History Main / LilliputianWarriors

* Whereas it's the exact opposite in ''BillTheGalacticHero'' by HarryHarrison. The Chingers are lizardoids only seven inches high, but as they come from a [[{{Heavyworlder}} 10G world]], they're able to throw the Space Trooper protagonist easily. Government propaganda portrays them as being seven feet tall so morale won't be affected.

* The {{Puppeteer Parasite}}s from the HarryHarrison SpaceOpera spoof ''Star Smashers of the Galaxy Rangers'' are furious that all other intelligent life is bigger than them despite their superior mental powers, so launch a EvilPlan to take over the entire galaxy.

* In ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyCrystalChronicles'', the adorable, tiny Lilties are the warrior race whose harsh rule once encompassed the entire world.
* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXI'' carries no race-job restrictions, so it is perfectly possible to create a Tarutaru warrior, dragoon, paladin, dark knight, etc. with the proper care and handling.
* ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'' DOES have race-class restrictions, but has gnome warriors as one of the available selections. Unlike other {{MMORPG}}s, differences in stat allocation between different races are negligible at best, so you are bound to see one shrugging off blows from a colossal wyrm at one point or another.
** To be fair, all races are Lilliputian Warriors when attacking a colossal wyrm.
* The title characters of the movie ''Film/SmallSoldiers'' would probably count although they fit AIIsACrapshoot rather than being a species.
* The movie ''Film/{{Willow}}'' has some of these. They were called Brownies.
* Used in ''Krage the Conqueror''. It doesn't work well for him.

* The mouse police in ''ComicBook/{{Fables}}'', which are of course a reference to something else.

* The Minutians from ''MyLifeAsATeenageRobot'' are similar to the Helmacrons from the ''Literature/{{Animorphs}}'' example, however their main threat is their ability to multiply. They may also be super-strong, but if so it is offset by the ConservationOfNinjutsu.

* The {{Hobbits}} of the Dungeons and Dragons setting of {{Eberron}} are dinosaur riding barbarians. RuleOfCool.
* The Leafmen and the Boggans from ''WesternAnimation/{{Epic}}'' .
* In African Folklore, there is the Abatwa, which ride ants and are gravely insulted if you say they are small. They kill humans with venomous spears which can even pierce a boot if they happen to be stepped on.

* The title characters of the movie ''SmallSoldiers'' would probably count although they fit AIIsACrapshoot rather than being a species.

* In TheDresdenFiles, Harry presses a number of small faeries into service as this (through the simple process of pizza bribery). Do not underestimate the impact of dozens of lightning-fast faeries with boxcutters. [[spoiler:Working together, they killed a PhysicalGod.]]

* ThePerryBibleFellowship does this.

* In TheDresdenFiles, Harry presses a number of small faeries into service as this (through the simple process of pizza bribery). Do not underestimate the impact of dozens of lightning-fast faeries with boxcutters.

* Literature/{{Discworld}} has the Wee Free Men/Nac Mac Feegle who are "TheSmurfs as [[ViolentGlaswegian Violent Glaswegians]]".
** Also their close relatives, Gnomes that are more customed to city life.

* TimeWars, ''The Lilliput Legion'': the villain genetically engineers an army of tiny warriors.

* ''HisDarkMaterials'' has a very similar group, Gallivespians, who are vicious six-inch assassins who ride dragonflies.
* In the fantasy novel ''TheHoundsOfTheMorrigan'', the heroes, Pidge and Brigit, meet a group of {{Proud Warrior Race Guy}}s who are earwigs. The insect, yes. They're not {{Funny Animal}}s. Their leader believes himself to be Napoleon.

* In ''FinalFantasyCrystalChronicles'', the adorable, tiny Lilties are the warrior race whose harsh rule once encompassed the entire world.
* ''FinalFantasyXI'' carries no race-job restrictions, so it is perfectly possible to create a Tarutaru warrior, dragoon, paladin, dark knight, etc. with the proper care and handling.
* ''WorldOfWarcraft'' DOES have race-class restrictions, but has gnome warriors as one of the available selections. Unlike other {{MMORPG}}s, differences in stat allocation between different races are negligible at best, so you are bound to see one shrugging off blows from a colossal wyrm at one point or another.

* The movie ''{{Willow}}'' has some of these. They were called Brownies.

A common science fiction and fantasy character type, these are ProudWarriorRaceGuy meets TheNapoleon, and named for the miniature race encountered in ''GulliversTravels''. These are little people, typically antagonistic to humans but not always, who are a source of humor because of the contrast between their HotBlooded manner and minuscule size.

A common science fiction and fantasy character type, these are ProudWarriorRaceGuy meets TheNapoleon, and named for the miniature race encountered in ''[[GulliversTravels Gulliver's Travels]]''. These are little people, typically antagonistic to humans but not always, who are a source of humor because of the contrast between their HotBlooded manner and minuscule size.

* {{Discworld}} has the Wee Free Men/Nac Mac Feegle who are "TheSmurfs as [[ViolentGlaswegian Violent Glaswegians]]".

* The {{Hobbits}} of the Dungeons and Dragons setting of {{Eberron}} are dinosaur riding barbarians. {{RuleOfCool}}.

* In ''[=~Old Man's War~=]'', there is one planet inhabited by people who are almost exactly like humans, except they're only an inch tall. They're depicted as being hopelessly outmatched by the human military in ground battles, but at the very least evenly matched in space battles. Tiny ships can only have tiny weapons, but they're also too small to aim at properly.

* The {{Hobbits}} of the Dungeons and Dragons setting of {{Eberron}} are dinosaur riding barbarians. {{RuleOfCool}}.

* The {{Puppeteer Parasite}}s from the HarryHarrison SpaceOpera spoof ''Star Smashers of the Galaxy Rangers'' are furious that all other intelligent life is bigger than them despite their superior mental powers, so launch a XanatosGambit to take over the entire galaxy.

* The mouse police in ''{{Fables}}'', which are of course a reference to something else.

* In the fantasy novel ''The Hounds of the Morrigan'', the heroes, Pidge and Brigit, meet a group of {{Proud Warrior Race Guy}}s who are earwigs. The insect, yes. They're not {{Funny Animal}}s. Their leader believes himself to be Napoleon.

* The title characters of the movie ''Small Soldiers'' would probably count although they fit AIIsACrapshoot rather than being a species.

* ''{{Animorphs}}'' had a species of these, the .0625-inch Helmacrons with egos the size of Manhattan. They appeared in #24 and #42 and were referenced in ''Visser'' when Visser One followed Visser Three's big speech about the glory of the Yeerk Empire with a comment that Visser Three sounded like he'd been hanging out with Helmacrons (rather than the Yeerks' hated enemies the Andalites, as she had previously claimed). They were made more dangerous by the fact that they could use the blue box as a power source for a weapon that shrank their opponents down to their own size. They were also batshit insane, as they only gave positions of authority to dead Helmacrons (and made Marco grovel to their captain). One male had the line "If you [try to resist] you will be killed. In fact, you may even be made captain!" When first seen, the males were subservient to the females, but Marco proved that they could be just as megalomaniacal as the females at the end of #24, when he goaded them into rebellion. In both books, there were two factions who hated each other for no real reason: #24 had the crews of the ''Galaxy Blaster'' and the ''Planet Crusher'' (though when one ship was destroyed, the other sang its praises) and #42 had the males and females.

* The mouse police in {{Fables}}, which are of course a reference to something else.

* The Minutians from ''MyLifeAsATeenageRobot'' are similar to the Helmacrons from the {{Animorphs}} example, however their main threat is their ability to multiply. They may also be super-strong, but if so it is offset by the ConservationOfNinjutsu.

* In the fantasy novel ''The Hounds of the Morrigan'', the heroes, Pidge and Brigit, meet a group of {{Proud Warrior Race Guy}}s who are earwigs. The insect, yes. They're not FunnyAnimals. Their leader believes himself to be Napoleon.

* PuppeteerParasite from the HarryHarrison SpaceOpera spoof ''Star Smashers of the Galaxy Rangers'' are furious that all other intelligent life is bigger than them despite their superior mental powers, so launch a XanatosGambit to take over the entire galaxy.
* The {{Hobbits}} of the Dungeons and Dragons setting of {{Eberron}} are dinosaur riding barbarians. {{RuleOfCool}}.
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* The movie ''{{Willow}}'' has some of these. I think they were called Brownies.

* Whereas it's the exact opposite in ''Bill The Galactic Hero'' by Harry Harrison. The Chingers are lizardoids only seven inches high, but as they come from a [[{{Heavyworlder}} 10G world]], they're able to throw the Space Trooper protagonist easily. Government propaganda portrays them as being seven feet tall so morale won't be affected.

* The Minutians from MyLifeAsATeenageRobot are similar to the Helmacrons from the {{Animorphs}} example, however their main threat is their ability to multiply. They may also me super-strong, but if so it is ofset by the ConservationOfNinjutsu.

* ''[[OldMansWar Old Man's War]]'' has a battle against an alien species that's like this.

* *The Minutians from MyLifeAsATeenageRobot are similar to the Helmacrons from the {{Animorphs}} example, however their main threat is their ability to multiply. They may also me super-strong, but if so it is ofset by the ConservationOfNinjutsu.

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