History Bowdlerise / Film

** On Creator/FamilyChannel in Canada, some moments with the word "fuck" are cu out, and others are muted. For example, Bender quoting his abusive dad is shortened to remove the "fuck you" part, and then, when he calls the other main characters "fucking dildos", that phrase is muted out. Also, the line, "No wonder he's so fucked up," has too much muted out, so it becomes, "No wonder……p." Also, the word "fag" is blurred out on the locker.

** Marge's line, "Somebody throw the [[PrecisionFStrike goddamn]] bomb!" was shortened to "Somebody throw the damn bomb!" on FX and "Somebody throw the bomb!" on FOX and Global.

** The scene where Blinken mistakes a Venus de Milo copy for Robin is shortened to cut the bit where he comments on how Robin "grew some nice boobs"

* The early 90's Made-For-TV movie ''To Grandmother's House We Go'', starring the Olsen Twins originally aired on ABC. When The Family Channel re-ran it a few years later (back when it was still owned by Pat Robertson), the word "hell" was bleeped.

* A This TV airing of ''Beat Street'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XtKMOEPsAvU censored a line of the Santa Rap]] from "'Cause my G.I. Joe looked G.I. Gay" to "'Cause my G.I. Joe looked G.I.----------"

* For the same reason as ITV showings of ''WesternAnimation/Shrek2'', Creator/Channel4 showings of ''WesternAnimation/BeeMovie'' delete the scene when an old lady gets pinned down by the police, due to its [[HarsherInHindsight possible Harsher in Hindsight implications]], with the transition to the next scene being edited so that it could happen at the point when the old lady's hand is grabbed.

* If you watch the ''Film/TheBreakfastClub'' on TV sometime, you'll notice these edits:

* In the United States, they've broadcast ''Film/TheBigLebowski'' on Creator/ComedyCentral outside of their "Secret Stash" uncut and uncensored late-night block. By the time they were finished cutting it, the movie was practically incomprehensible -- [[SerialEscalation more so than usual]]. On the plus side, the edited line "This is what happens when you find a stranger in the Alps!" and its variations, like "This is what happens when you feed a stoner scrambled eggs!" have become MemeticMutation and are seen as an intentional parody of the kind of nonsensical and lame lines that are used to censor out the stuff that may be violent, profanity-laced, sexual, or disturbing in nature, but probably makes more sense than what's being substituted. Ironically, when the Corvette's real owner smashes Walter's car with a crowbar, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCcKBcZzGdA#t=1m16s you can still hear "I'LL KILL YOUR CAR! I'LL KILL YOUR FUCKING CAR!" uncut]] if you have really good ears.

** The Hub's version censors the line "Get me a juice box, bee-yoch!", although you can still see Walter mouth "bee-yoch" and mutes out "dick" when Walter intercepts Danny's baseball catch at the beginning.

** Creator/{{ITV}} airings since 2020 keep the drugs parallels in the ''COPS'' parody, but remove the scene of Donkey yelling "Police Brutality!" as he's pinned down by knights due to its possible [[HarsherInHindsight increased-Harsher in Hindsight implications following the George Floyd protests and riots]].

* The opening song to Disney's ''WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}}'', ''Arabian Nights'' was changed from "Where they cut off your ear if they don't like your face/It's barbaric, but, hey, it's home" in the original theatrical version to a more acceptable "Where it's flat and immense, and the heat is intense/It's barbaric, but, hey, it's home," for the home release when Disney received complaints that the ear-cutting part was offensive to those living in Arabic countries (despite those punishments like that ''do'' exist in Arabic countries). The original version made it to the early pressings of the soundtrack on CD, but later versions used the less offensive version. MTI's junior musical of the movie uses the less offensive version, but "It's barbaric" was replaced by "It's a furnace!".

** The sequel ''Blues Brothers 2000'' is also edited for TV; at one point, Elwood says that "That's not right" and his friend replies with "No shit." The TV version changes the second line to "No it ain't."

** When the family discovers that Springfield is going to be blown up, Homer says he doesn't want to help the town because they chased them with pitchforks and torches [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking at four in the afternoon]]. Marge corrects him and says it was 7:00 pm when that happened. Homer argues that it was around the time when ''Access Hollywood'' was on, and Marge adds that ''Access Hollywood'' comes on at 4:00 pm and 7:00 pm. On FOX, the references to ''Access Hollywood'' were cut. (Most likely because FOX knew that a number of their affiliates had ''Access'' as part of their schedules, and didn't want those stations getting into trouble with NBCUniversal Television for something they would have been completely out of their control.)

** When the family discovers that Springfield is going to be blown up, Homer says he doesn't want to help the town because they chased them with pitchforks and torches [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking at four in the afternoon]]. Marge corrects him and says it was 7:00 pm when that happened. Homer argues that it was around the time when ''Access Hollywood'' was on, and Marge adds that ''Access Hollywood'' comes on at 4:00 pm and 7:00 pm. On FOX, the references to ''Access Hollywood'' were cut.

* ''Film/GoodWillHunting'' has a lot of the offensive language either dubbed over or cut entirely. One scene that deserves special mention: at the end when Matt Damon hugs Creator/RobinWilliams and asks "Does this violate the doctor-patient agreement?" to which Williams responds jokingly "Only if you grab my ass." The Bravo channel's edit changes "ass" to "butt" which still gets the idea across. The ABC Family edit of this scene, however, changes the line to "Only if I turn around," the implications of which are ''more'' sexual than the original version and the Bravo edit (but, hey, that's our beloved trope namer for ya).

** In Germany, ''Film/HarryPotterAndTheChamberOfSecrets'' was edited to meet a "not under 6" rating. This included toning down the spider attack and the basilisk fight. Also, while the basilisk voice says "let me kill you" in the original, the German version translates this as, "[[NeverSayDie let me get you]]." The uncut version was released in Germany years later, receiving a "not under 12" rating.

** Cinemax Asia's airings of ''Deathly Hallows Part 2'' cut Mrs. Weasely's usage of the word "bitch" to Bellatrix (after she attacks Ginny), shortening her line to "Not my daughter you".

* The TV version of ''Film/KillBill'' had a minor character saying, "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePB8ZOv--bE My name is BUCK, and I'm here to]] [[SubvertedRhymeEveryOccasion PARTY]]."[[note]]Would it have killed the censors to rename the guy, "Marty" or "Arty" for the sake of that edit?[[/note]] Suffice to say that the original rhymed a whole lot better. They changed the name of his truck also, to PARTY Wagon. The original word also started with a P and ended with a Y, though the license plate (PSYWGN) wasn't digitally altered at all. Although without the original name of the vehicle given, you might guess from the license plate that the "P-S-Y" stood for "Psychology" or "Psycho". Also, Thurman calls her killers "sluts" instead of "dicks". Carradine who apparently did dub his dialogue changes it from "assholes" to "jerks".

** At least one version changed Vincent's line "go home and jerk off" to him saying "go home and cool off".

* When ''Film/RoadHouse1989'' first came out in Barbados, Creator/PatrickSwayze's nude scene was cut. However, all the ''female''-provided {{Fanservice}} remained intact.

** Boddicker saying "ladies, leave" and calling the title character a "bloodsucker" are also memorable.
* The Russian version of ''Film/Rocketman2019'' has every gay kiss scene, gay sex scene (a first one in the history of mainstream Hollywood production) and every scene with someone doing drugs cut, a hell of an accomplishment for a biopic about openly gay musician Music/EltonJohn which was supposed to be as realistic as possible. Most importantly, the final card where it was explained Elton had found his love and has been raising children with him since, was changed to a completely different one which emphasized his [[Main/TragicAIDSStory AIDS Foundation]], [[Main/BuryYourGays hammering the point even more]]. This prompted an angry backlash from both Music/EltonJohn and Creator/{{Paramount}}. Russia's Minister of Culture, while denying having any involvement and saying it was cut by the distributor before submitting it for a license, was quoted with this line of the century: ''In the government of law the law should rule, not some other person's personal esthetic and sexual preferences''. Russia has a long-standing law prohibiting propaganda of "non-traditional relationships" to minors, but even with all the cuts the movie still got the 18+ rating, so minors couldn't watch it anyway.

** Creator/EdgarWright seems to be a fan of inventive Bowdlerisation, editing it on a special feature on the Blu-Ray. It involved lots of uses of the word "Smurf" and "Owl".

** The "Goodbye Horses" scene is usually cut right after Bill adjusts the video camera, both for time and because tucked nudity is still nudity. Weird DoubleStandard, because stuff like Hannibal Lecter *eating a man's face off* is not cut.

* Adhering to studio ethics, Disney toned down the violence for a 1975 reissue of their ''[[{{Film/TreasureIsland1950}} Treasure Island]]'' in order to get a G rating. The uncut version was submitted to the MPAA in 1992 with a PG rating.

* In the TV edit of ''Film/TheUsualSuspects'', the phrase they have to say in the line-up is changed to "Hand me the keys, you fairy godmother!"

* In the British edit of ''WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitch'', a scene in which Lilo is hiding from her sister Nani in a dryer was edited so that she instead hides in an odd cupboard with a pizza box door to avoid getting a 12 by the BBFC for imitable behavior. Creator/DisneyPlus uses this version of the scene in all regions including in countries that originally used the unaltered version.

** In Germany, ''Film/HarryPotterAndTheChamberOfSecrets'' was edited to meet a "not under 6" rating. This included toning down the spider attack and the basilisk fight. Also, while the basilisk voice says "let me kill you" in the original, the German version translates this as, "[[NeverSayDie let me get you]]."

* The 1947 film version of ''Life With Father'' toned down the unbaptized father's frequent swearing. His bellows of "Oh, God!" were changed to "Oh, gad!" and most instances of "damn" were simply deleted.

* ''Film/HarryPotter''':

* Cinemax Asia's airings of ''Film/HarryPotterAndTheDeathlyHallows Part 2'' cut Mrs. Weasely's usage of the word "bitch" to Bellatrix (after she attacks Ginny), shortening her line to "Not my daughter you".

* ''WesternAnimation/KingDick'' is an odd case since the film is rather explicit as it is, but notable scenes that have been reduced and/or cut in the English version include the two homoerotic gags involving Master Limpcock and his wife's manservant, the scene where a fish swims up Nymphomania's genitals and pulling it out only to show it has rot inside of her, an old monk chasing down two boys while sporting a RagingStiffie, and so on. Otherwise, most of the edits seemingly aim to remove the {{Padding}} the original Italian version had, ending up with the movie only running at 62 minutes in contrast to the original's 76 minutes.

* ''WesternAnimation/KingDick'' is an odd case since the film is rather explicit as it is, but notable scenes that have been reduced and/or cut in the English version include the two homoerotic gags involving Master Limpcock and his wife's manservant, the scene where a fish swims up Nymphomania's genitals and pulling it out only to show it has rot inside of her, an old monk chasing down two boys while sporting a RagingStiffie, and so on. Otherwise, most of the edits seemingly aim to remove the {{Padding}} the original Italian version had, ending up with a movie with the running time of 62 minutes in contrast to the original's 76 minutes.

* When ''Film/RoadHouse'' first came out in Barbados, Creator/PatrickSwayze's nude scene was cut. However, all the ''female''-provided {{Fanservice}} remained intact.

* The English dub of ''Animation/CatCity'' deleted references to Lazy Dick (Billy Bugle in the dub) being the sole survivor after his flight had crashed.