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{{quote|'''Steve:''' "We don't work blue, that's the ''lazy man's'' comedy."|''[[American Dad (Animation)|American Dad]]''}}
This is the belief that being vulgar is automatically funny. Of course, vulgarity ''can'' be funny [[Viewers
Tropes that often, but not always, fall under this:
* [[Anal Probing]]
* [[Ass Shove]]
* [[Cluster F
* [[Groin Attack]]
* [[I Ate What?]]
* [[Naked People Are Funny]]
* [[Road Apples]]
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Obviously, identifying when this trope is in play can get ''very'' subjective.
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== Anime ==
* Shock value is a good thing in Black Comedy: [[Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (Theatre)|It's funny when people merrily sing about cannibalism.]] [[Harvey Birdman Attorney At Law|It's funny when someone is killed off for real when it looks like the writers weren't being serious.]] But as Dean the Adequate pointed out in a review, ''[[Bludgeoning Angel Dokurochan (Light Novel)|Bludgeoning Angel Dokurochan]]'' manages this trope with gore just fine, due to sheer repetition.
* The dub of episode 18 of ''[[Keroro Gunsou]]'' is essentially one long [[Lampshade Hanging]]/parody of this trope, as the characters attempt to win a comedy contest. Koyuki attempts (and fails) to tell [[The Aristocrats]]. The fact that it was considered to be too smart for the audience should say a lot. As should the fact that Keroro uses a language-modifying switch, on which the [[Cluster F
* [[Gintama (Manga)|Chome chome!]] Or, ''Where the hell is your mother from!?''
* ''[[Panty and Stocking With Garterbelt (Anime)|Panty and Stocking With Garterbelt]]''. Shit, vomit, [[Gratuitous English|english swearing]], sex, ''pole-dancing'' [[Transformation Sequence|transformation sequences]] and whatever revolting [[Monster of the Week]] GAINAX can think of, with a few [[Mind Fuck|mind fucks]] for colour and tone. All this in what appears to be a [[Magical Girl]] anime.
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* The entire point of John Roecker's 2006 stop-motion animated ''[[Live Freaky Die Freaky]]''. For the fortunate unaware, Roecker, inspired by the prolific number of copies of Charles Manson's ''[[Helter Skelter]]'', crafted a hilarious but utterly, utterly tasteless stop-motion animated musical comedy about the misadventures of the "Hanson cult," as read by a 31st century post apocalyptic nomad who believes his discovered copy if ''Helter Skelter'' is [[The Bible]]. Relevant examples include multiple ludicrously long scenes of puppet sex, a very pregnant Sharon "Hate" singing a profanity-laden song about how much she hates the environment, and more puppet sex. The Washington Post said that it was like the aforementioned ''[[Pink Flamingos]]'', only more surreal and for an even smaller audience.
* Several critics have described ''Semi-Pro'' as falling victim to this trope, with some of the funniest moments in the movie also being the ones that could just as easily have gotten by in a PG-13 comedy.
* The ''[[Transformers]]'' [[Transformers (Film)|live action movie]] has been accused of this, to the detriment of the story. Three words: <s> "Sam's Happy Time."</s> "[[What Do You Mean
** The sequel takes this to even higher levels, from Devastator's "wrecking balls" to Wheelie humping Mikaela's leg to [[Fan Disservice|way way more of John Turturo than anyone wanted to see on the big screen]].
** Mostly remedied in the third film, with only one RiV joke of note: Jerry Wang is exposing a conspiracy a la Deep Throat, so he refers to himself as "[[Accidental Pun|Deep Wang.]]"
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* The only singles [[Eminem]] has released that ''don't'' have the word "fuck" in them are "Just Lose It" and "We Made You". He justifies this in "The Real Slim Shady":
{{quote| "[[Will Smith]] don't gotta cuss in his raps to sell his records; well I do, so fuck him and fuck you too!"}}
* The entirety of [[Blaze Ya Dead Homie]]'s "Nasty". Among the things referenced in the lyrics include reusing [[Anybody Killa]]'s condoms, [[But You Screw One Goat!|sex with chickens]], swimming in a portable toilet and things that are too graphic to describe here.
* [http://oddfuture.com/ Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them All].
* [[GWAR]] has everything under the sun; gratuitous swearing, toilet humor, blasphemy and obscene violence. They also bring dead politicians and celebrities back to life to kill them again, just to keep up with the bad taste.
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== Western Animation ==
* ''[[Family Guy]].''
* ''[[Drawn Together]]'' sometimes falters due to this. In one episode, they meet the queen of Mexico, and she complains she is the only queen who has to go to the bathroom outside the palace. That joke was fine on its own. We didn't need to see her actually doing this. It looks as though some of the writers think [[Viewers
** ''[[Drawn Together]]'' loved the scatological "humour". Two words: "...with ''sausage!''"
* ''[[South Park]]'' does it a hell of a lot because the main characters are small children at exactly the age when small children become obsessed with vulgarity. Even if watching the children act really childish (contrasted with the TV-childish we all expect) wasn't funny, it would still be far more realistic than any other portrayal of children on TV.
** One could say it ''revels'' in vulgarity, than takes refuge in it.
*** Also a little different from most examples on this page, as it's generally not criticised for its vulgarity, since it tends to use it to prove a point (especially these days, being a mouthpiece for its two creators to comment on current events)
* [[Kapitan Bomba]] , the Polish series with South Park-esque graphics, tells a story of a space crew defending the galaxy from aliens - many of which are genital shaped. Or like sniffing crap to the point that its used as currency. And all the planets have vulgar names. And the only tactic the heroes seem to use is a combination of [[Cluster F
** Another Polish <s> [[South Park]] ripoff</s> production, ''Włatcy Móch'', relies on very similar humor, though stronger on the [[Cluster F
* When the writers of ''[[Popetown]]'' got bored with taking [[Refuge in Audacity]] or [[Crosses the Line Twice|Crossing The Line Twice]], they headed straight for this trope. "I made my own paint!"
* ''[[Robot Chicken]]'' delves into this in occasion.
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== Web Original ==
* The [[Accentuate the Negative|extremely cruel]] parody site Encyclopedia Dramatica frequently entered in to this, at least before the reboot.
* A lot of [[The Angry Video Game Nerd (Web Video)|The Angry Video Game Nerd]]'s act involves not just [[Cluster F
* [[Retarded Animal Babies]] veered into this territory in a hurry.
** This was to distinguish itself from [[Happy Tree Friends]], and the more criticism comparing the two, [[Crossing the Line Twice|the more lines it'll find to double-cross]]. So if you don't think it's vulgar enough, simply tell the author how he's ripping off of Happy Tree Friends.
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* Sarah Silverman's entire schtick consists of this trope and [[Refuge in Audacity]].
* Dane Cook is ''very'' big on this. He'll tell maybe seven or eight jokes through an entire routine, filling in the spaces with energetic swearing.
* Averting this trope is one of the things [[Brian Regan]] is known for, along with being clean in general. He does swear occasionally, but it's never very strong, and always for a [[Precision F
* [[George Carlin]].
* [[Andrew Dice Clay]] combined this with [[Refuge in Audacity]].
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