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== [[Comic Books]] ==
* In some versions of [[Green Lantern]], the recipient of the ring gets it with little to no instruction, only to be told "you'll know what to do when it's time." Most notably ''[[
** Kyle Rayner's first days as a Green Lantern is a good example of this: Ganthet shows up after Hal Jordan goes nuts, gives Kyle the ring saying "You'll have to do." and disappears. Things are all fun and games until [[Stuffed in The Fridge|Major Force shows up...]]
* This happens in ''[[Fray]]'' because of [[Unto Us a Son
* In [[Erfworld]], the King buys a spell to summon the "perfect warlord", but is too cheap to pay for it to be cast professionally, so his in-house caster does her best, and summons pudgy war-gamer Parson Gotti, to his great disappointment. Parson turns out to be uniquely talented for the position, having studied turn-based games for most of his waking life.
== [[Film]] ==
* In ''[[The Matrix]]'', the call has excellent reception - until Neo drops the phone off of a building. This, combined with how dangerous the last instruction it gave him was, leads him to be captured by the Agents.
* This is the basis of the plot of the Christopher Nolan film {{spoiler|''[[
* In the movie ''White Noise'', Michael Keaton's character is able to make contact with his dead wife, who he thinks is telling him about future tragedies in order to stop them. This belief is strengthened by the fact that she says things like "go now" and "leave now" after hearing and seeing future tragedies. In this one, the Call literally has bad reception, as it turns out that {{spoiler|the wife is saying to go away from ''her'' now, and to leave her where she is, as the husband's interference in the nether realm has allowed malevolent spirits to track him down and target him.}}
* ''[[Knowing]]'': the aliens send messages regarding future disasters to earth, supposedly in order to prepare them. However if the first recipient in the movie is any indication, nobody really understood the message in and of themselves, and the people who got it just went crazy.
* Happens in ''[[The Order (
== [[Literature]] ==
* Prior the [[Mistborn]] series, a prophesied hero went on a quest to destroy a great evil, but gave into temptation and became a living god instead. {{spoiler|Except this was the RIGHT thing to do, because it drained [[Sealed Evil in
* Happens ''literally'' in ''[[Monster (
* ''[[The War Gods]]'': Tomanak doesn't like to lead his champions by the hand, so he generally nudges them toward where he wants them. Also, in the beginning Bahzell has only a vague notion that he's supposed to be heading west, and [[Refusal of the Call|turns east]] when he realizes he's getting [[The Call
* In the third book of [[Tamora Pierce]]'s ''[[Tortall Universe|The Immortals]]'' quartet: the heroine, Daine, is given the power to temporarily raise the dead. The person giving it to her, however, forgets to tell Daine that she is getting this new power, or how to use it without half-killing herself. Daine is disturbed to find that skeletons start moving when she touches them. This isn't an exact example, as gaining the power of necromancy was not the first or even the most important [[Call to Adventure]] Daine receives.
* In ''The Grand Tour'', the sequel to ''[[
* In [[The Wheel of Time]], the Guide noted that in the Age of Legends, many people had themselves tested for aptitude in [[Functional Magic|the One Power]], but failed and never took a second test, leaving their hidden potential untapped.
* In ''[[Wiz Biz|Wizard's Bane]]'' by Rick Cook, hacker (in the sense of ace programmer) Wiz Zumwalt is called into a parallel universe where magic rules, but he knows no magic, to the intense disappointment of the apprentice of the wizard who summoned him. {{spoiler|He discovers the underlying rules of magic, and learns how to program it, making him the greatest magician ever.}}
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== [[Western Animation]] ==
* ''[[9
* ''[[
** Although another example may come in the [[Transformers Generation 1|television series]], and the two part "Return of Optimus Prime." In that case, the "Darkest Hour" in question was the release of the Hate Plague, which not only endangered the Autobots and Decepticons, but all sentient life in the cosmos. In that case, the Matrix was also used to light their Darkest Hour. It's just that the chosen one was dead at the time, and had to be revived before he could use the Matrix to save the day. And in fitting with the prophecy where "All are One," at the end the hostilities between the different factions were resolved. At least for the time being.
* According to [[Word of God]], in ''[[
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