Basic Trope: Teenagers are depicted as being short to make them look younger than adults.
- Straight: Seventeen-year-old Bob is 5'1". His 40 year old father, Charles, is 6'4".
- Exaggerated: Pint-Sized Kid extends into teen years, but suddenly spikes well above 6'3" the moment the character hits 20.
- Downplayed: Bob is 5'7", while his father is 6'2".
- Justified:
- Bob has dwarfism.
- Bob is a late bloomer.
- Bob takes after his also short mother.
- Inverted:
- Charles is 5'10", but Bob is 6'7".
- Miniature Senior Citizens
- Subverted: Bob learns that he was adopted, and he comes from a family of short people.
- Double Subverted: When he meets his real family, the patriarch, Dan, is 6'6".
- Parodied:
- When we see Bob as a 10-year old kid in flashback, he's 5'7, suggesting he shrunk in pubrty.
- Bob and Charles insist that they are the same height.
- Bob's father is 40 and is 6'7" while Bob is 19 and is 5'1". The exact day that Bob turns 20, he becomes 6'7", just like his father.
- Zig Zagged: Bob's real mother, Alice, explains that the reason why she gave Bob up for adoption is because of his illegitimacy. His real father, Edgar, is 4'10".
- Averted: Bob and Charles are both 5'10".
- Enforced: The show uses Dawson Casting and this is the only way to distinguish teens from adults.
- Lampshaded: "When am I gonna hit my growth spurt?"
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