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* Besides being a revered concert venue, the Royal Albert Hall in UsefulNotes/{{London}} has, in the words of Wiki/{{Wikipedia}}, also hosted "conferences, banquets, ballroom dancing, poetry recitals, educational talks, motor shows, ballet, opera, film screenings...circus shows...boxing, squash, table tennis, basketball, wrestling including the first sumo wrestling tournament to be held in London as well as UFC 38...tennis, and even a marathon."

* ''LightNovel/HybridXHeartMagiasAcademyAtaraxia'' has the "Love Room" capable of recreating any situation or scenario, ranging from battle simulations to dating spots and hotels and can change what people are wearing. Its main purpose is to ensure things go smoothly between Kizuna and the girls.

* While lots of schools have a combined gymnasium[=/=]auditorium, usually with a stage on one side of the floor, Texas Hall at the University of Texas at Arlington was notorious for going the opposite direction: it was a fully-functioning proscenium theater, but it also hosted college basketball by having the floor ''on the stage'', [[https://dfw.cbslocal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/15909545/2012/01/dsc_0320.jpg?w=1024&h=0&crop=1 as seen here]]. This proved to be AwesomeButImpractical (balls going over the edge of the stage when they bounce out of bounds is the most obvious problem with this arrangement), so after five decades the university decided to build a dedicated basketball arena, and Texas Hall was converted to a full-time theater.

* While lots of schools have a combined gymnasium[=/=]auditorium, usually with a stage on one side of the floor, Texas Hall at the University of Texas at Arlington was notorious for going the opposite direction: it was a fully-functioning proscenium theater, but it also hosted college basketball by having the floor ''on the stage'', [[https://dfw.cbslocal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/15909545/2012/01/dsc_0320.jpg?w=1024&h=0&crop=1 as seen here]]. After five decades the university decided to build a dedicated basketball arena, so Texas Hall was converted to a full-time theater.

* The gymnasium of Bedford Falls High School memorably transforms into a swimming pool in ''Film/ItsAWonderfulLife''. This was actually a feature of the high school it was filmed in, so TruthInTelevision as well.

* Even older film example: the gymnasium of Bedford Falls High School memorably transforms into a swimming pool in ''Film/ItsAWonderfulLife''.
** Of course, this was actually a feature of the high school it was filmed in, so TruthInTelevision as well.

* [[Literature/HarryPotter Hogwarts]] has the "Room of Requirement" which can take on literally ''any'' function, to suit the immediate specific needs of the user.

* In ''Series/{{Stingray 1964}}'', the Creator/GerryAnderson series, where X20, the weird sea creature who lives all alone in a house on a rock in the middle of the ocean, disguises the secret sea-creaturey equipment in an ordinary-looking house in case he gets visitors, which he did a few times (though he also had to don a quick human disguise on these occasions as well).
* Anderson did much the same thing at various times in ''Series/{{Thunderbirds}}''. International Rescue's headquarters on Tracy Island is a combination of this trope and ToTheBatpole, with both huge hidden hangars for the Thunderbirds and parts of the main house -- especially the living room -- that conceal communications devices, radar screens, etc. A more direct use of the trope is seen in the episode "The Impostors", where the stereotypical hillbilly shack of Jeremiah Tuttle, one of IR's agents, has the same sort of comm gear (and who knows what else) hidden in much the same way as X20's house. The Tuttle family pick-up can also go into overdrive and hit high speeds if needed.

* The Hair Bear Bunch had a lot of cool appliances hidden in their phony cave at the Wonderland Zoo.

* The Creator/TexAvery cartoon ‘’WesternAnimation/TheHouseOfTomorrow'' includes a luxurious room that can be made to look like a dilapidated shack in case the IRS man comes to call.

* WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse has Rose's room which can manifest the desires of the owner and create anything from the clouds it contains.
* In WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents, AJ has one of those. It transforms from his bedroom into an advanced lab, complete with clone-in-tube.

* Parodied on ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy''; Quagmire's bland living room turns into a fully-equipped bachelor pad with the press of a few buttons. In a later episode, there is a chase scene in his house in which every piece of scenery folds out into a bed when knocked.
** Stewie also has a secret room full of guns ammo and other evil genius type décor.
** Peter has a hidden base underneath the house where he hides his porn. It was part of a cutaway gag though and hasn't been seen since, so it probably isn't canon.
*** Is anything canon in that show?
* The 1980 Creator/HannaBarbera cartoon [[WesternAnimation/DrakPack Drak Pack]] had one of these, a room in an old run-down haunted mansion that turned into a high-tech communications center at the touch of a BigRedButton.

** There was another time when some law-enforcing officer enters Moe's tavern for some reason (can't recall why). Upon learning he's facing the law, Moe presses a secret button, which rotates all the tables and walls to reveal roulette wheels, darts targets and other casino appliances, complete with a croupier. He then remarks "oh, wait, the other one was better".

** Stewie also has a secret room full of guns ammo and other evil genius type decor.

* The WesternAnimation/ClassicDisneyShort ''Mickey's Trailer'' has the eponymous trailer, whose interior could transform with the pull of a switch, so that, say, Donald's bedroom could become a bathroom for his morning dip.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' short ‘’WesternAnimation/DesignsForLeaving'', one of the features of Elmer's modern home is a second floor that lowers so you don't have to take the stairs... at the cost of crushing everything downstairs.

* The Creator/TexAvery cartoon ''The House of Tomorrow'' includes a luxurious room that can be made to look like a dilapidated shack in case the IRS man comes to call.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' short ''Designs for Leaving'', one of the features of Elmer's modern home is a second floor that lowers so you don't have to take the stairs... at the cost of crushing everything downstairs.

* The film ''Robin and the Seven Hoods'', set in the 1920s Prohibition era, features a bar/casino that can transform into a temperance church meeting for when the police show up.

* LightNovel/HybridXHeartMagiasAcademyAtaraxia has the "Love Room" capable of recreating any situation or scenario, ranging from battle simulations to dating spots and hotels and can change what people are wearing. Its main purpose is to ensure things go smoothly between Kizuna and the girls.

* ''VideoGame/StarshipTitanic'' has tiny versions of these rooms for guests traveling "Super Galactic Traveler Class" as the furniture folds in and out to create a kitchen, dining area, bedroom, and living area. (Not at the same time, mind.) The problem is that unless you know which furniture plates to unfold in the proper order, the furniture gets in its own way and won't fully unfold. [[spoiler: There's also a puzzle where you need to unfold the couch so that you can watch the room's TV and see if you won an upgrade to a less confusing room.]]

* The Chief's office in ''GetSmart'' had super-computers and weapon racks behind every wall, and phones in every... thing. Max's apartment also boasted plenty of secret equipment and weapons (which usually went off at the wrong time).

* WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse has Rose's room which can manifest the desire of the owner and create anything from the clouds it contains.

* LightNovel/HybridXHeartMagiasAcademyAtaraxia has the "Love Room" capable of recreating any situation or scenario, ranging from battle simulations to dating spots and hotels and change what people are wearing. Its main purpose is to ensure things go smoothly between Kizuna and the girls.

* LightNovel/HybridXHeartMagiasAcademyAtaraxia has the "Love Room" capable of recreating any situation or scenario, ranging from battle simulations to dating spots and hotels.

* Film/TheMatrix has the construct, a virtual reality program which can "load" anything from clothes to mountains, oceans and training dojo.

* "LightNovel/HybridXHeartMagiasAcademyAtaraxia" has the "Love Room" capable of recreating any situation or scenario, ranging from battle simulations to dating spots and hotels.

* An advert for Golden Delicious apples, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mMHi3jGB2Ms Le Crunch Bunch]], presented an apple-based speakeasy that transformed into a tea shop, in an homage to BugsyMalone.

* The title characters' home in the movie ''Film/MrAndMrsSmith'' was filled with camouflaged and hidden equipment caches, including a gun drawer hidden as part of a wall oven.