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'''Princess Leia:''' I'd just as soon kiss a Wookiee.
'''Han Solo:''' I can arrange that. [[You Need to Get Laid|You could use a good 'kiss'!]] }}
* In the 2009 ''[[Star Trek (film)|Star Trek]]'' film, Spock puts a certain amount of inflection and vitriol into the respectful Vulcan salutation, "Live Long And Prosper", so that it sounds like a [[Precision F-Strike]].
* In the first ''[[Sister Act]]'' movie, Sister Mary Clarence says "Bless you" in a way that makes it clear the word she would use, if she wasn't in a nun habit and surrounded by nuns, begins with an F.
* ''Perversion For Profit'' has the man character say "Come join the fun!" in a way that makes one think he really said "[[Gosh Dang It to Heck|Darn]], I just stepped in a huge pile of dog-poo."
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== [[Literature]] ==
* In the [[Discworld]] novel ''[[Discworld/Thief of Time|Thief of Time]]'', Lobsang tries to save his master rather than stop the obliteration of time, leading Susan to say to him "you ''hero!''" in the same tones someone would say "you ''idiot''!"
** Additionally, in ''[[Discworld/Interesting Times|Interesting Times]]'' one of the Silver Horde is the subject of Saveloy's attempts to make him stop swearing every single sentence. He manages to make him use [[Unusual Euphemism|Unusual Euphemisms]] instead, but then it is observed that he could turn the air blue just by saying "socks."
** In ''[[Discworld/Wyrd Sisters|Wyrd Sisters]]'', Duke Felmet is described as the sort of person [[Tranquil Fury|who gets more polite and restrained the angrier he gets]], to the point where he can give the cutting edge of a severe dressing-down to the phrase "Thank you very much."
* The character of Tzetzas in [[David Drake]] and [[S. M. Stirling]]'s [[The General]] series is usually pronounced as if it were a curse.
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* Penn illustrates this trope in the ''[[Penn and Teller Bullshit]]'' episode on profanity, by insulting a dog in a soft-spoken voice, then angrily screaming at it "'''''I LOVE YOU, DOG!'''''". The point of this exercise is to show the viewers that the dog reacts to the human's tone of voice, not to what actual words he says.
{{quote|'''Penn''': ''(reassuringly)'' No, it's okay. Really, I hate your stinking guts.}}
* ''[[Angel]]'' example: There is a moment in the third season where Cordelia is forced to overhear a part of Angel's Epic Rage against the way [[The Powers That Be]] treats Cordelia. She only hears the part: "She is a ''rich girl'' from Sunnydale who likes to play Superhero. She doesn't have what it ''takes!''" Considering Cordelia's reaction, he may as well have said "A ''Spoiled Bitch''..."
* A recent episode of ''[[Supernatural]]'' has Rufus, one of the boys' allies, mutter, "I'm too old for this." [[Lethal Weapon|Four guesses]] as to what everyone heard at the end of the sentence...
** Plus, he kinda looks like [[Danny Glover]].
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== Theater ==
* At one point in ''[[Hair (theatre)]]'', a character says "Thank you, Sandy"; the stage directions call for it to be intoned as "Fuck you, Sandy."
* ''[[One Touch of Venus]]'' has this at the end of the title song:
{{quote|Mix a little bit of goddess,
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