History Main / SpeechBubbleCensoring

* Jane [[http://eheroes.smackjeeves.com/comics/1990848/paul-janes/ taking a shower]] in ''Webcomic/EverydayHeroes''.

* Creator/ScottMcCloud does this in ''ComicBook/MakingComics'' when he talks about talk bubbles. When he mentions the placement of talk bubbles, the panel shows him as Michelangelo's ''Art/{{David}}'' with his hair and NerdGlasses, and his speech is covering where the statue's penis would be.

** Dabbler, [[HornyDevils a succubus]], [[http://grrlpowercomic.com/archives/2542 pulls off a non-nude variant]] while sporting some SensualSpandex poolside, both of which espouse just ''how'' tight the suit is.

** Used with Domino in ''ComicBook/{{Incredible Hulk}}s'' #608, during the Red She-Hulk backup story.

* A rather disturbing instance in ''Manga/HunterXHunter'' with [[MonsterClown Hisoka]]. While naked and chatting with two twelve-year-old boys, his speech bubble shifts upwards as he becomes... excited.

* One chapter of ''Manga/AyakashiTriangle'' has Matsuri's guarding Suzu from an attack while she's taking a bath. This leads to a page where she is [[HandOrObjectUnderwear covering her breasts with her hands]], but her genitals are only obscured by her speech bubble. Matsuri ends up looking down despite himself, which is actually what Suzu wanted.

* In the Matt Helm film ''The Silencers'', a stripper's breasts are covered up by the title.

* ''Manga/MoriartyThePatriot'': In ''The Adventure of the Four Servants'', Moran is naked in the changing room when Louis shows Bond around--and he stands up proudly claiming his body a work of art when demanding Bond leave--and that speech bubble covers and naughty bits.

* An issue of ''ComicBook/TheDandy'' has a single speech bubble covering up Winker Watson and a schoolfriend's bits during a shower scene (and a sign being held up by an off-screen character, saying "Not a pretty sight", over another schoolboy).

** In ComicBook/BatMan Shadow of the Bat #2 when Mr. Zsasz strips off his clothes to reveal his many self inflicted scar to demonstrate to the police how many people he’s killed, his genitals are covered by his speech bubble.

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[-[[caption-width-right:349:If [[ComicBook/TheIncredibleHercules he]] were to stop talking, it would be a bit [[IncrediblyLamePun em-bare-ass-ing]].]]-]

* ''Manga/ToLoveRu'': Yui's panties were accidentally ''cut off'' at the beginning of the chapter, so only Rito's exclamation prevents readers from seeing ''everything''. And as for Rito, on the next page he gets hit on the head by a [[ItMakesSenseInContext flying teapot]] and [[LaserGuidedAmnesia forgets about it]].
* A rather disturbing instance in ''Manga/HunterXHunter'' with [[MonsterClown Hisoka]]. While naked and chatting with two twelve-year-old boys, his speech bubble shifts upwards as he becomes... excited.
* The published English language version of ''Manga/TenjhoTenge'' has a lot of this artificially inserted for censorship purposes.
* Used in the ''Anime/MagicalShoppingArcadeAbenobashi'' manga once or twice.

* Another non-nudity related example in ''Manga/OnePiece'': the perpetually-hidden left eye of Sanji was once blocked by a word balloon when he was hanging upside down, and thus could not hide it with his hair as he usually does.
* At the end of the ''Manga/FairyTail Special'' chapter "Welcome to Fairy Hills", when Lucy's cat costume disappears, a narration box is placed in front of her butt, which is a bit weird since it isn't censored in a later chapter [[ItMakesSenseInContext where she flies naked around the country's capital]], but then again, the series continually goes HotterAndSexier.

* In the ''VideoGame/AliceInTheCountryOfHearts'' manga, there's a point where Blood, Elliot and the twins are having an [[{{Fanservice}} obligatory bathhouse scene]] and the twins make a few smart remarks. After Elliot stands up to reprimand them, a speech bubble repeatedly manages to show up to cover up his bare butt (he's only shown from the waist up in front views).
* In chapter 78 of ''Manga/BlueExorcist'', speech bubbles are used to cover Shura's nipples in several panels.

* In the first chapter of ''Minimum'', as the miniature girl takes care of her PottyEmergency in the sink, her genitals are covered up by her speech bubble at one point.
* One chapter of ''Manga/AyakashiTriangle'' has Matsuri's guarding Suzu from an attack while she's taking a bath. This leads to a page where she is [[HandOrObjectUnderwear covering her breasts with her hands]], but her genitals are only obscured by her speech bubble. Matsuri ends up looking down despite himself, which is actually what Suzu wanted.

* Creator/DCComics' ''Harley and Ivy'' miniseries shows us the women's shower at Arkham Asylum. What isn't concealed by CensorSteam is covered by dialogue... [[http://comicsmakemehappy.blogspot.de/2010/09/something-i-bet-you-never-thought-youd.html or slapstick violence.]]
* America's Best Comics' ''[[ComicBook/TomStrong The Many Worlds of Tesla Strong]]'' features an alternate reality with No Nudity Taboo. Discomfort ensues. For [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ts.jpg Tesla]] [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ts2.jpg anyway.]]
* The final page of ''ComicBook/XFactor'' #47 (current volume) where Monet is nude and her butt is covered up by a word balloon.
* ''ComicBook/NewAvengers'' #14: a scene of ComicBook/SpiderWoman I (Jessica Drew) on an operating table nude, surrounded by doctors. Her right breast is hidden by a utensil tray held up by one of the doctors. Her left is covered up by a word balloon. Recreated in #42.
* ''ComicBook/MightyAvengers'' #12 features a scene with ComicBook/NickFury in bed with Countess [=DeFontaine=], where her bare behind is hidden by one of these.
* ''ComicBook/SecretSix'' #11: A rear end view of Jeanette blocked by a word balloon. [[http://asylums.insanejournal.com/scans_daily/606004.html Writer Gail Simone was disappointed when she found out.]]
* Done in ''ComicBook/{{Empowered}}'' when Emp demonstrates her suit's ability to turn invisible. Her pubic region is obscured by Ninjette's exclamation of surprise. Another time when the Caged Demonwolf discovers that Ninjette is shaved "down there", his exclamation of surprise obscures the visual proof.
* ''World's Finest'' #253 uses an ''[[https://theragingfanboy.files.wordpress.com/2014/11/worldsfinestcomics253-dinahlancecensored001.jpg editorial footnote]]'' for the purpose.
* In ''ComicBook/TheDarkKnightStrikesAgain'', The "News in the Nude" anchorwoman is naked with only word balloons covering her regions.
* ''Son of M'' #1 gives ComicBook/{{Quicksilver}} a ShowerScene. His butt is partially covered by a narration box.
* Used with Domino in ''ComicBook/{{Incredible Hulk}}s'' #608, during the Red She-Hulk backup story.

* Joker actually evades this in ''ComicBook/TheKillingJoke'', but his word bubble did probably take your eye off an unconscious Barbara's chest sitting right next to it.
* Lampshaded in [[http://Loopydave.deviantart.com/art/Old-Amnesia-IX-spoof-page-two-216429484 this parody]] of ''Aphrodite IX''.
* ''ComicBook/LokiAgentOfAsgard'' starts with a ShowerOfAwkward - and once Loki's out of the shower there's a ''very'' strategically placed speech bubble, just barely in place.
* The 24th issue of ''What The--?!'' had a segment called "Misprints in the Comics", which had humorous situations and premises happening to Creator/MarvelComics characters because of a single word in the series' title being changed. The panel for ''ComicBook/NewWarriors'' had the team become the Nude Warriors and forced to go home naked except for their masks after a stay in Las Vegas. Nova's crotch is covered up by his speech balloon, [[LampshadeHanging pointing out how handy it is to have it censoring his naughty bits]].
* When ComicBook/RedRobin breaks into Promise's hideout to confront her only to discover she's showering and then she spots him and starts a fight before he has a chance to decide how to deal with a surprisingly naked criminal the architecture and speech bubbles manage to maintain her decency for the reader.
* In ComicBook/UncannyXMen #245 we see a room full of dead bodies, Tessa’s word balloon covers up one of the men’s heads, implying he’s been decapitated.

* In 1954, The Providence Bulletin complained about the ''{{ComicStrip/Pogo}}'' character Simple J. Malarkey (a caricature of [=Joseph McCarthy=]), saying that they would drop the strip if Malarkey "ever showed his face again." Walt Kelly continued to use Malarkey, but [[ExactWords covered his face in every panel]], including a sequence in which his face was always behind his own speech bubble.

* In ComicStrip/{{Luann}} word bubbles were often used to cover Tiffany’s father’s face before it was revealed in a later storyline.

* Same effect, but more (in)famous: Film/{{Barbarella}}.

-->This was supposed to be the first instance of full frontal (well, lateral) nudity in the comic. But then there wasn’t enough room at the top of the image for a text box. So now it looks like Ayuri is censored. Oh well, I’ll plan these out better in the future.

* ''Webcomic/TurnSignalsOnALandRaider'' did this with daemonettes. [[TheyChangedItNowItSucks They wouldn't have had to bother if daemons had appeared in the comic after]] [[BarbieDollAnatomy their recent set of models were released.]]

* In a non-censorship example, ''Webcomic/SomethingPositive'' uses this to obscure a revelation by covering other speech bubbles [[http://www.somethingpositive.net/sp11252008.shtml here]] and [[http://www.somethingpositive.net/sp03112009.shtml here]]. The first one is even part of a conversation {{lampshading}} its purpose.

* Used once with an unusually oblong bubble in ''Webcomic/TheClassMenagerie''.

** See strip #750 (June 4, 2013; nonetheless NSFW) for one example. It's maybe doubly necessary and doubly funny here because Senna is UsefulNotes/{{Transgender}}, and casual readers may not realise exactly what they're not seeing.

* Used in ''{{Webcomic/Fite}}'' after Guz's FullFrontalAssault. Made stranger by the [[http://home.comcast.net/~x8099/thomasblue/fite1to4.html#26 bubble in question]] being VisibleSilence.
* [[http://www.theduckwebcomics.com/The_KAMics/5006745/ Done here]] in ''Webcomic/TheKamics''.

* ''Webcomic/DanAndMabsFurryAdventures'': In [[http://www.missmab.com/Comics/Vol_690.php this strip,]] Abel demonstrates his shapeshifting abilities to Dan by changing into a [[GenderBender female form]]... without putting on a shirt first. Guess where one of his speech bubbles is located.

* [[http://www.theduckwebcomics.com/Crossoverkill/5367109/ A shower scene]] in ''{{Webcomic/Crossoverkill}}'' uses this to hide {{Webcomic/Mindmistress}} and Hoodoo's assets. Poor [[Webcomic/SparklingGenerationValkyrieYuuki Yuuki]].
* Very common in ''{{Webcomic/Exiern}}''. [[http://www.exiern.com/?p=1484 Just one prominent example.]]
* [[http://bcdecomic.com/comics/223/ Used in one strip]] in ''Webcomic/BecauseImDepressed'' to spare us the sight of Ben's Levitra-induced stiffy.
* ''{{Webcomic/Blip}}'' has [[http://rakugakiwall.com/blip/archive/188 Bishop's roommate naked.]]
* Thanks to this trope ''Webcomic/{{Sunstone}}'' manages to be tasteful despite it's status as an erotic character study of a BDSM relationship.
* Seen in ''Webcomic/BlasterNation'' -- e.g. [[http://www.blasternation.com/index.php?id=358 here.]]
* ''Webcomic/ParadoxSpace'' uses this in the ''Summerteen Romance'' arc; at one point Tavros has a BizarreAlienBiology response when someone flirts with him. The imagery [[note]]Specifically, his head peels like a banana and sprouts a mushroom that sprays goo everywhere[[/note]] squicked out so many people that the authors covered it up with a bunch of speech bubbles of Dave humorously describing what was going on.
* ''Webcomic/QuestionableContent'': Dora gets one for [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2584 one breast only]], the other one is behind [[SceneryCensor Tai’s arm]].
* ''Webcomic/{{Misfile}}'' performs a variant, stretching one nude body (Ash's) across three panels following a ShowerOfAngst. [[http://www.misfile.com/?date=2008-11-02 The naughty bits are hidden behind the panel breaks.]]
* ''Webcomic/GrrlPower''
** Dabbler, [[HornyDevils a succubus]], [[http://grrlpowercomic.com/archives/2542 pulls off a non-nude variant]] while sporting some SensualSpandex poolside, both of which espouse just ''how'' tight the suit is.
** [[AmazonianBeauty Anvil]] gets it while having a discussion with Sydney about body types, specifically that while Anvil might have [[NoGuyWantsAnAmazon problems with guys who dislike dating women stronger than they are]], she has [[MostCommonSuperpower enough]] [[BoobsOfSteel in the chest]] that unlike Sydney she's never actually been ''mistaken'' for a guy. For bonus points, [[https://grrlpowercomic.com/archives/comic/grrl-power-340-shared-insecurities/ note the exact shape of the speech bubble]].

* ''Webcomic/GirlGenius'': In Mamma Gkikia's [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20080505#.Wy2ZzSAh270 dressing screen panel]] presumably featuring a naked girl, is obscured by Gilgamesh Wolfenbach, saying:
--> So-does this place have a '''''back door?'''''
* ''Webcomic/ApricotCookies'': When Apricot is hesitating to put on her bikini in the BeachEpisode, her lower parts are covered up by Butter's talking.
* ''Webcomic/GunnerkriggCourt'' has a variant: the Norns look like younger, present-day, and older versions of [[AppearanceIsInTheEyeOfTheBeholder whoever's looking at them]]; when Brunhilde the {{Valkyrie|s}} introduces them, their faces are [[https://www.gunnerkrigg.com/?p=2342 covered]] by the speech bubbles with their names, hiding how they appear to non-mortal eyes.

** See strip #750 (June 4, 2013; nonetheless NSFW) for one example. It's maybe doubly necessary and doubly funny here because Senna is UseuflNotes/{{Transgender}}, and casual readers may not realise exactly what they're not seeing.

** See strip #750 (June 4, 2013; nonetheless NSFW) for one example. It's maybe doubly necessary and doubly funny here because Senna is {{Transgender}}, and casual readers may not realise exactly what they're not seeing.

** Dabbler, [[HornyDevils a succubus]], [[http://grrlpowercomic.com/archives/2542 pulls off a non-nude variant]] while sporting some SensualSpandex poolside.
** [[AmazonianBeauty Anvil]] gets it while having a discussion with Sydney about body types, specifically that while Anvil might have [[NoGuyWantsAnAmazon problems with guys who dislike dating women stronger than they are]], she has [[MostCommonSuperpower enough]] [[BoobsOfSteel in the chest]] that unlike Sydney she's never actually been ''mistaken'' for a guy.

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[-[[caption-width-right:350:If [[ComicBook/TheIncredibleHercules he]] were to stop talking, it would be a bit [[IncrediblyLamePun em-bare-ass-ing]].]]-]

** in chapter 365, when [[spoiler: Erza is held captive and stripped naked]], the censoring of her nipples alternates between sound effects, speech bubbles, [[GodivaHair her hair]], and occasionally, her captor.
* In the [[Manga/HetaliaBloodbath2010 2010 Christmas episode]] of ''Manga/AxisPowersHetalia'', when the characters all have to strip to check their bodies for a special mark, copious amounts of speech bubbles are used to cover up all "vital regions".

* In the ''VideoGame/HeartNoKuniNoAlice'' manga, there's a point where Blood, Elliot and the twins are having an [[{{Fanservice}} obligatory bathhouse scene]] and the twins make a few smart remarks. After Elliot stands up to reprimand them, a speech bubble repeatedly manages to show up to cover up his bare butt (he's only shown from the waist up in front views).

* ''Webcomic/GunnerkriggCourt'' has a variant: the Norns look like younger, present-day, and older versions of [[AppearanceIsInTheEyeOfTheBeholder whoever's looking at them]]; when Brunhilde the Valyrie introduces them, their faces are [[https://www.gunnerkrigg.com/?p=2342 covered]] by the speech bubbles with their names, hiding how they appear to non-mortal eyes.

* In one chapter of ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'', Momo destroys her top with her [[ThePowerOfCreation creation power]], and her modesty is only preserved by her dialogue. Jirou gets an eyeful, though.