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* ''[[Die Hard]]'' averts this. McClane gets a bad guy's walkie-talkie, and talks to Al the policeman, and it's made clear that the bad guys can hear everything he's saying, hence why he goes by "Roy" instead of using his real name.

** Also plays it straight, when McClane is able to interrupt Hans in mid-sentence.

* In the first ''[[Tremors]]'' movie, the people of Perfection use a CB radio to warn the Gummers of impending Bad Things possibly coming their way. Actually justified in this case, since it's made clear that they can't reach anyone outside their valley with their CBs, and it would make sense for everyone to use the same frequency.

 

* ''[[The Dukes of Hazzard]]''—Anybody could pick up his CB and call anyone, and that person was on that frequency.

* ''BJ and the Bear''

** To be fair, the Island ''did'' have plenty of man-made constructions, and it is possible that the Others may have built a repeater to extend the range. (according to Lostpedia)

* Memorably subverted in ''[[The Young Ones]]'', in which Neil is instructed to make the static noises himself when using his police walkie talkie.

 

== [[Video Games]] ==

** The "speaker's own voice" issue could probably be [[Handwaved]] by invoking [[wikipedia:Subvocalization|subvocalization]]—methods of turning it into audible speech have appeared in science fiction at least as far back as [[Neuromancer]].

** ''[[Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater]]'''s radio was essentially the same as the above Codec, though it also worked around the "speaker's own voice" issue by having Snake communicating back to [[Mission Control]] via a [[wikipedia:Throat microphone|throat mike]].

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