Editing Collect call (section)

== In popular culture ==
The movie ''[[Dr. Strangelove]]'' contains a scene in which a character attempts to place a collect call to the President of the United States after finding he does not have enough change on hand for the [[payphone]].

In [[Bart vs. Australia|season 6, episode 16]] of ''[[The Simpsons]]'', Bart Simpson damages [[Australia–United States relations]] in a series of escalating events beginning with an $900 international collect call.

''[[The Fluffy Movie]]'' features material about collect calls, their antiquity, and the familial politics of placing a collect call.

In the video game ''[[Darkest Dungeon]]'', the Collector's ability to summon his minions, "Collect Call," is a pun-based reference to collect calling.

In the 1960's movie ''[[Ocean's 11]]'', Roger Corneal ([[Henry Silva]]) is asked to "reverse a call" after he asks a shopkeeper to make a long-distance call to check on Tony Bergdorf ([[Richard Conte]]) in order to recruit him for the heist.