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* Used in-story by Linda Hunt's character in ''[[Silverado]]''. Kevin Klein first meets her while she's tending bar. When she comes around to the other side, she's suddenly a foot shorter. He leans over and looks behind the bar to see a ramp along the other side for her to stand on and comfortably reach the table. She makes a comment about the necessity of "making adjustments" in life.

* Paul McGann (perhaps most notably seen in ''[[Withnail and I]]'', being short, and ''[[Doctor Who]]'', being less so) shares his thoughts on his height and the [[Scully Box]]:

{{quote| "Five feet nine. Quite little, really. From a squat tribe, you see. My brothers (and sister) are all taller than me, as are most of the actresses I'm required to smootch. At such times they usually stand me on a box. Sort of keeps your feet on the ground, paradoxically."}}

{{quote|"Five feet nine. Quite little, really. From a squat tribe, you see. My brothers (and sister) are all taller than me, as are most of the actresses I'm required to smootch. At such times they usually stand me on a box. Sort of keeps your feet on the ground, paradoxically."}}

* In ''[[Water for Elephants]]'', Reese Witherspoon at roughly 5' 2" shared the spotlight with [[Robert Pattinson]], who is a foot taller. In an interview she mentioned this was in liberal use for the kissing scenes.

* An amusing example: Brad Garrett (Robert from [[Everybody Loves Raymond]]) was cast as comedian Jackie Gleason in a biographical movie (titled "Gleason", naturally). Because Brad Garrett is known for being ''extremely'' tall, ''everybody else in the cast'' had to wear platform shoes in all their scenes with him.

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** In a skit about horse jockeys, several jockeys are so short that only their hats are visible in frame. Another jockey is so short that he has to stand on a box just to make his hat visible.

* The raised platform holding the desk on ''[[The Daily Show]]'' serves a similar purpose: observant viewers will note that Jon Stewart, who is 5' 6", always shakes the guest's hand ''before'' they step up onto the platform. Despite this fact, Stewart constantly jokes about his height. He used the raised platform on ''[[The Colbert Report]]'' to briefly make himself look taller than 6' 4" Conan O'Brien during the [[Melee a Trois]] [[Crossover]] between the three shows.

{{quote| '''Stephen Colbert''': That's the magic of television, Jon.~~<br />~~

{{quote|'''Stephen Colbert''': That's the magic of television, Jon.

'''Jon Stewart''': Can I have a screengrab of that? }}

* In earliest seasons of ''[[That 70s Show]]'', the scenes where the 15-year old [[Mila Kunis]] (Jackie) and [[Laura Prepon]] (Donna) talked alone had either to portray them sitting, or to have Mila wearing platform heels. Not quite a box, but very close.