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== Anime and Manga ==

== Anime ==

* 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.

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** As are the Gateports in Mundus Magicus.

* Somewhat parodied in ''[[Ouran High School Host Club]]'', when they went over to Haruhi's house, or at least the dream before it. Haruhi in the dream was about to open a closet, and Tamaki tried to cheer up the rest of the group, and probably himself, by saying "Inside that closet must be an infinite space"

* ''[[Tenchi Muyo!~~|Tenchi~~ ~~Muyo~~]]''

* ''[[Tenchi Muyo! Ryo-Ohki]]''

** Washuu's laboratory. It's accessed through a doorway under the stairs at Tenchi's house, but [[Word of God]] says the laboratory covers ''five planets''.

** Jurai's treeships generate pocket dimensions as living space for their crew.

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* The title [[Mobile Suit Human]] of ''[[Kemeko Deluxe]]''

* The Death Room in ''[[Soul Eater]]'', at least in the anime. It definitely has walls (which look like the sky complete with clouds, and can be broken) but the distance to them differs dramatically when Asura and Shinigami fight.

* [[Alien Geometries|Leliel]] from ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]'' at first appears to be a floating orb, quite large but not all bigger than Ramiel. It's true form is then revealed to be {{spoiler|~~the~~ shadow, which expands to cover most of Tokyo-3}}. Even this form, however, is still Smaller On The Outside, as Leliel is actually a pocket universe. Yep, a {{spoiler|2D shadow}} is actually a universe-in-miniature. I think that wins the Bigger on the Inside prize.

* [[Alien Geometries|Leliel]] from ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]'' at first appears to be a floating orb, quite large but not all bigger than Ramiel. It's true form is then revealed to be {{spoiler|its shadow, which expands to cover most of Tokyo-3}}. Even this form, however, is still Smaller On The Outside, as Leliel is actually a pocket universe. Yep, a {{spoiler|2D shadow}} is actually a universe-in-miniature. I think that wins the Bigger on the Inside prize.

* In ''[[Howl's Moving Castle (anime)|Howl's Moving Castle]]'', the castle's door links to buildings that are sometimes smaller than the castle's size.

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* [[Older Than Print]]: This features in Celtic myth, where anything remotely like a door can be a doorway into a much bigger place. So the door to a tiny hut can well open into a large hall.

* In Japanese folktales, Kitsune can create realms, turning a hole under a floorboard into a small estate, and turn a small field into a kingdom.

== Fan Works ==

* During the events of ''[[Drunkard's Walk|Drunkard's Walk V]]'', [[Ah! My Goddess|Skuld]] built three panniers (cargo cases) for Douglas Sangnoir's motorcycle with the same enchantments as [[w:Skíðblaðnir|Skidbladnir]] on them, giving them a combined storage space estimated at about 1500 cubic meters and described as equivalent to "a small barge".

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* In the (still animated) beginning of ''[[Enchanted]]'', Giselle gets out of her coach in her wedding dress, and Nathaniel is run over by all the animals that were apparently in the coach with her (even though her dress is so big, it's hard to tell how she fit herself).

* The interior sets for the ''Discovery'' in ''[[2001: A Space Odyssey]]'' are 50% too large to fit into its spherical command module. This is surprising considering [[Stanley Kubrick]]'s reputation for perfectionism.

** In ''[[2010: The Year We Make Contact]]'', the ''Leonov'''s interior sets aren't even remotely the right shape to fit into its hull. Peter Hyams apparently wanted all of the rooms to be interconnected on the same level in order to film [[Walk and Talk]] shots.

** In ''[[2010: The Year We Make Contact]]'', the ''Leonov''{{'}}s interior sets aren't even remotely the right shape to fit into its hull. Peter Hyams apparently wanted all of the rooms to be interconnected on the same level in order to film [[Walk and Talk]] shots.

* In ''[[Jurassic Park]]'', when Grant and Sattler enter their trailer, from the outside it's simply a camper that looks like it barely has enough headroom. Once inside, it's as big as a double-wide, and the ceiling extends a good 2–3 feet above their heads.

* In "Mary Poppins", we see one of the earliest examples, when she opens her carpet bag and pulls out a hat stand and a large mirror, followed by a plant, and an ornate lamp. When the children Jane and Michael inspect the carpet bag it appears to be empty.

* In the Disney film of ''[[Mary Poppins]]'', we see one of the earliest examples, when she opens her carpet bag and pulls out a hat stand and a large mirror, followed by a plant, and an ornate lamp. When the children Jane and Michael inspect the carpet bag it appears to be empty.

* In "[[The Chronicles of Narnia]]" The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe, the entire realm of Narnia is contained inside of a Wardrobe. (Technically this fits under "Literature" as well, since this was a book and a movie.)

** Narnia is another dimension, the wardrobe is just a way of getting there.

* In a lot of Hollywood Musicals, internal sets start off small but magically become bigger when there's an extended dance scene. One example is the cabin in [[Seven Brides for Seven Brothers]] which looks small and poky from the outside, much to Millie's dismay when she arrives with her new husband, Adam. Yet when she leads the brothers in the Goin' Courtin' dance, the main living room grows to barn-like proportions. This is subverted a little in the later external barn-raising dance scene when the barn in question only looks to be about ~~12ftx12ft~~.

* In a lot of Hollywood Musicals, internal sets start off small but magically become bigger when there's an extended dance scene. One example is the cabin in ''[[Seven Brides for Seven Brothers]]'' which looks small and poky from the outside, much to Millie's dismay when she arrives with her new husband, Adam. Yet when she leads the brothers in the "Goin' Courtin'" dance, the main living room grows to barn-like proportions. This is subverted a little in the later external barn-raising dance scene when the barn in question only looks to be about twelve feet by twelve feet.

** This appears to be the case with the stage at the Pine Tree inn in ''[[White Christmas]]'' but it's actually an illusion caused by a removable proscenium arch.

* In the Korean film ''[[Hansel and Gretel (film)|Hansel and Gretel]]'', the attic of the house stretches on for miles.