Instances in Fiction
There are many examples of resizing in Chinese fiction such as Journey to the West.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland has repeated resizing themes, where Alice grows or shrinks as she eats foodstuffs or drinks potions.
The Nutcracker and the Mouse King The Mouse King and magic toys and Christmas Ornaments using magical to shrink Clara and Marie about tiny size or The Mouse King uses magic to shrink about tiny size by accident.
In Nintendo's Mario and Super Smash Bros. franchises, the player-characters in those games can grow or shrink by using various power-ups, mainly by several variants of Super Mushrooms, Poison Mushrooms and the Lightning Bolt.
Oyayubihime (Thumb Princess) is based on Japanese Thumbelina, Sayako splashes with red liquid to Yuuichi to shrink about three inches tall and tiny little size. She uses red liquid again on Aya to shrink her about three inches tall as well because she didn't want her exposing her secret to anyone. In the ending, Sayako shrink about three inches tall and tiny little size after she splashes red liquid again, this time on herself.
The protagonist of the magical girl manga and anime series Hime-chan's Ribbon is able to transform and resize herself by using a magic ribbon.
In the animated series Adventure Time, Jake the Dog, one of the series' two main characters, is able to magically stretch or shrink himself to various sizes.
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