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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.'''--]
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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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