History Main / RidiculouslyLongPhoneNumber

Sort of TruthInTelevision: To dial on a public phone from Tokyo to Guadalajara, Mexico, for example, you have to dial ''0041-010-52-33-XXXX-XXXX'', where 0041 is the long distance carrier,[[note]]In this came, Softbank, and this prefix is actually optional, though it's usually not recommended to omit it for the reason shown below.[[/note]] 010 is the international long distance code,[[note]]If you chose to omit the carrier selection prefix, you will be connected through the default carrier for your phone company, usually NTT, which is well known [[AnArmAndALeg for its extortionate rates]].[[/note]] 52 is Mexico's country code, 33 is Guadalajara's city code, and XXXX-XXXX is the local phone number. Also, any extra digits are ignored once you've finished dialing a full valid number, so sometimes harmless extra letters are tacked on to a mnemonic (i.e. 1-800-BUSINESS-NAME).

Sort of TruthInTelevision: To dial on a public phone from Tokyo to Guadalajara, Mexico, for example, you have to dial ''0041-010-52-33-XXXX-XXXX'', where 0041 is the long distance carrier, 010 is the international long distance code, 52 is Mexico's country code, 33 is Guadalajara's city code, and XXXX-XXXX is the local phone number. Also, any extra digits are ignored once you've finished dialing a full valid number, so sometimes harmless extra letters are tacked on to a mnemonic (i.e. 1-800-BUSINESS-NAME).

* Day Job Orchestra's ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' GagDub [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=414TmP12WAU "Happy in Paraguay"]] ends with a phone number for ordering DJO [[RunningGag apple juice]], spoken so fast that it's entirely unintelligible.
** Not entirely! "ACT NOW CALL 1-800-608-652-5612..24-652-642-, THAT'S 1-800-608-56-56-56 1-800-608-642-562-642 1-800-56-56-56-"[[spoiler:*BOOM*!]]

-->Well hey! Don't dial direct! Now you can save 4%! Simply dial 10-10-1776-5-28-1830-242-3-316-68-22! Then 1, the area code, and the number you're calling!

* The NBC prank show ''BettyWhite's Off Their Rockers'' had an old lady approach a guy and ask him to dial one of these so that she could talk to her grandson in another country. She recited at least thirty digits before stopping and asking to start over. The second time, she took the phone back, but then said it was a wrong number.

* AllanSherman had one of these in ''The Let's All Call Up AT&T and Protest to the President March''.

* ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'': "If you are in the UsefulNotes/LosAngeles area and you want to get tickets to ''[[ThoseWackyNazis Hitler]]'', then call 213-[[GratuitousGerman Du-Werdest-Eine-Krankenschwester-Brauchen!]]" The English translation is "You will need a nurse" in broken German.

* A ''SaturdayNightLive'' commercial parody of a phone company willing to provide top notch customer service allowed a customer to choose 123-456-789[[note]]Hyphen locations estimated[[/note]] as her number.

* When Violet heads to [[TheCapitalOfBrazilIsBuenosAires Buenos Aires]] in ''Series/{{Vicious}}'', she leaves Freddie and Stuart a message stating she's in trouble, and that they need to phone promptly on "005477-0090-BB04-K51Q".

->''"[[IdiotSavant Well, that's easy to remember]]: ♪ 0118 999 881 999 119 725 -{{beat}}- 3 ♪"''

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* In a surreal comedy bit, JohnLennon dials one of these from his below-ground resting area in [[Music/TheBeatles the Beatles' house]] in ''{{Help}}'', to set off Paul, George and Ringo's alarm clocks late at night.

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* ''WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitchTheSeries'': Recurring villain Dr. Jacque von Hamsterviel's phone number is, in one episode, given as "5550198293434533655882".

* ''LiloAndStitchTheSeries'': [[spoiler: 624/Angel]]'s tag had the phone number of [[spoiler: Dr. Jacque von Hamsterviel.]]

** Another example comes from "Poppa's Got A Brand New Badge", where Homer creates his own security agency. He implores customers: "don't dial [=911=], dial (insert obscenely long number here)."

* The "new emergency number" in ''Series/TheITCrowd'': 0118 999 881 999 119 725...3

* Mitch Hedburg jokes about company [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoneword phonewords]] that are much longer than the actual phone number. He says that he always he insists on dialing the words out to the bitter end.

** When Homer calls Japan, he dials a ridiculous series of digits (we can't see what he's dialing). At one point, he touch-tones the theme to ''The Magnificent Seven''. (Note that it's made to seem longer than it is by Homer looking back to the phonebook after ''every'' digit).

* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': When Homer calls Japan, he dials a ridiculous series of digits (we can't see what he's dialing). At one point, he touch-tones the theme to ''The Magnificent Seven''. (Note that it's made to seem longer than it is by Homer looking back to the phonebook after ''every'' digit).

* In a surreal comedy bit, JohnLennon dials one of these from his below-ground resting area in [[TheBeatles the Beatles' house]] in ''{{Help}}'', to set off Paul, George and Ringo's alarm clocks late at night.

* In a surreal comedy bit, JohnLennon dials one of these from his below-ground resting area in [[TheBeatles the Beatles' house]] in {{Help!}}, to set off Paul, George and Ringo's alarm clocks late at night.

Sort of TruthInTelevision: To dial on a public phone from Tokyo to Guadalajara, Mexico, for example, you have to dial ''0041-010-52-33-XXXX-XXXX'', where 0041 is the long distance carrier, 010 is the international long distance code, 52 is Mexico's country code, 33 is Guadalajara's city code, and XXXX-XXXX is the local phone number.

* ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'': "If you are in the LosAngeles area and you want to get tickets to ''[[ThoseWackyNazis Hitler]]'', then call 213-[[GratuitousGerman Du-Werdest-Eine-Krankenschwester-Brauchen!]]" The English translation is "You will need a nurse" in broken German.