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Rather than becoming a break in the action, the hero will inevitably answer the phone, if only to tell the person on the end that "now's not a real good time to chat." Other times, [[Casual Danger Dialog|they hold full-fledged conversations, all the while blazing away with their weapons]]. Often the phone call will be a minor or mundane thing that contrasts with the deadly action, especially if there's a [[Secret Identity]] to maintain.
A subtrope of [[Casual Danger Dialog]]. Contrast [[Mid
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* In ''[[Die Hard 2]]'', Holly McClane, worried about why her plane hasn't landed (the airport has been forcibly shut down by terrorists) calls her husband, who receives the call as he's attempting to sneak up on one of said terrorists.
* In Tenacious D in ''[[The Pick of Destiny]]'', Jables receives a call in the middle of a car chase with the police, from the car's owner, who's watching the chase on the news.
* In ''[[Shaun of the Dead]]'', while they're trying to sneak into the pub while [[Pretend
* In ''[[Twister]]'', Dr. Reeves (Bill Harding's new fiancee) keeps answering her cellphone in the middle of tornado chases. At one point, after seeing a rather amazing feat of tornado-ness, she blurts, "I gotta go, we got cows!"
* Inverted in ''[[Transformers Film Series|Transformers]]'' (2007). It's [[Justified Trope|justified]], though, as well as a [[Crowning Moment of Funny]]. Captain Lennox tries to make a call to [[The Pentagon]] while his (dwindling) men fight off Scorponok.
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