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Do not confuse with a PrankCall. Compare EscapeCall, where Bob deliberately arranges earlier for Charlie to call him so that he can get out of talking to Alice. Subtrope of LookingBusy. See also PhoningThePhantom, where somebody communicates with someone nobody else can hear by pretending to be on the phone with them.
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Do not confuse with a PrankCall. Compare EscapeCall, where Bob deliberately arranges earlier for Charlie to call him so that he can get out of talking to Alice. Subtrope of LookingBusy. See also PhoningThePhantom, where somebody communicates with someone nobody else can hear by pretending to be on the phone with them.them, or HoldingBothSidesOfTheConversation, when one person fakes a conversation with a second person without using a phone.
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* ''Series/MidsomerMurders'': In "The Oblong Murders", Jones gets trapped in a bedroom while conducting an undercover investigation. He calls Barnaby to rescue him but - because he cannot let the person he is with know that he is a cop - he pretends to be calling a friend. Calling Barnaby 'matey' initially confuses the Inspector, but he soon figures out what is going on.
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* ''Series/MidsomerMurders'': In "The "[[Recap/MidsomerMurdersS14E4 The Oblong Murders", Murders]]", Jones gets trapped in a bedroom while conducting an undercover investigation. He calls Barnaby to rescue him but - because he cannot let the person he is with know that he is a cop - he pretends to be calling a friend. Calling Barnaby 'matey' initially confuses the Inspector, but he soon figures out what is going on.
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** Jeff King finds a bug and proceeds to BluffTheEavesdropper by pretending to place a phone call offering to sell a top-secret item of equipment, knowing Dr. Vulcan's men will try and steal it off him. It's actually a radio location device for finding the BigBad's lair, but unfortunately Jeff's colleagues were outside the door listening and think he's in league with the BigBad, so they try to recover the device.
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** Jeff King finds a bug and proceeds to BluffTheEavesdropper by pretending to place a phone call offering to sell a top-secret item of equipment, knowing Dr. Vulcan's men will try and steal it off him. It's actually a radio location device for finding the BigBad's Dr. Vulcan's lair, but unfortunately Jeff's colleagues were outside the door listening and think he's in league with the BigBad, Dr. Vulcan, so they try to recover the device.
