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 a midget with super strength
- Bob is ant-sized, yet can bench-press mountains or even planets.
- 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.
- Inverted:
- Bob is 6'4" and 200 lbs, but is Weaksauce Weakness personified.
- Bob is 6'4" and 200 lbs, and very strong.
- Subverted: Bob claims to be stronger than he looks, but is beaten easily.
- Double Subverted: I Am Not Left-Handed.
- Parodied: Bob is a midget, and he lifts a building and tosses it over his shoulder.
- Zig Zagged: ???
- Averted:
- Bob is small and weak.
- Bob is big.
- Bob is of average strength and size.
- Deconstructed: Bob's small size means he's a Glass Cannon who can't take the pummelling bigger characters can.
- Enforced: The show creators are doing an homage to Underdog, The Atom Ant Show and other similarly compact-yet-strong cartoon characters.
- Lampshaded: ???
- Invoked: Bob enters a contest of strength, and he's up against big bodybuilder types.
- Exploited: ???
- Defied: Bob is small, and doesn't do a lot of physical activity. Instead, he prefers things like art and music and chess over sports.
- Discussed: "I'm glad this is just a cartoon. Bob could never do that in reality."
- Conversed: "Damn! Did you just see Bob?" "Yeah! Picked up that car like it was nothing!"
- Played For Laughs: Bob (a midget) bests 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 super-strength, but it causes problems for him. Like accidentally crushing his infant daughter.
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