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Many, many examples.


  • In the pilot, Roseanne claiming Dan is just sitting on the throne of some mysterious "magic kingdom".
  • Season 2's "Inherit The Wind" had this exchange between Roseanne and Darlene.
    Roseanne: I'm ordering new children.
    Darlene: Yeah? Well, why don't we trade Becky in for a partially tattooed Latin boy of sixteen?
    • In "Becky's Choice" (Season 1), when Roseanne is giving Becky grief for cheating on Chip with Johnny "Tongue Bandit" Swanko:
    Becky: It's none of your business!
    Roseanne: It is my business when you start sneakin' out of this house to meet some guy that I would consider leaving your father for!
  • Leon talking about having nice sheets for when he bites on the pillowcase.
  • Dan and Roseanne doing the "trick with the popcorn box," at the movies.
  • "The Test," Season 3: Roseanne wants everyone out of the house so she can do her pregnancy test without them knowing.
    Roseanne: They won't leave! They're like something stuck to the bottom of your shoe.
    Jackie: Oh, like gum?
    Roseanne: No, not gum.
  • Jackie asking Roseanne (over the phone) what Dan likes to eat ("Roseanne, that's disgusting!").
  • Season 3's episode "Like a Virgin" also has a Funny Moment after Roseanne catches Darlene and her friend Brian groping on the couch: the young man keeps his crotch very carefully covered on the way out, resulting in some good physical comedy.
  • Season 5’s "Mommy Nearest" had Bev call Roseanne, whilst her and the family were having dinner with Jackie and her boyfriend Fisher. Roseanne says to Bev "Like a horse", and Fisher gives a "What?" look, and Roseanne tells him that they are talking about his appetite. What did Fisher think that Roseanne and Bev were taking about?
  • Not to mention all the creative ways they referred to masturbation/erections/puberty. Even lampshading it during/after the credits with a supposed TV Censor shooting down several unique variations shot off by Roseanne, rapid fire, before she motions to the camera, revealing that every single one has been recorded and aired. Leading to the censor being bleeped.
    Darlene: [on D.J.] I hear he got caught playing with his instrument in band!
    D.J: [to Darlene] I'm not in band, stupid!

  • The Season 7 episode "Girl Talk" has some frank discussions about sex, surprisingly for a network that was so family-friendly in the mid-90s.
  • Also from Season 7's "White Men Can't Kiss," Roseanne suggests his school play should just be Oh! Calcutta!.
  • From the 2018 reboot, episode 4, "Eggs Over, Not Easy", after Roseanne and Becky have an argument after Becky learns her eggs are too old, thus ending her dream of being a surrogate mother:
    Darlene: I just got a text from Becky. She's at work, and apparently she's "wasted as duck."

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