History SoundEffectBleep / WesternAnimation

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Squidbillies}}'' does this often.

** Some Website/YouTube parody videos censor the perfectly child-safe dialogue, giving the appearance of raunchier words being spoken.

** The show will also often censor profanity by replacing them with less-offensive words in the televised versions.

** Creator/SethMacFarlane once said in an interview that back in ''Family Guy'''s first two seasons, it was a big deal to even have a swear word bleeped, so they had to use sound effects. However, in the Season 3 premiere, they finally got a standard bleep. It's gotten to the point where nearly every episode in recent seasons [[OnceAnEpisode has at least one bleeped-out swear word in it]].

* ''WesternAnimation/SevenLittleMonsters'': In the episode "The Bad Word" Two hears a carpenter named Stinky use a bad word after hitting his thumb with a hammer, which is censored out by a steam whistle. After he utters the word in front of his siblings and later his mother, his mother tells a story about a boy like him who used the same word. Throughout the course of the episode, the word is bleeped out with various animal sounds.

--->'''Homer:''' [[AtomicFBomb FFFFFFFFFFFFF-]]

** The most iconic example occurs in ''Who Shot Mr. Burns?, Part One''. Homer quietly tells the kids to go outside, stands up, takes a deep breath...
---> '''Homer:''' FFFFFFFFFFFFF-
---> ''Church organ hits minor chord, birds flee into the sky, every person in Springfield freezes in place, eyes wide.''
---> '''Flanders:''' Dear Lord, that's the loudest profanity I've ever heard!

** Done again in the last segment of Treehouse of Horror IX - justified that the family ends up having to go on the Jerry Springer show.
---> '''Marge:''' I'm so *BEEP*ing embarrassed...

* Also parodied in an episode of ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}''. In "Where No Fan Has Gone Before" Leela is put into a robot chair, where she will be able to testify using a series of beeps to convey her testimony. When Zapp Brannigan makes a lewd comment, Leela replies "Go (bleep from the machine) yourself"

--->'''Lincoln:''' Hey, Lori, it's your dear brother, Lincoln. There's something I've been meaning to tell you. You are... ''([[JackhammeredConversation Luna bursts into the room rocking out on her guitar]] while Lincoln goes on a crazy rant; she exits)'' AND ''THAT'' IS WHY YOU ARE THE [[PunctuatedForEmphasis WORST! SISTER!]] ''[[PunctuatedForEmphasis EVER!!!]]''

** Later, in "Job Insecurity", Lola attempted to bail Lynn Sr. out of his job as a dishwasher by ranting at his employer through the phone.

* The PBS children's show ''WesternAnimation/{{Arthur}}'' used this as the basis of an episode, titled "Bleep," where D.W. heard a teenager using a word that made his mom drop something but didn't know what it meant. She got her whole preschool class using it, and the Tibbles told her that the word also meant that the person you say it to will do whatever you want for you. Her mother finally told her swear words basically mean "I want to hurt your feelings."

* Both used and subverted by ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'' in the episode "Sailor Mouth". Spongebob learns there are thirteen words a sailor should never use, all of which are covered up by different sound effects (including various horns and sea animal noises). At the end, what seems to be a use of one of them is just the horn from "Old Mister Jenkins in his jalopy".

** There's also the episode where Spongebob censors out the ingredients of the Krabby Patty secret formula in his song.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse'': In "Get the Message", Lincoln leaves a strongly-worded message on [[BigSisterBully Lori]]'s phone.
-->'''Lincoln:''' Hey, Lori, it's your dear brother, Lincoln. There's something I've been meaning to tell you. You are... ''([[JackhammeredConversation Luna bursts into the room rocking out on her guitar]] while Lincoln goes on a crazy rant; she exits)'' AND ''THAT'' IS WHY YOU ARE THE [[PunctuatedForEmphasis WORST! SISTER!]] ''[[PunctuatedForEmphasis EVER!!!]]''
** Later, in "Job Insecurity", Lola attempted to bail his father out of his job as a dishwasher by ranting his employer through the phone.
-->'''Lola:''' YOU LISTEN TO ME, BUB! NO ONE MAKES MY DADDY WASH DISHES! HE'S DONE WITH YOUR STINKY JOB IN YOUR STINKY RESTAURANT! AND ANOTHER THING-- ''(she takes a deep breath; the ensuing rant is drowned out by Leni's hair dryer)''
** In "Potty Mouth," when Lily seemingly says the D-word, her siblings recall various times they had said it in front of her (albeit comically censored every time by various sound effects-- for instance, Lisa says the d-word while rapping, but is censored by stepping on a squeaky toy). The end of the episode reveals that [[spoiler:she was really trying to say "donut," but then the dog comes over and steals her donut, which causes Lily to swear for real, which is bleeped this time.]]

** Notable instance of PaintingTheMedium in the episode where they see how many times they can get away with saying "shit." In the [[TwoLinesNoWaiting B-story]], Mr. Garrison is indulging his new ability as a recently de-closeted gay man to say "fag." If anyone who isn't gay attempts to use the word, they are bleeped, and everyone is aware of the bleepage. Later one character (Jimbo) says, "That's not fair! I want to say 'fag' too!" He's not bleeped.
** It is worth noting that Season 11 and upward episodes that appear on the South Park Studios website usually show without any censor beeps. The newly launched (in the UK) Comedy Central HD channel also airs the episodes from this season upwards unbeeped, whilst the normal Comedy Central channel airs the same episode with beeps. This also counts for Season 8 and upwards, as these episodes have been remastered in High Definition as well and have an uncensored audio track.
** South Park is incredibly loose with its censoring, generally allowing the characters to throw around insults involving the words 'ass' and 'cock' but usually censoring the likes of 'fuck' and 'shit', and some racial slurs. Usually.

* Constantly skewered in ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''. One recent example had a rooster appear out of nowhere in a living room to do it.

** South Park is incredibly loose with its censoring, generally allowing the characters to throw around insults involving the words 'ass' and 'cock' but usually censoring the likes of 'fuck' and 'shit', and some racial slurs. Usually. In any case most of it is censored when it gets released to DVD too. Mostly.
*** Infamously, "201" was censored with a long, disruptive bleep that actually cuts off the background music. The DVD version cleans it up so the music is also audible, and in the commentary, Parker and Stone actually succeed in tempting the bleep censor by discussing classified material at one point, which makes you wonder if the censorship of the episode and its predecessor (which was merely pulled from TV and given the NoExportForYou treatment) was actually a well-timed publicity stunt coordinated by Parker, Stone, and Viacom.

* Used to the point of exhaustion in ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'', but with a real bleep. The very first episode has a perfect example when Kyle is cussing out the aliens who are taking his brother, Ike, after they ignore his heartfelt plea. The later seasons have less swearing and bleeping.

** South Park is incredibly loose with its censoring, generally allowing the characters to throw around insults involving the words 'ass' and 'cock' but usually censoring the likes of 'f*ck' and 'sh!t', and some racial slurs. Usually. In any case most of it is censored when it gets released to DVD too. Mostly.

* In an episode of ''WesternAnimation/HomeMovies'', the kitchen catches fire, causing Brendon's mom to say "Son of a --", at which point, the smoke detector goes off, effectively bleeping out the rest of her sentence. Brendon appears amused and impressed by the timing of these events.

-->'''Lincoln:''' Hey, Lori, it's your dear brother, Lincoln. There's something I've been meaning to tell you. You are... ''(Luna bursts into the room rocking out on her guitar while Lincoln goes on a crazy rant; she exits)'' AND ''THAT'' IS WHY YOU ARE THE [[PunctuatedForEmphasis WORST! SISTER!]] ''[[PunctuatedForEmphasis EVER!!!]]''