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== Anime ==

* The heroes of ''[[~~Jo Jo~~'s ~~Bizarre Adventure|Jo Jos~~ Bizarre Adventure]]'' Part 5 use a turtle. Yes, a turtle. Its Stand ability, Mr. President, allows people to enter a separate space within its shell. It's got a fridge and a bathroom in there, too, something which the characters [[Lampshade Hanging|comment on]].

* The heroes of ''[[JoJo's Bizarre Adventure]]'' Part 5 use a turtle. Yes, a turtle. Its Stand ability, Mr. President, allows people to enter a separate space within its shell. It's got a fridge and a bathroom in there, too, something which the characters [[Lampshade Hanging|comment on]].

** It has a fridge, but no bathroom. If I remember correctly, they have to use that zipper ability to use a bathroom.

* ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima]]''

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*** Similarly, though not played for laughs, in [[Patricia Mc Killip]]'s ''Harpist in the Wind'' (third in the ''Riddle-Master'' trilogy) there's a tower with an external spiral staircase that appears to be finite in size, but when you try to climb it you'll find that the top is always the same distance above you... ''unless'' the owner feels like letting you in.

* Several locations in ''[[Harry Potter (novel)|Harry Potter]]'', mostly those which are [[Invisible to Normals]], are hidden in small spaces: Grimmauld Place, Platform 9¾, the tents the Weasleys use at the Quidditch World Cup... but this is literally because [[A Wizard Did It]].

** Hermione's tiny little beaded handbag in ''[[Harry Potter ~~(Franchise)~~/Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows|Deathly Hallows]]''. It fits in her sock, but it contains clothes, books (many, many books), tents, and a framed portrait.

** Hermione's tiny little beaded handbag in ''[[Harry Potter/Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows|Deathly Hallows]]''. It fits in her sock, but it contains clothes, books (many, many books), tents, and a framed portrait.

** Arthur Weasley expands the inside of his Ford Anglia so the entire Weasley family and then some can fit inside comfortably.

*** The Ministry Cars from ''[[Harry Potter ~~(Franchise)~~/Harry Potter and The Prisoner of Azkaban|Prisoner of Azkaban]]'' work the same way.

*** The Ministry Cars from ''[[Harry Potter/Harry Potter and The Prisoner of Azkaban|Prisoner of Azkaban]]'' work the same way.

** The ability to make a location "unplottable" (i.e. impossible to be included on a map) is an interesting case. The implication is that from a map-maker's point of view the world around the building contracts to fill the empty space and the building itself then resides on a plot of land with zero area. This is related to Grimmauld Place appearing out of nowhere in the films.

* In [[The Magicians]], many buildings are larger on the inside, such as the house that the Physical Kids hang out in. This is explained by [[A Wizard Did It|A Magician Did It]]

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== Tabletop Games ==

* ''[[GURPS]]: Spaceships'' has a ship designed like this as a [[Shout-Out]] to ''[[Doctor Who]]''.

* This is the stated explanation for the Bag of Holding and the Portable Hole in ''[[Dungeons and Dragons]]''. In an attempt to prevent game exploits, sticking one inside the other tears open the portal that leads to the Hammerspace and sucks everything in. Though some more [[Rule of Cool|enterprising]] players have used this as weapons, to the chagrin of many ~~[[D Ms]]~~.

* This is the stated explanation for the Bag of Holding and the Portable Hole in ''[[Dungeons and Dragons]]''. In an attempt to prevent game exploits, sticking one inside the other tears open the portal that leads to the Hammerspace and sucks everything in. Though some more [[Rule of Cool|enterprising]] players have used this as weapons, to the chagrin of many DMs.

** One ''Dragon'' write-up of Baba Yaga's hut depicted the interior this way. Justified by it being home to one of mythology's most formidable witches.

* Most transport vehicles in Warhammer 40,000. No way 10 Space Marines fit in a Rhino.