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See: Film and television clichés or On-screen clichés: Science fiction and fantasy

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Explores the phenomenon common in science fiction whereby an object or entity grows larger and larger, seemingly acquiring extra mass and volume, or perhaps extra energy, from nowhere.

This occurs in many SciFi stories, and is even more common fantasy stories. However, the latter genre is not constrained to obeying physical laws (fictitious or otherwise), and most fantasy phenomenon can simply be explained away by the existence of magic.

Examples

The Incredible Hulk
Star Trek, multiple examples

Apollo in Who Mourns for Adonais?, the alien god on Pollux IV grows to about four times his normal size
Martia (memory-alpha.org), the shape-shifter in Star Trek VI

Akira, Kaneda grows into a monstrous blob of flesh
Superman Returns, the crystal-generated island, now in space, presumably still growing

Exceptions

Terminator 2: Judgment Day, the model T-1000 could reform into various shapes but was limited to the same volume and mass