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* While the ''Prometheus'', the first Earth starship in ''Series/StargateSG1'', is not very powerful and armed with (more or less) conventional weapons (regular/nuclear missiles and [[MagneticWeapon railguns]]), the second-generation ''Daedalus''-class starships are considerably stronger, especially with the addition of the Asgard [[WaveMotionGun plasma beam]] weapons. The "pint-sized" part comes in once you compare the sizes of the Earth starships with the ships typically used by the various alien races. Even a typical Goa'uld Ha'tak is several times the size of the ''Prometheus'' (less so than the slightly-larger ''Daedalus''). Then you bring in the enormous Ori motherships and the Wraith Hives. For reference, a Hive was once mistaken for a mountain. This is justified because all of these alien vessels double as troop transports, containing the martial force to subdue a city at least. Earth starships were built to ''blow up'' those ships, which proved problematic in a few episodes because they lacked the space to perform large evacuations. Unfortunately, a ZPM-enhanced super-Hive (even larger than a normal Hive) pulls a NoSell on the Asgard weapons.

* ''Series/TheMandalorian'' has The Child aka Grogu who as an infant is even smaller than Yoda being only slighter largely than a loaf of bread. Yet thanks to TheForce can lift a Mudhorn into the air, push back a stream of fire launched by a flame-trooper and kill two Stormtroopers trying to cuff his little hands.

* Galadriel in ''Series/TheLordOfTheRingsTheRingsOfPower''is barely around 5'3" opposite to the StatunesqueStuner she is in the books. She is shown to be by far the greatest Elven warrior in the Second Age, pulling some Legolas-level of fighting skills, and also has SuperStrength to a degree.

* While the ''Prometheus'', the first Earth starship in ''Series/StargateSG1'', is not very powerful and armed with (more or less) conventional weapons (regular/nuclear missiles and [[MagneticWeapon railguns]]), the second-generation ''Daedalus''-class starships are considerably stronger, especially with the addition of the Asgard [[WaveMotionGun plasma beam]] weapons. The "pint-sized" part comes in once you compare the sizes of the Earth starships with the ships typically used by the various alien races. Even a typical Goa'uld Ha'tak is several times the size of the ''Prometheus'' (less so than the slightly-larger ''Daedalus''). Then you bring in the enormous Ori motherships and the Wraith Hives. For reference, a Hive was once mistaken for a mountain. Unfortunately, a ZPM-enhanced super-Hive (even larger than a normal Hive) pulls a NoSell on the Asgard weapons.

* ''Series/{{Shameless (US)}}'': Mickey can definitely kick butts with his 5'7 stature. Lip, who is the same height, can also hold his own end in a fight.

* Violet is the tiniest member of the ''Series/ANTFarm'', but in her EstablishingCharacterMoment she flips Gibson_an adult_over with surprise ease. She's even the captain of the football team at Webster High.

** Taken UpToEleven with the Lantean Puddle jumper/gateship. The ship is only a handful of meters long and seems like little more than a Starfleet shuttlecraft... but they are equipped with a cloaking device and armed with drone weapons that can bypass shields and easily destroy ships even as large as a [[TheBattlestar Goa'uld mothership]] with just a few shots.

** Parker qualifies. Having to do the things required of a professional thief, such as hanging from a ledge by her fingertips, has made her quite strong, despite being the smallest member of the team. When she thought [[SixthRanger Tara]] had [[BerserkButton betrayed the team]] Parker proceeded to grab Tara by the throat with one hand and hang her over the edge of a building.

* [[Characters/ArrowverseSaraLance Sara Lance]] of the ''Series/Arrowverse'' is a petite woman who is also a highly skilled assassin. She is the smallest on the ever changing [[Series/LegendsOfTomorrow Legends]] roster and the deadliest, and at one point in the series even wields the raw power of death itself.

Note, though, that she was never actually shown scoring an outright kill against anything bigger than a Breen cruiser; most of her kills were against ships her own size (although she tended to one-shot them). On the four occasions a ''Defiant''-class went against much larger vessels, it crippled the target in the first case (''Defiant'' vs. a Cardassian ''Keldon''-class cruiser), fought the enemy to a draw in the second (''Defiant'' vs. ''Lakota''--though, notably, neither ship was trying for an outright kill; ''Lakota'' was trying to detain ''Defiant'', and ''Defiant'' was fighting to disable her fellow Federation starship), forced the enemy to retreat in the third (Mirror!''Defiant'' vs. Mirror!Worf's flagship), and was easily blown out of the sky in the fourth (''Valiant'' vs. Jem'Hadar battleship).[[note]]It should be noted however that the ''Valiant'' was crewed by an inexperienced crew of cadets - with a seasoned crew it might have at least survived the engagement; if nothing else the fight was easily avoidable.[[/note]]

** There's The Trickster, by far the shortest guy in the whole series, who not only tricks the brothers onto believing he's dead (more than once), becoming one of the few monsters of the week the Winchesters can't kill, but it's also revealed in the 5th season that [[spoiler: he's really the ArchangelGabriel, one of the four most powerful beings in the show, posing as the pagan god Loki.]]

* Russell Edgington from ''Series/TrueBlood'', a physically imposing man he ain't but stake his lover, and he'll go medieval on national T.V. He's 3000 years old (the oldest known vampire on the show), and vampires get StrongerWithAge.

* [[Characters/ArrowverseSaraLance Sara Lance]] of the ''Series/Arrowverse'' is a petite woman who is also a highly skilled assassin. She is the smallest on the ever changing [[Series/LegendsOfTomorrow Legends]] roster and the deadliest, and at one point in the series even wields the raw power of death itself.
* ''Series/TheExpanse'':
** There's a justified example in Melba Koh [[spoiler: aka Clarissa Mao]], as she has an illegal black market augmentation that gives her SuperStrength. Though it also tends to [[HourOfPower knock her out]] due to the overdose of adrenaline, which is largely why everyone doesn't use it.
** The Rocinante is also a starship example, though a downplayed example. Mostly it is successful by clever tactics on the part of the crew rather than outright toughness.

** Artemis is a fairly small teenage girl, yet is shown tackling boys twice her size as a star female football player. She's later revealed to posess near-superhuman strength, and proves to be quite the competent fighter despite her size.

** Artemis is a fairly small teenage girl, yet is shown tackling boys twice her size as a star female football player.

** Philippa Georgiou (played by Michelle Yeoh) in ''Series/StarTrekDiscovery''. Despite being only 5'3", Georgiou is a badass fighter, who can easily outbrawl much larger opponents. This is true to both the Prime and Mirror Universe Georgiou. The former was a highly decorated Starfleet Captain, while the latter has been the Empress of the Terran Empire, and is currently a Section 31 operative.

* ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'' brings us The Trickster, by far the shortest guy in the whole series, who not only tricks the brothers onto believing he's dead (more than once), becoming one of the few monsters of the week the Winchesters can't kill, but it's also revealed in the 5th season that [[spoiler: he's really the ArchangelGabriel, one of the four most powerful beings in the show, posing as the pagan god Loki.]]

* ''Series/TheExpanse'' has a justified example in Melba Koh [[spoiler: aka Clarissa Mao]], as she has an illegal black market augmentation that gives her SuperStrength. Though it also tends to [[HourOfPower knock her out]] due to the overdose of adrenaline, which is largely why everyone doesn't use it.