History Main / YourLittleDismissiveDiminutive

'''Hopper:''' Are there a bunch of little girls in this one, too? Hello, girls!

* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' often has Homer saying "Why you little--!" to Bart.

-->-- '''ComicBook/TheJoker''', ''Film/TheDarkKnight''

* The page quote comes from the Creator/HeathLedger version of ComicBook/TheJoker from ''Film/TheDarkKnight'', saying it to Gotham's organized crime community. Dismissive diminutives come up frequently with this version of Joker.

* The ''Series/AdamTwelve'' episode "Killing Ground" has a bank robber who makes fun of the police and their "little tests" and "little review boards." It turns out he's bitter because he wanted to be a cop, but was deemed too mentally unstable. Towards the end, he loses it completely and yells "LITTLE TESTS! LITTLE BOARDS!" over and over again.

--> '''Jamie Jam:''' THAT LITTLE OHLM TO SAY "WHO'S THERE", I FORGOT THE REST OF IT!!

--->'''Spy:''' Don't worry, you did a good job tossing your little balls around.

* In the "Threeboot" version of ''ComicBook/{{Legion of Super-Heroes}}'', Colossal Boy is actually an alien from a planet of giants whose super-power is ''shrinking'' down to human size. After getting into a minor squabble with his teammates, he chuckles, "I just can't stay mad at you little people. You crack me up."

* ''Webcomic/TheInexplicableAdventuresOfBob'': Although Voluptua claims to be the only member of [[HigherTechSpecies her race]] who has any [[IntriguedByHumanity respect for humanity,]] this never stops her from patronizing us as "[[http://bobadventures.comicgenesis.com/d/20141007.html you little critters]]" or Earth as "[[http://bobadventures.comicgenesis.com/d/20130625.html this little world. It's so fragile and cute.]]" Jean has repeatedly called her out for once calling us "[[http://bobadventures.comicgenesis.com/d/20061125.html wildlife.]]"

** In "Autobot Spike", Megatron transforms and has Soundwave use him to shoot Bumblebee, who's in vehicle mode with Spike inside, in order to cause a diversion so the Decepticons can retreat unscathed. Bumblebee flips over, causing the Autobots to shift focus.

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* Elphaba from ''Theatre/{{Wicked}}'' not only gets the "Little dog" line but describes Dorothy as "That wretched little farm girl" and tells Glinda to get the truth into "Your blissful little blonde brain".
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'''Hopper:''' [[FamousLastWords Are there a bunch of little girls in this one, too? Hello, girls!]]

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* In ''Literature/{{Mogworld}}'', Mr. Wonderful often calls the group "my little [x]" with ''x'' being a word or phrase vaguely appropriate for the situation. [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] within the story, so he switches it up with "my tiny [x]," "my diminutive [x]" and so forth, to the point of having an open thesaurus on his desk during an interrogation.
* ''Literature/InDeath'': Eve in ''Vengeance In Death'' says in response to a ridiculous supposition at a media conference, "They belong in tiny rooms where they can be discussed by tiny minds."
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* ''Webcomic/TheInexplicableAdventuresOfBob''-- Although Voluptua claims to be the only member of [[HigherTechSpecies her race]] who has any [[IntriguedByHumanity respect for humanity,]] this never stops her from patronizing us as "[[http://bobadventures.comicgenesis.com/d/20141007.html you little critters]]" or Earth as "[[http://bobadventures.comicgenesis.com/d/20130625.html this little world. It's so fragile and cute.]]" Jean has repeatedly called her out for once calling us "[[http://bobadventures.comicgenesis.com/d/20061125.html wildlife.]]"

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Daria}}'' has an example of Quinn referring to Jane's artwork as 'her little paintings'. Quinn doesn't seem to realize how condescending it was, though it doesn't pass by Jane without comment.

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-->-- '''SelfDemonstrating/TheJoker''', ''Film/TheDarkKnight''

[[folder:Your little sequential doodles]]

[[folder:Your little fan-created stories]]

[[folder:Your little two-hour slide-shows]]
* The page quote comes from the Creator/HeathLedger version of SelfDemonstrating/TheJoker from ''Film/TheDarkKnight'', saying it to Gotham's organized crime community. Dismissive diminutives come up frequently with this version of Joker.
** At the party, when Joker held Rachel at gunpoint and Batman told Joker to drop the gun:
--->'''Joker:''' Oh sure, you just take off your little mask and show us all who you really are, hmm?
** Or during the interrogation scene, when Batman [[BerserkButton reacts rather angrily]] to Joker's mention of Rachel:
--->'''Joker:''' Does Harvey know about you and his little bunny?
** Or when Joker shows up at Harvey's hospital bed and compares the local police to the local organized crime community:
--->'''Joker:''' They're schemers. Schemers trying to control their little worlds.
** Or later in that same conversation:
--->'''Joker:''' I just took your little plan and I turned it on itself.
* In ''Franchise/StarWars: Film/ReturnOfTheJedi'':
** Emperor Palpatine gets a couple of these
--->'''[[MagnificentBastard Palpatine]]:''' It was '''I''' who allowed the Alliance to know the location of the shield generator. It is quite safe from your pitiful little band.
** And a little later:
--->'''Palpatine:''' From here you will witness the final destruction of the Alliance and the end of your [[LaResistance insignificant rebellion]].

[[folder:Your little commercial breakers]]

[[folder:Your little dust collectors]]

[[folder:Your little time-wasters]]

[[folder:Your little melodramas]]

[[folder: Your little amateur doodles]]

[[folder:Your little moving doodles]]

* Used many times in Disney's ''Disney/{{Meet The Robinsons}}'', especially by "Goob"/Bowler Hat Guy, but by others as well.
-->"I just want to bite his chubby little cheeks!"\\
"Just worry about your little science gizmo and leave the 'perp' to me."\\
"Talking frogs with their own little outdoor bar, and so smartly dressed!"\\
"And now all that's left is to return to Inventco, where I'll pass off your little gizmo as my own."

* Jokey-as-Gargamel's line in the ''Fanfic/EmpathTheLuckiestSmurf'' novel, "I've got you now, my pretty, and your little blue friend too!"

* The page quote comes from the Creator/HeathLedger version of SelfDemonstrating/TheJoker from ''Film/TheDarkKnight'', saying it to Gotham's organized crime community. Dismissive diminuitives come up frequently with this version of Joker.

-->'''Cyrus:''' We have been unable to see the truth, because we have been fighting for ten square feet of ground. Our turf. Our little piece of turf. That's crap, brothers.
* In ''Film/{{The Avengers|2012}},'' when Cap and Tony are squabbling aboard the Helicarrier, Thor laughs rather pompously and says, "You people are so petty and tiny!"

* In ''Literature/{{Mogworld}}'', Mr. Wonderful often calls the group "my little [x]" with ''x'' being a word or phrase vaguely apppropriate for the situation. [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] within the story, so he switches it up with "my tiny [x]," "my diminutive [x]" and so forth, to the point of having an open thesaurus on his desk during an interrogation.

* [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons "Why you little--!"]]

* In ''[[Film/{{Avengers}} Avengers,]]'' when Cap and Tony are squabbling aboard the Helicarrier, Thor laughs rather pompously and says, "You people are so petty and tiny!"

* In the "Threeboot" version of ''ComicBook/{{Legion of Super-Heroes}}'', Colossal Boy is actually an alien from a planet of giants whose super-power is ''shrinking'' down to human size. After getting into a minor squabble with his teammates, he chuckles, "I just can't stay mad at you little people."