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* Whenever [[spoiler: Beautiful Grunty]] is talking during the GameOver cutscene from ''VideoGame/BanjoKazooie''.

* ''LightNovel/{{Shimoneta}}'': Tanukichi unintentionally causes [[DudeLooksLikeALady Oboro]] to have one in chapter 10. After pinning her to the floor, Tanukichi realizes something is wrong and uses his foot [[CrotchGrabSexCheck to be sure.]] Oboro doesn't make a sound, but in the next panel, her back suddenly arches, along with her foot (complete with her toes curling). Afterward, she's seen blushing with an [[LooksLikeSheIsEnjoyingIt empty eyed smile.]]

In television and movies however, the various censors don't like female orgasms. Or at the very least, not [[TheImmodestOrgasm loud and boisterous]] ones (Herbal Essences commercials notwithstanding). As you might imagine, this is something of a DoubleStandard, since male orgasms don't suffer the same treatment (mostly, they don't get shown.)

So rather than show a woman in the throes of pleasure, the orgasm is either muted or replaced altogether with a symbolic substitute. This is the "acceptable" PG-13 way of showing a female orgasm- the only exception to this is when the orgasm is made ridiculously loud for effect.

* ''LightNovel/{{Shimoneta}}'': Tanukichi unintentionally causes [[DudeLooksLikeALady Oboro]] to have one in chapter 10. After pinning her to the floor, Tanukichi realizes something is wrong and uses his foot [[CrotchGrabSexCheck to be sure.]] Oboro doesn't make a sound, but in the next panel, her back suddenly arches, along with her foot (complete with her toes curling). Afterward, she's seen blushing with an [[EmptyEyes empty eyed smile.]]

** One episode in the anime version has Tearju bump into Rito and somehow end up [[SuggestiveCollision sitting on his face]], with her panties pulled to the side. His attempts to speak causes his mouth to vibrate against her clit, causing Tearju to [[LuminescentBlush blush]] [[LooksLikeSheIsEnjoyingIt and breathe heavily]] as she suddenly convulses on top off him. She barely has time enough time to cup her hand over her mouth as she [[spoiler: [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar squirts directly into Rito]]]]'s mouth. Several droplets spray the screen for emphasis, as Tearju collapses and her thighs twitch through the remainder of it.

* ''LightNovel/{{Shimoneta}}'': Tanukichi unintentionally causes [[DudeLooksLikeALady Oboro]] to have one in chapter 9. After pinning her to the floor, Tanukichi realizes something is wrong and uses his foot [[CrotchGrabSexCheck to be sure.]] Oboro doesn't make a sound, but in the next panel, her back suddenly arches, along with her foot (complete with her toes curling). Afterward, she's seen panting with an [[EmptyEyes empty eyed smile.]]

* ''LightNovel/{{Shimoneta}}'': Tanukichi unintentionally causes [[DudeLooksLikeALady Oboro]] to have one in chapter 9. After pinning her to the floor, Tanukichi realizes something is wrong and uses his foot [[CrotchGrabSexCheck to be sure.]] Oboro doesn't make a sound, but in the next panel, her back suddenly arches, along with her foot (complete with her toes curling). Her expression and the way she was trembling afterward leaves no room for doubt.

* ''LightNovel/{{Shimoneta}}: Tanukichi unintentionally causes [[DudeLooksLikeALady Oboro]] to have one in chapter 9. After pinning her to the floor, Tanukichi realizes something is wrong and uses his foot [[CrotchGrabSexCheck to be sure.]] Oboro doesn't make a sound, but in the next panel, her back suddenly arches, along with her foot (complete with her toes curling). Her expression and the way she was trembling afterward leaves no room for doubt.

** One episode in the anime version has Tearju bump into Rito and end up [[SuggestiveCollision sitting on his face.]] Rito's muffled attempts to speak causes his mouth to vibrate against her clit, causing Tearju to [[LuminescentBlush blush]] [[LooksLikeSheIsEnjoyingIt and breathe heavily]] as she convulses on top off him. She has her just enough time to cup her hand over her mouth as she [[spoiler: [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar climaxes directly into Rito]]]]'s. Several droplets spray the screen for emphasis, as Tearju collapses and rides out the remainder of it.

* ''Manga/MakenKi'': Seen during the flashback in chapter 69, when Haruko and Takaki recount [[DoubleStandardRapeFemaleOnFemale what Love Espada did to them]] at the previous Himekagura Festival. Haruko is shown with her back arched and her hand cupped over her mouth to muffle the sound, as Espada was [[spoiler: fingering her]].

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pmqbb7Jle9k British porn]] in ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy''.

-->-- '''Brick''', ''CatOnAHotTinRoof''

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* TarotWitchOfTheBlackRose: [[HilarityEnsues During a series of mishaps in the course of an adventure together,]] Jon/Skeleton Man and his girlfriend's sister, Raven Hex (with whom he has a tentative relationship at best) find themselves both naked and [[SpidersAreScary fleeing for their lives from]] [[GiantSpider a heap of huge spiders.]] [[{{Gainaxing}} Raven can't run because it hurts]] [[MostCommonSuperpower her enormous, unsupported boobs]], so Jon decides to carry her as ''he'' runs. The erection he was already sporting somehow slips into a place where it isn't supposed to be and [[CoitusEnsues with the bouncing motion from the running, well...]] Raven tries to warn Jon what's happening, but he's too preoccupied dodging the spiders to listen to her. Despite the later insinuation that she '''''really''''' enjoyed herself, Raven is rather subdued when she comes, merely turning her head to the sky, clenching her teeth and tightly squeezing Jon's face into her cleavage.

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* Several directors are interviewed about this trope in the documentary ''Film/ThisFilmIsNotYetRated''. It goes into quite a bit of detail about the DoubleStandard and also how incredibly selective it is. One truly bizarre sequence has scenes from films approved by the MPAA contrasted with scenes banned by the same organization. The movie's big overriding question is what exactly the MPAA's rationale ''is''- two naked lesbians under bedsheets are a moral disgrace, but the infamous [[spoiler: masturbating into an apple pie]] scene in ''AmericanPie'' had no apparent problems. One reason is that the former came from an indy studio, while the latter from a major studio, but homosexual content in general seems to be subject to stricter censorship than heterosexual content. Whether this is because of inherent prejudice or, as noted above, the fact that most homosexual content tends to come from independent producers with little negotiating power (or, of course, both) is not fully revealed.
* The sex scene in ''Film/{{Titanic 1997}}'', which occurs off-screen, uses a symbolic fingertip-smearing of a car's windshield in lieu of an orgasm.
* In ''Film/{{Amelie}}'', during the sequence when Amelie is imagining how many people are in the midst of orgasm ("fifteen!"), the last woman's O sound is somewhere between a gasp and a squeak. ''Amelie'' is far from modest. On the other hand, the rest of the montage (and the bathroom scene later) are [[TheImmodestOrgasm a little less subdued]].

* TheMovie of ''Film/{{Watchmen}}'' has a sex scene between [[spoiler: the second Nite Owl & the second Silk Spectre]] where [[SomethingElseAlsoRises a flame thrower is used to imply orgasm]]. Same scene is in the comic as well, but this trope is mostly for TV and movies.
* ''Film/TheFifthElement'' movie; Ruby Rhod has seduced a flight attendant and is having sex with her while the shuttle's taking off; her silent scream of pleasure is intercut with scenes of the rocket blasting and rocket engines firing, and then we just see her booted legs - sticking out beyond the cubicle curtain - slowly relaxing and slumping.

--> '''Model:''' ''[Dead monotone]'' Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. I just came. Oh. Oh. Oh.

* Jackie in ''Red Road'' displays this, to the point of it creeping out her boyfriend.
-->"Did you finish?"
-->"Yeah."
-->"I can never tell."

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* In ''Series/{{Firefly}}'', Inara (the Companion) is actually introduced mid-intercourse, with very muted sounds from both her and her client. The actual moment of orgasm is very brief; Inara softly gasps "Oh my God," and a moment later the camera goes softly out of focus and then back in (double entendre completely unintentional). This is very artsy, and actually quite a beautiful scene (irrespective of its content).

* In the ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' MusicalEpisode, "Once More, With Feeling", Willow and Tara have metaphoric sex at the climax of Tara's song "Under Your Spell". Tara's orgasm is represented by her being levitated, which ties into the magic-as-lesbianism metaphor that has been playing throughout their relationship.
** Kind of a weird juxtaposition of modest and immodest: her orgasm is levitating, but she is also singing "You make me COM-plete!".

-->'''Lyn''': Don't you think the T.V.'s too loud?
-->'''Tawny''': Is it bothering you?
-->'''Lyn''': Yes. Can't hear what's goin' on in her room.

* An episode of ''WesternAnimation/AeonFlux'' had a woman screaming during a sexual encounter, but MTV only allowed this on the condition that it sounded like a scream of pain rather than pleasure. As if that helps. What makes this whole fact more amusing is that the method of "intercourse" involved is direct stimulation (using tools like forceps) of the exposed spinal nerves inside a surgical opening the woman had in her back. The lesson learned: That it's okay to have decidedly-disturbing sex scenes, but it's not okay to make it appear that someone's actually ''enjoying'' it.

-->'''Man''' ''(in a calm voice)'' Almost... almost... almost... there we are.
-->'''Woman:''' Well done.

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* In ''Webcomic/GoGetARoomie'', the trope is obliquely referenced when [[http://www.gogetaroomie.com/index.php?id=248 Roomie and Lillian are drinking tea.]][[note]]The "tree" line alludes to [[http://www.gogetaroomie.com/index.php?id=246 their conversation of a few minutes prior.]][[/note]]
* In ''WebAnimation/IfTheEmperorHadATextToSpeechDevice'', Descius has one when seeing the Emperor for the first time, although it's more of religious ecstasy than anything sexual.
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* TarotWitchOfTheBlackRose: [[HilarityEnsues During a series of mishaps in the course of an adventure together,]] Jon/Skeleton Man and his girlfriend's sister (with whom he has a tentative relationship at best) find themselves both naked and [[SpidersAreScary fleeing for their lives from]] [[GiantSpider a heap of huge spiders.]] [[{{Gainaxing}} Raven can't run because it hurts]] [[MostCommonSuperpower her enormous, unsupported boobs]], so Jon decides to carry her as ''he'' runs. The erection he was already sporting somehow slips into a place where it isn't supposed to be and [[CoitusEnsues with the bouncing motion from the running, well...]] Raven tries to warn Jon what's happening, but he's too preoccupied dodging the spiders to listen to her. Despite the later insinuation that she '''''really''''' enjoyed herself, Raven is rather subdued when she comes, merely turning her head to the sky, clenching her teeth and tightly squeezing Jon's face into her cleavage.

** One episode in the anime version has Tearju bump into Rito and end up [[SuggestiveCollision sitting on his face.]] Rito's muffled attempts to speak causes his mouth to vibrate against her clit, causing Tearju to [[LuminescentBlush blush]] [[LooksLikeSheIsEnjoyingIt and breathe heavily]] as she convulses on top off him. She has her just enough time to cup her hand over her mouth as she [[spoiler: [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar climaxes directly in Rito]]]]'s. Several droplets spray the screen for emphasis, as Tearju collapses and rides out the remainder of it.

* ''Manga/ToLoveRu:'' In one of the bonus chapters from the ''Darkness'' series, Yui ends up in a compromising position on a train with a bag containing a vibrating toy pressed up against her crotch. The afterglow in the subsequent scene makes it obvious what happened, but she apparently controlled herself well enough that nobody noticed.

* ''Manga/ToLoveRu'': Tearju has one in chapter 7, though like the preceding example, she covers her mouth with her hand to retain her modesty.

* An interesting example occurs in ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/8933408/17/Wizard-Runemaster Wizard Runemaster]]''. Almost all of the magical races from Earth react to the massive amounts of magic present on [[Videogame/WorldOfWarcraft Azeroth]]. But where the Goblins simply act like they've smelling a rather pleasant aroma and the Merfolk become remarkably hyper, the [[Literature/HarryPotter Veela]] shudder in orgasm.

* In ''WebVideo/IfTheEmperorHadATextToSpeechDevice'', Descius has one when seeing the Emperor for the first time, although it's more of religious ecstasy than anything sexual.

* ''Film/ForgettingSarahMarshall'' has perhaps the most modest orgasm possible, where the protagonist is trying to [[CaptainObvious forget Sarah Marshall]] by sleeping around with a multitude of gorgeous models, which is intended to show [[RuleOfFunny how models are closer to mannequins than they are to people]].

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* The sex scene in ''Film/{{Titanic}}'', which occurs off-screen, uses a symbolic fingertip-smearing of a car's windshield in lieu of an orgasm.

* ''[[Series/BattlestarGalacticaReimagined Battlestar Galactica]]'' was apparently asked to reduce an orgasm scene, only to respond that they had a Cylon orgasm (with flashing lights in her spine!) in the pilot. This was eventually [[RetroactiveContinuity retconned]], since it had implications for the ease of Cylon detecting. Human spines can't light up. How can you miss a luminescent spine in an examination?

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* Sometimes seen on ''Beautiful Agony'' (an Australian porn site that specializes in videos of facial close-ups of women and men having orgasms). [[TheImmodestOrgasm Immodest orgasms]] are much more common on that site, though.
* TruthInTelevision. Apparently it's possible for some people to reach orgasm in public and not have anyone notice. According to Website/{{Cracked}}, [[http://www.cracked.com/article_17503_5-bizarre-sexual-conditions-that-can-ruin-your-life_p2.html "you probably sat next to one on a bus at some point".]]
** Deconstructed and examined in [[http://hystericalliterature.com/3ij5ykapd6u6k8481yqcvlydb7b9mq this art/film experiment]], wherein women read out loud while an assistant distracts them with a vibrator.
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