Minimizer
The Minimizer is a real-life shrink ray! It can reduce objects in size so they can be easily transported around, and restore them to their normal size later. It's Doc Greene's favorite invention of the last decade.
Fiction
Rescue Bots cartoon
The Minimizer was one of the exhibits in the Hall of Inspiration. Doc Greene demonstrated it by shrinking a shopping trolly which he'd pushed towards Mrs Neederlander, and then returning the trolly to normal size. The device was of interest to local criminals Evan and Myles, who broke into the museum that night to steal it. The Burns family and their Rescue Bots attended the break-out, and in the process of capturing the pair, Heatwave, Blades and Boulder were shrunk. As no one was familiar with the device and the two thieves weren't talking, the damaged Minimizer was put in the evidence locker.
Chase eventually showed Cody Burns a picture of the Minimizer, and he recognized it. Doc Greene was soon able to get it into some semblance of working order, and Cody used it to shrink a minivan that was blocking one of the overflow channels of Griffin Rock dam. It was also successful in returning the three shrunken Rescue Bots to their normal size. Small Blessings
Some time later, Heatwave recalled the Minimizer as a possible explanation for a series of strange disappearances around Griffin Rock, but Cody assured him that the device was still in the archives at the Hall of Inspiration. Countdown
 Spoiler warning: Plot details for Bot-Tastic Voyage follow. |
The Minimizer was pressed into use miniaturizing the Rescue Bots' ship so that they could go on a fantastic voyage through Kade Burns, and restored them to normal size afterwards. Bot-Tastic Voyage
