History Main / GagCensor

* Stephen Georg, the voice of Ness in ''Fanfic/FobbiesAreBorange'' and fairly popular vlogger, also does Let's Plays alongside his vlog. In his Let's Play of ''VideoGame/AmnesiaTheDarkDescent'', upon entering a certain room in the morgue, he encounters a corpse which apparently has visible male... parts. Either Website/YouTube's policies, his own morals, or both prevent him from leaving the parts exposed, so throughout any screentime said corpse receives, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=ghbd9NiDNc8#t=110s the Gag Censor he uses is an image of his own face in a goofy expression.]] However, in later episodes where nude corpses appear, he instead merely blurs out the offending area.

* In a trailer for ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy'', Peter, who is in a PoliceLineup, [[FlippingTheBird flips the bird]], which is covered up with a blur and an "Obscene Gesture Alert"

* Hinata's crotch gets censored by a vertical venus fly trap in Anime/{{Naruto}}'s Road To Sakura special. [[SarcasmMode Subtle]].

* The first episode of ''Series/AngieTribeca,'' Angie goes undercover as a nude model. One of the art students is seen working on a pixellated pencil sketch of her -- as in, he actually went to the trouble of drawing the censor pixels.

* ''Manga/RosarioToVampire'' uses censor bats and bears if there is more than one censor to be covered. [[BreakingTheFourthWall He even chats with the audience!]]

* Creator/CraigFerguson's edition of ''Series/TheLateLateShow'' bleeps out its innumerable expletives by playing voiceovers of Craig saying "Oohlala," or some other [[AsLongAsItSoundsForeign silly-sounding quasi-foreign phrase]], and covering the offender's mouth (if he isn't [[HandPuppet a puppet]]) with an appropriate national flag.

* ''Manga/MahouSenseiNegima'' uses large "Forbidden" stamps whenever Nodoka is reading [[CovertPervert her own mind]].

** Alternatively, they use animal sounds, such as "mixing moo with meow". ([[{{double entendre}} Or "Add donkey to rooster]].")

[[folder:Web Comics]]
* ''WebComic/TheAdventuresOfDrMcNinja'' covers up "naughty" things (usually profanity) with black boxes saying things like "Filth!" or "Goodness!" instead. These are also used to cover up [[FlippingTheBird a middle finger]]...and nothing else, leaving the shape of what's being censored perfectly obvious.

* The previews for [[{{Rule 34}} adult-themed donation incentives]] for ''Webcomic/{{Heartcore}}'' use a creature called a Meefu to block out the more titillating parts of the picture, earning it the [[FanNickname affectionate nickname]] of "Censor Bee".

* In [[WebVideo/MonteFjanton Felix Recenserar]], an image of {{ComicBook/Bamse}} is used to cover up any nudity in the movies being reviewed.

** Alternatively, they use animal sounds, such as "mixing moo with meow". ([[GettingCrapPastTheRadar Or "Add donkey to rooster]].")

* Among the many UrbanLegendsOfZelda revolving around ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIX'', one particular legend involves a risqué scene involving [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII Cloud's]] head as a censorship method.

* The previews for [[{{Rule 34}} adult-themed donation incentives]] for ''Webcomic/{{Heartcore}}'' use a creature called a Meefu ([[RidiculouslyCuteCritter a mix between a bee and a cat]]) to block out the more titillating parts of the picture, earning it the [[FanNickname affectionate nickname]] of "Censor Bee".

* ''My Childhood Friend Who Keeps Transforming into Monsters'': When Ayari turns in to a giant cyclops, the webmanga "shows" her nipples without actually drawing nipples by portraying them as (clothing) buttons.

* Stephen Georg, the voice of Ness in ''Fanfic/FobbiesAreBorange'' and fairly popular vlogger, also does Let's Plays alongside his vlog. In his Let's Play of ''VideoGame/AmnesiaTheDarkDescent'', upon entering a certain room in the morgue, he encounters a corpse which apparently has visible male... parts. Either Website/YouTube's policies, his own morals, or both prevent him from leaving the parts exposed, so throughout any screentime said corpse receives, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=ghbd9NiDNc8#t=110s the Gag Censor he uses is an image of his own face in a goofy expression.]] Sadly, in later episodes where nude corpses appear, he instead merely blurs out the offending area.

** Mentioned but not shown in "Homer Simpson, This is Your Wife." When Homer and Bart moon the cameras and the cameraman complains that there "aren't enough pixels in the world" to censor them, the producer suggests covering them with Ryan Seacrest's head.

* ''Manga/BGataHKei'' uses a Demon symbol for this on the TV release over the [=EroGami=] (sex god) that normally covers things.

* On VH-1, whenever someone says "pussy", they have a cat meowing. They also cover up a woman's *meow* with a cat...

* ''Series/TheTwilightZone1959'': In "[[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS3E78OnceUponATime Once Upon a Time]]", after Officer Flannagan tells him to watch his step, Woodrow Mulligan mutters in irritation. The intertitle reads "Censored!" Immediately afterwards, Mulligan is knocked into a pig trough by a man on a penny-farthing and shouts something after him. This time, the intertitle is "Also Censored."

* In ''VisualNovel/AtomGrrrl'', you can't see [[spoiler:the police officer's corpse being dissolved]] even in the 18+ version. Instead, you see a bright red box reading '''"R18"''' and the horrified/fascinated expressions of the characters around it.

* ''Series/{{MASH}}: Hawkeye bets he could walk to the mess tent stark naked and nobody would notice. As he does so, his midsection is conspicuously covered by objects carried around in the foreground.

* Whenever ''[[Series/GakiNoTsukaiYaArahende Gaki no Tsukai's]]'' cast get naked, their privates are covered either with photos of their faces, or the first kanji of their names.

* ''Series/TheTwilightZone1959'': In "[[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS3E78OnceUponATime Once Upon a Time]]", after Officer Flannagan tells him to watch his step, Woodrow Mulligan mutters in irritation. The intertitle reads "Censored!" Immediately afterwards, Mulligan is knocked into a pig trough by a man on a penny farthing and shouts something after him. This time, the intertitle is "Also Censored."

* Stephen Georg, the voice of Ness in ''Fanfic/FobbiesAreBorange'' and fairly popular vlogger, also does Let's Plays alongside his vlog. In his Let's Play of ''VideoGame/AmnesiaTheDarkDescent'', upon entering a certain room in the morgue, he encounters a corpse which apparently has visible male... parts. Either Website/YouTube's policies, his own morals or both prevent him from leaving the parts exposed, so throughout any screentime said corpse receives, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=ghbd9NiDNc8#t=110s the Gag Censor he uses is an image of his own face in a goofy expression.]] Sadly, in later episodes where nude corpses appear, he instead merely blurs out the offending area.

* ''WebVideo/{{Retsupurae}}'' uses the text "Unregistered Hypercam 2", as an "homage" to the fact that many Let's Players would uses the unregistered version of that product to record their videos. And thus would have that watermark on them.

** In the ''City Limits'' episode has Joel stand up to show off his new umbrella, which covered up a brief scene of nudity (from the audience and the bots).

** Another early episode has Joel stand up to show off his new umbrella, which covered up a brief scene of nudity (from the audience and the bots).

* On the TV version of ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsonsMovie'', Bart's lower nudity when he skates through a bare spot in a hedge is covered by a CensorBox that reads, "EUROPEAN VERSION ONLY!" (Which on the DVD commentary the directors state was going to be alternate theater image if the MPAA couldn't give them a PG-13 on the first viewing.)
** The [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons episode]] "Steal This Episode" censors various scenes (particularly those dealing with how one actually pirates movies) with, of all things, scenes of a UsefulNotes/{{NASCAR}} race (which [[BitingTheHandHumor makes sense]] cause they're also on Creator/{{Fox}}).

* The ''Film/TwentyFourHourPartyPeople'' soundtrack has a case sticker, noting Music/NewOrder's latest release, conveniently placed over the rude word labelling Tony Wilson on the cover.

* ''Manga/OniiChanNoKotoNankaZenzenSukiJanainDakaraNe'' (seen above) uses these everywhere, constantly.

** Here we go: [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/rsz_sayonara_zetsubou_sensei_1156.png A ''completely pointless'' gag censor.]] You couldn't see anything even if it wasn't there.

* ''Manga/AirGear'' has Koo, Ikki's pet crow cover the naughty bits when necesarry.

** Here we go: [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/rsz_sayonara_zetsubou_sensei_1156.png A *completely pointless* gag censor.]] You couldn't see anything even if it wasn't there.

* The manga series ''Manga/SwitchGirl'' often uses an image of a cat to censor nudity (mostly the main character Nika). This was kept in the live-action TV adaptation.

* Audio version: ''WesternAniamtion/PerfectHairForever'' censors the word "fuck" with a sound effect of Coiffio saying "EFF." Other swears are bleeped "normally," however.

* ''WebComic/TheAdventuresOfDrMcNinja'' covers up "naughty" things (usually profanity) with black boxes saying things like "Filth!" or "Goodness!" instead. As seen in the page image for CensorBox, these are also used to cover up [[FlippingTheBird a middle finger]]...and nothing else.