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Quote Swear Unquote

Because quoting verbatim just isn't funny enough.

A trope where someone takes a notable quote or saying and adds a swear word or two at some point in there.

Why? Well it used to be done for Rule Of Cool (makes the phrase more badass), but now it's a Discredited Trope, which basically means this is done mainly for Rule of Funny now.

Now to count as an example, it has to meet three criteria:

It has to be a distinct quote, not just a common sentence. This includes:
- Catch Phrases
- Lines from works
- Proverbs
It has to be a complete sentence, although paraphrasing a word or two is allowed, as long as it remains a complete sentence.
The example should explain where the source phrase comes from. Hey, if this page is going to have loads of swearing, let's at least make sure it's all legit.

Can overlap with This Is for Emphasis, Bitch! and Precision F-Strike.

Compare/Contrast Quote Mine (screwing with a quote, but pretending it's the actual quote).

Examples:

Film

In Die Hard, Hans calls McClane on being a Cowboy Cop, and then the discussion turns to actors playing cowboys. McClane says Roy Rogers is his favorite, and takes Rogers's Catch Phrase "Yippee-ki-yay", and makes it his own by adding "motherfucker".
Jesus Christ Vampire Hunter has "The power of Christ compels you, bitch!", a line from The Exorcist.
Talladega Nights: "Hakuna Matata, bitches!" from The Lion King.
Played with in Happy Gilmore with a slight paraphrase:
Happy (to Bob Barker): The price is wrong, bitch!
- Bob uses the trope shortly afterward:
Bob: I think you've had enough. (Happy gets back up.) No? (Knocks Happy out) Now you've had enough...bitch! (walks away while shadow boxing)

Webcomics

This strip, which provides the page image, says that commercial slogans should be like this.
Elf Only Inn has "Live Long and Prosper, Bitch.", from Star Trek: The Original Series.

Web Original

Yu-Gi-Oh! The Abridged Series has "The cake is a lie, Bitch!" from the line in Portal.
In Ghostbusters, when Dana opens the fridge, the demon inside just says "Zuul!". Then The Nostalgia Critic tweaked it to "Zuul, Motherfucker! Zuul!"
- From The Care Bears Movie review: "Taste The Rainbow, Motherfucker!"
- From the ''Earnest Scared Stupid" review: "Got milk, Motherfuckers?"
- The "Zuul" joke was also used in Yu-Gi-Oh! The Abridged Series.
Cracked has a list of inspirational 80s songs. In discussing "You're the Best Around", the recommend adding swearing to it, such as "You're The Best (Motherfucker!)."
- The winner of If Classic Movies were Remade by Michael Bay is a Gun-filled Dead Poets Society, with the Tagline "Carpe Diem Motherfuckers".
In Yu Yu Hakusho Abridged, Kurama says "Git-er-done, motherfucker," from Larry The Cable Guy's Catch Phrase, which one of the demons on the show was an homage to.
This video of two guys watching a Pokémon movie. At one point, one of them says "Gotta Catch 'Em All, bitch!"
Red vs. Blue gives us "Semper Fi bitch," in the first five minutes.
From Suburban Knights, when Angry Joe was playing as Inigo from The Princess Bride.
"My name is Inigo Montoya, motherfuckers!"