Size alteration

Size alteration is a common plot seen in many Hanna-Barbera cartoon series. There are two types of size alterations: shrinking and enlarging.
In most cases of shrinking, characters are usually shrunk by a villain using a special device or chemicals. In some cases, shrinking is done voluntarily for the purpose of finding a small object, and on rare occasions, someone shrinks by accident. In most instances of enlarging, characters are usually enlarged to giant size using a special device or chemicals; though sometimes an enlarging incident can be accidental.
== Examples of size alteration ==
=== Shrinking ===
Yakky Doodle
* "Shrunken Headache" - Fibber Fox shrinks Chopper to Yakky's size.
Laverne & Shirley in the Army
* "Two Mini Cooks" - Laverne and Shirley are shrunk by a ray.
The Adventures of Don Coyote and Sancho Panda
* "Shrink, Shrank, Shrunk" - Don and Sancho meet a mad scientist who wants to shrink them.
Godzilla
* "Microgodzilla" - A pink fog causes Godzilla to shrink and a fly to grow. 
The Flintstones
* "Itty Bitty Fred" - Fred Flintstone invents Fred-O-Cal, which is meant to make him shed pounds. Instead, it shrinks him, and he and Barney Rubble perform a ventriloquist act on The Ed Sullystone Show. At the end of the episode, Dino laps up what's left of the formula, and shrinks.
* There were also several episodes in which Fred and Barney shrank after Wilma, Betty, and others made them feel small.
The Jetsons
* "The Little Man" - George Jetson is accidentally shrunk by a machine. This makes it possible for him to infiltrate Cogswell Cogs. Later, after he returns to normal size, he accidentally shrinks both Mr. Spacely and Mr. Cogswell.
Punkin Puss & Mushmouse
* "Small Change" - Punkin Puss and a dog are shrunk down to Mush Mouse's size.
Space Ghost
* "The Evil Collector" - The Evil Collector shrinks an alien from Jupiter and then Space Ghost, Jan, and Jace, all to make them prey for his catlike pet Dracto. Eventually, the Collector himself is shrunk, and Dracto starts chasing him.
The Herculoids
* "Tiny World of Terror" - Torrak shrinks the Herculoids and pits them against his warrior microorganisms.
Birdman
* "Birdman Meets Reducto" - Reducto shrinks a bull, the Pentagon, and finally, Birdman. Reducto is eventually hit by his own shrink ray, and becomes too small to be seen anywhere..
* "The Ant Ape" - After creating an ant ape to commit robberies and cause destruction, Dr. Claw shrinks it by mistake.
The Galaxy Trio
* "Galaxy Trio vs. Growliath" - Growliath is able to both shrink and enlarge any living thing, including himself.
The Fantastic Four
* "The Micro World of Dr. Doom" - Dr. Doom ends up in a micro world. He shrinks the whole Fantastic Four, and brings them there. They meet the Emperor and Princes Perla, who were shrunk and imprisoned by him.
*"Prisoners of Planet X" - On Planet X, Reed Richards is able to save most of the inhabitants from being destroyed by a stray planet by shrinking them. 
Micro Ventures
* Professor Carter and his teenage kids, Mike and Jill, used their micro reducer to shrink themselves in all four episodes of this series.
The New Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
* "Strange Experiment" - Dr. Philastro shrinks Huck after revealing that he also shrunk a basset hound called Crusher. Later, Philastro, his assistant Creech, and a monster resembling Injun Joe are all shrunk so small that they can't be seen.
The Adventures of Gulliver
* "The Forbidden Pool" - Gary Gulliver and Tag drink from the forbidden pool, and become as tiny as the Lilliputians.
Dastardly & Muttley in Their Flying Machines
* "Shrink Job" - In this "Wing Dings" short, Dick Dastardly's uniform has become too small, so Klunk and Zilly dunk him in a tub of water, shrinking him to fit his uniform.
Speed Buggy
* "The Incredible Changing Man" - Jerick is able to both shrink and enlarge himself by saying, "Metamorpho!" Tinker, following the instructions on a scientist's tape, is able to use the ray to shrink Speed Buggy, who also grows whenever he hiccups.
Partridge Family 2200 A.D.
* "The Incredible Shrinking Keith" - Danny accidentally shrinks Keith, creating problems for their upcoming concert on Planet Minitravia.
The Great Grape Ape Show
* "The Incredible Shrinking Ape": An accidentally spilled shrinking formula causes Grape Ape to become smaller than Beegle Beagle.
Jabberjaw
* "Malice in Aqualand" - When Dr. Cybron sends a robot duplicate of Bubbles to capture Jabberjaw and the other Neptunes, he equips the robot with a ray gun that it uses to shrink them.
The All-New Popeye Hour
*"The Sword of Fitzwilly" (1978) - A wizard shrinks Popeye, Olive Oyl and Bluto to prevent them from finding a lost sword.
*"The Incredible Shrinking Popeye" (1978) - After picking flowers in the park for his dinner date with Olive, Popeye unwittingly comes into contact with a weed-shrinking mist, which causes him to shrink.
* "Popeye in Wonderland" (1978) - While in the story of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Popeye and Olive shrink as they run through the forest toward the Duchess' house.
Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels
*"Disco Cavey" (1978) - After an incident where Captain Caveman hides inside an active boiler room, the extreme heat causes him to shrink after exiting. In the next scene, when he is seen dancing with Taffy Dare in an attempt to capture the crook, he is back to normal size.
Mork & Mindy
*"The Incredible Shrinking Mork" (1982) - Mork, Mindy and Doing shrink themselves for the purpose of reclaiming a watch that was taken by a rodent.
Pink Panther and Sons
*"Pink Shrink" (1984) - A mishap by Panky sets off Annie's shrinking machine and shrinks Pinky to 6 inches tall.
Pixie and Dixie and Mr. Jinks
*"Dinky Jinks" (1959) - Mr. Jinks mistakenly drinks a reducing formula, which shrinks him to a size smaller than the mice.
Richie Rich
There were several episodes where shrinking was used.
*"Kitty Sitter" (1980) - Professor Keenbean accidentally shrinks himself and an angry cat owned by the Riches thinks Keenbean is a mouse.
*"Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Bug?" (1980) - Richie uses a device to shrink his excess allowance money that was exceeding vault capacity. Dollar the Dog accidentally shrinks himself afterwards.
*"Rich Mice" (1981) - Richie and Dollar use Professor Keenbean's formula to shrink themselves for the purpose of retrieving a rare coin that ended up in the custody of wealthy mice inside a wall.
*"The Day the Estate Stood Still" (1981) - Aliens were using a ray gun designed to shrink various landmarks, including the White House, and eventually, Richie, Gloria Glad and Dollar the Dog.
*"The Collector" (1982) - The title villain uses a special device he designed for shrinking people and placing them inside drinking glasses on a shelf in his castle.
The Robonic Stooges
*"Flea Fi Fo Fum" (1977) - A villain shrinks Larry, Moe and Curly to the size of mice.
Scooby-Doo
*"The Old Cat and Mouse Game" (1980) - Aired during Season 1 of The Richie Rich/Scooby-Doo Show, when Shaggy, Scooby and Scrappy are in the Andes mountains, they end up in the shrinking pool, looking to an old cat and his sidekick a lot like mice.
*"Disappearing Car Caper" (1982) - Aired during The Scooby & Scrappy-Doo/Puppy Hour, a villain named Pistons McGee is shrinking cars using a special ray gun, but accidentally shrinks Shaggy, Scooby and Scrappy along with The Mystery Machine. 
Smurfs
There were several shrinking plots in this series.
*"The Incredible Shrinking Wizard" (1984) - The Smurfs' archnemesis, Gargamel, accidentally swallows a potion and causes him to continuously shrink whenever he does bad deeds.
*"The Tallest Smurf" (1986) - Slouchy wishes he could be the tallest smurf, and a genie grants his wish - but shrinks all of the other Smurfs down to insect-size.
*The intro to Season 7 (1987-88) features Papa Smurf putting a spell on Gargamel, Scruple and Azrael, and shrinking them to avoid getting into trouble.
*"Small-Minded Smurfs" (1989) - In the Amazon rain forest, a troublemaker named Bongo uses a straw to expel magical red berries towards the Smurfs to shrink their heads.
SuperFriends
*"The Shamon U" (1973) - When a scientist named Dr. Shamon mines a distant asteroid for gold, the operation sends two strange mists to Earth: a red mist that shrinks some animals, and a green mist that enlarges other animals, including Wonder Dog.
*"Gulliver's Gigantic Goof" (1973) - A scientist named Hiram Gulliver uses a microwave reducer to shrink all adults, including the SuperFriends, to two inches tall to conserve natural resources and alleviate what he perceives as overpopulation. Green Arrow makes a guest appearance in this episode.
*"Tiny World of Terror" (1977) - A greedy inventor creates a shrinking device with which he threatens to shrink the world. The inventor successfully shrinks the SuperFriends.
*"The Witch's Arcade" (1981) - A witch who owns an arcade threatens to shrink her customers. The Witch shrinks The Wonder Twins and Gleek, who encounters the witch.
*"The Case of the Shrinking SuperFriends" (1984) - Lex Luthor has invented a shrinking ray which he uses to shrink the Hall of Justice, including the SuperFriends.
*"Journey Through Inner Space": Superman and Wonder Woman are shrunk in order to cure Aquaman when a radioactive isotope turns him into a prehistoric shark.
Space Stars
*"Microworld" (1981) - The Toymaker has shrunk the planet of Cetia 3, where Jan, Jace and Blip are vacationing, and threatens to remove its atmosphere if Space Ghost does not surrender his Power Bands to him.
*"Time of the Giants" (1981) - After capturing the space pirate Krugar, Space Ghost and his friends fly the Phantom Cruiser through a space cloud that shrinks them. Krugar escapes from them when they are shrinking, and it is up to a miniature Space Ghost to catch Krugar.
Drak Pack
* "Dr. Dred Is a Shrinker" (1980): The gang's archnemesis, Dr. Dred, uses a ray that shrinks them down to a small size while on board a train (which also shrinks).
Star Fairies
* The Star Fairies magically shrink Hillary into their size to take her to the Land of WishComeTrue and meet up with Princess Sparkle at Castle WishStar.
Frankenstein, Jr. and The Impossibles
* "The Sinister Speck": The Speck has a potion that shrinks him to the size of a mosquito, and another potion that restores him to natural size. The Impossibles later find three extra bottles of the shrinking potion, which enables them to trap the Speck inside a policeman's wristwatch.
=== Enlarging ===
SuperFriends
* "The Fifty-Foot Woman" (1977), Professor Amy Zohn drinks a formula designed to make women stronger than men, and the formula makes her grow to giant size, and she then causes havoc in a nearby city.
* Apache Chief uses enlarging as one of his super powers.
* Giganta was also able to enlarge herself after stealing Apache Chief's magic powder.
*"Giants of Doom": Toyman, Sinestro, Bizarro, and Captain Cold become 100 foot tall giants. Superman, Batman, Green Lantern, and The Flash turn the tables by becoming giants themselves.
Smurfs
* "The Magnifying Mixture" (1981), Hefty Smurf is accidentally grown to giant size due to a mishap by Brainy Smurf, and while Hefty is giant size, he decides to capture Gargamel and Azrael, and bring them into the Smurf Village, but the evil pair take advantage by treating it as a free ride to the Village.
* In "Little Big Smurf", Snappy grows to giant size.
Richie Rich
* "Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Bug" (1980), the bugs who abduct Richie, Cadbury and Dollar zap them to become giant-size while on board a mothership in outer space. Back in Richville, when the alien bugs threaten to attack the city, Richie and Dollar grow to giant size using Professor Keenbean's ray, and throw the giant pearl into the sky for the alien bugs to chase after and head back into space.
* "The Day the Estate Stood Still" (1981), Dollar grows himself to giant size and throws the aliens' spacecraft back into outer space like a frisbee at the end of the segment.
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