History Main / GoshDangItToHeck

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* The song [[AntiLoveSong "Love You"]] by Jack Ingram built around this trope: "Love you, love this town / Love this motherlovin' truck that keeps breakin' lovin' down". As the song puts it, "There's some words that some words just have to replace."
* [[AntiLoveSong "A Friendly Goodbye"]] by Music/BowlingForSoup is the perfect musical example of this trope.
-->Ain't that a bee with an itch
-->Ain't that a mother trucker
-->You can go to H-E-Double-Hockeysticks and eff yourself
-->'Cause I'm so flippin' gosh darn
-->Sick of all the s-words you put me through
-->So F-U
* The song "Dang, Fetch, Oh My Heck" by the Mormon boy-band Everclean is full of this trope.
* Red Like Roses Part II from the ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'' soundtrack has a subversion and plays the trope straight within a stanza of each other.
-->No way in Hell that I could ever comprehend this!
-->Now I'm trapped inside a nightmare every single f'ing day!
* Music/DefLeppard's "Let's Get Rocked"... Replace all instances of the word "Rock" with "fuck" and the song makes sense...
* Music/DuranDuran's "UMF", off the 1993 album ''The Wedding Album'', dances around what "UMF" stands for by not explaining what it means but rather phrasing it in a less explicit way ("Making love to the ultimate mind").
* Hilariously done in the Lil' Jon song "Get Low," where in the radio edit the lyric "To all skeet skeet motherfucker, to all skeet skeet goddamn" is changed to: "To all skeet skeet skeet skeet skeet skeet, to all skeet skeet skeet skeet skeet skeet." ("Skeet" is a slang term for ejaculating onto someone, which to many is a lot more inappropriate than the words it replaced). The edited version of this song in general is about 50% of this trope and only 50% the actual lyrics.
* The {{Mockumentary}} ''Film/SonsOfProvo'' features a made-up Latter-Day Saints boy band. Among their songs, is "Dang, Fetch, Oh My Heck", with the chorus: "Dang, fetch, oh my heck / What the holy scrud / H-e-double-hockey-sticks / That's frickin', flippin' crud!" It is... far too catchy.
* Heavy metal group Music/BlueOysterCult once sang (on "Hot Rails to Hell") that "you know darn well the heat from below can [[EyeScream burn your eyes out]]!" "''Darn'' well!" In ''1973''! (They amend it to "damn" at some concerts.)
* Music/{{Weezer}} has a slight tendency towards this at times: "Pork And Beans" has the repeated line "I don't give a hoot about what you think", while "Brightening Day" has "they don't give a spit". On the other hand, "god damn" and "bitch" have shown up in multiple songs. ''The Black Album'' averted this, with a few songs using {{precision f strike}}s where previous works would have gone for softer language.
* [[Music/HeavyD Heavy D & the Boyz's]] song "Don't Curse" lampshades this trope, including several [[CurseCutShort instances of cursing cut short]] and replaced with other words, leading to one of the few raps you'll ever hear where a verse contains the phrase "Aww, ''shucks!''"
%%* Benny Bell's "Shaving Cream."
* Two versions of the Charlie Daniels Band's "The Devil Went Down To Georgia" made airplay in 1979. The album edition had the last line of the last verse "I done told you once you son of a bitch, I'm the best there's ever been." The single release for AM pop stations changed it to "'Cause I told you once you son of a gun, I'm the best there's ever been."
* [[Music/TheAllmanBrothersBand Gregg Allman's]] 1988 solo hit, "I'm No Angel" has the line, "So you don't give a ''darn'' about me".
* Parodied in Music/JohnLennon's 1973 ''Mind Games'' closer, "Meat City".
-->"Chicken-suckin', mother-truckin' Meat City shook down U.S.A."
* "[[Music/TheWho Why don'tcha all ffffffffffffffffffade away?!]]
* "Yes We Can (Can)", originally by Lee Dorsey, CoveredUp by The Pointer Sisters:
-->I know we can make it.
-->I know darn well we can work it out.
* Music/StevieWonder in "Higher Ground": "I'm so darn glad he let me try it again"
* Music/JasonMraz's song "The Dynamo of Volition" has this line: "Singing heck is for the people not believin' in gosh"
* "This Beat Goes On" by The Kings (1980): "I don't give a hoot 'bout what people have to say".
* The Bellamy Brothers' "Old Hippie" has the line "He's got young friends into New Wave/But he's just too ''frickin' ''old".
* [[Music/TheBeatles George Harrison]]'s "Piggies" was the first and only Beatles song that included a profanity in its lyrics:
-->''In their eyes there's something lacking,''\\
''What they need's a damn good whacking''
* The only major difference between fan_3's "Geek Love" in its original and Radio/RadioDisney versions is the background vocal saying ''"Oh my gosh, my gosh..."'' instead of ''"Oh my god, my god..."''
* The Music/{{Pretenders}} have a justified example (as if Lady Swears-A-Lot Chrissie Hynde otherwise would use it) - "heck" was needed to rhyme on "neck"...
* Music/{{KISS}}' "Spit" is based around this trope. "It don't mean spit to me."
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[[folder:Literature]]
* This trope is used unintentionally in a lot of older books, due to ValuesDissonance. For example, [[Literature/TheCatcherInTheRye Holden Caufield]] is often admonished for swearing when the worst thing he ever says is "goddamn" (granted, it was more serious at the time). In later decades, it's funny for younger people to read because the swear is so mild.
* Creator/StephenKing:
** Big Jim Rennie from ''Literature/UnderTheDome'' doesn't like to swear. His favorite substitute for a swear word would be "cotton-picking" (as in "this cotton-picking short-order cook"), but he's also fond of using "rhymes-with-witch" instead of "bitch" or "clustermug" instead of "clusterfuck". Rennie can't stand it when people swear in his presence, either.
** Annie Wilkes' in ''Literature/{{Misery}}'' uses weird swear replacements like "dirty bird" or "cockadoodie".
** In the English edition of [[Creator/DianaWynneJones Wilkin's Tooth]] Buster names colors when swearing.Partly a subversion because he uses actual swear words too, but still funny.
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* In Creator/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''.
* ''Literature/AuroraCycle'': [[FishOutOfTemporalWater Auri]] tends to use words like "biscuits" and "mothercustard" in place of actual swearing, to the confusion of some other characters.
* ''Literature/TheBabySittersClub'' has liberal use of "darn" and "heck" in place of actual swearing. "Oh, my lord!" was nearly Claudia's CatchPhrase.
* In the original ''TabletopGame/BattleTech'' novels printed by FASA, strong profanity wasn't allowed, so despite it being military science fiction, characters were limited to "damn" or "hell." This was lifted after Catalyst Game Labs took over production, so it's now possible for characters to express their displeasure via ClusterFBomb.
* In Creator/CSLewis' ''Literature/TheChroniclesOfNarnia'', Uncle Andrew says 'dem' for 'damn' and Jill (a 10-year-old girl) says 'dam' ' for it- which sounds exactly the same.
* ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'':
** Parodied in ''Literature/InterestingTimes''. After Truckle the Uncivil is given a list of swearwords and their "civilized" counterparts, and being cut off every time he tries to use a word not on the list, he is finally reduced to shouting "Dang it all to heck!" "We've captured a [[CurseCutShort f...]]a lovemaking pipe!" Later in the book, when facing the BigBad, he spends a few minutes consulting the list, after which he pronounces the BigBad a "misbegotten wretch". Mister Saveloy, who wrote the list, is shocked. In something of a lampshade hanging, it's noted at one point that whilst Truckle isn't actually USING swear words, somehow the 'civilised' equivalents end up sounding equally crude.
** In ''Literature/ReaperMan'', the excess of life force causes Mustrum Ridcully to produce small, strange-looking creatures whenever he swears. He resorts to euphemisms to prevent this from happening, and eventually produces "the most genteel battle-cry in the history of {{Bowdleris|e}}ation: 'Darn them to heck!'" In the same book, one character suggests he use "Sugar!" like Mrs. Whitlow does. He responds, "She might say 'Sugar', but [[CurseCutShort she means--]]"
** ''Literature/FeetOfClay'': Captain Carrot vocalized the word "D*mn!" [[TheUnpronounceable A difficult linguistic feat.]]
** ''Literature/TheTruth,'': Mr. Tulip's swear of choice was "----ing." Yes, with the hyphens. Other characters sometimes ask [[LampshadeHanging why he keeps saying "ing"]]. Mr. Tulip responds to a complaint about his constant profanity with "What? I don't ----ing swear!" at one point. One can only imagine that Pratchett's response is much the same. It's said that Mr. Tulip has a speech impediment that prevents him from saying much more than "----ing." One of the conspirators does manage to understand Mr. Tulip's censored swearing:
--->'''Mr. Tulip:''' It's not a ----ing harpsichord, it's a ----ing virginal! One ----ing string to a note instead of two! So called because it was an instrument for ----ing young ladies!\\
'''Chair:''' My word, was it? I thought it was just a sort of early piano!\\
'''Mr. Pin''': A device intended to be ''played'' by young ladies.
** In ''Literature/MonstrousRegiment'', Shufti [[SweetPollyOliver gives herself away as a woman]] when she says "Sugar!" instead of a proper swear. Polly internally tsks her about it when she realizes, "Sugar! She doesn't swear either." Later on, when Polly says "damn" in the middle of a sentence, Tonker tells her "Er... not damn. Not with the skirt on, Ozz." ''The Folklore of the Discworld'' claims that this is TruthInTelevision: real-life SweetPollyOliver soldiers allegedly found an unforeseen challenge when they realized they couldn't swear without flinching.
** Susan Sto Helit, a kindergarten teacher, realizes she really must get out and meet more adults when, in the complete absence of any children, she says, "Does a bear poo in the woods?"
** In ''Literature/{{Night Watch|Discworld}}'', we're introduced to a Night Watch sergeant with strict religious values, which stops him from swearing at recruits-- or would do "if sergeants weren't so creative." He redresses the "regiment" they've acquired with "sons of mothers" and "you shower!"
** The squib "Medical Notes", written by Sir Terry for one Convention programme guide, claims some people on the Disc suffer from Floribundi Syndrome, the opposite of HollywoodTourettes. These sudden outbursts of polite language only count as a disorder if suffered by fishwives, [[DrillSergeantNasty drill sergeants]] and other people ''expected'' to swear. Named after Sergeant-Major Floribundi, whose men mutinied after being called "You quite vexing gentlemen".
* ''Series/DoctorWho'' [[Franchise/DoctorWhoExpandedUniverse Expanded Universe]]:
** The Eighth Doctor uses terms such as "sugarmice" and "poppycock". However, other characters swear from time to time. The Doctor is just quirky.
** The Doctor averts this from time to time. In the Eighth Doctor novel ''Camera Obscura'', he not only says "Damn," but even "Son of a bitch!"
** It's lampshaded by the Fifth Doctor when he says "you know, I wish there were times when I used expletives".
** Fitz, possibly the most foul-mouthed character in the ''Literature/EighthDoctorAdventures'', occasionally uses minced oaths such as "Gordon Bennett". He's from 1963, his mum raised him well when she was in her right mind, and he's basically a NiceGuy, so even though he smokes, drinks, wears leather, and has a GirlOfTheWeek in almost every book, it's believable his language would only be as vulgar as the situation warrants.
* ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles'':
** Harry Dresden finds this trope amusing, and once had the following exchange with a ChurchMilitant friend:
--->'''Harry:''' Holy shit. {{Hellhound}}s.\\
'''Michael:''' Harry, you know I hate it when you swear.\\
'''Harry:''' You're right, sorry. [[ComicallyMissingThePoint Holy shit. Heckhounds.]]
** White Court vampires use "Empty night" in contexts that suggest it's a strong curse. Harry's favorites are "Stars and stones" and "Hell's bells". According to the author, those phases will also be the titles in the apocalyptic trilogy which caps off the series, and that there's significant meaning behind them.
--->They're curses for a reason.
* In the ''Literature/{{Gone}}'' series, Diana is often referred to as witch, instead of the obvious swear word bitch. She refers to ''herself'' as a bitch in ''Plague'', averting this trope.
* In the ''Literature/HarryPotter'' context is all: these are British books. While "damn" and "hell" might offend some in the US, they are no longer at all offensive in the UK. "Arse" and "bitch" are both relatively minor curses, and "effing" is just a euphemism. For the examples we have:
** They use "damn" as early as Chapter 3 in Book 1, and throw in "hell" when Cedric is about to be tortured by the {{Mind Control}}led Krum in Book 4, but come Book 5, we get to drop the [[PrecisionFStrike fucking]] F-Bomb and all we get is "[=EFFing=]" used at least twice if not more ("Enough...effing...''OWLS!''"). There’s an obscured use of the word “bastard” in the third book before both Ron and Aberforth use it in the last book. Also in Book 7, Hermione calls Ron an "arse," and Molly Weasley famously calls Bellatrix Lestrange a "[[PrecisionFStrike bitch]]." Previously the term had only been used in the third in a literal reference to a female dog.
--->'''Molly:''' ''[[Awesome/HarryPotter Not my daughter, you]] '''''[[ThisIsForEmphasisBitch BITCH!!]]'''''[[spoiler:*kills Bellatrix*]]
* Award-winning British young adults' novel ''Henry Tumour'' sprinkles profanities all over the place, including "fuck" -- once in bold, very large print -- with the teenage narrator explaining that this is just how teenagers talk, but that since there's one word he's not allowed to use in a kids' book he has to misspell it "cnut". So someone is insulting someone else by calling that person an Anglo-Saxon king?
* ''Literature/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy'':
** Characters generally use fictional profanities, such as telling people to "Zark off", or swearing to the great prophet Zarquon. Interestingly, it mixes in the occasional real swear word, although usually only for effect, such as when a character receives an award for "The most gratuitous use of the word 'Fuck' in a serious screen-play".
** In the American release and the original radio version, the word "Belgium" is a terrible profanity in every location except Earth. As the single worst swearword in the universe, it is brought up (appropriately) when the ship crashed into a 15-mile high statue of Arthur Dent Throwing A Cup At The Nutromatic Machine.
* Zoey from ''Literature/TheHouseOfNight'' doesn't swear. She says words like "bullpoopie". Given that she's the narrator, this results in many unintentionally amusing SophisticatedAsHell moments. Interestingly this is {{downplayed|Trope}} in a way, since she has no problem using the words "slut" and "hell".
* In ''Literature/InvisibleMan'', the word "motherfouler" is used a lot.
* ''Literature/JourneyToChaos'': A justified trope given the difference in culture.
** "Abyss take it" is the Tariatlan version of "damn it". It means the same thing.
** "Oh Trickster!" is the equivalent of "Oh my God!"
* ''Literature/TheKingdomKeepers'' usually has a NarrativeProfanityFilter to indicate that stronger language was used but in book five this is not the case after a character states "You about scared the pee out of me!"
* The children's book ''Library Lil'' has a BadassBiker gang use words like "danged", "lily-livered" and "tough cookies".
* ''Literature/MartinFierro'': The protagonist deliberately replaces his Spanish real world swear words when he uses them, justified because he is singing a poem, something he deems important, and because the author wanted his book to be read by all ages.
* Norman Mailer's ''Literature/TheNakedAndTheDead''. He changed every instance of the word "fuck" to "fug" because he had too much profanity. When Mailer later was introduced to Dorothy Parker, she allegedly greeted him by saying, "So you're the man who can't spell 'fuck.'" "Fug" is a real word, funnily enough, meaning "stale air". It was a word for smog in the late 19th century. Ed Sanders and Tuli Kupferberg sometimes claimed that this was the origin of their band name.
* In one of ''Outdoor Life'' humorist Creator/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.
* ''Literature/TheNightMayor'' is set in the City, a virtual world modeled on 1940s movies. In the City, people can only speak the kind of language that wouldn't get a filmmaker in trouble with UsefulNotes/TheHaysCode. "Darn!" and "Heck!" qualify as "the vilest abuse imaginable".
* For a group of GreaserDelinquents, there is very little cursing in ''Literature/TheOutsiders''. This is likely used to show that, while they're delinquents, they're not "hoods". Any cursing that occurs is censored out by Ponyboy.
* In the ''Literature/{{Pagan}}'' series (it was his name), he used, "Christ in a cream cheese sauce".
* This is actually relevant to the plot in ''Literature/ProjectHailMary.'' The protagonist [[YouWakeUpInARoom wakes up in a room]] with [[IdentityAmnesia no idea who he is, where he is, or why.]] His memories slowly come back in pieces, and the fact that he automatically uses this trope instead of swearing helps him realize that he works with kids--he's a middle school science teacher.
* FASA's other big game, ''TabletopGame/{{Shadowrun}}'' also had this in its novel line, though it also featured some made-up profanity to make up for it. Like Battletech, it now has much more adult language allowed in the novel line.
* ''Literature/{{Sharpe}}'': Subverted for laughs. In reference to a stuck-up lieutenant under Sharpe's command:
-->'''Wellesley:''' He claims that you struck him. That you insulted him. That you called him illegitimate.\\
'''Sharpe:''' I would never use language like that, sir. I may have called him a bastard, though...
* Gram from ''Literature/TheSomedayBirds'' does this a lot. Davis calls it sideways swearing.
* ''Franchise/StarWarsLegends'':
** Justified in Creator/TimothyZahn's books, where the word "kriff" is used ("If it is a trick, it's a kriffing good one."). Futuristic setting, spacefaring culture, [[PardonMyKlingon different profanities]].
** In the ''Literature/YoungJediKnights'' books, Jacen Solo says "Blaster bolts!" when he gets frustrated.
* In the ''Literature/TortallUniverse'' by Creator/TamoraPierce we have justified versions.
** Some characters say things like "Mithros' Shield!" which is comparably to the very old (say Medieval era) swears like "God's blood".
** In ''[[Literature/BekaCooper Bloodhound]]'' and others, the characters use "swive" instead of "fuck". "Swive" is a medieval English word that means the same thing as "fuck".
* ''Literature/TrailOfGlory'': Features liberally, as it's set in a time and place which took "not taking God's name in vain" seriously. The tendency is noted as a strictly Anglo-Protestant affectation, however, and mercilessly mocked by Pierre Toussaint, who is a Creole Catholic from New Orleans.
-->Did they really think they were fooling anyone by asking "Gol" to "dern" their enemies?
* ''Literature/{{Twilight}}'': In ''Eclipse'', Bella describes having TheTalk with her father as "beyond the seventh circle of Hades."
* As ''Literature/TheUltraViolets'' is a children's book series, obviously they can't use the more colourful originals.
* ''Literature/VorkosiganSaga'', ''Literature/{{Komarr}}'':
** Ekaterin doesn't like to give offence. After falling down four metres into a muddy pond while wearing her best clothes (and a VIP falling in after her while trying to save her):
--->'''Ekaterin:''' ''[faintly]'' Oh. Drat.\\
'''Miles Vorkosigan:''' Madame Vorsoisson, has it ever occurred to you that you may be just a touch oversocialized?
** Later, after she discovered the extent of the terrorist plot, her reaction is the same; the narration notes that any stronger word would still have felt inadequate in the circumstances, so she went with what she's used to.
* In ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}'' novels, the characters use swears like "feth" and "feth-wit" in a rampant {{grimdark}} setting. "Feth-wit" could be a replacement for "fuckwit", but unless Creator/DanAbnett [[WordOfGod weighs in]], its tough to be sure. After serveral thousand years, it's likely that the human race has developed new curse words.
* Completely justified in ''Literature/WarriorCats'', since all the characters are cats with a different vocabulary, and therefore, different profanities than humans, so it's understandable when a character exclaims "mouse dung!" or calls someone a "fox-hearted traitor". Tigerstar calls Firestar, his arch-enemy, a "stinking furball". When Ashfur called Squirrelflight a "[[UnusualEuphemism faithless she-cat]]", he really meant "whore" (it works in context, and explains Hollyleaf's shocked reaction).
* ''Literature/WhatTheHellDidIJustReadANovelOfCosmicHorror'': While Dave and John curse like sailors, Amy is uncomfortable with swear words. She refers to the character "Shitbeard" as "Poop-beard".
* ''Literature/TheWheelOfTime'' treats ''bloody'' and ''flaming'' as strong curses. Many of the made-up curses in the books are based on these, such as the positively indecent ''blood and ashes!'' As a matter of fact, this is how a ClusterFBomb is represented in the books:
-->'''Uno:''' All I'm bloody saying is that I bloody saw her, burn you. Just before we found the goat-kissing Halfman. The same flaming woman as at the flaming ferry. She was there, and then she bloody wasn't. You say what you bloody want to, but you watch how you flaming say it, or I'll bloody skin you myself, and burn the goat-kissing hide, you sheep-gutted milk-drinker.
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* [[GoshDangIt/LiveActionFilms ]]

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* The characters in ''Film/AboutScout'' seem strangely fond of the word "effing."
%%* Used in the 1993 movie ''Film/{{Airborne}}''.
* In ''Film/{{Airplane}}'', two African-American men speak "Jive", a nearly impenetrable version of AAVE [[note]] African American Vernacular English[[/note]] with regular English subtitles. The subtitles translate the word "shit" as "golly", and an impenetrable cussword-filled saying as, "Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise."
* In ''Film/{{Aliens}}'', 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?"
* ''Film/AngelsInTheOutfield'':
** The main kid in the remake is berated by his foster parent for saying "shut up" at the dinner table.
** The coach insists that his players cease all swearing to appease the angels. One of said players notes that this eliminates most of the team's vocabulary.
* ''Franchise/BackToTheFuture'':
** Doc Brown uses "Great Scott!" whenever he's excited or surprised.
** In the [[Film/BackToTheFuturePartII second movie]], Doc expresses his frustration with "Sir Isaac H. Newton".
** It's parodied when young George wonders if it's appropriate to swear when coming to Lorraine's rescue, to which Marty responds "yes, definitely, goddamnit George, swear!"
** At the beginning, Lorraine scolds Dave for saying "Goddamn it".
** Zigzagged with Biff, who at first uses a lot of lame insults, like "Butthead". It's averted in a few scenes, like when Biff chases Marty through Hill Valley in [[Film/BackToTheFuture Part 1]]:
--->(''Biff and his cronies look forwards, there is a manure truck in front of them'')\\
'''[[MassOhCrap Biff and Co.]]:''' '''''[[VisualPun SHIIIIIIIIIIT!]]'''''\\
(''crashes into the truck and manure falls into the convertible'')
** And later tells Marty he's going to take the cost of it "outta your ass".
** This may well be justifiable, as he uses the lame insults casually and reserves the actually profanity towards [[FridgeBrilliance guys he has a reason to be angry at.]]
** In the [[Film/BackToTheFuturePartIII third movie]] when Mad Dog Tannen winds up in a pile of manure the sheriff says "Get him out of that shit".
** This iconic quote:
--->'''Doc:''' When this baby hits 88 miles per hour, you're gonna see some serious shit.
** Marty says "Holy ''shit!''" quite a few times throughout the trilogy.
* Creator/ChristopherNolan's ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'' [[Film/TheDarkKnightTrilogy films]] approach this trope if you go back and study the characters' dialogue (Commissioner Gordon's "Dammit, Harvey!" in ''Film/TheDarkKnight'' [[PrecisionFStrike particularly stands out]]) - and ''especially'' if you compare them to Creator/TimBurton's ''Film/{{Batman|1989}}'' [[Film/BatmanReturns films]], which certainly earned their PG-13 ratings. Not only that, but the Nolan films contain much less gore (even bordering on BloodlessCarnage) and feature practically none of the sexual innuendoes for which the Burton and even the [[Creator/JoelSchumacher Schumacher]] films were notorious. Kudos to Nolan for still managing to make the films so intense that they're remembered for being ''less'' tame than Burton's efforts!
* Parodied in ''Film/TheBradyBunch [[TheMovie Movie]]'', which lampooned the goody-goodyness of the 70s show. When Mr. Brady confronts the villain, the bad guy, ready for a showdown, angrily threatens to "Kick your Brady butt!" The entire family, who are watching, gasp in absolute horror, with little Cindy crying, "Daddy, he said the B-Word!"
* Creator/MelBrooks loves to employ this trope as RuleOfFunny
** In ''Film/HighAnxiety'', Dr. Thorndyke (Brooks' character) is holding a conference on penis envy when one of the attendees brings his kids, forcing him to switch to "pee-pee" and "voo-voo".
** Freddy in ''Film/YoungFrankenstein'' describes his grandfather's work as "doo doo".
** ''Film/BlazingSaddles'': Taggart gives us this gem:
-->'''Taggart''': What in the Wide Wide World of Sports is a-going on here? I hired you people to get a little track laid, not to jump around like a bunch of Kansas City faggots!
** ''Film/SilentMovie'': Brooks' character is clearly seen mouthing "You son of a bitch!", but the intertitle instead says, "You bad boy!"
* ''Film/BulletProofMonk'' was originally going to have an R rating. During the switch to a PG-13 rating, one of the characters was renamed Mr. Funktastic from his previously, more offensive moniker. His original name is still noticeable where his necklace has been suspiciously affixed to his chest to cover up the fifth letter in his "MR. FU KTASTIC" tattoo.
* In ''Film/TheCave'', Creator/PiperPerabo screams memorably of the monsters coming after her that "They fly, they freaking fly!" Another case of sacrificed on the altar of the PG-13 rating.
* ''Film/DieHard'': In the German translation, Willis' famous dictum becomes "Yippie-ki-aye, Schweinebacke!" (Pig-butt, if you will.) Somewhat justified, since Germans don't engage in [[UnusualEuphemism oedipal actions]] when swearing, and to prove it, his cry is as [[MemeticMutation memetic]] in Germany as in the original.
* ''Film/TheDoors1991'': The band are asked to replace the word "higher" with "better". This is based on a real incident behind the scenes on ''Series/TheEdSullivanShow''.
* In the 1950s-set ''Film/FarFromHeaven'', the main character admonishes her child for saying "shucks." There is later a PrecisionFStrike from another character.
* ''Film/GalaxyQuest'': When Jason turns around and realizes what Gorignak is, "Oh darn." His mild language is probably due to years of having to tone it down for the TV show in the first place. A more literal replacement of a swearword is when Nesmith and Gwen first see the "mashers" while being guided by a fan of the show, she utters "well SCREW THAT!" but her mouth obviously forms a [[PrecisionFStrike different word entirely]] - the line was overdubbed. This is partly due to the movie changing its target rating from R to PG-13 during production.
* ''Film/TheHairyBird'': "Up your ziggy with a wah-wah brush!" and "None of your floppin' buggies!"
* Alan in ''Film/TheHangover'' is crude in many ways but not with his language:
-->'''Phil:''' God damn it!\\
'''Alan:''' Gosh darn it!\\
'''Phil:''' Shit!\\
'''Alan:''' Shoot!
%%* Ashburn in ''Film/TheHeat'' until her ClusterFBomb.
* ''Film/HouseShark'': A couple of instances where swearing wouldn't have been out of place get this treatment.
-->'''Frank:''' Let's kill us a mother-truckin shark!
-->'''Frank:''' [[Film/{{Jaws}} Smile, you son of a biscuit!]]
* The films of Jared Hess, such as ''Film/NapoleonDynamite'' and ''Film/NachoLibre'', do not contain any hard swear words, most likely due to Hess' Mormon faith. This gets parodied in ''[[Creator/SeltzerAndFriedberg Date Movie]]'' with a Napoleon spoof repeatedly saying "God".
* ''Film/HocusPocus'':
** Max tells his mother that his day at school "sucked". He is then told to mind his language. [[GetTheeToANunnery The word originally was vulgar.]] It referred to fellatio - and in fact still does, although the milder meaning is now more common.
** Winifred Sanderson tends to say "damn" a few times, except for one scene when she sees that Max has knocked off the head of [[InhumanHuman zombie Billy Butcherson]]:
--->'''Winifred:''' Oh, cheese and crust! [[LosingYourHead He's lost his head!]]
** Played with later, when Billy [[HeelFaceTurn turns against Winnifred]] and finally gets the chance to speak his mind (after [[BodyHorror cutting the stitching from his mouth.]])
--->'''Billy:''' GO TO HELL!!!\\
'''Winifred:''' I've been there, thank you. I found it quite lovely!
%%* The polite epithets used in ''Film/HoneyIShrunkTheKids''.
* The DVD release of ''Film/HotFuzz'' included a feature entitled "Hot Funk: The TV Version", which takes some scenes from the movie that involve swearing and replacing them with typical TV edit dubs, leading to lines such as "What the funk?!" and "Aw, peas and rice!"
* ''Film/InTheLoop'': Assistant Secretary of State Linton Barwick studiously avoids all swear words while ruthlessly enforcing the American administration's push for war in the Middle East. This is part of why he is so at odds with his ally across the pond, Malcolm Tucker, who [[SirSwearsalot swears spectacularly]].
* The impact of the scene in ''Film/ItsAWonderfulLife'' where George, filled with rage and self-disgust, rejects Potter's 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 UsefulNotes/TheHaysCode:
-->You-oo you just can't buy people, Mr. Potter, wuh-- Why, you know what you are? You're a little bitch. That's right, you're a bitch, and I bet you'd like to suck it, wouldn't you?
:: Given the way Creator/JimmyStewart talked in real life, it isn't too far fetched to imagine him doing this in an out-take.
* ''Film/JennifersBody'': Needy usually uses only euphemisms rather than actual expletives. [[OutOfCharacterAlert When she swears for real]], it's a sign she's ''very'' upset.
* In ''Film/JohnnyDangerously'', Roman Moronie mangles all his cursing, resulting in words like "bastige" and "farging iceholes." In one scene, he says, "Thees ees fargin war!" Cue the SpinningPaper, the headline of which reads, "Fargin War."
* Thanks to UsefulNotes/TheHaysCode, ''Film/LifeWithFather'' has Clarence Day Sr. frequently exclaiming "Oh, ''GAD!''" rather than God--though the ham level is still very high. (The exception is when he is ''actually'' praying... in which he still yells OH GOD at the top of his lungs.)
* ''Film/TheLostSkeletonOfCadavra'', being an AffectionateParody of 50s B movies, has this trope in spades.
-->'''Paul:''' Now, for the love of Mike, will someone please tell me what the heck is going on here?
* In the ''Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse'', the single rudest thing Characters/{{Captain America|TitleCharacter}} has ''ever'' used is "bastard". He also used "son of a gun" rather than anything more expletive than that.
** Lampshaded in ''Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron'', when Iron Man says "shit", and Cap -- on comms -- chides him with: "Language." [[RunningGag And then spends the rest of the film being mocked for it]] [[OnceDoneNeverForgotten (he insists it just slipped out)]].
** He's lost this trait by ''Film/AvengersEndgame'', though, after five years pass.
* ''Film/MrSmithGoesToWashington'': Jeff is tricked into missing an important Senate vote to spend the day seeing the sights with the gorgeous Susan Paine. After hearing his naive gushing about the time he had, Saunders seems to relish using the family-friendly BS euphemism, "horseradish," in reply.
* In ''Film/TheMuppetChristmasCarol'' where the bookkeeping staff gives us this little gem:
-->'''Rat:''' Our pens have turned to ink-sicles! Our ''ass''ets are frozen!
* The 1962 movie ''Theatre/TheMusicMan'' uses this, but is justified by its setting being 1912. This causes some great comedy when all the parents are terrified by their children using such foul words like "swell" and "so's your old man".
* In ''Film/MysteryMen'' the ForkFencing Blue Rajah uses cutlery-related speech, which thereby extends to swearing like "What the fork?" It is [[RuleOfFunny done for laughs]]: he also uses [[SubvertedTrope genuine curses]] more than any other character in the movie. For example, at one point he quite audibly mutters "Oh, shit." Plus cases of distinctly British cursing, like "bugger all." That could be a case of DidNotDoTheBloodyResearch because the Blue Rajah is very British (You just have to know your history.)
* The eponymous Film/MysteryTeam expresses pain and anger through childish euphemisms... [[spoiler: usually]].
* Lampshaded in the 1991 film adaptation of ''Film/{{Oscar}}''; Creator/SylvesterStallone is having the worst day of his life, as he is walking through his house, cursing, he notices the Cardinal who is waiting for him, and immediately switches to non-offensive "swears".
* In silent film ''Film/ThePatsy'', when Ma and Grace are badgering Pat, she busts out with "I don't give a whoopin' darn!". Her mother and sister are shocked.
* The end of ''Film/PlanetOfTheApes1968'', and this trope, is parodied in several works:
** Parodied in ''WesternAnimation/{{Madagascar}}'' as seen above.
** ''WesternAnimation/EarthwormJim'' cartoon - "Gosh-darn them! Gosh darn them all to heck!".
** A similar sequence also appears in ''WesternAnimation/SheepInTheBigCity''.
* Swearing in UsefulNotes/TheHaysCode Era films was a big no-no, so ''Film/RememberTheNight'' is filled with gems like "Hogwash" and "Fiddlesticks".
* In ''Film/TheRightStuff'', John Glenn is portrayed as being very averse to foul language. Even if he ''wants'' to curse, he can't. ''Not even the word "damn"!''
-->'''John Glenn''': And most of all, I am sick and tired of being second to those... ''(struggles)'' ...those darn Russians!
* ''Film/TheRock'': Dr. Stanley Goodspeed starts out not using actual swears, but minced oaths, e.g. "gee-whiz" and "A-hole" since Creator/NicolasCage [[ActorInspiredElement suggested Goodspeed didn't swear]]. At first, anyway, because as the action intensifies, Goodspeed gradually starts using actual swear words.
* The ''Film/ScottPilgrimVsTheWorld'' DVD has a segment called ''Scott Pilgrim Vs The Censors''. They seem to replace every instance of "ass" with "owl".
* In ''Film/SemiPro'', one character calls another a "jive turkey," and this is treated as the worst insult imaginable. The other characters try to ''defuse'' the situation by claiming he actually said "cocksucker".
* The ''Film/ShaunOfTheDead'' DVD has a segment called "Funky Pete," which censors Pete's ClusterFBomb in a similar way.
* In ''Film/{{Signs}}'', Graham and Merrill are trying to scare an intruder by shouting angrily and swearing. Graham (a lapsed priest) objects that it doesn't sound convincing when he swears, but manages to come up with: "Ahhh! I'm insane with anger! I'm losing my mind! It's time for an ass-whooping!" Afterwards, he confesses, "I cursed." Merrill responds, "I heard." (A bit of IronyAsSheIsCast, as Graham is played by the infamously foul-mouthed Creator/MelGibson.)
* Averted in ''Film/SpeedRacer'': The film keeps a PG rating despite having its fair share of cursing. They used "ass" and "damn" a bunch of times, and used "shit" ''twice'' - one had a SoundEffectBleep in-movie because the character was on TV, but the other wasn't and was said by ''Speed himself'', although it was hard to hear due to the car noises in the background. The AnnoyingYoungerSibling ''flips off'' the main villain.
* ''Film/SpyKids1'' has Carmen say, "Oh, shiitake mushrooms!" It gets a CallBack in [[Film/SpyKids2IslandOfLostDreams the sequel]].
* ''Franchise/StarWars'': In keeping with their retro-[=1930s=] sci-fi tone, nobody in a galaxy far, far away says ''anything'' stronger than "damn" or "hell" most of the time. There's occasional forays into PardonMyKlingon, and "blast it" is also used, but since they call plasma guns "blasters" that makes sense. Post-Disney acquisition movies have occasionally ''implied'' the existence of stronger swearwords, like Lando beginning to say "Ssshhhh-" in ''Film/{{Solo}}''.
* ''Film/StrokerAce'' features Pembrook, who only ever says "darn" on occasion. Justified in that she's a Sunday school teacher and is so [[IncorruptiblePurePureness pure]] that she simply doesn't swear like everyone else.
* ''Film/StuartSavesHisFamily'': Stuart simply can't swear. When describing Roz, he struggles to describe her, and finally settles on calling her a "[[BigStupidDoodooHead cootie]]". He finally gets mad enough at her to call her... "a vagina!" He then flees in shock at his crude verbiage, even though Roz is unaffected.
* In ''Literature/ATreeGrowsInBrooklyn'', the crooked meat dealer is outwitted by a clever ploy Francie's mom told her to use, and responds "Sweet Jumping Christopher!"
* When the Captain finds the body in ''Film/TheTroubleWithHarry'', he exclaims ''For rice cake!''
* Played with very amusingly in ''Film/ZackAndMiriMakeAPorno''; during their scene in the titular porno, Zack and Miri are (very badly) doing cliche porno dialogue. Zack blurts out "I'm gonna fuck you with my pecker" and Miri crossly tells Zack that she's offended by that. Bemused, Zack changes the word 'pecker' to 'penis' to Miri's approval.
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* [[GoshDangIt/AnimatedFilms ]]

[[folder:Films — Animation]]
* Several films use the word "hell" metaphorically to mean a very horrible place or situation in two Creator/{{Disney}}/Creator/{{Pixar}} films. Other films use hell literally. Examples include:
** ''WesternAnimation/{{Cars}}'': [=McQueen=] laments to a tourist couple passing through Radiator Springs "Don't leave me here! I'm in hillbilly hell!"
** ''WesternAnimation/{{Ratatouille}}'': Skinner greets Linguini on the latter's second day on the job with "Welcome to hell!", both of which are G rated.
** Maleficent in ''WesternAnimation/SleepingBeauty'': "Now you will deal with me and all the powers of Hell!"
** ''WesternAnimation/{{The Hunchback of Notre Dame|Disney}}'': Frollo says "Hell" about a dozen times, but it's always literal. His own ''[[VillainSong song]]'' is called ''Hellfire''.
** This is first invoked in ''WesternAnimation/{{Soul}}'', when Joe, noticing he's surrounded by baby souls, asks if he's in "H-E-double hockey sticks." Averted when the souls immediately respond with a chorus of "Hell?"
* In ''WesternAnimation/FantasticMrFox'', all swear words are replaced with "cuss", including the graffiti.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Cars}}'':
** In the clip at the end of the credits: "For the love of Chrysler!"
** Mater uses "Shoot!" as a euphemism a few times in the film.
* Jiminy Cricket in ''WesternAnimation/{{Pinocchio}}'' calls Lampwick a "jackass" even before he knew about the whole "turning boys into donkeys" thing. He meant in the sense of "jerk" or "fool." (Incidentally, the two homonyms for ''ass'' are etymologically unrelated.)
* The dwarves in ''WesternAnimation/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs'' swear "Jiminy Crickets!" The foul-tempered Grumpy goes so far as "Mad as hornets!"
* Averted in ''WesternAnimation/TheIronGiant'', which makes significant use of both "hell" and "damn" for a PG movie. We also have Mansley's glorious last line, from a dialogue with Gen. Rogard. Combined with [[spoiler:NeverSayDie, and PatrioticFervor]]:
-->'''Mansley:''' You mean we're going to...\\
'''Rogard:''' To '''die''' Mansley! For our country!\\
'''Mansley:''' (''finally snaps in fear'') Screw our country! I wanna live! (''tries to flee'')
** Previously, Rogard had told Mansley, "You just blew thousands of Uncle Sam's tax dollars outta your butt!"
* In ''WesternAnimation/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. An example is when Ralph attempts to break Felix out of jail. This line is spoken:
-->'''Felix:''' I don't have to do ''boo'' - forgive my pottymouth. I'm just so... so ''cross'' with you!
** Calhoun, meanwhile, sounds every bit like your usual salty military officer, while [[BadButt using no actual profanity whatsoever]].
* ''WesternAnimation/{{The Lion King|1994}}'':
** Timon censors Pumbaa before he says the word "fart." "Pumbaa! Not in front of the kids!"
** Timon is about to say "ass", before [[CurseCutShort turning said word into a scream]].
--->'''Timon:''' Why do I always have to save your [=aAAAGGGHHH=]!
* Played straight and parodied in ''WesternAnimation/{{Madagascar}}''. At one point Alex says "Darn you! Darn you all to heck!" This is when a wooden model of the Statue of Liberty is burnt down on a beach, and he misquotes Creator/CharltonHeston in ''{{Film/Planet of the Apes|1968}}''. Later on, this is parodied as a ParentalBonus. The protagonists are stranded on an island and a character makes a large "HELP" out of unsturdy tree trunks, and the right side of the P falls to the ground, forming "HELL".
-->'''Marty''': Oh, ''Sugar honey iced tea!''
** In the Spin-Off Series ''WesternAnimation/ThePenguinsOfMadagascar'' Skipper calls the Hoboken zoo a "Ninth portal of Hades".
* ''WesternAnimation/CatsDontDance'': Darla Dimple gets away with swearing in the German-language dub though not in the English. "I wouldn't have gotten all of this/If I hadn't learned to defend myself ''damned'' well!" This seems appropriate, considering [[AxCrazy her personality.]]
* In ''WesternAnimation/HotelTransylvania'', Dracula says "bat-''poop'' crazy" instead of "batshit crazy", and Mavis repeatedly says "Holy rabies!" instead of a stronger interjection.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheLEGOMovie'': Everyone speaks like this. It makes for good comedy when you have Creator/LiamNeeson as Bad Cop going "Darn, darn, darn, darny-darn!" when the heroes escape. [[spoiler: It's justified in that the entire story is being thought up by a young boy, who probably isn't old enough to know any real swears.]]
* ''WesternAnimation/DespicableMe'': Vector says "Oh ''poop''" when he finds out he's stuck on the moon.
* Zig-zagged in ''WesternAnimation/{{Zootopia}}''. On one hand, there are multiple religious utterances ("Oh my God", "By God", "hurt like the devil", "Hell" gets said once, etc). On the other, Judy Hopps's favored swearword is "Sweet cheese and crackers!" and there are other similar euphemisms.
* There's a point in ''WesternAnimation/TheAngryBirdsMovie'' where Red says "Pluck my life". In the UK, this was [[{{Bowdlerise}} changed to]] "What have I done?"
* In ''WesternAnimation/BatmanReturnOfTheCapedCrusaders'', Robin indignantly declares that Catwoman's attempts to [[WeCanRuleTogether seduce Batman to her side]] will succeed "when Heck freezes over".
* In ''WesternAnimation/ThePrincessAndTheFrog'', Charlotte shrieks "Cheese and crackers!" at one point. This is well known among more prudish folk as a way of saying "Jesus Christ!"
* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Shrek}}'', the word "ass" is used when it ''does'' literally refer to Donkey, e.g. Shrek saying "I have to save my ass" and Donkey saying "All right, all right, nobody likes a kiss-ass" but in one scene where it couldn't possibly be referring to Donkey, it gets LastSecondWordSwap: "Shine your shoes, wipe your--FACE!"
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[[folder:Fan Works]]
* Downplayed in ''Fanfic/AmazingFantasy''. Peter often cusses when he's stressed or when he's speaking casually, but he tries not to. Clint mocks him for it.
-->'''Peter:''' ''[after learning that Mjölnir is in New Mexico]'' Shut the front door.\\
'''Clint:''' You kiss your mother with that mouth?
* In the ''Literature/HarryPotter'' fanfic ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7476818/1/And_I_Swear And I Swear]]'', Ron casts a "Potty Mouth Reversal Spell" on himself to try and curb his swearing. It automatically translates everything he says into this trope (even when he's having sex with Hermione). He even says "Gosh darn it to heck!"
-->'''Ron:''' You and your vagina are extremely slippery tonight. I hope you found my efforts satisfying.\\
[...]\\
'''Ron:''' Mother loving cheese on a biscuit!
* ''Fanfic/TheBoltChronicles'': No one swears in this fanfic series.
** The animals in these stories [[UnusualEuphemism routinely substitute the word “dog” for “God” in phrases]] such as “Oh, my dog,” “Dog only knows,” and “For dog’s sake.”
** Even when the worst foul-ups happen, the human characters don't swear, either. An example from "The Cakes," when Penny's mom discovers the three pets have ruined her cakes in a food fight:
--->'''Penny's Mom:''' WHAT IN THE RAGING BLUE BLAZES IS GOING ON HERE??
* Inverted in ''Webcomic/CoolAndNewWebComic'', where the minced oaths ''are'' the swears. "Fuck" and the like have no harsh context among the corrupted characters, but "heck" and "darn" are considered so profane that only the baddest of {{Badbutt}}s can use them uncensored.
* In ''Fanfic/DontSayDannit'', a fanfiction of ''WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse'', the phrase "dang it" is treated as profanity.
* Several flavors show up in Creator/TeamFourStar's ''WebVideo/DragonBallZAbridged'':
** A last minute episode skit shows Vegeta sub a ton of words for an otherwise profusely bleeped out rant.
** "HFIL" is used several times as a jab against the original translation's {{Bowdleris|e}}ation.
* ''Fanfic/EnterKenFinlayson'': features this such as using "freak" as an expletive. It is justified given the K+ rating of the story.
* In ''Machinima/FinalFantasyVIIMachinabridged'' series, Aerith replaced all swear words with "blank" when she quoted something she overheard Reno say.
* In ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5183586/4/The-Feel-of-Feelings-Rewrite The Feel of Feelings]]'' Harry comes out of an undeserved two-year stay in Azkaban a little loopy. When Hermione drags him by his foot after he exhibits extreme reluctance to go shopping with her he yells "Holy mother of sheep! What in the name of chickens are you doing? Cheese and crackers woman! Stop killing the brain cells that I have managed to preserve!"
* In ''ComicBook/PowerGirl'' story ''Fanfic/AForceOfFour'', [[Characters/SupermanJimmyOlsen Jimmy Olsen]] reveals that he had some... creative curses when he was ten, such like "oh, yes, by golly gosh all hemlock" and "dad-blamed".
* ''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 sexual insult towards Eridan, but still doesn't swear. The gang know something is horribly wrong when he utters the word "crud".
* From ''Fanfic/MaimDeMaim'': Both Mako and Satsuki clearly don't use as much profanity as their respective friends do. One notable exception for Mako is when she compared Ryuko's body to that of Satsuki over the phone. As for Satsuki, she is capable of using the big three, but only when rightfully deserved or prompt, such as when she thought [[spoiler:she accidentally ripped Ragyo's face off prior to the curbstomp or while Satsuki was being "purified".]] She even elaborated on the subject herself after Ryuko told her rival that she suffered the same fate. She later curses a few more times in Chapter 22 during her confrontation with The Staple Eyed Gentleman.
* Invoked in ''Fanfic/MyNameIsMolly''. Part of The Operation involves a person's personality being remolded. The villagers are physically unable to curse and instead use minced oaths.
* Another ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'' fic, [[http://archiveofourown.org/works/659590/chapters/1202775 Shock Collar]], renders Eridan unable to even do this; Equius makes the eponymous device to prevent Eridan swearing. Eridan eventually resorts to "Goodness!", which freaks everyone out.
-->cA: burn in hell\\
cA: GOD DARN I\\
cA: IT SETS OFF AT DARN\\
cT: D --> Of course\\
cA: im goin to find you and rip your intestines out through your a\\
cT: D --> Oh dear
* ''Fanfic/TheSecretReturnOfAlexMack'': With canon being a PG-rated Nickelodeon show, it's understandable that Alex swears this way. Other characters frequently have a NarrativeProfanityFilter. (Note that the story itself is certainly not PG-rated, with all the B-movie horror crossovers and graphic violence and Willow's very raunchy relationship with Colonel O'Neill, but there's very little in the way of coarse language.)
* ''Blog/SwearySheRa'': Every single character swears profusely...except Bow, who uses replacement words.
--> "Oh, shih-tzu puppies!"
* ''WebVideo/SwordArtOnlineAbridged'' makes use of this trope in its games -- and ''only'' in its games. All real-life dialogue is completely uncensored.
** The first game bleeped out every profanity the characters said... in the first episode only. Kayaba explicitly states by the end of said first episode that he disabled the profanity filter; the very first thing someone says after he's gone? "We're '''fucked!!'''"
** ''Alfheim Online'' was intended to be a children's EdutainmentGame before it was taken over by older [[TheRoleplayer roleplayers]], so it has a built-in profanity filter that forces players to say things like "gee willikers", "shoot," "fudge," "cheese and crackers," "oh my codfish," etc. It's enough to make Kirito break down bawling when he first finds out. Unfortunately, sexual innuendo can easily be invented that works around the filter, such as when Princess Leafa yells out that Recon "sucked me off one time!" And that is to say nothing of Sugou's [[IHaveYouNowMyPretty "pillow talk"]] with Asuna...
* A RunningGag in the ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug'' fic ''Fanfic/TangledUpInYou'' with Adrien: not only does he repeatedly scold Alya on her casual swearing, he resorts to euphemisms such as "Holy shoot", "Fudge", and "H-E-double hockey sticks". And when Alya and Nino try to push him to curse like a normal teenager, he says "Shit," only to amend it to "Shiitake mushrooms" after a moment.
-->'''Alya''': Adrien, repeat after me. Holy shit. Fuck.\\
'''Adrien''': Holy sh-shih tzu. Funk.\\
'''Alya''': You really are a hopeless case.\\
'''Adrien''': Hey, I don't need to curse to be cool!
* ''Fanfic/SashaAndTheFrogs'': Sasha says "heck" a lot.
--> "'HECK' IS NOT A BAD WORD!"
* In ''Fanfic/TheDayAfterYouSavedTheMultiverse'', Clark's mother is very particular regarding swear swords.
-->'''Naomi Kent:''' "I don't want the least bit of attitude out of you when we do it, either, young man."\\
'''Clark Kent:''' "Oh, cripes."\\
'''Naomi Kent:''' "Clark!"\\
'''Clark Kent:''' "I said 'cripes', Mom."
* ''Fanfic/{{Opalescent}}'':
** "Crumpets" is one of Olive's [[{{Catchphrase}} catchphrases]] in canon, which can be a stand-in for either "fuck" or "shit" depending on mileage. This fanfic has Opal [[BorrowedCatchphrase borrowing]] "crumpets" as a stand-in for "shit", and quickly corrects herself by thinking, "Whoops, that's Olive's curse phrase, but still."
** Chapter 3 describes the exchange between Otto and Dr. O in "Invasion of the Body Switchers" regarding using [[LazyAlias lazy aliases]] "hecka awkward".
* In ''Fanfic/AllMixedUp'', Otto says "crud" four times in response to seeing Olive be Mariana Mag's latest anagrammed victim.
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[[folder:Comic Books]]
* Through most of the period UsefulNotes/TheComicsCode was in place, one of the rules was that characters weren't allowed to curse, which led to many of the examples listed below. Even after the Code started to relax during the Bronze Age, the minced oaths were kept (for example, "hell" could not be used unless it referred to the place, like in the ''ComicBook/GhostRider'' comics).
* ''Franchise/SpiderMan'':
** ''ComicBook/SpiderManLovesMaryJane'' has its teenage girl protagonists replace relatively mild "Omigod!" with "Omigosh!" whenever they get excited.
** J. Jonah Jameson in most incarnations has an impressive vocabulary of mild swears ranging from "Poppycock" to "What in the dad-blamed Sam Hill?" Although in one comic by Creator/PeterDavid, when he gets repeated notes signed "F.N.S.M." (Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man), he mutters "I hate that F-n' S.M."
* In ''ComicBook/{{Madman}}'', the titular character ''can't'' bring himself to curse even in the most dire of circumstances.
* ''ComicBook/LukeCage'' - Luke promised his Momma he wouldn't swear. He just says things that sound ''kinda'' like usual swears, like "Sweet Christmas" and "Holy Spit!". This was averted in his later incarnations (''SWEET F**KING CHRISTMAS!''), but then was [[ExaggeratedTrope exaggerated]] in his most recent ''ComicBook/HeroesForHire'' series (where wife Characters/JessicaJones has him control his language after the baby starts cussing in imitation), and this carries over to his missions with Comicbook/IronFist.
-->'''Cage:''' This guy is a bad Knick-Knack-Paddy-Whack!\\
'''Iron Fist:''' A bad what?
* ComicBook/{{Nova}} never swears for the same reason. "Blue Blazes!" (his dad does it too)
* No one swears in ''ComicBook/MarvelAdventures'', the [[LighterAndSofter all-ages]] version of the ''Franchise/MarvelUniverse'', but cursing ''is'' alluded to...
-->'''Characters/{{Captain America|TitleCharacter}}:''' For the record, I didn't say that.\\
'''[[Characters/MarvelComicsStorm Storm]]:''' What ''did'' you say?\\
'''Captain America:''' [[NarrativeProfanityFilter I can't say with ladies present]].
* ''ComicBook/SquirrelGirl'' seems incapable of anything harsher than "Good golly gosh!" During the [[ComicBook/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. Partly because Mr. Immortal was flocking with a flocking gun...
* ''ComicBook/XMen'': ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}, whose vocabulary likely includes a lot of words UsefulNotes/TheComicsCode 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." Seeing as, in more modern times, "flaming" can refer (often in a derogatory way) to flamboyant homosexuality, the change makes it worse. Instead of being a potty-mouth, now Wolverine sounds like a homophobe.
* Mark Gruenwald's ComicBook/{{Justice League|OfAmerica}} pastiche series ''Comicbook/SquadronSupreme'' did this constantly, being released before Marvel began releasing comics without Comics Code approval. The result is a dark and cynical take on the Justice League with no insults harsher than "Son of a fish!"
* ''[[ComicBook/AntMan The Irredeemable Ant-Man]]'' {{lampshade|Hanging}}s and justifies this trope: ComicBook/{{SHIELD}} operatives are trained to say "Blast!" instead of "Damn!" to avoid offending anyone in the field.
* ''ComicBook/PS238'' has Zodon, an evil genius attending a school for superpowered children. The staff janitor is a technical genius himself though and implants a chip into Zodon which forces him to replace swear words with harmless random words. If he tries to go into a stream of profanity he will begin speaking out the lyrics to show tunes.
* ''ComicBook/AtomicRobo'' doesn't swear, tending to make use of more esoteric terms like "horsefeathers!" and "Cheese and Crackers!" Justified, since Robo was created and "grew up" before UsefulNotes/WorldWarII.
* ''ComicBook/CaptainAmerica'': The Cap, being traditional American values on legs, never swears, though he sometimes uses this trope.
-->(''Captain America jumps onto an F-15 and smashes the cockpit; understandably, the pilot expresses his surprise'')\\
'''Pilot:''' Jesus!\\
'''Captain America:''' Keep flying, son. And watch that potty mouth!
* ''Franchise/{{Tintin}}'':
** Tintin himself would use "Great Snakes!" or "Crumbs!"
** As a sailor Captain Haddock's stream of abuse is, if not rude, then certainly inventive. His trademark phrases are "Billions of blue blistering barnacles!" and "Thousands of thundering typhoons!" When particularly angry, "billions of blue blistering barnacles in a thundering typhoon!" is heard. When Hergé originally designed the character, he wanted him to swear, well, like a sailor. However, the [[ExecutiveMeddling publishers wouldn't let him]], so he came up with a bunch of creative euphemisms instead. [[Administrivia/TropesAreTools It became one of the Captain's defining and most memorable character traits.]]
* ''ComicBook/{{Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles|Mirage}}'': In the early black and white issues, the characters' swearing was limited to heartfelt cries of "Dung!"
* ''ComicBook/RogueTrooper'' uses ''hell!'' as its curse of choice. This continued even after ''2000 AD'' started to use proper swearing. In some parts of the world (America specifically), it ''is'' still proper swearing (albeit very mild).
* ''ComicBook/WorldWarHulk'' had this exchange between Comicbook/TheIncredibleHulk and [[Characters/MarvelComicsGammaMutates his father-in-law]].
-->'''General Ross:''' Hulk! [[WhyWontYouDie Why won't you die already?!]]\\
'''Hulk:''' That's your job!\\
'''Ross:''' Not '''ding-dong''' likely, you crazy monster!
* ''ComicBook/SuperDinosaur'' being an all ages series uses this ''crud'' all the time.
* In ''ComicBook/ThePowerpuffGirls'' story "Smart And Smarter" (Cartoon Network Block Party #59), Blossom alienates her sisters by trying to show how intellectually inferior they are to her. When she asks Buttercup what her motivation for fighting Mojo is, Buttercup replies, "Usually it's to beat the puckey out of him...but right now it's to get you to '''''shut up!!'''''
* ''ComicBook/IHateFairyland'' is filled with ''[[ClusterFBomb Cluster "Fluff" Bombs]]''. You heard that right. Among other swears, "fluff" serves as a cutesy replacement for "fuck", despite its {{Gorn}}-filled SugarBowl setting.
* ''ComicStrip/KnightsOfTheDinnerTable'' usually spells "God" as "Gawd". They also frequently use amusing outburst like "Firk-Ding-Blast!" and "What the SAM FRICK?"
* Several members of the Archer family in ''ComicBook/ArcherAndArmstrong'' speak like this. Even during a battle to the death they won't utter anything stronger than "goshdangit" or "flippin' bullcorn".
* ''ComicBook/{{Superlopez}}'': ¡Mecachis en la mar! (a family friendly "Holy crap!")
* ''ComicBook/{{Superman}}'':
** If Superman utters even the word "hell", you know you've pissed him right off. He's nice and polite enough to avoid curse words, so if you've made him mad enough to start actually ''swearing'' at you, you are '''in trouble'''. (See: [[Characters/NewGodsDarkseid Darkseid]] in ''ComicBook/TheSupergirlFromKrypton2004'').
** Parodied in ''ComicBook/TheKillersOfKrypton'':
--->'''ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}:''' You're a strong, independent young woman. Heck, you're a superhero. Cousin of THE superhero. And he must have rubbed off on you. Why else did I just use the word "heck"?
** Parodied in ''ComicBook/TheHuntForReactron'' when Lois Lane utters "Oh Snap", eliciting an incredulous reaction from Lana Lang. Lois mutters she got it from Jimmy Olsen.
--->'''Lois Lane:''' "Oh Snap![...]"\\
'''Lana Lang: ''' "Did you... Did you just say "'''Oh Snap'''"?\\
'''Lois Lane:''' I heard Jimmy saying it.
* ComicBook/{{Shazam}}/ComicBook/CaptainMarvel is, if anything, even milder than Supes himself under most writers, justified in that the Big Red Cheese's alter ego is a kid several years too young to drive.
* "Marvel What-The..." parodies the trope to hell and back, as usual. [[ExecutiveMeddling Executive Meddlers]] take offense at "Son of Satan" and change the character to "Son of Santa". Hilarity and a hailstorm of bad X-mas puns ensue.
* In ''ComicBook/TheTransformersMoreThanMeetsTheEye'', "damn" and "hell" are now considered as passable curses. However "frag" and "scrap" are also thrown in for variety. Most notably though, there is the occasional use of the word "frikking" -- it translates to "freaking" which is itself a potential replacement for "fucking". So far Whirl is the only one to have used it to imply that he is particularly foul-mouthed.
** Ultra Magnus is particularly polite, and when he does attempt to curse it's usually via some euphemism from decades past. The closest he's gotten to a real curse word is when he yelled "Screw Getaway!" and them promptly apologized for his language.
* In an issue of ''ComicBook/XForce'', [[Characters/MarvelComicsPsylocke Psylocke]] gets fed up with Marrow swearing constantly, and messes with her brain so that she's saying random words or gibberish instead. But Marrow still thinks she's swearing and doesn't understand why people keep giggling at her.
-->'''Marrow:''' Aw, ''croutons''.
* In the 2017 ComicBookAdaptation of ''WesternAnimation/RockosModernLife'', when Rocko's DealWithTheDevil takes him to hell, there's a "Welcome to Heck" sign with the "ck" being written on a piece of paper that's covering what's likely to be two "l"s. The sign also reads "Mind your manners. This ain't a barn! We got families here!"
* ''ComicBook/{{Batman}}'': The Comicbook/{{Robin}}s usually used interesting lingo in place of swears, until [[ComicBook/Robin1993 Tim]] took up the mantle as he generally just used cuss words instead (though milder ones, like saying "Crap squared"). Damian makes no attempts to avoid cussing either.
* ''ComicBook/WonderWoman'' [[ComicBook/WonderWoman1942 Vol 1]]: [[Characters/WonderWomanAllies Etta Candy]] uses ''"goldurned"'' (as a substitute for god dammed) on occasion, though Bobby's ''"Cataleptic Cats!"'' exclamation takes the cake.
* ''ComicBook/SensationalSheHulk'':
** While falling down in issue #11, ComicBook/SheHulk utters a string of g-rated "profanities" such as "ear wipe", "dog shingles", "death pokes" and "pig strings".
** Issue #13 features an entire town full of people who talk like this because they've been terrified into being as ludicrously wholesome as possible by an alien-possessed priest.
* ''ComicBook/AltHero'': Shiloh's reaction to the police car signaling her is "Well, fudgesticks!"
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Contrast ClusterFBomb which is the exact opposite. See also BigStupidDoodooHead, CurseOfTheAncients, {{Mondegreen}}, NeverSayDie, TWordEuphemism, UnusualEuphemism, WitchWithACapitalB, and the ''Wiki/{{Wikipedia}}'' [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minced_oath article on minced oaths.]]

Contrary to popular belief, the words "damn" and "hell" are permissible in a G-rated film. For example, the 1971 movie ''Film/{{Airport}}'' had both ("Where the hell are you?" and "You've always got some damn excuse!") and it still received a G rating, though movie-rating standards have changed since then. The original ''Franchise/PlanetOfTheApes'' movie received a G rating, despite famous lines like "You damn, dirty apes" and "Goddamn you all to hell!" Even some G-rated animated features, such as ''WesternAnimation/SleepingBeauty'', ''WesternAnimation/TheSecretOfNIMH'', and ''WesternAnimation/{{The Hunchback of Notre Dame|Disney}}'', have included mild swear words. However, it is worth noting that "Hell" can refer to [[{{Hell}} the place]] and "damn" can mean condemnation to said place, and thus are not swear words even if such concepts are a little heavy for children. "Bitch" (the official term for a female dog - from which the derogatory use is derived) and "ass" (an alternate name for a donkey) almost never get such passes, unless it is explicit and obvious that the non-swear meaning is intended.

** Speaking of Orbit, there's [[https://youtu.be/eTTowxthrVA this ad with Sarah Silverman]]. "I've got your lipstick all over my rim" is quite the thing to hear in a business meeting.

* ''ComicBook/LukeCage'' - Luke promised his Momma he wouldn't swear. He just says things that sound ''kinda'' like usual swears, like "Sweet Christmas" and "Holy Spit!". This was averted in his later incarnations (''SWEET F**KING CHRISTMAS!''), but then was [[ExaggeratedTrope exaggerated]] in his most recent ''ComicBook/HeroesForHire'' series (where wife ComicBook/JessicaJones has him control his language after the baby starts cussing in imitation), and this carries over to his missions with Comicbook/IronFist.

-->'''ComicBook/CaptainAmerica:''' For the record, I didn't say that.\\

'''ComicBook/CaptainAmerica:''' [[NarrativeProfanityFilter I can't say with ladies present]].

* Mark Gruenwald's Franchise/{{Justice League|OfAmerica}} pastiche series ''Comicbook/SquadronSupreme'' did this constantly, being released before Marvel began releasing comics without Comics Code approval. The result is a dark and cynical take on the Justice League with no insults harsher than "Son of a fish!"

* ''ComicBook/PS238'' has Zodon, a evil genius attending a school for superpowered children. The staff janitor is a technical genius himself though and implants a chip into Zodon which forces him to replace swear words with harmless random words. If he tries to go into a stream of profanity he will begin speaking out the lyrics to show tunes.

* ''Franchise/{{Superman}}'':
** If Superman utters even the word "hell", you know you've pissed him right off. He's nice and polite enough to avoid curse words, so if you've made him mad enough to start actually ''swearing'' at you, you are '''in trouble'''. (See: [[Characters/NewGodsDarkseid Darkseid]] in ''[[ComicBook/SupermanBatman The Supergirl From Krypton (2004)]]'').

* ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'': The Comicbook/{{Robin}}s usually used interesting lingo in place of swears, until [[ComicBook/RobinSeries Tim]] took up the mantle as he generally just used cuss words instead (though milder ones, like saying "Crap squared"). Damian makes no attempts to avoid cussing either.
* ''Franchise/WonderWoman'' [[ComicBook/WonderWoman1942 Vol 1]]: ComicBook/EttaCandy uses ''"goldurned"'' (as a substitute for god dammed) on occasion, though Bobby's ''"Cataleptic Cats!"'' exclamation takes the cake.

* There's a point in ''WesternAnimation/TheAngryBirdsMovie'' where Red says "Pluck my life". In the UK, this was [[{{Bowdlerize}} changed to]] "What have I done?"

* In ''Film/{{Airplane}}, two African-American men speak "Jive", a nearly impenetrable version of AAVE [[note]] African American Vernacular English[[/note]] with regular English subtitles. The subtitles translate the word "shit" as "golly", and an impenetrable cussword-filled saying as, "Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise."

* In the ''Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse'', the single rudest thing ComicBook/CaptainAmerica has ''ever'' used is "bastard". He also used "son of a gun" rather than anything more expletive than that.

* [[Wrestling/RubyRiott Heidi Lovelace]] almost always stops her cussing at the word's first letter, even in front of what are supposed to be adult audiences because children could still be watching, d-word! Most commonly with the b-word, which when asked she insists is "broad". So you know it was a big deal when she started cussing at the referee to end a match in Absolute Intense Wrestling as Shayna Baszler destroyed Annie Social.

-->'''Massimo:''' Feeble Massimo? Grrrrrrrrrrrr! You sunnova-- (That's how it was spelled in the subtitles)

* ''VideoGame/{{Bayonetta}}'' uses "Flock off, feather-face!" line. It's a rare occurence considering the number of times the F-bomb has been dropped by that point, and throughout the rest of the game.

* ''VideoGame/ShadowTheHedgehog'' is a inversion. He uses "damn" and "hell" in every other sentence.

* ''VideoGame/FridayNightFunkin'' community uses "funkin' " as the f-word in situations that call for it.

** [[RuleOfFunny Invoked for humor]] by ComicBook/{{Deadpool}} in his match against [[Characters/BatmanDeathstroke Deathstroke]]. "Now where is that son of a gun, I'm going to show him what-for, I swea- ''*gets shot in the head*'' -OW!" ''Death Battle'' (and Deadpool) generally have no problems swearing elsewhere in the video.

** An aversion is in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2ZX_ToJHFk Lester the Unlikely]] review, but only at the cave stage in the game.

* On the commentary for the ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'' episode, [[Recap/JusticeLeagueS2E1And2Twilight "Legends, Part 2"]], director Butch Lukic invokes this on himself as the crew was talking about Orion's voice actor, Creator/RonPerlman, to which, he refer to Perlman's role as Film/{{Hellboy|2004}}, then backtracks and says "Heckboy".
** A similar case happened when a local movie theater in the [[DeepSouth Bible Belt]] labeled ''Film/Hellboy2019'' [[https://comicbook.com/movies/2019/04/21/censored-hellboy-sign-viral-tweet-heckboy/ as "Heckboy" also]].

* Both played straight and averted on some levels in ''WesternAnimation/{{Zootopia}}''. On one hand, there are multiple religious utterances ("Oh my God", "By God", "hurt like the devil", "Hell" gets said once, etc). On the other, Judy Hopps's favored swearword is "Sweet cheese and crackers!" and there are other similar euphemisms.

Contrary to popular belief, the words "damn" and "hell" are permissible in a G-rated film. For example, the 1971 movie ''Film/{{Airport}}'' had both ("Where the hell are you?" and "You've always got some damn excuse!") and it still received a G rating, though movie-rating standards have changed since then. The original ''Franchise/PlanetOfTheApes'' movie received a G rating, despite famous lines like "You damn, dirty apes" and "Goddamn you all to hell!" Even some G-rated animated features, such as ''WesternAnimation/SleepingBeauty'', ''WesternAnimation/TheSecretOfNIMH'', and ''WesternAnimation/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame'', have included mild swear words. However, it is worth noting that "Hell" can refer to [[{{Hell}} the place]] and "damn" can mean condemnation to said place, and thus are not swear words even if such concepts are a little heavy for children. "Bitch" (the official term for a female dog - from which the derogatory use is derived) and "ass" (an alternate name for a donkey) almost never get such passes, unless it is explicit and obvious that the non-swear meaning is intended.

** ''WesternAnimation/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame'': Frollo says "Hell" about a dozen times, but it's always literal. His own ''[[VillainSong song]]'' is called ''Hellfire''.

In some family-oriented shows and movies, instead of using [[UnusualEuphemism completely made-up swear words]], real but relatively mild cuss words, such as "hell" and "damn", will get promoted to the top of the swearing ladder. To make up for the situation, they may use a {{Bowdleris|e}}ation of it.

Contrast ClusterFBomb which is the exact opposite. See also BigStupidDoodooHead, CurseOfTheAncients, {{Mondegreen}}, NeverSayDie, TWordEuphemism, UnusualEuphemism, and the ''Wiki/{{Wikipedia}}'' [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minced_oath article on minced oaths.]]

** On a similar note for critics against Joe Biden, the use of "Let's Go Brandon" became exactly that as an alternative to "Fuck Joe Biden!" after an NBC interview from Kelli Stavast tried to keep her interview with NASCAR driver Brandon Brown PG when the crowd was shouting Fuck Joe Biden throughout that particular interview after an October 2021 race at the Talladega Superspeedway.

** If Superman utters even the word "hell", you know you've pissed him right off. He's nice and polite enough to avoid curse words, so if you've made him mad enough to start actually ''swearing'' at you, you are '''in trouble'''. (See: [[Characters/NewGodsDarkseid Darkseid]] in ''ComicBook/TheSupergirlFromKrypton2004'').

** Tintin himself would use "Great Snakes!"

* In the UK "sod" and "bugger" are mildly obscene ([[DidNotDoTheBloodyResearch not that most people across the pond know this]]) but permissible pre-{{Watershed}} -- about as bad as to "hell" or "damn". (Not realizing that "bugger" is a swearword in the UK is ''not'' this trope, but [[DidNotDoTheBloodyResearch something else entirely.]])[[note]]In fact, to "bugger" someone is to commit "buggery", that is, either sodomy or bestiality. "Sod" is derived from "sodomite", and dressing it up as "Son Of Devil" is another layer of the trope in action. Part of the ValuesDissonance over "bugger" is a case of convergent evolution: in the southern US "bugger" evolved as a Gosh Dang It To Heck for calling someone a "booger"- the two sound ''nearly'' identical in a Southern accent. [[/note]]

* There's a point in ''WesternAnimation/TheAngryBirdsMovie'' where Red says "Pluck my life".

* ''Franchise/WonderWoman'' [[ComicBook/WonderWoman1942 Vol 1]]: [[Characters/WonderWomanEttaCandy Etta]] uses ''"goldurned"'' (as a substitute for god dammed) on occasion, though Bobby's ''"Cataleptic Cats!"'' exclamation takes the cake.

** Many of the games in the series overall somewhat famously make common usage of archaic words in their English releases, including slurs, like "cur", "blamed", "dastard", and "mooncalf", which almost always induce some degree of MemeticMutation due to how utterly [[{{Narm}} silly]] or [[SocietyMarchesOn strange and unfamiliar]] they sound in modern times. Some of the more famous examples include the aforementioned "You dastard!", and [[VideoGame/FireEmblemTheBlazingBlade Eliwood]] [[NiceGuy of all people]] shouting "Craven cur!" at a boss. Considering the fantasy medieval sitting, [[Administrivia/TropesAreTools they're actually]] [[{{Woolseyism}} rather appropriate]], and most fans find it quite charming.

** If Superman utters even the word "hell", you know you've pissed him right off. He's nice and polite enough to avoid curse words, so if you've made him mad enough to start actually ''swearing'' at you, you are '''in trouble'''. (See: [[Characters/NewGodsDarkseid Darkseid]] in ''ComicBook/TheSupergirlFromKrypton2004'')

* ''ComicBook/SquirrelGirl'' seems incapable of anything harsher than "Good golly gosh!" During the [[Comicbook/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. Partly because Mr. Immortal was flocking with a flocking gun...

* ''[[Comicbook/AntMan The Irredeemable Ant-Man]]'' {{lampshade|Hanging}}s and justifies this trope: ComicBook/{{SHIELD}} operatives are trained to say "Blast!" instead of "Damn!" to avoid offending anyone in the field.
* ''Comicbook/PS238'' has Zodon, a evil genius attending a school for superpowered children. The staff janitor is a technical genius himself though and implants a chip into Zodon which forces him to replace swear words with harmless random words. If he tries to go into a stream of profanity he will begin speaking out the lyrics to show tunes.
* ''Comicbook/AtomicRobo'' doesn't swear, tending to make use of more esoteric terms like "horsefeathers!" and "Cheese and Crackers!" Justified, since Robo was created and "grew up" before UsefulNotes/WorldWarII.
* ''Comicbook/CaptainAmerica'': The Cap, being traditional American values on legs, never swears, though he sometimes uses this trope.

** If Superman utters even the word "hell", you know you've pissed him right off. He's nice and polite enough to avoid curse words, so if you've made him mad enough to start actually ''swearing'' at you, you are '''in trouble'''. (See: [[Characters/NewGodsDarkseid Darkseid]] in ''ComicBook/TheSupergirlFromKrypton'')

** Which, interestingly, doesn't fly in parts of the DeepSouth. The radio version changed the lyric to "too damned old," ironically swapping a substitute swear word for a real one. "Damn" is acceptable in country music.