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* ''[[Burn Notice]]'' loves this, though it's good about [[Justified Trope|justifying]] it; anyone meant to be incommunicado will have their cell phone jammed, taken away, or secretly sabotaged. The villains are usually portrayed as pretty [[Genre Savvy]] about this as well, further justifying the trope.

* In the ''[[NCIS]]'' episode "Boxed In", Tony and Ziva are trapped in a shipping container and try desperately to get signal on their cell phone - [[Justified Trope|justified]] here, as the container would act as a Faraday Cage.

* An episode of ''[[Community]]'' had the group trapped in an 'spacecraft simulator' which was actually an old RV fully covered in metal. They are sealed in, the RV is being towed and they can't get cellphone reception from inside (Faraday Cage?). However, there is a short wave radio connected to an outside antenna so they can communicate with 'mission control' once they get it working.

* In ''[[Smallville]],'' Lois' phone runs out of batteries when something nasty is going down and she needs to make a call. She even says "Really?!" when it happens, as if disbelieving that such a cliche could happen to her.