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The actual location of hammerspace is very hard to determine. There seems to be a great deal of it behind people's backs and on the opposite side ([[FourthWall from the camera]], that is) of [[BehindAStick thin things like lampposts and slender trees]]. It also hides in people's [[PersonOfHolding their own body]], coats, closets, {{clown car}}s, large sacks, and occasionally down their [[VictoriasSecretCompartment bras]] and [[TrouserSpace pants]].

The actual location of hammerspace is very hard to determine. There seems to be a great deal of it behind people's backs and on the opposite side ([[FourthWall from the camera]], that is) of [[BehindAStick thin things like lampposts and slender trees]]. It also hides in people's coats, closets, {{clown car}}s, large sacks, and occasionally down their [[VictoriasSecretCompartment bras]] and [[TrouserSpace pants]], or [[PersonOfHolding their own body]].

The actual location of hammerspace is very hard to determine. There seems to be a great deal of it behind people's backs and on the opposite side ([[FourthWall from the camera]], that is) of [[BehindAStick thin things like lampposts and slender trees]]. It also hides in people's coats, closets, {{clown car}}s, large sacks, and occasionally down their [[VictoriasSecretCompartment bras]] and [[TrouserSpace pants]].

* The Sailor Senshi in the ''Anime/SailorMoon'' and ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'' crossover ''FanFic/NoChanceForFate'' have this as part of their base powers which they can also access out of transformation. There was no other way to explain where they did get their items in canon in many situations.

* Nanaki (Red XIII) seems to have this in the fic "Courage to Change the Things You Can." It's used as the story's 'real world' explanation for the massive amounts of storage space the game gives you, but no one else understands how he's doing it and whenthe fic's O.C. main character finally gets mad enough about it to demand an explanation Red replies "I understand your confusion. But I like all of you too much to risk making your primitive hominid brains explode from the revelation."

* In ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}'' ''Fanfic/EverybodysGottaLeaveSometime'', Lucy Van Pelt suddenly pulls a football out of nowhere, prompting Charlie Charlie Brown to bluntly ask where she got it from.

** ''Disney/{{Pinocchio}}'': Jiminy Cricket pulls out a pair of glasses that, while proportionate to his large head, are far too big for his back pocket.
** ''Disney/TheThreeCaballeros'': Both Jose Carioca and Panchito are prone to pulling items out of thin air, including telescopes, musical instruments, and capes. True to this trope's name, during the "Baia" segment Jose actually [[HyperspaceMallet pulls out a mallet from behind his back]].
** ''Disney/{{Cinderella}}'': After Cinderella's fairy godmother offers to help her get ready for the ball, she searches around for her magic wand, before remembering that she "put it away." She then uses a special hand motion to make the wand appear out of thin air.
** ''Disney/AliceInWonderland'': The items Alice needs to "access" Wonderland appear out of nowhere.
** ''Disney/{{Aladdin}}'': In the Cave of Wonders, both Aladdin and Abu don't have anywhere to put the lamp, since Aladdin's pants don't have pockets, and Abu doesn't have anything big enough to hold it, so when both are preoccupied, the lamp disappears, and reappears when needed.
** ''Disney/{{Tangled}}'': Rapunzel carries Flynn's satchel around for nearly a day in spite of the fact that she had nothing to carry it ''in'', and she was ''with Flynn the entire time.''

* As a RecursiveFanfiction of ''Fanfic/DreamingofSunshine'', the fanfiction ''Fanfic/SugarPlums'' uses much the same concept with storage seals, though to a greater extreme in this case the character Ume is bundled in wraps that are covered in storage seals. She can control the wraps at will and also tell which one has the right item she's looking for when she needs it. It's unknown how much stuff she stores on her person at any time, but in another crossover fiction someone mistakenly takes the wraps and puts it in an industrial washing machine, which results with the wraps releasing the contents and completely destroying the laundry room (partially because Ume had a TRUCK stored on her person).

* As a [[RecursiveFanfiction]] of ''Fanfic/DreamingofSunshine'', the fanfiction ''Fanfic/SugarPlums'' uses much the same concept with storage seals, though to a greater extreme in this case the character Ume is bundled in wraps that are covered in storage seals. She can control the wraps at will and also tell which one has the right item she's looking for when she needs it. It's unknown how much stuff she stores on her person at any time, but in another crossover fiction someone mistakenly takes the wraps and puts it in an industrial washing machine, which results with the wraps releasing the contents and completely destroying the laundry room (partially because Ume had a TRUCK stored on her person).

* Used and [[DiscussedTrope discussed]] in the fanfic ''Fanfic/TailsOfTheOldRepublic'', a crossover/ FusionFic between ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'' and the videogame ''Franchise/StarWars: VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublic''. Tails basically carries a portable pocket dimension in his tails, and he even calls it [[HyperspaceArsenal Hyperspace Inventory]]. It's not perfect, however, and Tails feels the weight of everything he's carrying, and his hammerspace can implode if he loses all his Chaos power. Carth Onasi eventually dubs it "tailspace".

The actual location of hammerspace is very hard to determine. There seems to be a great deal of it behind people's backs and on the opposite side ([[FourthWall from the camera]], that is) of [[BehindAStick thin things like lampposts and slender trees]]. It also hides in people's coats, closets, {{clown car}}s, large sacks, and occasionally [[TrouserSpace down their pants]].

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* In ''Webcomic/RealmOfOwls'', Aviatar's bags hold all [[https://realmofowls.com/comics/liberator-versus-collector the weapons and items he needs]].
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* Characters in ''WebAnimation/LegoPirateMisadventures'' routinely pull guns, and in one case, a spear, out of nowhere.

* ''WebAnimation/DSBTInsaniT'': Kayla openly states this is where she gets her treasure chests from.

* The GEICO gecko is apparently an expert at using hammerspace; he is shown to be able to hide a cell phone and wallet larger than his entire body on his person, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HwUj445MdiU confusing his boss]]. Further confusing the boss is that neither he nor the viewer sees the gecko produce the items. [[spoiler:The cell phone was already on the table and the wallet is seen only after he turns back around after he talks to a waiter.]]

** ''Disney/TheThreeCaballeros'': Both Jose Carioca and Panchito are prone to pulling items out of thin air, including telescopes, musical instruments, and capes. True to this trope's name, during the "Baia" segment Jose actually pulls out a mallet from behind his back.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Bionicle}}'' movies: The Toa keep all their supplies, tools, etc. in hammerspace, but it's never made clear ''where'' they put them (the animation just shows the objects retracting "into" their solid backside). The novels at least give them the benefit of carrying satchels. It's also implied in other media that this is where the Makuta kept their excess parts when shapeshifting into smaller forms.
* ''WesternAnimation/CloudyWithAChanceOfMeatballs'': Brent pulls a pair of giant [[RibbonCuttingCeremony ceremonial scissors]] from seemingly nowhere, but then stores them down [[TrouserSpace the back of his pants]] after showing them off.

* ''Disney/{{Aladdin}}'': In the Cave of Wonders, both Aladdin and Abu don't have anywhere to put the lamp, since Aladdin's pants don't have pockets, and Abu doesn't have anything big enough to hold it, so when both are preoccupied, the lamp disappears, and reappears when needed.
* ''Disney/AliceInWonderland'': The items Alice needs to "access" Wonderland appear out of nowhere.

* ''Disney/{{Cinderella}}'': After Cinderella's fairy godmother offers to help her get ready for the ball, she searches around for her magic wand, before remembering that she "put it away." She then uses a special hand motion to make the wand appear out of thin air.

* ''Disney/{{Pinocchio}}'' (Disney version): Jiminy Cricket pulls out a pair of glasses that, while proportionate to his large head, are far too big for his back pocket.

* ''Disney/{{Tangled}}'': Rapunzel carries Flynn's satchel around for nearly a day in spite of the fact that she had nothing to carry it ''in'', and she was ''with Flynn the entire time.''
* ''TheRoadToElDorado'': Miguel manages to keep the map in his shirt easily, which could be explained by the fact that his shirt is tucked into his trousers, but the map appears to disappear whenever he puts it in his shirt, as it doesn't affect how his shirt lies in any way. Chel and Tzekel-Kan are more direct examples: Chel manages to hide a pair of dice on her [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/roadtoeldorado/images/1/1d/Chel.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20120127233013 despite her outfit having no visible pockets]], though at least dice are small, and Tzekel-Kan keeps ''an entire book'' [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/dreamworks/images/f/f3/Tzekel.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20111205023539 under his shirt]], if you could even call it a shirt.

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