| rdfs:comment | - Little Cindy's birthday is coming up soon; Alice and Bob want it to be super-special for her, so they search high and low for a super-special ultra-rare highly-expensive toy as her present. As the birthday approaches, the two of them bubble over with excitement as they imagine how vivacious she'll be when she finally receives it. So the party is held, cake gets eaten, and Cindy goes through her gifts. At the end, she opens Alice and Bob's present, yelps with glee... then carelessly tosses it aside while she trills at the most awesome cardboard box it came in! Just imagine the possibilities!
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| abstract | - Little Cindy's birthday is coming up soon; Alice and Bob want it to be super-special for her, so they search high and low for a super-special ultra-rare highly-expensive toy as her present. As the birthday approaches, the two of them bubble over with excitement as they imagine how vivacious she'll be when she finally receives it. So the party is held, cake gets eaten, and Cindy goes through her gifts. At the end, she opens Alice and Bob's present, yelps with glee... then carelessly tosses it aside while she trills at the most awesome cardboard box it came in! Just imagine the possibilities! Note that this trope is not about kids playing with boxes in general -- it's about kids (or anyone else) coveting boxes while ignoring the (presumably valuable) contents inside. A common gag in comedies with small children, and a case of Truth in Television for a lot of parents. Also see My New Gift Is Lame, Unwanted Gift Plot, and Worthless Yellow Rocks. Examples of Kids Prefer Boxes include:
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