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A very specific type of superpower. The character has the ability to change their size. Usually, this starts off one way, such as only being able to [[Incredible Shrinking Man|shrink]] or [[Attack of the 50-Foot Whatever|grow]]. Eventually, this starts to seem a little lame (unless the change comes with added [[Super Strength]], or other [[Required Secondary Powers]] in order to offset that pesky [[Square-Cube Law]]), and they probably end up being able to do both with an upgrade of some sort, or a [[Hand Wave]] about training.
Compare [[Make My Monster Grow]], where a character makes a monster grow to great heights.
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* [[The Atom]] of the ''[[Justice League of America]]''. Since the power comes from his belts, anyone who gets their hands on one can use it, much like the Pym Particles. As a consequence, there have been a few successors to the name, as well as an [[Evil Counterpart]], Dwarfstar.
** DC's original shrinking guy, Doll Man, had the not-too-impressive ability to shrink to about six inches... though he retains his full-sized weight and mass, resulting in a measure of super strength. There's a modern Doll Man, as well, but he's permanently tiny.
** The Atom is an impressive version of this power set. Rather than gaining the ability to grow, he eventually gained the ability to shrink down to subatomic levels, opening up possibilities available to almost no one else. In addition, he can alter his molecular density, which enables him to glide on a low setting or have the equivalent strength of his regular size on a high one.
** Another member of the Atom legacy, Atom Smasher of the [[Justice Society of America]], has the ability to grow. Unlike the Pym Particles, this is accomplished by his bones and muscles actually breaking and reforming as he enlarges.
* Colossal Boy and Shrinking Violet of ''[[The Legion of Super Heroes]]''. In the '90s version of the team, Colossal Boy died and Violet gained his growing powers, rechristening herself LeViathan. In the '00s version, Colossal Boy lives and Vi has been renamed Atom Girl.
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* Mighty Man, from ''Amazing Man Comics'', has the ability to change his size.
* Miss America, who was originally created for ''Military Comics'' but later became part of [[The DCU]], has the power to shrink.
* Mr. Mystic, from ''The Spirit Section'', has the ability to change size.
* Little Cheese, from the [[Animal Superhero]] team ''[[Captain Carrot and His Amazing Zoo Crew]]'', is anthro mouse who can shrink himself to the size of a real mouse.
== Films -- Animated ==
* ''[[Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas]]'' has [[Big Bad|Eris, Goddess of Chaos]], able to shift between [[Attack of the 50-Foot Whatever|normal and absolutely massive with no problem]]. It seems to mostly be for the sake of intimidation and just because she can, as she favors [[Batman Gambit|manipulating people based on their flaws]] and sending the occasional minion over stomping on random things herself.
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** Psionic characters have the [http://www.d20srd.org/srd/psionic/powers/expansion.htm Expansion] power, which achieves the same effect. It has the added bonus of working on non-humanoids just as effectively as humanoids and even allowing the target to grow even more. There is, of course, an opposite that causes the target to reduce in size.
* In ''[[Changeling: The Lost]]'', there exists a Kith (sub-type) of the Ogres known as [[Our Giants Are Bigger|Gargantuans]]; their particular gift as Changelings is called Spurious Stature, which enables them to grow to enormous size for a brief time. Given the somewhat more subdued nature of the New World of Darkness, this is less extreme than most examples of this type, though a newly escaped Gargantuan can grow to the size of a gorilla or grizzly bear depending on their power. Supplementary material implies that their size-changing power is a consequence of their reduced power on Earth; supposedly, some Gargantuans remember being of perpetual giant-size in the domain of the Fae.
** The multi-kith rules also make it possible for other sorts of Ogres to do this as well, or any possible Changeling, depending on what's house-ruled in.
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== Video Games ==
* ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]''
** Mario, of course. Firstly he had the Super Mushrooms that made him grow. Then in ''[[New Super Mario Bros]]'' a Mini Mushroom was introduced which shrunk him to fit into tiny spaces and [[
** Although ''[[New Super Mario Bros]]'' series seems to continue the adjustment first seen in ''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]'', that the "big" size is actually the standard; Mario and friends shrink when they get hit and then need to use a Super Mushroom to return to normal.
** [[Big Bad|Bowser]] had occasionally became a giant in some games, and [[Super Mario Galaxy|Rosalina]] actually has the ability to grow to the size of a planet!
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* Big purple Mego of ''[[Kim Possible]]'' -- "[[Stealth Pun|He's a shrinker]]."
* Bumblebee's animated version on ''[[Teen Titans (animation)|Teen Titans]]''.
* ''[[Xiaolin Showdown]]''
** The Changing Chopsticks shrink any user to the size of a rice. And if used with the Reversing Mirror they actually make the user grow.
** Not to mention Dojo has this power all the time.
* ''[[Dexter's Laboratory]]''
** Capital G of the Justice Friends could use this power. Only seen twice, neither time helpful.
** One episode involved Dexter having to watch over his sister's imaginary friend, a jolly dragonish creature named Koosalagoopagoop (or Koosy for short) who can change size at will.
* Ickis of ''[[Aaahh Real Monsters]]'' is normally a little [[Ugly Cute]] [[Killer Rabbit|bunny-like]] monster, but can balloon up to an impressive height when scaring humans.
* Jake from ''[[Adventure Time]]'' can grow more than ten times his size, as well as shrink down to pocket size. It helps that he's also a [[Rubber Man]].
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