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The way this is handled in RealLife varies largely based on the circumstances of the arrest, as well as the specific laws of the jurisdiction one is in. Typically the police will call someone close to you to let them know where you are, without necessarily letting you speak to them. You are generally not automatically entitled to a phone call directly, although you may be provided access to the telephone as a courtesy. That said, any person charged with a crime has the right to an attorney, and the police have to let you contact that person without restrictions.
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* Issue 141 of ''ComicBook/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesIDW'' has Raphael in jail on suspicion of murdering another mutant because he came across the body of the dead mutant and was caught by the police. When he asks Police Chief Kara if he gets one phone call, Kara tells him "Only in the movies. Make as any as you need." Fortunately, it only takes one phone call to Jennika to get him bailed out.
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* In one ''ComicStrip/{{Blondie}}'' Sunday strip, Dagwood has tickets to a sporting event, but everyone he tries to invite is going somewhere else. He tries to sell his extra ticket and gets arrested for ticket scalping. The judge gives him one phone call, but he doesn't take it. No one was home.
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* Averted, as stated above, because assuming you've been given access to legal counsel, the phone call is at the discretion of the custodians.
** That said, in the US if you request a lawyer they cannot question you again until you speak to one, and you generally have the right to call your lawyer (or people who might reasonably know how to contact your lawyer for you).
* Averted in Nevada, at least, where you have the right to make a "reasonable number of completed telephone calls" and within 3 hours of arrest. And the minimum is actually ''two'' phone calls, one to a friend or bail agent, and one to an attorney (unless they happen to be the same person). (NRS 171.153)
* There's a Text From Last Night about someone who used his phone call to order pizza for the station and was given a ride home in a squad car as a reward. Probably fictitious, but still funny.
* This is sometimes invoked in a [[http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/scams/forward.asp scam]] involving call forwarding.
* This trope originates in Hollywood, because in California there is a law requiring the cops to let a prisoner have a phone call (in fact 3 different phone calls in the current version of the law).
** That said, in the US if you request a lawyer they cannot question you again until you speak to one, and you generally have the right to call your lawyer (or people who might reasonably know how to contact your lawyer for you).
* Averted in Nevada, at least, where you have the right to make a "reasonable number of completed telephone calls" and within 3 hours of arrest. And the minimum is actually ''two'' phone calls, one to a friend or bail agent, and one to an attorney (unless they happen to be the same person). (NRS 171.153)
* There's a Text From Last Night about someone who used his phone call to order pizza for the station and was given a ride home in a squad car as a reward. Probably fictitious, but still funny.
* This is sometimes invoked in a [[http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/scams/forward.asp scam]] involving call forwarding.
* This trope originates in Hollywood, because in California there is a law requiring the cops to let a prisoner have a phone call (in fact 3 different phone calls in the current version of the law).
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** That said, in the US if you request a lawyer they cannot question you again until you speak to one, and you generally have the right to call your lawyer (or people who might reasonably know how to contact your lawyer for you).
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A standard part of the stock HollywoodLaw arrest procedure, along with the expected reading of your [[ReadingYourRights Miranda rights]]. After the person is hauled down to the station in cuffs, it is required that they be provided with the ability to make one, ''single'', phone call to anyone they want.
This makes sense for the most part, as the prisoner should be able to contact a friend or family member to let them know where they are, and that they haven't disappeared off the face of the Earth. However, fictional works typically crank this up for drama, by granting the arrestee one individual phone call with no exceptions. Even if the call doesn't go through due to some technical glitch (or is interrupted by a corrupt hick or the like), you don't get a second call.
The sensible thing to do would be to use this opportunity to your lawyer, best friend, or relative, who will help you take care of the matter. But in comedies, this call is often abused by using it to be a nuisance, or to call someone completely unrelated. If the arrest was for harassing someone over the phone, the character will most likely call them one more time. If the arrest was for something else, they might do something ridiculous like order a pizza.
The way this is handled in RealLife varies largely based on the circumstances of the arrest, as well as the specific laws of the jurisdiction one is in. You are generally not automatically entitled to a phone call, although you may be provided access to the telephone as a courtesy. That said, any person charged with a crime has the right to an attorney, and the police have to let you contact that person without restrictions.
This makes sense for the most part, as the prisoner should be able to contact a friend or family member to let them know where they are, and that they haven't disappeared off the face of the Earth. However, fictional works typically crank this up for drama, by granting the arrestee one individual phone call with no exceptions. Even if the call doesn't go through due to some technical glitch (or is interrupted by a corrupt hick or the like), you don't get a second call.
The sensible thing to do would be to use this opportunity to your lawyer, best friend, or relative, who will help you take care of the matter. But in comedies, this call is often abused by using it to be a nuisance, or to call someone completely unrelated. If the arrest was for harassing someone over the phone, the character will most likely call them one more time. If the arrest was for something else, they might do something ridiculous like order a pizza.
The way this is handled in RealLife varies largely based on the circumstances of the arrest, as well as the specific laws of the jurisdiction one is in. You are generally not automatically entitled to a phone call, although you may be provided access to the telephone as a courtesy. That said, any person charged with a crime has the right to an attorney, and the police have to let you contact that person without restrictions.
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A standard part of the stock HollywoodLaw arrest procedure, along with the expected reading of your [[ReadingYourRights Miranda rights]]. After the person is hauled down to the station in cuffs, it is required that they be provided with the ability to make one, ''single'', phone call to anyone ''anyone'' they want.
This makes sense for the most part, as the prisoner should be able to contact a friend or family member to let them know where they are, and that they haven't disappeared off the face of the Earth. However, fictional works typically crank this up for drama, bygranting guaranteeing the arrestee one individual phone call call, but with no exceptions. Even Meaning if the call doesn't go through due to some technical glitch (or is interrupted by a corrupt hick or the like), you they don't get a second call.
The sensible thing to do would be for the suspect to use this opportunity to your lawyer, best friend, or relative, who will helpyou them take care of the matter. But in comedies, this call is often abused by using it to be a nuisance, or to call someone completely unrelated. If the arrest was for harassing someone over the phone, the character will most likely call them one more time. If the arrest was for something else, they might do something ridiculous like order a pizza.
The way this is handled in RealLife varies largely based on the circumstances of the arrest, as well as the specific laws of the jurisdiction one is in. Typically the police will call someone close to you to let them know where you are, without necessarily letting you speak to them. You are generally not automatically entitled to a phonecall, call directly, although you may be provided access to the telephone as a courtesy. That said, any person charged with a crime has the right to an attorney, and the police have to let you contact that person without restrictions.
This makes sense for the most part, as the prisoner should be able to contact a friend or family member to let them know where they are, and that they haven't disappeared off the face of the Earth. However, fictional works typically crank this up for drama, by
The sensible thing to do would be for the suspect to use this opportunity to your lawyer, best friend, or relative, who will help
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Subtrope of HollywoodLaw. You've been arrested. You might be entirely innocent, you might be guilty as hell, but there are certain things you can count on. Someone will be ReadingYourRights, perhaps with some modifications for the purposes of humour. You'll get cuffed, taken down to the station and questioned. And you have the right to one phone call, no more, no less; even if the call doesn't go through due to some technical glitch (or is interrupted by a corrupt hick or the like), you don't get a second call.
You're expected to use this to call your lawyer, or your mother, or your sister, or whatever, and if you're in a drama, you probably will. If you're in a comedy, and the arrest was for harassing someone over the phone, you'll most likely ring them. If the arrest was for something else, you'll likely just order a pizza. If you're ComicBook/TheJoker, [[Film/TheDarkKnight everybody else better take cover]].
Naturally, RealLife is not like this. You are not necessarily entitled to a phone call, although police are often perfectly happy to give them because people often incriminate themselves over the phone. In most jurisdictions, phone calls are privileges. The police can let you make many (if you're nice and cooperative) all the way down to ''none'' (if you're being a jerk). However, you do have the right to an attorney at any time--and the police more or less have to let you call that person enough times to get in touch and make sure that they're on their way. [[UsefulNotes/StayingOutOfLegalTrouble So if you can't get a hold of anyone on the phone, it's not like you'll just have to wait until someone on the outside notices you're missing]].
You're expected to use this to call your lawyer, or your mother, or your sister, or whatever, and if you're in a drama, you probably will. If you're in a comedy, and the arrest was for harassing someone over the phone, you'll most likely ring them. If the arrest was for something else, you'll likely just order a pizza. If you're ComicBook/TheJoker, [[Film/TheDarkKnight everybody else better take cover]].
Naturally, RealLife is not like this. You are not necessarily entitled to a phone call, although police are often perfectly happy to give them because people often incriminate themselves over the phone. In most jurisdictions, phone calls are privileges. The police can let you make many (if you're nice and cooperative) all the way down to ''none'' (if you're being a jerk). However, you do have the right to an attorney at any time--and the police more or less have to let you call that person enough times to get in touch and make sure that they're on their way. [[UsefulNotes/StayingOutOfLegalTrouble So if you can't get a hold of anyone on the phone, it's not like you'll just have to wait until someone on the outside notices you're missing]].
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* ''Beyond the Reach'' (2014). The CorruptCorporateExecutive uses his call to arrange for his private helicopter to land nearby, so he'll have a means of escape after doing a BathroomBreakout from police custody.
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* ''Beyond the Reach'' ''Film/BeyondTheReach'' (2014). The CorruptCorporateExecutive uses his call to arrange for his private helicopter to land nearby, so he'll have a means of escape after doing a BathroomBreakout from police custody.
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* ''Film/RoboCop1987'': Clarence Boddicker is dragged, bloodied, into the police station by Robo. Having been introduced as a cop killer, he's given a hard stare by all the cops. In response, he contemptuously spits blood onto the countertop and says "Just give me my fucking phone call.", with the clear (and correct) implication that he'll be on the street again in minutes.
** However, given that the next time they meet Robocop is absolutely through with fucking around, [[PreferJailToTheProtagonist Clarence might have been better off staying in jail]].
** However, given that the next time they meet Robocop is absolutely through with fucking around, [[PreferJailToTheProtagonist Clarence might have been better off staying in jail]].
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* ''Film/RoboCop1987'': Clarence Boddicker is dragged, bloodied, into the police station by Robo. Having been introduced as a cop killer, he's given a hard stare by all the cops. In response, he contemptuously spits blood onto the countertop and says "Just give me my fucking phone call.", with the clear (and correct) implication that he'll be on the street again in minutes.
**minutes. However, given that the next time they meet Robocop is absolutely through with fucking around, [[PreferJailToTheProtagonist Clarence might have been better off staying in jail]].
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* Issue 43 of ''ComicBook/TheSupermanAdventures'' ends with Hot Rod demanding he get his one phone call after Superman turns him in to the Metropolis Special Crimes Unit.
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* In a sketch in ''Series/NotTheNineOClockNews'', Mel Smith has been arrested for making obscene phone calls. Given his OnePhoneCall, he calls a woman and starts heavy breathing at her.
* ''Series/{{Seinfeld}}'' had a gag about using the OnePhoneCall to call a girlfriend.
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* ''Series/{{Seinfeld}}'' had a gag about using theOnePhoneCall One Phone Call to call a girlfriend.
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* In ''Film/TheMatrix'', apparently Thomas "Neo" Anderson [[CriticalResearchFailure doesn't quite know his rights as well as he likes to think]]. After getting arrested and offered a deal in which the charges against him will be dropped if he helps capture Morpheus, Neo decides to [[BullyingADragon mouth off]] Agent Smith by saying "How about I give you the finger (proceeds to [[FlippingTheBird flip the bird]] at Agent Smith) and you give me my phone call? You can't scare me with this Gestapo crap, I know my rights and I want my phone call." [[WipeThatSmileOffYourFace Smith makes it so Neo doesn't need it]]; after all, what good is a phone call... if you're unable to speak?
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* In ''Film/TheMatrix'', apparently Thomas "Neo" Anderson [[CriticalResearchFailure doesn't quite know his rights as well as he likes to think]].think. After getting arrested and offered a deal in which the charges against him will be dropped if he helps capture Morpheus, Neo decides to [[BullyingADragon mouth off]] Agent Smith by saying "How about I give you the finger (proceeds to [[FlippingTheBird flip the bird]] at Agent Smith) and you give me my phone call? You can't scare me with this Gestapo crap, I know my rights and I want my phone call." [[WipeThatSmileOffYourFace Smith makes it so Neo doesn't need it]]; after all, what good is a phone call... if you're unable to speak?
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* In ''Webcomic/FriendlyHostility'', the boys end up in a Mexican jail, and Fox uses his phone call to call Rafi. Cue Rafi's ringtone emitting from the crowd of other prisoners.
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* One episode of ''WesternAnimation/GravedaleHigh'' involves a court case between Max and an old woman who claims he crashed into her car. After the judge rules in favor of the woman, the class protests until all of them (except Reggie and Frankentyke) are thrown in jail for contempt of court. Max asks for his one phone call only to find out that J.P. Ghastly already used them all to sell his stocks.
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* One episode of The ''WesternAnimation/GravedaleHigh'' episode "Monster on Trial" involves a court case between Max Schneider and an old woman named Miss Fresno who claims he crashed into her car. After the judge rules in favor of the woman, the class protests until all of them (except Reggie and Frankentyke) are thrown in jail for contempt of court. Max asks for his one phone call only to find out that J.P. Ghastly already used them all to sell his stocks.
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* Referenced in ''WesternAnimation/VeggieTales''' version of "Daniel and the Lions' Den." The three wise men, who outlawed praying to anyone except their king, personally arrest him, drag him off to the pit, and inform him of his crime and sentence before tossing him in. "Don't I get a phone caAAAAAAAAAAAALL"
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* ''WesternAnimation/TUFFPuppy'': It is mentioned that Kitty Katswell's villainous twin sister Katty used her one phone call to [[EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas call their mother on her birthday]], which is one reason Mrs. Katswell views Katty more favorably in spite of her criminal record.
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* ''WesternAnimation/TheWackyAdventuresOfRonaldMcdonald'': In "Have Time, Will Travel", Hamburglar makes this demand before being thrown into the dungeon during Ronald and friends' trip to medieval times, forgetting that he is in an era where the telephone hasn't been invented yet.
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Subtrope of HollywoodLaw. You've been arrested. You might be entirely innocent, you might be guilty as hell, but there are certain things you can count on. Someone will be ReadingYourRights, perhaps with some modifications for the purposes of humour. You'll get cuffed, taken down to the station and questioned. And you have the right to one phone call, no more, no less; even if the call doesn't go through due to some technical glitch (or is interrupted by a CorruptHick or the like), you don't get a second call.
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Subtrope of HollywoodLaw. You've been arrested. You might be entirely innocent, you might be guilty as hell, but there are certain things you can count on. Someone will be ReadingYourRights, perhaps with some modifications for the purposes of humour. You'll get cuffed, taken down to the station and questioned. And you have the right to one phone call, no more, no less; even if the call doesn't go through due to some technical glitch (or is interrupted by a CorruptHick corrupt hick or the like), you don't get a second call.
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* The pilot episode of the original ''Series/KnightRider'' showed Michael making his one phone call after being arrested for a bar fight. Cue the sheriff (who is [[CorruptHick on the take to the]] {{Big Bad}}s) cutting him off mid-call.
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* The pilot episode of the original ''Series/KnightRider'' showed Michael making his one phone call after being arrested for a bar fight. Cue the sheriff (who is [[CorruptHick on the take to the]] the {{Big Bad}}s) cutting him off mid-call.
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* ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls'': In "A Very Special Blossom", Blossom steals a value set of golf clubs to give to the Professor on Father's Day. She learns the consequences of her actions when she gets a call from the Professor, who had been accused of the theft and is now behind bars.
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* In ''Film/KingsmanTheSecretService'', Eggsy uses his one phone call to call in the favor Harry Hart had promised when he gave Eggsy his father's medal. He's allowed to walk free and this sets the plot of the movie in motion.
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* ''Film/BernardAndTheGenie'' has a variant where Bernard is arrested and rather than calling a lawyer, he tries to call his genie friend Josephus, since he can hopefully fix things with his magic. Unfortunately Josephus has been trapped in a bottle for two millennia and doesn't know how phones work; first he doesn't notice the phone, then he watches it in fear, and when he finally realizes it stops making noise if you lift and drop the receiver, he starts doing that instead. The police are allowing him to do this because they're secretly listening in--they assume that all this rigmarole is an elaborate code.
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* In ''Film/TheMatrix'', apparently Mr. Anderson [[CriticalResearchFailure doesn't quite know his rights as well as he likes to think]]. After getting arrested, Neo decides to [[BullyingADragon mouth off]] Agent Smith by saying "How about I give you the finger (proceeds to [[FlippingTheBird flip the bird]] at Agent Smith) and you give me my phone call? You can't scare me with this Gestapo crap, I know my rights and I want my phone call." [[WipeThatSmileOffYourFace Smith makes it so Neo doesn't need it]]; after all, what good is a phone call... if you're unable to speak?
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* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/4485448/1/Mario-saves-peech-KASPARIO-comes Mario saves peech: KASPARIO comes]]!'', after Mario is thrown into a jail in Bowser’s Castle, it’s mentioned that he got one free phone call since he was in jail. He uses it to call the eponymous Kaspario to save him.
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* ''Film/LowTide'': After being arrested for burglary, Peter uses his phone call to contact Don Davis, the pawnshop owner he and his brother have been using to fence gold coins, and offers to sell him more of them in exchange to obtain bail money.
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* [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] by ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''. In the episode "Homer at the Bat," the Springfield Police Department arrest Steve Sax for every unsolved crime that ever took place where he lives in [[BigApplesauce New York City]]. When he asks the cops about the one phone call, Lou the Cop quips, "You watch too many movies."
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* ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales1987'': In the episode ''[[Recap/DuckTalesS1E19DuckToTheFuture Duck To The Future]]'', Scrooge is sent to the future, where Magica rules, and ends up getting arrested. Scrooge demands a phone call, which the police robot lets him have. However, he has to pay to contact Webby, who works for Magica in this timeline (it's stated that calls from jail are usually free, but you must pay when speaking to anyone who works for Magica).
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* ''Series/TheFreshPrinceOfBelAir'': Will and Carlton were arrested. Will used his call to phone Geoffrey, who was so upset about having his day off interrupted that he hung on Will before listening. Carlton called his Dad but he and his friends were so entertained by a game on TV they didn't listen. [[spoiler:Will and Carlton got their attention by making a deal with the authorities: they'd confess if they got to do it during a live broadcast interrupting the game transmission.]]
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* ''Series/TheFreshPrinceOfBelAir'': In one episode, Will and Carlton were arrested.arrested for DrivingWhileBlack. Will used his call to phone Geoffrey, who was so upset about having his day off interrupted that he hung on Will before listening. Carlton called his Dad but he and his friends were so entertained by a game on TV they didn't listen. [[spoiler:Will and Carlton got their attention by making a deal with the authorities: they'd confess if they got to do it during a live broadcast interrupting the game transmission.]]
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* In ''Series/DrakeAndJosh'', The two are arrested for unknowingly selling stolen Gary Coleman grills. When they are taken to jail, they each get one phone call. Drake calls Megan and tries to explain the situation, but she doesn't believe him and hangs up. Josh uses his call to dial her back and actually does manage to convince her and give her some information to help them. Before he can finish talking to her though, [[WhatAnIdiot he accidentally rips the phone from its connection because he was walking around while talking to her instead of standing in place like he should have been]].
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* In ''Series/DrakeAndJosh'', The two are arrested for unknowingly selling stolen Gary Coleman grills. When they are taken to jail, they each get one phone call. Drake calls Megan and tries to explain the situation, but she doesn't believe him and hangs up. Josh uses his call to dial her back and actually does manage to convince her and give her some information to help them. Before he can finish talking to her though, [[WhatAnIdiot he accidentally rips the phone from its connection because he was walking around while talking to her instead of standing in place like he should have been]].been.
