Editing Forced perspective (section)

===Comic effects===
[[File:Europe 2007 Disk 1 340.jpg|thumb|upright|Use of forced perspective with tourist attractions like the [[Leaning Tower of Pisa]] is popular in tourist photography.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/destinations/europe/italy/articles/best-way-to-take-a-funny-photo-of-leaning-tower-of-pisa/|first=Hugh|last=Morris|date=2016-09-07|title=Man reveals genius new way to take photos of the Leaning Tower of Pisa|website=The Telegraph}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/pictures-of-people-holding-the-eiffel-tower-2014-3|first=Jennifer|last=Polland|date=2014-03-28|title=8 Pictures That Tourists Love Taking With The Eiffel Tower|website=Business Insider}}</ref>]]

As with many film genres and effects, forced perspective can be used to [[Visual gag|visual-comedy]] effect. Typically, when an object or character is portrayed in a scene, its size is defined by its surroundings. A character then interacts with the object or character, in the process showing that the viewer has been fooled and there is forced perspective in use.

The 1930 [[Laurel and Hardy]] movie ''[[Brats (1930 film)|Brats]]'' used forced perspective to depict [[Stan Laurel|Stan]] and [[Oliver Hardy|Ollie]] simultaneously as adults and as their own sons. An example used for comic effect can be found in the slapstick comedy ''[[Top Secret!]]'' in a scene which appears to begin as a [[close-up]] of a ringing phone with the characters in the distance. However, when the character walks up to the phone (towards the camera) and picks it up, it becomes apparent that the phone is extremely oversized instead of being close to the camera. Another scene in the same movie begins with a close-up of a wristwatch. The next cut shows that the character actually has a gargantuan wristwatch.

The same technique is also used in the [[Dennis Waterman]] sketch in the British [[BBC]] sketch show ''[[Little Britain (sketch show)|Little Britain]]''. In the television version, larger than life props are used to make the caricatured Waterman look just three feet tall or less. In ''[[The History of the World, Part I]]'', while escaping the French peasants, Mel Brooks' character, Jacques, who is doubling for King Louis, runs down a hall of the palace, which turns into a ramp, showing the smaller forced perspective door at the end. As he backs down into the normal part of the room, he mutters, "Who designed this place?"

One of the recurring ''[[The Kids in the Hall (TV series)|The Kids in the Hall]]'' sketches featured Mr. Tyzik, "The Headcrusher", who used forced perspective (from his own point of view) to "crush" other people's heads between his fingers. This is also done by the character [[Sheldon Cooper]] in the TV show ''[[The Big Bang Theory]]'' to his friends when they displease him. In the making of Season 5 of ''[[Red vs. Blue]]'', the creators used forced perspective to make the character of Tucker's baby, Junior, look small. In the game, the alien character used as Junior is the same height as other characters. The short-lived 2013 [[Internet meme]] "baby mugging" used forced perspective to make babies look like they were inside items like mugs and teacups.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.yahoo.com/blogs/trending-now/baby-mugging-newest-trend-taking-over-180631673.html|title=Baby Mugging: The Newest Trend Taking Over the Web|last=Knowles|first=Melissa|date=2013-05-30|website=Yahoo|access-date=2019-06-24|quote=Baby mugging participants take pictures that make it look like their babies are sticking out of a coffee mug.}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://fox4kc.com/2013/04/26/baby-mugging-latest-internet-craze/|title=Baby Mugging latest internet craze|last=Tryon|first=Barrett|date=2013-04-26|website=Fox|access-date=2019-06-24|quote=The latest craze of the internet — baby mugging. The idea is to take a photo to make it look like your baby is inside a mug.}}</ref>