History Main / ClusterBleepBomb

* In the Source Filmmaker video [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9kmE82QYQg "The Art of Spychecking"]], this happens when Soldier confronts Sniper.

* In ''ComicBook/{{Nightwing}}'' #96, the Electrocutioner goes into a profane tirade at the issue's BigBad, with censorship stamps (a parody of the old [[UsefulNotes/TheComicsCode Comics Code Authority seal]]) plastered liberally over his speech bubbles (and [[FlippingTheBird both of his hands]]).

* ''Series/TheMiddleman'' is loaded with allusions and tropes from UsefulNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks, where cursing is rendered as SymbolSwearing. Thus, the tv series has a ''lot'' of fun with the SoundEffectBleep + CensorBox over the mouth. Generally mild swears ([[DoubleEntendre and stealthy euphemisms]]) get a pass, and the bleep is used on a RuleOfFunny basis.

-->'''Pomni:''' What the [[SoundEffectBleep (wacky bleep)]] is going on? What?\\
'''Caine:''' No, no, no, my dear, my dear, we can't have any of that foul language around here. [[TitleDrop The Amazing Digital Circus]] is a place to be enjoyed by all ages. You, my friend, stumbled into an incredible world of wonders where ''anything can happen!'' Except for swearing.\\

* "I Bet They Won't Play This Song On The Radio," from ''Creator/MontyPython's [[AudioPlay/MontyPythonsContractualObligationAlbum Contractual Obligation]]'' album.

* Spoken word comedy sketches that effect this include Jim Backus' ''Dirty Old Man'' and Hudson & Landry's ''Obscene Phone Bust.''

* ''WebAnimation/TheAmazingDigitalCircus'': In the Pilot, when Pomni swears only for it to get bleeped with a MagicalProfanityFilter, Caine explains that the program they're in disallows swearing. Pomni then unleashes a series of curses that get censored with a varity of sound effects.

** Towards the end of the 201st episode, "201," [[AnAesop three speeches]] by Kyle, Jesus and Santa Claus are censored in their entirety. While it seems like a gag, the bleeps were actually placed there by Creator/ComedyCentral due to fear of repercussion from terrorist groups who had threatened the show's staff over depicting Mohammed in the previous episode. Unlike nearly every other episode of the show, it remains censored on the DVD release, and has not been released on streaming. [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/201_(South_Park)#Online_leak_of_uncensored_version The uncensored speech, about the power of violence and fear, was leaked in 2014.]]

-->"LOTTA PEOPLE BEEN ASKING WHY MY VOICE BEEPS ALL THE F[=*=]CKING TIME. THE TORGUE STOCKHOLDERS WIRED MY VOICEBOX WITH A DIGITAL CENSOR SO I CAN'T SAY STUFF LIKE SH[=*=]T, C[=*=]CK, P[=*=]SSY-F[=*=]CKIN' D[=*=]CKBALLS. THAT'S LIKE HALF MY F[=*=]CKING VOCABULARY! IT'S GODDAMN BULLSH[=*=]T!"

A SubTrope of CensoredForComedy and ClusterFBomb. Often invokes NothingIsFunnier, leaving the listener to wonder what is being said. Compare LostInTransmission. For the visual version, see SymbolSwearing. A character for whom this is characteristic behavior may be a SirSwearsALot. If a child were to do this, then it’s usually InnocentSwearing.

* Combined with JackhammeredConversation. In the ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' episode "PTV.", the FCC has taken to censoring real life, and stations an agent next to Peter with an airhorn to censor anything rude he might say.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' episode "PTV.", the FCC has taken to censoring real life, and stations an agent next to Peter with an airhorn to censor anything rude he might say.