History Main / InstantHomeDelivery

** In the series, special orders at Tom Nook's store (and, in the first game, fossil identifications) take only one day to show up in your mailbox at no extra charge. That's slower than some of these examples but still several times faster than real-world free shipping.
** In ''New Leaf'' mail is always delivered at certain times of day. Anything you order from the store catalog will arrive at the next delivery time no matter how long that will be. So if you order something at 4:59pm, it will arrive one minute later. But if you order something at 5:01pm, you'll have to wait until next morning to get it.

* ''Videogame/{{Earthbound}}'' has a pizza delivery guy who will satisfy your HyperactiveMetabolism within three minutes, real-time. Even if you are in a volcanic cavern on the other side of the world, a FloatingContinent that can only be reached by teleportation, or a secret alien base beneath Stonehenge, he will [[OffscreenTeleportation show up anyways]].

* ''VideoGame/RatchetAndClank'': The PDA can be used to instantly order ammo regardless of your current location. It even works in the vacuum of space on the Gemlik Base, outside the Blarg Tactical Research Station, or outside Drek's fleet.

Please do not confuse this with ExpressDelivery or any other childbirth-related trope. May be an AcceptableBreakFromReality in a VideoGame.

A character orders something ([[AcmeProducts that they will likely end 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.

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[[folder:Web Animation]]
* In episode 3 of ''WebAnimation/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.

* Sophia's Shop in ''VideoGame/Persona5Strikers'', where she somehow manages to source a dark web vendor selling ''gold bars'' within Yongen-Jaya when Ryuji [[IWasJustJoking jokingly orders one]], and soon finds vendors that can more than adequately substitute for the temporarily closed Untouchable and Takemi Medical Clinic.

* In an episode/chapter of ''Manga/HayateTheCombatButler'', Nagi orders something from Amazon and it is delivered in 30 minutes. Lampshaded by Hayate and Maria, who wonder when Amazon started offering that service.
* A running gag in ''Anime/Persona4TheAnimation'' is Aiya's ability to deliver beef bowls ''anywhere,'' including the middle of a chase scene, to a customer who never gave a location.

* Seen in Episode 3 of ''Anime/OhSuddenlyEgyptianGod''. Anubis orders some pizza on the phone, and then the second he closes the phone, Horus is already at his place with the order.

* Subverted in ''ComicBook/ScottPilgrim'' Volume 1. Scott orders CD's from amazon.ca so that the girl he likes/is obsessed with/is stalking will deliver them. One scene change later he runs to the door, and no one is there. His roommate reminds him that he put the order in less then three hours ago. In actuality the package arrives the next morning; given Amazon, this is damn near uncanny.
** Played with even more in TheMovie; the delivery arrives straight after Wallace's lampshading, but only thanks to one of the movie's many {{Smash Cut}}s. Scott's ''still'' sitting by the door, though.

* 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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* Played with on ''WesternAnimation/PenguinsOfMadagascar''. The penguins have arrived at Shanghai, but due to Kowalski's miscalculations, think they're in Dublin. When they figure out that the villain is going to strike Shanghai next, they get inside a box and [[HumanMail mail themselves there]]. The mail truck arrives moments later, picks up the package, then goes around the block and deposits the package back in the same spot.

* Happens in the ''Series/{{Charmed|1998}}'' episode "Sin Francisco", thanks to magic.
* In an episode of ''Series/MyHero2000'', 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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* 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.
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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/JustCause2'': 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 several times faster than a fighter jet.
* ''VideoGame/TheSims2'' features nearly instantaneous home delivery of groceries, not to mention the fact that you can enter purchase or construction modes and instantly buy and place any product in the game's catalog.
* In addition to more conventional shops, ''VideoGame/{{Xenosaga}}'' allows the party to purchase things via UMN (the Internet, essentially) and all goods arrive instantaneously

* The [[TheMafiya Russian Mafia]] black marketeers in ''VideoGame/{{Mercenaries}}: Playground of Destruction'' might as well start identifying themselves with the tagline "delivered by airlift in 30 seconds or less."
* ''VideoGame/SheepDogNWolf'' 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.
* In ''VideoGame/DayOfTheTentacle'', a diamond is sent by "Pronto Post Light-Speed Delivery" and arrives about one second after hanging up the phone. "Now that's service!" Bernard quips. Pony Express riders in the colonial era seem to have a similar response time with picking up a letter from a mailbox.
* ''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.

* ''VideoGame/AnimalCrossing'':
** In the series, special orders at Tom Nook's store (and, in the first game, fossil identifications) take only one day to show up in your mailbox at no extra charge. That's slower than some of these examples but still several times faster than real-world free shipping.
** In ''New Leaf'' mail is always delivered at certain times of day. Anything you order from the store catalog will arrive at the next delivery time no matter how long that will be. So if you order something at 4:59pm, it will arrive one minute later. But if you order something at 5:01pm, you'll have to wait until next morning to get it.
* ''Videogame/{{Earthbound}}'' has a pizza delivery guy who will satisfy your HyperactiveMetabolism within three minutes, real-time. Even if you are in a volcanic cavern on the other side of the world, a FloatingContinent that can only be reached by teleportation, or a secret alien base beneath Stonehenge, he will [[OffscreenTeleportation show up anyways]].

* In ''VideoGame/SpaceQuestIIVohaulsRevenge'', the Labion Terror Beast mating call whistle shows up almost immediately after Roger places the form in the mail.
* In ''VideoGame/AnUntitledStory'', any furniture bought from the landlord in [=SkyTown=] will be delivered to your home [[GoWaitOutside as soon as you leave the screen]].
* ''Sorcerer'', the second game in the ''VideoGame/{{Enchanter}}'' trilogy, justifies this via TimeTravel and RuleOfFunny, as the company promises delivery of the item as soon as you mail out for it.
* An upgrade in the campaign mode of ''VideoGame/StarcraftII'' allow your [=SCVs=] to have [[ConstructAdditionalPylons Supply Depots]] instantly beamed down onto the battlefield from the ship, which lets the SCV spend more time [[YouRequireMoreVespeneGas collecting minerals and gas]] or constructing other types of buildings. Justified in this case, as it is a technology reverse engineered from Protoss warping capabilities.
* Several examples in ''VideoGame/KingdomOfLoathing'', but one of the oldest is the Discount Telescope Warehouse telescope delivery: "You drop the order form in a mailbox in Seaside Town, and see a bolt of light whoosh across the sky over your head, toward your campsite. When you head back, there's a shiny new telescope there!" Upgraded lenses arrive similarly, but after fully upgrading the telescope, "You fill out the form and drop it in a mailbox in town. No sooner has it hit the bottom of the box than a tiny pixie appears next to you" to give you meat compensation instead.
* Somewhat averted in ''VideoGame/PokemonChannel'', as anything you order will turn up the next day, but played straight if you order a bus pass.
* InteractiveFiction ''Kurusu City'' has a local store. Since you don't have cash to purchase the item at the store, you have to take the ship and bill option. It takes 43 seconds to be delivered, and as an cruel UnwinnableByDesign, can crush an item you forgot to collect from said mailbox.
* [[AvertedTrope Averted]] with the items you order from Tanaka in ''VideoGame/{{Persona 3}}'' and ''VideoGame/{{Persona 4}}'', as well as the items you buy from the shopping channel and Shady Commodities in ''VideoGame/{{Persona 5}}''. They arrive in a few days, which is about the time you'd expect for a mail-order delivery.
* Sophia's Shop in ''VideoGame/Persona5Strikers'', where she somehow manages to source a dark web vendor selling ''gold bars'' within Yongen-Jaya when Ryuji [[IWasJustJoking jokingly orders one]], and soon finds vendors that can more than adequately substitute for the temporarily closed Untouchable and Takemi Medical Clinic.

* ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'' imposes a one-hour delay on most in-game 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/RatchetAndClank'': The PDA can be used to instantly order ammo regardless of your current location. It even works in the vacuum of space on the Gemlik Base, outside the Blarg Tactical Research Station, or outside Drek's fleet.
* In ''VideoGame/RecRoom'', items you purchase in game will immediately materialize in front of you in a flurry of orange cubes.
* ''VideoGame/CounterStrike: Global Offensive'''s battle royale mode has delivery by drone. Generally reaches your exact position within a minute of placing the order, though you might have to deal with enemies shooting the package out of the sky before it can get to you.

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* In episode 3 of ''WebAnimation/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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* 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.
* In ''Webcomic/TheGamer'', if you pay for quick delivery on the Abyss Auction website, you get your money's worth as the physical goods are delivered in ''seconds''.
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* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6NdPFwb3FTk "My new internet penis is here!"]]

* WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes:
** This happens with any product Wile E. Coyote orders in the ''WesternAnimation/WileECoyoteAndTheRoadRunner'' 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.]]
* In "Ducking the Devil", WesternAnimation/DaffyDuck places a mail order for a trombone. It arrives in a few seconds without the letter being retrieved.

* Averted whenever anyone orders something on ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''. The scene will always cut to the delivery "six to eight weeks later."
* In one episode of ''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom'' Sam orders pizza (and later some updated computer software) and they both arrive within seconds. It's implied that she gets this kind of service because she comes from a wealthy family, the "little people" just have to wait it out.
* Happened in ''WesternAnimation/InvaderZim''. The delivery was intergalactic and still took place in a few seconds.

* ''WesternAnimation/CourageTheCowardlyDog'': Courage usually gets his stuff delivered just a few seconds after ordering it from a guy named Mr. Mouse.
* WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb: Any stuff the two protagonists order for their big ideas is delivered the same day, and early enough for them to still have time to carry out their plan.
* WesternAnimation/JohnnyBravo does this when Johnny's mom orders a mail-order robot nanny, which arrives at her front door the instant she puts the envelope into her mailbox (which had also been ripped out of the ground and brought into the house by Johnny.)

* In an episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheCrumpets'', Cordless orders fast food, in addition to gifts for Ms. [=McBrisk=], which all arrive in few seconds by helicopter.
* ''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 when he cries tears of joy).

* Parodied on ''WesternAnimation/{{Jellystone}}'' episode "A Fishsticky Situation" when Brain from ''WesternAnimation/TopCat'' orders a pair of macaroni shoes on her phone and chooses the instant delivery option... which raises the price from $8 to ''$8,000''. This ends up relevant later when Top Cat needs to order more tomato bisque to [[spoiler:cure the townspeople, who have been turned into fish people from eating expired fish sticks]] and getting it delivered instantly costs them all the money they have left.

* 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.

* 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.
* ''Webcomic/DnDorks'', in [[http://dndorks.com/comics/5/23/2005.aspx these]] [[http://dndorks.com/comics/5/25/2005.aspx two]] comics.

* 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.

* Ditto for ''VideoGame/JustCause2'': 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]].

* Items in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'' prequel ''VideoGame/CrisisCore'' are bought over Zack's company-issue cellphone. The items appear in your inventory the moment you purchase them, even if you're miles from civilization.

** ''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.

* In ''VideoGame/AnimalCrossing'' series, special orders at Tom Nook's store (and, in the first game, fossil identifications) take only one day to show up in your mailbox at no extra charge. That's slower than some of these examples but still several times faster than real-world free shipping.

** [[http://www.deviantart.com/art/How-did-they-6973673 A possible explanation...]]

** Played straight and lampshaded with Sophia's Shop in ''VideoGame/Persona5Strikers'', where she somehow manages to source a dark web vendor selling ''gold bars'' within Yongen-Jaya when Ryuji [[IWasJustJoking jokingly orders one]], and soon finds vendors that can more than adequately substitute for the temporarily closed Untouchable and Takemi Medical Clinic.

* Digital content can be downloaded instantly after purchase from online platforms such as the iTunes Store, UsefulNotes/{{Steam}}, the UsefulNotes/PlayStation Store, Creator/{{Nintendo}}'s Virtual Console, and the like.

* In ''Goofy Gymnastics'', WesternAnimation/{{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.

* [[http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i144/bunnyfriend/roger%20rabbit%20toontown%203/RRTT_three0003.jpg A tie-in comic book]] to ''Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit'' lampshaded this as one of the better things about living in Toontown. In fact, the item Roger ordered arrived [[RuleofFunny before he placed the order]], prompting him to declare that the modern world is moving a little too fast.

** once Garfield ordered a cup of coffee over the Internet. It arrived instantly.

* Cornerstore.com is renowned for their speedy deliveries in the film ''WesternAnimation/{{Storks}}''. [[spoiler:So the protagonists make use of it to get back to the warehouse just as quickly by ordering something off the site, and then issuing a return with the company and hiding inside of the box.]]

* 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.

* 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]].
* ''VideoGame/TheSims 2'' features nearly instantaneous home delivery of groceries, not to mention the fact that you can enter purchase or construction modes and instantly buy and place any product in the game's catalog.

* Items in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'' prequel ''VideoGame/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.

* In ''VideoGame/AnUntitledStory'', any furniture bought from landlord in [=SkyTown=] will be delivered to your home [[GoWaitOutside as soon as you leave the screen]].

* In ''Webcomic/TheGamer'', if you pay for quick delivery on the Abyss Auction website, you get your money's worths as the physical goods are delivered in ''seconds''.

* WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb: any stuff the two protagonists order for their big ideas is delivered the same day, and early enough for them to still have time to carry out their plan.

** Played straight and lampshaded with Sophia's Shop in ''VideoGame/Persona5Strikers'', where she somehow manages to source a dark web vendor selling ''gold bars'' within Yongen-Jaya when Ryuji [[JokeAndReceive jokingly orders one]], and soon finds vendors that can more than adequately substitute for the temporarily closed Untouchable and Takemi Medical Clinic.

** Played straight with Sophia's Shop in ''VideoGame/Persona5Strikers'', where she somehow manages to source a dark web vendor selling ''gold bars'' within Yongen-Jaya, and soon finds vendors that can more than adequately substitute for the temporarily closed Untouchable and Takemi Medical Clinic.

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