History Main / GrowingMusclesSequence

* One ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible episode, "Ron the Man", practically centered around this trope. When Dr. Drakken gets jealous of Professor Dementor's superior henchmen, he steals rings that can make a person more muscular in order to enhance his men. Ron ends up stealing a ring himself to make himself beefier so as to be seen as a man, and he later gives that ring to Rufus, who buffs himself up to make Drakken surrender.
** There's even a scene earlier in the episode where the CEO of HenchCo shows Kim and Ron an [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gh1wgl8tZKQ instructional video]] for the muscle enhancing ring, depicting a man in a swimsuit, who looks similar in appearance to Ron, putting on the ring and twisting it to activate it, before turning into a massive bodybuilder and performing a most muscular flex in celebration of his new physique.

** Played with with the False Super Saiyan 2 transformation. It increases the user's power by an incredible amount, but as Future Trunks learns when fighting second-stage Imperfect Cell, all the extra muscle mass that the form comes with cripples the user's speed, making it completely useless; all the strength in the world doesn't mean squat if you can't ''hit'' your opponent.

* Every time Machio from "Manga/HowHeavyAreTheDumbbellsYouLift" flexes, his body swells up with so much muscle that he promptly explodes out of his tracksuit and towers over everyone else.

* In ''VideoGame/StreetFighterV'', [[VideoGame/StreetFighterIV Seth]] can temporarily bulk themselves up when doing a move they've copied from certain opponents (i.e. [[HuskyRusskie Zangief]] and [[GiantMook Abigail]]) via their first V-Skill, presumably out of animation consistency.

* Used all the time with various kinds of {{Super Mode}}s in ''Anime/DragonBallZ''.
** King Piccolo and Piccolo Jr. are capable of doing this at will [[MakeMyMonsterGrow along with growing to the size of buildings]], but the latter in particular stopped doing this seemingly because the power increase wasn't worth becoming a massive target.

Compare {{Shapeshifting}}, OneWingedAngel, and HulkingOut. See also ShapeshifterBaggage, TemporaryBulkChange. Commonly fetish material.

* Aisha Clan-Clan in ''Anime/OutlawStar'' can transform into a more muscular version of herself under a full moon. (And then further into a non-anthropomorphic [[PantheraAwesome panther creature]].)

Compare {{Shapeshifting}}, OneWingedAngel, and HulkingOut. See also ShapeshifterBaggage, TemporaryBulkChange. Commonly {{fetish fuel}} material.

* The Crusher from the BugsBunny cartoon "Bunny Hugged." Even his muscles have muscles.

Compare {{Shapeshifting}}, OneWingedAngel, and HulkingOut. See also ShapeshifterBaggage, TemporaryBulkChange. Commonly fetish fuel material.

** Played with with the False Super Saiyan 2 transformation. It increases the user's power by an incredible amount, but all the extra muscle mass it comes with cripples their speed, making it completely useless; all the strength in the world doesn't matter if you can't catch your opponent.
* Kenshiro from ''[[Manga/FistoftheNorthStar Fist of the North Star]]''. Whenever he's about to use [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ebC8EVe1JQ Hokuto Shinken]], he [[WalkingShirtlessScene rips up his shirt]] and makes his jacket slide off his shoulders by sheer muscle expansion while his pants remain unharmed, which essentially makes him the Japanese ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': Bart has an ImagineSpot where he's a professional human guinea pig. He takes one sip of Nature's Goodness soda and turns into a deformed monster.