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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* Coby of ''[[
* Simon of ''[[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann]]'' ends up taller than his mentor and "big bro" Kamina after the mid-series time-skip.
* ''[[
** Aversion: Kuririn manages to stay the same height across 3 different series after his growth spurt.
* ''[[
* Momiji from ''[[Fruits Basket]]''?
* Anyone recall that [[The Load|runty, skinny, and generally useless]] kid Raki from ''[[Claymore]]''? [[Badass Normal|Guess who]] is still looking for Claire after the [[Time Skip]].
* Sakura is a bit surprised to find out that [[Naruto]] has grown taller than her in the 2 1/2 years he was gone (he's actually the second-tallest of the Konoha 11 now as opposed to being the shortest).
* After a 3 month timeskip in ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist (
** By the end of the manga he's noticeably taller than Winry, compared to the beginning where he was far shorter than her. In the first anime though he's still considerably short, barely being taller than his biologically fourteen year old brother.
* Shuuichi and Riku from ''[[Wandering Son]]'' are reaching this. Shuu has grown several inches, being taller than almost all the girls.
* Riku from ''[[Venus Versus Virus]]'' starts out a short elementary school boy at the start of the manga but by the last chapter he's almost as tall as his sixteen ([[Vague Age|or so]]) sister and taller than several high school freshman.
* Ayato Kamina undergoes a slight growth spurt over the course of [[
{{quote| '''Haruka:''' You passed me.}}
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== [[Literature]] ==
* In [[TA Barron]]'s ''The Lost Years Of Merlin'', Shim, the very, very, ''very'', small giant {{spoiler|commits suicide by jumping into [[Artifact of Doom|The Caldron Of Death]], which breaks, comes back to life, and grows to be the largest giant.}}
* The protagonist of [[Neil Gaiman]]'s ''[[
* ''[[Dune]]'': When he's first introduced as a fifteen year old, Paul Atreides is described as looking small and young for his age. After the [[Time Skip]], he's grown to be very tall and imposing.
== [[Video Games]] ==
* An actual plot point in ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
* Sothe between ''[[Fire Emblem]]: Path of Radiance'' and ''Radiant Dawn''.
** Ike and Boyd both grew a lot taller between the games as well. Many other characters even comment on the radical height increases with all three characters throughout the second game. Tormod's comments to Ike is the most amusing of them all.
* In ''[[
== Visual Novels ==
* Battler from ''[[Umineko no Naku Koro
* In the Unlimited Blade Works route of ''[[Fate/stay
== [[Western Animation]] ==
* ''[[Clifford the Big Red Dog]]''. Pretty much the epitome of this trope.
* An unlikely case, Dr. Zoidberg of ''[[
* Enzo from ''[[Re Boot]]'' got '''huge''', post [[Time Skip]]. He went from half the size of Bob to a head taller than Bob and far more muscular than Bob. Bob even points out the size change when Enzo is about to [[Running Gag|run into Bob]] like Enzo did back in season 1.
{{quote| '''Bob:''' Whoa! I think you're a little too big for that.}}
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== [[Truth in Television]] ==
* It's not at all uncommon for adolescents and teenagers to go though dramatic growth spurts in a very short period of time. Over the course of a single year a kid can go from the shortest member in their family to as tall or even taller than their parents.
* Patrick Warburton, perhaps most famous for his voice acting roles like [[The Venture Brothers|Brock Samson]] and [[The Emperor's New Groove
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