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* Subverted in ''[[Tremors]]'', albeit over a radio set instead of a phone. Burt Grummer, after being told that the graboids are coming straight for his house, is last heard saying, "Jesus Chr--!" before the line goes dead as a graboid bursts through his wall. {{spoiler|As it turned out, that graboid did indeed break into the wrong goddamned rec room.}}

* In ''[[FX]]'', while the communication had long ended by then, Rollie Tyler is almost gunned down by the guy he used the booth to contact. Fortunately, since he was no longer on the phone, he had relinquished the booth to some random guy, and ''now'' knows his employer wants him dead...

* Video phone example in the ''[[Starship Troopers (film)|Starship Troopers]]'' movie. Rico is talking with his mother and father, who live in Buenos Aires. As they're talking, a shadow comes across the parents' ends of the line. The screen then dissolves into static and a short time later the news shows the destruction of the city.

* 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.

{{quote|''(An informer is making a secret call to J-Men headquarters when the [[Big Bad|Lightning Bug]] bursts in on him)''<br />

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