Reinventing the Telephone: Difference between revisions

''(Negi receives a cell phone call from Asuna that Konoka has been kidnapped.)''

'''Chamo:''' ''(exasperated)'' What kind of mage uses a cell phone?|'''''[[Mahou Sensei Negima]]'''''}}

 

The Army of Evil approaches... you need to gather your allies in a hurry!

 

Related to [[We Have the Keys]]. If you're looking for something a little more convenient, try [[Comm Links]]. Works written about the future before the widespread use of cell phones may get a pass but might qualify for [[Zeerust]].

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== Anime and Manga ==

 

== Live Action TV ==

 

* ''[[Warehouse 13]]'' is made of this trope, but more specifically does this with some steampunk-ish video phones, invented by Philo Farnsworth. There's a limited number of them, but they're unhackable and can only lose signal due to massive electrical interference. It's also shown that Pete and Myka have regular cell phones for communicating with each-other in the field. There's also a pneumatic-tube system that sends a brass voice recorder between different sections of the Warehouse.

* ''[[Power Rangers]]'' surprisingly justifies the fact that morphers have communication equipment as often as it plays the trope straight. The early seasons were in the 90's, when not everybody had cell phones yet. Later seasons often have morphers with built-in cell phones.