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* Topps' "Wacky Packages" stickers were aimed at child consumers and had strict limits on the kinds of humor that could be included (there wasn't so much as a ''[[ToiletHumor fart joke]]'' in any of the sticker series). However, the artist managed to sneak a rather ... suggestive image onto the lower-middle of [[http://www.wackypackages.org/stickers/12th_series/robotburns_small.html this sticker]].

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* Topps' "Wacky Packages" stickers were aimed at child consumers and had strict limits on the kinds of humor that could be included (there wasn't so much as a ''[[ToiletHumor fart joke]]'' in any of the sticker series). However, the artist managed to sneak a rather ... [[FreudWasRight suggestive image image]] onto the lower-middle of [[http://www.wackypackages.org/stickers/12th_series/robotburns_small.html this sticker]].

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* When Swedish sculptor Carl Milles tried to make a statue of Poseidon for the town of Goteborg, he was prevented from making it anatomically correct. He got around this issue by cleverly placing the fish in Poseidon's hand, so that [[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Carl_Milles_Poseidon_03.JPG when you look at it from the right angle...]]
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* OlderThanFeudalism: ''Literature/TheBible'' has various examples:
** The Revelation to John is considered by many scholars to be a disguised warning against Rome. Since it was to be read by a Roman audience, it had to get past Rome's censors, so it couched its accusations in crazy imagery. For instance, the Beast was said to have 7 heads, and a later passage said "The seven heads are seven hills" (referring most likely to the seven hills of Rome).
* Pre-printing press Monks were notorious for placing sexual, scatological or downright strange imagery in the margins of illuminated manuscripts.
* In some Medieval and Renaissance period religious works, Satan and various incubi are drawn with large noses as a metaphor for being well-endowed.
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[[folder:Pinballs]]
* Creator/WilliamsElectronics' ''Pinball/ScaredStiff'':
** The backglass has a flashlight that's turned on, even though there are a pair of batteries next to it. This was intended to be a reference to ''another'' battery-operated toy [[Creator/ElviraMistressOfTheDark Elvira]] is using...
** The remote control on the playfield reads "Elvira's Control", with buttons for On/Off and Hot/Cold...
** Averted with the side of the cabinet, which shows a clawed-out sticker reading "RRR". It was originally meant to be a decal reading "Rated RRR - Real Raunchy and Ribbed for your Pleasure", but management nixed it for being too explicit.
* The Palace tower in ''Pinball/{{Hurricane}}'' has windows showing several large-busted women flashing themselves at the crowd below, as well as someone mooning
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[[folder:Print Media]]
* The September 2008 issue of ''Magazine/NintendoPower'' (TheOneWith [[FridgeLogic Sonic the Hedgehog on the front]]) is chock-full of this. First, their review of ''VideoGame/FatalFury 2'' refers to [[{{Gainaxing}} "bouncy ninja girl"]] Mai Shiranui. They also had the guts to show a picture of [[Film/{{Ghostbusters 1984}} Walter Peck]] with the caption, "Yes, it's true. This man has no Wii."
** And the picture they used to show the Judge from the ''VisualNovel/AceAttorney'' games in one issue, they showed him [[CloudCuckoolander imagining a pair of panties]]. (It was in the January 2008 ''VideoGame/NinjaGaiden DS'' issue though.)
** But the crowning moment of getting crap past the radar was this, in their ''VideoGame/SonicAndTheBlackKnight'' coverage (9/08 issue, of course).
--->'''Steve Thomason:''' [With Sonic's new sword skills], he'd probably make a good guest fighter in the next ''VideoGame/SoulCalibur'' game. Hey, it'd be less absurd than Ivy's... um... "enhancements".
** The purchase of the magazine by Future Publishing, in 2008, significantly toned down the radar, as they allow crude humor and sexual references in their magazines. One issue of ''PC Gamer'' even used a PrecisionFStrike.
** The issue with the large article on ''New Super {{Mario}} Bros. Wii'' included the line "Lemmy's bouncing balls won't hurt you, but they will push you away."
** Even the ''[[OlderThanTheyThink old]]'' Magazine/NintendoPower comics had some there - you'll very clearly ''see'' that Fara Phoenix wears no undergarments under her [[FutureSpandex pilot suit]].
** The June 2012 issue had this line about ''VideoGame/NoMoreHeroes2DesperateStruggle'' in the Wii Essentials article:
-->"Protagonist Travis Touchdown slices and dices his way through even more baddies than before to avenge his best friend's death-and, perhaps more importantly, to get some, um, ''affection'' from femme fatale Sylvia Christel."
* [[http://kotaku.com/5469239/hey-korean-kids-lets-learn-leetspeak-and-internet-slang This Korean children's book]] gets 1337 crap past the radar.
* In 2011 in Chicago when a blizzard stranded cars on Lake Shore Drive, the Chicago Tribune initially went with the headline, "Bad LSD trip: Who's to blame".
* A 2012 column by ''New York Times'' conservative columnist Ross Douthat snuck this one in:
-->''The promise of a Lincoln-Douglas-style showdown with the president has been one of Gingrich's more effective rhetorical flourishes... [but] it's hard to see how Gingrich's [[ADateWithRosiePalms Master Debater]] reputation recovers from his poor showings in the debates in Florida.''
* One non-sexual example came on the cover of Magazine/SportsIllustrated in 1972 featured the Miami Dolphins backfield tandem of Larry Csonka and Jim Kiick (nicknamed Film/ButchCassidyAndTheSundanceKid). Apparently, no one noticed Csonka subtly FlippingTheBird.
* In 2004, when the city of San Francisco briefly permitted same-sex weddings, Rosie O'Donnell went there, married her girlfriend, and gave a speech harshly critical of the [[UsefulNotes/GeorgeWBush then-president]] (who opposed same-sex marriage). The [[http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-1518673.html Chicago Sun-Times ran a story]] with the headline, "Rosie Weds Longtime Girlfriend, Slams Bush".
* The 2005 film of ''Film/CharlieAndTheChocolateFactory'' (starring Creator/JohnnyDepp as Willy Wonka) did very good box office on its opening weekend. Reuters covered this in a story with the headline [[http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/07/17/AR2005071700411_pf.html "Depp's 'Chocolate Factory' has tasty opening."]]
* A local Minnesota newspaper artfully juxtaposed two headlines on its front page, in May 2014: "Boy Scouts to accept gay boys" and, on a different story below it, [[http://vaviper.blogspot.com/2013/05/the-best-newspaper-headline-placement.html?spref=tw "In through the back door".]]
* In October 2004 the ChicagoTribune decided to run an article in their "Womanews" section about [[CountryMatters the most vile word in the English language.]] Why anybody thought this was a good idea is not explained. The title of the article was "You C*nt Say That". It was pulled at the last minute, making this crap that ''almost'' got past the radar.
* ''Magazine/TotalGamer'' was an Australian A4 sized video game focused magazine that was [[WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids apparently]] targeted at kids. It was sold in the same sections you would find other children's magazines such as Magazine/K-Zone. The biggest difference however was that TG was filled with satirical humor, articles on things like a gang war that broke out in Ireland over a UsefulNotes/PlayStation and the editor sometimes giving some less than friendly responses such as calling a kid out on mispelling "hedgehog".
* French prescholar magazine ''Astrapi'' once made a aztec special. Their take no shame of the fact than brother-sister incest was a common tradition in the imperial court.
* ''Magazine/PrivateEye'' tried to publish an issue with the word '''[[PrecisionFStrike fuck]]''' on the front cover. They were advised that if they did this, the biggest ditribution chain in the country would simply refuse to handle the magazine on profanity and morality grounds. Artist Creator/WillieRushton designed an elaborate front cover based on mediaeval monastic scrolls. Hidden in each of the four corners were the ornately drawn letters '''F, U, C''' and '''K'''. The W.H. Smiths print distribution system handled the issue and got it to retail outlets - only realising afterwards that they had been had. This was the beginning of a long feud between Smiths and the Eye [[BitingTheHandHumor which led to the Eye renaming their distributors ''W.H. Smug's'']].
* Philippine President Benigno Aquino III gets this a lot from his critics in print, including, but not limited to ''Manila Times'' writer Rigoberto Tiglao. As his complete first name is '''B'''enigno '''S'''imeon, Tiglao and other "P-Noy" critics often refer to him as "President BS Aquino".
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* In the 2nd-edition days of ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'', a large number of ''TabletopGame/ForgottenRealms'' guidebooks (particularly the "Volo's Guides" series of in-universe travelogues) made reference to "festhalls" scattered across the Realms in just about every city and town. And by "festhalls" we mean "brothels".
** Ed Greenwood himself once actually made a statement to the effect of "TSR won't let us ''say'' 'brothel,' so if you see the word 'festhall'..."
** Made even more blatant by 3rd Edition, when Sharess, goddess of sexual pleasure, also became goddess of festhalls.
** And in ANOTHER example of this trope and 2nd Ed ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'', pretty much ''every Planescape supplement ever written falls under this to greater or lesser extent''...seeing as the term "Berk" was used in this setting as "Chummer" was in ''Shadowrun'' and quite gratuitously at that. The problem is that...well...[[note]]There is an Urban Legend that "Berk" is short for "Berkley Hunt"...which rhymes with...oh, a certain four-letter expletive referring to, well, CountryMatters [[/note]] and was primarily released in a country in which, because of the false association with a certain other word, the term "Berk" is a ''far'' stronger expletive than in its native Britain (where it usually tends to be used in the context of being a complete dumbass).
* In the game ''Pirates and Plunder'', in the rules for port cities, it is explained that when sailors come ashore from the uncultured environment of shipboard, what they most want is to enjoy polite conversation over a cup of tea with a genteel young lady. It then gives a detailed list of the tariffs of the houses providing this service, from your basic cup of tea, up to such pricey luxuries as [[UnusualEuphemism tea, iced cake, spicy biscuits and]] ''[[UnusualEuphemism extremely]]'' [[UnusualEuphemism refined conversation with two young ladies.]]
* The RPG ''TabletopGame/{{Hol}}'' may have been created just to release a supplement titled '''Butt'''ery W'''[=HoL=]'''someness. Inside contents go straight to VulgarHumor.
* In ''[=Warhammer=]'' there's been a [[http://whfb.lexicanum.com/mediawiki/images/0/0d/BeastmenAdrianSmith.jpg certain iconic image of a Beastman]] that's appeared in Beastman-related supplements since the ''Realms of Chaos'' books...which has a ''very'' VulgarHumor version of "Mary Had A Little Lamb"[[note]]"Mary had a little goat and so I cut its f_cking throat"--yes, the second letter of the FBomb is smeared out to boot[[/note]] written on its sword. The pic has lasted through at least seven editions of supplements as the phrase in question is written in the runes of the (in-game Chaos language) Dark Speech, which the editors apparently don't read.
* The ''TabletopGame/MutantsAndMasterminds'' supplement for comic book fantasy gaming, ''Warriors and Warlocks'', includes a sample character with the following quote.
-->''Ha! Did I ever tell you the story of how I stole the [[DoubleEntendre giant's staff and his twin orbs of power?]]''
* In ''[[TabletopGame/IronKingdoms Warmachine]]'', Skarre, pirate queen and Cryx's [[HornedHumanoid satyxis]] warcaster, has a weapon called "Great Rack." [[SarcasmMode Sure, it's actually her horns]].
* The HäT company has an impressive range of figure sets aimed at scale modellers and [[WarGaming tabletop wargamers]]. Every so often a little joke slips in to their released figure sets. Regard [[http://www.plasticsoldierreview.com/Review.aspx?id=1163 this set of ancient Macedonian war elephants]]. You get war elephants, crewmen, and weapons. You also get an impressively modelled pile of elephant dung. On its own base. No doubt a keen wargamer can generate hazard rules for anyone at ground level who is either hit by a large pile of elephant crap descending from above, or else doesn't look where he's going and slips in it.
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* In the Campbell/Reese (6th Edition) Biology textbook, it describes a particular type of breeding, technically referred to as semelparity, from Latin roots. However, the first and easier to remember name it...[[IncrediblyLamePun big-bang reproduction.]] [[http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O8-bigbangreproduction.html It]] [[http://www.funnelbrain.com/c-8524-big-bang-reproduction.html gets]] [[http://www.google.com/search?q=big+bang+reproduction&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=com.yahoo:en-US:official&client=firefox better]].
* The Literature/CambridgeLatinCourse has its moments. Any language book that includes the line "ancilla dominum multum delectat" (the slave girl pleases the master very much), can't exactly claim innocence.
** "The master said "I am leaving for a while." The cook says "hooray!" The slave girl pleased the cook and he was happy. Then he pleased her for a long time."
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* The naming of racehorses is governed by Jockey Club Registry Section 6:E(x)[[note]]''Names that are suggestive or have a vulgar or obscene meaning; names considered in poor taste; or names that may be offensive to religious, political or ethnic groups.''[[/note]] which, among other things, prohibits anything that could be thought of as lewd, licentious, or bawdy. One owner with a sense of humour named his contender ''Four Quenelles'', arguing that a ''quennelle'' is a shaped fried delicacy found in French cuisine. Now imagine a typical televised horse race with a commentator like John O'Sullivan firing off the names of the horses, quickly, as they jockey for position on the final straight. And then imagine what ''Four Quenelles'' might sound like if spoken very quickly (Irish accent optional) with no gap between the two words. Other examples from around the world include racehorses called:
** ''Artisan Fire''
** ''Hard Dawn''
** ''Peony's Envy''
** ''Norfolk And Chance''
** ''Muff Diver'' and ''Golden Showers'' weren't even trying to hide ''anything'', but were allowed in Australia.
** The Jockey Club did, however, refuse to register the names ''Cunning Stunt'' and ''Hoof Hearted''.
* As [[CensoredTitle noted elsewhere]], a racehorse named Liquor In Excess's name was vetoed due to the possible double entendre ("lick her in excess"), so the owner changed the horse's name to Censored.
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* Creator/{{Mattel}}'s [[strike: Cock Ring]] Earring Magic [[Franchise/{{Barbie}} Ken doll]] didn't remain on store shelves for very long. [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earring_Magic_Ken because of its resemblance]] to a CampGay man.
* A Toys/{{Revoltech}} model of ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory'''s Woody has a particular swappable head that has been [[RuleThirtyFour exploited]] in [[http://theonecam.deviantart.com/gallery/ various ways]]. It seems that [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaiyodo#Revoltech Revoltech figurines]] have [[BodyHorror interchangeable parts]], which account for some of the riskier gallery entries.
* One of the early Harry Potter movie tie-in toys was a Nimbus 2000 replica aimed at children in the 8-12 age bracket. This battery-operated gizmo had sound effects and vibration. Somehow, nobody seems to have noticed what they were making until after it was already on store shelves.
* The HannahMontana dolls they seem perfectly harmless until you discover where you press the button for them to sing.
* ''MyLittlePony'' once had a pony named "Pillow Talk."
* ''EverAfterHigh'' has Cerise Hood, daughter of Red Riding Hood and '''The Big Bad Wolf'''. [[FlatWhat WHAT]].
* In 1971, Creator/{{Mattel}} introduced a Hot Wheels car called the "Strip Teaser."
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* The "ComicBook/SubMariner" episode of ''WebAnimation/BadDays'' has him watching [[ComicBook/FantasticFour The Invisible Woman]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2YZoW8DBX7c take a shower.]] [[spoiler:She is invisible at the time]]
* ''WebAnimation/BarbieLifeInTheDreamhouse'':
** Raquelle smiles suggestively at Ken as he undergoes a ComedicUnderwearExposure.
** From "Licensed to Drive":
--->'''Nikki:''' Twelve-footers have been spotted at Point Doom!\\
'''Teresa:''' [[ComicallyMissingThePoint And there's some really big waves, too!]]
** Ken to an offscreen swimmer: "Sir, you might wanna wear a suit with a little more coverage."
** The title of "Primp My Ride" references [[Series/PimpMyRide a show that most of the little girls watching might not gotten permission to see...]]
** One of Ryan's Valentine's Day fantasy sequences of winning over Barbie involves the two of them sitting on the floor in front of a fireplace with {{Sexophone}} music as she says "Oh, Ryan..." and winks, at which point Ryan cuts the fantasy, turning to the audience and saying 'Uh uh - this fantasy sequence is too good to share!'
* In ''WebAnimation/StarWreck'', the name of the joint onboard Babel 13, ''Zicala'' (from ''Zocalo'' on ''Series/BabylonFive''). BilingualBonus applies: ''sikala'' means "pig sty" in Finnish, implying the joint is inhabitated with sots and drunkards.
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* The ''[[http://comicsidontunderstand.com Comics I Don't Understand]]'' site has an [[http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/category/arlo-page/ entire page devoted to this]]. They call it the "Arlo page."
* ''Webcomic/{{Erfworld}}'' apparently has a profanity filter built into the physical laws of the universe (causing cusswords to come out as "[[UnusualEuphemism boop]]"), but [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/erf0113.html clever phrasing]] can get the point across anyway. The word "crap" doesn't trigger the profanity filter, making it a literal example of the trope title. And then "[[PrecisionFStrike Fuck... You!!]]" at the [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/erf0162.html end of Book 1]] isn't a straight example of this trope, but rather a CrowningMomentOfAwesome where Parson defies the world/game's mechanics ''through sheer force of will.''
* Played with in [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/comics/stolen-pixels/8379-Tycho-Brahe this Stolen Pixels]].
* Normally, Carrie from ''Webcomic/EverydayHeroes'' doesn't use anything stronger than "Holy cow!"; however, [[http://www.webcomicsnation.com/eddurd/everydayheroes/series.php?view=single&ID=200381 extreme shock]] will cause her to exclaim "Saint Francis University!!" ... which is her way of saying [[spoiler: ST F U]].
* In-universe example: Agatha in ''Webcomic/GirlGenius'' doesn't realize the implications of some of her lines in ''The Socket Wench of Prague'' until she [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20051026 finds out the context]] for them.
* Webcomic/OzyAndMillie: When Ozy, who [[HalfDressedCartoonAnimal doesn't wear pants]] loses all his fur, Millie notes that "you can tell his religion just by looking at him." She was actually talking about his lack of hair making him look like a [[UsefulNotes/{{Buddhism}} Buddha statue]] but the [[InnocentInnuendo innuendo]] is still {{lampshaded|DoubleEntendre}}.
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* One of WebVideo/TheNostalgiaChick's images in the slowed-down "Chipmunk Song" is a silhouette of a dragon graphically fucking a car, visible cum and all. The radar in this case being Blip, who probably would not have let that through if they'd noticed.
* While WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic does oblige to Blip's guidelines and censors nudity whenever it appears, he still manages to get "Duck Tits" past the radar. Granted, those were an example of the trope to begin with, since ''Film/HowardTheDuck'' was only rated PG...
* The Website/YouTube channel "WebVideo/RayWilliamJohnson" and his logo, which obviously looks like a simulation of anal sex.
* ''WebVideo/PoniesTheAnthology'' managed this on itself in its sequel. ''Anthology II'' was made LighterAndSofter w/o any unbleeped swearing... ''except'' for one ''Franchise/HarryPotter'' [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PK5HUGX1_QM parody]] where Princess Luna uses the word "shitty", except in classical English which makes it sound like "shy-tee," immediately before getting bleeped at "you'll be *bleep*ing pleased abou' it."
* ''WebVideo/MyMusic'' gets this gem
--> "Getting used to things is like a wife's sacred duty. Like swallowing, your pride, when your husband upsets you. "
* An In-Universe example occurs in ''WebVideo/TheHardcoreKid'''s [[http://blip.tv/the-hardcore-kid/jungledyret-hugo-2-6894785 review]] of Jungldryed Hugo 2. As he was reviewing the film he noted that it got rather sexual dialogue past the radar and called out on it. Then a [[UsefulNotes/FurryFandom furry]], who wants to censor stuff that brings the fandom into a different light comes along to ask him to remove all of it because it would give furries a bad name. Saying with it that he reviewed lots of other movies that brought the fandom in a bad light. Then he sees the actual movie and comes upon the actual realization that it is just a stupid kids movie and that they were all fooled by him and decides to not disturb ''WebVideo/TheHardcoreKid'' any further. Must be the same thing that the censors thought when they saw the film at first glance.
* ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5WFBnbwl54 Dead End]]'': Character looking at a porn site, not so much. Character looking at a porn site based on an ''actual'' porn site, definitely.
* ''awsomnia streams - Top 100 worst commodore 64 games'' (see here for [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fzktv8yqYd4 part 1]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZkIx0ojE4I part 2]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=INZdnKz11z4 part 3]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t32S00izQzM part 4]]) is possibly the heaviest case of this trope ever. The average guy on Lemon64 already knows that some entries on the list (which will not be displayed here due to how outdated the video is in comparison to the list now) are heavily NotSafeForWork, with blatant (albeit poorly drawn) {{Hentai}} in some entries of the list (even back then). The only reason that Website/YouTube could have allowed stuff this hardcore is either because the guy on the video wanted nothing more than to stream the awfulness of some Commodore 64 games or because the video itself is composed of just a few seconds of {{Hentai}}, which for about 4 hours of streaming is very little. You still however might get shocked by the fact that kids could end up watching it.
* [[WebVideo/{{Vinesauce}} Vinny]]'s [[WebVideo/VinesauceTomodachiLife Tomodachi Life streams]] feature an odd version of this: since his [[VulgarHumor particular brand of comedy]] is usually blocked by the game's curse filters, he attempts to circumvent them in various ways (misspelling, phonetic pronunciation, etc.) Sometimes it works (i.e. getting the islanders to say "fuck" by spelling it "fuhck"), and sometimes it doesn't ("Honk honk fhuker" ends up pronounced as "Honk honk few-ker"). Not to mention the various dirty allusions that the filters ''don't'' catch...
* With all this talk of web videos, one can't help to point out that Website/YouTube itself has a ''lot'' of porn on there despite the site's policy against it. This is because most of it is fetish porn, which might not involve nudity or explicit sex but is still in something of a grey area regarding the "No porn" policy.
* "10 DIRTY JOKES HIDDEN Inside DISNEY MOVIES!" by WebVideo/MatthewSantoro is about dirty jokes hidden in movies made for kids by Disney.
* In the webseries ''WebVideo/TenWordsOfWisdom'', a usually kid-friendly web competition, contestants sometimes sneak questionable material past Cary. Some include Riley's controversial dog-slaughtering response, [=SpicyMan33=]'s ode to Riley, [=SpicyMan33=]'s (partially censored) angry discord messages to MidnightLight, and [=TheMightyMidge=]'s TWOW 17 FunWithAcronyms confessional (The words spelled "Yessoan," and the "A" was "*sscr*k"). Cary himself unintentionally used an offensive word when he combined the words "TWOW" and "chat" into "TWAT".
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* Topps' "Wacky Packages" stickers were aimed at child consumers and had strict limits on the kinds of humor that could be included (there wasn't so much as a ''[[ToiletHumor fart joke]]'' in any of the sticker series). However, the artist managed to sneak a rather ... suggestive image onto the lower-middle of [[http://www.wackypackages.org/stickers/12th_series/robotburns_small.html this sticker]].
* ''Series/{{Frasier}}'' stars Jane Leeves and Peri Gilpin invested some of their money in a TV and film production company. They chose to call their production company ''Bristol Cities'' as the name sounded like it meant professional business to American ears. "Bristol Cities" is, however, rhyming slang for "breasts" ("titties"), a subtlety they worked in as a hidden joke.
* The mobile game ''VideoGame/JetpackJoyride'' has the achievement "Tee-Hee Two: Collect exactly '''69''' coins"
* The radar of Japanese media is odd, as its censorship laws are both very draconian and very narrow. The portrayal of uncensored adult human genitals is not allowed (to the point that even Japanese porn has to be censored), but it doesn't particularly care otherwise, thus people got...''creative''. Many of the things that would stereotypically paint Japan as "weird", like "NaughtyTentacles", started out as attempts to skirt around laws like these.
* The Department of Motor Vehicles has rules about what is allowed on a vanity plate. The details vary from state to state, but generally they amount to "anything that might be even remotely offensive is disallowed". That said, [[http://jalopnik.com/5113782/50-vanity-plates-that-slipped-by-the-dmv there's so much crap you can get past the DMV when you want a vanity license plate...]]. For example, you can use features of the license plate to get "(picture of a moose) KNUKL", "(University of Michigan 'M') ORONS", "A55 (Florida orange) RGY", or the ever-popular "EATTHE (Kids First)". Or you can use markings on the car itself to get "GIVE ME A (Hummer)". Or any of a number of other options.
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Getting Crap Past the Radar refers to instances when a writer, artist or other creator puts inappropriate content into their material that would be shocking not only to the {{Media Watchdog}}s and MoralGuardians, but to everyone else, sneaking it past the censors by using implication or allusion rather than stating it straight out. Often, what makes it shocking is not the specific content, but that it is out of keeping with its context. Most examples are found in materials aimed at children or shows alleging to be family-friendly. And there are times when creators will do this even when they don't have to, simply because [[RuleOfFunny it's funnier than being blatantly vulgar]].

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Getting Crap Past the Radar refers to instances when a writer, artist or other creator puts inappropriate content into their material that would be shocking not only to the {{Media Watchdog}}s and MoralGuardians, but to everyone else, sneaking it past the censors by using implication or allusion rather than stating it straight out. Often, what makes it shocking is not the specific content, but that it is out of keeping with its context. Most examples are found in materials aimed at children or shows alleging to be family-friendly. The way these examples are used in such media directed towards children of family is mostly through disguising the inappropriate material as something more appropriate so it could visibly slip through the eyes of sensitive viewers And there are times when creators will do this even when they don't have to, simply because [[RuleOfFunny it's funnier than being blatantly vulgar]].



* ''The Crap must '''get past''' the Radar'': The inclusion of the content must be intentional, and the creators of the work must be aware that it ought to be censored. There should be a deliberate effort to slip it past the {{Media Watchdog}}s. AccidentalInnuendo does not count.

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* ''The Crap must '''get past''' the Radar'': The inclusion of the content must be intentional, and the creators of the work must be aware that it ought to be censored. There should be a deliberate effort to slip it past the {{Media Watchdog}}s. AccidentalInnuendo does not count. If the works actually lampshade the material in media itself then it also does not count.
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* ''There must be '''Crap''''': It must be something that a reasonable person would expect to be censored by said {{Media Watchdog}}s. Hints of sexuality in a kids' work do not count.
* ''The Crap must '''get past''' the Radar'': The inclusion of the content must be intentional, and the creators of the work must be aware that it ought to be censored. There should be a deliberate effort to slip it past the {{Media Watchdog}}s. Accidental slips and ParentalBonus do not count.

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* ''There must be '''Crap''''': It must be something that a reasonable person would expect to be censored by said {{Media Watchdog}}s. Hints of sexuality in a kids' work ParentalBonus, HoYay and LesYay do not count.
* ''The Crap must '''get past''' the Radar'': The inclusion of the content must be intentional, and the creators of the work must be aware that it ought to be censored. There should be a deliberate effort to slip it past the {{Media Watchdog}}s. Accidental slips and ParentalBonus do AccidentalInnuendo does not count.
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->''The stuff they're gettin' away with on kids' shows these days...''

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->''The ->''"The stuff they're gettin' away with on kids' shows these days...''"''

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* ''There must be Radar to get past'': It must be in a medium and format where {{Media Watchdog}}s exist and actively censor content. Self-censorship does not count.
* ''There must be Crap to pass the Radar with'': It must be something that a reasonable person would expect to be censored by said {{Media Watchdog}}s. Hints of sexuality in a kids' work do not count.
* ''The content must '''get past''' the Radar'': The inclusion of the content must be intentional, and the creators of the work must be aware that it ought to be censored. There should be a deliberate effort to slip it past the {{Media Watchdog}}s. Accidental slips and ParentalBonus do not count.

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* ''There must be Radar to get past'': '''Radar''''': It must be in a medium and format where {{Media Watchdog}}s exist and actively censor content. Self-censorship does not count.
* ''There must be Crap to pass the Radar with'': '''Crap''''': It must be something that a reasonable person would expect to be censored by said {{Media Watchdog}}s. Hints of sexuality in a kids' work do not count.
* ''The content Crap must '''get past''' the Radar'': The inclusion of the content must be intentional, and the creators of the work must be aware that it ought to be censored. There should be a deliberate effort to slip it past the {{Media Watchdog}}s. Accidental slips and ParentalBonus do not count.

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* ''There must be an effort to get it past the Radar'': The inclusion of the content must be intentional, and the creators of the work must be aware that it ought to be censored. There should be a deliberate effort to slip it past the {{Media Watchdog}}s. Accidental slips and ParentalBonus do not count.

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* ''There ''The content must be an effort to get it past '''get past''' the Radar'': The inclusion of the content must be intentional, and the creators of the work must be aware that it ought to be censored. There should be a deliberate effort to slip it past the {{Media Watchdog}}s. Accidental slips and ParentalBonus do not count.

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* ''There must be Crap to pass the Radar with'': It must be something that a reasonable person would expect to be censored by said {{Media Watchdog}}s.
* ''There must be an effort to get it past the Radar'': The inclusion of the content must be intentional, not accidental, and the creators of the work must be aware that it ought to be censored. There should be a deliberate effort to slip it past the {{Media Watchdog}}s.

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* ''There must be Crap to pass the Radar with'': It must be something that a reasonable person would expect to be censored by said {{Media Watchdog}}s.
Watchdog}}s. Hints of sexuality in a kids' work do not count.
* ''There must be an effort to get it past the Radar'': The inclusion of the content must be intentional, not accidental, and the creators of the work must be aware that it ought to be censored. There should be a deliberate effort to slip it past the {{Media Watchdog}}s.
Watchdog}}s. Accidental slips and ParentalBonus do not count.
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* ''There must be a Radar to get past'': It must be in a medium and format where {{Media Watchdog}}s exist and actively censor content. Self-censorship does not count.

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* ''There must be a Radar to get past'': It must be in a medium and format where {{Media Watchdog}}s exist and actively censor content. Self-censorship does not count.

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* ''There must be a Radar to get past'': It must be in a medium and format where MediaWatchdogs exist and actively censor content. Self-censorship does not count.
* ''There must be Crap to pass the Radar with'': It must be something that a reasonable person would expect to be censored by said MediaWatchdogs.
* ''There must be an effort to get it past the Radar'': The inclusion of the content must be intentional, not accidental, and the creators of the work must be aware that it ought to be censored. There should be a deliberate effort to slip it past the watchdogs.

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* ''There must be a Radar to get past'': It must be in a medium and format where MediaWatchdogs {{Media Watchdog}}s exist and actively censor content. Self-censorship does not count.
* ''There must be Crap to pass the Radar with'': It must be something that a reasonable person would expect to be censored by said MediaWatchdogs.
{{Media Watchdog}}s.
* ''There must be an effort to get it past the Radar'': The inclusion of the content must be intentional, not accidental, and the creators of the work must be aware that it ought to be censored. There should be a deliberate effort to slip it past the watchdogs.
{{Media Watchdog}}s.
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'''Important note for editors:''' To qualify for this trope, content must meet three criteria:
* ''There must be a Radar to get past'': It must be in a medium and format where MediaWatchdogs exist and actively censor content. Self-censorship does not count.
* ''There must be Crap to pass the Radar with'': It must be something that a reasonable person would expect to be censored by said MediaWatchdogs.
* ''There must be an effort to get it past the Radar'': The inclusion of the content must be intentional, not accidental, and the creators of the work must be aware that it ought to be censored. There should be a deliberate effort to slip it past the watchdogs.
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Those do not have to do with this trope.


Compare ParentalBonus, which is what most of the jokes that get past the radar are. Contrast with DefyingTheCensors, in which the creators actually fight to have their controversial work be shown to the masses. See also CrossesTheLineTwice (which is often the end result of excessive Getting Crap Past The Radar or slipping by blatantly inappropriate content).

Contrast CrossesTheLineTwice and RefugeInAudacity, when the crap is ''loudly and '''proudly''''' crashed through the radar. See also CensorDecoy.

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Compare ParentalBonus, which is what most of the jokes that when a reference to something only adults get past the radar are.is included. Contrast with DefyingTheCensors, in which the creators actually fight to have their controversial work be shown to the masses. See also CrossesTheLineTwice (which is often the end result of excessive Getting Crap Past The Radar or slipping by blatantly inappropriate content).

Contrast CrossesTheLineTwice and RefugeInAudacity, when the crap is ''loudly and '''proudly''''' crashed through the radar.
content).
See also CensorDecoy.
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** Radar/ArchieComicsSonicTheHedgehog
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Compare to ParentalBonus, which is what most of the jokes that get past the radar are. Contrast with DefyingTheCensors, in which the creators actually fight to have their controversial work be shown to the masses. See also CrossesTheLineTwice (which is often the end result of excessive Getting Crap Past The Radar or slipping by blatantly inappropriate content).

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Compare to ParentalBonus, which is what most of the jokes that get past the radar are. Contrast with DefyingTheCensors, in which the creators actually fight to have their controversial work be shown to the masses. See also CrossesTheLineTwice (which is often the end result of excessive Getting Crap Past The Radar or slipping by blatantly inappropriate content).
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Contrast CrossesTheLineTwice and RefugeInAudacity, when the crap is ''loudly and '''proudly''''' crashed through the radar.

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Contrast CrossesTheLineTwice and RefugeInAudacity, when the crap is ''loudly and '''proudly''''' crashed through the radar.
radar. See also CensorDecoy.
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Contrast CrossesTheLineTwice, when the crap is ''loudly and '''proudly''''' crashed through the radar.

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Contrast CrossesTheLineTwice, CrossesTheLineTwice and RefugeInAudacity, when the crap is ''loudly and '''proudly''''' crashed through the radar.
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Contrast CrossesTheLineTwice, when the crap is loudly and proudly crashed through the radar.

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Contrast CrossesTheLineTwice, when the crap is loudly ''loudly and proudly '''proudly''''' crashed through the radar.
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Getting Crap Past the Radar refers to instances when a writer, artist or other creator puts inappropriate content into their material that would be shocking not only to the {{Media Watchdog}}s and MoralGuardians, but to everyone else. Often, what makes it shocking is not the specific content, but that it is out of keeping with its context. Most examples are found in materials aimed at children or shows alleging to be family-friendly. And there are times when creators will do this even when they don't have to, simply because [[RuleOfFunny it's funnier than being blatantly vulgar]].

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Getting Crap Past the Radar refers to instances when a writer, artist or other creator puts inappropriate content into their material that would be shocking not only to the {{Media Watchdog}}s and MoralGuardians, but to everyone else. else, sneaking it past the censors by using implication or allusion rather than stating it straight out. Often, what makes it shocking is not the specific content, but that it is out of keeping with its context. Most examples are found in materials aimed at children or shows alleging to be family-friendly. And there are times when creators will do this even when they don't have to, simply because [[RuleOfFunny it's funnier than being blatantly vulgar]].
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Wrong trope. Refuge In Audacity is for crimes.


Contrast RefugeInAudacity, when the crap is loudly and proudly crashed through the radar.

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Contrast RefugeInAudacity, CrossesTheLineTwice, when the crap is loudly and proudly crashed through the radar.
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Contrast RefugeInAudacity, when the crap is loudly and proudly crashed through the radar.
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** Radar/{{Enchanted}}

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** Radar/{{Enchanted}}**Radar/{{Enchanted}}
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** Radar/AbbottAndCostello
** Radar/{{Hairspray}}
** Radar/IntoTheWoods
** Radar/TheMuppets
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->''[[HypocriticalHumor The stuff they're gettin' away with on kids' shows these days...]]''

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->''[[HypocriticalHumor The ->''The stuff they're gettin' away with on kids' shows these days...]]''''
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Getting Crap Past the Radar refers to instances when a writer, artist or other creator puts inappropriate content into their material that would be shocking not only to the {{Media Watchdog}}s and MoralGuardians, but to everyone else. Often, what makes it shocking is not the specific content, but that it is out of keeping with its context. Most examples are found in materials aimed at children or shows alleging to be family-friendly.

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Getting Crap Past the Radar refers to instances when a writer, artist or other creator puts inappropriate content into their material that would be shocking not only to the {{Media Watchdog}}s and MoralGuardians, but to everyone else. Often, what makes it shocking is not the specific content, but that it is out of keeping with its context. Most examples are found in materials aimed at children or shows alleging to be family-friendly.
family-friendly. And there are times when creators will do this even when they don't have to, simply because [[RuleOfFunny it's funnier than being blatantly vulgar]].

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