Gosh Dang It to Heck: Difference between revisions

** That last one was censored beautifully in the American release, where they changed it so that everywhere but Earth, the word "Belgium" is a terrible profanity. Also used in the original radio version. Belgium, the single worst swearword in the universe, brought up (appropriately) when the ship crashed into a 15-mile high statue of Arthur Dent Throwing A Cup At The Nutromatic Machine.

* In ''[[Tortall Universe|Bloodhound]]'' and other young-adult fantasy novels by [[Tamora Pierce]], the characters use "swive" instead of "fuck." What Pierce seems to have failed to [[Getting Crap Past the Radar|tell her editors]] is that "swive" is an actual medieval English word that means the same thing as "fuck."

** "Feth-wit" could actually be a replacement for "fuckwit", but unless [[Dan Abnett]] [[Word of God|weighs in]], its tough to be sure.

* Zoey in ''[[The House of Night]]'' says words like "bullpoopie."

* Parodied by [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RfwNlJZ-_l4 Jon Stewart at the Emmys]:

{{quote|'''[[The Daily Show|Jon Stewart]]:''' There's something I'd like to say to the government officials in charge. (dubbed over voice: {{smallcaps|thank}}) You!}}

** Dr. McCoy was fond of "Blast!" Well, at least until the movies, which somewhat expanded his vocabulary. He also asks Spock "Are you out of your Vulcan mind" in [[Star Trek (film)|the 2009 film]], which he used at least twice in the series ("Gamesters of Triskelion" and "Elaan of Troyius") and once in ''The Wrath of Khan''.

** ''[[Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan|Wrath of Khan]]'' had the same line; DeForest Kelley didn't play it for laughs like the 2009 version did.

* The kids on ''[[Gossip Girl]]'' usually go with "eff". As in "don't eff with an effer" and "oh my effin' God."

* There's a North American commercial for Orbit sugarless gum where the slogan "It cleans a dirty mouth!" applies to a scenario where a wife and her husband's mistress argue passionately using such insults as "you cootie queen" and "lint licker".

* While ''[[Lost]]'' has "Son of a bitch!" as the catchphrase of a character, the most offensive word there is crap ("I don't want your piece of crap CD from your piece of crap band."). Many times it's easy to see the writers were aiming for worse words ("Now, you could do what you normally do when someone asks for something -- tell me to screw off.").

** In a [[DVD Commentary]], Jorge Garcia reveals the shooting script ''has'' curse words, and requires this from the actors (in his case, he mostly makes Hurley yell).

* On the TV series "[[Bewitched]]," in addition to Samantha's [[Catch Phrase]], "Oh my stars!" the scoff "my fat aunt Harriet" also shows up.

* In a [[Glee/Funny|Crowning Moment of Funny]] from ''[[Glee]]'', Mercedes ends up being the third wheel to [[Ho Yay|Kurt and Blaine]]. At one point, she zones out, and their dialogue is reduced to [[Blah Blah Blah|"Gay! Gay. Gay-gay-gay. Gay..."]] Fantasy-Kurt then spits out a tiny pink purse, and says "Oh my gosh, I open my mouth and a little purse falls out!"

{{quote|'''Adam Savage:''' Fudge! Puppies. Baby hippo.}}

** They did the myth "[[Polish the Turd|You can't polish a turd]]", except that they were not allowed to ''say'' turd, or crap, or (obviously) shit. So Jamie listed the things they ''were'' allowed to call it, which ranged from "dung" to "poopies."

** In the early episodes Fry would annoyingly say "crud".

* Very closely danced around in ''[[Justice League]]'' and its sequel; usually, a character comes very close to saying hell (or, in the case of one minor creep, ass) in the manner of "Go to hell", [[Curse Cut Short|but are interrupted just as they're about to say the word.]] In a clever subversion, in the episode "The Balance", [[Zatanna]] speaks the word hell, but backwards (she can only use her real magic by saying what she wants it to do in reverse, like a record played backwards, thus the word is indecipherable to the uneducated ear; besides which, it was a literal reference to Hades).

** Also, [[Green Lantern]]'s shocked exclamation, "[[Unusual Euphemism|Judas Priest]]!" This is an actual pre-existing curse replacement.

** ''[[Justice League Unlimited]]'' does this in a unique way, by having all curses be cut off before finished (or be turned into horrible puns - GL's "kiss my axe" had me bleeding out my ears for a while), in an attempt to make the show Edgier. Not [[Darker and Edgier]], just edgier. Of course, you get a few bad ones, and a few gems, such as:

[[Category:The Fifties]]

[[Category:Older Than Feudalism]]