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* In the "Liquid Courage" storyline of the ''Xanadu'' [[Mega Crossover]], a small group of people who have mostly been [[Involuntary Shapeshifting|turned into various superheroes]] after a [[Mass Empowering Event]] at a Florida science fiction convention move to a compound outside Denver. When the Denver Police Department suddenly have need of their help in one story, someone manages to kitbash a "[[Bat Signal]]" that projects a rotating cycle of several of the heroes' [[chest Insignia]] or other unique symbols to get their attention.
* In the early works of [[Jared Ornstead]], anyone in any universe can request the help of interdimensional superspy/adventurer [[Marty Stu|Skysaber]] by simply picking up a telephone and telling the dial tone, "An emergency situation has arisen. As of now, xxxx hours, we need the Skysaber." A voice will reply "Acknowledged", and Skysaber will arrive shortly afterward.
== Film ==
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== Webcomics ==
* ''[[Sinfest]]'' has The X Signal as one of running gags. Variations have included "[http://www.sinfest.net/view.php?date=2007-07-08 The Pimp Signal]", "[http://www.sinfest.net/view.php?date=2006-05-18 The Jesus Signal]", "[http://www.sinfest.net/view.php?date=2005-12-14 The Devil Signal]", "[http://www.sinfest.net/view.php?date=2006-09-23 The Angel Signal]", "http://www.sinfest.net/view.php?date=2005-10-03 The Skank
* What happens when dirt gets on the Bat Signal? ''[[Ozy and Millie]]'' [https://web.archive.org/web/20130809133442/http://ozyandmillie.org/2000/08/28/ozy-and-millie-417/ discuss the idea here]...
* [[Acrobat]]'s mentor used to answer to one.
* ''[[Bug
* ''[[Evil Inc.]]'' has Captain Heroic and his father Commander Heroic apparently using one [http://evil-inc.com/comic/grampa-babysits/ signal] to call each other.
* ''Sunday at Ten'' [https://web.archive.org/web/20110701172952/http://www.sundayat10.com/?num=707 demonstrates] possibilities of messing with Bat Signal.
== Web Original ==
* [[The Nostalgia Critic]] apparently has a Nostalgia Signal, which alerted [[Atop the Fourth Wall|Linkara]] when the Critic was mocking the ''[[Alone in
* [[Loading Ready Run]] did a video featuring four different superheroes showing up to the same ("M"-shaped) signal. One who was actually called, and three thinking the caller just got the orientation wrong (for E, W, and 3) and it was for them.
* In the ''College Humor'' animation [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FywMOuMqNuI "The Dark Knight Meets Superman"], Superman gets one of his own, but because of his much more super powers, there is a slight difference in the way it functions in practice.
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* ''[[The Powerpuff Girls]]'' had their own hotline, but one episode had the Mayor sending a flashing heart signal into the sky. There was even a catchy song about it, "Signal in the Sky" by Apples in Stereo.
** It's [[The Artifact]]: They had it in the original short, before the hotline was invented.
* The Huntsman, a character in ''[[Freakazoid!]]'', is signaled by "The Horn of Urgency", a giant horn on the police station's roof. Unfortunately, it was a false alarm every time.
* [[Inverted Trope|Inverted]] in ''[[The Spectacular Spider-Man]],'' as Spider-Man uses the belt-mounted Spider-Signal to announce his arrival, as above.
* Parodied in the cartoon version of ''[[The Tick (animation)]]'': The Mayor has several superhero signals, and doesn't think much of their effectiveness (especially when he has the Tick's phone number).
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