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Often justified by having her be a [[RoyalBrat spoiled rich kid or even royalty]]. Other times, she's just the only daughter in a family full of males, and her older brothers [[SpoiledBrat spoil her immensely]]. At others, she's a mostly normal girl but either has a serious lack of social skills or is scared of being steamrolled by taller/older/etc. people, so she covers up her insecurities with aggressive behavior. She's usually pre-puberty age, but sometimes it can creep up into the teen years. There's a good chance when someone acts bossy and aggressive to ''them'', [[{{Hypocrite}} she'll hate being so without as hint of irony]]. It's possible for her to have character development and learn either humility or wisdom, but other times she'll never learn.

* It should go without saying that this is TruthInTelevision.

* The first request of ''LightNovel/AriaTheScarletAmmo'''s titular character to Kinji is to become her slave. She later orders the same thing to Shirayuki, and sometimes talks about how she has to "train" them. Don't try to disobey, or [[CatchPhrase she'll make you full of airholes.]] She also gets ''very'' jealous whenever Kinji gets too close to another girl.

* Dalian from ''LightNovel/TheMysticArchivesOfDantalian'' appears to be shaping up to be this, ordering Huey around like he's a servant, or she's a little girl he should be doing everything for, though she's a more subdued example.

* ''LightNovel/{{Toradora}}'': Known around school as the "Palmtop Tiger" for her short, "doll-like" body and violent disposition, Taiga Aisaka is truly a force to reckon with, despite standing only 4'9". She also happens to be a walking [[DeconstructedTrope deconstruction]] of the trope -- her stature [[ACupAngst and lack of curves]] badly screw up her sense of self-worth, thus [[TheNapoleon her aggressive approach to other people]] (which is combined with [[NoSocialSkills other]] [[ParentalAbandonment factors]]) turns her into a kid with [[BrokenBird deep emotional scars]].

* ''Danganronpa52DespairFromTheHeart'': Rikona is about the size of a third-grader and acts like a spoiled princess, attempting to order the other students around and calling everyone a peasant.

Often justified by having her be a [[RoyalBrat spoiled rich kid or even royalty]]. Other times, she's just the only daughter in a family full of males, and her older brothers [[SpoiledBrat spoil her immensely]]. At others, she's a mostly normal girl but either has a serious lack of social skills or is scared of being steamrolled by taller/older/etc. people, so she covers up her insecurities with aggressive behavior. She's usually pre-puberty age, but sometimes it can creep up into the teen years. There's a good chance when someome acts bossy and aggresive to ''them'', [[{{Hypocrite}} she'll hate being so without as hint of irony]]. It's possible for her to have character development and learn either humility or wisdom, but other times she'll never learn.

* ''Series/TheOffice'': Angela, in all her bossy, judgmental, diminutive glory.

* Princess Morbucks in ''ComicBook/ThePowerpuffGirls''. In the comic book story "Spare Tyrant," she ramps it UpToEleven. She buys a small country called Splatvia, proclaims herself as ruler, establishes a militia and holds sway over the citizens after neutralizing the girls' powers.

Often justified by having her be a [[RoyalBrat spoiled rich kid or even royalty]]. Other times, she's just the only daughter in a family full of males, and her older brothers [[SpoiledBrat spoil her immensely]]. At others, she's a mostly normal girl but either has a serious lack of social skills or is scared of being steamrolled by taller/older/etc. people, so she covers up her insecurities with aggressive behavior. She's usually pre-puberty age, but sometimes it can creep up into the teen years. There's a good chance when someobe acts bossy and aggresive to them [[{{Hypocrite}} she'll hate being so withouty as hint of irony]]. It's possible for her to have character development and learn either humility or wisdom, but other times she'll never learn.

Often justified by having her be a [[RoyalBrat spoiled rich kid or even royalty]]. Other times, she's just the only daughter in a family full of males, and her older brothers [[SpoiledBrat spoil her immensely]]. At others, she's a mostly normal girl but either has a serious lack of social skills or is scared of being steamrolled by taller/older/etc. people, so she covers up her insecurities with aggressive behavior. She's usually pre-puberty age, but sometimes it can creep up into the teen years. It's possible for her to have character development and learn either humility or wisdom, but other times she'll never learn.

* ''Manga/NurseHitomisMonsterInfirmary'': Chisa Osanai is the shortest in the class, actually shrinking day to day, and she has quite the HeightAngst about it. She's rather bossy and blunt, though it's only because she cares so much about her [[RomanticTwoGirlFriendship best friend]] [[HugeSchoolgirl Kyouko]] (she actually used to be taller than Kyouko before puberty).

* In ''Literature/AFeastForCrows'', [[YoungAndInCharge ten-year-old Willow]] rules the inn she lives in, and all the other children that work in it, with an iron fist.

* ''Manga/NurseHitomisMonsterInfirmary'': Chisa Osanai is the shortest in the class, actually shrinking day to day, and she has quite the HeightAngst about it. She's rather bossy and blunt, though it's only because she cares so much about her [[RomanticTwoGirlFriendship best friend]] [[HugeSchoolgirl Kyouko]] (she actually used to be taller than Kyouko before puberty).

%%* In David Eddings' ''Literature/TheBelgariad'', C'Nedra is one of the rare teenage examples.
* Mary from ''Literature/TheSecretGarden'', mocked as "Mary Mary, quite contrary". It's seen as a negative trait, but one that allows her to go toe to toe with her cousin, the rich SpoiledBrat.

* Tara the Terrible in the ''Literature/{{Goosebumps}}'' book ''The Cuckoo Clock of Doom'' '''''REALLY''''' lives up to her name. She's seven years old and makes her older brother, Michael's life a living hell by making him step in a huge wad of gum, embarrassing him in front of his crush, ruining his birthday party, and even gets him beat up by an older kid. What's more is that not only do his parents condone all of their daughter's sordid deeds, they even refuse to believe Michael when he tells them about Tara's true nature.
* ''Literature/AndIDarken'' has Lada, the main character, who isn't just bossy but will get violent if you don't obey her. Once her little brother Radu (by now far taller than her) watches with amusement how, when planning an attack, all the men in the room listen to her despite the fact she's the shortest one there.
* In ''Literature/AFeastForCrows'', [[YoungAndInCharge ten-year-old Willow]] rules the inn she lives in, and all the other children that work in it, with an iron fist.

%%* The ''Series/StargateAtlantis'' episode "Harmony" has the eponymous RoyalBrat.
* Several of the not-yet school-aged divas on ''Series/ToddlersAndTiaras''. One show had a 4-year-old ordering her mother around and haranguing her for not doing things right. Cut to the ConfessionCam as her mother praises the behavior for showing her daughter's "dominance".
* ''Series/TokusouSentaiDekaranger'': Umeko/Deka Pink has elements of it. She has the shortest stature of the Dekarangers, but is by no means small. She's much more hotblooded than her female companion Jasmine, but she's in no way abusive. Also? She tends to claim herself as the leader of Dekarangers, but whenever she did that, things just never go her way.

* ''Series/MadMen'': While not as scary and commanding as her taller work peers [[FieryRedhead Joan]] [[IceQueen Holloway]] [[IronLady Harris]] and [[AFatherToHisMen Don]] [[ControlFreak Draper]] can get, 5'3" Peggy Olson went from a ShrinkingViolet Secretary to a commanding to the point of prickliness Copy Chief.

* ''Series/TheOffice'': Angela, in all her bossy, judgmental, diminutive glory

* LittleMissSnarker Nah from ''VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening'' is the shortest and among the youngest of the [[spoiler: Future Children]] group, and despite being a good person at heart, due to several insecurities and issues [[spoiler: that come from her and her friends growing up in a CrapsackWorld]] she can also be very awkward, bossy and pushy. [[NeverLiveItDown Even when her behavior goes to the extreme only in ONE of her support talks, fandom sees her as if she was a bitch to EVERYONE all the time.]]
* Tori of ''VideoGame/EnsembleStars'' is a GenderInvertedExample: though he's in high school he [[TokenMiniMoe looks like a 10-year-old]] (being by far the shortest member of the cast) and [[DeliberatelyCuteChild deliberately]] cultivates a cutsey, childlike appearance, complete with pink hair, oversized jumper, and a little teddy bear hanging out of his pockets. However, he is also a RoyalBrat who flaunts his status in the student council over everyone else and regularly refers to people as 'slaves', ordering them around at his own whim. Only Eichi does he truly see as above him, and is in fact desperate to please him. Over the course of the year, however, he undergoes CharacterDevelopment, and while he remains bossy, becomes ''much'' more empathetic to those around him.

* ''Webcomic/BadMoonRising'' has Madison, who is noticeably shorter than almost everyone else in the cast, and gleefully bullies everyone about to get what she wants.

%%* Mary Dahl (Babydoll) in ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries''.
%%* Louise Belcher from ''WesternAnimation/BobsBurgers''.
%%* Penelope and Olivia from ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy''.

%%* Princess from ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls''. Oh so ''very'' much.

%%* [=MacKenzie=] Benders from ''WesternAnimation/RocketPower''. Dear god, she is violent...
* Pistol on ''WesternAnimation/GoofTroop''. Though she doesn't threaten much beyond tattling, her persistence at trying to persuade people to give her what she wants causes everyone in her family to either cave or pass the baton. She's just as good at bossing her older brother around as her father is.
* Toph from ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' is a champion of an underground earthbending ring and regularly both defeats and trash-talks grown men several times her size. When she's teaching Aang earthbending, she becomes a DrillSergeantNasty in the process and nicknames him "twinkletoes" soon after meeting him. [[spoiler: And she hasn't changed her demeanor in ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'']].
* Mandy from ''WesternAnimation/TheGrimAdventuresOfBillyAndMandy'' is tyrannical, bossy and mean. In fact, almost everyone in the show is afraid of her.
* Heloise from ''WesternAnimation/JimmyTwoShoes'' is not merely bossy and mean, but a sadistic psychopath. Even her boss, [[{{Satan}} Lucius Heinous VII]], knows better than to get on her bad side.
%%* Truffles from ''WesternAnimation/{{Chowder}}'' is a grown-up version of this.
* [[VillainProtagonist Vendetta]] from ''WesternAnimation/MakingFiends'', an evil [[AmazingTechnicolorPopulation little green girl]] and the maker of the titular fiends with which she uses to force the people of her home town of Clamsdale to cater to her whims, while terrifying them ForTheEvulz. The only one in town she doesn't have under her thumb is her "friend", Charlotte, a NiceGirl too innocent and naive/[[GoodIsDumb dumb]] to even register Vendetta's attempts at intimidation/to kill her.

* ''LightNovel/TheTwelveKingdoms'' has Shushou, Empress of Kyou. Once the spoiled but also determined daughter of a rich merchant, she decided to save her run-down country by making the dangerous pilgrimage needed to see if she had what it took to become the Queen. Not only she turned out to be the real deal, but she has reigned very wisely and shrewdly over her lands -- yet none woulde guess it upon seeing the orders come from a tiny, bossy, still spoiled girl in frilly clothes.

%%* Angelica from ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}'', although she seems like a big bully rather than tiny since she's three and the protagonists are babies.

%%* Mashiro Blan de Windbloom from the ''Anime/MaiOtome'' and ''Anime/MaiOtomeZwei'' series.

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%%* Evangeline and Anya from ''Manga/NegimaMagisterNegiMagi''.

%%* Mary from ''Literature/TheSecretGarden'', mocked as "Mary Mary, quite contrary". It's seen as a negative trait, but one that allows her to go toe to toe with her cousin, the rich SpoiledBrat.

Perhaps it's the incongruity of a small young girl ordering people around as if she were the big alpha male, but it's a pretty common character design. Some people think she's cute. Others think she's annoying. Either way this is a visually and verbally striking character, and is rarely forgotten. Making large men the target of her orders just adds to the fun.

Often justified by having her be a [[RoyalBrat spoiled rich kid, or even royalty]]. Other times, she's just the only daughter in a family full of males, and her older brothers [[SpoiledBrat spoil her immensely]]. At others, she's a mostly normal girl but either has a serious lack of social skills or is scared of being steamrolled by taller/older/etc. people, so she covers up her insecurities with an aggressive behavior. Usually she's pre-puberty age, but sometimes it can creep up into the teen years. It's possible for her to have character development and learn either humility or wisdom, but other times she'll never learn.

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* Louise from ''LightNovel/TheFamiliarOfZero'' is super-agressive, prone to violent outbursts and fond of physical abuse, near-exclusively towards her familiar Saito. She's also very short and CompensatingForSomething, namely her ACupAngst.

* Tatsumaki (Tornado) from ''Anime/OnePunchMan''. Only problems? She's 28, the older of two sisters and the second best hero around. She believes she's [[BigSisterInstinct compensating for her younger sister]], Fubuki (Blizzard), but Fubuki is quite capable in her own right.
* Shinku from ''Manga/RozenMaiden'' treats Jun like a manservant despite being a just over two-foot tall porcelain doll who is dependent on him for the energy to move and fight and for a roof to stay under.

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** Karrin Murphy is a detective in charge of a small department in the Chicago PD meant to investigate and handle supernatural threats. As an expert marksman and swordsman, she is a true terror on the battlefield. Using a holy blade, she once [[spoiler:chopped the head of an elder vampire]] and didn't stop to break a sweat. [[ThePaladin Knight of the Cross]] Sanya's epithet for her is "Tiny... but ''fierce''."
** The Archive is the living repository of all knowledge that is written or typed. The Archive has existed since ancient Greece and is passed down from mother to daughter on a family line. She is a Power with a capital P on the level of some gods. She once [[spoiler:killed hosts of fallen angels]] using the bare minimal of magic. She did this when her current incarnation was just twelve years old. When she was five, she had enough power to set off Harry's warning system a few blocks away. Her bodyguard and surrogate father is a world class assassin who can find her a bit spooky.

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* ''Webcomic/{{Katamari}}'' features [[VideoGame/KatamariDamacy Ichigo]]; she only comes up to The Prince's waist, and Macho is even taller, yet she bosses them around with ease. The Future Prince explictly describes her as 'fierce'.

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%%* Angelica from ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}'', although she seems like a big bully rather than tiny, since she's three and the protagonists are babies.

* [[VillainProtagonist Vendetta]] from ''WesternAnimation/MakingFiends'', an evil [[AmazingTechnicolorPopulation little green girl]] and the maker of the titular fiends with which she uses to force the people of her home town of Clamsdale to cater to her whims, while terrifying them ForTheEvulz. The only one in town she doesn't have under her thumb, is her "friend", Charlotte, a NiceGirl too innocent and naive/[[GoodIsDumb dumb]] to even register Vendetta's attempts at intimidation/to kill her.

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* Dalian from ''LightNovel/BibliothecaMysticaDeDantalian'' appears to be shaping up to be this, ordering Huey around like he's a servant, or she's a little girl he should be doing everything for, though she's a more subdued example.

%%* Evangeline and Anya from ''Manga/MahouSenseiNegima''.

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* As noted below, Princess Morbucks on ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls'' is this in spades. In the comic book story "Spare Tyrant," she ramps it UpToEleven. She buys a small country called Splatvia, proclaims herself as ruler, establishes a militia and holds sway over the citizens after neutralizing the girls' powers.

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* Sedine from ''ComicStrip/InSecurity'' is small compared to her husband Sam, but there is no doubt she’s in charge.
* Lucy from ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}''.

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* Darla Dimple, the villain of ''WesternAnimation/CatsDontDance''.
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* In ''Film/RememberTheTitans'', pretty little blonde Sheryl Yoast yells at the football players as she assists her father coach.
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* In David Eddings' ''Literature/TheBelgariad'', C'Nedra is one of the rare teenage examples.
* Mary from ''Literature/TheSecretGarden'', mocked as "Mary Mary, quite contrary". It's seen as a negative trait, but one that allows her to go toe to toe with her cousin, the rich SpoiledBrat.

* The ''Series/StargateAtlantis'' episode "Harmony" has the eponymous RoyalBrat.

* ''Webcomic/{{Katamari}}'' features [[VideoGame/KatamariDamacy Ichigo]]; she only comes up to The Prince's waist, and Macho is even taller, yet she bosses them around with ease. The Future!Prince explictly describes her as 'fierce'.

* Mary Dahl (Babydoll) in ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries''.
* Louise Belcher from ''WesternAnimation/BobsBurgers''.
* Penelope and Olivia from ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy''.

* Princess from ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls''. Oh so ''very'' much.
* Angelica from ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}'', although she seems like a big bully rather than tiny, since she's three and the protagonists are babies.
* [=MacKenzie=] Benders from ''WesternAnimation/RocketPower''. Dear god, she is violent...

* Truffles from ''WesternAnimation/{{Chowder}}'' is a grown-up version of this.

* As noted below, Princess Morbucks on ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls'' is this in spades. In the comic book story "Spare Tyrant," she ramps it UpToEleven. She buys a small country called Splatvia, proclaims herself as ruler, establishes a militia and holds away over the citizens after neutralizing the girls' powers.

* As noted below, Princess Morbucks on ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls'' is this in spades. In the comic book story "Spare Tyrant," she ramps it UpToEleven. She buys small country called Splatvia, proclaims herself as ruler, establishes a militia and holds away over the citizens after neutralizing the girls' powers.