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(Of course, [[Doctor Who (TV)|the Doctor]] could make a cell phone call through time, so theoretically...)
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== [[Anime]] And [[Manga]] ==
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== [[Fan Fiction]] ==
* One of the [[Common Mary Sue Traits]].
** The protagonist of the ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (Animation)|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]'' fic [http://www.equestriadaily.com/2011/08/story-through-eyes-of-another-pony.html Through the Eyes of Another Pony] discovers that his smartphone still has internet access, completely inexplicably. To the author's credit, it's not just there solely for coolness; the Internet access is used to jump-start a plot peripety, and then disappears.
== [[Film]] ==
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== [[Tabletop Games]] ==
* Possibly the most spectacular example occurs in the ''[[Old World of Darkness (Tabletop Game)|Old World of Darkness]]'' setting's ''[[Mage: The Ascension (Tabletop Game)|Mage: The Ascension]]'' game. A [[Magitek|Technocrat faction of Magi]] called the Virtual Adepts discovered that the lowest levels of the Internet accidentally connected to a part of the spirit-world called the Digital Web, allowing skilled hackers to manipulate reality by sending data through the Internet.
** Note that within the setting, the virtual adepts manage this trope twice, as on top of discovering that the internet had its own spirit-world and so had always existed, they had in fact already invented a primitive text-only internet (roughly equivalent to [[
== [[Video Games]] ==
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