# Objects in pop culture that are bigger on the inside
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/objects-in-pop-culture-that-are-bigger-on-the-inside/689595
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Created:** [May 29, 2014, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/objects-in-pop-culture-that-are-bigger-on-the-inside/689595 "2014-05-29T21:55:10Z")
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### Author:  [@Don\_Draper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Draper)
#### Post date: [May 29, 2014, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/objects-in-pop-culture-that-are-bigger-on-the-inside/689595/1 "2014-05-29T21:55:10Z")
Of course, the most obvious one is the [TARDIS](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TARDIS) from “Doctor Who.” But there’s also [Mary Poppins’ Carpet Bag](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3-LZx8NF8k).
There is also [Snoopy’s doghouse](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snoopy#Doghouse) which was supposed to be a veritable palace as soon as you got past the humble exterior.
I just wondered how many types of things in movies, books, TV, etc. could the CS come up with that are (or are described to be) bigger and more spacious than their obviously humble exterior would allow.
Any suggestions?
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### Author:  [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)
#### Post date: [May 29, 2014, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/objects-in-pop-culture-that-are-bigger-on-the-inside/689595/2 "2014-05-29T21:58:58Z")
The Brady house. 😃
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### Author:  [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)
#### Post date: [May 29, 2014, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/objects-in-pop-culture-that-are-bigger-on-the-inside/689595/3 "2014-05-29T22:03:35Z")
I remember from playing D&D thirty(!) years ago that a _portable hole_ was awfully convenient. Put the hole down on any surface, fill it with your stuff, then pick it up and be on your way.
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### Author:  [@Jragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jragon)
#### Post date: [May 29, 2014, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/objects-in-pop-culture-that-are-bigger-on-the-inside/689595/4 "2014-05-29T22:17:42Z")
There were quite a few places in Harry Potter that “didn’t fit”, mostly Wizardy places concealed in Muggle cities, though the most notable is probably 12 Grimmauld Place.
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### Author:  [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)
#### Post date: [May 29, 2014, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/objects-in-pop-culture-that-are-bigger-on-the-inside/689595/5 "2014-05-29T22:18:35Z")
Harpo Marx’s pockets.
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### Author:  [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)
#### Post date: [May 29, 2014, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/objects-in-pop-culture-that-are-bigger-on-the-inside/689595/6 "2014-05-29T22:20:43Z")
The cinema in \*Magical Mystery Tour \*, which is inside a tiny pup tent.
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### Author:  [@Gordon\_Urquhart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gordon_Urquhart)
#### Post date: [May 29, 2014, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/objects-in-pop-culture-that-are-bigger-on-the-inside/689595/7 "2014-05-29T22:22:51Z")
_House of Leaves_, a novel by Mark Z. Danielewski, features a house that grows bigger on the inside than its exterior dimensions allow.
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### Author:  [@njtt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/njtt)
#### Post date: [May 29, 2014, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/objects-in-pop-culture-that-are-bigger-on-the-inside/689595/8 "2014-05-29T22:30:23Z")
John Malkovich in _Being John Malkovich_.
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### Author:  [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)
#### Post date: [May 29, 2014, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/objects-in-pop-culture-that-are-bigger-on-the-inside/689595/9 "2014-05-29T22:30:31Z")
Tommy Westphall’s snow globe.
Professor Kirke’s wardrobe.
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### Author:  [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)
#### Post date: [May 29, 2014, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/objects-in-pop-culture-that-are-bigger-on-the-inside/689595/10 "2014-05-29T22:33:50Z")
Oscar’s trash can.
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### Author:  [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)
#### Post date: [May 29, 2014, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/objects-in-pop-culture-that-are-bigger-on-the-inside/689595/11 "2014-05-29T22:33:52Z")
Felix the Cat’s bag of tricks.
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### Author:  [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)
#### Post date: [May 29, 2014, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/objects-in-pop-culture-that-are-bigger-on-the-inside/689595/12 "2014-05-29T22:35:10Z")
> [@Casey1505](#):
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> Tommy Westphall’s snow globe.
I like this one a lot.
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### Author:  [@HubZilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HubZilla)
#### Post date: [May 29, 2014, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/objects-in-pop-culture-that-are-bigger-on-the-inside/689595/13 "2014-05-29T22:39:34Z")
Transformers like Jetfire and Astrotrain. They would be about the same size as the others in robot mode, but when transformed into their jet forms, the others could ride inside of them.
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### Author:  [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)
#### Post date: [May 29, 2014, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/objects-in-pop-culture-that-are-bigger-on-the-inside/689595/14 "2014-05-29T22:39:58Z")
The tree occupied by Clothahump (the turtle wizard, not the poster) in Alan Dean Foster’s _[Spellsinger](http://www.amazon.com/Spellsinger-Book-Alan-Dean-Foster/dp/0743498259)_ novels is much larger inside than out, thanks to a hyperdimensional expansion spell. The wizard’s plastron is similarly enhanced, having drawers full of spell components and other things set into it.
> [@Skammer](#):
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> I remember from playing D&D thirty(!) years ago that a _portable hole_ was awfully convenient. Put the hole down on any surface, fill it with your stuff, then pick it up and be on your way.
But don’t put it inside any of your other extradimensional space devices, like your Bag of Holding, Heward’s Handy Haversack, or Belt of Many Pockets (the only extradimensional storage provider endorsed by Rob Liefeld).
> [@Jragon](#):
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> There were quite a few places in Harry Potter that “didn’t fit”, mostly Wizardy places concealed in Muggle cities, though the most notable is probably 12 Grimmauld Place.
I think 12 Grimmauld Place was just concealed, not hidden inside a warped space. The magic hiding it caused the minds of viewers to “stretch” their perceptions of buildings around it to cover its location. Sort of like the way we don’t perceive the [blind spot](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blind_spot_%28vision%29) caused by our optic nerves.
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### Author:  [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)
#### Post date: [May 29, 2014, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/objects-in-pop-culture-that-are-bigger-on-the-inside/689595/15 "2014-05-29T22:41:06Z")
> [@Skammer](#):
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> I remember from playing D&D thirty(!) years ago that a _portable hole_ was awfully convenient. Put the hole down on any surface, fill it with your stuff, then pick it up and be on your way.
A Bag of Holding is another D&D example.
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### Author:  [@Lord\_Mondegreen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Mondegreen)
#### Post date: [May 29, 2014, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/objects-in-pop-culture-that-are-bigger-on-the-inside/689595/16 "2014-05-29T22:48:40Z")
> [@Jragon](#):
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> There were quite a few places in Harry Potter that “didn’t fit”, mostly Wizardy places concealed in Muggle cities, though the most notable is probably 12 Grimmauld Place.
A couple of other Harry Potter ones spring to mind. The Weasleys’ tent at the Quidditch World Cup, and Hermoine’s handbag in “… Deathly Hallows.”
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### Author:  [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)
#### Post date: [May 29, 2014, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/objects-in-pop-culture-that-are-bigger-on-the-inside/689595/17 "2014-05-29T22:55:33Z")
The Galaxy on Orion’s Belt, from _Men in Black_.
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### Author:  [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)
#### Post date: [May 29, 2014, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/objects-in-pop-culture-that-are-bigger-on-the-inside/689595/18 "2014-05-29T23:10:50Z")
The holodecks from _ST:TNG_,\* DS9, \*and _Voyager_.
Jeannie’s bottle from \* I Dream of Jeannie\*
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### Author:  [@Moe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moe)
#### Post date: [May 29, 2014, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/objects-in-pop-culture-that-are-bigger-on-the-inside/689595/19 "2014-05-29T23:12:44Z")
The huge first room in **Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory**.
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### Author:  [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)
#### Post date: [May 29, 2014, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/objects-in-pop-culture-that-are-bigger-on-the-inside/689595/20 "2014-05-29T23:20:42Z")
The house in Heinlein’s “And He Built a Crooked House”, which was a folded tesseract.
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