- "Hang around me long enough and you'll learn size doesn't matter."
- ― Hank Pym (Marvel Comics)
The power to manipulate the size of anything and everything. 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 are proportional to the size assumed, but the 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
- Molecular Fractal Discharge
- Personal Size Manipulation
- Size Combat
- Size Enhancement
- Size Reduction
Variations
Levels
- Basic Level: User can shrink target down to half and then grow up to twice their normal size.
- Advanced Level: User can shrink target down to quarter and then grow up to quadruple of their normal size.
- Expert Level: Users can shrink target down to tenth and then grow up to ten times their normal size.
- Master Level: Users can shrink target down to percentage and then grow up to hundred times of their normal size.
- Ultimate Level: User can shrink target down to atomic and then grow up to planetary size.
- Absolute Level: User can shrink target below the size of subatomic particles and grow them beyond galactic size.
Associations
- Body Manipulation
- Body Length Manipulation
- Density Manipulation
- Elasticity
- Fit Inducement
- Mass Manipulation
- Shapeshifting
- Shrink Warping
- Shrinking Replication
- Shrinking Transmutation
- Size Defiance
- 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 the environment:
- Grown makes environment too small and fragile.
- Shrinking makes the 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)
- Ultimate Ben (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/Vertigo)
- Michael Demiurgos (DC Comics/Vertigo)
- Capital G (Dexter's Laboratory)
- Micro (Extinctioners)
- Crysta (Ferngully)
- Angels (Good Omens)
- Demons (Good Omens)
- 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)
- Heinz Doofenshmirtz (Milo Murphy Law); with Reduce-Inator
- 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)
- Composite Superman (DC Comics)
- David Haller/Legion/Persona 181 (Marvel Comics); persona of Legion
- Kamala Khan (Marvel Comics)
- Sugar Man (Marvel Comics)
- Erik Josten/Goliath (Marvel Comics)
- Horrificator (Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir)
- Discord (My Little Pony)
- Jean (Pacman and the Ghostly Adventures)
- Flora, Fauna, and Merryweather (Sleeping Beauty)
- Spongebob (SpongeBob SquarePants)
- Globgor (Star vs. the Forces of Evil)
- Gems (Steven Universe)
- Ricardo Perez/Omni-Mass (Stretch Armstrong and the Flex Fighters)
- Madam Mim (The Sword in The Stone)
- Griddex (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)
- Sliver (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2003)
- Doctor Manhattan (Watchmen)
- Maul (Wildstorm Comics)
- Wuya (Xiaolin Showdown); via Ghost Form
- Dojo Kanojo Cho (Xiaolin Showdown)
- The Nightmaster (Yin Yang Yo!)
- Susan Murphy/Ginormica (Monsters vs. Aliens)
- Iris (The Hollow)
Anime/Manga/Manhwa
- 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
- Sylphid (Isekai Cheat Magician)
- Formaggio (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part V: Vento Aureo); via Little Feet
- Notorious B.I.G. (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part V: Vento Aureo)
- 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)
- Atsuhiro Sako/Mr. Compress (My Hero Academia)
- Yuu Takeyama/Mt. Lady (My Hero Academia)
- Yui Kodai (My Hero Academia); via object only
- Akimichi Clan (Naruto)
- Isshiki Ōtsutsuki (Boruto: Naruto Next Generations)
- 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)
- Ma Dong-Wook (Solo Leveling)
- Sigmund (Unbreakable Machine-Doll)
- Rando (Yu Yu Hakusho)
- Shushu Suruga (Mato Seihei No Slave)
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)
- Clifford DeVoe/The Thinker (Arrowverse/The Flash 2014)
- 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)
- Golden Queen (Skylanders)
- 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.
Ma Dong-Wook (Solo Leveling)
Atom/Ray Palmer (Arrowverse/DC Comics)
Giganta (DC Comics)
Dream of the Endless (Vertigo/DC Comics)
The Spectre (DC Comics)
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Composite Superman (DC Comics) possesses Colossal Boy's giant form...
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... And Shrinking Violet's shrinking form.
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.
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Erik Josten/Goliath (Marvel Comics)
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.
Ultimate Ben (Ben 10: Ultimate Alien) possesses Ultimate Humungosaur's size altercation.
Slapback (Ben 10)
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.
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: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir) 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 Incredibles)
Formaggio's Stand, Little Feet (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part V/5: Golden Wind/Vento Aureo) can shrink any person or object by cutting them with its long and sharp index finger.
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Notorious B.I.G. (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part V/5: Golden Wind/Vento Aureo)
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Brandish's magic (Fairy Tail) allows her to change the size of anything, from wounds, to shrinking people...
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...and entire islands...
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...to lift an entire island far above sea level...
... and enhance her own size.
Susan Murphy/Ginormica (Monsters vs. Aliens)
Sylvia (Heroes) grows big to overcome two foes.
Ricardo Perez/Omni-Mass (Stretch Armstrong and the Flex Fighters)
Griddex (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)
Sliver (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2003) possesses Griddex's size alteration.
From Sylbert Rundine, DeVoe (Arrowverse) can alter the size of any target by manipulating the space between their atomic bonds or shrinks an object, he also offsets most of the mass in the object to make it light enough to pick up and store in his pocket, even objects as massive as a building.
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