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** The MoralGuardians didn't understand [[ValuesDissonance the difference between British and American profanity]] and thus thought that the movie didn't need recensoring.
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** The people who were in charge of censorship didn't realize that there was nudity in the film, and only noticed the profanity.

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** At one point in ''Alice and Bob: The Movie'', Bob says "God damn it!" The TV version censors the "God" but keeps the "damn it!".

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** At one point in ''Alice and Bob: The Movie'', Bob says "God damn it!" The TV version censors the "God" but keeps the "damn it!".it!"



** Every SceneryCensor and CensorBox moves out of the way of Alice's sensitive bits if she happens to go behind it.
** Every SoundEffectBleep is deliberately set off before Bob starts to say a coarse word or after he finishes saying one.



** The movie is completely G-rated with no content that people want to see censored.

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** The movie is completely G-rated G-rated, with no content that people want to see censored.



* '''Exploited''': Alice realizes her nude body is being shown in all its glory, so she [[BreakingTheFourthWall paints important information on it for the benefit of the audience]].

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* '''Exploited''': '''Exploited''':
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Alice realizes her nude naked body is being shown in all its glory, so she [[BreakingTheFourthWall paints important information on it for the benefit of the audience]].audience]].
** Alice realizes her naked body is being shown in all its glory, so she goes around and becomes a walking sexual-education lesson for children.



* '''Implied''': We don’t get to see the movie in-universe, but Carol comes out of the movie theater and tells his boyfriend Douglas that it did a poor job censoring suggestive scenes.

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* '''Implied''': We don’t get to see the movie in-universe, but Carol comes out of the movie theater and tells his boyfriend Douglas that it did a poor job censoring suggestive scenes.



** Out of universe, Alice's actress Amy is a ShrinkingViolet and was only persuaded to get naked for the movie because the filmmakers promised her that her modesty would be preserved by self-censorship. When she sees they didn't do this, she sues them.

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** Out of universe, Alice's actress Amy is a ShrinkingViolet and was only persuaded to get naked for the movie because the filmmakers promised her that to preserve her modesty would be preserved by self-censorship. When she sees they didn't do this, she sues them.
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** At one point in ''Alice and Bob: The Movie'', Bob says "God damn it!" The TV version censors the "God" but keeps the "damn !t!".

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** At one point in ''Alice and Bob: The Movie'', Bob says "God damn it!" The TV version censors the "God" but keeps the "damn !t!".it!".
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** At one point in ''Alice and Bob: The Movie'', Bob says "God damn it!" The TV version censors the "damn it!" but keeps the "God".

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** At one point in ''Alice and Bob: The Movie'', Bob says "God damn it!" The TV version censors the "damn it!" "God" but keeps the "God"."damn !t!".



* '''Implied''': We don’t get to see the movie, but Carol comes out of the movie theater and tells Douglas that it did a poor job censoring suggestive scenes.

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* '''Implied''': We don’t get to see the movie, movie in-universe, but Carol comes out of the movie theater and tells his boyfriend Douglas that it did a poor job censoring suggestive scenes.

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* '''Straight''': ''AliceAndBob: TheMovie'' censors all the swearing but keeps a scene where Alice is shown naked (and with nothing covering her shame).

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''AliceAndBob: TheMovie'' censors all the swearing but keeps a scene where Alice is shown naked (and with nothing covering her shame).shame).
** At one point in ''Alice and Bob: The Movie'', Bob says "God damn it!" The TV version censors the "damn it!" but keeps the "God".



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** ''Alice and Bob: The Movie'' has so much uncensored nudity that it could be considered porn (even more exaggerated if there are genuine on-screen uncensored sex scenes), yet it censors any word which is as offensive as simply saying “hell”.

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** The new version covers up naked Alice, but is a full-fledged ReCut that shows Bob naked and uncensored.



* '''Zig-Zagged''': Alice's nakedness is censored in some scenes while [[SirSwearsALot Bob's foul mouth]] is not, and vice versa.

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Alice's nakedness is censored in some scenes while [[SirSwearsALot Bob's foul mouth]] is not, and vice versa.versa.
** Alice's nakedness is censored in [[RecycledTheSeries the spin-off series]] consistently.


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** The movie is completely G-rated with no content that people want to see censored.

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** These MoralGuardians happen to be firmly against profanity but not nudity.



** "We're not allowed to swear but I'm allowed to be naked?!"

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** "We're not allowed to swear swear, but I'm allowed to be naked?!"



* '''Deconstructed''': ???
* '''Reconstructed''': ???

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* '''Deconstructed''': ???
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** In-universe, Alice is teased (if she's lucky) or ostracized (if she's not) for being nude in otherwise family-friendly settings.
** Out of universe, Alice's actress Amy is a ShrinkingViolet and was only persuaded to get naked for the movie because the filmmakers promised her that her modesty would be preserved by self-censorship. When she sees they didn't do this, she sues them.
* '''Reconstructed''': ???Amy, Alice, or both comes to own her nudity and decides to be naked more and show off her assets without censorship.

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* '''Exaggerated''': ''Alice and Bob: the Movie'' censors swear words, [[TheBodyPartsThatMustNotBeNamed anatomical words]], and even a scene with a dog peeing, but still leaves Alice's naked scene alone.
* '''Downplayed''': Alice's nudity is censored along with the swearwords, but the CensorBox is too small, so it doesn't do a very good job.

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* '''Exaggerated''': '''Exaggerated''':
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''Alice and Bob: the The Movie'' censors swear words, [[TheBodyPartsThatMustNotBeNamed anatomical words]], and even a scene with a dog peeing, but still leaves Alice's naked scene alone.
** Alice is completely naked and uncensored in every frame of the movie, but all the profanity and violence is censored by the screen going otherwise completely black and the audio being totally muted.
* '''Downplayed''': Alice's nudity is censored along with the swearwords, swear words, but the CensorBox is too small, so it doesn't do a very good job. job.



* '''Double Subverted''': But in the new version, some of the swears are randomly not censored.
* '''Parodied''': Confusion arises between characters when they find some of the swear words they're saying aren't being bleeped and that some of the words that ''do'' get bleeped aren't obscene at all.
* '''Zigzagged''': ???

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* '''Double Subverted''': Subverted''':
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But in the new version, some of the swears are randomly not censored.
** The new version is BloodierAndGorier, with violence that was only implied before now shown in great detail.
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Confusion arises between characters when they find some of the swear words they're saying aren't being bleeped and that some of the words that ''do'' get bleeped aren't obscene at all.
** The movie is otherwise a hardcore porn film whose flimsy plot is built around Alice being nude when it's inappropriate, yet all the obscenities you'd expect in sex talk are conspicuously censored.
* '''Zigzagged''': ???'''Zig-Zagged''': Alice's nakedness is censored in some scenes while [[SirSwearsALot Bob's foul mouth]] is not, and vice versa.



* '''Lampshaded''': "We're not allowed to swear but I'm allowed to be naked?!"

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"We're not allowed to swear but I'm allowed to be naked?!" naked?!"



* '''Exploited''': ???

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* '''Exploited''': ???Alice realizes her nude body is being shown in all its glory, so she [[BreakingTheFourthWall paints important information on it for the benefit of the audience]].



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* '''Enforced''': The MoralGuardians told the writers to "add censorship", but weren't specific.

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* '''Enforced''': '''Enforced''':
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The MoralGuardians told the writers to "add censorship", but weren't specific.specific.
** The creators don't care for censorship and are using this trope as their way of saying "screw you" to proponents of censorship.
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* '''Straight''': ''AliceAndBob: the Movie'' censors all the swearing but keeps a scene where Alice is shown naked (and with nothing covering her shame).

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* '''Straight''': ''AliceAndBob: the Movie'' TheMovie'' censors all the swearing but keeps a scene where Alice is shown naked (and with nothing covering her shame).



* '''Zigzagged''':

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* '''Zigzagged''':'''Zigzagged''': ???



* '''Exploited''':

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* '''Exploited''':'''Exploited''': ???



* '''Implied''':
* '''Deconstructed''':
* '''Reconstructed''':

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* '''Implied''':
'''Implied''': We don’t get to see the movie, but Carol comes out of the movie theater and tells Douglas that it did a poor job censoring suggestive scenes.
* '''Deconstructed''':
'''Deconstructed''': ???
* '''Reconstructed''':'''Reconstructed''': ???



* '''Played for Drama''':

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* '''Played for Drama''':Drama''': The movie is a ShowWithinAShow. It doesn’t get a lot of views due to the poor censoring, and it ends up a flop.

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* '''Discussed''': "What, we can't say ***damn? We've already said every other swear under the sun, so why would using the Lord's name in vain be crossing the line?"

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* '''Discussed''': '''Discussed''':
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"What, we can't say ***damn? We've already said every other swear under the sun, so why would using the Lord's name in vain be crossing the line?"line?"
** "The censors are a real ass-(BLEEP)!"



* '''Played for Laughs''':

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* '''Played for Laughs''':Laughs''': The inconsistent/incompetent censoring overlaps with CensoredForComedy.
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* '''Inverted''':

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* '''Inverted''':'''Inverted''': Anything and everything that can be misinterpreted as inappropriate is censored.


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** [[WebVideo/TheAngryVideoGameNerd "TV makes a lot of sense."]]
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* '''Discussed''': "What, we can't say ***damn? We've already said every other swear under the sun, so why would using the Lord's name in vein be crossing the line?"

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* '''Discussed''': "What, we can't say ***damn? We've already said every other swear under the sun, so why would using the Lord's name in vein vain be crossing the line?"
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* '''Parodied''':

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* '''Parodied''':'''Parodied''': Confusion arises between characters when they find some of the swear words they're saying aren't being bleeped and that some of the words that ''do'' get bleeped aren't obscene at all.



** Swearing, violence, and nudity are all censored.

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** Swearing, violence, and nudity are all censored.censored consistently.



* '''Discussed''':

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* '''Discussed''':'''Discussed''': "What, we can't say ***damn? We've already said every other swear under the sun, so why would using the Lord's name in vein be crossing the line?"
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* '''Defied''': Bob rushes to cover up Alice's naked body, since he's got MediumAwareness and is determined not to let anything sneak past the censors.

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* '''Defied''': Bob rushes to cover up Alice's naked body, body since he's got MediumAwareness and is determined not to let anything sneak past the censors.
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'''Basic Trope''': Incompetent and/or inconsistent censorship.
* '''Straight''': ''AliceAndBob: the Movie'' censors all the swearing but keeps a scene where Alice is shown naked (and with nothing covering her shame).
* '''Exaggerated''': ''Alice and Bob: the Movie'' censors swear words, [[TheBodyPartsThatMustNotBeNamed anatomical words]], and even a scene with a dog peeing, but still leaves Alice's naked scene alone.
* '''Downplayed''': Alice's nudity is censored along with the swearwords, but the CensorBox is too small, so it doesn't do a very good job.
* '''Justified''': The swearing is censored in-universe by Bob [[SoundEffectBleep making noises to drown out the sound of it.]] However, Bob wasn't around at the time Alice was naked.
* '''Inverted''':
* '''Subverted''': The movie is screened in theatres once with the swearing censored but Alice's nudity uncensored, but then it gets taken down and redone so that Alice covers up this time.
* '''Double Subverted''': But in the new version, some of the swears are randomly not censored.
* '''Parodied''':
* '''Zigzagged''':
* '''Averted''':
** There is no censorship.
** Swearing, violence, and nudity are all censored.
* '''Enforced''': The MoralGuardians told the writers to "add censorship", but weren't specific.
* '''Lampshaded''': "We're not allowed to swear but I'm allowed to be naked?!"
* '''Invoked''': Bob deliberately drowns out swearing but doesn't cover up Alice's naked body.
* '''Exploited''':
* '''Defied''': Bob rushes to cover up Alice's naked body, since he's got MediumAwareness and is determined not to let anything sneak past the censors.
* '''Discussed''':
* '''Conversed''': "Man, the censors had one job!"
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* '''Deconstructed''':
* '''Reconstructed''':
* '''Played for Laughs''':
* '''Played for Drama''':
* '''Played for Horror''': Grisly murder scenes are not censored, while swear words are.
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