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== Films -- Animation ==
* ''[[Toy Story (franchise)|Toy Story]] 2'': Al claims to be going through a tunnel while talking to Mr. Konishi.
== Films -- Live Action ==
* In the 1997 ''[[The Parent Trap (1961 film)|The Parent Trap]]'', Hallie does this to Annie when she is unwilling to believe that her father is going to marry [[Gold Digger]] Meredith.
* In ''[[Star Wars]]: A New Hope'', Han Solo claims his radio is malfunctioning when trying (and failing) to pass as a Stormtrooper, then shoots it. Though in this case, he ''knows'' it didn't fool them ("Boring conversation anyway -- ''Luke, we're gonna have company!''").
* In ''[[Pee
* ''[[Patton]]'':
{{quote|'''Aide:''' Sir, General Alexander has heard we're moving west. He says here, "Stop immediately. Go no farther than Agrigento. Repeat. Stop, immediately."
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* ''[[X Wing Series|Wraith Squadron]]'' has a pair of pilots rubbing their gloves on their mics to simulate the sound while disobeying orders. Their commander is frustrated, knowing that he's [[Military Maverick|done that himself]], but he can't stop them. Both contribute hugely to the success of the mission, but both also [[Anyone Can Die|die.]]
* Near the end of ''Porno'', Sick Boy scrapes the grill of his phone's mouthpiece to fake static for this, so he doesn't have to argue with Begbie about returning to Leith for a card game. From Cannes.
* Dresden pulls this on Murphy in ''[[Dresden Files|Storm Front]]''
* In the ''[[Ciaphas Cain]]'' book, ''Traitor's Hand'', Cain explains that
{{quote|Calling [the sentinel pilots] off would be difficult and time-consuming and probably involve an inordinate number of freak vox failures}}
== Live Action TV ==
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* ''[[Friends]]'' does this one a few times, both with the tunnel excuse and [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FE7t6pHhmGU various others] (skip to 1:30).
* In the pilot episode of ''In Plain Sight'', Mary simulates a bad signal by holding her phone out the window of her moving car and shouting, "What? I'm losing you!"
* Ezri Dax also tries this once in ''[[Star Trek:
* ''[[House (TV series)|House]]'': "Sorry, I'm about to lose you because I'm driving through a tunnel, in a canyon, on an airplane, while hanging up the phone."
* In ''[[Scrubs]]'', when Dr. Cox is trying to avoid his wife, she calls him while in the hospital. He picks it up, opens it, says, "I'm in a tunnel." and hangs up in the space of about a second.
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== Video Games ==
* In ''[[
* In ''[[Halo]]: OSDT'', Sadie tries to do this to end the conversation with her father. Probably wouldn't have worked even if it wasn't video feed.
* Used sarcastically in ''[[Mass Effect]]'', where Shepard can cut off the Council, and Joker will remark "oops, lost the connection."
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* Communications Officer Skip Taylor of [[Legostar Galactica]] uses a variant when he "accidentally" hangs up on an antagonistic [[Expy|Remulen]] General
{{quote|'''General Loratrek:''' Next time we meet I will n—
'''Skip:''' [[Motor Mouth|Whoops,hunguponhim,sorry.]]
'''Captain Bob Smith:''' No apology necessary, Lieutenant, I would have done it myself in a second }}
* During a "Life With Rippy" strip in ''[[Something
{{quote|*dial tone*
"Hey, Randy! He has the same hold tone your parents use! What do you call this song?"
"'The Gullibility Waltz'." }}
* [http://gogetaroomie.chloe-art.com/2010/05/go-get-a-roomie-11/ The tunnel excuse is parodied in an early strip] ([[NSFW]]) of ''[[Go Get a Roomie]]''
* ''[[Sluggy Freelance]]'' had "Dr. Lorna" [http://archives.sluggy.com/daily.php?date=971119 doing this] with an awkward call.
== Web Original ==
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* In ''[[Star Wars: Clone Wars]]'', Anakin claims the radio connection is breaking up when Obi Wan orders him not to pursue a Sith fighter alone.
* ''[[Code Lyoko]]'': Jérémie calls Jim, using the Supercomputer to disguise his voice as the principal's, to get him to release Ulrich and Odd. Jim falls for it, but then tries to discuss "a personal matter. It's about Suzanne Hertz..." Jérémie quickly blurts out, "Oh, it's a tunnel. We're about to get cut off!"
* In an episode of ''[[The Fairly
* Moltar does this to Space Ghost in ''[[Space Ghost Coast to Coast]]''. Space Ghost calls him on it: "You're just making noises with your mouth!"
* ''[[Justice League (animation)|Justice League]]'', "Eclipsed"—Flash's absurdly sleazy agent does this to him.
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* ''[[Futurama]]'': "Kif Gets Knocked Up A Notch":
{{quote|''(Zap Brannigan commandeers the videophone from Kif)''
'''Zap:''' Well, well, well. [[Malaproper|Do my eyes believe me]], or is that my bosomy swan, Leela?
'''Leela:''' Say again? You're breaking up. ''(throws the book she's reading at the videophone)'' }}
* In the ''[[Batman: The Animated Series|Batman the Animated Series]]'' movie ''[[Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman|Mystery of the Batwoman]]'', Bruce is riding in his limousine with Tim, and talking on the phone with Barbara, who is away at college. When she begins grilling him about Batwoman and hinting that she wants to go out while she's in town for Spring Break, Bruce panics and resorts to pulling this on her.
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