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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==

* Music Room 3, the base of the ''[[Ouran High School Host Club]]''. Platforms rising out of the floor, magically appearing side rooms and musical instruments....

 

== [[Film]] ==

* In [[Buster Keaton]]'s "[[The Scarecrow]]," two farmhands share a one-room house in which all the furnishings have at least two functions -- there is a record player/stove/oven, refrigerator/bookcase, rolltop desk/sink, bathtub/sofa, and Murphy bed/piano.

** Of course, this was actually a feature of the high school it was filmed in, so [[Truth in Television]] as well.

* The film ''Robin and the Seven Hoods'', set in the 1920s Prohibition era, features a bar/casino that can transform into a temperance church meeting for when the police show up.

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** Chimneys have breasts?

** Only the female ones.

* Anderson did much the same thing at various times in [[Thunderbirds]]. International Rescue's headquarters on Tracy Island is a combination of this trope and [[To the Batpole]], with both huge hidden hangars for the Thunderbirds and parts of the main house -- especially the living room -- that conceal communications devices, radar screens, etc. A more direct use of the trope is seen in the episode "The Impostors", where the stereotypical hillbilly shack of Jeremiah Tuttle, one of IR's agents, has the same sort of comm gear (and who knows what else) hidden in much the same way as X20's house. The Tuttle family pick-up can also go into overdrive and hit high speeds if needed.

* [[The Goodies]] lived and worked in an office that included fold-down beds that were also doors to other rooms, a window showing a choice of vistas or a TV screen, and in one episode, controls that drove the building in the famous Le Mans 24 hours race. Later episodes set in the office included props doing similar versatile work.

 

== [[Video Games]] ==

* ''[[Starship Titanic]]'' has tiny versions of these rooms for guests traveling "Super Galactic Traveler Class" as the furniture folds in and out to create a kitchen, dining area, bedroom, and living area. (Not at the same time, mind.) The problem is that unless you know which furniture plates to unfold in the proper order, the furniture gets in its own way and won't fully unfold. {{spoiler|There's also a puzzle where you need to unfold the couch so that you can watch the room's TV and see if you won an upgrade to a less confusing room.}}

 

* Parodied in ''[[The Simpsons]]'' - when prohibition is introduced to Springfield, "Moe's Pet Shop" becomes one of these. Barney is sitting on one of the stools as it rotates into the wall - when the room returns to a bar again, his clothes are ragged and he remarks "[[Amusing Injuries|Those gears down there hurt]]!".

** There was another time when some law-enforcing officer enters Moe's tavern for some reason (can't recall why). Upon learning he's facing the law, Moe presses a secret button, which rotates all the tables and walls to reveal roullettes, darts targets and other casino appliances, complete with a croupier. He then remarks "oh, wait, the other one was better".

* The [[Classic Disney Short]] ''Mickey's Trailer'' has the eponymous trailer, whose interior could transform with the pull of a switch, so that, say, Donald's bedroom could become a bathroom for his morning dip.

* The [[Tex Avery]] cartoon ''The House of Tomorrow'' includes a luxurious room that can be made to look like a dilapidated shack in case the IRS man comes to call.