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* Jacob Thrombey in ''Film/KnivesOut'' is a dark version of this: a sixteen-year-old "literal Nazi" whose constant smartphone use is in the service of [[{{GIFT}} racist trolling]].

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* Jacob Thrombey in ''Film/KnivesOut'' is a dark version of this: a sixteen-year-old "literal Nazi" whose constant smartphone use is in the service of [[{{GIFT}} [[InternetJerk racist trolling]].
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* Pretty much all the teens in ''ComicStrip/{{Zits}}'' are this, with some of them developing "carpal thummel" from texting too much.
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* ''WebAnimation/SonicInXMinutes'': In the "''Forces''" series, Infinite starts off as a stoic, perpetually uninterested character who is always looking down at a smartphone. While it's unknown how old Infinite is, he has the spirit of this trope, and most of the animal characters in the Sonic franchise are teenagers anyway. But later in the series, as Infinite starts getting more focus, he stops using the smartphone and takes a more active role in the story.
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* Pretty much all of the teenage girls in ''Theatre/{{Fangirls}}'', but especially Jules, who is never seen without her phone in her hand and has a meltdown when Edna almost breaks it.

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* Pretty much all of the teenage girls in ''Theatre/{{Fangirls}}'', but especially Jules, who is never seen without her phone in her hand hand, deletes Brianna's precious photos to free up space, and has a meltdown when Edna almost breaks it.her phone.
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* Pretty much all of the teenage girls in 'Theatre/{{Fangirls}}'', but especially Jules, who is never seen without her phone in her hand and has a meltdown when Edna almost breaks it.

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* Pretty much all of the teenage girls in 'Theatre/{{Fangirls}}'', ''Theatre/{{Fangirls}}'', but especially Jules, who is never seen without her phone in her hand and has a meltdown when Edna almost breaks it.

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* Pretty much all of the teenage girls in 'Theatre/{{Fangirls}}'', but especially Jules, who is never seen without her phone in her hand and has a meltdown when Edna almost breaks it.



* In ''VisualNovel/MonsterProm'', Valerie the shopekeeper is presented like this. She always has her phone in hand, often looking at it rather than at the player when they visit her shop. She'll look up from it if she has something to say, but she's also only managing the store to buy a new phone.

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* In ''VisualNovel/MonsterProm'', Valerie the shopekeeper shopkeeper is presented like this. She always has her phone in hand, often looking at it rather than at the player when they visit her shop. She'll look up from it if she has something to say, but she's also only managing the store to buy a new phone.
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** The Sequel, Monster Cam, the a Main Romanceable Option, Milo Belladona is even more so.

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** The Sequel, Monster Cam, sequel, ''Monster Camp'', features the a Main Romanceable Option, new main romanceable option Milo Belladona Belladonna, who is even more so.moreso an example of this trope than Valerie, tying in with their status as a social media influencer who enjoys online popularity and keeping up.
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** The Sequel, Monster Cam, the a Main Romanceable Option, Milo Belladona is even more so.
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* Midori from ''Anime/SpacePatrolLuluco'' is a middle school girl, but still is never seen without her {{space|X}} smartphone in her hands. Justified since she's a ''gyaru'' stereotype and because the illegal black hole app she uses is actually a plot point.

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* Midori from ''Anime/SpacePatrolLuluco'' is a middle school girl, but still is never seen without her {{space|X}} smartphone in her hands. Justified since she's a ''gyaru'' GyaruGirl stereotype and because the illegal black hole app she uses is actually a plot point.
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->''Here we are\\
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Looking through a screen makes you feel alright.''
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* Libby in ''Film/ISawWhatYouDid''. When she and Kit are making prank phone calls, her father doesn't think it at all strange that the phone has been engaged for two hours.



* Libby in ''Film/ISawWhatYouDid''. When she and Kit are making prank phone calls, her father doesn't think it all strange that the phone has been engaged for two hours.

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*In the Tremeloes "Here Comes My Baby" the singer laments he has little chance to introduce himself to the girl he likes: "You never walk alone, and you're forever talking on the phone"
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* Jacob Thrombey in ''Film/KnivesOut'' is a dark version of this: a sixteen-year-old "literal Nazi" whose constant smartphone use is in the service of [[{{GIFT}} racist trolling]].



* ''Film/MysteryRoad'': Julie is a lot of texts on her phone and Jasmine (the neighbor of another missing girl) spends most of the conversation with Jay looking at her phone instead of him.



* Jacob Thrombey in ''Film/KnivesOut'' is a dark version of this: a sixteen-year-old "literal Nazi" whose constant smartphone use is in the service of [[{{GIFT}} racist trolling]].

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* Jacob Thrombey in ''Film/KnivesOut'' is a dark version of this: a sixteen-year-old "literal Nazi" whose constant smartphone use is in the service of [[{{GIFT}} racist trolling]].
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* Jacob Thrombey in ''Film/KnivesOut'' is a dark version of this: a sixteen-year-old "literal Nazi" whose constant smartphone use is in the service of [[{{GIFT}} racist trolling]].
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Classic trait for the AlphaBitch, ValleyGirl, BrattyTeenageDaughter, and other teenage stereotypes. TechnologicallyBlindElders is the flip side of this trope. SelfieFiend is a related trope where someone loves taking photos with their phone.

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Classic trait for the AlphaBitch, ValleyGirl, BrattyTeenageDaughter, and other teenage stereotypes. TechnologicallyBlindElders is the flip side of this trope. SelfieFiend is a related trope where someone loves taking photos of themself with their phone.
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* Libby in ''Film/ISawWhatYouDid''. When she and Kit are making prank phone calls, her father doesn't think it all strange that the phone has been engaged for two hours.
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* In ''VisualNovel/MonsterProm'', Valerie the shopekeeper is presented like this. She always has her phone in hand, often looking at it rather than at the player when they visit her shop. She'll look up from it if she has something to say, but she's also only managing the store to buy a new phone.
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* In ''WebAnimation/HelluvaBoss'', Loona is more busy with her cellphone than properly attending the meeting in the pilot. While her age is unknown, she looks like a teenager and Moxxie mentions that Blitzo treats her like one.

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* ''ComicBook/{{Robin|Series}}'': Tim spends a lot of time on the phone with Stephanie, especially when they're separated. While working with ComicBook/TheFlash Wally finds Tim hard to get ahold of because Tim's busy using the phone to talk to Steph.

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* ''ComicBook/{{Robin|Series}}'': Tim spends a lot of time on the phone with Stephanie, [[ComicBook/Batgirl2011 Stephanie]], especially when they're separated. While working with ComicBook/TheFlash Wally finds Tim hard to get ahold of without running to Tim's location because Tim's busy using the phone to talk to Steph.Steph.
* ''ComicBook/WonderWoman1987'': While it's not a phone Kris Lazarus is glued to his handheld game system, until he ends up mortally wounded. There are plenty of signs he was a pretty nice and considerate kid despite his gaming addiction, but when his grieving father tried to recreate him as an AI the only thing that seems to have made it across is that gaming addiction, which [[AIIsACrapshoot does not mix well]] with his father's explosively unstable HardLight AI experiments.
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* ''Theatre/IAndYou'': Because Caroline is too sick to leave the house, she's grown to depend on her phone to let her stay connected to things outside her house. It's pointed out that when she actually gets to interact with people in person she uses her phone as a way to keep them at a distance, for instance being more preoccupied with friending Anthony on Facebook than his attempts to actually befriend her.
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Classic trait for the AlphaBitch, ValleyGirl, BrattyTeenageDaughter, and other teenage stereotypes. TechnologicallyBlindElders is the flip side of this trope.

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Classic trait for the AlphaBitch, ValleyGirl, BrattyTeenageDaughter, and other teenage stereotypes. TechnologicallyBlindElders is the flip side of this trope.
trope. SelfieFiend is a related trope where someone loves taking photos with their phone.
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* In ''{{Film/Deadpool}}'', Negasonic Teenage Warhead just ''has'' to finish a text before she can help in the final battle.

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* In ''{{Film/Deadpool}}'', ''{{Film/Deadpool|2016}}'', Negasonic Teenage Warhead just ''has'' to finish a text before she can help in the final battle.

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* ''Series/RavensHome'': Nia and Tess use their smartphones so much that "Girls Just Wanna Have Phones" revolves around the two having a contest to see who can go the longest without theirs.
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* In ''Series/{{Longmire}}'', an heir to a phenomenally wealthy family turns up dead, so Walt takes pains to keep the story away from the press while he solves the case. Cue the family's bratty teenager tweeting the news as soon as he overhears it, and subsequently trying to take a selfie with the sheriff and a man claiming to be the dead guy.

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* In ''Series/{{Longmire}}'', an heir to a phenomenally wealthy family turns up dead, so Walt takes pains to keep the story away from the press while he solves the case. Cue the family's bratty teenager [[SocialMediaBeforeReason tweeting the news news]] as soon as he overhears it, and subsequently trying to take a selfie with the sheriff and a man claiming to be the dead guy.
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* There's a commercial in which a family is getting ready to travel to another country on vacation, and the parents are gleeful at the idea of not getting cell service there, meaning their kids might actually have to talk to one another instead of using their phones. While the younger boy asks "Should we?", his sister is visibly disgusted as she says "No".
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* He's not a teenager, but in the ''WesternAmination/SouthPark'' episode 'Buddha Box' Cartman claims being left alone with his cellphone is the only remedy for anxiety, so the titular box enables him to isolate entirely from his surroundings with it. Pretty soon half the town uses it, not just kids.

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* He's not a teenager, but in the ''WesternAmination/SouthPark'' ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' episode 'Buddha Box' Cartman claims being left alone with his cellphone is the only remedy for anxiety, so the titular box enables him to isolate entirely from his surroundings with it. Pretty soon half the town uses it, not just kids.
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* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jycc05wikvI This]] commercial has a young man living with his parents constantly on his phone, with the narration noting that he had to move back home after college and his parents had hoped he'd be motivated to find a job. Subverted in that he ''is'' motivated; he's using the Indeed.com app on his phone to look for jobs, and by the end, he has three interviews lined up.
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* He's not a teenager, but in the ''WesternAmination/SouthPark'' episode 'Buddha Box' Cartman claims being left alone with his cellphone is the only remedy for anxiety, so the titular box enables him to isolate entirely from his surroundings with it. Pretty soon half the town uses it, not just kids.

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