Giant Physiology

Giant Physiology
Oars Jr. (One Piece) compared with the human soldiers on-board.
Power/Ability to:	Use the traits of giants.

"A giant's the worst! A giant has a brain. Hard to outwit a giant. A giant's just like us, only bigger. Much, MUCH bigger! SOOO big that we are just an expendable... bug beneath its feet." BOOM. Crunnch."

― The Witch, Into the Woods

The power to use the abilities of giants. Variation of Mythic Physiology. Opposite to Little People Physiology.

Also Called

• Clod Mimicry/Physiology
• Giant Mimicry
• Gigantes Mimicry/Physiology (Greek)
• Hulk Mimicry/Physiology
• Lump Mimicry/Physiology

Capabilities

User with this ability either is or can transform into a giant, humanoid being of prodigious size and strength common in the mythology and legends of many different cultures. Most obvious changes are increased size (ranging from relatively normal-sized but big to huge to closer geological scale), strength and endurance. Generally, giants lack any real supernatural abilities, but they can have the same ability to learn as, for example, humans, and some have truly impressive powers.

Applications

• Enhanced Body or Supernatural Body
  • Enhanced/Supernatural Durability
  • Enhanced/Supernatural Endurance
  • Enhanced/Supernatural Strength
• Environmental Adaptation
• Large Size
• Weather Immunity

Variations

• Decelerated Aging - The life-span of a giant is variable and rather un-defined: some live vastly longer than humans, a few have shorter life-spans, and in most cases it isn't mentioned at all.
• Enhanced Smell/Supernatural Smell
• Enhanced Health/Supernatural Health
• Enhanced Hearing/Supernatural Hearing

Types of Giants

• Ogre Physiology

Associations

• Cyclops Physiology
• Giant Magic
• Giant Manipulation
• Giant Monster Physiology
• Hekatonkheire Physiology
• Oni Physiology
• Sasquatch Physiology
• Size Manipulation
  • Limb Extension
  • Limb Expansion
• Titan Physiology
• Troll Physiology

Limitations

• Users usually require large amounts of food/sustenance.

Known Users

See Also: Our Giants Are Bigger.

Cartoons/Comics

• Humbaba (American Dad)
• Giants of the Sleepy Valley (Fables)
• Amazonians (Futurama)
• Unattractive Giant Monster (Futurama)
• Stan (Futurama)
• Brunhilda Brigand (Gold Digger)
• Russel Hobbs (Gorillaz)
• Frost Giants (Marvel Comics)
• Groot (Marvel Comics)
• Grogg (Marvel Comics)
• Susan Murphy/Ginormica (Monsters vs. Aliens)
• Scott the Dick (South Park)
• Diamonds (Steven Universe)
• Gem Fusions (Steven Universe)
• Paul Entmann/Humunculoid (The Venture Bros.)
• Iris (The Hollow)

Anime/Manga

• Titans (Attack on Titan)
• Titan-Shifters (Attack on Titan)
• Kokujō Tengen Myō'ō (Bleach)
• Yammy Llargo (Bleach)
• Gerard Valkyrie (Bleach); via "The Miracle"
• The Big (CardCaptor Sakura)
• Sun Village Giants (Fairy Tail)
• Makarov Dreyar (Fairy Tail); via Giant
• Brandish μ (Fairy Tail); via Command T
• Zentradi and Meltrandi (Macross)
• Gigantes (Monster Musume)
• Giants (One Piece)
• Fuji (Rurouni Kenshin)
• Giant Clan (The Seven Deadly Sins)
  • Diane
  • Matrona
  • Drole

Folklore/Mythology

• Goliath (Abrahamic Religions)
• Paul Bunyan (American Folklore)
• Gigantes (Greek Mythology)
• Giants (Mythology)
• Jotunn (Norse Mythology)
• Kapre (Philippine Mythology)

Live Television/Movies

• Crash McLarson (The Aquabats! Super Show!)
• Giants (Jack the Giant Killer)
  • Cormoran
  • Galligantua
• Prudence (Knight Squad)

Literature

• Giants/Half Giants (Harry Potter)
  • Hagrid
  • Maxime
• Cacus (Demigod Diaries)
• Gargantua and Pantagruel (The Life of Gargantua and of Pantagruel)
• Giants (The BFG)
• Brobdingnagians (Gulliver's Travels)

Video Games

• Phlegyas (Dante's Inferno)
• Giant Blacksmith (Dark Souls)
• Hawkeye Gough (Dark Souls)
• Giants (Dark Souls II)
  • Giant Lord/The Last Giant
  • Elite Giants
• Giant Archer of the Undead Settlement (Dark Souls III)
• Giant Slaves (Dark Souls III)
• Yhorm the Giant (Dark Souls III)
• Judicator Giants (Dark Souls III: The Ringed City)
  • Judicator Argo
• Unclean Giant (Darkest Dungeon)
• Straga (Darksiders)
• Giants (The Elder Scrolls)
• Cyclops (God of War)
• Jötnar (God of War)
• Titans (God of War)
• Lubella the Witch of Decay (Momodora)
• Oly's Father (Psychonauts)
• Giants (Skylanders)
• Astaroth (Soulcalibur)
• Suika Ibuki (Touhou Project)
• Jordi (Valkyrie Crusade)

Gallery

Giants in comparison to a normal size human.

Humbaba (American Dad) was an ancient sumerian giant and the guardian of the Cedar Forest where the gods lived.

A horde of mindless Titans (Attack on Titan)

Most Titans (Attack on Titan) range from 3 to 15 meters in height.

The Nine Titans (Attack on Titan)

Ymir Fritz (Attack on Titan) the first Titan.

The Founding Titan (Attack on Titan) as used by Frieda Reiss.

The Attack Titan (Attack on Titan) as used by Eren Yeager.

The Attack Titan (Attack on Titan) as used by Grisha Yeager.

The Attack Titan (Attack on Titan) as used by Eren Kruger.

The Armored Titan (Attack on Titan) as used by Reiner Braun.

The Colossus Titan (Attack on Titan) as used by Bertolt Hoover.

The Colossus Titan (Attack on Titan) as used by Armin Arlert

The Female Titan (Attack on Titan) as used by Annie Leonhart.

The Beast Titan (Attack on Titan) as used by Zeke Yeager.

The Jaw Titan (Attack on Titan) as used by Ymir.

The Cart Titan (Attack on Titan) as used by Pieck Finger.

The Warhammer Titan (Attack on Titan) as used by Lady Tybur.

Kokujō Tengen Myō'ō (Bleach) is a giant Zanpakutō.

Yammy Llargo (Bleach) is already massive in size...

...and when he transforms, he becomes Kaiju sized...

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...only to become even bigger should he get angry enough.

The Big (CardCaptor Sakura) resembles a giant woman in her physical form.

Straga (Darksiders) is a giant and the mightiest of the Destroyer's Chosen.

Giants of the Sleepy Valley (Fables)

Makarov (Fairy Tail) in his Titan Form.

Gargantua (The Life of Gargantua and of Pantagruel) as a child.

Pantagruel (The Life of Gargantua and of Pantagruel) asleep.

Frost Giants (Marvel Comics)

Lubella the Witch of Decay, (Momodora) is a giantess so large that only her head, shoulders, and bust can fit on-screen.

A female Gigantes (Monster Musume), the largest known Liminal race in the world.

Susan Murphy/Ginormica (Monsters vs. Aliens)

Comparison (One Piece) between a regular human, two regular sized giants and Oars Sr.

A group of marine Giants (One Piece)

Hajrudin (One Piece) is a typical Giant from Elbaf, full of pride, honor, and a lust for combat.

While a doctor, Gerd (One Piece), is still said to be a capable warrior, as befitting for Elbaf Giant.

Yorl and Yarl (One Piece) were both some of the oldest Giants to have ever lived (over 300 years old), and some of their greatest warriors.

Oly's Father (Psychonauts) is giant compared to every other character.

Diane (The Seven Deadly Sins)

Dolores (The Seven Deadly Sins)

Drole (The Seven Deadly Sins)

Dumbelbas (The Seven Deadly Sins)

Matrona (The Seven Deadly Sins)

Blue and Yellow Diamond (Steven Universe) tower over all other non-fusion gems...

...and White Diamond surpasses even their size.

Varying in size, the height of Gem Fusions (Steven Universe) depend on the size of the gems that make them up, ranging from human-sized to titanic.

Jordi (Valkyrie Crusade) is a giantess.

Giants (Skylanders)