History Main / MakeMyMonsterGrow

** In ''Series/SamuraiSentaiShinkenger'' and ''Series/PowerRangersSamurai'', all Gedoshu/Nighloks have two lives: whenever a human-sized Gedoshu/Nighlok dies, it's immediately reincarnated as a giant (or in the Nighlok's case, a "megamonster"). Takeru/Jayden knew this already, having fought them longer than the others. This is their ''only'' growing method; in one episode, a monster whose giant form has a big shield had finally powered up enough to use it, so Juzo/Deker and Dayu/[[NamesTheSame ...Dayu]] are sent to kill it so its second life can kick in.
*** Shitari/Octoroo gave up his second life so a monster could have a ''third'' life, becoming an even bigger CGI horror that didn't resemble its original form at all. (This came back to bite Shitari, who died for good at the hands of the Gokaigers in a team-up that never happened in Power Rangers.)

*** ''Series/PowerRangersNinjaSteel'' had the same "enlargement beam from the villains' spaceship" method as ''Super Megaforce'' and ''Dino Charge'' by having Cosmo Royale fire a beam from the Warrior Dome ''if'' the Galaxy Warriors audience demands it. We did still get a "Red accidentally gets embiggened" battle, as that episode took place when the ship had been damaged and Cleocatra had a growth device installed into her time controller (don't ask, it's complicated). A tussle over it results the same battle from Ninninger.

*** The Druidon generals can also grow through different methods: Eras and Yabasword can grow at will, Tankjoh and the Gunjoji brothers have seismic energy inside them for enlarging, Gachireus can fossilize himself to heal and grow.

** In ''Series/DaiSentaiGoggleFive'', the defeated Synthetic Beasts would get hit by the "Refresh Power" beam, and then sent into HumongousMecha copies of themselves called Kongs to pilot, similar to Battle Fever J. However, this exact happening didn’t occur until about a half dozen episodes in and the robots those monsters piloted previously weren’t replicas but random designs made by Deathdark scientists.

** In ''Series/DaiSentaiGoggleFive'', the defeated Synthetic Beasts would get hit by the "Refresh Power" beam, and then sent into HumongousMecha copies of themselves called Kongs to pilot, similar to Battle Fever J. However, this exact happening didn’t occur until about a half dozen episodes in and the robots those monsters piloted previously weren’t replicas but random
designs made by Deathdark scientists.

** In ''Series/DaiSentaiGoggleFive'', the defeated Synthetic Beasts would get hit by the "Refresh Power" beam, and then sent into HumongousMecha copies of themselves called Kongs to pilot, similar to Battle Fever J.

** ''Series/MashinSentaiKiramager'' takes the ''Go-Busters'' and ''Battle Fever J'' method UpToEleven: Any 20% of the overall negative energy the Jamenshi gathered are tranferred to Carantula's staff as part of the "Darkness Insurance Contract". Carantula would then summon the Jamen Beasts (giant monsters resembling {{Kaiju}} from the ''Franchise/UltraSeries'' or ''Franchise/{{Godzilla}}'' films instead of ''Sentai'') by using that energy to open the Invasion Gate. The Jamen Beasts have different base body types, but retain the themes of their Jamenshi counterparts (for example, both Rugby Jamen and Rugger Liagny are based on American football). As with ''Go-Busters'' and ''Battle Fever J'', sending a Jamen Beast while a Jamenshi is still active is very much an option.

** ''Series/MashinSentaiKiramager'' takes the ''Go-Busters'' and ''Battle Fever J'' method UpToEleven: Any 20% of the overall negative energy the Jamenshi gathered are tranferred to Carantula's staff as part of the "Darkness Insurance Contract". Carantula would then summon the Jamen Beasts (giant monsters resembling {{Kaiju}} from the ''Franchise/UltraSeries'' or ''Franchise/{{Godzilla}}'' films instead of ''Sentai'') by using that energy to open the Invasion Gate. However, the Jamen Beasts retain the themes of their Jamenshi counterparts (for example, both Rugby Jamen and Rugger Liagny are based on American football). As with ''Go-Busters'' and ''Battle Fever J'', sending a Jamen Beast while a Jamenshi is still active is very much an option.
*** Some Jamen Beasts don't have a corresponding Jamenshi counterpart and vice versa. Either because they don't have one (such as Wanage Hildon and Meteorite Jamen, who don't have a corresponding Jamenshi and Jamen Beast counterpart respectively), or its Jamenshi/Jamen Beast counterpart have a completely different theme (like in the case of Marshmallow Jamen with Hassha Liagny, or Nazokake Jamen with a trio of war-themed Jamen Beasts).

** ''Series/KikaiSentaiZenkaiger'' has ''both'' sides of the conflict pulling this off. For the [[TheEmpire Tojitendo]], similar to ''Goggle Five'' and ''Fiveman'', a [[HumongousMecha Kudaitest]] would absorb a destroyed Wald's [[TransformationTrinket Tojiru Gear]] to transform into a [[{{Kaiju}} Great Wald]], only partially based on the original similar to ''Go-Busters'' or ''Kiramager''. For the Zenkaigers, apart from [[TheLeader Kaito]] and [[SixthRanger Zox]], their Kikainoid teammates ''are'' the mecha: naturally human-sized, they can enlarge themselves with another usage of their Geartlingers, and only in giant size can they become TransformingMecha and CombiningMecha.

*** This would carry over to the first season of ''Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers'', with Rita Repulsa and her magic wand. There's no mention of ''spirits'' being used to grow her monsters, but her wand still plays a role, apparently being the source of the energy that the monsters use to grow. Rita's chant in Sentai footage is edited to make the [[TropeNamers Trope Namer]]: "Magic wand, make my monster grow!"

*** The third season of ''Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers'' edited this to Rita and Zedd crossing their staves to generate magical lightning.

** As with ''Series/BattleFeverJ'', the Metaloids/Robotrons and Megazords/Gigadrones aren't the same critter in ''Series/TokumeiSentaiGoBusters'' and ''Series/PowerRangersBeastMorphers''. As such, (also just as in ''Battle Fever J'') while the Megazord/Gigadrone ''usually'' arrives just after the Metaloid/Robotron is killed off, there are nearly as many times when the team must split up as some fight the Metaloid/Robotron on the ground and the rest fight the Megazord/Gigadrone in their own HumongousMecha, or the Megazord/Gigadrone must be fought first while the Metaloid/Robotron carries out the evil plot du jour in hiding. Monsters in this series are created from Earth objects, and on one occasion, a robot based on a monster is ''turned into a monster itself,'' and soon ''a new robot based on it arrives''. At one point you've got a robot ''within'' a monster ''within'' a robot. [[MindScrew Hurts your head, doesn't it?]] [[spoiler: This "Megazord Zeta" in turn is possessed by [[BigBad Messiah/Evox]] and takes on yet another form!]].

** {{Averted|Trope}} in ''Series/TokusouSentaiDekaranger'' and ''Series/PowerRangersSPD'', where the enemies don't grow. Like the Rangers, whenever they need to escalate things, they hop into a [[HumongousMecha Heavy Industrial Machine]] provided by Abrella. There are also a few occasions where the villain grew instead, never using the same method. On one occasion, Rainian Agent Abrella/Broodwing even summoned a bat to bite a suspected Alienizer/alien criminal, which caused him to enlarge.

*** [[spoiler:Diend does this to Decade[[note]]Kinda; it's not that Decade grows per se, it's that Diend used a Final Form Ride to fuse Decade with the giant ''Film/KamenRiderJ'' into a humongous Decade[[/note]]]] in ''All Riders vs. Dai-Shocker'' as the final trump card against [[Series/KamenRiderX King Dark]], the last man standing of [[LegionOfDoom Dai-Shocker]] after its leaders all went kablooie.

** As with ''Series/BattleFeverJ'', the small monsters and the giant robotic versions aren't the same critter in ''Series/TokumeiSentaiGoBusters'' and ''Series/PowerRangersBeastMorphers''. As such, (also just as in ''Battle Fever J'') while the big version ''usually'' arrives just after the small version is killed off, there are nearly as many times when the team must split up as some fight the small one on the ground and the rest fight the big one in their own robots, or the big robot must be fought first while the small monster carries out the evil plot du jour in hiding. Monsters in this series are created from Earth machines, and on one occasion, a robot based on a monster is ''turned into a monster itself,'' and soon ''a new robot based on it arrives.'' At one point you've got a robot ''within'' a monster ''within'' a robot. [[MindScrew Hurts your head, doesn't it?]] [[spoiler: This "Megazord Zeta" in turn is possessed by the BigBad and takes on yet another form!]].
*** Played straight with Rhino Doubler... strangely. Rhino Doubler is a monster tied to the lore of ''Series/SpaceSheriffGavan''; the episode is a tie-in to the then-upcoming ''Film/SpaceSheriffGavanTheMovie'' about Gavan's [[LegacyCharacter successor]]. Monsters in ''Gavan,'' just like monsters in ''Go-Busters,'' do not grow: in ''Gavan'' and several other ''Series/MetalHeroes'' series, the "monster is against the ropes and escalates the battle" move is transporting the whole battle to a bizarre, trippy PhantomZone area where monsters are three times stronger. So, when ''Go-Busters'' {{Dragon}} Enter tries to turn the recently-destroyed Rhino Doubler's "Makuu Space" transporting device into a monster, the unexpected-even-by-Enter result is a giant Rhino Doubler in the ''only'' instance of typical "Make My Monster Grow" in all of ''Go-Busters'' or ''Gavan''. Rhino Doubler's ''Beast Morphers'' counterpart Ryjack, who is not related to ''Gavan'''s counterpart Captain Chaku, but still maintains the oddball monster status by being a criminal alien from outer space, also provides one of the series' very few moments of growth by carrying an enlarging device amongst his arsenal of gadgets which he uses on himself. (Unlike his ''Go-Busters'' counterpart, Evox went giant after getting a physical body. Sadly, we didn't see a proper giant battle with this body. However, he gets a giant battle in a second, different and naturally giant body later.)

** ''Series/MashinSentaiKiramager'' takes the ''Go-Busters'' and ''Battle Fever J'' method UpToEleven: Any 20% of the overall negative energy the Jamenshi gathered are tranferred to Carantula's staff as part of the "Darkness Insurance Contract". Carantula who would then summon the Jamen Beasts (giant monsters resembling {{Kaiju}} from the ''Franchise/UltraSeries'' or ''Franchise/{{Godzilla}}'' films instead of ''Sentai'') by using that energy to open the Invasion Gate. However, the Jamen Beasts retain the themes of their Jamenshi counterparts (for example, both Rugby Jamen and Rugger Liagny are based on American football). As with ''Go-Busters'' and ''Battle Fever J'', sending a Jamen Beast while a Jamenshi is still active is very much an option.

*** However, there are some Jamen Beasts who don't have a corresponding Jamenshi counterpart and vice versa. Either because they don't have one (such as Wanage Hildon and Meteorite Jamen, who don't have a corresponding Jamenshi and Jamen Beast counterpart respectively), or its Jamenshi/Jamen Beast counterpart have a completely different theme (like in the case of Marshmallow Jamen with Hassha Liagny, or Nazokake Jamen with a trio of war-themed Jamen Beasts).

** ''Series/KikaiSentaiZenkaiger'' has ''both'' sides of the conflict pulling this off. For the Tojitendo, similar to ''Fiveman'', a [[HumongousMecha Kudaitest]] would take a destroyed Wald's [[TransformationTrinket Tojiru Gear]] to transform into a [[{{Kaiju}} Great Wald]], only partially based on the original similar to ''Go-Busters'' or ''Kiramager''. For the Zenkaigers, apart from [[TheLeader Kaito]] and [[SixthRanger Zox]], their Kikainoid teammates ''are'' the mecha: naturally human-sized, they can enlarge themselves with another usage of their Geartlingers, and only in giant size can they become TransformingMecha and CombiningMecha.

** ''Series/MashinSentaiKiramager'' takes the ''Go-Busters'' and ''Battle Fever J'' method UpToEleven: Any 20% of the overall negative energy the Jamenshi gathered are tranferred to Carantula's staff as part of the "Darkness Insurance Contract". Carantula who would then summon the Jamen Beasts (giant monsters resembling {{Kaiju}} from the ''Franchise/UltraSeries'' or even ''Franchise/{{Godzilla}}'' films instead of ''Sentai'') by using that energy to open the Invasion Gate. However, the Jamen Beasts retain the themes of their Jamenshi counterparts (for example, both Rugby Jamen and Rugger Liagny are based on American football). As with ''Go-Busters'' and ''Battle Fever J'', sending a Jamen Beast while a Jamenshi is still active is very much an option.

** ''Series/KikaiSentaiZenkaiger'' has ''both'' sides of the conflict pulling this off. For the villains, similar to ''Fiveman'', a Kudaitest (TheEmpire's HumongousMecha) would take a destroyed Wald's [[TransformationTrinket Tojiru Gear]] to transform into a [[{{Kaiju}} Great Wald]], only partially based on the original similar to ''Go-Busters'' or ''Kiramager''. For the heroes, apart from the human team leader, the mecha ''are'' the Rangers: naturally human-sized, they can enlarge themselves with another usage of their Geartlingers, and only in giant size can they become TransformingMecha and CombiningMecha.

** ''Series/MashinSentaiKiramager'' takes the ''Go-Busters'' and ''Battle Fever J'' method UpToEleven: Any 20% of the overall negative energy the Jamenshi gathered are tranferred to Carantula staff as part of the "Darkness Insurance Contract". Carantula who would then summon the Jamen Beasts (giant monsters resembling {{Kaiju}} from the ''Franchise/UltraSeries'' or even ''Franchise/{{Godzilla}}'' films instead of ''Sentai'') by using that energy to open the Invasion Gate. However, the Jamen Beasts retain the Jamenshi's original theme (for example, one uses a spherical water tower in much the same manner as its rugby-themed summoner had used its ball, and wears a little helmet). As with ''Go-Busters'' and ''Battle Fever J'', sending a Jamen Beast while a Jamenshi is still active is very much an option.

** ''Series/KishiryuSentaiRyusoulger'' is an interesting case. The Minosaurs are created by using humans as LivingBatteries and gathering enough human [[EmotionEater negative emotions]] and life energy would cause the them to instantly enlarge themselves. The host weakens as the Minosaur gets stronger, so the Minosaur going {{Kaiju}} size means you'd ''really'' better take it out in a hurry, because the host won't live much longer. This automatic growth is the only method, and if you ''do'' manage to take out a Minosaur before it happens, the Minosaur is truly dead.

** ''Series/MashinSentaiKiramager'' takes the ''Go-Busters'' and ''Battle Fever J'' method UpToEleven: a portion of the small monster's power is taken to open a portal that lets a different, giant monster be summoned. However, that giant monster is a {{Kaiju}}-like creature that is ''nothing'' like the original monster and in fact looks like it should be in the ''Franchise/UltraSeries'' or even a ''Franchise/{{Godzilla}}'' movie rather than ''Sentai''. However, it have something of the original monster's theme (for example, one uses a spherical water tower in much the same manner as its rugby-themed summoner had used its ball, and wears a little helmet.) As with ''Go-Busters'' and ''Battle Fever J'', sending the big monster while the small monster's still active is very much an option.
** ''Series/KikaiSentaiZenkaiger'' has ''both'' sides of the conflict pulling this off. For the villains, similar to ''Fiveman'', a Kudaitest (TheEmpire's HumongousMecha) would take a Wald's [[TransformationTrinket Tojiru Gear]] to transform into a [[{{Kaiju}} Great Wald]], only partially based on the original similar to ''Go-Busters'' or ''Kiramager''. For the heroes, apart from the human team leader, the mecha ''are'' the Rangers: naturally human-sized, they can enlarge themselves with another usage of their Geartlingers, and only in giant size can they become TransformingMecha and CombiningMecha.

* ''Manga/TheRedRangerBecomesAnAdventurerInAnotherWorld'': After Lurguat and his demons are defeated, the Seed of Magic inside of him goes berserk, overwhelming his body and turning him into a giant mass of flesh large enough to flatten all of Akarina should it fall. Luckily, Red has the [[HumongousMecha Maximum Kizuna Kaiser]] to push it into outer space where it can be safely destroyed.

*** As Inventor Grotch found out in Episode 4, an expired imo-youkan can temporarily enlarge the consumer before reverting them back to its original size. President Gynamo [[ChekovsGun took advantage of this]] in the finale, where he threw expired imo-youkan into the mouth of a giant [[BigBad Emperor Exhaus]], causing the latter to weaken, revert back to his original form, and shrink to human-size for the Carrangers to finish him off.

*** Averted ''yet again'' with the Kuliners, which are basically {{Transforming Mecha}}s brought out by the Shadow Line to even the odds against the [=ToQger=]'s {{HumongousMecha}}s. General Schwarz, Marchioness Morc, and Emperor Z have their own AceCustom Kuliners as well.

** ''Series/KyoryuSentaiZyuranger'' has [[BigBad Witch Bandora]] chanting the magic spell, "Evil spirits sleeping within the earth, give your power to Dora [Monster]!" before throwing her Dora Scepter to Earth. The Dora Scepter, upon reaching ground, would output energy to make a crack in the ground to actually release sleeping ghosts within the soil. The evil spirits would converge on the Dora Monsters, the donation of strength proceeding to regenerate and enlarge them.

*** Averted ''yet again'' with the Kuliners, which are basically {{Transforming Mecha}}s brought out by the Shadow Line to even the odds against the [=ToQger=]'s HumongousMecha. General Schwarz, Marchioness Morc, and Emperor Z have their own AceCustom Kuliners as well.

** ''Series/KikaiSentaiZenkaiger'' has ''both'' sides of the conflict pulling this off. For the villains, similar to ''Fiveman'', a Kudaitest (TheEmpire's HumongousMecha) would take a Wald's [[TransformationTrinket Tojiru Gear]] to transform into a [[{{Kaiju}} Great Wald]], only partially based on the original similar to ''Go-Busters'' or ''Kiramager''. For the heroes, apart from the human team leader, the mecha ''are'' the Rangers: they're naturally human-sized, they grow into giants with another usage of their Geartlingers, and only in giant size can they become TransformingMecha and CombiningMecha.

*** ''Gokaiger'' also averts it in a couple of special instances: [[DiscOneFinalBoss Commandaner Warz Gill/Prince Vekar]] has a self-styled HumongousMecha, as does Insarn/Levira. [[TheRival Basco]] has Giant Battle Pseudo-Lifeforms, which he summoned by opening the compartment in Sally's chest whenever he wants to {{Troll}} the Gokaiger even more. And late in the series when [[GreaterScopeVillain Emperor Ackdos Gill/Emperor Mavro]] shows up, enlarging monsters became less common and finally stopped entirely after Insarn/Levira is killed off (though we do get some mecha battles later because at that point, the invasion fleet has arrived).

*** At some point in [=GP17=], Rock Blast Banki dramatically shouts the usual growth command... and nothing happens. Turns out Go-On Gold had removed the monster's Bikkurium module during the battle!

*** ''Gokaiger'' also averts it in a couple of special instances: [[DiscOneFinalBoss Commandaner Warz Gill/Prince Vekar]] has a self-styled HumongousMecha, as does Insarn/Levira. [[TheRival Basco]] has Giant Battle Pseudo-Lifeforms, which he unleashes whenever he wants to {{Troll}} the Gokaiger even more. And late in the series when [[GreaterScopeVillain Emperor Ackdos Gill/Emperor Mavro]] shows up, growths become less common and finally stop entirely after Insarn/Levira is killed (though we do get some mecha battles later because at that point, the invasion fleet has arrived).

** ''Series/KyoryuSentaiZyuranger'' has [[BigBad Witch Bandora]] chanting the magic spell, "Evil spirits sleeping within the earth, give your power to Dora [Monster]!!" before throwing her Dora Scepter to Earth. The Dora Scepter, upon reaching ground, would output energy to make a crack in the ground to actually release sleeping ghosts within the soil. The evil spirits would converge on the Dora Monsters, the donation of strength proceeding to regenerate and enlarge them.

*** During the "Spring Vacation" crossover special with ''Series/KamenRiderGaim'' a Lion Inves ate two Helheim Fruits, causing it to grow in an instant.

** In ''Series/TaiyouSentaiSunVulcan'', the Mongers are installed with the "Expansion Program". The Monger will announce "Giant monger!" and grow on its own (typically right after the team finisher, natch.)
** In ''Series/DaiSentaiGoggleFive'', the defeated Synthetic Beasts would get revived and then sent into a HumongousMecha copy of their own body to pilot, similar to Battle Fever J.

** ''Series/ChikyuuSentaiFiveman'' zig-zags this. Similar to ''Goggle V'', a Gorlin (a giant robot purchased by the Zone for 100,000 Dolyens per unit) is summoned to absorb the Galactic Beasts. Unlike the Kongs, instead of being HumongousMecha copies, the Gorlin start out having a blank doll-like appearance (making it resemble the Michelin Man and/or the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man) before assuming the appearance of a Galactic Beast upon absorption. They do this by way of shooting a beam that converts the creature in question into energy form, then absorbing the energy to replicate the Galactic Beasts' appearance, using the genetic material of what was absorbed. That being said, Gorlins can't absorb a Galactic Beast if they're killed off, as [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GMs5GY_PeIs this embarrassing incident]] demonstrated. Moreso, those absorbed by Gorlins can actually free themselves if reminded who they are, as they apparently lose their free will after being absorbed.

** In ''Series/ChoujinSentaiJetman'', Dimensional Beasts are created when a Dimensional Bug possesses an inanimate object, but the bugs serve an extra purpose. When a Dimensional Beast is killed in combat, its Dimensional Bug is thrown from [[DefeatEqualsExplosion the monster's explosion]], and proceeds to grow ''itself,'' assuming the appearance of the dead Dimensional Beast while gaining its powers (though if the bug is destroyed alongside its Dimensional Beast, the monster can't be brought back). Alternately, Dimensional Bugs can work in that, when a Dimensional Beast is close to defeat, that it releases energy to rejuvenate and enlarge the Dimensional Beast in question (as observed with Road Dimension, whose Dimensional Bug gigantified him before the Jetmen could finish him off). The same rules also apply to the Bio-Dimensional Beasts and their Bio-Dimensional Bugs (which were differently shaped and colored compared to the normal Dimensional Bugs). Some Dimensional Beasts, such as Fighter Dimension and House Dimension, are already giants due to their Dimensional Bugs possessing large inanimate objects.
** ''Series/KyoryuSentaiZyuranger'' has [[BigBad Bandora the Witch]] chanting the magic spell, "Evil spirits that sleep within the earth, give your power to Dora [Monster]!" before throwing her Dora Scepter to Earth. The Dora Scepter, upon reaching ground, would output energy to make a crack in the ground to actually release sleeping ghosts within the soil. The evil spirits would converge on the Dora Monsters, the donation of strength proceeding to regenerate and enlarge them.

** ''Series/NinjaSentaiKakuranger'' has the Yokai call for a Gigantism Jutsu. This results in them being struck with lightning (which is made from humanity's rage, hatred, and sorrow) from the Yokai Cloud to enlarge themselves.

** ''Series/ChourikiSentaiOhranger'' and ''Series/PowerRangersZeo'' gives us Acha/Klank and Kocha/Orbus, who are more than just the royal butlers. Whenever a Machine Beast has been defeated, Acha/Klank pulls out a cord on Kocha's/Orbus' side, extending it and then swinging her/him over his head (in ''Ohranger'', Acha and Kocha yelled each other's names in "Marco Polo" fashion during the swinging, while in ''Zeo'', Klank announced, "And around and around and away we go!") until he builds enough momentum to toss Kocha/Orbus at the Machine Beast in question. Kocha/Orbus would then latch on and proceed to inject a special, glowing fuel into the Machine Beast. In some later instances, though, Kocha/Orbus uses a close-range beam instead. Or both: fuel first, then beam, with the beam supposedly being an energizing catalyst for the fuel. Regardless of how, Kocha/Orbus' donated energy serves to empower the Machine Beast, causing them to re-pixelate at monstrous size.

** In ''Series/DenjiSentaiMegaranger'', [[BigBad Dr. Hinelar]] ran an experiment on [[TeamPet Bibidebi]] in Episode 3, which gave him the ability to infect Nezire Beasts (and later, Psycho-Nezilar) with an enlargement virus. Whenever a Nezire has been defeated by the Megarangers, he beams down, cries out "Giganto Virus Injection!", and bites the Nezirejian, infecting their DNA (with little, Bibidebi-shaped molecules) and causing them to gigantify. In one instance, [[TheHero Mega Red]] completely obliterated [[MonsterOfTheWeek Lion Nezilar]], but Bibidebi improvised another growth process by sucking the flames and smoke remaining from the destroyed monster's explosion into his mouth, then blowing it out as a fine mist to rematerialize Lion Nezilar at titanic size.

** {{Averted|Trope}} in ''Series/TokusouSentaiDekaranger'' and ''Series/PowerRangersSPD'', where the enemies don't grow. Like the Rangers, when they need to escalate things, they hop into a HumongousMecha. There are also a few occasions where the villain grew instead, never using the same method. On one occasion, Rainian Agent Abrella/Broodwing even summoned a bat to bite a suspected Alienizer/alien criminal, which caused him to enlarge.

*** ''Gokaiger'' also averts it in a couple of special instances: [[DiscOneFinalBoss Commandant Warz Gill/Prince Vekar]] has a self-styled HumongousMecha, as does Insarn/Levira. [[TheRival Basco]] has his own supply of humongous monsters that he unleashes when he wants to {{Troll}} the Gokaiger even more. And late in the series when [[GreaterScopeVillain Emperor Ackdos Gill/Emperor Mavro]] shows up, growths become less common and finally stop entirely after Insarn/Levira is killed (though we do get some mecha battles later because at that point, the invasion fleet has arrived).

** Lampshaded by the Deathgaliens in ''Series/DoubutsuSentaiZyuohger'': They have medal slots somewhere in their bodies, so Naria can enlarge them by inserting Continue Medals on their medal slots and they would thank her for it. Like an arcade game, if a [[MonsterOfTheWeek Player]] loses, you "insert coin to continue!"

** ''Series/KaitouSentaiLupinrangerVsKeisatsuSentaiPatranger'' has Gauche performing "surgery" on a dead Gangler's "safe" remains by firing an enlargement serum from her Gros Caliber at it. (Every Gangler has a safe on its body that lets it use the ArtifactOfDoom of the week; the safe is also its core. If the safe isn't completely destroyed, neither is the monster, and it's Gauche's grow juice to the rescue. Ganglers with multiple safes require a dose per safe.)

** ''Series/KishiryuSentaiRyusoulger'' is an interesting case. The Minosaurs are created by using humans as LivingBatteries and gathering enough human [[EmotionEater negative emotions]] and life energy would cause the them to instantly enlarge themselves. The host weakens as the Minosaur gets stronger, so the Minosaur going Godzilla-size means you'd ''really'' better take it out in a hurry, because the host won't live much longer. This automatic growth is the only method, and if you ''do'' manage to take out a Minosaur before it happens, the Minosaur is truly dead.

** ''Series/KikaiSentaiZenkaiger'' has ''both'' sides of the conflict pulling this off. For the villains, similar to ''Fiveman'', a Kudaitest (TheEmpire's HumongousMecha) will take a defeated Wald's TransformationTrinket to transform into a giant, only partially based on the original similar to Kiramager or Go-Busters. For the heroes, apart from the human team leader, the mecha ''are'' the Rangers; naturally human-sized, they grow into giants with one more usage of their own trinkets, and only in giant size can they become TransformingMecha and CombiningMecha.

*** As a result of absorbing the Thousand-Year Evil, Highness Duke Org Ura can enlarge himself after [=GaoRed=] used the newly-acquired Falcon Summoner on him. In ''Wild Force'', Master Org has Toxica enlarge Nayzor with Org Seeds instead, as Nayzor had been destroyed beforehand.

*** As a result of absorbing the Thousand-Year Evil, Highness Duke Org Ura can enlarge himself after [=GaoRed=] used the newly-acquired Falcon Summoner on him. In ''Wild Force'', Master Org has Super Toxica enlarge Nayzor with Org Seeds instead, as Nayzor had been destroyed beforehand.

** ''Series/KyoryuSentaiZyuranger'' has [[BigBad Bandora the Witch]] chanting the magic spell, "Evil spirits that sleep within the earth, give your power to Dora [Insert Monster Name Here]!" before throwing her Dora Scepter to Earth. The Dora Scepter, upon reaching ground, would output energy to make a crack in the ground to actually release sleeping ghosts within the soil. The evil spirits would converge on the Dora Monsters, the donation of strength proceeding to regenerate and enlarge them.

*** As a result of absorbing the Thousand-Year Evil, Highness Duke Org Ura can enlarge himself after [=GaoRed=] used the newly-acquired Falcon Summoner on him. In ''Wild Force'', Master Org enlarged Nayzor with Org Seeds instead, as Nayzor had been destroyed beforehand.
*** Highness Duke Org Rasetsu used a special bug to sabotage the Gaorangers' G-Phones before eating it to enlarge himself. This was defied in ''Wild Force'', where Mandilok was quickly killed off by Master Org (as revenge for trying to kill him earlier), before he could get the chance to fight the Wild Force Rangers at all.

** In ''Series/ChoujinSentaiJetman'', Dimensional Beasts are created when a Dimensional Bug possesses an inanimate object, but the bugs serve an extra purpose. When a Dimensional Beast is killed in combat, its Dimensional Bug is thrown from [[DefeatEqualsExplosion the monster's explosion]], and proceeds to grow ''itself,'' assuming the appearance of the dead Dimensional Beast while gaining its powers (though if the bug is destroyed alongside its Dimensional Beast, the monster can't be brought back). Alternately, Dimensional Bugs can work in that, when a Dimensional Beast is close to defeat, that it releases energy to rejuvenate and enlarge the Dimensional Beast in question (as observed with Road Dimension, whose Dimensional Bug gigantified him before the Jetmen could finish him off). The same rules also apply to the Bio-Dimensional Beasts and their Bio-Dimensional Bugs (which were differenlt shaped and colored compared to the normal Dimensional Bugs). Some Dimensional Beasts, such as Fighter Dimension and House Dimension, are already giants due to their Dimensional Bugs possessing large inanimate objects.

* Fanfic/PowerRangersTakeFlight'' adapts ''Series/ChoujinSentaiJetman'', and thus their method of making monsters turn giant (having the bug creature, called a "Jinnsect", create the monster, and latch off to enlarge it); at one point in the fic, with the Zords inoperable, they begin to shoot the Jinnsects to pieces to prevent a monster growth. However, the red bugs used later in ''Jetman'' were AdaptedOut in favor of using [[HumanResources biomass]] to create monsters; it's stated a few times something called a "[[TechnoBabble fractal matrix]]" is responsible for the growths, and for some monsters that didn't grow, the matrix "misfired". In at least one case, they triggered a monster's growth to test said matrix.