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* On ''[[NCIS]]'', Gibbs is notorious for accidentally/intentionally destroying his own cell phone when it gives him any trouble, either by malfunctioning, ringing too much, or simply ''existing''. He's even dropped one into a jar of paint thinner. The other agents on his team now keep plenty of spares in their desks, ready to hand to him at a moment's notice.
* Subverted in ''[[Scrubs]]'' with a cellphone belonging to Turk. He's talking to an ex when JD throws the phone on the floor. It carries on working. He then jumps up and down on it. It carries on working. Frustrated, he throws it out of the window, and the scene ends. Later, someone else picks it up and returns it. Completely undamaged and not even having ended the call. JD wonders what it's made of, and says he has to get one for himself...
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* Both played straight and averted in ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]''. In the first season, she accidentally destroys her alarm when she forgets her true strength. But by the sixth season in the musical episode, she is so filled with ennui that she merely picks it up and holds it, listening to it ring.
* ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]''. Worf [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGuzse9GpEg smashing the mandolin] that Geordi is playing in "Q-pid". "Sorry."
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