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{{quote| ''What followed was… ugh. Horrible. It shall not be described here, this is a teen-rated story. How about this? Have you ever been to a slaughterhouse, like for a school field-trip or something? It was a bit like that. Only to a person.''<br />

''Honestly, just don't think about it, go look at a picture of a bunny or a kitten or something. You'll be happier.'' }}

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* ''[[Excel Saga (Animeanime)|Excel Saga]]'' substituted scenes of sunsets and seashores for footage of bloody violence in "The Koshi Rikdo Assassination Plot" -- but—but didn't change the soundtrack, so you got to ''hear'' everything that happened. A similar gag occurs in "Take Back Love!", where random pictures of Puchuus are used to cover up the visuals (but not the sounds) of a non-consensual lesbian sex scene. Conversely, in "Butt Out, Youth", peaceful music is used to cover the horrible sound of Excel dragging metal claws across a blackboard.

** One version of the ''[[Puni Puni Poemi (Anime)|Puni Puni Poemi]]'' ''trailer'' ([http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2bUi7AYeKE available here]) opened with a short message that they removed ''anything'' offensive to ''anyone'' so that it could reach "the widest possible audience". The result? A black screen. Remove anything offensive to "most people"? Another black screen. Remove "anything that might get us sued"? We finally get the trailer, with black screens with funny text replacing some scenes. This entire affair is made very funny when you remember that this version appeared on a ''Milk-chan'' DVD! The uncensored version, by the way, is [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BYupPX1--eQ available here].

* In episode 16 of ''[[Gakuen Alice (Anime)|Gakuen Alice]]'', a bumper screen comes up with the giant Piyo and the stuffed bear. The bear holds a sign which simply says, "Please wait for a moment." ("Shibaraku omachi kudasai.") in place of the violence Mikan undoubtedly intends to visit upon Natsume.

* In episode 30 of ''[[Keroro Gunsou (Manga)|Keroro Gunsou]]'', it cuts away from Giroro being stretched in a body-sculpting aid/medieval torture device to cute, [[Fan Service|fanservicey]] shots of Natsumi. The equivalent chapter of the manga has the same gag, but instead censors it with a single panel full of nothing but speech bubbles and painful-sounding onomatopoeia.

* In addition to having a small cartoon man with a sign [[Censor Steam|censor minor infractions]], ''[[Hayate the Combat Butler (Manga)|Hayate the Combat Butler]]'' also uses [[Relax -O -Vision]] during particularly [[Egregious]] acts of senseless violence, mostly involving replacing the visuals with a landscape or façade shot of the area/building, or by mild [[Fan Service]]. The audio isn't affected, however, making it abundantly clear what's going on.

** Almost always, it is a picture of [[Ensemble Darkhorse|Hinagiku]] that is used as [[Relax -O -Vision]].

* ''[[Azumanga Daioh (Manga)|Azumanga Daioh]]'': Nyamo's drunken sex ed lesson is overlaid with [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5WC8UKM0ZI&feature=related relaxing music] and uplifting visuals, such as windchimes, a paper lamp, and the earth with the sun rising in the north, occasionally cutting to the students' <s>embarrassed</s> enthralled faces. An [[Eyecatch]] featuring Chiyo and Tadakichi is used as a [[Vomit Discretion Shot]] earlier in the series when a drunken Yukari pukes in the street.

** Almost a double subversion, since a couple of the pictures (an open gate?) are almost certainly [[Does This Remind You of Anything?|intended to remind the audience of something.]]

** And [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5WC8UKM0ZI&feature=related the same music] plays when Chiyo asks Nyamo for... clarification. Bonus points for the [[Does This Remind You of Anything?|toothbrush-and-cup metaphor]].

* "[[Memetic Mutation|Nice Boat]]." A real-life example: The violent anime ''[[School Days (Visual Novel)|School Days]]'' is infamous for being taken off air due to a recent violent murder, and being replaced by a half-hour long clip of a boat peacefully floating on water.

** This is not an uncommon way for Japanese television censorship (voluntary or no) to take place, which is why there ''are'' so many manga/anime examples. When used inside a story for some truly nefarious/[[Egregious]] censorship, though, it can be pretty creepy (e.g. in ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion (Anime)|Neon Genesis Evangelion]]'', there are several layers of secrets regarding the Evas and Angels; since it isn't really permitted for the general public to know much about them at all, TV broadcast kicks on the Relax-O-Vision in one episode, which makes military nerd and borderline conspiracy theorist Keisuke suspicious).

* Done in the ''[[Persona (Videovideo Gamegame)|Persona]] 3'' manga in an omake. Minato is playing a rail simulator, and sets the speed to "Excessively powered mach speed" to the point where the rails started to melt from the friction. It shows Junpei's horrified face with the caption "Please enjoy Junpei's expression in place of the graphic scene on-screen" with horrible bold sound effects.

* [[Relax -O -Vision]] is used in ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh (Animeanime)|Yu-Gi-Oh]]'' whenever one character punches another, having the characters out of frame, both in the original footage and the dub. However, it only occurs once or twice in the original, and numerous other times punches are shown on-screen with no cutaways (these on-screen punches are, of course, cut out of the dub), so the couple of occasions where they ''do'' use [[Relax -O -Vision]] are rather out of place.

** ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!: theThe Abridged Series (Web Video)|Yu-Gi-Oh the Abridged Series]]'' [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshades]] this by having characters say "It is heavily implied that I am punching you!"

* In ''[[Bludgeoning Angel Dokurochan (Light Novel)Dokuro-chan|Bludgeoning Angel Dokurochan]]'', the non-DVD versions have a rather...calming photo of a beach in place of Dokuro-chan and her sister respectively molesting (read: washing the back) the protagonist.

* In an episode of ''[[Ranma One Half (Manga)|Ranma One Half½]]'', particularly severe beatings are replaced by (animated) footage of heavy construction machinery in operation. Subtle.

** Suffice to say, that scene was used in [[Ranma ½: The Abridged Chronicles|the abridged series]] with the sounds of a vicious beating playing while showing the "not-very-subtle symbolism," a-la the first ''[[Excel Saga (Animeanime)|Excel Saga]]'' example.

* Used in ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima (Manga)|Mahou Sensei Negima]]'' when Negi, possessed by the magic of [[The World Tree]] in the Mahora Festival arc, gives Asuna a very passionate kiss. Just as it's implied that Negi starts to slip a little tongue in, we cut to a peaceful [http://www.mangareader.net/209-14918-10/mahou-sensei-negima/chapter-85.html sea-side view] with a cute turtle (Tama from [[Love Hina]]) in the foreground. "Everybody please wait for a while. Talk for a while".

**** [[What Do You Mean ItsIt's for Kids?]]

* Used during episode 6 of the ''[[K-On (Manga)!|K-On]]'' anime, when Mio {{spoiler|trips over a microphone cable and gives the entire auditorium a [[Panty Shot|very clear view]] of her striped blue-and-white panties}}. This is shown in the 4-koma, but in the anime, the scene cuts away to a [[Visual Pun|blue-and-white striped]] bowl of rice.

* Ep.7 of ''[[To Love Ru (Manga)|To Love LOVE-Ru]]'' has a fight between Ren and a mountain ape interrupted by [[Fan Service|Haruna showering.]] Yes, showering.

* In the ''[[Yu Yu Hakusho (Manga)|Yu Yu Hakusho]]'' manga, at the conclusion of the Sacred Beasts arc, Kuwabara tricks Yusuke into thinking that Keiko and Botan were killed by the zombies that attacked them. Upon learning that they're really safe (though not before freaking out), Yusuke is implied to give Kuwabara a savage beating (even for him) for his twisted little joke, while the panel cuts to a picture of a kitten and the caption "We'll hold for a while as Kuwabara gets his head handed to him".

* In an episode of ''[[Axis Powers Hetalia (Manga)|Axis Powers Hetalia]]'', America asks France for diet tips. Then, a white screen pops up explaining that France's response is "educationally inappropriate" or something like that, so they'll be cutting out that section. France is pissed.

* Happens in an episode of ''[[Galaxy Angel (Animeanime)|Galaxy Angel]]'' in which [[The Quiet One|Vanilla]] discovers she has a secret admirer. During the course of said episode, the rest of the Angels ask her different questions, such as if she knows what a love letter or a romantic relationship are (justified since Vanilla is also an [[Emotionless Girl]]), and every time she replies the camera does a close up on her moving lips (without sound) before changing into a picture of a different landscape each time. Then, we're cut back to the other Angels (minus [[The Ditz|Milfeulle]]) [[Luminescent Blush|blushing in embarrassment]].

* Appears early on in ''[[The Wallflower (Anime)|The Wallflower]]'' anime, where, e-hem, ''certain'' scenes are replaced with a picture of a pretty flower on a meadow. As the sounds in the background get more and more gruesome, ''[[EverythingsEverything's Better Withwith Spinning|the flower starts spinning]]''.

* Used twice in ''[[Hatenkou Yuugi (Manga)|Dazzle!]]''. The first time is when Rahzel and Baroqueheat team up to cut off Rayborn's [[Peek -a -Bangs]], and the second is when [[Overprotective Dad|Sera]] beat up [[Chivalrous Pervert|Baroqueheat]]. [https://web.archive.org/web/20120107133929/http://www.mangafox.com/manga/hatenkou_yuugi/v08/c000.2/13.html With a bat full of nails.] In the first instance, you can hear Rayborn screaming over the pastoral scenery.

* In ''[[Great Teacher Onizuka (Anime)|Great Teacher Onizuka]]'', shortly after fantasizing about Onizuka and herself on a beach, Fuyutsuki runs to the bathroom in her coworker's house and [[A Date Withwith Rosie Palms|jumps in the tub]]. The viewers are treated to a black screen with flashing, scrolling text that says something like "For certain reasons, we cannot show the image".

* ''[[Shuffle (Visual Novel)|ShuffleSHUFFLE!]]'' has Sia beating up her father with a chair [[Running Gag|on occasion]]. One time when she was particularly pissed off, it switched to a message of apology for not showing the scene.

* ''[[Suske En Wiske (Comic Book)|Suske Enen Wiske]]'' employs the same flowery curtain when Jethro becomes particularly violent (since Jethro using enemies as melee weapons does show up, one does wonder what's behind this curtain...)

* Used as an alternate cover for a volume of [[X-Force]] featuring [[X-23]] and other mutants killing people, [http://www.uncannyxmen.net/covers/xforce/x-force-legacy.jpg all the blood was replaced by rainbows and kittens.]{{Dead link}}

* Non-animated variation: In the Tarantino/Rodriguez double feature ''[[Grindhouse]]'', both movies ("Planet Terror" and "Death Proof") feature "missing reels" to give them an authentic, old-fashioned feel. However, both missing reels are inserted during apparent sex scenes; given the rest of the content of the movie, it's obviously not really done for censorship purposes so much as purely for the gag. In fact, ''Planet Terror'''s missing reel covers up a fairly major plot revelation, and comes just toward the end of the sex scene. As the film leads up to the sex scene, it gets more and more heavily scratched until the missing reel, the implication being that the sex scene was played so many times that it fell apart. Tarantino got the idea for "missing reels" after he watched a B-movie that skipped over a plot point due to a missing reel and realized that you could interpret the rest of the movie differently depending on what had happened in the missing footage.

** This is also a not so subtle nod to the fact that missing reels containing sex scenes were common in "Grindhouse" theaters because the projectionists would steal them [[LampshadedIf DoubleYou EntendreKnow What I Mean|for personal use]].

* This happens more due to the lack of budget and no post-production than actual [[Relax -O -Vision]] in ''[[Dogma]]'', in a part cut from a scene, where Azrael shows Bethany exactly what hell's like now that human imagination has made it even worse. A title card is then flashed on the screen: [ten seconds of the most fucked-up imagery to ever be shown in cinema] before cutting back to Azrael hissing, "I'd rather die than go back to that."

* ''[[George of the Jungle (Filmfilm)|George of the Jungle]]'' does this several times. When an extra falls off a bridge suspended several hundred metres over a canyon or {{spoiler|George is shot by the [[Big Bad]]}} the narrator quickly interjects with the line, "Whew! Let's all calm down, now. Don't worry, kids, nobody dies in this film, they just get really big boo-boos," before moving to the next scene showing the victim covered in dozens of bandages and casts.

** Another live-action version in ''[[The Princess Bride (Filmfilm)|The Princess Bride]]''...she does not get eaten by eels at this time.

* Used mercifully during the [[Room 101]] scene of the ''[[Nineteen Eighty -Four|1984]]'' movie.

* Used by [[Strawman News Media|WNN]] in ''[[Cloudy Withwith a Chance of Meatballs]]''. Head anchor Patrick cuts from Sam reporting on the spaghetti twister to a shot of a playful puppy over scrolling weather forcasts, not due to any technical difficulties, but due to her recently reembraced nerd style.

{{quote| "We'll get right back to that storm, and hopefully Sam will look a little more appealing."}}

* Another live action example with the sound intact; according to [[IM DbIMDb]], the original Japanese cut of ''[[Dawn of the Dead (Filmfilm)|Dawn of the Dead]]'' had the film freezing on the frame prior to any gore scene, with the sound playing through, and having the film jump back into motion once the offending moment passed.

== [[Live -Action TV]] ==

* ''[[Top Gear]]'': Split-Screen Optional. Not censorship, rather an anti-boredom device:

{{quote| '''Clarkson:''' Now I'm going to talk about all the German technical stuff but for those not interested in all that, on the left-hand half of the screen we'll be showing kittens!}}

* Parodied in the "Kim Jong-Il Show" sketch on ''[[Mad TV]]'', where, when censoring [[N Sync|J.C. Chavez's]] musical number, threatens to cut the song to [[Cute Kitten|kittens]] when it gets too sexy, which he does.

* Also done in ''[[My Cage]]'' with the Censor Sheep standing in for regular strips pulled for controversial/offensive content. Also done with bunnies in ''The New Adventures Of Queen Victoria'' - all of which are homages to Walt Kelly, who had "cute bunny" strips on the ready for newspapers too nervous to run regular strips of his (often controversial and outspoken) ''[[Pogo (Comiccomic Stripstrip)|Pogo]]''.

{{quote| ''[[Blatant Lies|Rather than taint our "art" with the smirch of undignified pictorialism we draw the curtain of propriety - we deal as ever in naught but "gentle humor".]]''}}

* The [[The HitchhikersHitchhiker's Guide to Thethe Galaxy (Radioradio series)|original radio version]] of ''The Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy'' included an interlude during the approach to Magrathea where, supposedly in order to help combat rising stress levels in the galaxy, it was carefully explained to the audience that no one was going to get killed in the ensuing confusion -- althoughconfusion—although one unidentified person would be bruised on the arm. [[The Hitchhikers Guide to The Galaxy (Literaturenovel)|The novelization]] did this too, as did [[The HitchhikersHitchhiker's Guide to The Galaxy (TV series)|the television series]], the latter of which used posterization and other special effects to obscure the action as [[Narrator|the Book]] explained what was going on.

* The special ability "Devour" in ''[[Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game)|Final Fantasy VIII]]'' cut to a scene of a peaceful meadow with a disclaimer about sensibilities, rather than show the character consume the monster. When the move is successful, a sound [[PunA Worldwide Punomenon|bite]] of something gruesome happening out of sight played.

* From the ''[[Dragon Quest (Video Game)|Dragon Quest]]'' games, the move known in the U.S. as "Puff-Puff" cuts away from the actual "Puff-puff" (which is a somewhat [[Unusual Euphemism]] for... ahem, well let's just say that [[Marshmallow Hell|only females normally have the Puff-puff ability...]]) Some male characters can use it too, but it isn't nearly as pleasant and in fact does damage.

** There is a [[Double Subversion]] in ''[[Dragon Quest VIII (Video Game)|Dragon Quest VIII]]''. One of the secret places is a sort of brothel, where you can get a "Puff-puff" from one of the girls. There is a black screen, because the character is blindfolded, and we hears sounds of something squishy, but then the screen brightens up, and we just see the girl squishing a couple of slime dolls against the character's head.

*** As a general rule, you should never trust a strange woman offering "Puff-Puff", as this sort of thing happens in more than one ''[[Dragon Quest (Video Game)|Dragon Quest]]'' game, and the result is never pleasant. In ''[[Dragon Quest III (Video Game)|Dragon Quest III]]'', the Puff-Puff is administered not by the girl who drags you to her house, but by the girl's extremely manly ''[[Squick|father]]'', and in ''[[Dragon Quest IX (Video Game)|Dragon Quest IX]]'', the girl uses a pair of ''[[Nightmare Fuel|sheeps' butts]]''.

* The Super Move of Morrigan Aensland in the ''[[Darkstalkers (Video Game)|Darkstalkers]]'' series. If it connects, red curtains close over the screen for a few seconds, during which silhouettes provide a vague idea of what she's doing to her opponent. Never mind the fact that she's a [[Horny Devils|succubus...]]

* In ''[[Space Quest]] 3'', if you don't get off the garbage conveyor in time, "NOT A PRETTY SIGHT" covers the disposal unit as Roger is shredded. Rather than relaxing the player, it actually serves to make this way of dying funny.

* In ''[[AaaaaAaaaaAAaaaAAAaaAAAAaAAAAA!!! a Aaaa AA Aaa AAA- Aa AAAAAAA Reckless Disregard Forfor Gravity]]'', a base jumping game about almost hitting buildings (kind of like a gravity-powered ''[[Burnout]]''), has an unlockable level which is just a voice telling you [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3UH014tmRPY relax].

** The game has a lot of unlockable sections like this... and one that subverts it by trying to invoke unnerving mental imagery instead.

* In MetalGearChick's [[Let's Play]] of ''[[Yoshis Island (Video Game)|Yoshi's Island]]'', she cuts the frog boss battle in case some viewers were to get grossed out, and puts a test pattern in place of it.

* ''[[Schlock Mercenary (Webcomic)|Schlock Mercenary]]'' plays with [[No Fourth Wall|the fourth wall]] by having a character argue with the narrator, wanting to see the grisly wound that's covered by a censored panel.

* ''~[[Flintlocke's Guide to Azeroth~]]'' has this one [https://web.archive.org/web/20110217093719/http://pc.gamespy.com/flintlockes-guide-to-azeroth/episode-17-if-a-tree-falls/718164p1.html here] when Flintlocke is using Beaverstick (don't ask) to fight against an Everblooming. Naturally, the character protest immediately that they want to see the fight.

* ''Suburban Jungle'' usually covers up fight/predation scenes with a text banner announcing "A scene of indescribable carnage" or words to that effect. [https://web.archive.org/web/20080420082932/http://www.suburbanjungle.com/d/20020920.html\]

* Similar to ''[[Girly]]'', a [[Dan and MabsMab's Furry Adventures]] bonus strip replaces a sex scene from a [[Visual Novel]] with a little girl chasing butterflies.

* Weaponized in-universe in ''[[El Goonish Shive (Webcomic)|El Goonish Shive]]'' by the immortal known only as Jerry. He has a spell that causes the target to suddenly perceive itself as being in a grassy field surrounded by adorable fluffy animals. Its only been used once so far, but when it was, it reduced a character from an angst-driven rampage to vaguely [[Firefly (TV series)|River Tam]]-like babbling ''in seconds''.

* Parodied in ''[[The KA MicsKAMics]]'' complete with [https://web.archive.org/web/20120607082519/http://www.drunkduck.com/The_KAMics/5159366/ Nice Boat].

* [[Terrified of Germs|Germophobic]] protagonist Paul of ''~[[Uh-oh, it’sit's a Dinosaur~]]'' who works a thankless retail job is one day [https://web.archive.org/web/20130709182439/http://fulltimeink.com/archives/8408 given a special assignment] {{spoiler|of the sort that janitors sometimes refer to as [[Big No|"nasty-ass" duty]]}}. So it is represented by [[Precious Puppies|cute puppies!]] to keep things inoffensive....

* [[GG-Guys]] had Dave wear [[Relax -O -Vision]] goggles to portray the censored version of [[Left 4 Dead]] 2. It did not end well.

* Subverted in ''[[Errant Story]]'', where Meji's early melee with the guards at the Heretic Knowledge Vault (using her familiar Ellis as a [https://web.archive.org/web/20150326225148/http://www.errantstory.com/2003-05-26/100 melee weapon]) goes on behind a relax-o-vision curtain. However, that wasn't out of concern for the sensibilities of the reader; it was because Poe was too lazy to draw the melee scene. ([[Word of God|He said so]].)

== [[Web Original]] ==

* The [[Desu Des Brigade]] has used it a few times lately{{when}}.

* This happens in ''[[Four4 Swords Misadventures]]'' while Red Link is being [[Video Game Cruelty Punishment|pummeled by the Cuccos]] during [http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/388606 Episode 4]. The screen even displays the words "Relax-O-Vision" superimposed on a field of flowers with a blurb about the scene being unsuitable for those with weak stomachs, perhaps as a [[Shout -Out]] to the original Freakazoid "Relax-O-Vision".

* [[media:tumblr_l2dlvpofJb1qzpph3o1_500_9959tumblr l2dlvpofJb1qzpph3o1 500 9959.jpg|This]] image macro.

* While it's not an outright replacement, in the ''[[Cracked]].com]]'' article [http://www.cracked.com/article_15767_third-reich-to-fortune-500-five-popular-brands-nazis-gave-us.html 5 Popular Brands the Nazis Gave Us], the editor puts pictures of cute kittens after particularly horrifying parts.

* As mentioned earlier, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_e4vBiN4kts this] [[YoutubeYouTube Poop]] parodying the ''[[The Grim Adventures of Billy and& Mandy]]'' example. (NSFW)

* Happens in ''[[Uninvited Guests (Fanfic)|Uninvited Guests]]'' when Hitsugaya...gets some business done with Zommari, as shown in the page quote. Note that this is perhaps one of the first ''textual'' example of this trope.

{{quote| Hitsugaya turned to stare at the immobilized Espada, his eyes not quite visibly glowing. But the glow was implied.}}

* On ''[[Topless Robot]]'', the "Fan Fiction Friday" reviews sometimes include pictures of baby animals when particularly graphic excerpts from the fan fictions are quoted.

* In ''[[The Grim Adventures of Billy and& Mandy]]'' episode "Here There Be Dwarves", [[Full Metal Jacket|R. Lee Ermey]], [[Drill Sergeant Nasty|of all people]], pops up to explain that a fierce battle between dwarves and elves is too gruesome to show to younger viewers, so they will be showing a clip of a cute koala instead. However, they accidentally cut back briefly to the battle before the carnage is over, and Ermey remarks "That was entirely my bad! I misread the signal. I knew a guy named Joe. He misread the signals in a combat situation - now he eats everything through a mechanical straw!"

** Parodied in [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_e4vBiN4kts this] [[YoutubeYouTube Poop]]. (Begins at 2:20).

* ''[[Aqua Teen Hunger Force (Animation)|Aqua Teen Hunger Force]]'' episode "Gee Whiz". Pretty much the entire episode is a parody of this trope combined with religious censorship.

** Played straight in the episode where Chuckles takes over the show by enslaving the narrator. He writes a scene where he defeats Dave and his family, but the narrator can't read it because it's "far too violent for a family show". Chuckles makes some adjustments and hands the script back. The narrator okays it, and they cut to the exterior of the castle, as it bounces like crazy and a fierce battle is heard; the narrator's dialogue is somewhere along the lines of "And lo, the Dark Lord Chuckles the Silly Piggy does inflict many vague but presumably unpleasant things on the smelly barbarians."

* ''[[South Park (Animation)|South Park]]'''s portrayal of Mohammed ordering food at a stand was censored by [[Comedy Central]]. After much kerfuffle, Comedy Central replaced it with [[Relax -O -Vision]], allowing Matt and Trey to describe the scene and express their feelings about the censorship. (Oddly enough, ''[[South Park (Animation)|South Park]]'' had showed Mohammed previously without having censorship problems.

* The theme song to the ''[[Earthworm Jim (Animationanimation)|Earthworm Jim]]'' cartoon includes a cut away from Peter Puppy-monster induced ultraviolence to Jim in a hammock accidentally swallowing a butterfly to relaxing music, and then back to the aftermath of said violence.

* ''[[Freakazoid (Animation)|Freakazoid!]]'': The [[Trope Namer]]. This results in Freakazoid charging to fight three of his most notable villains, then [[Relax -O -Vision]] kicks in and when it goes back to the show, Freakazoid is standing over his defeated enemies and says "Wow! [[Medium Awareness|We must have blown the entire animation budget on that one fight!]]"

* ''[[Oggy and Thethe Cockroaches]]'' does this frequently, even having the characters either move the camera, or put a picture in front of the camera to stop us from seeing the ensuing violence. They do show the result of the violence, though.

* In the conclusion to the ''[[Rocky and Bullwinkle]]'' adventure "Big Moose on Campus," Rocky is making [[Down to Thethe Last Play|a dramatic, game-saving, climactic move]], when suddenly the action stops as we cut to a blank screen with the only word "RELAX!!!" After a few seconds, the action resumes where it left off.

* "[[Halloween Episode|Treehouse of Horror]]" episodes of ''[[The Simpsons (Animationanimation)|The Simpsons]]'' sometimes cut from a scene of implied violence on a [[Show Within a Show]] to a card explaining "technical difficulties, please stand by."

== [[TV Tropes]]Troping ==

* In the [[Bloodier and Gorier]] article, instead of a horrific, gory scene of guts and carnage, there used to be an adorable picture of [[Cute Kitten|cute kittens]]s.

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