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* A teacher is watching a pupil try to build a play house, and asks the child how they knew how to build the play house. The child says he knew through watching the builders at his home install a conservatory. The teacher then asks the child when they will be finished by. The child says "By next Tuesday, if we can get the f÷®king bricks". Collapse of teacher in laughter!

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* A teacher is watching a pupil try to build a play house, and asks the child how they knew how to build the play house. The child says he knew through watching the builders at his home install a conservatory. The teacher then asks the child when they will be finished by. The child says "By next Tuesday, if we can get the f÷®king fucking bricks". Collapse of teacher in laughter!
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* The titular ''Film/{{Starman}}'' does this after learning a new word from Jenny and being unclear on the definition beyond it being "not a nice word":
-->'''Waitress:''' "Hey, what can I get you two?"
-->'''Starman:''' "Shit." ''*waitress stares in confusion*''
-->'''Jenny:''' "Don't mind him; he's just learning to speak English."
-->'''Waitress:''' "Well, he's got a hell of a start on it."
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* In ''Literature/TheBerenstainBears'' ''and the Big Blooper'', with Sister Bear and her friend Lizzie using the word "furball" after watching a video that belonged to the latter's brother -- ''[[ShowWithinAShow Trouble at Big Bear High]]'' and learning a few insults like "phooey" and "fudge" and an offensive word that is never said exactly what word it was, just that [[AndThatsTerrible it sounded offensive]].

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* In ''Literature/TheBerenstainBears'' ''and the Big Blooper'', with Sister Bear and her friend Lizzie using the word "furball" after watching a video that belonged to the latter's brother -- ''[[ShowWithinAShow Trouble at Big Bear High]]'' and learning learn a few insults like "phooey" and "fudge" and an offensive word that is never said exactly what word it was, just that [[AndThatsTerrible it sounded offensive]].

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* In ''Literature/TheBerenstainBears'' ''and the Big Blooper'', with Sister Bear and her friend Lizzie using the word "furball" after watching a video that belonged to the latter's brother -- ''[[ShowWithinAShow Trouble at Big Bear High]]'' and learning a few insults like "phooey" and "fudge" and an offensive word that is never said exactly what word it was, just that [[AndThatsTerrible it sounded offensive]].



* ''Literature/TheBerenstainBears'': Done on the Creator/PBSKids version with Sister Bear and her friend Lizzie using the word "furball" after watching a video that belonged to the latter's brother -- ''[[ShowWithinAShow Trouble at Big Bear High]]''. Apparently this is highly offensive to anthropomorphic bears. The book that inspired this episode never said exactly what word Sister learned and repeated from the video, just that [[AndThatsTerrible it sounded offensive]].

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* ''Literature/TheBerenstainBears'': Done Also done on the Creator/PBSKids version of "The Big Blooper" just like in the book as mentioned above in the Literature Section, with Sister Bear and her friend Lizzie using the word "furball" after watching a video that belonged to the latter's brother -- ''[[ShowWithinAShow Trouble at Big Bear High]]''. Apparently this is highly offensive to anthropomorphic bears. The book that inspired this episode never said exactly what word Sister learned and repeated from the video, just that [[AndThatsTerrible it sounded offensive]].
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* ''Series/BrooklynNineNine'': In the episode "Moo Moo", Jake and Amy are babysitting Terry's young twin daughters, a scene ends with one of them innocently asking what an orgasm is. The next day, Amy apologetically tells Terry that she panicked and said it was another word for "orange".

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* ''Series/BrooklynNineNine'': In the episode "Moo Moo", a scene with Jake and Amy are babysitting Terry's young twin daughters, a scene daughters ends with one of them innocently asking what an orgasm is. The next day, Amy apologetically tells Terry that she panicked and said it was another word for "orange".

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* ''ComicStrip/FoxTrot'': One storyline has Paige watching ''[[Series/TheJerrySpringerShow Jerzy Spaniel]]'' while babysitting. Of course, the kid hears the word and starts repeating it. In the epilogue, Paige reports that the mother said kids always hear bad words and repeat them, but if you don't use them often or attach special significance to them, they'll eventually drop it. ''Then'' they discussed watching ''Jerzy Spaniel'' while babysitting...

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* ''ComicStrip/FoxTrot'': One storyline has Paige watching ''[[Series/TheJerrySpringerShow Jerzy Spaniel]]'' while babysitting. Of course, the kid hears the a bad word and starts repeating it. In the epilogue, Paige reports that the mother said was surprisingly understanding, saying that kids always hear bad words and repeat them, but if you don't use them often or attach special significance to them, they'll eventually drop it. ''Then'' they discussed Paige's watching ''Jerzy Spaniel'' while babysitting...


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* ''Series/BrooklynNineNine'': In the episode "Moo Moo", Jake and Amy are babysitting Terry's young twin daughters, a scene ends with one of them innocently asking what an orgasm is. The next day, Amy apologetically tells Terry that she panicked and said it was another word for "orange".
-->'''Terry:''' Yeah, it did make it awkward when they asked for "orgasm juice" this morning...
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%%* ''ComicStrip/TheFamilyCircus'' had this with Jeffy, who got spanked.
%%* ''ComicStrip/ForBetterOrForWorse'' had an example involving April.

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''ComicStrip/ForBetterOrForWorse'' had an example involving April.April where she overheard a swear word and repeats it proudly. Elly tells her that the word she used is not appropriate language to use. [[SubvertedTrope Subverted when]] April replies "I know. I was just testing you" to Elly's shocked expression.
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* ''WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse'': In "Potty Mouth", the siblings get scared that they accidentally taught their one year old sister how to say "damn it." It turns out Lily is instead mispronouncing "donut" because she saw donuts in a TV show the girls wanted to watch, though she does curse at the end of the episode when the family dog steals her donut. Interestingly, most of the siblings (the second youngest child is ''four'') are all shown cursing without it being depicted as this. They all know exactly how to use the word.

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* ''WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse'': In "Potty Mouth", the siblings get scared that they accidentally taught their one year old sister how to say "damn it." It turns out Lily is instead mispronouncing "donut" because she saw donuts in a TV show was trying to say "donut", but then the girls wanted to watch, though she does curse at the end of the episode when the family dog steals her donut.donut and ''then'' she swears for real. Interestingly, most of the siblings (the second youngest child is ''four'') are all shown cursing without it being depicted as this. They all know exactly how to use the word.
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* ''VideoGame/Destiny2'': During [[Recap/Destiny2SeasonOfTheSplicer Season of the Splicer]], a House of Light Eliksni (city aligned [[SpacePirates Fallen]]) tries to offer their thanks to a ramen shop owner after trying a bowl. Unfortunately, the word they use is implied to be a vulgar term they heard Petra Venj use to describe [[TheDon the Spider]], which she sarcastically claimed was a compliment. [[spoiler:Things escalate to the point the Eliksni is chased by a lynch-mob out of paranoia and racism, and left to an UncertainDoom]].
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* ''Literature/{{Thud}}'': Sam Vimes reads his son his own version of ''Literature/WheresMyCow'' with the {{catch phrase}}s of prominent Ankh-Morporkians instead of animal noises, including Foul Old Ron's "Bugrit! Millenium hand and shrimp!" The next day Young Sam announced "Buglit!" to his nanny, and from then on Vimes sticks to the written version.

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* ''Literature/{{Thud}}'': Sam Vimes reads his son his own version of ''Literature/WheresMyCow'' with the {{catch phrase}}s catchphrases of prominent Ankh-Morporkians instead of animal noises, including Foul Old Ron's "Bugrit! Millenium hand and shrimp!" The next day Young Sam announced "Buglit!" to his nanny, and from then on Vimes sticks to the written version.
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* In ''WesternAnimation/PussInBootsTheLastWish'' The innocent puppy, Perrito, would sometimes swear without realisation. With his past owner calling him "bleep- for brains" and when reliving his past or calling the Bear family names, his words are covered in bleep noises

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* In ''WesternAnimation/PussInBootsTheLastWish'' The ''WesternAnimation/PussInBootsTheLastWish'', the innocent puppy, Perrito, would sometimes swear without realisation. With his past owner calling him "bleep- "[bleep] for brains" and when reliving his past or calling the Bear family names, his words are covered in bleep noisesnoises.

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* ''[[Literature/EmilOfLonneberga Emil of Lönneberga]]'': In one of the stories by Creator/AstridLindgren, Emil decides to teach his little sister Ida all the words he gets chastized for saying, and telling her she must not ever use these words. He is quite honest in his intentions, he's just become victim to some InsaneTrollLogic.
* ''Literature/TheJungle'' has little Antanas learn "God damn" and start repeating it after his father reacts to his saying it with laughter.
* ''Literature/LifeTheUniverseAndEverything'': In the American edition,[[note]]The original joke, used in the UK edition, is that there is a film award for "Most Gratuitous Use of the Word 'Fuck' in a Serious Screenplay". Adams re-wrote this section in the American edition to avoid using the F-word, and added another layer to the joke in the process.[[/note]] the word "Belgium" is the vilest profanity imaginable on every planet except Earth (and thus can only be used in serious screenplays). Arthur Dent is not aware of this, being from Earth, and so he repeats the word in conversation.
* In ''[[Literature/TheBelgariad The Mallorean]]'', Belgarath mentions the name "Zandramas" to the leader of the Ulgos -- only to learn that it is an [[BilingualBackfire absolutely horrific word in their language]].



* In ''On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft'', Creator/StephenKing recalls that when he was a child, he thought that "bitch" meant "an extremely tall woman" ("A son of a bitch was apt to be a basketball player!").



* Two-year-old Friday Next in ''[[Literature/ThursdayNext Something Rotten]]'' learns naughty words (notably "bum", "bubbies", "arse" and "pikestaff" [[ForeignLookingFont rendered in an Old English font]]) from St. Zvlkx. Thursday speaks as if she isn't certain what he said the first time he uses them, but the second time she tells her son, "If those are rude Old English words, St. Zvlkx is in a lot of trouble--and so are you, my little fellow."
* In ''Literature/TheJungle'', little Antanas learns "God damn" and starts repeating it after his father reacts to his saying it with laughter.
* In ''Literature/{{Thud}}'', Sam Vimes reads his son his own version of ''Literature/WheresMyCow'' with the {{catch phrase}}s of prominent Ankh-Morporkians instead of animal noises, including Foul Old Ron's "Bugrit! Millenium hand and shrimp!" The next day Young Sam announced "Buglit!" to his nanny, and from then on Vimes sticks to the written version.
* In one of the ''[[Literature/EmilOfLonneberga Emil of Lönneberga]]'' stories by Creator/AstridLindgren, Emil decides to teach his little sister Ida all the words he gets chastized for saying, and telling her she must not ever use these words. He is quite honest in his intentions, he's just become victim to some InsaneTrollLogic.



* In ''On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft'', Creator/StephenKing recalls that when he was a child, he thought that "bitch" meant "an extremely tall woman" ("A son of a bitch was apt to be a basketball player!").

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* In ''On Writing: A Memoir of ''[[Literature/ThursdayNext Something Rotten]]'' has two-year-old Friday Next learn naughty words (notably "bum", "bubbies", "arse" and "pikestaff" [[ForeignLookingFont rendered in an Old English font]]) from St. Zvlkx. Thursday speaks as if she isn't certain what he said the Craft'', Creator/StephenKing recalls that when first time he was uses them, but the second time she tells her son, "If those are rude Old English words, St. Zvlkx is in a child, he thought that "bitch" meant "an extremely tall woman" ("A son lot of a bitch was apt to be a basketball player!").trouble--and so are you, my little fellow."



* In ''[[Literature/TheBelgariad The Mallorean]]'', Belgarath mentions the name "Zandramas" to the leader of the Ulgos--only to learn that it is an [[BilingualBackfire absolutely horrific word in their language]].
* In the American edition of ''Literature/LifeTheUniverseAndEverything'',[[note]]The original joke, used in the UK edition, is that there is a film award for "Most Gratuitous Use of the Word 'Fuck' in a Serious Screenplay". Adams re-wrote this section in the American edition to avoid using the F-word, and added another layer to the joke in the process.[[/note]] the word "Belgium" is the vilest profanity imaginable on every planet except Earth (and thus can only be used in serious screenplays). Arthur Dent is not aware of this, being from Earth, and so he repeats the word in conversation.

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* In ''[[Literature/TheBelgariad ''Literature/{{Thud}}'': Sam Vimes reads his son his own version of ''Literature/WheresMyCow'' with the {{catch phrase}}s of prominent Ankh-Morporkians instead of animal noises, including Foul Old Ron's "Bugrit! Millenium hand and shrimp!" The Mallorean]]'', Belgarath mentions the name "Zandramas" next day Young Sam announced "Buglit!" to his nanny, and from then on Vimes sticks to the leader of the Ulgos--only to learn that it is an [[BilingualBackfire absolutely horrific word in their language]].
* In the American edition of ''Literature/LifeTheUniverseAndEverything'',[[note]]The original joke, used in the UK edition, is that there is a film award for "Most Gratuitous Use of the Word 'Fuck' in a Serious Screenplay". Adams re-wrote this section in the American edition to avoid using the F-word, and added another layer to the joke in the process.[[/note]] the word "Belgium" is the vilest profanity imaginable on every planet except Earth (and thus can only be used in serious screenplays). Arthur Dent is not aware of this, being from Earth, and so he repeats the word in conversation.
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* A clip on ''Series/AmericasFunniestHomeVideos'' featured a little boy doing an imitation of his dad golfing. Using a toy golf club, the child takes a swing, throws his club to the ground and yells "Damn it!"
* At the climax of the first season of ''Series/BetweenTheLines1992'', the main villain becomes tangled up in a group of schoolchildren while trying to flee the heroes. As he tries to push the kids out of the way, one of them can clearly be heard to say (probably unscripted) "you dirty bastard!".
* An episode of ''Series/TheDickVanDykeShow'' revolves around Richie learning several swear words from another kid he made friends with at school. The episode ends with Rob and Laura confronting the boy's parents about what he's been saying, only to find that they wanted to talk to Rob and Laura because their son was disturbed about some things Richie had been saying as well.
* In the ''Series/GoodLuckCharlie'' episode "Teddy on Ice", little Charlie says a naughty word, which lands her in time-out. Her parents, Bob and Amy, spend the episode trying to (unsuccessfully) figure out who taught Charlie the word. Finally, while driving, Amy is cut off and shouts the bad word ([[SoundEffectBleep over her car horn]]), revealing herself to be the culprit and winding up in time-out at the end.

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* A clip on ''Series/AmericasFunniestHomeVideos'' featured has a clip featuring a little boy doing an imitation of his dad golfing. Using a toy golf club, the child takes a swing, throws his club to the ground and yells "Damn it!"
* ''Series/BetweenTheLines1992'': At the climax of the first season of ''Series/BetweenTheLines1992'', season, the main villain becomes tangled up in a group of schoolchildren while trying to flee the heroes. As he tries to push the kids out of the way, one of them can clearly be heard to say (probably unscripted) "you dirty bastard!".
* An ''Series/TheDickVanDykeShow'': One episode of ''Series/TheDickVanDykeShow'' revolves around Richie learning several swear words from another kid he made friends with at school. The episode ends with Rob and Laura confronting the boy's parents about what he's been saying, only to find that they wanted to talk to Rob and Laura because their son was disturbed about some things Richie had been saying as well.
* ''Series/GoodLuckCharlie'': In the ''Series/GoodLuckCharlie'' episode "Teddy on Ice", little Charlie says a naughty word, which lands her in time-out. Her parents, Bob and Amy, spend the episode trying to (unsuccessfully) figure out who taught Charlie the word. Finally, while driving, Amy is cut off and shouts the bad word ([[SoundEffectBleep over her car horn]]), revealing herself to be the culprit and winding up in time-out at the end.



* One challenge of ''Series/ImpracticalJokers'' involved the guys working with a kid, Luke, who closed out the explanation of the challenge with "Let's do this, bitches!" (Cue the guys falling apart).
* In ''Series/LittleHouseOnThePrairie'', the Ingalls briefly move to the city and get a house near the local bar. This leads to the youngest daughter Carrie exclaiming "Damn!" at the dinner table. Pa reprimands her and tells her to ask him about unfamiliar words before using them in the future.
* Little Lily in ''Series/ModernFamily'' quickly starts firing off the F-word … ''at a wedding'', her dads' attempts to stop her in vain.
* In ''Series/{{Outnumbered}}'' episode "The School Run", six-year-old Karen asks her father, Pete, about some words she overheard:

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* ''Series/ImpracticalJokers'': One challenge of ''Series/ImpracticalJokers'' involved the guys working with a kid, Luke, who closed out the explanation of the challenge with "Let's do this, bitches!" (Cue the guys falling apart).
* In ''Series/LittleHouseOnThePrairie'', ''Series/LittleHouseOnThePrairie'' has the Ingalls briefly move to the city and get a house near the local bar. This leads to the youngest daughter Carrie exclaiming "Damn!" at the dinner table. Pa reprimands her and tells her to ask him about unfamiliar words before using them in the future.
* ''Series/ModernFamily'': Little Lily in ''Series/ModernFamily'' quickly starts firing off the F-word … ''at a wedding'', her dads' attempts to stop her in vain.
* ''Series/{{Outnumbered}}'': In ''Series/{{Outnumbered}}'' episode "The School Run", six-year-old Karen asks her father, Pete, about some words she overheard:



* The Japanese version of ''Series/RomperRoom'' had an unintentional example that is a well-known [[PopCultureUrbanLegends urban legend]]. There are rumors of an episode where Miss Midori, the Japanese localization's hostess, asked the children if they know any words beginning with "ki", and a boy responded with "I know: ''kintama''!", which is Japanese slang for testicles. Miss Midori then asked the boy if he could think of anything more ''kireina'' ("nice" in Japanese), prompting the boy to respond with "Kireina kintama!" ("Nice nuts!"). The boy was then replaced with a teddy bear after a commercial break.

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* ''Series/RomperRoom'': The Japanese version of ''Series/RomperRoom'' had an unintentional example that is a well-known [[PopCultureUrbanLegends urban legend]]. There are rumors of an episode where Miss Midori, the Japanese localization's hostess, asked the children if they know any words beginning with "ki", and a boy responded with "I know: ''kintama''!", which is Japanese slang for testicles. Miss Midori then asked the boy if he could think of anything more ''kireina'' ("nice" in Japanese), prompting the boy to respond with "Kireina kintama!" ("Nice nuts!"). The boy was then replaced with a teddy bear after a commercial break.



* In ''Series/WimziesHouse'', this is done with the word [[GoshDangItToHeck "stupid"]] with one cent going into [[TheSwearJar a "charity cup"]] each time it's said. Only Wimzie's little brother Bo is exempt because A.) He's only 1 1/2 and B.) He doesn't have any money. See more examples under Western Animation below.

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* In ''Series/WimziesHouse'', this ''Series/WimziesHouse'': This is done with the word [[GoshDangItToHeck "stupid"]] with one cent going into [[TheSwearJar a "charity cup"]] each time it's said. Only Wimzie's little brother Bo is exempt because A.) He's only 1 1/2 and B.) He doesn't have any money. See more examples under Western Animation below.



* ''Webcomic/YouDamnKid'':
** At one point it recounts an incident with the author's little sister who asked him who Sunsub is and why he itches when something bad happens. Things didn't click for him until at the dinner table when, after his dad tells a story, the sister shouts, "Sunsub itches!" (say it out loud if you haven't figured it out).
** And similarly to the ''Film/BlastFromThePast'' example, The Kid wonders what "[[RagingStiffie Sportin' wood" and "Pitchin' a tent"]] mean, and one of the older kids tells him it's when you get excited. Cue his parents asking [[ExactWords if he's excited]] to see a movie, and he blurts out - "Am I!? I'm sportin' wood!" Cue SpitTake from dad.
* ''Webcomic/QuestionableContent'' has [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1200 a twist on this one.]] After Pintsize tells Hannelore that robot swear words come from mashing on the keyboard, she asks him and Winslow what "qwerty" means. They're shocked.
* In ''Moon Over June'', little June Akagawa's first words are "cunt", and then "cunt fuck shit" (on one of the few remotely SFW pages in the entire series).
* This exchange from ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'' Act 6:

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* ''Webcomic/YouDamnKid'':
** At one point it recounts an incident with the author's little sister who asked him who Sunsub is and why he itches when something bad happens. Things didn't click for him until at the dinner table when, after his dad tells a story, the sister shouts, "Sunsub itches!" (say it out loud if you haven't figured it out).
** And similarly to the ''Film/BlastFromThePast'' example, The Kid wonders what "[[RagingStiffie Sportin' wood" and "Pitchin' a tent"]] mean, and one of the older kids tells him it's when you get excited. Cue his parents asking [[ExactWords if he's excited]] to see a movie, and he blurts out - "Am I!? I'm sportin' wood!" Cue SpitTake from dad.
* ''Webcomic/QuestionableContent'' has [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1200 a twist on this one.]] After Pintsize tells Hannelore that robot swear words come from mashing on the keyboard, she asks him and Winslow what "qwerty" means. They're shocked.
* In ''Moon Over June'', little June Akagawa's first words are "cunt", and then "cunt fuck shit" (on one of the few remotely SFW pages in the entire series).
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* In ''Moon Over June'', little June Akagawa's first words are "cunt", and then "cunt fuck shit" (on one of the few remotely SFW pages in the entire series).
* ''Webcomic/QuestionableContent'' has [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1200 a twist on this one.]] After Pintsize tells Hannelore that robot swear words come from mashing on the keyboard, she asks him and Winslow what "qwerty" means. They're shocked.


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* ''Webcomic/YouDamnKid'':
** At one point it recounts an incident with the author's little sister who asked him who Sunsub is and why he itches when something bad happens. Things didn't click for him until at the dinner table when, after his dad tells a story, the sister shouts, "Sunsub itches!" (say it out loud if you haven't figured it out).
** And similarly to the ''Film/BlastFromThePast'' example, The Kid wonders what "[[RagingStiffie Sportin' wood" and "Pitchin' a tent"]] mean, and one of the older kids tells him it's when you get excited. Cue his parents asking [[ExactWords if he's excited]] to see a movie, and he blurts out -- "Am I!? I'm sportin' wood!" Cue SpitTake from dad.

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* In episode 20 of ''Anime/Persona4TheAnimation'', Nanako happily announces to the group that the fortune teller at the cultural festival told her that Yu was a "gigolo" (translated as "man-whore" in the dub). The teller is Margaret, though Yu and the audience only know that by her voice.



* The English dub of the ''Anime/OjamajoDoremi'' episode "Majorika Goes To Kindergarten" has Caitlyn's mother react in shock when she accuses her sister Dorie of carousing, immediately causing her to question where she learned such a word.

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* ''Anime/OjamajoDoremi'': The English dub of the ''Anime/OjamajoDoremi'' episode "Majorika Goes To Kindergarten" has Caitlyn's mother react in shock when she accuses her sister Dorie of carousing, immediately causing her to question where she learned such a word.word.
* ''Anime/Persona4TheAnimation'': In episode 20, Nanako happily announces to the group that the fortune teller at the cultural festival told her that Yu was a "gigolo" (translated as "man-whore" in the dub). The teller is Margaret, though Yu and the audience only know that by her voice.



* ''ComicStrip/BabyBlues'': One storyline had infant Wren naming her stuffed puppy a curse word (censored with SymbolSwearing). Her parents calmly explain to her that she can't call her puppy that, so she gives it a different name... a DIFFERENT curse word that was presumably even worse.



* One storyline in ''ComicStrip/FoxTrot'' has Paige watching ''[[Series/TheJerrySpringerShow Jerzy Spaniel]]'' while babysitting. Of course, the kid hears the word and starts repeating it. In the epilogue, Paige reports that the mother said kids always hear bad words and repeat them, but if you don't use them often or attach special significance to them, they'll eventually drop it. ''Then'' they discussed watching ''Jerzy Spaniel'' while babysitting...
* A storyline in ''ComicStrip/BabyBlues'' had infant Wren naming her stuffed puppy a curse word (censored with SymbolSwearing). Her parents calmly explain to her that she can't call her puppy that, so she gives it a different name... a DIFFERENT curse word that was presumably even worse.
* In one storyline ComicStrip/{{Marvin}} learned a swear word, represented by him yelling "Censored!" He figured it meant "mommy", as every time he said it she'd run over urgently.
* In ''ComicStrip/JumpStart'', Teddy's first word ends up being a swear word, and they can't get him to stop saying it. Then he ends up shouting it while in the family's in church.

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* ''ComicStrip/FoxTrot'': One storyline in ''ComicStrip/FoxTrot'' has Paige watching ''[[Series/TheJerrySpringerShow Jerzy Spaniel]]'' while babysitting. Of course, the kid hears the word and starts repeating it. In the epilogue, Paige reports that the mother said kids always hear bad words and repeat them, but if you don't use them often or attach special significance to them, they'll eventually drop it. ''Then'' they discussed watching ''Jerzy Spaniel'' while babysitting...
* A storyline in ''ComicStrip/BabyBlues'' had infant Wren naming her stuffed puppy a curse word (censored with SymbolSwearing). Her parents calmly explain to her that she can't call her puppy that, so she gives it a different name... a DIFFERENT curse word that was presumably even worse.
* In one storyline ComicStrip/{{Marvin}} learned a swear word, represented by him yelling "Censored!" He figured it meant "mommy", as every time he said it she'd run over urgently.
* In ''ComicStrip/JumpStart'',
''ComicStrip/JumpStart'': Teddy's first word ends up being a swear word, and they can't get him to stop saying it. Then he ends up shouting it while in the family's in church.church.
* ''ComicStrip/{{Marvin}}'': In one storyline, Marvin learned a swear word, represented by him yelling "Censored!" He figured it meant "mommy", as every time he said it she'd run over urgently.



* ''WesternAnimation/AngeloRules'': In one episode, Angelo swears in the proximity of Peter (who is five years old) after tripping over his toys. Peter hears the word and keeps using it throughout the episode because he thinks it sounds "cool". It becomes less innocent after he tries using the word more to turn people into space monsters (due Angelo's failed attempt at scaring Peter). The trope is inverted as well after Peter uses the word "gastropod" with the intent to swear (which, again, was part of Angelo's plan).



* In ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls1998'' episode "Curses", Bubbles overhears Professor Utonium using a naughty word. She later says it in front of her sisters and they start using it themselves. Many {{Sound Effect Bleep}}s ensue. In a subversion, eventually they do understand it's wrong but at the end of the episode Buttercup openly swears with clear intent, which sees her mouth washed out with soap in the closing sequence.
* An episode of ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}'' entitled "Word Of The Day" had Angelica audition for a children's show. While backstage she overheard a DepravedKidsShowHost state, rather sarcastically, that the "real" catchphrase of the show is that the children who watch it "are all little [[SoundEffectBleep (censored by outside noise)]]." Angelica, being three, thinks this is sincere. HilarityEnsues.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'' episode "Sailor Mouth", [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick read a bad word (heard as a dolphin chirp) written in a trash bin and start using it. Patrick claims it's a "sentence enhancer". Later Mr. Krabs ends up launching into a whole tirade of every one in the book, which even makes [=SpongeBob=] aghast.

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* ''WesternAnimation/BabyLooneyTunes'': In ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls1998'' "Who Said That?", Daffy learns a swear word from a passing garbage man. He later tells the other Tunes about it.
* ''Literature/TheBerenstainBears'': Done on the Creator/PBSKids version with Sister Bear and her friend Lizzie using the word "furball" after watching a video that belonged to the latter's brother -- ''[[ShowWithinAShow Trouble at Big Bear High]]''. Apparently this is highly offensive to anthropomorphic bears. The book that inspired this
episode never said exactly what word Sister learned and repeated from the video, just that [[AndThatsTerrible it sounded offensive]].
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Caillou}}'': One episode did this with the word "stupid", which Caillou learns when he learns how to ride a skateboard from an older boy. After doing so, he and Leo uses the word at Clementine when she says he didn't actually skateboard by himself, which makes her upset. Caillou doesn't know why the word is bad until his mom gets a call from Clementine's mom saying that he hurt Clementine's feelings when he called her that word as well as hearing Rosie say the word herself.
--> '''Doris:''' Caillou? Rosie's been saying a word that's not very nice. Do you know the word I mean?\\
'''Caillou:''' Yes, Mommy.\\
'''Doris:''' And Clementine's mommy just called. She was telling me about your afternoon in the park. Apparently, you and Leo weren't very nice to Clementine.\\
'''Caillou:''' But Leo and I were just playing, Mommy.\\
'''Doris:''' I don't think that's a very good game to play. You hurt Clementine's feelings.\\
'''Caillou:''' I didn't mean to.
* Seen in a story from the ''Literature/{{Franklin}}'' television series. The word in question? [[GoshDangItToHeck "Stupid"]]. The moral of the episode was that the words you use say a lot about you, and [[Administrivia/TropesAreTools it actually works fairly well]] if you can get past your knee-jerk reaction to the idea of "stupid" as a swear word. (It's credible too, since the writing on the show is monitored carefully for the language they use, and normally they ''don't'' use "stupid").
* Implied on the WesternAnimation/{{Goofy}} short "Fathers Are People". A photo on Goof Jr.'s baby album marked "Baby's First Word" is of Goofy [[SoapPunishment washing his mouth with soap]].
* ''WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse'': In "Potty Mouth", the siblings get scared that they accidentally taught their one year old sister how to say "damn it." It turns out Lily is instead mispronouncing "donut" because she saw donuts in a TV show the girls wanted to watch, though she does curse at the end of the episode when the family dog steals her donut. Interestingly, most of the siblings (the second youngest child is ''four'') are all shown cursing without it being depicted as this. They all know exactly how to use the word.
* ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls1998'': In
"Curses", Bubbles overhears Professor Utonium using a naughty word. She later says it in front of her sisters and they start using it themselves. Many {{Sound Effect Bleep}}s ensue. In a subversion, eventually they do understand it's wrong but at the end of the episode Buttercup openly swears with clear intent, which sees her mouth washed out with soap in the closing sequence.
* An ''WesternAnimation/RoliePolieOlie'' has the episode of ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}'' "Dingle-Dangle-Doodle". The title ''is'' the bad word in question.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}'': The episode
entitled "Word Of The Day" had Angelica audition for a children's show. While backstage she overheard a DepravedKidsShowHost state, rather sarcastically, that the "real" catchphrase of the show is that the children who watch it "are all little [[SoundEffectBleep (censored by outside noise)]]." Angelica, being three, thinks this is sincere. HilarityEnsues.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'' episode "Sailor Mouth", [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick read a bad word (heard as a dolphin chirp) written in a trash bin and start using it. Patrick claims it's a "sentence enhancer". Later Mr. Krabs ends up launching into a whole tirade of every one in the book, which even makes [=SpongeBob=] aghast.
HilarityEnsues.



* Seen in a story from the ''Literature/{{Franklin}}'' television series. The word in question? [[GoshDangItToHeck "Stupid"]]. The moral of the episode was that the words you use say a lot about you, and [[Administrivia/TropesAreTools it actually works fairly well]] if you can get past your knee-jerk reaction to the idea of "stupid" as a swear word. (It's credible too, since the writing on the show is monitored carefully for the language they use, and normally they ''don't'' use "stupid").
* Done on the Creator/PBSKids version of ''Literature/TheBerenstainBears'' with Sister Bear and her friend Lizzie using the word "furball" after watching a video that belonged to the latter's brother - ''[[ShowWithinAShow Trouble at Big Bear High]]''. Apparently this is highly offensive to anthropomorphic bears. The book that inspired this episode never said exactly what word Sister learned and repeated from the video, just that [[AndThatsTerrible it sounded offensive]].
* "Dingle-Dangle-Doodle" in ''WesternAnimation/RoliePolieOlie''. The title ''is'' the bad word in question.
* In one episode of ''WesternAnimation/BabyLooneyTunes'', Daffy learns a swear word from a passing garbage man. He later tells the other Tunes about it.
* Implied on the WesternAnimation/{{Goofy}} short "Fathers Are People". A photo on Goof Jr.'s baby album marked "Baby's First Word" is of Goofy [[SoapPunishment washing his mouth with soap]].
* In ''WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse'' episode "Potty Mouth," the siblings get scared that they accidentally taught their one year old sister how to say "damn it." It turns out Lily is instead mispronouncing "donut" because she saw donuts in a TV show the girls wanted to watch, though she does curse at the end of the episode when the family dog steals her donut. Interestingly, most of the siblings (the second youngest child is ''four'') are all shown cursing without it being depicted as this. They all know exactly how to use the word.

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* Seen in a story from the ''Literature/{{Franklin}}'' television series. The word in question? [[GoshDangItToHeck "Stupid"]]. The moral of ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'': In the episode was that the words you use say a lot about you, "Sailor Mouth", [=SpongeBob=] and [[Administrivia/TropesAreTools it actually works fairly well]] if you can get past your knee-jerk reaction to the idea of "stupid" as Patrick read a swear word. (It's credible too, since the writing on the show is monitored carefully for the language they use, and normally they ''don't'' use "stupid").
* Done on the Creator/PBSKids version of ''Literature/TheBerenstainBears'' with Sister Bear and her friend Lizzie using the word "furball" after watching a video that belonged to the latter's brother - ''[[ShowWithinAShow Trouble at Big Bear High]]''. Apparently this is highly offensive to anthropomorphic bears. The book that inspired this episode never said exactly what word Sister learned and repeated from the video, just that [[AndThatsTerrible it sounded offensive]].
* "Dingle-Dangle-Doodle" in ''WesternAnimation/RoliePolieOlie''. The title ''is'' the
bad word in question.
* In one episode of ''WesternAnimation/BabyLooneyTunes'', Daffy learns
(heard as a swear word from a passing garbage man. He later tells the other Tunes about it.
* Implied on the WesternAnimation/{{Goofy}} short "Fathers Are People". A photo on Goof Jr.'s baby album marked "Baby's First Word" is of Goofy [[SoapPunishment washing his mouth with soap]].
* In ''WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse'' episode "Potty Mouth," the siblings get scared that they accidentally taught their one year old sister how to say "damn it." It turns out Lily is instead mispronouncing "donut" because she saw donuts
dolphin chirp) written in a TV show trash bin and start using it. Patrick claims it's a "sentence enhancer". Later Mr. Krabs ends up launching into a whole tirade of every one in the girls wanted to watch, though she does curse at the end of the episode when the family dog steals her donut. Interestingly, most of the siblings (the second youngest child is ''four'') are all shown cursing without it being depicted as this. They all know exactly how to use the word.book, which even makes [=SpongeBob=] aghast.



* An episode of ''WesternAnimation/{{Caillou}}'' did this with the word "stupid", which Caillou learns when he learns how to ride a skateboard from an older boy. After doing so, he and Leo uses the word at Clementine when she says he didn't actually skateboard by himself, which makes her upset. Caillou doesn't know why the word is bad until his mom gets a call from Clementine's mom saying that he hurt Clementine's feelings when he called her that word as well as hearing Rosie say the word herself.
--> '''Doris:''' Caillou? Rosie's been saying a word that's not very nice. Do you know the word I mean?
--> '''Caillou:''' Yes, Mommy.
--> '''Doris:''' And Clementine's mommy just called. She was telling me about your afternoon in the park. Apparently, you and Leo weren't very nice to Clementine.
--> '''Caillou:''' But Leo and I were just playing, Mommy.
--> '''Doris:''' I don't think that's a very good game to play. You hurt Clementine's feelings.
--> '''Caillou:''' I didn't mean to.
* ''WesternAnimation/AngeloRules'': In one episode, Angelo swears in the proximity of Peter (who is five years old) after tripping over his toys. Peter hears the word and keeps using it throughout the episode because he thinks it sounds "cool". It becomes less innocent after he tries using the word more to turn people into space monsters (due Angelo's failed attempt at scaring Peter). The trope is inverted as well after Peter uses the word "gastropod" with the intent to swear (which, again, was part of Angelo's plan).
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* A teacher is watching a pupil try to build a play house, and asks the child how they knew how to build the play house. The child says he knew through watching the builders at his home install a conservatory. The teacher then asks the child when they will be finished by. The child says "By next Tuesday, if we can get the f÷®king bri ks". Collapse of teacher in laughter!

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* A teacher is watching a pupil try to build a play house, and asks the child how they knew how to build the play house. The child says he knew through watching the builders at his home install a conservatory. The teacher then asks the child when they will be finished by. The child says "By next Tuesday, if we can get the f÷®king bri ks".bricks". Collapse of teacher in laughter!
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* A teacher is watching a pupil try to build a play house, and asks the child how they knew how to build the play house. The child says he knew through watching the builders at his home install a conservatory. The teacher then asks the child when they will be finished by. The child says "By next Tuesday, if we can get the f÷®king bri ks". Collapse of teacher in laughter!

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* A teacher is watching a pupil try to build a play house, and asks the child how they knew how to build the play house. The child says he knew through watching the builders at his home install a conservatory. The teacher then asks the child when they will be finished by. The child says "By next Tuesday, if we can get the f÷®king bri ks". Collapse of teacher in laughter!
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* ''WesternAnimation/AngeloRules'': In one episode, Angelo swears in the proximity of Peter (who is five years old) after tripping over his toys. Peter hears the word and keeps using it throughout the episode because he thinks it sounds "cool". It becomes less innocent after he tries using the word more to turn people into space monsters (due Angelo's failed attempt at scaring Peter). The trope is inverted as well after Peter uses the word "gastropod" with the intent to swear (which, again, was part of Angelo's plan).
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* A clip on ''Series/AmericasFunniestHomeVideos'' featured a little boy doing an imitation of his dad golfing. Using a toy golf club, the child takes a swing, throws his club to the ground and yells "Damn it!"
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** After overhearing Homer one day, one of Todd Flanders swears twice at the dinner table ("Hell, no!" and "I don't want any damn vegetables."). The humor turns heartbreaking after he is scolded and runs from the room crying, not understanding what he has done wrong.

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** After overhearing Homer one day, one of Todd Flanders swears twice at the dinner table ("Hell, no!" and "I don't want any damn vegetables."). The humor turns heartbreaking after he is scolded and runs from the room crying, not understanding what he has done wrong.
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* In ''WesternAnimation/PussInBootsTheLastWish''Perrito would sometimes swear without realisation. With his past owner calling him "bleep- for brains" and when reliving his past or calling the Bear family names, his words are covered in bleep noises

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* In ''WesternAnimation/PussInBootsTheLastWish''Perrito ''WesternAnimation/PussInBootsTheLastWish'' The innocent puppy, Perrito, would sometimes swear without realisation. With his past owner calling him "bleep- for brains" and when reliving his past or calling the Bear family names, his words are covered in bleep noises
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* In ''WesternAnimation/PussInBootsTheLastWish''Perrito would sometimes swear without realisation. With his past owner calling him "bleep- for brains" and when reliving his past or calling the Bear family names, his words are covered in bleep noises
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