- "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. Sub-power of Shapeshifting.
Also Called
- Choranaptyxancy
- Dwarfism Manipulation/Control
- Gigantism Manipulation/Control
- Mégethoskinesis
- Size Alteration/Modulation/Shifting/Changing
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
- Augmentation/Reduction of size of effects and powers
- Expandability/Compressability
- Molecular Fractal Discharge
- Personal Size Manipulation
- Proportional Physicality
- Enhanced/Supernatural/Absolute Body - exact powers depend on whether one shrinks or grows.
- Size Combat
- Size Enhancement
- Size Reduction
Techniques
- Bodily Mass Manipulation
- Density Manipulation
- Micro Transportation
- Molecular Manipulation
- Concept Manipulation - change the size in concepts
Variations
Levels
- Basic Level: User can shrink target down to half and then grow up to double 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 a molecule 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
- Advanced Technology
- Body Manipulation
- Body Length Manipulation
- Density Manipulation
- Elasticity
- Fit Inducement
- Height Manipulation
- Large Size
- Mass Manipulation
- Minuscule Matter Alteration
- Power Suit
- Small Size
- Shapeshifting
- Shrink Warping
- Shrinking Replication
- Size Defiance
- Superior Human Physiology
- 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)
- Ekoplektoids (Ben 10 Reboot)
- Slapback
- 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)
- Size Alteration Users (Danny Phantom)
- Pariah Dark
- 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)
- Nina Thumbell (Ever After High)
- Micro (Extinctioners)
- Crysta (Ferngully)
- Bolo (Final Space)
- 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)
- Doomageddon (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)
- Joseph Meach/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)
- Various Metahumans (DC Comics)
- Various Mutants (Marvel Comics)
- Horrificator (Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir)
- Discord (My Little Pony)
- Cosma (OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes)
- 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)
- Black Hat (Villainous)
- Doctor Manhattan (Watchmen)
- Maul (Wildstorm Comics)
- Wuya (Xiaolin Showdown); via Ghost Form
- Dojo Kanojo Cho (Xiaolin Showdown)
- The Nightmaster (Yin Yang Yo!)
- Rick O' Shea (Mucha Lucha)
- 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)
- Ryo Asuka/Satan (Devilman)
- Namekians (Dragon Ball)
- Piccolo
- Brandish µ (Fairy Tail)
- Makarov Dreyar (Fairy Tail)
- Isana (Gan-Kon); in her sealed form
- Sylphid (Isekai Cheat Magician)
- Kaiju (Kaiju No. 8)
- Formaggio (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part V: Golden Wind/Vento Aureo); via Little Feet
- Notorious B.I.G. (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part V: Golden Wind/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)
- Sister Gigant (Mahō Shōjo ni Akogarete)
- Whim (Mana Khemia)
- Kurumi Isoshima (Mahou Sensou)
- Tohru (Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid)
- 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.
- Monkey D. Luffy; via Gear Fifth
- Asura (Soul Eater)
- Ma Dong-Wook (Solo Leveling)
- Goldburn (SSSS.DYNAZENON)
- 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)
- Scarlett the Garnet Fairy (Rainbow Magic); via Garnet
- Fitters (Upside-Down Magic)
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)
- Tartaglia (Genshin Impact)
- 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)
- Robloxians (ROBLOX)
Web Comics
- Creepy Cat (Creepy Cat)
- Rhoda (El Goonish Shive)
- Jade Harley (Homestuck)
- Becquerel (Homestuck)
Other
- Patrick (CollegeHumor)
- Various SCPs (SCP Foundation)
- Cartoon Cat (Trevor Henderson Mythology)
Known Objects
- Height-altering crystals (Gravity Falls)
- SCP-786 - Funnel Factor Twelve (SCP Foundation)
- SCP-2948 - Repeating Bomb (SCP Foundation)
- Pym Particle (Marvel Cinematic Universe)
Gallery
Jigen/Isshiki Ōtsutsuki (Boruto) using "Daikokuten" to enlarge stakes he shrank with "Sukunohikona" so fast it caught Naruto off guard.
Charlotte Smoothie (One Piece) can increase her size by using her Shibo Shibo no Mi powers through her sword.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Brandish's magic (Fairy Tail) allows her to change the size of anything, from wounds, to shrinking people...
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.
Yu Takeyama (My Hero Academia) can grow to gigantic sizes, however this causes property destruction due to her recklessness