History Main / TheNapoleon

* ''ComicBook/DeKiekeboes'': Timothea Triangl is a dwarf who plots for world domination. He underwent a sex change at one point because he would be able to walk on high heels ''and look taller'' and be able to use the ladies' toilets, instead of being unable to reach for the urinoirs in the men's room.

* Wrestling/{{Crash|Holly}} and Wrestling/BobHolly are 300 pound super heavyweights! For real!

* ''VideoGame/BaldursGate'':
** Played straight with SociopathicHero Korgan, but subverted with Mazzy -- while she's short, belligerent, and pushy, she is also the nearest thing to a halfling paladin and acts as such.
** [[CloudCuckooLander Tiax]] [[ChaoticEvil will]] [[TakeOverTheWorld rule]] [[AxCrazy the]] [[BedlamHouse world!]]
* Shoma Sawamura from ''VideoGame/RivalSchools''. It doesn't help that his [[TheMasochismTango on and off girlfriend Natsu]] is a HugeSchoolgirl. Or that Momo, the ClingyJealousGirl who crushes on him, is ''even shorter'' than he is... but loves to use both her [[{{Moe}} cuteness]] ''and'' short stature [[BitchInSheepsClothing to her]] [[WoundedGazelleGambit advantage]].

* Arguably, Franchise/{{Kirby}}. Combine the fact that he's about 8 inches, nearly destroys the universe when someone steals his cake, and AmericanKirbyIsHardcore, you've got one nasty puffball.

* This title notably fits the champion Veigar from ''VideoGame/LeagueOfLegends'', the tiny champion who complains of short jokes while still trying to feign being evil.

* ''Manga/{{Haikyuu}}'': Yaku from Nekoma is this to a tee. At 165.2 cm (5' 5"), he's one of the shorter players, which he's [[HeightAngst incredibly self-conscious about.]] His height is said to be a taboo topic among his teammates, which everyone but [[InnocentlyInsensitive Lev]] seems to respect as commenting on it often results in violent outbursts. Another thing that ticks him off is whenever Lev (again), attempts to skip practice with him. It's gotten to the point, that Kuroo refers to him as a "demon senpai".

* [[{{Tsundere}} England]] from ''Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers'', though stated to come from his shortness, as he's actually the same height as France and his official height would set him only two centimeters shorter than America and at the same height as France. However, sometimes America looks OneHeadTaller next to him, almost to [[HugeGuyTinyGirl Huge Guy Tiny Other Guy]] proportions at times, so it's suspected that the author made him shorter in comparison to play up this trope.

* Snagglebit from ''Anime/TheLittlBits''; his original ''name'' was even Napoleon.

* TeenGenius Suzu Hagimura is ''Manga/SeitokaiYakuindomo'''s resident [[TheNapoleon shorty]]. Never call her [[BerserkButton kid]] unless you want to hear [[CharacterCatchphrase a long tirade about the strength of her intelligence]]. That goes double if you're a foreigner: it'll be the {{Cluster F Bomb}}s for you.

* Kokoro-chan from ''Anime/TanteiOperaMilkyHolmes''. Perhaps to compensate, she's especially fond of [[ImprobablyHighIQ flaunting her IQ]]. In the OVA, she gets a side job of... being a loli idol.

* Lt. Q.P. Dahl from Wally Wood's ''[[ComicStrip/SallyForthWood Sally Forth]]'' is the leader of the squad and half as tall as anyone else.

* Lord Cutler Beckett from the [[Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanDeadMansChest second]] and [[Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanAtWorldsEnd third]] ''Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean'' films. He's the closest thing to an outright-evil character in the films. He has no fear of gods, and no sense of honor; he's cold, heartless, tyrannical, and severe.
** {{Exaggerated|Trope}} in ''VideoGame/LegoPiratesOfTheCaribbean'', where he is so small he doesn't have any leg joints (something normally reserved for LEGO children. Or [[VideoGame/LegoStarWars Yoda]].)

* Tanner in both the 1976 ''Film/TheBadNewsBears'' (and its sequel ''Breaking Training'') and the 2005 remake.
* The Penguin, played by 4'10" Creator/DannyDeVito in ''Film/BatmanReturns'' and 5'5" Burgess Meredith in the 1966 ''Batman'' movie and TV series.

* Miss Ungermeyer in the ''Series/LizzieMcGuire'' movie.

* This is a staple for most roles played by French comedic genius Creator/LouisDeFunes -- short, bossy and bad-tempered.
** For example, in ''Film/DelusionsOfGrandeur]]'', Don Saluste finds his valet Blaze (played by Creator/YvesMontand) to be too tall and orders him to serve his master while half-crouched. The actors for the "Grands d'Espagne" in the same movie were specifically chosen as very tall to make Saluste look shorter.

* Weebo from ''Film/{{Flubber}}'', saving the fact that she will go AxCrazy and show NightmareFuel on her screen to scare people.
* Young Rusty from ''Film/{{The Kid|2000}}''.
* Baby Alvy from ''Film/SonOfTheMask''.

* Louie De Palma from ''Series/{{Taxi}}'', though many of Danny [=DeVito's=] characters get classified as this by default.
* ''Series/{{Cheers}}''' Carla Tortelli is 5 feet of attitude.
* The TV series ''Series/JackOfAllTrades'' features appearances by Napoleon himself, played by Verne "Mini-Me" Troyer.

* Dr. Romano (played by 5'6" Paul [=McCrane=]) on ''Series/{{ER}}'', even though he could be quite the good guy at times.

* Rumplestiltskin (and by extension Mr. Gold) in ''Series/OnceUponATime'' fits, given he's the shortest of the male cast and is still the person everyone fears because he's one of the most powerful beings in the series. Considering the actual fairy tale version of Rumpelstiltskin is an imp (and Rumple's called that numerous times), it makes sense.

* From ''Franchise/StarTrek'' ''[[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration TNG]]'' and ''[[Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine DS9]]'', is Gowron. At 5'10", he's average for a human, but a runt by Klingon standards. As a result, he tends to be louder and more bombastic than most others of his race.
** Done as a PlanetOfHats in the ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'' episode "Virtuoso". The Qomar are very short and very full of themselves. When people act rude in response, they get indignant.

* The Axem Rangers in ''VideoGame/SuperMarioRPG''.

* Reo from the {{Hentai}} [[YuriGenre Yuri]] VisualNovel ''Sono Hanabira ni Kuchizuke wo''. Also a {{Tsundere}}.

** 8-Bit Mickey in the annual specials. Height jokes? Not a fan.

* VillainProtagonist Dan of ''WesternAnimation/DanVs'' is a diminutive man with a ''serious'' HairTriggerTemper that drives him to enact a RoaringRampageOfRevenge in response to any slight he experiences.

* Female version: Marcia the marsupial mouse from ''WesternAnimation/BlinkyBill'' can be downright nasty at times.

* The title character of ''WesternAnimation/DanVs'' is short and hot-headed. He doesn't like being reminded of his height or lack thereof.

* Principal Pixiefrog from ''WesternAnimation/MyGymPartnersAMonkey'', at least in comparison to the rest of the characters as Pixie Frogs are actually very big amphibians.

* Eric Needles from ''WesternAnimation/{{Sidekick}}'', due to [[ButtMonkey not getting any respect from anyone]] and whining a lot.

* The late Yitzhak Shamir, former prime minister of Israel, was a leader of the pre-statehood Zionist militant group Lehi, robbed banks, and escaped from British prisons ''twice''. He was just under five feet tall.

* Reo from the {{Hentai}} GirlsLove VisualNovel ''Sono Hanabira ni Kuchizuke wo''. Also a {{Tsundere}}.

* The Big Figure, the [[MisterBig dwarf kingpin]] in ''ComicBook/{{Watchmen}}''. Rorschach is also a small man who wears lifts in his shoes while in costume to appear taller. In a subversion Big Figure isn't too bothered by his height; it is actually his GiantMook henchman that blows a gasket when Rorschach keeps making height puns.

* The main plot of the issue of ''[[ComicBook/{{Batman}} Detective Comics]]'' #39 (considerably more famous for depicting Batman's SuperheroOrigin) has him fighting a MadScientist who looks just like Napoleon using a zeppelin and a DeathRay to terrorize Gotham.
* [[ComicBook/{{Robin}} Damian Wayne]] is thirteen years old, but he's significantly shorter than [[ComicBook/{{Superboy}} Jonathan Kent]], who's only ten. [[BerserkButton He hates when this gets brought up]]; once when Jon mentioned it, Damian came at him with an axe.
-->"'''''I'll have your miserable mutated head, ALIEN!!'''''"

* Ultimate Supreme Executive Chairman Drek from ''VideoGame/RatchetAndClank'', and Emperor Percival Tachyon from ''Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction''. Tachyon emphasizes the trope even further by always riding around on a very tall robotic throne, and in Zordoom Prison the punishment for mocking his size ([[EmbarrassingFirstName or his name]]) is [[DisproportionateRetribution execution by firing squad]].

* ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamSeries'': At 4"10, The Penguin is the shortest character in the series (beating The Mad Hatter by a single inch). He's sadistic mob boss constantly talking about owning things, proving himself, and "getting what's his". In ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamCity'' Professor Strange actually [[LampshadeHanging asks him if he's ever heard of a Napoleon Complex]]. He hasn't. In ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamKnight'', The Riddler goes for an even less subtle "How's that Napoleon Complex working out for you?"

* Vita of ''Franchise/LyricalNanoha''. {{Tsundere}}, FieryRedhead with [[DropTheHammer a giant hammer]] and approximately [[LittleMissBadass half the height of most of the cast]] [[RidiculouslyHumanRobots permanently]]. Gets annoyed whenever someone mistakes her for a child. Tends to be exaggerated in fan works where she's shown looking for ways to get taller.

* Riddle Rosehearts of ''VideoGame/TwistedWonderland'' is the shortest known character in Heartslabyul dorm and third-shortest character overall, but holds a respected position as the dorm leader with a fierce personality to match, being easily angered whenever someone breaks one of the dorm's many rules even unwittingly. He calms down a bit after the events of Chapter 1, but still contains a short temper.

* TeenGenius Suzu Hagimura is ''Manga/SeitokaiYakuindomo'''s resident [[TheNapoleon shorty]]. Never call her [[BerserkButton kid]] unless you want to hear [[CatchPhrase a long tirade about the strength of her intelligence]]. That goes double if you're a foreigner: it'll be the {{Cluster F Bomb}}s for you.

* Kingyo-hime from ''VideoGame/{{Onmyoji|2016}}'' is constantly mocked by the tall and statuesque Lord of the Arakawa River for her petite size. Now her biggest dream is to [[CatchPhrase "conquer the world"]] in order to get even with the "big useless idiot".

[[caption-width-right:350:[[FridgeLogic Don't ask]] how Taiga Aisaka is able to hit a guy that much taller than her [[ArtisticLicensePhysics without jumping]]. [[BerserkButton Seriously. Don't.]] She might hit '''you''' next!]]

[[caption-width-right:350:[[FridgeLogic Don't ask]] how Taiga is able to hit a guy that much taller than her [[ArtisticLicensePhysics without jumping]]. [[BerserkButton Seriously. Don't.]] She might hit '''you''' next!]]

[[caption-width-right:350:[[[FridgeLogic Don't ask]] how Taiga is able to hit a guy that much taller than her [[ArtisticLicensePhysics without jumping]]. [[BerserkButton Seriously. Don't.]] She might hit '''you''' next!]]]

[[caption-width-right:350:[-[[FridgeLogic Don't ask]] how Taiga is able to hit a guy that much taller than her [[ArtisticLicensePhysics without jumping]]. [[BerserkButton Seriously. Don't.]] She might hit '''you''' next!-]]]

** Floyd Fitznewski, on the other hand, isn't really mean, he just has too much energy and likes to start fights for the heck of it -- especially if it involves a flying tackle.