Annoying Housewife Phone Call

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When shit's about to hit the fan in a disaster/thriller movie, you can always count on the protagonist calling their spouse on a cell phone, usually speeding down the freeway. You can also count on the spouse to ask way too many questions when they really just need to get the hell out of there!
The protagonist, bewildered and with some terrible news to share, speeds down the highway, sweaty and uncertain about his future. He quickly fumbles for his cell phone, where each ring is met with an impatient "C'mon, c'mon!!!" before we cut to the protagonist's wife or ex-wife who fumbles for the kitchen phone, baby or young child usually in hand. The protagonist sporadically shouts into the phone about why his spouse needs to leave right away, and that they're in danger. However, it's never enough for the housewife to leave, and so a game of 20 questions ensues, such as, but not limited to: 
 
  • "What?! (Protagonist's Name) where are you!?!"
  • "I can't do that! It said (catastrophic event) was nothing to panic over!"
  • "What're you talking about (Protagonist's Name)? Are you drunk/high again?
  • "I'm so done with your bullshit (Protagonist's Name). While you've been out there trying to save the world I've been stuck with your child! I'm leaving you!"
  • Another question or statement about how hard the wife has it while their husband holds the fate of the world on their shoulders.
  
This particular cliche is oftentimes found in thrillers and disaster movies, and isn't necessarily limited to the housewife's character, despite it usually being the case. In Roland Emmerich's The Day After Tomorrow, for instance, Jack's son Sam makes a similar phone call while being submerged under water. Ironically, Emmerich also directed the 2009 disaster film 2012, which included a more prolific and conventional annoying housewife phone call. 
13 Movies that have Annoying Housewife Phone Call Edit
2012 Girl from the Naked Eye
2011 The Hangover Part II
2010 Buried
2009 2012
2009 The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3
2009 The Hangover
2007 Shoot 'Em Up
2004 The Incredibles
2004 Spider-Man 2
2004 The Day After Tomorrow
1999 Mystery Men
1999 8mm
1993 Falling Down
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Dexter
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