History Main / ObligatorySwearing

* ''Manga/ChainsawMan'' went through this at times, as Kishibe's line "I'll turn you into the baddest of badasses" had the fan translation of "I'll turn you two into the craziest motherfuckers ever." Additionally, the Website/{{Crunchyroll}} subtitles for the anime adaptation translated the Future Devil's line "You're going to die in the worst possible way" as "Your death in the future will be the ''fucking'' worst."

* The cursing in ''WesternAnimation/HighGuardianSpice'' only fuels its UncertainAudience. Good-faith critics have noted that, besides it clashing rather jarringly with the colorful, lighthearted setting and characters, the strong language is highly inconsistent; characters use [[GoshDangItToHeck laughably mild expletives]] like "dang", "crap", or "oh my word", then drop a casual "shit" for no particular reason, then return to throwing around neutered interjections. A symptom of Website/{{Crunchyroll}} {{executive|Meddling}}s forcing the writers to AvoidTheDreadedGRating.

* The 2009 ''VideoGame/BionicCommando'' game has a few of these.

* Play an online game. ''ANY'' online game. You will hear swear words you never thought existed. Bonus points if you're playing with mics, so you can actually hear [[TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior the pre-pubescence in the kid calling you a faggot]].

** Notable, and possibly subverted, in the official ''Brotherhood'' English sub that the swearing is usually mild, with the F-bomb only used for three particularly tense or dramatic incidents near the end of the show.

* The majority of the makers of "Grounded" videos on Website/GoAnimate are little kids who dislike "baby shows", but love "grown-up shows" such as ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' and ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark''. With that in mind, the usage of this trope in some "Grounded" videos ([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZY-PTy8bDxc such as this one]]) is inevitable.

* Considering that many users in the website's community are (or were at the time) kids who love adult cartoons, it almost really goes without saying in many ''Website/GoAnimate'' videos, where ''anyone'' can have a potty mouth. It's especially funny if [[HypocriticalHumor a character cursing like a soldier is told to stop swearing by another person who is]] ''[[HypocriticalHumor also swearing]]''. Even news anchors and reporters are fairly regularly shown peppering their live reports with f-bombs and s-bombs seemingly because they can, without consequence (which is amusing, considering that news reporters can and have been fired for doing so in real life).

* ''Download'', a relatively obscure UsefulNotes/PCEngine shmup, has swearing in its game over messages: "I cannot fuck up for this." and "Shit, is not this a great beginning?"

** Since the (usually grawlixed-out) swearing is one of the things [[OnceOriginalNowCommon that was innovative about the game at the time]], ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIIRemake'' includes as much swearing as the T/PEGI 16 rating will let it get away with - which means any swearing so long as it's never harder than 'shit'. Characters liberally pepper their dialogue with the word 'shit', from toughguys like Cloud, Barret and Reno all the way down to somewhat less expected characters like Aerith. It has, by a long shot, the most profanity out of any ''Final Fantasy'' title, including the original game. It should perhaps be noted that in the original game Cloud said 'shit' exactly once (and even that was removed in the PC version).

* The DS English translation of ''VideoGame/PuyoPuyoFever'', handled by Creator/{{Atlus}}, uses a couple of damns and hells here and there, which wouldn't otherwise be notable if this weren't... well, ''[[UsefulNotes/{{Kawaisa}} Puyo Puyo]]''.

** Since the (usually grawlixed-out) swearing is one of the things [[SeinfeldIsUnfunny that was innovative about the game at the time]], ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIIRemake'' includes as much swearing as the T/PEGI 16 rating will let it get away with - which means any swearing so long as it's never harder than 'shit'. Characters liberally pepper their dialogue with the word 'shit', from toughguys like Cloud, Barret and Reno all the way down to somewhat less expected characters like Aerith. It has, by a long shot, the most profanity out of any ''Final Fantasy'' title, including the original game. It should perhaps be noted that in the original game Cloud said 'shit' exactly once (and even that was removed in the PC version).

* ''Very'' noticeable in fansubs for ''Anime/KirbyRightBackAtYa'' (otherwise known as ''Kirby of the Stars''). The anime is based on [[Franchise/{{Kirby}} a series]] that is consistently rated low, was specifically intended for younger or inexperienced players, and most damningly of all has a cutesy pink creampuff as its main character. There is nothing in the series that would be considered inappropriate for children, aside from the occasional weirdly transparent ParentalBonus, and the odd insistence of [[AmericanKirbyIsHardcore making him look a little more angry on the Western box art for his games]] (as well as a single "[[PrecisionFStrike damn]]" spoken by King Dedede in the official English dub of the episode "Cappy Town Down"). All of this is, of course, completely ignored by the fansubs, resulting in jarring and almost surreal moments in which a cuddly Sanrio-esque character uses words like "bullshit".

* Part of the reason DidNotDoTheBloodyResearch is so prevalent, certain parts of the UK, particularly those of working class nature, swear words and slang terms are so commonly used in unison that if you're not familiar with some terms, you may not realise which ones are considered swear words or not. Conversely, words that are considered at least mild swears in America (like "hell" or "damn") aren't considered swears at all in the UK, and are often treated as their equivalent of "dang it"-level terms.

Then along come the FanFic writers, and suddenly everyone's dropping {{Cluster F Bomb}}s left, right and center. There seems to be this idea that you have to have this in an R-rated story, or simply the writer's own mannerisms leaking in. No matter that it's already got more than enough [[PornWithoutPlot sex]] and [[DarkFic violence]] to justify the R, the Obligatory Swearing is [[ShapedLikeItself obligatory]]. Also happens to some extent in [=PG13=]-rated fics. FridgeLogic ensues when characters swear more strongly than they do in canon in situations less upsetting than they've actually been through, and seeing ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'', ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents'', [[Series/SesameStreet Bert and Ernie]], or [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic a pony]] drop an F-Bomb is nothing, if not jarring. Of course, FridgeLogic goes the other way with works involving teenage characters, who don't swear in canon, even when in massive pain: Even Creator/QuentinTarantino movies are cleaner than five minutes of overheard conversation in the average high school cafeteria.

* Many {{fansub}}s of ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'' [[SpiceUpTheSubtitles seem to love doing this]] with [[TheHero Ash]] [[RuleOfCool for whatever reason]], possibly due to his rough manner of speech; resulting in the bizarre sight of the 10-year-old IncorruptiblePurePureness of a AllLovingHero shooting off ClusterFBomb[=s=].

** Somewhat justified with the early episodes, especially Sanji's introduction episodes, because his CatchPhrase is commonly translated as either "shit" or "crap."

* One fansub of ''LightNovel/{{Oreimo}}'' has the characters gratuitously use 'goddammit' an awful lot in episode 10 of season 2.

** The old Anime Labs ''Anime/DragonBallZ'' fansubs went ''way'' overboard. One of the most infamous examples, a line uttered by Vegeta after having his house destroyed in ''[[Anime/DragonBallZWrathOfTheDragon Wrath of the Dragon]]'', reads "You fucking bastard! You dare to destroy my house! Now you've really pissed me off! Fuck you!" in their translation, but the official (and much more accurate) Creator/FUNimation translation reads as "Smash up another man's house, will you?! I'm in a foul mood today! Don't come too close or you'll get burned!". Another example is "Come out, you candy-ass faggot!", corrupted from "Where are you!? Come on out, you coward! Show yourself!".

* The /tg/-created TabletopGame/Warhammer40000 Angry Marine chapter is practically defined by this trope. For reference, their Codex was once summed up as "JUST HIT THE FUCKERS!", and one of their Battle Barges is named the ''Maximum FUCK''.

* ''Series/StarTrekPicard'' fires off the F-bombs like proton torpedoes its first season. Though likely meant to emphasize the DarkerAndEdgier nature of the show, it justbcame off as immature to a lot of viewers. In response, things were scaled back drastically for the second and third seasons, which combined have only 3 F-bombs across 20 episodes.

* ''Series/StarTrekPicard'' had a ton of F-bombs in its first season. This was scaled back significantly for the second season, where only one F-word was delivered. Likewise, Season 3 only two F-bombs.

* ''VideoGame/TheHalloweenHack'' averts this for ''most'' of the game, until the FinalBoss begins his BossBanter with a ClusterFBomb and later uses an attack called PSI Bitchkill. The creator regrets including it, and considering what [[VideoGame/EarthBound1994 the base game]] was like for 90% of the playtime, it's easy to see why.