'''Basic Trope''': A character throws away their cell phone rather than be bothered by people calling them.
* '''Straight''': As {{Alice|AndBob}} is driving down the highway, Bob calls her cell phone. She picks it up and pitches it out the window.
* '''Exaggerated''': Alice [[WebAnimation/{{HelluvaBoss}} snaps the phone in half, smashes it to pieces with a landline, whizzes the whole thing through a blender and gives it to her friend, saying "Eat this. And then you know that bridge over the freeway? Shit off it."]]
* '''Downplayed''':
** Alice decided to leave the phone at home. When Bob calls, it rings in the empty room.
** When Bob calls her cell phone, Alice takes out the battery.
** Alice just turns the phone off.
* '''Justified''': Alice had already retired, but still has her old work phone in her handbag. Bob calls it for the first time in months, begging her to do OneLastJob.
* '''Inverted''': Alice buys a cell phone to make sure that Bob can get in touch with her.
* '''Subverted''': Alice rolls down the window to throw the phone out, but decides against it.
* '''Double Subverted''': However, when she takes the call and hears Bob's demands, she pitches it out after all.
* '''Parodied''':
** Alice cuts the string on a TinCanTelephone.
** Alice gets an annoying phone call, and throws her phone over her shoulder. There's a loud yell from a nearby cubicle, and her landline rings -- "That hurt! You could have just said no!" She rips the phone out of the wall and throws that over her shoulder.
* '''Zig Zagged''': ???
* '''Averted''': Alice just lets the call go to the answering machine, instead.
* '''Enforced''':
** The segment is an advertisement for a mountain retreat specifically offering isolation from the outside.
** There needs to be some explanation for why Alice can't just call 911 while in a disaster/being chased by a killer/whatever.
* '''Lampshaded''': "You know that phone cost $150, Alice."
* '''Invoked''': "He's not going to stop calling you, Alice -- just throw away the damn phone."
* '''Exploited''': [[BornLucky Diane]] just so happens to be walking down the street looking for a phone when Alice tosses hers out the window.
* '''Defied''': Carol, in the passenger seat, catches Alice's arm before she can throw the phone out the window.
* '''Discussed''': "You are not a TV character, Alice. You cannot just chuck your phone out a window or in the river, you need it."
* '''Conversed''': "I wonder if it ever occurred to the writers that throwing your phone away like that counts as littering."
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