- "I shrank myself! That's my ability Little Feet! The other guys say it's worthless...heh, heh, heh...well, whether it's worthless or worth-ful is all up to how you use it!!"
- ― Formaggio (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part V: Golden Wind/Vento Aureo)
The power to reduce the size of target. Sub-power of Size Manipulation. Variation of Reduction. Opposite to Size Augmentation.
Also Called[]
- Atom/Microscopic/Subatomic Size
- Decreased Size
- Micromorphing
- Miniaturization
- Shrinkage
- Shrinking
- Size Decrease/Diminution
Capabilities[]
The user can reduce the size of anything and everything down to the dimensions of an ant, cell or even smaller. Some users may allow a target to retain or have boosted strength, weight, mass while they are at a reduced size.
Applications[]
Levels[]
- Basic Level: User can shrink target down to half of their normal size.
- Advanced Level: User can shrink target down to quarter of their normal size.
- Expert Level: User can shrink target down to tenth of their normal size.
- Master Level: User can shrink target down to percentage of their normal size.
- Ultimate Level: User can shrink target down to atomic size.
- Absolute Level: User can shrink target below size of subatomic particles.
Associations[]
- Alien Physiology
- Ant Physiology
- Body Manipulation
- Compression
- Density Manipulation
- Endless Shrinking
- Fairy Physiology
- Hormone Manipulation
- Illusion Manipulation
- Insect Physiology
- Minuscule Matter Alteration
- Molecular Manipulation
- Omnifarious
- Reduction
- Rodent Physiology
- Self-Molecular Manipulation
- Self-Subatomic Manipulation
- Shapeshifting
- Shrinking Presence
- Shrinking Replication
- Size Combat
- Size Manipulation
- Speed Shrinking
- Subatomic Manipulation
- Superior Human Physiology
- Unicellular Mimicry
- Unnatural Size
- Weight Manipulation
Limitations[]
- User may get stepped on or attacked (possibly eaten) by larger enemies.
- May not be able go back to regular size.
- May be affected by Galileo's Square-Cube Law.
- May affect limited mass/amount at once, for example only target and nothing they wear.
- Effect may only last for a certain amount of time.
- Objects of greater mass may regain their original size more quickly.
- May be limited to shrinking oneself, and/or objects or beings they make contact with at the time of shrinking.
- The pitch of the affect entity's voice might become higher.
- Objects may follow the law of conservation of mass and maintain their original weight.
- Might cause a black hole to be created
Known Users[]
- Everest (Abominable); via nature magic
- Charmy Bee (Archie's Sonic the Hedgehog)
- Saffron Bee (Archie's Sonic the Hedgehog)
- Rat King (Barbie in the Nutcracker)
- Riruka Dokugamine (Bleach); via "Dollhouse"
- Termite (The Boys)
- The Little (Card Captor Sakura)
- Shushu Suruga (Mato Seihei no Slave/Chained Soldier); via "Paradigm Shift"
- Borneo Demons (Charmed); via their darts
- Gammill (Charmed); via his wand
- Tuatha (Charmed); via magic dust
- Savard (Charmed)
- Dr. D (The Christmas Brigade); via Transducer Reducer
- Power Belt users (The Christmas Brigade)
- Size Alteration Users (Danny Phantom)
- Users of Transformation Spell (Little Witch Academia)
- Ray Palmer/Atom (DC Comics)
- Martians (DC Comics)
- Micro Lass (DC Comics)
- Salu Digby/Shrinking Violet (DC Comics)
- Nun the Less (DC Comics)
- One of the Sizematic Twins (DC Comics)
- Lalo Muldron/Micro Lad (DC Comics)
- Jill Athron/The Atom (DC Comics)
- Thomas Troy/The Fly (DC Comics)
- Chester Cheese/Little Cheese (DC Comics)
- Mirco (DC Comics)
- Paul Morse/Mr. Justice (DC Comics)
- The Item (DC Comics)
- Mite (DC Comics)
- Thumbelina (DC Comics)
- Jessica Palmer/The Atom (DC Comics)
- Martha Roberts/Doll Girl (DC Comics)
- Isadora Wellington-Smythe/Iota (DC Comics)
- Micron (DC Comics)
- Jay Abrams/Blue Jay (DC Comics)
- Adam Cray/The Atom (DC Comics)
- Zou Kang/Thundermind (DC Comics)
- Bumblebee (DC Comics)
- Klarion Bleak (DC Comics)
- Aztar/Spectre (DC Comics)
- Darkseid (DC Comics)
- Rita Parr/Elasti-Woman (DC Comics)
- Joseph Meach/Composite Superman (DC Comics)
- Ashley Rayburn/Primer (DC Comics)
- Various Metahumans (DC Comics)
- Mike Teavee ("Charlie and the Chocolate Factory"); via the Wonkavision teleporter machine
- Mary Katherine Bomba (Epic); via Queen Tara's spell
- Patrick Star (The Patrick Star Show)
- Discord (My Little Pony series); self-shrinking
- Jake the Dog (Adventure Time); self-shrinking
- Brandish μ (Fairy Tail); via "Command T"
- Yuki Setoguchi (Deatte 5 Byou de Battle)
- Ants (The Ant Bully)
- Keita Torigaya (Asu No Yoichi!)
- Kollekio (Marchen Awakens Romance)
- Various Mutants (Marvel Comics)
- African American mutants
- Asian mutants
- Hispanic mutants
- Native American mutants
- White mutants
- Power Pack (Marvel Comics); by decreasing the space of atoms.
- Users of Pym Particles (Marvel Comics)
- Henry Pym/Ant-Man/Yellowjacket; self-shrinking, all incarnations and reality versions
- Janet van Dyne/Wasp; self-shrinking, all incarnations and reality versions
- Cassandra Lang/Stature
- Scott Lang/Ant-Man #2
- Eric O'Grady/Ant-Man #3
- Darren Cross/Yellowjacket
- Deva van Dyne (Marvel Comics)
- Tinkabelinos Hardleg/Tink (Marvel Comics)
- Scintilla (Marvel Comics)
- Kamala Khan (Marvel Comics)
- Tyrone/Dr. Shrinky (The Backyardigans)
- Alice (Lewis Carroll's Alice)
- Alice Liddell (American McGee's Alice)
- Mario (Super Mario Bros.); self-shrinking via Mini Mushroom
- Luigi (Super Mario Bros.); self-shrinking via Mini Mushroom
- Mego (Kim Possible); self-shrinking
- Marinette Dupain-Cheng (Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug and Cat Noir); as Multimouse
- Yvan/Supermini (The Minimighty Kids/Les Minijusticiers); shrinking others/objects
- Icy (Winx Club); via Gloomix Icy Polar Ghost
- Kanchomé (Zatch Bell!); self-shrinking
- Green Fire (Sidekicks)
- Janet van Dyne/Elasti-Girl (Amalgam Universe)
- Capital G (Dexter's Laboratory); via Size Manipulation
- Charlotte (Queen's Gate: Spiral Chaos)
- Lily Enstomach (One Piece); self-shrinking
- Tony Tony Chopper (One Piece); temporary, due to new side effects from improved Rumble Ball
- Pokemon that can use "Minimize" (Pokémon); self-shrinking
- Ja Seirei (Ghost Sweeper Mikami); via his darts
- Small Fry (Stripperella)
- Jonathan Osterman/Doctor Manhattan (Watchmen)
- Enchantix Level Fairies (Winx Club)
- Brain (Skylanders)
- Toa Norik (Bionicle); via Great Kanohi Pehkui
- Slitheen & Blathereen (Doctor Who); via compression fields
- Micros (Mighty Med)
- Skylar Storm (Mighty Med)
- Micro (Extinctioners)
- Chicken-Matango (The Seven Deadly Sins)
- Chandler (The Seven Deadly Sins)
- Player (Growtopia)
- Lavender LaViolette (Rainbow Rangers)
- Draco (Chica Vampiro)
- Dr. Elvin Lincoln (Misfits of Science)
- Nina Thumbell (Ever After High)
- Saffron Bee (Archie's Sonic the Hedgehog)
- Fairies (Ferngully)
- Milon (Milon's Secret Castle); via shrink potion
- Sigmund (Unbreakable Machine-Doll)
- Robert "Scott" Carey (The Incredible Shrinking Man)
- Pat Kramer (The Incredible Shrinking Woman)
- Ermac (Mortal Kombat)
- Link (The Legend of Zelda:The Minish Cap); self-shrinking via The Minish Cap
- Sofia the First (Sofia the First); via Amulet of Avalor
- Dada (Ultraman series)
- Scarlett the Garnet Fairy (Rainbow Magic); via Garnet
- Josie Trent (Strange Days at Blake Holsey High); one off
- Grandpa Mason (Grandpa in My Pocket); via his cap
- The Powerpuff Girls (The Powerpuff Girls)
- Christy Cross/Microwoman (Superstretch and Microwoman)
- Zack Greenburg (The Zack Files); one off via an anchovy from a pizza
- Decoy Queen (Ben 10: Alien Swarm)
- George Shrinks (George Shrinks)
- SCP-2862 - Beholder (SCP Foundation)
- Genie (Disney's Aladdin)
- Tom Turbo (Tom Turbo)
- Jack-Jack Parr (The Incredibles); self-shrinking
- Pan Tau (Pan Tau)
- Globgor (Star vs. the Forces of Evil)
- Dawn Summers (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
- Formaggio (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part V: Golden Wind/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
- Yui Kodai (My Hero Academia)
- Tiny Kong (Donkey Kong); self-shrinking
- Tuck (Paw Patrol); via meteor power
- Nemuru Suya (Psych House)
- Kokugan users (Boruto: Naruto Next Generations)
- Sandayu Koma/Little Kommander (Yo-Kai Watch Jam)
- Shrinking Ray/Shrinking Rae (Image Comics/Invincible); self-shrinking
- Neutrino (Jupiter's Legacy); self-shrinking
- MK (LEGO Monkie Kid)
- Mikroo (Ghostforce)
- Polly Pocket (Polly Pocket) via the Pocket Locket.
- The Space Chickens (Space Chickens in Space); self-shrinking
- Nico Wakatsuki (Witch Watch); via "Ensmallen"
- The Baker (Cookie Clicker); via Antimatter Condenser
- Fairies (The Sims 3: Supernatural)
- Flora, Fauna and Merryweather (Sleeping Beauty)
- Trece "Andrés" Ramírez (Yo soy Franky); via a tablet
- Doce "Dulce" Ramírez (Yo soy Franky); via a tablet
Known Objects[]
- Shrinking potion (Alice's Adventures in Wonderland)
- Shrink Potion (Ant Bully)
- Shrinky-Pig 2000 (Captain Underpants)
- Wonkavision teleporter machine (Charlie and the Chocolate Factory)
- Power Belt (The Christmas Brigade)
- Transducer Reducer (The Christmas Brigade)
- Lilliput's Size Gun (Darkwing Duck)
- Shrink Ray (Despicable Me)
- Compression Fields (Doctor Who)
- Miniscopes (Doctor Who)
- Molecular Nanoscaler (Doctor Who)
- Tissue Compression Eliminator (Doctor Who)
- Pod (Epic)
- Martian Shrinking Gun (Mars Attacks!)
- Shrinking Machine (Fantastic Voyage)
- Shrinking Staff (Grizzy and the Lemmings)
- Pink Candies (Hime-chan's Ribbon)
- Shrink Ray (Honey, I Shrunk the Kids)
- Majorina's Mallet (Smile! Pretty Cure)
- Space Stone (Marvel Comics)
- Shrink Ray (Hearthstone)
- Amulet of Avalor (Sofia the First)
- Krusty Krab grill (SpongeBob SquarePants)
- Mermaid Man's belt (SpongeBob SquarePants)
- Giant clarinet (SpongeBob SquarePants)
- Sandy's shrink ray (SpongeBob SquarePants)
- Changing Chopsticks (Xiaolin Showdown)
- Morphing Chopsticks (Xiaolin Chronicles)
- Minimiser (The Secret Service)
- Mini Mushroom (Super Mario Bros.)
- Fireproof Secret Diary (Team Fortress 2)
- Spellbook Magazine (Team Fortress 2)
- Fancy Spellbook (Team Fortress 2)
- Shrinking Paste (Tooth Fairy)
- Incredi Shrink Compact Hair Dryer (Totally Spies!)
- Wonderland Cake (Whatever After)
- Minimum Tablets (The Seven Deadly Sins)
- Shrinky-Pig 2000 (Captain Underpants)
- Chiquitolina Tablets (El Chapulín Colorado)
- Trident (The Little Mermaid)
- Shrinking Light (Doraemon)
- Shrinking Tunnel (Doraemon)
- Scarlett's Garnet (Rainbow Magic)
- Minish Cap (The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap)
- De-Bigulator (The Simpsons)
- The tiny pig's UFO (Piggy Tales)
- Pym Particles (Marvel Comics)
- Mouse Miraculous (Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug and Cat Noir)
- Pan Tau's bowler hat (Pan Tau)
- Romeo's shrink ray (PJ Masks)
- Romeo's super pet chews antidote (PJ Masks)
- Meteor (Paw Patrol)
- Power Bandz (Power Players)
- Spear of Lightning (Xiaolin Chronicles)
- Power Belt (The Christmas Brigade)
- Shrinking Cap (Grandpa in my Pocket)
- Shrink n' Grow (The Henry Stickmin Collection)
- Mini Mini no Mi (One Piece)
- Shrinkinator (Phineas and Ferb)
- Miniaturizer (Wild Kratts)
- Pocket Locket (Polly Pocket)
- The Orb of Shrink Galaxy (Space Chickens in Space)
- Shrinky-Dinky, Fruitalizer-Minimizer (Annoying Orange)
- Plankton's size altering belt (SpongeBob SquarePants)
- Mysterious Specimen ("Billy Dilley's Super-Duper Subterranean Summer")
Gallery[]
The Slitheen (Doctor Who) and their cousins the Blathereen could shrink in size a few inches to fit in their human skin suits by using compression fields generated from the collars worn around their necks.
Brandish's magic (Fairy Tail) allows her to shrink things, such as an island, enough for just her to stand on, she can even shrink a tumor to the point it will be a non-factor...
... instantaneously, to the point the affected object can be thought to be disintegrated if it is shrunken small enough.
Robert "Scott" Carey (The Incredible Shrinking Man) was constantly shrinking in size after being exposed to a radioactive cloud which, combined with an exposure to insecticide, rearranged his molecular structure.
Thanks to exposure to Pym Particles, Scott Lang/Ant-Man (Marvel Comics) can now shrink to the size of an ant.
The Changing Chopsticks (Xiaolin Showdown) shrink the user or object down to the size of a rice grain.
when inspirited by Komadillo, Sandayu Koma (Yo-Kai Watch Jam) becomes Little Kommander granting him the power to Shirnk.