"The room is far too big to fit inside Mad Jim Jasper's flying teapot. Captain Britain's mind staggers for balance as reality slips another notch. He's out of his depth here. He wonders if he'll get through this with his mind intact. He doubts it."
"It's quite easy to do this, actually. At least, so they tell me. Apparently, if you shrink time, you can expand space."
— Chair of Indefinite Studies, Making Money
"Look at my girl. Look at her go. BIGGER ON THE INSIDE! See, House, that's your problem. Size of a planet, but inside you are just! So! Small!"
— The Doctor, Doctor Who, "The Doctor's Wife"
Bill: How is that possible? How do you do that?
Nardole: Well, first you have to imagine a very big box fitting inside a very small box.
Bill: Okay...
Nardole: Then you have to make one. It's the second part people normally get stuck on.
Nardole: Well, first you have to imagine a very big box fitting inside a very small box.
Bill: Okay...
Nardole: Then you have to make one. It's the second part people normally get stuck on.
The Doctor: Oh... my... GOD! It's bigger!
River: Well, yes.
The Doctor: On the inside!
River: We need to concentrate.
The Doctor: Than it is!
River: I know where you're going with this, but I need you to calm down.
The Doctor: On the outside!
River: You've certainly grasped the essentials.
The Doctor: My entire understanding of physical space has been transformed! Three-dimensional Euclidean geometry has been torn up, thrown in the air and snogged to death! My grasp of the universal constants of physical reality has been changed... forever.
[Beat]
The Doctor: Sorry. I've always wanted to see that done properly.
River: Well, yes.
The Doctor: On the inside!
River: We need to concentrate.
The Doctor: Than it is!
River: I know where you're going with this, but I need you to calm down.
The Doctor: On the outside!
River: You've certainly grasped the essentials.
The Doctor: My entire understanding of physical space has been transformed! Three-dimensional Euclidean geometry has been torn up, thrown in the air and snogged to death! My grasp of the universal constants of physical reality has been changed... forever.
[Beat]
The Doctor: Sorry. I've always wanted to see that done properly.
"The surface of the castle belied its interior, for it was far larger inside than out. With the powers the Circle had at its disposal, 'twould have been simple to distort space to accommodate this strange structure."
— Kain, Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain
"A house, bounded on the outside, but inside endless. Langley Hall extends as long as it likes, without interference from the laws of measurement, architecture, or probability."
Hamburger Cop: Uh... we're gonna need some reinforcement, sir!
Doughnut Sheriff: Oh come on, trooper! How big can one truck be?
Van Shopkeeper: There's a map on the fifth floor.
Doughnut Sheriff: Oh come on, trooper! How big can one truck be?
Van Shopkeeper: There's a map on the fifth floor.
— The Amazing World of Gumball, "The Shippening"
"Nice use of space."
— Wonder Woman on Doctor Fate's tower, Justice League
Private: How'd they fit a whole elephant in that shed?
Kowalski: It's roomier than it looks.
Kowalski: It's roomier than it looks.
— The Penguins of Madagascar, "All King, No Kingdom"
Iron Man: I think we're gonna need something a little...bigger.
Phineas: Oh, the rustic exterior's a facade. Wait'll you see the inside!
Iron Man: Oh, man! You guys are good!
Ferb: Just a little British sci-fi technology.
Phineas: Oh, the rustic exterior's a facade. Wait'll you see the inside!
Iron Man: Oh, man! You guys are good!
Ferb: Just a little British sci-fi technology.
"It's a lot roomier in here than it looks from the outside. Some would even argue that it's impossible."
— Sheen, Planet Sheen
Steven Universe: Wow, it's huge! You could fit a million vans in here!
Uncle Grandpa: Actually it's more like 40 or 50 vans. See? [cut to a pile of tiny vans with the label "40 or 50 vans"]
Uncle Grandpa: Actually it's more like 40 or 50 vans. See? [cut to a pile of tiny vans with the label "40 or 50 vans"]
"Funny thing about this backpack...it's much, much bigger on the inside."
They were standing at the top of the stone staircase. But this time, with the nightclub closed at the moment to customers, the interior of the space spreading out beyond the stairs was illuminated from a source Chaz couldn't make out. Below there were tiers on which were bars, tables, stools, doorways to secret places - but out beyond the edge of the landing the space stretched on and on, lost in mist, seeming infinite. It was a room that had no interior, because it went on forever.
—Constantine: The Novelization
"I said that Hermes was likely perched somewhere at the highest point of the facility, but reaching him will be no mean feat. To put it simply, Ktisis Hyperboreia contains a multitude of vast spaces linked together at the seams, meaning the interior is far more massive than even this grand structure might otherwise suggest."
—Hythlodaeus, Final Fantasy XIV Endwalker
Ed: More space inside than out, like Doctor Who 's phone booth.
Kelly: Or Oscar the Grouch's can.
John: Or Snoopy's doghouse, yeah.
Claire: The miracles of quantum physics.
Kelly: Or Oscar the Grouch's can.
John: Or Snoopy's doghouse, yeah.
Claire: The miracles of quantum physics.
— The Orville, "New Dimension"
