'''Basic Trope''': A small person who is very strong.
* '''Straight''': Bob is 5'2" and weighs 120 lbs. But he can bench-press 400 lbs.
* '''Exaggerated''':
** Bob is two feet tall and has SuperStrength; he can lift a house and toss it over his shoulder.
** Bob is ant-sized, yet can bench-press mountains or even ''landmasses''.
* '''Downplayed''': Bob is below average height and weight but has above average strength.
* '''Justified''':
** Strength and size aren't always the same.
** Bob is a superhero or magic-user.
** Bob takes advantage of the SquareCubeLaw.
* '''Inverted''':
** Bob is 6'4" and 200 lbs, but is WeaksauceWeakness personified.
** ImpossiblyGracefulGiant
* '''Subverted''': Bob claims to be stronger than he looks, but is beaten easily.
* '''Double Subverted''': IAmNotLeftHanded.
* '''Parodied''': Bob is smaller than an electron and he can move mountains beneath anyone's notice until it's already [[MonumentalTheft conspicuously gone from the landscape]].
* '''Zig-Zagged''': Bob has the ability to grow or shrink himself; he's super-strong when tiny and super-weak when big, or vice versa.
* '''Averted''':
** Bob is small and weak.
** [[TheBigGuy Bob is big (possibly 6'4" and 200 lbs), and very strong.]]
** Bob is of average strength and size.
* '''Enforced''': The author wants to deliver AnAesop about the power of personal effort.
* '''Lampshaded''': "I know size doesn't always matter, but something about Bob seems to take that line too far."
* '''Invoked''': Bob works out in secret.
* '''Exploited''':
** Bob enters a contest of strength, and he's up against big bodybuilder types.
** Bob's strength gives him a slight advantage in physical combat, but what ''really'' gives him an edge is the fact that his opponents don't expect it.
** Alternatively, Bob is both small and strong. Considering that being smaller typically means you're faster and harder to hit, Bob becomes a LightningBruiser.
* '''Defied''': Bob is small and doesn't do much physical activity. Instead, he prefers intellectual hobbies like art, music, and [[SmartPeoplePlayChess chess]] to sports.
* '''Discussed''': "Damn! Did you just see Bob?" "Yeah! Picked up that car like it was nothing!"
* '''Conversed''': "I'm glad this is just a cartoon. Bob could never do that in reality."
* '''Implied''': Bob is locked in a confined space alone with a heavy object and no mechanical aids with which to move it. When Alice checks on him moments later, she finds that the object has moved and Bob isn't even sweating.
* '''Deconstructed''':
** Bob's small size makes him a GlassCannon who can't take the pummeling bigger characters can.
** Bob suffers from PowerIncontinence and ''always'' pushes at things with dangerous amounts of force far out of proportion to his stature.
* '''Reconstructed''':
** See exploited.
** Bob learns how to NOT use too much of his strength, or gets a limiter he can take off in case [[GodzillaThreshold shit gets real]].
* '''Played for Laughs''': Bob (a midget) bests [[MeaningfulName Goliath]] (a huge bodybuilder type) in a wrestling match, then juggles an elephant, a kitchen sink, a toilet, a barbell, and a car to show off.
* '''Played for Drama''': Bob wishes for SuperStrength, but it causes problems for him. Like accidentally crushing his infant daughter.
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