Line #71 PrecisionFStrike/WebComics


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4	%%* [[http://xkcd.com/714/ This]] Webcomic/{{xkcd}} strip features a textbook F strike at the end.
5	%%** [[http://xkcd.com/137/ As here.]]
6	%%** [[http://xkcd.com/810/ And here.]]
7	%%** Also [[http://xkcd.com/931/ here.]]
8	->''"Joe, if--if I ever say a dirty word, I want it t-to have meaning. At least if or when I say anything like that, people will know I'm actually upset. It will have power."''
9	-->-- '''Joyce Brown''', ''Webcomic/DumbingOfAge''
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11	* ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive''
12	** [[http://egscomics.com/?date=2010-05-07 Grace swearing]] while playing ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'' on the UsefulNotes/NintendoDS catches the rest of the characters off-guard:
13	--->'''Grace''': "DIE BY THE SHELLS OF YOUR FALLEN COMRADES YOU @#$! TURTLES!"
14	** Considering Grace [[GoshDangItToHeck never swore]], [[http://www.egscomics.com/?date=2003-12-03 The first time she actually did]] was a bit of a shock to most of the present cast, even though it was merely a Precision D Strike.
15	** When Rhoda discovered that [[spoiler:both Diane and Lucy already knew about her relationship with Catalina,]] she was pissed. Even though the word itself is censored, it still [[http://egscomics.com/comic/tlod-030 has a fair bit of impact]] due to how shy and meek Rhoda usually is (warning: Link is fairly spoiler-heavy).
16	* ''Webcomic/BobAndGeorge'' have made a running joke out of this with "Roll says the F word".
17	** In fact, in the commentaries the author invokes the idea behind this trope, and only drops the F-Bomb (uncensored, at least) about once a year, in a dramatically appropriate context. Dave Anez abandoned this rule during the final year-and-a-half of the comic--which indicated/foreboded just how badly the crap was hitting the fan.
18	* ''Webcomic/DominicDeegan'':
19	** Invoked in [[http://www.dominic-deegan.com/view.php?date=2008-12-04 this strip]], the one time where [[CurseCutShort someone's cursing wasn't cut short]] or [[PardonMyKlingon in untranslated Orcish]].
20	** And now they have done it a second time, [[http://www.dominic-deegan.com/view.php?date=2009-08-28 here.]] Mookie, the author, comments that he didn't want to do it, but considering the character and the situation, it was the only word that would fit.
21	** And the comic's first real F-bomb, [[http://dominic-deegan.com/view.php?date=2010-06-04 here.]] As the author said, "I make no apologies and neither does [the character]."
22	** Rocky doesn't speak, but he finds [[http://www.dominic-deegan.com/view.php?date=2006-12-09 other ways]] to get his point across.
23	* In ''{{Webcomic/Erfworld}}'', after being forced to replace all his curses with "boop" the entire time he's been TrappedInAnotherWorld, where reality itself is censored, Parson concludes his ScrewDestiny speech (and the first book) with a ''very'' satisfying "Fuck... You!!"
24	* ''Webcomic/GunnerkriggCourt'':
25	** Kat has a [[CurseCutShort barely-censored]] Precision ''B'' Strike in [[http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/archive_page.php?comicID=331 this strip]]. This level of on-screen profanity is a rare instance for her.
26	** In chapter 72, when Annie finds out that she's been inside an illusion, [[https://www.gunnerkrigg.com/?p=2200 she curses]], something she'd never been shown doing before.
27	* ''Webcomic/HarryPotterComics'': Downplayed in that it's censored. Rose has been getting crap from people off-and-on for being sorted into Hufflepuff. The final straw is when she pulls ''Helga Hufflepuff's 101 Soufflé Recipes'' out of the Sorting Hat and the hat says only a true Hufflepuff could have done that.
28	-->'''Rose Weasley:''' Gryffindors get a sword. I get a cookbook. That is ***ing it. HUFFLEPUFF!
29	* ''Webcomic/QuestionableContent'' only manages to pull this off because it's [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1108 Hannelore]].
30	* ''Webcomic/HannaIsNotABoysName'' example: Though the characters swear plenty of times in the comic, it's usually censored. Hanna delivers an uncensored F-strike when [[EmergencyTransformation trying to bring Conrad back to life]], meant to reflect the seriousness of the situation. [[http://hanna.aftertorque.com/?p=89 It works.]]
31	* Throughout its over five-year run, ''Webcomic/PennyAndAggie'' has used swearwords sparingly, and has never printed them uncensored. (This was [[JustifiedTrope justified]] in its first two years, at any rate, when the creators were trying to get it [[NewspaperComics syndicated]].) However, in early 2010 there were two notable exceptions for dramatic purposes:
32	** The bigoted, mentally disturbed [[ChurchOfHappyology Hubbard-follower]] Xena uses the N-word uncensored. (This results in her getting knocked unconscious in the very next strip.)
33	** Social outcast Helen's bitter inner monologue, as she runs away, ends with the words "''Fuck'' you, Penny. Fuck you, ''Belleville.'' Goodbye." Particularly unexpected as her monologue begins with the milder "Screw you."
34	** A later example occurs when Sara, overwhelmed by the multiple stresses her reality show has placed on her, says "Shit" as she breaks down crying in Rich's arms.
35	* In ''[[http://as.crowdedstreet.net/Something/ Burning Stickman Presents... Something!]]'', The Watcher utters one when one of the protagonists [[http://as.crowdedstreet.net/Something/210.html knocks the storyline off the rails]] by [[spoiler:ensuring Colonel's, and therefore Iris's, survival during the events of ''Videogame/MegaManX4''.]]
36	* ''Webcomic/{{Housepets}}'': New dog/[[{{Animorphism}} human trapped in a dog's body]] King delivers a censored, {{Atomic\|FBomb}} strike in the [[http://www.housepetscomic.com/2009/12/21/your-heart-is-full-of-unwashed-socks/ 2009 Christmas arc]].
37	* [[http://www.drunkduck.com/The_Gods_of_ArrKelaan/index.php?p=39186 This page]] of ''Webcomic/TheGodsOfArrKelaan'', after the temple the dwarves had built suddenly collapsed.
38	* Jessie to Carrie on [[http://the-qlc.com/loserz/go/291 this strip]] of ''Webcomic/{{Loserz}}''
39	* ''Webcomic/SluggyFreelance'' manages to make it a MoralEventHorizon, DespairEventHorizon and the de facto moment of CerebusSyndrome for the whole strip: [[http://sluggy.com/comics/archives/daily/20041121]]
40	* Lampshaded in [[http://www.goblinscomic.com/10122010/ this]] ''Webcomic/{{Goblins}}'' strip.
41	* [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2008/06/10/episode-1003-not-up-to-code/ This]] exchange from ''Webcomic/EightBitTheater'' is actually the first time in the entire lifespan of the work where the word fuck is actually used without any form of censorship:
42	-->'''Dragon:''' Blarg! I'm a dragon! [[ActuallyFourMooks Or twelve!]]\
43	'''[[TheMunchkin Red Mage]]:''' Impossible! [[NoFourthWall Only a maximum of nine enemies may be onscreen!]]\
44	'''Dragon:''' [[NoNonsenseNemesis Fuck you.]]\
45	'''Red Mage:''' ''[[OhCrap Run.]]''
46	** Another one comes later.
47	-->'''[[spoiler: Sarda]]:''' I was going to give you [[HopeSpot the illusion of a fighting chance]]. But now I'd rather your final moments [[DespairEventHorizon were ones of complete despair]].
48	-->'''Black Mage:''' Mission accomplished, [[spoiler: Sarda]].
49	-->'''[[spoiler: Sarda]]:''' I haven't done it yet.
50	-->'''Black Mage:''' Oh. Fuck.
51	* In ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'', while most of the characters swear fairly liberally, there are also a few characters who have only done so a few times. However, whenever a server player starts the game for the first time, the first thing they do is usually tear out their client player's toilet, and let loose an "oh fuck". [[http://mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=002071 Rose]] [[http://mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=003306 and Jade]] demonstrate.
52	** The memorable moment in which Rose lets loose the power of the [[ArtifactOfDoom Thorns Of Oglogoth]]
53	--->'''"WELCOME TO THE PARTY MOTHERFUCKERS"'''
54	** Rose has another one when talking to Dave about her plan.
55	--> '''TT:''' I will be travelling to the sun
56	--> '''TT:''' By which I do mean the GREEN MOTHERFUCKING SUN.
57	** And Jade again [[http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=005203 here]], although it's implied she's much less merciful when talking to [[ClusterFBomb Karkat]]...
58	-->'''GG:''' I SAID PASSWORD FUCKASS!!!!!
59	-->'''GA:''' Wow
60	-->'''GG:''' whoops sorry
61	-->'''GG:''' ive been having too many password arguments with karkat i guess :p
62	** Kanaya gets one, too [[https://www.homestuck.com/story/4697 here]].
63	-->'''KANAYA:''' No
64	-->'''KANAYA:''' See I'm Explaining This Badly
65	-->'''KANAYA:''' All I'm Saying Is Basically
66	-->'''KANAYA:''' Just
67	-->'''KANAYA:''' Fuck That Guy
68	** Of all people, Equius gets one as well.
69	-->'''CT:''' D --> Where the fuck are all my fresh towels
70	** After she finds out that [[spoiler:her ex-boyfriend has turned (even more) evil and is trying to join the BigBad]], Feferi uses one.
71	** Karkat Vantas, the most profane character to ever grace a comic, has a lot of throwaway insults. His [[http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=004528 first speech]] with John Egbert, however, is a [[FloweryInsults Shakespearean experience]].
72	* [[http://www.sandraandwoo.com/2010/08/09/0189-shows-over/ Done by someone less than ten]] (Cloud's sister Yuna) in ''Webcomic/SandraAndWoo'', but immediately [[http://www.sandraandwoo.com/2010/08/12/0190-apology/ followed by an apology]] when she learns how rude it was to call the watchers "motherfuckers".
73	* In ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'', [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0396.html this could be considered one,]] considering that it's right after Haley [[spoiler: regains her voice.]] Also a ThisIsForEmphasisBitch!
74	** Also, [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0250.html this strip]].
75	** This one, as well, in the [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0808.html last panel]].
76	** A literal, albeit censored, one in the [[https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots1257.html last panel]], overlapping with ClusterFBomb.
77	* ''Webcomic/TheInterstellarTeaHouse'' goes its first year without even a mild curse word ([[ForeignCussWord in English, anyway]]), then suddenly Pumpkin has an OhCrap moment and [[http://chaogaogong.livejournal.com/43429.html drops an f-bomb]]. Made intentionally amusing by the fact that Pumpkin is a Sierk, a sentient but furry and adorable alien.
78	* A comedic example in ''Webcomic/HighClassHomos'': The normally soft and gentle prince August lets one loose when he realises he forgot to let his love interest, Percy in on his and Sapphia’s fake marriage plan, resulting in Percy thinking August genuinely loves Sapphia.
79	* In ''Webcomic/OffWhite'', Hati lets one loose after [[spoiler: Sköll attacks him.]]
80	* In ''Webcomic/TheIllustratedGuideToLaw'', the in-over-her-head Patty makes heavy use of [[UnusualEuphemism self-censoring euphemisms]] ("cheese and crackers!") throughout her police encounter... until she's tossed in jail at the end, which warrants [[http://lawcomic.net/guide/?p=2015 a sulky f-strike]].
81	* ''WebComic/DragonBallMultiverse'': U13 Raditz makes one during his fight against U3 Bardock, when Bardock becomes a Super Saiyan:
82	--> '''U13 Raditz''': Oh fuck... that's so unfair!
83	* ''WebComic/{{Consolers}}'' has a [[http://consolers.webcomic.ws/comics/32/ Precision S Strike]] from Atari in her OhCrap moment right before she goes through The Crash.
84	* [[http://www.thedrawplay.com The Draw Play]] gives us a Precision S Strike when [[http://www.thedrawplay.com/2015/02/12/?post_type=comic JJ Watt meets a bear in the woods]]
85	* In ''Webcomic/BusterWildeWeerwolf'', a comic that normally uses SymbolSwearing, [[http://www.furnation.com/BusterWilde/comics/buster021.gif while Buster and his friends]] are walking around at night, a car passes by them and someone yells out "FAGS! FAGS! GO HOME, FAGS! HAW HAW!"
86	* ''Webcomic/Sorcery101'': The first instance of the word "fuck" is about three-quarters of the way through the story, and is used when [[spoiler: Danny finds out that if Seth dies, so does he.]]
87	* In ''WebComic/AwfulHospital'', the normally uptight Millie only speaks in raspy breathings, represented as strings of "hhhhhh" - which Willis then translates. However, upon learning that her "sister" has been busy creating tiny versions of herself, she lets out a "hhhhhhhHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH".
88	--> '''Willis''': ....[[InformedObscenity I'm not a'sposda say that word]].
89	* '''Steven''' of all people shouts [[PunctuatedForEmphasis "Oh. My. Fucking god!"]] in ''Webcomic/AskWhitePearlAndStevenAlmostAnything'' when he sees the Tongue Monster at the Beta Kindergarten. Since we hear his foster parents cussing up a storm when he was running away from them, it's safe to say that this Steven grew up around a lot more crude language than his canon counterpart from ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'' did.
90	* ''Webcomic/PoppyOPossum'': The word "fucking" has appeared exactly once in the comic's 8 chapters. It appeared at all because the Poppyverse equivalent ("chucking") wouldn't have had the right amount of gravitas and impact. The author implied that this would be the only time it would be used in the comic, precisely because of this trope. It was all the more shocking because it came from Queen Kit Darling, who normally acts like an innocent and naïve PrincessClassic.

Context PrecisionFStrike / WebComics