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* Crossing over with VideoGameCrueltyPunishment, in the ''WesternAnimation/Ben10'' online game "Alien Device", Ben says "I don't need to do that" when you try to do things such as throw objects at bystanders.
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* [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr._Sbaitso Dr. Sbaitso]] was a digitized voice software toy; when users started entering profanities, it would give the user a few warnings; if the user kept doing this, then it would have a "Parity Error", give off a loud screeching noise, and then fill the screen with random characters until the screen was filled with them. The good doctor itself could easily be coaxed into saying all manner of offensive language, however, simply by typing "say" in front of whatever you wanted to hear from it.

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* [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr._Sbaitso Dr. Sbaitso]] was a digitized voice software toy; when users started entering profanities, it would give the user a few warnings; if the user kept doing this, then it would have a "Parity Error", give off a loud screeching noise, and then fill the screen with rapidly spew out random characters until the screen was filled with them. The good doctor itself could easily be coaxed into saying all manner of offensive language, however, simply by typing "say" in front of whatever you wanted to hear from it.
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* The Mac OS Classic versions of ''VideoGame/DejaVu'' have a swear filter which scolds you for your "crude and vulgar language" lest you input something inappropriate. Notably, the filter even recognizes "golden bozos", a slang term for breasts popularized by a 1979 ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' sketch.

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* The Mac OS Classic versions of ''VideoGame/DejaVu'' ''VideoGame/DejaVu1985'' have a swear filter which scolds you for your "crude and vulgar language" lest you input something inappropriate. Notably, the filter even recognizes "golden bozos", a slang term for breasts popularized by a 1979 ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' sketch.
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* In ''VideoGame/{{Uniracers}}'', if you try to rename Unis with words such as "shit", "Satan", "jizz", [[ValuesDissonance "lesbian"]], etc., they will be rejected as "not cool enough".

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* In ''VideoGame/{{Uniracers}}'', if you try to rename Unis with words such as "shit", "Satan", "jizz", [[ValuesDissonance [[GetBackInTheCloset "lesbian"]], etc., they will be rejected as "not cool enough". Amusingly, "Creator/{{Sega}}" and "Franchise/{{Sonic|TheHedgehog}}" [[TakeThat are also on the blacklist]].
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* In ''VideoGame/{{Uniracers}}'', if you try to rename Unis with words such as "shit", "Satan", "jizz", [[SocietyMarchesOn "lesbian"]], etc., they will be rejected as "not cool enough".

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* In ''VideoGame/{{Uniracers}}'', if you try to rename Unis with words such as "shit", "Satan", "jizz", [[SocietyMarchesOn [[ValuesDissonance "lesbian"]], etc., they will be rejected as "not cool enough".
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* [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr._Sbaitso Dr. Sbaitso]] was a digitized voice software toy; when users started making it say profanities, it would give the user a few warnings; if the user kept doing this, then it would have a "Parity Error", give off a loud screeching noise, and then fill the screen with random characters until the screen was filled with them.

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* [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr._Sbaitso Dr. Sbaitso]] was a digitized voice software toy; when users started making it say entering profanities, it would give the user a few warnings; if the user kept doing this, then it would have a "Parity Error", give off a loud screeching noise, and then fill the screen with random characters until the screen was filled with them.them. The good doctor itself could easily be coaxed into saying all manner of offensive language, however, simply by typing "say" in front of whatever you wanted to hear from it.
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* The same thing applies to the ''VideoGame/SoulSeries'' games with character creation modes. Any skintight clothing and/or underwear is available in every hue and shade, except for the ones approaching a human skin tone.
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* You get an in-universe scolding for trying to look up Ashley's skirt in ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil4.'' She crosses her legs and calls you (or, rather, Leon, but we all know it's ''really'' directed at the player) a pervert.

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* You get an in-universe scolding for trying to look up Ashley's skirt in ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil4.'' She crosses her legs and calls you (or, rather, Leon, but we all know it's ''really'' directed at the player) a pervert. This can happen even if the player wasn't doing it on purpose, such as getting knocked down from an enemy attack and Leon's face landing near Ashley's legs.
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''VisualNovel/MinotaurHotel'': Despite the above, during certain parts of the game, you can't have him be naked, or have his penis showing, outside of the customization menu. The reasoning behind this is that the previous masters thought it was disgraceful for Asterion to have him serve the guests without any clothing.

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* ''VisualNovel/MinotaurHotel'': Despite the above, during certain parts of the game, you You can't have him Asterion be naked, or have his penis showing, outside of the customization menu. The reasoning behind this is that the previous masters thought it was disgraceful for Asterion to have him serve the guests without any clothing.
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''VisualNovel/MinotaurHotel'': Despite the above, during certain parts of the game, you can't have him be naked, or have his penis showing, outside of the customization menu. The reasoning behind this is that the previous masters thought it was disgraceful for Asterion to have him serve the guests without any clothing.
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* In ''VideoGame/DaytonaUSA'', if you enter something inappropriate ("ASS", "FUK", etc.) as your initials on the high score screen, the game replaces it with a different one. There's a long list of "replacement" names, most of which are {{Shout Out}}s to other Sega games.

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* In ''VideoGame/DaytonaUSA'', if you enter something inappropriate ("ASS", "FUK", etc.) as your initials name on the high score screen, the game replaces it with a different one. There's a long list of "replacement" names, most of which are {{Shout Out}}s to other Sega games.
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* In ''VideoGame/DaytonaUSA'', if you enter something inappropriate ("ASS", "FUK", etc.) as your initials on the high score screen, the game replaces it with a different one. There's a long list of "replacement" names, most of which are {{Shout Out}}s to other Sega games.
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* ''VideoGame/LittleBigPlanet 2'': In The Factory of a Better Tomorrow, a door can only be unlocked by manipulating the fingers of a giant robotic hand to make the "rock on" sign. However, if the player attempts to make the hand FlipTheBird , a censor sign will drop over the hand as a buzzer sounds.

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* ''VideoGame/LittleBigPlanet 2'': In The Factory of a Better Tomorrow, a door can only be unlocked by manipulating the fingers of a giant robotic hand to make the "rock on" sign. However, if the player attempts to make the hand FlipTheBird , FlippingTheBird, a censor sign will drop over the hand as a buzzer sounds.
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* ''VideoGame/Webkinz'' also has a "safe chat" function like ''VideoGame/ClubPenguin'' does.

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* ''VideoGame/Webkinz'' ''VideoGame/{{Webkinz}}'' also has a "safe chat" function like ''VideoGame/ClubPenguin'' does.



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VideoGamePerversityPotential spreads quite frequently. If your players have the right to customize something, and said something will be displayed online for everyone to see, {{Troll}}s will inevitably make it look like a [[GagPenis penis]] or [[AdolfHitlarious swastika]] and name it with whatever garden-variety swear or slur you can think of without [[{{GIFT}} fear of it coming back to bite them]].

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VideoGamePerversityPotential spreads quite frequently. If your players have the right to customize something, and said something will be displayed online for everyone to see, {{Troll}}s will inevitably make it look like a [[GagPenis penis]] or [[AdolfHitlarious swastika]] and name it with whatever garden-variety swear or slur you can think of without [[{{GIFT}} [[InternetJerk fear of it coming back to bite them]].
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* ''Webkinz'' also has a "safe chat" function like ''VideoGame/ClubPenguin'' does.

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* ''Webkinz'' ''VideoGame/Webkinz'' also has a "safe chat" function like ''VideoGame/ClubPenguin'' does.
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* ''VideoGame/Webkinz'' also has a "safe chat" function like ''VideoGame/ClubPenguin'' does.

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* ''VideoGame/Webkinz'' ''Webkinz'' also has a "safe chat" function like ''VideoGame/ClubPenguin'' does.
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* ''VideoGame/Webkinz'' also has a "safe chat" function like ''VideoGame/ClubPenguin'' does.
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* ''VideoGame/GachaLife'': Due to the ongoing controversy regarding how the game is used to make softcore porn, amongst other very sensitive topics, [[https://www.instagram.com/p/B67RDSaH05y/ Lumine later issued an update]] that removed any inappropriate colors.

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* ''VideoGame/GachaLife'': Due to the ongoing controversy regarding how the game is used to make softcore porn, amongst other very sensitive topics, [[https://www.instagram.com/p/B67RDSaH05y/ Lumine later issued an update]] that removed any inappropriate colors.
colors (i.e. NudeColoredClothes)
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* ''VideoGame/GachaLife'': Due to the ongoing controversy regarding how the game is used to make softcore porn, amongst other very sensitive topics, [[https://www.instagram.com/p/B67RDSaH05y/ Lumine later issued an update]] that removed any inappropriate colors.
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* In ''VideoGame/{{Roblox}}'', in addition to a word filter censoring blacklisted words with hash symbols and moderation all user-uploaded assets have to go through before being available to the public, if all of the avatar's body parts are the same color, and the avatar is not wearing a pants item, the avatar is automatically given default clothing of a random color to prevent dirty-minded users from creating [[BarbieDollAnatomy "naked"]] avatars and scarring children and MoralGuardians. However, this can be bypassed if a player changes one of the body parts to a different color or wears a transparent pants item (which will get deleted in a second).
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So as you can guess, countless game developers have developed ways to [[DefiedTrope end this]] and keep their servers clean, typically this trope comes in the form of a name censor, preventing the player from naming characters and objects naughty things.

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So as you can guess, countless game developers have developed ways to [[DefiedTrope end this]] and keep their servers clean, typically this trope comes in the form of a name censor, preventing the player from naming characters and objects naughty things.
things. However, some players will still [[LoopholeAbuse try to circumvent this]], such as altering profanity.

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* In ''VideoGame/AnimalJam'', if an animal attempts to perform the hopping animation on a sleeping animal, they'll return back to their standing animation, to prevent all the MoralGuardian concern over frequent cases of players attempting to simulate sex with such animations.



* In ''VideoGame/{{Uniracers}}'', if you try to rename Unis with words such as "shit", "Satan", "jizz", "lesbian", etc., they will be rejected as "not cool enough".

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* In ''VideoGame/{{Uniracers}}'', if you try to rename Unis with words such as "shit", "Satan", "jizz", "lesbian", [[SocietyMarchesOn "lesbian"]], etc., they will be rejected as "not cool enough".
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* ''VideoGame/{{Kahoot}}'' changes your name if you make it something inappropriate.

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* ''VideoGame/{{Kahoot}}'' changes your name if you make it recognizes that you've made it something inappropriate.
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''VideoGame/ClubPenguin'' had a "safe chat" function on some servers where the only communication option was a selection of pre-made phrases relating to the game. On the servers with a functioning chat function, players were auto-banned for a period of time if they typed inappropriate words.

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* ''VideoGame/ClubPenguin'' had a "safe chat" function on some servers where the only communication option was a selection of pre-made phrases relating to the game. On the servers with a functioning chat function, players were auto-banned for a period of time if they typed inappropriate words.
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SubTrope of {{Bowdlerize}} and DevelopersForesight. Compare BleachedUnderpants, VideoGameCrueltyPunishment and WhyTheFandomCantHaveNiceThings.

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SubTrope of {{Bowdlerize}} and DevelopersForesight. Compare BleachedUnderpants, VideoGameCrueltyPunishment and WhyTheFandomCantHaveNiceThings.
WhyTheFandomCantHaveNiceThings. For troubles text-based censorship causes, see ScunthorpeProblem.
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SubTrope of DevelopersForesight. Compare BleachedUnderpants, VideoGameCrueltyPunishment and WhyTheFandomCantHaveNiceThings.

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SubTrope of {{Bowdlerize}} and DevelopersForesight. Compare BleachedUnderpants, VideoGameCrueltyPunishment and WhyTheFandomCantHaveNiceThings.
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VideoGamePerversityPotential spreads quite frequently. If your players have the right to customize something, and said something will be displayed online for everyone to see, {{Troll}}s will inevitably make it look like a [[GagPenis penis]] or [[AdolfHitlarious swastika]] and name it with whatever garden-variety swear or slur you can think of without [[{{GIFT}} fear of it coming back to bite them]].

So as you can guess, countless game developers have developed ways to [[DefiedTrope end this]] and keep their servers clean, typically this trope comes in the form of a name censor, preventing the player from naming characters and objects naughty things.

SubTrope of DevelopersForesight. Compare BleachedUnderpants, VideoGameCrueltyPunishment and WhyTheFandomCantHaveNiceThings.

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[[folder:Action Adventure]]
* Crossing over with VideoGameCrueltyPunishment, in the ''WesternAnimation/Ben10'' online game "Alien Device", Ben says "I don't need to do that" when you try to do things such as throw objects at bystanders.
* ''VideoGame/LEGOAdaptationGame'': Several games limit the amount of colors for crotches, effectively making it impossible to go bottomless (it's still possible with an AmazingTechnicolorPopulation).
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[[folder:Adventure Games]]
* The Mac OS Classic versions of ''VideoGame/DejaVu'' have a swear filter which scolds you for your "crude and vulgar language" lest you input something inappropriate. Notably, the filter even recognizes "golden bozos", a slang term for breasts popularized by a 1979 ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' sketch.
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[[folder:Fighting Games]]
* ''VideoGame/DragonBallXenoverse'': The game makes skin colors and clothing colors different shades, preventing the player from slapping on some NudeColoredClothes.
* ''VideoGame/WWEVideoGames'': Textures cannot be applied to the crotch (or chest for females).
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[[folder:Massively Multiplayer Online Games]]
''VideoGame/ClubPenguin'' had a "safe chat" function on some servers where the only communication option was a selection of pre-made phrases relating to the game. On the servers with a functioning chat function, players were auto-banned for a period of time if they typed inappropriate words.
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[[folder:Music Games]]
* In the ''VideoGame/HatsuneMikuProjectDiva'' games starting with ''Project Diva F'', trying to look up a female character's skirt in the Photo Studio or Augmented Reality modes will hide the character model and display a warning message. However, no such restriction applies to Edit Mode.
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[[folder:Racing Games]]
* ''VideoGame/MarioKart'': Custom Decals were removed after ''VideoGame/MarioKartDS'', almost certainly to prevent people from making any more penises and swastikas.
* In ''VideoGame/{{Uniracers}}'', if you try to rename Unis with words such as "shit", "Satan", "jizz", "lesbian", etc., they will be rejected as "not cool enough".
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[[folder:Role Playing Games]]
* ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' games disallow the players from nicknaming their Pokemon vulgar things (such as words related to sexual acts), insults, or slurs (Gens I-IV had no name censorship whatsoever), they also forbid mons that already have such a name from being traded on the GTS, which occasionally [[ScunthorpeProblem causes problems when a species name sets off the radar]].
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[[folder:Stealth Games]]
* ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid2SonsOfLiberty'' has a sequence in which the player character Raiden gets captured and strips naked. After he escapes from his cell, he is naked for the subsequent gameplay sequence, and will cover his crotch with his hands. Even if the player makes him do a cartwheel, he will still keep his crotch covered.
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[[folder:Sandbox Games]]
* ''VideoGame/LittleBigPlanet 2'': In The Factory of a Better Tomorrow, a door can only be unlocked by manipulating the fingers of a giant robotic hand to make the "rock on" sign. However, if the player attempts to make the hand FlipTheBird , a censor sign will drop over the hand as a buzzer sounds.
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[[folder:Survival Horror]]
* You get an in-universe scolding for trying to look up Ashley's skirt in ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil4.'' She crosses her legs and calls you (or, rather, Leon, but we all know it's ''really'' directed at the player) a pervert.
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[[folder:Non-Video Game Examples]]
* ''LightNovel/AccelWorld'': In the virtual world the students at Haruyuki's school can use, the tactile sensations of the avatars have been dulled to the point that they can only feel a flat box if they attempt to touch one another. This makes sense given the somewhat provocative avatars said students can sport, along with their burgeoning hormones. Haru points out that any attempt to change the settings alerts the administration and the culprit can get into serious trouble.
* ''VideoGame/{{Kahoot}}'' changes your name if you make it something inappropriate.
* Newer versions of the Leapfrog Alphabet Pal will refuse to pronounce a "C" or "K" immediately after an "F", [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nuz9cBdCzyo instead giggling and saying "that tickles!"]]
* [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr._Sbaitso Dr. Sbaitso]] was a digitized voice software toy; when users started making it say profanities, it would give the user a few warnings; if the user kept doing this, then it would have a "Parity Error", give off a loud screeching noise, and then fill the screen with random characters until the screen was filled with them.
* Burger King's interactive promotional advertising program "The Subservient Chicken" had a number of commands a user could enter and the chicken would act out; if the user entered a command considered inappropriate, the chicken would wag its finger at the screen.
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