Editing Jack-in-the-box (section)

== In popular culture ==
* The jack-in-the-box has been used for centuries by cartoonists as a way to describe and poke fun at politicians.<ref name=":1" />
* The American fast food company [[Jack in the Box]] began using the toy and the phrase as their mascot in the early 1950s.<ref name="jackintheboxinc" />{{not in source|date=February 2025}}
* A 1945 [[Walt Disney Company|Disney]] cartoon called ''[[The Clock Watcher]]'' shows [[Donald Duck]] making many failed attempts to close a Jack-in-the-box.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.disneyfilmproject.com/2011/03/clock-watcher.html|title = The Clock Watcher}}</ref>
* The 1964 [[Rankin/Bass]] TV special [[Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (TV special)|Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer]] shows a place called the Island of Misfit Toys, with a "Charlie-in-the-box" instead of a "Jack-in-the-box", which in the special makes him a misfit toy.