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* In ''[[Literature/ArrivalsFromTheDark Envoy from the Heavens]]'', TheEmpire on the planet Osier has a system of well-maintained roads spanning the entire large continent from east to west that would put the Romans to shame. Besides allowing for rapid (by medieval standards) transportation, the roads also had manned garrisons at regular intervals to protect travelers against brigands, inns and taverns, and signal towers that could use various means to relay information to the other towers in range: fire, mirrors, and drums. Messages could be sent from one city to another hundreds of miles away and would arrive in record time. Official state and military messages would likely be encoded before being transmitted through this system.
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** The extremely brutal Earth-Minbari war started right when two ships of each of the races met for the first time. Identifying the unknown vessel as a warship, the Minbari wanted to greet them with an Epic Hail that all fellow warriors would deserve. Apparently it was so epic that the humans completely freaked out and almost shot the Minbari ship into oblivion before turning around and getting the hell away as fast as possible. Unfortunately the ship was transporting the Minbari's Emperor-Pope, whose death caused the Minbari to start [[KillAllHumans killing all humans]].

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** The extremely brutal Earth-Minbari war started right when two ships of each of the races met for the first time. Identifying the unknown vessel as a warship, the Minbari wanted to greet them with an Epic Hail that all fellow warriors would deserve. Apparently it was so epic that the humans completely freaked out and almost shot the Minbari ship into oblivion before turning around and getting the hell away as fast as possible. Unfortunately the ship was transporting the Minbari's Emperor-Pope, whose death caused the Minbari to start [[KillAllHumans killing all humans]].[[note]]Minbari technology is far ahead of that of humans, so their scanners unintentionally played havoc with human systems, jamming their hyperdrives and sensors. All the humans could tell was that the Minbari ship was opening its gunports. Without working sensors, they couldn't know that the ship wasn't charging its weapons (standard Minbari Warrior Caste greeting: open gunports but don't charge weapons). While the Minbari leader realized the gesture could be misinterpreted, it was far too late.[[/note]]
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* ''VideoGame/{{Siren}}'': "Mrs. Takato! Help! Mrs. Takato!" Loud enough that Prof. Takeuchi hears from the water tower across town.

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* ''VideoGame/{{Siren}}'': ''VideoGame/Siren1'': "Mrs. Takato! Help! Mrs. Takato!" Loud enough that Prof. Takeuchi hears from the water tower across town.
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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Freakazoid}}'': In place of a BatSignal, The Huntsman is summoned by playing the massive, roof-mounted Horn of Urgency. Sadly for him, [[SubvertedTrope it's always a false alarm]].
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* [[http://www.greatnorthride.co.uk/history.html The Great North Ride]]. When Queen Elisabeth the First was on her death-bed, a cavalry officer by the name of Sir Robert Carey promised to inform King James VI of Scotland of her death at the earliest possible moment so that he could come out on top of the ensuing SuccessionCrisis. He accomplished this by the remarkable feat of travelling on horseback from Richmond Palace in what's now Greater London to Edinburgh, a distance of almost four hundred and fifty miles in a straight line and probably closer to five hundred overland, in just under three days.

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* [[http://www.greatnorthride.co.uk/history.html The Great North Ride]]. When Queen Elisabeth Elizabeth the First was on her death-bed, a cavalry officer by the name of Sir Robert Carey promised to inform King James VI of Scotland of her death at the earliest possible moment so that he could come out on top of the ensuing SuccessionCrisis. He accomplished this by the remarkable feat of travelling on horseback from Richmond Palace in what's now Greater London to Edinburgh, a distance of almost four hundred and fifty miles in a straight line and probably closer to five hundred overland, in just under three days.
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* ''ComicBook/AstroCity'': During his heroic career, the Astro-Naut gave his friend, Councilman Joe Greenwald, a desk lamp that can send a radio signal to contact him in case of emergencies.[[note]]or when Joe needs an election campaign boost[[/note]] In the modern day, the Astro City Bank Tower is topped with a giant replica of the lamp; when activated, it sends a radio signal that summons all of the local heroes.
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* Bumblebee shining the signal light to call the Autobots in the live-action ''Film/{{Transformers}}'' movie.

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* Bumblebee [[BatSignal shining the signal light light]] to call the Autobots down in the live-action ''Film/{{Transformers}}'' movie.''Film/Transformers2007''.
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* ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'': The Bat Signal.

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* ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'': The Bat Signal.Signal: the most badass searchlight in existence.

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