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* During the writing of ''ComicBook/TheKillingJoke'', when Creator/AlanMoore asked if he could have the Joker paralyze Barbara Gordon, the response from the editors was supposedly "Yeah okay, paralyze the bitch". This is considered by many, [[CreatorBacklash including Moore himself]], a case where the editors ''should'' have gotten in the way, since Barbara's paralyzation was a blatant case of StuffedInTheFridge.

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* During the writing of ''ComicBook/TheKillingJoke'', when Creator/AlanMoore asked if he could have the Joker paralyze Barbara Gordon, the response from the editors was supposedly "Yeah okay, paralyze cripple the bitch". This is considered by many, [[CreatorBacklash including Moore himself]], a case where the editors ''should'' have gotten in the way, since Barbara's paralyzation was a blatant case of StuffedInTheFridge.
* When writing ''ComicBook/Transformers2023'', Daniel Warren Johnson planned to kill off Bumblebee in the first issue, as he [[CreatorsPest disliked drawing him]] and thought it would make for an interesting swerve and a showcase that AnyoneCanDie. As Bumblebee is generally considered one of the most important ''Transformers'' characters, if not ''the'' most important character after [[BigGood Optimus]] and [[BigBad Megatron]], as well as [[KidAppealCharacter the character most heavily targeted at children]], he expected Hasbro to say no. To his surprise, when he submitted the script, the Hasbro representative asked him before reading it if it would be possible to sideline Bumblebee (as they felt he'd been a bit overexposed lately), at which he told them about the good news.
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** The strip in which [[https://dilbert.com/strip/1997-02-11 Alice gets a bonus]]. [[WordOfGod "It's Not Funny If I Have To Explain It"]] includes the commentary of "I was surprised that this one got published."

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** The strip in which [[https://dilbert.com/strip/1997-02-11 Alice gets a bonus]].bonus. [[WordOfGod "It's Not Funny If I Have To Explain It"]] includes the commentary of "I was surprised that this one got published."



** Adams experiments with this trope quite often. He has occasionally wondered at the fact that he's allowed to publish things that suggest off-limit [[http://dilbert.com/strips/comic/1997-03-22/ words]], [[http://dilbert.com/strips/comic/2005-08-04/ weapons]], or [[http://dilbert.com/strips/comic/2010-09-22/ body parts]], even when it's pretty obvious what he's implying.

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** Adams experiments with this trope quite often. He has occasionally wondered at the fact that he's allowed to publish things that suggest off-limit [[http://dilbert.com/strips/comic/1997-03-22/ words]], [[http://dilbert.com/strips/comic/2005-08-04/ weapons]], words, weapons, or [[http://dilbert.com/strips/comic/2010-09-22/ body parts]], parts, even when it's pretty obvious what he's implying.
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* The famous Portuguese drink ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Licor_Beirao Licor Beirão]]'' ("Liquor from the Beira region"). Its slogan? ''O Beirão de que todos gostam'' ("The one from Beira which everybody loves"). Who was "The one from Beira which not everybody loves"? UsefulNotes/AntonioDeOliveiraSalazar, Portugal's then-dictator! Yes, they basically pulled a joke on a dictator and the best of all is that he knew about it, didn't try to censor it, and ''complimented on the liquor makers' [[RefugeInAudacity audacity]]''!

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* The famous Portuguese drink ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Licor_Beirao Licor Beirão]]'' ("Liquor from the Beira region"). Its slogan? ''O Beirão de que todos gostam'' ("The one from Beira which everybody loves"). Who was "The one from Beira which not everybody loves"? UsefulNotes/AntonioDeOliveiraSalazar, Portugal's then-dictator! Yes, they basically pulled a joke on a dictator and the best of all is that he knew about it, didn't try to censor it, and ''complimented ''[[ActuallyPrettyFunny complimented]] on the liquor makers' [[RefugeInAudacity audacity]]''!
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* After Creator/TomSka signed a 9-video brand deal with Surfshark VPN, he was surprised to find that they would allow sketches that were slightly edgier than he was expecting, so he started deliberately making darker and darker videos just to see where the limit was. He eventually had to give up without ever finding the limit when they approved a video that was just [[AbusiveAdvertising him torturing and killing people as a punishment for not downloading the VPN]]. However a followup shows that while Surf Shark didn't care, the [[AlwaysABiggerFish advertising authorities]] did launch an investigation over the torture video, which made Surf Shark a bit more cautious for second 10-video brand deal.

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* After Creator/TomSka signed a 9-video brand deal with Surfshark VPN, he was surprised to find that they would allow approved sketches that were slightly edgier than he was expecting, so he started deliberately making darker and darker videos just to see where the limit was. He eventually had to give up without ever finding the limit when they approved a video that was just [[AbusiveAdvertising him torturing and killing people as a punishment for not downloading the VPN]]. However a followup shows that However, while Surf Shark didn't care, the [[AlwaysABiggerFish advertising authorities]] did launch an investigation over the torture video, which made Surf Shark a bit more cautious for the second 10-video brand deal.
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This is just a gushing tangent.


* The creators of ''Film/{{Airplane}}'' were surprised that the [[LiteralMetaphor "shit hits the fan"]] joke made it in with no objections. Even more remarkable than that is the gratuitous shot of a topless woman stopping directly in front of the camera for a few seconds during the "Does anyone know how to fly a plane?" mass panic scene. In a PG-rated film. One can only presume the censors were laughing too hard to catch that one.

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* The creators of ''Film/{{Airplane}}'' were surprised that the [[LiteralMetaphor "shit hits the fan"]] joke made it in with no objections. Even more remarkable than that is the gratuitous shot of a topless woman stopping directly in front of the camera for a few seconds during the "Does anyone know how to fly a plane?" mass panic scene. In a PG-rated film. One can only presume the censors were laughing too hard to catch that one.
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* The creators of ''WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}}'' said in an interview with WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic that they were surprised the infamous "finger prints" joke was left in.

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* The creators of ''WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}}'' said in an interview with WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic that they were surprised the infamous "finger prints" "fingerprints" joke was left in.
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* After Creator/TomSka signed a 9-video brand deal with Surfshark VPN, he was surprised to find that they would allow sketches that were slightly edgier than he was expecting, so he started deliberately making darker and darker videos just to see where the limit was. He eventually had to give up without ever finding the limit when they approved a video that was just him torturing and killing people as a punishment for not downloading the VPN. However a followup shows that while Surf Shark didn't care, the [[AlwaysABiggerFish advertising authorities]] did launch an investigation over the torture video, which made Surf Shark a bit more cautious for second 10-video brand deal.

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* After Creator/TomSka signed a 9-video brand deal with Surfshark VPN, he was surprised to find that they would allow sketches that were slightly edgier than he was expecting, so he started deliberately making darker and darker videos just to see where the limit was. He eventually had to give up without ever finding the limit when they approved a video that was just [[AbusiveAdvertising him torturing and killing people as a punishment for not downloading the VPN.VPN]]. However a followup shows that while Surf Shark didn't care, the [[AlwaysABiggerFish advertising authorities]] did launch an investigation over the torture video, which made Surf Shark a bit more cautious for second 10-video brand deal.
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Creator reactions only. This also kinda skirts the line of being a "How to get your own porn" guide too.


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* The AI chat program [[https://chat.openai.com/ ChatGPT]] can write short stories if you give it a prompt. Its official policy is that it will not write anything blatantly pornographic, but if your interests lie in the realm of kink or fetishism, you can get it to write the kinds of stories you want with careful wording of your prompts. This is especially true with the GPT-4 model, which not only writes longer, more detailed stories, but it's also less likely to flag your prompts as inappropriate, and you can push the envelope ''pretty far''.
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* The AI chat program [[https://chat.openai.com/ ChatGPT]] can write short stories if you give it a prompt. Its official policy is that it will not write anything blatantly pornographic, but if your interests lie in the realm of kink or fetishism, you can get it to write the kinds of stories you want with careful wording of your prompts. This is especially true with the GPT-4 model, which not only writes longer, more detailed stories, but it's also less likely to flag your prompts as inappropriate.

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* The AI chat program [[https://chat.openai.com/ ChatGPT]] can write short stories if you give it a prompt. Its official policy is that it will not write anything blatantly pornographic, but if your interests lie in the realm of kink or fetishism, you can get it to write the kinds of stories you want with careful wording of your prompts. This is especially true with the GPT-4 model, which not only writes longer, more detailed stories, but it's also less likely to flag your prompts as inappropriate.
inappropriate, and you can push the envelope ''pretty far''.
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* The AI chat program [[https://chat.openai.com/ ChatGPT]] can write short stories if you give it a prompt. Officially, it will not write anything blatantly pornographic, but if your interests lie in the realm of kink or fetishism, you can get it to write the kinds of stories you want with careful wording of your prompts. This is especially true with the GPT-4 model, which not only writes longer, more detailed stories, but it's also less likely to flag your prompts as inappropriate.

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* The AI chat program [[https://chat.openai.com/ ChatGPT]] can write short stories if you give it a prompt. Officially, Its official policy is that it will not write anything blatantly pornographic, but if your interests lie in the realm of kink or fetishism, you can get it to write the kinds of stories you want with careful wording of your prompts. This is especially true with the GPT-4 model, which not only writes longer, more detailed stories, but it's also less likely to flag your prompts as inappropriate.
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* The AI chat program [[https://chat.openai.com/ ChatGPT]] can write short stories if you give it a prompt. Officially, it will not write anything blatantly pornographic, but if your interests lie in the realm of kink or fetishism, you can get it to write the kinds of stories you want with careful wording of your prompts. This is especially true with the GPT-4 model, which not only writes longer, more detailed stories, but it's also less likely to flag your prompts as inappropriate.

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