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[[File:mario_sizeshifter_1587.jpg|link=Super Mario Bros|right|Mario gets a [[Power
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
Compare [[Make My Monster Grow]], where a character makes a monster grow to great heights.
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== Anime & Manga ==
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* A power of the [[Guyver]] Gigantic, growing into the massive Gigantic Exceed. Useful when one of your enemies turns into a [[Kaiju]]. It's implied that not only does it increase the Guyver's physical size but also increases the power of the Giga-Smasher and the Gravity Orb. To the point where Sho considered using gravity orb to create a small black hole (an extremely difficult and almost uncontrollable feat when previously done by Guyot) to be the ''less'' destructive option than the Giga-Smasher Exceed!
* ''[[Mazinger Z (Anime)|Mazinger Z]]'': Several Mechanical Beasts had the ability to changing size. The first of them -Bicong O9- showed up as soon as episode 12.
** ''[[Great Mazinger (Anime)|Great Mazinger]]'' - Marquis Yanus -one of the [[Co
* Employed by the Akimichi clan in ''[[Naruto]]'' as part of their clan jutsu. Choza is the first one to turn into a giant onscreen {{spoiler|and has spent most of the ninja war fighting in this form}}, and Choji uses it a couple of times as well.
* Piccolo from [[Dragonball]] has this ability, though [[New Powers As the Plot Demands|he has so many other abilities]] that it's often overlooked, and was only used once throughout the series.
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