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The Napoleon Complex was the name used to describe a type of psychological condition, in which individuals with perceived personal shortcoming try to overcompensate for this in other aspects of their lives. A member of the Starfleet Medical Psychology Department suggested Admiral James T. Kirk was suffering from a Napoleon Complex when he was dreaming of being part of the historical story Strangers from the Sky. (TOS novel: Strangers from the Sky)

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  • The Napoleon Complex was the name used to describe a type of psychological condition, in which individuals with perceived personal shortcoming try to overcompensate for this in other aspects of their lives. A member of the Starfleet Medical Psychology Department suggested Admiral James T. Kirk was suffering from a Napoleon Complex when he was dreaming of being part of the historical story Strangers from the Sky. (TOS novel: Strangers from the Sky)
  • The "Napoleon Complex" (also spelled "Napoleonic Complex"), also referred to as the "Napoleon Syndrome" (also spelled "Napoleonic Syndrome") or "Short Man Syndrome", is a term which describe a theorized condition occurring in people of short stature. It is characterized by overly-aggressive or domineering social behavior, and carries the implication that such behaviour is compensatory for the subject's stature. This term is also used more generally to describe people who are driven by a perceived handicap to overcompensate in other aspects of their lives.
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  • The "Napoleon Complex" (also spelled "Napoleonic Complex"), also referred to as the "Napoleon Syndrome" (also spelled "Napoleonic Syndrome") or "Short Man Syndrome", is a term which describe a theorized condition occurring in people of short stature. It is characterized by overly-aggressive or domineering social behavior, and carries the implication that such behaviour is compensatory for the subject's stature. This term is also used more generally to describe people who are driven by a perceived handicap to overcompensate in other aspects of their lives. The Napoleon complex is named, of course, after Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte I of France. The conventional wisdom is that Napoleon compensated for his lack of height by seeking power, war, and conquest. Though he was long reported to have stood at only 5 feet 2 inches (1.57 m), historians have now suggested Napoleon was actually 5 feet 6 inches (1.68 m) tall, taller than the average Frenchman of his time. Napoleon was often seen with his Imperial Guard, which contributed to the perception of his being short because the Imperial Guards were of above average height. In psychology, the Napoleon complex is regarded as a derogatory social stereotype. One very known example of this complex in fiction is the Ruler of the Planet Mars in Looney Tunes Universe; Marvin the Martian, a short-height wrathful alien who in most of his appearances he is trying to destroy the Planet Earth with his superweapon; the Illudium Q-36 Explosive Space Modulator, and leads an army of anthropomorphic birds bio-designed by him; the Instant Martians, to meet his objectives of greatness. Althought in classic toons the reason of destroy the Earth was because it obstructed Marvin the view of the Planet Venus, in The Looney Tunes Show he affirmed it is to compensate the inferiority complex imposed by his peers on him during high school.
  • The Napoleon Complex was the name used to describe a type of psychological condition, in which individuals with perceived personal shortcoming try to overcompensate for this in other aspects of their lives. A member of the Starfleet Medical Psychology Department suggested Admiral James T. Kirk was suffering from a Napoleon Complex when he was dreaming of being part of the historical story Strangers from the Sky. (TOS novel: Strangers from the Sky)
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