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* ''Literature/SecretSanta:'' When Bigelow breaks into his coworkers' desks, one young man has a Mastercard bill from a phone service called the "Hottie Hook-Up line."

* "Here Comes That Man Again" by Kirsty McColl is a distinctly cheerful paean to cybersex.

* ''Literature/OneOfUsIsLying'': "Hero" might be a strong word, but Simon started his gossip blog (a few years before the book) to impress his aloof former best friend Jake and expose a sleazy jock who was anonymously sending girls unsolicited [[IntimateTelecommunications sexting messages.]] Before long, though, he was exposing harmless personal secrets and gleefully ruining people's lives just so he could feel important.

* ''Series/{{Stargirl}}'': This forms Yolanda's backstory. She was the school's popular girl and was dating the star of the football team. Then her boyfriend asks her for a nude pic. While she's initially reluctant, she relents and sends one. A few days later, her political opponent gets her hands on the photo and sends it to everyone at the school. Yolanda becomes a pariah and breaks up with the guy, mistakenly blaming him for sharing the photo (he didn't). Strangely enough, the other girl doesn't get in trouble for sending the pic, even though Yolanda is a minor and this counts as possession of child pornography (though not that strange since the town is run by a group of supervillains, one of which is her father).

->''"What are you wearing?"''

* ''ComicStrip/{{Dilbert}}'': Accidentally invoked when Dilbert sends e-mail to the PointyHairedBoss late at night to create the impression that he's working late. Unfortunately, in his half-asleep state he words the message rather badly... and worse, sends it to [[UpToEleven the entire office]].

* ''Series/IZombie'': Liv and Major can't have sex because zombieism is sexually transmitted, so they set up a sexy video chat instead.

* ''Series/{{Stargirl}}'': This forms Yolanda's backstory. She was the school's popular girl and was dating the star of the football team. Then her boyfriend asks her for a nude pic. While she's initially reluctant, she relents and sends one. A few days later, her political opponent gets her hands on the photo and sends it to everyone at the school. Yolanda becomes a pariah and breaks up with the guy, mistakenly blaming him for sharing the photo (he didn't). Strangely enough, the other girl doesn't get in trouble for sending the pic, even though Yolanda is a minor and this counts as possession of child pornography (though not that strange since the town is run by a group of supervillains, one of which is her father).
* In ''Series/{{Community}}'', Jeff idly mentions calling phone sex lines while pretending to be very fat in order to deal with his insecurities about his appearance.
* ''Series/{{Friends}}'': Rachel discovers that Monica and Chandler have secretly started dating when she picks up the apartment's landline to make a call and catches them making plans to hook up that night. After Phoebe finds out Rachel reveals that apparently Monica and Chandler were doing this a lot.
-->'''Phoebe:''' All that time Monica spent on the phone with "sad Linda from camp"?\\
'''Rachel:''' Doing it, doing it, ''phone'' doing it!
** In another episode Phoebe implies she once worked at a phone service where she had to say "spank" a lot.
* ''Series/{{Frasier}}'': During a period of unemployment Roz takes a job with a sex hotline to make some money. She points out the benefit of a job that she can do from anywhere with cell service, but Frasier still insists she not take calls in his apartment.
* ''Series/Lucifer2016'': During a Girls' Night Out bonding session Dr. Linda shares that she put herself through medical school by working as 1-800-[=ProfessorFeelGood=]. After demonstrating her breathy phone voice, Ella announces [[EvenTheGirlsWantHer she would call that number]].

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* ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'': In the episode "The Disease", Harry Kim and his love interest flirt over the comm signal.

* ''WesternAnimation/RockosModernLife'': In "Canned", one of the jobs Rocko tries after getting fired from the comics mega-store is a "specialty phone operator". It's [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar clearly supposed to be a phone sex hotline]], but Rocko's idea of talking dirty is to say "Oh baby, oh baby, oh baby," in [[BadBadActing a half-hearted monotone]]. Awkwardness ensues when his customer recognizes his voice, and he recognizes her as Mrs. Bighead, and the two hastily hang up.

* In K C Constantine's detective novel ''Grievance'', the protagonist "Rugs" Carlucci accidentally admits to a woman that he's gradually working himself up to have a relationship with (she wishes he'd get a move on) that he masturbated about her. Her response is to suggest that next time he feels like it, he telephones her so they can do it together.

* ''Series/{{Friends}}'': Rachel discovers that Monica and Chandler have secretly started dating when she picks up the apartment's landline to make a call and catches them making plans to hook up that night.
* ''Series/{{Frasier}}'': During a period of unemployment Roz takes a job with a sex hotline to make some money. She points out the benefit of a job that she can do from anywhere with cell service but Frasier still insists she not take calls in his apartment.

* ''Literature/GoodOmens'': Newt answers the phone for his neighbor Miss Tracy and answers the question "what are you wearing?" entirely truthfully. He stops answering the phone for Miss Tracy after that.