- "Hang around me long enough and you'll learn size doesn't matter."
- ― Hank Pym (Marvel Comics)
The power to manipulate the size of target. Variation of Shapeshifting.
Also Called
- Mégethoskinesis
- Size Alteration/Modulation/Shifting
Capabilities
The user can manipulate the size of anything and everything, from tiny to absolutely gigantic while retaining their physical proportions, some may be able to alter targets density. Usually strength and durability is proportional to the size assumed, but target may gain increased abilities when growing or keep their normal ones when shrinking.
Applications
- Enhanced/Supernatural/Absolute Condition - exact powers depend on whether one shrinks or grows.
- Expandability/Compressability
- Size Combat
- Size Enhancement
- Size Reduction
Levels
- Basic Level: User can shrink target down to half and them grow up to twice of their normal size.
- Advanced Level: User can shrink target down to quarter and them grow up to quadruple of their normal size.
- Expert Level: User can shrink target down to tenth and them grow up to ten times of their normal size.
- Master Level: User can shrink target down to percentage and them grow up to hundred times of their normal size.
- Ultimate Level: User can shrink target down to atomic and them grow up to planetary size.
- Absolute Level: User can shrink target below size of subatomic particles and grow them beyond galactic size.
Associations
- Body Manipulation
- Body Length Manipulation
- Density Manipulation
- Elasticity
- Mass Manipulation
- Shapeshifting
- Shrink Warping
- Shrinking Replication
- Shrinking Transmutation
- Transmutation
- Unnatural Size
Limitations
- May be limited to changing only their own or others size.
- May be limited to only growing, or only shrinking.
- May be limited to how large one can grow, or how small one can shrink.
- May have mental/emotional effects.
- Clothing and other equipment may not change size with the user.
- One has to be careful when becoming larger while in confined places, to avoid getting stuck/trapped inside of a building or damaging surroundings/themselves.
- In a larger size, one becomes an easier target due to their size hindering their ability to evade attacks.
- Grown/shrunken size causes problems with environment:
- Grown makes environment too small and fragile.
- Shrinking makes environment over-sized, making normal hazards exponentially more lethal and usually meaningless problems complicated/dangerous.
- May be affected by Galileo's Square-Cube Law.
Known Users
See Also: Sizeshifter.
Cartoon/Comics
- Jake the Dog (Adventure Time)
- Jafar (Aladdin)
- Slapback (Ben 10)
- Celestialsapiens (Ben 10)
- Alien X
- Galactic Gladiator
- Vaxasaurians (Ben 10)
- Humungousaur
- Suemungousaur
- Nanomech (Ben 10)
- Anodites (Ben 10: Alien Force/Ultimate Alien)
- Gwen Tennyson
- Verdona Tennyson
- Sunny
- Diagon (Ben 10: Ultimate Alien)
- Cattus (Boboiboy Galaxy)
- Jugglenaut (Boboiboy Galaxy)
- Pariah Dark (Danny Phantom)
- Atom (DC Comics)
- Atom Smasher (DC Comics)
- Apache Chief (DC Comics)
- Elasti Girl (DC Comics)
- Giganta (DC Comics)
- Martians (DC Comics)
- Lucifer Morningstar (DC Comics/Verigo)
- Michael Demiurgos (DC Comics/Vertigo)
- Capital G (Dexter's Laboratory)
- Micro (Extinctioners)
- Crysta (Ferngully)
- Bill Cipher (Gravity Falls)
- Size-changing Crystal (Gravity Falls)
- Grim (The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy)
- Shrinking Ray (Invincible) (Image Comics)
- Jack Jack Parr (The Incredibles)
- Mongolian Fist Demon (Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness)
- Doomagedoon (The League of Super Evil)
- Chamille (Lego Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu)
- Experiment 001/Shrink (Lilo & Stitch)
- Users of Pym Particles (Marvel Comics)
- Groot (Marvel Comics)
- En Sabah Nur/Apocalypse (Marvel Comics)
- Evan Sabahnur/Genesis (Marvel Comics)
- Wonder Man (Marvel Comics)
- Hulk (Marvel Comics)
- She-Hulk (Marvel Comics)
- Scintilla (Marvel Comics)
- Lazaro Kotikash (Marvel Comics)
- Micromax (Marvel Comics)
- China Doll (Marvel Comics)
- Galactus (Marvel Comics)
- David Haller/Legion/Persona 181 (Marvel Comics); persona of Legion
- Kamala Khan (Marvel Comics)
- Sugar Man (Marvel Comics)
- Horrificator (Miraculous Ladybug)
- Discord (My Little Pony)
- Jean (Pacman and the Ghostly Adventures)
- Flora, Fauna, and Merryweather (Sleeping Beauty)
- Spongebob (SpongeBob SquarePants)
- Gems (Steven Universe)
- Omni-Mass (Stretch Armstrong and the Flex Fighters)
- Madam Mim (The Sword in The Stone)
- Griddex (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)
- Doctor Manhattan (Watchmen)
- Wuya (Xiaolin Showdown); via Ghost Form
- Dojo Kanojo Cho (Xiaolin Showdown)
- The Nightmaster (Yin Yang Yo!)
Anime/Manga
- Riruka Dokugamine (Bleach)
- The Big (Card Captor Sakura)
- The Little (Card Captor Sakura)
- Shigure (Code:Breaker)
- Namekians (Dragon Ball)
- Piccolo
- Brandish µ (Fairy Tail)
- Makarov Dreyar (Fairy Tail)
- Isana (Gan-Kon); in her sealed form
- Formaggio (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part V: Vento Aureo); via Little Feet
- Gwess (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part VI: Stone Ocean); via Goo Goo Dolls
- The Green Baby (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part VI: Stone Ocean); via Green, Green Grass of Home
- Cherna Mouse (Magical Girl Raising Project: Restart)
- Whim (Mana Khemia)
- Kurumi Isoshima (Mahou Sensou)
- Slimes (Monster Musume)
- Yuu Takeyama/Mt. Lady (My Hero Academia)
- Yui Kodai(My Hero Academia); via object only
- Akimichi Clan (Naruto)
- Burndy World (One Piece)
- Lily Enstomach (One Piece); via the Mini Mini no Mi.
- Charlotte Smoothie (One Piece); via the Shibo Shibo no Mi.
- Asura (Soul Eater)
- Sigmund (Unbreakable Machine-Doll)
- Rando (Yu Yu Hakusho)
Literature
- Alice (Alice's Adventures in Wonderland); by ingesting foods from Wonderland, e.g.Upfelkuchen to grow or Pishsalver to shrink
- Occamy (Harry Potter)
Live Television/Movies
- Chapulin Colorado (El Chapulin Colorado)
- Eric Lee Harrison (Heroes)
- Robert Ferguson (Heroes)
- Kamen Rider J (Kamen Rider)
- Freddy Krueger (A Nightmare on Elm Street)
- Engkantao Marie (Pedro Penduko at ang mga Engkantao)
- Tin-Tin Bersola/Anatom (Sineskwela)
- Brenan Espartinez/Agatom (Sineskwela)
- Poli Truper (Supertorpe)
- Sark (Tron)
- Various Ultramen, aliens, and kaiju (Ultraman)
Video Games
- Player (Growtopia)
- Pyron (Darkstalkers)
- Alice Kingsley (Disney Infinity)
- Antman (Disney Infinity)
- Kratos (God Of War)
- Ares (God Of War)
- Hades (God Of War)
- Zeus (God Of War)
- Mario (Mario); by ingesting mushrooms to grow, or by getting hit to shrink
- Luigi (Mario); by ingesting mushrooms to grow, or by getting hit to shrink
- Bokor Labas (Maximo: Ghosts to Glory)
- Ermac (Mortal Kombat)
- Fel (Prism Ark)
- Rayman (Rayman)
- Sheriff Toothpick (Sly Cooper)
- DJ Octavio (Splatoon)
- Rosalina (Super Mario Galaxy)
- Tabuu (Super Smash Bros. Brawl)
- Suika Ibuki (Touhou Project)
Web Comics
- Rhoda (El Goonish Shive)
- Jade Harley (Homestuck)
- Becquerel (Homestuck)
Other
- Patrick (CollegeHumor)
- SCP-682 - Hard-to-Destroy Reptile (SCP Foundation)
Gallery
Charlotte Smoothie (One Piece) can increase her size by using her Shibo Shibo no Mi powers through her sword.
Atom/Ray Palmer (Arrowverse/DC Comics)
Giganta (DC Comics)
Dream of the Endless (Vertigo/DC Comics)
The Spectre (DC Comics)
Scintilla (Marvel Comics)
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Kamala Khan (Marvel Comics)
Cassie Lang (Marvel Comics)
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Groot (Marvel Comics)
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En Sabah Nur/Apocalypse (Marvel Comics)
Galactus (Marvel Comics)
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Persona 181 (Marvel Comics) of Legion.
Celestialsapiens (Ben 10 Series) can freely change their size at will, from being slightly taller than an average human, to the size of a planet.
Humungousaur (Ben 10 Series) like other members of his species, can grow up to 60 ft tall and shrink back down to his normal size.
Freddy Krueger (A Nightmare on Elm Street)
Suika Ibuki (Touhou Project) via Manipulation of Density.
Kamen Rider J (Kamen Rider Series/Toei) can transform into a giant form called Jumbo Formation by channeling the lifeforce and spiritual energy of Earth and converting it into J Power.
Griddex (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)
Experiment 001 "Shrink" (Lilo & Stitch)
DJ Octavio (Splatoon)...
...when in battle is much larger than Agent 3...
...but when imprisoned in a snow globe, he shrinks down to about Agent 3's size.
Using her magic, Madam Mim (The Sword in The Stone) can be as huge as a house or as tiny as a mouse.
Empowered by fear, Horrificator (Miraculous Ladybug) grows larger the more fear she instills. The less fear she feeds on, the smaller she becomes.
Maul (Wildstorm Comics)
Jake the Dog (Adventure Time)
Kurumi Isoshima (Mahou Sensou)
Capital G (Dexter's Laboratory)
Jack-Jack Parr. (The Incredibes)
Formaggio's Stand, Little Feet (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part V Vento Aureo) can shrink any person or object by cutting them with its long and sharp index finger.
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