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* Similar example in ''[[The Empire Strikes Back]]'' during Darth Vader's teleconference with the captains of the Star Destroyers: one man's hologram image flickers and fades from view after his spacecraft is struck by an asteroid.

* Naturally this happened in the old Republic [[Film Serial|Film Serials]], and so was spoofed in the [[Gag Dub]] movie ''[[J-Men Forever]]''.

'''The Bug:''' "Ah-HAH! Making personal calls on MY line!"<br />

''(The Bug zaps him with his ray-pistol. On the other end of the line, smoke pours from the phone held by the Chief)''<br />

== [[Live Action TV]] ==

* Infamous example from the otherwise-forgotten show ''[[Murphy's Law]]'':

"''My own...''" }}

* The [[Inspector Morse]] episode ''The Wolvercote Tongue'' had this happen.

* The first episode of ''[[Jericho]]'' had Dale listen to a message from his mother on his answering machine. What we hear is the destruction of Atlanta by nuclear bomb, then the line going dead.

* In the [[Mystery Science Theater 3000|MST3K]] episode "Earth vs. the Spider", some poor schmoe gets killed by the titular spider while trying to phone the police.

 

== [[Newspaper Comics]] ==