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* ''[[WesternAnimation/RockPaperScissorsNickelodeon Rock, Paper, Scissors]]'': In the episode, "Six Pieces of Turkey", Rock stands atop a soapbox to a crowd of people to protest in front of the company headquarters, Big Turkey for its false advertising regarding the number of turkeys that come packaged in the boxes they sell.
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Moving example from Soapbox Square, as this trope fits better.

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* ''VideoGame/TheGameOfTheAges'': A man in the Laorsis square stands on a soapbox to protest littering. His soapbox turns out to be the object of this particular puzzle, and you use it several times in your later adventures.
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While soapboxing might have had dramatic flair in the past, it's often played for comedy nowadays.

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While soapboxing might have had dramatic flair in the past, it's often played for comedy nowadays.
nowadays. Still, politicians and other authority figures may still do something similar when making addresses to small groups; finding something to stand on can be an effective VerticalPowerPlay, after all.

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