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Film — Live-Action
"I can't talk right now, honey. I'm right in the middle of something."
— Mister Hertz, Shoot 'Em Up
Literature
221. Don't allow the phone to interrupt important moments. It's there for your convenience, not the caller's.
— Life's Little Instruction Book, Volume I
Live-Action TV
Felicity: Curtis, I don't even have the time to tell you that I don't have the time!
Curtis: You just did.
Curtis: You just did.
— Arrow, "Monument Point"
Clara: I need you. I'm cooking Christmas dinner!
Doctor: I'm being shot at by Cybermen!
Clara: Well, can't we do both?
Doctor: I'm being shot at by Cybermen!
Clara: Well, can't we do both?
"And now for another telenovela tradition...the ill-timed phone call."
— Latin Lover Narrator, Jane the Virgin
Video Games
