# Objects in pop culture that are bigger on the inside **URL:** \ **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")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Quercus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/7ab992/32.png) [@Quercus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quercus)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2014, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/objects-in-pop-culture-that-are-bigger-on-the-inside/689595/61 "2014-05-30T16:08:32Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > Any backpack/loot bag in almost every video game ever. And of course, 50% of the monsters in every video RPG ever. You know, the two-foot long rat that somehow drops a ten-foot pike when it dies. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2014, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/objects-in-pop-culture-that-are-bigger-on-the-inside/689595/62 "2014-05-30T16:20:55Z")
The backpack/briefcase in _[Ultraviolet](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0370032/)_ and many objects in _[Equilibrium](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0238380/)_, both by the same director (possibly set in the same universe?). ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2014, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/objects-in-pop-culture-that-are-bigger-on-the-inside/689595/63 "2014-05-30T16:55:32Z")
There’s also the coats/pants/underwear/whatever of the various immortals in the “Highlander” movies and TV show…how else are they gonna hide those big long swords until they need them? ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2014, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/objects-in-pop-culture-that-are-bigger-on-the-inside/689595/64 "2014-05-30T17:40:07Z")
The steamer trunks in _Joe Versus the Volcano._ ---
**Author:** ![robert\_columbia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e79b87/32.png) [@robert\_columbia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robert_columbia)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2014, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/objects-in-pop-culture-that-are-bigger-on-the-inside/689595/65 "2014-05-30T18:39:06Z")
Several objects on various incarnations of Star Trek have hyperspace pockets or other related phenomena inside. Iirc in ENT there was a derelict spacecraft found that was bigger on the inside. The Bajoran Wormhole in DS9 may also be a contender as one episode established that it had a habitable area inside with a solid surface and an oxygen atmosphere. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2014, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/objects-in-pop-culture-that-are-bigger-on-the-inside/689595/66 "2014-05-30T22:50:52Z")
The hold of the SS Minnow. All the non-bamboo stuff they had… ---
**Author:** ![Saintly\_Loser](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saintly_loser/32/4045_2.png) [@Saintly\_Loser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saintly_Loser)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2014, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/objects-in-pop-culture-that-are-bigger-on-the-inside/689595/67 "2014-05-31T01:08:54Z")
The magazine of just about any firearm in any action movie ever filmed. They _look_ from the outside like they could only hold ten rounds or whatever is supposed to fit in them, but clearly the inside space is bigger than the outside dimensions, because they have twenty or thirty or apparently infinite rounds inside. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2014, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/objects-in-pop-culture-that-are-bigger-on-the-inside/689595/68 "2014-05-31T01:27:06Z")
A two-part episode of the first season of “Lost in Space” had Michael (“The Day The Earth Stood Still”) Rennie playing an inter-stellar zoo keeper. The inside of his ship went on for miles in every direction to hold the “thousands” of animals he collected from all over the universe. Of course, Dr. Smith, in trying to steal the ship to return to Earth, sets all the animals loose. In typical cheapjack Irwin Allen fashion, the first six or seven creatures to appear (which have all made appearances in previous episodes), would run around the back of the ship and stomp on through a bunch more times, then they would run the footage eight or nine times. The Keeper wanted Will and Penny as specimens. I assume they were supposed to breed. Ick. :dubious: Why not Don and Judy? ---
**Author:** ![njtt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecd19e/32.png) [@njtt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/njtt)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2014, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/objects-in-pop-culture-that-are-bigger-on-the-inside/689595/69 "2014-05-31T01:29:05Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > It may be worth mentioning the related phenomenon of [hammerspace.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hammerspace) It has been suggested that some of these objects appear to have infinite capacity because they offer access to hammerspace. This is a relativistic effect, due to its 4th dimension being hammertime. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2014, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/objects-in-pop-culture-that-are-bigger-on-the-inside/689595/70 "2014-05-31T01:47:17Z")
> [@njtt](#): > > This is a relativistic effect, due to its 4th dimension being hammertime. 😉 STOP! ---
**Author:** ![Reeses\_Monkey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reeses_monkey/32/2885_2.png) [@Reeses\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeses_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2014, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/objects-in-pop-culture-that-are-bigger-on-the-inside/689595/71 "2014-05-31T01:57:41Z")
nm…Ninjaed by slow connection ---
**Author:** ![That\_Don\_Guy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/that_don_guy/32/538_2.png) [@That\_Don\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/That_Don_Guy)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2014, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/objects-in-pop-culture-that-are-bigger-on-the-inside/689595/72 "2014-05-31T02:26:22Z")
> [@Don\_Draper](#): > > 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. This is explained in one of the TV specials; all of Snoopy’s stuff in his doghouse is underground. > [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](#): > > The hold of the SS Minnow. > > All the non-bamboo stuff they had… Actually, the ship’s hold was quite large, based on the pictures (especially from the earliest episodes), and quite a bit of the non-bamboo stuff wasn’t on the boat but washed ashore separately. ---
**Author:** ![kjckjc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e36b37/32.png) [@kjckjc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kjckjc)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2014, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/objects-in-pop-culture-that-are-bigger-on-the-inside/689595/73 "2014-05-31T02:46:04Z")
Sport Billy’s Omni-Sack I was a child of the 80’s ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2014, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/objects-in-pop-culture-that-are-bigger-on-the-inside/689595/74 "2014-05-31T02:47:12Z")
> [@njtt](#): > > This is a relativistic effect, due to its 4th dimension being hammertime. 😉 I understand. Hammertime must be infinite, since seems like it will never end. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2014, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/objects-in-pop-culture-that-are-bigger-on-the-inside/689595/75 "2014-05-31T04:19:35Z")
The girl’s apartment in _Friends_ ---
**Author:** ![Enigma42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/87869e/32.png) [@Enigma42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enigma42)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2014, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/objects-in-pop-culture-that-are-bigger-on-the-inside/689595/76 "2014-05-31T18:30:46Z")
> [@Don\_Draper](#): > > 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. Also, Ruff’s doghouse from the PBS Kids series, “Fetch! with Ruff Ruffman”. Currently my daughter’s favorite show of all time. Too bad it got cancelled. . . Anyway, the inside of his doghouse is quite spacious and includes a large desk, recliner, super computer, etc. ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2014, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/objects-in-pop-culture-that-are-bigger-on-the-inside/689595/77 "2014-05-31T19:49:43Z")
> [@That\_Don\_Guy](#): > > Actually, the ship’s hold was quite large, based on the pictures (especially from the earliest episodes), and quite a bit of the non-bamboo stuff wasn’t on the boat but washed ashore separately. I want to know when they had time to build “the costume hut.” ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2014, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/objects-in-pop-culture-that-are-bigger-on-the-inside/689595/78 "2014-05-31T19:59:59Z")
How about Howl’s Moving Castle? Not only was it bigger on the inside but it was also in multiple places … I think … okay, it had me quite confused, actually. ---
**Author:** ![Sr\_Siete](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6de8d8/32.png) [@Sr\_Siete](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sr_Siete)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2014, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/objects-in-pop-culture-that-are-bigger-on-the-inside/689595/79 "2014-05-31T20:27:31Z")
[Cloak](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloak_and_Dagger_(comics))’s cloak. ---
**Author:** ![furryman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/furryman/32/99_2.png) [@furryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furryman)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2014, 7:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/objects-in-pop-culture-that-are-bigger-on-the-inside/689595/80 "2014-06-01T07:07:30Z")
Stan Laurel did the bottomless pocket thing years before Harpo, although he usually used a lunchbox. There was a character on the cartoon Penelope Pitstop named Pockets. Rico from the Penguins of Madigasgar. Shinichi Wantanabe’s hair on Excel Saga. Bo Bo Bo’s hair on Bo Bo Bo. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/objects-in-pop-culture-that-are-bigger-on-the-inside/689595.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/objects-in-pop-culture-that-are-bigger-on-the-inside/689595.md?page=5)