* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weng_Weng Weng Weng]]. He was a martial arts movies actor. 83 centimetres tall (2'9").
* Most short kendo practitioners. While the big guys may be able to hit harder, the smaller ones move faster and hit more areas, which is what counts in kendo. Case in point: a 5'1 man beating a 6'3 guy within ten seconds. Quite impressive.
* Morihei Ueshiba, founder of Aikido. Many pictures of O-Sensei, as he is known, show him in the process of [[http://aikidofaq.com/bilder/osensei/osensei06.gif serenely]] [[http://aikidofaq.com/bilder/osensei/osensei81.jpg trouncing]] people quite a bit taller and younger than [[OldMaster him]].
** [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nobuyoshi_Tamura Nobuyoshi Tamura]], former student of Ueshiba, sensei of the French Aikikai, an 77 years old quite small man (compared to his French and European student) who has no qualm about having his younger, taller and stronger students crawl to the ground.
** Also [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gozo_Shioda Gozo Shioda]], an early student of Ueshiba and founder of Yoshinkan Aikido, " was a small man, standing at around 5' 1" to 5' 2" (155–157 cm) and weighing around 102 lb. to 108 lb. (46–49 kg)", according to that Wikipedia page.
* Muggsy Bogues managed to hold his own against the best basketball players in the NBA despite being 5'3" (160 cm) tall - the shortest man to ever play in the league.
** Bogues had several pictures of him with the ''tallest'' NBA player ever, the 7'7" (231 cm) Manute Bol. [[http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/multimedia/photo_gallery/0908/nba.cbk.remember.when.hoops.style/images/manute-bol-muggsy-bogues.jpg There was a 28-inch (71 cm) difference between their heights]].
*** Bogues and Bol were actually teammates for one season--Washington Bullets owner Abe Pollin was the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Veeck Bill Veeck]] of the NBA.
* Israel is one of the tiniest countries in the Middle East. It's also a well known military powerhouse.
* Many combat specific soldiers are shorter, around the 5' range or less, and a Napoleon complex isn't uncommon. But in a Real Life aversion, it's a common complaint among drill sergeants in Combat Arms OSUTs that 'the skinny ones break too easily', while the overweight recruits develop muscle mass from fat with fewer injuries.
* Nepalis are known for their small size. Despite that the Ghurkhas have a remarkable reputation as soldiers.
** During the 60s the Gurkhas usually carried the American M16, rather than the British SLR. The reason for this was that the M16 was lighter and easier for the Gurkhas to fire.
* Audie Murphy At 166cm/5'6", the Marines and paras rejected him for being too short. His company commander tried to have him sent to a cook and bakers' school after basic, but he'd have none of it. He went on to win every military award (some multiple times) in the US up to and including the Medal of Honor. And a few French and Belgian decorations on top of all that. And he had malaria at the time.
* SimoHayha, at 5'3'' (160cm), was likely the greatest sniper of all time. He is officially credited with killing 705 Soviet soldiers over roughly 100 days of combat.
* The wolverine is a non-human example of this. It's maybe about the size of a medium-sized dog or a large badger, and can take down reindeer. Wolverines have been seen bullying an [[BigBadassWolf entire pack of wolves]] and steal their food! Against a wolverine's hell of a bad temper, the [[{{Wolverine}} eponymous]] SociopathicHero is comparatively more of a DeathbringerTheAdorable.
* The shrew is among the tiniest mammals in the world, and they can take down things that, proportionately, would ruin a wolverine's day.
* Humans, too. 80 kg man can hunt almost any prey using tools. Without them, however, a man still can defeat an alligator or survive an encounter with a bear, if lucky. If you take account on the muscle mass, humans are incredibly strong.
* Yellowjackets, one of the smaller members of the wasp family, and by far the most dangerous.
* While size does make a major difference among ''evenly skilled'' fighters in the martial arts scene, the smaller competitors are still formidable fighters capable of impressive feats; many ostensibly lower weight class fighters have fought in the heavyweight divisions and done quite well. Also, when weight classes were introduced to competitive judo, many of the small judoka left the sport, saying that building the skills to overcome larger opponents were an integral part of it.
* Creator/BruceLee. The man was seriously tiny and scrawny for what was considered a good build for [[Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger action]] [[JeanClaudeVanDamme hero]] [[SylvesterStallone badasses]]. That really didn't stop him, and it was theorized that, pound for pound, he was probably one of the strongest men alive.
* Chris Paul is one of the best and most feared players in the NBA, despite being one of the shorter ones.
* Boxer Manny Pacquiao is 5'6", and tends to come weighing in the mid 140 pound area. He's one of the best boxers in the world. You can underestimate him because of his size, goofy smile and friendly manner if you want to, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=axDOZ5xnWQI but he will fuck you if you do]].
* Foil Fencers are often going to be better if they are both short and skinny, and they are harder to hit, and can get in close more easily. Short historical fencers who know that they're doing are nothing to sneeze at, either, when you realize that you have to bend at the knees (bending over exposes your head) to hit anywhere except for the head, which is far easier to defend against than your legs, which is their primary target.
* Germs, viruses, and diseases can decimate populations despite being invisible to the naked eye. However, this is more due to numbers, and so may be a better example of a ZergRush.
* Arabian Horses. Most range from 12-14 hands high (the technical size of ''[[AllGirlsLikePonies ponies]]''), and are renowned for three things: Their delicate beauty, being gentle enough that children can ride ''stallions'', and having so much natural speed and endurance that [[{{Badass}} it]]'s ''[[{{Badass}} illegal]]'' [[{{Badass}} to race them against any other breed]]. [[GameBreaker Because it just wouldn't be fair to the other horses]].
* Rhinoceros beetles. They are about 60 mm long, and can lift up to 850 times their own weight.
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDllYLasHxU Liam Hoekstra: The world's strongest toddler]]. He has a rare genetic disorder that makes him have a (incredibly high) metabolism, and has 40% more muscle than the average kid. In short: he's three and has a six pack. How does that make you feel, [[SelfDeprecation nerd]]?
* Tim Lincecum of the San Francisco Giants, a skinny rod of a guy if there ever was one, is one of the most dominant pitchers in baseball today. [[HilariousinHindsight When he was in college, most major-league scouts thought he was too small to play major-league ball.]]
* The Ratel, or [[FluffyTheTerrible Honey Badger]], is an animal only three feet long. It is also [[TheDreaded the most feared animal in Africa]]. [[MemeticMutation Honey badger don't give a shit]] about lions, cobras, etc. since their skin is thick enough to protect them against most animal stings and bites and actually too tough to be pierced by a spear or an arrow and it can withstand several machete blows, they have been known to chase away adult lions and stealing their kills, they raid henhouses by actually tearing off the planks from their walls... short of actually being bulletproof, there is little they can't withstand.
* Many small ice hockey players (David Krejci, who ended his career with the Boston Bruins, and Theoren Fleury, who most famously played for the Calgary Flames) can play a style better suited for players way larger. Krejci's hit opponents so hard, he gained the nickname of ''Wrecking ball''.
* The Irukandji jellyfish has a bell of 1 cm long and is the smallest jellyfish in the world. It is so fragile that it can't be kept in a normal aquarium lest it bump into the glass and ''die''... and a sting from this can induce intense, full-body pain in a person that can go on for ''days'' and has been described as light-years beyond any other pain you've felt or imagined; one woman described the worst moment of labor pains, and said it ''starts'' like that and ''just gets worse and worse,'' accompanied by what people have described as "feelings of impending doom." Basically, it's a poison whose strength is orders of magnitude beyond that of animals that can kill in minutes, but is injected in such small amounts that to a creature the size of a human, it "merely" makes you desperately ''wish'' you were dead. Worse, it's so powerful no drug can significantly reduce the pain, and sedation isn't an option because of what that much distress does to you heart. All they can do is restrain you so you don't hurt yourself (you '''will''' try) and wait a week or so for you to stop screaming and thrashing.
** One woman said ''I wish it had been Chironex fleckeri. In fifteen minutes I would have been either dead or recovered. Now it took 25 hours of intense pain''.
* Similarly, the Pepsis Wasp, aka Tarantula Hawk. While big for a wasp(2"), is still just a little insect...whose sting has been likened to dropping a radio in the bathtub with you.
* JackieEarleHaley: 5'5" and has black belts in taekwondo and kempo.
* Maurice Jones-Drew from the Jacksonville Jaguars. He was passed over in the draft until the second round because most scouts thought he was simply too short (he's listed at 5'7" and that's probably being generous). He's consistently been one of the NFL's top rushers, while spending most of his career on Jaguars teams that didn't have much else of anything in the way of offense.
* [[PantheraAwesome Leopards]] are the smallest of the big cats, and not only kill animals that are bigger than they are, but have been known to drag carcasses twice their own weight into trees.
** See [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzr7czsMxOE here]] for a leopard carrying a zebra nearly as big as itself straight up a tree and making it look totally effortless.
* Philippine national hero Jose Rizal, author of ''Literature/NoliMeTangere'' and ''Literature/ElFilibusterismo'', is only 1.5 meters tall. He is not only a [[BadassBookworm polymath]], but he is also a gym buff, a gifted fencer, a sharpshooter, and a wrestler. He challenged a bigger bully to a fight and won.
* Machine example. The [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitsubishi_Lancer_Evolution#UK_models "FQ" series]] produces anywhere from 300 to '''400''' horsepower. The engine is a two liter straight-4. Most consumer level cars with that engine produce under 200 horse power.
** FormulaOne engines are restricted to under three liters. They produce well over 600 horsepower.
* Creator/PeterDinklage is a man with dwarfism, but he's also a hell of an actor.
* [[http://notalwaysright.com/needs-to-press-paws/29017 Tiny Asian woman takes on big angry customer.]] Tiny Asian woman wins effortlessly.
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