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{{trope}}
{{quote|'''Robert "Fish" Fishman:''' 1991 called, they want their teenage angst back.
'''Amelia:''' No, they just called again. They want that joke back.
|''[[The Rocker]]''}}
A common put down about how someone ran headfirst into [[Fashion Dissonance]] (or something related). Often it's something that is no longer fashionable, or that famously works for someone, but almost no one else.
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{{examples}}
== [[Advertising]] ==
* An Australian ad for Kentucky Fried Chicken used the line, "The pigeons called. They want their lunch back."
* American restaurant chain Ruby Tuesday released several TV advertisements regarding its image rebranding in 2007. One ad involved a spokesman removing a stained glass lamp from a restaurant saying: "The 70's called, they want their lamp back."
== [[Comic Books]] ==▼
▲== Comic Books ==
* "[[Godwin's Law|Hitler]] called, he wants his look back." That was Aunt May from ''[[Ultimate Spider-Man]]''. At J. freaking Jonah freaking Jameson.
* ''[[Left 4 Dead]] Comic'': [[Kenny Rogers]]' balls called. They want their hair [http://www.l4d.com/comic/comic.php?page=91 back from your face]...
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* In a story where he had [[Wolverine]] hostage, [[Deadpool]] taunted Daken like this ("It was 1986. It wants its hair..."). When he says "back", Daken had already chopped off his hand.
== [[Fan Works]] ==▼
* The ''[[Star Wars]]'' [[Fan Film]] ''The Formula''.▼
* The title character of ''[[Frazz]]'' once took a long bike ride on a chilly day, ending up with only the lower half of his legs windburned.▼
{{quote|'''Caulfield:''' ''(pointing to Frazz's white-and-red legs)'' Poland called. They want their flag back.}}▼
* ''[[Get Fuzzy]]'': "Hilary Clinton called, she wants her manners back!"▼
* One ''[[FoxTrot]]'' story arc had Paige's pink glitter pen accidentally put in the washer, causing it to bleed on Peter's sweatshirt.▼
{{quote|'''Jason:''' The Ice Capades called. They want their costume back.}}▼
▲== Fan Works ==
▲* [[Star Wars]] [[Fan Film]] ''The Formula''.
{{quote|'''Tom "Servo":''' ''It is pointless to resist?'' Yeah, the Emperor just called. He wants his friggin' lines back!}}
* From ''[[Naruto the Abridged Comedy Spoof Series Show]]'':
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'''Sakura:''' Well, [[Renee Zellweger]] called. She wants her UGLY BLONDE BITCH FACE back! ...And her movie career. }}
* "1976 called. They want their hair back," was said to [[Joe Dirt]] about his mullet.
* At the end of ''[[Ocean's Eleven|Oceans Eleven]]'': "[[Ted Nugent]] called. He wants his shirt back."
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* Esther from ''[[Orphan]]'' gets this from a classmate about her old fashioned, frilly dress. "Oh, look. Little Bo Peep texted me. She wants her outfit back."
== [[Live-Action TV]] ==
* Subverted (but to make it funnier) in ''[[How I Met Your Mother]]''. Marshall wants to wear some really tacky pants they called "Joey Buttafuoco pants". Ted says, "[[Bel Biv Devoe]] called, ''even they'' don't want those pants back."
* ''[[Dancing With the Stars]]''
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{{quote|'''Grey Davis(answering the phone mid-sentence):''' "What's that? Okay, I'll tell him." (beat) "That was Skeletor. He wants your wife's face back."}}
== [[Music]] ==
▲== Music ==
* In the rap spoof "[http://www.toccionline.com/creations/iraq_without_me/ Iraq Without Me]", Saddam Hussein plays this card in the middle of berating Osama bin Laden. "By the way, Castro called -- he wants his beard back!"
* The title of a song by the Awkward Romance: "Judas Called, He Wants His Sense Of Loyalty Back".
== [[New Media]] ==▼
▲== New Media ==
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQayijW07ho&feature=channel_page "Hey, Jermaine Jackson called ... he wants his hair back"]
* A common response to a [[Wall of Text]] is "China called, they want their wall back."
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* A common bumper sticker: "Your village called, they want their idiot back."
** T-shirt variation: "Your village called, their idiot is missing."
* The ''[[Doctor Who]]'' analysis blog ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20180324184235/http://tardiseruditorum.blogspot.co.uk/ TARDIS Eruditorum: A Psychochronography In Blue]'' has a photo caption for ''[[K-9 and Company]]'' reading "The 1980s called. They said you can keep their bloody title card."
* Back in the late '90s, it was "reported" [[Muammar Gaddafi]] got the message that [[Michael Jackson]] wanted his jacket back.
▲* The title character of ''[[Frazz]]'' once took a long bike ride on a chilly day, ending up with only the lower half of his legs windburned.
▲{{quote|'''Caulfield:''' ''(pointing to Frazz's white-and-red legs)'' Poland called. They want their flag back.}}
▲* ''[[Get Fuzzy]]'': "Hilary Clinton called, she wants her manners back!"
▲* One ''[[FoxTrot]]'' story arc had Paige's pink glitter pen accidentally put in the washer, causing it to bleed on Peter's sweatshirt.
▲{{quote|'''Jason:''' The Ice Capades called. They want their costume back.}}
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* Circa 2001, Edge interrupted X-Pac, who was complaining about how he used to be a big deal.
{{quote|'''Edge:''' 1998 called, they're sick and tired of you, so feel free to join us in the year 2001 at any time.}}
== [[Video Games]] ==▼
▲== Video Games ==
* Ebaumsworld's game ''Avalanche'' routinely dishes out insults when you lose, one of which is "Your village called. They want their idiot back."
** [[Drama Con]] used a variation of this for a T-shirt: "Your village called. They want their cosplayer back."
▲== Web Comics ==
* In ''[[The Wotch]]'', after Miranda suddenly disappears when no one's looking at her, [[Deadpan Snarker|Jason]] remarks, "[[Batman]] called; he wants [[Stealth Hi Bye|his exit]] back."
* ''[[xkcd]]'' [http://xkcd.com/875/ confronts this trope] with [[Fridge Logic]].
* ''[[The Order of the Stick]]'', [http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0327.html strip #327]:
{{quote|'''Vaarsuvius:''' [[Cutting the Knot|Gordium called]] -- they have a knot that you may want to take a look at.}}
* ''[[Sinfest]]'' received [
== [[Web Original]] ==
▲== Web Original ==
* ''[[Unskippable]]'' about Vincent's cape in ''[[Dirge of Cerberus]]'':
{{quote|"Todd McFarlane called. [[Spawn]] wants his cape back."}}
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{{quote|'''Linkara:''' Oh, and by the way, George Clooney in Ocean's 11 called, he wants his fashion sense back}}
== [[Western Animation]] ==▼
▲== Western Animation ==
* Hilariously subverted in ''[[The Venture Brothers|The Venture Bros]]'' episode "The Invisible Hand of Fate":
{{quote|'''Shoreleave:''' Waylon Flowers called, he wants his madam back. Boom!
'''Hunter Gathers:''' Oh yeah? Well [[The Village People]] called, '''AND THEY WANT YOU TO GO FUCKING KILL YOURSELVES YOU PRANCEY BASTARDS!'''
* ''[[The Simpsons (animation)|The Simpsons]]''. Said to Marge, commenting on her hairdo:
{{quote|'''Lisa:''' Buckingham Palace called. They want their hat back.}}
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