History Main / NotInFrontOfTheKid

* In the episode "Let It Snow" of ''Series/NightCourt'', a [[BadSanta guy dressed as Santa Claus]] is brought before Judge Stone for something involving a prostitute, and there's a kid present as a witness, so Stone asks them all to be mindful of this. A torrent of UnusualEuphemisms ensues:

* In the episode "Let It Snow" of ''Series/NightCourt'', a [[BadSanta guy dressed as Santa Claus]] is brought before Judge Stone for something involving a prostitute, and there's a kid present as a witness, so Stone asks them all to be mindful of this. A torrent of [[Unusual Euphemism]]s ensues:

* There's an episode of ''Series/NightCourt'' in which a guy dressed as Santa Claus is brought up before Judge Stone for something involving a prostitute, and there's a kid present, so Stone has people do this.

* ''WesternAnimation/KampKoral'': In "[[Recap/KampKoralS1E20HelterShelterReveilleRevolution Reveille Revolution]]", when Mr. Krabs and Squidward see the kids listening to an anchovy's music playing.
-->'''Krabs''': Ah, the beautiful sounds of "Anchoveille."\\

* [[Fanfic/TheSpectacularSpiderManLostInGotham The Spectacular Spider-Man: Lost In Gotham]]: When Spider-Man claims he can stick to walls, Red Hood is about to use a curse word, sees that nine-year-old Robin is in the room, and quickly censors himself.

* ''Series/{{Castle}}'':

* In ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'' episode "[[Recap/GravityFallsS2E11NotWhatHeSeems Not What He Seems]]", security footage of Stan shows that he's been watching his language in front of the Twins with this line:
-->'''Stan:''' ''[drops a barrel on his foot] Gah!'' Hot Belgian waffles! ''[{{beat}}]'' Wait, I'm alone. I can swear for ''real! [takes a deep breath]'' '''SON OF A--''' ''[[[CurseCutShort Dipper quickly fast forwards the tape]]]''

** Moe does a similar thing in "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS14E22MoeBabyBlues Moe Baby Blues]]" while babysitting Maggie, telling her a bedtime story which is a cleaned-up version of ''Film/TheGodfather''. This is after he decides against reading her ''Literature/AliceInWonderland'', which he thinks is s a novelization of a porn movie called "Alice in Underpants".

* In the ''[[Anime/PokemonTheOriginalSeries Pokémon]]'' short, "[[Recap/PokemonPK7PikachusVacation Pikachu's Vacation]]" it appears that a fight is about to break out between a gang of bully Pokémon and Ash, Misty, and Brock's Pokémon, Pikachu notices [[TheBabyOfTheBunch Togepi]] is watching, and proceeds to try and mediate. The Pokédex translates what Pikachu says as "Let's set a good example for the baby."

* In the ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'' short, "Pikachu's Vacation" it appears that a fight is about to break out between a gang of bully Pokémon and Ash, Misty, and Brock's Pokémon, Pikachu notices [[TheBabyOfTheBunch Togepi]] is watching, and proceeds to try and mediate. The Pokédex translates what Pikachu says as "Let's set a good example for the baby."

->'''Evelyn:''' Wow, my delusions of grandeur aren’t even original. A chosen one? What am I, [[Literature/HarryPotter Harry fucking Potter?]]\\

* ''Series/{{Arrow}}''. Played for laughs when John Diggle has Baby Sara with him because his wife Lyla is elsewhere, and Oliver Queen doesn't want her down in the Arrowcave. Diggle points out that it's not as if a baby is going to reveal the location of their secret lair.
* Played initially [[PlayedForLaughs for laughs]] with Mother's Milk in ''Series/TheBoys'' as [[ProfanityPolice trying to stop]] Billy Butcher from swearing is [[SirSwearsALot obviously a fool's errand]]. However, this is gradually revealed to be a microcosm of M.M.'s (equally hopeless) [[PlayedForDrama desire to shield his daughter]] from the violence of his job and the anger within himself, which comes crashing down when he [[spoiler:punches out her Homelander-fanboy stepdad in front of her]] and freaks her out.

** One episode brought Castle's daughter, Alexis, into the precinct and subverts this.
--> '''Javier Esposito:''' Found your stalker. Franco Marquez, AKA Frankie Markie. Hayley filed half a dozen complaints against him. Says here that he even tried to break into her apartment and when she filed against him he showed up in court and called her a...
--> [stops, looks at Castle and Alexis]
--> '''Javier Esposito:''' B I T C H.
--> '''Richard Castle:''' She can spell, Detective.
--> '''Kevin Ryan:''' Probably better than you!

** The commentary to the first season episode, "A Chill Goes Through Her Veins", includes a number of the actors and show creator, including Molly Quinn. Huertas (who plays Esposito) mentions a modelling gig in GQ with a fellow actor in the episode, and Quinn interrupts with "Minor!" and Huertas stammers, laughing, to a halt. It wasn't a dirty story. It was ''GQ''.

-->'''Castle''': Okay, we slept together, a long time ago! What's the big deal?\\
'''Beckett''': No big deal, sleep with whoever you want, the more the merrier!\\
'''Alexis:''' (clearing her throat) I have those toxicology reports you wanted, Lanie. (Castle glares at Beckett, who looks suitably mollified.)
* ''Series/HowIMetYourMother'':
** The third season had a blooper reel which gave us this trope. Cobie Smulders swore over screwing up a line in front of a six-year-old.
--> '''Smulders:''' No, I'm gonna totally fuck...! [hand in front of mouth]
--> '''Wide-Eyed Kid:''' ... Did you just say the f-word?
--> '''Smulders:''' No, I didn't, I said, uh, [[BlatantLies "Frosted Toasty-O's"]]
** This is played with all the time on the show, as Older Ted keeps censoring parts of the story for the sake of his kids. Thus we get things like the guys getting high on "sandwiches", Barney shocking a crowd by saying "kiss her" instead of the F-word (and then telling security to "kiss off! Who the kiss are you?"), and [[Film/LethalWeapon Roger Murtaugh's]] CatchPhrase:
---> '''Murtaugh:''' I'm too old for this sh--
---> '''Narrator!Ted:''' Stuff! He said 'stuff'!

** Phoebe is feeling guilty about spending time with her biological mother and imagines that her mother has been [[CloudCuckooLander reincarnated as a cat.]]
---> '''Phoebe:''' I think someone's upset that there's a new ''mom'' at the B E A C H. [{{Beat}}] I just spelled the wrong word.

--->'''Ross''': PHOEBE!
--->'''Phoebe''': Oh, hi Ben--NO, DON'T LOOK AT THE SCREEN!

* ''{{Series/Dexter}}'': Debra won't swear in front of Dexter and Rita's infant son. She's dropped f-bombs on live television and in a hospital waiting room full of children, though.

* On ''Series/DrQuinnMedicineWoman'', Loren often finds himself cleaning up his language whenever Brian is around. One ep had Loren telling some friends about a burlesque house where the girls lift up their...voices! To sing so beautifully!
* When we meet Dawn on ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'', everyone spends most of a season trying to keep the slaying away from her. They don't talk about it in front of her, except insofar as they can do so in code (they mostly fail). They even trying spelling things on occasion, only for Dawn to remind them that she's 15.
* On ''Series/{{Greek}}'', one character does this while he's discussing a FriendsWithBenefits relationship and sees a Nun: "[[CurseCutShort Fu ...]] ''n'' Buddies."
* In [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4pn0n_-rM4E one of the sketches]] of ''Studio C'', it's Bring Your Daughter to Work Day and the dads are cops at a murder scene, so they all have to change the terminology they use to make it child-appropriate, like gunshot wounds are "fairy kisses" and blood is "glitter." It backfires when one dad says "No, dear, the pony was totaled, it's gonna have to be compacted and sold for individual parts."
* On ''Series/EverybodyLovesRaymond'', Marie mentions that when Ray and Robert were growing up, she and Frank would speak Italian when they argued, so they wouldn't understand. (She claims that the boys know very little Italian, as this was their sole exposure to it. To the surprise of no one familiar with [[AwfulWeddedLife Frank and Marie]], [[DeadpanSnarker Robert confirms that they're near fluent]].)

* Averted in the ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'' episode "Old Wounds", in which Nightwing describes the events leading to his break with Batman and abandonment of the Robin identity. One of the last straws was Batman [[JackBauerInterrogationTechnique roughly interrogating a mook]] in front of his family, ignoring Robin's objections.
* In ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'' episode "Not What He Seems", security footage of Stan shows that he's been watching his language in front of the Twins with this line;
-->'''Stan:''' ''(drops a barrel on his foot) Gah!'' Hot Belgian waffles! ''({{beat}})'' Wait, I'm alone. I can swear for ''real! (takes a deep breath)'' ''SON OF A--'' ''([[CurseCutShort Dipper quickly fast forwards the tape]])''

* ''Westernanimation/{{DuckTales 1987}}'':

--->'''Edd:''' I'm getting the need to feel the breeze between my knees. (''takes off his underwear'') That's the ticket.
--->'''Eddy:''' [[Main/CoverInnocentEyesAndEars Not in front of the baby, please! Casey, you cover your eyes!]]
--->'''Ed:''' Distasteful dullard!

--->''I was just telling her how we chased the teddy bears into their cuddle bunkers, ''[in a creepy voice]'' then had to tickle them out with machine hugs and fun throwers! ''[sinister zoom-in]'' They say the more soldiers you tickle, the easier it gets. Well, sir, it doesn't.''
** Moe does a similar thing while babysitting Maggie, telling her a bedtime story which is a cleaned-up version of ''Film/TheGodfather''. This was after he decided against reading her ''Literature/AliceInWonderland'', which he thought was a novelization of a porn movie called "Alice In Underpants".
** In "Who Shot Mr. Burns? (Part 1)", Homer sends Bart and Lisa out of the house before unleashing an AtomicFBomb.
** In "War of the Simpsons", the morning after Homer gets drunk at a dinner party and makes an ass of himself, Marge drags him out to the car and turns on "The Mexican Hat Dance" so the kids don't hear them argue. However, Bart, Lisa, and even Maggie are very well aware of what's going on, [[TraumaButton and Lisa even comments how that song always sends a chill down her spine.]]
* ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse:'' In "Mirror Gem", Lars cuts himself off while calling Steven "you little--", looks over at Sadie looking concerned, and finishes with "''[[ParentheticalSwearing Steven]]''".