Size Reduction

"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/5: Golden Wind/Vento Aureo)

The power to reduce the size of target. Sub-power of Size Manipulation. Variation of Reduction. Opposite to Size Enhancement.

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

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)
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)
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)
Wonderland Cake (Whatever After)
Shrinking Machine (Fantastic Voyage)