History Main / TheSwearJar

* ''FanFic/DoofenschmirtzHeroIncorporated'' features a variant with a carrot rather than a stick - if Doof's class manages to clamp down on swears for the duration of his course, he has promised to treat them all to a fancy dinner.

* ''Fanfic/DuranAndKiyohimesOmakeTheater'': Natsuki jokes at one point that they need to set up a jar for Shizuru's overuse of "Ara", saying it can be her [[IncrediblyLamePun "Ara-ly wage"]]

* The official ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'' social media pages [[https://twitter.com/sonic_hedgehog/status/1621571398589366272?cxt=HHwWgIDS7Y6m_YAtAAAA posted]] a picture showing that the characters have a swear jar...and a [[MemeAcknolwedgement "Seeing Fan Art We Wish We Hadn't" jar]]. The first one is nearly empty, the second one is filled to the brim.

* ''Literature/DiaryOfAWimpyKid'' -- Greg's mother, Susan, instituted one of these at some point. One of the main reasons behind this was so her youngest son (Greg's younger brother), Manny, wouldn't learn any swear words--if anybody said a swear word (at least in front of Manny) would have to put money in the jar. But eventually, Susan decided to up the ante by banning words like "stupid" and "jerk." To keep themselves from going broke, Greg and his older brother, Rodrick, came up with a series of code words [[GoshDangItToHeck (rather silly ones at that)]] that they can say to each other at home. But Greg claims that he sometimes forgets to switch back to the normal words when he's at school, making him look silly.

* LetsPlay/RTGame, after a string of incidents involving outright homicidal rollercoasters in ''VideoGame/PlanetCoaster'', Daniel introduces the Murder Jar to dissuade him from doing it again.

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* In ''Fanfic/{{Origins}}'', a ''Franchise/MassEffect''[=/=]''Franchise/StarWars''[[spoiler:[=/=]''[=Borderlands=]''[=/=]''[=Halo=]'']] MassiveMultiplayerCrossover, Jack is repeatedly taunted by the existence of a swear jar that not only has she [[SirSwearsALot filled up many times]] but as further encouragement, it is used to buy meals for Brick who makes a deliberate point of purchasing things Jack enjoys...before eating it in front of her.

* While reviewing ''Film/GhostRider'', WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic says "Sometimes, there's a man" during Creator/SamElliott's opening monologue, then dejectedly puts a quarter in a jar labeled"''Film/TheBigLebowski'' References".

* ''Series/TedLasso'': Season 2 reveals that [[SirSwearsALot Roy]] is supposed to pay his niece Phoebe a pound every time he swears in front of her. Instead of having a jar, Phoebe keeps a notebook where she keeps track of how much he owes her. It's gotten up to ''£1,236''.

* [[WesternAnimation/TheBookOfLife Manolo]] sets up a swear jar in ''Webcomic/{{Boneheads}}''. When [[VideoGame/GrimFandango Manny]] asks what to do with the money once the jar fills, Manolo admits he hadn't thought of that and said the money could be used for anything. All of the other Boneheads decide it's time to curse up a store and break out the cash to Manolo's anger and [[VideoGame/{{Undertale}} Papyrus']] disappointment.

** In an early episode, when Ned and Marge point out Homer's swearing-tendencies (after Ned's youngest son, Todd, picks up Homer's foul language), Marge comes up with the idea for this trope, and explains that she got the idea for it from her mom, who put up a swear jar after her dad developed a swearing-streak after her got out of the navy. Homer ends up putting money in the jar for accidentally putting a $20 bill in the church collection plate ("Da--"), cursing out a lone bowling pin after nearly getting a strike ("Oh, You Sunnuva--"), calling Flanders a "dirty bast--" after Flanders (who shaved his mustache off in exchange for Homer curbing his foul language) gets checks for starring in commercials, after [[EpicFail forgetting to build a door for Santa's Little Helper's doghouse]], and after a beehive falls on him while sleeping on a hammock (and was implied to have been stung by many of them off-screen), and becomes so programmed not to curse that he says, "Oh, fudge!" and "Fiddle-dee-dee" before breaking down into {{Angrish}} as he kicks down the doghouse. The good news is that the money in Homer's swear jar was enough for Marge and Lisa to [[PayingInCoins just go out and buy a doghouse for SLH]] (since the one Homer was building was so poorly designed to begin with) along with a case of beer for Homer.

-->"My dear old friend Frederick Clay was in church one Sunday morning with the Barlows, one of the best-known families in New York, and the preacher concluded a most eloquent sermon with the impressive words, 'For He himself hath said it.' Clay whispered into Sam Barlow's ear the continuing line: 'And it's greatly to his credit,' promptly took out half a dollar[[note]]a respectable sum in 1880, the equivalent of $13 in 2020[[/note]] and silently placed it in Mr. Barlow's hand!"

-->"My dear old friend Frederick Clay was in church one Sunday morning with the Barlows, one of the best-known families in New York, and the preacher concluded a most eloquent sermon with the impressive words, 'For He himself hath said it.' Clay whispered into Sam Barlow's ear the continuing line: 'And it's greatly to his credit,' promptly took out half a dollar[[note]]quite a lot of money in 1880, the equivalent of $40 in 2010[[/note]] and silently placed it in Mr. Barlow's hand!"

Expect a gag where someone drops a decent amount of money into the jar as an advance.

* WebVideo/RTGame, after a string of incidents involving outright homicidal rollercoasters in ''VideoGame/PlanetCoaster'', Daniel introduces the Murder Jar to dissuade him from doing it again.

* There was one Budweiser commercial involving the profanity jar, with proceeds going to the next case of beer -- profanity ensues. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJJL5dxgVaM]]

* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/5099637/ President for a Day]]'', the Briefs household has one. Vegeta has to put twenty zeni in it after he calls the Quantum Dynamic executives "greedy pricks".

* ''Literature/WhateleyUniverse'': From ''[[http://whateleyacademy.net/index.php/2nd-gen-canon/676-good-cop-bad-cop Good Cop / Bad Cop (Part 1)]]'', mentioned by Tavi to Jimmy:

-->'''ALT TEXT:''' Way to be rich, Sydney.

* ''WebComic/GrrlPower'' has Sydney, whose cursing is [[SirSwearsALot so prolific]] that the censor on a news broadcast felt like he was playing Diablo with the bleep button. A later strip shows that she put a down payment on a car [[https://grrlpowercomic.com/archives/comic/grrl-power-424-the-curse-of-curse-aint-no-curse-of-course/ with the proceeds of one jar]].[[note]]When the jar is introduced into the strip, the commentary says Sydney puts in $5 per tirade (being cheaper in the long run than $1 per word), with thoughts of bumping the amount up once she becomes adjusted to what her 'new' job pays.[[/note]] Another one [[https://grrlpowercomic.com/archives/comic/grrl-power-739-swear-jar-ii-a-filthy-boogaloo/ shows up much later]]. Seeing how she had just gotten back from being stranded in space and chased by four {{Kaiju}}, she elects to round up and dump in [[UpToEleven 10,000 in cash]].

* The portion of the FCC's decency regulations regarding language could be viewed as doing this for broadcast television. [[Administrivia/RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgement Keep your views of its legitimacy and constitutionality on the discussion forums, please.]]

* In one episode of ''WesternAnimation/FostersHomeForImaginaryFriends'', Frankie has a jar for every time she's right and Bloo is wrong. When she's finally wrong about something at the end, she has to add to Bloo's jar for every time he's right (which was empty), only for Bloo to have to add to her jar again in the end credits.

* Director Creator/RobertRodriguez didn't want the crew swearing in front of the young cast in ''Film/SpyKids'', so he instituted one of these. One of the crewmen slipped up and went "Oh shit...ake mushrooms", in order to avoid the fine. Rodriguez liked this so much he had Creator/AlexaVega say the line in the movie.

* The devoutly Catholic actress Creator/LorettaYoung kept a swear jar on the set of her movies. After shooting one movie with the high-maintenance actress, Creator/RobertMitchum dropped a $20 bill into the jar, saying, "This should just about cover everything I've been wanting to say to Loretta."

* There is a Twitter Charity Swear Box that lets you donate to good causes for talking shit on line. Another such charity is called Fuck Cancer.

* Susan Heffley, Greg's mom in ''Literature/DiaryOfAWimpyKid'', instituted one of these--Greg claims that the reason behind it was because she didn't want her youngest son, Manny, learning any swear words when he was learning how to talk. Anyone who says a swear word (at least in front of Manny) has to put money into the jar--eventually, Susan decide to "up the ante" by banning words like "stupid" and "jerk." To keep from broke, Greg and his older brother, Rodrick, [[GoshDangItToHeck came up with a bunch of code words (that mean the same thing as the banned words) to say to each other at home]]--unfortunately, Greg sometimes forgets to switch to the non-code when he's not at home, making him look silly.

--->'''Hoffman:''' Here's a quarter -- and a kiss.

For a similar way of keeping people in line, see the EmployeeOfTheMonth.

* At the end of [[NinjaSexParty Ninja Sex Party's]] music video for "Three Minutes of Ecstasy", Ninja Brian has to put several quarters in a "murder jar" after killing a yacht full of people. They also appear to have a regular swear jar, a "stab jar", a [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking "watching dogs bone jar"]], and a [[StarWars Jar Jar.]]

* Legally enforced by the Verbal Morality Statute in ''Film/DemolitionMan'', as you are fined every time you swear. [[ExploitedTrope Exploited]] by John Spartan when he finds out there's no toilet paper in the future, with people instead using a seashell-looking object that Spartan can't work out. After getting his first fine, he gives the machine (which issues the offender a ticket) a ClusterFBomb to get the paper he needs.

* Legally enforced by the Verbal Morality Statute in ''Film/DemolitionMan'', as you are fined every time you swear. [[ExploitedTrope Exploited]] by John Spartan when he finds out there's no toilet paper in the future, with people instead of using a seashell-looking object that Spartan can't work out. After getting his first fine, he gives the machine (which issues the offender a ticket) a ClusterFBomb to get the paper he needs.

* There's a great story about Creator/EthelMerman, who, according to Music/StephenSondheim, "had the vocabulary of a truck driver." She was working with the abovementioned Loretta Young, who insisted that Ethel use the Swear Jar. After becoming more and more frustrated with this, Ethel turned to her, placed a hundred-dollar bill in the jar, and said," Loretta, here's a hundred dollars and [[PrecisionFStrike go fuck yourself.]]"

* Susan Heffley, Greg's mom in ''Literature/DiaryOfAWimpyKid'', instituted one of these--Greg claims that she started the swear jar because she didn't want Manny, Greg's younger brother, learning any swear words when he was learning how to talk. However, much to the frustration of Greg and his and Manny's oldest brother, Rodrick, Susan eventually decided to "up the ante" by banning words like "stupid" and "jerk." To keep from going broke, Greg and Rodrick came up with [[GoshDangItToHeck a bunch of code words that mean the same thing as the banned words]]--unfortunately, this sometimes leads to Greg forgetting to switch to the non-code words during school, making him look stupid.