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{{quote|''"Hail Eärendil, of mariners most renowned, the looked-for that cometh at unawares, the longed-for that cometh beyond hope!"''}}

* In [[James Swallow]]'s ''[[Warhammer 40000]]'' ''[[Blood Angels]]'' novel ''Deus Encarmine'', Rafen is deeply troubled by the events and goes to [[Talking to the Dead|speak with his dead mentor, Koris]]. He finds his vox, with its command codes, not yet disabled. Using it, Rafen sends a message to their headquarters, detailing all that has happened.

* In ''[[Myth Adventures|Myth Conception]]'' Skeeve wanted to use enemy signal tower to tell the enemy he defeated their company, as they ran too quickly to do it themselves. While his advisors try to remember flag code, he realises there's a simple way to do it. {{spoiler|Burning the whole tower is clear enough "signal".}}

* In [[Robert Heinlein]]'s juvenile novel ''Have Space Suit, Will Travel'' a dramatic and agonizing sequence details Kip's attempt to set the intergalactic distress beacon to alert the All-Powerful Beneficent Aliens to the Wormfaces' actions on Earth. This involved going out in a winter storm. ''On Pluto.''

** In ''Small Favor'', Harry brings a couple guns to his showdown with Nicodemus. These particular guns are incendiary rounds, which shoot a very large fireball, which is capable of melting metal. This is [[Awesome but Practical|dual purpose]]; the first use is to surprise Nicodemus and the Nickelheads, and get them to back off for a few minutes. The second is to signal Miss Gard to bring in the helicopter (mounted with a machine gun) [[Big Entrance|while blaring ''Ride of the Valkyries''.]]

* Partial example of [[Horton Hears a Who!]]: The Whoville residents set up an Epic Hail of "We Are Here!" in order to save themselves from complete annihilation.

* In ''[[The Chronicles of Narnia]]'', Prince Caspian using Queen Susan's horn to call the Pevensies to Narnia to help him in his battle for Narnia's freedom, could be considered one of these.

* ''[[A Series of Unfortunate Events]]'': Violet Baudelaire does this {{spoiler|[[Noodle Implements|with a bucket, a hairnet, a piece of canvas, a lens and an oar]] in The Wide Window.}}

* In the finale of ''Ultraman Tiga'', Tiga has been defeated by [[Ultimate Evil|Gatanazoa]] and sent to the bottom of the sea. However, the children of Earth call out Tiga's name all at once, sending their [[Light Is Good|inner light]] to him, not only bringing Tiga back to life but transforming him into [[Super Mode|Glitter Tiga]], [[Curb Stomp Battle|who proceeds to own Gatanazoa]].

** Happened again in ''Ultraman Dyna's'' movie when Queen Monera kills Dyna by sucking out his energy. A kid with a Tiga figure has everyone give their light to summon Tiga to revive Dyna. Once more, butt kicking ensues.

* On the ''[[Myth Busters]]'' [[Mac Guyver]] special, Adam and Jamie had to improvise one of these using parts acquired from an abandoned campsite. Though the campsite was set up so that the guys would have the materials to build a potato cannon, they ended up [[Off the Rails|building a giant kite instead]]. It still worked.

 

* In ''[[Left 4 Dead|Left 4 Dead 2]]'', the Dark Carnival campaign ends with the players signalling the rescue helicopter with a pyrotechnics-heavy rock concert at an abandoned stage.

** In one of the DLC campaigns for Left 4 Dead, the Survivors attempt this at a lighthouse, but fail.

* ''[[Modern Warfare 2]]'' imitates the scene from ''The Rock'' above {{spoiler|when you stand atop the ruins of the White House to call off a massive airstrike on Washington.}}

* In Riven, the sequel to ''[[Myst]]'', you signal Atrus by {{spoiler|opening a fissure into outer space}}.