History Main / SmellPhone

* Discussed in ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls'' episode "Telephonies", when the opening narration is interrupted by a prank call from Ace, who tells the narrator he stinks so bad he can smell him over the phone.

* ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'': In "Squidville", Patrick's bad breath from eating fried oyster skins travels though a communicator box and knocks out the guard on the other side.

[[folder:Films -- Live-Action]]
* ''Film/LesVisiteurs'': Subverted when Godefroy is trying to get his squire Jacquouille to return to the Middle Ages with him (by phone), but Jacquouille refuses. So Godefroy tells Jacquouille the TimeTravel has started to rot him from the insides, giving him foul breath that can be smelled from the other end of the phone. Jacquouille disbelieves him, and tries it out by breathing onto a hapless bystander... who, of course, starts gagging at the unbearable stench of the mouth of a MedievalMoron from TheDungAges. Later, Jacquouille says he's discovered tooth's-paste and doesn't need to leave.
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** The Smellescope, a telescope that can allow the user to smell odors from far away places.

* ''WebAnimation/MyLittlePonyTellYourTale'': In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyTellYourTaleSparkysSick Sparky's Sick]]", Misty attempts to capture Sparky, and fails when he lets loose a [[Fartillery massive fart]] right in her face. When Opaline contacts Misty with a magic amulet, she can smell it herself.

* In this future-themed parody of ''Goofus and Gallant'', Goofus watches Smell-O-Vision while Gallant uses a noseplug to not disturb others: https://imgur.com/a/vcEWU

* ''Film/LesVisiteurs'': Subverted when Godefroy is trying to get his villein Jacquouille to return to the Middle Ages with him (by phone), but Jacquouille refuses. So Godefroy tells Jacquouille the time travel has started to rot him from the insides, giving him foul breath that can be smelled from the other end of the phone. Jacquouille disbelieves him, and tries it out by breathing onto a hapless bystander... who, of course, starts gagging at the unbearable stench of a DungAges peasant's mouth. Later, Jacquouille says he's discovered tooth's-paste and doesn't need to leave.

A form of UpToEleven and BeyondTheImpossible. SubTrope of ReachingBetweenTheLines. See also TelephoneTeleport.

* Parodied in ''WesternAnimation/{{Arthur}}'', where in the episode "Cereal", Buster tries to show someone the smell of something in a podcast, but then [[WhatAnIdiot realizes he can't]].

[[caption-width-right:350:Should've thought to bring noseplugs with them.]]

* Parodied in ''WesternAnimation/{{Arthur}}'', where in the episode "Cereal", Buster tries to show someone the smell of something in a podcast, but then [[RealityEnsues realizes he can't]].

-->'''Professor Farnsworth:''' If a dog craps anywhere in the universe, you can bet ''I'' won't be out of the loop.

* ''Film/LesVisiteurs'': Subverted when Godefroy is trying to get his villein Jacquouille to return to the Middle Ages with him (by phone), but Jacquouille refuses. So Godefroy tells Jacquouille the time travel has started to rot him from the insides, giving him foul breath that can be smelled from the other end of the phone. Jacquouille disbelieves him, and tries it out by breathing onto a hapless bystander... who, of course, starts gagging at the unbearable stench of a DungAges peasant's mouth. Later Jacquouille says he's discovered tooth's-paste and doesn't need to leave.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' has the Smellescope, a telescope that can allow the user to smell odors from far away places.

** Zoidberg's uncle Harold Zoid says his acting career went downhill as soon as Smell-O-Vision was invented.

[[folder:Web Comics]]

* In the WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes cartoon, "WesternAnimation/TheOldGreyHare" according to a [[NewspaperDating newspaper]] [[TwentyMinutesInTheFuture from the year 2000,]] Smellevision has replaced television.

** Zoidberg's uncle Harold Zoid, says his acting career went downhill as soon as Smell-O-Vision was invented.

[[quoteright:350:[[WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/smell_phone_image.png]]]]

[[folder: Comic Books]]
* In ''ComicBook/{{Transmetropolitan}}'' Spider once got asked to test out a TV that uses a small MatterReplicator to add scent. The image shows him standing over the wreckage of said TV with a machine gun.

[[folder: Literature]]
* The ''Klutz'' company made a book of wacky fictitious inventions, one of which was the Smell Pod. Instead of playing music, it played scents, complete with earbuds which you stuck in your nose.

[[folder: Live Action Films]]
* ''Film/LesVisiteurs'': Subverted when Godefroy is trying to get his villein Jacouille to return to the Middle Ages with him (by phone), but Jacouille refuses. So Godefroy tells Jacouille the time travel has started to rot him from the insides, giving him foul breath that can be smelled from the other end of the phone. Jacouille disbelieves him, and tries it out by breathing onto a hapless bystander... who, of course, starts gagging at the unbearable stench of a DungAges peasant's mouth. Later Jacouille says he's discovered tooth's-paste and doesn't need to leave.

[[folder: Newspaper Comics]]
** In this future-themed parody of ''Goofus and Gallant'', Goofus watches Smell-O-Vision while Gallant uses a noseplug to not disturb others: https://imgur.com/a/vcEWU

[[folder: Web Comics]]

[[folder: Western Animation]]
* Parodied in ''WesternAnimation/{{Arthur}}'', where in the episode "Cereal", Buster tries to show someone the smell of something in a podcast, but then [[RealityEnsues realises he can't]].

* ''WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants'': In "Squidville", Patrick's bad breath from eating fried oyster skins travels though a communicator box and knocks out the guard on the other side.

[[caption-width-right:350:fried oyster skins!]]
Bad smells can be a rather unpleasant thing for the nose. Under the right circumstances the smell can be pretty powerful. So powerful they are able to travel through communication devices! So it won't matter even if you are either in an air tight bunker or miles away, if you have any way to communicate to the person, the smell ''can'' and ''will'' reach you.