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"For life's bleachable moments."
— Clorox slogan
"Visit a casualty department on November 5th and you'll wish you'd been blinded too."
— Slogan of a 1993 UK Public Service Announcement about firework safety
"The Cannonball Loop was the brainchild of some Swiss guy they imported on a week-long visa. I was one of the idiots that accepted you-know-who’s crisp $100 bill to test run it. That was my last ride. $100 did not buy enough booze to drown out that memory."
— Former Action Park Employee
Anime and Manga
Panty: You gonna help me block this out?
Stocking: I can't hear you, I'm curled up in a ball in my own mind.
Comic Books
Thor: It is uncertain, Thialfi, from whence Sturm and Drang truly came. It is said by some that the great slavering bitch known as the Fenris Wolf was in heat, and lay with Surtur the fire demon, and that Sturm and Drang are the result of that union.
Baldur: On second thought, I will have an ale. Hope is to obliterate the mental picture our lord Thor has just placed in my mind.
Baldur: On second thought, I will have an ale. Hope is to obliterate the mental picture our lord Thor has just placed in my mind.
— Captain Marvel v. 4 #7
"[Are you sure you want to delete selected memory?]"
—Victor Mancha after a game of truth or dare gone wrong, Runaways
Fan Works
"My eyes, Servant. Cut them out immediately! It's too late to save them. The only thing I can do now is have them removed so that they never have to witness something like that again!"
— Louise, The Hill of Swords
Legolas: I was chased by Elvea and Sauronette when one opened just in front of them, and they fell down into the Uruk-hai breeding caverns.
Elrond: Oh, so that was the loud-pitched scream I heard about 'need acid to remove my eyes'?
Elrond: Oh, so that was the loud-pitched scream I heard about 'need acid to remove my eyes'?
The detective felt his hopes plummet. "So, you two aren’t…"
"No. The thought of dating Barry – or Oliver for that matter – makes me want to lobotomize myself with a rusty spoon." Kara settled the matter instantly. Oliver sobered up at that, and he too shuddered. Kal tried to get his laughter under control, though there were still tears in his eyes.
"Yeah. These two are like my siblings. Never happening – ever." Barry added in for good measure.
"No. The thought of dating Barry – or Oliver for that matter – makes me want to lobotomize myself with a rusty spoon." Kara settled the matter instantly. Oliver sobered up at that, and he too shuddered. Kal tried to get his laughter under control, though there were still tears in his eyes.
"Yeah. These two are like my siblings. Never happening – ever." Barry added in for good measure.
The Acrobat: "All things considered, I think we should show our appreciation to the boss. Name a country after him. Maybe give him a federal treasury–you know, not a big one, just maybe one from some little island somewhere. Get him laid. He'd appreciate that."
Illyria: (wrinkling her nose) "There are some things even too sickening for me to contemplate, and that, Acrobat, is one of them. No, thank you."
Illyria: (wrinkling her nose) "There are some things even too sickening for me to contemplate, and that, Acrobat, is one of them. No, thank you."
May: You sure those are golems? Because they look like Jumpluff had Eggs with Ultra Beasts.
Gold: That's not how Pokémon Eggs work.
Nate: Fat lot of good that's gonna do to help the mental images!
Gold: That's not how Pokémon Eggs work.
Nate: Fat lot of good that's gonna do to help the mental images!
Jubilee: And then Lola was all pissed, I dunno, I think it gave her a headache or something, and she blamed Dr. Grey and pissed somewhere – like, that cat is so, whattyacall it, literal – and Dr. Grey was all pissed and at least she's not all literal because God, wouldn't that be gross if she started –
Logan: You know, the healing factor don't mean I can't get headaches, kid.
Logan: You know, the healing factor don't mean I can't get headaches, kid.
"Don't come near me. I'm going to devote the rest of my life to wiping your image from my brain. Unless I need a really good nightmare."
— Frank Potts, A Very Kara Christmas
Touji calmly turns off his phone and rolls over to go back to his blessed world of never fucking hearing about this shit again.
Ina: You found a fourth [Eevee]?
Evia: It helps to be prepared for every eventuality.
Oichi: Preparing for every eventuality is like three steps away from being an unstoppable evil mastermind.
Evia: Be quiet.
Ina: (hums) Absurd levels of preparation, you've travelled to other worlds and through time, and a heavenly power that can still be overcome...
Evia: Holy Distortion, no. Do not put that image in my head.
Evia: It helps to be prepared for every eventuality.
Oichi: Preparing for every eventuality is like three steps away from being an unstoppable evil mastermind.
Evia: Be quiet.
Ina: (hums) Absurd levels of preparation, you've travelled to other worlds and through time, and a heavenly power that can still be overcome...
Evia: Holy Distortion, no. Do not put that image in my head.
—A Blessing Upon Aurora
, a Pokémon Conquest fanfic
, a Pokémon Conquest fanfic Film — Animated
"My brain hates my eyes for seeing this."
— Wasabi, Big Hero 6
Queen Lillian: Well, I suppose that would be a fine place to raise the children.
(King Harold spits out his drink, while Shrek chokes on his spoon and throws it back up)
Shrek: I-It's a little early to start thinking about that, isn't it?
King Harold: Indeed. I just started eating.
Film — Live-Action
"There are some things that you see, and you can't unsee them. Know what I mean?"
— Max California, 8mm
"That's in my brain now."
— Thor Odinson, Thor: Ragnarok
Literature
Ben: Dad, if I never see another underground water pumping station or one more droch, I'll be happy.
Vestara: We still have plenty of cans of droch spray.
Ben: Yeah, but do we have any bottles of brain bleach?
Vestara: We still have plenty of cans of droch spray.
Ben: Yeah, but do we have any bottles of brain bleach?
— Star Wars Fate of the Jedi: Conviction
Live-Action TV
"Seventeen karaoke bars... You know, I need to lie down and scrub out the inside of my head."
— Angel, "Happy Anniversary"
"Pardon me. I've got to go poke out my mind's eye."
— Frasier Crane, Frasier, "The Ring Cycle"
"Is there any way you can psychologically unsee something?"
— Tony DiNozzo, NCIS
"Some things, once you see them, you can't unsee."
— Richard Langford, CSI
Adrian: This is horrible, it's horrible! What are you drinking?
Natalie: Tea.
Adrian: Is it hot?
Natalie: Yes.
Adrian: Good. Pour it into my eyes!
Natalie: Mr. Monk—
Adrian: Do it! Blind me!
Natalie: Tea.
Adrian: Is it hot?
Natalie: Yes.
Adrian: Good. Pour it into my eyes!
Natalie: Mr. Monk—
Adrian: Do it! Blind me!
— Monk
(frantically rubbing her eyes with water) "I can still see it!"
— Alex Dunphy, Modern Family
"I'm… I'm going to erase that image from my mind with a bottle of scotch."
— Richard Castle, Castle
"So, you were up on an eighty-year-old man, riding him around and whipping him for sixty minutes? (Beat) You realize that image will stay with me for the rest of my life?"
— Father Ted, "Good Luck, Father Ted"
"It's just the thought o' Dorien with her kit off, it... made me stomach turn over."
— Sharon Theodopolopodous, Birds of a Feather, "On the Glass"
Music
"With my own eyes
I've seen things that'd drive a normal man insane
Wish I could disconnect my brain
From my own eyes (My own eyes)
Those visions haunt my memory
Oh, there's so much I wish I could unsee…
With my own eyes!"
I've seen things that'd drive a normal man insane
Wish I could disconnect my brain
From my own eyes (My own eyes)
Those visions haunt my memory
Oh, there's so much I wish I could unsee…
With my own eyes!"
— "Weird Al" Yankovic, "My Own Eyes"
Newspapers
"Since 1999 I've been carrying a blue pill in my pocket, holding onto it for the moment when I'd truly need it. The pill, I was told, would instantly erase the memory of any movie — but just the one movie, just the one time. I was tempted to take that pill after Freddy Got Fingered. I had the pill in hand as I walked out of every other Adam Sandler movie of the last decade. But I hung on to it, knowing something even worse was going to come my way one day. Midway through Movie 43, I knew the day had come. As the credits rolled with the inevitable blooper scenes of actors breaking character and inexplicably laughing when nothing funny is going on, I swallowed that pill, hoping to erase instantly all mental images of what had just transpired. It didn't work. The !&$@*! thing didn't work!"
Video Games
"It's too late. The images are already in my mind and they will never, ever go away."
— Bethany, Dragon Age II
"I will stab this memory out of my skull."
— The Spy after having to perform the Square Dance, Team Fortress 2
"I've seen what's down there. And I'd give anything to unsee it."
— Sam, Until Dawn
"You guys were in bed with Fisk all along? Aww, now I'll never get that image out of my head!"
I'm gonna dedicate the rest of my life to forgetting it.
—Classic Eggman on an ill-thought plan by his future self, Sonic Generations
Well, there's a sight no man should ever see. Thanks for that.
— Mimir, when shown his own decapitated corpse, God of War (PS4)
"Ugh, can't unsee!"
— Eunie, when seeing O and P's Interlinked Form, Xenoblade Chronicles 3
"What is seen cannot be unseen."
— Possible player's response to digging through wardrobes, dressers and the like in Animal Crossing: New Leaf
Web Animation
"(Doctor, I'd like the part of my brain responsible for that image lobotomized, please…)"
"Ugh, I need mental bleach. Or just regular bleach. I don't want to live in this world anymore."
Tim Tebow: Prayers up! It's Tim Tebow, the ghost of Urban past! We begin at Florid-
URBAN MEYER'S PAST HAS BEEN DEEMED NOT SUITABLE FOR ANY AUDIENCE
Tim Tebow: Oh Gosh! I feel like my eyes have sinned!
Webcomics
Belkar: [speaking about Roy disguising himself as a woman] That's OK. I can always keep the memory of her for when I'm… alone.
Roy: Excuse me, I need to soak my brain in acid now. Maybe my ears, too.
Roy: Excuse me, I need to soak my brain in acid now. Maybe my ears, too.
"I've many a time tried to the impossible task of washing away the memory of a sight that should never been seen. And let me tell you this: Febreeze in the eyes only brings more pain."
— Red Mage, 8-Bit Theater
Uuhhh! I need new eyes and a new brain!
— Katerina Donlan, Gunnerkrigg Court
Tagon: I see you've just been exposed to Ennesby's weapons-grade vocabulary.
Jevee Ceeta: My stomach is in my throat right now. It's trying to spit acid on the parts of my brain that remember reading his message.
Jevee Ceeta: My stomach is in my throat right now. It's trying to spit acid on the parts of my brain that remember reading his message.
"I CLOSE MY EYES AND STILL I SEE!!!"
— Dornail, Raven's Dojo
"Grace, can your antennae function as Brain Bleach?"
— Tedd, El Goonish Shive
Sam: Wh… what? WHAT? What are you doing?
Archivist: Er, well… Don't think about it too hard.
Ash: My eyes won't focus!
Archivist: Probably for the best.
Archivist: Er, well… Don't think about it too hard.
Ash: My eyes won't focus!
Archivist: Probably for the best.
Psycho Mantis: Can you shut down the part of my brain that makes it possible for me to visualize my coworkers having sex?
Naomi Hunter: Oh yeah, sure.
Psycho Mantis: …Seriously?
Mayor's Assistant: AIEEG! My eyes! I've got to pull out my eyes! If I don't, I might see it again! Let me go! I've got to pull out my eyes!
Helix: (to Sam) He didn't like my sculpture of you, "Sam as a reclining nude."
Helix: (to Sam) He didn't like my sculpture of you, "Sam as a reclining nude."
Florence: You get some sleep, too. Don't want to start overwriting your day memory.
Sawtooth: Organic brains are superior in that respect. (thinking) Though overwriting does have its advantages. When you have a bad day you really want to forget, stay up another eighteen hours and you do.
Sawtooth: Organic brains are superior in that respect. (thinking) Though overwriting does have its advantages. When you have a bad day you really want to forget, stay up another eighteen hours and you do.
Edge: You are nuts. I can't imagine anything that would make me want to destroy myself.
J.J.: Then imagine me, in full Jar Jar Binks costume, singing "It's a Small, Small World".
Edge: Okay, that comes really close. I'm going to stop talking to you now.
J.J.: Then imagine me, in full Jar Jar Binks costume, singing "It's a Small, Small World".
Edge: Okay, that comes really close. I'm going to stop talking to you now.
Sam: The people have spoken! Feast your eyes upon the magnificent jiggliness that is sqid!
[the panel blacks out]
Nettie: Did we lose power or did I go blind?
Al: I suspect the former but after seeing that, I'm perfectly fine with the latter.
"Great! Now I need to scribble visual clues after that onslaught. Thank's a lot, G'Pa! Remind me to wash my brain with bleach later would you!"
— Monica, Wapsi Square
Wha-?! That's the most unhygienic, depraved, and outright insane thing I've heard in my entire life! I'm going to invent an amnesia-inducing device solely so I can forget what you just said!
— Inu during the "Sky Bio" roleplay of White Dark Life after hearing about… well, if you really want to know, we'll put it in a note. note
Web Original
Chris: I’d say this is the dumbest movie we’ve ever watched, but Judge Dredd and Barb Wire still exist, no matter how hard we try to forget.
Matt: It’s a real horse race.
Matt: It’s a real horse race.
— Chris Sims and Matt Wilson on Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III"I could have gone my whole life without seeing Costner drink his own pee."
"Dear lord in heaven! First I see a chick's underwear and then some flabby old man in a Speedo?! Turn it off! Stop it at once! I would pay any amount of money if they would take him off the screen! AUUUUGH! Oh GOD his geriatric package MOCKS me! Eeeewww, and he's perfectly hairless, too! Someone shaved this old man's bikini zone!! …I need to rinse my fucking eyes out with Drano now…"
— Noah Antwiler on The Wizard
The Wizard"Oh, Shoe, you know that given my druthers I’d prefer not to contemplate the twisted chimeric anatomy of your bird-person characters, right? Especially when it comes to the naughty parts. I try not to think about those at all. I only contemplated the concept of bird-breasts obliquely, once, which didn’t stop TV Tropes from quoting me in the epigraph of the article on the subject."
"Kicking off this abysmal piece of television, Ianto’s idea of a good night in is to order in a pizza and share it with his half-converted Cyber-girlfriend. Until this point Ianto has been a nobody, a bland background smell, but here we get to find out about his sordid shenanigans. We were better off not knowing."
"What’s that? You’ve never heard of this? Are you sure? Certain you aren’t just like me and saw it years back and your brain short-circuited and said, 'No, we are not wasting any space in the hippocampus on this'? Well, then we’re all going to suffer through this together."
"That ILLEGAL ass gross video looks like a no-budget porn and it makes me want to point to the eyes on a doll and tell my therapist that’s where Lady CaCa violated me."
"(STOP PUTTING IMAGES IN MY HEAD THAT I CAN'T GET OUT LATER EXCEPT WITH A BULLET.)"
What a terrible day to have eyes.
THE yellow rangers a guy. My childhood, MY EYES!!!! NOOOOOOOOO!!!!
— World of Longplays, comparing Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers to Kyōryū Sentai Zyuranger
Web Videos
"I've just seen Daniel Stern's cum-face! I'm not sure how to feel about that!!"
"Y'know they make a magic potion to make you forget all about The Phantom Menace when you drink it. It's called Bleach."
— Harry S Plinkett reviewing The Phantom Menace
"Awww, now I'm scarred physically and mentally!"
— Zuko, Avatar: The Abridged Series
Diabetus: …sorry, I had to remove my headset and pour bleach into my ears after that.
Slowbeef: Oh my lord, you got any left?!
Diabetus: No, I'm sorry, I had to use two hundred bottles.
Slowbeef: Oh my lord, you got any left?!
Diabetus: No, I'm sorry, I had to use two hundred bottles.
Might Guy: That's right, Lee! Shake your goods!
Gaara: …Wow. I think I'm gonna need some mind soap.
Gaara: …Wow. I think I'm gonna need some mind soap.
Tomas Kaberle: Hey everyone, guess who just waived the no-pants policy?
Jarome Iginla: Oh god, I'll never be able to erase that from my memory!
Jarome Iginla: Oh god, I'll never be able to erase that from my memory!
— "The Resort", by Bloge Salming
, by Bloge SalmingDodoria: And that's why I was considered the most beautiful — and fertile — woman on my home planet. Well, until Freeza blew it up.
Vegeta: He tends to do that. Also, eeeeeeeeuuuuuugh. (shudders)
Vegeta: He tends to do that. Also, eeeeeeeeuuuuuugh. (shudders)
"That's the kind of look that's seen some shit."
Kevin: [upon seeing the Duras sisters] You supposed we're seeing the only hairless part of their breasts?
Mike: GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH! UUUUGH!
Kevin: [chuckling] Just asking!
Mike: GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH! UUUUGH!
Kevin: [chuckling] Just asking!
"It's not even in my hands, but I CAN STILL SEE IT!"
Screenwriter: You know how in The Last Jedi, we found out that Rey's parents are nobody?
Producer: Right, yeah, between that and the broom kid, it seemed maybe we were going for, like, a hopeful message. Like, the Force can be with anyone, you don't have to be related to…
Screenwriter: Well it turns out that Rey is Palpatine's granddaughter!
Producer: Oh, she is?
Screenwriter: Yeah yeah yeah, pretty cool, right?
Producer: So that means that Palpatine has gotten… you know, intimate?
Screenwriter: (smile fading) Oh, my God, yeah, no, I guess it does! Oh, no!
Producer: (clenching his eyes shut) Oh, no, no, no, no…
Screenwriter: Oh, I'm picturing it!
Producer: So am I and I hate it!
Screenwriter: (imitating Palpatine in Revenge of the Sith) Do it!
Producer: Oh, he for sure said that!
Screenwriter: Okay, maybe we can move on?
Producer: I would literally love nothing more.
Producer: Right, yeah, between that and the broom kid, it seemed maybe we were going for, like, a hopeful message. Like, the Force can be with anyone, you don't have to be related to…
Screenwriter: Well it turns out that Rey is Palpatine's granddaughter!
Producer: Oh, she is?
Screenwriter: Yeah yeah yeah, pretty cool, right?
Producer: So that means that Palpatine has gotten… you know, intimate?
Screenwriter: (smile fading) Oh, my God, yeah, no, I guess it does! Oh, no!
Producer: (clenching his eyes shut) Oh, no, no, no, no…
Screenwriter: Oh, I'm picturing it!
Producer: So am I and I hate it!
Screenwriter: (imitating Palpatine in Revenge of the Sith) Do it!
Producer: Oh, he for sure said that!
Screenwriter: Okay, maybe we can move on?
Producer: I would literally love nothing more.
K. Rool: DK! Diddy! There's no need for this to escalate any further!
Diddy: You bet there is! Get a load of THIS!
K. Rool: ...And with that, I will now commit jump-die. [jumps off bridge]
Diddy: You bet there is! Get a load of THIS!
K. Rool: ...And with that, I will now commit jump-die. [jumps off bridge]
Luigifan18: I've heard that turtles can have dicks as long as their bodies... and now you know why Bowser's obsession with Peach is a disaster that Mario has to keep at bay at all times.
Lilaa3Tv: delete my eyes after that one
Lilaa3Tv: delete my eyes after that one
Western Animation
"No amount of therapy will ever make this moment okay."
— Timmy Turner on his dad's Mom-puppet, The Fairly OddParents!
"Think happy thoughts. Little cute bees. Little babies. Tiny, tiny bunnies."
— Jake, after seeing the Magic Man turn a bird inside out, Adventure Time
"You watched it... you can't UN-watch it!"
— Narrator, Futurama, "Anthology of Interest II"
Dr. Venture: That's it! Objection! Your Honor, I have children listening to this potty talk!
Judge: Sustained. I want that last bit stricken from the record. And my mind.
Judge: Sustained. I want that last bit stricken from the record. And my mind.
"Watch the shop for a minute, Soos. I need to go find a melon-baller and pull my eyeballs out!"
— Grunkle Stan on seeing Soos pose shirtless, Gravity Falls, "Dipper's Guide to the Unexplained: Stan's Tattoo"
Lois: Peter, are you ready for your Valentine's gift? [drops her robe and turns on the lights]
Stewie: ...No, but I'm ready for therapy.
Stewie: ...No, but I'm ready for therapy.
"Goodbye, everyone! I'll remember you all in therapy!"
— Plankton, SpongeBob SquarePants, "The Algae's Always Greener"
Patrick: Well, I guess I don't need this disguise anymore! [rips off his "Patricia" disguise, leaving him butt-naked.]
Krusty Krab Customers: Gasp!
Squidward: note Um... I think I need to take a shower...
Mr. Krabs: note So, let me get this straight: you're not a woman?
Patrick: Nope!
Mr. Krabs: Well, then, you're fired. If anyone needs me, I'll be in my office for... oh, I don't know, about fifteen years or so?
Krusty Krab Customers: Gasp!
Squidward: note Um... I think I need to take a shower...
Mr. Krabs: note So, let me get this straight: you're not a woman?
Patrick: Nope!
Mr. Krabs: Well, then, you're fired. If anyone needs me, I'll be in my office for... oh, I don't know, about fifteen years or so?
"Wow. I can never unsee that."
Shaggy: Like, wow. That is something I didn't need to see.
Scooby: My brain needs a shower.
Scooby: My brain needs a shower.
"I'm gonna forget I saw that."
— Zuko, Avatar: The Last Airbender
Mr. Brown: [immediately after trying to wax himself and failing] ...How long have you been standing there?
Gumball: Long enough for curiosity to turn into regret.
Mr. Brown: ...So, boys, what are you doing this weekend?
Gumball: Well, I was going to go on a date with Penny, but now I think I'll just stay home and bleach my eyeballs.
Gumball: Long enough for curiosity to turn into regret.
Mr. Brown: ...So, boys, what are you doing this weekend?
Gumball: Well, I was going to go on a date with Penny, but now I think I'll just stay home and bleach my eyeballs.
Gambit can't unsee THAT!
