History Main / Filth

* An episode of ''Series/{{CSI}}'' had Jim Brass talking to various people staying on the same hotel floor as a murder. One man justified his [[IRememberBecause precise recall of the time he heard something suspicious]] with the following:

->''"This is filth! FIIILTH!"'' ''(whacks Blake with book)''

->''"This is filth! FIIILTH!"'' (whacks Blake with book)

'''''SEX.'''''

** In "Make Love Not Warcraft," Clyde is distracted by a three-page centerfold.

* ''Series/QueerAsFolkUS'' had Emmett sitting Mike down in front of the TV with a remote control and a new video called ''Schindler's Fist''. Michael was only mildly amused.
* In ''Series/MadMen'', the men from the agency are discussing a Volkswagen advert. After a while, one of them comments that they've spent fifteen minutes discussing the ad and not the rest of the magazine- ''Magazine/{{Playboy}}''.

* Master Roshi in ''Manga/DragonBall'' enjoys watching porn. It's even how Krillin bargains his way into being his student: by bringing a filthy magazine as a gift.

* In ''ComicBook/TheAuthority: More Kev'', Kev Hawkins and his team are at one point forced to visit the perpetually-unpleasant Froggett at his home, where it turns out that he has a massive collection of porn films, including ''The Magdalene Fisters'', ''2 Ass 2 Curious'', and ''Smokey and the Ass Bandit''.

* A subtle example from ''WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast'': As Gaston flips Belle's book on its side, WordOfGod has it that he's looking for a centerfold.

* The "listing of fictitious typical porn titles" joke is used in the farce ''No Sex Please, We're British''.
* The scene from ''Film/{{Clerks}}'' in which Randall orders new movies for the video store is a phenomenal example of how colorful fictional porn titles can get.

* ''Film/KissKissBangBang'' features an old film, in the box of a porn film called "Lord of the Cock Rings".

* ''Film/GoodbyeLenin'': When the Wall comes down, Alex and several other East Germans walk over to West Berlin to see for themselves what the West is like. He's astounded to see a store where graphic porn films are being sold.

* Creator/IsaacAsimov's "Literature/DreamingIsAPrivateThing": Agent Byrne discusses pornographic [[{{Cyberspace}} dreams]] with Jesse Weill, owner of one of the largest dream manufacturers.

* On ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'', Quark seems to be a proponent of the "Vulcan Love Slave" series of holosuite entertainments.
* ''Max & Paddy's Road to Nowhere'', has Charlie's Anals and Willy Wanker and the Chocolate Factory.

* On one episode of ''Series/TheCarolBurnettShow'', they parody ''Literature/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame''. A recurring gag involves the repetition of the first two lines of a poem which is never completed: "There once was a girl from Paris / Who danced all night until three...."
* ''Series/TheGoldenGirls'':
** Limerick variant: a character mispronounces Blanche's last name, Devereaux, as if it rhymed with "bucks." Dorothy corrects him that it's only pronounced Deverucks in limericks.
** Also a cake-based version, when Rose unwittingly buys a welcome cake from the Erotic Bake Shop.
--->'''Rose:''' I thought it was in the shape of Florida.
* An episode of ''Series/{{Blackadder}}'', had a classic take on the "blackmail photograph"-- Blackadder puts a drugged cleric in a compromising position in front of the "fastest painter in Europe". The resulting picture is never seen but is implied to be quite... exotic. To say nothing of the fact that the other person in the painting was a ''[[{{Squick}} coerced Percy in drag.]]'' Said noble is "The [[EatsBabies Baby-Eating]] Bishop of Bath and Wells", a self-confessed "Colossal Pervert": "Animal, Vegetable or Mineral I'll do anything ''to'' anything!"
** And then there is his descendant Mr. B. who is quite an avid reader according to the main titles with a preference for cheap romance novels where he appears to be the dashing hunk in the cover.
* An episode of ''Series/{{CSI}}'' had Jim Brass talking to various people staying on the same hotel floor as a murder. One man justified his [[IRememberBecause precise recall of the time he heard something suspicious]] with the following:
-->'''Man:''' I was watching a pay-per-view movie.\\
'''Brass:''' Yeah? Which movie?\\
'''Man:''' ''Armagetiton''.\\
'''Brass:''' You mean ''Film/{{Armageddon|1998}}''.\\
'''Man:''' No. ''Arma-Get-It-On''.\\
'''Brass:''' Was it any good?\\
'''Man:''' ''[shrugs]'' Worked for me.
* In ''Series/MadMen'', the men from the agency are discussing a Volkswagen advert. After a while, one of them comments that they've spent fifteen minutes discussing the ad and not the rest of the magazine- ''Magazine/{{Playboy}}''.
* Happens a couple times in ''{{Series/Firefly}}''. In one instance, Simon and River sit down at the dinner table just in time to hear Mal delivering the punchline, "So then the Shepherd says to the Companion, "Well, a good goat'll do that.""
* Even ''Series/HomeImprovement'' got into the act in later years, which only made sense, with three mid-to-late teenaged sons. One of their titles included "Shakespeare In Lust".
* To list the number of times this happens on ''Series/{{Coupling}}'' would have us here for hours, so here are four of the most pertinent examples:
** Susan finds one of Steve's porn tapes -- "Lesbian Spank Inferno" -- which leads to a falling out between the two and results in Steve having to describe the plot of the movie in a way that makes it sound classy. In the middle of a dinner party attended by all their friends.
** Patrick is revealed to have videotaped every sexual encounter he's had, including those with his ex, Susan, which leads to Steve getting angry when he finds about its existence and Susan getting angry when she finds out she's been taped over.
** Patrick finds out his ex-girlfriend used him as the "primary model" for a sex toy company.
** Jane decides to do the "wearing only a trenchcoat" thing with her new boyfriend... only to find he's holding a dinner party the night she tries it. She ends up spending the rest of the evening trying to get a dress without leaving the bathroom.
* ''Series/TheSteveHarveyShow'' mentions "Saving Ryan's Privates" and "Legs Wide Shut".
* ''Series/TwoPintsOfLagerAndAPacketOfCrisps'' has erotic literature including ''Lust of the Mohicans'', ''[=MacBiff=]'' and ''The Count of Monte Cristo'' - except it's not 'count'.
* In an episode of ''Series/HeadOfTheClass'' Darlene blackmailed Arvin by threatening to expose a VHS rental of his: "Buns of [[Film/TheMagnificentSeven1960 The Magnificent Seven]]."
* In a scene from ''Series/MarriedWithChildren'', Al and Peggy visit a video store for a movie they can watch together. Not surprisingly, Peggy's suggestions consist entirely of {{Chick Flick}}s, while Al's preferences are such titles as ''Schindler's Lust'' and ''Mrs. Assfire''.
* The plot of one ''Series/{{Privileged}}'' episode revolves around Rose buying ''The Bone Identity'' in order to learn a few tricks for a (presumed) sex date. The impression Rose gets is that great sex involves bending over backwards for your guy. [[HeadTiltinglyKinky Literally]].
* Series/{{Roseanne}} gives us the classic "[[Film/RomancingTheStone Romancing the Bone]]."
* ''The Tony Randall Show'' had an episode in which the main character, a judge, was reviewing a film titled ''Literature/SnowWhite and the '''Eight''' Dwarves'' to determine if it was obscene. ''He'' wasn't particularly interested in the movie, but every other man who entered his office was entranced.
-->'''Judge Franklin:''' Well, I don't think this is obscene ... eight little men chasing a beautiful girl around a jacuzzi.\\
'''Court Reporter:''' Wait till they catch her.\\
(About ten seconds pass, while another fellow comes into the room.)\\
'''New guy:''' They caught her.
* ''Series/QueerAsFolk'' had Emmett sitting Mike down in front of the TV with a remote control and a new video called ''Schindler's Fist''. Michael was only mildly amused.
* The badly edited low-budget porn movie that Joan's subletter makes in her apartment (very much without Joan's consent) in an episode of ''Series/{{Elementary}}''. The audience knows nothing about the "plot" or particular kinks, except that they used [[NoodleImplements Joan's spatula]] as a prop.
* ''Series/OnlyFoolsAndHorses'':
** There's a entire bunch of gags on Sexual Roleplay in one of the ChristmasSpecial episodes.
** "Danger UXD" revolves around blow-up dolls which have a tendency to explode as they've been filled with propane instead of air. And a sex shop proprietor called Dirty Barry.
* ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'': This is a frequent joke in the series, both with the "Casa Erotica" porn film series and the "Busty Asian Beauties" magazine that Dean is a fan of. When the world is about to end ([[TheWorldIsAlwaysDoomed again]]), Sam catches Dean DrowningHisSorrows and looking at {{Hentai}}. In another incident, Castiel the Angel is confused about a porn film with a PizzaBoySpecialDelivery scenario.
-->'''Castiel:''' Why does the pizza man keep slapping her rear? [Beat] [[ComicallyMissingThePoint Perhaps she's done something wrong]].
* ''Series/TheManInTheHighCastle'': In the last episode of season 3, Wyatt visits an old friend of his in New York City to ask for his help, who has since become a pornographer. Wyatt is seen skimming through a pinup magazine called ''Raunchy Rich'', and notices a camera pointed at a BDSM room, while mockingly noting that his interracial content, smuggled in from the Pacific States, could get him in trouble with the Nazi authorities.

* A weapon in the ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid'' games. Leave the "magazine", "book", or in [=MGS4,=] "[[ProductPlacement Playboy]]" open on a flat surface, and watch as the guards are unable to look away from it.
* In ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoSanAndreas'', the {{Gayborhood}} has a porn theater and on the marquee is the rather unimaginitive ''Wizard of Ass''.
* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIV'' included a DevelopersRoom EasterEgg item that was basically a porno magazine. It goes by names such as "Smut" and "Lustful Lali-ho" and was originally cut out of the original North American SNES release but restored in later remakes.
** Hilariously enough, ''[[VideoGame/FinalFantasyIVTheAfterYears The After Years]]'' makes it an [[LethalJokeItem exceedingly valuable item]]--it can be exchanged late in the game for the best MP-increasing item in the game.

* Creator/{{Bungie}} has long promised a ''VideoGame/SidMeiersPirates'' type of game called "[[AprilFools Pimps at Sea]]." It was eventually used as the code name for ''VideoGame/{{Halo 3}}''.
* Some of the random junk laying around in VideoGame/{{Borderlands}} is Girls & Guns type magazines... [[http://borderlands.wikia.com/wiki/File:GRUNT-GUN-HO.jpg Grunt and Gun-Ho]] 'Girls Gone Commando!' and 'Full Metal Corset' being the cover stories respectively, and [[http://borderlands.wikia.com/wiki/File:Heavy_fire.jpg Heavy Fire]] having 'Bigger is Better' and '300 pounds of oomph!'

* ''VideoGame/WildArms1'' has bookcases scattered throughout the game with short passages you can read. One of these books is called "Erotica." When you try to read it, the game tells you, "Not yet!"

* ''VideoGame/{{Fallout 2}}'' has a minor side quest to find ten issues of a pre-war porn magazine and deliver them to the proprietress of the brothel in New Reno. Successfully doing so (which is a bit of a GuideDangIt) earns not only some cash but also unlocks the option for the Chosen One (regardless of gender) to go on a date with her after beating the game.

* ''VideoGame/BreathOfFire3'' has the party running to the top of Momo's tower to escape some pursuers. She explains that the top was her dad's library, and he would go up there to tinker all the time, for hours at a time. But when you check the bookshelves, they're ''all'' stuffed to bursting with pornography. Momo doesn't seem to get the point.

* ''Webcomic/ProblemSleuth'' prominently features ''Hunk Rump'', which is ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin. Gay porn in general turns up [[RunningGag quite often]] in ''Webcomic/MSPaintAdventures''. But not so much in ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'', probably because the main characters are 13-year-olds. Nevertheless, the Midnight Crew has their fair share of filth in the intermission. Dave's brother is the founder of Plush Rump, a website devoted to puppet pornography.
* Lyle the stuffed tiger from ''Webcomic/{{Achewood}}'' has a taste for pornography titles that lie somewhere between unambiguous and totally nonsensical. He has been spotted with the magazine ''Completely Ruined Junk #28'' in his back pocket. (His rationale for buying print smut is, "Think about it. The power goes out, who holds all the cards?") He buys imported Japanese porn games such as ''Urine Cop.'' Most memorably, he once left a porn DVD queued up on the TV called ''Breast Attack on Fuck Mountain.''
* In ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'', Nanase and Ellen search for a movie to rent. Ellen's second choice is a "[[http://www.egscomics.com/?date=2003-06-22 jungle movie]]" which is "Rated 'R' for Language, Violence and Frequent and Gratuitous Loincloth Removal."

* Even classic ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' cartoons pull this -- in at least two cartoons WesternAnimation/BugsBunny "switches reels" to show clips of his choosing and accidentally starts showing a "stag film" instead (of which we only see the title screen reading "Stag Reel" with a picture of... an actual stag, as in [[UsefulNotes/FurryFandom male deer]]).

* ''WesternAnimation/BeastWars'': Related thematically at least is Rattrap offering to take Silverbolt to a bar where "the serving bots are walking around minus their torso plates, ya know what I mean?"

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Duckman}}'': In the animated series of the same name, Duckman is universally infamous for the amount of disgusting bottom-dredged porn he owns.

'''Brass:''' You mean ''Film/{{Armageddon}}''.\\

* In ''Webcomic/CollegeRoomiesFromHell'', April goes to a video store to rent a film which she and the others had (accidentally) been in, only to find a very different film with the three main male characters in it. It transpires that at some point during their drunken 'misery journey' (which was also responsible for their [[ILoveNuclearPower mutations]] and led to their being arrested by a [[TheMenInBlack mysterious government agency]]), the three of them took part in a soft core porn shoot. A later story arc involved them trying to track down where this happened, with the result that Mike nearly got forced into doing ''another'' porno, this time with April (whom they had dressed in a seifuku ([[SexySchoolwoman schoolgirl uniform]]), to go with Mike's left 'arm').

* An episode of ''Series/{{Blackadder}}'', had a classic take on the "blackmail photograph"-- Blackadder puts a drugged noble in a compromising position in front of the "fastest painter in Europe". The resulting picture is never seen but is implied to be quite... exotic. To say nothing of the fact that the other person in the painting was a ''[[{{Squick}} coerced Percy in drag.]]'' Said noble is "The [[EatsBabies Baby-Eating]] Bishop of Bath and Wells", a self-confessed "Colossal Pervert": "Animal, Vegetable or Mineral I'll do anything ''to'' anything!"

See also InnocentInnuendo, HomePornMovie, PornStash, TheInternetIsForPorn, and ParallelPornTitles. Not to be confused with '''''[[ComicBook/TheFilth The]]''''' ''[[ComicBook/TheFilth Filth]]''. Or the book ''Literature/{{Filth}}'', from the author of ''Literature/{{Trainspotting}}''. Or ''literal'' [[ThePigPen filth.]]

See also InnocentInnuendo, HomePornMovie, PornStash, TheInternetIsForPorn. Not to be confused with '''''[[ComicBook/TheFilth The]]''''' ''[[ComicBook/TheFilth Filth]]''. Or the book ''Literature/{{Filth}}'', from the author of ''Literature/{{Trainspotting}}''. Or ''literal'' [[ThePigPen filth.]]

* [[https://www.createspace.com/3396392 True Porn Clerk Stories]] was a blog by a woman who worked in a video rental shop. Being a small, independent shop (and not, say, Blockbuster) a very large segment of their business was in porn. Some of the customers were rather colorful.

** "Danger UXD" revolves around blow-up dolls which have a tendency to blow up as they've been filled with propane instead of air.

** "TheOneWith The Free Porn". Joey and Chandler discover that a porn channel on their TV is unblocked, giving them free porn (a big deal pre-internet). They refuse to turn off the TV for fear that whatever glitch gave it to them will correct itself. Due to the continuous exposure, they eventually stop enjoying it and even notice some negative effects, but still hesitate to turn it off because they don't want to be "the guys who turned off free porn!" When the finally do turn it off they take a deep breath, then immediately turn it back on again to see if they still have it.

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* [[ImpliedTrope Implied]] in VideoGame/PaperMario, of all things, with the mysterious tape item that is part of a sidequest.

* A subtle example from ''WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast'': As Gaston flips Belle's book on its side, WordOfGod has it that [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar he's looking for a centerfold]].

* A porn film was an important piece of evidence in Creator/BenElton's ''Dead Famous''. Rather than going for a punny title, Elton named it "[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Fuck Orgy Eleven]]".

* A subtle example from ''Disney/BeautyAndTheBeast'': As Gaston flips Belle's book on its side, WordOfGod has it that [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar he's looking for a centerfold]].

* ''VideoGame/{{Fallout 2}}'' has a minor side quest to find ten issues of a pre-war porn magazine and deliver them to the proprietress of the brothel in New Reno. Successfully doing so (which is a bit of a GuideDangIt) earns not only some cash but also unlocks the option for the Chosen One ([[BiTheWay regardless of gender]]) to go on a date with her after beating the game.

** "[[ParallelPornTitles Buffay the Vampire Layer]]" starring Phoebe Buffay. [[spoiler:Actually her sister.]]
** "TheOneWith The Free Porn". Nuff said.

* ''Videogames/KingdomsOfAmalurReckoning'' has a quest called "[[http://amalur.wikia.com/wiki/Long_Overdue Long Overdue]]" where the Fateless One has to find the 10 missing books in the late Brother Til's collection of lewd literature. The player can read the books, only to find that they are very tame by modern western standards.