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A '''Scully Box''' is an 'apple' and a half, and is constructed of aluminum covered with outdoor carpeting for sound-deadening and traction.
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* While Michael Clarke Duncan is already 6'5, some movies use tricks to make him look superhumanly tall.
** ''[[The Green Mile]]'' made his character look much taller.
** ''[[Daredevil]]'' used this in conjunction with [[
* Inverted in the ''[[Scary Movie]]'' series when actor Kevin Hart had to stand in a trench in order to be slightly shorter than the other actors, since his character is short. Since Kevin Hart stands 5 feet 4 1/2 inches tall, it seems that he frequently employs this device, rather than subverting it as he did in this movie.
* In ''[[Casablanca]]'', [[Humphrey Bogart]] had to stand on a box to kiss Ingrid Bergman. But [[Hello, Nurse!|it was worth it]].
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* Used in at least one of the ''[[Dirty Harry]]'' films due to Clint Eastwood's height.
* Inverted in ''[[Judge Dredd]]'', where it's to make Sylvester Stallone tower over the young recruits.
== Live-Action TV ==
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* Used in-universe in ''[[Veep]]'', where the Vice President's assistant has a folding stepping stool in his bag for her to use during speeches when the lectern is too tall. This is understandable, given that the actress, Julia Louis Dreyfus, is 5'3.
* The use of one can be inferred in many scenes of ''[[Strong Girl Bong-soon]]'', given the almost one-foot difference in height between romantic leads Park Bo-young (Bong-soon) and Park Hyung-sik (Min-hyeok). And there are just as many where he has to bend almost double to kiss her on the forehead.
== Professional Wrestling ==
* The [[Professional Wrestling|WWF's]] [[Andre the Giant]] frequently employed a crate during backstage interviews; he was already incredibly tall and large, but this served to make him truly tower over the interviewer. Sadly, the condition that caused his large size ultimately led to his early death.
▲== Theater ==
* Referenced in the very first verse of the song "Nelson" from ''[[A Day in Hollywood, A Night in the Ukraine]]'', which is an [[Anti-Love Song]] from [[Jeannette MacDonald]] to her eternal co-star, [[Nelson Eddy]]:
{{quote|''My hero must stand on a box in our love scenes
''And God, does he act like a lox in our love scenes.}}
== Web Comics ==
* When ''[[Drowtales]]'' released its 14th chapter [https://web.archive.org/web/20151001212608/http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive
== Western Animation ==
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* A similar trick was done in ''[[Total Drama World Tour]]''. Since Sierra is just shy of [[One Head Taller]] than her crush Cody, the animators had to cheat whenever she employed a [[Marshmallow Hell]], and kept Cody's feet a few inches above the ground.
* An in-universe example in the 1987 ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 1987|Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]'' episode "Rondo in New York" when action Hollywood star tours the theater to promote his latest film. The actor is really short and has a crew placing apple boxes as he walks by the crowd looking down on them, much to Michelangelo's disappointment.
== Real Life ==
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