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* Elliot Morgan and, during the early days, [[{{The Philip DeFranco Show}} Philip DeFranco]], are both significantly taller than the other members of {{SourceFed}}, so everyone else has to stand on an apple box in order to look similar heights.

* Some movies used tricks to make the already 6'5" MichaelClarkeDuncan look superhumanly tall.

* The UK bus-side poster for ''Four Christmases'' has Reese Witherspoon visibly standing on a box, as she's a foot shorter than her co-star Vince Vaughn, who is... really damn tall.

* In ''Film/InTime'' Creator/AmandaSeyfried (5'3) is paired up with JustinTimberlake (6'1). Rather than use a box or use perspective shots to try and hide the height difference the filmakers decided to make it part of the character and Seyfried is never seen without a pair of very distinctive towering purple high heels.
* MarlonBrando is always shown from the waist up in ''Film/ApocalypseNow'' to seem like the 6'6" Kurtz described in ''Literature/HeartOfDarkness''.
* MileyCyrus is about 5'6, but her love interest in ''TheLastSong'' was played by Liam Hemsworth, who is 6'3, so this technique had to be used on occasion and it can be clearly seen in outtakes from the movie's promoshoot like [[http://heart-miley.com/gallery/albums/last%20song%20photoshoot/01_%2813%29.jpg this one]].
* Used in at least one of the ''DirtyHarry'' films due to Clint Eastwood's height.
* Inverted in ''JudgeDredd'', where it's to make Sylvester Stallone tower over the young recruits.
* In ''Film/TheDarkKnightRises'', Tom Hardy needed three inch heels to be able to look ChristianBale in the eye, since having Bane be shorter than Batman would severely undermine the dynamic of the characters.
* Inverted in ThePhantomMenace; the set designers had to spend an extra $150,000 adjusting some of the sets to accommodate LiamNeeson's 6'4 height without making the wise mentor figure look ridiculously oversized in some of the confined spaces.
* RobertDowneyJr is 5'7" and had to wear some [[http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m5rhng82mG1qgbq82.jpg truly impressive]] high heels while filming ''Film/IronMan'' and ''Film/TheAvengers'', since he spent most of the films sharing the screen with ChrisHemsworth, ChrisEvans and Gwyneth Paltrow (his love interest in all three films) and all three tower over him.

* In earliest seasons of ''That70sShow'', the scenes where the 15-year old MilaKunis (Jackie) and LauraPrepon (Donna) talked alone had either to portray them sitting, or to have Mila wearing platform heels. Not quite a box, but very close.
* Allison Mack (5'5[=''=]) from ''{{Smallville}}'' admits to using either a crate, or a lifted "alley board" so she doesn't look short against "ostentatiously tall" Tom Welling (6'3[=''=]). It is the only way they could [[http://25.media.tumblr.com/f1a0907e3048e8000b1ba9c287a3c6e9/tumblr_mlujscjuqf1snvqpxo1_1280.png hug naturally with the 10 inches difference]].

** During JohnBarrowman's first five episodes, BilliePiper had to stand on a box whenever she was in a scene with him since he is seven inches taller than her. This is an unusual example given that that JohnBarrowman and Creator/ChristopherEccleston are the exact same height, and she never did so with the latter. It probably has to do with the mystique of the Doctor.
** Used InUniverse in the Christmas special "Voyage of the Damned," where Music/KylieMinogue's character stands on a box to kiss DavidTennant. It's PlayedForLaughs.

* The [[ProfessionalWrestling WWF's]] AndreTheGiant frequently employed a crate during backstage interviews; he was already incredibly tall and large, but this served to make him truly tower over the interviewer. Sadly, the condition that caused his large size ultimately led to his early death.

* During an event where speeches were given by BarackObama and [[TheNapoleon Nicolas Sarkozy]], several pictures were taken from the side, revealing the... vertically challenged French president had stood on a box, presumably because he wouldn't have reached the microphone – set up for the 6'1" Obama – otherwise. Sarkozy, who is 5'5"[[hottip:*: That's an inch ''shorter'' than the actual historical Napoleon, folks!]], even needs one of these when pictured with his own wife, an ex-supermodel.

* Referenced humorously in the ''Celebrity {{Series/Jeopardy}}'' episode of February 9th 2001, on which SethGreen was a contestant.

Named for a special box from the production of ''Series/{{The X-Files}}''. Gillian Anderson was [[OneHeadTaller much shorter]] than David Duchovny. Consequently, to keep Scully and Mulder on roughly the same plane while shooting them together, they developed a special box for her to stand on. Unlike the traditional movie apple box or trench, a Scully Box can be stacked up, or laid out in a runway. It's very versatile, and used to accommodate large height differences between cast members.

* Required quite often on ''{{Series/Heroes}}'' whenever HaydenPanettiere and KristenBell, who are both 5'1", share scenes with ZacharyQuinto, who is 6'3".

* Used in-universe in ''Veep'', where the Vice President's assistant has a folding stepping stool in his bag for her to use during speeches when the lectern is too tall. This is understandable, given that the actress, Julia Louis Dreyfus, is 5'3.
* Averted in ''JeevesAndWooster'' by hiring extra tall supporting actors and actresses to work alongside the quite tall Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie.

** That's not all--all of the props were especially made to fit his size.

** This was mostly when his co-stars like Ben Affleck or David Morse were almost equally tall or even taller. A 6'5" man doesn't look impressive next to a 6"4" man.

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* In ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'', both Katie Cassidy (5'7") and Genevieve Cortese (5'4") played the demon Ruby. Since almost all of their screen time was spent in the company of the 6'4" JaredPadalecki and 6'1" JensenAckles, tall, spiky heels became a standard of Ruby's wardrobe from the get go. Katie Cassidy has stated these caused her to lose her balance on more than one occasion.

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* Elliot Morgan and, during the early days, [[{{The Philip DeFranco Show}} Philip DeFranco]], are both significantly taller than the other members of {{SourceFed}}, so everyone else has to stand on an apple box in order to look similar heights.
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* In ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory'', since Woody was actually much taller than Buzz, in scenes when they had to talk with each-other but their feet wouldn't be in the frame, the animators would actually have Woody's legs dangling ''below'' the ground. They called it "Ditching".

* When ''{{Drowtales}}'' released its 14th chapter [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?sid=5323 the cover]] showed Ariel and Chirinide standing back to back and at even heights, even though other [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?sid=5252 pages]] show that Ariel is about a head shorter. The joke naturally became that she's standing on a stump, or in one piece of fanart, [[{{Jerkass}} Rikshakar]].

* RobertDowneyJr is 5'7" and had to wear some [[http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m5rhng82mG1qgbq82.jpg truly impressive]] high heels while filming ''Film/IronMan'' and ''Film/TheAvengers'', since he spent most of the films sharing the screen with ChrisHemsworth, ChrisEvans and GwynethPaltrow (his love interest in all three films) and all three tower over him.

* RobertDowneyJr had to wear some [[http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m5rhng82mG1qgbq82.jpg truly impressive]] high heels while filming ''Film/IronMan'' and ''Film/TheAvengers'', since he spent most of the films sharing the screen with ChrisHemsworth, ChrisEvans and GwenethPaltrow (his love interest in all three films) and all three tower over him.

* RobertDowneyJr had to wear some [[http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m5rhng82mG1qgbq82.jpg truly impressive]] high heels while filming ''Film/IronMan'' and ''Film/TheAvengers''.

** According to Richard Speight ,(Gabriel) he had to use ''four'' of these while sharing a scene with Jared and Jensen. Without them, he wasn't even in the frame.

* In ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory'', since Woody was actually much taller than Buzz, in scenes when they had to talk with each-other but their feet wouldn't be in the frame. the animators would actually have Woody's legs dangling BELOW the ground. They called it "Ditching".

[[caption-width-right:213:You'd be surprised at how much [[{{UST}} sexual tension]] is contained in that box.]]

* Staging scenes in ''{{Glee}}'' is often difficult because CoryMonteith is so much taller than anyone else in the cast (even the cast members playing teachers) and he spends a lot of time not only sitting, but also leaning forward with his forearms resting on his thighs (otherwise seated cast members behind him ''still'' wouldn't be visible). Other times they actually use his height to their advantage, for example: When sharing a scene with Rachel the camera will sometimes switch to a shot closer to her perspective which only serves to make him look even ''taller.''

* [[TopGear The Hamster]] was once seen to be standing on a box so he could see over the bonnet of a Cadillac Escalade.
* Nodded towards in ''TheBigBangTheory''. Bernadette is played by the under 5' Melissa Rauch, but Howard, her boyfriend, isn't that much taller and thus it isn't that big of an issue. In one episode at her apartment she got a ring at the doorbell and in order to look through the peephole she had to use a step stool. Rauch mentioned that most of her family is pretty short and her husband is around 6', so whenever they get together it feels like he is visiting [[TheLordOfTheRings the Shire]].

* ''{{Elementary}}'' has the 5'3 LucyLiu with 5'10 JonnyLeeMiller. This results in Joan Watson wearing quite a lot of heels.

** This got taken to new levels when she was on ''Series/TrueBlood'' as she spends most of her screentime with 6"4" Jim Parrack.

The term "apple box" is prevalent in the industry for an actor-heightening wooden box of a given dimension, typically: 12" x 8" x 20" or 30 x 20 x 50cm. A Scully Box is an 'apple' and a half, and is constructed of aluminum covered with outdoor carpeting for sound-deadening and traction.

* Allison Mack (5'5[=''=]) from ''{{Smallville}}'' admits to using either a crate, or a lifted "alley board" so she doesn't look short against "ostentatiously tall" Tom Welling (6'3[=''=]).
** Cassidy Freeman uses it a bit as well, despite being 5'9[=''=]
** Parodied in one scene in which Erica Durance kicks a stack of paper next to Tom's feet before running to him.

* During an event where speeches were given by BarackObama and [[TheNapoleon Nicolas Sarkozy]], several pictures were taken from the side, revealing the... vertically challenged French president had stood on a box, presumably because he wouldn't have reached the microphone – set up for the 6'1" Obama – otherwise. Sarkozy, who is 5'5"[[hottip:*: That's an inch ''shorter'' than the actual historical Napoleon, folks!]], even needs one of these when pictured with his own wife, [[UglyGuyHotWife an ex-supermodel]].