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Leon, a failing TV screenwriter, discovers that his answering machine has developed sentience and a snarky demeanor. Speaking in Leon's voice, the machine tells Leon that it comes from an alternate universe where automated voices like itself are the dominant race, and demonstrates its boastful and strong-willed nature by taking over Leon's life. Leon soon grows tired of the machine and turns it off, but this results in him being hounded by the machine's friends, who endlessly repeat useless information to drive him mad.
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* CargoShip: InUniverse. As a demonstation of its power to Leon, his answering machine contacts the answering machine of a local movie theater... and then begins hitting on it.
* CigaretteOfAnxiety: Leon is seen smoking as he watches TV, sometime after the voices started coming after him.
* CigaretteOfAnxiety: Leon is seen smoking as he watches TV, sometime after the voices started coming after him.
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* CargoShip: InUniverse. As a demonstation demonstration of its power to Leon, his answering machine contacts the answering machine of a local movie theater... and then begins hitting on it.
* CigaretteOfAnxiety: Leon is seen smoking as he watches TV, sometime after the voicesstarted start coming after him.
* CigaretteOfAnxiety: Leon is seen smoking as he watches TV, sometime after the voices
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* ShoutOut: The miniseries pitch that Leon's machine comes up with at the end borrows heavily from ''Film/{{Casablanca}}'' and ''Film/GoneWithTheWind''. Given that the voice is from an alternate universe, it's justified from its point of view, since these films may not exist where it comes from.
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** The miniseries pitch that Leon's machine comes up with at the end borrows heavily from ''Film/{{Casablanca}}'' and ''Film/GoneWithTheWind''. Given that the voice is from an alternate universe, it's justified from its point of view, since these films may not exist where it comes from.
** The miniseries pitch that Leon's machine comes up with at the end borrows heavily from ''Film/{{Casablanca}}'' and ''Film/GoneWithTheWind''. Given that the voice is from an alternate universe, it's justified from its point of view, since these films may not exist where it comes from.
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* ActingForTwo: Creator/HarryAnderson plays both Leon and the voice in his machine, who argue constantly.
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Leon, a failing TV screenwriter, discovers that his answering machine has developed sentience and a snarky demeanor. Speaking in Leon's voice, the machine tells the real Leon that it comes from an alternate universe where automated voices like itself are the dominant race, and demonstrates its boastful and strong-willed nature by taking over the Leon's life. Leon soon grows tired of the machine and turns it off, but this results in him being hounded by the machine's friends, who endlessly repeat useless information to drive him mad.
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Leon, a failing TV screenwriter, discovers that his answering machine has developed sentience and a snarky demeanor. Speaking in Leon's voice, the machine tells the real Leon that it comes from an alternate universe where automated voices like itself are the dominant race, and demonstrates its boastful and strong-willed nature by taking over the Leon's life. Leon soon grows tired of the machine and turns it off, but this results in him being hounded by the machine's friends, who endlessly repeat useless information to drive him mad.
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* LoserProtagonist: Leon can never catch a break, since his fiancee drifts in and out of his life, he hasn't had work or an idea that sold hasn't sold in months, and the answering machine basically turns him into its ghostwriter.
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* LoserProtagonist: Leon can never catch a break, since his fiancee drifts in and out of his life, he hasn't had work or an idea that sold hasn't sold one of his ideas in months, and the answering machine basically turns him into its ghostwriter.
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Failing TV screenwriter Leon discovers that his answering machine has developed a will of its own. Speaking in Leon's voice, the machine tells Leon that it comes from an alternate universe, and demonstrates its boastful and strong-willed nature by taking over the original Leon's life. Eventually, Leon grows tired of the machine and turns it off, but this results in him being hounded by automated voices that endlessly repeat useless information.
!!"All a Clone by the Telephone" provides examples of:
* ActingForTwo: Leon's machine talks back to him in his own voice, and he argues with it constantly.
!!"All a Clone by the Telephone" provides examples of:
* ActingForTwo: Leon's machine talks back to him in his own voice, and he argues with it constantly.
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Leon, a failing TV
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* CargoShip: As a show of its power, the answering machine contacts, and then begins flirting with, the answering machine of a local movie theater.
* CoolAndUnusualPunishment: Before Leon turns the answering machine off, the machine ominously warns him that it has "friends" that will come after him. The machine's friends, a bunch of automated hotlines, do come after Leon, hunting him down wherever he is and bombarding him with useless information.
* DownerEnding: Leon discovers that the machine wants credit for his idea of a TV miniseries, and is forced to type down everything it comes up with, while gaining none of the credit himself.
* FunnyAnsweringMachine: Leon's machine gains sentience and basically runs roughshod over Leon's life.
* LargeHam: Leon's answering machine pours on the ham whenever it talks.
* ShoutOut: The miniseries pitch that Leon's machine comes up with at the end is actually the ending of ''Film/{{Casablanca}}''. Given that the machine is from an alternate universe, it's possible that it came up with the idea on its own, and that the film may not exist where it comes from.
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* CoolAndUnusualPunishment: Before Leon turns the answering machine off, the machine ominously warns him that it has "friends" that will come after him. The machine's friends, a bunch of automated hotlines, do come after Leon, hunting him down wherever he is and bombarding him with useless information.
* DownerEnding: Leon discovers that the machine wants credit for his idea of a TV miniseries, and is forced to type down everything it comes up with, while gaining none of the credit himself.
* FunnyAnsweringMachine: Leon's machine gains sentience and basically runs roughshod over Leon's life.
* LargeHam: Leon's answering machine pours on the ham whenever it talks.
* ShoutOut: The miniseries pitch that Leon's machine comes up with at the end is actually the ending of ''Film/{{Casablanca}}''. Given that the machine is from an alternate universe, it's possible that it came up with the idea on its own, and that the film may not exist where it comes from.
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* CargoShip: InUniverse. As a show demonstation of its power, the power to Leon, his answering machine contacts, and then begins flirting with, contacts the answering machine of a local movie theater.
theater... and then begins hitting on it.
* CigaretteOfAnxiety: Leon is seen smoking as he watches TV, sometime after the voices started coming after him.
* CoolAndUnusualPunishment: Before Leon turnsthe his answering machine off, the machine ominously warns him that it has "friends" that will that'll come after him. The machine's Its friends, a bunch of automated hotlines, do indeed come after Leon, hunting him down wherever he is and bombarding him with useless information.
information that won't affect him at all.
* DownerEnding: Leon discovers that what the machine wants is the credit for hisidea of a TV miniseries, and is he's forced to type down everything it comes up with, while gaining none with as its uncredited ghostwriter. Given the comedy styling of the credit himself.
episode, it's PlayedForLaughs.
* FaintInShock: Leon does so as he hears his answering machine flirt with the one from the theater.
* FunnyAnsweringMachine: Leon's machinegains sentience houses an alternate version of himself that exists as an automated voice, and basically it soon runs roughshod over Leon's life.
* HauntedTechnology: Leon's answering machine, which speaks in his voice and takes over his life, claiming it comes from an alternate universe full of sentient automatic voices like itself. When Leon shuts the machine off, the voice sends its "friends" after him, who drive him insane by reciting information that's utterly useless to him.
* HearingVoices: A literal variation, as automated messages, friends of the voice in his machine, keep hounding Leon while he's at home, his agent's office, even out on the street, with completely impractical information.
* LargeHam: Leon's answering machine absolutely pours on the ham whenever it talks.
* LighterAndSofter: It's not as ridiculous as the previous episode, but this one still plays things for comedy.
* LoserProtagonist: Leon can never catch a break, since his fiancee drifts in and out of his life, he hasn't had work or an idea that sold hasn't sold in months, and the answering machine basically turns him into its ghostwriter.
* RelationshipRevolvingDoor: Thanks to the machine's meddling, Leon's lover Dolores keeps going from wanting to marry him to never wanting to see him again, and then right back to wanting to marry him.
* ShoutOut: The miniseries pitch that Leon's machine comes up with at the endis actually the ending of ''Film/{{Casablanca}}''. borrows heavily from ''Film/{{Casablanca}}'' and ''Film/GoneWithTheWind''. Given that the machine voice is from an alternate universe, it's possible that it came up with the idea on justified from its own, and that the film point of view, since these films may not exist where it comes from.
----** The answering machine flirts with the one in the movie theater by saying it has connections to Creator/IngmarBergman, offering to let her dub his films in English.
* SomedayThisWillComeInHandy: Sharply averted for Leon, as the automated voices that follow him everywhere bombard him with information that won't be useful to him at all, punishing him with boredom for turning off his answering machine.
* WorldOfHam: Leon, his answering machine, Dolores, and pretty much everyone else go overboard on the ham.
* WritersSuck: Leon hasn't been able to sell even one of his ideas for six months, and Dolores lets him know that his writing sucks before she breaks up with him a second time.
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* CigaretteOfAnxiety: Leon is seen smoking as he watches TV, sometime after the voices started coming after him.
* CoolAndUnusualPunishment: Before Leon turns
* DownerEnding: Leon discovers that what the machine wants is the credit for his
* FaintInShock: Leon does so as he hears his answering machine flirt with the one from the theater.
* FunnyAnsweringMachine: Leon's machine
* HauntedTechnology: Leon's answering machine, which speaks in his voice and takes over his life, claiming it comes from an alternate universe full of sentient automatic voices like itself. When Leon shuts the machine off, the voice sends its "friends" after him, who drive him insane by reciting information that's utterly useless to him.
* HearingVoices: A literal variation, as automated messages, friends of the voice in his machine, keep hounding Leon while he's at home, his agent's office, even out on the street, with completely impractical information.
* LargeHam: Leon's answering machine absolutely pours on the ham whenever it talks.
* LighterAndSofter: It's not as ridiculous as the previous episode, but this one still plays things for comedy.
* LoserProtagonist: Leon can never catch a break, since his fiancee drifts in and out of his life, he hasn't had work or an idea that sold hasn't sold in months, and the answering machine basically turns him into its ghostwriter.
* RelationshipRevolvingDoor: Thanks to the machine's meddling, Leon's lover Dolores keeps going from wanting to marry him to never wanting to see him again, and then right back to wanting to marry him.
* ShoutOut: The miniseries pitch that Leon's machine comes up with at the end
* SomedayThisWillComeInHandy: Sharply averted for Leon, as the automated voices that follow him everywhere bombard him with information that won't be useful to him at all, punishing him with boredom for turning off his answering machine.
* WorldOfHam: Leon, his answering machine, Dolores, and pretty much everyone else go overboard on the ham.
* WritersSuck: Leon hasn't been able to sell even one of his ideas for six months, and Dolores lets him know that his writing sucks before she breaks up with him a second time.
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* ActingForTwo: Leon's machine talks back to him in his own voice, and he argues with it constantly.
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* ShoutOut: The miniseries pitch that Leon's machine comes up with at the end is actually the ending of ''Film/{{Casablanca}}''. Given that the machine is from an alternate universe, it's possible that it came up with the idea on its own, and that the film may not exist where it comes from.
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* ShoutOut: The miniseries pitch that Leon's machine comes up with at the end is actually the ending of ''Film/{{Casablanca}}''. Given that the machine is from an alternate universe, it's possible that it came up with the idea on its own, and that the film may not exist where it comes from.from.
* TalkingToHimself: Leon's machine talks back to him in his own voice, and he argues with it constantly.
* TalkingToHimself: Leon's machine talks back to him in his own voice, and he argues with it constantly.
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Failing TV screenwriter Leon discovers that his answering machine has developed a will of its own. Speaking in Leon's voice, the machine tells Leon that it comes from an alternate universe, and demonstrates its boastful and strong-willed nature by taking over the original Leon's life. Eventually, Leon grows tired of the machine and turns it off, but this results in him being hounded by automated voices that endlessly repeat useless information.
!!"All a Clone by the Telephone" provides examples of:
* AlternateUniverse: Where Leon's answering machine purportedly comes from.
* CargoShip: As a show of its power, the answering machine contacts, and then begins flirting with, the answering machine of a local movie theater.
* CoolAndUnusualPunishment: Before Leon turns the answering machine off, the machine ominously warns him that it has "friends" that will come after him. The machine's friends, a bunch of automated hotlines, do come after Leon, hunting him down wherever he is and bombarding him with useless information.
* DownerEnding: Leon discovers that the machine wants credit for his idea of a TV miniseries, and is forced to type down everything it comes up with, while gaining none of the credit himself.
* FunnyAnsweringMachine: Leon's machine gains sentience and basically runs roughshod over Leon's life.
* LargeHam: Leon's answering machine pours on the ham whenever it talks.
* ShoutOut: The miniseries pitch that Leon's machine comes up with at the end is actually the ending of ''Film/{{Casablanca}}''. Given that the machine is from an alternate universe, it's possible that it came up with the idea on its own, and that the film may not exist where it comes from.
!!"All a Clone by the Telephone" provides examples of:
* AlternateUniverse: Where Leon's answering machine purportedly comes from.
* CargoShip: As a show of its power, the answering machine contacts, and then begins flirting with, the answering machine of a local movie theater.
* CoolAndUnusualPunishment: Before Leon turns the answering machine off, the machine ominously warns him that it has "friends" that will come after him. The machine's friends, a bunch of automated hotlines, do come after Leon, hunting him down wherever he is and bombarding him with useless information.
* DownerEnding: Leon discovers that the machine wants credit for his idea of a TV miniseries, and is forced to type down everything it comes up with, while gaining none of the credit himself.
* FunnyAnsweringMachine: Leon's machine gains sentience and basically runs roughshod over Leon's life.
* LargeHam: Leon's answering machine pours on the ham whenever it talks.
* ShoutOut: The miniseries pitch that Leon's machine comes up with at the end is actually the ending of ''Film/{{Casablanca}}''. Given that the machine is from an alternate universe, it's possible that it came up with the idea on its own, and that the film may not exist where it comes from.
