Deadly Euphemism: Difference between revisions

=== '''As a [[Death Trope]], all Spoilers will be unmarked ahead. Beware.''' ===

 

 

== Anime and Manga ==

 

== Film ==

* Replicants in ''[[Blade Runner]]'' are "retired".

* ''[[Idiocracy]]'' uses ''Rehabilitation'' as the name of a demolition derby show - and as a euphemism for execution in said show, no less.

*** This is a common assassin trait - usually, the person paying for the assassination is called the "contractor".

* ''[[The Giver]]'' uses the term "released," which is short for [[Released to Elsewhere]]. Subverted in that nobody knows it is a euphemism save the Giver (and later his successor, the Receiver) because nobody save him has any ''concept'' of death.

** And the OldSpeak (English) term for what happens is, the person is "vaporized" (he vanishes like vapor). At the time, probably a riff on the Soviet term, "liquidated". Alas, it sounds cheesy now, because in a Sci Fi context, the term "vaporized" is often used literally.

*** There's actually a point where "vaporized" '''is''' said to be a literal use: O'Brientells Winston that "we shall turn you into gas and pour you into the stratosphere."

* ''[[Bones]]'' has an episode in which Booth and Brennan are unsure of whether a murder actually occurred or not. To avoid letting any of the potential victim's family members know of their suspicions, they continually refer to him as having been "translated."

* On ''[[The West Wing]]'', President Bartlet has to have it explained to him why they're sending in a "[[CIA]] wet team" for an operation in a landlocked country.

* ''[[Father Ted]]'' did the "take care of" variant, when Ted realised exactly how his psychotic friend was going to ''take care'' of a large quantity of rabbits.

* [[Lampshaded]] by the Garak of the Mirror Universe in ''[[Star Trek Deep Space Nine (TV)|Star Trek Deep Space Nine]]''. He tells Kira that tomorrow the Intendant (Kira's double from the Mirror Universe) will be "gone." "Gone?" asks Kira and Mirror-Garak repeats "gone" and then comments "Please don't make me use some foolish euphemism." A bit later, he tells Kira that he doesn't go along with her plan, then her doctor-friend (Julian Bashir) will instead be "gone."

* [[Starcraft|Protoss]] don't annihilate planets, they ''purify'' them.

* [[Dwarf Fortress]]: [[Total Party Kill|Los]][[Rocks Fall Everyone Dies|ing]] [[Pointless Doomsday Device|is]] [[Dug Too Deep|fun!]]

* In the ''[[Crusader (Video Game)|Crusader]]'' games, the summary execution of a WEC official on the orders of a more senior official was termed 'Early Retirement'.

* Whenever the [[Asura's Wrath|Seven Deities]] go out "saving souls," they're slaughtering humans for their Mantra, when they undergo an "exorcism," they're taking out their own ships to destroy a threat on board, and when they attempt a "purification," they're straight up killing someone.

 

== Web Original ==

* The [[SCP Foundation (Wiki)|SCP Foundation]] does not kill. It "terminates". Sometimes people get killed. Their [http://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/how-to-write-an-scp#toc5 style guide] explains the difference.