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== Film ==
* Tansy, the poor air traffic control operator in ''[[Kangaroo Jack (Film)|Kangaroo Jack]]''. After she locates the main characters (who are stranded in the desert after a plane crash), she gets [[Bound and Gagged|taped up and gagged]] by the villains, who then destroy her equipment so she cannot send help for the heroes. The heroes simply believe that Tansy was disconnected due to some equipment failure.
* Pretty much the central factor behind the plot of ''[[Crimson Tide]]'': the [[Cool Boat|USS]] ''[[Cool Boat|Alabama]]'' suffers a radio equipment malfunction while in the middle of receiving a high-priority message: The crew does not know whether their orders are to launch their [[Nuclear Option|nuclear missiles]] or to abort, and [[The Captain]] and the [[Commander Contrarian]] end up unable to agree on their next course of action.
 
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== [[Video Games]] ==
* Dan in ''[[Iji (Video Game)|Iji]]'' becomes unavailable ''twice'': once in Sector {{spoiler|5}} and {{spoiler|6}} (communications failure), and again in Sector {{spoiler|8}} (kidnapped). {{spoiler|The second time also ends with his death if you aren't [[Crazy Prepared]].}} Also an [[Unfunny Aneurysm Moment]] example, since Iji initially expresses annoyance that she's the only one risking her life.
* The mysterious benefactor in [[Depict 1]] loses the ability to communicate with you after the first few levels. {{spoiler|They come back for the endgame, though.}}
* [[Zig Zagged]] in the final mission of ''[[MirrorsMirror's Edge]]'': {{spoiler|Faith's original [[Mission Control]] Merc dies of a gunshot wound in the opening cutscene, so she sets off to storm the Shard on her own. Mid-mission, however, she meets Lieutenant Miller, who guides her through the more tricky parts of the building before being cut off (captured or worse) by the PK, so Faith has to go on on her own again}}.
* In ''[[Borderlands (Video Game)|Borderlands]]'', the "Angel" loses contact with you when the Echo network is shut down (or rather can no longer see you and is having to send its messages blind). You have to get the network back online ( {{spoiler|which conveniently brings you to where she was guiding you to}}).
* Used as a plot point in ''[[Batman: Arkham City]]'', where [[Birds of Prey|Oracle]], your unseen guide from [[Batman: Arkham Asylum|the first game]], has mysteriously gone missing. This leads to Batman's butler [[Battle Butler|Alfred]] having to take over for her.
** Not really a "plot point", more like "she was doing some stuff, brb. Alfred, it's you and me.". In the comics, that happens often. Barbara is a [[Voice Withwith an Internet Connection]] to many other characters, not just Bats.
* In ''[[Perfect Dark Zero]]'', Joanna arrives at the Trinity Labs and is unable to contact Chandra. [[The Mole|She's been a mole for a long time]] and sent Joanna to a death trap.
* In the original ''[[Halo]]'', this happens when John leaves Cortana in the Control Room while he goes to find the [[MacGuffin|Index.]]
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