History Main / LeftItIn

* A common joke of the ''WebVideo/GameGrumps'' is for the Grumps to say or do something especially dumb or offensive and ask their editor Barry to make sure to take it out, then immediately Lampshade that it's likely to be left in. In fact, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DkI5FinT46E it was once lampshaded that]], as often as Danny will ask Barry to edit something out, Arin would immediately countermand it and demand that it not only be left in, but expanded on.

** DoubleSubverted on one occasion: a panelist asked if a line could be edited out. When told, "No", he sincerely apologised. Paul Merton instantly said "Now ''that'' bit, we'll edit out."

* ''VideoGame/StrongBadsCoolGameForAttractivePeople'': In "Dangeresque 3: The Criminal Projective", Strong Bad interrupts the premiere of his new movie when he realizes The Cheat forgot to edit in a CGI monster over Strong Sad.

* All of ''LetsPlay/TheKingOfHate'''s video game playthroughs are completely live and unedited. Sometimes this works to his benefit, and sometimes this leads to stuff like the time [[EpicFail he spent several hours trying to catch a single hook in]] ''[[Franchise/SlyCooper Sly Cooper and the Thievious Racoonus]]''.

* All of ''Creator/TheKingOfHate'''s video game playthroughs are completely live and unedited. Sometimes this works to his benefit, and sometimes this leads to stuff like the time [[EpicFail he spent several hours trying to catch a single hook in]] ''[[Franchise/SlyCooper Sly Cooper and the Thievious Racoonus]]''.

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* In the Music/StephenSondheim musical ''Merrily We Roll Along'', the lead character is a songwriter. He's showing off a new song he's working on, and after the line "They're always popping their cork", he mutters, "I'll fix that line". He never gets a chance to, because they get a booking and the show with the song in it goes up too quickly.

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* On one of Creator/RowanAtkinson's comedy albums, he suggests putting his 'Madonna' song in to fill up spare time on the album. Angus Deayton asks to hear it. After Atkinson has sung it, Deayton mutters "No way are we including that".
* Creator/EddieIzzard: This trope is practically a catchphrase of his, saying "We'll cut that out" usually once per show.
* The comedian Creator/MitchHedberg had a bit on one of his [=CDs=], mentioning the recording of the [=CD=]. After a particular joke fell flat, he joked about adding the sound of audience laughter to compensate.
--> "''All right...that joke is going to be good because I'm going to take all the words out and add new words. That joke will be fixed.''"
* On Paul F. Tompkin's comedy album ''Freak Wharf'', on the track "Apologize For Your Dog", he goes off on a random tangent near the end of the track. After the laughter dies down, he remarks "I'll cut that part out later...{laughter}...I can. I can do what I want. I'll cut out ''this'' part too, where I talk about cutting it. I don't care."
* During the "Horses" bit on ''All By Myself'', Creator/BrianRegan keeps cracking up during the joke, interrupting himself repeatedly to lampshade the laziness of his horse impression. This delays the punchline to the story for so long that eventually he says "This joke's not going to make it on the CD, I can tell."
* Creator/BoBurnham inverted this in ''what.''
--> "I have a really great joke about video editors. Video editors are so fucking-- *SmashCut to the next part of the show*

* In the podcast ''Webcomics Weekly'', the hosts often go off on various tangents while talking, or they'll have computer issues while recording (a common occurrence). Someone will say that they'll be fixing it afterwards, but they rarely (if ever) do. In fact, it's become a running gag.
* The podcast ''Podcast/TheSkepticsGuideToTheUniverse'' started off very PG, as the host Steven Novella would edit out profanity. The show has gradually gotten more adult thanks in part to this trope. Due to Steve's shift in editing, the blue humor of the RoguesGallery has been slowly revealed over the years as Steve has left in more and more of the "too bad you're going to edit this out" moments. Steve himself even plays it up, mockingly saying "Oh yeah, I'll ''totally'' edit that out" after someone says something stupid/embarrassing.

-->Hey, why did I record that? Oh well, there's absolutely no chance that I'll edit it into the final video.
* Articles on ''Website/TheAgonyBooth'' will sometimes have the writer make a rather perverted comment, followed by a note to themselves to edit it out before posting. "Don't forget now!"

* Several times on SpoilerWarning, one of the cast as expressed relief that [[LeeroyJenkins Josh has gotten himself killed again]], so that their previous awful jokes or awkward tangents can be edited out without skipping important gameplay scenes. Shamus keeps them in.
* ''Podcast/{{Psycomedia}}'' - if you put together a lazy editor and a co-host who enjoys making life difficult for him, you get this trope.

-->'''Graham''': They recovered a stolen shipment of Gavinci perfume worth $1.2 million. Unused, too. The thieves are still at large, and probably smell great.
-->'''Matt''': I shouldn't even say it, because we all know it's not going in...\\
'''Kathleen''' (shot from the webcam of the editing computer): Oh '''''really''''', Matthew?
-->'''Matt''': Smell great, Graham? Really? This '''is''' the French we're talking about, and as far as we know, the shipment was unused.

* Happens all the time on ''RPGMP3''. They actually have edited something out... once...
* Used in the WebVideo/BecomingYouTube entry, "[=YouTube=] Vs. The World."

* ''Podcast/{{Harmontown}}'': Dan will often make empty promises to "edit all this out" if things get pretty ridiculous, and will sometimes even shout something to ensure that the section cannot be aired, like "Hitler had some good ideas!" but of course all of it ends up in the podcast.

-->'''Ryon''': Never mind, anyway, [[TemptingFate they're not going to use that cut.]]\\
'''Felicia''' ''(laughing nearly too hard to speak)'': Yes, they are!

--> '''Todd in the Shadows:''' The entire movie, I was comparing the movie to ''Film/TheRocketeer'', 'cause that's what it felt like to me, and it turns out I watched the credits and it's like, oh look, it's by the guy who directed ''The Rocketeer'' - why are there skulls on my balls? I just noticed that. Please do not include this in the final cut.

* Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy has Peter Quill taking out the MacGuffin to give to the Collector, and dropping it. Since Chris Pratt remained in character, and the blunder fits Peter's character, they chose to keep it in the final product.

* In the Creator/StephenSondheim musical ''Merrily We Roll Along'', the lead character is a songwriter. He's showing off a new song he's working on, and after the line "They're always popping their cork", he mutters, "I'll fix that line". He never gets a chance to, because they get a booking and the show with the song in it goes up too quickly.

* The podcast ''TheSkepticsGuideToTheUniverse'' started off very PG, as the host Steven Novella would edit out profanity. The show has gradually gotten more adult thanks in part to this trope. Due to Steve's shift in editing, the blue humor of the RoguesGallery has been slowly revealed over the years as Steve has left in more and more of the "too bad you're going to edit this out" moments. Steve himself even plays it up, mockingly saying "Oh yeah, I'll ''totally'' edit that out" after someone says something stupid/embarrassing.

-->'''Matt''': I shouldn't even say it, because we all know it's not going in...
-->'''Kathleen''' (shot from the webcam of the editing computer): Oh '''''really''''', Matthew?

-->'''Simon''': So here's a selection of the best slip-ups and '''[[SoundEffectBleep beep]]'''-ups. Sorry can I do that again? I think I said '''beep''' when I mesnt '''beep'''king.

* In ''Film/RattleAndHum'', {{Music/U2}} visits Music/ElvisPresley's home, Graceland, and drummer Larry Mullen, Jr. wants to get a photo of himself sitting on Elvis's Harley Davidson motorcycle. The tour guide tries to tell them that it's against the rules, but gets charmed by Bono, who assures her that the cameras will be turned off. The next clip is of Mullen sitting on the motorcycle, evidently being filmed covertly from a distance.

* Seina's mother says this in ''Anime/TenchiMuyoGXP'' as the family is leaves him with a recruiter. To go to Hawaii.

* Shows up frequently on ''TopGear'', most commonly invoked by James May.

* The [[http://www.bdmonkeys.net Braindead Monkeys]] song [[http://www.bdmonkeys.net/m/BDM-Moist_Meaty-06-Dont_Save_This.mp3 "Don't Save This" (mp3)]], from their first album [[http://www.bdmonkeys.net/BDM1_moist_meaty.phtml Moist & Meaty]], is both about and a result of this phenomena, as Chaz honestly thought his improvised dialogue had [[CrossedTheLine crossed the line]], and also because at one point in the track a dynamic microphone intended for faint fills is completely inserted into a trumpet.

* A staple of ''WebVideo/PeanutButterGamer'', especially in his {{Lets Play}}s.

* In WebVideo/{{STAR}}_'s ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'' video "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Es9vGDlbmk Jerma is Mad, pt. 3]]", Jerma has an angry outburst after STAR_ kills him ''the second'' that he respawns.

* In ''TheComicStripPresents: More Bad News'', Vim/Alan breaks the fourth wall and threatens to sue the producers if they leave in a particularly embarrassing item about him. Unfortunately for him he later gets beaten up and left in a coma, so the item stays in.

* [[AvertedTrope Averted]] on the "Bastard Chef" episode of ''Series/{{Archer}}'', when Cyril "Chet Manly" Figgis, resident ChewToy, slips and falls on a yogurt spill:

* While doing a song in the style of the Village People on WhoseLineIsItAnyway, Wayne (the lead singer) misspells the name of the audience member as "H-O-R-W-A-R-D". Thrown off guard by the flub, musician Laura Hall hits the "ACC" button on her electric keyboard without knowing - which causes the tempo of the song to accelerate dramatically. Ryan signals to keep going, so Wayne attempts to keep up with the insane tempo and keeps misspelling Howard over and over again until the song collapses in on itself. After the song, with the entire cast ribbing each other about the screw-ups, Drew says, "If this makes it to air, I'll be so amazed." Not only does it make it to air - it's in the 100th episode, and is considered one of the show's iconic and most hilarious performances.

* In a review for ''Captain America'', WebOriginal/ToddInTheShadows is so busy talking about the director of the movie that he fails to notice Elise, WebOriginal/ObscurusLupa, and WebVideo/TheNostalgiaChick stacking several plastic skulls on his crotch. He eventually does notice, and...

* Happens frequently in ''TheLizzieBennetDiaries'', especially in early episodes where Lizzie asks Charlotte to edit out parts of her video and Charlotte keeps them in, often with an amusing caption.
* Happens all the time on RPGMP3. They actually have edited something out... once...

** Frequently used by DavidLetterman. He says "we'll edit that out later" but they never do.

* ''{{Psycomedia}}'' - if you put together a lazy editor and a co-host who enjoys making life difficult for him, you get this trope.

* On ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'', when Brian joins [[TheBachelor The Bachelorette]], he makes some potentially slanderous comments about Chevy Chase to the ConfessionCam and then asks if they can cut that part out...and then goes on to say even more things about Chevy.
* [[AvertedTrope Averted]] on the "Bastard Chef" episode of ''{{Archer}}'', when Cyril "Chet Manly" Figgis, resident ChewToy, slips and falls on a yogurt spill:

* A regular occurrence on MockTheWeek. On one glorious occasion, a string of off-colour jokes was met with cheerful insouciance from John Oliver; "I think we all know, in our heart-of-hearts, that this is ''not'' making the edit." Naturally, it did. But for the most part, the panelists have a good idea of what won't make it into the broadcast, and the show is essentially a tug-of-war between them trying to make the worst jokes they can conceive, and the producers trying to cajole them (via Creator/DaraOBriain's earpiece) to do something that's actually fit for television. Since a lot of the cut material ends up in the ChristmasSpecial, often a panelist will make an off-color joke and then lampshade it by exclaiming "Merry Christmas!"

* Often used on ''HaveIGotNewsForYou''. Since it's reached the level of RunningGag, it's probably a pretty good way to guarantee a flub will be left ''in.''

* On the ''MaryTylerMooreShow'', Mary is interviewing a male author with the intention of cutting in a tape of Murray asking the questions later. At the end, the author asks Mary out. The final result that is broadcast shows Murray being asked out by the author.