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* Your spaceship hub of ''VideoGame/LittleBigPlanet'' is made of cardboard.
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* The trope picture. If you fail to meet a payment deadline in ''VideoGame/{{Recettear}}'', you will be shown a scene where [[ItsAWonderfulFailure Recette gets kicked out of her home]], and the next screen shows a cardboard box labeled "Recette's House". Then she wakes up and realizes it was AllJustADream, and you can try again.
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* The trope picture. If you fail to meet a payment deadline in ''VideoGame/{{Recettear}}'', you will be shown a scene where [[ItsAWonderfulFailure Recette gets kicked out of her home]], and the next screen shows a cardboard box labeled "Recette's House". Then she wakes up and realizes it was AllJustADream, and you can try again.
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* This is parodied by ''TheAustinLoungeLizards'' in the song "Love In a Refrigerator Box".
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* This is parodied by ''TheAustinLoungeLizards'' ''Music/TheAustinLoungeLizards'' in the song "Love In a Refrigerator Box".
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* ''TheMaxx'' used to live in a cardboard box until Julie took him in.
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* ''TheMaxx'' ''ComicBook/TheMaxx'' used to live in a cardboard box until Julie took him in.
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* An ImagineSpot that happens during an episode of ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales'' ("[[Recap/DuckTalesS1E20DownAndOutInDuckburg Down and Out in Duckburg]]") where, long story short, UncleScrooge was broke, he imagines a parody of 'Lifestyles of the Rich And Famous' which focused on him living on the street and his cardboard house, which his butler tried to maintain spick-span (and an OverlyLongGag of him continuously answering to the reporter, in a somewhat-exasperated tone, that there was nothing else but cardboard involved in the house's construction).
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* An ImagineSpot that happens during an episode of ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales'' ("[[Recap/DuckTalesS1E20DownAndOutInDuckburg Down ([[Recap/DuckTalesS1E20DownAndOutInDuckburg "Down and Out in Duckburg]]") Duckburg"]]) where, long story short, UncleScrooge Uncle Scrooge was broke, he imagines a parody of 'Lifestyles ''Lifestyles of the Rich And Famous' and Famous'' which focused on him living on the street and his cardboard house, which his butler tried to maintain spick-span (and an OverlyLongGag of him continuously answering to the reporter, in a somewhat-exasperated tone, that there was nothing else but cardboard involved in the house's construction).
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* ''Webcomic/NanasEverydayLife'' has Nana living in a cardboard box.
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* ''[[http://manga.clone-army.org/nana.php?page=21 Nana's Everyday Life]]''.
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* Taken up to eleven in ''WesternAnimation/{{Frisky Dingo}}'', where Xander Crews runs a *homeless outreach centre* out of a couple of cardboard boxes.
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* Taken up to eleven in ''WesternAnimation/{{Frisky Dingo}}'', where Xander Crews runs a *homeless outreach centre* out of a couple of cardboard boxes. boxes in one episode...until he shoots his employee of the month with a flare gun and almost kills her. ("How's THAT for snacktime?!")
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* Taken [[UpToEleven/UpToEleven]] in ''WesternAnimation/{{Frisky Dingo}}'', where Xander Crews runs a *homeless outreach centre* out of a couple of cardboard boxes.
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* Taken [[UpToEleven/UpToEleven]] up to eleven in ''WesternAnimation/{{Frisky Dingo}}'', where Xander Crews runs a *homeless outreach centre* out of a couple of cardboard boxes.
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* Taken [[UpToEleven]] in ''WesternAnimation/{{Frisky Dingo}}'', where Xander Crews runs a *homeless outreach centre* out of a couple of cardboard boxes.
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* Taken [[UpToEleven]] [[UpToEleven/UpToEleven]] in ''WesternAnimation/{{Frisky Dingo}}'', where Xander Crews runs a *homeless outreach centre* out of a couple of cardboard boxes.
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* Taken [[UpToEleven]] in ''WesternAnimation/{{Frisky Dingo}}'', where Xander Crews runs a *homeless outreach centre* out of a couple of cardboard boxes.
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* In ''ThereWillBeBrawl,'' Solid Snake of ''VideoGame/MetalGear'', CanonImmigrant, is an insane hobo living in a cardboard box. This is a MythologyGag, in reference to both the games (where a silly mechanic allows you to hide in a box) and ''Film/EscapeFromNewYork''.
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* In ''ThereWillBeBrawl,'' Solid Snake of ''VideoGame/MetalGear'', ''Franchse/MetalGear'', CanonImmigrant, is an insane hobo living in a cardboard box. This is a MythologyGag, in reference to both the games (where a silly mechanic allows you to hide in a box) and ''Film/EscapeFromNewYork''.
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* An ImagineSpot that happens during an episode of ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales'' where, long story short, UncleScrooge was broke, he imagines a parody of 'Lifestyles of the Rich And Famous' which focused on him living on the street and his cardboard house, which his butler tried to maintain spick-span (and an OverlyLongGag of him continuously answering to the reporter, in a somewhat-exasperated tone, that there was nothing else but cardboard involved in the house's construction).
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* An ImagineSpot that happens during an episode of ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales'' ("[[Recap/DuckTalesS1E20DownAndOutInDuckburg Down and Out in Duckburg]]") where, long story short, UncleScrooge was broke, he imagines a parody of 'Lifestyles of the Rich And Famous' which focused on him living on the street and his cardboard house, which his butler tried to maintain spick-span (and an OverlyLongGag of him continuously answering to the reporter, in a somewhat-exasperated tone, that there was nothing else but cardboard involved in the house's construction).
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* ''Wiki/SCPFoundation: [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-647 SCP-647]] is a living cardboard box that disguises itself as one of these to lure vagrants inside, after which it closes itself and digests them. If it's gone long enough without eating, it will add blankets, food, and liquor to the disguise to make itself even more attractive to them.
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* ''Wiki/SCPFoundation: [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-647 SCP-647]] is a living cardboard box that disguises itself as one of these [[InvokedTrope invokes this trope]] to lure vagrants inside, after which it closes itself and digests them. If it's gone long enough without eating, it will add blankets, food, and liquor to the disguise to make itself even more attractive to them.
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* ''Wiki/SCPFoundation: [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-647 SCP-647]] is a living cardboard box that disguises itself as one of these to lure vagrants inside, after which it closes itself and digests them. If it's gone long enough without eating, it will add blankets, food, and liquor to the disguise to make itself even more attractive to them.
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* One episode of ''WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures'' is a parody of ''Film/CitizenKane'', which has a scene where Montana Max is shown to live in a cardboard box until his family wins the lottery.
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* One episode of ''WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures'' is a parody of ''Film/CitizenKane'', which has a scene where Montana Max is shown to live in a cardboard box until his family wins the lottery. lottery.
** Furrball lives inside a cardboard box whenever he's not an unfortunate pet of [[Main/AndCallHimGeorge Elmyra Duff]].
** Furrball lives inside a cardboard box whenever he's not an unfortunate pet of [[Main/AndCallHimGeorge Elmyra Duff]].
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* Parodied in an Indonesian [[SketchComedy sketch show]]. it shows a homeless person who lives in a mansion, made out of cardboards.
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* On ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'', Fry asks if fridges still come in cardboard boxes (after being thrown out of the planet express office, where he'd been living since being unfrozen). Bender says yes, "but the rents are outrageous."
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* If you fail to meet a payment deadline in ''VideoGame/{{Recettear}}'', you will be shown a scene where [[ItsAWonderfulFailure Recette gets kicked out of her home]], and the next screen shows a cardboard box labeled "Recette's House". Then she wakes up and realizes it was AllJustADream, and you can try again.
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* The trope picture. If you fail to meet a payment deadline in ''VideoGame/{{Recettear}}'', you will be shown a scene where [[ItsAWonderfulFailure Recette gets kicked out of her home]], and the next screen shows a cardboard box labeled "Recette's House". Then she wakes up and realizes it was AllJustADream, and you can try again.
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* An ImagineSpot that happens during an episode of ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales'' where, long story short, UncleScrooge was broke, he imagines a parody of 'Lifestyles of the Rich And Famous' which focused on him living on the street and his cardboard house, which his butler tried to maintain spick-span (and an OverlyLongGag of him continuously answering to the reporter, in a somewhat-exasperated tone, that there was nothing else but cardboard involved in the house's construction).
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* An ImagineSpot that happens during an episode of ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales'' where, long story short, UncleScrooge was broke, he imagines a parody of 'Lifestyles of the Rich And Famous' which focused on him living on the street and his cardboard house, which his butler tried to maintain spick-span (and an OverlyLongGag of him continuously answering to the reporter, in a somewhat-exasperated tone, that there was nothing else but cardboard involved in the house's construction). construction).
* The kids' two-story, multi-room fort in ''WesternAnimation/BobsBurgers'' episode "Fort Night".
* The kids' two-story, multi-room fort in ''WesternAnimation/BobsBurgers'' episode "Fort Night".
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* One episode of ''Series/{{Scrubs}}'' saw JD on a date trying to impress a girl. First he ran over an opossum and took it to the vet. As they pulled out of their parking spot at the animal hospital, he ran over a homeless man in a cardboard box. [[FromBadToWorse It got worse from there]].
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* One episode of ''Series/{{Scrubs}}'' saw JD on a date trying to impress a girl. First he ran over an opossum and took it to the vet. As they pulled out of their parking spot at the animal hospital, he ran over a homeless man in a cardboard box. [[FromBadToWorse It got worse from there]].there]].
* A recurring ''Series/InLivingColor'' sketch, "This Old Box" (a parody of the [=DIY=] series ''This Old House''), featured Damon Wayans as a homeless man showing viewers how to renovate one's cardboard box.
* A recurring ''Series/InLivingColor'' sketch, "This Old Box" (a parody of the [=DIY=] series ''This Old House''), featured Damon Wayans as a homeless man showing viewers how to renovate one's cardboard box.
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* On ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'', Fry asks if the homeless still use boxes to live in. Bender says yes, "but the rents are outrageous."
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* A homeless man is found dead from an overdose in a refrigerator box in ''L.A. Zombie''. It is ''way'' BiggerOnTheInside.
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Homes can be made from all kinds of materials, from straw, to wood, to brick. But some people can't afford anything fancy like that and they have to make do with cardboard.
A character who has to improvise a shelter from a cardboard box is still effectively homeless, but technically speaking, it is a "home". If this trope gets PlayedForLaughs, its owner will treat it with the same dignity and respect commanded by an actual home (maybe even a BigFancyHouse), and expect any visitors to do the same.
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* ''TheMaxx'' used to live in a cardboard box until Julie took him in.
* In ''Comicbook/{{Spawn}}'', the hero of the title was homeless and lived with other homeless bums, some of whom, were depicted as living in a cardboard box.
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* One of Blackletter's first victims in ''Literature/DocSidhe'' lives a refrigerator box. A paragraph or so is devoted to how comfortable it is and he considers himself lucky to have secured it.
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* Multiple episodes of ''Series/LawAndOrder'' deal with the homeless, some of who live in the "traditional" cardboard box.
* One episode of ''Series/{{Scrubs}}'' saw JD on a date trying to impress a girl. First he ran over an opossum and took it to the vet. As they pulled out of their parking spot at the animal hospital, he ran over a homeless man in a cardboard box. [[FromBadToWorse It got worse from there]].
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* This is parodied by ''TheAustinLoungeLizards'' in the song "Love In a Refrigerator Box".
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* If you fail to meet a payment deadline in ''VideoGame/{{Recettear}}'', you will be shown a scene where [[ItsAWonderfulFailure Recette gets kicked out of her home]], and the next screen shows a cardboard box labeled "Recette's House". Then she wakes up and realizes it was AllJustADream, and you can try again.
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* In ''ThereWillBeBrawl,'' Solid Snake of ''VideoGame/MetalGear'', CanonImmigrant, is an insane hobo living in a cardboard box. This is a MythologyGag, in reference to both the games (where a silly mechanic allows you to hide in a box) and ''Film/EscapeFromNewYork''.
* Chester A. Bum of ''WebVideo/BumReviews'' lives in a box, and once sued someone for a better box.
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* One episode of ''WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures'' is a parody of ''Film/CitizenKane'', which has a scene where Montana Max is shown to live in a cardboard box until his family wins the lottery.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/MissionHill'' episode "Happy Birthday, Kevin (or Happy Birthday, Douchebag)", Kevin accidentally bumps into a cardboard box on the sidewalk and a homeless man jumps out of it.
-->'''Homeless Man''': Hey! You smashed my porch! That is a fine, expensive porch! Pay me! Hey, pay me, yuppie man! Hey hey, I'm talkin' to you!
* In the ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'' episode "Can You Spare A Dime?", a homeless Squidward is living in a cardboard box. That is, until the repo man comes to repossess it.
* On ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'', Fry asks if the homeless still use boxes to live in. Bender says yes, "but the rents are outrageous."
* An ImagineSpot that happens during an episode of ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales'' where, long story short, UncleScrooge was broke, he imagines a parody of 'Lifestyles of the Rich And Famous' which focused on him living on the street and his cardboard house, which his butler tried to maintain spick-span (and an OverlyLongGag of him continuously answering to the reporter, in a somewhat-exasperated tone, that there was nothing else but cardboard involved in the house's construction).
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A character who has to improvise a shelter from a cardboard box is still effectively homeless, but technically speaking, it is a "home". If this trope gets PlayedForLaughs, its owner will treat it with the same dignity and respect commanded by an actual home (maybe even a BigFancyHouse), and expect any visitors to do the same.
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* ''TheMaxx'' used to live in a cardboard box until Julie took him in.
* In ''Comicbook/{{Spawn}}'', the hero of the title was homeless and lived with other homeless bums, some of whom, were depicted as living in a cardboard box.
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* One of Blackletter's first victims in ''Literature/DocSidhe'' lives a refrigerator box. A paragraph or so is devoted to how comfortable it is and he considers himself lucky to have secured it.
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[[folder:Live Action TV]]
* Multiple episodes of ''Series/LawAndOrder'' deal with the homeless, some of who live in the "traditional" cardboard box.
* One episode of ''Series/{{Scrubs}}'' saw JD on a date trying to impress a girl. First he ran over an opossum and took it to the vet. As they pulled out of their parking spot at the animal hospital, he ran over a homeless man in a cardboard box. [[FromBadToWorse It got worse from there]].
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* This is parodied by ''TheAustinLoungeLizards'' in the song "Love In a Refrigerator Box".
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* If you fail to meet a payment deadline in ''VideoGame/{{Recettear}}'', you will be shown a scene where [[ItsAWonderfulFailure Recette gets kicked out of her home]], and the next screen shows a cardboard box labeled "Recette's House". Then she wakes up and realizes it was AllJustADream, and you can try again.
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* In ''ThereWillBeBrawl,'' Solid Snake of ''VideoGame/MetalGear'', CanonImmigrant, is an insane hobo living in a cardboard box. This is a MythologyGag, in reference to both the games (where a silly mechanic allows you to hide in a box) and ''Film/EscapeFromNewYork''.
* Chester A. Bum of ''WebVideo/BumReviews'' lives in a box, and once sued someone for a better box.
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* One episode of ''WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures'' is a parody of ''Film/CitizenKane'', which has a scene where Montana Max is shown to live in a cardboard box until his family wins the lottery.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/MissionHill'' episode "Happy Birthday, Kevin (or Happy Birthday, Douchebag)", Kevin accidentally bumps into a cardboard box on the sidewalk and a homeless man jumps out of it.
-->'''Homeless Man''': Hey! You smashed my porch! That is a fine, expensive porch! Pay me! Hey, pay me, yuppie man! Hey hey, I'm talkin' to you!
* In the ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'' episode "Can You Spare A Dime?", a homeless Squidward is living in a cardboard box. That is, until the repo man comes to repossess it.
* On ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'', Fry asks if the homeless still use boxes to live in. Bender says yes, "but the rents are outrageous."
* An ImagineSpot that happens during an episode of ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales'' where, long story short, UncleScrooge was broke, he imagines a parody of 'Lifestyles of the Rich And Famous' which focused on him living on the street and his cardboard house, which his butler tried to maintain spick-span (and an OverlyLongGag of him continuously answering to the reporter, in a somewhat-exasperated tone, that there was nothing else but cardboard involved in the house's construction).
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