History Main / NarrativeProfanityFilter

* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1e_Rqq0BUrM He said, 'You've gotta snap the ball a little quicker, guys]].'"[[note]]For those who can't/don't want to follow the link, Aaron Rodgers had just yelled, "Snap the fucking ball!"[[/note]]

* ''ComicBook/TheFlash'': In ''ComicBook/TheFlashRebirth'' #64, Flash reminds Batman that he said ''No duh, Sherlock" to him. To which Batman replies [[https://preview.redd.it/t0urd7i73jg21.jpg?width=640&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=7e09fc18a84320dc44695355277f30d4d4c5c9eb "Those weren't my exact words".]] The kicker is that Flash asks him where he picked that up and Batman says he got it from his son, Damian. Meaning Batman is saying "No shit, Sherlock" because his kid says it.

* In ''Literature/KingdomKeepers'', Maybeck swears rather frequently. However, it is never stated what he says. For example, in book 2, he says "Close the freaking door!". The very next sentence is "Only he didn't say freaking." They do this frequently. Or they simply say "Maybeck said a word that would have gotten him kicked out of class if he had been in school."

* ''[[WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfTheGalaxyRangers Galaxy Rangers]]'' fanfic will usually use the [[ObligatorySwearing good, old-fashioned English]] (or [[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff German]]) swearing...unless Niko's delivering a PrecisionFStrike. It'll usually be something "no one could translate."

* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1e_Rqq0BUrM He said, 'You've gotta snap the ball a little quicker, guys]].'"[[note]]For those who can't/don't want to follow the link, Aaron Rodgers had just yelled, "Gotta snap the fucking ball!"[[/note]]

* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1e_Rqq0BUrM He said, 'You've gotta snap the ball a little quicker, guys]].'"[[note]]For those who can't/don't want to follow the link, Aaron Rodgers had just yelled, "Gotta snap the fucking ball!"[[note]]

* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1e_Rqq0BUrM He said, 'You've gotta snap the ball a little quicker, guys]].'"

* A quote from ''Literature/AChristmasCarol'' reads thus:

** [[DemBones Bob the Skull's]] introduction in ''Literature/StormFront'' has a bit where Bob grumbles [[ForeignCussWord something in Old French]], "though I got lost when he got to the anatomical improbabilities of bullfrogs."

-->A cluster of panted words, mostly involving "fuck," "shit," and similar poured into the ears of everyone on her channel.
* ''Fanfic/ThePiecesLieWhereTheyFell'': In the sequel ''Picking up the Pieces'', the griffon Doctor Gregory finds out about Wind Breaker's forced alcoholism from his childhood and, in response, is said to have "uttered something so harsh that every set of ears in the room flattened at it" to refer to the ones responsible.

*** "No," he said flatly, "... you."

--->"I'm [[SarcasmMode shocked, utterly shocked]]," Rhience said. "Aghast, no less. I would never have imagined that a gently born young lady like you would have even known such words, let alone utter them! And all strung together like that, too!"

"Let her give the kids a ride around the block. It ain't no skin off your teeth." (Only he didn't say "teeth," to the snickering delight of the youngsters clustered around.)

* In ''Literature/RainReign'', Rose's father says, "That Jerry [[spoiler:fired me]] today." Rose adds that instead of "Jerry," he actually said a word she's not allowed to say.
* ''Literature/GetAGripVivyCohen'': Nate tells Vivy, "I have my own life and it's kind of important. Not that anyone around here gives a flying Triceratops about that." Vivy adds that he didn't really say "Triceratops," but she changed it because she doesn't want to use a bad word.

* In the classic ''[[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Simpsons]]'' episode "Itchy & Scratchy & Marge", Marge writes a letter to the creators of ''[[ShowWithinAShow The Itchy & Scratchy Show]]'' protesting its overly violent content. We get a scene of the show's creator, Roger Meyer, dictating the studio's response, and then Marge's reaction, with one key phrase omitted.
-->'''Meyer:''' So let me conclude by saying...\\

** In the episode "[[Recap/ThomasAndFriendsS3E14Mavis Mavis]]," an angry farmer tells the titular diesel "just what she can do with her train". Made even funnier by the fact that the American narrator is none other than Creator/GeorgeCarlin.

* In Literature/LeftBehind, Tim [=LaHaye=] and Jerry Jenkins use this with their non-Tribulation Force characters. Usually it's done with the characters that they want to show are bad people, but don't want to have the words written for the largely-Christian audience.

* In ''Literature/SuchIsLife'' and ''Rigby’s Romance'', both published before 1910, “Tom Collins” (Joseph Furphy) is reporting the speech of rural workers, mostly bullock drivers. He regularly replaces “bloody” by “(adj.)” and “hell” by “(sheol)”, which is a Hebrew word for hell. In chapter 15 of Rigby’s Romance the character Dixon says “hell” so often that it is replaced by synonyms from other languages / mythologies (such as Hades, Tartarus, Acheron, Abyss, Phlegethon, Niffelheim) and occasionally by other words: as when a character is reported as asking “who the (adj. Townsville) do you think you’re talkin’ to?”. which would not please residents of that North Queensland city.

* {{Invoked}} in Creator/DanAbnett's scifi novel ''Embedded'', one of the technologies in which was [[TranslatorCollar "ling patches"]], which were used to modify speech (including communicating across languages). On a recently settled and emancipated planet, the government tried to keep news feeds clean by using modified ling patches that would replace certain swears with with [[EnforcedPlug sponsored expletives]]. One of note, was the word "Freek[[TradeSnark ®]]", and it was {{Discussed}} early on.

* In ''WebAnimation/{{Underverse}}'', we have [=Fresh!Sans=] who can cause this with his mere presence as shown when he's near [[SirSwearsALot Fell!Sans]] as all of Fell's swears get replaced with [[GoshDangItAllToHeck "Fresh" substitutes]] much to the latter's chagrin.

* In ''ComicBook/AllStarBatmanAndRobinTheBoyWonder'', after the Goddamn Batman throws "Jocko-Boy" Vanzetti into Gotham Harbor and lies that the hallucinogenic substance in his blood will never fade away, a text box reads, "[[BlatantLies Standards of decency]] prevent us from printing Jocko-Boy's response." Later dialogue involves heavy use of 'fuck' and 'cunt', which raises the question of exactly what Jocko-Boy said that was so much worse.
* All the cursing in ''ComicBook/{{Brink}}'' is replaced with {{censor bar}}s. Since ''2000 AD'' is pretty liberal about cursing, this prompted at least one person to complain about hypocritical censorship... which earned the response that [[{{Misblamed}} this was a deliberate decision]] by Creator/DanAbnett.
* LeaningOnTheFourthWall example in an early issue of ''ComicBook/{{Excalibur}}'', when [[PsychoForHire Arcade]] captures [[TooCoolToLive Courtney Ross]]:

* In ''Franchise/TheFlash'' #64 (2019), Flash reminds ComicBook/{{Batman}} that he said ''No duh, Sherlock" to him. To which Batman replies [[https://preview.redd.it/t0urd7i73jg21.jpg?width=640&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=7e09fc18a84320dc44695355277f30d4d4c5c9eb "Those weren't my exact words".]] The kicker is that Flash asks him where he picked that up and Batman says he got it from his son, Damian. Meaning Batman is saying "No shit, Sherlock" because his kid says it.
* In the Marvel Boy mini-series, Noh-Varr carves "FUCK YOU" into New York using his space guns as a means of sending a message to Earth and his previous captors. The words itself are never shown in full, however -- instead, you see SHIELD agents looking at the damage and noticing that it spells something, with the word "YOU" being shown along with the comment, "There's more, sir..."
* Used for comedy in ''ComicBook/TheTransformersMoreThanMeetsTheEye'' #18, where Rodimus recounts his encounter with [[spoiler:Chief Justice Tyrest]] to some of the other Autobots after the latter asked if Rodimus had any questions regarding his "crimes against the universe."

* An early issue of ''ComicBook/YoungJustice'' features ComicBook/{{Superboy}} being reminded to stop a plane crashing into a crowd. Superboy's response is "Oh, * !", with a text box reading "* [[LeaningOnTheFourthWall Insert current popular but unprintable teen profanity here]]."

* ''Fanfic/ItsAlwaysTheQuietOnes'': While ensnared in the fishy tentacles of Cthulhu, Snape shoots a bunch of spells unsuccessfully at his captor, and then unleashes the Killing Curse, which is described as "two words that resulted in a virulent green streak of magic leaving his wand and passing through the alien creature".

* In ''Literature/{{Transpecial}}'', Warren uses "a word he hoped [[SapientCetacean Iterk]] didn't know."

* ''Literature/{{Tarzan}}'': In ''The Return of Tarzan'', Creator/EdgarRiceBurroughs has one of his villains call Tarzan "Name of a name!"
** This could be a reference to the old-fashioned French expletive, ''nom d'un nom'', or literally ''"the name of the name"'', a circumlocution for the blasphemous ''nom de Dieu''.

** After that point, he gains the ability to swear at will for unclear reasons.