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14	->'''Mr. Lundie:''' They were indeed horrible destructive women. I dinna suppose you have such women in your country?\
15	'''Tommy Albright:''' Witches?\
16	'''Jeff Douglas:''' Oh, we have 'em. We pronounce it differently.
17	-->-- ''Theatre/{{Brigadoon}}''
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19	A SubTrope of ParentheticalSwearing, this is a line of dialogue which may be used for GettingCrapPastTheRadar, or that at least always leads to many raised eyebrows and jokes amongst the online fandom. Basically, Bob calls Alice a "witch." The context and inflection, however, strongly imply that, in a world free of {{Media Watchdog}}s and censors, he would have used a different epithet -- one that rhymes with "witch" but starts with a B. Extra fun if it's justified with the subject being a literal witch or, conversely, the speaker being a female dog (who wouldn't use a word that ''means'' "female dog" as an insult). More adult-oriented works tend to do the opposite: wherever the word for a magic-using crone would suffice ("{{wicked witch}}", "witchcraft"), they'll go for the swear.
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21	And this is not just in English...Spanish-speakers may like to use "bruja" as a polite form of "puta."[[note]] It varies by country. For some Latin countries, calling a woman a "bruja" means a mean lady or even insult her appearance. [[/note]] Yes, this includes "hijo de bruja." Be warned, however, calling a girl a "bruja" could imply that she is more "a woman of ill-repute" whereas calling a girl a "witch" would simply suggest she is "not a very nice lady."
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23	Most prevalent in WesternAnimation. See also ThisIsForEmphasisBitch, which can be used to set up this trope. It's often used when {{bowdleri\|se}}zing a work for broadcast, in places where people in the version seen in videos, movie theaters, or [=CDs=] do say "bitch."
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26	!!Examples
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29	[[folder:Anime & Manga]]
30	* The English version of the manga ''Manga/AssassinationClassroom'' goes this route. In Japanese the students refer to teacher-slash-HoneyTrap Irina Jelavic as Bitch-Sensei, playing off how -Vic is pronounced "vitch" and the Japanese language lacking a V sound, typically substituting them with B's. In the English translation, her name is spelled "Jelavitch" and the pun is further preserved by the students calling her "Ms. Vitch."
31	** Played literally in the spinoff ''Manga/KoroSenseiQuest'', where her class is a Witch as a nod to her nickname.
32	* In the fourth episode of ''[[Anime/{{Bakugan}} Bakugan New Vestroia]]'''s English dub, Elfin (Marucho's new guardian) says to Mylene (who has just captured some innocent Bakugan) "Give me back those Bakugan you witch!"
33	* In the ''Anime/DigimonAdventure'' dub, during the Angewomon / [=LadyDevimon=] [[CatFight slap fight]]:
34	-->'''Izzy:''' I know I shouldn't watch this, [[MaleGaze but I can't take my eyes off them!]]\
35	'''[[TagalongKid Ka]][[CheerfulChild ri]]:''' [[OutOfCharacterMoment angrily pumping her fists]] You get her, Angewomon! That's right! Knock that witch's block off! '''GO!'''
36	** When they meet again for another round in [[Anime/DigimonAdventure02 the following season]], Angewomon tells [=LadyDevimon=] "Try to stop me, you witch!"
37	* In the dubbed version of ''Anime/DragonBallZ'''s ''The History Of Trunks'', the title character, [[spoiler:after having Android 18 beat him up and then aim a death attack at him]], utters "Go ahead. Do it! You... WITCH!"
38	* ''Manga/{{Inuyasha}}'' uses this in the anime (dub). A lot. Plus, he says it in a particularly demeaning manner. You can't really miss it. Then again, he is [[HalfHumanHybrid half]] [[BeastMan dog]] {{yokai}}, so it could actually be the stronger insult from him.
39	-->(To Kagura, numerous times): You witch!\
40	(To Tsubaki): You witch!
41	* In ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamTheOrigin'', young Artesia meets her father’s legal wife Roselucia (as opposed to her mother Astraia, who was TheMistress to her father, though she acted as his wife to the public) and calls her a witch. Given her scary appearance and WickedStepmother vibes, it works in translation.
42	* From American volume 37 of ''Manga/OnePiece'':
43	-->'''Franky:''' [[AccidentalMisnaming Spanda]]!!! You son of a sea witch!!
44	* ''Franchise/SailorMoon'':
45	** In the original English versions (both [[Anime/SailorMoon anime]] and [[Manga/SailorMoon manga]]) of ''Franchise/SailorMoon'', [[DubNameChange Lita]] often used "witch" as an insult. Considering it was a MagicalGirl show, it could sometimes be taken literally, though.
46	** Ditto in one episode where Serena refers to Zoycite as "that witch." She also calls Queen Beryl "you witch" to her face in their final battle.
47	** In her debut episode, Amy also called the Youma who disguised herself as the cram/computer school teacher a "slimy old witch."
48	** Trista famously calls a Eudial a "wicked witch" in their showdown.[[note]] Doubles as a MythologyGag to the original anime where Tomoe's minions were called the Witches 5 or "witches."[[/note]]
49	** Even Viz couldn't resist having Mako call En a witch in their dub of "The Moonlight Knight, Mako Falls In Love."
50	** Mixx Entertainment often translated "Youma" as "Witch" in their English translation of the manga and chapter books. Given that they're nearly all female, it's not that much of a stretch.
51	* A very odd and meta version of this happens in ''Anime/{{Vandread}}'' in the second season: When the [[spoiler: Mejale pirates are captured by their peers on the last leg of the season, the female judge who were judging them calls them "witches" due of their relationship with the males from Tarak, in this case Hibiki and the Tarakians]]. The meta part comes with the fact [[spoiler:in Japanese the word "witch" is translated as "majou", but [[TranslationConvention in-universe is stated the language of the women of Mejale]] is ''English''. Even more when the judge call the pirates as such, Jura gets ''seriously offended'' being called a witch. Even more meta if you take into account [[Creator/YuuAsakawa Jura's Japanese VA]] speaks and understand English]] in RealLife.
52	* In the English dub of ''Anime/ZoidsChaoticCentury'', episode 28 has Van call Irvine a "pain in the chassis".
53	* Proving this trope doesn't always applies to English dubs, in Anime/YuGiOhFirstAnimeSeries, SadistTeacher Ms. Chono is nicknamed the "WickedWitch of Expulsion."
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55
56	[[folder:Comic Books]]
57	* In issue three of ''[[ComicBook/{{Aztek}} Aztek: The Ultimate Man]]'', Fixit at one point refers to Death-Doll as a "witch" while complaining under his breath that he hates her.
58	* ''ComicBook/{{Batman}}'':
59	** ''ComicBook/BatmanHush'' has a criminal refer to [[Characters/BatmanHuntress the Huntress]] as a "witch" and Poison Ivy do the same to Catwoman.
60	** The ''Film/BatmanReturns'' ComicBookAdaptation did this to the line "Life's a bitch. So am I.", rather diluting the impact of the phrase.
61	** At a later part of the ''ComicBook/{{Knightfall}}'' arc, Batman calls [[Characters/BatmanPoisonIvy Poison Ivy]] a witch right as he knocks her out, in response to her daring him to surrender to her.
62	** ''ComicBook/CatwomanGuardianOfGotham'' #2 has Batman calling Characters/{{Catwoman\|SelinaKyle}} this. Yes, despite all the blood and upskirt shots present in the rest of the comic, calling a woman a bitch is apparently drawing the line.
63	** ''[[ComicBook/TheBatmanAdventures Batman: Gotham Adventures]]'':
64	*** The 4th issue has Amy Mercedes call Catwoman a "witch" when she catches her breaking into her bedroom.
65	*** In issue 29, Robin remarks to the Penguin that he'd give up his own mother. The Penguin replies "[[HatesTheirParent I wasn't going to jail for that witch]]".
66	* ''ComicBook/DialHForHero'': The story in issue 34 of ''New Adventures of Superboy'' has Camp Pocahontas owner Mel Burnley order Sherri Lancer to leave the camp because of parents pulling their children away after the havoc caused by Naiad. Sherri retaliates by declaring that she's cancelling the contract she agreed on with Burnley and he therefore won't get a cent out of the movie she's trying to shoot. After Sherri leaves Burnley's office and slams the door, Burnley grumbles "That witch!"
67	* ''ComicBook/DoomPatrol'':
68	** The Paul Kupperberg run made a habit out of characters calling females who pissed them off "witch".
69	** The second Annual (part of the Rachel Pollack run and a tie-in to ''ComicBook/TheChildrensCrusadeVertigo'') has Junkin Buckley call Dorothy Spinner a "goddamn ugly grown-up witch" after [[PervertRevengeMode she punches him in retribution for groping her breasts]].
70	* We can probably safely guess that ''ComicBook/{{Empowered}}'' means it when she calls her teammate [[HotWitch Sistah Spooky]] "a literal witch. Boo, hiss."
71	* ''ComicBook/GreenLantern'':
72	** Volume 3, issue 166 has a turtle-like alien named Tipanius Terpis refer to Commander Ashari, a Tamaranean member of the Cosmic Emergency Management Agency, as a "witch" when mentioning to Kyle Rayner how unbearable she is to Terpis and the rest of his crew.
73	** During the "Wanted: Hal Jordan" arc of Creator/GeoffJohns' run, one of the terrorists chasing after Jillian "Cowgirl" Pearlman refers to her as an "American witch".
74	* ''ComicBook/{{Icon}}'': Issue 33 has the villain Flambe do this to Rocket.
75	-->'''Flambe:''' You can't keep me off of you forever, witch.
76	* The fourth and final Annual of ''ComicBook/JLA1997'' had the back-up story, which served as the origin of the main story's heroine the Janissary, feature the antagonist General Anka Kazim referring to the Janissary as an "insipid witch".
77	* ''ComicBook/LegionOfSuperHeroes'': The story for issue 386 of ''ComicBook/ActionComics'' has Ultra Boy disdainfully refer to Uli Algor as a "witch" after seeing that she had harmed Phantom Girl.
78	* Ubiquitous in Creator/MarvelComics of the 1970s through the early 1990s.
79	* ''ComicBook/NewGods'': The 19th issue of ''Mister Miracle'' has Barda exclaim "Back off, witch!" while punching Granny Goodness.
80	* One issue of the print comic ''ComicStrip/{{Nodwick}}'' had a scene where the StupidGood cleric Piffany calls an evil cleric a "word-that-rhymes-with-ditch-but-starts-with-B" before engaging her in battle. While the word "witch" was not itself used, this still seems to be the same principle, made {{Badbutt}}. This is pretty par for the course with Piffany. She's literally so pure that she has trouble finding ways to concisely express her more extreme feelings without tarnishing her incorruptible goodness.
81	* ''ComicBook/RichardDragon'': Richard calls [[Characters/BatmanLadyShiva Lady Shiva]] "that witch" when talking to Connor after she's kidnapped the pair of them.
82	* ''ComicBook/ShadeTheChangingMan'': Issue 39 of Creator/PeterMilligan's run had Miles Laimling call Lenny a "witch" after she started burning pages of his unpublished novel.
83	* ''ComicBook/SpiderGirl'' occasionally had Spider-Girl and Raptor call each other "witch". The tendency for the word to be used in place of a certain word that rhymes is lampshaded in the series' second issue.
84	-->'''Thug''': I don't care who you are, ya meddlesome witch!\
85	'''Spider-Girl''': Oh, man! You are so lucky you used the W-word instead of the B-word! (''kicks thug'') Because the B-word makes me real angry-- --and this is me only mildly cheesed off!
86	* ''ComicBook/Superboy1994'': In issue 17, Neon refers to his ex Roxy as an "ungrateful witch".
87	* ''ComicBook/TheSupermanAdventures'': Issue 30 has Superman stumble into a parallel dimension where his adoptive parents have died and his biological parents are still alive. Lara's counterpart is called a "conniving witch" by Jor-El's counterpart.
88	* ''ComicBook/TeenTitans'':
89	** The penultimate issue of the original series had Lilith Clay call Wonder Girl a "witch" while being forced to fight her because of the influence of Mr. Esper.
90	** In issue 13 of ''ComicBook/NewTeenTitans'' volume one, Robotman refers to Madame Rouge as "that witch" while expressing his desire to get even with her for killing the rest of the Doom Patrol.
91	* ''ComicBook/UltimateMarvel ''
92	** In ''Ultimate X4'' (an X-Men/Fantastic Four crossover), the two teams have just identified the villainess and the Thing says "Let's go put that rhymes-with-witch through some changes."
93	** Inverted later on, when Iceman calls the Scarlet Witch the 'scarlet B word'.
94	* ''ComicBook/WonderWoman1987'':
95	** Issues 88 and 89 made excessive use of using the word "witch" in place of "bitch".
96	** In issue 97, the Joker calls Diana a "witch" when he gets irritated by her cracking jokes during their battle.
97	** In issue 128, a thug spitefully says "Bite me, witch" to Donna Troy.
98	** Artemis calls Diana a "traitorous witch" in the 98th issue.
99	* ''ComicBook/WonderWoman77'': "Disco Inferno" has one of the Silver Swan's minions call Wonder Woman a "pompous witch".
100	* In one issue of ''ComicBook/YoungJustice'', Arrowette refers to the AlphaBitch and her GirlPosse as "rhymes with witches".
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103	[[folder:Fan Works]]
104	* Subverted in ''Fanfic/AdviceAndTrust''. Asuka often calls Ritsuko a witch whenever the latter does something to anger her ([[BigSisterInstinct usually involved Rei]]), but this is actually short for witch doctor. She has on several occasions called her a bitch during the same conversations anyways.
105	* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/4912291/27/The-Best-Revenge The Best Revenge]]'' Hermione is sorted into Ravenclaw and is bullied by the other Ravenclaw girls for not fitting in.
106	-->'''Susan:''' Did they take your shoes this time? They call themselves witches, but I think they don't know how to spell!
107	* In ''Fanfic/BetweenMyBrotherAndMeMorsOmnibus'', Ayu Ayukawa lays this out on Himika Akba.
108	-->'''Ayu:''' Yeah it’s funny that she has her hair shaped like a heart yet she doesn’t show any love for anyone except herself. The only thing she loves is getting her curls perfect so that everyone is oblivious to the fact that she’s a black-hearted ''witch''!
109	* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/5786099/21/Cold-blood Cold Blood]]'' Neville comments on Dolores Umbridge's resemblance to a toad.
110	-->'''Tonks:''' As true as this is - and you really should be ashamed, Neville - she is a nasty piece of work. Ran into her on one or two occasions, she is a true witch, if you replace the first letter by a 'B'.
111	* This is literal in the Literature/{{Discworld}}. The first meeting of VitriolicBestBuds, between [[LittleMissBadass student Assassin]] [[AmoralAfrikaner Famke Smith-Rhodes-Stibbons]] and [[MilitaryBrat student Witch]] Alexandra Mumorovka has Famke thinking out loud that "she's a Witch with a capital B". Unstoppable force meets un-moveable object in the works of Creator/AAPessimal.
112	* In ''Webcomic/DisneyHighSchool,'' part of the Snarfblats' [[https://www.deviantart.com/morloth88/art/Song-Mirage-772291149 song]] about [[AlphaBitch Vanessa]].
113	-->'''My gem was enchanted by a witch,\
114	She turned out to be kind of a [[CurseCutShort (ah)]]''--
115	* This is [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Applejack]]'s favored insult for Luna in ''Fanfic/FrigidWindsAndBurningHearts''. Captain Braveheart also uses this several times, though he's not afraid to use the B-version as well.
116	* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/5012004/7/Gr%C3%A2ce-au-Malfoys Grȃce au Malfoys]]'' [=McGonagall=] makes excuses for James Potter's behavior toward Snape.
117	-->"Wha' cae you expect from the lad, Severus? Growin' up alone in that bloody huge manor with nae but house elves and his ''witch''" - it was obvious from her tone that she had substituted a 'b' for the 'w' in the word - "of a mother - and I find it hard to even call Dorea Black-Potter a 'mother'!"
118	* In ''Fanfic/GreensMyFavoriteColor'', the Joker derides Poison Ivy as a "heartless witch".
119	* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12089693/45/The-Last-Straw The Last Straw]]'':
120	-->'''Hadrian:''' I've said it before Nev. That grandmother of yours was 'a witch with a B', I know she never fully recovered from losing your father like she did but she and your Uncle Algie were nearly as abusive in their own way as the Dursleys were.
121	* In "Attack of the Cons" from ''Fanfic/HalloweenUnspectacular: Mess Effect'', a group of peasants ends up dragging Pauline away after they supposedly hear E350 call her a witch. The scene cuts away before he can clarify otherwise.
122	* In ''Fanfic/InfinityTrainSeekerOfCrocus'', Amelia makes her feelings for Gremory known by shouting "YOU WITCH!"
123	* [[Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog Amy]] delivers this line to [[VideoGame/PaperMario64 Kammy Koopa]] right after Team ZAP has defeated Kammy in chapter 63 of ''Fanfic/PaperMarioX'':
124	-->'''Amy''': [[NoIndoorVoice YOU'D BETTER BELIEVE IT YOU WITCH WITH A B!]]
125	* In ''Fanfic/ThePokemonSquad'' episode "Dungeons and Dragon-types", Ash utters this line at the end:
126	-->'''Ash:''' And now we're back home, where instead of being a witch, [[CurseCutShort June is-]]\
127	'''June (angrily):''' I heard that, Ketchum!\
128	'''Ash:''' [[OhCrap Uh oh]].
129	* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11486857/1/Rose-Lily-Potter-Metamorphmagus-Who-Lived Rose Lily Potter -- Metamorphmagus-Who-Lived]]'':
130	-->'''Tonks:''' In fact, Hermione, come find me before you check out the book. Madame Pince can be a real... ''witch''... when it comes to her books.
131	* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11171295/6/Sometimes-Bad-is-Good Sometimes Bad is Good]]'':
132	-->'''Mrs. Weasley:''' Ginny! Language, young lady! I didn't raise you to swear like some rude witch with a 'b'!
133	* ''Webcomic/TeamRocketRoots'' has Jessie referring to her rival Cassidy as a "cocky little witch."
134	* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11626818/2/Threads-Of-Time Threads of Time]]'':
135	-->'''Sirius:''' I can't pick you up, Little Prongs. That evil b-witch there has me tied up.
136	* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11123742/25/The-Vanishing-Cabinet-Of-Time The Vanishing Cabinet of Time]]'':
137	-->'''Hermione:''' Alright, I might be a little angry. That total b... ''witch'', Dolores Umbridge, could have screwed everything up for Sirius today!
138	* In ''Fanfic/{{Warmth}}'', Yukari doesn't like Nyamo's mother. When she sees her at Nyamo's house, she addresses her with "What are ya' doin' here, witch?".
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141	[[folder:Films -- Animation]]
142	* ''WesternAnimation/OneHundredAndOneDalmatians'': Perdita (who, ironically, is a literal bitch) calls Cruella, "A devil, a-a witch."
143	* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Coraline}}'', when the title character finds [[spoiler: Other Wybie dead and what's left of him hanging on a pole,]] she utters this line to [[spoiler: Other Mother/The Beldam]] which does sound like a kid friendly version of the term.
144	--> '''Coraline Jones:''' EVIL WITCH! I'M NOT SCARED!
145	:: Also a GeniusBonus, "beldam" is an archaic word for "witch."
146	* A (fittingly) bizarre variant occurs in ''WesternAnimation/{{Foodfight}}'', when Dex Dogtective confronts [[FemmeFatale Lady X]] and calls her a "cold-farted itch".
147	* In ''WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid1989'', one of the lines to Ursula's VillainSong, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gi58pN8W3hY "Poor Unfortunate Souls"]], is "They weren't kidding when they called me, well, a ''witch''." Indeed they weren't.
148	* In ''WesternAnimation/SupermanBatmanApocalypse'', when a pre-Supergirl Kara Zor-El is kidnapped by Darkseid and Granny Goodness, she proceeds to call the latter a "witch".
149	* ''WesternAnimation/WreckItRalph'': The word "Glitch" is used instead of "Witch", but it's the same principle. Especially when [[spoiler: King Candy/Turbo]] yells "So long, glitch!"
150	[[/folder]]
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152	[[folder:Films -- Live-Action]]
153	* ''Film/BellBookAndCandle'': Shep's jilted fiancée Merle calls Gillian (an actual witch) the b-word
154	--> '''Merle''': A witch?\
155	'''Shep''': Yes!\
156	'''Merle''': Shep, you've just never learned how to spell.
157	* During the climax of ''Film/TheCovenant'', Chase makes a pun on [[PrisonRape the other meaning of "bitch"]] when he taunts Caleb with this [[SoBadItsGood cheesy one-liner]]:
158	-->'''Chase:''' How about I make you... my ''wee-atch?''
159	* Inverted in ''Film/TheCraft'' where Chris refers to Nancy and her friends as "the Bitches of Eastwick", though they actually are witches.
160	* From ''Film/EllaEnchanted'': The narrator who always speaks in rhymes says "And so she left them, scratching their newly found itches/Glad to be rid of them.... witches."
161	* ''Film/TheForbiddenKingdom'' inverts it with this exchange involving an actual witch:
162	--> '''Sparrow:''' [[ThirdPersonPerson She]] will kill you, witch!\
163	'''[[WickedWitch Ni Chang]]:''' Not if I kill you first, orphan bitch!
164	* In ''Film/TheGoonies'', Andi calls Mama Fratelli "you gross old witch". Which is probably more an indicator of Andi's personality than it is censorship, since there's plenty of swearing elsewhere in the movie. Might also be foreshadowing, as she's a real witch in the music video.
165	* ''Film/Goosebumps2HauntedHalloween'' had a track which is titled as "Witch, Please" in the soundtrack.
166	* In Disney's ''Film/HocusPocus'', Winnie does this in a ShoutOut to Music/EltonJohn during "I Put a Spell on You":
167	-->'''Winnie:''' Now the ''witch'' is back! And there's ''hell'' to pay.
168	* In ''Film/TheLionTheWitchAndTheWardrobe'', Aslan enters into a bit of this in the Walden Media film adaptation. Granted, he's talking to the [[BigBad White Witch]], but the way he says the line implies this meaning. It's worth noting that Jadis [[InsistentTerminology insisted on being referred to as a queen]], so Aslan was probably deliberately pushing her BerserkButton as well.
169	-->Do not cite the Deep Magic to ''me'', [[ThisIsForEmphasisBitch witch]]. [[BadassBoast I was there]] when it was ''[[ReallySevenHundredYearsOld written]]''.
170	* Ivan Ooze, the BigBad of ''Film/MightyMorphinPowerRangersTheMovie'', refers to Dulcea as "that miserable, manipulating, loathsome she-devil of a witch!"
171	* ''Film/{{Paid}}'': Joe is stressing about a crime job.
172	--> '''Joe''': I'm as nervous as a witch today.\
173	'''Aggie''': Did you say ''witch''?
174	* In the [[{{Bowdlerise}} TV friendly version]] of ''Film/ScottPilgrimVsTheWorld'' Ramona says she's "dabbled in being a witch" when in the theatrical version she says "bitch". May be justified, in that the film seems to take place in some sort of video game world. A witch is just another job one could do.
175	* In ''Theatre/StateOfTheUnion'' Grant's wife Mary expresses an unflattering opinion of Grant's mistress Kay.
176	--> "I think Kay would be more comfortable in a kennel."
177	* In the Hallmark Channel movie ''Film/TradingChristmas'', Faith is discussing a character in a book that Charles is writing:
178	-->'''Faith:''' It's Samantha, the girlfriend.\
179	'''Charles:''' What about Samantha the girlfriend?\
180	'''Faith:''' She is a total... witch. Please feel free to re-spell that if you want.
181	* This line from ''Film/TheWizardOfOz'' demonstrates the same idea:
182	-->'''Auntie Em:''' ''(to Miss Gulch)'' For twenty-three years, I've been dying to tell you what I thought of you! And now... well, being a Christian woman, I can't say it!
183	:: And this is ''after'' Dorothy called Miss Gulch a [[{{Foreshadowing}} "wicked old witch"]] in regards to her desire to take Toto away to be destroyed.
184	* In ''Film/TheWomen'', Joan Crawford as Crystal Allen: "There is a name for you, ladies, but it isn't used in high society... outside of a kennel."
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187	[[folder:Literature]]
188	* In ''Literature/ChapterhouseDune''
189	-->"Oh, you bitch!"\
190	"I prefer witch."
191	* In the first ''Literature/DarkestPowers'' book, one of the characters almost calls the protagonist a "bitch", however, since she's talking to her mom she switches to "witch" part way through.
192	* ''Disney's Art of Animation: From Mickey Mouse to Beauty and the Beast'' refers to ''WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid1989'''s Ursula as "the sea witch (spelt with a 'b')."
193	* The {{tagline}} to the witch-themed novel ''Literature/HocusPocusAndTheAllNewSequel'' is "Witch, please".
194	* Katniss describes Peeta's mother as a witch. Considering we've never seen anything supernatural in ''Literature/TheHungerGames'', she probably meant something else.
195	* In the ''TabletopGame/MageTheAscension'' novel ''[[http://www.sff.net/people/kevin.a.murphy/penny.html Penny Dreadful]]'', this seems to be Penny's favorite way of turning the word "witch" from a simple description into an insult.
196	* There's one in Creator/AgathaChristie's ''Literature/TheManInTheBrownSuit''.
197	* In ''Literature/{{Matilda}}'', Mr Wormwood says this when his wife tells him that he should have read the label on superglue before using it.
198	--> '''Mr Wormwood:''' What in heaven's name are you talking about, you stupid witch? Do you think I'm so stupid I'd glue my hat to my head on purpose?
199	* Creator/StephenKing also uses a variant in ''Literature/TheRegulators'', when one character says of another "there's a word for women like Marielle; [[CountryMatters it rhymes with the one for how you kick a football]]".
200	* There ''is'' a book called ''Literature/SonOfAWitch''. [[Literature/{{Wicked}} And considering who his mom is...]]
201	* In ''Literature/UnderTheDome'' the BigBad Jim Rennie doesn't swear, so when he's irritated with a woman he'll call her, "that rhymes-with-witch!"
202	* At one point in ''Literature/WhoCensoredRogerRabbit'', Roger describes Jessica as a "shrewish, raving witch".
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205	[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
206	* On an episode of ''Series/AllMyChildren'', a couple comes into the police station to report that they've been mugged. The husband describes the attacker as "calling my wife a word that rhymes with 'witch'".
207	* In ''Series/{{Alphas}}'', Gary's autism lends people to trying to censor their swearing around him, which leads to this line:
208	-->'''Gary''': That witch took my phone!\
209	'''Dr. Rosen''': What witch?\
210	'''Gary''': The witch. That's the word my mom uses when she's angry. She uses another word, too.
211	:: Half-amusingly, Bill absently calls the woman a bitch immediately after Gary's done with his tirade.
212	* A meta example: the premiere episode of ''Series/AmericanHorrorStoryCoven'' is called "Bitchcraft". And oh, do the main characters live up to it.
213	* ''Series/{{Angel}}''. In "Five by Five", their {{Occult Detective}} agency is short of money, so Cordelia tricks them into taking on a well-paying divorce case, claiming that her husband says his wife is a real witch. Clearly a different word was used.
214	* ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'':
215	** Inverted in the season 1 episode "The Witch": Amy mentions that before [[ParentalAbandonment he left]], her father would get in fights with her mother, calling her a witch. Amy ''thought'' that this was ParentheticalSwearing, but realized later on that it was [[ExactWords exactly what he meant.]]
216	** In Australia, an ad for a season one episode used the phrase "Cordelia, the teenage bitch" (referencing ''Series/SabrinaTheTeenageWitch'')
217	* While ''Series/{{Charmed\|1998}}'' didn't use this trope as often as you might expect, Creator/ShannenDoherty's ''Series/BeverlyHills90210'' castmate Creator/LukePerry once threw some vicious shade her way, reflecting on the HostilityOnTheSet that followed her on the set of both shows:
218	-->'''Luke Perry:''' All I'm going to say is that it's appropriate that she's playing a witch in her current show.
219	* Reversed/parodied on ''Series/{{Community}}'' - Shirley, as head of the sailing class crew, angrily criticizes Pierce's ineptitude. He replies "Well, it's clear what the 'C' in 'Captain' stands for!...[everyone gasps]...'Crabapple!'"
220	* ''Series/{{Dexter}}'''s Vince Masuka pulls this one regarding lieutenant Pascal's approaching him over a "woman's smell" on a shirt, a forensic impossibility that she thinks would prove her fiancé [[ProperlyParanoid was cheating on her]].
221	-->''Oh no, it's that crazy witch.''
222	* The ''Series/DoomPatrol2019'' episode "[[Recap/DoomPatrol2019S4E8FamePatrol Fame Patrol]]" has Rita Farr at one point refer to Isabel Feathers as a "witch" in what is clearly a derisive context.
223	* In the ''Series/{{Grimm}}'' episode "Season of the Hexenbiest", Nick tells Adalind that [[BroughtDownToNormal she doesn't have to be]] a [[MageSpecies Hexenbiest]] to be a witch.
224	* ''Series/HomeImprovement'': Tim and Jill are discussing Wilson's new friend in front of Brad, and Jill refers to her as a witch. Brad says "Mom, I'm old enough, you can use the B-word." In this case, Jill really did mean "witch" (and not as an insult); the woman was a practicing Wiccan.
225	* ''Series/HouseOfAnubis'':
226	** Fabian does this twice. The first time is when he tells Patricia he stopped being her friend "when she became such a witch", and the second is when he tells Joy she's a "bully, and a witch," during a heated argument.
227	** Patricia seems to actually be on the receiving end of this a lot, to the point where Jerome tells her he thinks she's a ''literal'' witch when attempting to reject her while she's asking him out.
228	* Played with in ''Series/HowIMetYourMother''. "Witch" (at least [[NarrativeProfanityFilter the way Future Ted tells it]]) is indeed used as a swear -- just not as "bitch", which is used normally. It's used in place of [[CountryMatters a much harsher word]] instead.
229	* ''Series/LittleHouseOnThePrairie'' has Laura suspecting that her husband has been seeing another woman. In confronting the supposed other woman, Laura says "you witch" right before pouncing on her and engaging in a physical fight. To Laura's embarrassment [[spoiler:it turns out that the woman is innocent. What Laura mistook for a love note was only lyrics to a song the woman had written]].
230	* In the ''Series/MadTV1995'' parody "Be-Bitched", [[Series/{{Bewitched}} Samantha]] twitches her nose and turns into a SassyBlackWoman who tells everybody around her where to shove it.
231	* The ''Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers'' episode "The Spit Flower" has Jason comment that Rita Repulsa is "a real witch" after [[EvilIsPetty she sends Putties to destroy Kimberly's float model]].
232	* ''Series/ModernFamily'': Claire is planning a haunted house for Halloween, and Gloria is going as a ''bruja'' (Spanish for witch). Jay warns her to not be late or Claire will turn into a "rhymes with ''bruja''".
233	* ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'':
234	** Brought up when watching ''Film/TheTouchOfSatan''. One of the young protagonists makes small talk at a store by mentioning her reputation in town thusly.
235	--->'''Melissa''': They say in this town that I'm a witch.\
236	'''Crow T. Robot''': It only RHYMES with witch!
237	** In the ''Film/{{Bloodlust}}'' episode, Gypsy subverts the trope, exclaiming, "No wonder he's so messed up, I'm tempted to call her something that rhymes with bitch!" Servo and Crow are especially pleased at her gaffe -- in the theater, they beg Mike to let them say it, too.
238	--->'''Crow and Servo:''' ''(singsong)'' Gypsy's in trouble! Gypsy's in trouble!
239	* Pops up in the ''Series/SabrinaTheTeenageWitch'' Friday the 13th episode. When Sabrina is confessing that she's a witch[[note]]She's allowed to do so on Friday the 13th[[/note]], Valerie assumes she's invoking this trope. She says "I know you can be a little cranky sometimes but..."
240	* In one famous exchange on ''Series/SanfordAndSon,'' Aunt Esther talks with Donna about her upcoming marriage with Fred with two of her sisters. Eventually, Donna gets offended and calls the trio a bunch of witches. Esther's response:
241	-->'''Esther:''' "Who you calling a witch, WITCH!"
242	** And when Fred comes to Donna's defense: "And she was right! You three ugly witches! And you married your husbands and turned them into frogs."
243	* In ''{{Series/Scrubs}}'' when Carlma is forced to tell a patient he can't go to a family gathering, he immediately calls her a "mean old witch". He's surrounded by children at the time so who knows what he ''really'' meant?
244	* In an episode of ''Series/UglyBetty'', Betty and Hilda have a big blowout on Thanksgiving over a lawer. Later Justin tries to sneak some stuffing while Hilda's back is turned.
245	-->'''Hilda:''' [back still turned] Put it back!\
246	'''Justin:''' [to Santos] How does she do that?\
247	'''Santos:''' She's a bit of a witch.\
248	'''Betty:''' Give or take a letter...
249	** Also this trope was mentioned by name (in reference to Wilhelmina) during the series recap at the beginning of season three.
250	* ''Series/USAHigh'' the kids overhear an argument between two teachers and Ashley is [[FelonyMisdemeanor horrified]] that the husband calls his wife a witch. [[spoiler: The argument was them rehearsing for the wife's play]] so either they were censoring themselves since they were in a school or the [[spoiler: play's author]] wasn't a fan of cursing.
251	* Done in spirit, if not in [[{{Pun}} letter]], on ''Series/TheVicarOfDibley''. Hugo and Geraldine discuss Hugo's father's reaction to the news that he is dating Alice:
252	-->'''Hugo:''' Well, I can't actually tell you what he said, because... because you're the vicar. But, well, let's say a certain word is represented by another word that sounds like a little like that word, like, um, like "duck," for instance. ''({{beat}})'' He asked me what the duck I was playing at, said he didn't give a flying duck if I ducking loved Alice ducking Tinker, and if I ducking kissed her again, he'd make sure I was well and truly ducked.\
253	'''Geraldine:''' Well, duck me!
254	* In ''Series/WillAndGrace'', during one of Karen and Jack's fights, Jack stage-whispers "Rhymes with witch."
255	* ''Series/YoungSheldon'': In "Mitch's Son and the Unconditional Approval of a Government Agency", Missy exclaims "Son of a Mitch!" in front of Mary, and gets punished.
256	[[/folder]]
257
258	[[folder:Music]]
259	* Another inversion, namely the phrase "season of the bitch," appears in the title track on Music/DavidBowie's album ''Music/DiamondDogs''.
260	* The Capitol Steps song "Chung Girl" is [[RippedFromTheHeadlines based on an incident]] reported by Connie Chung of Newt Gingrich's mother whispering to her, in reference to Hillary Clinton: "She's a bitch." The song ends with Mrs. Gingrich telling Connie another thing:
261	-->People say you are a certain word\
262	It's that one you've overheard\
263	It rhymes with Maury Po-'''VICH!'''
264	* Music/OutKast sing this in the {{Bowdlerise}}d version of "Roses":
265	-->Caroline... see, she's the reason for the word ''"witch"''.
266	:: Heck, even the music video does more, as there is one kid who writes on the blackboard "Learn to divide, witch" and even shows a [[VisualPun LITERAL actual witch]] portraying the [[Film/TheWizardOfOz Wicked Witch of the West]]!
267	* In Music/BarryLouisPolisar's "I Have A Teacher, She's So Mean", the narrator calls his teacher a witch after she calls him stupid.
268	* Music/ColePorter's song "Mr. and Mrs. Fitch" was published in the transparently {{Bowdlerise}}d version shown below; the original version, in the musical ''Gay Divorce'' had a different word rhyming with "Fitch," which [[SoundEffectBleep the drummer had to play over]]:
269	-->Now men who once knew Missus Fitch\
270	Refer to her as a witch,\
271	While the girls who once loved Mister Fitch\
272	Say he always was a son of the rich.
273	* An example of the reverse version: Music/TypeONegative's "Black No. 1" contains the line "Boo Bitch Craft".
274	* Played with in MYDY's "Red Flag Parade":
275	-->Not saying she's a witch,\
276	but baby, she's a ''[bleep]''
277	[[/folder]]
278
279	[[folder:Professional Wrestling]]
280	* In ''{{Wrestling/GLOW}}'' Ashley Cartier invokes this in her rap verse.
281	--> "I may be prissy and very rich/But get me mad and you'll see a witch"
282	* Early on in the [=McMahon=]-Helmsley Era, Wrestling/JimRoss gets called out by Wrestling/StephanieMcMahon for insulting her.
283	--> "She's acting like something that sounds like witch and starts with a B."
284	* Wrestling/KellyKelly called Wrestling/VickieGuerrero a "greedy, power hungry witch". If only she'd been allowed to cut that promo a few months later when Wrestling/CMPunk blurred the lines of what could be said on PG television.
285	* Wrestling/JeffJarrett's wife, Karen, was known as "La Bruja" while he was Wrestling/{{AAA}} Mega Champio...excuse us, [[InsistentTerminology Heavyweight Champion]] and [[NapoleonDelusion King Of Mexico]]!
286	* Complete with VisualPun, Wrestling/ZackRyder showed up dressed as a witch for Halloween around Wrestling/EveTorres (read: the {{Manipulative B\|astard}}itch who kicked him in the balls on live TV). This exchange between Eve and Wrestling/TeddyLong followed:
287	--> '''Eve:''' So you really think I'm a witch?
288	--> '''Teddy:''' You're just one letter off.
289	[[/folder]]
290
291	[[folder:Radio]]
292	* Creator/{{NPR}}'s ''Weekend All Things Considered'' of 08/30/15 had a [[http://www.npr.org/2015/08/30/436107486/donald-trump-loyalty-pledges-and-the-state-of-the-race-in-2016 remark]] by a commentator that President UsefulNotes/BarackObama was ending his term by doing "things on his {{bucket list}}, or something he says rhymes with his bucket list".
293	[[/folder]]
294
295	[[folder:Role Playing Games]]
296	* In ''Roleplay/DinoAttackRPG'', the way that [[TheGoodKing King Joseph Race]] screams "You witch!" at {{Wi\|ckedWitch}}lla heavily suggests this. Later, Johnny "bricking" Gat lets the Fright Knights know that [[ThisIsForEmphasisBitch This Is for Emphasis, Witch!]]
297	[[/folder]]
298
299	[[folder:Theater]]
300	* ''Theatre/{{Brigadoon}}'', as mentioned. In some productions, Jeff says "We just ''spell'' the word differently."
301	* In ''Theatre/LouisianaPurchase'', the "don't sue us" OpeningChorus includes the lines:
302	-->If you're sons of millionaires,\
303	Don't start trembling in your breeches\
304	When a character declares\
305	That you're dirty sons-of-riches.
306	* ''Theatre/LesMiserables'': "Look Down".
307	-->'''Prostitute:''' Listen you old bat/Crazy bloody witch/Least I give me customers some pleasure in return.
308	* Scenes in the Creator/ReducedShakespeareCompany's ''Shakespeare's Long-Lost First Play (abridged)'' featuring the witches include the lines "Where my witches at?" "Witch, please", and "You got 99 problems, but a witch ain't one."
309	* Creator/AnnaRussell, in her synopsis of ''Theatre/TheRingOfTheNibelung'', carefully detailed in her English accent that Hagen's "mother was a Gi''bich''." Her other classic Wagner parody, ''Schreechenrauf'', actually includes the line "Gudrune, die Götterdämmerung Gibich". (Wagner, of course, properly accented "Gibich" on the first syllable.)
310	[[/folder]]
311
312	[[folder:Video Games]]
313	* In ''VideoGame/AITheSomniumFiles'', Mayumi refers to Iris as a "witch" at any opportunity she can, claiming that Iris has her son Ota under her spell.
314	* In ''VideoGame/{{Bayonetta}}'':
315	** The achievement awarded for performing your first Torture Attack is "I'm A Bit... I Mean Witch."
316	** Inverted later in the game when Luka, unsure whether to trust Bayonetta and stressed out by his increasingly bizarre situation, flubs his line and comments on how hard it is "working with bitches". He [[VerbalBackspace hastily clarifies]] he meant to say "witch".
317	* In ''VideoGame/BugFables'', when [[NiceGuy Kabbu]] finally [[BewareTheNiceOnes got fed up]] with [[TeamPrimaDonna Mothiva]]'s antics (namely, when she tries to upstage Team Snakemouth in the Colosseum, which would've jeopardized the peace negotiation with the Termite Kingdom and subsequently doomed all of Bugaria), he snaps at her, and, after pointing out how poorly-thought her plan is and bringing up how his team saved her life before, calls her a witch in rage.
318	* The cutscene that plays when ''VideoGame/DawnOfWar II'' is opened contains a Space Marine growling "This planet is ''ours'', [[ThisIsForEmphasisBitch witch!]]" after mortally wounding an Eldar Farseer (often referred to as "witches/[[XtremeKoolLetterz wyches]]"). Of course, not only is the Farseer actually a witch. In 40k, being a "witch" is incomprehensibly much worse than being a bitch. It even goes above "HERETIC!".
319	* ''VideoGame/DragonAgeOrigins'' averts this, because the witches are scary enough that accusing someone of being a witch is ''worse'' than calling them a bitch. Also its M rated so they can and do say "bitch" in it.
320	* In ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI'' when Locke is initially asked to go and rescue Terra, his response is "This better not have anything to do with that Magitek-riding, Imperial witch!!!" One could say that since Terra was a magic-user, he could actually mean a witch in the literal sense except for the fact that he expresses so much shock not long afterwards when Terra, Locke, and Edgar are in a battle and Edgar has to literally it spell out to Locke that Terra had just used magic.
321	* At the climax of ''A Realm Reborn'' in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV'', the Scions are accused of [[spoiler: murdering the Sultana]]. When Minfilia, the Scion's leader, tries to defend herself against the accusations, Teledji Adeledji promptly tells her to shut her mouth while calling her a witch.
322	* In ''VideoGame/KingdomHearts358DaysOver2'', [[MusicalAssassin Demyx]] says "Man, why's [[JerkAss Larxene]] gotta be such a witch?"'
323	* ''VideoGame/JustDance 2022'': [[Film/BirdsOfPrey2020 ''Boss Bitch'']] by Music/DojaCat [[CoverVersion had to be covered and it's lyrics reworked for obvious age and audience reasons]], so it became "''Boss Witch''" by DEVMO (credited as Skarlett Klaw in-game, and the song is titled "Boss Witch (Ubisoft clean cover)), which automatically gave the routine a Halloween theme, so the coach is naturally a witch.
324	* In the ''VideoGame/KingsQuestIIRomancingTheThrone'' FanRemake, Hagatha confronts Graham and Valanice and starts her EvilGloating. Graham tries to argue with her, but can't quite spit out the insult.
325	-->'''Graham:''' Why you... you...\
326	'''Hagatha:''' Witch?\
327	'''Valanice:''' (mordantly) I'm ''sure'' it would have rhymed...
328	* When the survivors first encounter a Witch in ''VideoGame/Left4Dead2'', Coach outright calls her a bitch. Rochelle chides him for it and suggests that they call the zombie a Witch instead.
329	* ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid'', of all games. Johnny Sasaki refers to Meryl as a 'witch' in the second prison scene.
330	* Bane's GratuitousSpanish "Bruja"[[note]] "witch", duh![[/note]] for Dr. Young in ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamAsylum'' certainly evokes this.
331	* ''VideoGame/{{Mabinogi}}'': One of Lezzaro's random speech bubbles contains this,
332	--> '''Lezzaro:''' Eluned... that witch. She must be spreading weird rumors again.
333	* ''VideoGame/MurderInTheAlps'':
334	** In the climax of ''Deadly Snowstorm'', [[spoiler:Giovanni Rossi]] calls [[spoiler:Claudia Perret]] a witch when [[IntrepidReporter Anna Myers]] reveals that [[spoiler:Claudia incriminated him for Christian Petersen's murder and spent a night in Giovanni's room just to give herself an alibi]].
335	** In ''The Heir'', Paola Tornetta, distraught over her lover Aldo Molinelli's murder, calls his wife Silvia a witch, believing that she killed him in jealous rage.
336	* Punned in ''VideoGame/NeverwinterNights2'' when Qara (a sorceress and therefore a literal witch) calls Neeshka "tail-for-brains" in a cutscene.
337	-->'''Neeshka:''' Okay, explain that one to me.\
338	'''Khelgar Ironfist:''' Well, she said your brains are next to your tail... which would imply that your brains are in your rear end. And that means you breathe through your—\
339	'''Neeshka:''' Okay, okay, I get it, all right? Little witch.
340	* ''VideoGame/ProfessorLaytonVsPhoenixWrightAceAttorney'' has a lot of fun with this, especially in the final Witch Trial when Layton gives an ArmourPiercingQuestion to the BigBad who has only one reply:
341	-->'''[[spoiler:Storyteller]]:''' Why you...you son of a witch!
342	* Heather in ''VideoGame/SilentHill3'' plays the trope both ways. She calls [[BigBad Claudia]] a witch at first, then straight up calls her a bitch in their final encounter.
343	* Roger Wilco in ''VideoGame/SpaceQuest IV'' stammers such a line when he is held captive by the The Latex Babes of Estros.
344	* ''VideoGame/TheWayRPGMaker'': In the game's setting, "witch" is often used as a disparaging term towards disagreeable women, usually in contexts where one would expect the word to start with a "B" instead.
345	--> '''Kloe:''' You're as callous as they come, Rhue. I've got things to do.\
346	'''Rhue:''' Witch...
347	* According to ''VideoGame/XenobladeChroniclesX'''s subtitles, Elma calls Goetia a "Samaarian witch" in Chapter 6. Most players are in agreement that this is definitely not what Creator/CaitlinGlass actually said.
348	[[/folder]]
349
350	[[folder:Visual Novels]]
351	* ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorneySpiritOfJustice'':
352	** [[spoiler: Geiru Toneido]] says "Imma cut you witch!" to Athena with a balloon sword, making the real meaning fairly obvious.
353	** The final culprit, [[spoiler:Queen Ga'ran]], gets repeatedly called a witch by Apollo, with the tone involved making it pretty clear he means it with a B. The ironic thing there is, that culprit's downfall comes from the fact [[spoiler:she does ''not'' have any sort of spiritual powers, after much promising that she did]].
354	* In ''VisualNovel/HighSchoolStory'' one of the choices of [[PlayerCharacter Jordan]]'s reaction to Zoe dumping Brian triggers this dialogue:
355	-->'''Jordan:''' Serves them right. Karma's a... well, you know.\
356	'''Caleb:''' A witch?\
357	'''Jordan:''' Close enough.
358	[[/folder]]
359
360	[[folder:Webcomics]]
361	* ''Webcomic/EightBitTheater'' features this little exchange between [[TheMunchkin Red Mage]] and [[ButtMonkey Black Mage]]:
362	-->'''RM:''' Huh. That Matoya is one crazy witch.\
363	'''BM:''' That's ''almost'' how I'd put it...
364	* [[http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/10p3 This page]] of ''Webcomic/TheAdventuresOfDrMcNinja''.
365	* "Son of a witch!" is a common expression in ''Webcomic/BrunoTheBandit''.
366	* This insult is reserved to [[Literature/TheChroniclesOfNarnia Jadis]] in the ''{{Webcomic/Buildingverse}}'' (mostly ''Webcomic/GirlsNextDoor'' uses it but it's also acknowledged in ''Webcomic/{{Roommates}}'' ([[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-133-Forsaken-184751515 here]] it's the very first word spoken by her ex.)) sometimes even her son ([[Film/{{Labyrinth}} Jareth]]) gets "son of a witch" like [[http://pika-la-cynique.deviantart.com/art/GND135-Philosophisauce-203007921 here.]]
367	* In ''Webcomic/CheshireCrossing'', the Wicked Witch of the West explains to Mary Poppins that her unfamiliarity with Oz caused her to make a crucial mistake... And [[http://www.cheshirecrossing.net/page.php?issue=2&pagenum=22 punctuates]] with "Welcome to Oz, witch!" as she [[spoiler: throws a bucket of water at her]].
368	* In ''Webcomic/GunnerkriggCourt'', used [[https://www.gunnerkrigg.com/?p=2105 from one Annie to another]]. Her double can't help but laugh.
369	* ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'' has a running catchphrase "[=BLUH=] [=BLUH=] [=HUGE=] [=BITCH=]". On [[http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=004824 this page]] it is changed to "[=HUGE=] [=WITCH=]". Even though the lady in question is not a Witch, but a Seer.
370	** Betty "Batterwitch" Crocker, anyone?
371	* Not a dialogue example, but ''Rhymes With Witch'' is the name of a side comic done by [[Webcomic/SomethingPositive Randy Milholland.]]
372	* Inverted in ''Webcomic/SkinHorse'', when Sweetheart (who is, after all, a female dog) calls Violet Bee a "rhymes-with-bitch" so as not to say a word ''she'' considers impolite.
373	* In ''Webcomic/WildeLife,'' the protagonist's landlady, Barbara Yaga, tells him not to be late with the rent, because "I'm a real witch." This is actually more of a SarcasticConfession.
374	* In ''Webcomic/YokokasQuest'', the unnamed woman chasing Betelgeuse in the prologue angrily calls her "Witch!" (despite her being the one casting a curse on that same page).
375	[[/folder]]
376
377	[[folder:Web Animation]]
378	* The ''WebAnimation/HelluvaBoss'' episode "[[Recap/HelluvaBossS2E4WesternEnergy Western Energy]]" begins with Stolas having an argument with his wife Stella, during which he calls her a "witch".
379	* In the more recent stories on ''WebAnimation/MyStoryAnimated'', the most common insult targeted towards a girl's ArchEnemy is "witch".
380	[[/folder]]
381
382	[[folder:Web Original]]
383	* In the ''WebVideo/{{Tabletop}}'' episode where Jesse Cox and Nika Harper both play Stone Age with Wil Wheaton, Jesse says this after Nika "curses" him into rolling a one on his die.
384	-->'''Nika''': You wanna know what I am? I'm a wizard!\
385	'''Jesse''': Get behind me, witch!\
386	'''Jesse''' ''(in a ConfessionCam)'': I'm sure Nika thinks she's a wizard, but I think she's more of a witch, with a B.
387	* Parodied, or perhaps inverted in the AbridgedSeries of ''WesternAnimation/WinxClub''.
388	--> '''Stella''': Stay away from the bitches at Cloud Tower. Oh, sorry, I meant witches. Wait, no, I was right the first time, bitches.
389	[[/folder]]
390
391	[[folder:Western Animation]]
392	* ''WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfTheGalaxyRangers'': Used a couple times against [[GodSaveUsFromTheQueen the sorceress-queen]] (who more than earned it), and Supertrooper renegade Darkstar (who really hasn't). Killbane's really fond of the insult.
393	* Tarantulas occasionally refers to FemmeFatale Blackarachnia as "witch" on ''WesternAnimation/BeastWars''. And no, this show does not use magic...
394	** Sometimes when show is broadcast the word "witch" is replaced with "widow," likely due to this trope. Of course, seeing how has she was a black widow spider, that one at least made sense.
395	* ''WesternAnimation/CaptainPlanetAndThePlaneteers''
396	** The episode "Future Shock" featured descendants of Looten Plunder, Dr. Blight, and Verminous Skumm as the villains. At one point, the three villains visit Dr. Blight and Looten Plunder. Dr. Blight addresses her descendant as "witch" during the scene.
397	** In "101 Mutations", Dr. Blight is disdainfully called a witch by Wheeler's cousin Joey.
398	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Chaotic}}'': When AlphaBitch Krystella makes her debut, Peyton imitates the sound of a bus stopping and announces that "the witchmobile has just pulled in!" In a later episode, he makes a remark to Krystella about tripping over her broomstick.
399	* The Spanish variant might have been parodied in the ShowWithinAShow of ''WesternAnimation/TheClevelandShow'', "Esteban y Las Amores De Esteban," in which Esteban's mother turns out to be a bruja...who calls him "mi hijo..."
400	* Occurred on ''WesternAnimation/TheCritic'' in the episode "A Song for Margo".
401	-->'''Eleanor:''' I never knew you had this itch.\
402	'''Shackleford:''' Live and learn, you wicked witch!\
403	'''Eleanor:''' I wish I hadn't used the word "itch".
404	* ''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom'': Sam, while possessed by an ArtifactOfDoom and beginning to turn into a dragon, calls RichBitch Paulina a shallow little witch.
405	* Any time Scrooge [=McDuck=] calls Magica de Spell "You witch!" or "That witch!" on ''WesternAnimation/{{DuckTales\|1987}}''.
406	* ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents'' episode where [[TheWestern they traveled to the Old West]] and met Vicky's [[IdenticalGrandson ancestor]]:
407	-->'''Cosmo:''' Even in the Old West, she's a heartless evil witch!
408	* In the ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'' episode "Little Gift Shop of Horrors" the Hand Witch is seen reading a magazine that says "Witches be Trippin".
409	* In an episode of ''WesternAnimation/HerculesTheAnimatedSeries'', the way Hades says "Witch" in reference to Hecate counts, even if she is a literal witch (a demigod sorceress who's trying to [[HellHasNewManagement take over the Underworld.]]) The voice clip is actually recycled in ''WesternAnimation/HouseOfMouse'' where Hades is calling Daisy a witch instead ([[InsultFriendlyFire while sitting with Maleficent and Ursula]].)
410	* An episode of ''WesternAnimation/HeyArnold'' where Helga changes one of her perfectionist sister's grades from a "A" to "B+", leading Olga to have an emotional breakdown, has Helga refer to Olga as a "pompous, overbearing, arrogant witch".
411	* ''WesternAnimation/HotelTransylvaniaTheSeries'': "Casualties of Wart" has Mavis say "witchin'" in the same manner someone would say "bitchin'".
412	* RichBitch Pizzazz has a habit of calling the titular character of ''WesternAnimation/{{Jem}}'' a "witch".
413	* Copperhead calls Cheetah a witch in ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'' after she slashed him for getting a little too close to her.
414	* ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug'': In "Dark Cupid", Alya angrily calls [[AlphaBitch Chloé]] a witch when she sees how she humiliated Kim.
415	* ''WesternAnimation/MyLifeAsATeenageRobot'': Jenny is choking on [[PickOnSomeoneYourOwnSize Vexus']] exhaust. She manages to get out "What a... witch!"
416	* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' plays with this: Diamond Tiara's [[RichBitch mother]] is Rich with a Capital B (and an omitted "t" but that's quibbling).
417	* ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse'': In the final episode of Season 1, Luz attacks Lilith (who is an actual [[MageSpecies witch]]) in a rage after apparently losing Eda, especially with the revelation that [[spoiler: Lilith was the one who cursed Eda to begin with.]] When Lilith insists that she just wants to talk:
418	--> '''Luz''': Talk to the glyph, ''witch!''
419	* At the end of ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooAndTheMonsterOfMexico'', it's revealed that [[spoiler: one of the culprits for el Chupacabra was the wife, Charlene, who was only with him for his money and was in a relation with her accomplice, Mr. Smiley. After the two get carted off to jail, Luis' mother steps up saying she never trusted that "bruja". When Mystery Inc. ask about the word, Fred, who had been studying Spanish, explains it means "witch.]]
420	* Lampshaded on ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''. After Marge is revealed to be an actual witch in a ''WesternAnimation/TreehouseOfHorror'' short, Bart exclaims, 'Well, I'll be a son of a witch!'
421	* When Supergirl makes her debut in ''WesternAnimation/SupermanTheAnimatedSeries'', she ends up confronting Granny Goodness, and declared, "I'm shutting down this psycho witch!" Granny reacts as if she used the other word.
422	* In one episode of ''WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2003'', April does an ''Film/{{Aliens}}'' homage with a giant insect queen, but since it's a kids' cartoon it has to be this:
423	-->Get away from him, you witch!
424	* This memorable exchange on ''WesternAnimation/{{Teen Titans\|2003}}''. The line refers to [[ComicBook/TeenTitans the comics]], where Terra's JerkAss DeadpanSnarker comic book version would refer to her 'friends' with horrible nicknames. "Witch" being a favorite for [[Characters/TeenTitansNewTeenTitans Raven]], given her powers and habits. [[note]]Terra actually got the nickname from [[Characters/TeenTitansNewTeenTitans Cyborg]], who affectionately calls Raven "Witch." After the Terra fiasco, Raven doesn't allow anybody other than Cyborg to call her "Witch"... presumably because Terra made it too painful.[[/note]]
425	-->'''[[DarkMagicalGirl Raven]]:''' Terra.\
426	'''[[TheMole Terra]]:''' Raven.\
427	'''Raven:''' [[EtTuBrute Traitor!]]\
428	'''Terra:''' Witch!
429	* Whereas ''WesternAnimation/TransformersAnimated'' brings to you: Glitch with a Capital B... and without a lower-case l.
430	* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Underfist}}'', a failed pilot for a SpinOff of ''WesternAnimation/TheGrimAdventuresOfBillyAndMandy'', Mindy at one point bemoans that she was such a witch. Her choice of words is rather fitting, given that she actually was a witch.
431	* ''WesternAnimation/WinxClub'': When the heroes say witch, they usually mean [[MageSpecies witches]] from Cloud Tower; but when [[WickedWitch the Trix]] themselves say it, it sounds like they'd wish they were anywhere but a fluffy MagicalGirl show.
432	-->'''Stormy:''' Being in this room gives me potions class nightmares!\
433	'''Darcy:''' Well, get over it, witch.
434	** The [[Creator/FourKidsEntertainment 4Kids]] dub sometimes had the Trix pronounce "witch" as wi''-atch'' when their emotions were particularly strong.
435	* In the wake of [[spoiler:frying the mole Aqualad's brain]] the villains started calling [[spoiler:Miss Martian]] a witch in ''WesternAnimation/{{Young Justice\|2010}}''.
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