History Main / ShrinkRay

%% * Happens to Loki in [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/8107636/1/Little-Brother this]] Avengers one-shot.

%% * Even more so with this[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5771678/1/Manifest-Destiny NightAtTheMuseum fic]], where one of the miniatures is miniaturized!

* You use one [[MonumentalTheft to steal the Eiffel Tower]] in ''Videogame/EvilGenius''. [[BoardToDeath And to subdue a fellow supervillain.]]

* In the original ''WesternAnimation/ThunderCats'' episode "The Wolfrat", the titular fellow releases a gas-based variant inside the Cats' Lair.

* ''WesternAnimation/MegaMan'' had an episode aptly titled "The Incredible Shrinking Mega Man" that used these. Wily's plan involved using a large shrink ray to shrink whole cities and sell them to wealthy criminals.

* ''Animation/PleasantGoatAndBigBigWolf'': Wolffy invents white pills that shrink those who eat them and black pills that enlarge those who eat them.

* ''WesternAnimation/DespicableMe'' has Gru plotting to use a shrink ray to steal the moon. [[spoiler:Not only are the effects temporary, but as Dr. Nefario discovers, their duration are inversely proportionate to the subject's original mass (i.e., the bigger the object, the faster it grows back to normal).]]

%% * Happens to Loki in [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/8107636/1/Little-Brother this]] Avengers oneshot.

** ''WesternAnimation/{{Superfriends}} 1973''/74 episode "Gulliver's Gigantic Goof''. The villain Dr. Hiram Gulliver uses a shrinking ray on the Superfriends to reduce them to tiny size.
** ''WesternAnimation/SpaceGhost'' episode "The Evil Collector". The title villain uses a "minibeam" on Space Ghost, Jan and Jace to reduce them to six inches high.

** ''WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitchTheSeries'' has Jumba create a shrink ray that used for both shrinking and enlarging in separate episodes.
*** In "[[Recap/LiloAndStitchTheSeriesS1E32Poxy Poxy]]", Jumba uses this on Lilo and Stitch in the X-Buggy so the human-alien duo can capture a microscopic [[Characters/LiloAndStitchExperiments experiment]] that causes illness ([[Characters/LiloAndStitchExperiments2Series X-222/Poxy]]) from within Pleakley.
*** In "[[Recap/LiloAndStitchTheSeriesS1E29ShortStuff Short Stuff]]", Stitch uses this so he can become big enough to ride a roller coaster, but accidently goes too far and becomes too big. It becomes more difficult for him to move in his newfound giant size, and not only that, [[MonsterOfTheWeek the episode's experiment]] ([[Characters/LiloAndStitchExperiments2Series X-297]]/[[SpellMyNameWithAnS Shortstuff]]) also gets mistakenly enlarged and defeats Stitch in battle. Stitch is eventually returned to his normal small size to fight back and stop the experiment, who is then given a "one true place" that is based on one of his abilities and his new large size. Additionally, Gantu uses the shrink ray on X-625/Reuben to try to fight back against Stitch and his ''ʻohana'', but the lazy experiment simply ignores them in favor of eating the world's largest sandwich.

*** "Experiment-A-Palooza" has him enlarging Stitch to become a giant. Not only that, because [[Characters/LiloAndStitchExperiments2Series X-210/Retro's]] abilities were also used on Stitch, the blue experiment is also reverted to his original programming and goes on a rampage.

* In one episode of ''WesternAnimation/TimonAndPumbaa'', the pair try to get past a stubborn goat blocking the boarder into France. One of their attempts is to shrink down and slip underneath it. Unfortunately, the effect wears off too fast and they end up returning to normal size right under the goat.

* In the original ''WesternAnimation/ThunderCats'' episode "The Wolfrat", the titular fellow releases shrinking gas inside the Cats' Lair.

* Naturally, Dexter of ''WesternAnimation/DextersLaboratory'' has one, and in one occasion he uses it to shrink himself and spy on Dee Dee.

* ''WesternAnimation/DespicableMe'' has Gru plotting to use a shrink ray to steal the moon. [[spoiler:Not only are the effects temporary, but their duration are inversely proportionate to the subject's original mass (i.e., the bigger the object, the faster it grows back to normal).]]

** ''WesternAnimation/{{Birdman}}''

* Pym Particles in the Franchise/MarvelUniverse, which can shrink and grow things. Discovered by [[ComicBook/AntMan Hank Pym]], he uses them to both shrink and grow under the moniker of Ant Man/Giant Man/Goliath/Wasp/Whatever he feels like calling himself today. In ''ComicBook/GodzillaKingOfTheMonsters'', SHIELD contacts Giant Man to provide them with gas that shrinks Godzilla for more manageable size for several issues.

-->'''Roger:''' ''(High pitched)''' {{You fool}}s! This is all wrong! Change me back! Change me back ''now!''\\

* ''WesternAnimation/Dougs1stMovie'': When Roger learns that Doug and Skeeter have became friends with the swamp monster, he hires several science kids to build him a 50-foot KillerRobot to defend himself. They build a 6-foot tall robot instead, then whip out a ray gun to shrink Roger down to the appropriate size.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible'' episode "Rufus vs. Commodore Puddles", Dr Draken planned to use one to infiltrate Area 51. [[InvertedTrope It ended up enlarging his dog instead.]]

* In ''Animation/BoBoiBoy'', Adu Du creates one to shrink the titular character so he can be squashed like a fly.

** ComicBook/{{Brainiac}} is the owner and inventor of one of the oldest ones in mainstream science fiction, which he uses to shrink and bottle cities.
** In the [[UsefulNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks Silver]] and [[UsefulNotes/TheBronzeAgeOfComicBooks Bonze Ages]], Superman had one that could be used to allow people to enter the Bottle-City of Kandor (which was originally shrunk by Brainiac using a shrink ray). Notably, Superman's shrink ray worked by exchanging one full-size person for one shrunken Kandorian, making them swap sizes. It was many years before he could find a way to enlarge all of Kandor on its own, and permanently, in ''Superman #338: "Let My People Grow!"''.

* [[Franchise/TheDCU DCU]] hero ComicBook/TheAtom had the ability to alter his size and weight at will. DependingOnTheWriter, he can also shrink other people and objects.

* Henry can use this in the third ''[[VideoGame/HenryStickminSeries Henry Stickmin]]'' game, ''Stealing the Diamond'', to make his way into the titular diamond's museum via a small crack, but this leads to a fail where he and a worm get into a fight and Henry loses and gets eaten.

* ''Franchise/{{Anpanman}}'':

See also IncredibleShrinkingMan, NoConservationOfMass, ShapeshifterBaggage.

* Henry can use this in the third ''VideoGame/HenryStickmin'' game, ''Stealing the Diamond'', to make his way into the titular diamond's museum via a small crack, but this leads to a fail where he and a worm get into a fight and Henry loses and gets eaten.

* Henry can use this in the third ''VideoGame/HenryStickmin'' game, ''Stealing the Diamond'', but this leads to a fail where he and a worm get into a fight and Henry loses and gets eaten.

** ''VideoGame/PlantsVsZombies2ItsAboutTime'' has an actual ShrinkingViolet that can kill all small zombies and weaken the bigger ones.
** ''VideoGame/PlantsVsZombiesHeroes'': This the Zombie Hero Rustbolt's signature superpower, even called Shrink Ray. Using it causes Rustbolt to fire one of these from his PoweredArmor at a Plant Teammate, making them lose three attacking strength and even has the visual effect of actually shrinking them too. The Triassic set also features the return of ShrinkingViolet as a trick. Due to the changes in gameplay, she now instead reduces the strength of a zombie and its next door teammates by two unless they are [[AntiMagic untrickable]] and if said teammates end up with 0 strength, she kills them.

** ''VideoGame/PlantsVsZombiesHeroes'': This the Zombie Hero Rustbolt's signature superpower, even called Shrink Ray. Using it causes Rustbolt to fire one of these from his PoweredArmor at a Plant Teammate, making them lose three attacking strength and even has the visual effect of actually shrinking them too. The Triassic set also features the return of ShrinkingViolet as a trick. Due to the changes in gameplay, she now instead reduces the strength of a zombie and its next door teammates unless they are [[AntiMagic untrickable]] and if said teammates end up with 0 strength, she kills them.

** ''VideoGame/PlantsVsZombies'': The UsefulNote/NintendoDS trailer for the game has [[BigBad Dr. Zomboss]] use this to shrink his zombies, which explains the Small Zombie Big Trouble minigame. Ironically, you cannot play that minigame on the DS.

* ''VideoGame/PlantsVsZombiesHeroes'': This the Zombie Hero Rustbolt's signature superpower, even called Shrink Ray. Using it causes Rustbolt to fire one of these from his PoweredArmor at a Plant Teammate, making them lose a huge amount of attacking strength and even has the visual effect of actually shrinking them too.

* ''Dan Vs'': Elise invents a shrink ray. [[spoiler: Dan ends up using it to shrink her and his nemesis: Gigundo Mart.]]