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If the characters are shrunk down far enough, they could embark on a [[Fantastic Voyage Plot]].
Depending on how the shrinking works, they may or may not get their clothes to shrink with
Contrast with [[Attack of the 50-Foot Whatever]]. See also [[Shrink Ray]].
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* ''[[Land of the Giants]]'' was a variation on this trope; while the main characters didn't shrink, they found themselves [[In a World]] of [[Attack of the 50-Foot Whatever|40-foot people]], so the effect was the same.
* ''[[Farscape]]'' "I Shrink Therefore I Am". The crew are shrunk by bounty hunters to make them easier to transport and control. Sikozu immediately starts listing all the reasons why this is impossible (their brains should be too simple to function, and they shouldn't be able to breathe normal-sized air molecules) until Rygel tells her to just [[MST3K Mantra|shut up and accept that the impossible has happened.]] The episode ends with a fight between Crichton and the [[Villain of the Week]], with each trying to shrink the other and resize themselves. Needless to say, someone ends up getting squashed nastily.
* ''[[Deep Space Nine]]'' episode "One Little Ship": A runabout is sent to study a [[Negative Space Wedgie]] whose shrinking effect is already known (the fact that the explorers will be shrunk is a matter of great amusement to those staying behind). Unfortunately the Defiant is captured by Jem'Hadar and the now miniscule explorers must help the crew take back the ship. One scene has Bashir and O'Brien having to exit the runabout to alter a
* On ''[[Misfits of Science]]'', seven-foot-tall Dr. Elvin Lincoln had been working on a treatment that would make him shorter; he overdid it a bit and wound up with the ability to make himself six inches tall at will.
* "The Mighty Mites" segment of ''[[Owl TV]]'' revolved around a group of kids who shrink themselves at will to study insects and other small creatures.
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== [[Tabletop Games]] ==
* One memorable scenario from the early days of ''Dungeon'' magazine involved the player characters being shrunk down to the size of gaming miniatures by a malfunctioning magical orb. Unusual in that, aside from the usual small animals posing a deadly threat, many previous groups of travelers had already fallen prey to this effect, forming themselves into [[Wacky Wayside Tribe
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* ''[[Space Ghost]]'' episode "The Evil Collector".
* Spoofed in the ''[[Fanboy and Chum Chum]]'' episode "The Incredible Shrinking Fanboy", where Fanboy only ''thinks'' he's shrinking, after the flower where he marks his growth grows overnight. [[Yandere|Yo]] uses this to her advantage, giving him a helmet with magnifying lenses to help with the illusion while she takes Chum-Chum to her room to [[And Call Him George|play with]].
* ''[[Nightmare Ned]]'' did this where Ned was being tormented by a pair of [[Enfant Terrible
* ''[[Re Boot]]'' did this several times. First for a [[Fantastic Voyage]], then twice more in games where everything but the main characters is scaled up to make them appear shrunk.
* Happens to Applejack in the ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]'' episode "Bridle Gossip".
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