Quotes / Large and in Charge

"Mean Street has gotta have a figure of authority. And I got the perfect figure for it."

— Big Bad Pete, Epic Mickey

"Your leaders are just... taller than everyone else?"

— Dib upon learning of the Irken command structure, Invader Zim

"I am large and in charge! Well, actually Shin's in charge, I just like to say that."

— Heart, Dub of the North Star

"Heavily built and massive, there was a suggestion of uncouth physical inertia in the figure, but above this unwieldy frame there was perched a head so masterful in its brow, so alert in its steel-gray, deep-set eyes, so firm in its lips, and so subtle in its play of expression, that after the first glance one forgot the gross body and remembered only the dominant mind."

— Introduction to Mycroft Holmes, "The Bruce-Partington Plans"

"He's always the tallest person in the room. He's bound to end up leading something."

— Benjamin Franklin speaking about George Washington, John Adams

"Were I the largest, everyone would obey me!"

— Jupiter, Nebula

Piers, Dennis, Malcolm, and Gordon were all big and stupid, but as Dudley was the biggest and stupidest of the lot, he was the leader.

— Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

I saw Harry once, back in the seventies. He was a big bloke even then - had all these bodyguards around him, not one've them under six foot, but next to him they looked like the seven dwarves.

—Chas, Hellblazer: Son of Man

Chrysalis: Good work, Thorax. Now, two decrees, to take effect simultaneously. Firstly, I abdicate. Secondly, you're promoted to King. Enjoy. [teleports away]
Pharynx: Thorax? What happened to us? How come you're... tall?
Thorax: I'm what? [looks down at himself] ...huh.
Carapace: Did she say you're king now? I guess you are taller than everyling else, and I always thought that's how we picked who was in charge.

— The MLP Loops

Kung Lao: Why did they make you so big?
RoboCop: My size projects command presence.
Kung Lao: Yet makes you vulnerable to an agile opponent.

—Mortal Kombat 11, exploiting the trope

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