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* ''WesternAnimation/MuppetBabies'': The episode "Operators Are Standing By" is titled after this trope. It's about Animal answering a phone call and not knowing what the operator is trying to sell him because he's too young.
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* ''WesternAnimation/MuppetBabies'': ''WesternAnimation/MuppetBabies1984'': The episode "Operators Are Standing By" is titled after this trope. It's about Animal answering a phone call and not knowing what the operator is trying to sell him because he's too young.
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* ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}'': PlayedForLaughs. Sally is watching one of those type of ads. She runs to get Charlie Brown, only to find out the commercial is done, and she missed the phone number that she was going to call. The last panel has Sally lying in bed with a worried look, muttering if she could sleep when she knows there's operators standing by.
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* ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}'': PlayedForLaughs. Sally is watching one of those type types of ads. She runs to get Charlie Brown, only to find out the commercial is done, and she missed the phone number that she was going to call. The last panel has Sally lying in bed with a worried look, muttering if she could sleep when she knows there's operators standing by.
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* ''Series/MuppetBabies'': The episode "Operators Are Standing By" is titled after this trope. It's about Animal answering a phone call and not knowing what the operator is trying to sell him because he's too young.
* ''Series/MuppetBabies'': The episode "Operators Are Standing By" is titled after this trope. It's about Animal answering a phone call and not knowing what the operator is trying to sell him because he's too young.
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* ''Series/MuppetBabies'': The episode "Operators Are Standing By" is titled after this trope. It's about Animal answering a phone call and not knowing what the operator is trying to sell him because he's too young.
* ''Series/MuppetBabies'': The episode "Operators Are Standing By" is titled after this trope. It's about Animal answering a phone call and not knowing what the operator is trying to sell him because he's too young.
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* ''Operators Are Standing By: Surefire Direct Marketing That Keeps Customers Calling!'' is named after this trope. It's a book aimed at upstarting entrepreneurs who want to improve their marketing skills.
* ''Operators Are Standing By: Surefire Direct Marketing That Keeps Customers Calling!'' is named after this trope. It's a book aimed at upstarting entrepreneurs who want to improve their marketing skills.
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* ''Website/TVTropes'': The fictional TropeCo/TropeCo megacorp of trope-related products ends some of its entries with some variation of this trope. Some specific examples are: "Don't delay, order now! Operators Are Standing By!" before the disclaimer in TropeCo/ForceFieldDoor; "Operators Are Standing By, and they won't give you the... cold shoulder!" as a {{pun}} in TropeCo/AnIceSuit; and "One ship size fits all! Operators Are Standing By!" in TropeCo/JollyRoger.
* ''Website/TVTropes'': The fictional TropeCo/TropeCo megacorp of trope-related products ends some of its entries with some variation of this trope. Some specific examples are: "Don't delay, order now! Operators Are Standing By!" before the disclaimer in TropeCo/ForceFieldDoor; "Operators Are Standing By, and they won't give you the... cold shoulder!" as a {{pun}} in TropeCo/AnIceSuit; and "One ship size fits all! Operators Are Standing By!" in TropeCo/JollyRoger.
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* ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}'': PlayedForLaughs. Gullible Sally is watching one of these ads. She runs to get her big brother Charlie Brown, only to find that the commercial is over, and she missed the phone number to call. The final panel has Sally lying in bed, a haunted look on her face, muttering, "How can I sleep, knowing those operators are standing by?"
* ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}'': PlayedForLaughs. Gullible Sally is watching one of these ads. She runs to get her big brother Charlie Brown, only to find that the commercial is over, and she missed the phone number to call. The final panel has Sally lying in bed, a haunted look on her face, muttering, "How can I sleep, knowing those operators are standing by?"
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* ''ComicStrip/Peanuts'': PlayedForLaughs. Gullible Sally is watching one of these ads. She runs to get her big brother Charlie Brown, only to find that the commercial is over, and she missed the phone number to call. The final panel has Sally lying in bed, a haunted look on her face, muttering, "How can I sleep, knowing those operators are standing by?"
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* ''ComicStrip/Peanuts'': ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}'': PlayedForLaughs. Gullible Sally is watching one of these ads. She runs to get her big brother Charlie Brown, only to find that the commercial is over, and she missed the phone number to call. The final panel has Sally lying in bed, a haunted look on her face, muttering, "How can I sleep, knowing those operators are standing by?"
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* ''ComicStrip/Peanuts'': PlayedForLaughs. Gullible Sally is watching one of these ads. She runs to get her big brother Charlie Brown, only to find that the commercial is over, and she missed the phone number to call. The final panel has Sally lying in bed, a haunted look on her face, muttering, "How can I sleep, knowing those operators are standing by?"
* ''ComicStrip/Peanuts'': PlayedForLaughs. Gullible Sally is watching one of these ads. She runs to get her big brother Charlie Brown, only to find that the commercial is over, and she missed the phone number to call. The final panel has Sally lying in bed, a haunted look on her face, muttering, "How can I sleep, knowing those operators are standing by?"
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* ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}'': PlayedForLaughs. Gullible Sally is watching one of these ads. She runs to get her big brother Charlie Brown, only to find that the commercial is over, and she missed the phone number to call. The final panel has Sally lying in bed, a haunted look on her face, muttering, "How can I sleep, knowing those operators are standing by?"
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* ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}'': PlayedForLaughs. Gullible Sally is watching one of these those type of ads. She runs to get her big brother Charlie Brown, only to find that out the commercial is over, done, and she missed the phone number that she was going to call. The final last panel has Sally lying in bed, bed with a haunted look on her face, muttering, "How can I sleep, knowing those worried look, muttering if she could sleep when she knows there's operators are standing by?"
by.
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--> '''Wreck-Gar:''' Stop, thief! No welcome wagon, 'hello stranger' with that good coffee flavor for you! Offer expires while you wait
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--> '''Wreck-Gar:''' Stop, thief! No welcome wagon, 'hello stranger' with that good coffee flavor for you! Offer expires while you wait
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* ''WesternAnimation/TheTransformersTheMovie'': The Junkions have strange speech patterns, prompting them to blurt nonsequiturs out of the blue. One of them starts yelling at someone to stop but ends up doing an ad for coffee and quoting this trope verbatim. The reason is that they [[AliensStealCable learned about Earth's culture and languages by our broadcasts]]. Given how advertisement-heavy those are, well...
--> '''Wreck-Gar:''' Stop, thief! No welcome wagon, 'hello stranger' with that good coffee flavor for you! Offer expires while you wait
* ''WesternAnimation/TheTransformersTheMovie'': The Junkions have strange speech patterns, prompting them to blurt nonsequiturs out of the blue. One of them starts yelling at someone to stop but ends up doing an ad for coffee and quoting this trope verbatim. The reason is that they [[AliensStealCable learned about Earth's culture and languages by our broadcasts]]. Given how advertisement-heavy those are, well...
--> '''Wreck-Gar:''' Stop, thief! No welcome wagon, 'hello stranger' with that good coffee flavor for you! Offer expires while you wait
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* Creator/SeijiKishi: In two of the animes he's directed (''{{Manga/Magikano}}'' and m''Manga/MyBrideIsAMermaid'') he's placed {{Parody Commercial}}s that do about every entry in AdvertisingTropes to get an InUniverse joke across. One of the closing lines, before the RattlingOffLegal, is "So, what are you waiting for? Operators Are Standing By! Call now!".
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* Creator/SeijiKishi: In two of the animes he's directed (''{{Manga/Magikano}}'' and m''Manga/MyBrideIsAMermaid'') ''Manga/MyBrideIsAMermaid'') he's placed {{Parody Commercial}}s that do about every entry in AdvertisingTropes to get an InUniverse joke across. One of the closing lines, before the RattlingOffLegal, is "So, what are you waiting for? Operators Are Standing By! Call now!".
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* ''Literature/Overlord2012'': Ainz's advertisements for his lame-ass, not-actually-rune-crafted items urge potential customers by telling them that operators are standing by.
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* ''Literature/Overlord2012'': Ainz's advertisements for his lame-ass, not-actually-rune-crafted items urge potential customers by telling them that operators are standing by.
