History Main / ThinkOfTheCensors

* One episode of WesternAnimation/{{Popeye}} ends with a Music/FrankSinatra [[NoCelebritiesWereHarmed look-alike]] sailing away with Olive Oyl on a raft. Popeye and Bluto look on, flabbergasted, and then say "Well I'll be a --", and at that moment two real-life hands cover their mouths. They finish the sentence silently with a gigantic "CENSORED" over each of their mouths.

-->'''Aardvark:''' Hey, ant...whaddays think of that? (''kaboom'') I know what ''I'' think of it, but I shouldn't say it in public!

** A previously lost gag from "A Hp, a Skip and a Chump" (found by animation historians in 2022) has a similar gag, with a spitting grasshopper (Hopalong Casserole) informing the audience that the Hays Office won't let him spit on-screen.

** A previously lost gag from "Farm Frolics" (found by animation historians in 2022) has a similar gag, with a spitting grasshopper informing the audience that the Hays Office won't let him spit on-screen.

** From it? Grommet? Bomb it? Nom nom nom it?

** In Ragna's ''Chronophantasma'' gag reel, Makoto and Bullet (both enchanted by the Spectacles of Eros Mk.II) try to vie for Ragna's attention with a sort of striptease. Noel stops it by warning that going any further might invoke the dreaded AO rating.

* ''Film/{{Bombshell|1933}}'': The Hays Code is specifically cited as the reason why movie star and sex symbol Lola Burns has to re-shoot a scene for her latest movie; the last time she showed too much skin.

* In ''Film/InspectorGadget'', the talking car has to go out of its way to remind Gadget to wear a seatbelt because "It's a Disney movie!"

** Wayne is especially prone to swearing during lScene to Rap," but once caught himself and did a verbal backspace "because we're on a family show!"

* In a stream showcasing [[VideoGame/FatalFury Terry]] [[VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters Bogard]] for ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosUltimate'', Creator/MasahiroSakurai says the reason that [[MsFanservice Mai Shiranui]] doesn't show up in Terry's stage is because "the game is for good boys and girls". It later became clear that this was a sarcastic jab at CERO's censoring policies, as neither SNK nor Sakurai himself had any apparent objection to the cameo.
** It's not the first time either. Throughout development of [[VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosForNintendo3DSAndWiiU the series' previous entry]], [[VideoGame/KidIcarus Palutena]] and a [[VideoGame/TheWonderful101 Wonder Pink]] trophy had to be censored multiple times before they were given the green light by CERO, and a [[VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening Tharja]] trophy was outright axed. It happened again when [[VideoGame/{{Bayonetta}} Bayonetta]] was added as DLC (though her case is a little more understandable). Sakurai made it clear [[https://sourcegaming.info/2015/09/18/cero-and-palutenas-censorship/ in an interview]] that he was none too pleased with CERO, calling their policies "juvenile".

* ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory'', when Woody and Buzz are arguing over whether or not Buzz is a toy.

* During the "Pirates vs Ninja" Splatfest announcement from ''VideoGame/{{Splatoon}}'', Callie gets a bit... [[DoubleEntendre suggestive]], which her cousin duly notes:

* ''VideoGame/NoMoreHeroes'': [[spoiler:Jeane]] doesn't want to tell Travis about her DarkAndTroubledPast, because it's awful enough to jack up the age rating on the already M-rated game [[UpToEleven even further]]. As a compromise, Travis agrees to fast-forward through the story so the audience wouldn't be subjected to it. [[http://chipandironicus.com/videos/nmh1/21.html For those of you who are curious enough...]]

* In ''VideoGame/NoMoreHeroes'', [[spoiler:Jeane]] doesn't want to tell Travis about her DarkAndTroubledPast, because it's awful enough to jack up the age rating on the already M-rated game [[UpToEleven even further]].
-->'''[[spoiler:Jeane]]:''' "[[DevelopmentHell What if the game gets delayed?]] [[{{Vaporware}} You don't want this to become]] ''VideoGame/NoMoreHeroes [[VideoGame/DukeNukemForever Forever]]'', [[TakeThat do you?]]"
** As a compromise, Travis agrees to fast-forward through the story so the audience wouldn't be subjected to it. [[http://chipandironicus.com/videos/nmh1/21.html For those of you who are curious enough...]]

--> '''Encho''': [[SarcasmMode Oh, yeah, the censors are gonna ''love'' that one!]]

* In the [[GagDub Funimation dub]] of ''Manga/CrayonShinChan'', one episode focuses on Encho being a superhero and Ms. Matsuzaka being his arch-enemy turned love interest, Tiger Woman. Eventutally, the other teahers want in on the superhero fun; Ms. Yoshinaga, following the cat theme the other teachers are using, she choses to call herself the Pink Pussy. Encho then replies [[SarcasmMode that the censors are going to love that one]].

* The ''Series/MythBusters'' have run up against this more than once. For instance, when testing if it's possible to polish a turd, Adam starts the show by dutifully listing all the euphemisms for "turd" that they're not allowed to use (which, of course, were all bleeped out). In another one, they were testing if swearing helped to deal with pain; Adam made mouth guards to help the censors out by keeping people's foul mouths from needing to be blurred out - "Blurs are expensive, but bleeps are cheap!" They've also been known to make dangerous substances by "mixing blur with blur", verbally acknowledging that the ingredients are being censored in order to [[DontTryThisAtHome prevent viewers at home from learning how to make those substances]].

** When [[SchoolgirlLesbians Chizuru]] becomes one of the Karakura Rangers, Uryu (as the commentator) notes that only one of her attacks can get past the censors.

** In "Not What He Seems," Stan uses the in-universe version. He's seen on security video dropping something heavy on his foot and shouting "Hot Belgian waffles!" Then he remembers Dipper and Mable aren't there, so he can "swear for real!" It then becomes a CurseCutShort.

* Music/{{Nirvana}} struggle what final song to play on ''Music/MTVUnpluggedInNewYork'', so they take suggestions from the audience. When one female fan shouted "Rape Me", Music/KurtCobain's reply was this:

* ''Parodied'' (like everything else) in ''ComicBook/{{Rat-Man}}'':

This often shows up in cartoons, sometimes as a form of ParentalBonus. In older cartoons this was done as a reference to UsefulNotes/TheHaysCode, but in other media it can also reference UsefulNotes/TheComicsCode and the UsefulNotes/EntertainmentSoftwareRatingsBoard.

* In [[Comicbook/{{The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck}} The Vigilante of Pizen Bluff]]'', Angus and Buffalo Bill cheer as they watch Scrooge fighting the Dalton boys off-panel, then suddenly cringe at one of the attacks, accompanied by a "*CRUNCH!*" sound effect.

* The ''Series/MythBusters'' have run up against this more than once. For instance, when testing if it's possible to polish a turd, Adam starts the show by dutifully listing all the euphemisms for "turd" that they're not allowed to use (which, of course, were all bleeped out). In another one, they were testing if swearing helped to deal with pain; Adam made mouth guards to help the censors out by keeping people's foul mouths from needing to be blurred out - "Blurs are expensive, but bleeps are cheap!". They've also been known to make dangerous substances by "mixing blur with blur", verbally acknowledging that the ingredients are being censored in order to [[DontTryThisAtHome prevent viewers at home from learning how to make those substances]].