History Main / TheSwearJar

** 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 ("Shi--"), cursing out a lone bowling pin after nearly getting a strike ("Oh, you son of a--"), 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. Note that when Marge suggests the idea, she's quite lenient about Homer hypothetically swearing if he catches on fire (or if the two are "snuggling"), which raises the question of why she would have charged him over the beehive incident.

* ''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"]].

* In ''Webcomic/{{Panthera}}'', the titular team (who all have the power to turn into [[PantheraAwesome big cats]]) have a $5 jar for [[IncrediblyLamePun cat-related puns]]. It's a big jar and as Onca notes, it's ''very'' full. It says a lot that someone added a sticky note with 'Make that "Pardus opens his mouth jar". [[VisualPun :]][[CatSmile 3]]'

* In a blooper reel for ''Series/{{Castle}}'', Creator/NathanFillion lets out an F-bomb when he flubs a line in a scene with the young actress playing his daughter. He immediately adds, "I owe you a dollar." Somebody off-camera admonishes him with "she's a minor!", to which he replies, "I said I owe her a dollar!"

* In ''Comicbook/TeenTitans'' at the beginning of ''[[TimeSkip One Year Later]]'' (which took place after ''ComicBook/InfiniteCrisis''), Ravager and Kid Devil are living under the authority of one of these.

-->'''Kid Devil:''' HOLY #$@*! Cyborg's awake!\\

* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/8081759/12/Lord-Potter-s-Own-Will Lord Potter's Own Will]]'' Harry invites several friends to join him in homeschooling in Ireland. Remus, while going over the house rules, states that there's both a swear jar and a snogging jar, the latter to discourage excessive PDA.

Expect a gag where someone drops a decent amount of money into the jar as an advance to an impending and [[ClusterFBomb extended litany of foul language]].

One (or more) of the characters has a [[SirSwearsALot particularly foul mouth]], so another character decides to institute the Swear Jar so that they have to pay up every time they use rude language. HilarityEnsues as the character who used to [[SirSwearsalot swear like a sailor]] either drop an unfathomable amount of cash into the jar or ends up having to censor everything he says. Also, expect the character who instigated the jar to end up falling foul of his own rules and having to put money in as well. May also appear as a more generic Forfeit Jar if any character is particularly prone to specific words, phrases or acts.

* In ''Fanfic/{{Origins}}'', 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.

* On one episode of ''Hannity'', Bob Beckel (a Democratic consultant and FoxNewsLiberal) got into a heated argument with another guest during a commercial break. He was in the middle of a PrecisionFStrike when the show went live again, and the F-bomb was broadcast. His next appearance was on the Fox News show ''Series/{{TheFive|2011}}'' (where he was one of the regular hosts). He carried with him for that appearance and for a few more a swear jar.

* On one episode of ''Hannity'', Bob Beckel (a Democratic consultant and FoxNewsLiberal) got into a heated argument with another guest during a commercial break. He was in the middle of a PrecisionFStrike when the show went live again, and the F-bomb was broadcast. His next appearance was on the Fox News show ''Series/TheFive|2011'' (where he was one of the regular hosts). He carried with him for that appearance and for a few more a swear jar.

* On one episode of ''Hannity'', Bob Beckel (a Democratic consultant and FoxNewsLiberal) got into a heated argument with another guest during a commercial break. He was in the middle of a PrecisionFStrike when the show went live again, and the F-bomb was broadcast. His next appearance was on the Fox News show ''Series/TheFive2011'' (where he was one of the regular hosts). He carried with him for that appearance and for a few more a swear jar.

* On one episode of ''Hannity'', Bob Beckel (a Democratic consultant and FoxNewsLiberal) got into a heated argument with another guest during a commercial break. He was in the middle of a PrecisionFStrike when the show went live again, and the F-bomb was broadcast. His next appearance was on the Fox News show ''Series/TheFive'' (where he was one of the regular hosts). He carried with him for that appearance and for a few more a swear jar.

* On one episode of ''Hannity'', Bob Beckel (a Democratic consultant and FoxNewsLiberal) got into a heated argument with another guest during a commercial break. He was in the middle of a PrecisionFStrike when the show went live again, and the FBomb was broadcast. His next appearance was on the Creator/{{Fox News|Channel}} show ''TheFive'' (where he was one of the regular hosts). He carried with him for that appearance and for a few more a swear jar.

* In the ''Fanfic/AdoptedDisplaced'' story ''Fortresshy: The Nine Fathers'', [[VideoGame/TeamFortressTwo the RED team]] decides to start using one so that Fluttershy doesn't pick up on any of their negative language. Upon deciding they'll use the money to buy nice things for her, Demoman promptly unleashes a long streak of curse words before dropping a large handful of cash into the jar.

* While playing ''VideoGame/SuperMarioMaker'', LetsPlay/{{Markiplier}} decided to donate $100 to charity every time he swears. He ends up owing $3,800.

* In the Australian bowls film ''Film/{{Crackerjack}}'' a swear jar is implemented at the Cityside Bowls Club.

* ''Series/{{Lucifer}}''. Lucifer thinks a swear jar means Chloe pays her daughter Trixie every time the latter swears. When Chloe clarifies it, Lucifer is more impressed that she "extorts money from your own child." Lucifer then teaches Trixie some "loophole" swear words.
-->'''Lucifer:''' In my defense, she came up with "Motherflunker" on her own, sharp little minx.
* ''Series/ICarly'' had a version of this in the episode iHeart Art, where Sam Puckett must refrain from insulting Freddy in order to avoid paying five bucks for every insult.
* ''Series/TheGeorgeLopezShow'': In "Trick or Treat Me Right", Benny mentions that she once had to put "[[GoshDangItToHeck twenty flipping dollars]]" (one dollar for each time she swore) into the Swear Jar for cursing in front of the kids.
* ''Series/TedLasso'': Season 2 reveals that [[SirSwearsALot Roy Kent]] 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''. A comment by Keeley in a later episode further reveals that that was just Roy's tab for ''that month''. When Phoebe meets Jamie in Season 3, she charges him as well, even for a word that he didn't actually say but made her think about (he had given Roy one of his old jerseys with [[CountryMatters the E in "KENT" changed to a U]]). Jamie quickly concedes and pays up.
* ''Series/MurderOne'': Ted Hoffman had one at home, monitored by his young daughter. When he said cursed and she brought him the jar, he smiled.
-->'''Hoffman:''' Here's a quarter -- and a kiss.

* 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 [[Franchise/StarWars Jar Jar.]]

* 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 [[MemeAcknowledgement "Seeing Fan Art We Wish We Hadn't" jar]]. The first one is nearly empty, the second one is filled to the brim.

* Gabe from ''Webcomic/PennyArcade'' tries something [[http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2002/06/24/ similar]] to save money.

* [[http://www.toothpastefordinner.com/101804/end-a-sentence-in-a-preposition.gif This strip]] of Toothpaste for Dinner features the [[GrammarNazi End-A-Sentence-With-A-Preposition Jar]].
* A comic from [[Webcomic/SaturdayMorningBreakfastCereal SMBC]] has a couple that says to their son that every time they swear, they will put a dollar in the jar and donate it to the charity. Years later he is asked why he couldn't go to college. He answers "because of my fucking parents".
* Walter, the GameMaster in ''Webcomic/KnightsOfBuenaVista'', has a swear jar, but it's more an easy way to gather for the group's pizza fund than for any prudish reasons.

* ''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 10,000 in cash.
-->'''ALT TEXT:''' Way to be a rich person, Sydney.
* In ''WebComic/{{Rhapsodies}}'', one of the ways Rowan keeps her hyperactive but brilliant brother and business partner, [[DitzyGenius Brian]] in check is to make him put five dollars in the "[[http://rhapsodies.wpmorse.com/comic/idea-jar/ idea jar]]". ''(Plans cost twenty.)''
* [[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 storm and break out the cash to Manolo's anger and [[VideoGame/{{Undertale}} Papyrus']] disappointment.

* ''WebVideo/TheSpoonyExperiment'': The ''Film/DemolitionMan'' example was parodied by the Spoony One when he reviewed the video game based on that movie. His robot, Burton, was programmed to issue a fine every time he swore. By the end of the review, he was so infuriated by the game (and had so many fines) that he throttled and beheaded the robot. The reason for the swearing fines is because Spoony ([[{{Kayfabe}} supposedly]]) got a sponsorship deal with Taco Bell and they want his show to be all-ages appropriate. [[PardonMyKlingon He tries to get around it by using curses from sci-fi shows]]. At the end of the review, all the Taco Bell food has given him [[PottyEmergency indigestion]], seemingly setting up a parody of the ''Demolition Man'' scene...[[BaitAndSwitch except that Spoony chooses the game's instruction manual over the pile of fines]].

* On the ''Website/{{WrestleCrap}} Radio'' podcast, reference is occasionally made to this, as every now and then co-host Blade Braxton resolves to clean up his language ([[SnapBack it never lasts]]).

* While playing ''VideoGame/SuperMarioMaker'', LetsPlay/{{Markiplier}} decided to donate $100 to charity every time he swears. He ends up owing $3,800.

* While reviewing ''Film/GhostRider2007'', 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".
* This very wiki, on its DiscreditedMeme page, shows a swear jar and a "Monty Python Reference" jar (double if it's ''Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail'').
* German left-wing magazine Konkret invented something quite related, a "Namensverhunzungskasse" (bad name-puns jar) since they are Serious with capital S and cheap jokes, even in satiric mood, are sub-par for them. The name later got expropriated by the German Usenet jokes group for the same purpose (and boy, it isn't sub-par for ''them'' - the jar got full very quickly, too bad it's still just FictionalCurrency).
* [=RTGame=], after a string of incidents involving outright homicidal rollercoasters in ''VideoGame/PlanetCoaster'', introduces the Murder Jar to dissuade himself from doing it again.

* In an episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheGrimAdventuresOfBillyAndMandy'', Skarr asks [[WesternAnimation/EvilConCarne Hector Con Carne]] how he was able to restart his organization, considering it closed down because of bankruptcy--Hector claims that "borrowed the money from an old friend". Cut to see that Skarr's piggy bank has been shattered, causing him to cry "My swear money!"
* [[WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes Yosemite Sam]] falls afoul of something similar when told by Bugs Bunny that he has inherited a large fortune, but will lose some of it every time he has an angry outburst. By the time he learns to stop being angry, he's already gone broke.
-->'''Bugs''': I haven't got the heart to tell him that he's used up all the money.
* ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPandaLegendsOfAwesomeness'' has Po taking a Vow of Silence, but has trouble resisting the urge of speak. Mantis gives him the idea to use a "talk jar" and has Po put a coin in the jar every time he talks.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/FatherOfThePride'' episode "Larry's Debut and Sweet Darryl Hannah, Too", Siegfried makes Roy pay a swear jar after hearing him mention Queen Nefertiti, most likely because part of her name sounds like "titty".
* ''WesternAnimation/MiloMurphysLaw'' episode "Family Vacation" includes an eye-roll jar, an "unnecessary use of 'grand'" jar, an "anthropomorphizing national monuments" jar, and [[RunningGag an "unnecessary wordplay during crisis" jar]] for the Brulee family. [[BrickJoke The final scene shows that Milo's family has a "sappy sentiment" jar.]]
* 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 every time he's right (which was empty), only for Bloo to have to add to her jar again in the end credits.

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

[[folder:Anime and Manga]]

* An issue of ComicBook/{{Nightwing}} has Alfred reminding Nightwing not to swear while on the radio with him. Dick responds with how much he owes.

* A ''ComicBook/RichieRich'' comic book story had Mrs. Rich set up such a jar for her family, though most of the swearing only got as far as SymbolSwearing. And yes, Mrs. Rich also fell victim to it.
* In ''ComicBook/ScarletSpider'' #12, Kaine's KidSidekick[=/=]MoralityPet Aracely insists that he owes the swear jar two dollars. Quite loudly.

* In ''ComicStrip/KnightsOfTheDinnerTable'', Patty, a kindergarten teacher, maintains one for her gaming group Patty's Perps. Extreme cases have to go sit in the corner.

* In ''Fanfic/{{Origins}}'', 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.
* In the ''Fanfic/SorrowfulAndImmaculateHearts'' series, Marty Kent is a CoolOldLady who knows a lot of words you wouldn't expect to hear from Clark Kent's ma. In "Christmas in Kansas", Jonathan recalls that when Clark was little he instituted a swear jar for her -- only instead of putting money in, she had to take out a slip of paper and do whatever task was written on it. (Judging by the reminiscent look they both get at this point, the tasks weren't just things like "Do the washing up" or "Take the trash out"...)

* 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".
* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12698428/12/Harry-Potter-and-Voldemort-s-Champion Harry Potter and Voldemort's Champion]]'' Dumbledore, while a patient in Saint Mungo's, demands to see Harry.
-->'''Jack:''' Potter?\\
'''Dumbledore:''' Yes, Harry Potter, you damn fool!\\
'''Jack:''' Now, now Mr. Dumbledore, what have you been told about swearing? That's one galleon for the Naughty Language jar.\\
'''Dumbledore:''' Damn you and your damn jar!

* ''WebVideo/{{RWBY ABRG}}'' has a RunningGag of Ruby disliking swearing and bringing up a swear jar.
* ''Fanfic/BequeathedFromPaleEstates'' has Renly Baratheon give a silver stag to his niece Shireen every time he swears near her.
* ''Fanfic/DoingItRightThisTime'': While signing some paperwork in order to borrow the Positron Cannon, Misato falls afoul of a "''Anime/SpaceBattleshipYamato'' References" Jar. Apparently many, ''many'' other people have noticed its resemblance to the trope namer for WaveMotionGun and the joke has worn rather thin.

* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10026044/1/A-Simple-Misunderstanding-About-Fawkes A Simple Misunderstanding About Fawkes]]'' Harry has to contribute seven galleons to Draco's swear jar, then tosses in an IOU for a hundred to cover whatever he says the next time they have sex.

* ''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"]].
* ''FanFic/DoofenshmirtzHeroIncorporated'' 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.

[[folder:Films -- Live-Action]]

* Legally enforced by the Verbal Morality Statute in ''Film/DemolitionMan'', as you are fined electronically by monitor machines 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.
* In the Australian bowls film ''Film/{{Crackerjack}}'' a swear jar is implemented at the Cityside Bowls Club.
-->'''Gwen:''' ''Swear jar, Mr. Simpson.\\
'''Jack Simpson:''' Swear jar? What's that?\\
'''Mrs. Jenkins:''' It's a jar you put money in if you say "fuck".
* In ''Film/KickAss2'', Marcus has taken to using one on Mindy. She's even using bills instead of coins. In the first scene, we see it, she's already filled it, and comments he'll need a bigger jar. Later in the movie, we see a second jar has been added. That one is full too.

* In ''[[Literature/MatthewReilly Seven Ancient Wonders]]'', part of the plot is about an oracle's daughter being brought up by a team of commandos, so they implement a swear jar, but only when they swear around her - so she starts following them around, yelling out "Swear jar!" when they curse. The jar is almost always full.
* In ''I Was a Non-Blonde Cheerleader'', Annisa's father has initiated a "like" jar--her dad's an English professor and the jar is for when Annisa uses "like" in a grammatically incorrect way. She says that she could have a much better wardrobe if she would stop using the word so much.

* Variant in Literature/TheBerenstainBears book "The Berenstain Bears and the Bad Habit": to help Sister Bear break her bad habit of nail-biting, she ''gets'' ten pennies a week and has to ''give one back'' for every nail she bit. By the time she broke the habit for good, she'd accumulated quite an impressive amount of wealth.
* ''Overused,'' a lot, in the ''Psychic Eye'' series. Abby uses words like "shih tzu" and "feck" constantly while trying to weasel out of paying up. There is one very funny scene in ''Deadly Forecast'' when she gets furious at her fiance and starts swearing and throwing quarters at him, following up by dumping the contents of the entire change purse in his lap.

* ''Literature/PleaseDontTellMyParentsImASupervillain'' has a variant. The father of the main character, Penelope, has two pet names for her - "Pumpkin" and "Princess." She dislikes both and is trying to wean him off them via this method - "Pumpkin" is $1 and "Princess" is $5. When it comes to "Pumpkin," she hasn't succeeded unless you count making a decent income, as she makes $3 in a conversation of just a few minutes seen around the beginning of the book. "Princess," on the other hand, he doesn't use once in the conversation.

* On ''Series/{{Friends}}'', the people at Alexandro's Restaurant had initiated a "shouting jar," pretty much solely for Monica.
-->'''Monica:''' I did not yell! I am not putting a dollar in the jar.

* In ''Series/PawnStars'', "[[http://www.history.com/content/pawn-stars/meet-the-pawn-stars/the-appraiser the old man]]" institutes a swear jar. It quickly fills, and while counting the money, he swears himself.

* In ''Series/{{Californication}}'', Hank Moody has this arrangement with his daughter - both ways. She gets most of the money.
* In the episode "A Very Series/{{Supernatural}} Christmas" Sam and Dean get captured by two pagan gods who have been living as a folksy, Stepfordish married couple. When Dean blurts out an expletive after they take some of his blood for a sacrifice, the wife rebukes him and says, "Someone owes a nickel to the swear jar!"
* ''Series/SteptoeAndSon'': It's revealed in the final episode that they had been operating a Swear Box at the rate of 10p per swear. The total amassed wealth of the Steptoes (and note that this episode aired in 1974, when £1 had roughly seven times the purchasing power of its current value) is divided thus:
-->'''BANK BALANCE: '''£3·00
-->'''BUILDING SOCIETY ACCOUNT: '''£7·00
-->'''SWEARBOX: '''[[spoiler:£79·80]]
* In ''Series/KitchenNightmares'', the UK version, there was an episode, Gordon Ramsay challenged a chef to avoid drinking alcohol and smoking during service. Ramsay also set a challenge for himself by not swearing during a service. If either did that, they have to put a pound into a piggy bank. Ramsay had to put in quite a few pounds into the jar.

* In ''Series/MenBehavingBadly'', George and Marjorie have a "lewd thoughts" jar. This gives rise to the associated joke: George admits to putting around 50p in over the last twenty years (he "came over all funny" in the Post Office once in about 1982). However, Marjorie has contributed something in the region of £2,000. George admits he ought to say something, but the money has paid for five caravanning holidays.
* The ''Series/DropTheDeadDonkey'' office had a ''Nessun Dorma'' box for anyone humming the catchy opera tune that became the unofficial theme of the Italia '90 World Cup Tournament. Following the death of Robert Maxwell, they also had a Bad Maxwell Joke box.
* ''Series/TheDailyShow'' has an "[[UsefulNotes/BarackObama Obama]]/[[UsefulNotes/OsamaBinLaden Osama]] Flub Jar", and also a "Biden/Bin Laden Flub Jar".
** There's also a jar you have to put money in every time you quote Creator/GeorgeCarlin. Which probably makes it function as a regular swear jar as well.
* In the Australian variety show ''Series/{{Rove}}'' the host, Creator/RoveMcManus, implemented the "Creator/HarrisonFord Commemorative Swear Jar" in remembrance of an interview with the actor that was mildly profane. Rove himself added fifty dollars after swearing in front of then-twelve year old Creator/FreddieHighmore. He later raided this same fifty dollars to get a lap dance from Music/MeatLoaf.
* A Swear Jar appears in a ''Series/SisterSister'' episode. Unlike most examples, though, it actually serves no purpose other than a means for Ray, who was currently having financial problems, to nick some money somehow. He does have to place a penny in the jar to save face to Lisa when she walks in on him doing it.
* ''Series/MrShow'':
** An episode opens with Bob and David introducing their swear jar:
---> '''Bob Odenkirk''': We're going to have a great show tonight.\\
'''David Cross''': A great '''''fucking''''' show tonight! (slips a nickel into the jar)
** Later on in the episode, there's a sketch about evil mastermind Dr. X, who threatens to destroy Earth with an orbital laser if he doesn't earn enough money from his telethon. The telethon comes up short by a few thousand dollars, but then, to complete the BrickJoke, Bob (actually Bob's brother Bill, since Bob plays Dr. X) and David show up with their swear jar, which almost covers the shortfall--they're still a nickel short.
---> '''Dr. X''': I'm sorry, gentlemen, but it appears you're up shit's creek.\\
'''David''': AH HAH!\\
''(Dr. X, dejected, slips a nickel into the swear jar)''\\
'''Dr. X''': Well, we did it!
* The recap episode of Cycle 16 of ''Series/AmericasNextTopModel'' showed Jaclyn putting out a swear jar... and promptly getting a huge payoff.
* The guys of ''Series/NewGirl'' have a "douchebag jar". Whenever one of them (generally only Schmidt) does something douchey, they have to put money in the jar. One cold open gag shows Jess with her one version, an "annoying jar", that she has to pay into whenever she's being irritatingly cheerful.
** There's even a tie-in book where Schmidt records his various payments to the jar, usually with a justifying note that justifies exactly nothing.
--->'''Nick:''' Not sure yet how much money you're going to have to put in the jar for publishing this book about the jar, but it's going to be a lot. Maybe three digits. Just a heads up.
* Used in an episode of ''Series/CornerGas''. Lacey (of all people) ends up putting $20 in after a long rant blocked out by a SoundEffectBleep.

* On ''{{Series/Deadwood}}'' Calamity Jane says "owe you a penny" any time she swears in front of Sophia. Naturally, this amounts to quite a lot of pennies.
* One episode of PanelShow ''Series/TheyThinkItsAllOver'' opened with host Nick Hancock declaring that, in a crackdown on the program's foul language, Creator/TheBBC had instituted a swear jar, with all money collected to be donated to Series/ChildrenInNeed. He then set the tone for the rest of the episode by declaring this "a ''[[SoundEffectBleep (bleep)]]''ing good idea" and promptly making the first donation (of many). Panellist Rory [=McGrath=] emptied a large handful of change onto the desk in preparation, while Jonathan Ross went one better by producing two wads of banknotes (as he explained, one for F-bombs, one for CountryMatters), and eventually handed Nick Hancock his bank card.
* The equivalent appeared in the "Fingers and Fumbs" episode of ''{{Series/QI}}'' as a double-or-nothing wager by playing RockPaperScissors with Creator/StephenFry - if the panelists used the [[TWordEuphemism "F-word"]] they'd lose points - in the event every game was lost by Fry or was tied.
* Late in ''Series/ParksAndRecreation'' it's revealed that Tom, Donna, and April have a pool that they all pay into whenever resident ButtMonkey Jerry does something stupid, and use the money to have a nice dinner every Christmas. Ann's protests and the revelation that Jerry invites them to his family Christmas party every year (the trio only didn't know because they deliberately ignore Jerry's e-mails) leads to a collective HeelRealization that ends that tradition, however.
* In one episode of ''Series/AngieTribeca,'' DaChief reveals that he has one of these when the squad needs to come up with a large sum of money to buy into a high-stakes poker game. They count the money and realize they're a few dollars short. Angie says "Shit!" in frustration and then they have enough. Tanner and Hoffman later exploit this by swearing up a storm to raise more money. Where it magically comes from before they put it in the jar is, of course, not explained -- nor the matter of how Hoffman (a '''dog''') swears.
* In the ''Series/MurdochMysteries'' episode "Bloody Hell", the fussy chief clerk of the central records office informs Brakenreid (who is working there during his TenMinuteRetirement) that "cussing is five cents". When Brakenreid sees the extent of the job he's employed to do and mutters the episode title, he's informed that he now owes ten cents; one per word. [[spoiler: Exactly the same thing happens with former Chief Constable Davies at the end.]]
* When Tommy was briefly transferred to a Long Island (i.e. much slower paced than Brooklyn) fire department in ''Series/RescueMe'', his abrasive "city" demeanor clashed with the suburban style of his new crew. The chief actually told him at one point that Tommy had, in the brief time he'd been there, but so much money in the swear jar that the firehouse was about to buy a new HDTV for the rec room (at the time, big-screen HDTV's were still going for about $2000 USD).
* ''Series/LukeCage2016'': Pop keeps a swear jar in his barbershop and everyone has to make a payment when they curse. After he's killed, Luke holds on to it for a while.

* There's a Canadian Tire commercial for an auto hammer where, because of numerous uses of manual hammers in places they clearly weren't designed for, a man's swear jar ends up paying for about half the tool being advertised.

** 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 ("Shi--"), cursing out a lone bowling pin after nearly getting a strike ("Oh, you son of a--"), 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.

* In the Australian bowls film ''Crackerjack'' a swear jar is implemented at the local bowls club.

'''Jack Simpson:''' 'wear jar? What's that?\\
'''Mrs. Jenkins:''' It's a jar you put money in if you say the word "fuck".

* The Cityside Bowls Club has one in ''Film/{{Crackerjack}}''.
-->'''Jack Simpson:''' Swear jar? What's that?\\
'''Gwen:''' It's a jar you put money in if you say 'fuck'.

* ''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''. A comment by Keeley in a later episode further reveals that that was just Roy's tab for ''that month''.