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{{trope|wppage=Portable hole}}
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Portable Holes occur primarily in animation, and are usually [[Played for Laughs]]. Expect some degree of [[Hammerspace]] or alternate dimensions if the writer attempts to seriously explain how they work; other times, they are simply powered by the [[Rule of Funny]].
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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* Blueno from [[One Piece]] has eaten a devil fruit that (among other things) allows him to do this.
* ''[[Doraemon]]'' has a hula-hoop-like device which creates a hole when attached to a solid wall and also an exit hole on the other side.
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** Was also a case of [[Getting Crap Past the Radar]] when he said "I've got a hole in my pocket." This refers to a situation where a man can access himself via said hole.
* ''[[Who Framed Roger Rabbit?]]'' featured Portable Holes as an [[Acme Products]]. During the film's climax, Eddie became pinned against a steel drum by a cartoon magnet while fighting the [[Big Bad]]; he freed himself by wrapping a Portable Hole completely around the magnet, causing the magnet to break in half.
** ''[[Disney Theme Parks|Roger Rabbit's Car-Toon Spin]]'' gets a special mention for containing a ''real''
* "They Live" (1988) features a scene where the hero uses a device that creates a hole, so he can fall through the floor.
== [[Literature]] ==
* Used by Jarlaxle in this adventures with Artemis Entreri in the [[Forgotten Realms]] books. Oddly enough, it works more like the traditional cartoon portable hole rather than like the ''[[Dungeons
* Eddie Drood from the [[Secret Histories]] books has a portable door as one of his gadgets. Basically the same thing.
== [[Tabletop Games]] ==
* ''[[Dungeons
{{quote|''If a bag of holding is placed within a portable hole, a rift to the Astral Plane is torn in that place; both the bag and the cloth are sucked into the void and forever lost. If a portable hole is placed within a bag of holding, it opens a gate to the Astral Plane; the hole, the bag, and any creatures within a 10-foot radius are drawn there, the portable hole and bag of holding being destroyed in the process.''|[http://www.d20srd.org/srd/magicItems/wondrousItems.htm#portableHole Dungeons And Dragons System Reference Documents]}}
** The portable hole returns in 4th edition, although this version is not used for storage but can still be used to make holes. It is unclear if this hole is permanent or temporary.
== [[Video Games]] ==
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* In ''[[World of Warcraft]]'', the Portable Hole is a bag with 24 slots, making it one of the largest general purpose bags. It's also the most expensive, at 3000 gold pieces.
* The [[Xbox]] vehicular combat game ''Cel Damage'' had portable holes as a weapon.
* ''[[King's Quest VI]]'' features a ''living'' portable hole. The Hole-In-The-Wall is a creature that crawls along the wall, and its body creates a hole underneath wherever it is.
* ''[[Multi Dimensional Thief]]'', a text adventure, has a portable hole allowing you to pass through many walls, as well as the [[Stairway to Heaven|ceiling]] and [[Hellevator|floor]]. However, it's incompatible with a few surfaces...
* The game credits of [[Wario Ware|''WarioWare: Smooth Moves'']].
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* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5_Msrdg3Hk The Black Hole].
* The Void, a supervillain in the ''[[Global Guardians PBEM Universe]]'' can create these as part of his power to control time and space.
* [[Plot Holes]] are used for much this same purpose in the [[PPC]], and stabilized ones form the basis of much of the PPC's technology. For one thing, it's how they get to other continua in the first place.
== [[Western Animation]] ==
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