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** I'VE HAD ENOUGH OF THESE (honk) SNAKES ON MY (honk) BOAT!!!!!!
* Any HBO show (other than ''[[Big Love]]'') could be accused of this.
** ''[[Deadwood]]'' is a particularly strange example, as it features characters using modern obscenities in a setting where "God dammit to Hell" was still shockingly profane. The producers were well aware of this and decided to use anachronistic dialogue anyway, reasoning that historically-accurate dialogue [[Viewers Areare Morons|would sound]] [[Gosh Dang It to Heck|too tame]]. After all, the real Deadwood was home to many a miner, and they weren't known for their restraint as far as language, so the [[Cluster F -Bomb|Cluster F Bombs]] ''are'' accurate... from a certain point of view. In the words of Geoffrey Nunberg: "If you have your characters use historically accurate swearwords, they're apt to sound no more offensive than [[Curse of the Ancients|your grandmother in a mild snit.]]"
** ''[[The Wire]]'', which usually uses profanity regularly but not to ridiculous degrees, features a particularly brilliant example: an entire three minutes and thirty seconds of two detectives, Bunk and McNulty examining a crime scene, the only words exchanged being variations on the f-word. It kind of has to be seen to be believed. ([http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQbsnSVM1zM&feature=related Definitely NSFW].)
*** The best part about that particular scene is that it doesn't even seem out of character for a second.
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** In ''[[Curb Your Enthusiasm]]'', Susie is infamous for hr short temper and dirty mouth.
*** Amusingly played with in an episode of; after Larry has accidentally left an abusive message intended for someone else on David Schwimmer's father's answering machine, Schwimmer's father calls back to return the favour with interest. After unleashing a barrage of abuse and swear words that would make a sailor blush, he finishes by calling Larry a comparatively tame "Son of a b-" - and the last word is [[Curse Cut Short|cut off by the end credits]] before he can finish.
*** Fuck me, you mean to say you mention that fucking episode, but not the one with the chef who has [[Tourettes Shitcock Syndrome]]? ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTmHS-T5dLA Tag team]'' [[Cluster F -Bomb]].
** [[Boardwalk Empire]] appears to be following suit, particularly in the case of the fuckin' commodore.
* On ''[[Top Gear]]'', presenter Richard Hammond is one the most likely to throw profanity around like confetti. However, he's also been known to let fly with a choice word, clap a hand to his mouth, and say "Where did that come from?"
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{{quote| {{spoiler|And Michael is fucking SHOOTING before he even sees what he's shooting at -- INSTINCT now as he WHIPS AROUND towards the sound of that voice and REVEAL --LIBBY. SHOCKED. HOLDING THE BLANKETS SHE WAS GETTING FOR HER PICNIC WITH HURLEY. A BLACKENED HOLE now permeates in the center of those blankets as Libby's knees fucking BUCKLE -- She hits the ground like a back of rocks. Over. DONE. Oh sweet fucking CHRIST. TIME STOPS. ON MICHAEL. FREAKING OUT. SWEATING. BLINKING. HIS GUN HAND FUCKING TREMBLING. FROZEN.}}}}
* ''Trailer Park Boys''
* The blooper reels for ''[[Firefly (TV)|Firefly]]'' and ''[[The Movie|Serenity]]''. Basically, whenever anyone forgets their lines (especially Nathan Fillion or Gina Torres), they drop a [[Cluster F -Bomb]].
** Even in the fucking show they fucking drop fucking cluster f bombs in fucking Mandarin.
* ''The <s>Motherfucking</s> Osbournes''.
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** Technically he was impersonating Eric Bana's [http://thingsboganslike.com/?s=ronnie+johns impersonation of Chopper] rather than Chopper himself. Yes, that's right, Heath's [[Tropic Thunder|a dude dressed as a dude pretending to be another dude]].
* [[The Smoking Gun Presents Worlds Dumbest]] Brawlers has a 2-year-old named Anthony who repeatedly uses the word 'fuck' correctly. He also squirt [[Pistol Whip|Pistol Whips]] a cousin('s shoe), making him resemble a toddler version of Joe Pesci's character from [[Casino]].
* [[Played for Laughs]] in the [[Mystery Science Theater 3000]] episode, [[Agent for HARM]], when [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GR3UDmnTYFs&t=1m13s Crow tries to help Mike by being a character witness] in his trial for [[Mike Nelson, Destroyer of Worlds|blowing up a few planets on accident.]]
{{quote| '''Crow''': Hi! I'm Crow T. Robot and I'm here to tell you that Mike Nelson is innocent. Mike Nelson is 200 % ''[bleep]''ing not guilty. And if you ''[bleep]''s don't ''[bleep]'' find him innocent, then you can just ''[bleep]''ing kiss my fat ''[bleep]''ing ''[bleep]''. And that ''[bleep]''ing goes for your bull''[bleep]'' court system, too! Mike, I'm so ''[bleep]''ing sorry I couldn't ''[bleep]''ing be there for this ''[bleep]''ing ''[bleep]''y really bogus trial, man. But let me ''[bleep]'' tell ya something, Nelson. If I was there, I'd ''[bleep]''ing kick everyone's fat stupid ''[bleep]''ing behinds and then cram it up their ''[bleep]''ing ''[bleep]''. Anyway, Mike, buddy, I hope this ''[bleep]'' helps. Take care, Mike.}}
* TruTV's shows, especially [[Operation Repo]], contain at ''least'' one swearword.
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