In those instances, Tyrion represents every Game of Thrones fan who’s ever wanted to pimp-slap Joffrey across his sniveling face-so, yeah, every single Game of Thrones fan.

Whenever the little man opens his mouth, quotable gold is guaranteed, especially if the target of his casually delivered vitriol is his despicable and wrongfully empowered nephew, King Joffrey. To routinely own every Game of Thrones episode he’s included in, Tyrion uses his sharp mind, quick wit, and no-fucks-given candor. Unlike most of brutal period drama’s other male scene-stealers, Tyrion isn’t able to physically dominate anyone-unless you’re talking about beautiful women between his chamber’s bed’s sheets, of course. Due to its somewhat overwhelming lineup of uneasily distinguishable players with names like Gendry, Sandor, Varys, and Walder, Game of Thrones requires a fuck-ton of patience and attentiveness from its millions of viewers, but there’s one effortlessly agreed upon constant: Tyrion the imp, played by the almighty Peter Dinklage, reigns supreme as the show’s resident badass. “A very small man can cast a very large shadow.”Īnother thing a very small can do: overshadow every other character on television’s largest ensemble drama, HBO’s Game of Thrones.

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