History Main / SplitScreenPhoneCall

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* ''Anime/MartianSuccessorNadesico'' features technology that can allow free-floating 'screens' to pop up just about anywhere, and it appears that the caller has some control over the size and positioning of their image, so multi-way conversations will oftem involve multiple screens literally jostling for attention, the winner being the character with the best 'Screen-Fu' (generally [[LittleMissSnarker Ruri]]).
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-->'''Lilo:''' Oh good, my dog found the chainsaw.
-->'''Mr. Bubbles:''' Lilo! Don't hang—

-->'''Oscar''': [''meekly''] Hello?\\
'''Lino''': "Shut up?" "Shut up?!" You don't tell ''ME'' "shut up", I tell ''YOU'' "shut up!" [''beeping is suddenly heard on the other line''] Huh? Hello?\\
'''Luca''': Hi. How ya doin? I'll have a pie with everything on it: anchovies, meatballs, mushrooms--\\
'''Lino''': LUCA!\\
'''Luca''': Oh! Uh... Hi, Boss! [[WhatAnIdiot What are you doin' workin' at the pizza joint?]]\\
'''Lino''': '''''GET OFF THE PHONE!'''''\\
'''Luca''': But I'm hungry! [''hangs up'']\\
'''Lino''': Ugh... My guys are comin' for ya, Sharkslayer! They're gonna tear you '''''[[PunctuatedForEmphasis FIN FROM FIN!]]''''' (''slams the phone down, leaving Oscar frozen with horror'')

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--> '''General''': "And be sure to feed my goldfish."
--> ''Fish flakes enter the goldfish's screen''
--> '''General''': "Not too much."
--> ''A net takes some fish flakes away''

* ''Film/Snatched2017'' has a text version. When Emily changes her Facebook relationship status to reflect that her boyfriend dumped her, Linda comments, "That son of a bitch." Their ensuing argument is shown using this technique.

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* ''WebAnimation/BarbieLifeInTheDreamhouse'' does this sometimes, with dolls demonstrating the ability to reach onto the opposite side of the screen.
* [[WebVideo/MuppetViralVideos The Muppets']] version of ''[[BohemianParody Bohemian Rhapsody]]'' ends with a many-way SplitScreen of all the participating characters... which then [[ProsceniumReveal pulls back]] to become Kermit's video-conference screen.

-->'''Suzi X''': Did you just say "your lady"? [smack] I knew this was about pussy!

* ''Series/TheXFiles'' did one split screen between Agents Mulder and Scully, and then their boss Skinner joined in, too. It is played for laughs. Both Mulder and Scully lie about what they do, and only Skinner unashamedly admits that he's taking a bubble bath, which is what Mulder and Scully are doing as well. They were pampered by a Hollywood production as there was a movie being made, based on their case and there characters.

* ''Series/HowIMetYourMother'' uses this trope constantly and finds new ways to play with it. For example, one scene shows Lily talking to Marshall's mother and she hangs up. Marshall comes in, and they start talking about how they keep throwing away cookies that his mum sends them. Then they have a floor sex. And split screen shot fades it, revealing that the phone was not hanged up at all, and Mrs Eriksen was listening ''the whole time''.

* ''Pillow Talk'''s use of this trope was {{parodied}} in ''Film/DownWithLove''. The phone scene between Ewan [=McGregor=] and Renee Zellweger used the SplitScreen in a rather [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything interesting way]] to imply that they were directly interacting.

* There's one of these in ''Film/{{Snatch}}''. The director's DVD commentary reveals that in order to cut costs the two sides of the phone conversation between Cousin Avi and Doug the Head were shot at separate times on the same physical piece of film - which is why the timing is slightly off.

* ''Suspense'' (1913): The UrExample shows a wife in one part of the screen, telephoning her husband (in another part of the screen), while a tramp attempts to break into the house (in a third part of the screen).

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* ''WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants'' also did the parody version with [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick.

** It had a scene with tons of little screens as rumours spread about Michael Jackson coming to Springfield.
** The whole town's worth split screens appear when there is a piece of gossip about Marge being attracted to Ned Flanders, when she published a novel that seemed to have characters based on her, Homer and Ned.
** The episode "24 Minutes", a parody of ''[[Series/TwentyFour 24]]'', features many split screens. Martin even hurts himself when he manually closes his split screen.
* ''Film/LooneyTunesBackInAction'' has Bugs and Daffy do this when the former was planning to help the latter get his job back. And they even push one another.

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A common cartoon gag with this is where the shouting character's portion of screen expands and/or the timid character's portion shrinks. Very useful when the tide of the argument shifts, moving that diagonal back and forth showing who's in charge. It's also common for cartoon characters to [[ReachingBetweenTheLines reach across the screen split]] and directly interact with the person on the other end of the line. It is sometimes parodied when the split is removed and it is revealed that [[ShortDistancePhoneCall the characters are actually next to each other.]]

* Used for a brief moment in ''Disney/LiloAndStitch'' while Lilo is on the phone with Cobra Bubbles.

'''Luca:''': Oh! Uh... Hi, Boss! [[WhatAnIdiot What are you doin' workin' at the pizza joint?]]\\

** When Don Lino calls Oscar to tell him that he has sent his mob on him. Luca joins in, having misdialed while trying to order out.

** Later Luca calls Oscar to tell him he has Angie and that he wants him to come to a sit-down. The screen is then divided in three when

** When Don Lino calls Oscar to tell him that he has sent his mob on him. Luca joins in, having misdialed while trying to order out.
'''Oscar''': [''meekly''] Hello?\\

** Later Luca calls Oscar to tell him he has Angie and that he wants him to come to a sit-down. The screen is then divided in three when

* Used in ''WesternAnimation/SharkTale'' when Don Lino calls Oscar to tell him that he has Angie and that he wants him to come to a sit-down. The screen is then divided in three when Luca joins in, having misdialed while trying to order out.

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* Parodied in ''WesternAnimation/{{Sing}}'' when Buster calls Eddie on the phone. The split screen disappears when Buster compliments Eddie on his shirt, revealing that they're standing right next to each other.
* Used for a brief moment in ''Disney/LiloAndStitch'' while Lilo is on the phone with Cobra Bubbles.
-->'''Lilo:''' Oh good, my dog found the chainsaw.
-->'''Mr. Bubbles:''' Lilo! Don't hang—
* Used in ''WesternAnimation/SharkTale'' when Don Lino calls Oscar to tell him that he has Angie and that he wants him to come to a sit-down. The screen is then divided in three when Luca joins in, having misdialed while trying to order out.

* [[http://www.britanick.com/videos/?id=Gu6xnR9kuYE This video]] by comedy group {{WebVideo/BriTANicK}} explains why it's scary to answer phone calls in movies - and why it's dangerous for anyone to be BehindTheBlack when you do.

* Parodied on ''WesternAnimation/{{Sing}}'' when Buster calls Eddie on the phone. The split screen disappears when Buster compliments Eddie on his shirt, revealing that they're standing right next to each other.

* The ''[[WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes Merrie Melodies]]'' cartoon ''The Bear's Tale'', has a split screen phone call scene between Red Riding Hood and Goldilocks who are both using [[PayPhone payphones]]. It was a cartoon made by [[Creator/TexAvery the Texan]]. And he really ''loved'' this trope. See for example ''Thugs With Dirty Mugs''.