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Portable hole

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Spatial anomalies in fiction

Black holes in fiction • Portable hole • Portals in fiction • Teleportation in fiction • Wormholes in fiction • Jumpgate • Jump drive • Stargate • Boom tube • Warp drive • Hyperdrive • Hyperspace • Slipstream • Time travel in fiction

In various works of fiction, a portable hole is a two-dimensional device that can be used to contravene the laws of physics[1] by creating a passage through a solid surface, through which characters can move.[2]

Early uses[edit]

The earliest known use was a 1933 description of John Williamson's underwater photography apparatus.[3] A 1949 newspaper column by Truman Twill speculates on the use of a portable hole as a storage device.[4]

The 1955 Looney Tunes cartoon, The Hole Idea, presents a fictional account in which Calvin Q. Calculus invents the device.[2][5]:317[6][7] The theme was repeated in The Beatles' 1968 movie, Yellow Submarine, where Ringo picks up a hole from the Sea of Holes, stores it in his pocket, and uses it later to release Sgt. Pepper's Band from captivity.[2][8]:249[9]:348 In 1988, Who Framed Roger Rabbit again used a portable hole as a plot device.[10][11] Detective Eddie Valiant is able to escape being crushed by a steamroller by using one, echoing the 1955 Looney Tunes gag.[12][13]

Contemporary literature[edit]

In Rajiv Joseph's play, Guards at the Taj, one of the characters, Humayun, invents a transportable hole.[14][15] Humayun describes it:[16]

It's literally a hole you could take anywhere with you. And you could attach it to anything. And anything you attached it to would suddenly have a hole in it. Say you wanted to go through a wall? You could. Or say you are trapped in a dungeon. Or you are in the desert and it is so hot! Hole in the ground, now you can sleep in some shade. Also there would be things to eat in the hole.

— Rajiv Joseph, Guards at the Taj

Non-fiction[edit]

The term has also been used in non-fiction settings. Gramicidin A has been described as a portable hole; it is a polypeptide with a helical shape. When it forms a dimer, it can embed itself in cellular bilayer membranes and form a hole through which water molecules can pass.[17] The Museum of Modern Art has a work by Ben Vautier titled, The First Portable Hole (Le Premier trou portatif).[18]

There are a number of magic tricks named The Portable Hole. In Shari Lewis presents 101 magic tricks for kids to do, a trick by that name is described.[19] A card trick titled Acme Portable Hole is available commercially.[20]

Other uses in fiction[edit]

One Road Runner cartoon involved the use of "liquid hole", a black tar-like substance that came in a bottle.[21][better source needed] When poured on a surface, it dried into a portable hole with the consistency of a circle of cloth. Another episode ("The Black Hole") has the Coyote using a portable hole, which is picked up and reused by the Road Runner.[22][better source needed]

In the Morph episode "Portable Hole", a portable hole is used to access cakes which are hidden in the hole. A pair of holes are also used to construct a portal, allowing a character's hand, and several inanimate objects, to pass from one to the other.[23][24][better source needed]

In the novelization of E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, Elliott uses a portable hole when the lead characters are playing Dungeons & Dragons.[25]

A portable hole is used in Jack Vance's Liane the Wayfarer, published in The Dying Earth in 1950.[26][better source needed]

In episode 695 of the Final Fantasy-based comic 8-Bit Theater, Fighter, after buying some items and a portable hole with Red Mage, decides to work smarter, not harder, and put all the items into the portable hole. He then proceeds to fold the portable hole into itself.[27]

In the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game, a portable hole is a circle of cloth made from phase spider webs, strands of ether and beams of starlight. When deployed, it creates an extradimensional space six feet in diameter by ten feet deep. Folding the cloth causes the entrance to this space to disappear, but items placed inside the hole remain there. Sufficient air is contained in the hole to support life for up to ten minutes.[28][29]

Unicode[edit]

Hole/Portable Hole Emoji
🕳

Unicode symbol for HOLE, U+1F573

= portable hole

The Unicode symbol for HOLE, U+1F573, with alias "portable hole" was approved in 2014 as part of the Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs chart in Unicode 7.0,[30] and was part of Emoji 1.0, published in 2015.[31] As pictorial representations for emoji are platform-dependent, Emojipedia shows images of the (portable) hole symbol as depicted on various platforms.[32]

External links[edit]

  • "The Portable Hole". goodreads.com. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
  • "Developer demos 'portable hole' augmented reality effect with ARKit | Cult of Mac". Cult of Mac. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
  • "Visitor tumbles into 'Descent Into Limbo' installation at Portuguese Museum". WHNT.com. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
  • "Elaborate Poster Puts All of Wile E. Coyote's ACME Purchases on Your Wall". WIRED. Retrieved 2 July 2020. portable

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ Kennedy, Victor (2018). "The Gravity of Cartoon Physics; or, Schrödinger's Coyote". Sci-Fi Live. 15 (1): 29–49. doi:10.4312/elope.15.1.29-49.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Segal, Eliezer (2015-06-30). Chronicles and Commentaries: More Explorations of Jewish Life and Learning. Quid Pro Books. Section, "Portable Holes and Rolling Stones". ISBN 978-1-61027-823-2. Search this book on
  3. ↑ "At The Theatres: With Williamson Beneath The Sea". The Daily Record. Long Branch, New Jersey. 29 March 1933. p. 4. Retrieved 3 July 2020. Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help)
  4. ↑ Twill, Truman (26 May 1949). "In the Vault". The Marion (Ohio) Star. p. 6. Retrieved 3 July 2020. Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help)
  5. ↑ Liebman, Roy (2015-05-20). Vitaphone Films: A Catalogue of the Features and Shorts. McFarland. ISBN 978-1-4766-0936-2. Search this book on
  6. ↑ "Robert McKimson's "The Hole Idea" (1955)". cartoonresearch.com. Retrieved 2018-06-12.
  7. ↑ "The hole idea [Motion picture]". Library of Congress: Catalog. Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help)
  8. ↑ Ebert, Roger. "Yellow Submarine Movie Review (1968) | Roger Ebert". www.rogerebert.com. Retrieved 2018-06-13.
  9. ↑ Goldsmith, Melissa U. D.; Willson, Paige A.; Fonseca, Anthony J. (2016-10-07). The Encyclopedia of Musicians and Bands on Film. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 978-1-4422-6987-3. Search this book on
  10. ↑ "Who Framed Roger Rabbit". Brandon Talks Movies. 2017-06-15. Retrieved 2018-06-13.
  11. ↑ Elwood, Graham; Mancini, Chris (2012-06-01). The Comedy Film Nerds Guide to Movies. Morgan James Publishing. ISBN 9781614482215. Search this book on
  12. ↑ "May 28th, 2018 Movie – Who Framed Roger Rabbit". movieadayblog. 2018-05-28. Retrieved 2018-06-13.
  13. ↑ Solomon, Charles (28 January 1994). "Attraction Review: Disney Spins a Car Toon Tale". The Los Angeles Times. p. 259. Retrieved 3 July 2020. Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help)
  14. ↑ "On (Trans)Portable Holes". Marin Theatre Company. Retrieved 2018-06-13.
  15. ↑ "Guards at the Taj". Retrieved 2018-06-13.
  16. ↑ Joseph, Rajiv (2017-04-11). Guards at the Taj. Oberon Books. ISBN 9781786821447. Search this book on
  17. ↑ Mouritsen, Ole G. (2005). Life - As a Matter of Fat: The Emerging Science of Lipidomics. Springer. p. 186. ISBN 9783540232483. Search this book on
  18. ↑ "Ben Vautier. The First Portable Hole (Le Premier trou portatif). 1960 | MoMA". The Museum of Modern Art. Retrieved 2020-07-02.
  19. ↑ Lewis, Shari (1990). Shari Lewis presents 101 magic tricks for kids to do. New York: Random House. p. 64. ISBN 9780394820590. Search this book on
  20. ↑ "ACME - Portable HOLE". Tricksupply. Retrieved 2020-07-02.
  21. ↑ "Mmmm, tasty! Speckled trout, redfish, flounder, black drum and more holding to Lake Pontchartrain Causeway". NOLA.com. Retrieved 2018-06-12.
  22. ↑ Whattunesyouon (2010-05-19), The Black Hole, retrieved 2018-06-13
  23. ↑ "Portable Hole". Morph. Retrieved 2018-06-19.
  24. ↑ "The History of the Portable Hole". Morph. Retrieved 2018-06-19.
  25. ↑ Collins, Terry (2002). E.T., the Extra-terrestrial: The Movie. Simon and Schuster. ISBN 9780689843679. Search this book on
  26. ↑ "Tales of the Dying Earth". Retrieved 2018-06-19.
  27. ↑ http://www.nuklearpower.com/2006/05/13/episode-695-physics-are-for-other-people/
  28. ↑ "Wondrous Items :: d20srd.org". www.d20srd.org. Retrieved 2018-06-14.
  29. ↑ "Portable Hole | D&D 5th Edition on Roll20 Compendium". roll20.net. Retrieved 2018-06-14.
  30. ↑ "Unicode: Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs". Retrieved 2018-08-20.
  31. ↑ "Emoji Version 1.0". Retrieved 2018-08-20.
  32. ↑ "Emojipedia: Hole". Retrieved 2018-08-20.


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