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This trope occurs when whole characters manage to hide themselves away into incredibly small spaces. It could be inside a shoe, or a suitcase, a jewelry box, in a friend's pocket, or [[Behind a Stick|behind a telephone pole]].
Where ever the hideaway is, it must be an area so small that even if the character were to scrunch up and get squeezed into the space, it would still be too small for them, making Hammerspace the only plausible explanation for how they could possibly fit.
When characters use Hammerspace to disappear behind narrow poles, they are [[Behind a Stick]]. If a character turns out to be living inside a Hammerspace Hideaway, then it is probably a [[Clown Car Base]] instead. If we can see inside the Hammerspace Hideaway, then it will likely be [[Bigger
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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* In ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima]]'', Kaede's Artefact is a cloak (essentially a flat piece of tattered cloth) that can hide several people inside... it does have a fully furnished house in there after all.
* In ''[[One Piece]]'', Capone Bege has the ability to miniaturize things to fit within his body (the inside of which appears to be like a castle).
* Played with in ''[[K-On!|K-On! The Movie]]'', when Yui briefly considers how to pack her sister Ui in her already-overstuffed suitcase the night before she goes on a trip to [[London Town|London, England]].
== [[Comic Books]] ==▼
▲== Comic Books ==
* [[Scott Pilgrim]] can fit inside Ramona's shoulder purse.
* Inspired by the Weasleys' tent and Mad-Eye Moody's expanded trunk in ''[[Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (novel)|Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire]]'', authors of ''[[Harry Potter]]'' fanfic frequently provide Harry with all manner of space-expanded trunks, bags and even buildings into which he (and possibly the entire DA) can retreat.
** Possibly the most extreme instance would be the "World Room" added to the Granger home in ''[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/4606270/1/Effects-and-Side-Effects Effects and Side Effects]'' by "Pheonix Dawn". As its name suggests, it is a massive space, intended for recreation and training, whose footprint can be measured in ''square miles''.
* In the ''[[Ranma ½]]/[[Sailor Moon]]'' crossover ''[[Desperately Seeking Ranma]]'', Ranma and Kasumi's magical "security system" uses the power left over from {{spoiler|defeating the rogue time machine}} to create a space several miles across {{spoiler|with a miniature star at its center}} in the basement of their building.
* In the ''[[Worm]]/[[Luna Varga]]'' crossover ''[[Taylor Varga]]'', Family dimensional-folding makes this possible in all manner of spaces. At one point, Taylor idly expands the basement of the Hebert home into a space sufficient to hold a baseball stadium.
* In the ''Taylor Varga'' sidestory ''[https://forums.sufficientvelocity.com/threads/taylor-varga-worm-luna-varga.32119/post-19301630 Why Stop at the Moon?]'', when an international expedition to Mars figures out how to open a dome left there for them by the Family, they discover that it is ''vastly'' larger on the inside than it is on the outside.
== [[Literature]] ==
* There is that addition to the good ship ''Gay Deceiver'' in the [[Robert A. Heinlein]] novel ''[[The Number of the Beast]]''.
* The real "Mad-Eye" Moody turns out to be stuffed in his own trunk in ''[[Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (novel)|Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire]]''. Said trunk is [[Bigger on the Inside]] thanks to [[A Wizard Did It|its enchantments]]; while this is rare (apparently for legal reasons), it is not unique in this regard. The same spells are also used on the back seat area of automobiles owned by the Ministry of Magic.
** Tents that look like conventional camping gear from the outside, but which are fully-equipped apartments or even houses are also available to wizards.
* Chiron's [[Super Wheelchair]] in ''[[Percy Jackson and The Olympians]]'', where he hides his [[Our Centaurs Are Different|horse legs]].
* Not the most extreme example, but in the first book of ''[[The Mysterious Benedict Society]]'' trilogy, Reynie, Kate, Sticky, and Constance are forced to squeeze into a very small crate to hide from Mr. Curtain. The illustration does not at all look comfy.
* ''[[Wizards of Waverly Place]]'': Alex invoked this to sneak Harper onto the [[The Suite Life of Zack and Cody|S.S. ''Tipton'']] by hiding her away in her suitcase. Justified in that the suitcase is [[A Wizard Did It|magic]].▼
▲== Live Action Television ==
▲* ''[[Wizards of Waverly Place]]'': Alex invoked this to sneak Harper onto the [[The Suite Life of Zack and Cody|S.S. Tipton]] by hiding her away in her suitcase. Justified in that the suitcase is [[A Wizard Did It|magic]].
* There was once an episode of ''[[Scrubs]]'' where Turk sneaked JD around in his backpack.
* One common gag in ''[[Shake It Up]]'' involves cute kid Flynn stowing away in his sister CeCe's suitcase, even when it's filled to capacity.
** In the ''[[Good Luck Charlie]]'' crossover episode, Flynn, along with Rocky,
* ''[[
▲== [[Tabletop Games]] ==
* Several types of [[Exalted]] have access to Charms that allow them to store objects Elsewhere. Lunars, however, can actually learn Charms that allow them to create tiny little dens in Elsewhere, safe places they can escape to on a moment's notice. ▼
== [[Newspaper Comics]] ==
* Snoopy's doghouse in ''[[Peanuts]]'':
** Although he always sleeps on top of it, it's clearly much bigger inside than its appearance would suggest, containing a pool table, television, and according to one strip, a sizable book collection. He even had a Van Gogh in there until his doghouse was destroyed in a fire, but he quickly replaced it with an Andrew Wyeth. Just how he got them was never explained.
** According to the official Wiki, a full list of Snoopy's belongings kept in the doghouse include A TV antenna, a color TV set, a birdhouse, a recreation room, an air-conditioning unit with extra door, space for seven children, a guest room, a pipe and deerstalker hat, a basement, a den, many closets (one with a faulty latch, one of them a cedar closet), a clock radio, an electrical outlet, carpeting, the Van Gogh painting (replaced by the Andrew Wyeth), a pool table, a stairway, several boxes of empty soda bottles, flooring, counter tops, a library with fluorescent lights, a ceiling mural painted by Linus, a ping pong table, a potted philodendron, a basketball hoop and net, a shower, silver candlesticks, a grandfather clock, books, LP records, a pair of pinking shears, ceramic tiles, a stairway, a set of dominoes, a photo album of every supper dish that Snoopy has owned, a postage meter, a servant's entrance, a teakettle, a picture of Tiny Tim, a stereo, a stained-glass window, a carpeted front hall, a bottle of cologne, a waffle iron, a supply of TV dinners, electric socks, a formal suit for a turn-about dance, a whirlpool bath, a downstairs refrigerator, a CB radio, an automatic door, a fishing pole, a hat for wearing whilst fishing, wading boots, and bunk beds.
*** It's known that the doghouse has at least two floors (and probably more). Besides the implications of the "downstairs refrigerator" mentioned above, there is also one strip where Snoopy is listening (from his perch atop the doghouse) as Linus and Charlie Brown ''negotiate a staircase landing'' inside while moving something large and bulky from one floor to another. "It's good to have friends," he notes.
** The interior of the doghouse was seen in the (likely non-canon) animated special ''[[It's Magic Charlie Brown]]'', where visible rooms included one with exercise equipment, sports equipment, lockers, awards and trophies; and a lab with a Bunsen burner, flasks and distillation equipment.
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▲* Several types of [[Exalted]] have access to Charms that allow them to store objects Elsewhere. Lunars, however, can actually learn Charms that allow them to create tiny little dens in Elsewhere, safe places they can escape to on a moment's notice.
* In ''[[The Legend of Zelda Majoras Mask (Video Game)|The Legend of Zelda Majoras Mask]]'', the Deku princess somehow gets put into one of Link's bottles, despite being normally almost as tall as Link himself.▼
* ''[[Dungeons & Dragons]]'':
** The arcane spell ''Rope Trick'' allows the caster and several friends to climb up a rope and "vanish" into a small extradimensional space at the top that holds several people and potentially even lets them to pull up the rope after them as well, making for a quite safe retreat, for the duration of the spell, of course. There's also ''Leomund's Tiny Hut'', which creates a dwelling the size of a tent that an adventuring party can sleep in (providing heat and protection from the elements) and the most powerful version, ''Mordenkainen's Magnificent Mansion'', which is an entire house created in an extradimensional space, usually used by wizards to conduct experiments in private. It includes ''Unseen Servants'' to help him, and also creates food. The downside is, the food isn't real, and anyone who lives on it while inside becomes incredibly hungry upon leaving, and has to eat immediately afterwards. At least one module centered upon a wizard who was well-known for being a [[Big Eater]] because he secretly used this spell very frequently.
** A famous example is the notorious artifact Baba Yaga's Hut. It appears as a small, thatched hut with large legs resembling those of a giant chicken, and is usually dancing when found (indeed, whether it can be better described as a "magical item" or a "magical creature" is debatable). If a wizard of considerable skill convinces it to obey and enters it, it proves far bigger on the inside, being a rather large palace, with lavishly furnished bedchambers, banquet halls, an alchemy lab, a complete library, and even an observatory. One peculiar thing about the place is that while many of the interior rooms have windows, all of them offer the same view, that from the two windows on the front of the Hut that can be seen from outside. One source suggests that the Hut has a hidden brain within it somewhere, and destroying it is the only way to destroy the Hut; likely, this is something that only [[Baba Yaga]] herself, it's true owner, knows the location of. All sources hint that the Hut likely has secrets known only to her, and the [[Game Master]] is not recommended to introduce the Hut into a campaign unless he is also willing to introduce her as a villain. The Hut is her home, and sooner or later, she will come to get it back.
==[[Video Games]]==
▲* In ''[[The Legend of Zelda:
* One of Dr. E. Gadd's new inventions in ''[[Luigi's Mansion 3]]'': His portable lab! It starts out as a breadbox-sized, dome-shaped object, and with the touch of a button, expands into a cottage-sized lab, complete with his ghost-containment device and computers.
== [[Western Animation]] ==
* ''[[
* ''[[
* ''[[Ed, Edd
** Eddy once managed to stuff himself into a bucket.
** Edd managed to fit inside his sock hat.
* ''[[Looney Tunes]]'': [[Bugs Bunny]] is known for stuffing some of his foes into rather tight spaces. For example, in "Bugs and Thugs", Bugs stuffed two fully grown gangsters into a rather small oven...twice!
** Another gag is the folding box. put someone in it, fold it like cardboard, then fold it again... and again...
* ''[[The Fairly
* ''[[Family Guy
* The closet doors from ''[[Monsters, Inc.]]''.
* [[Danny Phantom]] uses this plenty. One wonders how [[It Makes Sense in Context|a soup can can hold an unlimited amount of ghosts.]] It's even lampshaded at one point:
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'''Ember:''' You ever been stuck inside your stupid Thermos? Compared to that, it was the Taj Mahal in there! }}
* In ''[[Darkwing Duck (animation)|Darkwing Duck]]'', alien superhero Comet Guy wears a helmet that is also his spaceship, able to fit himself and a passenger inside. Regardless, when he and Darkwing use it to travel to his planet, DW finds it rather cramped.
== [[Real Life]] ==
* One variation on a very old joke about a scientist, a mathematician, and an engineer ends with the mathematician inside a can of beans.
* Several people smuggled girlfriends/wives out of East Berlin in some impossibly tight spaces like a suitcase (or two) and a car seat (the person was literally inside the hollowed-out car seat).
* Most versions of the classic magic trick of [[Saw a Woman In Half|Sawing a Woman In Half]] -- including its more spectacular modern descendant, the Zig-Zag Woman -- rely on the woman concerned being both slender and able to contort herself into small, disguised spaces within the table or other prop being used.
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