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* '''Exaggerated''': Alice snaps the phone in half, drops it in her drink, whizzes the whole thing through a blender and throws the blender out the window.
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* '''Exaggerated''': Alice [[WebAnimation/{{HelluvaBoss}} snaps the phone in half, drops smashes it in her drink, to pieces with a landline, whizzes the whole thing through a blender and throws gives it to her friend, saying "Eat this. And then you know that bridge over the blender out the window.freeway? Shit off it."]]
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* '''Discussed''': ???
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* '''Discussed''': ???"You are not a TV character, Alice. You cannot just chuck your phone out a window or in the river, you need it."
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* '''Enforced''': The segment is an advertisement for a mountain retreat specifically offering isolation from the outside.
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* '''Enforced''': '''Enforced''':
** The segment is an advertisement for a mountain retreat specifically offering isolation from the outside.
** The segment is an advertisement for a mountain retreat specifically offering isolation from the outside.
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** There needs to be some explanation for why Alice can't just call 911 while in a disaster/being chased by a killer/whatever.
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* '''Invoked''': ???
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* '''Invoked''': ???"He's not going to stop calling you, Alice -- just throw away the damn phone."
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Hope this fits.
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* '''Exploited''': ???
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* '''Exploited''': ???[[BornLucky Diane]] just so happens to be walking down the street looking for a phone when Alice tosses hers out the window.
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** Alice gets an annoying phone call, and throws her phone ver 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.
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** Alice gets an annoying phone call, and throws her phone ver 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.
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* '''Enforced''': ???
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* '''Enforced''': ???The segment is an advertisement for a mountain retreat specifically offering isolation from the outside.
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* '''Exaggerated''':
** ...and off the side of a cliff.
** Alice ends up throwing away her cell phone OncePerEpisode.
** ...and off the side of a cliff.
** Alice ends up throwing away her cell phone OncePerEpisode.
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* '''Exaggerated''':
** ...and off the side of a cliff.
**'''Exaggerated''': Alice ends up throwing away her cell snaps the phone OncePerEpisode.in half, drops it in her drink, whizzes the whole thing through a blender and throws the blender out the window.
** ...and off the side of a cliff.
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** Alice left the phone at home before she got on the road. It rings in the empty room.
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** Alice left decided to leave the phone at home before she got on the road. It home. When Bob calls, it rings in the empty room.
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* '''Justified''': Alice had already retired, and Bob had been begging her to do "just one last thing before you leave" over and over.
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* '''Justified''': Alice had already retired, and but still has her old work phone in her handbag. Bob had been calls it for the first time in months, begging her to do "just one last thing before you leave" over and over.OneLastJob.
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* '''Parodied''': Alice cuts the string on a TinCanTelephone.
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* '''Parodied''': '''Parodied''':
** Alice cuts the string on aTinCanTelephone.TinCanTelephone.
** Alice gets an annoying phone call, and throws her phone ver 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.
** Alice cuts the string on a
** Alice gets an annoying phone call, and throws her phone ver 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.
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'''Basic Trope''': A character throws away their cell phone rather than be bothered by their boss any more.
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'''Basic Trope''': A character throws away their cell phone rather than be bothered by their boss any more.people calling them.
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** Alice ends up throwing away her cell phone OnceAnEpisode.
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** Alice ends up throwing away her cell phone OnceAnEpisode.OncePerEpisode.
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* '''Exaggerated''': ...and off the side of a cliff.
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* '''Exaggerated''': ...'''Exaggerated''':
** ...and off the side of acliff.cliff.
** Alice ends up throwing away her cell phone OnceAnEpisode.
** ...and off the side of a
** Alice ends up throwing away her cell phone OnceAnEpisode.
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Bullets; splitting example.
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* '''Downplayed''': Alice left the phone at home before she got on the road. It rings in the empty room.
** When Bob calls her cell phone, Alice takes out the battery. Or just turns the phone off.
** When Bob calls her cell phone, Alice takes out the battery. Or just turns the phone off.
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* '''Downplayed''': '''Downplayed''':
** Alice left the phone at home before she got on the road. It rings in the empty room.
** When Bob calls her cell phone, Alice takes out thebattery. Or battery.
** Alice just turns the phone off.
** Alice left the phone at home before she got on the road. It rings in the empty room.
** When Bob calls her cell phone, Alice takes out the
** Alice just turns the phone off.
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** When Bob calls her cell phone, Alice takes out the battery. Or just turns the phone off.
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* '''Inverted''': ???
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* '''Inverted''': ???Alice buys a cell phone to make sure that Bob can get in touch with her.
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%%* '''Played For Drama''': ???
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'''Basic Trope''': A character throws away their cell phone rather than be bothered by their boss any more.
* '''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''': ...and off the side of a cliff.
* '''Downplayed''': Alice left the phone at home before she got on the road. It rings in the empty room.
* '''Justified''': Alice had already retired, and Bob had been begging her to do "just one last thing before you leave" over and over.
* '''Inverted''': ???
* '''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.
* '''Zig Zagged''': ???
* '''Averted''': Alice just lets the call go to the answering machine, instead.
* '''Enforced''': ???
* '''Lampshaded''': "You know that phone cost $150, Alice."
* '''Invoked''': ???
* '''Exploited''': ???
* '''Defied''': Carol, in the passenger seat, catches Alice's arm before she can throw the phone out the window.
* '''Discussed''': ???
* '''Conversed''': "I wonder if it ever occurred to the writers that throwing your phone away like that counts as littering."
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* '''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''': ...and off the side of a cliff.
* '''Downplayed''': Alice left the phone at home before she got on the road. It rings in the empty room.
* '''Justified''': Alice had already retired, and Bob had been begging her to do "just one last thing before you leave" over and over.
* '''Inverted''': ???
* '''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.
* '''Zig Zagged''': ???
* '''Averted''': Alice just lets the call go to the answering machine, instead.
* '''Enforced''': ???
* '''Lampshaded''': "You know that phone cost $150, Alice."
* '''Invoked''': ???
* '''Exploited''': ???
* '''Defied''': Carol, in the passenger seat, catches Alice's arm before she can throw the phone out the window.
* '''Discussed''': ???
* '''Conversed''': "I wonder if it ever occurred to the writers that throwing your phone away like that counts as littering."
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