'''Basic Trope''': The guy is noticeably taller than his female/feminine companion.
* '''Straight''':
** Bob's head is above Alice's due to his height.
** Bob, the {{Seme}}, is taller than his {{Uke}} Andy.
* '''Exaggerated''':
** HugeGuyTinyGirl.
** All the guys are taller than the girls.
** [[TheBigGuy Bob is taller than everyone else.]]
** All Semes are taller than the Ukes.
* '''Downplayed''':
** Bob is a couple inches taller than Alice.
** Bob is only a couple inches taller than Andy.
* '''Justified''':
** [[TruthInTelevision In humans, males tend to be taller than females (though usually not so much).]]
** Bob does workout that helps his height.
** It's what she finds attractive.
* '''Inverted''':
** Alice is taller than Bob.
** Andy, despite being the Uke, is taller than Bob.
* '''GenderInverted''': [[ButchLesbian Betty]]'s head is above [[LipstickLesbian Alice]]'s due to her height.
* '''Subverted''':
** 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.
** Alice is shorter than Bob because there's an age gap.
* '''Double Subverted''':
** But it turns out that Alice also was on a box, and Bob is still taller than her.
** [[SheIsAllGrownUp In her adulthood]], Alice is still much shorter than Bob.
** 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.
* '''Parodied''': Regardless of age, race, and overall probability, every man is a lot taller than the women.
* '''Zig Zagged''': Betty, the masculine girl, is one head taller than the feminine Andy.
* '''Averted''':
** Height and sex are independent of each other.
** For the Boys Love variant, height and role in the relationship are independent of each other.
* '''Enforced''':
** 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.
** Alternatively, the writer insists on carrying over said gender roles and stereotypes into homosexual relationships.
** The writer wants a visual cue that Bob is a protective boyfriend.
* '''Lampshaded''': "How come all the guys I meet are bigger than their girlfriends?"
* '''Invoked''': Bob attempts to somehow make himself taller in order to win over Alice.
* '''Exploited''': ???
* '''Defied''':
** Bob deliberately seeks out a girlfriend that doesn't care if he is shorter than her.
** Bob deliberately seeks out an Uke that doesn't care if he is shorter than him.
* '''Discussed''': ???
* '''Conversed''': ???
* '''Deconstructed''': Andy has trouble finding a love interest because everyone he meets insists on this trope.
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