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Sometimes, often due to uncommon conditions such as viewing through a telescope, camera or other similar optical device, people can get confused and mistake something small and close (such as an insect) for something far and huge (such as an [[AttackOfTheFiftyFootWhatever Attacking 50 Foot Whatever ]]). Or vice versa. For reasons closely related to the RuleOfFunny, this happens more often in fiction than in RealLife, though TruthInTelevision cases are not unheard of.

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Sometimes, often due to uncommon conditions such as viewing through a telescope, camera or other similar optical device, people can get confused and mistake something small and close (such as an insect) for something far and huge (such as an [[AttackOfTheFiftyFootWhatever [[AttackOfThe50FootWhatever Attacking 50 Foot Whatever ]]).50-Foot Whatever]]). Or vice versa. For reasons closely related to the RuleOfFunny, this happens more often in fiction than in RealLife, though TruthInTelevision cases are not unheard of.
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** The Doctor [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pvnKXOGYKM8 once explained]] that the TARDIS works by neatly subverting this trope. He held two boxes in his hands; one was bigger and one was smaller. After walking away from the larger box, the physically smaller box now had a larger apparent size. But what if you could make it so that [[BiggerOnTheInside the relative dimensions in space were actual?]]

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** In "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS14E5TheRobotsOfDeath The Robots of Death]]", the Doctor [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pvnKXOGYKM8 once explained]] that explains]] how the TARDIS works by neatly subverting this trope. He held two boxes in his hands; one was bigger and one was smaller. After walking away from the larger box, the physically smaller box now had a larger apparent size. But what if you could make it so that [[BiggerOnTheInside the relative dimensions in space were actual?]]actual]]?
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* The former Creator/Channel4 StationIdent series has the camera pan through an environment with lots of floating bars at odd angles, until suddenly they resolve into the 4 logo, and then it's gone again.

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* The former Creator/Channel4 StationIdent series has the camera pan {{pan}} through an environment with lots of floating bars at odd angles, until suddenly they resolve into the 4 logo, and then it's gone again.

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