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7->''"NO DOGS WERE HARMED DURING THE FILMING OF THIS EPISODE. THE CAT GOT SICK AND SOMEBODY SHOT A DUCK BUT THAT'S ABOUT IT."''
8-->-- ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS3E19DogOfDeath Dog of Death]]"
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10"No animals were harmed" is a standard message displayed at the end of movies, and in Hollywood movies is awarded (and trademarked) by the American Humane Association. It means {{exactly what it says|OnTheTin}}.
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12In the early days of Hollywood, safety procedures were pretty lax, even concerning actors. It would be a bit of a bore to find someone who looked enough like your leading lady at short notice. But unless you need your [[TheWestern Wild West]] hero to do some show jumping, there are a dozen bargain-bin nags which you could afford to risk damaging with trip-wires. It was very common for animals to get injured, and no great loss to anyone if they did. Well-trained animals were an exception, incidentally, often getting better treatment than the human actors.
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14In particular, according to [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Humane_Association The Other Wiki]], a scene in the 1939 film ''Film/JesseJames'', wherein a blindfolded horse was ridden off a cliff to its death, is the direct cause of the founding of the American Humane Association's film division (the trademark holder on the phrase "no animals were harmed"), and the "No animals were harmed" language dates directly to the controversy over that movie.
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16After a while, sensitivities changed, safety improved and it became worth letting people know that the animals you used did not end up getting shot and used to make glue, so the "No animals were harmed" disclaimer is now seen in virtually all major works that use animals. More recently, with the advent of computer-generated effects, it's become possible to show animals coming to harm without having to involve any actual animals at all. In such films, "No Animals Were Harmed" is usually accompanied by a phrase to the effect of "Scenes showing harm to animals were simulated."
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18Parodies of the message have become a common CreditsGag, often citing some other group who were not harmed (commonly whatever fictional creatures are featured in the movie), or making specific exceptions to the rule. It's also common to state that while the animals may not have been killed, they did receive some minor injuries, or to stress that while no animals were killed or injured, [[SnuffFilm humans on the other hand...]] It may also be used as a form of CaptainObvious in cartoons or puppet shows where, obviously, no real animals were involved in the making at all.
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20Note that the phrase refers to animals specifically in the colloquial "non-human mammals" sense. "No human beings were harmed in the making of this film" is a phrase you will never see outside of this sentence.[[note]]Well, it was a CouchGag in the Futurama episode where Fry dates a robot, but you get our point.[[/note]] Human actors (or crew for that matter) applied of their own free will, they should at least in theory know what they were getting into, and they have their own organizations (such as OSHA and the Screen Actors Guild) to watchdog their safety concerns.
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22Compare OurLawyersAdvisedThisTrope and NoOSHACompliance. NoCelebritiesWereHarmed and NoCommunitiesWereHarmed derive their names from this trope but are not otherwise directly related.
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25!!Examples:
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29[[folder:Advertising]]
30* The Website/{{Vat19}} ad for the VideoGame/{{Frogger}} Tabletop LCD Game disclaims that no men in frog suits were harmed in the making of the ad.
31* Used in an announcer spiel for an old "We'll be back" AdBumper for ''WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry'' on Creator/CartoonNetwork.
32-->'''Announcer:''' No animals were harmed in the making of this program, except Tom. Okay, so ''one'' animal was harmed. He'll be fine. ''Tom and Jerry'' will be right back on Cartoon Network.
33* Appears in the middle of a commercial for "Wallet Wizard" whose premise involves a dog that has tried to swallow a parrot whole.
34* Done seriously in RSPCA ads. One states this right at the beginning as the camera pans over a living room covered in broken glass with the sound of a dog whimpering in the background. Give the ad also features puppies locked in a garden shed and a soggy kitten abandoned in a bin, the warning is warranted.
35* Also taken seriously with this [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ShVFkjgNZ5I US Childhood Asthma PSA.]] Most of it consists of shots of a fish out of water, flapping and struggling for breath, while a child compares their asthma attacks to the fish. [[https://noattacks.org/media-center-television A disclaimer was added to the website]], explaining that a fish handler was on set to care for the fish, and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hBvYN0Xj4Ww some versions of the PSA]] have a "no fish were harmed" disclaimer added to the end scene where the fish is placed back into the water, possibly due to viewer complaints.
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38[[folder:Anime & Manga]]
39* ''Anime/SamuraiPizzaCats'' had the disclaimer "No animals were harmed in the marking of this cartoon" in its closing credits.
40* Episode 7 of ''Anime/ExcelSaga'' had the disclaimer "No Puchuus were killed or injured in the production of this film. Well, okay, maybe we roughed a few of them up a bit. And we did cook and eat two of them, but that was after we finished filming. Does that count?"
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43[[folder:Comic Strips]]
44* The comic strip ''ComicStrip/LibertyMeadows'' parodied this once. The first two panels were of a character tripping and falling on a banana peel, and nothing else. The third and final panel said "No animals were harmed in the making of this comic strip, with the exception of" followed by an ''[[EverythingExceptMostThings extremely]]'' LongList.
45* Parodied in one ''ComicStrip/MallardFillmore'' comic strip, when the TV that Mallard is watching says, "The following heartwarming holiday special contains 100 percent faux snow; no actual snow was harmed in the production of this program."
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48[[folder:Fan Works]]
49* Parodied in ''Fanfic/CodeWings30'', where Odd proclaims that "[[LeaningOnTheFourthWall No guitars were harmed in the making of this fanfic]]" after William groggily asks "Who threw a guitar?"
50* At the end of the final ''Fanfic/HalloweenUnspectacular'', E350 adds this message:
51-->''No bus drivers were harmed in the making of this series.''\
52\
53''Many Nazis were, [[TakeThat but we don't care so much about them.]]''
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55* ''[[https://www.deviantart.com/cheyenne89pictures/gallery/80507349/cheyenne89-pictures-stories-movies-and-series Cheyenne89 Pictures]]'' has two examples: The first one being the normal one, but it says, [[https://www.deviantart.com/cheyenne89pictures/art/Cheyenneverse-Technical-Difficulties-915717256 "Note: No-one from the Cheyenneverse was harmed in the making of this story! (Despite that what was happening would've gotten us killed!)"]], and the second one was during the end credits of ''[[https://www.wattpad.com/story/325408590-the-frozen-heart%27s-star The Frozen Heart's Star]]'', where it states, "No Waddle Dees, Cappies, or puffballs were harmed in the making of this story. (but some were frozen by the curse)".
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58[[folder:Films -- Animation]]
59* ''WesternAnimation/CatsDontDance'': "No animals were harmed in making this film. Although, a few had to be erased and redrawn."
60* ''WesternAnimation/BrotherBear'' ends with Koda announcing that "no fish were harmed in the making of this film." The message is undercut by [[CarnivoreConfusion a bear chasing a salmon crying for help]] in the background.
61* The credits for ''WesternAnimation/TheCurseOfTheWereRabbit'' state at the end "We would like to stress that no animals were harmed in the making of this film" (given everyone in the film was plasticine, no real animals would have been harmed anyway). Right then, one of the rabbits floating around throughout the end credits hits its head on the text and falls squealing off the screen.
62* ''Toys/{{Bionicle}} Mask of Light'' has one, substituting "animals" for [[CallARabbitASmeerp Rahi]], written in Matoran letters.
63* ''WesternAnimation/MonstersInc'': "No monsters were harmed during the making of this film."
64* ''WesternAnimation/FlushedAway'': "No slugs were [[{{Pun}} a-salted]] in the making of this movie."
65* ''WesternAnimation/WinnieThePooh2011'': "No stuffed animals were harmed in the making of this film."
66* In ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsonsMovie'', [[SoapboxSadie Lisa]] speaks up, wanting to make sure that no animals were harmed in the making of the film, then breathes a sigh of relief when such a notice comes up.
67** The theatrical short ''The Longest Daycare'' has "No butterflies were harmed during the making of this motion picture, although two kids were pretty banged up."
68* ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirlsMovie'': "No apes, monkeys, or talking dogs were harmed in the making of this film."
69* ''WesternAnimation/TheRugratsMovie'': "No cartoon characters were harmed in the making of this film."
70* ''WesternAnimation/TheFlintstonesStoneAgeSmackDown'': "No dinosaurs or hopparoos were harmed in the animation of this cartoon."
71* ''WesternAnimation/TheMagicPudding'' ends with the disclaimer "No animated animals were harmed in the making of this film".
72* ''WesternAnimation/{{Leo}}'': "No cartoon animals were harmed in the production of this motion picture, except maybe for a few bugs."
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75[[folder:Films -- Live-Action]]
76* From ''Film/TheNakedGun 33 1/3'':
77-->"NO ANIMALS WERE HARMED DURING THE FILMING..."\
78HOWEVER, SOME SPECIES DID BECOME EXTINCT DURING PRINCIPAL PHOTOGRAPHY:\
79SPECIES CAUSE OF DEATH\
80Northern Horned Barn Owl (approx. 15) Soundstage Fire\
81Striped Red Heinied Tapir (last pair) Grip Truck\
82Wooly Fettered Tree Squirrel (approx. 100) Crew Lunch
83* ''Film/InTheMouthOfMadness'' has this played straight and subverted:
84-->Animal interaction was monitored by the American Humane Association with on set supervision by the Toronto Humane Society. No animal was harmed in the making of this film.\
85Human interaction was monitored by the Inter Planetary Psychiatric Association. The body count was high, the casualties are heavy.
86* ''Film/TheFlintstones'' movie: "No dinosaurs were harmed in the making of this movie."
87* At the end of the first ''Guyver'' Live-action movie: "No zoanoids were harmed during the making of this movie."
88* A [[CreditsGag parody of this trope]] occurs in the [[Film/HarryPotter movie of]] ''Film/HarryPotterAndTheGobletOfFire'': "No dragons were harmed in the making of this movie."
89* ''Film/FierceCreatures'': "No animals were harmed in the making of this film, only humans."
90* Parodied in the end credits of ''Film/ASeriousMan'': "No Jews were harmed in the making of this film."
91* In ''Film/TwentyFourHourPartyPeople'', Tony Wilson goes out of his way in his narration to the audience to mention that no animals were harmed at the conclusion of a scene involving Shaun and Paul Ryder killing 3,000 pigeons with poisoned breadcrumbs.
92-->'''Tony Wilson:''' ...although there are those who say they're pests, rats with wings.
93* Parodied in the ending credits of all three sequels to ''Film/{{Critters}}'': absolutely no critters were harmed in the making of this film.
94* The film version of ''Film/HowToEatFriedWorms'' had the disclaimer, "No worms were harmed in the making of this film." Then it cut to the part where a worm placed in a microwave to heat exploded and added, "Not even this one."
95* Spoofed in one trailer for ''Film/NinjaAssassin'': "Only one ninja was harmed in the making of this movie. The rest were killed."
96* According to the end of ''Film/FourLions'': "[[BaaBomb One sheep]] was blown up in the making of this film."
97* ''Film/IndependenceDay'': "No animals or aliens were harmed in the making of this film."
98* ''Film/MenInBlack'': "The animals and aliens used in this film were in no way mistreated and all scenes in which they appeared were under strict supervision with the utmost concern for their handling."
99* ''Film/MissionImpossibleDeadReckoning'': In addition to the standard Humane Society disclaimer, the credits also feature a disclaimer that the Spanish Steps in Rome were not harmed in the making of the film, and that the stunt was a reproduction on a studio set.
100* ''Film/TheSinglesWard'' has "No animals were harmed during the making of this film... Except that dog... Stupid dog..."
101* When ''Film/TheAdventuresOfMiloAndOtis'' was released overseas, there were allegations started by some Australian animal rights groups (such as Animal Liberation Queensland and the [=RSPCA=]) that the Japanese filmmakers had put the animals in perilous situations with insufficient safeguards and numerous kittens had died. The allegations were ultimately never proven (an attempted investigation by the American Humane Association to investigate the claims led to dead ends, so it is presumable [=ALQ=] made the initial claims as a publicity stunt). Since it was a Japanese picture, the American Humane Society never officially approved it, but the Japanese SPCA was present on set, so claims that they were in fact careful are pretty much true, hence the film having the non-standard disclaimer of "The animals used were filmed under strict supervision with the utmost care for their safety and well-being."
102* ''[[Film/DeuceBigalow Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo]]'': "Only one fish was harmed during the making of this film. But he feels better now."
103* ''Film/TheWaterHorseLegendOfTheDeep'': "No [[StockNessMonster Sea Monsters]] were harmed during the making of this film."
104* ''Film/StateAndMain'': "Only 2 animals were harmed in the making of this film."
105** Seconds later, the film corrects itself by showing the typical AHA disclaimer.
106* The closing credits ''WesternAnimation/ThePiratesInAnAdventureWithScientists'' state "No dodos were made extinct in the making of this film."
107* ''Film/EZMoney'', a direct-to-DVD kid flick revolving around the FourOneNineScam has "No animals were harmed in the making of this movie and no scam e-mails were sent although several of the crew reportedly signed up for an online dating service."
108* ''Film/Speed2CruiseControl'' has "No oceans were harmed during the making of this film" right under the standard animal disclaimer.
109* ''Film/RatRace'''s end credits contains the line: "No Animals were harmed in the making of this film; only actors were harmed during the making of this film."
110* ''Film/DjangoUnchained'' put the "no animals were harmed" disclaimer at the beginning of the closing credits rather than near the end of the closing credits, possibly to avoid any accusations of horses being killed during filming.
111** The disclaimer very specifically states "No Horses were harmed".
112* The credits of ''Star Trek: Of Gods and Men'' includes the line "No tribbles were harmed during the making of this motion picture."
113* ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy2014'' has "no raccoons or tree creatures were harmed in the making of this film."
114** ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxyVol2'' says the same line, but follows up with "The same cannot be said for handlers of said raccoons and tree creatures."
115* The 1997 monster movie ''Hybrid'' has "no live girls were injured or impregnated during the making of this motion picture".
116* ''[[Film/MrPoppersPenguins Mr. Popper's Penguins]]'': "No penguins were harmed during the making of this movie. Jim Carrey, on the other hand, was bitten mercilessly. But he had it coming."
117* The documentary "Trinity and Beyond: The Atomic Bomb Movie," which includes footage of animals being used in nuclear weapons tests, parodies this with "Some goats, pigs, sheep, and cows were nuked during the production of the original footage used in this film."
118* The credits for ''Film/TheKidAndI'' notes that while no animals were harmed, star Tom Arnold gained ten pounds during production.
119* In the making-of documentary for ''Film/AceVentura: When Nature Calls'', Jim Carrey points out that while no animals were harmed during the production, "The humans had the SNOT kicked out of them!"
120* The credits of ''Literature/MollyMoon and the Incredible Book of Hypnotism'' state that "No animals were harmed during the filming of this motion picture, but some insects were accidentally trodden on."
121* In Creator/RogerEbert's review of ''Film/JoesApartment'', he observes,
122--> "I am informed that 5,000 cockroaches were used in the filming of 'Joe’s Apartment.' That depresses me, but not as much as the news that none of them were harmed during the production."
123* The infamously TroubledProduction ''Film/{{Roar}}'', starring Tippi Hedren and daughter Creator/MelanieGriffith, had a TagLine showing how dangerous filming around various big cats is: "No animals were harmed in the making of this film. 70 cast and crew members were."
124* ''Film/ScreamersTheHunting''. assures the audience that "No screamers were harmed in the making of this motion picture". Given that a plot point is the inability to tell [[TheyLookLikeUsNow Screamers from humans]], how would they know?
125* The closing credits of both ''Film/Paddington2014'' and ''Film/Paddington2'' state that "No bears were harmed in the making of this film" despite the fact that the bears in both are [=CGI=] creations.
126* ''Film/TheHouseWithAClockInItsWalls'' has "No chairs or topiary griffins were harmed in the making of this motion picture". Sadly, no such reassurance is offered for animated automatons or pumpkins.
127* ''Film/HowToTalkToGirlsAtParties'' ends with the disclaimer that "No aliens were harmed during the making of this movie".
128* Averted with ''Film/TheNeverendingStory''. Despite Artax being played by a real horse and the infamous Swamp of Sadness scene having Artax ''sinking to his death'', the film doesn't have a "No animals were harmed" disclaimer in the credits at all. Despite internet rumors, WordOfGod states the horse was fine after they filmed the scene.
129* ''Film/{{Zombeavers}}'' has "No animals were harmed in the making of this film, although the bear did receive a purple nurple (not our fault, he started it)".
130* ''Film/AFairlyOddChristmas'' ends with Wanda stating that no fairies were harmed in the making of the film, followed by Cosmo declaring that he got a paper cut.
131* ''Film/QuigleyDownUnder'' features the "No animals were harmed" disclaimer on the very first screen of closing credits rather than its more typical spot toward the end. This is presumably for extra reassurance after some very realistic effects of horses falling and rolling, notably one scene of a horse and rider going over a cliff. This even extends to the scene where Quigley and Cora are offered live Witchetty grubs to eat: [[spoiler:they actually ate pieces of raw dough]].
132* ''Film/MeetTheFeebles'' ends with "The producers wish to advise that no puppets were killed or maimed during the production of this film".
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135[[folder:Jokes]]
136* Two silkworms entered a race. They ended up in a tie. No invertebrates were harmed in the making of this joke.
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139[[folder:Literature]]
140* The Acknowledgements at the end of ''Literature/StarTrekTitan: Synthesis'' states "No computers were harmed during the making of this production." The novel is about a society of sentient computers.
141* ''Wry Martinis'' by Creator/ChristopherBuckley states (for no apparent reason) that "no animals were harmed in the making of this book."
142* The children's picture book ''Boo-La-La Witch Spa'' has a disclaimer that "No cats, bats, gnomes, backlinks, yetis, spiders, scarabs, skunks, snails, dragons, newts, sea monsters, beetles, trolls, warlocks, werewolves, black widows, pegasi, mummies, zombies, unicorns, ghosts, Loch Ness Monsters, or fairies were harmed during the making of this book. THAT WOULD NOT BE COOL."
143* One chapter in ''[[Literature/PercyJacksonAndTheOlympians Percy Jackson's Greek Heroes]]'' is called "Cyrene Punches A Lion (No Actual Lions Were Harmed In The Making Of This Myth)".
144* Creator/VladimirVasilyev wrote in the preface of one novel that not one Yuri Semetsky[[note]]A memetic ChronicallyKilledActor in Russian literature.[[/note]] was harmed during the writing.
145* ''Literature/CaptainUnderpants'': George and Harold's comic about Professor Poopypants comes with one of these.
146-->''"Notice: All animal cruelty was simulated. No actual gerbils [[TakeThat were forced to listen to]] Music/{{Cher}}."''
147* [[RefugeInAudacity Hilariously subverted]] in [[http://www.newyorker.com/humor/2007/07/02/070702sh_shouts_handey "My Nature Documentary"]], by Creator/JackHandey...
148--> ''Show monkey wandering around, injured, lost and alone. Make him trip, using fishing line attached to his leg. (Try to get this on first take, because after that monkey will probably try to bite off fishing line.)''
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151[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
152* ''Series/TheDailyShowWithJonStewart'': One show, Jon Stewart had been making a running joke about the news making him so stressed, he would destroy what was in his hands. Then he held a kitten. The kitten 'turned into' a glass kitten. After the bit was over, he said "The kitten is fine, by the way."
153* ''Series/XenaWarriorPrincess'' and ''Series/HerculesTheLegendaryJourneys'' ended with mythical creatures in the place: "No Centaurs were harmed".
154** Over the course of the seasons, the messages got increasingly bizarre, including abstract concepts like "Gabrielle's sense of self-worth".
155** "The concept of linear time '''was''' harmed in this episode."
156** From an episode introducing ''yet another'' IdenticalStranger: "Despite the appearance of another Xena lookalike, the gene pool was not harmed in the making of this episode".
157* In ''The Making Of Series/WalkingWithDinosaurs'': "No dinosaurs were harmed in the making of this programme".
158* [[Series/BillNyeTheScienceGuy Bill Nye]] once claimed "no science guys were harmed in the course of an episode".
159* In one ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'' episode, one of the characters riffs, "None of the animals harmed, were harmed during the making of this film".
160* At the end of the ''Series/PennAndTellerBullshit'' episode on PETA, Penn declares "No animals were harmed in the making of this episode"... then thinks for a moment and lists off the various animal products used during production. Earlier, he also says that they wanted to kill, clean, cook and eat a chicken on the show, but the Humane Association wouldn't allow it.
161** To make things even more bizarre, Penn points out that while they themselves cannot kill, clean, cook, and eat a chicken on the show, they are allowed to show footage of ''other'' people doing so (And end up showing StockFootage from a chicken farm-themed documentary). Penn is quick to point out the logicial flaws in this.
162* Common on ''Series/MythBusters'' episodes that involve animals.
163** In one early episode, they teased that they would be testing MicrowaveTheDog later on. When the time came, they stopped the joke and said ''no'', they wouldn't be putting animals at risk on the show.
164** Averted when they investigated whether cockroaches would survive a nuclear war -- they state at least twice that the insects used were bred for lab work and would have been killed anyway, but they ''did'' kill most of their test subjects in that one.
165** Played with in the "Demolition Derby Special". The episode ends with an announcement by the narrator that "Automobiles were hurt in the making of this program", over "In Memoriam" clips of each car getting smashed up.
166** In a viral video special, the team was trying to induce fainting goats to faint. After the segment which featured dozens of goats going stiff and falling over the narrator assures us that no goats were harmed "though several felt they were made to look stupid".
167** The announcer also often notes that that Buster, the dummy that serves as a human analogue in many experiments, has a family and humorously warns them to look away at moments of carnage.
168** Notably, while the cast avoid killing animals during production, they have no problem with ordering large numbers of previously killed ones from butchers and other livestock supplies. They've even used actual human bones on a few occasions.
169*** In early episodes, the narrator would point out that the dead pigs used to test myths were ones that had died of natural causes.
170** In lectures, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ziQWDnFSPt8 Adam relates the story of the only segment they have ever been banned from showing.]] They were trying to test the idea that a sugary cereal has less nutrition in it than the box it is packaged in. They obtained 9 lab mice and put them on special diets with 3 mice per cage. Cage 1 was fed regular, Cage 2 was fed the cereal, and Cage 3 was fed the cardboard. After a week of monitoring, the crew left for the weekend and went home, leaving the mice unattended. Upon returning Monday morning, they found (to their horror), a fat and happy Mouse in Cage 3...and two picked clean skeletons. Discovery freaked out and refused to air any part of the segment. Adam had a rough cut of footage and showed the clip during a college lecture, until he received a 'cease and desist' order from Discovery. They were terrified PETA was going to catch wind.
171** In the {{Duct Tape|ForEverything}} [[DesertedIsland Island]] episode, Adam uses a duct tape net inspired by ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi'' to catch a wild chicken. However, immediately afterwards we get a disclaimer from Adam, saying that while they did catch a real live chicken, the net was just for proof of concept and they didn't actually eat the chicken; it was released and the guys were given store-bought chicken.
172* An episode of ''Series/MyNameIsEarl'' had copious turtle-throwing, after Joy lost Darnell's pet, Mr. Turtle. Before the end credits, a turtle told the "crackpot" viewers that no animals were harmed.
173* A programme about mishaps happening to animals would have a shot of a goat/sheep at the end and have the presenter say "No animals were harmed in the making of this programme". The animal then explodes. "Except for this one," adds the presenter.
174* Parodied in an episode of ''Series/TimeWarp''. "Several stuffed animals were harmed in the making of this episode. And to be honest, they had it coming."
175* On Creator/RossNoble's appearance on ''Live at the Apollo'' he put an imaginary turtle in a drawer but left it open a gap so it wouldn't die. He tried to talk about something else but commented that the audience was still looking at the turtle. He then said that no imaginary animals were harmed in the making of his show... except the imaginary panda that he then procided to beat up, while discuss what is so good about beating up a panda.
176* ''Series/JustShootMe'':
177** Parodied. The cast helps Finch with a film for film class. They burn a birdhouse that's a substitute for a real house while the bird was still inside.
178--->'''Maya''': "Remember that thing in movies where they say "No animals were harmed in the making of this film? Well..."
179** The episode "Slow Donnie" had a subplot concerning some birds in Nina's office. At the end there's a disclaimer from Dennis that "No birds were harmed in the making of this episode." Then a tennis ball from offscreen hits one of the cages, followed by Dennis saying "Oops!"
180* Parodied in ''Series/GarthMarenghisDarkplace'':
181-->'''Garth Marenghi:''' I do not believe that any form of life, be it human, animal, or plant, should be hurt in the making of a television programme. So I personally feel really bad about that cat we killed.
182* Also parodied in ''Richard Hammond's Blast Lab'', where people who are part of experiments are referred to as 'Lab Rats': Richard Hammond says "No Lab Rats were harmed..." towards the end of the credits, and then goes on to say an exception, (for example) "...But one tripped and fell".
183* ''Series/NotTheNineOClockNews'' had a fake apology for a scene where a lorry runs over a hedgehog. "the hedgehog used was a stuffed hedgehog and we feel we exhibited less cruelty to hedgehogs per se than whoever it is that goes around stuffing them".
184* On ''Series/TheYoungOnes'', after Alexi Sayle is shown drinking the contents of a goldfish bowl, a short clip of the inside of his stomach is shown:
185-->'''Puppet goldfish:''' Don't worry, goldfish-lovers everywhere. I am, in fact, a ''stunt'' goldfish. In fact, by the time this programme airs, I will be doing the new Franchise/JamesBond film. So there's no need to write in.\
186'''Puppet hunk of food:''' They never read the letters anyway.
187* In a memorable ''Series/LasVegas'' episode: "No Creator/{{Jean Claude Van Damme}}s were actually injured or killed during the filming of this episode."
188* In one episode of ''Series/TwoPointFourChildren'', Ben tries to put the kettle on but accidentally turns on the blender and liquidizes David's goldfish, which had been put in there when the goldfish bowl got broken. In TheStinger to the episode, in order to demonstrate that the goldfish wasn't harmed, they show how the scene was "really" filmed. Just before Ben turns on the blender, a stage hand pours the fish into a bowl and replaces it with an artificial one. They then try to shoot the scene, but the bowl is in shot. The director asks Ben to hide it - Ben looks around and puts the bowl in the microwave. They start filming - and Ben accidentally [[MicrowaveTheDog turns on the microwave]] instead of the blender.
189* A short-lived Creator/DiscoveryChannel show from 2004 called ''Series/AnimalFaceOff'' was based around if two species dueled it out to the death, which would win. As they couldn't actually make animals fighting to the death, they used CGI with the occasional cut to stock footage.
190* In one ''Series/TimeTeam'' episode, they're excavating the grounds of one of London's law societies, but have to get permission from the gardener to carefully lift a geranium bed. At the end of the episode, Tony says "And if any lawyers are watching, no geraniums were harmed in the making of this episode".
191* Parodied by [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IR0HFRjpTOs this]] promotional video for ''Series/TopGear'', which ends with the disclaimer "No real David Beckhams were harmed, or actually used in this video".
192* The road safety documentary ''Crash Test Dummies: A Smashing History'' ends with the message "Many crash test dummies were harmed during the making of this programme."
193* Used as a brick joke at the end of the first episode of series 27 of ''Series/NeverMindTheBuzzcocks''. At the start they had a guy in a circus outfit holding a rabbit and a hoop for it to jump through, at the end they all have rabbit pie while a caption reads; "Only one delicious rabbit was harmed during the filming of this show".
194* Used out of universe as a joke by Creator/IwanRheon, aka [[spoiler:Ramsay Snow]] in ''Series/GameOfThrones''. When doing some media work to promote the series, Iwan joked "No Alfie Allens were harmed in the making of the show. He still has [[spoiler:his penis]]".
195* ''Series/{{Outsourced}}'': The series ends with Gupta saying "No Indians were harmed in the filming of this video. Bye bye, for now," into the camcorder he uses to film the {{Dance Party|Ending}} after the wedding ceremony.
196* When ''Series/InsomniacWithDaveAttell'' was in New Orleans, the titular host rode along with the NOPD as they were exterminating Nutria. He finished the bit with the disclaimer, "Just in case you are wondering, a lot of animals were hurt during the shooting of this."
197* ''Series/{{Poirot}}'': A disclaimer in the end credits of ''Appointment with Death'' says, "No animals were harmed in the making of this film."
198* ''Series/IditarodTheToughestRaceOnEarth'': In light of then-recent outcries by animal rights groups about the well-being of Iditarod sled dogs, the series emphasizes how well the dogs are treated. The mushers know their dogs inside and out, and put their safety above all else. All dogs given a close physical check-up before the race; if a dog is sick or injured, they are pulled out and flown to Anchorage for medical treatment. The racers are not allowed to give their dogs injury-masking drugs of any kind. Each team is required to rest a full 24 hours, as well as take two eight-hour rests. Additionally, the race has 40 vets to take care of the dogs — but only one doctor to take care of the humans.
199* Frequently parodied in ''Series/AllAussieAdventures'': Russell Coight does accidentally kill a lot of wild animals while showcasing them to the audience, and the credits will tell us that "No animal was hurt more than once in the making of this program", or something equally non-reassuring.
200* ''Series/TheSecretLifeOfUs'' has this at the end of "The Truth About Cats and Dogs, Part 1", right after Evan runs over the neighbours' cat, who Kelly had previously threatened to kill after it crapped on her bed and spread fleas around their apartment.
201* ''Series/MacGyver1985'': "Black Rhino" features an explicit message before the episode gets fully underway with its anti-poaching plot indicating that there is a scene depicting injury to an animal and that the injury and the animal have been simulated. The scene happens to be '''''immensely''''' heartbreaking, where a rhino had its whole horn shredded off by a ''chainsaw'', is groaning as it bleeds out slowly, and it had to be put down.
202* A British TV series called ''Series/NineNineNine'' -the direct TransAtlanticEquivalent of ''Series/Rescue911''- once staged a reconstruction of a fire in a horse barn, leading presenter Michael Buerk to add a disclaimer at the end that not only were none of the horses injured during filming, they were all trained performance animals and weren't even ''scared'' for real. (And for the record, all the animals involved in the actual fire were safely evacuated and suffered no lasting harm.)
203* A ''Series/ChappellesShow'' skit parodying ''Series/LawAndOrder'' featured a criminal's dog getting shot by raiding [=SWAT=] officers. Predictably, the skit ended with a No Animals Were Harmed disclaimer.
204* ''Series/ParisPolice1900'': The BBC broadcast of the series added a very large English-language disclaimer to the otherwise-untranslated French end credits, due to the extremely graphic scenes of animal slaughter and butchery in the first two episodes.
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207[[folder:Magazines]]
208* In the "Bullseye" section of ''Entertainment Weekly'' Issue #1449 (January 20, 2017), one arrow on the "Miss" part points to Joe Coughlin from ''Film/LiveByNight'' in a fedora, whose caption on the bottom says, "Unfortunately, no hats were harmed during the making of this movie."
209** In the same section of ''EW''[='=]s Issue #1473 (July 7, 2017), one arrow on the "Near-Miss" part points to a picture from ''Series/{{Zoo}}'', whose caption on the bottom says, "No animals were harmed in the making of ''Zoo'', but unfortunately the same cannot be said for viewers."
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212[[folder:Music]]
213* Humor a-capella group Moosebutter parodied this in their song "Captain Organic Vegetable Man":
214-->"No animals were harmed in the making of this song, including these: *various animal noises*... No ''vegetables'' were harmed in the making of this song, including:..."
215* The credits inside Eels' ''Daisies Of The Galaxy'' include a note that "no {{sampl|ing}}es were harmed during the making of this record".
216* The music video for Music/TheBandPerry's "Chainsaw" features a large number of trees getting chopped down with chainsaws. A disclaimer at the end states that the video was shot at a renewable tree farm in Oregon.
217* PETA got uppity with Music/{{Aerosmith}} over the album cover for ''Music/GetAGrip'', which depicts a cow with a pierced udder. Aerosmith responded that the piercing was photoshopped in.
218[[/folder]]
219
220[[folder:Music Videos]]
221* The Music/RobbieWilliams BodyHorror-filled music video "Rock DJ" ends with the disclaimer "No Robbies were harmed making this video".
222* The music video for Tomboy's "It's OK To Be Gay" ends with the disclaimer "No straight people were harmed during the production of this music video".
223* One Music/{{Kesha}} video opens with a "No mythological creatures were harmed" disclaimer, then blows away several humanoid unicorns (who, of course, bleed rainbows).
224* A disclaimer at the end of Music/MichaelJackson's music video for [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7z_w83fSjM "Earth Song"]] says that no animals were harmed during the making of the video, though an unnamed poacher had killed an elephant within a mile of the shot.
225* The music video for Music/{{Korn}}'s ''[[http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x704a_korn-somebody-someone_music Somebody Someone]]'' ends with the disclaimer "No insects were harmed in the filming of this video" in front of Jonathan Davis' hand with a squashed fly on it.
226* The VEVO video for Music/TaylorSwift's song "Blank Space" had in its [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-ORhEE9VVg description,]] "No animals, trees, automobiles or actors were harmed in the making of this video."
227** Taylor's video of the ''1989'' tour had a disclaimer, "No cats were harmed in the making of this tour. Just one pop star."
228* Befitting the anti-authoritative leanings of [[Creator/MichaelMoore its director]] and [[Music/RageAgainstTheMachine its stars]], part of the video for "Sleep Now In The Fire" was illegally filmed outside the New York Stock Exchange. Captions at the end inform us that because of the ruckus that began when the NYPD tried to halt the performance, the exchange was forced to halt trading an hour before closing, but that "'''No money was harmed.'''"
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231[[folder:Puppet Shows]]
232* Parodied in the Season 2 finale of ''Series/{{Mongrels}}'', which shows a black-and-white montage of the many, many animals who have died on the show, set to Aerosmith's "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing".
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235[[folder:Radio]]
236* Episode 5 of ''Radio/TheHitchHikersGuideToTheGalaxy1978: The Hexagonal Phase'' features a herd of Ameglian Major Cows (the species the Dish of the Day belongs to), all determined to be eaten. TheStinger states "For those concerned that any animals were mistreated in this episode, please note that the Amelgian Major Cows refused to have their scenes supervised by any animal welfare group. And very delicious they were, too."
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239[[folder:Tabletop Games]]
240* In the credits for the TabletopGame/{{Warhammer}} related game TabletopGame/{{Mordheim}}, it is written that "No toads or rats were harmed during the production of Mordheim. Several fish were consumed."
241[[/folder]]
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243[[folder:Theater]]
244* In part of Creator/TheUmbilicalBrothers's "Don't Explain" show. That imaginary dog didn't die! It was switched with... hm... a false one.
245* ''Theatre/TheCompleteHistoryOfAmericaAbridged'' begins with the voiceover disclaimer: "The animals used in tonight's performance were tortured under the strict supervision of the American Humane Society." Of course, the MinimalistCast doesn't include any actual animals.
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248[[folder:Video Games]]
249* ''VideoGame/AmazonGuardiansOfEden'': The message at the end "The producers wish you to inform you that no insects were harmed in the making of this game." Considering you've killed an enormous ant not long before...
250* Parodied at least in the box art's back cover for the Platform/PlayStation version of ''VideoGame/BrainDead13'':
251-->'''WARNING:''' EXTREME CARTOON VIOLENCE! No cartoon characters were maimed or mutilated during the making of this game.
252* ''VideoGame/CallOfDuty 1'' and ''2'' feature the line "No cows were harmed in the making of this game" at the end of their credits sequences.
253* After the end credits for ''[[VideoGame/ClayFighter ClayFighter 63 1/3]]'', a message appears saying that [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/lockjaw.png "This animal was severely hurt in the making of this game. Rest in peace Lockjaw."]]
254* In ''VideoGame/TheDarksideDetective'', the end credits report that no pixels were harmed in the making of the game, but some of the programmers did get carpal tunnel.
255* ''VideoGame/DreamfallTheLongestJourney'' ends with, among other things that [[TheStinger happen after the credits]], a reassuring message that "No grubbers were harmed in the making of this game". Grubbers are semi-sentient underground creatures whom the player must sneak past or physically disable on several occasions.
256* In the first ''[[VideoGame/FirstEncounterAssaultRecon F.E.A.R.]]'' game, the ending credits include the line "No Delta Force Operatives were harmed in the making of this game", in reference to [[RedshirtArmy the obscene number of them that die during the course of it]].
257* ''VideoGame/FightOfAnimals'' has the following disclaimer:
258--> Animals are adorable, we love them. It is shameful to let animals fighting each other in the REAL WORLD in anyway. We do not encourage any actions that harms or abuses any creatures on the planet. This game was simply for entertaining purposes, there are no animals injured or killed in the game.
259* ''VideoGame/FreddyPharkasFrontierPharmacist'' ends with "A total of 34 animals were injured or maimed in the making of this game. After all, we could accept nothing less than total and complete realism."
260* After reading through all the instructions for the WebGame ''ComicStrip/{{Garfield}}'s Sheep Shot'' -- which revolves around using a slingshot to fire CountingSheep at Garfield and various nuisances so the former can get enough sleep -- a disclaimer appears to jokingly clarify "No cartoon sheep were harmed during the making of this game."
261* As pictured above, the disclaimer stating that no kangaroos were harmed during the game's making is actually the first thing the player will see when playing ''VideoGame/HangARoo''. It comes before the title screen and the Developers' name.
262* The end credits for Bad Boys' Love in ''VisualNovel/HatofulBoyfriend'' states that no birds were harmed in the making of this game [[spoiler:although many of the bird characters seriously were]]. It may have been because one bird is a Luzon Bleeding-Heart, a species with plumage that makes it look like they've been shot in the chest.
263* In ''VideoGame/{{Hedgewars}}'', one of the menu tips is "No hedgehogs were harmed in making this game".
264* The ''VideoGame/{{Hexen}} II'' demo ended with the note that no sheep were harmed during its making.
265* At the end of ''[=HunCraft=]'' (a Hungarian FanSequel to ''VideoGame/StarCraft'') the end credits say: "Lots of animals were harmed during the production of this game. And a [[HumongousMecha Titan]] stepped on a duck."
266* The end credits for ''VideoGame/Interstate76'' proudly announce: "No polygonal animals were harmed during the making of this product."
267* In the ''VideoGame/JakAndDaxter'' trilogy movie (a free DVD shipped with copies of ''Jak X: Combat Racing'', providing a look back at and a summary of the previous three games) narrated by [[WeaselMascot Daxter himself]], it's explicitly said, "''Yes'', an [[MixAndMatchCritter ottsel]] WAS harmed during the making of this game!" over images of him facing his usual abuse.
268* This is parodied in ''VideoGame/Left4Dead'', a video game pastiche of a ZombieApocalypse movie. After one of the campaigns are finished, a fake "Credits" screen rolls showing various statistics about the player's performances. This roll ends with "X zombies were harmed in the making of this film." where X is the number of zombies the players have slaughtered. As this number is generally about 1,500, this is a very awesome moment for the players.
269* The SNES version of ''VideoGame/{{Lemmings}} II: The Tribes'' has this in its end credits, presumably in homage to the Simpsons episode quoted at the top: "No Lemmings were hurt during the making of this game. One got sick, and somebody shot a duck, but that's about it."
270* In the ''VideoGame/MassEffect3'' DLC ''Citadel'', Wrex can say (if alive) "Looks like no humans were harmed in the making of this party".
271* "No animals were harmed in the making of ''VideoGame/MechWarrior Online''. Only humans were harmed."
272* ''Miitopia'' [[PlayedForLaughs plays this for laughs]] in its description for Frog Juice: "Don't worry, no frogs were harmed in the making of this juice."
273* After the final puzzle and cutscene in ''VideoGame/MysteryCaseFiles: Madame Fate'', under the "To Be Continued" is a note that no actual carneys were harmed.
274* At the end of the trailer for ''VideoGame/TheOuterWorlds'', an [[FreezeFrameBonus unreadably fast]] wall of text informs you that some animals ''were'' harmed in the making of this advertisement, including five canids, two raptidons, and one genetically unidentifiable space organism.
275* The credits for ''VideoGame/{{Painkiller}}'' note that a few demons were, in fact, hurt pretty badly in the making of the game.
276* The first ''VideoGame/PajamaSam'' game has this: "No animals were harmed and no cheese was eaten in the making of this game. Mmmmm, cheese. Bye bye now bye bye."
277* In ''VideoGame/PrimalRage'', the AttractMode includes the message, "No animals were harmed in any way during the making of ''Primal Rage''." It's obviously a joke, as the fighting creatures are digitized StopMotion figures.
278* ''VideoGame/RandalsMonday'': PlayedWith. You have to poison some pigeons to solve a puzzle later, and the game does clarify that they are dead. But they were also drawings, [[http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/randalsmonday/randalsmonday-17.png so whatever.]]
279* ''Franchise/RatchetAndClank'':
280** ''VideoGame/RatchetAndClankGoingCommando'', the game that features the Sheepinator, gives us:
281--->"No sheep were harmed in the making of this game. For the most part. The one that was had it coming."
282** ''Quest For Booty'': "No heliogrubs were harmed in the making of this game."
283* The end credits for ''VideoGame/{{Resistance}} 2'' end with the line "No gargantuan monsters were harmed in the making of this game", most likely in reference to the {{Kaiju}}-sized Leviathan in the Chicago level.
284* In the ending of the shareware version of ''VideoGame/RiseOfTheTriad'', one of numerous gag messages in the ending text is "No animals were harmed during the creation of this video game, although one dog did get its butt spanked when it peed on the carpet."
285* In ''VideoGame/TheSecretOfMonkeyIsland'', after Guybrush feeds a drugged hunk of meat to Governor Marley's piranha poodles, an important notice pops up: "These dogs are not dead, they are only SLEEPING. No animals were harmed during the production of this game." The [[UpdatedRerelease Special Edition]] adds a bold voice-over that narrates the Important Notice.
286* ''VideoGame/SidAndAlsIncredibleToons'' presents this disclaimer in the manual:
287-->No toons were injured in the creation of this game. Our artists worked exclusively with nontoxic inks and erasers, and all animation was conducted with the express approval of the International Commission of Kindness and Humanity Toward Toons.
288* Parodied in one of Eggman's announcements in ''VideoGame/SonicColors''. Well, [[ExactWords at least the first sentence is true]]:
289--> "No aliens were harmed in the creation of this park. They were all harmed ''after'' the park was created."
290* No animals were mistreated or harmed in any way during the production of ''[[VideoGame/SpyFox Spy Fox in Dry Cereal]]''...although quite a few were milked.
291* ''VideoGame/SpyroTheDragon1998'': The end credits feature the disclaimer "No sheep were harmed during the making of this game. A few Gnorcs, but no sheep."
292* ''VideoGame/{{Starcraft}}'' included an assurance in the final credits that no pixel was harmed during the game production. (No guarantees about animals, given that this was the game where clicking on a critter could eventually make it go up in a mushroom cloud.)
293* The closing credits of ''VideoGame/StarshipTitanic'' explain that "no starlings were harmed" for the game, referring to a puzzle where starlings [[spoiler:are pureed using the ventilation system]].
294** This puzzle is optional, by the way, allowing a less squicky solution.
295* ''VideoGame/{{Startopia}}'': "No [[http://startopia.wikia.com/wiki/Memau Memau]] where harmed during the making of this game."
296* ''VideoGame/StrikeSeries'': At the end of the Platform/SegaGenesis version of ''Jungle Strike'', there is a disclaimer that says something along the lines of "No bovine were harmed during the making of this game."
297* ''Super Bobido World'' (A ''VideoGame/SuperMarioWorld'' GameMod)) has the message "Lots of Koopas were hurt in the making of this" in the credits. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ON8WUuPWTis As seen here.]]
298* An advertisement for a ''Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles'' game on the Nintendo Gamecube said, "No turtles were harmed in the making of this game (that part comes when you play it)".
299* One of the LoadingScreen tips in ''[[VideoGame/TonyHawksProSkater Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1+2]]'' is "No skateboarders were harmed in the making of this game. Except the ones who recorded bail mocap."
300[[/folder]]
301
302[[folder:Webcomics]]
303* ''Webcomic/CrimsonDark'' : the website footnote claims that ''"No pixels were harmed in the creation of this website. A link was broken, and someone split a cell, but that's all."''
304* ''Webcomic/MinionsAtWork'': [[http://www.minionsatwork.com/2010/10/minion-245-thats-why-they-call-it.html "No insurance salesmen were turning into gorillas and run over with a golf cart in the making of this cartoon."]]
305* ''Webcomic/WhatBirdsKnow'' redesigned its website in 2015 and included the line "No birds were harmed during the production of this comic."
306* ''Webcomic/SaturdayMorningBreakfastCereal'': In [[https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/2013-02-28 strip for 2013-02-28]]: "No animals were harmed in making the food in this can." [[ExactWords Of course,]] that says nothing about a MadScientist harming koalas and dolphins to make the can itself.
307* In ''Webcomic/{{Concerned}}'', the notes for one comic featuring a ton of seagulls mentions that said seagulls [[OneHitPointWonder die if you so much as brush them with the physics gun]], then notes that "many, many seagulls were killed in the making of this comic."
308* ''Webcomic/PoisonIvyGulch'': Noted on the credits page and similar to the above Freddy Pharkas example.
309--> A total of 28 buffalo, 15 donkeys, 8 oxen, 55 jackrabbits, 9 squirrels, 12 vultures, 18 lizards, 42 rattlesnakes, 80 scorpions and 69, 283 ants were killed during the making of this webcomic. In the creation of the same, I could accept nothing less than total realism.
310[[/folder]]
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312[[folder:Web Original]]
313* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed and NoCommunitiesWereHarmed, right here [[TonightInThisVeryRing on this very wiki]].
314* WebVideo/YuGiOhTheAbridgedSeries plays this in an episode.
315-->YAMI: No Duel Monsters were harmed in the making of this episode - except for Kuriboh.
316* Parodied in the credits of [[WebAnimation/ZeroPunctuation Yahtzee's]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jYQLR7dE5k4 review]] of ''VideoGame/{{Fable|I}} The Lost Chapters'': "NO PUPPIES WERE HARMED DURING THE MAKING OF THIS VIDEO EXCEPT ONE WHO GENUINELY DESERVED IT"
317* "''The [[Music/DoctorSteel Dr. Steel]] Show''", Episode 1: "No Hamsters were harmed in the making of this film"
318* At the end of ''WebAnimation/ThereSheIs''! Step 2: Cake Dance "No animal was harmed in the making of this animation."
319* Parodied/Inverted in a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lm-Vnx58UYo&feature=player_embedded video about Google Chrome OS and it's laptop]]: "25 computers were harmed in the making of this video."
320* [[http://chromagic.blogspot.com/2011/01/101-kickass-things.html "No Smurfs were harmed in the making of this list."]]
321* ''WebVideo/CollegeSaga'' reports that "No animals were harmed in the making of this film. A lettuce head was however totally beaten up by our crew members. We would like to extend our grievances to the friends and family of the abused lettuce and pray for its early arrival to Vegetable Heaven."
322* The video podcast ''The Idiot Box'' ended the credits for each episode with an example of this trope appropriate to the show being mocked. (Examples: ''The Magic Clown'' tagged "No clowns were harmed..." and ''Ding Dong School'' with "No dolls were harmed...")
323* ''Film/ProjectMillion'' claims that "No Spazz Puppets Were Harmed" followed shortly by "...that's a lie". Several puppets were slashed to bits by Spazz himself.
324* [[Creator/StuartAshen Dr Ashen's]] guide to [[http://homepage.ntlworld.com/ashen1/ashen/menu/build/intro.htm building a computer for next to nothing]] involves a rabbit.
325--> No rabbits were harmed in the making of this tutorial, although I did kick the shit out of a giraffe. The long necked, snooty bastard.
326* The Creator/RoosterTeeth Short ''Secret Door'' ends with the disclaimer, [[spoiler:"No clones were harmed during the making of this short. Except Gavin 3. He's dead now.]]
327* Parodied in the credits of ''[[https://web.archive.org/web/20100209073828/http://www.freewebs.com/spirit_library/Zamor.htm How To Make A Zamor Launcher PSA]]'':
328-->Many Matoran and Toa were hurt during the making of this movie.\
329I will not lie to you - we had some pretty bad injuries on set.\
330No one died or anything, but let me tell you, they certainly pushed the limits of their medical coverage.\
331Don't worry, no animals were hurt. Now you nutters who could care less about sapient beings can go home happy.
332* Several episodes of ''Theatre/TheLeagueOfSTEAM'' end with this statement:
333--> All animals in this production were safely and lovingly handled by their owners. All monsters and creatures defeated by The League of S.T.E.A.M. have been rehabilitated and given homes in a cryptozoological preserve.
334* Found on the Geocities page [[https://web.archive.org/web/20010424092354/http://www.geocities.com:80/Heartland/Meadows/1666/ susansthoughts]]:
335-->No animals were harmed during the creation of this web page, though my cat got confused occasionally.
336* ''WebAnimation/MinilifeTV'': In "The Semi-Finals":
337--> No real cats were bombed in the making of this episode.
338** The Splitzies 5000!!!":
339--> Cats were harmed during the making of this video.
340* "WebVideo/DeadpoolTheMusical" parodies this at the end of each short film:
341** "Deadpool: The Musical":
342---> [[spoiler:No actual unicorns were harmed in the making of this non-profit, non-commercial fan film.\
343Just gently loved.]]
344** "Deadpool: The Musical 2":
345---> [[spoiler:One Fleshlight was harmed during the making of this film.]]
346* ''WebVideo/ScreenRantPitchMeetings'' discusses the "no animals were harmed" disclaimer at the beginning of ''Film/RRR2022''.
347-->'''Screenwriter:''' When you see a man throw a leopard at another man in this bromance, that's not a real leopard.\
348'''Producer:''' What kind of bromance is this?!
349* LetsPlay/UnoTheMovie by Creator/AchievementHunter pulls one involving someone who wasn't even part of the "movie": "No Michaels were harmed".
350* Parodied in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1A7gU6BhKg this video]] posted by Lancaster Archery Supply, a major archery dealer in Pennsylvania. After COVID, LAS started a contest as part of its annual customer appreciation event in which LAS employees and a couple of guest shooters try to put an arrow into various animal targets (in the linked video, an elk [wapiti]). Said targets are made of ''steel'', with only a relatively small cutout representing the animal's vitals. The video opens with the following tagline:
351--> WARNING
352--> Arrows were harmed in the making of this film
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354
355[[folder:Western Animation]]
356* ''WesternAnimation/CartoonsThatNeverMadeIt'': "Frothy Dawg" has its end credits end with the message "No animals were seriously injured in the making of this Frothy Dawg gimmick".
357* ''WesternAnimation/TheCritic'': "Celebrity voices were impersonated. NoCelebritiesWereHarmed in the making of this episode."
358* In the ''WesternAnimation/CowAndChicken'' episode "I Scream Man", the Red Guy addresses the audience at the end to assure that no [[ItMakesSenseInContext Abbor Day piggies]] were hurt during the making of the cartoon, and then goes into a tirade about how he was hurt (emotionally), more than once and blames David Feiss, the creator of the cartoon, for not hiring a stunt double.
359* In ''WesternAnimation/BillyAndMandysBigBoogeyAdventure'' one of the charges the Boogey Man levies against Billy, Mandy and Grim is that they are "mean to baby animals". The end credits has a disclaimer saying "no one was mean to baby animals during the making of this cartoon".
360* At the end of the ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' episode "Dog Gone", which featured several graphic animal death scenes, Peter says:
361--> We here at ''Family Guy'' want you to know that we respect all living beings, and assure you, that no animals were harmed in the making of this episode. But we're about to hurt the feelings of this Italian opera singer by prematurely dropping the curtain on his performance.
362* ''WesternAnimation/{{Pelswick}}'': "Kick Me Kate" has Pelswick saying, "No cartoon animals were harmed in the making of this television episode. Thank you!" A goat appears with him.
363* An episode of ''WesternAnimation/JohnnyBravo'', [[ItMakesSenseInContext where the climax involved him preventing the Army from attacking his rampaging pet dinosaur]], ends with the general trying to inform the viewers that "no Army personnel were harmed" in the making of the cartoon, only to get interrupted by the aforementioned dinosaur eating him.
364* In the credits of ''WesternAnimation/SheepInTheBigCity's'' first episode there is this message:
365-->"No sheep were injured during the filming of this special. The next day, however, Sheep walked into a wall and stubbed his toe."
366* In the credits of ''WesternAnimation/TheEmperorsNewSchool'' episode "The Puma Whisper", Kuzco claims that there were no emperors harmed - afterwards, he is attacked by a puma.
367* ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill'': In "Serves Me Right for Giving General George S. Patton the Bathroom Key", Hank announces to the audience at the end of the episode, "No pipes were harmed in the making of this episode."
368* ''WesternAnimation/LittleDogsOnThePrairie'' has “no animals were harmed in the making of this program, however there were a few times we wanted to roll up a newspaper and give a few executives a whack on the nose”.
369* In ''WesternAnimation/InvaderZim'', a disclaimer at the end of the episode "Hamstergeddon" says, "No animated characters were harmed in the filming of this production."
370* In ''WesternAnimation/RockosModernLife'', a disclaimer at the end of "Hut Sut Raw" says, "No shrews were harmed during the making of this episode."
371* The SeriesFinale of WesternAnimation/{{Daria}} features a curse removal potion with the disclaimer "No animals were harmed other than the ones we sacrificed."
372* "WesternAnimation/{{Crashbox}}": "No slobs were harmed in the filming of this show."
373* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': The episode "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS3E19DogOfDeath Dog of Death]]" has this at the end.
374-->No dogs were harmed in the filming of this episode. A cat got sick, and somebody shot a duck, but that's it.
375* The 1992 ''WesternAnimation/BlinkyBill'' movie has this: "The producers emphasise that this film depicts the consequences of logging carried out illegally and without proper consideration for the environment. Logging under approved procedures would not create the destruction of the environment portrayed in this film. Any similarity of the characters and voices in this film to actual persons in unintentional."
376** The third series during the Yoram Gross era: "No animals were harmed during the making of this series."
377* The ''WesternAnimation/VeggieTales'' episode ''Silly Sing-Along 2: The End of Silliness?'' has this: "No Animals were injured during the filming of this song (''The Yodeling Veterinarian of the Alps'')."
378[[/folder]]
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381* The back of a carton of Ben & Jerry's Chunky Monkey ice cream states that no monkeys were harmed in the making of this product, although a few bananas may have been roughed up a little... This might have to do with an incident where the flavor sold poorly when it was first released in Japan, despite positive response from focus groups, due to the name [[BlindIdiotTranslation being mistranslated]] to mean "Chunks of Monkey".
382* Top Gear has t-shirt labels stating that: "These t-shirts were tested on animals. They didn't fit."
383* At one time 7-Eleven would have smoking ID plaques that said "18 in Dog Years doesn't count" with the picture of a dog wearing sunglasses and holding a (fake) cigarette in its mouth. The fine print at the bottom read "No Dogs were harmed in the making of this image. One however, got a little crunk."
384* At one point in the UK, IKEA sold a special version of their hot dogs called "corgi dogs", which was the basic hot dog in a corgi-shaped wrapper. Any physical advertisements featuring them had some small print stating that "no corgis were harmed".
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