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* ''Film/AbbottAndCostelloInHollywood'': Abercrombie tries to call his girlfriend, but ends up dialing the number of another phone in the same room and having a phone conversation with himself, and then with Buzz when he asks the latter to take the phone and talk to the other guy.
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* A strange example in ''WesternAnimation/{{Rollbots}}'' when Spin calls Zilla and Bug in a SplitScreen, then the Split Screen vanishes, revealing that the two appeared right behind him.
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* A strange example in ''WesternAnimation/{{Rollbots}}'' ''WesternAnimation/RollBots'' when Spin calls Zilla and Bug in a SplitScreen, then the Split Screen vanishes, revealing that the two appeared right behind him.
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* Papa Smurf to Hefty and Handy in ''WesternAnimation/TheSmurfs'' episode "The First Telesmurf" through the telesmurf.
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* Papa Smurf to Hefty and Handy in ''WesternAnimation/TheSmurfs'' ''WesternAnimation/TheSmurfs1981'' episode "The First Telesmurf" through the telesmurf.
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* In the ending of ''Anime/SchoolDays'', Makoto gets a text message from Sekai saying, "I'm sorry, and then, after a few empty lines, "[[spoiler:Goodbye]]" while she's in the same room, [[spoiler:immediately before she brutally stabs him to death]].
* In the penultimate chapter of ''Manga/TheSummerYouWereThere'', Shizuku and Kaori have a text conversation while they're in the same room. This is necessary because [[spoiler:Kaori's condition has deteriorated to the point at which speaking is too much for her]].
* In the penultimate chapter of ''Manga/TheSummerYouWereThere'', Shizuku and Kaori have a text conversation while they're in the same room. This is necessary because [[spoiler:Kaori's condition has deteriorated to the point at which speaking is too much for her]].
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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Kaeloo}}'': In "The Thing From Outer Space", Kaeloo, Stumpy, and Quack-Quack use walkie-talkies to communicate with each other while playing a game of astronauts because they each think the others are far away, not realizing that they're mere feet away from each other.
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* ''Film/INotStupidToo'' does this with Steven Yeo's conversation with the police when his son, Tom was caught fighting in public. What's even funnier is that the police sergeant making the call ''doesn't'' even see Steven before him.
--> '''Sergeant''': You know your son is in trouble, right?\\
'''Steven''': Yes, absolutely.\\
'''Sergeant''': You can come over to the station right now?\\
'''Steven''': I'm ''already'' here. In front of you.\\
[''cue the confused sergeant looking up'']
--> '''Sergeant''': You know your son is in trouble, right?\\
'''Steven''': Yes, absolutely.\\
'''Sergeant''': You can come over to the station right now?\\
'''Steven''': I'm ''already'' here. In front of you.\\
[''cue the confused sergeant looking up'']
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* The office example used to be common in real life, as every cubicle tends to have a phone with its own extension, so it was certainly possible to make a phone call to a coworker less than twenty feet away. However, as the digital age advances, this has become less common than sending instant messages or emails to the coworker less than twenty feet away (which also brings the advantage of leaving a digital record of everything that was said).
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[[caption-width-right:350:Talk about a close call.]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:Talk about a [[{{Pun}} close call.call]].]]
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* When someone loses their phone, then has a friend or family member call it - using the ringtone as a homing beacon, this trope ensues should whoever picks up the phone decide to answer the call instead of rejecting it.
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* Used to catch out tech support in [[https://notalwaysright.com/circuitous-route-fix-circuit/88879/ this]] ''Website/NotAlwaysWorking'' story. The tech guy insisted he was getting a valid pingback from the customer's cable decoder and everything was working fine... and then the customer put the cable office's receptionist on the phone, showing that both he and the decoder were sitting in the lobby.
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* ''Website/NotAlwaysWorking'':
** Used to catch out tech support in [[https://notalwaysright.com/circuitous-route-fix-circuit/88879/ this]]''Website/NotAlwaysWorking'' story. The tech guy insisted he was getting a valid pingback from the customer's cable decoder and everything was working fine... and then the customer put the cable office's receptionist on the phone, showing that both he and the decoder were sitting in the lobby.lobby.
** The inevitable result of a poorly-thought out policy to deal with a short-staffed office in [[https://notalwaysright.com/corporate-management-decisions-a-cautionary-tale/156132/ this]] story. Because the smaller office keeps missing phone calls, they set up a system to bounce calls to the larger office. Fine, until the manager of the larger office needs to call the smaller office, and gets bounced to two desks away.
** Used to catch out tech support in [[https://notalwaysright.com/circuitous-route-fix-circuit/88879/ this]]
** The inevitable result of a poorly-thought out policy to deal with a short-staffed office in [[https://notalwaysright.com/corporate-management-decisions-a-cautionary-tale/156132/ this]] story. Because the smaller office keeps missing phone calls, they set up a system to bounce calls to the larger office. Fine, until the manager of the larger office needs to call the smaller office, and gets bounced to two desks away.
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* The ''WesternAnimation/ChalkZone'' episode "The White Board" begins with Rudy talking to Penny over the phone while he's in bed with a fever. Penny turns out to have been talking to Rudy over the phone while inside a dresser drawer adjacent to Rudy's bed.
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&&* After being eliminated from ''Series/TheBiggestLoser'', one contestant surprised his wife this way.
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* Similarly, an episode of ''Series/NashBridges'' had the detectives working two major cases, one of which was a prostitution ring with a dozen prostitutes in custody. Evan decides to call his date and tell her he's going to be late. Meanwhile, Harvey takes care of the prostitutes' belongings when one of their beepers goes off. He checks it to discover it's from Evan, revealing that his date is one of the prostitutes.
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** During Sojiro's Confidant, Sojiro gets a visit from a hostile man he doesn't want to deal with, and claims he's expecting a call. You can surreptitiously dial Sojiro's number to make it seem as though he's just gotten the call and convince the man to go away.
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** During Sojiro's Confidant, Sojiro gets a visit from a hostile man he doesn't want to deal with, and claims he's expecting a call. You can surreptitiously dial Sojiro's number to make it seem as though he's just gotten the call and convince the man to go away. If you do, Sojiro will be impressed at your quick thinking.
** Early on in Iwai's Confidant, a variant happens. Iwai will ask you to call him while he's meeting with an acquaintance in the Shibuya diner, while you're sitting in the adjacent booth. He will claim that a third party called him, then ask you to stay on the line so he can listen in on his acquaintance while the latter makes a phone call.
** Early on in Iwai's Confidant, a variant happens. Iwai will ask you to call him while he's meeting with an acquaintance in the Shibuya diner, while you're sitting in the adjacent booth. He will claim that a third party called him, then ask you to stay on the line so he can listen in on his acquaintance while the latter makes a phone call.
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I tried and Crystal still says, "Just go talk to that person!"
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* In ''VideoGame/PokemonGoldAndSilver'' and their remakes, you can use your phone to call other trainers. Do this while in the same area as them and depending on the game, the game itself will just tell you to go talk to them in person (original ''Gold'' & ''Silver'') or they will question why you're calling them from so close (''Crystal'' and the remakes).
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* In ''VideoGame/PokemonGoldAndSilver'' and their remakes, you can use your phone to call other trainers. Do this while in the same area as them and depending on the game, the game itself will just tell you to go talk to them in person (original ''Gold'' & ''Silver'') games) or they will question why you're calling them from so close (''Crystal'' and the (the remakes).
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* ''Film/{{Tenet}}''. When Sator's goons arrive to rough up the Protagonist for speaking to his wife Kat, he slips his phone number into her pocket. After seeing the Protagonist take down all the goons, she dials the number the next day after seeing off her son at school, only to hear the phone ring; she turns to see the Protagonist walking up behind her.
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* ''Film/{{Tenet}}''. ''Film/{{Tenet}}'': When Sator's goons arrive to rough up the Protagonist for speaking to his wife Kat, he slips his phone number into her pocket. After seeing the Protagonist take down all the goons, she dials the number the next day after seeing off her son at school, only to hear the phone ring; she turns to see the Protagonist walking up behind her.
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* In ''Keep 'Em Flying'', Creator/AbbottAndCostello get into a heated argument over phones only a short distance apart and fail to realize the people they're yelling at are each other.
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* ''Film/HomeAlone1''. Kevin's mother calls the police and is repeatedly shunted back and forth between two officers, who are revealed to be at adjoining desks.
* ''Film/OfficeSpace''. Milton is whining to Peter over the phone. We're then shown that he's in the next cubicle.
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* ''Film/HomeAlone1''. ''Film/HomeAlone1'': Kevin's mother calls the police and is repeatedly shunted back and forth between two officers, who are revealed to be at adjoining desks.
*''Film/OfficeSpace''. ''Film/OfficeSpace'': Milton is whining to Peter over the phone. We're then shown that he's in the next cubicle.
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* ''Series/FawltyTowers'': In "The Builders", Polly attempts to cover for Basil hiring the builder O'Reilly by pretending to call from Stubbs's firm. She does this from the hotel drawing room, pinching her nose to disguise her voice. Sybil is not fooled, and goes to find her.
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* ''Series/FawltyTowers'': In "The Builders", Polly attempts to cover for Basil hiring the builder O'Reilly by pretending to call from Stubbs's firm. She does this from the hotel drawing room, pinching her nose to disguise her voice. Sybil is not fooled, and goes to find her.her, and speaks to Basil through the phone.
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* ''Series/FawltyTowers'': In "The Builders", Polly attempts to cover for Basil hiring the builder O'Reilly by pretending to call from Stubbs's firm. She does this from the hotel drawing room, pinching her nose to disguise her voice. Sybil is not fooled, and goes to find her.
--> '''Polly:''' (holding her nose) So you see we couldn't possibly manage it for at least three weeks, but if you want it done straight away, I suggest you try someone like... what's his name...
--> '''Sybil:''' (entering the room) O'Reilly?
--> '''Basil:''' (through the phone) Bravo Polly, well done, girl. But where are you speaking from?
--> '''Sybil:''' (taking the phone) She's in here with me, Basil.
--> '''Polly:''' (holding her nose) So you see we couldn't possibly manage it for at least three weeks, but if you want it done straight away, I suggest you try someone like... what's his name...
--> '''Sybil:''' (entering the room) O'Reilly?
--> '''Basil:''' (through the phone) Bravo Polly, well done, girl. But where are you speaking from?
--> '''Sybil:''' (taking the phone) She's in here with me, Basil.
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* ''Film/HomeAlone''. Kevin's mother calls the police and is repeatedly shunted back and forth between two officers, who are revealed to be at adjoining desks.
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* ''Series/{{CSINY}'': Mac uses this technique to invoke an ICanSeeYou moment with the perp from the Season 5 premiere. The two are having one of many cell phone conversations, and the guy thinks he's getting away by taking a train to Canada. But... Mac is sneaking up behind him at the station blending in with all the other "passengers and crew" who are actually undercover officers. Immediately before uttering his last sentence, Mac puts his phone away and speaks directly into the guy's ear. Busted!
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* ''Series/{{CSINY}'': ''Series/{{CSINY}}'': Mac uses this technique to invoke an ICanSeeYou moment with the perp from the Season 5 premiere. The two are having one of many cell phone conversations, and the guy thinks he's getting away by taking a train to Canada. But... Mac is sneaking up behind him at the station blending in with all the other "passengers and crew" who are actually undercover officers. Immediately before uttering his last sentence, Mac puts his phone away and speaks directly into the guy's ear. Busted!
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* ''Series/{{Frasier}}'' had this when Frasier and his father were trying to get hold of Niles, because Niles had left his phone at Frasier's place. Martin tried calling Niles from the kitchen, and Frasier picked up the phone, then they had a conversation without even realizing who they were talking to.
** In another episode Niles walks in while engaging in a NoYouHangUpFirst with his girlfriend. Frasier gets sick of this, picks up the landline and calls Niles' cell to interrupt. Cue several seconds of the brothers snarking at each other over the phone while in the same room before Frasier sees sense and hangs up.
** In another episode Niles walks in while engaging in a NoYouHangUpFirst with his girlfriend. Frasier gets sick of this, picks up the landline and calls Niles' cell to interrupt. Cue several seconds of the brothers snarking at each other over the phone while in the same room before Frasier sees sense and hangs up.
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** In one episode, Frasier and his father were trying to get hold of Niles, because Niles had left his phone at Frasier's place. Martin tried calling Niles from the kitchen, and Frasier picked up the phone, then they had a conversation without even realizing who they were talking to.
** In anotherepisode episode. Niles walks in while engaging in a NoYouHangUpFirst with his girlfriend. Frasier gets sick of this, picks up the landline and calls Niles' cell to interrupt. Cue several seconds of the brothers snarking at each other over the phone while in the same room before Frasier sees sense and hangs up.
** In one episode, Frasier and his father were trying to get hold of Niles, because Niles had left his phone at Frasier's place. Martin tried calling Niles from the kitchen, and Frasier picked up the phone, then they had a conversation without even realizing who they were talking to.
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* ''Series/{{CSINY}'': Mac uses this technique to invoke an ICanSeeYou moment with the perp from the Season 5 premiere. The two are having one of many cell phone conversations, and the guy thinks he's getting away by taking a train to Canada. But... Mac is sneaking up behind him at the station blending in with all the other "passengers and crew" who are actually undercover officers. Immediately before uttering his last sentence, Mac puts his phone away and speaks directly into the guy's ear. Busted!
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* ''Series/ResidentAlien'': Heartwarmingly used by married couple Ben and Kate to rekindle their rocky romance. Back when they were dating, they would talk on the phone for hours on end about mundane topics. After reminiscing about those days, Ben calls Kate from the living room when she goes into the kitchen. They end up staying in their specific rooms and chatting for three hours in the way that they used to.
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* In an episode of ''Machinima/TheStrangerhood'', where Sam and Wade are talking to each other on the phone, but then Sam points out they live in the same house, at which it's revealed that they were just standing on opposite sides of a wall.
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* Machinima/TeamFabulous2: One particularly notable scene involves this gag, when a BLU Soldier uses a [[ShoePhone boot]] to call his Engineer teammate on a [[ShoePhone banana.]]
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* In ''If I Could Reach You'', Kaoru calls her husband Reiichi, under the assumption that he's away on a business trip. [[WhamShot It is soon revealed that he's in the same area]], and [[YourCheatingHeart is with her best friend Risako]].
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* ''WesterAnimation/{{Ninjago}}'' uses this as a gag in Season 7, to play into Krux's motivation of technology being so integrated in people's lives.
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** In another episode Niles walks in while engaging in a NoYouHangUpFirst with his girlfriend. Frasier gets sick of this, picks up the landline and calls Niles' cell to interrupt. Cue several seconds of the brothers snarking at each other over the phone while in the same room before Frasier sees sense and hangs up.
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* In ''Film/TheHunter1980'', BountyHunter Papa Thorson gets a threatening phone call. After he hangs up, the caller is shown behind him using a public phone.
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