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** ''[[Daredevil]]'' used this in conjunction with [[Hitler Cam]].

* 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.

* Similarly, in ''[[Gaslight]]'' Charles Boyer stood on a box for head and shoulders two-shots with Ms. Bergman.

* The UK bus-side poster for ''Four Christmases'' has Reese Witherspoon visibly standing on a box, as she's a foot shorter than her co-star Vince Vaughn, who is... really damn tall.

* In ''[[Back to The Future]]'', because Christopher Lloyd is much taller than Michael J. Fox, the director used camera tricks to avoid using one. For example, the two are rarely in the same shot together and, when they are, one is usually sitting down or much closer to the camera than the other. When Doc Brown is talking, he's often moving around so much that the viewer can't really tell how tall he is. Lloyd also improvised a hunch in his posture that helped give the character more of a [[Mad Scientist]] look.

* 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.

{{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.

* Allison Mack from ''[[Smallville]]'' admits to using either a crate, or a lifted "alley board" so she doesn't look short against "ostentatiously tall" Tom Welling.

* ''[[Eight Out Of Ten Cats]]'' host Jimmy Carr has to have a cushion placed on his seat so he can see over his desk. This led to a fairly hilarious scene when guest David Walliams "outed" him by insisting that he stand up, and then removing the cushion, leaving Jimmy about four inches shorter all of a sudden.

** During [[John Barrowman]]'s first five episodes, [[Billie Piper]] had to stand on a box whenever she was in a scene with him since he is seven inches taller than her. This is an unusual example given that that [[John Barrowman]] and [[Christopher Eccleston]] are the exact same height, and she never did so with the latter. It probably has to do with the mystique of the Doctor.

** Used [[In Universe]] in the Christmas special "Voyage of the Damned," where [[Kylie Minogue]]'s character stands on a box to kiss [[David Tennant]]. It's [[Played for Laughs]].

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