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* In [[Warren Ellis]]'s [[Planetary]], Elijah Snow discovers that the Four invaded an alternate universe, slaughtered everyone living there, and turned it into an armory. A cruel way to invent Hammerspace.

* Marvel Comics character Devil-Slayer lives this trope; he has a magic "Shadow Cloak" that allows him to pull weapons of virtually any sort (mostly swords, axes and other Hawkman-approved implements of destruction, but has included modern firearms and high-tech ray-guns). In the same universe, Corsair (of The Starjammers) uses "phasing discs" built into his gloves to pull blasters from a dimensional pocket and Rom, Greatest of the Spaceknights, summons his Translator, Energy Analyser, and Disruptor from "subspace"and sends them back again in the blink of an eye, when he needs them.

* In ''Archie Comics'', (particularly the older ones) whenever a character has just overcome something stressful or difficult, they will produce a handkerchief from nowhere and dab sweat from their forehead.

* Done humorously in one issue of Marvel's Ultimate universe when a completely naked Hulk walks into a diner and asks for pancakes, then somehow produces a large handful of bills to prove that he can pay.

== [[Fan Works]] ==

* [[Sailor Moon|Mercury]] uses and abuses the [[Dungeon Keeper|Keeper's]] storage ability in ''[[Dungeon Keeper Ami]]'' to great effect. It can be used to construct complicated machinery and architecture, store spells for later deployment, catch falling minions and deposit them safely, and teleport.

 

== [[Film]] ==

** One notable instance has an immortal attacked while in a spa, and he pulls out a previously unseen sword despite wearing nothing but a towel.

* [[Marx Brothers|Harpo Marx]] could and did keep anything and everything in his (admittedly large) clothes, including a complete silver tea set, fully fueled welding equipment, live animals, a steaming hot cup of coffee, and once a lighted candle—lighted at both ends. This only counts as Hammerspace from a viewer standpoint, however, because Harpo Marx actually ''did'' produce these items from his custom-made coat. It was a gag he developed for use ''live on stage''.

* [[Mary Poppins]]'s bag, which is shown to store potted plants and lamps, making it a [[Bag of Holding]]. One might say the same about Harpo Marx's coat, but that was played more for laughs: you wonder kind of clown carries a tea set around, less about how he does it. The way that Mary Poppins pulled tall items out of her bag, it's clear that the bag is larger inside than outside.

** When the children look in the bag, they see it as empty.

* Presumably where Richard finds the board to hit Tommy in the face with in ''Tommy Boy''.

* Spoofed in the New Zeland film "Undead", when a completely naked man pulls a couple of guns from nowhere.

 

== [[Literature]] ==

* Invoked explicitly in Anne Bishop's ''[[Black Jewels]]'' trilogy: Mages can "vanish" objects, presumably into their own personal Hammerspace, and call them back in when needed. The amount of Hammerspace you have directly correlates with how powerful you are.

* Canon in ''[[Animorphs]]'', where it is known as Z-Space and is used to enable both morphing and [[Hyperspace Is a Scary Place|interstellar travel]].

* In Tom Holt's ''Grailblazers'', a character has the hereditary ability to reach vaguely behind him, and always bring the hand back holding something weapon-like.

* Sycophants in the ''Leven Thumps'' series have an unlimited "void" where they stow useful stuff. Pretty annoying, it's very hard to visualize what's going on when your read "Clover fished around in his void."

** Rincewind's magical Luggage, in addition to being a sapient travel accessory with a hundred legs and a mean temper, also appears to have limitless interior. It has "eaten" more than a few enemies and has served as a hiding place for Rincewind and others when bad guys are around. It also carries clothes, especially Rincewind's underpants, which are always freshly laundered and neatly folded when he asks the Luggage for them. Definitely qualifies as a [[Bag of Holding]], too.

* In ''[[The Guardians]]'', [[Our Angels Are Different|Guardians]] and demons have "caches" to which they can vanish and retrieve items. Younger Guardians that grew up playing videogames actually call it a hammerspace.

* In ''[[Ciaphas Cain]]'', '''HERO OF THE IMPERIUM!!!''', Jurgen's webbing and greatcoat seem to contain an infinite amount of ration bars, tanna, and various helpful objects like goggles.

* In Brandon Sanderson's ''[[The Stormlight Archive]]'' series, Shardblades automatically go into Hammerspace when dropped or otherwise separated from their owner, unless he or she wills otherwise when releasing them. The owner can resummon the Blade at will. This is a necessary feature as they are both [[BFS|really huge]] and incredibly valuable. This feature ensures that you have to kill somebody to take the Blade against their will and seeing as said Blades are able to cut through all normal armour effortlessly, and kill anything in one hit to boot.....

* In traditional Chinese folklore, many powerful people essentially had sleeves that could store everything. Being trapped in one was generally a sign that you were screwed.

* In a [[Doctor Who Expanded Universe]] novel, the Doctor lands on a planet which follows [[Toon Physics|cartoon rules]] and is inhabited [[Expy]]s of many well-know cartoon characters. Towards the end the Doctor uses the rules of the world to produce a custard pie gun (an appropriate weapon for the Doctor) from Hammerspace to disable the bad guy.

 

== [[Live-Action TV]] ==

* Kramer's apartment on ''Seinfeld''

* Often invoked to explain where Immortals produce their swords from in ''[[Highlander (TV series)|Highlander]]''. There's a running fanwank about 'swordspace' in their longcoats or other clothing.

 

== [[Music]] ==

* [[All Points Bulletin|APB Reloaded]], especially the Criminals; each one carries a primary weapon, secondary weapon, 2 grenades, a handcuff key, brass knuckles, a slim jim, a crowbar, , a spraycan, bombs, a camera, a netbook, a supply crate, a gas can, a battering ram... Plus, the ability to carry 50 small objects (packages, harddrives, cellphones, etc). Enforcers have similar equipment, minus the gas can, bombs, and crowbars, but include a snub nose and handcuffs (for arresting), and paint sprayer.

* ''[[Xenosaga]]'' characters have access to armored fighting suits (which double as small spaceships) called AGWS which they can summon at any point during a battle, completely out of nowhere. Two of the main female characters, Shion and KOS-MOS, use weapons in battle which are larger than they are and which they summon through some sort of dimensional folding process. (KOS-MOS is a battle android who looks like a teenaged girl: her weapons are ''inside'' her and fold out for use.)

 

== [[Web Animation]] ==