History Main / InstantHomeDelivery

* [[AvertedTrope Averted]] with the items you order from Tanaka in ''VideoGame/{{Persona 3}}'' and ''VideoGame/{{Persona 4}}''. They arrive in a few days, which is about the time you'd expect for a mail-order delivery.

* ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'' imposes a one-hour delay on most ingame mail, including earnings from selling on the Auction House - less for realism than to avoid abuse. However, there is no delay for mail between members of the same guild or characters on the same account, nor items you buy on the Auction House or most mail from NPC's. The mail is also delivered to every usable mailbox in the game at once; wherever you are, it will be in the local mailbox if you look.

** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIII'' does this too, just using save points instead of a cell phone.

The US Postal service prototyped a system to use ''cruise missiles'' to deliver packages and letters. The system worked well but it was deemed to noisy to enter full scale production.

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* Happens in the ''Series/{{Charmed}}'' episode "Sin Francisco", thanks to magic.

* ComicStrip/{{Garfield}} once ordered a cup of coffee over the Internet. It arrived instantly.

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* Roy takes advantage of this during the "cartoon mouse" sequence in ''Film/StayTuned''.
* [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] in ''Film/ScottPilgrimVsTheWorld''. As mentioned above, Scott's package arrives almost instantaneously because Ramona [[ItMakesSenseInContext used the conveniently located passageway inside Scott's mind to speed up the delivery.]]

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* Robbie Rotten from ''Series/LazyTown'' does this OnceAnEpisode when thinking up a scheme to get rid of Sportacus or for other reasons. He orders something over the phone, which ''immediately'' shows up. Products he's ordered include 3 copies of himself and ''a life-size pyramid''.
** The heroes once order a cookbook, which also took very little time to arrive.
* ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'': "We ordered it from Instant Monkeys Online, and it came instantly, just like the ad said!"
* An episode of ''Series/SesameStreet'' had The Count order by telephone, saying, "[[SeriousBusiness I need something to count in a hurry!]]" We immediately hear the delivery truck squeal to a stop outside.
* Happens in the ''Series/{{Charmed}}'' episode "Sin Francisco", thanks to magic.
* In an episode of ''Series/MyHero'', George orders an animal translator from his home planet so he can understand why Janet's mum's dog is so upset. Janet protests that by the time it arrives, the dog will be gone... at which point the package arrives. George complains about service decay.

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* According to ''Rise of the Ogre'', this happened to Music/{{Gorillaz}}: Murdoc had just put the phone down after calling NME magazine to place an ad for a guitarist when a [=FedEx=] crate containing child prodigy musician Noodle arrived at the door. [[JerkAss He reportedly left the ad in the magazine anyway just so he could tell everyone who applied to "sling their hook".]]

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* ComicStrip/{{Garfield}} once ordered a cup of coffee over the Internet. It arrived instantly.
* Erudite and intellectual Zebra of ''ComicStrip/PearlsBeforeSwine'' occasionally mails letters to the lions who are attacking his herd. He always gets a reply the next day, but it's never good news.
* Acknowledged in ''ComicStrip/BabyBlues''. Darryl and Zoe put an order for an item in the mailbox. After staring at it for a second, Zoe asks "What's taking so long?" As Zoe is a toddler at the time, we can guess that her concept of mail delivery came from cartoons.

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* As an homage to this trope's frequent usage in classic cartoons, ''TabletopGame/{{Toon}}'' allows players to mail-order items and have them delivered by their next turn. However, the items ordered are more likely than not "shoddy goods" that will backfire on their users.

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* Need more ammo or a better gun during a firefight in ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid4''? Don't worry, Drebin offers instant battlefield delivery.
** Bizarrely, they hint that they use the Mark II to carry the stuff back and forth, despite the fact that it moves nowhere near that fast...
** Ditto for ''[[VideoGame/JustCause Just Cause 2]]'': Sloth Demon/[[spoiler:Tom Sheldon]] appears instantly when called with whatever gun, vehicle, or upgrade you were about to ask him for. He can also [[WarpZone shuttle you around]] in his helicopter, which apparently flies [[UpToEleven several times faster than a fighter jet]].

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* In ''Webcomic/{{Sinfest}}'', Lil' Evil got his confirmation message from the Illuminati [[http://web.archive.org/web/20120505215123/http://www.sinfest.net/archive_page.php?comicID=3258 instantly]] through his closed window.

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* In episode 3 of ''Machinima/TheStrangerhood'', the Mysterious Voice has a delivery truck drop off a new pair of pet fish for Sam as soon as he suggests getting some. Sam lampshades it with a remark of "That was fast", but it's most likely the Voice planned that from the start since he planned for the fish to die too.

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* ''Webcomic/DnDorks'', in [[http://dndorks.com/comics/5/23/2005.aspx these]] [[http://dndorks.com/comics/5/25/2005.aspx two]] comics.
* Florence in ''Webcomic/{{Freefall}}'' [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff600/fv00547.htm posts an ad looking for a contractor]].
* Justified in ''WebComic/AlienLovesPredator,'' as Cheng uses [[HyperspaceOrSubspace hyperspace]] to deliver the gang's Chinese takeout instantaneously. A delay of two seconds has him blame traffic.
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* This happens with any product [[WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes Wile E. Coyote]] orders in the RoadRunnerVsCoyote cartoons. Say what you will about Acme's quality control, their distribution system is second to none!
* Also, in the cartoon where WesternAnimation/BugsBunny squares off against the opera singer ("WesternAnimation/LongHairedHare"), he orders a set of ear-muffs through the mail. They arrive in seconds, [[RuleOfFunny while the letter is still in the mail box.]]

* [[WesternAnimation/CourageTheCowardlyDog Courage]] usually gets his stuff delivered just a few seconds after ordering it from a guy named Mr. Mouse.

* ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'': In "Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy II", [=SpongeBob=] wins a prize from a contest and begins to ask "I wonder when my prize will get here?", and he turns back to find a delivery boy right next to him with his prize in hand (and even a handkerchief in handy when he cries tears of joy).

A character orders something ([[AcmeProducts that they will likely will end up hurting themselves with]]) and places the order in the mailbox/calls it in/whatever you can think of. The ordered goods will be delivered within seconds. At its extreme, the character places their order form in the mail box, closes it, and then opens the mailbox again to pull out what they ordered, without any postal carrier even touching it.

* Ads for Jimmy John's sandwich shops, which specialize in deliveries, frequently depict the sandwich arriving seconds after a customer orders. One humorously has an elderly gentleman at a retirement community ordering a sandwich, and when the delivery arrives seconds later he asks [[GrumpyOldMan "what took ya so long?"]]

* Also, in the cartoon where WesternAnimation/BugsBunny squares off against the opera singer, he orders a set of ear-muffs through the mail. They arrive in seconds, [[RuleOfFunny while the letter is still in the mail box.]]

* In ''Goofy Gymnastics'', Goofy places his order form for home exercise equipment in the post box, and the moment he closes the door, the bottom door of the box opens, with the package containing the equipment coming out.

* GenreSavvy Roy takes advantage of this during the "cartoon mouse" sequence in ''Film/StayTuned''.

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* Also, in the cartoon where Characters/BugsBunny squares off against the opera singer, he orders a set of ear-muffs through the mail. They arrive in seconds, [[RuleOfFunny while the letter is still in the mail box.]]

* Items in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'' prequel ''CrisisCore'' are bought over Zack's company-issue cellphone. The items appear in in your inventory the moment you purchase them, even if you're miles from civilization.
** VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIII does this too, just using save points instead of a cell phone.
* The [[TheMafiya Russian Mafia]] black marketeers in ''{{Mercenaries}}: Playground of Destruction'' might as well start identifying themselves with the tagline "delivered by airlift in 30 seconds or less."

* In the Legend of Zelda game ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime Ocarina of Time]]'', it is possible to acquire a cow from the Lon Lon Ranch. This cow will soon show up at your house all the way over in Kokiri Forest... your ''tree house.'' Which is accessed by a slender vertical ladder. How they get the cow up there is anybody's guess.

* The relatively obscure ''VideoGame/SheepDogNWolf'' (based on the [[WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes Ralph Wolf cartoons]]) enabled you to post an order for an item in a certain mailbox, only for it to arrive by air mail seconds later. Sometimes next to the mailbox, other times in ridiculously out of the way places.

** VideoGame/ManiacMansion established the Edison house as having some kind of magic mailbox. Weird Ed's package and mailing off a manuscript or demo tape to Three Guys Publishing are essential to several of the story endings.

* The Labian Terror Beast mating call whistle from VideoGame/SpaceQuest 2 shows up almost immediately after Roger places the form in the mail.
* In ''AnUntitledStory'', any furniture bought from landlord in [=SkyTown=] will be delivered to your home [[GoWaitOutside as soon as you leave the screen]].

* In the ''Goofy'' cartoon about home exercise equipment, he places his order form for the equipment in the post box, and the moment he closes the door, the bottom door of the box opens, with the package containing the equipment coming out.

* ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'' imposes a one-hour delay on most ingame mail, including earnings from selling on the Auction House - less for realism than to avoid abuse. However, the delay is removed between members of the same guild or characters on the same account - some items can even be delivered cross-faction. And items you buy on the Auction House are delivered instantly as well, as is most mail from NPC's.