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Normally, due to people not wanting to waste too much material, packages tend to be about the same size as what's in them. Not when this tropes comes up. In that case, an entire wooden box used for major transport could be used to carry a single pen, a steel suitcase the size of a rifle is used to transport a single ammo clip, etc. Tends to be parodied in cartoons, when they somehow pull a giant 30+ Inch TV out of a package the size of a shoebox, in which case it can overlap with [[Hammerspace]].
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== [[Anime and Manga]] ==
* ''[[
== [[Live Action TV]] ==
* In an episode of ''[[The Dick Van Dyke Show]]'' Laura tries to open a box that Rob gets in the mail. When she finally manages to open it an inflatable dinghy pops out and inflates, leaving it about 5x the size of the original box. It had also just happened in a sketch Rob had written for [[Show Within a Show|"The Alan Brady Show"]], making it a case of [[In
== [[Western Animation]] ==
* There's a ''[[Donald Duck]]'' cartoon in which he's a gift wrapper in a department store. He puts a small ring inside a large box, then tries to put a football in the box meant for the ring. He has to deflate the ball in order to fit it in.
* In the recent Disney short "[[How to Hook Up Your Home Theater]]", [[Goofy]] is having trouble opening a small package of cables. After failing to open it, a single drop of sweat causes the package to burst open, covering Goofy in about half a metric ton of cables.
* In the ''[[
* ''[[Family Guy]]'': Brian once received a Christmas present shaped like a wine bottle. He removed the wrapping paper to discover a book.
* ''[[Taz
* In the [[Classic Disney Short]] "Pluto's Party", Pluto gets a present shaped like a huge bone, but when he bites into it, it turns out to be a wagon.
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