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[[Image:GrowingPotion.jpg|thumb|Toad, holding a flask of '''Growing Potion'''.]]  
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'''Growing Potion''' is a red concoction that is capable of enlarging its target to numerous times its original size. Not much is revealed about Growing Potion, but it seems to serve mainly as an antidote to [[Shrinking Potion]], and probably has similar attributes. It was assumedly created by [[Waldo the Wizard]], who is capable of conjuring up a flask of it with little effort.
|image=[[File:GrowingPotion.jpg|200px]]<br>Toad holding a flask of Magic Growing Potion
|first_appearance=''[[The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!]]'' ("[[Princess, I Shrunk the Mario Brothers]]") (1989)
}}
A '''Magic Growing Potion''' is a red concoction that is capable of enlarging its target to numerous times its original size. Not much is revealed about the Magic Growing Potion, but it seems to serve mainly as an antidote to [[Magic Shrink Potion]] and probably has similar attributes. It is assumed to be created by [[Waldo the Wizard]], who is capable of conjuring up a flask of it with little effort.


== History ==
==History==
The Magic Growing Potion makes its first and only appearance in ''[[The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!]]'' episode "[[Princess, I Shrunk the Mario Brothers]]." After [[Toad]] accidentally shrinks [[Mario]] and [[Luigi]] with the Magic Shrink Potion, he is tied up by [[Bowser|King Koopa]], along with [[Princess Peach|Princess Toadstool]] and Waldo. Eventually, Princess Toadstool, Toad and Waldo break free of the chairs to which they are tied, and Waldo conjures up a flask of Magic Growing Potion.


Growing Potion made its first and only appearance in ''[[The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!]]'' episode "[[Princess, I Shrunk the Mario Brothers]]". After [[Toad]] accidentally shrunk [[Mario]] and [[Luigi]] with Shrinking Potion, he was tied up by [[Bowser|King Koopa]], along with [[Princess Peach|Princess Toadstool]] and Waldo. Eventually, Princess Toadstool, Toad and Waldo broke out of the chairs they were tied to, and Waldo was able to conjure up a flask of Growing Potion.
Toad then takes the Magic Growing Potion and secretly inserts it into the spray gun that King Koopa initially used to spray pesticide at Mario and Luigi. When King Koopa corners Mario and Luigi in Waldo's greenhouse, he sprays them and some potted [[vegetable]]s. Not only do Mario and Luigi grow back to their normal sizes, but the nearby vegetables also grow large as well. Taking advantage of the situation, Mario and Luigi use the enlarged vegetables to scare off King Koopa and his [[Koopa Troopa]]s.


Toad then took the Growing Potion and secretly inserted it into the spray gun that King Koopa was initially using to spray pesticide at Mario and Luigi with. When King Koopa cornered Mario and Luigi in Waldo's greenhouse, he sprayed them with the Growing Potion, along with some potted [[Vegetable]]s. Not only did Mario and Luigi grow back to their normal sizes, but the nearby Vegetables grew large as well. Taking advantage of the situation, Mario and Luigi used the enlarged Vegetables to scare off King Koopa and his [[Koopa Troopa]]s.
==Names in other languages==
{{Foreign names
|Ita=Antidoto anti-rimpicciolente
|ItaM=Anti-shrinking antidote
|ItaC=<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZhcozT99zn4&list=PLzdGkSFOQCDiMpQsKDlJs56dBhm4TBcoq&index=7 Super Mario - La pozione di Waldo]</ref>
}}


== Trivia ==
==Trivia==
*The Magic Growing Potion is visually identical to a standard [[Magical Potion]].


*Although never referred to as such, Princess Peach can sometimes create a type of growing potion in ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]'' if she fails to properly produce an invisibility potion in the [[X-Naut Fortress]] laboratory. The effect of this potion is only temporary, and serves no real purpose.
==References==
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Latest revision as of 19:28, September 21, 2024

Magic Growing Potion
Magic Growing Potion
Toad holding a flask of Magic Growing Potion
First appearance The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! ("Princess, I Shrunk the Mario Brothers") (1989)

A Magic Growing Potion is a red concoction that is capable of enlarging its target to numerous times its original size. Not much is revealed about the Magic Growing Potion, but it seems to serve mainly as an antidote to Magic Shrink Potion and probably has similar attributes. It is assumed to be created by Waldo the Wizard, who is capable of conjuring up a flask of it with little effort.

History[edit]

The Magic Growing Potion makes its first and only appearance in The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! episode "Princess, I Shrunk the Mario Brothers." After Toad accidentally shrinks Mario and Luigi with the Magic Shrink Potion, he is tied up by King Koopa, along with Princess Toadstool and Waldo. Eventually, Princess Toadstool, Toad and Waldo break free of the chairs to which they are tied, and Waldo conjures up a flask of Magic Growing Potion.

Toad then takes the Magic Growing Potion and secretly inserts it into the spray gun that King Koopa initially used to spray pesticide at Mario and Luigi. When King Koopa corners Mario and Luigi in Waldo's greenhouse, he sprays them and some potted vegetables. Not only do Mario and Luigi grow back to their normal sizes, but the nearby vegetables also grow large as well. Taking advantage of the situation, Mario and Luigi use the enlarged vegetables to scare off King Koopa and his Koopa Troopas.

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning Notes
Italian Antidoto anti-rimpicciolente[1] Anti-shrinking antidote

Trivia[edit]

  • The Magic Growing Potion is visually identical to a standard Magical Potion.

References[edit]