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** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2H81A3bU68k View it here.]]
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* In ''Film/GetSmart'', Ziegfried kidnaps the chief in this way.
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* In ''Film/GetSmart'', Ziegfried Siegfried kidnaps the chief in this way.
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->''"The magician sealed him in her mystical chamber, waved her hands around and opened the box... the trick was great! Ken was gone."''
-->--'''Becky''', ''Detective Barbie: The Mystery of the Carnival Caper''
-->--'''Becky''', ''Detective Barbie: The Mystery of the Carnival Caper''
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* In one episode of ''Series/PowerRangers'', the original black ranger Zack performed this magic act for some local children. During the act a monster attacked, so Zack had to use the box as cover to teleport out - and made it part of the show.
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* In one episode of ''Series/PowerRangers'', ''Franchise/PowerRangers'', the original black ranger Zack performed this magic act for some local children. During the act a monster attacked, so Zack had to use the box as cover to teleport out - and made it part of the show.
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* Young IndianaJones used one of these to slip past his pursuers in ''Film/TheLastCrusade''.
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* Young IndianaJones Franchise/IndianaJones used one of these to slip past his pursuers in ''Film/TheLastCrusade''.
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* In one episode of ''PowerRangers'', ''Series/PowerRangers'', the original black ranger Zack performed this magic act for some local children. During the act a monster attacked, so Zack had to use the box as cover to teleport out - and made it part of the show.
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* This is Harvey's instant kill move in ''NoMoreHeroes''.
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* This is Harvey's instant kill move in ''NoMoreHeroes''.
''VideoGame/NoMoreHeroes''.
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* ''HeyArnold!'' had Helga participating in a magic act, but decided to ditch Arnold after "disappearing" in his box, imagining what life will be like without her.
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* ''HeyArnold!'' ''WesternAnimation/HeyArnold'' had Helga participating in a magic act, but decided to ditch Arnold after "disappearing" in his box, imagining what life will be like without her.
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* Done in ''MaxAndRuby'' with Max as the volunteer and Ruby as the magician.
* In ''TheFlintstones'', Fred and Barney try the trick out on the wives, who find the trap door and decide to play a trick of their own on the guys and make them think they have really disappeared.
* The ''KingOfTheHill'' episode "Sleight of Hank".
* In ''TheFlintstones'', Fred and Barney try the trick out on the wives, who find the trap door and decide to play a trick of their own on the guys and make them think they have really disappeared.
* The ''KingOfTheHill'' episode "Sleight of Hank".
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* Done in ''MaxAndRuby'' ''WesternAnimation/MaxAndRuby'' with Max as the volunteer and Ruby as the magician.
* In''TheFlintstones'', ''WesternAnimation/TheFlintstones'', Fred and Barney try the trick out on the wives, who find the trap door and decide to play a trick of their own on the guys and make them think they have really disappeared.
* The''KingOfTheHill'' ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill'' episode "Sleight of Hank".
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* A variation is used in ''ABugsLife'' to [[spoiler: get the queen out]]. [[BigBad Hopper]] catches on to it before it works as planned.
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* A variation is used in ''ABugsLife'' ''WesternAnimation/ABugsLife'' to [[spoiler: get the queen out]]. [[BigBad Hopper]] catches on to it before it works as planned.
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* In ''GetSmart'', Ziegfried kidnaps the chief in this way.
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* In ''GetSmart'', ''Film/GetSmart'', Ziegfried kidnaps the chief in this way.
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* Horrifically subverted in ''ThePrestige''. One of the magicians creates a turn that appears to be a disappearing box, but is actually a simple trapdoor [[spoiler:that drowns the original magician straight after [[OpeningACanOfClones cloning]] him to the back of the auditorium to finish the act]].
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* Horrifically subverted Subverted in ''ThePrestige''. One of the magicians creates a turn that appears to be a disappearing box, but is actually a simple trapdoor [[spoiler:that drowns the original magician straight after [[OpeningACanOfClones cloning]] him to the back of the auditorium to finish the act]].
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* Done in ''St. Luminous Mission High School'', after several students have mysteriously vanished.
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* Young IndianaJones used one of these in ''The Last Crusade''.
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* Young IndianaJones used one of these to slip past his pursuers in ''The Last Crusade''.''Film/TheLastCrusade''.
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* Variations are used in ''DamnYankees'' for Joe Boyd's metamorphosis into Joe Hardy at the beginning, and back at the end, sometimes with quick-change costumes, other times with separate actors.
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* The WoodyAllen story "The Kugelmass Episode" has the eponymous character use such a device to be put in the book ''EmmaBovary'' so he can have an affair with her. HilarityEnsues.
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* The WoodyAllen story "The Kugelmass Episode" has the eponymous character use such a device to be put in the book ''EmmaBovary'' ''MadameBovary'' so he can have an affair with her. HilarityEnsues.
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* The WoodyAllen story "The Kugelmass Episode" has the eponymous character use such a device to be put in the book ''EmmaBovary'' so he can have an affair with her. HilarityEnsues.
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* In ''[[{{Pokemon}} Pokémon Jirachi: Wish Maker]]'', the stage magician Butler plays this straight...except for the part where he has his Dusclops destroy the box instead of simply opening it.
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* In ''[[{{Pokemon}} Pokémon Jirachi: Wish Maker]]'', ''Anime/PokemonJirachiWishMaker'', the stage magician Butler plays this straight...except for the part where he has his Dusclops destroy the box instead of simply opening it.
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* ''ArrestedDevelopment'' has the "Aztec Tomb".
* This appears in the ''{{Monk}}'' series episode 108, "Mr. Monk and the Magician".
* This appears in the ''{{Monk}}'' series episode 108, "Mr. Monk and the Magician".
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* ''ArrestedDevelopment'' ''Series/ArrestedDevelopment'' has the "Aztec Tomb".
* This appears in the''{{Monk}}'' ''Series/{{Monk}}'' series episode 108, "Mr. Monk and the Magician".
* This appears in the
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* ''Series/DoctorWho's'' "The Talons of Weng-Chiang": Stage magician Li H'sen Chang uses this in his act, and [[MakeItLookLikeAnAccident tries to murder the Doctor with it]]. It backfires on him badly.
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* ''Series/DoctorWho's'' "The In ''Series/DoctorWho'' serial ''The Talons of Weng-Chiang": Stage Weng-Chiang'', stage magician Li H'sen Chang uses this in his act, and [[MakeItLookLikeAnAccident tries to murder the Doctor with it]]. It backfires on him badly.
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* ''DoctorWho's'' "The Talons of Weng-Chiang": Stage magician Li H'sen Chang uses this in his act, and [[MakeItLookLikeAnAccident tries to murder the Doctor with it]]. It backfires on him badly.
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* ''DoctorWho's'' ''Series/DoctorWho's'' "The Talons of Weng-Chiang": Stage magician Li H'sen Chang uses this in his act, and [[MakeItLookLikeAnAccident tries to murder the Doctor with it]]. It backfires on him badly.
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* In one episode of ''PowerRangers'', the original black ranger Zack performed this magic act for some local children.
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* In one episode of ''PowerRangers'', the original black ranger Zack performed this magic act for some local children. During the act a monster attacked, so Zack had to use the box as cover to teleport out - and made it part of the show.
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* Played with in ''TheTommyknockers''. Hilly Brown's disappearing trick was actually a machine that teleported people to Altair IV, a [[ForbiddenPlanet forbidden planet]].
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* Penn and Teller do a version of the box trick, where Teller is apparently dissembled into his head, legs, and hand. First, they do the trick normally. Then, they use completely transparent boxes to show how it's done. (And, because this is Penn and Teller, the second run through manages to be even more awesome.)
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* Penn {{Penn and Teller Teller}} do a version of the box trick, where Teller is apparently dissembled into his head, legs, and hand. First, they do the trick normally. Then, they use completely transparent boxes to show how it's done. (And, because this is Penn and Teller, the second run through manages to be even more awesome.)
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* In the 90s PC game ''Detective Barbie'', Ken volunteered for the act and left through the trapdoor as usual, but unknown to the magician or the audience, was kidnapped on the other side because he was carrying money the carnival had raised for charity with him onstage. (WhatAnIdiot.)
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* In the 90s PC game ''Detective Barbie'', Ken volunteered for the act and left through the trapdoor as usual, but unknown to the magician or the audience, was kidnapped on the other side because he was carrying money the carnival had raised for charity with him onstage. (WhatAnIdiot.)
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* In ''[[{{Pokemon}} Pokémon Jirachi: Wish Maker]]'', the stage magician Butler plays this straight. Except for the part where he has his Dusclops destroy the box instead of simply opening it.
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* In ''[[{{Pokemon}} Pokémon Jirachi: Wish Maker]]'', the stage magician Butler plays this straight. Except straight...except for the part where he has his Dusclops destroy the box instead of simply opening it.
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[[AC: Theater]]
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[[AC: Theater]]{{Theater}}]]
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* Penn and Teller do a version of the box trick, where Teller is apparently dissembled into his head, legs, and hand. First, they do the trick normally. Then, they use completely transparent boxes to show how it's done. (And, because this is Penn and Teller, the second run through manages to be even more awesome.)
* Penn and Teller do a version of the box trick, where Teller is apparently dissembled into his head, legs, and hand. First, they do the trick normally. Then, they use completely transparent boxes to show how it's done. (And, because this is Penn and Teller, the second run through manages to be even more awesome.)
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* ''DoctorWho's'' "The Talons of Weng-Chiang": Stage magician Li H'sen Chang uses this in his act.
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* ''DoctorWho's'' "The Talons of Weng-Chiang": Stage magician Li H'sen Chang uses this in his act.act, and [[MakeItLookLikeAnAccident tries to murder the Doctor with it]]. It backfires on him badly.
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A RunningGag in this trope is that the person either escapes or doesn't know how to get back in, leaving the magician flabbergasted and the audience booing. Sometimes, a curtain will be used instead if the subject is bigger.
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A RunningGag in this trope is that the person either escapes or doesn't know how to get back in, leaving the magician flabbergasted and the audience booing. For a more dramatic twist, instead of the volunteer reappearing alive and well, the magician opens the box and a corpse falls out. Sometimes, a curtain will be used instead if the subject is bigger.
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* ArrestedDevelopment has the "Aztec Tomb".
* This appears in the Monk series episode 108, Mr. Monk and the Magician.
* This appears in the Monk series episode 108, Mr. Monk and the Magician.
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* ArrestedDevelopment ''ArrestedDevelopment'' has the "Aztec Tomb".
* This appears in theMonk ''{{Monk}}'' series episode 108, Mr. "Mr. Monk and the Magician.Magician".
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* Played with in an episode of Matlock. The lovely assistant goes in and disappears...only to replaced by the corpse of the magicians scumbag manager.
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* Played with in an episode of Matlock.''{{Matlock}}''. The lovely assistant goes in and disappears...only to replaced by the corpse of the magicians magician's scumbag manager.
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* Featured in the magician's act in ''[[{{Cranford}} Return to Cranford]]'', with a heartwarming twist.
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* In ''[[{{Pokemon}} Pokémon Jirachi: Wish Maker]]'', a stage magician plays this straight. Except for the part where he has his Dusclops destroy the box instead of simply opening it.
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* In ''[[{{Pokemon}} Pokémon Jirachi: Wish Maker]]'', a the stage magician Butler plays this straight. Except for the part where he has his Dusclops destroy the box instead of simply opening it.
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* In ''[[{{Pokemon}} Pokémon: Jirachi: Wish Maker]]'', a stage magician plays this straight. Except for the part where he has his Dusclops destroy the box instead of simply opening it.
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* In ''[[{{Pokemon}} Pokémon: Pokémon Jirachi: Wish Maker]]'', a stage magician plays this straight. Except for the part where he has his Dusclops destroy the box instead of simply opening it.
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* In one of the ''[[{{Pokemon}} Pokémon]]'' movies, a stage magician plays this straight. Except for the part where he has his Dusklops destroy the box instead of simply opening it.
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* In one of the ''[[{{Pokemon}} Pokémon]]'' movies, Pokémon: Jirachi: Wish Maker]]'', a stage magician plays this straight. Except for the part where he has his Dusklops Dusclops destroy the box instead of simply opening it.
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* The ''KingOfTheHill'' episode "Sleight of Hank".
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* ''KamenRiderDouble'' had an arc centering around a magician who used a [[TransformationTrinket Gaia Memory]] to turn invisible and pull off this trick; the main conflict came because she didn't want to give it up, and [[CompleteMonster Isaka]] wanted it to kill her in order to "mature" so he could add its power to his own.
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A magician asks for a volunteer in the audience or uses his assistant to place him or her in a regular cabinet. He then closes the cabinet, waves his wand to tap the box, opens it to reveal [[WaitWhatWhoa that the person is gone]]! It is believed that there is a trap door or a hidden exit in the box to make it all an illusion.
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A magician asks for a volunteer in the audience or uses his assistant to place him or her in a regular cabinet. He then closes the cabinet, waves his wand to tap the box, opens it to reveal [[WaitWhatWhoa that the person is gone]]! gone! It is believed that there is a trap door or a hidden exit in the box to make it all an illusion.
