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* In the YetAnotherChristmasCarol episode of ''WebAnimation/GridironHeights'', Jacksonville Jaguars quarterback Trevor Lawrence gets the Tiny Tim treatment (though he rebukes the Tiny Trevor moniker, given that he's 6'6") with Chip Kelly, the ghost of Urban Meyer present, warning Urban Meyer that one bad coach could potentially ruin his career. It also helps that Lawrence has a rookie baby voice, per Gridiron Heights tradition. Urban, however, is unmoved.

* In the YetAnotherChristmasCarol episode of ''WebAnimation/GridironHeights'', Jacksonville Jaguars quarterback Trevor Lawrence gets the Tiny Tim treatment (though he angrily rebukes the Tiny Trevor moniker, insisting he's 6'6") with Chip Kelly, the ghost of Urban Meyer present warning Urban Meyer that one bad coach could potentially ruin his career. Urban is unmoved. It also helps that Lawrence has a rookie baby voice, per Gridiron Heights tradition.

** In "Miracle On Evergreen Terrace", Lisa introduces a pair of sickly orphans in ragged clothing named Patches and Poor Violet to Bart, who give him a ragged one dollar bill they had been saving when everyone at their orphanage heard what had happened, which unfortunately does not help his extreme guilt over the truth. When the truth does get out, the orphan duo are just as furious as the rest of the townsfolk, as the dollar they gave Bart was their vitamin money.
** In "Homer Vs. Dignity", there is a British boy wearing an outfit resembling that of Tiny Tim's, and he is excited to see the Santa Claus float at the parade. He however, does not appear to be disabled, and is quite happy. One unlucky thing that happens to him though is that the guy who dressed up as Santa Claus (who is really [[spoiler:Mr. Burns]]) throws fish guts at him.

* In the YetAnotherChristmasCarol episode of ''WebAnimation/GridironHeights'', Jacksonville Jaguars quarterback Trevor Lawrence gets the Tiny Tim treatment (though he angrily rebukes the Tiny Trevor moniker, insisting he's 6'6") with Chip Kelly, the ghost of Urban Meyer present warning Urban Meyer that one bad coach could potentially ruin his career. Urban is unmoved. It also helps that Lawrence has a rookie baby voice, per Gridiron Heights. tradition.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/ThomasAndFriends'' episode, "[[Recap/ThomasTheTankEngineS19E19And20DieselsGhostlyChristmas Diesel's Ghostly Christmas]]", Sir Topham Hatt parodies the character of Tiny Tim by spending the entirety of the episode on crutches, having [[InjuredLimbEpisode twisted his ankle]] sometime before the episode's events. After Emily, Salty, Paxton, and Thomas convince Diesel to help others when they need it by parodying the four ghosts of ''A Christmas Carol'', Diesel takes Sir Topham Hatt to Sir Robert Norramby's Christmas lunch when Sir Topham Hatt gets left behind at Knapford Station.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/ThomasTheTankEngine'' episode, "[[Recap/ThomasTheTankEngineS19E19And20DieselsGhostlyChristmas Diesel's Ghostly Christmas]]", Sir Topham Hatt parodies the character of Tiny Tim by spending the entirety of the episode on crutches, having [[InjuredLimbEpisode twisted his ankle]] sometime before the episode's events. After Emily, Salty, Paxton, and Thomas convince Diesel to help others when they need it by parodying the four ghosts of ''A Christmas Carol'', Diesel takes Sir Topham Hatt to Sir Robert Norramby's Christmas lunch when Sir Topham Hatt gets left behind at Knapford Station.

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* a British accent.

* being dirt poor.

* ragged attire consisting of a jacket, hat, and a scarf, with [[PauperPatches visible patches]].

* some kind of illness (specified or not) or injury such as a broken leg. They are commonly depicted as requiring crutches or a cane.

[[JustForFun/IThoughtItMeant No relation to]] ''that'' ''Music/TinyTim''. Possible subtrope of YetAnotherChristmasCarol. Often overlaps with HeartwarmingOrphan and LittlestCancerPatient. See also CharClone, WolverineWannabe, and PracticallyJoker.

* ''Series/SesameStreet'': The Christmas special involves Oscar adopting a cat named Tiny Tim, so-named because he broke his leg around Christmas.

* ragged attire consisting of a jacket, hat, and a scarf, with visible patches.

* In the ''Team Fortress 2'' machinima "End of the Line", the boy from the orphanage is dressed in Dickensian clothes, including the hat, and uses a pair of crutches as he's missing a leg.

* ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'': Pip Pirrup has shades of this, being a British-voiced orphan ([[RetCon though he originally wasn't]]), and tends to suffer a lot of abuse from everyone in town, although he has no permanent visible injuries on him. Nevertheless, he still manages to keep a chipper attitude despite all of his bad luck.

[[caption-width-right:350:"God bless us, every one!" [[labelnote:Clockwise from top left]][[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Patches]], [[WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}} Tinny Tim]], [[WesternAnimation/SouthPark Pip Pirrup]], and [[WesternAnimation/MickeyChristmasCarol Tiny Tim the Mouse]].[[/labelnote]]]]

* One of Mickey's nephews plays the role of Tiny Tim in ''WeasternAnimation/MickeysChristmasCarol''. In this universe, Tiny Tim appears as a poor boy walking with a crutch, who is in need of assistance.

[[caption-width-right:350:"God bless us, every one!" [[labelnote:Clockwise from top left]][[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Patches]], [[WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}} Tinny Tim]], [[WesternAnimation/SouthPark Pip Pirrup]], and [[Franchise/{{Ducktales}} Tiny Tim the Mouse]].[[/labelnote]]]]

* A mouse named Tiny Tim is featured in ''Franchise/{{Ducktales}}''. In this universe, Tiny Tim did indeed exist in 19th-century England, and appeared as a poor boy walking with a crutch, who is in need of assistance.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Slugterra}}'' has Shinny Sim, a character who appears in the [[ChristmasEpisode]] "Slug Day", a resident of the Eastern Caverns who is this in all but name.

In today's fiction you find a lot of characters who are based off iconic characters from classic or modern day works. One of such characters that gets a lot of references is Tiny Tim from ''Literature/AChristmasCarol'', the ill son of Ebenezer Scrooge's employee Bob Cratchit.

A Tiny Tim {{Expy}} will usually have all or some of the following traits:

* Be depicted as dirt poor.

* A ragged attire consisting of a jacket, hat, and a scarf, with visible patches.

* some kind of illness (specified or not) or injury such as a broken leg, they are commonly depicted as requiring crutches or a cane.

* Finally, the character is sometimes depicted as being a ButtMonkey, ExtremeDoormat, or CosmicPlaything to other characters in the setting so you can expect to see them suffer a bit of abuse. Nevertheless they will always come out of it with a positive attitude, whether its real [[StepfordSmiler or not]].

[[JustForFun/IThoughtItMeant No relation to]] ''that'' ''Music/TinyTim''. Possible sub trope of YetAnotherChristmasCarol. Often overlaps with HeartwarmingOrphan and LittlestCancerPatient. See also CharClone, WolverineWannabe, and PracticallyJoker.

[[JustForFun/IThoughtItMeant No relation to]] ''that'' ''Music/TinyTim''. Possible sub trope of YetAnotherChristmasCarol. Often overlaps with HeartwarmingOrphan and LittlestCancerPatient. See also CharClone, WolverineWannabe, and Practically Joker.

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