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* In ''[[Top Gear]]'', when road testing a new Alfa Romeo, presenter James May has a swear box for every time he uses a word like "soul" or "passion". He uses a lot of money. Excerpt [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOv4A_NFswY here].
* In an episode of ''[[Two and A Half Men]]'', Jake points out that Charlie needs to put a dollar into the jar because he swore earlier. Charlie pulls out a $20 bill: "That oughtta cover me till lunch."
* In ''[[Pawn Stars]]'', "[https://web.archive.org/web/20100209164550/http://www.history.com/content/pawn-stars/meet-the-pawn-stars/the-appraiser the old man]" institutes a swear jar. It quickly fills, and while counting the money, he swears himself.
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ZK_w1bUpYA Thoroughly explored] by ''[[The Two Ronnies]]''.
* In ''[[Californication]]'', Hank Moody has this arrangement with his daughter - both ways. She gets most of the money.
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* Gabe from ''[[Penny Arcade]]'' tries something [http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2002/06/24/ similar] to save money.
* K from ''[[Blip]]'' starts policing her own potty-mouth, and [https://web.archive.org/web/20120502182207/http://blipcomic.com/290/ only messes up a few times]. However, it was her boyfriend's suggestion, so when K broke up with him, [https://web.archive.org/web/20120502182407/http://blipcomic.com/626/ the jar went in the trash].
* ''[[The Last Days of Foxhound]]'' has a variation: Psycho Mantis has an [http://gigaville.com/comic.php?id=58 "I Hate You"] jar - for when anyone ''else'' says it to ''him.''
* The Commander in ''[[Manly Guys Doing Manly Things]]'' keeps several for the words "epic", "win", and "fail".
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