- "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 Enhancement.
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Also Called
- Atom/Microscopic/Subatomic Size
- Micromorph
- Miniaturization
- Shrinking
- Shrinkage
- Size Decrease
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
- Ant Physiology
- Body Manipulation
- Cellular Mimicry
- Compression
- Density Manipulation
- 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
- 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 effect limited mass/amount at once, for example only target and nothing they wear.
- Effect may only last for a certain amount of time.
- 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.
Known Users
- Everest (Abominable); via nature magic
- The Little (Card Captor Sakura)
- Borneo Demons (Charmed); via their darts
- Gammill (Charmed); via his wand
- Tuatha (Charmed); via magic dust
- Savard (Charmed)
- The Atom/Ray Palmer (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)
- Mary Katherine Bomba (Epic); via Queen Tara's spell
- Discord (My Little Pony series); self-shrinking
- Jake the Dog (Adventure Time); self-shrinking
- Brandish μ (Fairy Tail)
- Ants (The Ant Bully)
- Keita Torigaya (Asu No Yoichi!)
- Kollekio (Marchen Awakens Romance)
- 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
- 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
- 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 (Nanatsu no Taizai)
- Player (Growtopia)
- Chandler (Nanatsu no Taizai)
- 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)
- 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)
- Microwoman (Super Stretch & 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
- Tiny Kong (Donkey Kong); self-shrinking
- Tuck (Paw Patrol); via meteor power
- Isshiki Ōtsutsuki (Boruto: Naruto Next Generations)
Known Objects
- Shrink Potion (Ant Bully)
- Pod (Epic)
- Shrink Ray (Hearthstone)
- Pym Particles (Marvel Comics)
- Space Stone (Marvel Comics)
- Shrink Ray (Various)
- Lilliput's Size Gun (Darkwing Duck)
- Shrink Ray (Honey I Shrunk The Kids)
- Minimiser (The Secret Service)
- Tissue Compression Eliminator (Doctor Who)
- Molecular Nanoscaler (Doctor Who)
- Pink Candies (Hime-chan's Ribbon)
- Changing Chopsticks (Xiaolin Showdown)
- Morphing Chopsticks (Xiaolin Chronicles)
- Spear of Lightning (Xiaolin Chronicles)
- Miniscopes (Doctor Who)
- Compression Fields (Doctor Who)
- Fireproof Secret Diary (Team Fortress 2)
- Spellbook Magazine (Team Fortress 2)
- Fancy Spellbook (Team Fortress 2)
- Shrinking Paste (Tooth Fairy)
- Shrinky-Pig 2000 (Captain Underpants)
- Minimum Tablets (Nanatsu no Taizai)
- Amulet of Avalor (Sofia the First)
- Incredi Shrink Compact Hair Dryer (Totally Spies!)
- 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)
- Mermaid Man's belt (SpongeBob SquarePants)
- Mini Mushroom (Super Mario Bros.)
- Drink Me Potion (Alice's Adventures in Wonderland)
- 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)
- Majorina's Mallet (Smile! Pretty Cure)
- Wonderland Cake (Whatever After)
- Shrinking Machine (Fantastic Voyage)
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.
Scott Carey (The Incredible Shrinking Man) was constantly shrinking in size after being exposed to a radioactive storm which 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.
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