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->'''Sam:''' ''[imitating a walkie-talkie]'' Best friend to super-best friend, what is our plan? Over.\\
'''Guy:''' My plan is to find some ties. You stay put. ''[beat]'' ...What?\\
'''Sam:''' You didn't say "over." Over.\\
'''Guy:''' That's because I am not an insane person. ...Over.
-->-- ''WesternAnimation/GreenEggsAndHam2019''

--->'''Brian:''' I don't want to hang out with you anymore when this is over.\\
'''Stewie:''' When this is what? You gotta finish your sentence. Over.\\
'''Brian:''' That's it. My sentence is over.\\
'''Stewie:''' Your sentence is what, Brian? Over.\\
'''Brian:''' My sentence is... wait a minute, I have to say "over" even if the sentence ends with the word "over?"\\
'''Stewie:''' Ends with the word what, Brian? Over.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}'' episode, "[[Recap/RugratsS1E01TommysFirstBirthday Tommy's First Birthday]]", Howard gives Tommy a set of baby monitors as a present, which Drew and Grandpa Lou use as walkie-talkies. When Didi realizes she rented a stage and puppets but not puppeteers, she says, "All men report to base immediately!" into one of the monitors. Stu then tells her, "Come on, Deed, that's not the right lingo at all.".

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* In the ''WebAnimation/StrongBadEmail'' "too cool", Strong Bad makes fake static sounds in his walkie-talkie while talking to Bubs. Bubs, meanwhile, [[SayingSoundEffectsOutLoud says the word "Static"]].

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->[[TheStinger The page is now over.]] Over and out.

Over!

Oh, and "over and out"? That's an example of the CoconutEffect. In real radio this would be a self-contradictory direction, with "over" meaning "your turn to speak" and "out" meaning "ending communication." Nonetheless, for some reason it's been used that way in so much fiction over the years that it's passed into common usage.

Over and out.

Unlike telephones, walkie-talkies are half-duplex devices. This means only one party may speak at a time. If both attempt to transmit simultaneously, neither of them will hear each other. In the professional world, [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radiotelephony_procedure Voice procedure]] keeps radio communications organized, which commonly involves saying "over" when one station finishes transmitting so that another party knows that they can begin. On large networks, call signs may be used to identify communicators without having to rely on their name. Since available channels are limited and airtime is valuable, code words (called "procedure words" or "prowords" in radio jargon) are typically used to keep transmissions brief. For example, "Roger" is generally used to mean "understood."

* In the ''WebAnimation/StrongBadEmail'' "too cool", Strong Bad makes fake static sounds in his walkie-talkie while talking to Bubs. Bubs, meanwhile, [[SayingTheSoundEffectsOutLoud says the word "Static"]].

* In the ''WebAnimation/StrongBadEmail'' "too cool", Strong Bad makes fake static sounds in his walkie-talkie while talking to Bubs. Bubs, meanwhile, [[ReadingTheStageDirectionsOutLoud says the word "Static"]].

Over.

** In the episode where Brian and Stewie join the army, [[https://youtu.be/PRw7C8J0En4?t=51 Stewie says a bunch of jargon]] over the radio and tells Brian that he's just making up random names and numbers and doesn't know what they mean.

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* In the season 3 finale of ''Series/StrangerThings'', Hopper, Joyce and Murray are about to infiltrate the Russian ElaborateUndergroundBase but they need Dustin and Erika to assist them as MissionControl. The latter two agree on the condition that Murray's code sign would be "Bald Eagle". They then [[https://youtu.be/P6-x_ZZOlVo?t=82 milk the gag for all it's worth]].

* In ''WesternAnimation/Dougs1stMovie'', Doug is talking over a walkie-talkie and ends his call with "Roger" while the bully Roger is walking by and assumes Doug is talking to him.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': In "Treehouse of Horror V", Marge tries to call the police on a two-way radio when Homer goes insane.
-->'''Marge:''' Hello! Police! This is Marge Simpson! My husband is on a murderous rampage! Over!\\
'''Chief Wiggum:''' Well, thank God it's over. I was worried there for a second. ''[hangs up]''
* When [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wrVgOcZ7Z2A Stewie and Brian use a walkie-talkie]] in ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'', Stewie refuses to acknowledge Brian's transmissions unless he ends them with "over." This becomes a problem when the last word in Brian's sentence is "over."
-->'''Brian:''' I don't want to hang out with you anymore when this is over.\\

* In the ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}'' episode, "[[Recap/RugratsS1E01TommysFirstBirthday Tommy's First Birthday]]", Howard gives Tommy a set of baby monitors as a present, which Drew and Grandpa Lou use as walkie-talkies. When Didi realizes she rented a stage and puppets but not puppeteers, she says, "All men report to base immediately!" into one of the monitors. Stu then tells her, "Come on, Deed, that's not the right lingo at all.".
* Comes up in ''WesternAnimation/WhatsWithAndy''
-->'''Steve Rowgee Jr.:''' Roger dodger. I mean, Roger and Wilco.\\
'''Steve Rowgee Sr.:''' It's "Roger and out."

* ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfJimmyNeutronBoyGenius'': In "Professor Calamitous I Presume", Jimmy is trying to rescue Goddard from the villain while Carl and Sheen are at the Candy Bar. They keep in communication with walkie-talkies.
-->'''Sheen:''' Roger. We'll wait here at the Candy Bar in case the kidnapper comes in for a snack. Over and out.\\
'''Carl:''' Who's "Roger"?
* In the WesternAnimation/BugsBunny cartoon "WesternAnimation/HaredevilHare", Bugs is so traumatized by the rocket trip to the moon, once he lands he does a series of spastic fits. He continues to throw fits as he answers the walkie-talkie from mission control, but still takes the time to end the communication properly with "over". Later, when he tries to call for help about Marvin the Martian going to blow up Earth, all the walkie-talkie picks up is a radio commercial jingle.
* Downplayed in ''WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse''. Lincoln and his best friend Clyde live across the street from each other and use walkie-talkies so Lincoln doesn't have to fight for talk time against his 7 sisters. They use very silly PunnyName codenames but otherwise have rather mundane and ordinary communication protocol.

* The name-confusion gag occurs in the prologue to the ''WesternAnimation/RenAndStimpy'' episode "Space Madness".