# 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:** 5
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2014, 7:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/objects-in-pop-culture-that-are-bigger-on-the-inside/689595/81 "2014-06-01T07:58:32Z")
What about that pouch on Batman’s utility belt in “Superfriends”? That’s why he was always prepared. ---
**Author:** ![njtt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecd19e/32.png) [@njtt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/njtt)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2014, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/objects-in-pop-culture-that-are-bigger-on-the-inside/689595/82 "2014-06-01T16:41:18Z")
Wherever it is (pockets?) that you put most of the stuff you carry (but do not wear or “have equipped”) in _Skyrim_ (and similar computer games in which you can accumulate a large inventory). Where your follower carries stuff too, and cupboards, satchels etc. in _Skyrim_ (but not, for some reason, bookcases). ---
**Author:** ![MrKnowItAll](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrknowitall/32/87_2.png) [@MrKnowItAll](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrKnowItAll)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2014, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/objects-in-pop-culture-that-are-bigger-on-the-inside/689595/83 "2014-06-01T19:13:29Z")
The Wardrobe in _The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe_. The Total Perspective Vortex in Adams’ _The Restaurant at the End of the Universe_. ---
**Author:** ![MrKnowItAll](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrknowitall/32/87_2.png) [@MrKnowItAll](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrKnowItAll)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2014, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/objects-in-pop-culture-that-are-bigger-on-the-inside/689595/84 "2014-06-01T19:16:21Z")
Oh! And from Adams’ _The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy_, the planet Magrathea. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2014, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/objects-in-pop-culture-that-are-bigger-on-the-inside/689595/85 "2014-06-01T23:58:54Z")
Kim Kardashian’s vagina? Did anyone mention virtually any clothing that Bugs Bunny would wear? ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2014, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/objects-in-pop-culture-that-are-bigger-on-the-inside/689595/86 "2014-06-02T13:51:13Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > There was a song from the '50s called “She can’t find her keys”, about a guy who’s waiting for his goodnight kiss after a date, but his date can’t find her keys among all the other thins she has in her purse. She eventually pulls out such improbabilities as an army cot, a watermelon, and a fire hydrant, but still no keys. Sung by Paul Peterson who played Jeff on the Donna Reed Show. I just saw the Simpsons rerun that features What’s in Krusty’s Pocket? Great bit. ---
**Author:** ![slitterst](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecc23a/32.png) [@slitterst](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slitterst)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2014, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/objects-in-pop-culture-that-are-bigger-on-the-inside/689595/87 "2014-06-02T14:34:53Z")
> [@Ranger\_Jeff](#): > > In the Discworld universe, there is The Luggage and DEATH’s home. And in one novel there was a cabinet or chest of drawers at the Unseen University that held a lot more than you’d expect. I don’t remember which novel it was, but it was probably in the Wizard series, though it could have been a Witches or Susan Sto Helit story too. The Cabinet of Curiousity was featured in Making Money. It has an infinite number of 14" drawers. Anything removed from a drawer has to be returned within 14 hours. A later poster indicates this is part of Hex. The Cabinet predates Hex, but Ponder Stibbons has found a way to use Hex to catalog and control the Cabinet, which may be part of the confusion. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2014, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/objects-in-pop-culture-that-are-bigger-on-the-inside/689595/88 "2014-06-02T14:39:22Z")
The Jupiter Two in _Lost in Space._ From the outside, it was maybe big (tall) enough for one story; inside, it was two stories and had room for the Crawler and the lander, which were two stories tall. ---
**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:** [June 2, 2014, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/objects-in-pop-culture-that-are-bigger-on-the-inside/689595/89 "2014-06-02T14:39:28Z")
Not sure if it counts as “pop culture” but Harry has something in “Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality” that’s bigger on the inside. A suitcase, I think. ---
**Author:** ![Gedd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gedd/32/4938_2.png) [@Gedd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gedd)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2014, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/objects-in-pop-culture-that-are-bigger-on-the-inside/689595/90 "2014-06-02T15:45:53Z")
On \* Phineas and Feb: Mission Marvel\*, the crossover with Marvel Comics, the brothers show Iron Man, Spider-Man, Thor and Hulk their Secret Hideout for Emergency Defense (SHED) which looks like . . . a shed. Until you go inside. Then it looks like a Stark Industries lab. Ferb (a Brit) claims it’s “just a little British sci-fi technology.” ---
**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:** [June 2, 2014, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/objects-in-pop-culture-that-are-bigger-on-the-inside/689595/91 "2014-06-02T16:28:50Z")
> [@Ethilrist](#): > > The Jupiter Two in _Lost in Space._ From the outside, it was maybe big (tall) enough for one story; inside, it was two stories and had room for the Crawler and the lander, which were two stories tall. I’m glad SOMEBODY else mentions “LiS.” I don’t feel like such a goon. Hold on to your hat: in the 3rd season episode, “The Space Creature,” (spare no expense on titles) the “climax” occurred on the THIRD level–the Power Core (actually their engine room)–they had to take a ladder down 15 feet to get there! Supposedly the Chariot disassembled for storage but you still had to stow it somewhere, but you’re right–there’s no getting around that Space Pod being so large. And if you’re trying to tell me Irwin Allen was employing Hammerspace, well now you’re just being silly. 😃 ---
**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:** [June 2, 2014, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/objects-in-pop-culture-that-are-bigger-on-the-inside/689595/92 "2014-06-02T16:53:45Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > And if you’re trying to tell me Irwin Allen was employing Hammerspace, well now you’re just being silly. 😃 It’s Irwin Allen. He was employing Minnowspace. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2014, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/objects-in-pop-culture-that-are-bigger-on-the-inside/689595/93 "2014-06-02T16:54:40Z")
The Spice Bus in _Spice World._ ---
**Author:** ![Yodalicious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yodalicious/32/8195_2.png) [@Yodalicious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yodalicious)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2014, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/objects-in-pop-culture-that-are-bigger-on-the-inside/689595/94 "2014-06-02T17:08:37Z")
The Force Lightsabers The Millennium Falcon Indian Jones’ whip and hat Doc Brown’s DeLorean The One Ring ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2014, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/objects-in-pop-culture-that-are-bigger-on-the-inside/689595/95 "2014-06-02T17:09:54Z")
Dave’s eyeball in _2001: A Space Odyssey_. ---
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2014, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/objects-in-pop-culture-that-are-bigger-on-the-inside/689595/96 "2014-06-02T17:53:32Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > Also, remember Land of the Lost, the weird 1970s children’s show? There were these pylons that appeared on the outside to be roughly the size of a phone booth but were much bigger inside. And they had these tables on which various stones could be moved to alter the climate and other things. One of my Land of the Lost fanwanks is that all the Pylons shared the **same** interior, which was the same size as the LotL- they were the “inside” and “outside” surfaces of a hypersphere. That presumably you could go from one Pylon to another if you wanted to walk in the dark far enough (or WAS there anything else in there?!?) > [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > The Keeper wanted Will and Penny as specimens. I assume they were supposed to breed. Ick. :dubious: Why not Don and Judy? As I recall the Keeper’s telepathic staff only worked on animals, children, and the incredibly weak-willed and immature Dr. Smith. The Keeper was one of those “so advanced as to consider humans merely clever animals” aliens, until by saving the Keeper’s life the Robinson’s demonstrated moral compunction, which convinced him they were “people” after all. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2014, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/objects-in-pop-culture-that-are-bigger-on-the-inside/689595/97 "2014-06-02T17:56:30Z")
> [@Infovore](#): > > Not sure if it counts as “pop culture” but Harry has something in “Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality” that’s bigger on the inside. A suitcase, I think. Or Hermione’s purse in the final book. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2014, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/objects-in-pop-culture-that-are-bigger-on-the-inside/689595/98 "2014-06-02T17:59:11Z")
**Daddypants** , did you get this mixed up with another thread? I can’t see how any of those qualify. ---
**Author:** ![Gedd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gedd/32/4938_2.png) [@Gedd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gedd)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2014, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/objects-in-pop-culture-that-are-bigger-on-the-inside/689595/99 "2014-06-02T20:36:19Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > **Daddypants** , did you get this mixed up with another thread? I can’t see how any of those qualify. Maybe he didn’t read the full title of the thread? ---
**Author:** ![smithsb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smithsb/32/12107_2.png) [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2014, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/objects-in-pop-culture-that-are-bigger-on-the-inside/689595/100 "2014-06-02T21:02:49Z")
Back to Men in Black. The farmer’s “suit” holding the Bug. Also the locker with miniture world and minions. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/objects-in-pop-culture-that-are-bigger-on-the-inside/689595.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/objects-in-pop-culture-that-are-bigger-on-the-inside/689595.md?page=6)