- a 3D model gets destroyed.--] |
61 | * [--ScavengedPunk (often but not always a Tiny Trope)-- a culture gets/makes its technology from scavenged stuff.--] |
62 | * [--ShamefulShrinking -- someone literally shrinks when feeling guilty/ashamed/embarrassed.--] |
63 | * [--ShoulderSizedDragon -- a little wee dragon.--] |
64 | * [--ShrinkRay -- a gun that can shrink things.--] |
65 | * [--ShrunkenHead -- a human head that's been shrunk.--] |
66 | * [--{{Sizeshifter}} -- someone can change their size.--] |
67 | * [--SleepModeSize -- a character looks much smaller when they're asleep.--] |
68 | * [--SmallGirlBigGun -- a little girl carrying a [[{{BFG}} really large gun.]]--] |
69 | * [--SynchronizedSwarming -- groups of fish/insects/etc can form shapes with one another.--] |
70 | * [--TeenyWeenie -- a small penis.--] |
71 | * [--ThisIsWhatTheBuildingWillLookLike -- a character designs a building and makes a model of it but we never get to see the building until the very end and sometimes, not even then.--] |
72 | * [--TinyGuyHugeGirl -- a woman is much taller than a man she's dating.--] |
73 | * [--TinyHeadedBehemoth -- a huge creature with a tiny head.--] |
74 | * [--TinySchoolboy -- a short teenage boy.--] |
75 | * [--TokenMiniMoe -- a character much smaller and/or younger than the main cast who's meant to be cute.--] |
76 | * [--VampireLolitaArchetype -- vampires that take the form of short and young-looking girls.--] |
77 | [[/index]] |
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