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* Comicbook/{{Supergirl}}: In ''Comicbook/DemonSpawn'', after putting up with her overbearing, self-serving, mean-spirited rival and co-worker Nasthalthia 'Nasty' Luthor, Linda Danvers -as well known as Kara Zor-El, alias Supergirl- grumbles:
-->'''Supergirl:''' That lousy 'Nasty'! She's out to get me fired! That rotten, under-handed stupid w...
* In Franchise/XMen, one of ComicBook/{{Nightcrawler}}'s standard exclamations is "Ach du lieber..." (frequently misspelled: "Ach du leiber..."), which means "Oh you dear...". He never once finishes it, so we can only guess what word is cut off. "Gott"? "Augustin"? "Herr Gesangsverein"?
* In ''ComicBook/TheGoldenAge'': Lance Gallant to the spirit of his brother Michael when he's making a phone call.
-->"It's my time and my life, so why don't you fu—...h-hello, Paula, it's Lance...Lance Gallant...
* In ''ComicBook/JemAndTheHolograms'' Pizzazz stops herself before she finishes the sentence.
-->'''Pizzazz''': "Roxy, if you don't stop with the drumming I'm gonna shove those drumsticks---"

* ''Fanfic/ACrownOfStars'': In chapter 49:
** '''Asuka''':''“Gott damn it, Shinji! That wasn’t funny! I’m trying to get rid of her and you almost made me c... Ahem, lose my composure.”''
* Downplayed in ''Fanfic/CalvinAndHobbesTheSeries'' (which [[ScriptFic imitates]] a children's show), where the narrator stops short of mentioning a GroinAttack.
* ''Fanfic/TheChildOfLove'': After believing [[spoiler:Asuka had died and then hearing her laughter]] Misato begins saying "What the f...?" before trailing off.
* In ''Fanfic/ChildrenOfTime'', Beth Lestrade and Literature/SherlockHolmes have an increasingly heated fight, and Holmes insults her pretty badly. Beth slaps him and says, "How dare you, you selfish, inconsiderate---" The narrative says that she stops herself before she says what she knows she'll regret.
* In ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/9074341/7/Expecting-the-Unexpected Expecting the Unexpected]]'' Harry is giving an eight-month-old Teddy Lupin his bottle when the kid spits some out.
-->'''Harry:''' Yeah, I'd spit it out too. This formula stuff tastes like cra- er, not nice.
** In the sequel, ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/9380418/3/Gamma-Draconis Gamma Draconis]]'' an adult Harry accidentally runs into the back of a teenage Teddy.
-->'''Harry:''' Fu- I mean, Merlin, are you OK?
* ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/8633479/2/Harry-Potter-and-the-Time-Travel Harry Potter and the Time Travel]]'':
-->'''Hermione:''' Luna, I'm very sorry if I came across like a total bit- idiot.
* ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7302551/6/Liberi-De-Luna Liberi De Luna]]'':
-->'''Fenrir Greyback:''' Aw, fu - I mean, fudge.
* In ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5426558/5/Never-Fear-the-Shadows Never Fear the Shadows]]'' Sirius tries to get a thirteen-year-old Harry out of the shower.
-->'''Sirius:''' Holy sh--Merlin! Do you always enjoy showers in the sub-zero?
* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10360056/4/The-Pride-s-Hatchling The Pride's Hatchling]]'':
-->'''Ron:''' You know if you're trying to pull off the pureblood look it's not working, you have made it look like there's dragon shi--droppings beneath your nose!\\
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'''Seamus: Shi--atsu in a soup!
* In ''Fanfic/BoysUndSenshado'', [[OriginalCharacter Akio]] says this to [[Anime/GirlsUndPanzer Miho]] after her mother, whom Akio and his family ''strongly'' dislike, [[spoiler:disowns her]].
-->'''Akio''': I'm upset that bi- um... bat did that to you.
* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/4674115/5/The-Promise The Promise]]'' Sirius is hurt while trying to defend an eight-year-old Harry.
-->'''Sirius:''' Yeah...got me good, the little fu- fellow.
* In ''Fanfic/BoysDoTankary'', Brent does this at one point.
-->'''Brent''': I'll give Ian hel...I mean a retraining course.
* In ''Fanfic/TheWrongReflection'' Eleya's mother scolds her for swearing about her wine glass being empty, leading to this line:
-->“Sorry, Mother. Where’s that d”—I catch myself—“springwine bottle?”
* Happens more than once in ''[[http://archiveofourown.org/works/520240/chapters/919488 It's My Problem]]'' whenever a member of the Avengers nearly drops a PrecisionFStrike (none of them are used to having Spider-man, or more importantly a fifteen year old, around).
* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/8553100/2/The-Rise-and-Fall-of-Harry-J-Potter The Rise and Fall of Harry J. Potter]]'' Ron's attempt at such in front of Harry's older son is rather amusing.
-->'''Ron:''' The fuc--oh shit, Jamie's here. I mean, oh damn, Jamie's...screw this. Harry, George: what the hell?
* In ''FanFic/FourDeadlySecrets'', Pyrrha does this repeatedly.
* In the thirteenth chapter of ''Fanfic/TheSecondTry'', a police officer begins saying "Ah... shi-", and then he catches himself when he realizes there is a little kid in the room.
* ''Fanfic/TangledUpInYou'' has a running gag involving Adrien's inability to swear. At one point, during a game of "Fuck, Marry, Kill", he manages to get the "F" out before amending it to "have sex with Marinette."

* You see this done a ''lot'' with "tough guy" characters in old '30s and '40s films. "Why, you...!"
* ''Disney/{{Aladdin}}'':
--> '''Iago''': [on seeing that Aladdin survived a near-drowning] "How in the He-- I mean, uh, AWKKK!"
* Regina George in ''Film/MeanGirls'':
--> "MOTHER--" * extended screaming*
* In ''Film/DarkStar'' the computer automatically censors obscenities in Sgt Pinback's diary entries, replacing them with silence and a caption reading "deleted", and in one case a full-screen caption reading "Gesture Deleted".
* ''Film/SpyKids'': "Oh, sh…iitake mushrooms."
* ''Film/HomeAlone'': In the second movie, Buzz does this near the end. "Alright, enough of this gooey sh--" (*sees everyone looking at him*) "show of emotion."
* ''Film/TheProducers'': Max, looking through his gallery of little old ladies:
-->'''Max:''' "Hold me touch me", where is "hold me touch me"? "Kiss me feel me", "Lick me bite me", "Yank me spank me", "Suck me fu--"... ah! "Hold me touch me"!
* Part of the lyrics in ''Theatre/MyFairLady''. In this case you know what the word should be by the rhyme scheme.
-->'''Eliza:''' "You, dear friend who talk so well,
-->You can go to ... Hertford, Hereford and Hampshire!"
* In ''Theatre/TheOddCouple'', Oscar is watching a baseball game in the press box when he's summoned to the phone. While Felix is telling him not to eat any frankfurters at the ballpark because he's making franks and beans for dinner that night, Oscar [[MissingTheGoodStuff misses a triple play]]. He turns back to the phone:
-->'''Oscar:''' ''ARE YOU CRAZY?!! ARE YOU OUT OF YOUR MIND?!! TAKE YOUR FRANKFURTERS AND...!'' (*slams receiver down*)
* In ''Film/BlazingSaddles'', Hedley presents the governor with his choice for Rock Ridge's new sheriff, a black man. Shocked, the governor pulls him aside for a private conservation:
-->'''Gov. Le Petomane:''' Have you lost your mind? Can't you see that that man is a ni--
-->''The governor notices that he has accidentally pulled aside the new sheriff, not Hedley.''
** The movie takes the joke even further; even when talking to Hedley, he still says "ni" instead of the full word.
* In ''Film/TheBigLebowski'', Walter nearly told Donny to shut the fuck up.
-->'''Walter:''' Donny, shut the f- When do we play?
* In ''Film/BruceAlmighty'', Bruce almost lets one slip before realizing that it's God in high person he's speaking to.
-->'''Bruce:''' Holy sh- ...cow.
* Lord Shen seems to make one (which could possibly just be a stutter) in ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda2''.
-->'''Shen:''' FIRE! FIRE! Fire, for fu- ...FIRE!
* In ''Film/TheAmazingSpiderMan'', when Gwen Stacy tells Peter Parker (as Spider-Man) on the phone that [[spoiler: she's going to wait in the Oscorp Tower for the antidote to finish "cooking" while The Lizard is on his way, much to Peter's horror]], she then hangs up, leading to this:
--> '''Peter/Spider-Man:''' Gwen! ''Gwen!'' You mother- Hubbard, are you serious?!
* ''Film/IronMan3'' - Rhodey and Tony are arguing about Tony's [=PTSD=] from ''The Avengers'', only to notice two kids.
-->'''Rhodey:''' I'm not trying to be a dic...tator.
* Played with in ''Film/TheHobbit'' - Bilbo, accidentally setting off a small but noisy avalanche of treasure while ExploringTheEvilLair, says "Sh...shush" in a manner suggesting he was considering saying something rather different.
* Former kids' show host Joe Carruthers does this in ''Film/ErnestSavesChristmas'' on the set of a Christmas-themed horror movie, when pointing a gun at the monster: "Die, you son of a...son of a..." [[ThinkOfTheChildren He simply can't swear in front of children.]] Or, perhaps, at all.
* ''Film/{{Deadpool 2016}}'': Wade does this right before passing out, and it is revealed to the audience that he has cancer.

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* ''Literature/{{Discworld}}''
** In ''Discworld/TheTruth'', Mr Tulip is often heard to use "--ing". As in "that --ing rubbish". [[spoiler: Near the end of the book, you discover that he only says the ing part of whichever curse he may have been thinking.]] It's also Lampshaded in the book with people bemusedly wondering what is he saying. And near the end [[spoiler: Sacharissa tries to start cursing by peppering her sentences with "ing" in appropriate places as well as saying, "'Ing.' I feel so much better for saying that, you know? 'Ing.' 'Inginginginging.' I wonder what it means."]]
** Captain Carrot can apparently pronounce "d*mn." (But then, Rincewind can say "!")
** Cohen in ''Discworld/InterestingTimes'', claiming the Agatean Empire's bureaucracy requires you to fill out a form if you want to go to the privy. "Can't get married without a chit. Can't leave your village without a chit. Can't even have a ... Ah well, here we are."
** In ''Discworld/ReaperMan'', for reasons that [[ItMakesSenseInContext Make Sense in Context]], Ridcully's swear words are turning into unpleasant-looking creatures, and the other wizards are encouraging him to GoshDangItToHeck. The Bursar suggests that Mrs Whitlow says "sugar!", and Ridcully retorts "She may ''say'' 'sugar', but she ''means'' 'shi'..." before stopping himself.
* German humorist Kurt Tucholsky used this in a poem, talking to a baby girl: "You / will become a great who-"
* In ''Literature/SheepsClothing'', Wolf Cowrie calls his nemesis a "son of a b--" before remembering that he is in a church and stopping himself. He still gets a disapproving look from the local pastor.
* In an article about B Western movies, humorist Creator/PatrickMcManus comments that all characters in such movies "curse" in this fashion, be they villains or heroes.

* ''Series/ArrestedDevelopment'':
--> '''Tobias''': [''arguing with Lindsay''] Oh, great, and now you're mocking me?! You selfish cun- [''realizing his daughter is listening''] try-music loving lady!
* In ''Series/BabylonFive'', Londo stops in mid-thought:
-->'''Londo:''' And you can kiss my plump Centauri a--aah, gentlemen, this is what I've been waiting for.
* ''Series/BostonLegal'': In one of his infamous long-winded closings, Alan Shore did this:
-->"We have mothers, bragging to their friends about being [=MILFs=] at their kids' high schools. M-I-L-F, '''M'''other '''I''''d '''L'''ike to '''F'''...orgive me for speaking this way in court."
* Series/{{Buffy|The Vampire Slayer}} working as a high school guidance counselor:
-->'''Buffy:''' You have to stick up for yourself, Amanda. You need to show this bully that you're not gonna take any more of his sh... guff. Uh, any guff.
* In the Mexican VarietyShow, ''Series/LaCaravana'', this is the whole point of the sketch starring Victor Trujillo named ''El Charro Amarillo'', when he sings offensive ranchero songs, but always changes the offensive parts at the last stanza.
* In the ''Series/{{Chuck}}'' episode "Chuck versus the First Date", Chuck's reaction when he first sees the team's new underground spy base known as Castle is:
--> "What the... HELL-O!"
* In ''Series/{{Charmed}}'', after Phoebe's FetusTerrible takes Phoebe over to push Paige out a window, her reaction is:
-->'''Paige''': But why me? I don't have anything against the little fu-- uh, fetus.
* Keith Olbermann's "WHAT THE -" segment on ''Series/{{Countdown|WithKeithOlbermann}}''. Usually Keith stops himself, sometimes he's cut off by a commercial break.
* ''Series/DoctorWho'': Rose, in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS28E11FearHer "Fear Her"]]:
-->'''The Doctor:''' Come on, you were a kid once.\\
'''Rose:''' Yeah, and I know what kids are like. Right little sh--. . . terrors.
* ''Series/HowIMetYourMother'': When Lily finds out that Barney slept with a nanny that she and Marshall wanted to hire, she was about to say, "You son of a bitch", notices that she has her son with her, then slips into PigLatin for the last word.
* ''Series/LegendOfTheSeeker'', "Princess": Cara has to impersonate a princess to get into a castle, and a local law requires her to speak in rhyming couplets in the presence of the margrave. Later, when she's holding him at knifepoint to get the key to the dungeons:
-->'''Cara:''' Dear Margrave, the sight of your face makes me sick\\
You decadent, pompous, self-satisfied-- ''(punches him in the face)''
* In ''Series/{{Monk}}'', episode "Mr. Monk Gets Lotto Fever," when Natalie confronts Monk about mocking her job. In this case, the word is "bimbo":
-->'''Adrian Monk''': Oh, ''you'' are ''not'' making them rich! You're not giving them financial advice. You're just reading little numbers off little white ping pong balls! And if it wasn't you, they'd just hire some other bim-''[stops himself]''\\
'''Natalie Teeger''': Some other what?! "Bim" what?! ''[beat]''\\
'''Adrian Monk''': [[LastSecondWordSwap Bimportant]] person.\\
'''Natalie Teeger''': Mr. Monk, do-do you think I'm a [[DumbBlonde bimbo]]?! Look, I know what I do isn't the most ''bim''portant job on the planet, but what do I do for ''you''?! Hand you wipes all day long?! Pick up your laundry?! You know people admire me now, and I admit it, I am enjoying the attention! I guess I needed it!\\
'''Adrian Monk:''' Yeah, uh, I'm sorry, but I can't work like this! So ''you're'' going to have to choose. ''[gestures to himself and Stottlemeyer, then to Natalie's fans]''
* When Creator/LinManuelMiranda hosted ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'', he sang his monologue to the tune of ''Theater/HamiltonMyShot''. At one point, he walked into the hall of previous hosts, and stops in front of the portrait of Creator/DonaldTrump...
--->'''Lin:''' On this wall, in this hall, and I'm getting a piece of it,\\
Like Miley, Schumer, Tracy Morgan and THIS PIECE OF-\\
(stares at Trump picture)\\
(mumbles/sings) [[FunnyAneurysmMoment Well, he's never gonna be president now, never gonna be president now..]]
* ''Series/ATouchOfFrost''. DI Frost is insulting his superior (as usual) [[RightInFrontOfMe when the man in question enters the room]].
-->'''Frost''': "Well Horn-rimmed Harry can go stick it up his ahhhh hello sir!"
* From ''Series/TheVicarOfDibley", Episode "The Window & the Weather":
--> ''Hugo appears suddenly, startling Geraldine''
--> '''Geraldine:''' OH FUC-rying out loud, Hugo!

* Music/PanicAtTheDisco:
** In "There's A Good Reason These Tables Are Numbered, Honey, You Just Haven't Thought Of It Yet":
-->I bet to them your name is "Cheap," I bet to them you look like shh...
** Another one of their songs, "I Write Sins, Not Tragedies" contains the line "What a shame the poor groom's bride is a whore". Guess which word gets replaced with "Shh!" in the music video!
* The Johnny Horton song "The Battle of New Orleans" has the following line: "Then we opened up with squirrel guns and really gave 'em ... well", then going into the chorus of the song.
* Music/TheWho's "My Generation" has a classic usage:
--> Why don't you all f-f-f-f-f-fade away?
* In {{Music/Primus}}' song "The Air Is Getting Slippery", each time it sounds like the singer is going to say "fuck" it's replaced by "Forgive me if I hesitate". He finally says it at the very end though.
* {{Music/Voltaire}}'s "The Dirtiest Song That Ain't" is practically nothing but this every other line.
* "[[http://dmdb.org/lyrics/shaving.cream.html Shaving Cream]]"; each verse seems like it's going to end in- "shaving cream, so nice and clean!"
* Mostly Main/PlayedForLaughs in this instance, but during an acoustic performance of ''Juular'' in 2015, Devin Townsend gets to the chorus. And then realises he's ''in London's St. James' Church''...
--> [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_uEz8dCHSQU&t=57m57s Eye for an eye..! I survived and God--... ''*exaggerated awkward coughing*'']]
* While Fred Durst of Music/LimpBizkit is SirSwearsALot, "Nookie" has the infamous line "Take that cookie and stick it up your (Yeah!)".
* Music/FiveFingerDeathPunch: "Did you know I don't care? You can suck my..."
* Joe South's "Games People Play":
--> Look around, tell me what you see\\
What's happening to you and me?\\
God grant me the serenity\\
To remember who I am\\
\\
'Cause you're givin' up your sanity\\
For your pride and your vanity\\
Turn your back on humanity\\
And you don't give a...na, na, na, da, dadadada...
* Brook Benton's "Boll Weevil Song":
--> And the boll weevil said to the farmer,\\
Said, "Farmer, I'd like to wish you well"\\
Farmer said to the boll weevil,\\
"Yeah, and I wish that you were in...\\
\\
Lookin' for a home\\
Lookin' for a home\\
Ahh, you have a home, all right\\
You have a home\\
A real hot home..."
* "The Real Sugar Baby" by Stephanie Beard features this:
-->"And there's a million of us\\
Just like me, fuss like me\\
Just don't give a fu-\\
Oh! I would never say that"
* This lyric in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSOiTpBkKq4 "What Kind of Pokémon are You"]]:
-->''Good luck with Muk and his poison gas, make one wrong move and it will kick your... Grass.''

* In ''[[VideoGame/{{Warcraft}} Warcraft 3]]'':
--> '''Prince Kael'thas''': Insolent son of a ... Let's get this over with!
** In ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'', during the Siegecrafter Blackfuse encounter, if you destroy one of the gadgets on the conveyor belt or one of the Automated Shredders, Blackfuse will say "You son of a..." [[BerserkButton before getting an attack speed bonus for a few seconds]].
* At the beginning of the make money for Venus level (Formerly Save The Pandas from WLK) in ''[[VideoGame/KatamariDamacy Katamari Forever]]'', the king needs to rhyme something with rich. So he says, "If you don't have any, what a bi-" Or something along those lines. Then he catches himself.
* In the City Elf Origin in ''VideoGame/DragonAgeOrigins'', a guard tries to arrest the PC for either killing or robbing a nobleman (depending on player choice.) Duncan steps in and uses his authority to save the PC, leading the guard to say "Son of a tied down... Fine."
* In ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaTheDraculaXChronicles'', Richter starts staying "Son of a…" before cutting himself off while saving Maria from Shaft.
* ''VideoGame/StarCraftIIWingsOfLiberty'' has this:
--> '''Matt Horner''': Holy sh--sir, scanners show the largest zerg biosignature I've ever seen!
* In ''VideoGame/{{Madagascar}}'' for Gamecube. Marty and Mort get Wilbur to fulfill his promise (which turns out to be truly anticlimactic), much to Marty's annoyance. He says: "I oughtta open up a can of Whoopa-- BUTT on you, Warthog!!!"
* In ''VideoGame/MassEffect3'', [[SirSwearsALot Jack]] has taken to censoring herself while [[spoiler:in front of her students]], leading to her retorting to Joker, "Screw you, f...light lieutenant." Which leads into a "cut to next scene" example below...
* A Youngster trainer you battle in ''VideoGame/PokemonXAndY'' says "Aww sh.....shucks!" after you beat him.
* In ''VideoGame/{{Earthbound}}'', before the fight with the Department Store Spook, he taunts you with "This department store is gonna be your grave! Gwaaagh. You will be gone, and you’ll be burning in… well, you’ll go to heaven!"
* ''Franchise/AceAttorney'' has a few of these. For example, in Turnabout Academy, when talking about how Juniper Woods prepared most of the mock trial herself, Athena stops herself just short. Likely, in-universe, due to her thinking that Juniper wouldn't like her swearing in front of her.
-->'''Athena:''' That sounds like it was a right pain in the--I-I mean, that sounds like it would be a lot of hard work...!
* Ordis in ''Videogame/{{Warframe}}'', an artificial intelligence suffering from what is essentially schizophrenia, has his curses cut short when he glitches out. While [[ElectronicSpeechImpediment glitching]], he tells a friendly [[OneNationUnderCopyright Corpus]] deserter to "go straight to h-" before immediately apologizing.

* ''ComicBook/ElfQuest'' occasionally has one character censoring another, for instance [[http://www.elfquest.com/gallery/OnlineComics/OQ/OQ11/DisplayOQ11.html?page=22 here (panel 6)]].
* ''Webcomic/M9Girls'' : Pato goes "What the--" when she inadvertently realizes she has absorbent powers.
* ''Webcomic/{{Sinfest}}''. [[http://www.sinfest.net/view.php?date=2001-11-29 There's nothing Slick cun--CAN'T do]]

* Strong Bad in ''WebAnimation/HomestarRunner'', [[FourthWallMailSlot answering an email]]:
--> "'Hi strong bad. This is Trevor from Hampden Maine and I was wondering if you could teach me how to be as awesome as you. I am a vampire and' And what? That's it? I'm a vampire and here's a million dollars...or I'm a vampire and here's your own spaceship... I mean what the f ''({{beat}})'' Oh no, I get it. THEY GOT HIM!!!"
** In the DVD commentary, Strong Bad says he was going to say "what the fireplace in the mangic place".
* [[MemeticMutation A comic panel from the depths of 4chan that often ends in a crudely drawn person screaming]] '''[[color:red:FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU-]]''' Not exactly "short," but decidedly unfinished.
** Though this isn't about censorship so much as [[{{Angrish}} unrepresentable rage]]. The ImageBoard in question has very little interest in censoring anything.
** Subverted at least once, with the penultimate panel being a screamed "TO-".
* ''Literature/WhateleyUniverse'': In conjunction with LastSecondWordSwap and SubvertedRhymeEveryOccasion. In [[http://whateleyacademy.net/index.php/original-timeline/768-blood-sister-blood-brother Blood Sister, Blood Brother]]:
--> Miss Mary had a steamboat, the steamboat had a bell
--> Miss Mary went to Heaven, the steamboat went to
--> Hello operator, please give me number Nine
--> And if you disconnect me, I’ll kick you from
--> Behind the frigerator, there lies a piece of glass
--> Miss Mary sat upon it and broke her little
--> Ask me no more questions, I’ll tell you no more lies
--> The boys are in the bathroom, a zipping up their
--> Flies are in the city, the bees are in the park
--> Miss Mary and her boyfriend are kissing in the D-A-R-K
--> D-A-R-K
--> D-A-R-K
--> Dark, Dark, Dark!

* ''WesternAnimation/HarveyBirdmanAttorneyAtLaw''
** Phil Ken Sebben taking an eye exam:
--->"F-U-C- can't make out that last one…"
** And this variation while digging in his pocket for his keys:
---> "Let's see ... gum wrapper, pocket lint, lighter ... oooh! flamethrower! ring of power, dunno what that is, roll of quarters ... wait, that's not a roll of ... A-ha! Here they are!"
** And when he's in his office getting groomed by a busty barber, he puts a new take on an old ditty as she swings his chair so that he's underneath her breasts:
---> "Shave and a haircut: Two ti-- AH!"
** Using a security camera to spy on the women's bathroom:
---> "Good things come to those who wait! [[VerbalTic Ha-HA!]] Cu-" *bathroom door opens*
** In one of the early ones (might've been the first one) has a scene where Dr. Quest gets angry at the boys for denting something with a ball.
-->"Dr. Quest": "I have half a mind to come down there and kick your little a-"
* ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes''
** In the short "The Bashful Buzzard" Beaky Buzzard says to the dragon "Why you shriveled up incontestable piece of sh…shoeleather."
** A quasi aversion happened in a 1938 "blooper reel" film shown at the Warner Bros. Christmas Party that year -- along with the usual scenes of actors hilariously flubbing their lines was a short newly-animated sequence of WesternAnimation/PorkyPig, just after he had whacked his thumb with a hammer. "Son of a b-b-bi-- son of a b-b-bi-- son of a b-b-b-''gun!''" He then looks at the camera and says "Heh, heh. You thought I was going to say 'son of a ''bitch'',' didn't you?"
* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': Krusty has just shown a lackluster Itchy & Scratchy cartoon where all that happens is Itchy weakly hits Scratchy's head with a mallet three times, then both say to the camera, "Kids, say no to drugs!"
--> I coulda pulled a better cartoon outta my a--ha ha ha
* The trailer in ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' for ''Film/ThePassionOfTheChrist 2: [[VerbThis Crucify This]]'' has a ChaseScene with [[Film/RushHour Chris Tucker]] and Jesus.
-->'''Chris Tucker:''' Man you crazy, Jesus! You crazy!\\
'''Jesus:''' That's what my ex-wife said.\\
'''Chris Tucker:''' For the son of God, you sure are the son of a-- (car jumps police cars) Whoooaa!
* In an episode of ''WesternAnimation/{{Wakfu}}'', Amalia and Yugo get [[{{Squick}} Dragoturkey dung]] [[ToiletHumour poured over their heads]]. Amalia proceeds to comment "If they notice, we'll really be deep in... well, even more than now."
* From the ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill'' episode "Escape From Party Island":
-->'''Hank:''' (After a motorist rudely passes him and he reads the bumper) How's my driving? I'll tell you, Mom take this number down: 1-800-E-A-T-S-H-I...uh, never mind.
* Happens in [[Creator/DreamWorksAnimation DreamWorks]]' ''WesternAnimation/RockyAndBullwinkle'' short, when the story is interrupted by a ''Bullwinkle's Corner'' segment in which Bullwinkle attempts to recite [[Music/{{Eminem}} "Superman"]].
-->''They call me Superman''
-->''Leap tall''
-->''Superman ain't savin' sh--''WHOA!
-->'''Bullwinkle:''' ''(long pause; flips through the lyrics and gives a nervous AsideGlance)'' Oooookay, that is all for today. Next week, the complete works of [[Music/FiftyCent Mr. Fifty Cents]].

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* People who grew up with cartoons and kids' shows that use this trope may find them doing it themselves, saying "What the...?!" with no intention of actually saying anything after 'the'.
* It's actually surprisingly more common for people to say just "what the", when they're shocked by something striking then most would imagine. The main reason for cutting short being that the person would realize what caused their shock mid-sentence and therefore cut themselves short in other to say another sentence [such as "What the-JOHN!!" if John just threw a prank on them]. Another reason is because the subject in question is so shocking that a simple "What..." or "What...the. What is this?!" is used because no cuss on Earth could ever describe how shocked they're feeling at that time. This happens mainly when a person isn't shocked out of nowhere, but suddenly sees something shocking, and slowly begins to express their shock. One. Word. At. A. Time.
* In the book ''Star Trek Lives'', one of the authors describes her visit to the ''Star Trek'' set during the filming of a scene on the bridge. According to her, when William Shatner flubbed a line, he began to say "Oh, shi...", then realized this young lady was standing there watching and finished, "...atner, you've done it again!"

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* A couple of commercials for Volkswagen showcased the car's safety features. Both had the car's occupants engaged in conversation just before getting into an accident. Cut to the occupants standing outside the car unharmed and looking at the wreckage. One says "Holy sh-" Cut to the slogan "Safe happens".
* In a ''Website/{{Vat19}}'' ad for Caffeinated Marshmallows, there is a scene where a scientist mixes chemicals and the beaker overflows. He says "Oh shi-" before cutting to the next scene.

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* ''Fanfic/AdviceAndTrust'': Combined with ForeignCussWord at the end of chapter 6. Asuka has just [[spoiler:won a battle]] and she is [[spoiler:surrounded by a squad of armed guards]] who inform her that [[spoiler:Commander Ikari has ordered her arrest and confinement.]] In reaction she exclaimed “EURE MÜTTER-" (meaning "You mother-" in German) before cutting to another scene.
* Played with in ''Machinima/ClearSkies 3''. Turns out Sol was calling Charlie a "Fu[[spoiler:ndamentally Flawed Individual.]]"
* Done in ''FanFic/TheEndOfAllThings'' when Zach realizes he could have taken a gun with him to Hyrule while he is in Faron Woods. It cuts to Midna hearing him from the ''Gerudo Mesa''.

* In ''Film/TheATeam'', Hannibal gets cut off while saying motherfu- as the helicopter that was following them is destroyed by fighter pilots.
* A variation happens in ''Film/CharlieAndTheChocolateFactory'' - while watching Mike Teevee's interview, Grampa George breaks out in a long string of insults, all of which from Charlie's point of view are muted because his mother has covered his ears. (Though, one supposes, someone who can read lips could figure out what was being said.)
* In ''Film/MonsterInLaw'' after Viola throws her dress out of her car.
-->'''Charlie''': Mother--\\
(cuts to the rehearsal dinner)
* In ''Film/NewInTown'', where Creator/ReneeZellweger's curse is unheard when the doors close behind her, muffling out all sound. However, her tantrum is still seen through the glass.
* The sci-fi BMovie spoof ''Film/AmazonWomenOnTheMoon'' is repeatedly interrupted by "technical difficulties", naturally providing a good opportunity for this trope.
-->'''Moon Queen''': "Men are useless! Several thousand gamma-spans ago, all men were banished from the lunar surface because they couldn't__ (cut to black title card with PLACE COMMERCIAL HERE).
* A variant in ''Film/FerrisBuellersDayOff,'' where the sexy nurse gets cut off with a door slam:
-->"I'm here to help restore your pluck, 'cause I'm the nurse who loves to--" (slam)
* Done in the trailer for ''Film/{{Red}}'', if not in the actual film. The trailer closes with John Malkovich's character reacting to being called an "old man", and he proclaims "old man my a-" before the trailer cuts to credits and "Coming soon" bit.
* In ''WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragon'' we see [[Creator/GerardButler Stoick]] ''mouthing'' "what the--" before cutting to another shot--[[HoldYourHippogriffs though he probably would have just said the Viking equivalent for "hell" anyway]].
* The 2002 ''Franchise/BackToTheFuture'' DVD set uses this on the menu screen for the [[Film/BackToTheFuture first film]] when it shows a clip of Biff's car slamming into the manure truck.
* In ''Film/TransformersDarkOfTheMoon'', Brains gives us this little gem when he and Wheelie crash land within one of the Decepticon shuttles before the scene transitions to Epps and his crew:
-->'''Brains''': This is a total clusterf-
** This might also be seen as a bit of lampshade hanging as the movie [[NoAttentionSpan had unusually brief scenes]].
* In [[http://www.imdb.com/video/screenplay/vi3583967513/ this]] trailer for ''Film/RobotJox''.
--> '''Pilot''': I'm gonna get in this thing, and I gonna [[PunctuatedForEmphasis kick! Your!]] (cuts to a Robot's head exploding)
** The cut was made to make the trailer age-safe. It's not cut in the actual film, which has a [=PG=] rating.
* Scotty's reaction to seeing the ''Vengeance'' for the first time in ''Film/StarTrekIntoDarkness''. He is interrupted by the scene changing to Kirk and Spock entering a room.
-->'''Scotty:''' "Holy sh--" ''*swish of doors opening on the ''Enterprise''*''
* ''{{Film/Battleship}}'' has this gem during the final battle:
-->'''Old veteran:''' Let's drop some lead on those mother-\\
''(cut to Alex)''\\
'''Alex:''' '''FIRE!'''\\
''cue the battleship's {{BFG}}s firing''
* In ''Film/LivingInOblivion'', during Nick's {{imagine|Spot}}d award acceptance speech.
--> '''Nick''': "To all these people and many more, I would love to say thank you... [[BaitandSwitchComment but I can't]], because what I really feel like saying is... go fu..." - cut back to reality.
* ''Film/AustinPowers: The Spy Who Shagged Me''
** A [[OverlyLongGag comically drawn-out]] sequence of this, after various people all over the world noticed Dr. Evil's phallus-shaped spaceship returning to Earth.
--->'''Radar Operator:''' Colonel, you better have a look at this radar.\\
'''Colonel:''' What is it, son?\\
'''Radar Operator:''' I don't know, sir, but it looks like a giant...\\
'''Jet Pilot:''' Dick. Dick, take a look out of starboard.\\
'''Co-Pilot:''' Oh my God, it looks like a huge...\\
'''Bird-Watching Woman:''' Pecker.\\
'''Bird-Watching Man:''' ''[raising binoculars]'' Ooh, where?\\
'''Bird-Watching Woman:''' Over there. What sort of bird is that? Wait, it's not a woodpecker, it looks like someone's...\\
'''Army Sergeant:''' Privates! We have reports of an unidentified flying object. It has a long, smooth shaft, complete with...
---> '''Baseball Umpire:''' Two balls! ''(looking up from game)'' What is that? It looks just like an enormous...\\
'''Chinese Teacher:''' Wang, pay attention.\\
'''Wang:''' I was distracted by that giant flying...\\
'''Musician:''' Willie.\\
'''Music/{{Willie|Nelson}}:''' Yeah?\\
'''Musician:''' What's that?\\
'''Willie:''' ''[squints]'' Well, that looks like a huge...\\
'''Colonel:''' Johnson.\\
'''Radar Operator:''' Yes, sir?\\
'''Colonel:''' Get on the horn to British Intelligence and let them know about this.
** It goes on like that for a further 90 seconds.
** At the end of the film:
--->'''Basil:''' Did we get [[spoiler:Dr. Evil]]?\\
'''Radar Operator:''' No, sir, he got away in that big spaceship that looks like a huge...\\
'''Teacher:''' Penis. The male reproductive organ. Also known as tallywhacker, schlong, or...\\
'''Friendly Dad:''' Wiener? Any of your kids want another wiener?\\
'''Friendly Son:''' Dad, what's that?\\
'''Friendly Dad:''' I don't know, son, but it has great big...\\
'''Peanut Vendor:''' Nuts. Hot, salty nuts. Who wants some?... Lord Almighty!\\
'''Woman:''' That looks just like my husband's...\\
'''Circus Barker:''' ONE-EYED MONSTER. Step right up and see the One-eyed Monster!\\
'''Cyclops:''' RARRR. Hey, what's that? It looks like a...\\
'''Fan:''' Woody. Woody Harrelson. Could I have your autograph?\\
'''Woody:''' Sure. Oh, my Lord! Look at that thing!\\
'''Fan:''' It's so big.\\
'''Woody:''' No, I've seen bigger. That's...\\
'''[[spoiler:Dr. Evil]]''': Just a little prick.
** The ''exact same gag'' was used in the next film, ''Goldmember'', with a satellite that looked like a certain part of the female anatomy, leading to this LampshadeHanging:
---> '''Ozzy Osborne:''' Boobs!\\
'''Sharon Osborne''' Boobs, Ozzy?\\
'''Ozzy Osborne:''' These filmmakers are just a bunch of f**cking boobs.\\
'''Kelly Osborne:''' What do you mean, Dad?\\
'''Ozzy Osborne:''' I mean, they're using the same f**cking jokes as they did in the last Austin Powers movie.\\
'''Sharon Osborne:''' What f**cking joke?\\
'''Jack Osborne:''' You know, the f**cking joke about the rocket that looks like some guy's--\\
'''General Clark:''' Johnson!
** ''Webcomic/DominicDeegan'' does this same routine, only much shorter, in one comic to blot out the AtomicFBomb.
* The final scene of ''WesternAnimation/BatmanAssaultOnArkham'' has Amanda Waller notice [[spoiler: a laser dot on her and then cuts to Deadshot aiming a sniper rifle while his daughter plays with a toy in the background with headphones on]].
-->'''Waller''': Motherfu--
* In ''Disney/{{Moana}}'', Moana calls Maui a "son of a..." after he leaves her stuck in a cave. Before Moana can finish the sentence, the scene cuts to Maui.

* ''Series/ThirtyRock'': In the episode "The Funcooker", Jenna Maroney falls asleep from exhaustion while hosting the St. Patrick's Day Parade. Tracy then shouts at her "Wake up motherf-". At that point the television that the program is being played on is turned off.
* ''Series/ArrestedDevelopment'' has a variation on this in "Afternoon Delight". One scene starts with Gob talking about his "-king six thousand dollar suit." We later get a flashback to the first part of the scene, where he starts the "fu-" before it cuts away.
* ''Series/BlackBooks'', after Bernard is locked out of the shop by the fancy security system and its ''soundproof'' door:
-->''[outside shot]''\\
'''Manny:''' ''[runs off and writes on paper, then brings it back to show to Bernard]'' I think I've locked you out!\\
'''Bernard:''' ''[withering stare]'' Yes! Yes!\\
'''Manny:''' ''[runs off and writes on paper again] Oh no<''\\
'''Bernard: ''WRITE SOMETHING USEFUL YOU STUPID FU--'' '''\\
''[cuts to (silent) interior shot where we see him continue his tirade]''
* The ''Series/BurnNotice'' episode "Blind Spot":
-->'''Sam''': Ah, sh-
* ''Series/{{Castle}}'':
** In "Boom", Castle's rant gets cut in the end.
--->'''Castle''': Ryan and Esposito have a better car than you do. I'm just embarrassed to have criminals in the back of that thing and I don't know about your seat, but mine has a spring that hits me in the...
** Played with beautifully in the mockumentary episode.
--->'''Esposito:''' ''[Hamming it up for the cameras]'' We've got you now, you son of a bitch. ''[Pauses, looks up at the camera]'' I'm sorry, can I even say son of a-- ''[Scene ends]''
* In the pilot episode of ''Series/CSICrimeSceneInvestigation'', Grissom arranges a prank in which the team's new recruit gets scared by some corpses in the morgue. She leaves the room in momentary panic and runs into Grissom, at which point he turns to the porthole-style window in the door she's just come through. The scene cuts from the hallway to inside the room she exited, and we see Grissom through the window, calling through the glass to "scold" the corpses for scaring her. His voice is muffled by the closed door, and his lips obscured by shadow, but there's just enough of an audible murmur to make it clear he's saying "You assholes!"
* Played with in the December 11th 2013 episode of ''Series/TheDailyShow'', where correspondent Jason Jones is reporting on the latest budget deal in the US Congress, [[http://www.cc.com/video-clips/4jk9fb/the-daily-show-with-jon-stewart-budget-battle--the-movie in the style of an action movie trailer.]]
-->''"[[Film/DieHard Yippie-ki-yay, motherfffff-]]" ''[Pauses, looks up at the camera]'' "Come on guys! You've gotta cut there!"''
* ''Series/DoctorWho'':
** Also from [[Recap/DoctorWhoS28E1NewEarth "New Earth"]]:
--->'''Cassandra:''' At last I can be revenged on that little b--\\
''[cut to Rose and the Doctor]''\\
'''Rose:''' Bit rich, coming from you.
** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS36E3ThinIce "Thin Ice"]] has this gem:
--->'''[[TomboyishName Bill]]:''' No sh--\\
''[cut to a horse whinnying in front of a mansion]''
* ''Series/{{Firefly}}''
** From the pilot episode:
--->'''Wash''': "Oh, motherless son of a bi--"
** Also done in "Our Mrs. Reynolds". Both Mal and Inara get their curses cut short when [[spoiler:Saffron's knockout drug takes effect]].
* ''Series/HeroesReborn2015''. When Noah Bennet, Quentin Frady, and Taylor Kravid discover the room with [[spoiler:"evos" hooked up to machines ''[[Film/TheMatrix Matrix]]''-style]], Quentin gets out "Holy sh--" before it cuts to a commercial break.
* An episode of ''Series/HolmesOnHomes'' had Mike Holmes, astounded by the bad job a house builder had done, start making a comment, and then cut to Damon while he was in the middle of a sentence.
-->'''Mike:''' Holy shi-- ''[Cut]''\\
'''Damon:''' ...ims missing from around the door like the shims missing from the window.
* ''Series/{{Leverage}}'':
** Eliot has been getting the mark to say certain sounds into his mic so Parker can pick a voice lock.
--->'''Parker''': "I still need "ef," "uh," and "kuh."\\
'''Eliot''': "Don't worry..."\\
'''Mark''': "This is ''shrimp'', you stupid f--"\\
'''Parker''': "Oh! There they are. [[AtomicFBomb Really loud too]]."
** In a different episode, The Experimental Job, Sophie calls a mark with news he doesn't want to hear.
--->'''Sophie on the mark's phone:''' Merry Christmas, motherf--\\
''The mark slams his phone shut in frustration''\\
'''Sophie to the rest of the gang:''' He hung up.\\
'''Nate:''' [[DeadpanSnarker No kidding.]]
** And another one. Quote Eliot, after beating up three mooks: "[[Film/DieHard Yippie-ki-yay, motherf-]]" ''[[HardCut "Found it!"]]''
* Parodied by ''Series/{{MADtv}}'' in the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tokD-C4P3qE PAX TV presentation]] of ''Series/TheSopranos'', alongside EditedForSyndication. At several points, Tony and everyone around him is just saying "fu-", "shi-" or "Why don't you stop breaking mah ba-". Oh, and someone gets wacked.
* ''Series/{{NCIS}}'':
-->'''Abby''': ''[typing]'' Hello, you twisted little piece of s-- ''[Cut]''
* ''Series/NewsRadio'': "The Trainer":
-->'''Matthew:''' ''So, Catherine, where in Africa are you from?''\\
'''Catherine:''' ''Shut up, Matthew.''\\
'''Matthew:''' ''Say something in African.''\\
'''Catherine:''' ''Shut the --'' [cut to EstablishingShot]
* ''Series/NewTricks'':
-->'''Shaun Doherty:''' ''[replayed on TV in the team's incident room]'' I would nail your arms to sunset / and pin your legs to luck / when you treat me to your crimson lips / and make me want to f-\\
''[Sandra stops the recording]''
* ''Series/RedDwarf''. In "Back in the Red" Lister realizes they're not escaping, but are actually in a virtual reality program that Rimmer is editing to cover up his own guilt -- most noticeably when obvious jump cuts start happening, whereupon Lister says he's going to cut off Rimmer's (jump cut) with a blunt knife!
* One sketch in the Jerry Seinfeld episode of ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' was more or less ''built'' around this. A man almost forced off the road on a busy highway sees a sticker on the offender's bumper reading ''[[AC:If you don't like my driving dial 1-800-EAT-SHIT]]''; he actually calls the number and finds a ''real call center'', staffed by a single man (played by Seinfeld) who repeatedly brings the conversation around to telling the caller to eat shit. The kicker is that the word "shit" is ''never actually used onscreen''; every time one of the characters is about to say it, it cuts back to the other character reacting. There's al big logo sign on the wall behind Jerry, but the camera never zooms out far enough to show the whole thing; '''''1-800-EAT-S''''' is as far as it gets.
* An instance in the ''Series/{{Scrubs}}'' episode "My Fifteen Seconds" most closely resembles the above ''Film/CharlieAndTheChocolateFactory'' example than anything else. Kelso is temporarily deaf. When Turk informs the rest of the staff of this, everyone in the room immediately starts cheerfully cursing him out. The first to do this is Dr. Cox who says, "Bob, you stupid mother--" and it cuts to Kelso's muted perspective. It's not very hard to read Cox's lips.
* ''Series/{{Sherlock}}'': Subverted repeatedly in the Series 3 premiere "The Empty Hearse", in which a scene of someone (usually Sherlock) beginning to swear is cut off by a cut to a scene of John in his surgery... saying something innocuous that nevertheless completes the curse.
-->'''Mrs Hudson''': ''[regarding Sherlock's reappearance after two years]'' What did [John] say?\\
'''Sherlock''': Fu-\\
''[Cut to John in his surgery]''\\
'''John''': ''[to patient]'' Cough.
* ''Series/TopGear'':
** While Jeremy Clarkson was reviewing a new Ford Fiesta in an attempt to do a "proper" road test, the segments kept ending when he tried to say that an aspect of the car was sh-
** In the ''Top Ground Gear Force'' comic relief special, there was a hard cut to Richard Hammond just as James May was about to call Clarkson a fu-
** While introducing Jeremy and James' ''"Classic Luxury Car"'' contest, Richard Hammond states the disclaimer that, unlike the "Cheap Car" challenges, the Mercedes and the Rolls Royce shown are actually owned by Jeremy and James, something which prompts him to call them both stupid tw-
** In the Ashes Special, the Australian Top Gear show send them a letter, saying that they're coming over to sort out which one is the best Top Gear. They'd better prepare themselves, the gigantic bas-
* ''Series/WhiteRabbitProject'': Tory was interrupted halfway through cussing during the "Bat Bomb" segment in the "Crazy WW2 Weapons" episode.
* In an episode of ''Series/TheYoungOnes'' ("Sick") during a sort-of parody of ''Series/GrangeHill'', one of the kids says:
-->''Mr. Liberal'': Hang on, you pair of young scruffy tearaways! Don't you realise the way you act is influencing millions of children to talk Cockney and be insubordinate?\\
''Pupil'': Well, come on Sir, don't be silly, we're the only kids in Britain who never say--''[Cut]''
** While the cut happens before he utters the word, it's clear from the movement of his lips that it would've started with F.

* If any Christmas-themed episode (especially in the UK) plays "Fairytale of New York", expect the scene to cut before the infamous "scumbag" verse, and definitely the word "faggot".
** The decision of [[Creator/TheBBC Radio 1]] to censor the song in precisely this way caused a great deal of controversy, and was reversed very quickly.

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* When talking about the candidate for Sports Jerk of the Year, Tank [=McNamara=] mentions that nominations have to be individuals, not teams, not organisations, "Not even the [=BCs=], not matter '''how''' much they b-" '''TEMPORARY LOSS OF JOURNALISTIC OBJECTIVITY - ONE MOMENT PLEASE...'''

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* From the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_nlpVtLyUk newly released trailer]] for an in-progress ''VideoGame/MechWarrior'' game:
-->'''Main Character:''' "I can't hold them off. Yeah! Take that, you son of a-"
* In ''VideoGame/HalfLife'', the last of the panicked broadcasts of government troops you can listen to while they retreat is:
-->"Forget about Freeman! We are cutting our losses and pulling out! Anyone left down there now is on his own. Repeat; if you weren't already, you are now fu-(static)"
** Barney in ''VideoGame/HalfLife2'' does this when Gordon Freeman is about to sneak into the Citadel. As soon as he jumps down, Barney says to Freeman "If you see Dr. Breen, tell him I said fu---ou." Most of the profanity is cut out from a large explosion above ground. If you listen closely you can in fact hear him say "fuck you".
* In ''VideoGame/MegaManXCommandMission'', where the fight begins just as the character subverts a HeroicBSOD and [[BerserkButton goes]] [[FreakOut berserk]]. Also a bit of a CrowningMomentOfAwesome:
--> '''Massimo''': ""FEEBLE" Massimo?! You Sonnova-" [battle scene transition]
* ''VideoGame/MassEffect3'': Joker catches [[SirSwearsALot Jack]] censoring herself in front of [[spoiler:her students]], leading to this scene:
-->'''Joker''': What, does she have a swear jar or something? I bet we could empty that out and have enough to buy a new cruiser!
-->'''Jack''': Cover your ears, kids. Hey, Joker! Fu--''[loading screen]''
* ''VideoGame/BrutalLegend'': Lose a race against Fleetus.
-->'''Eddie''': "Lousy demon son of a-"
-->'''Game Interface''': "Retry?"
* ''VideoGame/{{Borderlands 2}}'' has extra material with the overly chatty and opinionated Claptrap, including [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fii-KPEmcMw a humorous wedding proposal]] where he misinterprets the purpose of what they're trying to ask the girl to do. It very quickly cuts to a fresh recording take before Claptrap can get (completely) obscene.
-->'''Director:''' He's gonna ask his girlfriend to take things to the, uh, next level.
-->'''Claptrap:''' What, like ana--

* Subverted in ''Webcomic/DominicDeegan'', the curse is filled in with the end of another word:
-->'''Dominic:''' ffffFFFFFFF-
-->'''Gregory:''' ''(singing)'' -UUUUUCK! I say oh baby that's just me LUUUUCK!
** A joke which [[WordOfGod Mookie himself stated]] he borrowed off of [[WebComic/EightBitTheater Brian]] [[Webcomic/HowIKilledYourMaster Clevinger]].
* ''WebComic/{{Multiplex}}'': In [[http://www.multiplexcomic.com/archive.php?name=298 this]] strip, the last half is actually cut off by the edge of the panel.
* In ''WebComic/EightBitTheater'', Thief's reaction to Black Mage's Boatdoken. See it [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2002/12/28/episode-230-the-cycle-of-senseless-violence/ here]].
-->'''Black Mage:''' *''On the upper deck''* BOATDOKEN!
-->'''Thief:''' What the fu-
-->* ''Cuts to White Mage and Black Belt''*
** Also in 8 Bit, when Black Mage [[spoiler: is unwillingly brought back to life after he was briefly was ruler of Hell]], his reaction is as follows.
-->'''Black Mage:''' Fffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff-
-->''next panel:'' '''''-UCK!'''''
** And on this [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2005/06/30/episode-570-incredibly-inappropriate/ one]]
-->'''Fighter:''' Silence, Red Slave.
-->'''Black Mage''' Wait. So does that make me the black sla--
-->*''GOOD NIGHT, EVERYBODY''*
* Happens in ''WebComic/FurthiaHigh'', where [[http://furthiahigh.concessioncomic.com/index.php?pid=20091211 Bruce's profanity]] at having spent three days getting through a dungeon in an MMORPG, and ''finally'' being able to sleep, only to be told to get up because of school, gets cut off by a [[CuteKitten picture of kittens]].
* ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive:'' [[http://egscomics.com/?date=2007-04-15 Agent Wolf is such a]].
** An earlier example: [[AC:[[http://egscomics.com/?date=2002-10-14 PROCEEDING WITH A PREPARED SET OF CURSE WORDS IN ORDER TO IMITATE ANGER. DAMN. CRAP. F]]--]]
* ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'' [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0478.html #478]]:
-->'''Haley''': Damn it! You know what that means, right?
-->'''Balekar''': Yeah, that they're almost certainly in deep sh-
--> (Cut to a giant octopus and an army of hobgoblins attacking Azure City docks.)
* In ''Webcomic/{{Explorers of Souls}}'', Mel, who had just been transformed into a quadrapedal, fuzzy animal and unused to walking on four legs, crashes violently into the ground when she first tries to run. As she is about to fall, the vexed Eevee shouts "SON OF A-". It is left on that note.

* ''WebVideo/{{Lonelygirl15}}''
** "Men Are From Mars":
---> '''Bree''': ''What annoys you about Jonas?''
---> '''Daniel''': ''Everything. He's a piece of sh--'' [cut]
---> '''Jonas''': ''He didn't say that. Did he really say that?''
** "We Have A Plan":
---> '''Spencer''': ''I wonder if I'll meet a doppelganger Spencer. Holy sh--'' [cut]
** "How My Parents Met":
--->'''Bree:''' ''My mom listened for a few minutes and decided that pretty much everything my dad was saying was wrong. So she thought it was time to open up a good ol' fashioned can of whoopa--'' [cut]
* [[WebVideo/WhatTheFuckIsWrongWithYou Nash]] attempts an ''epic'' AtomicFBomb in response to 'Doctor Who and The Daleks's CriticalResearchFailure, complete with ''searing, white-hot [[FandomBerserkButton nerd-rage]] erupting from his eye-sockets'', only to be cut off by a 'WeAreExperiencingTechnicalDifficulties' message.
* LetsPlay/{{Markiplier}}, as Wilford Warfstache, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSksGcX5PDQ attempts to interview]] [[TheFaceless Phone Guy]] from ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys''. They exchange [[OverlyLongGag an increasingly long series]] of 'hellos' until he finally snaps at Phone Guy and tries to get some answers out of him.
-->'''Wilford:''' Oh for [[SoundEffectBleep f*beep*]] sake, hello, hey, howdy, greetings, bonjour...
-->'''Phone Guy:''' Oh, well hi there!
-->'''Wilford:''' Yes, well, could you briefly explain what it is you do at Freddy Fazbear's Pizza?
-->'''Phone Guy:''' ''*four second long {{beat}}*''...hello?
-->'''Wilford: ''MOTHERFU'''''--''*cuts to a [[WeAreExperiencingTechnicalDifficulties "Please Stand By"]] test pattern*''
* In ''Podcast/WelcomeToNightVale'', local radio host [[{{Narrator}} Cecil]] usually tries to keep his language restrained, but when [[spoiler:his pet cat is attacked and badly injured by a strange creature]], he stops holding back.
-->'''Cecil:''' ''You come here, you son of a–'' [Cue the weather].

* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'':
** "Who Shot Mr. Burns?, Part 1":
-->'''Homer''': Kids... do step outside for a second.\\
''(They run out of the room.)''\\
'''Homer''': ''(Inhales deeply)'' '''''FUU--'''''\\
''(JumpCut to outside. A loud F-chord from a church organ pierces through the air as DisturbedDoves fly out of the destroyed treehouse. The local neighbors look out their windows in utter shock.)''\\
'''Ned''': Dear Lord! That's the loudest profanity I've ever heard!
** In the "Bart Simpson's {{Dracula}}" segment of ''[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS5E5TreehouseOfHorrorIV Treehouse of Horror IV]]", Burns mysteriously invites the family for a evening dinner at his mansion. When they get to the door...
--> '''Burns''': Welcome. Come in. (Under breath) Ah fresh victims for ever-growing army of the undead.\\
'''Smithers''': Sir, you have to let go of the button.\\
'''Burns''': Well son of a bi--!(Doors the manor open)
** Its earliest use in the swear jar sequence from "Bart the Lover".
** In "Itchy and Scratchy and Marge" Marge writes a letter politely asking to cut down on the cartoon's violence:
-->'''Roger Meyer''': [dictating a reply letter]...so let me close by saying...[cut to]
-->'''Marge''': [angrily reading]...and the horse I ''rode in on??''
* From the 1990s ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' short ''Blooper Bunny''. When Daffy complains about Bugs' routine with Bugs trying to cut the shot but Daffy refusing. At least till he steps on a loose floorboard and whacks himself in the face.:
-->'''Bugs''': ''Now'' can we cut?
-->'''Daffy''': You smug son of a...(Bugs gives the cameraman the "cut feed" signal and the video promptly goes to another take.)
* In an episode of ''WesternAnimation/BikerMiceFromMars'', upon hearing that [[BigBad Lawrence Limburger]] got himself elected Mayor of Chicago:
-->Modo: That makes me more than just mad. Now, I'm mad as--
-->[cut] Limburger: ''Hell''o, fellow citizens of Chicago.
** Also-
--> Vinnie: I'd like to unexplain his-
--> Charley: Shhh!
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Metalocalypse}}'' does this in the first episode.
-->'''Skwisgaar:''' (to old lady) Hello. You are a GMILF, that is a Grandmother I Would Like To- (scene change)
* More Warner cartoons: 1947's "The Eager Beaver" and 1959's "Unnatural History" and the beavers "damming" a river.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'' episode "Mystery Train", Finn screams this when he finds out that Dr. Donut [[spoiler:was (supposedly) killed]]:
--> '''Finn:''' Son of a...\\
[scene is cut to train whistling].
* In ''WesternAnimation/TotalDrama'', Duncan is talking in the confessional:
--> '''Duncan''': Payback's a- *scene change*
* In one episode of ''Oh No! It's an Alien Invasion'', when Nate and Shakes are annoying Turret with their game of Smashball.
-->'''Turret:''' I'll smash ''your''--!
* In ''WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty'', The head Zigerion yells in episode 4:
--> '''Zigerion''': "This is going to be such a mind f——!" *hard cut to advertisement*

[[folder:Episode ends]]

[[AC:ComicBooks]]
* The second Comicbook/TheSavageDragon[=/=][[Comicbook/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesMirage TMNT]] crossover ends with a building falling on the heroes, while they exclaim: "Oh, sh-". The storyline continues in Savage Dragon #22, in which begins with them saying "-it!"

[[AC:{{Film}}]]
* ''Film/TheGoodTheBadAndTheUgly'': You know what you are, Blondie?! Just a dirty son of a B--aaaaAAAAaaaaAAAAaaaah!!!! (waaah-WAAAH-waaah)
* Film/JohnnyEnglish: Aww fu-

* ''Series/{{Heroes}}'':
** "One Giant Leap" and "Cautionary Tales":
--> '''Claire/Noah''': (having in both cases come back to life on a mortuary slab) "Holy sh--" [to be continued...]
** Did it again in "I Am Become Death":
---> '''Adam''': (after being released from his coffin) "Hiro, you son of a bi-" [to be continued...]
** "The Eclipse, Part II":
----> '''Claire''': (on seeing Hiro's comic and how it matches the scene in the past they're watching) "Holy sh--" [to be continued...]
** Amusingly, in several of these cases the next episode's cold open repeats the final scene...except, obviously, the show doesn't end, which leads to unfortunate continuity errors like the scene playing out in the exact same way except for Claire saying "Oh my God" instead.
* The ''Series/{{Blackadder}}'' episode "Beer" ends with everyone very drunk:
--> '''Lady Whiteadder''': "Luck!" Wa-hey! Get it?
--> '''Everyone else''': No…
--> '''Lady Whiteadder''': Oh, come on! "Luck" sounds almost exactly like "fu-" [closing credits]
* Every episode (at the very least most of them) of ''Series/LabRats'' ends with the words "Oh, for fu--". In fact, it cuts off ''after'' "fuck" rather than in the middle, leaving the full phrase uncompleted but the PrecisionFStrike intact.
* In the famed Spanish Inquisition episode of ''Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus'', Cardinal Ximenez' CatchPhrase gets cut short by the credits, prompting him to say "Oh, bug-" (presumably the beginning of 'bugger')
** Oh really? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m07ISfx_5b0&feature=related (7:00 onwards)
* ''Series/{{The Office|US}}'': Michael ends one episode by saying "But I think this plan sucks ba-"
* ''Series/TheRockfordFiles'' ended one episode with Rockford hanging up the telephone and angrily declaring, "Son of a--" before a cut to closing credits. For TheSeventies, this was pushing the envelope.

[[AC:{{Music}}]]
* Wilco's song "Monday" ends with singer Jeff Tweedy exclaiming, "Son of a--!"
* ''Music/WeirdAl'' is notoriously clean in his lyrics, but he does push the envelope in a couple songs as they fade out. The first one is in "Phony Calls" where the final line as the song fades out is "...but you're just a pain in the..."
** "Another Tattoo" is Even Worse, as the last thing heard before the fade out is "OW! Mother-"

[[AC:WebComics]]
* ''Webcomic/GunnerkriggCourt''. There is a symbol (the elemental symbol for antimony) that is in the lower right hand corner of the last page of each chapter. [[http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/archive_page.php?comicID=331 On one occasion]], the symbol was strategically placed over the last half of a curse word.
* ''Rage Guy'' to the point when it has become so {{memetic|Mutation}} that it's a subversion to end it with -CK.
* [[http://www.avalonhigh.com/d/20000522.html This happens]] in ''Webcomic/{{Avalon}}'', when Ceilidh turns around and unexpectedly sees a lot of student campaign posters plastered all over the school wall.
-->'''Ceilidh:''' HOLY SH--
-->'''Caption:''' To be continued...

* [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZelda "VAATI]] [[WebAnimation/FourSwordsMisadventures YOU NO GOOD MOTHER--" *Credits Music Plays*]]
* The first season finale of the web series ''WebVideo/TheGuild'' ends with Codex's "Oh, sh--"
* One episode of ''WebVideo/TheLegendOfNeil'' ended with the line "Fu-" The next episode began with the line "ck!"
* The ending to [[WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall Linkara's]] ''Future 5'' review is as follows:
-->'''Linkara''': (Goes to answer door) Oh hey, it's my student loan bill, did-wait what? MY STUDENT LOAN BILL??!! OH FU--
* WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic ended his review on ''Film/FreeWilly'' with:
-->'''NC''': "But like I said, it's not a terrible movie. I mean, it's not as bad as something like, ''A Troll in Central…''- Nope! …Nope, nope! I know how this works. If I say the entire title, that means I have to review it next week. Yeah, I know this joke. I'm not doing it, mm-mmm. There is no way you're getting me to say ''WesternAnimation/ATrollInCentralPark''…!"
-->'''Text''': "Next Week: ''A Troll in Central Park''"
-->'''NC''': FUUUUUUU- * cut to villain sinisterly eating popcorn, then end credits*
* The [[MemeticMutation traditional Internet response]] to someone trying to divide by zero is "OH SHI--" with the implication that the ''universe'' [[RealityBreakingParadox ended in mid-word]].
* [[spoiler: Future!]]Lex Luthor in ''WebVideo/ImAMarvelAndImADC'' [[spoiler: after getting Deadpool and Green Goblin out of the past instead of Superman]].
--> [[PrecisionFStrike "Motherf-"]] ''(credits)''
* In the ''WebVideo/SuperMarioLogan'' episode "Bowser Junior's Lottery Ticket!":
-->''(Long {{beat}})''\\
'''Bowser Junior:''' WHAT THE-- ''(cut to SML Question)''
* A popular way to end an episode of ''WebVideo/GameGrumps''.
--> WebVideo/JonTron: Next time on ''Game Grumps''! Order up! ORDER UP A NEW FU
* Yahtzee, of ''WebAnimation/ZeroPunctuation'' fame, spent his time ragging on that Music/FiftyCent game exhaustively wording every phrase so that nothing could be misconstrued as racism. Then he ends the review with this gem: "Not that they'd know anything about work, the lazy nig-" * END CREDITS*
* In ''Website/ScrewAttack'''s Top Ten [=PS3=] Exclusives list:
-->'''Announcer''': NUMBER EIGHT!
-->'''Stuttering Craig''': Now THIS is a game! ''VideoGame/VirtuaFighter 5'': All the levels, characters, it's so--
-->'''Handsome Tom''': Wait, wait, wait. It's on the 360. It's not exclusive.
-->({{Beat}})
-->'''Stuttering Craig''': Fu--
-->'''Announcer''': NUMBER SEVEN!
* ''WebVideo/UltraFastPony'', "Random Eye Magic":
-->'''Twilight:''' Son of a--\\
''[end credits]''
* ''WebVideo/LoadingReadyRun'''s "[[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/loadingreadyrun/8058-Munros-Meats Munro's Meats]]"
-->'''Mr. Munro''': What the f--[20 seconds of end credits][[TheStinger --uck is this?]] ''[continues rant]''
* [[http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=VM5ATZAODz8 My Little Transformer]] Black Friday has Grumpy bear say this:
-->'''Grumpy''': Son of a bi-''[credits of tsubasa wa pleasure line plays]''
* Website/{{Vine}}r WebVideo/ThomasSanders plays around with this in some of his Vines:
** A couple take advantage of Vines being on infinite loop to make it sound like he's actually cussing.
--->Uuuuuck... all of these expletives. *stubs his toe on something* FFFFFF—\\
It... is ridiculous how many people curse. *drops his drink* Shhhhh—
** In a couple of his Disney pranks, the Vine's timer cuts off the curse at the end, such as:
--->"Disney Pranks with Friends!" "I'm a beautiful butterfly!" *''dumps plastic bugs on a friend playing a video game''* "AAAH! Those are fake?! Oh, you son of a bi—"
* In the WebVideo/{{Honest Trailer|s}} for ''Disney/FrozenFever'':
-->'''Narrator:''' Do you remember when Disney actually tried to hide the [[VisualInnuendo innuendoes]] in their films? 'Cause those things [the snowgies] look like chubby little d-- ''BE SURE TO SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE HONEST TRAILERS''
* From the Creator/{{Nigahiga}} episode "How To Run For President!":
-->"I'm Ryan Higa, and I don't approve any of this shi--"\\
'''[[EveryEpisodeEnding TEEHEE]]'''

* In an episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheGrimAdventuresOfBillyAndMandy'', Billy is taking a shower with the new "shampoo" Mandy gave him:
--> '''Billy''': (sniffing) Wait a minute this isn't shampoo, it's dog--[Episode ends].
* In ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'': "Here Comes The Neighborhood"
--> '''Mr. Garrison''': ...and now we can sell all their homes and become millionaires.
--> '''Guys''': ''WHAT?!''
--> '''Jimbo''': But then you had us all do all that for nothing! Don't you see, if you get rich selling these homes, then there'd still be rich people in South Park.
--> '''Randy Marsh''': Yeah, you'll become what you hate.
--> '''Mr. Garrison''': ...Yeah, but at least I got rid of all those damn ni--[South Park ending theme]
** Wendy sings a song based on this trope in "Something You Do With Your Finger"
* In ''Series/BoJackHorseman'': "Love And/Or Marriage" does this with Diane when she finds out she's pregnant.
--> '''Doctor''': Oh, and, uh, lay off the drugs. Especially now.
--> '''Diane''': Why especially now?
--> '''Doctor''': Oh, don't worry. Your baby's fine.
--> '''Diane''': What do you mean "baby"? Why do you say "baby"?
--> '''Doctor''': Do you not know? You're pregnant.
--> '''Diane''': MOTHERF--[Episode ends]
** Subverted in the following episode, which begins where this previous episode left off, with Diane audibly yelling "--FUCKER!"

[[folder:Episode begins]]

* Subverted in ''Series/NotGoingOut'', after Lucy says "Eff" a few times:
--> '''Lee''': "I think she means f--" [cut to opening credits]
--> '''Lee''': [immediately after opening credits] "-uck"
* In the ''Series/StargateUniverse'' episode "time":
--> '''Eli''': What the f---
--> [COMMERCIAL BREAK]
* In the pilot of ''Series/{{Studio 60|OnTheSunsetStrip}}'', the control room director leaves the producer's rant on the air (in real life and in the show) for some fifty seconds, until he is about to drop an F bomb, before cutting to the titles.
* In ''Series/TheXFiles'': "[[Recap/TheXFilesS05E12BadBlood Bad Blood]]"
--> '''Scully''': [Shows Mulder his staking victim's very fake vampire teeth]
-->'''Mulder''': ''Oh sh--'' [cut to opening credits]

[[AC:WebOriginal]]
* In ''WebVideo/EchoChamber'''s 8th episode, [[OnlySaneMan Dana]] is halfway through calling [[PsychoExGirlfriend Shannon]] a "whore" when the opening titles roll. To be fair, the sound under the zooming titles sounds like it is finishing the word "whore" for her. [[RuleOfFunny This probably wasn't genuine censorship]], since Dana had used a PrecisionFStrike mere lines earlier.
* Creator/TeamFourStar's ''WebVideo/DragonBallZAbridged'', episode 3:
--> '''Vegeta''': (through scouter) We'll go to Earth, find the Dragon Balls and kill everyone. And we'll be there in a year or so. Depending on {{filler}}, of course.
--> '''Nappa''': Anything else we need to go over, Vegeta?
--> '''Vegeta''': Nnnope, that's about it.
--> '''Roshi''': ({{beat}}) Well, fu-
--> [OPENING CREDITS]
* ''WebVideo/ImAMarvelAndImADC''
** ''Zero Hour'' begins with [[spoiler: Lance's head]] appearing in front of Green Goblin and Harley.
--> '''Green Goblin''': "Oh sh-" ''(cuts to opening credits)''
** Luthor upon discovering [[spoiler: that Lance's head was not in the box like he had originally thought]].
---> '''Luthor''': " [[PrecisionFStrike MOTHERF-!!!!]]" ''(cue opening credits)''
* Grandpa, in ''WebVideo/YuGiOhTheAbridgedSeries'': "Bring it on, you little bi..."
* From ''WebVideo/TheAbridgingOfHaruhiSuzumiya'', Episode 7:
-->'''Haruhi:''' I'm here!\\
'''Kyon:''' ''[thinking]'' Ah, FU-\\
''[cuts to opening credits]''
* ''WebVideo/UltraFastPony'':
** "Random Eye Magic":
-->'''Twilight:''' What the--\\
''[Opening theme song]''
** "The Cheesen One":
-->'''Scootaloo:''' <WHAT. THE. F...>\\
''[Opening theme song]''
* In [[http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/253824 Decline of Video Gaming 3]]
--> '''Dim''': *referring to the PSP* ''This thing is so damn perfect!'' *throws PSP to ground, but it opens a parachute* Oh for fu-
--> [OPENING CREDITS]
* In Episode 21 of [[WebAnimation/IfTheEmperorHadATextToSpeechDevice If The Emperor Had A TTS Device]]:
-->'''Ultramarine:''' My glorious Chapter Master! We have succeeded in acquiring and planting the Salamanders artifacts!
-->'''Calgar:''' ...WHAT THE FU-*cue intro*

[[AC:WesternAnimation]]
* The original script of the first episode of ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' called for one of these:
--> '''Fry''': (looks out the window and sees New New York) HOLY SH--
--> [OPENING CREDITS]
--> '''Fry''': --IT!
* In the ''WesternAnimation/SpaceGhostCoastToCoast'' episode "King Dead", the episode opens with Space Ghost shouting, "...king dead!" to Moltar and Zorak.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Killed/injured mid-sentence]]

[[AC:{{Anime}} and {{Manga}}]]
* In ''Manga/DesertPunk'':
--> '''Kanta:''' Akio, you dumb f-- (gets hit over the head by Fuyuo)
** Haruo does say the f-word twice, but they're easy to miss as background chatter.
* At least one fansub of ''Anime/MacrossFrontier'' subverts this with Bobby exclaiming "Oh f-" before ''narrowly'' dodging [[spoiler:a shot from the Battle Galaxy's main weapon which hits the Battle Frontier behind him instead]].
* [[spoiler: Cytomander the Swift]] of ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann'' can only manage an "Oh shi-" before the Dai-Gunzan barrels into him.
* From ''Manga/BlackLagoon'', Fritz Stanford, having just gotten shot by Revy in the middle of ranting about his gigantic HandCannon, manages a "You fucking [[CountryMatters cu--!]]" before Revy steps on his gunshot wound and levels her gun in his face. It's the last thing he manages to get out before she finishes him off as well.

[[AC:FanFiction]]
* ''Fanfic/KyonBigDamnHero'' provides these often, generally people swearing at Kyon when he's fighting them.
* India in ''FanFic/FourDeadlySecrets'', combined with an OhCrap moment.
-->'''India''': ''Sweet fuck, a sniper scy–

[[AC:{{Film}}]]
* Stephen in ''Film/DjangoUnchained''.
--> '''Stephen:''' DJANGO!!! YOU UPPITY SON OF A- *The house he's in blows up.*
* Regina in ''Film/MeanGirls''.
--> '''Regina:''' "You can take that fake apology, and shove it right up your hairy c—" *Regina gets hit by a school bus.*
* In the 2007 ''Film/{{Transformers}}'' movie:
--> ''Frenzy accidentally kills himself with one of his razor discs''
--> '''Frenzy:''' ''Oh sh--'' [he dies]
* ''WesternAnimation/RockAndRule'' has this for when the sailor-type guy gets killed after talking to Toad on the phone. A quick 'Oshi--' and he dissolves.
* ''Disney/{{Bolt}}'' had a quick dance with this trope.
--> '''Mittens:''' "Slow down! You're scraping the fur off my-" ''(crashes into mailbox)''
* ''Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit'': While Eddie tries a rhyme routine to make the weasels die laughing, he levels a particularly saucy stanza at the Smartass of the group.
-->'''Eddie:''' I'm through with taking falls / And bouncing off the walls / Without that gun, I'd have some fun / I'd kick you in the... [Vase falls on his head]
-->'''Roger:''' [[ComicallyMissingThePoint Nose!]]
-->'''Smartass:''' Nose? That don't rhyme with "walls".
-->'''Eddie:''' [Gets up] No, but this does! [[[GroinAttack Kicks Smartass in the "balls"]], sending him flying to his doom in the Dip vat]
* From ''Film/{{Aliens}}''
-->'''Ferro''': Now where the fu..(Alien pierces her skull with it's tongue.)
* ''Film/LittleShopOfHorrors'' does this when [[spoiler:Audrey II]] gets electrocuted: "OH SHI--"
* In ''Film/WarmBodies'', Perry shoots R once, then pauses for a one-liner before shooting him again. "Smile mother-". He is cut off by R attacking and killing him.
* In ''Film/JackTheGiantSlayer'' Fallon's right head, which is mostly unintelligible, very nearly says the F-word before [[spoiler: he explodes after Jack drops a bean down Fallon's throat, causing it to grow from inside him and kill him]].
* At the climax of ''WesternAnimation/TheBoxtrolls'', Mr. Gristle lets out an [[OhCrap "Oh sh--"]] right before [[spoiler: he's crushed to death by the falling remains of Snatcher's SpiderTank]].
* The [[RedShirt fat paddock worker]] in ''Film/JurassicWorld'' who serves as the ''Indominus'''s first victim clearly mouths "Fu-" just before her monstrous jaws chomp down on him.

[[AC:{{Literature}}]]
* The ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' books:
** A photographer shows up to take a picture in ''Discworld/MonstrousRegiment.'' He is a vampire, so the first time he takes a picture, the result is an "Oh sh--" and the photographer crumbling into dust as a result of the camera flash. Luckily, all it takes is a drop of blood to reconstitute the resulting pile of vampire dust.
** The dragon's 1st victim in ''Discworld/GuardsGuards'' This being the Disc, two paragraphs after he said "Oh shi-" and died, we cut to his ghost talking with Death. The first thing the ghost says is "-t!"
* In ''Going Under'', book three of the Literature/QuantumGravity series, the imp repeatedly says "What the f…" before another character shoots him (into something). Or just interrupts him.
* In ''[[Literature/WaxAndWayne The Alloy of Law]]'', a certain villain gets very annoyed with [[BlastingItOutOfTheirHands getting his gun shot out of his hand]] by the main character, after the fourth time this happens he responds with "Stop ''doing'' that, you bast-" before he's shot again, this time in the face.
* ''Literature/IronWarriors'': a random Chaos mook in ''Storm of Iron'' manages to get out "Oh what the f-" before an Imperial Fist introduces him to the business end of a power sword.
* In ''Literature/ArtemisFowl'' Butler begins "Oh--" inbetween realizing he is about to be hit in the face with an unpleasant projectile and the launching of said projectile. The narrator then informs the reader that he doesn't know what Butler would have finished with, but he's willing to bet it wouldn't have been "dearie me."

[[AC:LiveActionTV]]

[[folder:Another character interrupts]]

[[AC:Advertising]]
* One commercial for Orbit gum had 'reactions' to the gum, with each person beginning a curse (apparently because the gum was so good, but being cut off by the ever - perky Orbit girl after the first letter, which is also the first letter in the name of the next person. The commercial ends with her cutting off a young boy with the word "fantastic!"

[[AC:{{Anime}} and {{Manga}}]]
* ''LightNovel/{{Slayers}} Try'' has Amelia comment that a mountain they were about to climb "looks like a pile of--" before Lina steps in with a reminder that she's a royal princess (and thus shouldn't be cussing).
* The ''Anime/SamuraiPizzaCats'' Fan Club Oath:
--> So hail to thee, O Pizza Cat
--> Please ring your little bell
--> Although you may be pen and ink
--> We know you'll fight like--
--> '''Pizza Cats''': ''PIZZA CATS!''
* In ''Anime/{{Digimon|Adventure 02}}'''s English dub, one character has his last word interrupted by another word that sounds like another word that has the same meaning.
-->'''Davis:''' We're gonna kick your--
-->'''Digimon Emperor:''' But! You didn't let me finish!
* In the "Yo-kai Espy" episode of ''Anime/YokaiWatch'' involves a {{youkai}} that can see into people's minds. She gets embarrassed at "improper" things like Nate thinking about how he [[PottyEmergency needs to pee]], so Nate starts to imagine himself pulling his underwear up and down repeatedly while singing ([[HollywoodToneDeaf badly]]). Nate actually [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar does seem to curse]] however Whisper's dialogue largely covers it up.
-->'''Nate''': Up, down, do not slump!\\
'''Nate''': If you don't watch out you'll see my rump!\\
'''Nate''': Down, up, lightning fast!\\
'''Nate''': Don't look now, you'll see my—(Jibanyan and Whisper FaceFault before he can finish)

[[AC:{{Comedy}}]]
* The "We are from..." sketch by the Insterburgs, a 70s comedy quartet from Berlin. Consisting of naming towns and making fun with it. "I am from London - I am a Londoner - I am from Paris - I am (the three others hold Karl Dalls mouth shut) NO Londoner!" [[note]] In German slang, a "Pariser" means a condom. [[/note]] (Also has an example for the self-interrupted variety - "Ich leb auf dem Pazifik - ich bin ein...Dampfer!" [[note]] Adding -er would give a rudeness in German. [[/note]])
* A WWII veteran is giving a talk to an all-girls school:
--> '''Pilot:''' So there I was above Calais, when all of a sudden I see enemy planes below, six of the f-\\
'''Teacher:''' AsYouKnow, girls, [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fokker#World_War_II the Fokker was a German warplane.]]\\
'''Pilot (surprised):''' Quite right, miss. Anyway, so these six fuckers in their [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messerschmitt#World_War_II Messerschmitts]]…


[[AC:{{Comics}}]]
* ComicBook/{{Hellboy}} usually only gets as far as "Son of a..." before getting struck by his opponent.
* Happens to ComicBook/MsMarvel during the ''ComicBook/AvengersVsXMen'' crossover. She attempts to insult Magik, who promptly uses her powers to gag Ms. Marvel mid-sentence and dismissively comment on how "loud" she is.

* In ''FanFic/LongRoadToFriendship'', Rarity asks Sunset Shimmer's opinion on some clothing at a renaissance faire. Little does Rarity know that Sunset is cursed to be [[BrutalHonesty brutally honest]].
--> '''Rarity:''' "What do you think, Sunset? Does this make me look good?"
--> '''Sunset:''' "I think it makes you look like a wh—"
--> '''Rarity:''' "Ooh, is that a ruby necklace?"
* One ''Literature/GoodOmens'' [[http://www.yuletidetreasure.org/archive/8/aprecise.html fanfic]] combines this with LastSecondWordSwap:
--> '''Crowley''': You quite liked the fu--\\
'''Aziraphale''': Crowley!\\
'''Crowley''': Fur rug in front of the fireplace, I was going to say. Thought I was going somewhere else with that, didn't you?
* [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7354153/1/Names This]] ''Webcomic/AxisPowersHetalia'' fanfic plays around with this trope.
-->'''Prussia''': And by talking, I'm guessing you mean f-\\
'''Canada''': I mean talking!\\
'''Prussia''': I was going to say fighting, but your interpretation works too. *beat* So are they f-\\
'''Canada''': NO!\\
'''Prussia''': Sensitive much?
* In ''FanFic/TheTaintedGrimoire'', this has happened at least twice:
** One time, Sasasha got interrupted when two members of the Targ Wood Police put a hand each over her mouth.
** Another time, Luso got interrupted by an announcement.
* From ''FanFic/YouGotHaruhiRolled'':
-->'''Fujiwara''': "That good for nothing upstart wouldn't even know goodness for all of humanity if it bit him right in the-"
-->'''Kyouko''': "Tut tut, Fujiwara! Remember your blood-pressure."
* ''[[FanFic/FriendshipIsMagicTheAdventuresOfSpike Friendship Is Magic: The Adventures of Spike]]'': When the Elements of Harmony confront Chrysalis:
-->'''Chrysalis''': Ah, Twilight Sparkle. How did it feel, having all of your loved ones lose faith in you?
-->'''Twilight''': Not as bad as you're going to feel, you dirty, rotten bi-(''dodges magic blast'')
* ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/9074341/5/Expecting-the-Unexpected Expecting the Unexpected]]'':
-->'''Ron''': Lucius really is a complete cu-\\
'''Hermione''': You finish that word, Ronald Weasley, and you'll be getting very acquainted with your right hand for the next month because you'll be coming nowhere near me.
* ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/8061402/9/Harry-Potter-What-I-See Harry Potter: What I See]]'':
-->'''Sirius:''' ...You don't ''just'' happen to take your clothes off. You don't ''just'' happen to let him stick his co-\\
[Remus smacks him on the head for swearing in front of baby Teddy.]
* In the ''WesternAnimation/{{Superjail}}'' fanfic ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/9742382/2/Et-Mundus-Eos Et Mundus Eos]]'', this exchange ensues:
-->"Hello, Eddie boy." Zora greeted the fifteen-going-on-sixteen-year-old boy. "It is very nice to meet you."

-->"And it's nice to meet you, too, you courteous ni-" Eddie was about to say.

-->"Edward." Mistress warned him as she was about to pull out her riding crop.

-->"I mean, you courteous black woman." the boy instantly corrected himself. Zora smiled at his quickness.
* Characters often interrupt someone else when they've realised the speaker is about to curse about two seconds ahead in ''Fanfic/WarriorsOfTheWorld''.
--> '''Emeth:''' "I get that you're a dirty coward and an incompetent fool, but I didn't know you were also a contradictory di--"\\
'''Iruna (hurriedly):''' "Let's just ''go''."
* From ''Fanfic/SpotsOff'':
-->'''Alya''': There is no way you just got here. You told me at 7am that you were coming to visit Mari.
-->'''Nino''': Yeah dude, what gives? How did Mari's mom not know you're here?
-->'''Adrien''': Ah, I, um... I came in really quietly?
-->'''Alya''': Bull-
-->'''Marinette''': Sit! We should all sit down. So we can talk about everything.
* [[http://alfredofroylan2.deviantart.com/art/KND-The-day-after-X-mas-1-45481825 This fancomic]] features ''WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor'' character Numbuh 4 upset for receiving coal for Christmas. Numbuh 3 interrupts his rant to show what ''she'' received for Christmas.
-->'''Numbuh 4:''' HA, HA Pretty Funny Phat Man!! I'm going to kick your...
-->'''Numbuh 3:''' WALLY!!!!!!!
* ''[[http://archiveofourown.org/works/129187/chapters/186261 The Western Sky - Series 1]]'':
-->'''Prue:''' Powers of love, my pleadings take, make my sleeping husband wake. Put some water in a bucket, and pour it on him, so he shouts...\\
'''Pandora:''' Mummy?

* In the title song for ''Film/{{Shaft}}'':
-->'''Isaac Hayes:''' They say this cat Shaft is a bad mother--\\
'''Female Chorus:''' Shut your mouth!\\
'''Isaac Hayes:''' But I'm talkin' 'bout Shaft!\\
'''Female Chorus:''' And we can dig it.
* ''Film/KungPowEnterTheFist'':
-->'''Chosen One:''' Well, I'm gonna count to three, and if I hear one more friggin' squeak, I'm gonna take his shoes, and shove em' up his...\\
'''Chosen One's Friend:''' Chosen One, Master Pain's in town!
* ''WesternAnimation/FindingNemo'': Listen to these lines closely:
--> '''Gurgle:''' Don't you realize we are swimming in our own sh--\\
'''Peach:''' Shh! Here he comes.
* ''Disney/TheLionKing'':
** In one scene Timon is trying to help Pumbaa through a narrow gap, and complains "Why do I always have to save your--AAAAHHH!", although it could be argued that he was going to say "save your skin" or something non-profanic.
** In the song "Hakuna Matata" when Pumbaa is singing about his odour problem, it contains the lines "And I got down-hearted/Every time that I--" whereupon Timon leaps in going "Pumbaa! [[ThinkOfTheCensors Not in front of the kids!]]" [[SubvertedRhymeEveryOccasion The obvious rhyme would've been "farted", but at the time of the movie, it was taboo to say that word in movies or on TV.]]
* In ''Film/TheGreatEscape'', Hilts gets caught trying to test a blind spot near the prison fence and attempts to explain himself to a guard by saying he was retrieving his baseball. The head guard, Stratwitch, appears and the following exchange ensues.
--> '''Stratwitch''': What are you doing over here by the wire?
--> '''Hilts''': Well, like I told Max here, I was trying to get my god-d --
--> [German soldier calls out as the commandant enters the scene.]
* In ''Film/TheMatrixReloaded'', Link, returning after a long deployment, bursts into his quarters with the inquiry "Where's my puss---" which is quickly strangled off at the sight of his sister-in-law, niece, and nephew with his wife. To her credit, though, sis shuffles the kids out post-haste. Hilariously mocked in that movie's Podcast/RiffTrax: "But I wanna help Uncle Link find his cat!"
* ''Film/HomewardBoundTheIncredibleJourney'': While chasing chickens, Chance encounters a turkey.
-->'''Chance:''' Whoa! What the-\\
'''Turkey:''' *angry gobble*\\
'''Chance:''' AHHH! It's [[Franchise/{{Godzilla}} Birdzilla!]]
* From ''Disney/LadyAndTheTrampIIScampsAdventure'':
-->'''Danielle''': [Chuckles again] I bet he gets a slipper right across his great, big, fat....[looks up at Lady who has an stern look. Danielle nervously laughs, pretending to care about Scamp] We really do miss him, Mom. [nervously smiles]
* In ''WesternAnimation/CatsDontDance'':
-->'''Agent:''' ...who's going to fill in?\\
'''Sawyer:''' ''(sarcastically)'' You?\\
'''Agent:''' Nah, I only fill in for those dashing, Creator/ClarkGable types.\\
'''Sawyer:''' [[ShoutOut Frankly, Clark,]] [[Film/GoneWithTheWind I don't give a d--]]\\
'''Agent''': ''Sawyer!''
* Amusingly played with in ''Film/{{Predator 2}}'', where the titular alien cuts Harrigan's assessment of its looks short by choking him, then finishes it off anyway.
* Even Disney pulls this one, in ''WesternAnimation/AGoofyMovie'':
-->'''Max''': My life's a living...\\
'''Mascot''': HELL-O, little buddy! Who's your favorite possum?
* Disney does it again in ''Disney/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame'':
-->'''Esmeralda''': You sneaky son of a...\\
'''Pheobus''': Ah ah ah, watch it. You're in a church.
* ''Mark It Up'' from ''Film/RepoTheGeneticOpera''. In the film, IIRC, Pavi manages to quite clearly sing "[[BrotherSisterIncest My brother and sister should fuck!]]" before Luigi turns on him, but in one of the soundtrack versions, it's an example. The hilarity is that it's cut short by a phrase involving a PrecisionFStrike: ''Pavi! Shut the FUCK UP!''
* During ''Film/TopHat'' when Dale and Jerry are discussing horses.
-->'''Dale:''' Who was his dam?\\
'''Jerry:''' I don't know, Miss. He didn't give a d- ''[Dale shuts the hatch]''
* In ''Film/{{Avatar}}'', as Grace is putting Jake into his link pod:
-->'''Grace:''' Just relax and let your mind go blank. That shouldn't be hard for you.\\
'''Jake:''' Kiss the darkest part of my lily white-
* Several times in the theme song to ''Film/ImGonnaGitYouSucka'':
-->'''The Gap Band:''' I'm gonna git you, sucka/dirty mother--
-->'''Female:''' Don't say that!
* ''Film/TheATeam'' film has "AMF" or "Alpha Mike Foxtrot".
-->'''Face:''' Adios, Mother F... *[[BigDamnHeroes B.A.'s van roars into the scene]]*
** Later, he manages to get the whole thing out, without the last word being interrupted.
* In ''WesternAnimation/BeavisAndButtHeadDoAmerica'':
-->'''Pilot:''' Get the hell out of the cockpit!\\
'''Butt-Head:''' [[HehHehYouSaidX Huh huh, you said c]]--\\
'''Pilot:''' ''[pulls Butt-Head out]'' NOW!
* In ''WesternAnimation/BatmanUnderTheRedHood'':
-->'''Black drug dealer/crime lord:''' I ''am'' the East Quarter drug trade, you stupid bags of-- *gets a gun pointed at his head*
** The Hungarian dub got a bit bolder with the line:
--> I ''am'' the East Quarter drug trade, you wee-brained [[PrecisionFStrike fucku]]--
* TheFilmOfTheSeries for ''Series/LeaveItToBeaver'':
--> '''Wally''': Oh don't worry dad, I'll do my homework without you and mom having to crawl up my...
--> '''Ward''': Yeah that's great Wally.
* In ''WesternAnimation/SupermanVsTheElite'' when it appears that Superman has killed his teammates, Manchester Black exclaims "Holy sh--" before getting blown back by a burst of wind.
* In ''Film/TheMuppetMovie'' the Muppets are pulled over by a motorcycle cop ([[spoiler:who turns out to be Doc Hopper's lackey Max suffering a HeelRealization]]). As he walks up, Dr. Teeth starts listing slang and is about to get to a particularly rude word for them when...
--> '''Dr. Teeth''': Hey hey! It's the man with the badge, the police, the cops, the fuzz, the P-I-...\\
'''Miss Piggy''': Don't...you...dare!\\
'''Dr. Teeth''': Why, I wouldn't think of it.
* In ''Film/HotFuzz'' when we see that Angel is disrupted in chasing a shop lifter, he says mothers... turns out there is a group of actual mother (with babies in prams) blocking the way.
* In the [[RecursiveAdaptation film of the musical]] of ''Film/{{Hairspray}}'':
-->'''Amber''': You try that again and there'll be stumps where your feet should be. You got that, you little who-
--> [Link walks in with a ring]
-->'''Amber''': ''Holy moly.''
* In ''WesternAnimation/DCShowcaseGreenArrow'', Count Vertigo is posed to murder a helpless Green Arrow and Princess Perdita, and boasts:
-->'''Vertigo:''' Soon to be ''King'' Vertigo, once I've dispatched you and the little bi-
-->'''Black Canary:''' Watch your mouth! *''screamblast''*
* From ''WesternAnimation/SonOfBatman'':
-->'''Nightwing''': (regarding his wound being treated) I took the cut I can take the stitch
-->'''Damien''': Maybe you need more anesthetic.
-->'''Nightwing''': (getting fed up with his attitude) Maybe you need to go fu--
-->'''Alfred''': Master Dick!
* In ''Film/{{Pixels}}'', when the children send the president a message thanking him for defending the Earth from aliens, their "they are bad motherf-" gets cut short by said aliens interrupting the TV broadcast.
* In ''Film/SuddenImpact'', when Harry tells Horace he "might just" quit the force:
--> '''Horace:''' "You ain't nothin' but a cop. That's all you've been and that's all you're ever gonna be, Jamf."
--> '''Harry:''' "Thank you, Doctor."
--> '''Horace:''' "And listen, when you get cut, you bleed P.D. Blue. Jamf."
--> '''Harry:''' "What the hell's a 'jamf?'"
--> '''Horace:''' "Well, that means you're a jive-ass mother--"
--> '''Harry:''' "Forget I asked!"
* In ''Film/{{Battleship}}'', during the final battle:
-->'''[[spoiler:USS Missouri Veteran:]]''' Let's drop some lead on these mother-
-->'''Stone:''' Fire!!!
* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Barnyard}}'', when Otis is about to get a talking-to from his father Ben.
-->'''Otis:''' Okay, Miles, what do you think?
-->'''Miles:''' I think you're lucky. Most cows only have four hooves, but you're gonna have an extra one right up your--
-->'''Otis:''' Okay, that's nice.
* A case of this happens in ''Film/TheGarbagePailKidsMovie'' when Dodger is given a nice coat by the Garbage Pail Kids and they encourage the boy to wear it to impress Tangerine.
-->'''Dodger:''' What am I supposed to do with these?
-->'''Greaser Greg:''' Stick 'em up your--
-->'''Valerie Vomit:''' Wear 'em!

* In ''Going Under'', book three of the Literature/QuantumGravity series, the imp repeatedly says "What the f..." before another character interrupts him. Or shoots him.
* ''Literature/HarryPotter'' has quite a few of these considering they are children's books:
** 'They make riding a broomstick a real pain in the-'
** 'He'd pull up his robes and pull flowers out of his-'
** 'YOU FILTHY, CHEATING B-'
** 'Do you know what that-' ([Ron] called Snape something that made Hermione say '''Ron!''')
** 'Merlin's saggy left--'
* In the ''Series/DoctorWho'' Literature/EighthDoctorAdventures novel ''Unnatural History'', a Faction Paradox member taunts the Doctor with a parody of a Gallifreyan rhyme:
-->"Sing the past to me, 'cause I'm the one who wrote the song\\
I made it up next week so all the words will come out wrong\\
The past won't keep you warm tonight, the future's blown to bits,\\
And everything that you believe is really full of --"\\
The door slammed behind him.
* In the Politically Incorrect Guide to the Vietnam War, one of the entries to the Politically Incorrect Guide (PIG) series, there was an interview with Vietnam Veterans Gerald Gearhardt and Jack Armstrong. At the point where they are talking about the Paris Treaty Accord, this exchange is made:
-->'''Gearhardt:''' Nixon told them [the North Vietnamese], and the South Vietnamese who were scared shi--\\
'''Jack:''' Family book, Gearhardt.\\
'''Gearhardt:'''--scared to death, that the U.S. would come back and bomb the crap out of them if they tried anything.
* In the ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' novel "The Savage Caves", Lidda and Jozan have such lovely and friendly conversations with each other.
-->"See," Lidda said to the burgher's back. "I told you you can't just string me up you fat f—"
-->"Hold your tongue!" Jozan commanded.
** And then...
-->"It's true," she said. "My first night there he approached me in the tavern. He put his hand on my thigh and whispered lewd suggestions in my ear."
-->Naull giggled and asked, "Really? Like what?"
-->Lidda scuttled closer to the young mage and said, "Well, first of all he told me that if I put his —"
-->"Ladies," Jozan interrupted, "for the love of Pelor, remember yourselves."
** And again...
-->"Or," Lidda said, "Regular here can climb my—"
-->"Lidda," Jozan interrupted.
** Still going...
-->"You're wounded," the priest said.
-->"I know," Lidda answered, "and it hurts like a son of a—"
-->"I was talking to Regdar," Jozan answered.
** Regdar also takes over the job once:
-->"Nice," the halfling said. "I wonder if Pelor will be able to get my foot out of your—"
-->"Naull might be dying out there somewhere," Regdar interjected.
* In ''Literature/ABrothersPrice'', Corelle tries to get Jerin to [[BeAWhoreToGetYourMan Be Scantily-Clad To Get Wives]], which progresses into mocking him for [[ItIsPronouncedTroPay his insistence on proper pronunciation]].
--> “No one is going to marry you for your ''dic''tion. They’re going to marry you for your dic–”
** He flicks her with a rolled-up towel.
* Quoth Earl, in Gil's All Fright Diner: "Goddamn it, Duke, you stupid prick. You just ended the world, you stupid mother--", before being interrupted by the main villain going all OneWingedAngel.
* In ''Discworld/{{Hogfather}}'', the Canting Crew are singing "Hogswatch is coming, the pig is getting fat". They get as far as "If you ain't got a dollar, a penny will do", before Foul Ol' Ron adds solo "An' if you ain't got a penny, then..." The others stop him, pointing out it doesn't even scan.
* ''Literature/JourneyToChaos'': Basilard has taken Eric to see the Dragon's Lair in-house advocate because he's gotten himself into legal trouble. Reywal remarks how glad he is that his latest client is a rookie like Eric and not one of the guild's lunatics like Ginger Hasina because "that woman is fu"; he doesn't get any further because Basilard cuts him off.

* ''Series/{{Angel}}''
--> '''Wesley:''' I was your Watcher, Faith. I know the real you. And even if you kill me, there's just one thing I want you to remember.
--> '''Faith:''' What's that, [[TermsOfEndangerment love]]?
--> '''Wesley:''' You...are a piece of shi-- ''(Faith stuffs a gag in his mouth)''
** While looking for clues in a vampire crackhouse in season 4, Faith is conveniently attacked by a vampire:
-->'''Faith:''' What... the ''fu--''
** Jealous over Wesley's attraction to [[HotScientist Winifred Burkle]], Lilah Morgan dresses up in GirlishPigtails and NerdGlasses.
-->'''Lilah:''' Isn't this what you like? Big brain and a tight little—-
-->'''Wesley:''' (rolls eyes) Lilah...
* Subverted in ''Series/ArrestedDevelopment'':
-->'''GOB:''' No Al, I want to spill booze all over my fu-
-->'''GOB (Five minutes and a few scenes later):''' -cking $6300 suit! Come ON!
* ''Series/BabylonFive'':
-->'''Sheridan:''' Well, you can tell Earth Central they can take a flying --\\
'''Ivanova''': It's only 30 credits a week, sir, it's not that much.
** Not so much a curse word as it was a rude sentiment:
-->'''Sheridan:''' Pick 'em up, bring 'em in, and throw them in the brig. And I want every one of those ships scanned for weapons. And tell Ambassadors G'kar and Londo that I want to see them in chambers now.\\
'''Ivanova''': And what if they refuse?\\
'''Sheridan:''' Then you can throw ''them'' in the--\\
'''Ivanova''': Ahem! (Gestures her head to remind him [[InUniverseCamera a news crew is filming them]])
* In the 1960s ''Series/{{Batman}}'' TV episode "Penguin's Disastrous End," The Penguin barricades himself and his gang inside a Gotham City bank vault as the police and the Dynamic Duo try to break in. Someone asks how Penguin will keep from starving to death in there, prompting Batman to say: "I wish I knew." Then Robin asks: [[NobodyPoops "And how would he be able to go to the - " and is cut off by Batman snapping: "I wish I knew, Robin!"]]
* ''Series/BoyMeetsWorld'' has Cory's younger sister make disparaging remarks about the dress Cory's fiancé picked out for her, going so far as to say "I wouldn't use this dress to wipe my--" before being dragged away, with her mouth covered, by Cory's father.
* ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer''
** In season 6 episode "Wrecked", [[DatingCatwoman Spike and Buffy have just had sex for the first time]].
--> '''Spike:''' "I knew the only thing better than killing a Slayer would be f--"
--> '''Buffy:''' [enraged] "Is that what this is about? ''Doing'' a Slayer?"
** In season 5, Glory gets out an "Oh, Sh--" ''twice''. Once as a roof collapses on her head, and the second time when she's been teleported to an altitude of several thousand feet.
** In season 3, Vampire!Willow returns to her world, is immediately impaled on a piece of wood by Oz, and says "Oh fu--" as she crumbles into dust.
* ''Series/CriminalMinds'':
** From the episode "The Longest Night":
--->'''JJ''': The EAS is coordinated by the FCC, Thema, and the Nation Weather Service, it's a bureaucratic pile of steaming---
--->'''Receiver''': Ma'am?
** In the episode "Painless", Morgan gives out Reid's cellphone number to a bunch of reporters as a prank and [[BewareTheNiceOnes Reid]] finally loses it after at least 500 calls and then manages to avert ''and'' play this trope straight in less than thirty seconds:
--->'''Reid''': ''(while giving the profile)'' Loner, invisible, outcast, boiling rage- ''(phone rings)'' SON OF A BITCH! ''(answers phone)'' Hi, this is Dr. Spencer Reid. Yes I can come to the phone right now with a very special message that your mother is a-
--->'''Hotch''': Reid!
* ''Series/DoctorWho'': [[Recap/DoctorWhoS28E1NewEarth "New Earth"]]:
-->'''Rose:''' So you're talking out your a--\\
'''Cassandra:''' Ask not!
* ''{{Series/Emergency}}'' : John Gage in "Gossip".
-->'''John:''' I hurt from the tips of my toes all the way up to my-- ''*the klaxons sound*''
* From ''Series/FullHouse'', during Viper's guitarist audition for Jesse's band, Danny doesn't appreciate Viper's interest in tattooing D.J.'s name on his arm:
--> '''Danny:''' "Hi, I'm D.J.'s father Mildew, and you can tattoo that name on your--"
--> '''Jesse:''' "Hey ho ho ho! Mildew, take five."
* ''Series/GreenAcres'': Oliver Wendell Douglas often says "What the . . . ." But that's as far as he gets.
* ''Series/TheHoganFamily'': Back when the series was called ''Valerie'', the third episode "The Wrong Stuff" saw young Willie Hogan begin using (mild) profanity around the house. When Valerie confronts him and threatens to wash his mouth out with soap, Willie decides to test his mother and see if she actually would. Finally, after saying a mild expletive ("crap") and getting ready to say another, Valerie made good on her promise!
* Several characters take turns at this in an episode of ''Series/HomeImprovement'':
-->'''Randy''': Yeah, well it really doesn't matter what he thinks because he's a big piece of --
-->'''Tim''': Randy!
-->'''Brad''': Hey! Don't give me any more of your --
-->'''Tim''': Brad! You guys are becoming a major pain in the --
-->'''Al''': Tim. Okay, we'll be right back after these messages from- ''(Brad throws a football at Randy, but hits Al)'' ah! Would you just cut it out, you little --
-->'''Tim''': Al.
* In ''Series/ICarly'' Spencer gets cut off just before he completes a line about a stinking gas being pumped into the torture chamber Carly has locked him in.
--> '''Spencer''': It smells like-
* In ''Series/ItsGarryShandlingsShow'', Garry's neighbor's son, Grant, comes to Garry for advice about sex. For some strange reason, the entire episode is accompanied by a group of men who perform the duties of a ''GreekChorus''. Garry tries to dissuade teenaged Grant from having sex until he's really ready, with the Greek Chorus performing color commentary in the background. At the episode's conclusion, Grant decides that he's not ready, and tells his girlfriend that he's decided to wait. This prompts the following exchange:
-->'''Greek Chorus''': Well now Grant has decided to wait! So from now until then he'll have to [[ADateWithRosiePalms mastur--]]
-->'''Garry''': ''(Rushing in)'' HIS STUDIES! MASTER HIS STUDIES!
* ''Creator/MontyPython'' - in a military court-martial, a presiding general won't drop the point of a special pair of gaiters:
-->'''Presiding General''': Why did they present him with a special pair of gaiters?
-->'''Fawcett''': Sir, it seems to me totally irrelevant to the case whether the gaiters were presented to him or not, sir.
-->'''Presiding General''': I think the court will be able to judge that for themselves. I want to know why the regiment presented the accused with a special pair of gaiters.
-->'''Fawcett''': (stifling his impatience) He ... used to do things for them. The total value ...
-->'''Presiding General''': What things?
-->'''Fawcett''': (exasperated) He .. he used to oblige them, sir. The total value ...
-->'''Presiding General''': Oblige them?
-->'''Fawcett''': Yes, sir. The total value of the uniform ...
-->'''Presiding General''': How did he oblige them?
-->'''Fawcett''': What, sir?
-->'''Presiding General''': How did he oblige them?
-->'''Fawcett''': (more and more irritated) He ... um ... used to make them happy in little ways, sir. The total value of the uniform could therefore not have been less than ...
-->'''Presiding General''': Did he touch them at all?
-->'''Fawcett''': Sir! I submit that this is totally irrelevant.
-->'''Presiding General''': I want to know how he made them happy.
-->'''Fawcett''':(losing his temper) He used to ram things up their ...
-->'''Presiding General''': (quickly) All right! All right! No need to spell it out!
* During the ''I'm Wishing'' song in Creator/MorecambeAndWise:
-->'''Ernie/Prince:''' "Tell me wishing well."
-->'''Eric/Well:''' "Ask and I will tell."
-->'''Ernie:''' "Will my wish come true?"
-->'''Eric:''' "It's entirely up to you."
-->'''Ernie:''' "With your magic spell."
-->'''Eric:''' "Why don't you go to he-"
-->'''Ernie:''' "Will you tell my love one what to do?"
* In an episode of ''Series/MyFamily'':
-->'''Mr. Casey:''' I think you're mistaking me for someone who gives a f--\\
'''Michael:''' ''(bursting into the room)'' FIRE!
* Tom Servo's Canada Song on ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'':
--> '''Servo:''' Just where the hell does Canada get off sharing a border / With countries far superior to it?
--> '''Servo:''' Why, you lousy, stinking, francophonic, bacon-loving bastards / Your country's just a giant piece of sh...
--> '''Crow:''' Whoa, whoa, whoa!
* ''Series/{{NCIS}}'' has this in the season 3 episode "Bloodbath".
--> '''Mikel''': It's Mikel, Abby. Don't hang up.\\
'''Abby''': Oh great. My biggest fan.\\
'''Mikel''': Look, I know we got off on the wrong foot.\\
'''Abby''': The wrong ''foot''? The only ''right'' foot is ''my'' foot up ''your'' a-\\
'''Mikel''': Abby. Abby, listen, I need to see you.
* ''Radio/OurMissBrooks'': One episode has this exchange between Miss Brooks and Walter Denton:
-->'''Walter Denton''': Mr. Conklin's making my usual tranquil life a veritable . . . .
-->'''Miss Brooks''': WALTER!
-->'''Walter Denton''': . . . (''meekly'') inferno?
* In ''Pat and Margaret'', Pat is talking to someone about Margaret on the phone and says "She can take a flying yes, quite."
* In some of the post episode vintagees of the game show version of ''The Perils of Penelope Pitstop'', where H.C. is in jail, sometimes, he tries to call the host Bill Thompson a piece of shit (the game show itself uses bleeps) but Bill tells him to shut up before he can utter the word.
** In the episode that marked both the 40th anniversary of the cartoon of the same name" & it's first episode (the peril of the day was the first one from the former), after H.C. kills Penelope, he says to Bill off camera (he doesn't appear on the set): "After 40 years of failure on my first peril, I have finally killed that mother….." which gives Bill a chance to say "Finally the first peril from 1969 was successful. Way to go, Butthead." (that was also the moment where Bill PWND H.C.)
* In ''Series/PowerRangersRPM'', this is what happens after Ziggy ticks off Flynn when he rips open a bag of chips all over Flynn. While he's driving.
--> '''Flynn:''' Dude! As if you wouldn't learn to open a bag of...
--> ''(Venjix appears)''
* In the "Rock & Roll" edition of the ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' "Celebrity Jeopardy" skit, Sean Connery starts reciting a filthy limerick he wrote about Alex Trebek:
--> '''Connery:''' There once was a man named Tre''bick''\\
Who had the world's tiniest--\\
'''Trebek:''' Enough.
* In the pilot for ''Series/{{Speechless}}'', J.J.'s interpreter cuts off his attempt to snark at his teacher after the class nominates him for class president solely because of his cerebral palsy.
-->'''Interpreter:'''''(reading J.J.'s word board)'' He says eat ... a ... bag ... of ... d-- he's excited and he'll think about it!
* In the ''Series/StargateAtlantis'' episode "The Return", when Jack O'Neill expresses disdain for [=McKay=]'s proposed "Plan C":
-->'''O'Neill:''' Sounds more like a Plan F, doesn't it? As in, "We are totally--"\\
'''[=McKay=]:''' ''If'' we can fight our way back to the bay...
* ''Franchise/StarTrek''
** In ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration''
--->'''Data''': There was a rather peculiar Limerick being delivered by someone in the shuttlecraft bay. I'm not sure I understand it. "There was a young lady from Venus, whose body was shaped like a—"\\
'''Picard (cutting Data off)''': Captain to security! Come in!!
** ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'', Miles O'Brien starts to tell a Bajoran shopkeeper where he can stick his Jumja stick, but is dragged away/yelled over by Keiko.
** Used for GettingCrapPastTheRadar in ''Series/StarTrekVoyager''. The Emergency Medical Hologram is boasting to the next generation about how he's evolved over the past four years.
-->'''EMH Mark One:''' I'm as close to a sentient life-form as any hologram could hope to be. I socialise with the crew, fraternise with aliens. [[TheTriple I've even had sexual relations]].
-->'''EMH Mark Two:''' Sex! How's that possible? We're not equipped with a--
-->'''EMH Mark One:''' ''(cutting in with a smug expression)'' Let's just say I made an addition to my program.
* In ''[[Series/TheSuiteLifeOfZackAndCody Suite Life on Deck]]'', Zack finishes with his graduation speech, "Goodbye seniors. Goodbye class. High school, you can--", which is as far as he gets before Ms. Tutweiler interrupts hastily.
* From an episode of ''Series/VeronicaMars'':
-->'''Kendall''': Your dad and I were just dealing with a little trouble.
-->'''Veronica''': Like, Trouble? With a [[Theatre/TheMusicMan capital 'T']], that rhymes with 'C', that [[CountryMatters stands for]]
-->'''Keith''': Veronica!
-->'''Veronica''': I was gonna say "cute".
* From ''Series/TheVicarOfDibley'' episode "Songs of Praise:"
--> ''The Bible Alice is reading has been writen using a ‘long s’ (ſ) so ‘Ye ɑre the ſɑlt oƒ the Eɑrth ɑnd ſɑinted. God ſhɑll ſeɑl your endeɑvours until ye ſit on his right hɑnd. Thereƒore ƒight the good ƒight, ƒor his ſɑke, ɑnd he ſhɑll be thy ſuccor.’ comes out as⋯''
-->'''Alice:''' Ye are the fault of the earth and fainted⋯ sainted. God shall feel⋯ seal your endeavours until ye fit on his right hand. Therefore fight the good fight, for his⋯ fake, and he shall be thy f-
-->'''Geraldine:''' SUCCOR!! And he shall be thy ''succor.''
* One episode of ''Series/WalkerTexasRanger'' has Trivette being held hostage by a racist sheriff who believes black people shouldn't be cops, at one point while he's making him did up bodies of prisoners he asks him if he has any last words, his response:
-->'''Trivette''': You can kiss my black a-- (Sheriff cocks shotgun)
* ''Series/{{Webster}}'': Webster and a friend are singing a spaceship song, and just before they sing the last word in the line "The spaceship went to hell," Katherine interrupts and sends them to bed.
* From ''Series/TheWestWing'' episode "In the Shadow of Two Gunmen—Part I":
-->'''Hoynes's staffer:''' It's what magicians call "misdirection."
-->'''Josh:''' Really? 'Cause it's what the rest of us call bull—
-->'''Hoynes:''' Knock it off!
* A bit of poetry from the short-lived sitcom ''Whoopi'':
--> '''Mavis:''' Here's something I just can't figger / Why a white girl wanna act like a--
--> '''Courtney:''' Mavis!

* From Music/BradPaisley's "Cornography":
-->'''Jimmy:''' That woman sure chaps my...\\
'''George:''' Ask her out then!
* From "Another Irish Drinking Song" by Music/DaVincisNotebook:
--> [=McNamara=] crossed the street and by a bus was hit
--> But he was just a Scotsman, so nobody gave a (OCH)
* In chorus-like segments of "Swing Swang" by Music/NaughtyByNature, the drving vocal set gets his line cut from going "... Rip the record-rocking, come down and rip the whole mutha--" into a "Watch it!" exclamation. It's rather an another way to play with the rhythms of the song, as the group doesn't quite shy away from explicit lyrics. Straightforward "fuckin'-rockin'" bit can be found in the same song.
* This is the entire point of the Creator/BennyBell song "Shaving Cream."

[[AC:NewspaperComics]]
* In one ''ComicStrip/{{Garfield}}'' comic:
-->'''Jon:''' Bad date, Garfield. We went sailing. Ever had a mizzenmast stuck up your...\\
'''Garfield:''' No, and let's talk about anything else right now.
* In one ''ComicStrip/GetFuzzy'' strip, when Rob's pets have got hold of his freshman yearbook:
--> '''Bucky:''' Were you voted Most Likely to Remain Chickless?\\
'''Rob:''' Dude, I'm about to be voted Most Likely to Kick Your--\\
'''Satchel:''' Assuredly, that's the skinniest leather tie I've ever seen!
* In one ''ComicStrip/{{Retail}}'' strip, where Marla finds out that Josh lied about getting a job offer from another store in order to get himself a raise
--> '''Marla (pissed off):''' That son of a...\\
'''Bradley:''' Maybe I ''should'' have hired him. He's smarter than I thought.

[[AC:{{Pinball}}]]
* The left outlane of ''Pinball/TheWalkingDead'' has the phrase (cut off by a walker body):
-->GOT BIT FEVER HIT WORLD GONE TO SH

[[AC:{{Theatre}}]]
* Done in ''Theatre/TitleOfShow'':
-->'''Hunter:''' Broadway.com can kneel down, open its online mouth, and suck my--\\
'''Chorus (singing):''' Festival medley!'''
** Subverted in the original Off-Broadway show, and its official cast album:
-->'''Hunter (''screaming'' over the others):''' IT CAN SUCK MY FUCKING COCK!
* ''Kiss the Boys Good-bye'' by Clare Boothe:
-->'''Cindy Lou''': You don't call Mr. Harner God-Almighty?\\
'''Lloyd''': So far as you go he's God-Almighty. I call him a son of a--\\
'''Cindy Lou''' ''(Quickly)'': I was raised a lady and an Episcopalian, thank you.
* The prologue of ''[[Theatre/TheLittleFoxes Regina]]'' combines this with MusicalisInterruptus:
-->'''Cal''' ''(singing against the chorus)'': "Naught's a naught, figger's a figger, all for the white man and none for the ni--"\\
'''Regina''': Alexandra!\\
'''Alexandra''': Hello, Mama.\\
'''Regina''': What is that racket going on down there?

[[AC: PuppetShows]]
* In ''Series/TheJimHensonHour'' episode "WesternAnimation/DogCity", Rowlf interrupts Coleen's torch song:
-->'''Colleen:''' He don't need to be a big dog,\\
I don't care if he 's rich,\\
He'll be my ever loving puppy,\\
And I'll just be his...\\
'''Rowlf:''' HEY! Welcome to family programming, folks!

* Seems to be unintentionally subverted in ''VideoGame/TheSuffering''; in the opening cutscene a character gets cut off before they can swear (or barely even start the word), yet if you have subtitles on "cunt" is in full view.
* ''VideoGame/MassEffect1'':
--> '''Ambassador Udina''': I'm tired of this council and its anti-human bull--\\
'''Asari Councillor''': Ambassador!
** The Convo system being what it is, there's [[PausedInterrupt a noticeable delay]] between this and the next line. Net result being that it comes off more like self censorship than actually being interrupted.
* In ''Franchise/StarCraft'', when Mengsk and Raynor rescue Duke:
--> '''Duke''': What's your angle here, Mengsk?
--> '''Raynor''': Our angle? I'll give you angle, you slimy Confederate piece of sh-
--> '''Mengsk''': Jim! Enough! I'll handle this!
* In ''VideoGame/Left4Dead2'', Coach will shout "MOTHERF--" while being choked by a smoker, only to be cut off by his own coughing.
* ''VideoGame/MetalWolfChaos'' gets one when [[OurPresidentsAreDifferent Michael]] gives his opinion on [[PresidentEvil Richard's]] SpiderTank:
--> '''Michael:''' You are a sick-
--> '''Richard:''' Take a bite from its super energy wave phaser! [[SeeYouInHell It'll get you high enough to reach heaven!]]
* ''VideoGame/RatchetAndClankUpYourArsenal'' gave us this gem at [[FakeUltimateHero Captain Qwark's]] funeral:
--> '''Galactic President''': (concludes heartfelt speech)\\
'''Clank''' ([[spoiler:actually [[EvilTwin Klunk]]]]): What a load of bull-\\
'''Ratchet''': Shh!
* In ''VideoGame/{{Portal 2}}'', Cave Johnson gets interrupted by his own assistant.
--> '''Cave Johnson:''' Black Mesa can eat my bankrupt--
--> '''Caroline:''' Sir, the testing?
* ''VideoGame/FearEffect''. Deke tells Glas "You need a shave and a haircut, mate." Glas says "You mother-" before Hana interrupts him. It is likely that she did not interrupt Glas because of his cursing (Hana can curse, too), but because she needed to ask Deke questions and she could not do that if a fight broke out between Glas and Deke.
* In ''VideoGame/ImmortalSouls'', John isn't sure tasing Raven [[spoiler:[[ItMakesSenseInContext successfully freed her from mind control]]]], and wonders if he should try again, leading to:
-->'''Raven:''' Touch me again and I'll shove that taser up your—
-->'''John:''' YIKES! OK! I get the point.
* In ''VideoGame/{{Psychonauts}}'', just before [[spoiler:facing down Coach Oleander]], Razputin is ready to do a bit of trash-talking of his own. However, Raz is conveniently cut off right before he would have cursed, courtesy of [[spoiler:Milla levitating both him and Lili out of the asylum tower and safely back to the ground level]].
-->[[spoiler:'''Razputin:''' Back home I had to clean up after the elephants, so trust me; I can take care of this ugly pile of--]]
-->[[spoiler:'''Milla:''' ''(sending both Raz and Lili off)'' Let the grown-ups handle this!]]
* During the intro to ''Rita James and the Race to Shangri La'' Rita's pilot says "I'm gettin' too old for this sh-" before being cut off by Marbles the [[NonHumanSidekick one-eyed monkey]] impatiently blowing the plane's horn.
* Lara Croft in ''VideoGame/TombRaider'' cuts off Larson twice before he can say where he would shove the Scion fragment.
-->'''Larson''': You and that dribblin' piece of the Scion! You want to keep it so bad? I'll harness it right up your--
-->'''Lara''': Wait. We're talking about the artifact here?
-->'''Larson''': Damn straight, we are! Right up--
-->'''Lara''': Hold on! I'm sorry. This piece you say. Where's the rest?
* During her gag reel in ''VideoGame/BlazBlueContinuumShift'', Makoto is increasingly distraught with how [[WTFCastingAgency horribly miscast]] the re-enactment of herfamily life turned out, but she breaks into this trope when the "baby" comes onto the stage.
-->[[spoiler:'''Ragna''']]: Goo. ('Sup?)\\
'''Makoto''': [[FlatWhat What the fuuuuuuuu-]]\\
[[spoiler:'''Ragna''']]: Goo! Goo ga ga! (Hey! No F-bombs!)
* ''VisualNovel/VirtuesLastReward'': Phi towards the resident Jerkass Dio.
-->'''Phi''': Augh, you son of a--
-->'''K''': Please, We don't have the time for this.

[[AC:Web Animation]]
* Played with in ''WebAnimation/GirlchanInParadise'', before it's eventually subverted.
-->'''Yusuke:''' FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF--\\
'''Kenstar:''' Is this the episode where we say the F-word?\\
'''Yusuke:''' You mean [=FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFuck=]?
* ''WebAnimation/TurnaboutStorm'': The courtroom's reaction when Phoenix makes a particularly astonishing claim.
-->'''Trixie:''' What-!\\
'''Judge:''' The-!\\
'''Twilight:''' HELLO!?
* ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'':
** Blake Belladonna holds Roman Torchwick hostage at sword point. Roman goes, "Oh for fu-" before Blake presses her sword against his neck.
** Glynda rants at Ironwood that his wanting to send armies in every time there's a problem is tantamount to him engaging in "a contest of measuring di-". Ozpin cuts her off before she can complete her sentence.

[[AC:Web Comics]]
* In [[http://www.drmcninja.com/page.php?pageNum=33&issue=2 this]] issue of ''Webcomic/TheAdventuresOfDrMcNinja''.
-->'''Dr. [=McNinja=]:''': ''Yo ho'', motherf--\\
'''[[{{Mooks}} Pirate mook]]:''' He said a bad word!
** {{Lampshade|Hanging}}d in the AltText: "The self-censorship is killing me, Johnny."
* Done in ''WebComic/ErrantStory'' [[http://www.errantstory.com/2009-06-17/4218 here]], when Meji is calling out Sarine for a bit of hypocrisy.
-->'''Meji''': Well that seems like a mixed message, telling us not to kill anyone right after she kills the Queen Bi-
-->'''Jon''': Not the time Meji.
* Mr. Mighty's LargeHam speech in ''Webcomic/EverydayHeroes'' gets rudely [[http://eheroes.smackjeeves.com/chapters/70643/3-conflicts-and-alliances/ interrupted]].
--> '''Mr. Mighty:''' Wherever evil plots are sowed / They shall not come to pass!
--> '''Summer:''' So take your lunch and hit the road / Before Mom kicks your -
--> '''Jane:''' ''SUMMER!!''
* ''Webcomic/VGCats'' does this numerous times. For example, in [[http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=173 this comic]].
-->'''Leo:''' It's a p--
-->'''Aeris:''' I '''KNOW'''.
* ''Webcomic/{{Housepets}}'':
** [[http://www.housepetscomic.com/2009/11/16/off-to-a-smooth-start/ Spot interrupts Spo.]]
** In [[http://www.housepetscomic.com/2011/04/29/fetch/ a later strip]], Pete's curse[[note]]amusingly, the same interrupted word from the previous example[[/note]] interrupted by nearly getting a set of sharp teeth clamped onto his backside.
* ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick''
** From a LizardFolk: "Hey, while you're at it, look up '[[ExoticEquipment hemipenes]]', because you can suck BOTH of my-"
** #913, when Laurin and Tarquin learn that one of their allies has been killed [[WouldYouLikeToHearHowTheyDied and the killer gloats about it]]:
-->'''Laurin:''' You arrogant little sh-\\
'''Tarquin:''' Laurin, please. try to stay professional.
* From ''Webcomic/HijinksEnsue'', [[http://hijinksensue.com/?p=2094 this]]:
-->'''Josh''': "Emma Frost didn't even sound British. That's her thing! She uses a fake British accent, she's mostly naked and she's a total cun..."
-->'''Joel''': "Cunning telepath! My point exactly!"
* Done THRICE in [[http://www.schlockmercenary.com/2010-01-24 this]] ''WebComic/SchlockMercenary'' strip. Made even funnier because what's being cut short is pretty tame compared to most others on this page.
* In ''Webcomic/DMOfTheRings'', when Gimli tries to strike contact with the Rohirrim, but rolls a 1 for Diplomacy:
-->'''Gimli: TELL ME ''YOUR'' NAME, HORSE-FU--'''
-->'''Aragorn:''' Gimli!
-->'''Gimli:''' And I'll tell ye mine.
* ''Inverted'' in [[http://i909.photobucket.com/albums/ac294/caffeineincluded/GuessWhosNotSleepingTonight.png this page]] of ''Webcomic/MurphysLaw'', with Lexington's ponytail covering the first half of Miles' speech balloon.
* In the ''Series/DoctorWho'' [[FanWebComics Fan Web Comic]] ''[[http://comics.shipsinker.com/2008/02/06/the-10-doctors-page-81/ The Ten Doctors]]''
--->'''Sabalom Glitz:''' Personally I think it tastes like Nimon shi--\\
'''The Second Doctor:''' Ahem-hem... that's enough of that.
* Two in ''Webcomic/TheMeek'', including one where the curse is accidentally finished!
-->'''Alamand:''' It's hotter than a donkey's buttho--
-->'''Soli:''' Alamand.
-->'''Alamand:''' --out there.
** Earlier:
-->'''Pinter''': What the h-
-->'''Angora''': [[AccidentalPun Hello!]]
* ''WebComic/{{Precocious}}'':
--> '''On-Cue Ball:''' All signs point to I don't give a--
--> '''Shii-An Hu:''' KAITLYN!!
* In a [[http://www.sisterclaire.com/missing-moments/missing-moment-parole-pesanti-4 Missing Moments]] page of ''Webcomic/SisterClaire'':
--> '''Clementine:''' If I [[PorkyPigPronunciation fuh-fuh-fuh--]]
--> '''Mother Abraham:''' Clementine.
--> '''Clementine:''' --m-muh-mess up.

* On ''Series/GoodGame'': Spawn Point, Bajo describes the 'Movie-Game Tie In' of ''Avatar'' thusly:
--> '''Bajo:''' "Be careful with any movie-game tie-in, cause the chances are that it's going to be a big, steaming pile of sh-"
--> '''Hex:''' "That's it for this week..."
* In ''WebVideo/PotterPuppetPals'' we have this in "Wizard Angst":
--> '''Ron''': "Maybe he's in love!
-->'''Hermione''': "Who'd fall in love with such an a--"
-->'''Ron''': "Maybe he needs a hug!"
-->'''Harry''': ''"I don't want a hug!"''
* Often used in ''WebVideo/ImAMarvelAndImADC'':
---> '''Lex Luthor''': "Wow, this is good sh-"\\
''(Superman appears)''
** Also Green Goblin after electrocuting Lex.
---> '''Green Goblin''': "I knew you'd try to pull something like this, you son of a -"
---> ''(zapped by [[spoiler: Lars]])''
* ''Fanfic/{{Luminosity}}'' has a conversation including a distressed person, and a person with lightning powers.
-->'''Tanya:''' Don't tell me you're competing with [[TeamDad Carlisle]] for the title of most sanctimonious - ''[zap]''
* Literature/WhateleyUniverse "Ayla and the Great Shoulder Angel Conspiracy" when Kismet is trying to get her team to take a Team Tactics class:
-->'''Lemure''': I think you've mistaken me for someone who gives a rat's a- [Kismet interrupts]
* From the WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic[=/=]WebVideo/TheNostalgiaChick[=/=]Music/BrentalFloss musical combo review of ''Film/MoulinRouge'', this happens during the "El Tango De Pretense" musical number. They're not exactly concerned with limiting swearing over at TGWTG, especially given how many of their members typically default to ClusterFBomb, so it's probably due to the RuleOfFunny.
-->'''Phelous''': So proud of the way they botch classic rock/Ugh! These creative thieves can [[SubvertedRhymeEveryOccasion all suck on my]] -\\
'''Chick''': There's no shame in [[GuiltyPleasures liking something lame]]...
* In [[WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall Linkara's]] riff on the 1935 film version of ''[[AChristmasCarol Scrooge]]'' he sings, "This movie is a piece of--", at which point his co-riffers hastily break in, telling him that it's Christmas and he should keep it appropriate.

* ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales'':
** Through the course of the series, Huey, Dewey and Louie say "What the . . . ." a few times, before being inevitably interrupted. What the what? It's unclear.
** In "Where No Duck Has Gone Before", Doofus refers to Launchpad's dismissal of T.V. star Major Courage:
--> '''Doofus''': Launchpad says Major Courage wouldn't known an asteroid from an . . . ."
---> '''Huey, Dewey and Louie''': Shh! (as ''Courage of the Cosmos'' begins)
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Kaeloo}}'', a show which is well known for GettingCrapPastTheRadar, had an episode where Mr. Cat decided to sing a rap song with words ending in "uck":
-->'''Mr. Cat:''' I really couldn't [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar give a f-]]
-->'''Kaeloo:''' MISTER CAT!
* ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'' :
** A mild example: Cyborg says to Brother Blood, "You can take your offer and blow it out your--" "INSOLENT CHILD!"
** And again with Johnny Rancid, who taunting Robin about his dog "kicking your a--" then he is knocked back with two hoofprints on his chest. Reverse angle to Beast Boy, who has [[VisualPun turned into a donkey]].
** And in "Only Human", after Beast Boy has tried a complicated trick with shape-shifting and a cookie to try cheering Cyborg up:
--->'''Beast Boy:''' You're supposed to laugh! What do I have to do? Make it fly out my-
--->'''Raven:''' Let me try.
** "Mother Mae-Eye"
--->'''Robin''': Let us go, you crazy—-
---> '''Mother Mae-Eye''': You didn't say "Mother Mae-Eye"!
* ''WesternAnimation/TheGrimAdventuresOfBillyAndMandy'':
** "Curse of the Black Knight":
-->'''Grim:''' Don't make me get medieval on your...\\
'''Irwin:''' ''As'' I was saying...
:: [[DontExplainTheJoke Irwin holds the ''s'' for a bit too long]].
** One episode featured both this and a version at the end where Billy gets cut off by the ending:
-->'''Grim''': Billy, that's not really shampoo. It's dog-
-->'''Mandy''': Steak sauce.
-->'''Billy''': Dog STEAK SAUCE? No wonder it tasted so GOOD!
* ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'' used this now and then:
-->'''Braniac:''' I ''am'' Krypton.\\
'''Superman:''' You're a perversion, dishonoring the very memory of my father and all my people.\\
'''Braniac:''' And this is your final decision?\\
'''Superman:''' Read my lips. Go to-\\
'''Braniac:''' Unfortunate, but predictable.
** In "A Better World", Superman goes, "I don't know about the rest of you, but I'm ready to kick some serious-" before Flash cuts him off.
** In "Hawk and Dove", a thug tells Dove, "Why don't you kiss my-" at which point Dove twists his arm, causing him to scream.
** And from "The Balance", when Franchise/WonderWoman has just been told that Zeus has ordered her to [[spoiler: stop Felix Faust]], who has taken over [[{{Hell}} Tartarus]]:
--->'''Wonder Woman:''' So, he's telling me to go to-
--->'''Hermes:''' Basically.
* ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold'' - "The Battle of the Superheroes", which is a half-hour tribute to the concept of {{Superdickery}}, naturally had to sneak in a joke based on the actual term.
-->'''Jimmy Olsen:''' Superman's turned into a real di-
-->'''Lois Lane:''' -fferent person.
* ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'' has a few:
** From "The Algae's Always Greener":
--> '''Plankton:''' No more intrusions! I'd like to begin writing a "memoirs of my success" story, so everyone just '''stay the—''' *ground shakes*
--> '''Pearl:''' Daddy! DADDY!
** And one from "The Bully", after [=SpongeBob=] tries to ask for pencil-arranging help:
--> '''Nancy:''' I think it goes stuck inside your—
--> '''[=SpongeBob=]:''' Wait, I got it!
** From "The Lost Mattress" (Really a Threat Cut Short, but it still counts)
-->'''Squidward:''' You did this, [=SquarePants=]! If you don't get Mr. Krabs' mattress back from the dump, I am going to mur--!
-->'''Officer:''' Ahem.
-->'''Squidward:''' Uhh...Help you do it myself.
* In ''The Shiny Show'' (which is aimed at ''three-year-olds!'') this occurs. Obviously the cut-off word is [[GoshdangItToHeck not as strong as other cases.]]
* In the ''WesternAnimation/RockosModernLife'' episode "Kiss Me, I'm Foreign":
-->'''Rocko & Filburt:''' ''(answering the door while shouting)'' What in the he...llo? ''(realizing the deportation guy keeping track of them is at the door)''
* ''WesternAnimation/BeastWars'': "Changing of the Guard"
-->'''Rattrap''': The next time that big ape asks me to do something for him, man, I am going to shove my blaster so far up his--\\
'''Silverbolt''': Target dead ahead. Prepare for drop.
* ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible''
** Subverted regarding Kim's [[NeverMessWithGranny Nana]], and a callback to ''Shaft'':
-->'''Drakken''': Your Nana is one bad ''grand''mother--
-->'''Kim''': Shut your mouth!
** Another example, when Ron is wearing half of a unicorn costume on Halloween:
-->'''Kid''': You're no unicorn, you're just a horse's...
-->'''Duff Killigan (suddenly appearing)''': I've come to claim what's mine!
* A similar example in ''WesternAnimation/DextersLaboratory'', when Dexter grows a beard and is being gawked at by Dee Dee and her friends.
--> '''Dee Dee''': That is one rugged brother--\\
'''Dee Dee's friends''': Shut your mouth!
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Sixteen}}'', "Khaki Girl":
--> '''Caitlin''': Tricia.\\
'''Tricia''': Caitlin. New loser friends of Caitlin.\\
'''Nikki''': Oh, you stuck up little bi--\\
'''Jonesy''': OKAY, who wants some chunklets, huh?
* From''WesternAnimation/TotalDrama World Tour'':
--> '''Courtney''': I'm a C.I.T.!\\
'''Heather''': More like a B-I-T-C-\\
'''Gwen''': Guys, let's get going.
** It happens again in a later episode:
--> '''Geoff''': Well, ain't karma a real-
-->'''Blaineley''': That wasn't karma, it was bad aim.
* Inverted in an episode of ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'', after Hayley sleeps with Stan's boss:
--> '''Hayley''': I know it's crazy, but I like him. He challenges me, and besides, he has a really huge-
--> '''Stan''': Penis! I mean, Hayley! Dammit! I was trying to cut you off before you said-
--> '''Hayley''': I was going to say "heart" but, well, you shined his shoes.
* When ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents'' were interviewed by Creator/{{MTV}}'s ''TRL''
-->'''Timmy:''' Well, Quddus, much like Christina, Vicky is an evil...\\
'''Wanda:''' Timmy!
* On ''WesternAnimation/JimmyTwoShoes'', when Jimmy is hallucinating all his friends, including [[EnfantTerrible Heloise]] in a girly dress. After a few steps she growls "If I were awake, I'd kick your-" before hallucination Lucius picks her up.
* In ''WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor'' the Spinach Inquisition (an army of Spaniards who have an odd obsession with Spinach) shows up to get kids to eat the green leafs. They capture the titular kids and attempt to force them to eat spinach, through song. Numbah 1 almost lets out a not-so-kid friendly word before being cut off.
--> '''Numbah 1'''- “I said no once, I said no twice, you chained me here and that’s not nice. I will not eat it, not a scrap. I tried it once, it tastes like-”
* Spider-Man uses his trademark webbing to do this in an episode of ''WesternAnimation/{{Ultimate Spider-Man}}''.
--> '''Thundra''': You miserable little…
--> '''Thundra (gagged)''': Mmmph!
--> '''Spider-Man''': Uh-uh! Language, Thundie! [[LeaningOnTheFourthWall Kids are watching!]]
* ''WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy'':
** In a combination of this and Sound Effect Bleep.
--> '''Kevin''': Beat it dorky, or I'll shove these moon rocks right up your - (Jonny's trumpet)
** In Sir Ed A Lot:
--->'''Ed:''' I am a horse!
--->'''Eddy:''' You're a horse's-
--->'''Sarah:''' HEY!! You'd better win!
* In ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill'':
--> '''Thatherton''': M.F. Thatherton. Thatherton Fuels.
--> '''Mr. Holloway''': Dang glad to meet you, M.F.
--> '''Hank''': The M.F. stands for...
--> '''Thatherton''': My friend!
* In one episode of ''WesternAnimation/PepperAnn'', Milo rants about the art teacher giving him a bad grade.
--> '''Milo''': That woman wouldn't know art if it bit her in the--
--> '''Pepper Ann''': ''Assignment'', Milo, it was just an assignment.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'':
** Not exactly a curse, but in the episode "Yokel Chords":
-->'''Spunkler Kid:''' Ain't you one o' them funny, big-nosed, show-biz people?
-->'''Krusty:''' Oh, you mean a clown?
-->'''Spunkler Kid:''': No, a J-
-->'''Krusty:''' Joker! And I'm not [[UnusualEuphemism a practicing joker]], so I'm not offended. Heh-heh!
** And in "Hurricane Neddy" about Ned Flanders' troubled childhood:
-->'''Ned:''' I'm Dick Tracy! Take that, Pruneface! Now I'm Pruneface! Take that, Dick Tracy! Now I'm Prune Tracy! Take that, Dick-
-->'''Doctor:''' Ned! Stop that at once!
** Again in "The Real Housewives of Fat Tony":
--> '''Fat Tony''': I like you; I don't know whether to knock you on your kisser or kiss you on your knockers.
--> '''Selma''': I don't know whether to peck you on your kisser or kiss you on your-
--> '''Fat Tony''':[[ItMakesSenseInContext You shall have your lipo.]]
* In ''WesternAnimation/WolverineAndTheXMen'': ''Wolverine vs. The Hulk''
-->'''Wolverine:''' Oh, you gotta be kidding me, Fury. Mystical curse my a- * violently grabbed by Hulk*
* In the pilot of ''WesternAnimation/{{Archer}}'':
-->'''Lana:''' It's Archer's fault.\\
'''Cyril:''' It's fine.\\
'''Lana:''' It's just with the lying, and the cheating, and [[NoodleIncident that thing with the mayonnaise]]...\\
'''Cyril:''' It's FINE.\\
'''Lana:''' Not to mention how messed up he is about his mother! Did you know he once called her name while we were f-\\
'''Cyril:''' FIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIINE!
* In the ''WesternAnimation/{{Beetlejuice}}'' episode "Robbin' Juice of Sherweird Forest", after BJ sets himself up as a Robin Hood knock-off, only to con the poor peasants out of having to give them any of the money he steals from the rich, GreekChorus Alan [[PunnyName Airdale]] starts singing a mocking song:
-->'''Alan Airdale''': Robbin' Hood, he can't be trusted\\
Robbin' Hood, his heart is rusted\\
Robbin' Hood, he's got not class\\
Robbin' Hood is such an...\\
''(Beetlejuice clubs Alan over the head with his own lute)''
* Creator/TexAvery did this at the end of "Blitz Wolf" when the Big Bad Hitler Wolf winds up in hell.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheBoondocks'':
** "Wingman": After Huey's former friend Cairo headbutts him and sends him flying across the deck:
--->'''Riley:''' YOU GOT KNOCKED THE FU-- ''(Granddad shushes him)'' never mind.
** "Stinkmeaner 3: The Hateocracy": During Robert's nightmare, when Tom is forced to abandon Sarah:
--->'''Sarah:''' TOM! You punk-ass motherf-- ''(the Stinkmeaner clones drag her away)'' AAAAAAH!
* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'', one of the deleted scenes from "Parasites Lost" has Fry explaining that he was trying to stick up for Leela at the truck stop, leading to this exchange:
-->'''Leela:''' Your heart was in the right place, but your brain must've been up your-
-->'''Hermes:''' Moving on to item 0.002!
* In ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'' episode "Not What He Seems", Dipper and Mabel find a security tape of Grunkle Stan [[spoiler: stealing barrels of toxic waste]]. Then he drops something on his foot:
-->'''Stan:''' Gah! ''[[UnusualEuphemism Hot Belgian waffles!]]'' ''(beat)'' Wait, I'm alone. I can swear for real! ''(deep breath)'' ''SON OF A--''\\
'''Dipper:''' ''(hastily pauses the tape)'' That's him, alright...
* Shows up in ''Toys/{{Lalaloopsy}}'' of all places during "Search For Pillow".
-->'''Jewel:''' ''[offscreen]'' First, Kitty, we'll go down with you on my lap facing forward, then facing backward. And be careful not to [[GroinAttack scratch my]]-
-->'''Mittens:''' ''[offscreen]'' Watch out, Jewel!
* From the short ''Lemmings'' (2005) made by the crew members of the former animation studio StarToons:
-->'''Lemming 1''': (singing) Our population's run amuk!
-->'''Lemming 2''': Can't help it, but we love to f--
-->'''Artie''': Stop!, you can't say that!
* ''WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse'': In [[ChristmasEpisode "11 Louds a Leapin'"]], Luna tries to write a Christmas song, and one particular draft receives an interruption.
-->''Merry Christmas, honey''
-->''If you don't have a gift, I'd gladly take money''
-->''I wrote it down on my Christmas list''
-->''If I don't get my presents, I'm gonna get--''
-->'''Mr. Grouse:''' LOUDS! Knock off that racket!
* ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars'': [[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS1E18MysteryOfAThousandMoons "Mystery of a Thousand Moons"]] has this:
-->'''Anakin:''' If you ask me, that sounds like a load of s--
-->'''Obi-Wan:''' ''Superstition?''
-->'''Anakin:''' That's one word for it.
* In ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'' episode "Last One Out Of Beach City", when Pearl is outrunning the police:
-->'''Amethyst:''' Pearl, you're a total bad-- (car speeds up)
* From the ''WesternAnimation/SupermanTheAnimatedSeries'' episode "Speed Demons":
-->'''Superman''': (Grabbing the Flash as he runs around him) Save it for the race
-->'''Flash''': Don't worry about me pal, I've got more than enough heat to burn your sorry a--
-->'''Mayor''': (clearing his throat) Thank you both for participating in this charity event

* Creator/NeilPatrickHarris got one when he appeared on Creator/CraigFerguson's show in which he discussed his love of Silly Bandz. Possibly that it is scripted, funny either way.
-->'''NPH:''' They all make shapes! So I have four of them. This one I am very excited by, it's a rabbit 'cause I'm a magician and I like magic. ''(shows a rabbit-shaped band)''
-->'''Craig:''' Oh yeah? You still hidin' rabbits down your pants and that kind of thing?
-->'''NPH:''' Sometimes...
-->'''Craig:''' Mmmkay.
-->'''NPH:''' This one's a pineapple because I like piña coladas. ''(show a pineapple)''
-->'''Craig:''' And, uh, walks in the rain?
-->'''NPH:''' Sometimes... This one's a dolphin because I like dolphins. ''(shows a dolphin)''
-->'''Craig:''' Oh really? ''(in a snooty voice)'' I don't care for dolphins, I prefer sharks!
-->'''NPH:''' And this one's a rooster, because I love --
-->'''Craig:''' Heeeeyy!! Neil Patrick Harris, everybody!

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[[AC:ComicBooks]]
* Comicbook/{{Supergirl}}: In ''Comicbook/DemonSpawn'', after putting up with her overbearing, self-serving, mean-spirited rival and co-worker Nasthalthia 'Nasty' Luthor, Linda Danvers -as well known as Kara Zor-El, alias Supergirl- grumbles:
-->'''Supergirl:''' That lousy 'Nasty'! She's out to get me fired! That rotten, under-handed stupid w...
* In Franchise/XMen, one of ComicBook/{{Nightcrawler}}'s standard exclamations is "Ach du lieber..." (frequently misspelled: "Ach du leiber..."), which means "Oh you dear...". He never once finishes it, so we can only guess what word is cut off. "Gott"? "Augustin"? "Herr Gesangsverein"?
* In ''ComicBook/TheGoldenAge'': Lance Gallant to the spirit of his brother Michael when he's making a phone call.
-->"It's my time and my life, so why don't you fu—...h-hello, Paula, it's Lance...Lance Gallant...
* In ''ComicBook/JemAndTheHolograms'' Pizzazz stops herself before she finishes the sentence.
-->'''Pizzazz''': "Roxy, if you don't stop with the drumming I'm gonna shove those drumsticks---"

* ''Fanfic/ACrownOfStars'': In chapter 49:
** '''Asuka''':''“Gott damn it, Shinji! That wasn’t funny! I’m trying to get rid of her and you almost made me c... Ahem, lose my composure.”''
* Downplayed in ''Fanfic/CalvinAndHobbesTheSeries'' (which [[ScriptFic imitates]] a children's show), where the narrator stops short of mentioning a GroinAttack.
* ''Fanfic/TheChildOfLove'': After believing [[spoiler:Asuka had died and then hearing her laughter]] Misato begins saying "What the f...?" before trailing off.
* In ''Fanfic/ChildrenOfTime'', Beth Lestrade and Literature/SherlockHolmes have an increasingly heated fight, and Holmes insults her pretty badly. Beth slaps him and says, "How dare you, you selfish, inconsiderate---" The narrative says that she stops herself before she says what she knows she'll regret.
* In ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/9074341/7/Expecting-the-Unexpected Expecting the Unexpected]]'' Harry is giving an eight-month-old Teddy Lupin his bottle when the kid spits some out.
-->'''Harry:''' Yeah, I'd spit it out too. This formula stuff tastes like cra- er, not nice.
** In the sequel, ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/9380418/3/Gamma-Draconis Gamma Draconis]]'' an adult Harry accidentally runs into the back of a teenage Teddy.
-->'''Harry:''' Fu- I mean, Merlin, are you OK?
* ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/8633479/2/Harry-Potter-and-the-Time-Travel Harry Potter and the Time Travel]]'':
-->'''Hermione:''' Luna, I'm very sorry if I came across like a total bit- idiot.
* ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7302551/6/Liberi-De-Luna Liberi De Luna]]'':
-->'''Fenrir Greyback:''' Aw, fu - I mean, fudge.
* In ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5426558/5/Never-Fear-the-Shadows Never Fear the Shadows]]'' Sirius tries to get a thirteen-year-old Harry out of the shower.
-->'''Sirius:''' Holy sh--Merlin! Do you always enjoy showers in the sub-zero?
* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10360056/4/The-Pride-s-Hatchling The Pride's Hatchling]]'':
-->'''Ron:''' You know if you're trying to pull off the pureblood look it's not working, you have made it look like there's dragon shi--droppings beneath your nose!\\
\\
'''Seamus: Shi--atsu in a soup!
* In ''Fanfic/BoysUndSenshado'', [[OriginalCharacter Akio]] says this to [[Anime/GirlsUndPanzer Miho]] after her mother, whom Akio and his family ''strongly'' dislike, [[spoiler:disowns her]].
-->'''Akio''': I'm upset that bi- um... bat did that to you.
* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/4674115/5/The-Promise The Promise]]'' Sirius is hurt while trying to defend an eight-year-old Harry.
-->'''Sirius:''' Yeah...got me good, the little fu- fellow.
* In ''Fanfic/BoysDoTankary'', Brent does this at one point.
-->'''Brent''': I'll give Ian hel...I mean a retraining course.
* In ''Fanfic/TheWrongReflection'' Eleya's mother scolds her for swearing about her wine glass being empty, leading to this line:
-->“Sorry, Mother. Where’s that d”—I catch myself—“springwine bottle?”
* Happens more than once in ''[[http://archiveofourown.org/works/520240/chapters/919488 It's My Problem]]'' whenever a member of the Avengers nearly drops a PrecisionFStrike (none of them are used to having Spider-man, or more importantly a fifteen year old, around).
* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/8553100/2/The-Rise-and-Fall-of-Harry-J-Potter The Rise and Fall of Harry J. Potter]]'' Ron's attempt at such in front of Harry's older son is rather amusing.
-->'''Ron:''' The fuc--oh shit, Jamie's here. I mean, oh damn, Jamie's...screw this. Harry, George: what the hell?
* In ''FanFic/FourDeadlySecrets'', Pyrrha does this repeatedly.
* In the thirteenth chapter of ''Fanfic/TheSecondTry'', a police officer begins saying "Ah... shi-", and then he catches himself when he realizes there is a little kid in the room.
* ''Fanfic/TangledUpInYou'' has a running gag involving Adrien's inability to swear. At one point, during a game of "Fuck, Marry, Kill", he manages to get the "F" out before amending it to "have sex with Marinette."

* You see this done a ''lot'' with "tough guy" characters in old '30s and '40s films. "Why, you...!"
* ''Disney/{{Aladdin}}'':
--> '''Iago''': [on seeing that Aladdin survived a near-drowning] "How in the He-- I mean, uh, AWKKK!"
* Regina George in ''Film/MeanGirls'':
--> "MOTHER--" * extended screaming*
* In ''Film/DarkStar'' the computer automatically censors obscenities in Sgt Pinback's diary entries, replacing them with silence and a caption reading "deleted", and in one case a full-screen caption reading "Gesture Deleted".
* ''Film/SpyKids'': "Oh, sh…iitake mushrooms."
* ''Film/HomeAlone'': In the second movie, Buzz does this near the end. "Alright, enough of this gooey sh--" (*sees everyone looking at him*) "show of emotion."
* ''Film/TheProducers'': Max, looking through his gallery of little old ladies:
-->'''Max:''' "Hold me touch me", where is "hold me touch me"? "Kiss me feel me", "Lick me bite me", "Yank me spank me", "Suck me fu--"... ah! "Hold me touch me"!
* Part of the lyrics in ''Theatre/MyFairLady''. In this case you know what the word should be by the rhyme scheme.
-->'''Eliza:''' "You, dear friend who talk so well,
-->You can go to ... Hertford, Hereford and Hampshire!"
* In ''Theatre/TheOddCouple'', Oscar is watching a baseball game in the press box when he's summoned to the phone. While Felix is telling him not to eat any frankfurters at the ballpark because he's making franks and beans for dinner that night, Oscar [[MissingTheGoodStuff misses a triple play]]. He turns back to the phone:
-->'''Oscar:''' ''ARE YOU CRAZY?!! ARE YOU OUT OF YOUR MIND?!! TAKE YOUR FRANKFURTERS AND...!'' (*slams receiver down*)
* In ''Film/BlazingSaddles'', Hedley presents the governor with his choice for Rock Ridge's new sheriff, a black man. Shocked, the governor pulls him aside for a private conservation:
-->'''Gov. Le Petomane:''' Have you lost your mind? Can't you see that that man is a ni--
-->''The governor notices that he has accidentally pulled aside the new sheriff, not Hedley.''
** The movie takes the joke even further; even when talking to Hedley, he still says "ni" instead of the full word.
* In ''Film/TheBigLebowski'', Walter nearly told Donny to shut the fuck up.
-->'''Walter:''' Donny, shut the f- When do we play?
* In ''Film/BruceAlmighty'', Bruce almost lets one slip before realizing that it's God in high person he's speaking to.
-->'''Bruce:''' Holy sh- ...cow.
* Lord Shen seems to make one (which could possibly just be a stutter) in ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda2''.
-->'''Shen:''' FIRE! FIRE! Fire, for fu- ...FIRE!
* In ''Film/TheAmazingSpiderMan'', when Gwen Stacy tells Peter Parker (as Spider-Man) on the phone that [[spoiler: she's going to wait in the Oscorp Tower for the antidote to finish "cooking" while The Lizard is on his way, much to Peter's horror]], she then hangs up, leading to this:
--> '''Peter/Spider-Man:''' Gwen! ''Gwen!'' You mother- Hubbard, are you serious?!
* ''Film/IronMan3'' - Rhodey and Tony are arguing about Tony's [=PTSD=] from ''The Avengers'', only to notice two kids.
-->'''Rhodey:''' I'm not trying to be a dic...tator.
* Played with in ''Film/TheHobbit'' - Bilbo, accidentally setting off a small but noisy avalanche of treasure while ExploringTheEvilLair, says "Sh...shush" in a manner suggesting he was considering saying something rather different.
* Former kids' show host Joe Carruthers does this in ''Film/ErnestSavesChristmas'' on the set of a Christmas-themed horror movie, when pointing a gun at the monster: "Die, you son of a...son of a..." [[ThinkOfTheChildren He simply can't swear in front of children.]] Or, perhaps, at all.
* ''Film/{{Deadpool 2016}}'': Wade does this right before passing out, and it is revealed to the audience that he has cancer.

[[AC:{{Literature}}]]
* ''Literature/{{Discworld}}''
** In ''Discworld/TheTruth'', Mr Tulip is often heard to use "--ing". As in "that --ing rubbish". [[spoiler: Near the end of the book, you discover that he only says the ing part of whichever curse he may have been thinking.]] It's also Lampshaded in the book with people bemusedly wondering what is he saying. And near the end [[spoiler: Sacharissa tries to start cursing by peppering her sentences with "ing" in appropriate places as well as saying, "'Ing.' I feel so much better for saying that, you know? 'Ing.' 'Inginginginging.' I wonder what it means."]]
** Captain Carrot can apparently pronounce "d*mn." (But then, Rincewind can say "!")
** Cohen in ''Discworld/InterestingTimes'', claiming the Agatean Empire's bureaucracy requires you to fill out a form if you want to go to the privy. "Can't get married without a chit. Can't leave your village without a chit. Can't even have a ... Ah well, here we are."
** In ''Discworld/ReaperMan'', for reasons that [[ItMakesSenseInContext Make Sense in Context]], Ridcully's swear words are turning into unpleasant-looking creatures, and the other wizards are encouraging him to GoshDangItToHeck. The Bursar suggests that Mrs Whitlow says "sugar!", and Ridcully retorts "She may ''say'' 'sugar', but she ''means'' 'shi'..." before stopping himself.
* German humorist Kurt Tucholsky used this in a poem, talking to a baby girl: "You / will become a great who-"
* In ''Literature/SheepsClothing'', Wolf Cowrie calls his nemesis a "son of a b--" before remembering that he is in a church and stopping himself. He still gets a disapproving look from the local pastor.
* In an article about B Western movies, humorist Creator/PatrickMcManus comments that all characters in such movies "curse" in this fashion, be they villains or heroes.

* ''Series/ArrestedDevelopment'':
--> '''Tobias''': [''arguing with Lindsay''] Oh, great, and now you're mocking me?! You selfish cun- [''realizing his daughter is listening''] try-music loving lady!
* In ''Series/BabylonFive'', Londo stops in mid-thought:
-->'''Londo:''' And you can kiss my plump Centauri a--aah, gentlemen, this is what I've been waiting for.
* ''Series/BostonLegal'': In one of his infamous long-winded closings, Alan Shore did this:
-->"We have mothers, bragging to their friends about being [=MILFs=] at their kids' high schools. M-I-L-F, '''M'''other '''I''''d '''L'''ike to '''F'''...orgive me for speaking this way in court."
* Series/{{Buffy|The Vampire Slayer}} working as a high school guidance counselor:
-->'''Buffy:''' You have to stick up for yourself, Amanda. You need to show this bully that you're not gonna take any more of his sh... guff. Uh, any guff.
* In the Mexican VarietyShow, ''Series/LaCaravana'', this is the whole point of the sketch starring Victor Trujillo named ''El Charro Amarillo'', when he sings offensive ranchero songs, but always changes the offensive parts at the last stanza.
* In the ''Series/{{Chuck}}'' episode "Chuck versus the First Date", Chuck's reaction when he first sees the team's new underground spy base known as Castle is:
--> "What the... HELL-O!"
* In ''Series/{{Charmed}}'', after Phoebe's FetusTerrible takes Phoebe over to push Paige out a window, her reaction is:
-->'''Paige''': But why me? I don't have anything against the little fu-- uh, fetus.
* Keith Olbermann's "WHAT THE -" segment on ''Series/{{Countdown|WithKeithOlbermann}}''. Usually Keith stops himself, sometimes he's cut off by a commercial break.
* ''Series/DoctorWho'': Rose, in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS28E11FearHer "Fear Her"]]:
-->'''The Doctor:''' Come on, you were a kid once.\\
'''Rose:''' Yeah, and I know what kids are like. Right little sh--. . . terrors.
* ''Series/HowIMetYourMother'': When Lily finds out that Barney slept with a nanny that she and Marshall wanted to hire, she was about to say, "You son of a bitch", notices that she has her son with her, then slips into PigLatin for the last word.
* ''Series/LegendOfTheSeeker'', "Princess": Cara has to impersonate a princess to get into a castle, and a local law requires her to speak in rhyming couplets in the presence of the margrave. Later, when she's holding him at knifepoint to get the key to the dungeons:
-->'''Cara:''' Dear Margrave, the sight of your face makes me sick\\
You decadent, pompous, self-satisfied-- ''(punches him in the face)''
* In ''Series/{{Monk}}'', episode "Mr. Monk Gets Lotto Fever," when Natalie confronts Monk about mocking her job. In this case, the word is "bimbo":
-->'''Adrian Monk''': Oh, ''you'' are ''not'' making them rich! You're not giving them financial advice. You're just reading little numbers off little white ping pong balls! And if it wasn't you, they'd just hire some other bim-''[stops himself]''\\
'''Natalie Teeger''': Some other what?! "Bim" what?! ''[beat]''\\
'''Adrian Monk''': [[LastSecondWordSwap Bimportant]] person.\\
'''Natalie Teeger''': Mr. Monk, do-do you think I'm a [[DumbBlonde bimbo]]?! Look, I know what I do isn't the most ''bim''portant job on the planet, but what do I do for ''you''?! Hand you wipes all day long?! Pick up your laundry?! You know people admire me now, and I admit it, I am enjoying the attention! I guess I needed it!\\
'''Adrian Monk:''' Yeah, uh, I'm sorry, but I can't work like this! So ''you're'' going to have to choose. ''[gestures to himself and Stottlemeyer, then to Natalie's fans]''
* When Creator/LinManuelMiranda hosted ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'', he sang his monologue to the tune of ''Theater/HamiltonMyShot''. At one point, he walked into the hall of previous hosts, and stops in front of the portrait of Creator/DonaldTrump...
--->'''Lin:''' On this wall, in this hall, and I'm getting a piece of it,\\
Like Miley, Schumer, Tracy Morgan and THIS PIECE OF-\\
(stares at Trump picture)\\
(mumbles/sings) [[FunnyAneurysmMoment Well, he's never gonna be president now, never gonna be president now..]]
* ''Series/ATouchOfFrost''. DI Frost is insulting his superior (as usual) [[RightInFrontOfMe when the man in question enters the room]].
-->'''Frost''': "Well Horn-rimmed Harry can go stick it up his ahhhh hello sir!"
* From ''Series/TheVicarOfDibley", Episode "The Window & the Weather":
--> ''Hugo appears suddenly, startling Geraldine''
--> '''Geraldine:''' OH FUC-rying out loud, Hugo!

* Music/PanicAtTheDisco:
** In "There's A Good Reason These Tables Are Numbered, Honey, You Just Haven't Thought Of It Yet":
-->I bet to them your name is "Cheap," I bet to them you look like shh...
** Another one of their songs, "I Write Sins, Not Tragedies" contains the line "What a shame the poor groom's bride is a whore". Guess which word gets replaced with "Shh!" in the music video!
* The Johnny Horton song "The Battle of New Orleans" has the following line: "Then we opened up with squirrel guns and really gave 'em ... well", then going into the chorus of the song.
* Music/TheWho's "My Generation" has a classic usage:
--> Why don't you all f-f-f-f-f-fade away?
* In {{Music/Primus}}' song "The Air Is Getting Slippery", each time it sounds like the singer is going to say "fuck" it's replaced by "Forgive me if I hesitate". He finally says it at the very end though.
* {{Music/Voltaire}}'s "The Dirtiest Song That Ain't" is practically nothing but this every other line.
* "[[http://dmdb.org/lyrics/shaving.cream.html Shaving Cream]]"; each verse seems like it's going to end in- "shaving cream, so nice and clean!"
* Mostly Main/PlayedForLaughs in this instance, but during an acoustic performance of ''Juular'' in 2015, Devin Townsend gets to the chorus. And then realises he's ''in London's St. James' Church''...
--> [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_uEz8dCHSQU&t=57m57s Eye for an eye..! I survived and God--... ''*exaggerated awkward coughing*'']]
* While Fred Durst of Music/LimpBizkit is SirSwearsALot, "Nookie" has the infamous line "Take that cookie and stick it up your (Yeah!)".
* Music/FiveFingerDeathPunch: "Did you know I don't care? You can suck my..."
* Joe South's "Games People Play":
--> Look around, tell me what you see\\
What's happening to you and me?\\
God grant me the serenity\\
To remember who I am\\
\\
'Cause you're givin' up your sanity\\
For your pride and your vanity\\
Turn your back on humanity\\
And you don't give a...na, na, na, da, dadadada...
* Brook Benton's "Boll Weevil Song":
--> And the boll weevil said to the farmer,\\
Said, "Farmer, I'd like to wish you well"\\
Farmer said to the boll weevil,\\
"Yeah, and I wish that you were in...\\
\\
Lookin' for a home\\
Lookin' for a home\\
Ahh, you have a home, all right\\
You have a home\\
A real hot home..."
* "The Real Sugar Baby" by Stephanie Beard features this:
-->"And there's a million of us\\
Just like me, fuss like me\\
Just don't give a fu-\\
Oh! I would never say that"
* This lyric in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSOiTpBkKq4 "What Kind of Pokémon are You"]]:
-->''Good luck with Muk and his poison gas, make one wrong move and it will kick your... Grass.''

* In ''[[VideoGame/{{Warcraft}} Warcraft 3]]'':
--> '''Prince Kael'thas''': Insolent son of a ... Let's get this over with!
** In ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'', during the Siegecrafter Blackfuse encounter, if you destroy one of the gadgets on the conveyor belt or one of the Automated Shredders, Blackfuse will say "You son of a..." [[BerserkButton before getting an attack speed bonus for a few seconds]].
* At the beginning of the make money for Venus level (Formerly Save The Pandas from WLK) in ''[[VideoGame/KatamariDamacy Katamari Forever]]'', the king needs to rhyme something with rich. So he says, "If you don't have any, what a bi-" Or something along those lines. Then he catches himself.
* In the City Elf Origin in ''VideoGame/DragonAgeOrigins'', a guard tries to arrest the PC for either killing or robbing a nobleman (depending on player choice.) Duncan steps in and uses his authority to save the PC, leading the guard to say "Son of a tied down... Fine."
* In ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaTheDraculaXChronicles'', Richter starts staying "Son of a…" before cutting himself off while saving Maria from Shaft.
* ''VideoGame/StarCraftIIWingsOfLiberty'' has this:
--> '''Matt Horner''': Holy sh--sir, scanners show the largest zerg biosignature I've ever seen!
* In ''VideoGame/{{Madagascar}}'' for Gamecube. Marty and Mort get Wilbur to fulfill his promise (which turns out to be truly anticlimactic), much to Marty's annoyance. He says: "I oughtta open up a can of Whoopa-- BUTT on you, Warthog!!!"
* In ''VideoGame/MassEffect3'', [[SirSwearsALot Jack]] has taken to censoring herself while [[spoiler:in front of her students]], leading to her retorting to Joker, "Screw you, f...light lieutenant." Which leads into a "cut to next scene" example below...
* A Youngster trainer you battle in ''VideoGame/PokemonXAndY'' says "Aww sh.....shucks!" after you beat him.
* In ''VideoGame/{{Earthbound}}'', before the fight with the Department Store Spook, he taunts you with "This department store is gonna be your grave! Gwaaagh. You will be gone, and you’ll be burning in… well, you’ll go to heaven!"
* ''Franchise/AceAttorney'' has a few of these. For example, in Turnabout Academy, when talking about how Juniper Woods prepared most of the mock trial herself, Athena stops herself just short. Likely, in-universe, due to her thinking that Juniper wouldn't like her swearing in front of her.
-->'''Athena:''' That sounds like it was a right pain in the--I-I mean, that sounds like it would be a lot of hard work...!
* Ordis in ''Videogame/{{Warframe}}'', an artificial intelligence suffering from what is essentially schizophrenia, has his curses cut short when he glitches out. While [[ElectronicSpeechImpediment glitching]], he tells a friendly [[OneNationUnderCopyright Corpus]] deserter to "go straight to h-" before immediately apologizing.

* ''ComicBook/ElfQuest'' occasionally has one character censoring another, for instance [[http://www.elfquest.com/gallery/OnlineComics/OQ/OQ11/DisplayOQ11.html?page=22 here (panel 6)]].
* ''Webcomic/M9Girls'' : Pato goes "What the--" when she inadvertently realizes she has absorbent powers.
* ''Webcomic/{{Sinfest}}''. [[http://www.sinfest.net/view.php?date=2001-11-29 There's nothing Slick cun--CAN'T do]]

* Strong Bad in ''WebAnimation/HomestarRunner'', [[FourthWallMailSlot answering an email]]:
--> "'Hi strong bad. This is Trevor from Hampden Maine and I was wondering if you could teach me how to be as awesome as you. I am a vampire and' And what? That's it? I'm a vampire and here's a million dollars...or I'm a vampire and here's your own spaceship... I mean what the f ''({{beat}})'' Oh no, I get it. THEY GOT HIM!!!"
** In the DVD commentary, Strong Bad says he was going to say "what the fireplace in the mangic place".
* [[MemeticMutation A comic panel from the depths of 4chan that often ends in a crudely drawn person screaming]] '''[[color:red:FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU-]]''' Not exactly "short," but decidedly unfinished.
** Though this isn't about censorship so much as [[{{Angrish}} unrepresentable rage]]. The ImageBoard in question has very little interest in censoring anything.
** Subverted at least once, with the penultimate panel being a screamed "TO-".
* ''Literature/WhateleyUniverse'': In conjunction with LastSecondWordSwap and SubvertedRhymeEveryOccasion. In [[http://whateleyacademy.net/index.php/original-timeline/768-blood-sister-blood-brother Blood Sister, Blood Brother]]:
--> Miss Mary had a steamboat, the steamboat had a bell
--> Miss Mary went to Heaven, the steamboat went to
--> Hello operator, please give me number Nine
--> And if you disconnect me, I’ll kick you from
--> Behind the frigerator, there lies a piece of glass
--> Miss Mary sat upon it and broke her little
--> Ask me no more questions, I’ll tell you no more lies
--> The boys are in the bathroom, a zipping up their
--> Flies are in the city, the bees are in the park
--> Miss Mary and her boyfriend are kissing in the D-A-R-K
--> D-A-R-K
--> D-A-R-K
--> Dark, Dark, Dark!

* ''WesternAnimation/HarveyBirdmanAttorneyAtLaw''
** Phil Ken Sebben taking an eye exam:
--->"F-U-C- can't make out that last one…"
** And this variation while digging in his pocket for his keys:
---> "Let's see ... gum wrapper, pocket lint, lighter ... oooh! flamethrower! ring of power, dunno what that is, roll of quarters ... wait, that's not a roll of ... A-ha! Here they are!"
** And when he's in his office getting groomed by a busty barber, he puts a new take on an old ditty as she swings his chair so that he's underneath her breasts:
---> "Shave and a haircut: Two ti-- AH!"
** Using a security camera to spy on the women's bathroom:
---> "Good things come to those who wait! [[VerbalTic Ha-HA!]] Cu-" *bathroom door opens*
** In one of the early ones (might've been the first one) has a scene where Dr. Quest gets angry at the boys for denting something with a ball.
-->"Dr. Quest": "I have half a mind to come down there and kick your little a-"
* ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes''
** In the short "The Bashful Buzzard" Beaky Buzzard says to the dragon "Why you shriveled up incontestable piece of sh…shoeleather."
** A quasi aversion happened in a 1938 "blooper reel" film shown at the Warner Bros. Christmas Party that year -- along with the usual scenes of actors hilariously flubbing their lines was a short newly-animated sequence of WesternAnimation/PorkyPig, just after he had whacked his thumb with a hammer. "Son of a b-b-bi-- son of a b-b-bi-- son of a b-b-b-''gun!''" He then looks at the camera and says "Heh, heh. You thought I was going to say 'son of a ''bitch'',' didn't you?"
* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': Krusty has just shown a lackluster Itchy & Scratchy cartoon where all that happens is Itchy weakly hits Scratchy's head with a mallet three times, then both say to the camera, "Kids, say no to drugs!"
--> I coulda pulled a better cartoon outta my a--ha ha ha
* The trailer in ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' for ''Film/ThePassionOfTheChrist 2: [[VerbThis Crucify This]]'' has a ChaseScene with [[Film/RushHour Chris Tucker]] and Jesus.
-->'''Chris Tucker:''' Man you crazy, Jesus! You crazy!\\
'''Jesus:''' That's what my ex-wife said.\\
'''Chris Tucker:''' For the son of God, you sure are the son of a-- (car jumps police cars) Whoooaa!
* In an episode of ''WesternAnimation/{{Wakfu}}'', Amalia and Yugo get [[{{Squick}} Dragoturkey dung]] [[ToiletHumour poured over their heads]]. Amalia proceeds to comment "If they notice, we'll really be deep in... well, even more than now."
* From the ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill'' episode "Escape From Party Island":
-->'''Hank:''' (After a motorist rudely passes him and he reads the bumper) How's my driving? I'll tell you, Mom take this number down: 1-800-E-A-T-S-H-I...uh, never mind.
* Happens in [[Creator/DreamWorksAnimation DreamWorks]]' ''WesternAnimation/RockyAndBullwinkle'' short, when the story is interrupted by a ''Bullwinkle's Corner'' segment in which Bullwinkle attempts to recite [[Music/{{Eminem}} "Superman"]].
-->''They call me Superman''
-->''Leap tall''
-->''Superman ain't savin' sh--''WHOA!
-->'''Bullwinkle:''' ''(long pause; flips through the lyrics and gives a nervous AsideGlance)'' Oooookay, that is all for today. Next week, the complete works of [[Music/FiftyCent Mr. Fifty Cents]].

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* People who grew up with cartoons and kids' shows that use this trope may find them doing it themselves, saying "What the...?!" with no intention of actually saying anything after 'the'.
* It's actually surprisingly more common for people to say just "what the", when they're shocked by something striking then most would imagine. The main reason for cutting short being that the person would realize what caused their shock mid-sentence and therefore cut themselves short in other to say another sentence [such as "What the-JOHN!!" if John just threw a prank on them]. Another reason is because the subject in question is so shocking that a simple "What..." or "What...the. What is this?!" is used because no cuss on Earth could ever describe how shocked they're feeling at that time. This happens mainly when a person isn't shocked out of nowhere, but suddenly sees something shocking, and slowly begins to express their shock. One. Word. At. A. Time.
* In the book ''Star Trek Lives'', one of the authors describes her visit to the ''Star Trek'' set during the filming of a scene on the bridge. According to her, when William Shatner flubbed a line, he began to say "Oh, shi...", then realized this young lady was standing there watching and finished, "...atner, you've done it again!"

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* A couple of commercials for Volkswagen showcased the car's safety features. Both had the car's occupants engaged in conversation just before getting into an accident. Cut to the occupants standing outside the car unharmed and looking at the wreckage. One says "Holy sh-" Cut to the slogan "Safe happens".
* In a ''Website/{{Vat19}}'' ad for Caffeinated Marshmallows, there is a scene where a scientist mixes chemicals and the beaker overflows. He says "Oh shi-" before cutting to the next scene.

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* ''Fanfic/AdviceAndTrust'': Combined with ForeignCussWord at the end of chapter 6. Asuka has just [[spoiler:won a battle]] and she is [[spoiler:surrounded by a squad of armed guards]] who inform her that [[spoiler:Commander Ikari has ordered her arrest and confinement.]] In reaction she exclaimed “EURE MÜTTER-" (meaning "You mother-" in German) before cutting to another scene.
* Played with in ''Machinima/ClearSkies 3''. Turns out Sol was calling Charlie a "Fu[[spoiler:ndamentally Flawed Individual.]]"
* Done in ''FanFic/TheEndOfAllThings'' when Zach realizes he could have taken a gun with him to Hyrule while he is in Faron Woods. It cuts to Midna hearing him from the ''Gerudo Mesa''.

* In ''Film/TheATeam'', Hannibal gets cut off while saying motherfu- as the helicopter that was following them is destroyed by fighter pilots.
* A variation happens in ''Film/CharlieAndTheChocolateFactory'' - while watching Mike Teevee's interview, Grampa George breaks out in a long string of insults, all of which from Charlie's point of view are muted because his mother has covered his ears. (Though, one supposes, someone who can read lips could figure out what was being said.)
* In ''Film/MonsterInLaw'' after Viola throws her dress out of her car.
-->'''Charlie''': Mother--\\
(cuts to the rehearsal dinner)
* In ''Film/NewInTown'', where Creator/ReneeZellweger's curse is unheard when the doors close behind her, muffling out all sound. However, her tantrum is still seen through the glass.
* The sci-fi BMovie spoof ''Film/AmazonWomenOnTheMoon'' is repeatedly interrupted by "technical difficulties", naturally providing a good opportunity for this trope.
-->'''Moon Queen''': "Men are useless! Several thousand gamma-spans ago, all men were banished from the lunar surface because they couldn't__ (cut to black title card with PLACE COMMERCIAL HERE).
* A variant in ''Film/FerrisBuellersDayOff,'' where the sexy nurse gets cut off with a door slam:
-->"I'm here to help restore your pluck, 'cause I'm the nurse who loves to--" (slam)
* Done in the trailer for ''Film/{{Red}}'', if not in the actual film. The trailer closes with John Malkovich's character reacting to being called an "old man", and he proclaims "old man my a-" before the trailer cuts to credits and "Coming soon" bit.
* In ''WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragon'' we see [[Creator/GerardButler Stoick]] ''mouthing'' "what the--" before cutting to another shot--[[HoldYourHippogriffs though he probably would have just said the Viking equivalent for "hell" anyway]].
* The 2002 ''Franchise/BackToTheFuture'' DVD set uses this on the menu screen for the [[Film/BackToTheFuture first film]] when it shows a clip of Biff's car slamming into the manure truck.
* In ''Film/TransformersDarkOfTheMoon'', Brains gives us this little gem when he and Wheelie crash land within one of the Decepticon shuttles before the scene transitions to Epps and his crew:
-->'''Brains''': This is a total clusterf-
** This might also be seen as a bit of lampshade hanging as the movie [[NoAttentionSpan had unusually brief scenes]].
* In [[http://www.imdb.com/video/screenplay/vi3583967513/ this]] trailer for ''Film/RobotJox''.
--> '''Pilot''': I'm gonna get in this thing, and I gonna [[PunctuatedForEmphasis kick! Your!]] (cuts to a Robot's head exploding)
** The cut was made to make the trailer age-safe. It's not cut in the actual film, which has a [=PG=] rating.
* Scotty's reaction to seeing the ''Vengeance'' for the first time in ''Film/StarTrekIntoDarkness''. He is interrupted by the scene changing to Kirk and Spock entering a room.
-->'''Scotty:''' "Holy sh--" ''*swish of doors opening on the ''Enterprise''*''
* ''{{Film/Battleship}}'' has this gem during the final battle:
-->'''Old veteran:''' Let's drop some lead on those mother-\\
''(cut to Alex)''\\
'''Alex:''' '''FIRE!'''\\
''cue the battleship's {{BFG}}s firing''
* In ''Film/LivingInOblivion'', during Nick's {{imagine|Spot}}d award acceptance speech.
--> '''Nick''': "To all these people and many more, I would love to say thank you... [[BaitandSwitchComment but I can't]], because what I really feel like saying is... go fu..." - cut back to reality.
* ''Film/AustinPowers: The Spy Who Shagged Me''
** A [[OverlyLongGag comically drawn-out]] sequence of this, after various people all over the world noticed Dr. Evil's phallus-shaped spaceship returning to Earth.
--->'''Radar Operator:''' Colonel, you better have a look at this radar.\\
'''Colonel:''' What is it, son?\\
'''Radar Operator:''' I don't know, sir, but it looks like a giant...\\
'''Jet Pilot:''' Dick. Dick, take a look out of starboard.\\
'''Co-Pilot:''' Oh my God, it looks like a huge...\\
'''Bird-Watching Woman:''' Pecker.\\
'''Bird-Watching Man:''' ''[raising binoculars]'' Ooh, where?\\
'''Bird-Watching Woman:''' Over there. What sort of bird is that? Wait, it's not a woodpecker, it looks like someone's...\\
'''Army Sergeant:''' Privates! We have reports of an unidentified flying object. It has a long, smooth shaft, complete with...
---> '''Baseball Umpire:''' Two balls! ''(looking up from game)'' What is that? It looks just like an enormous...\\
'''Chinese Teacher:''' Wang, pay attention.\\
'''Wang:''' I was distracted by that giant flying...\\
'''Musician:''' Willie.\\
'''Music/{{Willie|Nelson}}:''' Yeah?\\
'''Musician:''' What's that?\\
'''Willie:''' ''[squints]'' Well, that looks like a huge...\\
'''Colonel:''' Johnson.\\
'''Radar Operator:''' Yes, sir?\\
'''Colonel:''' Get on the horn to British Intelligence and let them know about this.
** It goes on like that for a further 90 seconds.
** At the end of the film:
--->'''Basil:''' Did we get [[spoiler:Dr. Evil]]?\\
'''Radar Operator:''' No, sir, he got away in that big spaceship that looks like a huge...\\
'''Teacher:''' Penis. The male reproductive organ. Also known as tallywhacker, schlong, or...\\
'''Friendly Dad:''' Wiener? Any of your kids want another wiener?\\
'''Friendly Son:''' Dad, what's that?\\
'''Friendly Dad:''' I don't know, son, but it has great big...\\
'''Peanut Vendor:''' Nuts. Hot, salty nuts. Who wants some?... Lord Almighty!\\
'''Woman:''' That looks just like my husband's...\\
'''Circus Barker:''' ONE-EYED MONSTER. Step right up and see the One-eyed Monster!\\
'''Cyclops:''' RARRR. Hey, what's that? It looks like a...\\
'''Fan:''' Woody. Woody Harrelson. Could I have your autograph?\\
'''Woody:''' Sure. Oh, my Lord! Look at that thing!\\
'''Fan:''' It's so big.\\
'''Woody:''' No, I've seen bigger. That's...\\
'''[[spoiler:Dr. Evil]]''': Just a little prick.
** The ''exact same gag'' was used in the next film, ''Goldmember'', with a satellite that looked like a certain part of the female anatomy, leading to this LampshadeHanging:
---> '''Ozzy Osborne:''' Boobs!\\
'''Sharon Osborne''' Boobs, Ozzy?\\
'''Ozzy Osborne:''' These filmmakers are just a bunch of f**cking boobs.\\
'''Kelly Osborne:''' What do you mean, Dad?\\
'''Ozzy Osborne:''' I mean, they're using the same f**cking jokes as they did in the last Austin Powers movie.\\
'''Sharon Osborne:''' What f**cking joke?\\
'''Jack Osborne:''' You know, the f**cking joke about the rocket that looks like some guy's--\\
'''General Clark:''' Johnson!
** ''Webcomic/DominicDeegan'' does this same routine, only much shorter, in one comic to blot out the AtomicFBomb.
* The final scene of ''WesternAnimation/BatmanAssaultOnArkham'' has Amanda Waller notice [[spoiler: a laser dot on her and then cuts to Deadshot aiming a sniper rifle while his daughter plays with a toy in the background with headphones on]].
-->'''Waller''': Motherfu--
* In ''Disney/{{Moana}}'', Moana calls Maui a "son of a..." after he leaves her stuck in a cave. Before Moana can finish the sentence, the scene cuts to Maui.

* ''Series/ThirtyRock'': In the episode "The Funcooker", Jenna Maroney falls asleep from exhaustion while hosting the St. Patrick's Day Parade. Tracy then shouts at her "Wake up motherf-". At that point the television that the program is being played on is turned off.
* ''Series/ArrestedDevelopment'' has a variation on this in "Afternoon Delight". One scene starts with Gob talking about his "-king six thousand dollar suit." We later get a flashback to the first part of the scene, where he starts the "fu-" before it cuts away.
* ''Series/BlackBooks'', after Bernard is locked out of the shop by the fancy security system and its ''soundproof'' door:
-->''[outside shot]''\\
'''Manny:''' ''[runs off and writes on paper, then brings it back to show to Bernard]'' I think I've locked you out!\\
'''Bernard:''' ''[withering stare]'' Yes! Yes!\\
'''Manny:''' ''[runs off and writes on paper again] Oh no<''\\
'''Bernard: ''WRITE SOMETHING USEFUL YOU STUPID FU--'' '''\\
''[cuts to (silent) interior shot where we see him continue his tirade]''
* The ''Series/BurnNotice'' episode "Blind Spot":
-->'''Sam''': Ah, sh-
* ''Series/{{Castle}}'':
** In "Boom", Castle's rant gets cut in the end.
--->'''Castle''': Ryan and Esposito have a better car than you do. I'm just embarrassed to have criminals in the back of that thing and I don't know about your seat, but mine has a spring that hits me in the...
** Played with beautifully in the mockumentary episode.
--->'''Esposito:''' ''[Hamming it up for the cameras]'' We've got you now, you son of a bitch. ''[Pauses, looks up at the camera]'' I'm sorry, can I even say son of a-- ''[Scene ends]''
* In the pilot episode of ''Series/CSICrimeSceneInvestigation'', Grissom arranges a prank in which the team's new recruit gets scared by some corpses in the morgue. She leaves the room in momentary panic and runs into Grissom, at which point he turns to the porthole-style window in the door she's just come through. The scene cuts from the hallway to inside the room she exited, and we see Grissom through the window, calling through the glass to "scold" the corpses for scaring her. His voice is muffled by the closed door, and his lips obscured by shadow, but there's just enough of an audible murmur to make it clear he's saying "You assholes!"
* Played with in the December 11th 2013 episode of ''Series/TheDailyShow'', where correspondent Jason Jones is reporting on the latest budget deal in the US Congress, [[http://www.cc.com/video-clips/4jk9fb/the-daily-show-with-jon-stewart-budget-battle--the-movie in the style of an action movie trailer.]]
-->''"[[Film/DieHard Yippie-ki-yay, motherfffff-]]" ''[Pauses, looks up at the camera]'' "Come on guys! You've gotta cut there!"''
* ''Series/DoctorWho'':
** Also from [[Recap/DoctorWhoS28E1NewEarth "New Earth"]]:
--->'''Cassandra:''' At last I can be revenged on that little b--\\
''[cut to Rose and the Doctor]''\\
'''Rose:''' Bit rich, coming from you.
** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS36E3ThinIce "Thin Ice"]] has this gem:
--->'''[[TomboyishName Bill]]:''' No sh--\\
''[cut to a horse whinnying in front of a mansion]''
* ''Series/{{Firefly}}''
** From the pilot episode:
--->'''Wash''': "Oh, motherless son of a bi--"
** Also done in "Our Mrs. Reynolds". Both Mal and Inara get their curses cut short when [[spoiler:Saffron's knockout drug takes effect]].
* ''Series/HeroesReborn2015''. When Noah Bennet, Quentin Frady, and Taylor Kravid discover the room with [[spoiler:"evos" hooked up to machines ''[[Film/TheMatrix Matrix]]''-style]], Quentin gets out "Holy sh--" before it cuts to a commercial break.
* An episode of ''Series/HolmesOnHomes'' had Mike Holmes, astounded by the bad job a house builder had done, start making a comment, and then cut to Damon while he was in the middle of a sentence.
-->'''Mike:''' Holy shi-- ''[Cut]''\\
'''Damon:''' ...ims missing from around the door like the shims missing from the window.
* ''Series/{{Leverage}}'':
** Eliot has been getting the mark to say certain sounds into his mic so Parker can pick a voice lock.
--->'''Parker''': "I still need "ef," "uh," and "kuh."\\
'''Eliot''': "Don't worry..."\\
'''Mark''': "This is ''shrimp'', you stupid f--"\\
'''Parker''': "Oh! There they are. [[AtomicFBomb Really loud too]]."
** In a different episode, The Experimental Job, Sophie calls a mark with news he doesn't want to hear.
--->'''Sophie on the mark's phone:''' Merry Christmas, motherf--\\
''The mark slams his phone shut in frustration''\\
'''Sophie to the rest of the gang:''' He hung up.\\
'''Nate:''' [[DeadpanSnarker No kidding.]]
** And another one. Quote Eliot, after beating up three mooks: "[[Film/DieHard Yippie-ki-yay, motherf-]]" ''[[HardCut "Found it!"]]''
* Parodied by ''Series/{{MADtv}}'' in the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tokD-C4P3qE PAX TV presentation]] of ''Series/TheSopranos'', alongside EditedForSyndication. At several points, Tony and everyone around him is just saying "fu-", "shi-" or "Why don't you stop breaking mah ba-". Oh, and someone gets wacked.
* ''Series/{{NCIS}}'':
-->'''Abby''': ''[typing]'' Hello, you twisted little piece of s-- ''[Cut]''
* ''Series/NewsRadio'': "The Trainer":
-->'''Matthew:''' ''So, Catherine, where in Africa are you from?''\\
'''Catherine:''' ''Shut up, Matthew.''\\
'''Matthew:''' ''Say something in African.''\\
'''Catherine:''' ''Shut the --'' [cut to EstablishingShot]
* ''Series/NewTricks'':
-->'''Shaun Doherty:''' ''[replayed on TV in the team's incident room]'' I would nail your arms to sunset / and pin your legs to luck / when you treat me to your crimson lips / and make me want to f-\\
''[Sandra stops the recording]''
* ''Series/RedDwarf''. In "Back in the Red" Lister realizes they're not escaping, but are actually in a virtual reality program that Rimmer is editing to cover up his own guilt -- most noticeably when obvious jump cuts start happening, whereupon Lister says he's going to cut off Rimmer's (jump cut) with a blunt knife!
* One sketch in the Jerry Seinfeld episode of ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' was more or less ''built'' around this. A man almost forced off the road on a busy highway sees a sticker on the offender's bumper reading ''[[AC:If you don't like my driving dial 1-800-EAT-SHIT]]''; he actually calls the number and finds a ''real call center'', staffed by a single man (played by Seinfeld) who repeatedly brings the conversation around to telling the caller to eat shit. The kicker is that the word "shit" is ''never actually used onscreen''; every time one of the characters is about to say it, it cuts back to the other character reacting. There's al big logo sign on the wall behind Jerry, but the camera never zooms out far enough to show the whole thing; '''''1-800-EAT-S''''' is as far as it gets.
* An instance in the ''Series/{{Scrubs}}'' episode "My Fifteen Seconds" most closely resembles the above ''Film/CharlieAndTheChocolateFactory'' example than anything else. Kelso is temporarily deaf. When Turk informs the rest of the staff of this, everyone in the room immediately starts cheerfully cursing him out. The first to do this is Dr. Cox who says, "Bob, you stupid mother--" and it cuts to Kelso's muted perspective. It's not very hard to read Cox's lips.
* ''Series/{{Sherlock}}'': Subverted repeatedly in the Series 3 premiere "The Empty Hearse", in which a scene of someone (usually Sherlock) beginning to swear is cut off by a cut to a scene of John in his surgery... saying something innocuous that nevertheless completes the curse.
-->'''Mrs Hudson''': ''[regarding Sherlock's reappearance after two years]'' What did [John] say?\\
'''Sherlock''': Fu-\\
''[Cut to John in his surgery]''\\
'''John''': ''[to patient]'' Cough.
* ''Series/TopGear'':
** While Jeremy Clarkson was reviewing a new Ford Fiesta in an attempt to do a "proper" road test, the segments kept ending when he tried to say that an aspect of the car was sh-
** In the ''Top Ground Gear Force'' comic relief special, there was a hard cut to Richard Hammond just as James May was about to call Clarkson a fu-
** While introducing Jeremy and James' ''"Classic Luxury Car"'' contest, Richard Hammond states the disclaimer that, unlike the "Cheap Car" challenges, the Mercedes and the Rolls Royce shown are actually owned by Jeremy and James, something which prompts him to call them both stupid tw-
** In the Ashes Special, the Australian Top Gear show send them a letter, saying that they're coming over to sort out which one is the best Top Gear. They'd better prepare themselves, the gigantic bas-
* ''Series/WhiteRabbitProject'': Tory was interrupted halfway through cussing during the "Bat Bomb" segment in the "Crazy WW2 Weapons" episode.
* In an episode of ''Series/TheYoungOnes'' ("Sick") during a sort-of parody of ''Series/GrangeHill'', one of the kids says:
-->''Mr. Liberal'': Hang on, you pair of young scruffy tearaways! Don't you realise the way you act is influencing millions of children to talk Cockney and be insubordinate?\\
''Pupil'': Well, come on Sir, don't be silly, we're the only kids in Britain who never say--''[Cut]''
** While the cut happens before he utters the word, it's clear from the movement of his lips that it would've started with F.

* If any Christmas-themed episode (especially in the UK) plays "Fairytale of New York", expect the scene to cut before the infamous "scumbag" verse, and definitely the word "faggot".
** The decision of [[Creator/TheBBC Radio 1]] to censor the song in precisely this way caused a great deal of controversy, and was reversed very quickly.

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* When talking about the candidate for Sports Jerk of the Year, Tank [=McNamara=] mentions that nominations have to be individuals, not teams, not organisations, "Not even the [=BCs=], not matter '''how''' much they b-" '''TEMPORARY LOSS OF JOURNALISTIC OBJECTIVITY - ONE MOMENT PLEASE...'''

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* From the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_nlpVtLyUk newly released trailer]] for an in-progress ''VideoGame/MechWarrior'' game:
-->'''Main Character:''' "I can't hold them off. Yeah! Take that, you son of a-"
* In ''VideoGame/HalfLife'', the last of the panicked broadcasts of government troops you can listen to while they retreat is:
-->"Forget about Freeman! We are cutting our losses and pulling out! Anyone left down there now is on his own. Repeat; if you weren't already, you are now fu-(static)"
** Barney in ''VideoGame/HalfLife2'' does this when Gordon Freeman is about to sneak into the Citadel. As soon as he jumps down, Barney says to Freeman "If you see Dr. Breen, tell him I said fu---ou." Most of the profanity is cut out from a large explosion above ground. If you listen closely you can in fact hear him say "fuck you".
* In ''VideoGame/MegaManXCommandMission'', where the fight begins just as the character subverts a HeroicBSOD and [[BerserkButton goes]] [[FreakOut berserk]]. Also a bit of a CrowningMomentOfAwesome:
--> '''Massimo''': ""FEEBLE" Massimo?! You Sonnova-" [battle scene transition]
* ''VideoGame/MassEffect3'': Joker catches [[SirSwearsALot Jack]] censoring herself in front of [[spoiler:her students]], leading to this scene:
-->'''Joker''': What, does she have a swear jar or something? I bet we could empty that out and have enough to buy a new cruiser!
-->'''Jack''': Cover your ears, kids. Hey, Joker! Fu--''[loading screen]''
* ''VideoGame/BrutalLegend'': Lose a race against Fleetus.
-->'''Eddie''': "Lousy demon son of a-"
-->'''Game Interface''': "Retry?"
* ''VideoGame/{{Borderlands 2}}'' has extra material with the overly chatty and opinionated Claptrap, including [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fii-KPEmcMw a humorous wedding proposal]] where he misinterprets the purpose of what they're trying to ask the girl to do. It very quickly cuts to a fresh recording take before Claptrap can get (completely) obscene.
-->'''Director:''' He's gonna ask his girlfriend to take things to the, uh, next level.
-->'''Claptrap:''' What, like ana--

* Subverted in ''Webcomic/DominicDeegan'', the curse is filled in with the end of another word:
-->'''Dominic:''' ffffFFFFFFF-
-->'''Gregory:''' ''(singing)'' -UUUUUCK! I say oh baby that's just me LUUUUCK!
** A joke which [[WordOfGod Mookie himself stated]] he borrowed off of [[WebComic/EightBitTheater Brian]] [[Webcomic/HowIKilledYourMaster Clevinger]].
* ''WebComic/{{Multiplex}}'': In [[http://www.multiplexcomic.com/archive.php?name=298 this]] strip, the last half is actually cut off by the edge of the panel.
* In ''WebComic/EightBitTheater'', Thief's reaction to Black Mage's Boatdoken. See it [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2002/12/28/episode-230-the-cycle-of-senseless-violence/ here]].
-->'''Black Mage:''' *''On the upper deck''* BOATDOKEN!
-->'''Thief:''' What the fu-
-->* ''Cuts to White Mage and Black Belt''*
** Also in 8 Bit, when Black Mage [[spoiler: is unwillingly brought back to life after he was briefly was ruler of Hell]], his reaction is as follows.
-->'''Black Mage:''' Fffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff-
-->''next panel:'' '''''-UCK!'''''
** And on this [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2005/06/30/episode-570-incredibly-inappropriate/ one]]
-->'''Fighter:''' Silence, Red Slave.
-->'''Black Mage''' Wait. So does that make me the black sla--
-->*''GOOD NIGHT, EVERYBODY''*
* Happens in ''WebComic/FurthiaHigh'', where [[http://furthiahigh.concessioncomic.com/index.php?pid=20091211 Bruce's profanity]] at having spent three days getting through a dungeon in an MMORPG, and ''finally'' being able to sleep, only to be told to get up because of school, gets cut off by a [[CuteKitten picture of kittens]].
* ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive:'' [[http://egscomics.com/?date=2007-04-15 Agent Wolf is such a]].
** An earlier example: [[AC:[[http://egscomics.com/?date=2002-10-14 PROCEEDING WITH A PREPARED SET OF CURSE WORDS IN ORDER TO IMITATE ANGER. DAMN. CRAP. F]]--]]
* ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'' [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0478.html #478]]:
-->'''Haley''': Damn it! You know what that means, right?
-->'''Balekar''': Yeah, that they're almost certainly in deep sh-
--> (Cut to a giant octopus and an army of hobgoblins attacking Azure City docks.)
* In ''Webcomic/{{Explorers of Souls}}'', Mel, who had just been transformed into a quadrapedal, fuzzy animal and unused to walking on four legs, crashes violently into the ground when she first tries to run. As she is about to fall, the vexed Eevee shouts "SON OF A-". It is left on that note.

* ''WebVideo/{{Lonelygirl15}}''
** "Men Are From Mars":
---> '''Bree''': ''What annoys you about Jonas?''
---> '''Daniel''': ''Everything. He's a piece of sh--'' [cut]
---> '''Jonas''': ''He didn't say that. Did he really say that?''
** "We Have A Plan":
---> '''Spencer''': ''I wonder if I'll meet a doppelganger Spencer. Holy sh--'' [cut]
** "How My Parents Met":
--->'''Bree:''' ''My mom listened for a few minutes and decided that pretty much everything my dad was saying was wrong. So she thought it was time to open up a good ol' fashioned can of whoopa--'' [cut]
* [[WebVideo/WhatTheFuckIsWrongWithYou Nash]] attempts an ''epic'' AtomicFBomb in response to 'Doctor Who and The Daleks's CriticalResearchFailure, complete with ''searing, white-hot [[FandomBerserkButton nerd-rage]] erupting from his eye-sockets'', only to be cut off by a 'WeAreExperiencingTechnicalDifficulties' message.
* LetsPlay/{{Markiplier}}, as Wilford Warfstache, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSksGcX5PDQ attempts to interview]] [[TheFaceless Phone Guy]] from ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys''. They exchange [[OverlyLongGag an increasingly long series]] of 'hellos' until he finally snaps at Phone Guy and tries to get some answers out of him.
-->'''Wilford:''' Oh for [[SoundEffectBleep f*beep*]] sake, hello, hey, howdy, greetings, bonjour...
-->'''Phone Guy:''' Oh, well hi there!
-->'''Wilford:''' Yes, well, could you briefly explain what it is you do at Freddy Fazbear's Pizza?
-->'''Phone Guy:''' ''*four second long {{beat}}*''...hello?
-->'''Wilford: ''MOTHERFU'''''--''*cuts to a [[WeAreExperiencingTechnicalDifficulties "Please Stand By"]] test pattern*''
* In ''Podcast/WelcomeToNightVale'', local radio host [[{{Narrator}} Cecil]] usually tries to keep his language restrained, but when [[spoiler:his pet cat is attacked and badly injured by a strange creature]], he stops holding back.
-->'''Cecil:''' ''You come here, you son of a–'' [Cue the weather].

* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'':
** "Who Shot Mr. Burns?, Part 1":
-->'''Homer''': Kids... do step outside for a second.\\
''(They run out of the room.)''\\
'''Homer''': ''(Inhales deeply)'' '''''FUU--'''''\\
''(JumpCut to outside. A loud F-chord from a church organ pierces through the air as DisturbedDoves fly out of the destroyed treehouse. The local neighbors look out their windows in utter shock.)''\\
'''Ned''': Dear Lord! That's the loudest profanity I've ever heard!
** In the "Bart Simpson's {{Dracula}}" segment of ''[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS5E5TreehouseOfHorrorIV Treehouse of Horror IV]]", Burns mysteriously invites the family for a evening dinner at his mansion. When they get to the door...
--> '''Burns''': Welcome. Come in. (Under breath) Ah fresh victims for ever-growing army of the undead.\\
'''Smithers''': Sir, you have to let go of the button.\\
'''Burns''': Well son of a bi--!(Doors the manor open)
** Its earliest use in the swear jar sequence from "Bart the Lover".
** In "Itchy and Scratchy and Marge" Marge writes a letter politely asking to cut down on the cartoon's violence:
-->'''Roger Meyer''': [dictating a reply letter]...so let me close by saying...[cut to]
-->'''Marge''': [angrily reading]...and the horse I ''rode in on??''
* From the 1990s ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' short ''Blooper Bunny''. When Daffy complains about Bugs' routine with Bugs trying to cut the shot but Daffy refusing. At least till he steps on a loose floorboard and whacks himself in the face.:
-->'''Bugs''': ''Now'' can we cut?
-->'''Daffy''': You smug son of a...(Bugs gives the cameraman the "cut feed" signal and the video promptly goes to another take.)
* In an episode of ''WesternAnimation/BikerMiceFromMars'', upon hearing that [[BigBad Lawrence Limburger]] got himself elected Mayor of Chicago:
-->Modo: That makes me more than just mad. Now, I'm mad as--
-->[cut] Limburger: ''Hell''o, fellow citizens of Chicago.
** Also-
--> Vinnie: I'd like to unexplain his-
--> Charley: Shhh!
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Metalocalypse}}'' does this in the first episode.
-->'''Skwisgaar:''' (to old lady) Hello. You are a GMILF, that is a Grandmother I Would Like To- (scene change)
* More Warner cartoons: 1947's "The Eager Beaver" and 1959's "Unnatural History" and the beavers "damming" a river.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'' episode "Mystery Train", Finn screams this when he finds out that Dr. Donut [[spoiler:was (supposedly) killed]]:
--> '''Finn:''' Son of a...\\
[scene is cut to train whistling].
* In ''WesternAnimation/TotalDrama'', Duncan is talking in the confessional:
--> '''Duncan''': Payback's a- *scene change*
* In one episode of ''Oh No! It's an Alien Invasion'', when Nate and Shakes are annoying Turret with their game of Smashball.
-->'''Turret:''' I'll smash ''your''--!
* In ''WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty'', The head Zigerion yells in episode 4:
--> '''Zigerion''': "This is going to be such a mind f——!" *hard cut to advertisement*

[[folder:Episode ends]]

[[AC:ComicBooks]]
* The second Comicbook/TheSavageDragon[=/=][[Comicbook/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesMirage TMNT]] crossover ends with a building falling on the heroes, while they exclaim: "Oh, sh-". The storyline continues in Savage Dragon #22, in which begins with them saying "-it!"

[[AC:{{Film}}]]
* ''Film/TheGoodTheBadAndTheUgly'': You know what you are, Blondie?! Just a dirty son of a B--aaaaAAAAaaaaAAAAaaaah!!!! (waaah-WAAAH-waaah)
* Film/JohnnyEnglish: Aww fu-

* ''Series/{{Heroes}}'':
** "One Giant Leap" and "Cautionary Tales":
--> '''Claire/Noah''': (having in both cases come back to life on a mortuary slab) "Holy sh--" [to be continued...]
** Did it again in "I Am Become Death":
---> '''Adam''': (after being released from his coffin) "Hiro, you son of a bi-" [to be continued...]
** "The Eclipse, Part II":
----> '''Claire''': (on seeing Hiro's comic and how it matches the scene in the past they're watching) "Holy sh--" [to be continued...]
** Amusingly, in several of these cases the next episode's cold open repeats the final scene...except, obviously, the show doesn't end, which leads to unfortunate continuity errors like the scene playing out in the exact same way except for Claire saying "Oh my God" instead.
* The ''Series/{{Blackadder}}'' episode "Beer" ends with everyone very drunk:
--> '''Lady Whiteadder''': "Luck!" Wa-hey! Get it?
--> '''Everyone else''': No…
--> '''Lady Whiteadder''': Oh, come on! "Luck" sounds almost exactly like "fu-" [closing credits]
* Every episode (at the very least most of them) of ''Series/LabRats'' ends with the words "Oh, for fu--". In fact, it cuts off ''after'' "fuck" rather than in the middle, leaving the full phrase uncompleted but the PrecisionFStrike intact.
* In the famed Spanish Inquisition episode of ''Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus'', Cardinal Ximenez' CatchPhrase gets cut short by the credits, prompting him to say "Oh, bug-" (presumably the beginning of 'bugger')
** Oh really? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m07ISfx_5b0&feature=related (7:00 onwards)
* ''Series/{{The Office|US}}'': Michael ends one episode by saying "But I think this plan sucks ba-"
* ''Series/TheRockfordFiles'' ended one episode with Rockford hanging up the telephone and angrily declaring, "Son of a--" before a cut to closing credits. For TheSeventies, this was pushing the envelope.

[[AC:{{Music}}]]
* Wilco's song "Monday" ends with singer Jeff Tweedy exclaiming, "Son of a--!"
* ''Music/WeirdAl'' is notoriously clean in his lyrics, but he does push the envelope in a couple songs as they fade out. The first one is in "Phony Calls" where the final line as the song fades out is "...but you're just a pain in the..."
** "Another Tattoo" is Even Worse, as the last thing heard before the fade out is "OW! Mother-"

[[AC:WebComics]]
* ''Webcomic/GunnerkriggCourt''. There is a symbol (the elemental symbol for antimony) that is in the lower right hand corner of the last page of each chapter. [[http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/archive_page.php?comicID=331 On one occasion]], the symbol was strategically placed over the last half of a curse word.
* ''Rage Guy'' to the point when it has become so {{memetic|Mutation}} that it's a subversion to end it with -CK.
* [[http://www.avalonhigh.com/d/20000522.html This happens]] in ''Webcomic/{{Avalon}}'', when Ceilidh turns around and unexpectedly sees a lot of student campaign posters plastered all over the school wall.
-->'''Ceilidh:''' HOLY SH--
-->'''Caption:''' To be continued...

* [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZelda "VAATI]] [[WebAnimation/FourSwordsMisadventures YOU NO GOOD MOTHER--" *Credits Music Plays*]]
* The first season finale of the web series ''WebVideo/TheGuild'' ends with Codex's "Oh, sh--"
* One episode of ''WebVideo/TheLegendOfNeil'' ended with the line "Fu-" The next episode began with the line "ck!"
* The ending to [[WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall Linkara's]] ''Future 5'' review is as follows:
-->'''Linkara''': (Goes to answer door) Oh hey, it's my student loan bill, did-wait what? MY STUDENT LOAN BILL??!! OH FU--
* WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic ended his review on ''Film/FreeWilly'' with:
-->'''NC''': "But like I said, it's not a terrible movie. I mean, it's not as bad as something like, ''A Troll in Central…''- Nope! …Nope, nope! I know how this works. If I say the entire title, that means I have to review it next week. Yeah, I know this joke. I'm not doing it, mm-mmm. There is no way you're getting me to say ''WesternAnimation/ATrollInCentralPark''…!"
-->'''Text''': "Next Week: ''A Troll in Central Park''"
-->'''NC''': FUUUUUUU- * cut to villain sinisterly eating popcorn, then end credits*
* The [[MemeticMutation traditional Internet response]] to someone trying to divide by zero is "OH SHI--" with the implication that the ''universe'' [[RealityBreakingParadox ended in mid-word]].
* [[spoiler: Future!]]Lex Luthor in ''WebVideo/ImAMarvelAndImADC'' [[spoiler: after getting Deadpool and Green Goblin out of the past instead of Superman]].
--> [[PrecisionFStrike "Motherf-"]] ''(credits)''
* In the ''WebVideo/SuperMarioLogan'' episode "Bowser Junior's Lottery Ticket!":
-->''(Long {{beat}})''\\
'''Bowser Junior:''' WHAT THE-- ''(cut to SML Question)''
* A popular way to end an episode of ''WebVideo/GameGrumps''.
--> WebVideo/JonTron: Next time on ''Game Grumps''! Order up! ORDER UP A NEW FU
* Yahtzee, of ''WebAnimation/ZeroPunctuation'' fame, spent his time ragging on that Music/FiftyCent game exhaustively wording every phrase so that nothing could be misconstrued as racism. Then he ends the review with this gem: "Not that they'd know anything about work, the lazy nig-" * END CREDITS*
* In ''Website/ScrewAttack'''s Top Ten [=PS3=] Exclusives list:
-->'''Announcer''': NUMBER EIGHT!
-->'''Stuttering Craig''': Now THIS is a game! ''VideoGame/VirtuaFighter 5'': All the levels, characters, it's so--
-->'''Handsome Tom''': Wait, wait, wait. It's on the 360. It's not exclusive.
-->({{Beat}})
-->'''Stuttering Craig''': Fu--
-->'''Announcer''': NUMBER SEVEN!
* ''WebVideo/UltraFastPony'', "Random Eye Magic":
-->'''Twilight:''' Son of a--\\
''[end credits]''
* ''WebVideo/LoadingReadyRun'''s "[[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/loadingreadyrun/8058-Munros-Meats Munro's Meats]]"
-->'''Mr. Munro''': What the f--[20 seconds of end credits][[TheStinger --uck is this?]] ''[continues rant]''
* [[http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=VM5ATZAODz8 My Little Transformer]] Black Friday has Grumpy bear say this:
-->'''Grumpy''': Son of a bi-''[credits of tsubasa wa pleasure line plays]''
* Website/{{Vine}}r WebVideo/ThomasSanders plays around with this in some of his Vines:
** A couple take advantage of Vines being on infinite loop to make it sound like he's actually cussing.
--->Uuuuuck... all of these expletives. *stubs his toe on something* FFFFFF—\\
It... is ridiculous how many people curse. *drops his drink* Shhhhh—
** In a couple of his Disney pranks, the Vine's timer cuts off the curse at the end, such as:
--->"Disney Pranks with Friends!" "I'm a beautiful butterfly!" *''dumps plastic bugs on a friend playing a video game''* "AAAH! Those are fake?! Oh, you son of a bi—"
* In the WebVideo/{{Honest Trailer|s}} for ''Disney/FrozenFever'':
-->'''Narrator:''' Do you remember when Disney actually tried to hide the [[VisualInnuendo innuendoes]] in their films? 'Cause those things [the snowgies] look like chubby little d-- ''BE SURE TO SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE HONEST TRAILERS''
* From the Creator/{{Nigahiga}} episode "How To Run For President!":
-->"I'm Ryan Higa, and I don't approve any of this shi--"\\
'''[[EveryEpisodeEnding TEEHEE]]'''

* In an episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheGrimAdventuresOfBillyAndMandy'', Billy is taking a shower with the new "shampoo" Mandy gave him:
--> '''Billy''': (sniffing) Wait a minute this isn't shampoo, it's dog--[Episode ends].
* In ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'': "Here Comes The Neighborhood"
--> '''Mr. Garrison''': ...and now we can sell all their homes and become millionaires.
--> '''Guys''': ''WHAT?!''
--> '''Jimbo''': But then you had us all do all that for nothing! Don't you see, if you get rich selling these homes, then there'd still be rich people in South Park.
--> '''Randy Marsh''': Yeah, you'll become what you hate.
--> '''Mr. Garrison''': ...Yeah, but at least I got rid of all those damn ni--[South Park ending theme]
** Wendy sings a song based on this trope in "Something You Do With Your Finger"
* In ''Series/BoJackHorseman'': "Love And/Or Marriage" does this with Diane when she finds out she's pregnant.
--> '''Doctor''': Oh, and, uh, lay off the drugs. Especially now.
--> '''Diane''': Why especially now?
--> '''Doctor''': Oh, don't worry. Your baby's fine.
--> '''Diane''': What do you mean "baby"? Why do you say "baby"?
--> '''Doctor''': Do you not know? You're pregnant.
--> '''Diane''': MOTHERF--[Episode ends]
** Subverted in the following episode, which begins where this previous episode left off, with Diane audibly yelling "--FUCKER!"

[[folder:Episode begins]]

* Subverted in ''Series/NotGoingOut'', after Lucy says "Eff" a few times:
--> '''Lee''': "I think she means f--" [cut to opening credits]
--> '''Lee''': [immediately after opening credits] "-uck"
* In the ''Series/StargateUniverse'' episode "time":
--> '''Eli''': What the f---
--> [COMMERCIAL BREAK]
* In the pilot of ''Series/{{Studio 60|OnTheSunsetStrip}}'', the control room director leaves the producer's rant on the air (in real life and in the show) for some fifty seconds, until he is about to drop an F bomb, before cutting to the titles.
* In ''Series/TheXFiles'': "[[Recap/TheXFilesS05E12BadBlood Bad Blood]]"
--> '''Scully''': [Shows Mulder his staking victim's very fake vampire teeth]
-->'''Mulder''': ''Oh sh--'' [cut to opening credits]

[[AC:WebOriginal]]
* In ''WebVideo/EchoChamber'''s 8th episode, [[OnlySaneMan Dana]] is halfway through calling [[PsychoExGirlfriend Shannon]] a "whore" when the opening titles roll. To be fair, the sound under the zooming titles sounds like it is finishing the word "whore" for her. [[RuleOfFunny This probably wasn't genuine censorship]], since Dana had used a PrecisionFStrike mere lines earlier.
* Creator/TeamFourStar's ''WebVideo/DragonBallZAbridged'', episode 3:
--> '''Vegeta''': (through scouter) We'll go to Earth, find the Dragon Balls and kill everyone. And we'll be there in a year or so. Depending on {{filler}}, of course.
--> '''Nappa''': Anything else we need to go over, Vegeta?
--> '''Vegeta''': Nnnope, that's about it.
--> '''Roshi''': ({{beat}}) Well, fu-
--> [OPENING CREDITS]
* ''WebVideo/ImAMarvelAndImADC''
** ''Zero Hour'' begins with [[spoiler: Lance's head]] appearing in front of Green Goblin and Harley.
--> '''Green Goblin''': "Oh sh-" ''(cuts to opening credits)''
** Luthor upon discovering [[spoiler: that Lance's head was not in the box like he had originally thought]].
---> '''Luthor''': " [[PrecisionFStrike MOTHERF-!!!!]]" ''(cue opening credits)''
* Grandpa, in ''WebVideo/YuGiOhTheAbridgedSeries'': "Bring it on, you little bi..."
* From ''WebVideo/TheAbridgingOfHaruhiSuzumiya'', Episode 7:
-->'''Haruhi:''' I'm here!\\
'''Kyon:''' ''[thinking]'' Ah, FU-\\
''[cuts to opening credits]''
* ''WebVideo/UltraFastPony'':
** "Random Eye Magic":
-->'''Twilight:''' What the--\\
''[Opening theme song]''
** "The Cheesen One":
-->'''Scootaloo:''' <WHAT. THE. F...>\\
''[Opening theme song]''
* In [[http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/253824 Decline of Video Gaming 3]]
--> '''Dim''': *referring to the PSP* ''This thing is so damn perfect!'' *throws PSP to ground, but it opens a parachute* Oh for fu-
--> [OPENING CREDITS]
* In Episode 21 of [[WebAnimation/IfTheEmperorHadATextToSpeechDevice If The Emperor Had A TTS Device]]:
-->'''Ultramarine:''' My glorious Chapter Master! We have succeeded in acquiring and planting the Salamanders artifacts!
-->'''Calgar:''' ...WHAT THE FU-*cue intro*

[[AC:WesternAnimation]]
* The original script of the first episode of ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' called for one of these:
--> '''Fry''': (looks out the window and sees New New York) HOLY SH--
--> [OPENING CREDITS]
--> '''Fry''': --IT!
* In the ''WesternAnimation/SpaceGhostCoastToCoast'' episode "King Dead", the episode opens with Space Ghost shouting, "...king dead!" to Moltar and Zorak.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Killed/injured mid-sentence]]

[[AC:{{Anime}} and {{Manga}}]]
* In ''Manga/DesertPunk'':
--> '''Kanta:''' Akio, you dumb f-- (gets hit over the head by Fuyuo)
** Haruo does say the f-word twice, but they're easy to miss as background chatter.
* At least one fansub of ''Anime/MacrossFrontier'' subverts this with Bobby exclaiming "Oh f-" before ''narrowly'' dodging [[spoiler:a shot from the Battle Galaxy's main weapon which hits the Battle Frontier behind him instead]].
* [[spoiler: Cytomander the Swift]] of ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann'' can only manage an "Oh shi-" before the Dai-Gunzan barrels into him.
* From ''Manga/BlackLagoon'', Fritz Stanford, having just gotten shot by Revy in the middle of ranting about his gigantic HandCannon, manages a "You fucking [[CountryMatters cu--!]]" before Revy steps on his gunshot wound and levels her gun in his face. It's the last thing he manages to get out before she finishes him off as well.

[[AC:FanFiction]]
* ''Fanfic/KyonBigDamnHero'' provides these often, generally people swearing at Kyon when he's fighting them.
* India in ''FanFic/FourDeadlySecrets'', combined with an OhCrap moment.
-->'''India''': ''Sweet fuck, a sniper scy–

[[AC:{{Film}}]]
* Stephen in ''Film/DjangoUnchained''.
--> '''Stephen:''' DJANGO!!! YOU UPPITY SON OF A- *The house he's in blows up.*
* Regina in ''Film/MeanGirls''.
--> '''Regina:''' "You can take that fake apology, and shove it right up your hairy c—" *Regina gets hit by a school bus.*
* In the 2007 ''Film/{{Transformers}}'' movie:
--> ''Frenzy accidentally kills himself with one of his razor discs''
--> '''Frenzy:''' ''Oh sh--'' [he dies]
* ''WesternAnimation/RockAndRule'' has this for when the sailor-type guy gets killed after talking to Toad on the phone. A quick 'Oshi--' and he dissolves.
* ''Disney/{{Bolt}}'' had a quick dance with this trope.
--> '''Mittens:''' "Slow down! You're scraping the fur off my-" ''(crashes into mailbox)''
* ''Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit'': While Eddie tries a rhyme routine to make the weasels die laughing, he levels a particularly saucy stanza at the Smartass of the group.
-->'''Eddie:''' I'm through with taking falls / And bouncing off the walls / Without that gun, I'd have some fun / I'd kick you in the... [Vase falls on his head]
-->'''Roger:''' [[ComicallyMissingThePoint Nose!]]
-->'''Smartass:''' Nose? That don't rhyme with "walls".
-->'''Eddie:''' [Gets up] No, but this does! [[[GroinAttack Kicks Smartass in the "balls"]], sending him flying to his doom in the Dip vat]
* From ''Film/{{Aliens}}''
-->'''Ferro''': Now where the fu..(Alien pierces her skull with it's tongue.)
* ''Film/LittleShopOfHorrors'' does this when [[spoiler:Audrey II]] gets electrocuted: "OH SHI--"
* In ''Film/WarmBodies'', Perry shoots R once, then pauses for a one-liner before shooting him again. "Smile mother-". He is cut off by R attacking and killing him.
* In ''Film/JackTheGiantSlayer'' Fallon's right head, which is mostly unintelligible, very nearly says the F-word before [[spoiler: he explodes after Jack drops a bean down Fallon's throat, causing it to grow from inside him and kill him]].
* At the climax of ''WesternAnimation/TheBoxtrolls'', Mr. Gristle lets out an [[OhCrap "Oh sh--"]] right before [[spoiler: he's crushed to death by the falling remains of Snatcher's SpiderTank]].
* The [[RedShirt fat paddock worker]] in ''Film/JurassicWorld'' who serves as the ''Indominus'''s first victim clearly mouths "Fu-" just before her monstrous jaws chomp down on him.

[[AC:{{Literature}}]]
* The ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' books:
** A photographer shows up to take a picture in ''Discworld/MonstrousRegiment.'' He is a vampire, so the first time he takes a picture, the result is an "Oh sh--" and the photographer crumbling into dust as a result of the camera flash. Luckily, all it takes is a drop of blood to reconstitute the resulting pile of vampire dust.
** The dragon's 1st victim in ''Discworld/GuardsGuards'' This being the Disc, two paragraphs after he said "Oh shi-" and died, we cut to his ghost talking with Death. The first thing the ghost says is "-t!"
* In ''Going Under'', book three of the Literature/QuantumGravity series, the imp repeatedly says "What the f…" before another character shoots him (into something). Or just interrupts him.
* In ''[[Literature/WaxAndWayne The Alloy of Law]]'', a certain villain gets very annoyed with [[BlastingItOutOfTheirHands getting his gun shot out of his hand]] by the main character, after the fourth time this happens he responds with "Stop ''doing'' that, you bast-" before he's shot again, this time in the face.
* ''Literature/IronWarriors'': a random Chaos mook in ''Storm of Iron'' manages to get out "Oh what the f-" before an Imperial Fist introduces him to the business end of a power sword.
* In ''Literature/ArtemisFowl'' Butler begins "Oh--" inbetween realizing he is about to be hit in the face with an unpleasant projectile and the launching of said projectile. The narrator then informs the reader that he doesn't know what Butler would have finished with, but he's willing to bet it wouldn't have been "dearie me."

[[AC:LiveActionTV]]

--->'''[[TomboyishName Bill]]:''' Sh--\\

--->'''[[TomboyishName Bill]]:''' Oh sh--\\

-->'''Max''': My life's a living...
-->'''Mascot''': HELL-O, little buddy! Who's your favorite possum?