Growth in ZSZS 04a

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OMG I'm contributing! I'm not a particular fan of Growth, but hey, more riches for you guys I suppose? XD I checked and double checked, and I don't think this was posted....

What is Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei?
Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei (Goodbye, Mr. Despair) is a manga/anime series that revolves around Nozomu Ishitoki, a man who, when you stick the first few characters of his name together, has a name that means 'despair'. Nozomu teaches a high school class, and he has considered suicide many times (he carries a suicide kit with him, and he's attempted to use it many times, only to be foiled by his students). In regards to his students, they aren't exactly normal themselves. An overly optimistic girl, a girl with a tail fetish, an illegal immigrant, a girl who does not talk other than through abusive text messages she sends, and a girl with multiple personalities are only a couple of examples of the strange characters that Nozomu teaches. The series is very nonsensical, and likes to parody pop culture. ZSZS stands for Zoku Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei (Goodbye, Mr. Despair Extreme!), which is the second series of the anime, and where this contribution is from.

Episode 04a
Following the nonsenical structure behind the entire series, episode 04a (the a indicating that its the first story of the episode. There are two stories per episode) involves the invasion of aliens on the night of a festival. Amidst the invasion, Nozomu's class searches for a secret weapon capable of defeating the aliens. They eventually find it, and when one of his students (Chiri Kitsu) uses it, she grows gigantic and begins to battle the alien's robots. Aside from the growth, if you're an Evangelion fan, you'll see lots of NGE parodies in this story as well. XD

The whole episode is here, and the growth occurs near the end of the first story somewhere (I'd say somewhere between the 8 and 12 minute marks, though it may be a bit earlier). Also, I've added a few caps to show the aftershot of the growth.