- "Mortal height is fun. My hands are hand-sized!"
- ― Odin (The Order of the Stick)
The power to manipulate the size of anything and everything. Sub-power of Shapeshifting. Combination of Size Reduction and Size Augmentation.
Also Called[]
- Choranaptyxancy
- Dwarfism Manipulation/Control
- Gigantism Manipulation/Control
- Megethoskinesis
- Resizing
- Size Alteration/Change/Changing/Modulation/Shifting
- Sizeshifting
- Matter Resizing
Fiction-Specific Terms[]
- Mass Manipulation (Heroes)
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 the target's 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.
- Compressability/Expandability
- Height Manipulation
- Mass Manipulation
- Molecular Fractal Discharge
- Personal Size Manipulation
- Proportional Physicality
- Enhanced/Supernatural/Absolute Body (Exact powers depend on whether one shrinks or grows.)
- Size Augmentation
- Size Defiance
- Size Reduction
Techniques[]
Variations[]
Levels[]
- Basic Level: The user can shrink target down to half and then grow up to double their normal size.
- Advanced Level: The 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 hundreds or thousands of times of their normal size.
- Ultimate Level: The user can shrink target down to a molecule and then grow up to planetary size.
- Absolute Level: The 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
- Large Size
- Mass Manipulation
- Minuscule Matter Alteration
- Power Suit
- Shapeshifting
- Shrink Warping
- Shrinking Replication
- Size Arts
- Size Defiance
- Small Size
- 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.
Anime/Manga/Manhwa[]
- Riruka Dokugamine (Bleach); via "Dollhouse"
- The Big (Card Captor Sakura)
- The Little (Card Captor Sakura)
- Shigure (Code:Breaker)
- Shushu Suruga (Chained Soldier); via "Paradigm Shift"
- Nezuko Kamado (Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba)
- Ryo Asuka/Satan (Devilman)
- Namekians (Dragon Ball series); via Great Namekian form
- Users of Giant Form (Dragon Ball series)
- Legendary Super Saiyans (Dragon Ball series)
- Cell Max (Dragon Ball series)
- Brandish μ (Fairy Tail); via "Command T"
- Makarov Dreyar (Fairy Tail)
- Delmon (Gachiakuta); via the Nozzle
- 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); via "Compress"
- Yu Takeyama/Mt. Lady (My Hero Academia); via "Gigantification"
- Yui Kodai (My Hero Academia); via "Size"
- Akimichi Clan (Naruto)
- Kokugan Users (Boruto: Naruto Next Generations)
- Burndy World (One Piece)
- Lily Enstomach (One Piece); via the Mini Mini no Mi/Mini-Mini Fruit
- Charlotte Smoothie (One Piece); via the Shibo Shibo no Mi/Wring-Wring Fruit
- Sanjuan Wolf (One Piece); via the Deka Deka no Mi/Big-Big Fruit.
- Monkey D. Luffy; via Gear Fourth & Fifth
- Asura (Soul Eater)
- Kargalgan (Solo Leveling)
- Tusk (Solo Leveling)
- Ma Dongwook (Solo Leveling)
- Goldburn (SSSS.DYNAZENON)
- Sigmund (Unbreakable Machine-Doll)
- Rando (Yu Yu Hakusho)
- Nico Wakatsuki (Witch Watch); via "Embiggen"
- Nemuru Suya (Psych House)
- Fraudrin (The Seven Deadly Sins)
Cartoon/Comics[]
- Mo and Sam (50/50 Heroes)
- 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)
- Ooloo (Chaotic)
- Size Alteration Users (Danny Phantom)
- Pariah Dark
- Ray Palmer/Atom (DC Comics)
- Atom Smasher (DC Comics)
- Apache Chief (DC Comics)
- Elasti Girl (DC Comics)
- Giganta (DC Comics)
- Martians (DC Comics)
- Various Metahumans (DC Comics)
- Lucifer Morningstar (DC Comics/Vertigo)
- Michael Demiurgos (DC Comics/Vertigo)
- PB (DC League of Super-Pets)
- 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)
- Grim (The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy)
- Iris (The Hollow)
- 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)
- Bruce Banner/Hulk (Marvel Comics)
- Jennifer Walters/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
- Sir James Jaspers/Mad Jim Jaspers (Marvel Comics)
- Kamala Khan (Marvel Comics)
- Sugar Man (Marvel Comics)
- Erik Josten/Goliath (Marvel Comics)
- Joseph Meach/Composite Superman (DC Comics)
- Minus (Minus)
- Various Mutants (Marvel Comics)
- Horrificator (Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir)
- Red Moon (Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug and Cat Noir)
- Susan Murphy/Ginormica (Monsters vs. Aliens)
- Rick O' Shea (Mucha Lucha)
- Discord (My Little Pony)
- Zanth (Ninjago: Dragons Rising)
- 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)
- Giant Old Lady (Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero)
- 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)
- Eileen/The Birthday Girl (Wordgirl)
- Wuya (Xiaolin Showdown); via Ghost Form
- Dojo Kanojo Cho (Xiaolin Showdown)
- The Nightmaster (Yin Yang Yo!)
- Enchantix/Believix-level fairies (Winx Club)
- Genie (Aladdin)
Literature[]
- Alice (Alice's Adventures in Wonderland); by ingesting foods from Wonderland, e.g.Upfelkuchen to grow or Pishsalver to shrink
- Violet (The Girl Who Could Fly, The Piper McCloud Series)
- Occamy (Harry Potter franchise)
- 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)
- Albert "Al" Rothstein/Atom Smasher (DC Extended Universe)
- Emma Meyer (Gen V)
- Sylvia (Heroes)
- 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)
- Shapeshifters (Magium)
- Hadrik
- Gontrok
- 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)
- Robloxians (ROBLOX)
- Golden Queen (Skylanders)
- Sheriff Toothpick (Sly Cooper)
- DJ Octavio (Splatoon)
- Rosalina (Super Mario Galaxy)
- Tabuu (Super Smash Bros. Brawl)
- Suika Ibuki (Touhou Project)
- Silly Billy (FNF Hit Single Real)
Web Animation/Comics/Original/Series
- Creepy Cat (Creepy Cat)
- Zalgo (Creepypasta)
- Patrick (CollegeHumor)
- Rhoda (El Goonish Shive)
- Seven Deadly Sins (Helluva Boss)
- Asmodeus
- Beelzebub
- Mammon
- Jade Harley (Homestuck)
- Becquerel (Homestuck)
- Durkon Thundershield (The Order of the Stick)
- Vampire Durkon (The Order of the Stick)
- Various SCPs (SCP Foundation)
- Cartoon Cat (Trevor Henderson mythos)
- The Smile Room (Trevor Henderson mythos)
Known Objects[]
- Sizeirator 2000 (Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie)
- Height-altering crystals (Gravity Falls)
- Heart of Gold (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy) via The Infinite Improbability Drive
- Pym Particle (Marvel Cinematic Universe)
- SCP-786 - Funnel Factor Twelve (SCP Foundation)
- SCP-2948 - Repeating Bomb (SCP Foundation)
Known Powers/Spells[]
- Righteous Might (Dungeons & Dragons)
- Thor's Might (The Order of the Stick)
- Hel's Might (The Order of the Stick)