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Short-Distance Phone Call

712 statements
139 feature instances
66 referencing feature instances

Short-Distance Phone Call	type	FeatureClass
Short-Distance Phone Call	label	Short-Distance Phone Call
Short-Distance Phone Call	page	ShortDistancePhoneCall
Short-Distance Phone Call	comment	A situation (usually) played for comedy in which two people are talking on the phone, yet are within reasonable speaking distance of each other, sometimes even standing right next to each other. Often times, they are fully aware of this, and for reasons unknown, continue talking via phone anyway. Though this trope in the world of fiction is played to depict the characters as lazy or frivolous, it's increasingly common Truth in Television now that cell phones are near ubiquitous since it's a quick and easy way to find where your friend or family is. A small while back a short distance call might also have been made to locate your lost cell, though nowadays it's less common as iOS and Android both provide ways for you to make your phone ring without an actual phone call (via Apple's and Google's Find My iPhone/Device, respectively). This can also happen in office settings, especially of the "cubicle farm" variety. You and a co-worker in a nearby office are on a three-way conference call with someone else farther away, resulting in you and the co-worker hearing each other "in stereo". For the non-comedic, creepy variant, see The Calls Are Coming from Inside the House and I Can See You. Compare Road Trip Across the Street.
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Short-Distance Phone Call / int_10861ce9	type	Short-Distance Phone Call
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_10861ce9	comment	Papa Smurf to Hefty and Handy in The Smurfs episode "The First Telesmurf" through the telesmurf.
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Short-Distance Phone Call / int_109f7814	comment	Sherlock is fond of these, just to show off and make an impression. He calls the cabbie in the unaired pilot from about three feet away. In "The Blind Banker", Sherlock calls Eddie Van Coon's mistress as he's walking up to her desk. In "The Six Thatchers ", Welsborough Jr. calls his father pretending to be in Tibet while hiding in the car outside the house for a surprise prank, which goes tragically awry.
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Short-Distance Phone Call / int_11b7db91	type	Short-Distance Phone Call
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_11b7db91	comment	Adventure Time has an episode where Finn and Jake call Marceline for help. A split screen is used for the call, until Marceline is revealed to be hiding in a pile of clothes a few feet away and then sneaks up on them.
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Short-Distance Phone Call / int_11d34cb7	comment	In an episode of El Cazador de la Bruja, a woman in the accounting department calls an executive in the company on her cell phone while standing outside his office. This was done to prove that the excuses he was using to brush her off were bullshit (at the time of the call, he claimed he was busy in a meeting — in his otherwise unoccupied office) so that she could corner him and get an explanation for irregularities in his department's accounts.
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Short-Distance Phone Call / int_164ad358	type	Short-Distance Phone Call
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_164ad358	comment	Team Fabulous 2: One particularly notable scene involves this gag, when a BLU Soldier uses a boot to call his Engineer teammate on a banana.
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Short-Distance Phone Call / int_16aa3232	comment	Desperate Housewives has one when Lynette follows Tom to where she believes he is having an affair. This leads to an amusing moment when a car alarm is accidentally set off while the two are on the phone, and Tom notes that he can hear it both where he is and from the phone.
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Short-Distance Phone Call / int_18cf31fd	comment	A variation is used on an episode of Royal Pains. Evan and Divya are both using laptops on the patio and Evan sends her an email. When she points out he could just get up and talk to her, he says he needs her response for official records.
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Short-Distance Phone Call / int_1981e3cb	comment	Local Hero. Mac talks over the phone to one of his co-workers - who is on the other side of a glass partition. This was used to subtly emphasize that Mac was a loner with no real human contact.
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Short-Distance Phone Call / int_1af786d2	type	Short-Distance Phone Call
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_1af786d2	comment	Used in a non-comic context in North By Northwest where Eve and Leonard discuss plans in two adjoining phone booths.
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Short-Distance Phone Call / int_1afa31a2	comment	Justified in RENT. Collins called from a payphone to ask Roger and Mark to throw him the keys so he could come up and talk to them.
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Short-Distance Phone Call / int_1b51bb94	comment	In one episode of The Addams Family, Fester is sitting at a desk with two phones. He picks up one and manages to call the other phone... which he then answers, and proceeds to hold two conversations at once. Well, one conversion, with himself, but he was convinced he was talking to two other people.
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Short-Distance Phone Call / int_1b5eec6e	comment	A gag in one episode of Sheep in the Big City when talking about "technology in the Big City" has this exchange:
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Short-Distance Phone Call / int_1beda93b	comment	The Sluggy Freelance "Quatrix" parody, where people are constantly contacting each other one the phone until it's revealed they're actually standing next to each other.
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Short-Distance Phone Call / int_20098ea4	comment	In the Coupling episode "Her Best Friend's Bottom", Steve (in his girlfriend's house) phones his girlfriend's mobile and the call diverts to the landline only a few feet away. Then Sally, who's visiting, comes out of the shower to answer the phone, wearing only a towel. Then she drops the towel. And wonders why the man on the other end of the phone is speechless. Then she drops the phone and bends over to pick it up. And wonders why she can still hear Steve after accidentally cutting him off.
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Short-Distance Phone Call / int_2175d90e	comment	Benson is at home in one episode when he gets a call from the Governor. Benson gives him permission to come over for a visit. What he doesn't know is that the Governor is actually calling from his limo in the driveway. The Governor shows up at his door within a minute and Benson asks him "What did you do? Beam over?
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Short-Distance Phone Call / int_2212773a	comment	In season three of Angel, ridiculously adorable lovebirds Fred and Gunn often talk to each other on cellphones, only hanging up when they're in the same room. The idea being that they were too enamored to wait five minutes, of course.
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Short-Distance Phone Call / int_22147342	comment	Arrow In the first couple of seasons Detective Lance and his daughter Laurel have a mobile Bat Phone which they can use to contact the Arrow, but this sometimes causes problems when one of them calls when Oliver Queen is standing right next to them, and he has to vanish around the corner before answering the call. In "Brotherhood", Thea is hanging up every time her father, supervillain Malcolm Merlyn, tries to contact her, leading to this trope when he decides to visit in person, because on that occasion she had actually decided to answer the phone.
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Short-Distance Phone Call / int_2221ecbd	comment	CSI: NY: Mac uses this technique to invoke an I Can See You 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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Short-Distance Phone Call / int_2350acad	comment	Cheers had numerous examples of this, mostly between the bar's main phone line and the pay phone in the hallway. One example is when Sam has Woody call and so he can take off work on the pretense of an emergency. Rebecca notices his deception when Woody stays on the line and she goes to make a phone call.
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Short-Distance Phone Call / int_261c8d3f	comment	The Simpsons: In "Homer Goes To College", Homer leaves Dean Peterson's office, and moments later, Peterson gets a call from Homer, saying "Hello, Dean, you're a stupidhead.". Peterson peers out his window and sees Homer making the call from a phone booth and asks "Homer, is that you?". When Homer sees him, he screams and flees.
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Short-Distance Phone Call / int_26674ed5	comment	Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty did this a lot when characters next to each other engaged in lengthy dialogue: they start talking to each other in person, and then after a minute or so switch over to the codec, which was turned from a regular radio with the receiver happening to be implanted in the user's head to "nanocommunication" that's a step away from telepathy. In-universe it's used several times specifically to prevent other people from listening in on the conversation, e.g. so that Raiden doesn't blow his cover while talking to one of the hostages in the Shell 1 core or so Olga can deliver a ton of exposition without giving away that she's The Mole among the enemy; in reality, these codec calls to someone standing five feet away were likely to avoid the hassle of having to animate proper cutscenes, since the codec screen is just two talking heads and a bit in the middle that shows the frequency, which works for contacting people when you want to but doesn't make for interesting cutscenes even before they start to reach several minutes in length.
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Short-Distance Phone Call / int_2858b08a	comment	In one episode of Full House, DJ and Kimmy have one of these in DJ's room. Danny isn't thrilled with the affect it has on his phone bill.
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Short-Distance Phone Call / int_2bbcacd9	comment	Looney Tunes: In the short, "Rocket Squad", Daffy Duck as a police officer gets a call from Da Chief to come see him. The Chief is calling from across Daffy's desk. Also happens in 1938's "Daffy Duck in Hollywood." Studio chief I.M. Stupendous and director Von Hamburger are talking to each other via phone, and Von Hamburger is on the other side of the chief's desk. The Bugs Bunny cartoon, "Oily Hare" shows a rich Texan (with 30 gallon hat) making a phone call from his limousine to the driver, that is so long, he is connected via a switchboard operator who is sitting at a switchboard frantically redirecting his call (and others) from the middle of the limo. Tortoise Beats Hare has Cecil Turtle calling his brother Chester to alert him and his other brothers that Bugs has taken off for their big race. Cecil leans over the line dividing the two callers and says "Give him the works!" An earlier cartoon, "Thugs With Dirty Mugs," has the same split-screen gag. Agent 6-&-7/8 is whispering to the chief of police where he is, then the chief leans over the split and tells the agent to speak louder.
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Short-Distance Phone Call / int_2d4380b7	comment	In The Hunter (1980), Bounty Hunter 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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Short-Distance Phone Call / int_30464d62	type	Short-Distance Phone Call
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_30464d62	comment	In Airplane II: The Sequel, Buck Murdock is shown on a viewscreen, talking to one of his subordinates. Then a door slides open, revealing that the viewscreen was a window in the door and Murdock was standing on the other side. A similar joke happened in the first movie in the dispatch office where two of the staffers there converse about Ted Striker being a threat to himself and everything else in the air— "Yes, birds too."
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Short-Distance Phone Call / int_326c82c5	comment	NCIS: Los Angeles: After an incident in which Deeks is targeted and shot by an enemy, Sam decides Deeks needs to improve his personal security. To prove his point, he decides to stakeout Deeks, but arrives late to work after Deeks didn't show. Since Deeks has not yet arrived at OPS, Kensi calls him...only for his phone to ring inside Sam's bag. Deeks saunters into the room and takes the phone from Sam's hand.
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Short-Distance Phone Call / int_3361ad0c	comment	The InBESTigators: In "The Case of the Sleepover Secret", Pixie texts the details about her parents getting a divorce to Ava, despite them sitting at the same table. This thoroughly confuses Kyle, but Ava claims it is because she was too upset to actually discuss it.
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Short-Distance Phone Call / int_347fe375	comment	A strange example in Rollbots when Spin calls Zilla and Bug in a Split Screen, then the Split Screen vanishes, revealing that the two appeared right behind him.
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Short-Distance Phone Call / int_38ce5997	comment	The Boys (2019). In "What I Know", Alastair Adana, the leader of the Church of the Collective is sitting in his study at home chatting on the phone to Congresswoman Victoria Neuman who is walking down the street. Suddenly his head explodes, and the up-till-now unrevealed Supe psychic assassin is shown to be standing just outside the fence of Alastair's house. It's Neuman.
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Short-Distance Phone Call / int_38edabf0	comment	Office Space: Milton is whining to Peter over the phone. We're then shown that he's in the next cubicle.
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Short-Distance Phone Call / int_3bbb1a1b	comment	An episode of Nash Bridges 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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Short-Distance Phone Call / int_3cc40e40	comment	In Everyday Heroes, Mr. Mighty is trying to call one of his teammates. While he's trying to figure out his new smartphone (not being tech-savvy), his teenage daughter sends a text to the Super-Speed teammate, with the result that by the time Mr. Mighty places the call, his teammate is already there.
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Short-Distance Phone Call / int_3cd90f30	comment	Arrested Development has a variation in season three when George Sr. is on house arrest. To participate in family meetings, he relies on Larry Middleman, a surrogate who communicates with him over a radio headset and speaks for him. In one episode, they hold a meeting in the penthouse and Michael asks why they're using Larry there since George is just in the next room.
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Short-Distance Phone Call / int_3eacc2fd	comment	In one episode of Corner Gas Oscar steals the new wireless phone from Corner Gas and uses it as a cell phone. When he gets home, Emma asks "What is that?" Oscar calls Emma on the phone to explain, despite her being one foot away from him.
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Short-Distance Phone Call / int_3ff9ebf3	comment	The Bourne Supremacy: In Berlin, Jason Bourne follows CIA director Pamela Landy to her hotel. Then, while standing in the hotel lobby, he uses his phone to call for Landy, sneaking it into his pocket before walking to the desk and asking to see Landy. When the clerk calls her room, he tells Bourne her phone's busy, but Bourne leaves, as all he needed was Landy's room number.
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Short-Distance Phone Call / int_43576f5	comment	Supernatural. The ability of angels and demons to engage in Offscreen Teleportation leads to this: In "My Bloody Valentine", Dean gets on the phone to call in the angel Castiel. In "Goodbye Stranger", a demon calls Crowley to inform him that all his fellow demons have been killed, the prisoner they were guarding has been freed, and the MacGuffin they were seeking wasn't where it was supposed to be. Crowley appears behind him holding a mobile phone, finishes the conversation and promptly kills him.
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Short-Distance Phone Call / int_439dd753	comment	The Affair: After he becomes estranged from his family Cole gets a phone call from his brother Scott, but doesn't answer it. Scott then says hi from behind him, having used it to test him.
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Short-Distance Phone Call / int_468bebb0	comment	Discworld: A Clock Punk variant; following the rise of the semaphore network, Vimes laments the sight of people signalling each other from across a room. In The Fifth Elephant Colon demonstrates the new technology by sending a message to the main Watch tower, which is eventually noticed by two officers on the other side of the street, who amble over to see what he wants.
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Short-Distance Phone Call / int_469771d2	comment	The Powerpuff Girls has Blossom and Buttercup do this in an Imagine Spot showing the girls as ditzy teenagers.
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Short-Distance Phone Call / int_46dacb10	comment	Inverted in Richie Rich, while Richie and his dad are showing a guest around the mansion. Guest wants to say hi to Mom, and Richie picks up a phone. Then he asks for the long-distance operator.
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Short-Distance Phone Call / int_4737c653	comment	Done in Elementary by Watson, whom Holmes is avoiding after she started to question him about Irene Adler. He's at the precinct and gets the call. He pretends that his reception is bad, causing Watson to tell him (walking up behind him) that her reception is just fine.
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Elementary	hasFeature	Short-Distance Phone Call / int_4737c653
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_4afc2089	type	Short-Distance Phone Call
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_4afc2089	comment	In the short, "Rocket Squad", Daffy Duck as a police officer gets a call from Da Chief to come see him. The Chief is calling from across Daffy's desk.
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_4afc2089	featureApplicability	1.0
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_4afc2089	featureConfidence	1.0
Daffy Duck	hasFeature	Short-Distance Phone Call / int_4afc2089
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_4e45b093	type	Short-Distance Phone Call
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_4e45b093	comment	One episode of The Big Bang Theory had Howard and Raj run into a problem with Raj's toy helicopter. At Bernadette's urging, Howard reluctantly calls tech support, muttering about possibly getting some foreigner with an accent. Just after he places the call, Raj's cell phone goes off. Subverted when it turns out to be Raj's father calling.
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_4e45b093	featureApplicability	-0.3
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_4e45b093	featureConfidence	1.0
The Big Bang Theory	hasFeature	Short-Distance Phone Call / int_4e45b093
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_4f7dff22	type	Short-Distance Phone Call
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_4f7dff22	comment	In the Relativity story "Lost and Found", Michael is talking to Aaron Brooks, the police captain. Aaron mentions that he has to leave because a serious crime has been committed, and that they've put out a call to the superhero, Black Torrent. At that moment, Michael's phone starts ringing.
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_4f7dff22	featureApplicability	1.0
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_4f7dff22	featureConfidence	1.0
Relativity	hasFeature	Short-Distance Phone Call / int_4f7dff22
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_502cbd09	type	Short-Distance Phone Call
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_502cbd09	comment	Luke Cage (2016): Diamondback does one to Mariah in "Soliloquy of Chaos".
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_502cbd09	featureApplicability	1.0
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_502cbd09	featureConfidence	1.0
Luke Cage (2016)	hasFeature	Short-Distance Phone Call / int_502cbd09
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_502f86a8	type	Short-Distance Phone Call
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_502f86a8	comment	In Gotham Academy Pom calls Colton to tell him to get over to where the rest of the Pizza Club is gathered only for him to respond from right behind her.
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_502f86a8	featureApplicability	1.0
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_502f86a8	featureConfidence	1.0
Gotham Academy (Comic Book)	hasFeature	Short-Distance Phone Call / int_502f86a8
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_503d5009	type	Short-Distance Phone Call
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_503d5009	comment	One scene of Ayakashi Triangle has Suzu and Shirogane seemingly alone in Suzu's room when she gets a text message. We then see Matsuri was hiding in the same room under an Invisibility Cloak. He sent the text to communicate while making Suzu appear unguarded to bait out someone trying to attack her.
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_503d5009	featureApplicability	1.0
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_503d5009	featureConfidence	1.0
Ayakashi Triangle (Manga)	hasFeature	Short-Distance Phone Call / int_503d5009
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_5178149f	type	Short-Distance Phone Call
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_5178149f	comment	In the Batman: The Brave and the Bold episode "Sword of the Atom", Aquaman calls the (Ryan Choi) Atom, telling him that he'll be arriving via the phone line in a moment. Choi exasperatedly tells him that he's the one with that power, not Aquaman, and even if Aquaman did have that power it wouldn't work over a cell phone. Meanwhile, Aquaman tiptoes in from the next room and surprises Choi.
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_5178149f	featureApplicability	1.0
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_5178149f	featureConfidence	1.0
Batman: The Brave and the Bold	hasFeature	Short-Distance Phone Call / int_5178149f
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_535b3c93	type	Short-Distance Phone Call
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_535b3c93	comment	My Favorite Wife: Trying to put off telling his new wife Bianca the bad news that his Legally Dead first wife Ellen has turned up, Nick calls her from a phone booth in the lobby and pretends to be at an airport on his way to an emergency business appointment. Unfortunately, he bumps into Bianca as he leaves the phone booth.
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_535b3c93	featureApplicability	1.0
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_535b3c93	featureConfidence	1.0
My Favorite Wife	hasFeature	Short-Distance Phone Call / int_535b3c93
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_538833a4	type	Short-Distance Phone Call
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_538833a4	comment	In one Retail strip a customer has the idea to call the store and complain to the manager about the long lines to get said manager to come out and check. She didn't anticipate that she was already in line at the manager's checkstand.
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_538833a4	featureApplicability	1.0
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_538833a4	featureConfidence	1.0
Retail (Comic Strip)	hasFeature	Short-Distance Phone Call / int_538833a4
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_55ef2655	type	Short-Distance Phone Call
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_55ef2655	comment	In on episode of Kenan & Kel Kenan gets out of listening to Kel's rambling monologue by calling Kel on his cell phone.
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_55ef2655	featureApplicability	1.0
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_55ef2655	featureConfidence	1.0
Kenan & Kel	hasFeature	Short-Distance Phone Call / int_55ef2655
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_59140854	type	Short-Distance Phone Call
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_59140854	comment	Jessica Jones (2015): In "AKA 99 Friends", Jessica is following Audrey Eastman's husband Carlo. Peeking through the doors of their apartment, Jessica can see Carlo and a sheet for disposing of a body on the floor. Then Jessica gets a phone call from Audrey, asking if she's followed him. Jessica hangs up, ignoring Audrey's remarks, and then hears Audrey's voice on the other side of the door, causing her to realize that she's been lured into a trap.
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_59140854	featureApplicability	1.0
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_59140854	featureConfidence	1.0
Jessica Jones (2015)	hasFeature	Short-Distance Phone Call / int_59140854
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_5921531c	type	Short-Distance Phone Call
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_5921531c	comment	Persona 5: There's a variant, in that there's a short-distance text conversation. When the Phantom Thieves realize that the true identity of Alibaba, the hacker they are trying to recruit, is Hikkikomori Futaba Sakura, they go to the Sakura home and knock on Futaba's door. Futaba refuses to answer unless addressed as Alibaba, and only communicates via texts. 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.
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_5921531c	featureApplicability	1.0
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_5921531c	featureConfidence	1.0
Persona 5 (Video Game)	hasFeature	Short-Distance Phone Call / int_5921531c
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_5afbc0cb	type	Short-Distance Phone Call
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_5afbc0cb	comment	Undertale: You can call certain characters while you're right in front of them. Doing so will usually have them comment on it, and show their overworld sprites animating as they talk. During the DÃ©nouement of the good ending, Toriel, having only recently discovered the wonders of text messaging, texts a joke to Sans. He's standing less than ten feet away at the time.
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_5afbc0cb	featureApplicability	1.0
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_5afbc0cb	featureConfidence	1.0
Undertale (Video Game)	hasFeature	Short-Distance Phone Call / int_5afbc0cb
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_5d936277	type	Short-Distance Phone Call
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_5d936277	comment	In Carefree (1938), Connors pretends to be a newspaper reporter calling from Honolulu in order to distract Stephen so Tony can talk to Amanda. Stephen takes the call at the front desk of the country club, while Connors is in the phone booth in the same lobby.
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_5d936277	featureApplicability	1.0
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_5d936277	featureConfidence	1.0
Carefree	hasFeature	Short-Distance Phone Call / int_5d936277
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_66ea3059	type	Short-Distance Phone Call
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_66ea3059	comment	A scene in Kangaroo Jack features the protagonists heading to the telephone at the back of a bar so they can call the number for a pilot they need to hire. Turns out the pilot is the drunk that had just passed out nearby, and to drive the point home, while one protagonist stands idle at the phone, the other one answers the drunk's phone and they begin to discuss their predicament.
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_66ea3059	featureApplicability	1.0
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_66ea3059	featureConfidence	1.0
Kangaroo Jack	hasFeature	Short-Distance Phone Call / int_66ea3059
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_69d15cc0	type	Short-Distance Phone Call
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_69d15cc0	comment	Marvel Cinematic Universe: Daredevil (2015): Played for terrifying effect. After Anatoly Ranskahov crashes Wilson Fisk's dinner date with Vanessa to inform Fisk that he accepts Fisk's offer of support, James Wesley loads him into a car and the car drives to an empty lot by the eastern end of the Queensboro Bridge. After a few minutes in which Wesley gives some ominous words to Anatoly, his phone receives a call from Fisk. Jessica Jones (2015): In "AKA 99 Friends", Jessica is following Audrey Eastman's husband Carlo. Peeking through the doors of their apartment, Jessica can see Carlo and a sheet for disposing of a body on the floor. Then Jessica gets a phone call from Audrey, asking if she's followed him. Jessica hangs up, ignoring Audrey's remarks, and then hears Audrey's voice on the other side of the door, causing her to realize that she's been lured into a trap. Luke Cage (2016): Diamondback does one to Mariah in "Soliloquy of Chaos".
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_69d15cc0	featureApplicability	1.0
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_69d15cc0	featureConfidence	1.0
Marvel Cinematic Universe (Franchise)	hasFeature	Short-Distance Phone Call / int_69d15cc0
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_6d8311c4	type	Short-Distance Phone Call
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_6d8311c4	comment	In PokÃ©mon Gold and Silver 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 games) or they will question why you're calling them from so close (the remakes).
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_6d8311c4	featureApplicability	1.0
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_6d8311c4	featureConfidence	1.0
PokÃ©mon Gold and Silver (Video Game)	hasFeature	Short-Distance Phone Call / int_6d8311c4
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_6eb4ca5c	type	Short-Distance Phone Call
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_6eb4ca5c	comment	Uncle and Tohru from Jackie Chan Adventures have one of these in the episode "Scouts Honor". However, Uncle originally believes he's speaking with Jackie, who really is a long way from his shop.
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_6eb4ca5c	featureApplicability	1.0
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_6eb4ca5c	featureConfidence	1.0
Jackie Chan Adventures	hasFeature	Short-Distance Phone Call / int_6eb4ca5c
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_6f1d9716	type	Short-Distance Phone Call
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_6f1d9716	comment	In the Teen Girl Squad Valentine's Day Episode, Cheerleader sends text messages to the class president, who happens to be standing right next to her. The Wireless Wizard scolds the two of them for "texting from a few feet away", then sends the USB Dongle Goblin to kill them.
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_6f1d9716	featureApplicability	1.0
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_6f1d9716	featureConfidence	1.0
Teen Girl Squad (Web Animation)	hasFeature	Short-Distance Phone Call / int_6f1d9716
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_70407188	type	Short-Distance Phone Call
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_70407188	comment	After being eliminated from The Biggest Loser, one contestant surprised his wife by talking to her on the phone, then walking up behind her in their kitchen mid-conversation.
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_70407188	featureApplicability	1.0
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_70407188	featureConfidence	1.0
The Biggest Loser	hasFeature	Short-Distance Phone Call / int_70407188
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_746814ae	type	Short-Distance Phone Call
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_746814ae	comment	Arthur: In the season 1 episode "Poor Muffy", Muffy is forced to spend a weekend at Francine's house. One scene has her on her cell phone with Francine's dad, who is on the house line in the same room.
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_746814ae	featureApplicability	1.0
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_746814ae	featureConfidence	1.0
Arthur	hasFeature	Short-Distance Phone Call / int_746814ae
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_77e22425	type	Short-Distance Phone Call
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_77e22425	comment	In an episode of Pinky and the Brain, a parody of Bill Gates has his board of directors sit down around a conference table, while holding a webcam teleconference. This was around the time that the first version of NetMeeting was brand new.
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_77e22425	featureApplicability	1.0
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_77e22425	featureConfidence	1.0
Pinky and the Brain	hasFeature	Short-Distance Phone Call / int_77e22425
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_77f711d6	type	Short-Distance Phone Call
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_77f711d6	comment	The psycho teens in Preservation only communicate with each other via text, even when they are sitting right next to one another.
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_77f711d6	featureApplicability	1.0
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_77f711d6	featureConfidence	1.0
Preservation	hasFeature	Short-Distance Phone Call / int_77f711d6
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_7884ec15	type	Short-Distance Phone Call
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_7884ec15	comment	In Seinfeld, Jerry doesn't like it when Kramer calls him right when he's coming next door.
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_7884ec15	featureApplicability	1.0
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_7884ec15	featureConfidence	1.0
Seinfeld	hasFeature	Short-Distance Phone Call / int_7884ec15
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_7981ca33	type	Short-Distance Phone Call
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_7981ca33	comment	In WarGames, Dr. McKittrick and General Beringer are talking to each other on the phone. McKittrick puts down the phone and walks over to talk to Beringer directly — they were both in the War Room, about 20 yards apart.
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_7981ca33	featureApplicability	1.0
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_7981ca33	featureConfidence	1.0
WarGames	hasFeature	Short-Distance Phone Call / int_7981ca33
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_7a2e12e5	type	Short-Distance Phone Call
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_7a2e12e5	comment	In a minor gag from Spider-Man: Far From Home, Peter's EDITH glasses reveal that Ned and Betty are texting "Miss you" and "Miss you more" to each other. Ned and Betty are sitting beside each other at the time.
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_7a2e12e5	featureApplicability	1.0
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_7a2e12e5	featureConfidence	1.0
Spider-Man: Far From Home	hasFeature	Short-Distance Phone Call / int_7a2e12e5
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_7d1c83da	type	Short-Distance Phone Call
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_7d1c83da	comment	Better Call Saul: In season 5 episode 7, Jimmy gets a phone call from Mike as he's about to blend a smoothie.
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_7d1c83da	featureApplicability	1.0
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_7d1c83da	featureConfidence	1.0
Better Call Saul	hasFeature	Short-Distance Phone Call / int_7d1c83da
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_7dbde88b	type	Short-Distance Phone Call
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_7dbde88b	comment	In Drake & Josh Go Hollywood, after the boys realize they had put their sister on the wrong plane, they attempt to call her. It's just now that they discover that they had forgotten to give her her cell phone, as as soon as Drake finishes dialing the number, the phone begins ringing in Josh's pocket, who is standing right next to Drake, and proceeds to answer the phone. Drake yells at Josh over the phone and then rudely hangs up.
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_7dbde88b	featureApplicability	1.0
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_7dbde88b	featureConfidence	1.0
Drake & Josh	hasFeature	Short-Distance Phone Call / int_7dbde88b
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_820eaf0e	type	Short-Distance Phone Call
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_820eaf0e	comment	Big Driver opens with Tess making a lengthy phone call to her best friend Patsy as she gets ready to go give a speech. Only at the end of the conversation as Tess is outside and unlocking her car do we learn that Patsy lives next door, as she comes up and hands Tess a chapstick (Tess having complained earlier in the conversation that she couldn't find one).
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_820eaf0e	featureApplicability	1.0
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_820eaf0e	featureConfidence	1.0
Big Driver	hasFeature	Short-Distance Phone Call / int_820eaf0e
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_82439e64	type	Short-Distance Phone Call
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_82439e64	comment	On one episode of The Office (US), the Dunder-Mifflin staff is evacuated from the building due to a fire. Outside, Michael realizes that his cell phone is still in his office. Dwight goes back for it, despite protests. Michael decides to make it easier for Dwight to find his phone and calls it using someone else's phone. It goes off in his pocket.
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_82439e64	featureApplicability	1.0
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_82439e64	featureConfidence	1.0
The Office (US)	hasFeature	Short-Distance Phone Call / int_82439e64
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_84d1021b	type	Short-Distance Phone Call
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_84d1021b	comment	In NEO: The World Ends with You, Kaie Ono exclusively uses the RNS text messaging system to communicate with others, even when they're face-to-face.
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_84d1021b	featureApplicability	1.0
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_84d1021b	featureConfidence	1.0
NEO: The World Ends with You (Video Game)	hasFeature	Short-Distance Phone Call / int_84d1021b
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_882f1fdb	type	Short-Distance Phone Call
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_882f1fdb	comment	The Bugs Bunny cartoon, "Oily Hare" shows a rich Texan (with 30 gallon hat) making a phone call from his limousine to the driver, that is so long, he is connected via a switchboard operator who is sitting at a switchboard frantically redirecting his call (and others) from the middle of the limo.
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_882f1fdb	featureApplicability	1.0
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_882f1fdb	featureConfidence	1.0
Bugs Bunny	hasFeature	Short-Distance Phone Call / int_882f1fdb
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_89726260	type	Short-Distance Phone Call
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_89726260	comment	In a Gaston Lagaffe strip, Fantasio takes what he thinks is a call from the managers of the company in the next building. In fact the phone is out of order, and he doesn't realize they're actually talking to him through a gaping hole in the wall.
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_89726260	featureApplicability	1.0
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_89726260	featureConfidence	1.0
Gaston Lagaffe (Comic Book)	hasFeature	Short-Distance Phone Call / int_89726260
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_8a3a1edd	type	Short-Distance Phone Call
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_8a3a1edd	comment	Zack from Saved by the Bell has used this a couple times in the series: He once called Mr. Carossi about a car that he wants to purchase - and they both happened to be in the same room. Initially, the two don't realize that they're talking to each other — which led to a variant of Right in Front of Me. On a more serious note, he once tried to talk with his own father, who is a high level executive that makes a lot of money but is subsequently absent a lot from Zack's life. His dad is clearly distracted and answers a call from his cell phone, which turns out to be Zack in the same room using his own cell phone to call him.
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_8a3a1edd	featureApplicability	1.0
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_8a3a1edd	featureConfidence	1.0
Saved by the Bell	hasFeature	Short-Distance Phone Call / int_8a3a1edd
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_8ba4613a	type	Short-Distance Phone Call
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_8ba4613a	comment	In an episode of Death Note, Light attempts to call Misa's cell phone. Unbeknownst to him, L, who is just a few feet away, had picked her pocket and stolen it. They hold a short conversation before a plot twist quickly throws the show back into serious mode.
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_8ba4613a	featureApplicability	1.0
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_8ba4613a	featureConfidence	1.0
Death Note (Manga)	hasFeature	Short-Distance Phone Call / int_8ba4613a
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_8d77af26	type	Short-Distance Phone Call
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_8d77af26	comment	In Shadow Mask, Tien-ming tries calling his friend, Jacky, though the phone, while Jacky is simultaneously hiding in a set of curtains right behind him.
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_8d77af26	featureApplicability	1.0
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_8d77af26	featureConfidence	1.0
Shadow Mask	hasFeature	Short-Distance Phone Call / int_8d77af26
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_8d7f29ec	type	Short-Distance Phone Call
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_8d7f29ec	comment	In Glee there is a minor example, it was a group call, but started with Tina and Mercedes... and they are walking side by side in a corridor.
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_8d7f29ec	featureApplicability	1.0
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_8d7f29ec	featureConfidence	1.0
Glee	hasFeature	Short-Distance Phone Call / int_8d7f29ec
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_8d81bb26	type	Short-Distance Phone Call
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_8d81bb26	comment	NCIS:
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_8d81bb26	featureApplicability	1.0
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_8d81bb26	featureConfidence	1.0
NCIS	hasFeature	Short-Distance Phone Call / int_8d81bb26
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_8d81f086	type	Short-Distance Phone Call
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_8d81f086	comment	Played with on Monk: In "Mr. Monk and the Panic Room", Stottlemeyer and Disher have shown up at Sharona's house to arrest her for abducting the chimpanzee Darwin from an animal shelter. This exchange happens as Randy searches the house: In "Mr. Monk, Private Eye", Monk and Natalie have set up in a new office downtown, as part of Natalie's idea to have Monk go into the private sector. But a long time goes by without any clients showing up. Monk quickly gets bored and restless waiting for someone to come into the office. Natalie is seen sleeping with her head down on her desk when her desk phone suddenly rings, jolting her awake: In "Mr. Monk Goes to a Rock Concert", Stottlemeyer is searching the concert grounds looking for his truant son Jared...then catches Randy playing sick. He immediately pulls out his cell phone and dials a number. In the foreground, Randy's cell phone rings:
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_8d81f086	featureApplicability	1.0
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_8d81f086	featureConfidence	1.0
Monk	hasFeature	Short-Distance Phone Call / int_8d81f086
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_8d84a932	type	Short-Distance Phone Call
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_8d84a932	comment	In one episode of Soap Burt received a call on his office phone, only to realize that it was from his stepson and business partner Danny, who was sitting at the next desk. After Danny hung up, Burt called him back just so he could slam down the receiver.
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_8d84a932	featureApplicability	1.0
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_8d84a932	featureConfidence	1.0
Soap	hasFeature	Short-Distance Phone Call / int_8d84a932
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_8dbc88c4	type	Short-Distance Phone Call
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_8dbc88c4	comment	Played with in an episode of Mathnet: Kate Monday greets her partner George Frankly in person, but he doesn't respond; she uses her desk phone to call him, and he answers. She greets him again, he looks from the phone to her, she says "It's better not to ask," and they both hang up and continue the conversation normally.
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_8dbc88c4	featureApplicability	1.0
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_8dbc88c4	featureConfidence	1.0
Square One TV	hasFeature	Short-Distance Phone Call / int_8dbc88c4
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_8ee278fb	type	Short-Distance Phone Call
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_8ee278fb	comment	The 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.
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_8ee278fb	featureApplicability	1.0
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_8ee278fb	featureConfidence	1.0
ChalkZone	hasFeature	Short-Distance Phone Call / int_8ee278fb
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_90a3a7f4	type	Short-Distance Phone Call
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_90a3a7f4	comment	On Kim Possible, a fourth season episode finds Dr. Drakken running a successful legitimate start-up company as a front with his business manager, Hank Perkins. Shego walks in on Hank and Drakken to try and get Doc refocused on the secret plan, but they're wearing headsets for a conference call. After a minute Shego realizes that Hank and Drakken are the only ones on said call. Next scene? Shego is wearing it too. While sitting in the same room.
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_90a3a7f4	featureApplicability	1.0
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_90a3a7f4	featureConfidence	1.0
Kim Possible	hasFeature	Short-Distance Phone Call / int_90a3a7f4
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_92d8e190	type	Short-Distance Phone Call
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_92d8e190	comment	Resident Alien: 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.
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_92d8e190	featureApplicability	1.0
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_92d8e190	featureConfidence	1.0
Resident Alien	hasFeature	Short-Distance Phone Call / int_92d8e190
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_998cbda3	type	Short-Distance Phone Call
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_998cbda3	comment	Daredevil (2015): Played for terrifying effect. After Anatoly Ranskahov crashes Wilson Fisk's dinner date with Vanessa to inform Fisk that he accepts Fisk's offer of support, James Wesley loads him into a car and the car drives to an empty lot by the eastern end of the Queensboro Bridge. After a few minutes in which Wesley gives some ominous words to Anatoly, his phone receives a call from Fisk.
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_998cbda3	featureApplicability	1.0
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_998cbda3	featureConfidence	1.0
Daredevil (2015)	hasFeature	Short-Distance Phone Call / int_998cbda3
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_9994a14f	type	Short-Distance Phone Call
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_9994a14f	comment	Wall E: Two of the denizens of the Axiom are videoconferencing in their hoverchairs... Right next to each other. It serves to emphasize how everyone on the ship is dependent on their gadgets to the point of being unaware of what's going on around them.
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_9994a14f	featureApplicability	1.0
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_9994a14f	featureConfidence	1.0
WALLâ€¢E	hasFeature	Short-Distance Phone Call / int_9994a14f
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_9e7ed97a	type	Short-Distance Phone Call
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_9e7ed97a	comment	A variation in Dead Like Me, when George's boss insists that they use email to communicate even though they're sitting at opposite desks so close to each other they probably couldn't both push their chairs back at the same time. And insists it be used for everything. She quits after about two minutes of this.
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_9e7ed97a	featureApplicability	1.0
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_9e7ed97a	featureConfidence	1.0
Dead Like Me	hasFeature	Short-Distance Phone Call / int_9e7ed97a
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_a183d57f	type	Short-Distance Phone Call
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_a183d57f	comment	The Futurama pilot had Leela call two police officers who were standing a few feet behind her for back-up using her fancy ultra-futuristic wrist communicator. "We'll be there in fifteen minutes!"
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_a183d57f	featureApplicability	1.0
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_a183d57f	featureConfidence	1.0
Futurama	hasFeature	Short-Distance Phone Call / int_a183d57f
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_a446c11f	type	Short-Distance Phone Call
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_a446c11f	comment	Wrong is Right. An arms dealer uses a public phone in a hotel lobby to call the hotel's reception desk just a few meters away, where the man he's planning to meet is called to the phone to receive instructions for their rendezvous.
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_a446c11f	featureApplicability	1.0
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_a446c11f	featureConfidence	1.0
Wrong is Right	hasFeature	Short-Distance Phone Call / int_a446c11f
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_a48bef99	type	Short-Distance Phone Call
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_a48bef99	comment	BoBoiBoy: Ying first appears by making a phone call to Tok Aba's Cocoa Shop, but it's BoBoiBoy who answers the phone and takes her order. She orders one special hot chocolate - and to have it here. BoBoiBoy turns around to see Ying on his left. When he asks why she didn't simply order at the stall, she replies that she is shy.
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_a48bef99	featureApplicability	1.0
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_a48bef99	featureConfidence	1.0
BoBoiBoy (Animation)	hasFeature	Short-Distance Phone Call / int_a48bef99
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_a77de360	type	Short-Distance Phone Call
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_a77de360	comment	In the Dilbert show, Dilbert called Customer Service, and once he got past the computerized options, he discovered that it was the guy in the next cubicle over, who was performing this job for dozens of companies owned by the self-aware computer Compucomp.
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_a77de360	featureApplicability	1.0
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_a77de360	featureConfidence	1.0
Dilbert	hasFeature	Short-Distance Phone Call / int_a77de360
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_a899034c	type	Short-Distance Phone Call
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_a899034c	comment	Clueless did this, to show how bloody spoiled the main characters are that they talk on cell instead of walking down the hallway (of course, it was made before cell phones became ubiquitous). They only hang up when they collide.
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_a899034c	featureApplicability	1.0
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_a899034c	featureConfidence	1.0
Clueless	hasFeature	Short-Distance Phone Call / int_a899034c
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_a8f79004	type	Short-Distance Phone Call
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_a8f79004	comment	Talies of The Motley Two, in a fit of silliness, begins chatting with Kaogin from two feet away while both are riding an elevator. Kaogin responds by poking him in the ribs intensely.
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_a8f79004	featureApplicability	1.0
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_a8f79004	featureConfidence	1.0
The Motley Two (Webcomic)	hasFeature	Short-Distance Phone Call / int_a8f79004
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_ae050a9f	type	Short-Distance Phone Call
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_ae050a9f	comment	The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time: Using Saria's Song (which allowed you to talk to her for a reminder of your next objective) while in the same area as her gets Link a semi-peeved comment from her that you could just talk face-to-face.
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_ae050a9f	featureApplicability	1.0
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_ae050a9f	featureConfidence	1.0
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time / Videogame	hasFeature	Short-Distance Phone Call / int_ae050a9f
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_af245c76	type	Short-Distance Phone Call
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_af245c76	comment	In Keep 'em Flying, Abbott and Costello 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.
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_af245c76	featureApplicability	1.0
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_af245c76	featureConfidence	1.0
Keep 'em Flying	hasFeature	Short-Distance Phone Call / int_af245c76
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_b36b5dbb	type	Short-Distance Phone Call
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_b36b5dbb	comment	Help!: Mad Scientist Foot and his flunky Algernon are rigging up an exploding curling stone; Algernon describes his progress on a headset to Foot, who is standing right beside him.
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_b36b5dbb	featureApplicability	1.0
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_b36b5dbb	featureConfidence	1.0
Help!	hasFeature	Short-Distance Phone Call / int_b36b5dbb
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_b3933a70	type	Short-Distance Phone Call
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_b3933a70	comment	Home Improvement: Tim and Jill are on the same line talking to Al, but after Al hangs up they continue talking over the phones. They continue oblivious until Randy enters the scene and gives a WTF? look that Tim notices.
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_b3933a70	featureApplicability	1.0
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_b3933a70	featureConfidence	1.0
Home Improvement	hasFeature	Short-Distance Phone Call / int_b3933a70
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_b3f687d1	type	Short-Distance Phone Call
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_b3f687d1	comment	One FoxTrot strip has Paige and Nicole texting next to each-other. Paige explains to Peter that it's because they can type faster than they can talk. Another strip showed Peter repeatedly calling his mother in the kitchen, asking about what they're having for dinner, among other questions. In the last panel it's revealed that he's in the living room, calling through his cellphone while playing a video game with Jason.
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_b3f687d1	featureApplicability	1.0
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_b3f687d1	featureConfidence	1.0
FoxTrot (Comic Strip)	hasFeature	Short-Distance Phone Call / int_b3f687d1
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_b89bf586	type	Short-Distance Phone Call
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_b89bf586	comment	Ninjago uses this as a gag in Season 7, to play into Krux's motivation of technology being so integrated in people's lives.
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_b89bf586	featureApplicability	1.0
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_b89bf586	featureConfidence	1.0
Ninjago	hasFeature	Short-Distance Phone Call / int_b89bf586
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_b8b584cf	type	Short-Distance Phone Call
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_b8b584cf	comment	This is a recurring gag in Zits, with the the teenagers often texting someone in the same room. A variation involved Jeremy IMing his mother from his room to find out what is for dinner.
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_b8b584cf	featureApplicability	1.0
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_b8b584cf	featureConfidence	1.0
Zits (Comic Strip)	hasFeature	Short-Distance Phone Call / int_b8b584cf
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_b96564e6	type	Short-Distance Phone Call
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_b96564e6	comment	Fawlty Towers: 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, goes to find her, and speaks to Basil through the phone.
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_b96564e6	featureApplicability	1.0
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_b96564e6	featureConfidence	1.0
Fawlty Towers	hasFeature	Short-Distance Phone Call / int_b96564e6
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_baa97a52	type	Short-Distance Phone Call
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_baa97a52	comment	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.
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_baa97a52	featureApplicability	1.0
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_baa97a52	featureConfidence	1.0
Tenet	hasFeature	Short-Distance Phone Call / int_baa97a52
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_bb4c0ef5	type	Short-Distance Phone Call
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_bb4c0ef5	comment	In an episode of The Strangerhood, 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.
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_bb4c0ef5	featureApplicability	1.0
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_bb4c0ef5	featureConfidence	1.0
The Strangerhood (Web Animation)	hasFeature	Short-Distance Phone Call / int_bb4c0ef5
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_bb55a676	type	Short-Distance Phone Call
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_bb55a676	comment	Legion of Super-Heroes: Early in the "threeboot" version, two of the adults discuss the young rebels over teleconference—and are then revealed to be sitting back to back. It's meant to symbolize how isolated from each other the human society has become.
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_bb55a676	featureApplicability	1.0
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_bb55a676	featureConfidence	1.0
Legion of Super-Heroes (Comic Book)	hasFeature	Short-Distance Phone Call / int_bb55a676
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_bc758ea9	type	Short-Distance Phone Call
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_bc758ea9	comment	In the short "Day for Knight" from the Tiny Toon Adventures episode "Brave Tales of Real Rabbits", Buster is a knight for hire, hired by Hamton to rescue Babs from a dragon. The two are seen talking to each other by phone, then the camera zooms out, revealing that they are actually standing next to each other.
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_bc758ea9	featureApplicability	1.0
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_bc758ea9	featureConfidence	1.0
Tiny Toon Adventures	hasFeature	Short-Distance Phone Call / int_bc758ea9
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_bc848d30	type	Short-Distance Phone Call
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_bc848d30	comment	An early episode of Sponge Bob Square Pants does this in a Split Screen call between SpongeBob and Patrick.
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_bc848d30	featureApplicability	1.0
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_bc848d30	featureConfidence	1.0
SpongeBob SquarePants	hasFeature	Short-Distance Phone Call / int_bc848d30
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_be92a918	type	Short-Distance Phone Call
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_be92a918	comment	Cartoon Network Shorties: In "Sound Hound", during his attempt at silencing the city, Huckleberry Hound comes across a man and a woman talking to each other over the phone, and seemingly between the vertical cut, he taps the two on the shoulder. The camera then zooms out to show that they were talking right next to each other, and when they spot each other, the two tiptoe away.
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_be92a918	featureApplicability	1.0
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_be92a918	featureConfidence	1.0
Cartoon Network Groovies	hasFeature	Short-Distance Phone Call / int_be92a918
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_c0b9fa2a	type	Short-Distance Phone Call
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_c0b9fa2a	comment	Death Proof. Lee phones her friend after she steps inside the service station to get a copy of Adelle magazine featuring Lee. "Miss me?"
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_c0b9fa2a	featureApplicability	1.0
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_c0b9fa2a	featureConfidence	1.0
Death Proof	hasFeature	Short-Distance Phone Call / int_c0b9fa2a
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_c1bf1af4	type	Short-Distance Phone Call
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_c1bf1af4	comment	One episode of Two and a Half Men has Charlie call Rose while the former is a passenger in a car. After a brief conversation, Charlie asks if he can come by to pick her up. We hear a car horn and Rose pulls up alongside him.
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_c1bf1af4	featureApplicability	1.0
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_c1bf1af4	featureConfidence	1.0
Two and a Half Men	hasFeature	Short-Distance Phone Call / int_c1bf1af4
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_c43df4d8	type	Short-Distance Phone Call
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_c43df4d8	comment	Doctor Who. In "Resolution", an archaeologist is speaking to Yaz on his mobile phone only to have the TARDIS materialise right in front of him, and Yaz to get out. Turns out the TARDIS homed in on his mobile's signal.
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_c43df4d8	featureApplicability	1.0
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_c43df4d8	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctor Who	hasFeature	Short-Distance Phone Call / int_c43df4d8
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_c4fe195d	type	Short-Distance Phone Call
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_c4fe195d	comment	In the Super Mario World episode, "Party Line", Mario builds a telephone system from vines and coconuts so that the cave people can call for help in case of an emergency or accident. A split shot shows Oogtar on one half of the screen using a pay phone, and Yoshi on the other half of the screen, using another pay phone. A full screen shot then reveals that they are standing right next to each other.
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_c4fe195d	featureApplicability	1.0
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_c4fe195d	featureConfidence	1.0
Super Mario World	hasFeature	Short-Distance Phone Call / int_c4fe195d
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_c5959aee	type	Short-Distance Phone Call
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_c5959aee	comment	Richie Rich: While eating dinner, Richie's mother calls Richie (sitting on the other side of the long dining table) over the phone if he wants to dine with the parents. It makes sense to maintain indoor voice.
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_c5959aee	featureApplicability	1.0
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_c5959aee	featureConfidence	1.0
Richie Rich	hasFeature	Short-Distance Phone Call / int_c5959aee
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_c7912cea	type	Short-Distance Phone Call
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_c7912cea	comment	Jimmy Two-Shoes does this twice - both in episodes spoofing cellphone dependency. At the end of Season 1's "Cellphone-itis", we have Jimmy, Beezy, and Heloise chatting to each other on their phones from a gazebo, a pool, and a meadow respectively. It then pans out to reveal all three locations are actually part of the same park, and the three friends are within viewing distance of each other. Season 2's "Generation Text" opens with Jimmy and Beezy texting and sending funny pictures to each other. When we pan out, they're standing right next to each other.
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_c7912cea	featureApplicability	1.0
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_c7912cea	featureConfidence	1.0
Jimmy Two-Shoes	hasFeature	Short-Distance Phone Call / int_c7912cea
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_cbf8de79	type	Short-Distance Phone Call
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_cbf8de79	comment	Josie and the Pussycats: The Big Bad of "All Wong In Hong Kong" is in a phone booth making a call to Melody in attempting to receive a talisman she has on her. Melody receives the call in the booth next to him.
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_cbf8de79	featureApplicability	1.0
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_cbf8de79	featureConfidence	1.0
Josie and the Pussycats	hasFeature	Short-Distance Phone Call / int_cbf8de79
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_cd899ed6	type	Short-Distance Phone Call
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_cd899ed6	comment	The final episode of Will & Grace pulls this one. One scene has Karen talking with Jack over the phone while both are taking a bath. It's soon revealed they're in the same tub.
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_cd899ed6	featureApplicability	1.0
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_cd899ed6	featureConfidence	1.0
Grand Finale	hasFeature	Short-Distance Phone Call / int_cd899ed6
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_cf2d20a8	type	Short-Distance Phone Call
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_cf2d20a8	comment	Johnny Bravo: In "Fugitive Johnny", Johnny calls the police officer who is after him in order to make her an offer. She promptly tells her men to trace the call; they discover he's somewhere in the police depot. The camera pans out, and it turns out Johnny is in the same room as them. Sitting at the same table.
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_cf2d20a8	featureApplicability	1.0
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_cf2d20a8	featureConfidence	1.0
Johnny Bravo	hasFeature	Short-Distance Phone Call / int_cf2d20a8
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_d4f4d313	type	Short-Distance Phone Call
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_d4f4d313	comment	Parodied in Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood. Two guys page each other, and then have a phone conversation even though they're standing next to each other.
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_d4f4d313	featureApplicability	1.0
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Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood	hasFeature	Short-Distance Phone Call / int_d4f4d313
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_d4fdfff4	type	Short-Distance Phone Call
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_d4fdfff4	comment	A variation from ER had a badly mangled patient (he'd fallen in front of an el train) brought into the emergency room. With all hands on deck, they call a new doctor who had recently had an argument with Benton. Shortly afterward, the patient's beeper goes off. When they check the beeper, they realize that the patient is the new doctor in question.
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_d4fdfff4	featureApplicability	1.0
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_d4fdfff4	featureConfidence	1.0
ER	hasFeature	Short-Distance Phone Call / int_d4fdfff4
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_d9c602eb	type	Short-Distance Phone Call
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_d9c602eb	comment	Appears on the South Park episode "Snuke" during a scene spoofing the Split Screen effects on 24. When the split disappears, Cartman and the agents he's been calling are standing next to each other.
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_d9c602eb	featureApplicability	1.0
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South Park	hasFeature	Short-Distance Phone Call / int_d9c602eb
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_e098e5ef	type	Short-Distance Phone Call
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_e098e5ef	comment	Home Alone: Kevin's mother calls the police and is repeatedly shunted back and forth between two officers, who are revealed to be at adjoining desks.
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_e098e5ef	featureApplicability	1.0
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_e098e5ef	featureConfidence	1.0
Home Alone	hasFeature	Short-Distance Phone Call / int_e098e5ef
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_e1550346	type	Short-Distance Phone Call
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_e1550346	comment	You can invoke this in SPY Fox by calling Monkey Penny on the communicator while inside the portable base. Then she gets annoyed at you and tells you to get back to work.
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_e1550346	featureApplicability	1.0
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_e1550346	featureConfidence	1.0
SPY Fox (Video Game)	hasFeature	Short-Distance Phone Call / int_e1550346
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_e1575a9d	type	Short-Distance Phone Call
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_e1575a9d	comment	MegaTokyo: Largo, instead of talking, builds a computer from spare parts just to have an instant message conversation with Piro. Largo has a more conventional one with Erika a few strips later.
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_e1575a9d	featureApplicability	1.0
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_e1575a9d	featureConfidence	1.0
MegaTokyo	hasFeature	Short-Distance Phone Call / int_e1575a9d
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_e1ec0e62	type	Short-Distance Phone Call
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_e1ec0e62	comment	Grand Theft Auto IV makes use of this trope when the player has to find and kill a blackmailer given only a fairly specific area (about fifty yards by fifty yards) and a cell phone number. Realistically, there is an intentional delay between Niko or the blackmailer saying something and the sound of their voice coming from your cell phone.
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_e1ec0e62	featureApplicability	1.0
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Grand Theft Auto IV (Video Game)	hasFeature	Short-Distance Phone Call / int_e1ec0e62
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_e5feb1e	type	Short-Distance Phone Call
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_e5feb1e	comment	In the first case of the Ace Attorney manga, the victim received a call from the killer, supposedly to distract him while the killer stabbed him. The killer, Belle Windsor, actually reveals that she called the victim because she wanted to let him know who stabbed him.
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_e5feb1e	featureApplicability	1.0
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_e5feb1e	featureConfidence	1.0
Ace Attorney (Franchise)	hasFeature	Short-Distance Phone Call / int_e5feb1e
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_e7e37776	type	Short-Distance Phone Call
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_e7e37776	comment	In the pilot of Firefly, Jayne is testing the Comm Link between himself and Mal, who tells him that his voice is audible because he's standing next to him.
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_e7e37776	featureApplicability	1.0
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_e7e37776	featureConfidence	1.0
Firefly	hasFeature	Short-Distance Phone Call / int_e7e37776
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_e885c808	type	Short-Distance Phone Call
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_e885c808	comment	In Spaceballs, this trope is used and extended. President Scroob is videoconferencing with a female officer, and she suggests that he beam over. They beam him over with a transporter failure, beam him back to repair the error, then he says he's had enough and he'll just walk. He then walks into the next room where they are waiting for him.
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_e885c808	featureApplicability	1.0
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_e885c808	featureConfidence	1.0
Spaceballs	hasFeature	Short-Distance Phone Call / int_e885c808
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_eb1883c0	type	Short-Distance Phone Call
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_eb1883c0	comment	In Tremors 3: Back to Perfection, Burt Gummer and the tour-guide have an angry conversation while Burt is driving. When Burt arrives and parks, he is perhaps ten feet from the tour-guide, yet they continue talking on the phone. At least until Burt hangs up and delivers to the guide's face that classic line "Is your head up your ass for the warmth?".
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_eb1883c0	featureApplicability	1.0
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_eb1883c0	featureConfidence	1.0
Tremors 3: Back to Perfection	hasFeature	Short-Distance Phone Call / int_eb1883c0
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_ec25a849	type	Short-Distance Phone Call
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_ec25a849	comment	Doug has an episode in which Doug and Skeeter come up with an idea to prank call Judy into quitting the performance at the latter two's school while posing as J.B. Hunkamocka. Of course, they did it in Doug's house, where Judy is still around, which causes Judy to catch on to the two's prank call.
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_ec25a849	featureApplicability	1.0
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_ec25a849	featureConfidence	1.0
Doug	hasFeature	Short-Distance Phone Call / int_ec25a849
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_ec2c627b	type	Short-Distance Phone Call
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_ec2c627b	comment	Sing: Eddie is going to see his grandmother when Buster calls him on his cell phone. At first it's presented as a Split-Screen Phone Call, but then Buster compliments Eddie on his shirt, and at that moment the split screen disappears, revealing that Buster is already at the grandmother's front gate.
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_ec2c627b	featureApplicability	1.0
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_ec2c627b	featureConfidence	1.0
Sing	hasFeature	Short-Distance Phone Call / int_ec2c627b
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_ef076a36	type	Short-Distance Phone Call
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_ef076a36	comment	Star Trek: Voyager. In "Latent Image" Ensign Jetal is planning to celebrate her birthday. She walks into the messhall with Neelix, only to find the lights out.
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_ef076a36	featureApplicability	1.0
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_ef076a36	featureConfidence	1.0
Star Trek: Voyager	hasFeature	Short-Distance Phone Call / int_ef076a36
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_efa49b17	type	Short-Distance Phone Call
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_efa49b17	comment	In the pilot episode of The Mentalist, an exasperated Lisbon calls Jane to tell him that he may be right about a case and can come back and continue to investigate with the team. Immediately after she hangs up, Jane walks into the room.
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_efa49b17	featureApplicability	1.0
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_efa49b17	featureConfidence	1.0
The Mentalist	hasFeature	Short-Distance Phone Call / int_efa49b17
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_f655ed11	type	Short-Distance Phone Call
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_f655ed11	comment	Frasier: 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 another episode. Niles walks in while engaging in a No, You Hang Up First 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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Frasier	hasFeature	Short-Distance Phone Call / int_f655ed11
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_f724b70d	type	Short-Distance Phone Call
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_f724b70d	comment	In the third-to-last episode of the fourth season of Code Lyoko, Aelita gets a phone call from Jérémie, only to find out a few seconds later that he's right behind her.
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_f724b70d	featureApplicability	1.0
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_f724b70d	featureConfidence	1.0
Code Lyoko	hasFeature	Short-Distance Phone Call / int_f724b70d
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_f7c1b2d3	type	Short-Distance Phone Call
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_f7c1b2d3	comment	In one episode of Only Fools and Horses Rodney, applying for a job he's seen advertised in the paper, unknowingly calls Del's mobile (because Del advertised for someone to do Rodney's job when Rodney wanted out). Del, in the kitchen, puts on a silly voice and strings him along for a bit.
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_f7c1b2d3	featureApplicability	1.0
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_f7c1b2d3	featureConfidence	1.0
Only Fools and Horses	hasFeature	Short-Distance Phone Call / int_f7c1b2d3
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_fa5dc503	type	Short-Distance Phone Call
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_fa5dc503	comment	Minilife TV: In "Dummy Demolition", Chris calls Ian to tell him to come over so he can tell him about his idea. It's then revealed that Chris and Ian live in the same building exactly one room apart.
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_fa5dc503	featureApplicability	1.0
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_fa5dc503	featureConfidence	1.0
Minilife TV (Web Animation)	hasFeature	Short-Distance Phone Call / int_fa5dc503
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_fc0e7530	type	Short-Distance Phone Call
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_fc0e7530	comment	Variation in Dexter's Laboratory: Dexter calls his arch-rival Mandark to get his help in destroying a bunch of meteors headed towards the Earth. Mandark immediately announces he will solve the crisis himself to get all the glory and leaves... but doesn't hang up, leaving Dexter to stupidly keep saying "Mandark? Hello?" while Mandark takes off in his robot, gets the robot wrecked, stumbles over to Dexter's lab and stands behind him... while he's still on the phone.
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_fc0e7530	featureApplicability	1.0
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_fc0e7530	featureConfidence	1.0
Dexter's Laboratory	hasFeature	Short-Distance Phone Call / int_fc0e7530
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_fc2d494	type	Short-Distance Phone Call
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_fc2d494	comment	Not Always Working: Used to catch out tech support in this 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. The inevitable result of a poorly-thought out policy to deal with a short-staffed office in 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.
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_fc2d494	featureApplicability	1.0
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Not Always Working (Website)	hasFeature	Short-Distance Phone Call / int_fc2d494
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_ff7b68ba	type	Short-Distance Phone Call
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_ff7b68ba	comment	A variation with walkie-talkies on Night Court: After newly diabetic Roz takes too much insulin, she goes off and gets lost. Bull finds some walkie-talkies to help with a search. At one point, Harry receives a call from Bull, but it's too quiet. He asks Bull to speak up and we see that they're in the same crowded room.
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_ff7b68ba	featureApplicability	1.0
Short-Distance Phone Call / int_ff7b68ba	featureConfidence	1.0
Night Court	hasFeature	Short-Distance Phone Call / int_ff7b68ba

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Retail (Comic Strip) / int_b8dce780	type	Short-Distance Phone Call
Zits (Comic Strip) / int_b8dce780	type	Short-Distance Phone Call
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Abbott and Costello in Hollywood / int_b8dce780	type	Short-Distance Phone Call
Big Driver / int_b8dce780	type	Short-Distance Phone Call
Bound (1996) / int_b8dce780	type	Short-Distance Phone Call
Confessions (2010) / int_b8dce780	type	Short-Distance Phone Call
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 / int_b8dce780	type	Short-Distance Phone Call
Help! / int_b8dce780	type	Short-Distance Phone Call
I Not Stupid Too / int_b8dce780	type	Short-Distance Phone Call
Kangaroo Jack / int_b8dce780	type	Short-Distance Phone Call
Shadow Mask / int_b8dce780	type	Short-Distance Phone Call
Superbad / int_b8dce780	type	Short-Distance Phone Call
Tenet / int_b8dce780	type	Short-Distance Phone Call
The Starfighters / int_b8dce780	type	Short-Distance Phone Call
Tremors 3: Back to Perfection / int_b8dce780	type	Short-Distance Phone Call
When a Stranger Calls / int_b8dce780	type	Short-Distance Phone Call
Hannah Swensen / int_b8dce780	type	Short-Distance Phone Call
Relativity / int_b8dce780	type	Short-Distance Phone Call
ShortDistancePhonecall	sameAs	Short-Distance Phone Call
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Death Note (Manga) / int_b8dce780	type	Short-Distance Phone Call
The Vinyl Cafe (Radio) / int_b8dce780	type	Short-Distance Phone Call
BIA / int_b8dce780	type	Short-Distance Phone Call
Benson / int_b8dce780	type	Short-Distance Phone Call
Bread (1986) / int_b8dce780	type	Short-Distance Phone Call
Corner Gas / int_b8dce780	type	Short-Distance Phone Call
Fawlty Towers / int_b8dce780	type	Short-Distance Phone Call
Fuller House / int_b8dce780	type	Short-Distance Phone Call
Hang Time / int_b8dce780	type	Short-Distance Phone Call
Home Improvement / int_b8dce780	type	Short-Distance Phone Call
Kamen Rider Double / int_b8dce780	type	Short-Distance Phone Call
MonkTropesS-Z	seeAlso	Short-Distance Phone Call
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The Affair / int_b8dce780	type	Short-Distance Phone Call
The Red Green Show / int_b8dce780	type	Short-Distance Phone Call
Twin Peaks / int_b8dce780	type	Short-Distance Phone Call
Ultraman Nexus / int_b8dce780	type	Short-Distance Phone Call
When Calls the Heart / int_b8dce780	type	Short-Distance Phone Call
You're Skitting Me / int_b8dce780	type	Short-Distance Phone Call
Phantasmagoria: A Puzzle of Flesh (Video Game) / int_b8dce780	type	Short-Distance Phone Call
PokÃ©mon Gold and Silver (Video Game) / int_b8dce780	type	Short-Distance Phone Call
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Hardly Working (Web Video) / int_b8dce780	type	Short-Distance Phone Call
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Buddy Thunderstruck / int_b8dce780	type	Short-Distance Phone Call
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Gerald McBoing-Boing / int_b8dce780	type	Short-Distance Phone Call
Jimmy Two-Shoes / int_b8dce780	type	Short-Distance Phone Call
Porky Pig's Feat / int_b8dce780	type	Short-Distance Phone Call
Richie Rich (1980) / int_b8dce780	type	Short-Distance Phone Call
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse / int_b8dce780	type	Short-Distance Phone Call
Super Why! / int_b8dce780	type	Short-Distance Phone Call
The Great Piggy Bank Robbery / int_b8dce780	type	Short-Distance Phone Call
Tiny Toon Adventures / int_b8dce780	type	Short-Distance Phone Call
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