TV Telephone Etiquette: Difference between revisions

Line 1:

{{quote|Doesn't anyone say "goodbye" anymore?|'''AJ''', ''[[The Fairly ~~Odd Parents~~]]''}}

{{quote|Doesn't anyone say "goodbye" anymore?|'''AJ''', ''[[The Fairly OddParents]]''}}

The inability for main characters who answer the phone to either hang up the phone, acknowledge the caller, or say any "good-bye" equivalent. This is because phone calls are often done solely for exposition's sake.

Line 13:

== [[Literature]] ==

* ''[[Star Wars]]'': Emperor Palpatine needs no comm etiquette, as is pointed out in ''[[Shadows of the Empire]]''. He has a habit of stating what he wants without greeting, then ending the conversation without any kind of farewell. His subordinates have learned to accept this as 'just one of those things'.

== [[Live Action TV]] ==

Line 26:

* Debra Morgan on ''[[Dexter]]'' is also really bad with this.

* Happens on ''[[Nikita (TV series)|Nikita]]'' a lot too, although it's kind of [[Justified Trope|understandable]].

* ''[[The Brady Bunch]]'': Mike calls a friend of his about a problem; he jumps right into the topic and doesn't say goodbye. Robert Reed wrote one of his many scathing memos about this scene.

* [[Fearless|Gaia Moore]] greets callers with "speak".

** [[Truth in Television]]: A common phone greeting in Mexico is "Diga", which means "speak".

Line 34:

== [[Western Animation]] ==

* [[Lampshade Hanging|Lampshaded]] in one episode of ''[[The Fairly ~~Odd Parents~~]]'', Timmy is talking on the phone with Chester and AJ (in a three way split screen). After the conversation is over he hangs up as does Chester. AJ is still hanging on the line when he realizes the other two hung up. He [[Aside Glance|looks at the camera]] and asks "Doesn't anyone say goodbye anymore?"

* [[Lampshade Hanging|Lampshaded]] in one episode of ''[[The Fairly OddParents]]'', Timmy is talking on the phone with Chester and AJ (in a three way split screen). After the conversation is over he hangs up as does Chester. AJ is still hanging on the line when he realizes the other two hung up. He [[Aside Glance|looks at the camera]] and asks "Doesn't anyone say goodbye anymore?"

* Played for comedy in ''[[The Life and Times of Tim]]'', when Tim bungles a a call from a prospective employer by hanging up when he thinks the conversation is over. After a pause, the caller continues speaking, not realizing that he's hung up.

Line 44:

[[Category:Universal Tropes]]

[[Category:Phone Tropes]]

[[Category:~~TV Telephone Etiquette~~]]

[[Category:{{PAGENAME}}]]