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->'''Arnold''': ''(to Chocolate Boy)'' Go to the fire station, tell them we're stuck in a tree, and we need help getting down.\\
'''Eugene''': Tell them Eugene sent you. They know me. They rescued me many times before.
-->--''WesternAnimation/HeyArnold'', Season 5, "Stuck in a Tree"

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* In ''ComicBook/GastonLagaffe'', the firefighters are so used to Gaston's explosive experiments, floods, and noxious gasses they try to beat their own records for time taken to get to his office building. One strip has Fantasio calling them and saying "the usual address".
* In ''{{ComicBook/Zbeng}}'', the personal background book for Asher and Josepha has a document from a hospital about Asher being a model patient in the stomach pumping section - Josepha is a LethalChef, and the guy loves her too much to say "no" when offered her cooking.

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-->'''Chuck:''' [Describes situation]
-->'''Radio:''' [[PhraseCatcher Chuck, is that you?]]

-->'''Grizzelda:''' ''(on the phone)'' Hello, the police? It's me, Grizzelda. ''(beat)'' Yes, it happened again.

--> Is there a "Brittany" on the no-fly list? ... Yes, with cats. That sounds like her. OK, just making sure you were aware.

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--->'''Quagmire''': Hello, 911? It's Quagmire. Yeah... Yeah, yeah, it's in a window this time.

--->'''Peter''': Geez, Joe.\\
'''Joe''': Yeah, I come here a lot.

-->'''Mac''': What a crazy night.\\
'''Bloo''': Eh. I had worse. ''(to a police officer)'' Good seeing you again, Charles. Say hi to the kids for me.\\
'''Charles''': Will do, Bloo.

-->'''Nurse Penbroke''': Oh, Billy.\\
'''Billy''': ''(cheerfully)'' Hi, Nurse Penbroke. I can't feel my legs.

-->'''Gloria''': Hi, Grim.\\
'''Grim''': S'up, Gloria.\\
'''Gloria''': Aw. Are you here for Mr. Silverman?\\
'''Grim''': No. That's next week.

-->'''Arnold''': ''(to Chocolate Boy)'' Go to the fire station, tell them we're stuck in a tree, and we need help getting down.\\
'''Eugene''': Tell them Eugene sent you. They know me. They rescued me many times before.

--->'''Mr. Chase''': Milo, you weren't here at the fish hatchery this morning, were you?\\
'''Melissa''': Dad!\\
'''Mr. Chase''': Ha! I kid!... But seriously, you weren't here, right?\\
'''Milo''': ''(cheerfully)'' Why Mr. Chase, I'm flattered! ''(suddenly deadpan, visibly irritated)'' [[NotMeThisTime But no]].

--->'''Homer''': ''(glowing green, gesturing over shoulder)'' In there, guys.\\
'''Crew''': Thanks, Homer.

--->'''Lisa''': ''(dialing Poison Control)'' I'll call Poison Control. ''(talking on the phone)'' Fran, it's me. Just a heads-up.

--->'''Marge''': I love our court days. It's about the only thing we do as a family anymore.\\
''(the Simpsons walk past a bailiff)''\\
'''Lisa''': ''(to the bailiff)'' Hey, Karie.\\
'''Karie''': Hey, Lisa.

--->'''Riley''': Hello, 911. No, I ain't calling to snitch! I got a real emergency! Yeah, I'll hold.

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* Spencer on ''Series/ICarly'' has a habit of accidentally setting things on fire and calls for the fire department to put it out. They react to his calls with annoyance and in one episode, decide that they are through answering his calls.

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* ''WesternAnimation/RiseOfTheGuardians'': Jack Frost has become acquainted with the yetis guarding Santa's workshop. Just after saying he's been trying to get inside for years, he says "Hey, Phil" to one guard, who gives him an "I'm watching you" gesture.
* ''Disney/TreasurePlanet'': [[ImpliedTrope Implied]]. Jim Hawkins has apparently violated a particular law about hoverboarding often enough that, when the robotic constables who are bringing him home forget what number the law has attached to it, he is able to finish the number from memory.
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* In ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'', Season 3 "Lethal Weapons", while a naked Quagmire watches Lois chase away the New Yorkers on her lawn from his window, his window slams down shut on his penis. Unable to get the window up, Quagmire calls 911:
-->'''Quagmire''': Hello, 911? It's Quagmire. Yeah... Yeah, yeah, it's in a window this time.

* When Carl calls 911 in the ''WesternAnimation/AquaTeenHungerForce'' episode "Rubberman", he's presented with [[ForInconveniencePressOne a chain of different emergencies and sub-numbers to call]]. For the emergency of having [[AssShove a gerbil up your ass]], the recording just asks "Richard" to call the hospital directly.

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* [[TheKlutz Tim]] from ''Series/HomeImprovement''. One episode has his son get injured. When Tim takes him to the hospital, it turns out he's on a first name basis with the staff (who are quite surprised to see him walk in under his own power). He even has his own coffee mug there.

* [[TheKlutz Tim]] from ''Series/HomeImprovement''. One episode has his son get injured. When Tim takes him to the hospital, it turns out he's on a first name basis with the staff (Who are quite surprised to see him walk in under his own power). He even has his own coffee mug there.

* [[TheKlutz Tim]] from ''Series/HomeImprovement''. One episode has his son get injured. When Tim takes him to the hospital, it turns out he's on a first name basis with the staff. He even has his own coffee mug there.

* Alluded in the ''Literature/HonorHarrington'' story "Ms. Midshipwoman Harrington", when some of the ship's officers learn that Honor has had regular full-contact training bouts with one of the ship's Marine sergeants, their first reaction is to ask how well she's gotten to know the ship's medical officer.

-->'''Radio:''' Chuck, is that you?

That's because the character has a reputation of causing trouble too many times to the point that the emergency workers knows who they are and are very familiar with their actions. They will usually have a UnusuallyUninterestingSight or OhNoNotAgain reaction or have a CasualDangerDialog when they see the character again. They might casually greet each other by saying their names as if they're friends or if they're already friends, usually with a FirstNameBasis. It's likely they might already know each other from a previous NoodleIncident they caused. This could also happen in the case of an individual who's a [[{{Hypochondria}} hypochondriac]].

A character that usually causes a lot of trouble, on purpose or accidentally, to themselves or others, will always get the attention of EmergencyServices (ex. police, firefighters, paramedics, etc.). When they arrive to the scene and they see who caused it, they might respond with a deadpan "[[OhNoNotAgain What did you do this time?]]".

* Befitting Film/JohnWick's legendary status in the underworld, when the police roll up due to a "noise complaint" (caused by John dispatching a dozen assassins sent to ambush him), John is [[NiceToTheWaiter cordial to the police officer whom he's on a first-name basis with]] and in return, the officer knows enough not to bother doing anything even though he can plainly see a dead body in John's home.

* The Monday 7 December 1998 update of Mark Stanley's ''Webcomic/{{Freefall}}'' (as shown in the image above) has Sam Starfall phone emergency services when the flatbed he's driving goes airborne from a rocket motor. Sam says only, "Uhm, hello?" yet the operator instantly recognizes the voice, and asks, "What have you done now, Sam?"

* This is very much TruthInTelevision, as members of emergency services will remember you really fast if you are in contact with them regularly, like as petty criminal, dialysis patient, ...

* The Monday 7 December 1998 update of Mark Stanley's ''Webcomic/{{Freefall}}'' has Sam Starfall phone emergency services when the flatbed he's driving goes airborne from a rocket motor. Sam says only, "Uhm, hello?" yet the operator instantly recognizes the voice, and asks, "What have you done now, Sam?"

** Grim has this relationship with the nursing staffs at the retirement homes when he comes for the residents as shown in Season 5 "Home of the Ancients".

'''Grim''': Sup, Gloria.\\
'''Gloria''' Aw. Are you here for Mr. Silverman?\\

'''Gloria" Aw. Are you here for Mr. Silverman?\\

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheGrimAdventuresOfBillyAndMandy'', Season 2 "Educating Grim", when Billy tries to race Grim and Mandy to school, he immediately runs into the school's front sign. Cue Nurse Penbroke walking outside hold first-aid kits looking annoyed. After Billy and Mandy leave school, Billy is already covered in bandages and walking with a crutch. When Nurse Penbroke [[StepfordSmiler happily]] waits outside for Billy, he tells her he's done for today and then she releases an exhausted sigh.

* In ''WesternAnimation/MiloMurphysLaw'', because the titluar character is BornUnlucky and a WalkingDisasterArea, the firefighters and police know him to the point that he keeps a framed photograph of them in his room.

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Previous names:
AcquaintedWithEmergencyWorkers, FamiliarToEmergencyServices, FriendlyWithEmergencyServices

->'''Arnold''': ''(to Chocolate Boy)'' Go to the fire station, tell them we're stuck in a tree, and we need help getting down.
->'''Eugene''': Tell them Eugene sent you. They know me. They rescued me many times before.

-->'''Mac''': What a crazy night.
-->'''Bloo''': Eh. I had worse. ''(to a police officer)'' Good seeing you again, Charles. Say hi to the kids for me.
-->'''Charles''': Will do, Bloo.

-->'''Nurse Penbroke''': Oh, Billy.
-->'''Billy''': ''(cheerfully)'' Hi, Nurse Penbroke. I can't feel my legs.
* In ''WesternAnimation/HeyArnold'', Season 5, "Stuck in a Tree", when Arnold, [[TheJinx Eugene]], and Harold are [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin stuck in a tree]], they see Chocolate Boy and they ask him to get help.
-->'''Arnold''': ''(to Chocolate Boy)'' Go to the fire station, tell them we're stuck in a tree, and we need help getting down.
-->'''Eugene''': Tell them Eugene sent you. They know me. They rescued me many times before.

--->'''Mr. Chase''': Milo, you weren't here at the fish hatchery this morning, were you?
--->'''Melissa''': Dad!
--->'''Mr. Chase''': Ha! I kid!... But seriously, you weren't here, right?
--->'''Milo''': ''(cheerfully)'' Why Mr. Chase, I'm flattered! ''(suddenly deadpan, visibly irritated)'' [[NotMeThisTime But no]].

--->'''Homer''': ''(glowing green, gesturing over shoulder)'' In there, guys.
--->'''Crew''': Thanks, Homer.

--->'''Marge''': I love our court days. It's about the only thing we do as a family anymore.
--->''(the Simpsons walk past a bailiff)''
--->'''Lisa''': ''(to the bailiff)'' Hey, Karie.
--->'''Karie''': Hey, Lisa.

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!!Index
* CharacterFlawIndex
* CharactersAsDevice
* ComedyTropes
* FriendshipTropes