1 | '''Basic Trope''': The guy is noticeably taller than his female/feminine companion. |
2 | * '''Straight''': |
3 | ** Bob's head is above Alice's due to his height. |
4 | ** Bob, the {{Seme}}, is taller than his {{Uke}} Andy. |
5 | * '''Exaggerated''': |
6 | ** HugeGuyTinyGirl. |
7 | ** All the guys are taller than the girls. |
8 | ** [[TheBigGuy Bob is taller than everyone else.]] |
9 | ** All Semes are taller than the Ukes. |
10 | * '''Downplayed''': |
11 | ** Bob is a couple inches taller than Alice. |
12 | ** Bob is only a couple inches taller than Andy. |
13 | * '''Justified''': |
14 | ** [[TruthInTelevision In humans, males tend to be taller than females (though usually not so much).]] |
15 | ** Bob does workout that helps his height. |
16 | ** It's what she finds attractive. |
17 | * '''Inverted''': |
18 | ** Alice is taller than Bob. |
19 | ** Andy, despite being the Uke, is taller than Bob. |
20 | * '''GenderInverted''': [[ButchLesbian Betty]]'s head is above [[LipstickLesbian Alice]]'s due to her height. |
21 | * '''Subverted''': |
22 | ** 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. |
23 | ** Alice is shorter than Bob because there's an age gap. |
24 | * '''Double Subverted''': |
25 | ** But it turns out that Alice also was on a box, and Bob is still taller than her. |
26 | ** [[SheIsAllGrownUp In her adulthood]], Alice is still much shorter than Bob. |
27 | ** 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. |
28 | * '''Parodied''': Regardless of age, race, and overall probability, every man is a lot taller than the women. |
29 | * '''Zig Zagged''': Betty, the masculine girl, is one head taller than the feminine Andy. |
30 | * '''Averted''': |
31 | ** Height and sex are independent of each other. |
32 | ** For the Boys Love variant, height and role in the relationship are independent of each other. |
33 | * '''Enforced''': |
34 | ** 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. |
35 | ** Alternatively, the writer insists on carrying over said gender roles and stereotypes into homosexual relationships. |
36 | ** The writer wants a visual cue that Bob is a protective boyfriend. |
37 | * '''Lampshaded''': "How come all the guys I meet are bigger than their girlfriends?" |
38 | * '''Invoked''': Bob attempts to somehow make himself taller in order to win over Alice. |
39 | * '''Exploited''': ??? |
40 | * '''Defied''': |
41 | ** Bob deliberately seeks out a girlfriend that doesn't care if he is shorter than her. |
42 | ** Bob deliberately seeks out an Uke that doesn't care if he is shorter than him. |
43 | * '''Discussed''': ??? |
44 | * '''Conversed''': ??? |
45 | * '''Deconstructed''': Andy has trouble finding a love interest because everyone he meets insists on this trope. |
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49 | %% Optional items, added after Conversed, at your discretion: |
50 | %% |
51 | %%* '''Implied''': ??? |
52 | %%* '''Reconstructed''': ??? |
53 | %%* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ??? |
54 | %%* '''Played For Laughs''': ??? |
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