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Writers who have to deal with censors on a daily basis love nothing more than to make fun of those corporate bastards who ruin their fun, usually by [[Getting Crap Past the Radar|slipping in something that they hope the censors wouldn't notice]].

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* In ''[[Yakitate!! Japan]]'', just as one character is about to reveal his genitals to complete a pun, others tackle him, pleading that the show would be cancelled if he showed his junk on the air.

* ''[[Bleach]]'' anime episode 200. Captain Mayuri revives his lieutenant Nemu with what appears to be "sexual healing". Uryu Ishida complains that what he did can't be shown on TV (the anime was originally shown on TV in Japan).

* In the first episode of ''[[Lingerie Fighter Papillon Rose]]'' "New Season". Papillon Rose was about to do her "Pinky Vibrator" attack from the original hentai-themed OVA, but Rama stops her before she can say the full name, claiming that the censors won't allow them to do that any more.

* At one point in the ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima]]'' manga, a panicked Konoka readies a [[Relax-O-Vision|censor image]] and protests that children are reading the comic when Jack Rakan begins getting a bit too perverted. [[Played for Laughs]] because the series is a hot-and-sexy PG-13 ''at best''.

 

== [[Newspaper Comics]] ==

 

== [[Film]] ==

** Nearly a decade later, [[Hannah Montana]] ''and'' her father broke that rule in a G-rated Disney concert movie. [[Funny Aneurysm Moment]], anyone?

* The [[Marx Brothers]]' ''[[At The Circus]]'': Groucho needs to get some stolen money back from Peerless Pauline, who has put it into [[Victoria's Secret Compartment]].

* ''[[The Lion King]]'', during "Hakuna Matata" (counts as both [[Curse Cut Short]] and [[Subverted Rhyme Every Occasion]]):

'''Timon:''' Pumbaa! Not in front of the kids!

'''Pumbaa:''' Oh. Sorry. }}

* ''[[Road To|Road to Morocco]]'', title song:

We'd tell you more, but we would have the censor on our tails }}

* ''[[Toy Story]]'':

* In ''[[The Three Stooges]]'' film ''Gypped in the Penthouse'', a beautiful woman takes Shemp's ring and hides it in her cleavage, leaving Shemp with a problem:

 

== [[Live Action TV]] ==

* ''[[My Name Is Earl]]'': On one episode, Darnell explains that a [[Show Within a Show]] in the episode had to censor profanity because the FCC doesn't allow curse words [[Watershed|until after 10PM]]. Joy looks at her watch, then says "Douchebags."

* ''[[Just Shoot Me]]'', "How the Finch Stole Christmas"

Using words that our censors would not let us share. }}

* In Episode 45 of ''[[Monty Python's Flying Circus]]'', the Bishop and Brigadier try to settle down and talk about their deep feelings for each other. They conclude that there's not much they can do about it on television, even though "they are a lot more permissive these days than they used to be."

* Played with on the ''[[Top Gear]] Ground Force''. After Jeremy Clarkson destroyed James May's shed for the umpteenth time, May paused to ask Clarkson what time the program airs, and more specifically whether or not it's beyond the [[Watershed]]. Upon confirming that it is, he starts to scream "You're a f--" but gets [[Curse Cut Short|cut short]] by a hard cut over to Richard Hammond.

* Played with on ''[[The Colbert Report]]'' with Stephen Colbert [http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/365067/november-09-2010/cee-lo-green interviewing Cee Lo Green] regarding his profanity-laden single:

'''Stephen Colbert (later):''' This is the family show. We can't have you dropping the F-bomb here. Could I recommend a couple other words you could say instead of (bleep)? }}

** Cee Lo ultimately agrees to replace "''Fuck you''" with the far-more positive "''[[Fox News Channel|Fox]] [[Take That|News]]''".

 

== [[Music]] ==

'''Larry the Cucumber:''' Uh, guys, you might not want to rhyme with "comet" }}

* Eric Idle, on ''[[Monty Python]]'s Contractual Obligation Album'', sings "I Bet You They Won't Play This Song on the Radio".

Or **** or **** or ****

You can't even say

* ''[[Crash Bandicoot|Crash Tag Team Racing]]'' has this as one of Neo Cortex's taunts: "I'd hit again, but this game is only rated E." For futher context, the game is actually rated E +10.

* In ''[[No More Heroes]]'', {{spoiler|Jeane}} doesn't want to tell Travis about her [[Dark and Troubled Past]], because it's awful enough to jack up the age rating on the already M-rated game [[Up to Eleven|even further]].

** As a compromise, Travis agrees to fast-forward through the story so the audience wouldn't be subjected to it. [http://chipandironicus.com/games/nmh/21.html For those of you who are curious enough...]

* In Doom RPG, picking up the BFG displays a message that says "We'd tell you what this stood for but this is a family game."

 

* In ''[[Captain SNES]]'', a bunch of pirates are terrified of invoking the wrath of the [http://www.captainsnes.com/2001/12/20/62-late-comic-what/ Nintendo Censorship Gods] by saying "Pussy" in reference to a cat. Later, Alex is believed to have ''[http://www.captainsnes.com/2006/02/07/517-the-legendary-swear-down-on-sailor-street/ killed]'' the Nintendo Censorship Fairy with a massive [[Cluster F-Bomb]].

 

* ''[[Looney Tunes]]'', "A Tale of Two Kitties":

'''Catstello:''' If the [[Hays Code|Hays Office]] would only let me, I'd give him the bird all right. }}

* On ''[[Rocko's Modern Life]]'', "To Heck and Back":

'''Peaches:''' (covers Hef's mouth) Censors! }}

* The cartoon ''[[Dino Babies]]'' had "Will you cut it out, this is a kid's story!" as a [[Once an Episode]] catch phrase (although it was being applied to a story they were telling to each other rather than the show itself).

'''Dot:''' [[Flipping the Bird|We can't; this is a family show]]. }}

** and:

'''Noah:''' Let's hope not, it's a children's show. }}

** The "give me the bird" line was itself a [[Shout-Out]] to an old [[Looney Tunes]] short featuring a pair of cats that were [[Abbot And Costello]] [[Expy|expies]], but the gag was that the [[Hays Code]] wouldn't allow it.

* ''[[Duck Dodgers]]'' features this in an episode that spoofed ''[[Samurai Jack]]''. Samurai Duck nearly slices somebody in half, until he says, "[[What Measure Is a Non-Human?|Not a robot!]]" They both agree that thankfully, humans cannot be killed on a show in this age rating.

* ''[[Rocky and Bullwinkle]]'' used to do variations on this. A lot. Here's an example:

'''Bullwinkle:''' (Boy, this really is a kid's show.) ''Parcheesi'', of course! }}

** And another:

'''Natasha:''' Not on this program, dahlink! }}

'''Psycrow:''' What word?

'''Editor:''' Uh... I-- I can't say. }}

** During a skit about the human body, Sam thoughtfully informs us that they're not allowed to show blood when discussing the function of the heart, since it's a children's show. Of course, he says this in front of a [[Getting Crap Past the Radar|completely red background]]

* ''[[Family Guy]]'' does this in "The Road to Rhode Island":

'''Stewie:''' We'd tell you more, but then we'd have the censors on our ass.

'''Brian:''' Yikes! }}

** Also on the ''[[Family Guy]]'' "Road To..." episode where Stewie and Brian travel to London to see ''Jolly Farm'', there was Stewie's line about Brian during their "We're Too Different to Ever Be Pals" song: "And you get a kick out of stroking your..." Brian cuts him off with the old, "You can't say that on TV" line, but the trope is subverted (and a played straight version of the [[Subverted Rhyme Every Occasion]] trope) when Stewie tells Brian that the word he was about to say was "ego."

* Several [[House of Mouse]] episodes feature "The Censor Monkeys," a trio of monkeys with a big red button on their table, and characters trying not to upset them.

* On ''[[Road Rovers]]'', when sicking [[Ax Crazy|Muzzle]] on some bad guys for some [[Battle Discretion Shot|offscreen violence]]:

* ''[[Re Boot]]'' had a set of binaries dressed like The [[Village People]] singing the following set to the tune of YMCA:

''B-S-n-P!''

''B-S-n-P!''

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