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* The Swedish vacuum cleaner company Electrolux once sold its products in the UK with the slogan "Nothing Sucks like an Electrolux." Needless to say, it didn't sell very well.
** This was actually completely intentional, and succeeded in getting the attention it was intended to, for years.
*** In 1978, [[Loriot]], a [[German Humour|
== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* A good number of [[Hentai]] fall under this, and among the worst are titles such as ''[[Bondage Queen Kate]]'', ''Boobalicious'', ''Virgin Auction'' and ''Sex Warrior Pudding''.
** Note that the above are all their titles in the English market. Well, ''Boobalicious''{{'}} original name is (in English, mind you) ''Milk Junkies''. Not that much better, really.
** There is also a comic called ''Nipple Magician''. Because the writer thought it sounded cool and the American guys who publish it in their comics anthologies like to laugh their asses off while simultaneously getting off at the mere thought.
** The best English re-title for a hentai has to be ''The Hills Have Size''.
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* ''[[Gintama]]''. It's a near-homophone for ''kintama'', a Japanese word meaning "testicles" (literally "golden balls"... get it?). Try asking "hey, did you see this week's ''Gintama''?" in the language and get ready to get looked at funny.
* Would you have thought that ''Stroke Material - My Fucking Lover'' was actually a [[Shoujo]] comic with little to no [[Fan Service]] in it?
* ''[[Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt]]''.
** The OST's songs have some pretty interesting names as well, including such gems as "Dancefloor Orgy" and "Technodildo".
* ''[[My Balls]]''. The balls in question contain [[Sealed Evil in a Can]]. Worth taking a look at.
* In a similar vein, ''[[Onani Master Kurosawa]]''. 'Onani' is the Japanese word for masturbation that eventually comes from onanism. And yes, it's more or less [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin]], while still being [[Better Than It Sounds]].
* [[Bobobo-Bo Bo-bobo|Bobobo-Bo Bobo-bobobo bobobo-bo-bobo-bo...bo...bobo...buh.]]
* ''[[Kuso Miso Technique]]'' literally translates to "shit soup technique".
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* Similarly, the ''[[Sin City]]'' story "That Yellow Bastard" has been covered up by comic vendors in some parts for this reason, though by today's standards "bastard" actually isn't that bad.
* The ''[[Preacher (Comic Book)]]'' sidestory focusing on the backstory of [[The Grotesque]], Arseface, was named ''The Story Of You-Know-Who'' to avoid this. Which just seems odd in light of how the cover was a close-up of his face.
* [[Refuge in Audacity|Satan's]] [[Dead Baby Comedy|Sodomy]] [[Dude, Not Funny|Baby]]{{context|reason=What comic book is this from?}}
== [[Film]] ==
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* The Swedish film ''Fucking Åmål'' (pronounced more or less ''O-moal''), retitled ''[[Show Me Love]]'' in the English version. Then again, Åmål is the small, dull town in which the characters live, and the original title is what one of them usually calls the place. Also, since from a Swede's perspective "fuck" is a [[Foreign Cuss Word]], the word is (arguably) a bit tamer and in addition to that, swearing as a whole is just less of a big deal in Sweden.
* Just about [[Parallel Porn Titles|any bad porno movie]].
* ''[[What the Bleep Do We Know|What tнē #$*! D̄ө ωΣ (k)πow!?]]''
** And no, it's not censored, it's actually written with those symbols. Generally said as "What the Bleep Do We Know!?"
* ''[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0274518/ GayNiggers From Outer Space]''. Just the title [[Crosses the Line Twice]].
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* Black comedian Dick Gregory also wrote a book called ''Nigger'', detailing his life in the Civil Rights Movement. In his dedication page, he explains "every time you hear the word 'nigger', remember that they are advertising my book."
* [http://www.amazon.com/Rampaging-Fuckers-Everything-Shitting-Atmosphere/dp/1933929782 Rampaging Fuckers of Everything on the Crazy Shitting Planet of the Vomit Atmosphere]
== [[Live-Action TV]] ==
* The show ''[[Penn
** When Penn refers to the show on the radio, he cuts it in the middle with a clap, "Bulls" "Hit", to avoid FCC fines. He's not normally one to mince words.
** Two different covers are available for the complete season DVD collections. The ones you can order by mail are labelled "Bullshit!". The ones on store shelf displays are labelled "BS!".
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* ''All'' [[Tales of MU]] chapter titles exemplify this trope.
* One of the reasons the website [http://thedailywtf.com The Daily WTF] was renamed to Worse Than Failure was because of this. It was recently changed back.
* [
** Weirdly, ''moreso'' than the much less ambiguous [[Executive Meddling|original name]] of the site, ''Superman is a Dick''.
* Programming geeks the world over have probably had trouble discussing [[wikipedia:Brainfuck|a certain minimalist programming language]].
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* There is a play called ''Shopping and Fucking''. Reportedly (this troper had a relative working at the theatre at the time), it was referred to internally as simply ''Shopping'', even in this non-English-speaking country.
* "Totally Fucked" and "The Bitch Of Living" from ''[[Spring Awakening]]''.
* John Ford,
{{Quote|The play's treatment of the subject of incest made it one of the most controversial works in English literature.
== [[Video Games]] ==
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