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* [--MicroDieting -- eating comically tiny portions of food.--]

* [--DinkyDilophosaur -- dilophosaurs being half the size they are supposed to be.--]

* [--Dinky Dilophosaur -- dilophosaurs being half the size they are supposed to be.--]

* [--ResizedVocals-- For some reason, being shrunken or grown changes your voice as well. --]

* [--PintSizedKid -- Kids in media are unrealistically smaller than adults.--]

* [--MobileSuitHuman -- same for a tiny pilot--]

* [--PintsizedPowerhouse -- someone is short but ''very strong''.--]

-->-- '''Nigel Powers''' referring to his spy-car[[labelnote:*]][[SexualEuphemism probably]][[/labelnote]], ''[[Film/AustinPowers Austin Powers in Goldmember]]''

-> ''"It's not the size that matters: It's how you use it."''

[--Contrast--] '''BiggerIsBetter.'''

* ACupAngst -- a woman's breasts are small (or at least she thinks they are) and she feels negatively about it.
* AdorableEvilMinions -- the villain's minions are small and cute.
* AnimalsNotToScale -- animals which are strangely big or small for their species.
* BigGuyLittleGuy -- two men who walk around together, one tall and one short.
* CartoonishCompanions -- the main characters have a pal who's short and a lot more cartoony-looking than them.
* CuteLittleFangs -- a character has cute, often small, fangs.
* DinkyDrivers -- very tiny people try to drive a regular-sized car.
* FantasticVoyagePlot -- characters become tiny enough to go inside someone's body... then, they ''do''.
* FunSize -- smaller = cuter.
* HugeGuyTinyGirl -- a tall man and a short woman who are lovers or best friends.
* HugeRiderTinyMount -- a large character rides a small animal.
* IncredibleShrinkingMan -- someone shrinks.
* KillerRabbit -- a small, cute person or animal that is dangerous.
* KneeHighPerspective -- the work takes place from the perspective of someone who comes up to the average person's knees/ankles/waist.
* LargeRunt -- a character who's small for their species but actually quite big.
* {{Lilliputians}} -- tiny humanoids (the tallest a Lilliputian can be is about knee-high).
* LilliputianWarriors -- a species of tiny, aggressive humanoids.
* LittlePeople -- a race of humanoids who are short but not quite Lilliputians.
* MascotMook -- a (usually small, but not always) {{Mook}} becomes popular among fans.
* MiniatureEffects -- film effects created with miniature props.
* MiniatureSeniorCitizens -- someone who's elderly and short.
* MiniMecha -- the tiniest mecha for a normal sized pilot.
* MobileSuitHuman -- same for a tiny pilot
* ModelPlanning -- planning something to do with a place and using models of that place to demonstrate.
* MouseWorld -- a story where the protagonists are very small.
* {{Nanomachines}} -- little tiny machines.
* OneParagraphChapter -- a chapter that is very short and/or has only one paragraph.
* OnlyAModel -- a model of something larger.
* PetitePride -- the opposite of A-Cup Angst; a woman who is ''proud'' of having small breasts.
* PintsizedPowerhouse -- someone is short but ''very strong''.
* ScaleModelDestruction -- a 3D model gets destroyed.
* ScavengedPunk (often but not always a Tiny Trope)-- a culture gets/makes its technology from scavenged stuff.
* ShamefulShrinking -- someone literally shrinks when feeling guilty/ashamed/embarrassed.
* ShoulderSizedDragon -- a little wee dragon.
* ShrinkRay -- a gun that can shrink things.
* ShrunkenHead -- a human head that's been shrunk.
* {{Sizeshifter}} -- someone can change their size.
* SleepModeSize -- a character looks much smaller when they're asleep.
* SmallGirlBigGun -- a little girl carrying a [[{{BFG}} really large gun.]]
* SynchronizedSwarming -- groups of fish/insects/etc can form shapes with one another.
* TeenyWeenie -- a small penis.
* 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.
* TinyGuyHugeGirl -- a woman is much taller than a man she's dating.
* TinyHeadedBehemoth -- a huge creature with a tiny head.
* TinySchoolboy -- a short teenage boy.
* TokenMiniMoe -- a character much smaller and/or younger than the main cast who's meant to be cute.

* ACupAngst
* AdorableEvilMinions
* AnimalsNotToScale
* BigGuyLittleGuy
* CartoonishCompanions
* CuteLittleFangs
* DinkyDrivers
* FantasticVoyagePlot
* FunSize
* HugeGuyTinyGirl
* HugeRiderTinyMount
* IncredibleShrinkingMan
* KillerRabbit
* KneeHighPerspective
* LargeRunt
* {{Lilliputians}}
* LilliputianWarriors
* MascotMook
* MiniatureEffects
* MiniatureSeniorCitizens

* ModelPlanning
* MouseWorld
* {{Nanomachines}}
* OneParagraphChapter
* OnlyAModel
* PetitePride
* PintsizedPowerhouse
* ScaleModelDestruction
* ScavengedPunk (often but not always a [[TinyTropes Tiny Trope]])
* ShamefulShrinking
* ShoulderSizedDragon
* ShrinkRay
* ShrunkenHead
* {{Sizeshifter}}
* SleepModeSize
* SmallGirlBigGun
* SynchronizedSwarming
* TeenyWeenie
* ThisIsWhatTheBuildingWillLookLike
* TinyGuyHugeGirl
* TinyHeadedBehemoth
* TinySchoolboy
* TokenMiniMoe