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1	This is an index of tropes that are about taboos as such, rather than ''issues'' that can be considered taboo.
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3	Compare ThatWhichMustNotBeIndexed.
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5	[[index]]
6	!!Tropes about taboos:
7	* ForbiddenFriendship
8	* ForbiddenLove
9	* GayPanic
10	* JesusTaboo
11	* NoNudityTaboo
12	* NuclearWeaponsTaboo
13	* OurNudityIsDifferent
14	* TheScottishTrope
15	* TimeTravelTaboo
16	* UnfortunateImplications
17	* YourNormalIsOurTaboo
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19	!!Tropes that have a component of being about taboos:
20	* AlienBlood -- black blood makes violence easier especially on MechaMooks, Taboo of enemies you can sympathize with.
21	* BloodlessCarnage -- blood is taboo, violence is okay.
22	* TheBodyPartsThatMustNotBeNamed -- implying the genitals is okay, but saying the actual words for them is taboo.
23	* BuryYourGays -- gay people get killed off.
24	* CurseCutShort -- don't say it!
25	* DiscretionShot -- don't show it!
26	* FamilyFriendlyFirearms: Realistic weapons are taboo.
27	* GoshDangItToHeck -- replacing taboo words with similar sounding ones.
28	* HarsherInHindsight -- when it is more taboo than before because of a later tragedy involving or relating to it.
29	* HaveAGayOldTime -- what used to be normal are now euphemisms.
30	* HideYourLesbians -- two people of the same gender who act like they're in love are never confirmed to be lesbians/gay or given actual romance, possibly because homosexuality is taboo.
31	* ImpliedRape -- Rape is too strong a word to say.
32	* InformedObscenity -- fictional obscenities.
33	* JesusWasWayCool -- a taboo against portraying Jesus in a negative light, a taboo that doesn't necessarily extend to God.
34	* MoralGuardians -- and the taboos should ''remain'' taboo, thank you very much.
35	* NeverSayDie -- however, talking about the cessation of biological functioning is permitted.
36	* NippleAndDimed -- where female nipples are taboo, yet male nipples are not.
37	* PleasePutSomeClothesOn -- a trope about characters getting embarrassed because of a nudity taboo.
38	* PreserveYourGays -- going out of their way to not kill the gay characters.
39	* ProfanityPolice -- A character says a dirty word, but another one tells them not to do that
40	* SevenDirtyWords -- which seven words in particular depend on where you live.
41	* SexIsEvilAndIAmHorny -- a character being destructive because his sexual urges clash with his internalized sexual taboos.
42	[[/index]]

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