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Author: Xzenu

Jul 26th 2011 at 2:37:31 AM

I was just going to start the YKTTW for OurMiceAreHeroic, but I can see this YKTTW already exists.

I reccomend adding to the description that a stock trait of mice characters is that they get underestimated a lot.

I reccomend ''against'' the suggestions to bring rats into the equation. Of course they should be mentioned as a contrast, but that is all. This is not a "mice age good, rats are evil" dichotomy, it's two separate concepts: Mice are small and easily underestimated, rats are dirty and spread diseases.

Oh, and some examples:

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* ''{{GURPS}} Aliens'' has a small rodent-like race called "Cidi". Heroic, often underestimated, and also great mechanics. They have a racial pet peeve against big races treating them as pets or harmless silly little creatures. And thus they are very prone to demand RESPECT, in their squeaky little voices. 
* The ratmen of ''DrakarOchDemoner ErebAltor'' fall into this trope, not YouDirtyRat: They are small, easily underestimated, not portrayed as disgusting in any way, and they are a playable hero race.

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* ''LeagueOfLegends'' has a race called Yordle: Small mouse-like creatures that are often heroic, great mechanics and tired of being underestimated. All but one yordle characters follow this trope, and the one that doesn't has a backstory that begins with invoking it: 
-->''To most, thoughts of yordles do not conjure images to be feared. The easygoing half-pint race, though fierce, is often regarded with some degree of joviality. Their high-pitched voices and naturally cute forms inspire something of a protective instinct in the larger races, or at least bring to mind images of children playing at being adults. every now and again, however, a yordles turns so bad that, even at its small stature, it strikes terror into the hearts of others. Veigar is such a twisted yordle. As a master of the magical black arts, as well as a corruptor of cosmic energy, he is one of the most powerful sorcerers on Valoran.''