After reaching a large audience as Mini-Me, Troyer portrayed Griphook in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001), [14] and played the role of Percy in Terry Gilliam's fantasy film The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (2009). [15] He also made several appearances as himself in reality television series, including The Surreal Life (2005), Welcome to Sweden (2007), [10] and the British Celebrity Big Brother 6 (2009), in which he placed fourth. [16] Personal life [ edit ] This is called the music note tree and is a great way to visualize the relationship between all the note values. The music note tree (UK terminology) Note Stems

But I’ll cover those in another post on grouping notes in different time signatures. Beaming Semiquavers (Sixteenth Notes) Troyer was born in Sturgis, Michigan, on January 1, 1969, [3] the son of Susan, a factory worker, and Reuben Troyer, a repair technician. [4] He had two siblings, Davon and Deborah. He stated that his parents "never treated me any different than my other average-sized siblings. I used to have to carry wood, feed the cows and pigs and farm animals." [5] Troyer was initially raised Amish, but his parents left the faith when he was a child. [6] During his childhood, Troyer spent much time visiting Amish relatives [7] in Centreville, Michigan. He graduated in 1987 from Centreville High School, where a plaque was dedicated to him in 2003. [8] Career [ edit ] Despite his small size, Mini-Me is a powerful and effective fighter, once giving Austin a considerable thrashing until the spy took advantage of his small size and flushed him out into space through a toilet. Despite being a clone of Dr. Evil, Mini-Me is shown to be far stronger and tougher than his larger counterpart as seen in Goldmember when they are lifting weights in prison. He was also given a significant beating in Goldmember, in which he was tied in a pillowcase by Austin and slammed through shelves and glass tables, only to stand up without a scratch. At the end of the second film it was shown that he can survive in the vacuum of space without protection. Troyer told Oprah Winfrey in 2016 that the character wasn’t initially supposed to be in the film much.Verne Troyer And Girlfriend Brittney on Celebrity Wife Swap". DailyENews. April 21, 2018 . Retrieved August 12, 2015. They don’t have to be the same time value either, you could have a crotchet tied to a quaver, or a minim tied to a crotchet, etc… Why 'Austin Powers' Changed Its Original Tragic Ending For Mini-Me". Huffington Post. October 4, 2016 . Retrieved April 22, 2018. Other roles included Griphook in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (2001), Coach Punch Cherkov in Myers’ The Love Guru (2008) and Percy in Terry Gilliam’s The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (2009). Troyer also appeared in Madonna’s video for her 1999 song Beautiful Stranger and made appearances on reality TV.

I hate the character Mini-Me – the replica, the biddable pet, the victim of violence made to appear funny. But I was moved and saddened to hear of Verne Troyer’s passing and to learn more about his struggles. I am thinking of those who knew and loved him, those he knew and loved, those who now have an empty space in their life. It should not take the death of a member of the dwarfism community to prompt a sincere and meaningful discussion about the prejudice and discrimination many dwarf and disabled people face in their everyday lives. But it is a discussion we really need to have. Mini-Me has almost no spoken dialogue in the films beyond an occasional frightened "Eeeee!". Otherwise, he is silent except for when he does his evil laugh with Dr. Evil. He also likes to lip sync the occasional line when Dr. Evil raps. At the beginning of Goldmember, Dr. Evil asks him to "Use your words like a big boy clone!". At one point, he asks Dr. Evil to hug him after meeting Fat Bastard, who wants to eat him. Mini-Me often uses the middle finger as a means of insulting someone (even though he only uses it once during the third movie). On most other occasions, Mini-Me prefers to express himself through written notes.

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