Suggestion: Reaching Between The Lines

eroock Since: Sep, 2012

#1: Oct 18th 2016 at 10:57:32 AM

Two suggestions:

This◊ pic was suggested in the Suggestion Thread (IMO, it has too much overlap with Split-Screen Phone Call / Frame Break)
This◊ pic from a The Three Stooges short.

Berrenta How sweet it is from Texas Since: Apr, 2015 Relationship Status: Can't buy me love

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#2: Oct 18th 2016 at 11:01:52 AM

Opened. The Stooges idea works better.

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#3: Oct 18th 2016 at 11:10:20 AM

Yeah, the Stooges pic does play it more straight.

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#4: Oct 18th 2016 at 12:23:26 PM

The Stooges one for me.

(Annoyed grunt)

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#5: Oct 21st 2016 at 10:43:42 AM

https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/phonegrab.png

I like the face in the phone.

Morgenthaler Since: Feb, 2016

#6: Oct 21st 2016 at 1:09:46 PM

^ I like that one best so far. It's even clearer what the trope is about.

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eroock Since: Sep, 2012

#7: Oct 21st 2016 at 3:14:17 PM

https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/face_in_the_phone.jpg

Cleaned up

Willbyr Hi (Y2K) Relationship Status: With my statistically significant other

#8: Oct 21st 2016 at 8:24:43 PM

That one's good, but I lean toward the Stooges.

AnotherDuck No, the other one. from Stockholm Since: Jul, 2012 Relationship Status: Mu

No, the other one.

#9: Oct 22nd 2016 at 1:24:51 AM

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Tuomas Since: Mar, 2010

#10: Oct 24th 2016 at 12:19:48 AM

IMO #7 is better than Stooges example, because in the Stooges one it could just be someone punching through the wall, and it's not even obvious the machine on the wall is a telephone. #7 illustrates the surreal nature of this trope better.

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