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Funny Answering Machine
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When a character lives in a modern setting, how do you show the audience or reader how quirky he or she is? Make that character an entertaining answering machine note For those not familiar with them, they were electronic devices that connected to a landline phone. The 1970s-1980s version used mini cassette tapes. It played your greeting and then recorded a message for you if you weren't home. By the 1990s, answering machines recorded your greeting and messages digitally. They could be used to screen calls in the days before Caller ID, as you could hear your annoying relative/ex/boss leave their message over the built-in speaker. They've largely been replaced with digital voicemail. or voicemail message for callers to hear! They're also good for showing the audience a hint of the character's personality. Compare Voicemail Confusion, Funny Phone Misunderstanding. | |
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In one episode of Everybody Hates Chris, Julies buys an old reel-to-reel answering machine for the house phone, but no one leaves any messages because Rochelle's voice sounds completely different when played back. Eventually Drew takes over and leaves this message, "(beatbox) Hey this is Master Drew, and I'm not home! So just call me back on the telephone!" | |
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The Unstoppable Wasp: Nadia is woken up by the ringing of Hank Pym's phone. Unable to find it in time, she hears a lengthy voicemail message including a preemptive redirection to the Avengers if there's some world-ending emergency, a preemptive apology to Janet, a preemptive refusal of whatever Scott Lang wants as he already owes Hank something like $50,000, and Hank accidentally setting the carpet on fire. Again. | |
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In Loaded Weapon 1: | |
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Nobody Here: "Answer" has the author pretend that the other person got the number wrong in the voicemail message. | |
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RENT has Mark and Roger saying, "speeeeeaak" together in a bored tone. | |
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On WWE Raw, Shawn Michaels doesn't show up one night, so Triple H decides to call his cell phone and ends up getting his voicemail. | |
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Jagged Alliance 2 has a number in the recruitment menu. A few examples. | |
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On the other hand, The Defenders (2017) shows Jessica's answering machine message is her gruffly barking "Wrong number. *BEEP*" because she's avoiding taking cases. | |
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Bones's voicemail reminds the audience that this is not Temperance Brennan, but a recording of her. | |
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In one episode of Chuck, Chuck calls Casey and gets the following message: | |
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House at one time had a very convincing "this number has been disconnected" recording for his answering machine. | |
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Cheers: One episode involves Sam's message, which sounds like him answering the phone, then a long pause, followed by "Just kidding. You got my machine." Diane calls Sam before her wedding to Frasier, hoping Sam is on a plane on his way to stop the wedding. When she thinks he has answered, she hangs up in disgust without hearing the rest, and thus doesn't know that Sam is on his way. Another episode's teaser plays Woody's outgoing message, which Sam says (in the message) is stupid. The caller is revealed to be Woody, who now agrees that the message is stupid. |
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Radio Enfer: Carl recorded the message on the answering machine in the radio's room, resulting in what follows: | |
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The Simpsons: One episode has Homer and Marge buying a book about trying to invoke this trope, and end up trying to record a message together while reading out of it. It sort of goes without saying, but it ends up being So Unfunny, It's Funny. A season 2 episode has Homer calling Barney for bail, and initially gets an answering machine message sung to the tune of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony. |
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Lammy's answering machine message in Um Jammer Lammy is so long that she has time to run down some flights of stairs, run back up to her apartment, turn off all of the appliances she had accidentally left on, give her stuffed panda a kiss, and race back out the door. | |
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A The Kids in the Hall sketch revolves around a couple trying to record their outgoing message. The wife wants a simple, straightforward message while the husband wants something clever. While attempting to record their message, they have an argument while the tape is still running. A friend calls in and hears their message, which contains the argument. The caller laughs and congratulates the couple on creating their funniest message yet. | |
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In one episode of Mama's Family, Mama gets an answering machine and each person's attempt to record an outgoing message reflects their personality: Iola does it in a drab monotone, Naomi does it in a sexy, seductive voice with a kiss at the end (Mama: "It's supposed to be a phone message, not foreplay!"), Bubba shows off by doing it Elvis-style, and Vint just describes the machine on his message. They finally settle on Mama's short but not-so-sweet "It's your dime, spill it!" | |
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In The Dinner Game, (French: Le Diner De Cons), François Pignon has such a message. | |
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Carrie Bradshaw's message in Sex and the City has variations of "Hi. I'm shoe shopping". | |
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In How the Grinch Stole Christmas!, the Grinch sees he has no messages and checks his outgoing: "If you utter so much as one syllable I'll hunt you down and gut you like a fish!!!!! If you'd like to fax me, press the Star key!" | |
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On One Day at a Time the family is going away for a Christmas vacation so they borrow an answering machine for the duration. The girls decide to record their greeting to the tune of "Silent Night." | |
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The Joker has one in Batman: The Animated Series. Naturally, it's also disturbing. Watch here. | |
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At the start of Kickassia, That Chick with the Goggles has a The Tape Knew You Would Say That-style outgoing message that tricks The Nostalgia Critic into having a conversation with it. An unrelated video on the site years later reveals that's still her outgoing message. | |
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In Community, the end of one episode provides a little present for all the Kevins out there: | |
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The dub of Yu-Gi-Oh! SEVENS turns Yuga’s invention, the “Crank Call-inator� into one of these. | |
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One early Dilbert strip has him leaving a girl a message asking her out on a date. Her answering machine says "If you're calling to take me to Paris, press 1. If you're offering to take me to a crappy movie, press 2." Cue Dilbert pressing '2' and saying "I've got a bad feeling about this..." |
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Parodied in Calvin and Hobbes. Calvin once picked up the phone and said, "Hello, we are unable to come to the phone right now, so please leave a message at the sound of the 'click'." and hung up. | |
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In a 2-minute short for Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends, Bloo and the gang try to make one of these, but it fails when Madame Foster overloads the electricity before they could press the save button. | |
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Candorville: Lemont's answering machine always identifies the caller, usually "Mom" or "creditor." To the latter, he tends to mention his lack of funds. To the former, he's painfully self-effacing and apologetic for not living up to her expectations. | |
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In the Rocko's Modern Life episode "Seat to Stardom," Heffer tries calling Rocko's house but gets his answering machine, which the outgoing message starts with Rocko saying "Hello?" as if he were really answering the phone. After a few seconds of silence, he says "This is Rocko," and goes into a typical answering machine greeting, fooling whoever is calling. Later, when Rocko tries calling Heffer back, Heffer intentionally does not answer, resulting in his answering machine to play an outgoing message: "At the sound of the tone, please leave a message, unless you're a Wedgie Boy and have no time for your friends." | |
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SCP Foundation: SCP-361 is an Etruscan artifact resembling a divining liver. If you put an actual sheep liver on it you get the following message: | |
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Supernatural: The voicemail of Castiel: You have reached the voice mail of [Castiel: I don’t understand. Why do you want me to say my name?] [sound of numbers being pressed] [beep] Dean's message is terse: "Leave your name, number, and nightmare at the tone." Dean has multiple phones so one of his messages is "this is Dean's other, other phone, so you must know what to do." Likewise Bobby Singer has a number of phones so he can impersonate an FBI office or other authority for the Hunters. His actual number has a curt: "This is Bobby Singer's direct hotline. You should not have this number." |
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"Hi, this is Suzy. I'm not at home, but please leave a message at the tone... Unless you're Jon Arbuckle, in which case the machine will automatically hung up." An episode of Garfield and Friends had a message where Jon was being assaulted by Garfield and Odie while recording. An actual strip (April 27, 2008) has Liz call and hear him fighting with Garfield in the recording (and it's implied that he'd JUST been recording it a short while before). As in the The Kids in the Hall example, she likes it and says it's funny. |
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The Discworld novel Sourcery has a fairly standard message. The funny bit is that they're in a fantasy universe and it's not a phone, it's a Benevolent Genie's magic lamp. | |
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From the first episode of Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog, when Dr. Robotnik tries to call Grounder, who is in pieces: | |
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In the Family Ties episode "Teacher's Pet," Alex records an answering machine message that plays a fanfare every time he says his own name. Later, Mallory and Jennifer record another message that says, "If you're calling for either one of us or our parents, please leave a message after the beep. If you're calling for Alex, he doesn't live here anymore, and we don't know where he lives." | |
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Swingers features a funny answering machine, even though the message is completely normal. It seems the main character has his machine to spout out encouragements to him, as after he checks it says, in its robotic voice, comments like "She's not worth it" and "There are other fish in the sea." | |
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To promote Jessica Jones season two, Marvel Studios posted the name and phone number of Jessica's detective agency online. People who dialed the number would hear this greeting, recorded in-character by star Krysten Ritter: On the other hand, The Defenders (2017) shows Jessica's answering machine message is her gruffly barking "Wrong number. *BEEP*" because she's avoiding taking cases. |
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On My Name Is Earl, when Earl and Randy moved into an actual apartment, Randy bought an answering machine with a recording of a Mr. T impersonator. | |
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An early Frazz Sunday strip has Frazz and the kids recording a song with some nonsense instructions for the caller. | |
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Cat Tales: Joker's answering machine message is the same as in Batman: The Animated Series... meaning it's less funny and more disturbing. And Ivy hates it. | |
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In The Wolf Among Us, Beauty and the Beast have an answering machine that says (at considerable length and in an incredibly over-the-top happy tone) that they can't come to the phone right now because they're out having a great time. Considering they're neck-deep in debt to a loan shark they're trying to avoid, the message is not only Blatant Lies, but when the enforcer harassing them is finally able to leave his own message, the first thing he does is threaten dire repercussions if he has to listen to it one more time. | |
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A recurring gag in Archer is that characters will call Archer and start talking only to realize that it's just one of his elaborate and obnoxious voice mail messages. Reaches its peak in the Season 5 episode "The Rules of Extraction." Archer programs his voicemail to trigger a rave in the Tunt mansion, complete with laser-light show and a techno remix of "The mail box of A-A-Archer, A-A-Archer is full." Not even Krieger knows how he pulled that one off. |
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In Pinky and the Brain episode "TV or Not TV", when the Brain is expecting a phone call: | |
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In Eyes of Laura Mars, the models Michele and Lulu chorus, "This is Lulu and Michele. We're not home, so go to hell. But if you're not a horny creep, then leave a message when you hear the beep." | |
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Vincent Martella has gone on record as having recorded his family's answering machine message in character as Phineas Flynn, which has caused several sound only Double Takes. | |
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Hey, this is Drake & Josh! Leave your name and...blah, blah, blah, blah... | |
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An episode of Garfield and Friends had a message where Jon was being assaulted by Garfield and Odie while recording. | |
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Played with in MouseHunt, where Nathan Lane's character has an answering machine prompt that consists entirely of, "When ya hear the beep, start talkin'." | |
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In a sketch on the The Tracey Ullman Show, Tracey played a single girl whose recorded calls all indicated that her answering machine message made her sound sick or depressed (one, a wrong number, referred her to a suicide hotline). In response, Tracey hired a studio band and recorded an elaborate message to the tune of "Something's Coming" from West Side Story. When she came home the next day and eagerly prepared to listen to her messages, all she received was a long line of beeps, indicating that the callers had gotten fed up waiting for the song to end and hung up. | |
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Will & Grace used to do these all the time. When the phone rang and they listened to one of them, Will said, "I hate us so much right now." Apparently, they make them when drunk. | |
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"Hello. This is Adrian... Monk. Thank you for calling my new answering machine. When you hear the beep noise, please speak into the telephone receiver and leave a message, which I will play back and listen to later. This is the end of the message, and here is the beep I was talking about." [BEEP] | |
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Darker than Black uses November 11's answering machine in one episode, having him tell a joke while the person at the other end is waiting for the beep. It's used as an Orphaned Punchline, and surprisingly seems to be a bawdy joke as opposed to November 11's usual sense of humor. | |
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The Terminator. "Hi! [Beat] Ha-ha, fooled you, you're talking to a machine!" The last time we hear this message, Sarah Connor really is talking to a machine as the Terminator has just killed her roommate who made the message. | |
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Sisters. After Teddy's (the second-oldest sister) husband is killed, we see her sitting alone in their bedroom, repeatedly listening to their answering machine message, which includes him mock-angrily demanding that callers leave them alone, since they're newlyweds. | |
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In Regular Show, Rigby sets his voicemail message as if he's answering the call, only to yell "PSYCH!" and then tell the caller that he's unavailable. | |
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When Last Week Tonight with John Oliver created a fake church to mock excessive spending by megachurch pastors, they set up a phone line, 1-800-THIS-IS-LEGAL. note Which corresponds to 1-800-844-7475 according to most American phones The answering machine used by the line started out normally, before devolving into Oliver yelling at the caller to donate money. | |
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A Saturday Night Live skit featured a man distressed that his answering machine message made him sound effeminate. So he re-recorded it... only to sound even moreso. He proceeded to repeat his actions over and over again, only for the message to sound more and more stereotypically gay no matter how manly he tried to sound, including things he hadn't even said such as "whoo-hoo!" and "girlfriend". | |
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The Plant That Ate Dirty Socks: When the family gets an answering machine in book 5, Norman and his friend Bob start calling from Bob's house and leaving silly messages, then rush back to hear themselves on playback. After their parents put a stop to this, Dad teaches Norman how to record an actual message so he won't use it as a toy anymore... only for Norman to secretly rerecord it, except this time he sings it to the tune of "Camptown Races". Mom and Dad aren't pleased, but at least one caller compliments them on having a song on the machine. | |
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In FoxTrot Jason is quite fond on these. Some include; A message offering the number of the insane asylum to anyone calling for Paige. A message telling someone leaving a message for Paige to press "666." Bringing the machine up to the shower to record Roger singing in the shower. Recording himself singing "A million bottles of beer on the wall...", leaving his parents wondering why they have no messages again. The original version of the strip had Jason informing callers they dialed the "Satan Hotline". Informing the caller they've reached the "Jason Fox Hotline, your 24 hour source for all things Jason" and then a lengthy description of his day, leaving Roger wondering why everyone sounds so grouchy on the machine. Paige has also done this on occasion, usually when she's trying to get a date for whatever upcoming social event is happening. |
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In Zits, Jeremy Duncan makes a message where he simply farts into the phone: "Leave a message at the sound of the 'frap'." And in an early strip, "You have reached the number you called. Blah, blah, blah. If you actually need further instructions, well, that's just pathetic." | |
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Life's Little Instruction Book advises against this: | |
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The Doctor Who Scream of the Shalka webcast (now non-canon with the new series) revealed the Doctor (and robot Master)'s answerphone message to end "we will get back to you before you call." Also, by the sound of it, the Master was somehow making the Doctor giggle while he recorded it... | |
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Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me has the promise of this trope as a prize. If a contestant wins, they'll get radio personality Carl Kasell's voice on their home answering machine. What kinds of thing do they make him say? Well, find someone who knows someone who's won the game to find out. You can hear a few samples here. |
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One episode of Criminal Minds has a guy (played by Frankie Muniz) compulsively calling his girlfriend's cellphone, and getting the message "Hello, I cannot answer right now because I'm busy living my life!". He keeps getting increasingly exasperated that she doesn't answer, and a flashback reveals that he suggested the message to her (as he's some successful comic writer/artist). Then it turns out she was murdered a while ago, he has the phone (in silence) and his insistence on calling is part of the denial/psychosis he's suffering. He didn't kill her, mind you; he's hunting down the gang that did. | |
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Hilariously subverted in L.A. Story, in which Steve Martin answers the phone in a pitch perfect parody of an answering machine message: | |
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Nina Tanleven: In The Ghost in the Third Row, when Nine finally reaches Chris on the phone, she gets the answering machine. It claims to be their cat, and at the end asks the caller to leave a message at the sound of the meow. Also if they have any spare mice. Then there’s an actual meow instead of a beep. | |
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When Iron Maiden re-released their singles, drummer Nicko McBrain had hilarious tracks commenting on the songs (among other things). At the end of each, he imitates an answering machine. | |
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T.U.F.F. Puppy episode "Freaky Spy-Day" has Kitty's attempt at making an outgoing. | |
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Not always funny, but on The Rockford Files, Jim Rockford's message machine—an audio Couch Gag in the credits—was the introduction to the episode, often leaving the audience with an idea of either the trouble Jim was up to or the personality of Jim's new client. | |
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Marzipan's Answering Machine is mostly about the funny calls she gets, but some of her answering machine messages can be pretty unusual, too. Some examples: | |
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In the Season 2 finale of Caroline in the City, Caroline calls Richard to confess that she's in love with him, and when she hears him say "Hello," she assumes he's answered the phone. She is cut off after a few words with "Actually it's a machine, but aren't we all?" Caroline mutters that the usually grumpy Richard has picked a fine time to develop a sense of humour. | |
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A variation from Dawn of a New Age: Oldport Blues, where there isn't an actual answering machine, but Hyeon makes a joke in the style of one after he's put through the ringer: | |
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In the second Family Guy Star Wars special, Luke (Chris) tries to call Han (Peter) to tell him that he's going to the Dagobah System. | |
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The original version of the strip had Jason informing callers they dialed the "Satan Hotline". | |
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Citizen Dog: Mel and Fergus try this, but end up arguing over it instead. | |
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Filmation's Ghostbusters has Ansabone, a sentient answering machine which tries to answer the phone before the 'Busters can, and even tries to play keep-away with them. Examples of his "wit": | |
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On Alice, Alice gets an answering machine and someone makes a death threat against her on it. | |
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How I Met Your Mother plays with this trope a few times. On one occasion, Barney and Robin record a corny duet as part of a bet. On another, Lily starts talking to her dad, learns he wants $5,000 in bail, and starts pretending to be one of these. | |
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Jesse Pinkman's answering machine message on Breaking Bad: | |
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Richard Gray, of Grim Tales and Detectives United, is a ghost bound inside his own skull. (It Makes Sense in Context, at least as much as that concept ever could.) The skull sits on the inventory bar, and when he wants to say something, it lights up and shakes to prompt the player to click on it. However, clicking on it when it's not doing that may result in a supernatural version of this trope: | |
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In Frasier, Niles and Daphne's answering machine consists of them singing a duet to the tune of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony ("No-bo-dy's hooooooome, no-bo-dy's hoooooooome....") | |
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Friends: If Joey and Chandler's answering machine isn't enough ("Here comes the beep, you know what to do" - since it doesn't say who it is, allowed Chandler to date a woman who called the wrong number), Ross attempted one that made the duo groan ("[stomp, stomp, clap!] We will, we will, call you back!"). When Rachel and Phoebe were sharing an apartment, they made a couple of attempts to record a message with alternating words. During the first attempt, the message is "Hi, it's Rachel and Phoebe, please leave a message", but Phoebe complains about being stuck saying "it's", "and", "please", and "a". So she insists on going first - and Rachel changes the message to "Hi everybody, it's Rachel and Phoebe, please leave a message", so that she gets all the "good" words again. One message said, "You've reached Monica and Chandler's. If you're hearing this message, we're probably screening." While it's playing, we see Chandler reading a newspaper. "Yeah, we are." |
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Sabrina the Teenage Witch: Salem's latest attempt to call Paula Abdul gets him "Leave a message and I'll get back to you. If this is that weird guy Salem, stop weeping into my phone!" Salem proceeds to do just that. | |
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In Gravity Falls, during The Stinger of the episode 'Dipper vs. Manliness', where Grunkle Stan keeps receiving obsessive voicemails from a local diner waitress who keeps calling to say hello and getting her cats to do the same, much to Stan's horror. | |
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