History Main / SophisticatedAsHell

* The [[http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/joseph-ducreux-archaic-rap Joesph Ducreux / Archaic Rap]] meme uses this, in which the photo accompanies rap lyrics written in a more clinical manner (though it never actually does use a section of modern terms). The [[http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/medieval-macros-bayeux-tapestry Bayeux Tapestry]] meme does it similarly, but not only on rap lyrics.

* Part of what makes the anime version of Chiyo-Dad from ''Manga/AzumangaDaioh'' funny, which unfortunately [[LostInTranslation doesn't translate very well]], is that they have Creator/NorioWakamoto saying bizarre lines in [[LargeHam an over-the-top voice]] in [[{{Keigo}} antiquated, very polite Japanese]].

* In ''Manga/TheKurosagiCorpseDeliveryService'', Kereellis ticks off a loligoth. She invokes this trope. "Well, ''really!'' Ordinarily, we gothic lolitas strive to emulate the manners of a more refined age, but ''you'' can just go fuck yourself!"

* ''Anime/DragonBallSuper'': Jiren, on the rare occasion he does speak, has been known to call his more persistent opponents "impudent bastards".
* Chamber of ''Anime/GargantiaOnTheVerdurousPlanet'' gets a great line at the climax of the final battle, when, after a long, erudite conversation about the logic behind both his and his opponent's actions, he is given a "final warning" to shut down and surrender:
-->'''Chamber''': Response to final warning: Go to hell, tin can!
* ''Manga/{{Hellsing}}'' gives us this IronicEcho-laden gem, courtesy of [[BattleButler Walter]]:
-->"My name is Walter Dornez, butler to the Hellsing family and former master vampire hunter. I highly recommend [[PottyFailure pissing yourself]], followed by a course of [[SayYourPrayers praying to your impotent god]]."

* Played with in ''Fanfic/TheMountainAndTheWolf''. Wulfrik greatly enjoys vulgar humour and insults his opponents extremely crudely (and uses the word "fucking" as a verb deliberately), but only drops an f-bomb once, when Drogon [[spoiler:burns his ship to cinders]].

* ''WesternAnimation/Castlevania2017'' has [[spoilers:Death]] in Season 4:
-->'''[[spoilers:Death]]:''' Why is it that only human hands can reach into hell? Don't you think that's weirdly [[PrecisionFStrike fucked up]]?

[[caption-width-right:350: Yes, well, legibility and correct punctuation might not be "street"... but that's how I roll, motherfucker.\\

* In the Franchise/{{Godzilla}} Franchise/MonsterVerse AU[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/25594504/chapters/62118490 Hear, All Ye Who Wish To Listen]], Rodan’s telepathic speech has the same elegant speech patterns as the rest of the Titans- except his is liberally dosed with various expletives.

* A certain mission in ''VideoGame/CityOfHeroes'' includes a scene where a group of SteamPunk villains attempts to ally with a group of {{cyberpunk}} villains.
-->"I assure you, my good man, Nemesis is most definitely 'down with the street'. [[TotallyRadical Word up, my homey]], as it were."

-->Human. Relinquish the Totem of Entropy. Do not relinquish it, and '''your ass is MINE'''.

* ''VideoGame/{{Bioshock|1}}'' gives us this nugget:
-->"[[VerbalTic Would you kindly]] get to Ryan's office and kill the son of a bitch?"
** The default answer is "No, I'm afraid murdering him ''kindly'' would be impossible." There is {{Subtext}} here: [[spoiler: the use of "Would you kindly" is [[JustifiedTrope justified]] a short time later in plot. The use of "son of a bitch" is justified in that the speaker is [[GoshdangitToHeck royally poshed.]]]] [[FridgeLogic Although it would be possible to]] [[AmbiguousSyntax kindly get to Ryan's office and then unkindly kill him.]] No matter his lineage.
*** Also, from the tone of voice used, it's pretty clear he's being sardonic. [[spoiler: Or, you know, considering the {{Subtext}}, he wants you to think that's what he's doing.]]

* ''Wiki/SCPFoundation'': The "Doctors of the Church" canon phrases the canon summary as a religious text where a mass Keter outbreak has collapsed civilization and forced the senior Foundation staff to rebuild the Foundation as a religion with Dr. Bright as God/Jesus in order to restore order. With Dr. Bright being, well, [[CloudCuckooLander Dr. Bright]]:

* Wiki/{{Wikipedia}} and related sites:

* Expect this in ''Podcast/TheScathingAtheist'' when one minute Noah is ranting about proper grammar usage and the next minute he's making oral sex jokes about [[Series/The700Club Pat Robertson]].

** Maribelle's conversations with [[PlayerCharacter Robin]] feature her asking him/her for lessons on "commoner" language, which Robin [[LampshadeHanging notes]] sounds ''really weird'' coming from her. Meanwhile, her supports with Olivia feature Maribelle trying to encourage [[ShrinkingViolet her]] to be more confident... by going out and ''spouting bad pick-up lines'' at random men with her.

** The Player Character can indulge in this if he/she chooses to.

Language is linear. Use and context establish tone, with an expectation for its continuation. When one suddenly uses a register, dialect, or vocabulary at a significant distance from that previously employed, the effect is weird.

* The spoken segment in Music/PinkFloyd's "Sheep":

* During the ''ComicBook/FearItself'' storyline, [[ComicBook/TheMightyThor Thor]] (who, as an Asgardian, makes prevalent use of AntiquatedLinguistics, remember) delivers one to the [[ComicBook/IncredibleHulk Hulk]], who is possessed by one of the Serpent's hammers and has become Nul, Breaker of Worlds, while fighting him and [[ComicBook/FantasticFour The Thing]], who was similarly transformed into Angrir, Breaker of Souls, and whom Thor had just taken down.

* An ultimatum from [[ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk Bruce Banner]] in an alternate universe where he took over Australia:

Compare BuffySpeak, JiveTurkey, DelusionsOfEloquence, BreadEggsMilkSquick. TextbookHumor is often of this type. Not to be mistaken by name for WickedCultured. PrecisionFStrike is a subtrope. WithDueRespect is a common way of getting to this trope. See also ForeignCussWord.

-->''Again, within the konfines of Kokonino an act of arrant wickedness has been konsumated -- In other words -- to use a sapient "runyonic" komment -- a Kat's kabeza has been kompletely "ka bammed".''

-->'''Actual last paragraph:''' In the version which must have been the favorite of Sophocles' Athenian audience, Oedipus found sanctuary at Colonus, outside of Athens. The kindness he was shown at the end made the city itself blessed. Which is the gayest ending ever [sic].

* The typical ''Pube Muppet'' Flash animation starts with Pube Muppet greeting a store clerk with "Hello, my good man. I am the Pube Muppet." He then lists [[LongList numerous things he wishes to purchase]] [[DepravedHomosexual and what he intends to do with them]] before storming off saying "What the fuck! What kind of piece of shit establishment is this?! Fuck off and let me be!" [[RantInducingSlight when the clerk says one of the things he wanted is something they don't have in stock]].

** In ''FanFic/RomanceAndTheFateOfEquestria'', Princess Luna has a transition period as she adapts to modern language.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales'' episode "Ducks on the Lam", Duckworth telling the police in no uncertain terms to get off the [=McDuck=] property: "And so, in the words of the immortal Shakespeare: 'hit the road, Jack!'"

* ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls'':

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