History Main / GoshDangItToHeck

While "damn" is normally permissible, "goddamn" is still considered a Christian taboo, particularly in America. The ''Film/{{Mash}}'' movie when shown on TV has had Sergeant Gorman's CatchPhrase, "Goddamn Army" {{bowdlerise}}d to "Damn Army".

* ''FanFic/{{Hivefled}}'': Equius has become a little less repressed at the age of eight sweeps, to the point that he takes an obvious opening for a vaguely sexual insult towards Eridan, but still doesn't swear. The gang know something is horribly wrong when he utters the word "crud".

* In JohnGreen's ''Literature/AnAbundanceOfKatherines'', Colin and Hassan both say "fug" instead of "fuck". When the character Lindsey asks (to paraphrase) "Why the fuck do you say fug?" they explain that it is a reference to Norman Mailer's ''The Good and the Dead''.

* ''[[Comicbook/{{Ant-Man}} The Irredeemable Ant-Man]]'' {{lampshade|Hanging}}s and justifies this trope: {{SHIELD}} operatives are trained to say "Blast!" instead of "Damn!" to avoid offending anyone in the field.

* The impact of the scene in ''Film/ItsAWonderfulLife'' where George, filled with rage and self-disgust, rejects Potter job offer and tells him off is a little diluted by George's wrathful ''"Doggone it!"'' ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' showed us how these scenes might have gone without the Hays Code:

* ''SquirrelGirl'' seems incapable of anything harsher than "Good golly gosh!" During the [[GreatLakesAvengers GLX-Mas Special]], she warned the readers that the comic contained inappropriate use of the word "flock." Partly {{justified|Trope}} because the use of the word "flock" involved Mr. Immortal screaming ''Flock You!'', as a substitute for, you know, (sorry, I can't say with gentlemen present). Partly because Mr. Immortal was flocking with a flocking gun...
* ''Comicbook/{{X-Men}}'' – {{Wolverine}}, whose vocabulary likely includes a lot of words the Comics Code would have looked askance at, has generally settled on "flaming" as a compromise. He once prepared to fight Sabretooth by announcing it was time to open a can of "kick-butt."

* In Disney/WreckItRalph, Fix-It Felix Jr is a justified example of this trope, since swearing or being mean isn't in his code, so as a result, he ''can't'' swear or anything of the sort (this is Creator/{{Disney}} after all). An example is when Ralph attempts to break Felix out of jail. This line is spoken:

** Given the way Jimmy Stewart talked in real life, it isn't too far fetched to imagine him doing this in an out-take.

* Comicbook/CaptainAmerica in ''Film/TheAvengers''. The single rudest he has ''ever'' used in his cinematic appearances was "bastard". He also used "son of a gun" rather than anything more expletive than that.

* Initially, most of the classes in ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'' did not swear very much in-game, at most using "damn" and "hell" [[hottip:*:Which is quite appropriate, [[HaysCode given that the game is both set in the 60's]]]] and utilizes several 60's media tropes (such as FilmNoir for the Spy). The Pyro (well, [[TheUnintelligible as far as we know]]) and Medic still do not swear. Class updates have provided at one line for the other classes in which they swear, usually some form of "ass" or "son of a bitch." Some class-specific examples:

* "[[TheWho Why don'tcha all ffffffffffffffffffade away!]]

* In one of ''Outdoor Life'' humorist PatrickMcManus' stories, he mentions that one of his hunting/fishing/camping companions dislikes another and insists on referring to him by a variety of "crude anatomical names". Throughout the rest of the story, the character in question keeps addressing the other as "you kneecap", "that elbow", etc.

* The Mormon and FLDS characters in HBO's ''BigLove'' use such culturally appropriate expletives as "goshdarn" and "Oh my heck!" While it may be culturally appropriate, generally only the Utah Mormons go in for "oh my heck" instead of "oh my gosh", lest they be labeled a "utard", which admittedly is a fairly offensive term all around.

* ''TheLostSkeletonOfCadavra'', being an AffectionateParody of 50s B movie, has this trope in spades.

* In ''{{Film/Aliens2}}'', when ordered not to use heavy weapons for fear of setting off a destructive chain reaction, one of the Marines shouts back at Ripley "Well, what are we expected to use, then; harsh language?"

* In ''[[Film/Aliens2]]'', when ordered not to use heavy weapons for fear of setting off a destructive chain reaction, one of the Marines shouts back at Ripley "Well, what are we expected to use, then; bad language?"

* Angel from ''{{Borderlands 2}}'' is reluctant to swear and quick to correct herself if she lets a cuss word slip. [[spoiler:That's because of the control her father, [[BigBad Handsome Jack]], has on her. Just before she dies, she makes a point of averting this trope and straight-up calling her dad an asshole.]]

* In ''Literature/FantasticMrFox'', all swear words are replaced with "cuss". Even the graffiti.

* ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible'' - Kim's teacher Steve Barkin mitigates his blasphemy by saying "Cheese and crackers!"

** The Finnish curse "perkele" (euphemism for Satan, originally the name of a pagan thunder god) often gets [[LastSecondWordSwap corrupted mid-sentence]] into "perjantai" ("Friday") if the speaker realizes there are sensitive ears present. This was parodied in the Finnish amateur film ''StarWreck: In The Pirkinning'', where the main character Pirk uses "Oh, Thursday!" as a curse.

** "Barnacles", "tartare sauce", and "fish paste" are common ''[=SpongeBob=]'' expletives.