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* ''VideoGame/BearAndBreakfast'': {{Lampshade|Hanging}}d by Hank the Bear when Took the Raccoon questions his trust in him to go {{Dumpster Div|e}}ing to look for decor for the inn.

** Very evident in ''Anime/TransformersVictory'', on both sides. Star Saber is the biggest of the regularly appearing Autobots, and is also the Supreme Commander. Deathsaurus is even bigger, standing twice as tall as the average Transformers, and naturally enough is the Decepticon Emperor of Destruction.

** [[spoiler: Nunnally vi Britannia, Jiang Lihua, and Kaguya Sumeragi, the leaders of the new, peaceful world after the end of the series,]] are ''quite'' the opposite -- a very clear way of showing how they differ from their predecessors.

** Definitely inverted with Vegeta who is the Prince of Saiyans... and he is 5'4". Frieza is shorter than most his subordinates (except for Guildo) in the first form you see him in, and his final, most powerful form is his second-smallest. Cell is tall and muscular (and he did have henchmen in form of his Cell Jrs. who are MUCH smaller than him), but then you get to Buu... Kid Buu is very much like his name, a small bundle of destruction.
** If you count the heroes as a group, it is also subverted. Goku is only average height, although he tends to be drawn a little taller in the anime. The tallest is Piccolo followed by Tien. As an adult, Gohan is taller than his father.
** Babidi is also a complete inversion. He is ''short'', probably the shortest character in the entire series (yes the kids included). He is also weak, depending on his magic to enslaved powerful warriors to serve him.
** [[TheNapoleon General Red]] was a total inversion and hated every moment of it. Of course, once Officer Black took over the Red Ribbon army the trope straightened itself out.
** Also subverted with Captain Ginyu, while big, was in the middle in terms on the Ginyu force with Recoome about a head taller than him and Burter outright towering over him.
** Played straight with Demon King Piccolo who was roughly eight feet tall, making him one of the largest characters in the series. Also done with Frieza's father King Cold who was around fifteen feet tall, resembling Frieza's monstrous second form except ''even bigger''.
** In ''Anime/DragonBallSuper'', we get another inversion, as Zen-O, the [[TopGod supreme god in charge of the multiverse]], is tiny compared to most other characters (he barely comes up to Goku's knee).

* ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'':
** Fire Lord Ozai cuts a rather impressive figure, as does [[OldMaster King Bumi]].
** ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'': Vaatu is this trope in the second book. Zaheer averts it, he is a regular sized man but Ghazan and especially P'li do fit this trope, since they are taller than him.

* ''Series/DoctorWho'': Cyber-Controllers tend to be larger than normal Cybermen, and Emperor Daleks tower over normal Daleks. [[spoiler: Except when said Emperor is Davros. Even then he wears casing to made himself seem bigger in ''[[Recap/DoctorWhoS25E1RemembranceOfTheDaleks Rememberance of the Daleks]]''.]]
* In ''Series/{{Farscape}}'' all Scarrans were larger than most other bipedal races, but Emperor Staleek did appear appreciably larger still. Oddly enough, and despite his brutality on occasion, he also appeared to one of the more intelligent and reasonable Scarrans that we saw as well, so one would guess his size was not as much of a factor in actually choosing him as leader, but still was apparent.

** Most [[EliteMooks myrddraal]] are human sized or slightly taller. [[TheDragon Shaidar Haran]], the most powerful member of that race (and possible avatar of the BigBad) is almost half again as big. This is explicitly noted by the [[QuirkyMinibossSquad Forsaken]] when they first meet Haran.
** Rand al'Thor, TheChosenOne and ruler of more nations than are worth counting, is a whopping ''7 feet 7 inches'' tall, and the reincarnation of a man of similar height. Combined with his fancy clothes and carefully-trained royal demeanor, he has no trouble dominating a room.

* Aragorn from ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'' stood at 6'6', which was considered very tall for Men at the end of the Third Age. As a rule of thumb within the book, Men who lead a company are also its tallest members: Boromir, Faramir, Eomer, and Theoden before he became bent with age, and others. Gandalf (who admittedly only ''looks'' like a Man) was also the tallest member of the Fellowship while he led it.
** Men of Númenor were noted for generally being taller than typical Men, and their height was often indicative of their personal power and social standing. Elendil (regarded as the greatest Man of his age) was about 8 feet tall.
** Another Tolkien example is the Great Goblin from ''Literature/TheHobbit''.
** Bullroarer Took was a military leader of sorts, and widely known to be so large he could ride a horse. Considering that he was a Hobbit, this is very impressive indeed.
** Height as a measure of power and standing was also typical among the Elves. Thingol, King of Doriath in ''Literature/TheSilmarillion'', is said to be the tallest of all the Children of Ilúvatar, though his exact height is never given. Also among the tallest elves are Turgon, King of Gondolin, and Maedhros (called The Tall), eldest son of Fëanor. Galadriel is said to be the tallest elf-woman, equal with Celeborn.

* ''Series/TheLordOfTheRingsTheRingsOfPower'': In a flashback which ruled during Galadriel's narration, Sauron is showed towering over the Orcs in his service, intimidating them with his size.

** Since they form [[LeaderFormsTheHead the torso and head]], leaders of "Scramble City"-style combiner teams are naturally bigger than their teammates, who form the limbs.