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Compare [[Curse Cut Short]], where another character or outside circumstance cuts off the word. Also compare [[Right Behind Me]]. Contrast with [[Unusual Euphemism]]. [[Subverted Rhyme Every Occasion]] is a subtrope; before adding an example here, make sure it doesn't belong there.

 

[[Sister Trope]] to [[Lame Rhyme Dodge]].

 

* It isn't obvious, but at one point, while still in the "fervently denying I'm in love with her" stage, [[Inuyasha|Inu-Yasha]] gets very upset at "someone that made away with Kagome...'s [[Mineral MacGuffin|shards]]."

* One episode of ''[[Pokémon (anime)|Pokémon]]'', "Hassle in the Castle", has Team Rocket doing this with their motto.

'''James:''' It might finally stop all of Jessie's...complaining! }}

 

* At the end of ''[[Watchmen (comics)|Watchmen]]'', when {{spoiler|Laurie and Dan visit Sally in disguise}}:

'''Sally:''' What? But I don't know any...I don't know anyone I'd rather see! }}

 

== Fan Works ==

* ''[[Luminosity]]'' has one with a [[Fantastic Slur]] for vampires, "leeches". For context, there are some vampires who are on [[Our Werewolves Are Different|Jacob]]'s side, whom he is addressing, and some who aren't.

* ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Abridged Series]]''

** Also with the Paradox Brothers: "You may think us rather crass, But you can take your cards and stick them right up your...NOSE!" (Though it's doubly subverted in the next few lines, "You were supposed to say "ass", brother, I thought we rehearsed this!")

** {{spoiler|Joey}}: I'm in love with {{spoiler|Mai Valentine...'s breasts}}.

* ''[[Evangelion Abridged]]'', during its eighth episode, when the characters are discussing Asuka, only to find she's waiting at the top of the escalator they're riding:

'''Toji''': "Yeah, I bet there's something burning up her ass-uka! Uh-oh." }}

* ''[[Beating the Heat]]'' gives us this lovely gem from Zecora when she sees {{spoiler|Pinkie Pie and Braeburn}}.

"...grass." }}

 

== Films -- Animation ==

** Shrek and Donkey enter Lord Farquaad's castle and are greeted by musical wooden puppets at the Information Center, who sing, "[[Subverted Rhyme Every Occasion|Please keep off of the grass / Shine your shoes / Wipe your...FACE.]]" Made funnier, because as the puppets sing, they also mime/dance what they're singing. By the time they get to the last line, their butts are in the air and they're looking backwards, but they quickly turn around.

*** In the [[Halloween Special]], Scared Shrekless, the puppets make a return singing a [[Dark Reprise]] of the previous song where the swap is more for [[Shout-Out]] to the original song.

** "I like an honest fight and a saucy little maid / What he's basically saying is he likes to get...paid."

* In the Disney movie ''[[Brother Bear]]'', two squabbling moose brothers share a fond memory of drinking fresh dew. They realize that [[Aw, Look -- They Really Do Love Each Other]] but can't admit it: "I love...dew!" "I love dew too!"

'''Phil:''' ...okay. }}

* In ''[[Lilo and Stitch]]'', this is combo-ed with a [[Right Behind Me]] moment:

 

== Films -- Live-Action ==

* ''[[Wayne's World|Wayne's World 2]]''. "We'll cross the Ts and dot the...''(notices he's about to offend their manager, who has [[Mismatched Eyes]])''...lower case Js."

* The first ''[[Spy Kids]]'' movie uses one of these that was arguably a [[Parental Bonus]] (the same joke was seen a decade earlier in ''[[The Golden Girls]]''):

** Reused in the fourth one.

* And in the second one:

* In the [[Live Action Adaptation|film version]] of ''[[George of the Jungle (film)|George of the Jungle]]'':

* In ''[[A Knight's Tale]]'', Geoffrey Chaucer is begging Will Thatcher (who is masquerading as the knight Sir Ulrich) to help with his gambling debts in front of his creditors.

* ''[[The Princess Diaries]]'':

'''Mia:''' Uh, thank you. And you look so...clean. }}

* ''[[In the Loop]]'' contains a rare example of a word being swapped for one which is ''more'' offensive:

* The [[Hilarious Outtakes]] of ''Emmitt Otter's Jug Band Christmas'' had a great example, after the mother otter flubs a line:

* At the end of ''[[Home Alone]] 2'':

* In ''[[Zombieland]]'':

'''Tallahassee:''' ...my mind. Just fun for the whole family. }}

* In ''[[My Cousin Vinny]]'', Vinny's foul mouth has already gotten him in trouble a couple times when he's presented with a boatload of new disclosed evidence. "I need some more time to go over all this sh...stuff!"

* From ''[[Igor]]'':

'''[[Invisibility|Carl Cristall]]:''' Scratching my invisible...but onto my next question. }}

* In ''[[The Man]]'', Eugene Levy tries to get [[Samuel L. Jackson]] to stop cursing so much: "Oh, fffor crying out loud!"

* An interesting example in ''[[A Christmas Story]]'': a censored "re-enactment" using the word-swap. Young Ralphie, after a mishap, ends up saying "Oh...fuuddggee." But then, the narrating older Ralphie reveals, "Only I didn't say 'fudge'."

* In ''[[The Gamers|The Gamers: Dorkness Rising]]'', one of the male gamers quickly tries to avoid insulting the one girl in the party when he makes a comparison between losing track of time while playing D&D to losing track of time when "looking for porn...-litical commentary." Another player immediately Lampshades it: "Nice dodge, Gary."

* Bruce in ''[[Bruce Almighty]]'' pulls one of these when he realizes [[God|who it is he's talking to.]]

* In ''St. Trinian's 2: The Legend of Fritton's Gold'', Geoffrey infiltrates a organization [[He-Man Woman Hater|dedicated to hating women]] for the titular (all-girls) school but during it, goes against orders and [[Face Heel Turn|delivers a tirade against them, joining the bad guys]]. {{spoiler|At one point in the speech, though, he nearly calls the girls "bitches" but can't bring himself to do it and says "minxes" instead, hinting that he's actually trying to earn the leader's respect in his own way}}.

* In ''The Frisco Kid'' Tommy the cowboy starts to swear in front of Rabbi Avram and (of course) swaps it out at the last second.

* Done in ''[[Sister Act]]'' after the climax when Delores's ex, Vince, is about to be taken away.

'''Delores''': Bless you. }}

 

== Literature ==

* In [[Steven Brust]]'s ''To Reign in Hell'', Ariel is requested to speak in other than rhyming couplet. In response, a limerick:

That you are naught but an asset to the Heavenly throne, wherefore I leave you alone.'' }}

* [[Sherlock Holmes]] of all people gets one of these in ''The Adventure of the Norwood Builder''.

** Though to be fair he was probably bored out of his skull before McFarlane (the guy he was talking to) showed up...

* A travel guide detailing various local traditions says that, "''In France, many believe that raw oysters enhance your appetite for...Christmas.''" Probably a [[Parental Bonus]] as well.

* In ''[[This Rough Magic]]'', the well-endowed Svanhild Thordardottar is described as "the one with the big pair of--of--bodyguards". To be fair, her brothers ''are'' rather imposing, in a Viking sort of way.

 

== Live-Action TV ==

* In ''[[Friends]]'', when Chandler panics and disappears before his marriage to Monica, Rachel is about to break the news to her when Phoebe arrives and signals that they've found him.

* In ''[[Quantum Leap]]'', Al is talking about a very attractive photographer.

* ''[[Arrested Development (TV series)|Arrested Development]]''

** This scene:

'''Tobias Fünke:''' --try-music-loving lady. }}

** Another example involving Tobias and Maeby:

'''Tobias:''' ''(chuckling)'' Seems like only yesterday you were bursting forth from your mother's fertile womb. }}

** Yet another example, again with Tobias:

'''Tobias:''' ...are you? }}

* From an episode of ''[[The Big Bang Theory]]'':

'''Wolowitz:''' That's why I added the "tator". }}

* The couple who run the village shop in ''[[Father Ted]]'' are always on the verge of throttling each other. When one of the priests enters, they often turn a stabbing motion into a warm embrace. (Not a word swap so much as a gesture swap, but the same idea.)

** "We kissed, you and me. All ''Gone With the Wind,'' with the rising music and the [[Something Else Also Rises|rising]]...music."

** Buffy also has a rare version where adding syllables makes it worse, in the Season 5 premiere, "Buffy vs. Dracula":

*** There's a little bit of [[Fridge Brilliance]] there, when you consider Dracula had hairy palms in Bram Stoker's original novel, coinciding with a popular urban legend that this characteristic may develop from excessive masturbation.

** In "Lies My Parents Told Me":

'''Buffy:''' Oh, we are. Absolutely. }}

** Andrew talks to Jonathan about Warren in a particularly [[Ho Yay]] inducing example:

** Spike has Harmony on a bed and is running his hand up her leg.

** In "Phases" Cordelia is parking with Xander at the local [[Make-Out Point]] and implies that at least one of them is no longer a virgin.

* From ''[[I'm Alan Partridge]]'':

'''Alan:''' ''(confused)'' ...That's the strangest story I've ever heard. }}

* In ''[[The Golden Girls]]'', when Dorothy visits one of her students in hospital, they have the following conversation:

'''Dorothy:''' Correcting it. There is no K in victory. Oh yeah, and we'll just change this to "Ms. Zbornak eats shittake mushrooms". }}

* ''[[Mystery Science Theater 3000]]''

** [[Overdrawn at the Memory Bank]]'':

** ''[[Mystery Science Theater 3000]]'' episode ''Fire Maidens of Outer Space'': Joel and the 'Bots are demonstrating that any sentence can be turned into sexual innuendo with the right vocal tone ("Does this TV have a ree-MOTE? Ooh!"). Crow, at the behest of his evil doppelganger Timmy (long story), is citing examples that are rather too on the nose, culminating in "She's built like a brick sh--" "CROW!" "sh-showboat."

* A commercial for the show ''[[Greek]]'' included a scene where one character was telling another that his female friend wanted to be fu...(nuns walk past) ...''fun'' buddies with him.

** While the gang is discussing [[Playboy]] girls:

'''Eric:''' You're dreaming. It's like comparing ''(Red walks in)'' Exodus and Deuteronomy, both of which have taught us very valuable lessons! Oh, hi Dad! }}

** And again:

** And finally:

'''Kelso:''' Jeez. He's like this now, he's gonna be a total headcase if they shut down the plant. He's just gonna be this pathetic guy ''(Red enters)'' WITH BREASTS THE SIZE OF WATERMELONS! }}

** In another episode:

* In ''[[A Touch of Frost]]'', Inspector Frost is being disrespectful to his superior as usual.

** It should be noted that this particular joke has been used quite a few times in television and theater.

* ''[[My Family]]'': "Oh come on Dad! I'm no longer a virrrrrrrry naive person!" In a minor subversion, the Last-Second Word Swap doesn't work.

** "I'm too old for this sh--" "STUFF. He said stuff."

* From ''[[Chuck]]'':

'''Lester:''' Yeah, someone who'll suck his...will to work out of him. }}

* ''[[The Benny Hill Show]]'' used this trope ''at least'' once an episode. Example:

good night, ladies and gentlemen!!'' }}

* ''[[30 Rock|Thirty Rock]]''

** In one episode, Lemon and Pete are discussing how old Tracy's alleged son is.

'''Lemon:''' ...black shoes are my favorite color of shoes. }}

** There was also an episode where a maintenance man had to deal with a gas leak during his last day before retirement.

* In the last episode of ''[[The Fast Show]]'' Ralph stops himself from drunkenly confessing his love to Ted just in time: "I don't care how old you are, even if you were a hundred I would love...I would love to get another drink."

* In ''[[Grace Under Fire]]'', a guy at the plant realizes Grace, the supervisor, has just entered the room, and alters his story about the topless pancake house: "the waitresses all had these really big jugs...of syrup, that they poured over your pancakes..."

* From ''[[Psych]]'':

'''Sean:''' I don't think you made that any better. }}

* Phoebe from ''[[Friends]]'', in her song that [[Suspiciously Specific Denial|totally isn't about Ross's love triangle with Rachel and Julie]]:

Or will it be the one that we'll call...Lulie?'' }}

* ''[[The Nanny]]''

** Subversion:

'''[[Deadpan Snarker|Niles]]:''' [[Sarcasm Mode|Oh, nice save!]] }}

** On another occasion, when Fran substitutes for C.C. to schmooze an investor:

** There was an episode where [[Overprotective Dad|Maxwell]] tries to keep Maggie from spending a whole vacation making out with boys, and wants to send her to a convent in Switzerland. Fran suggests sending Maggie on a kibbutz instead, because she remembers having a good time on hers, but then tries to take back her suggestion when she realizes the only reason she enjoyed her kibbutz was because that was where she lost her..."[[Unusual Euphemism|hat]]".

* Subverted in the ''[[Community]]'' episode "Comparative Religion", when Shirley confronts Jeff over his plan to fight a bully:

'''Jeff:''' Idiot. He meant we were figh- ...ting. It ''is'' hard to think of another word. }}

* Used by Olive on ''[[Pushing Daisies]]'':

* A ''[[Taxi]]'' episode had Louie addressing Latka as "you dumb fff...oreigner".

* Frequently used by Del and others on ''[[Only Fools and Horses]]'' "Fff..for Gawd's sake, Rodney!"

* In an episode of ''[[Wonderfalls]]'', Aaron mentions the human instincts to "fight, flee or ...[[Buffy-Speak|fun...have]]."

* The ''[[JAG]]'' episode "Meltdown" was the second half of a two-parter that introduced the ''[[NCIS]]'' characters. In one scene, a nervous Abby is testifying on the witness stand and is asked about a piece of evidence":

* In ''[[The Vicar of Dibley]]'', Geraldine has just been blindsided by someone who came into the room without knocking.

* In ''[[Frasier]]'', in the studio, Roz is talking about how hot a new colleague is and how she'd like to "give him a --" Frasier's chair spins around and she suddenly spots his young son sitting in it. "-- a great big Seattle hug!" She follows by giving him the hug in question. Frasier's son calls her on it with a dry, "Nice catch, Roz" in response.

* Nathan Fillion get one in ''[[Castle]]'', when he talks to a witness about Beckett.

'''Castle:''' For the record, I was gonna say "big rule follower." }}

* In ''[[The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air]]'', Will is comforting Carlton after his girlfriend leaves him at a wedding chapel and Carlton admits he is a virgin. Will says that it's okay and...

'''Will:''' Keep your voice down man, '''''I AIN'T NO VIRGIN!''''' ''(woman in front of him gets up and leaves)'' Hey, look man, when it comes to me and the honeys I just say de...'' (priest walks up to him) '' no way! Ooh, ugh yucky! }}

* ''[[Skins]]'': Emily's and Katie's mother has problem dealing with life's curve-balls. Her daughter's girlfriend is trying to play the perfect host:

'''Mom:''' I never thought that we would split up. But then I never thought that I would be evicted from our home, that my daughter would be a dy...''so rebellious''. People always let you down, princess. They fuck things up! }}

* ''[[Countdown with Keith Olbermann]]'':

* In an episode of ''[[NCIS]]'', Ziva reads a report from her computer about a protester who smeared the side of a building with horse- *[[Beat]]* ...manure.

* In an episode of ''[[Jonathan Creek]]'', when Jonathan discovers that his boss's new bodyguard is a little person:

* Happens quite a bit in ''[[Young Blades]]'':

** At the end of the extended version of "Da Vinci's Notebook," Ramon finishes his poem about how everyone gets a girl except him with:

** Again in the extended version of "Coat of Arms":

If D'Artagnan tries, he can go to -- *stabs* [[Curse Cut Short|well...]] }}

** In "Rub-a-Dub Sub":

** In "The Invincible Sword," Jacqueline tells Louis that she will "sleep across [his]...doorway every night," although this is probably an unintentional case.

** In a deleted scene from "Four Musketeers and a Baby," when women are swooning over the Highwayman:

'''Siroc & Ramon:''' *confused looks* }}

 

== [[Music]] ==

* Many, many playground songs, such as "Miss Susie Had a Steamboat".

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NtkQbGqkzDs "Polka Dot Undies"] by Bowser & Blue is a novelty song built entirely around this trope.

* Following this trend, Hayseed Dixie's [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p55Nb47mQBI "Poop In A Jar"] cleverly swaps in a word that, while not as offensive, means exactly the same thing as the word it's replacing:

* A popular French song, ''La Jeune Fille du Métro'' (''The Young Maiden of the Subway'') is completely based on this trope, each verse concluded with a pause, followed by a an innocent sentence replacing a much more obvious, shorter, and naughtier conclusion.

* Similarly, a popular song in Spanish, ''Pican los mosquitos'' (''Mosquitos bite'') is based on this trope, each verse running into the start of the next one instead of the obvious curse.

** To add a bit of insult to injury, they went and added a lead guitar track to this version that wasn't in the original, and the song is kind of boring without it, so the only way you can buy the song with it in is to get the cheesy Bowdlerized version.

* Often used by George Formby in his efforts to [[Getting Crap Past the Radar|Get Crap Past the Radar]] (although radar hadn't been invented yet...) in the 1930s. Examples:

*** Parodied by [[The Fast Show]] by having a Formbyesque character singing Formbyised versions of Prince songs.

*** ''[[Skins]]'' used this exact song during a scene where JJ plays with his ukulele.

** "Get Me To The Temple On Time" -- "...some new shoes to break the glass. Tell all my old friends they can kiss my BRIDE."

** "Hello Mudduh, Hello Faddah (Live version)" -- "...They've got style here, they've got class here. And if you're not careful you could lose your CHIPS here."

* Dinah Shore's (utterly non-suggestive) hit "Sweet Violets".

** Bran Van 3000's song "More Shopping" borrows a couple of these, swapping between the two vocalists each time there's a dodgy line.

* [[Tim Minchin]]'s ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0IVuGK7sAw Taboo]''

* Jonathan Richman's "Monologue About Bermuda" tells the story of when he was an overly serious young musician who went to Bermuda with his band and had his outlook changed by a local band who convinced him that fun music is cool, too. He was blown away by a song of theirs that went "Bang, bang, Lulu/ Lulu ran away/ Lulu had to go bang, bang, that's why she ran away/ Lulu had a boyfriend/ Name was Tommy Tucker/ Took her out to his house to see if he could/ Bang, bang, Lulu/ Lulu ran away..."

My boss says "Hey, what's up?" I say I'm grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrowing tired of this shit. }}

* Bo Burnham's [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZoO8LyizLA My Whole Family...].

* [[The Who]]'s song "My Generation": Many listeners interpret the line "why don't you all fff-fade away?" as a [[Cluster F-Bomb]] swapped at the last second. [[Wild Mass Guessing|Nobody knows for sure.]]

** [[Word of God]] says it's supposed to represent angst amongst the youth.

* In Mika's "Lollipop", I always have to wonder if he really wants to sing it, or if it's just what he had to sing it as:

** Especially considering the next lines:

* From [[PDQ Bach]]'s "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OkjR3cdXSS8 The Art of the Ground Round]":

* [[Jethro Tull]]'s "Quizz Kid":

* Sugarland's "It Happens"

* The entire point of [[Mitch Benn]]'s "Not Bitter"; a song about how the singer is totally okay that his girlfriend left him.

** It goes on like that for the entire song.

* [[Emilie Autumn]] plays it for [[Nightmare Fuel]] in "Miss Lucy Had Some Leeches":

* The Grammar Club's "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJWfLs-315s Suck My Wallet]" has a great one for its chorus, though the name of the song sort of gives it away:

* Lit's "Miserable" plays with this trope in its chorus/opening lyrics:

* In the song "In My Country" by the Lemon Sisters, the singer implores lonely sailors with great big cocktail-shakers to come and visit her [[Country Matters|country.]]

* ''Mr Brightside'' by The Killers:

* And that's a double dose of this trope from Carcass' "Don't Believe a Word":

* Johnny Horton's "The Battle of New Orleans":

* Also played with in Homer and Jethro's parody, "The Battle of Kookamonga":

* "The Black Painting Song" by Matrin Pearson:

* A certain (unofficial) school song: "Within our ancient, ivied halls / Smith women show they've got some poise."

* In [[Anna Russell]]'s grand-opera spoof "Anaemia's Death Scene," the dying Anaemia refers to her [[Unwanted Spouse|Unwanted Fiancé]] as a "miserable old...baritone."

* A double subverted lyric with different words than you'd think - Hieroglyphics' ''Throw it in Ya Grill'':

** Not where you thought they'd go with that, was it?

 

* [[Tom Lehrer]]'s (spoken) introduction to his song "Lobachevsky": For many years now, Mr. Danny Kaye, who has been my particular idol since childbirth, has been doing a routine about the great Russian director Stanislavsky and the secret of success in the acting profession. And I thought it would be interesting to st... to ''adapt'' this idea to the field of mathematics."

* The song [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UH4S9RQv5Os Deutschland] by the German band Die Prinzen starts out as a tongue-in-cheek song praising the positive attributes of Germany and Germans. After the second chorus the singer starts sounding increasingly serious, nationalistic and subtly reminiscent of [[Those Wacky Nazis]], culminating in the line "Wir können stolz auf Deutschland..." (We can [...] proud of Germany...). But instead of finishing it with "sein" (the German word for "be", which should go at the end of the sentence in this case) the band starts chanting the word "Schwein" (swine/pig), a common German insult and the band's favourite word, to show that the preceding passage was just satire.

* Matt Nathanson's "Come on Get Higher"

* "Take a Hint" by Victoria Justice and Elizabeth Gillies:

 

== Newspaper Comics ==

* [http://www.google.com/imgres?q=ever+had+a+mizzenmast+stuck+up+your+no,+and+let%27s+talk+about+anything+else+right+now&um=1&hl=en&sa=N&complete=0&biw=1440&bih=713&tbm=isch&tbnid=d-rfWLU7T5xTFM:&imgrefurl=http://garfield.nfshost.com/2005/05/12/&docid=jahYvPsQ29X00M&w=600&h=178&ei=Q72ITsChIISxsAKBiMXNDw&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=127&vpy=204&dur=522&hovh=63&hovw=211&tx=214&ty=70&page=1&tbnh=63&tbnw=211&start=0&ndsp=19&ved=1t:429,r:0,s:0 This strip] in ''[[Garfield]]'', sort of.

* [http://www.dilbert.com/strips/comic/1999-05-04/?CmtOrder=Rating&CmtDir=ASC&Page=2 This Dilbert strip.]

 

== Radio ==

* ''[[I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue]]''`s Limericks game is halfway between this and [[Subverted Rhyme Every Occasion]]: each player has to make up one line of a limerick that goes with the previous ones according to the AABBA rhyming scheme, so the earlier players often deliberately set up words that obviously rhyme with something obscene. Then the later players scramble to come up with something else (which may also be dirty), subverting the audience's expectations and leading to a laugh. Example (where the subverted rhyme is "hysterectomy"):

Though it doesn't look very erect to me.'' }}

 

== Theater ==

* ''[[The Wedding Singer]]''

** Used in [[The Musical]], when Robbie starts singing Madonna's "Material Girl."

** Also seems like it's going to be used in "Rosie's Letter," but then subverted. In fact, a word is added.

* And [[Shakespeare]] himself in Hamlet, Act 3 Scene 2

Presumably the avoided word was "ass". }}

* "Without You", from ''[[My Fair Lady]]'':

* In "The Worst Pies in London" from ''[[Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (theatre)|Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street]]'':

And tastes like...well, pity... }}

 

== Video Games ==

* Buy an overpriced [[Vendor Trash|Amulet of Annihilation]] from a shady vendor in ''[[Secret of Evermore]]'', and he'll wind up surprised that you spent so much money on a "worthless piece of cra...ss jewelry."

* In the [[Fan Remake]] of ''[[King's Quest II]]'', the subject of the insult does this ''for'' the would-be insulter, and it also gets a Lampshading:

'''Valanice:''' I'm sure it would have rhymed. }}

* ''[[Jak 3]]''

'''Daxter:''' ''(holding Sig's [[BFG|Peacemaker]])'' Yeah, a big pile of sh--ould I cock this? }}

* ''[[Uncharted]] 2: Among Thieves'', while Drake is being chased on a train by an attack helicopter, he comes across a large vehicle that ends up being an anti-air attack tank.

* ''[[Sonic Unleashed]]''

** This one isn't as bad though, is it?

* ''[[Psychonauts]]'': "And I'll kick your ASS...tral projection out of here, too."

* ''[[Banjo-Kazooie]] Nuts & Bolts'' has this lovely challenge starring Piddles the Cat: Cheating Witch.

* In ''[[World of Warcraft]]'' you can fish coins out of the Dalaran Fountain. A lot of well-known characters from the ''Warcraft'' universe have done a wish you can read when you fish up their coin. Aegwynn, who doesn't like the mages of Dalaran, wished the following:

* ''[[Ace Attorney Investigations]]'': "B-b-b-b-however, sir!"

* [[Kingdom of Loathing]]'s "pirate pamphlet", quoth the in-game description, "contains helpful tips on all manner of pirate activities, such as swabbing, quaffing, pillaging, and rapi...er, rapier-sharpening."

** And on using its peppermint pip packet: "You pop open the packet of peppermint pips and put them in the pocks you poked with your p... your finger."

* In ''[[Mass Effect 3]]'', Jack's not allowed to swear in front of her students. At one point she tells Joker "Screw you, f...flight lieutenant!"

 

== Web Animation ==

 

== Web Comics ==

* ''[[The Order of the Stick|Order of the Stick]]''

** In [http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0184.html this strip], where Haley's [[Dying Declaration of Love|deathbed confession]] is derailed by a handy heal spell from the party's cleric.

'''Haley:''' --ukuleles. }}

** Also rather harshly enforced by Haley in a ''much'' later strip.

'''Tarquin:''' Fair enough. }}

* ''Left-Handed Toons'': [http://www.lefthandedtoons.com/27/ Prepare to...] {{spoiler|LIVE!!!}}

* [http://keychain.patternspider.net/archive/koc0066.html Misho] of ''[[Keychain of Creation]]'' manages to dodge an awful pun at the last moment: "Take that...''rooster'' out of your mouth."

* ''[[Meat Shield (webcomic)|Meat Shield]]'': Dhur [http://www.meatshield.net/archive/the-journey-begins/ tries one here], but he's not very good at it.

* ''[[Bob and George]]'': "That's the hand I use to [[A Date with Rosie Palms|m]] - er, write with."

 

== Web Original ==

** In the song "Better Than Neil", Nathan Fillion sings about all the ways in which he's better than Neil Patrick Harris. There's one segment of the song where every line ends in "ness," with lines such as:

Compared to my tallness,'' }}

** This goes on for a few counts of 8. He then sings:

My hammer, the pe--ople can tell that I'm awfully swell.'' }}

* ''[[Key of Awesome]]'' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbgLapRAloQ episode #8]:

''I need you to help explain the plot to-- Batman.'' }}

* On an episode of ''[[Yes, Dear]]'', Kim goes "Oh, shhhhhh...sugar." because there are kids around. Either Dominic or Logan looks up at her and says "I know what you ''wanted'' to say."

* In this [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OheiLvAIouQ Pokemon Musical], for some reason one of these rhymes was last second swapped:

'''Ash:''' /Let's go pick up our old pal Brock/ }}

** But the very next one wasn't:

'''Brock:''' /Cock!/ }}

* A non-profane example from the ''[[Zero Punctuation]]'' review of ''[[Portal 2]]'': "the icing on the...[[The Cake Is a Lie|French Fancy]]!"

 

== Western Animation ==

* In ''[[Transformers]]: [[Beast Wars]]'' episode "Cutting Edge": Rattrap is complaining about Blackarachnia to Rhinox.

'''Rattrap:''' --is...[[You Are a Credit to Your Race|a credit to her web-spinnin' species]], and I don't know ''what'' we ever did without her. }}

* ''[[Transformers Animated]]''

** Mixmaster says the following after Sari's failed attempt to attack the Constructicons:

** There's also this (the last part being a quote from Sergeant Schultz of ''[[Hogan's Heroes]]''):

** Then Sentinel Prime does it when trying to disguise his intent to blow up Omega Supreme.

* ''[[The Simpsons]]''

** Used when Homer takes control of the plant:

'''Carl:''' Eh, I didn't think he was going that way. }}

** An earlier ''Simpsons'' episode has Smithers ''almost'' confessing his crush when the town is convinced by a self-help guru to act uninhibitedly:

** In the "King Homer" segment of the third "[[Halloween Episode|Treehouse of Horror]]" episode, Mr. Burns is discussing going ashore to Ape Island when Marge shows up:

'''Burns:''' Of course! We wouldn't ''think'' of going without the bait...uh, that is, the bait-thing beauty. The bathing beauty! ...Heh, heh, I covered that up pretty well. }}

** "The Wife Aquatic" involves Homer and others on a boat during a storm. As a giant tsunami is about to wash them away they yell: "SHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII{{spoiler|PWWRREEEEEEECK!}}"

** Lisa and a friend also do a variation on "Miss Suzie Had a Steamboat" in the opening of "Little Boy and Fat Man". Homer eavesdrops on them and faints after a few lines.

** In "Brother from Another Series" Sideshow Bob's brother Cecil screams Shhhhhhh...oot after he accidentally flings millions of dollars into the base of a dam.

'''Bart:''' Dad, whatever they got you on, cut the dose! }}

** When he tells Reverend Lovejoy that God spoke to him in a dream in "Homer the Heretic":

* In one episode of ''[[He-Man and the Masters of the Universe]]'', Prince Adam, Teela, and Man-At-Arms are onboard a small spaceship heading to one of Eternia's moons. An asteroid is heading their way, and Adam comes to realize that there's no way to avoid turning into He-Man in front of Teela (who is not a [[Secret Keeper]]) and starts the first few words of [[By the Power of Greyskull]]...only for Man-At-Arms to eliminate the threat mechanically. Teela then asks Adam what he was about to say...prompting him to make up the [[Clark Kenting|transparent lie]] that he was about to say "By the way, Teela, remind me to show you my new vest". Teela, of course, concludes that Adam is an even bigger idiot than she thought...but still doesn't figure out there's more going on.

* Filburt and Rocko in the ''[[Rocko's Modern Life]]'' episode "Kiss Me, I'm Foreign", are in the middle of an argument, when they're interrupted by a knock at the door. They find it's the immigration agent who's been threatening to have Rocko deported throughout the episode, and their response comes out as "What the hellooooo!"

** On the short ''The Bashful Buzzard'', Beaky calls a worm an "infinitesimal piece of sh-sh...shoe leather!"

** Hilariously subverted in a gag reel: Porky Pig hits his finger with a hammer and says the following:

** In ''Booby Hatched'', a ''[[Looney Tunes]]'' cartoon involving a semi-hatched baby duckling whose [[Eggshell Clothing|legs are sticking out of the egg]], the duckling tries to find his mother, or a viable option: "I gotta find someone who will sit on me. Someone with a nice, warm...disposition!"

* ''[[Family Guy]]''

** Neatly done in the song "When We Swing":

'''Stewie:''' ♪ Or a nicely shaven [[Subverted Rhyme Every Occasion|leg]] ♪ }}

** Also in the song "We're Too Different to Ever Be Pals":

'''Stewie:''' What? Ego? }}

* Done in an episode of ''[[South Park]]'' Wendy sings to the tune of "Miss Susie Had a Steamboat". {{spoiler|[[Subverted Trope]].}}

And if you all don't like it, I don't give a flying fuck! }}

* Tried and failed in ''[[The Venture Bros]]'', when the boys ask why they don't remember a villain who claims to be their mommy, Brock says "Look, you don't remember because you're clo-- (clones)". Both Brock and Doc stutter, trying to find a suitable replacement word, but fail.

* ''[[Animaniacs]]''.

** "And now it's time for ''Dot's Poetry Corner''":

** Also in Dot's song ''I'm Cute'':

'''Dot:''' ♪ But...I'm also real nice. ♪ }}

'''Spud:''' Bear! }}

* In the ''[[Phineas and Ferb]]'' special "Summer Belongs to You!", the ever-hopeful Phineas momentarily gives up, and Isabella tries to snap him out of it:

* ''[[Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog]]''

** After Robotnik invents his own robot wife:

'''Scratch:''' Hair! }}

** Also from the episode "Lovesick Sonic"

'''Grounder:''' --transmission! }}

The pit was closed and Bob was hosed and all that he could say was "'''[[Big No|NO!!!]]'''"'' }}

* In the ''[[Kim Possible]]'' episode "Go Team Go", Kim and two of [[Black Sheep|Shego's]] Team Go brothers show up at Drakken's lair. Drakken tries to demand an explanation:

'''Drakken:''' ...is obviously a private matter. }}

 

== Real Life ==

* I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream. /Banana split, we think your team plays like/ shift to left, shift to the right/ Come on "team name" fight fight fight!

* A common neuroscience mnemonic, as follows: The functions of the amygdala are the four F's -- feeding, fighting, fleeing, and mating.

** Also exists in the form "feeding, fighting, fleeing and fff...inding a mate."

** Also in certain lounge furniture stores that glory in the name Sofa King, and advertised their prices with the slogan "it's not just cheap, it's..."

* Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau claimed to have said [[wikipedia:Fuddle duddle|"fuddle-duddle"]] and not the phrase attributed to him by opposition MPs.

* A cheer said at RPI hockey games: "We eat Wheaties, We keep fit! / Not like the other team, they eat shhhhhhhhreaded wheat!"

* A danish amusement park named Bon-Bon Land (which also had some controversial candy reasembling a turd, boobs, and so on, which until it got removed of the market, was an miracle that it pulled a ''[[Getting Crap Past the Radar]]'' moment) had it's slogan to be 'It's fucking hilariuos in Bon-Bon Land'. Later it got censored, and lately it's doesn't even have the F-word at all.

** It should be noted that the Bon-Bon Land slogan above is roughly translated. A better version would be one without the direct F-word.

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