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Deadlock Clock: Mar 3rd 2023 at 11:59:00 PM

Note: This thread was proposed by FernandoLemon.

Precision F-Strike is a trope about the usage of swearing to denote a dramatic or serious moment, either in a work that normally doesn't feature it, or by a character that rarely swears. However, as shown by this wick check, only about 7% of the examples are used correctly, with a large majority instead referencing any instance of swearing in a work regardless of context or how common an occurrence it is. The trope has also become a Pothole Magnet, as it is often sinkholed to any usage of "fuck" when quoting a work.

Proposed solution: The actual concept is valid, so renaming the trope and turning the old one into a disambiguation between the new one, Cluster F-Bomb, Atomic F-Bomb and other such tropes should do.

Wick check:

  • Of 114 wicks...
    • 8 (6.9%) are used correctly
    • 43 (37.1%) are potholed to a swear word, whether in a quote or an example
    • 35 (30.2%) are random bits of profanity without context as to why they count
    • 7 (6.0%) are about frequent swearing, which is Cluster F-Bomb
    • 11 (9.5%) are zero-context examples
    • 7 (6.0%) are other types of potholes
    • 5 (4.3%) don't belong in any of the previous categories

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    Profanity used in a work or by a character that rarely uses it, to show seriousness (correct) 
  1. ComicBook.Hitman 1993: Natt's mother made him give up swearing as her dying wish. [[spoiler: The arrival of the SAS scares him badly enough that he does it anyway, figuring he won't live long enough to regret it.]] A quote would help with context, but I think this is correct
  2. Fanfic.Oh God Not Again: When Cedric hears the first task of the Playoffs will be to steal an egg from a nesting dragon mother, he takes a deep breath and just says, "Shit." Sounds correct
  3. Film.The Magnificent Seven 2016: Mixed with Foreign Cuss Word. When Faraday gets shot in the side, Vasquez goes berserk and shoots the culprit multiple times while saying [[spoiler:'A chingar a tu madre cabrón']] which literally means [[spoiler:'Go fuck your mother asshole']]. The context that it's during a dramatic moment seems correct
  4. Film.The Servant: When Barrett phones Vera with the news that he has persuaded Tony to take her on as a maid, a group of young girls hammer on the sides of the phone box with growing impatience. When Barrett exits the phone booth, he shouts "Get out of my way, you fucking bitch!" to one of the girls (this being 1963, the offending words are partially drowned out by a vehicle, but what he says is still clear). The extra context makes me think this counts
  5. Film.The Spectacular Now: Invoked by Sutter. He says that in order to stand up to her mother, Aimee must say "get off my mother-fucking back!" I think this counts too
  6. Literature.The Empirium Trilogy: After Corien shows Audric and everyone attending his wedding a vision of what happened to his father, Audric takes Rielle aside to confront her about the lies she's told. Ludivine keeps trying to redirect the conversation to other matters, but Audric- someone who isn't prone to swearing- essentially tells her to shut the fuck up. Correct
    Ludivine: Stop berating her and listen to me. Corien is coming, and he's close. We should be sending out every last soldier to bolster the city's defenses against him. And I should be searching for him rather than standing here keeping you from hurting each other. I suggest we talk about this later.
    Audric (angrily): Fuck your suggestions. We're talking about this right now.
  7. SCPFoundation.Tropes S To Z: Sophisticated as Hell: Even when trapped in a demonic Eldritch Location (SCP-1983), one Agent still manages to write an informal SCP Report. I think this counts?
    Item #: Pending
    Object Class: Keter. God help you.
    Special Containment Procedures: You're going to die, you poor dumb fuck.
  8. VideoGame.Ultrakill: Gabriel loses his composure and calls you an "insignificant fuck" when beaten. The fact that it happens after the character loses his composure makes it sound correct

    Potholed to a swear word 
  1. You Said You Would Let Them Go: In Fall Brawl 1997, after Curt Hennig betrayed The Four Horsemen and revealed himself to be The Mole for the New World Order, the rest of the nWo members handcuffed Chris Benoit and Steve McMichael and proceeded to give Ric Flair a No-Holds-Barred Beatdown until the other horsemen surrendered. When they dragged Flair to the cage door, Kevin Nash threatened that if they don’t surrender, Flair will have the cage door slammed on his head. McMichael's response was, "You got to stop this, god damn it!" After the nWo won, Curt Hennig slammed the door on Ric Flair’s head anyway.
  2. Awesome.Aliens: The soldiers, after the retreat, debating how to deal with the xenomorphs and get vengeance for their fellow soldiers, and Ripley states they should take off and nuke the entire place from orbit, stating It's the Only Way to Be Sure. Hicks gives her a meaningful look and Hudson voices his approval by saying "Fuckin' A". In that moment Ripley gained their respect and truly became one of them.
  3. Awesome.Berserk Abridged: Griffith's ultimate choice to the Godhand in the Abridged Series.
    "Fuck... you! [...] Did I stutter, bitch? Get your demonic asses outta here and leave us the hell alone!"
  4. Awesome.Critical Role Eyes Of Eiselcross Arc: Lucien is only slightly rattled, and verbally fences in return.
    Lucien: I have the perspective of not just myself, and not just these fine companions (*points at the Tomb Takers*), or the perspective of nine, quite frankly, batty as shit individuals from a long time ago, but many, many minds of that period. And there's plenty of disagreement.
  5. Awesome.Dumbing Of Age: After Joyce's kidnapping, her parents try to reach her on her cellphone. Sarah, knowing all too well how Joyce feels about her parents and her former community, and having been herself kidnapped along with Joyce, takes care of it in the most adequate way possible:
    Sarah: (beep) FUUUUUCK OFFFFFFFF (beep)
  6. Awesome.Eminem: One line in "Sing For The Moment" where Em gives one argument that kills one huge criticism of him.
    If it's all political
    and my music is literal
    and I'm a criminal
    How the FUCK can I raise a little girl?
  7. Awesome.K: Note though: he doesn't just descend from the sky, he drops in like a fucking missile, causing an explosion, and just nonchalantly posing there with his trusty umbrella in a spiffy new white number like nothing's wrong. Even Yukari Mishakuji seems unsettled. Can we scream "Badass!" and "Holy Shit!" any more than we already are?
  8. Awesome.Scream 3: Sidney's stopping the killer during his motive rant with the following:
    Sidney: God, why don't you stop your whining and get on with it? I've heard this shit before!
    Roman: STOP!
    Sidney: Do you know why you kill people, Roman? Do you?
    Roman: I DON'T WANT TO HEAR IT!
    Sidney: BECAUSE YOU CHOOSE TO! There is no one else to blame!
    Roman: DAMN IT, FUCKING DAMN IT!
    Sidney: Why don't you take some FUCKING responsibility?!
    Roman: FUCK YOU!
    Sidney: FUCK YOU!!
    [They charge each other and a No-Holds-Barred Beatdown ensues.]
  9. Characters.Hatoful Boyfriend: Oh, Crap!: If Hiyoko tells Doctor Shuu that Yuuya was lying about not looking through Shuu's desk, Shuu thanks Hiyoko before kicking her out of the infirmary, since he needs to discuss this with Yuuya... alone. Yuuya's reaction to being cornered by the angered creepy doctor? "...Shit."
  10. Characters.Sugoi Quest For Kokoro: Gratuitous Japanese: Peppers her dialogue with random "desu"s and "sugoi"s alongside the occasional "gomenasai".
    Terezi-chan: Sakura-chan? Have you seen my spatula? I can't find it, I'm blind.
    Sakura: anata can't find it because I fucking broke it you piece of shit.
  11. DarthWiki.Ivalice Adventures: Alae, the barman mixed up Birch Beer with actual Beer and Alae, preoccupied with the fact that she was about to fight pirates, downed the entire glass. Hilarity. Fucking. Ensued.
  12. Fanfic.Illimitable: The Juggernaut: "Is he fucking gone yet? We're running out of badasses."
  13. Film.Face Off: Sarcastic Clapping: Lars and Leo abduct Dr. Walsh and transport him to the Walsh Institute, where they find the faceless Castor sitting in a chair, watching the video recording of the surgery (according to the script, the surgery was recorded so that Dr. Walsh could undo Archer's surgery) and listening to classical music:
    Dr. Malcolm Walsh: What's this about?
    Castor Troy: Dr. Walsh! I was just enjoying some of your, uh, greatest hits here. Oh, and I hope you don't mind. I partook in some of your, uh, your groovy painkillers. You know, this is fabulous work. This is... [sees the surgery videotape finish] Bravo! Bra-fucking-vo! [claps] Oh, god, this is excellent! Bravo!
    Dr. Malcolm Walsh: What do you want? [beat]
    Castor Troy: [claps his hands three times. Castor's skinless face is reflected in Dr. Walsh's glasses] Take one goddamn guess.
  14. Film.Hackers: Gratuitous Spanish: LA COMPUTADORA DE MIERDA! [[note]]The phrase Phreak's mom said when his son was arrested for hacking. In the Spanish dubbing, this phrase was softened.[[/note]]
  15. Film.The Matrix Resurrections: Wham Line: What kicks off the final battle is when [[spoiler: Tiffany finally reveals her real identity to her fake family.]]
    Tiffany: [[spoiler: I wish you would fucking stop calling me that. I hate that name. My name is Trinity, and you'd better take your hands off of me.]]
  16. Film.The Void (second wick): Shotguns Are Just Better: Lampshaded by Carter, after blowing away a Disciple with one.
    Carter: I'm keeping the fucking gun!
  17. Funny.Brain Scratch Commentaries Video Game Commentaries: Johnny's reaction to Ted naming his Pikachu after him
    Johnny: You made me a fucking yellow rat?
    Ted: It's better than- (coughs)
    Johnny: You named me after a yellow rat!!
    Ted: Well in my HeartGold thing, you're some weird giraffe sheep...thing. [[labelnote: *]] Presumingly an Ampharos [[/labelnote]]
    Johnny: Well that's no fucking better!
  18. Funny.Call Me Kevin: As soon as Duck appears, Kevin says he can't wait to let this kid die.
    Lee: You gotta do what you can to survive.
    Shawn: Like put a gun to [Duck's] head and pull the trigger?
    Kevin: Yes.
    Shawn: Fuck that, man.
    Kevin: We'll see how you feel about that again after an hour with Duck.
  19. Funny.Fight Club: Not to mention the car salesmen. When he's pushed to the ground, his shoe goes flying up in the air. That, and his high pitched "Son of a bitch!" sell the scene.
  20. Funny.Gamer Poop:
  21. Funny.Harold And Kumar Go To White Castle: The following:
    Kumar: Dad, come on, I was just-
    Dr. Patel: Daddy is not coming on anything! I have put too much time and energy into you to let you go and fuck it all up!
  22. Funny.Project Runway:
    • Tim reads a question to Guadalupe about if her elimination was fair, comparing to Marla's rip-off dress. The bit went like this, intercut with various reactions: Zulema and Santino are laughing their asses off, Marla looks amused besides Guadalupe and all the others are confused.
      Tim: We have a question from Bravotv.com. Arianne writes "Guadalupe..."
      Guadalupe: Heyaa, Arianne!!!
      Santino: Have you all guys been drinking or something? 'Cause... I want what they're having.
      Tim: Did you feel that your elimination was fair? Even thought Marla had plagiarized a dress Nicky Hilton had worn before?
      Guadalupe: Honestly, I can only give him a personal critique. Nobody would never know unless they personally respond to me. Would know what my personal response is. And that is of me, and personally I believe you can, like, push the boundaries, and like Johnny Cash, "Walk the line and..."
      Heidi: This is so confusing. What was the question?
      Tim: I haven't a clue any longer!!
      Heidi: What was the question about?
      Tim: Did you feel your elimination was fair, given that Marla plagiarized a Nicky Hilton dress? Yes or No.
      Guadalupe: Understand that Marla... has... an aesthetic that I... cannot... d-duppplicate. But Marla has an aesthetic that she cannot duplicate. And, Arianne, in national television, if can get this, you f*** rock, 'cause you believe in what is true.
      (Awkward silece. Zulema claps in laughter)
      Guadalupe: Period.
      Tim: This is the biggest bunch of bullsh*t I've ever heard in weeks. Sorry.
      Guadalupe: I agree as well.
      Tim: Let's move on.
    • Special highlight to "Daniel Franco" song, which resulted in the man himself getting a round of applause at the reunion show.
      Daniel Franco, where did you go?
      Daniel Franco, where did you go?
      I've barely get to know ya
      Daniel Franco, where did you go?
      Don't give up!
      Daniel Franco, where did you go?
      See ya on Season 3!
      Daniel Franco, where did you go
      Daniel Franco, where... did... you...
      Hey. Where's Daniel Franco? Daniel? Daniel, come back!
      Where did you... Goooo!
      Auf wiedersehen, Modaf*cka!
  23. Funny.Russell Howards Good News: One of the clip shows features one of the lesser-known segments, "Headliners", where Russell talks to two people who both think they're newsworthy enough to be on the show. One such guest is an East Londoner one-man-band, who teaches Russell about the Cockney version of the shave-and-a-haircut outro, with bonus Audience Participation (which in this case is just Russell holding a banana):
    One-man-band: Danananana-na, Danananana-na, How's your father?
    Russell: (in tune) Fuck You!
  24. Funny.Showgirls:
    • The dancer taking her kids into the dressing room of her topless show, and said kid getting offended — to the point of needing a hug from mommy — because one of the dancers said the word 'fuck'.
    • At the end when Nomi [[spoiler: [[BookEnds hitches a ride with the same guy in the same car.]] ]]
    Nomi: I want my FUCKING SUITCASE!!!
  25. Funny.Taskmaster S 11 S 15: Alex comments "You're learning!" when Fern notices that she doesn't have to do a running start to push the trolley. Fern takes a moment to respond:
    Fern: Fuck off!
  26. Funny.The Good Place Season 2:
    • Eleanor reluctantly begins her speech.
      Eleanor: The dictionary defines "best" as being—
      Tahani: [audibly drunk, shoves Eleanor aside] Oh God, boring! I'd like to say a few words, if nobody minds!
      Eleanor: [whispers to gear] Thank you, wizard.
      Tahani: I am Tahani; Tahani am me. And even though I wasn't the [sarcastic] "number one point-getter", I just wanted to welcome you all to the neighborhood. You all look so beautiful tonight, with your regular-sized pockets and... regular-sized soulmates. Oh, no offense, darling, wherever you are. [Tomás waves in the crowd] Probably somewhere down there.
      Michael: [to Eleanor, quietly] Why don't you try to ease her off the stage and take over yourself.
      Tahani: The point is, we're all good people, right? We all did the right thing, whenever we could? And that's why it's so nice to be here among you, in this massive house, that I want. I want this house. Give it! [laughs] No, I'm just kidding. But really, give me the house.
      Eleanor: [gently] Hey there, hot stuff. Can I get you a cup of coffee?
      Tahani: Get your hands off me! Oh, you think you're better than I am, don't you, just 'cause you're wearing that. Look at that terrible placement and angle! Is this your first time ever wearing a sash?
      Eleanor: Yeah, it is, but I think if we all just-
      Tahani: Well, give it to me then! [tears off Eleanor's sash, falling backwards into the shrimp display, which itself falls over and sets a curtain on fire]
      Eleanor: ...I got her off the stage!
      Michael: Tahani? Are you alright?
      Tahani: Yes, fine. Never better. Top of my game, actually. You'll have to excuse me, 'cause I've got to go, so. Oh look! [pulls a shrimp out of her pocket] I've got some shrimp. [tearing up] In one of my many, many cargo pants pockets. [sobs]
      Michael: What the fork is happening?
    • Chidi, justifiably angry, kicks Michael out of his lessons.
      Chidi: You are no longer welcome in my class. Get the fork out.
      Michael: [walks away, then turns back, genuinely confused] But...I said "my bad".
      Chidi: Out!
  27. Funny.Todd In The Shadows 2019 Episodes:
  28. Funny.Vanoss Gaming And Company:
    • Nogla lands in a hole, but then his ball bounces out. His reaction is hilarious:
      Nogla: WHAT! WHAT! WHAT! WHAT THE FUCK! I WAS IN AND I JUMPED OUT!
      Panda: He got robbed. He got robbed.
    • In this 2v2 match, Brian, annoyed at the constant bad luck he was having through the first 7 minutes at this game, angrily plays a +4 card... and belatedly realized that Vanoss also has a +4 which winds up being played, saddling Delirious (Brian's teammate) with a +8 when the latter was on Uno. Delirious reacts in disbelief at Brian's Fury-Fueled Foolishness, while Vanoss and Moo both laugh at his ill-thought-out decision.
      Brian: (Angrily) FUCK. YOU! (Realizes he just screwed Delirious out of a win) No! Wait! No, no, no, wait!
  29. Funny.Vanoss Gaming And Company Call Of Duty:
    • Later on, this happens:
      Vanoss: Oh god, they're coming in (proceeds to repeat "they're coming in" at least 6 times)
      Terroriser: They're gettin-
      —->Nogla proceeds to mutter "they're comin' in..." several times until he, out of nowhere, makes a scream that degenerates into him sounding like Mickey Mouse, causing Vanoss to laugh his head off.
      Terroriser: What the fuck is that?
      Basically: What's Mickey Mouse doin' in here?
    • This can also count as one of the rare times Moo actively swears, as shown by this line when he is asking Evan: rarely swears
    Moo: How far away is your fucking door?
  30. GoAnimate.Tropes Specific G To Z: Godwin's Law: Played for Laughs in the satirical video Warren makes a fake ''Frozen'' VHS opening and gets grounded during Alan's "The Reason You Suck" Speech.
    Alan: Fuck Hitler, fuck Stalin, fuck Castro, fuck George W. Bush, fuck Osama Bin Laden. At least they didn't make fake VHS openings.
  31. Literature.The Broken Empire Trilogy: As the Good Book Says...: However, Jorg at one point goes and says something he just made up and says he’s read it in the book. When asked on the book he replies "It's in the great Jorg’s book of Go Fuck Yourself."
  32. Quotes.Underestimating Badassery:
    Archie: I'd be careful of these Russians, Lennie. They ain't no respecters of the old school.
    Lennie Cole: Bollocks. There's no school like the old school, and I'm the fucking headmaster.
    —Rock N Rolla [[note]] Lennie ends up being subjected to {{Kneecapping}} after Yuri the Russian loses patience with him [[/note]]
  33. Recap.Dragon Ball Z Abridged K 3 (second wick): Screw This, I'm Outta Here: Vinegar up and leaves after all of Garlic Jr's other minions have been killed.
    Vinnie: Okay. This place is killing my high. I'm out. (leaves)
    Garlic Jr. (Beat) ARE YOU FUCKING ME RIGHT NOW?
  34. Recap.The Venture Bros S 5 E 4 Spanakopita: Happy at the result, Rusty talks about returning next year, to which Hatred, Billy, and Pete all reply "No Fucking Way."
  35. Series.Forensic Files: Interrupted by the End: A variant. "Naked Justice" ends with the father of the victim stating that he hopes the murderer "rots in hell". The credits then abruptly roll.
  36. TearJerker.Todd In The Shadows: "Top 10 Best Songs of 2020" is a mostly wistful, sentimental list as it entails all the songs that Todd felt helped him get through the absolute disaster of a year that was 2020, but he still has to make a comment on just how horrible it was when he gets to Lil Baby's "The Bigger Picture", a Protest Song for the Black Lives Matter Movement that Todd empathized with the most as, in his words, "Lil Baby isn't coming from anger, he's coming from pain," with Todd briefly spilling out all his frustrations of the crap the world has had to deal with over not just 2020, but the last few years in general.
    Todd: ...This song is also how I felt watching the Muslim Ban, Puerto Rico, Charlottesville, every fucking thing that happened in these last few years, including this last week where I was supposed to be trying to make this goddamn video, but I kept getting distracted by more horrible fucking news! This shit fucking sucks and it's gotta fucking stop!
    Lil Baby: We all gotta start somewhere / might as well gon' 'head, start here / we done had a hell of a year
    Todd: (resigned) ...Yeah, we sure did.
  37. TheFlowerPrincessAndTheAlchemist.Tropes E To I: Eccentric Mentor: The way Orihime describes Urahara as she tells Ed, Al, Winry, Pinako, Armstrong, and Nina about the time she and her friends went to rescue Rukia (omitting some parts for obvious reasons). They way she describes his Sink or Swim tactics is a put off for Ed and Al with both of them commenting they are glad to have Izumi as a teacher because Urahara is presented as extremely irresponsible for sending a group of barely trained teenagers into a suicidal rescue mission in their eyes.
    Ed (visibly disturbed): "So, let me get this straight... You had a teacher who trained you for only two weeks, throw you into some rescue mission in a country you have little knowledge about, all for some girl you barely know? Am I the only one seeing something fucking wrong with that?"
  38. Trivia.Yo Yogi: Creator Backlash: In an interview with USA Today, William Hanna stated his disgust with the show, especially the redesigns.
    William Hanna: They screwed it up by redesigning [Yogi]. They made him look like a whoremonger. If you have something that works, don't screw it up!
  39. VideoGame.Epic Battle Fantasy: Lightning Bruiser: [[spoiler:'''GODCAT''' in her main [[LightIsNotGood light]] and [[DarkIsEvil dark]] forms.]] RIDICULOUS HP, attack power that can kill you several times over [[spoiler:until you're close in level]], and evasion so DAMN high that you have no chance in hell of reliably hitting [[spoiler:her]]! In fact, the game crashes if you kill [[spoiler:Godcat]] by hacking!
  40. VideoGame.Miami Shark: Serial Escalation: You are a shark, who leaps several hundred feet into the air to catch its prey. And what are you hunting? Helicopters, airlines, attack jets, stealth bombers, space shuttles, UFOs, a goddamn nuclear missile, and a fucking meteor...
  41. WMG.The Elder Scrolls V Skyrim: In Cooperation with the above, the next game will take place At the time of "The Battle of Red Mountain"]] You will be playing as the bodyguard of Kagrenac (The guy responsible for the disappearance). The game will end with you alone, in Kagrenac's laboratory, wondering what the fuck just happened.
  42. YMMV.Metallica: Memetic Mutation: "HE FUCKING LEFT THE BAND?!"
  43. YMMV.The Needle Drop: Memetic Mutation: BEST TEETH IN THE FUCKING GAME

    Any random bit of profanity without context as to why it counts 
  1. Demographic-Dissonant Crossover: This happened prior to that decade as well, with the 2005 release Hanerutchi, based off the Japanese variety show Haneru no Tobira ~You knock on a jumping door!~, a show whose claim to fame was a segment in which someone accidentally says "penis" during a game segment..
  2. Signature Scene:
  3. Advertising.Gainomax: A censored example:
    "F*** BANANAS!"
  4. Characters.Adventure Quest Worlds Throne Of Darkness:
    • During "Mysterious Dungeon", Ziri tells the Hero "you're about to get your @$$ kicked", leading to him getting muted and his chat privileges revoked.
    • Ziri had previously used his wish amulet to mute Pax. When Ziri swears and he gets himself muted, Pax delightfully says "HA! serves you right you little @#$%!mel", leading Pax to get muted too.
    • He appears to drop the S-bomb when the Hero reveals s/he already collected a million Eye of the Gods.
  5. Characters.Forum Fantasy
    • As Chaos, due to also having Camelslayer's personality, he has some strong expletives.
    Chaos: Shut the f**k up and deal with it.

    Chaos: You are as wicked as I, Falora. Also full of shit.
    • The only time he swears is when he sees Camelslayer prior to losing his marbles again.
    Camelslayer: AHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHA
    Felix Falora: The hell are you doing here?!
  6. Characters.House Of The Dragon Greens: He describes his white cloak as "the only thing (he) has to (his) fucking name." He later calls [[spoiler:Rhaenyra]] a "spoiled cunt."
  7. Characters.Infinity Train Blossoming Trail Parker Cerise: Calls one of Chloe's classmates a "dumbass" for thinking that Chloe is into Pokémon like they are. Making this more notable, he's only five.
  8. Characters.Kingsman Kingsmen: One from The Golden Circle, upon discovering [[spoiler:Harry]] survived his Moe Greene Special from the previous film, stands out especially, even being used in the red-band trailer:
    Merlin: Oh my God... [[spoiler:Harry!?]]
    Eggsy: Fuck me.
  9. Characters.Red Flood Europe: When Nitti reveals the final point in his 15 Points program, journalists notice that his everyday restraint and moderation are gone, replaced by a furious determination, as he proclaims:
    For too long, the forces of reason and liberty have sat idle in this poor, benighted continent. Brutally emasculated by defeat after defeat, by a slavish attachment to peace and civil order, we liberals have failed. We have all failed, and look at the consequences! Fucking madmen squatting in Paris, violating our great city, the beating heart of the Revolution! Damned commies tread on the bones of Frederick, Goethe, Blum, and the heroes of Frankfurt! Everywhere liberty is outraged, equality is perverted, fraternity is despised. This will not stand!
  10. Characters.The 100 Girlfriends Who Really Really Really Really Really Love You 11 To 20 — She's the first character in the manga to drop an F-bomb, and it's quite possibly one of the more adorable F-bombs on record.
    Fakkyuu...!
  11. Characters.The Karate Kid Terry Silver: He claims the last F-word in Season 5, where he details the contents of the message he intends to send to Miyagi-Do/Eagle Fang prior to the Sekai Taikai.
    "Stay the fuck out of our way, or someone will get hurt."
  12. Fanfic.Total Drama Do Over: Curse Cut Short: A Running Gag in the fic's version of the "Changing Guard Mix" song is that the characters keep getting cut off before they drop a swear or sexual innuendo... at least until the end, where Chris drops a censored Precision F-Strike.
    Nathaniel: ♪ ♫How could Chris make us do this? This is so wrong! I don't want to see his bum, especially his d-♪ ♫
    Mel: ♪ ♫This is right up my alley....our team is in luuuuck...Could stand to be a lot hotter, but not like we would f-♪ ♫
    Izzy: -♪ ♫Oh YEAH! Strippin guards down, that stuff takes guts!♪ ♫ (she starts ripping off the guard's shirt)
    Brick: ♪ ♫I love serving my noble teaam... but I don't like n-♪ ♫(cut off by next singer as he takes off the guard's pants)
  13. Film.Battle Of Britain: Andy calls his wife a "silly bitch" after receiving a letter from her complaining about being bored on the countryside after Andy had his family evacuated from the city.
  14. Film.Hot Rod: It wouldn't be The Lonely Island without at least one f-bomb. Although in this case, it's not said by one of the dudes, but by a woman who tells Rod, "get the fuck off my porch".
  15. Film.The Core: Recording his final thoughts at his imminent demise, [[spoiler: Zimsky]] realizes no one will ever hear them, and delivers the following:
    Zimsky: What the fuck am I doing! (laughs)
  16. Film.Three Big Men: When the agent asks who Mrs. Janette is, the bartender tells him that "You don't know shit."
  17. Funny.Animaniacs 2020: Wakko's nonchalant delivery of "I thought you were in Hell" with a big, earnest smile on his face.
  18. LetsPlay.The Au Z Zie Gamer: Running Gag: "Sky fucking high! Yeah!" Originating from Hitman: Blood Money (Curtains Down, to be specific), whenever he killed a target with explosives (complete with badass guitar chord). Carried on into Splinter Cell: Conviction and Hitman: Absolution.
  19. Music.King Diamond: From "Doomed by the Living Dead" by Mercyful Fate, there's "So just say goodbye to all your fucking angels". And "Sleep Tight Little Baby" from Graveyard features the following:
    Let me see your face, you son of a bitch!
  20. Music.Minutes To Midnight: Twice in "Bleed It Out":
    Yeah here we go for the hundredth time
    Hand grenade pins in every line
    Throw 'em up and let something shine
    Going out of my     fucking mind [...]
    Candy paint on his brand new Hearse
    Can't contain him he knows he works
    Fuck this hurts, I won't lie
    Doesn't matter how hard I try
  21. Music.Tool: "Pushit"[[note]]"Remember I will always love you // As I claw your fucking throat away"[[/note]], "Ticks and Leeches"[[note]]"Taking all you can take, you can fucking take"[[/note]] (it's actually the only song on ''Lateralus'' that has any cursing), "The Pot"[[note]]"Eyeballs deep in muddy waters, Fuckin' hypocrite"[[/note]], and "7empest", whose F-bomb is actually in the spoken part before the song begins.[[note]]"Keeping it calm // Fuck, here we go again"[[/note]]
  22. Narm.Valvrave The Liberator: Kyuma's screaming in anger in episode 8 wasn't originally narmy, but one group's subtitles of that scene—translating "chickishou" as "fuck"—and also having the font gradually increase in size as he screamed made it into this.
  23. Recap.Dragon Ball Z Abridged K 3 (first wick): As part of the April Fools' Day joke, both Krillin and Garlic Jr. get uncensored F-bombs.
  24. Recap.South Park S 1 E 11 Toms Rhinoplasty: "Don't. Fuck. With. Wendy. Testaburger!"
  25. Series.Good Game: From the Goose IMO segment on entitlement and death threats:
    Goose: If you are ever considering sending a death threat, let's go through this little checklist first. Number one: "Should I send a death threat?" F(bleep) NO!
  26. Series.If I Ruled The World: Answering a question about food labelling:
    Hugh Dennis: I would certainly have one label in fast food restaurants, on those little apple pies that you get. Just from the point of view of safety, I would have a little label that said 'These really, really, are [BLEEP]ing hot.'
  27. Series.The League Of Gentlemen: "Yeah... cunt."
  28. Series.Wipeout 2008:
    • In the very first episode of the UK version, a contestant can be heard cursing as he falls off the Sweeper. The editors and producers apparently didn't hear it, as it is completely uncensored.
    • Similarly, in the series 2 finale, somebody reacts to another contestant getting whacked hard by the Sweeper with the same word, and the censors forgot to mute it.
  29. Theatre.Knights Of The Square Table: Sir Galahad begins one but Merlin cuts him off
    GALAHAD: You sick, twisted son -
    MERLIN: It was complicated until
  30. VideoGame.Sissys Magical Ponycorn Adventure: Obviously less intense variant: Sissy friggin' LOVES ponycorns!
  31. VideoGame.Spider Man Shattered Dimensions: Mood Whiplash: The second Ultimate Spider-Man segment has Spidey fighting against the wisecracking Deadpool. The third segment involves Carnage breaking free of his cointainment, slaughtering several agents, and reanimating their corpses. Spider-Man's also more serious during this chapter (though he still throws out wisecracks, such as referring to Carnage as "a monster made of malevolent spaghetti") and even lets loose a couple swears. Justified, since this is Carnage we're talking about.
  32. WebAnimation.Demo Mesa: The Demo!G-man's only line, to Demo!Freeman.
    Demo!G-Man: Ya fucked up!
  33. WebVideo.Doom Day: "Fuck no ammo :c" commented out
  34. WebVideo.The Miracle Of Swindon Town: During the Wimbly Wombly's game against mk Dons, John's language gets a little more... salty.
  35. Wrestling.Alexander Otsuka: According to him, "fuck your mother" were the first Spanish words he learned in México.

    Frequent swearing (Cluster F-Bomb) 
  1. Characters.Ninja Slayer: Has a penchant for saying "Buddha fuck!" in English.
  2. DarthWiki.Power Rangers Redverse: Power Rangers RPM Redverse, much like its inspiration, is designed specifically to be THE darkest out of the franchise, even going as far as to feature frequent and heavy swearing as well as the After the End theme being explored much more for horror and despair than adventure.
  3. Film.The Last Boy Scout: Lots of characters in the movie, but listen to Darian's line to Marcone.
    Darian: Eat shit, you fucking redneck!
  4. Film.The Wave 2015: Sir Swears-a-Lot: Kristian is something of a pottymouth, but this stops cold when the sirens begin sounding. The Danish tourist Philip definitely qualifies, as he repeatedly drops Precision F Strikes during his time in the bomb shelter.
  5. SoundEffectBleep.Live Action TV: In the Fox's The George Carlin Show, the episode "George Speaks His Mind" is loaded with LOTS of these, each of them a Precision F-Strike.
  6. VideoGame.This Is The Police 2: The game does not shy away from swearing.
  7. Webcomic.Alien Loves Predator: Cluster F-Bomb: And thus, Preston's favorite word is revealed.

    Zero-context examples 
  1. Characters.Around The Clock At Bikini Bottom: Mr.Krabs has a few of these moments. One, in the cutscene of the Mermalair level where SpongeBob mentions that Dirty Bubble has harmed his customers before. The other in the Krusty Krab section of the final level when an Alpha comes out of nowhere.
  2. Characters.Char Cole: Delivers a powerful one during his first battle.
  3. Characters.The Nexus: Just the trope name without any context
  4. DarthWiki.I Antivirus: Just the trope name without any context
  5. DarthWiki.Survival Despair: At Lorena during the mastermind trial.
  6. Fanfic.Luz Noceda The Fighter: Luz lets one out when she discovers the messes with the Slitherbeast and the Greater Basilisk.
  7. Fanfic.Wings Of Rebellion: Akechi has a few moments of these, usually when he's angry like when Okumura takes Haru hostage or after losing to the twins, where he doesn't want any pity.
  8. Film.The Ref: Mostly carpet bombing, but there is one nicely-timed unison strike by the Chasseurs against their marriage counselor.
  9. Film.The Void (first wick): Happens a few times, always involving Daniel.
  10. Literature.Illium: Used occasionally as a means of showing how scared or nonplussed the characters are.
  11. Recap.Torchwood S 1 E 13 End Of Days: Gwen drops a giant one after Jack makes an armor piercing statement and she responds with an armor piercing punch.

    Other potholes 
  1. Henpecked Husband: Hard Rain: Henry is one to Doreen. He finally decides he has had enough and puts her in her place with a Precision F-Strike.
  2. FreudianTrio.Video Games: 'BlazBlue'': Ego: Hazama, who nicely balances the other two out. He is just as evil as Terumi is, but in a much more subtle way, and he has an extremely polite speaking manner like Kazuma (though he sometimes manages to slip some bad words in between).
  3. Funny.Borderlands 3: The Halloween event seems to have a weird aversion towards saying Hell (the actual location is called "Heck"). This is an M rated game where enemies can be blown into chunks, the Vault Hunters do swear, and the game contains least one Precision F-Strike. It's sort of silly how these seasoned killers won't say the word Hell, but will swear using other, generally considered harsher, curses.
  4. Manga.Sands Of Destruction: Scanlation: Tactful Translation: Sandy 87's translations sometimes fall here. While "that low-born Lacertus Rex" may be an acceptable (if rather literal) translation of ワニ師の野郎, fully capturing Agan's intent would likely require a well-placed expletive. It does at least have some Added Alliterative Appeal.
  5. Pantheon.Establishments And Installations: The Institute offered Issac Clarke a place in this division due to his background as an engineer. Clarke told them exactly where they can shove that offer.
  6. Series.Shaun Micallefs Mad As Hell: Once a Season: Season 11 ended with a cover of September by Earth, Wind and Fire, in reference to (hopefully) being allowed to have actual dancers perform in their next end of season song in September. Towards the end, Emily points out to a dancing Shaun that they're starting filming in August so their end of season song will actually be in October. Shaun ends the season with a Precision F-Strike.
  7. WebVideo.Brutalmoose: Early-Installment Weirdness: Ian was much more liberal with Cluster F-Bombs in his earlier videos as opposed to the Precision F-Strike he prefers nowadays. The two Restaurant Empire reviews, spaced three years apart, illustrate this perfectly.

    Other 
  1. Creator.Lewis Lovhaug: invokedWhile Lovhaug is generally civil and by and large trys to avoid using harder kinds of profanity, Mike Michaud struck a particular chord by creating a "response" to the #ChangeTheChannel controversy, to which Lovhaug ultimately responded by telling Michaud to "not fucking tell" him to be happy about being contractually obligated to be in the anniversary movies. This would be correct if it wasn't Real Life Troping
  2. ComicBook.The Smurfs: Parodied in the original English version of "King Smurf", where one Smurf tells Brainy to "go to smurf" with his orders. Parodied
  3. Recap.Farscape S 03 E 02 Suns And Lovers: "Frell me dead!" Is "frell" even a swear word?
  4. VideoGame.Meat Boy: The final Light World level is appropriately named 'Four Letter Word'. You've undoubtedly used a lot of them throughout the game, and will inevitably let out many more on this level. I'd argue this is misuse, since the word is not said
  5. VideoGame.Pa Rappa The Rapper: If you access Cool Mode in Stage 5 of PaRappa 2, Hairdresser Octopus will shout "Caramba!" which is a mild Spanish swear. It's not

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#1: Jan 15th 2023 at 10:29:56 AM

Note: This thread was proposed by FernandoLemon.

Precision F-Strike is a trope about the usage of swearing to denote a dramatic or serious moment, either in a work that normally doesn't feature it, or by a character that rarely swears. However, as shown by this wick check, only about 7% of the examples are used correctly, with a large majority instead referencing any instance of swearing in a work regardless of context or how common an occurrence it is. The trope has also become a Pothole Magnet, as it is often sinkholed to any usage of "fuck" when quoting a work.

Proposed solution: The actual concept is valid, so renaming the trope and turning the old one into a disambiguation between the new one, Cluster F-Bomb, Atomic F-Bomb and other such tropes should do.

Wick check:

  • Of 114 wicks...
    • 8 (6.9%) are used correctly
    • 43 (37.1%) are potholed to a swear word, whether in a quote or an example
    • 35 (30.2%) are random bits of profanity without context as to why they count
    • 7 (6.0%) are about frequent swearing, which is Cluster F-Bomb
    • 11 (9.5%) are zero-context examples
    • 7 (6.0%) are other types of potholes
    • 5 (4.3%) don't belong in any of the previous categories

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    Profanity used in a work or by a character that rarely uses it, to show seriousness (correct) 
  1. ComicBook.Hitman 1993: Natt's mother made him give up swearing as her dying wish. [[spoiler: The arrival of the SAS scares him badly enough that he does it anyway, figuring he won't live long enough to regret it.]] A quote would help with context, but I think this is correct
  2. Fanfic.Oh God Not Again: When Cedric hears the first task of the Playoffs will be to steal an egg from a nesting dragon mother, he takes a deep breath and just says, "Shit." Sounds correct
  3. Film.The Magnificent Seven 2016: Mixed with Foreign Cuss Word. When Faraday gets shot in the side, Vasquez goes berserk and shoots the culprit multiple times while saying [[spoiler:'A chingar a tu madre cabrón']] which literally means [[spoiler:'Go fuck your mother asshole']]. The context that it's during a dramatic moment seems correct
  4. Film.The Servant: When Barrett phones Vera with the news that he has persuaded Tony to take her on as a maid, a group of young girls hammer on the sides of the phone box with growing impatience. When Barrett exits the phone booth, he shouts "Get out of my way, you fucking bitch!" to one of the girls (this being 1963, the offending words are partially drowned out by a vehicle, but what he says is still clear). The extra context makes me think this counts
  5. Film.The Spectacular Now: Invoked by Sutter. He says that in order to stand up to her mother, Aimee must say "get off my mother-fucking back!" I think this counts too
  6. Literature.The Empirium Trilogy: After Corien shows Audric and everyone attending his wedding a vision of what happened to his father, Audric takes Rielle aside to confront her about the lies she's told. Ludivine keeps trying to redirect the conversation to other matters, but Audric- someone who isn't prone to swearing- essentially tells her to shut the fuck up. Correct
    Ludivine: Stop berating her and listen to me. Corien is coming, and he's close. We should be sending out every last soldier to bolster the city's defenses against him. And I should be searching for him rather than standing here keeping you from hurting each other. I suggest we talk about this later.
    Audric (angrily): Fuck your suggestions. We're talking about this right now.
  7. SCPFoundation.Tropes S To Z: Sophisticated as Hell: Even when trapped in a demonic Eldritch Location (SCP-1983), one Agent still manages to write an informal SCP Report. I think this counts?
    Item #: Pending
    Object Class: Keter. God help you.
    Special Containment Procedures: You're going to die, you poor dumb fuck.
  8. VideoGame.Ultrakill: Gabriel loses his composure and calls you an "insignificant fuck" when beaten. The fact that it happens after the character loses his composure makes it sound correct

    Potholed to a swear word 
  1. You Said You Would Let Them Go: In Fall Brawl 1997, after Curt Hennig betrayed The Four Horsemen and revealed himself to be The Mole for the New World Order, the rest of the nWo members handcuffed Chris Benoit and Steve McMichael and proceeded to give Ric Flair a No-Holds-Barred Beatdown until the other horsemen surrendered. When they dragged Flair to the cage door, Kevin Nash threatened that if they don’t surrender, Flair will have the cage door slammed on his head. McMichael's response was, "You got to stop this, god damn it!" After the nWo won, Curt Hennig slammed the door on Ric Flair’s head anyway.
  2. Awesome.Aliens: The soldiers, after the retreat, debating how to deal with the xenomorphs and get vengeance for their fellow soldiers, and Ripley states they should take off and nuke the entire place from orbit, stating It's the Only Way to Be Sure. Hicks gives her a meaningful look and Hudson voices his approval by saying "Fuckin' A". In that moment Ripley gained their respect and truly became one of them.
  3. Awesome.Berserk Abridged: Griffith's ultimate choice to the Godhand in the Abridged Series.
    "Fuck... you! [...] Did I stutter, bitch? Get your demonic asses outta here and leave us the hell alone!"
  4. Awesome.Critical Role Eyes Of Eiselcross Arc: Lucien is only slightly rattled, and verbally fences in return.
    Lucien: I have the perspective of not just myself, and not just these fine companions (*points at the Tomb Takers*), or the perspective of nine, quite frankly, batty as shit individuals from a long time ago, but many, many minds of that period. And there's plenty of disagreement.
  5. Awesome.Dumbing Of Age: After Joyce's kidnapping, her parents try to reach her on her cellphone. Sarah, knowing all too well how Joyce feels about her parents and her former community, and having been herself kidnapped along with Joyce, takes care of it in the most adequate way possible:
    Sarah: (beep) FUUUUUCK OFFFFFFFF (beep)
  6. Awesome.Eminem: One line in "Sing For The Moment" where Em gives one argument that kills one huge criticism of him.
    If it's all political
    and my music is literal
    and I'm a criminal
    How the FUCK can I raise a little girl?
  7. Awesome.K: Note though: he doesn't just descend from the sky, he drops in like a fucking missile, causing an explosion, and just nonchalantly posing there with his trusty umbrella in a spiffy new white number like nothing's wrong. Even Yukari Mishakuji seems unsettled. Can we scream "Badass!" and "Holy Shit!" any more than we already are?
  8. Awesome.Scream 3: Sidney's stopping the killer during his motive rant with the following:
    Sidney: God, why don't you stop your whining and get on with it? I've heard this shit before!
    Roman: STOP!
    Sidney: Do you know why you kill people, Roman? Do you?
    Roman: I DON'T WANT TO HEAR IT!
    Sidney: BECAUSE YOU CHOOSE TO! There is no one else to blame!
    Roman: DAMN IT, FUCKING DAMN IT!
    Sidney: Why don't you take some FUCKING responsibility?!
    Roman: FUCK YOU!
    Sidney: FUCK YOU!!
    [They charge each other and a No-Holds-Barred Beatdown ensues.]
  9. Characters.Hatoful Boyfriend: Oh, Crap!: If Hiyoko tells Doctor Shuu that Yuuya was lying about not looking through Shuu's desk, Shuu thanks Hiyoko before kicking her out of the infirmary, since he needs to discuss this with Yuuya... alone. Yuuya's reaction to being cornered by the angered creepy doctor? "...Shit."
  10. Characters.Sugoi Quest For Kokoro: Gratuitous Japanese: Peppers her dialogue with random "desu"s and "sugoi"s alongside the occasional "gomenasai".
    Terezi-chan: Sakura-chan? Have you seen my spatula? I can't find it, I'm blind.
    Sakura: anata can't find it because I fucking broke it you piece of shit.
  11. DarthWiki.Ivalice Adventures: Alae, the barman mixed up Birch Beer with actual Beer and Alae, preoccupied with the fact that she was about to fight pirates, downed the entire glass. Hilarity. Fucking. Ensued.
  12. Fanfic.Illimitable: The Juggernaut: "Is he fucking gone yet? We're running out of badasses."
  13. Film.Face Off: Sarcastic Clapping: Lars and Leo abduct Dr. Walsh and transport him to the Walsh Institute, where they find the faceless Castor sitting in a chair, watching the video recording of the surgery (according to the script, the surgery was recorded so that Dr. Walsh could undo Archer's surgery) and listening to classical music:
    Dr. Malcolm Walsh: What's this about?
    Castor Troy: Dr. Walsh! I was just enjoying some of your, uh, greatest hits here. Oh, and I hope you don't mind. I partook in some of your, uh, your groovy painkillers. You know, this is fabulous work. This is... [sees the surgery videotape finish] Bravo! Bra-fucking-vo! [claps] Oh, god, this is excellent! Bravo!
    Dr. Malcolm Walsh: What do you want? [beat]
    Castor Troy: [claps his hands three times. Castor's skinless face is reflected in Dr. Walsh's glasses] Take one goddamn guess.
  14. Film.Hackers: Gratuitous Spanish: LA COMPUTADORA DE MIERDA! [[note]]The phrase Phreak's mom said when his son was arrested for hacking. In the Spanish dubbing, this phrase was softened.[[/note]]
  15. Film.The Matrix Resurrections: Wham Line: What kicks off the final battle is when [[spoiler: Tiffany finally reveals her real identity to her fake family.]]
    Tiffany: [[spoiler: I wish you would fucking stop calling me that. I hate that name. My name is Trinity, and you'd better take your hands off of me.]]
  16. Film.The Void (second wick): Shotguns Are Just Better: Lampshaded by Carter, after blowing away a Disciple with one.
    Carter: I'm keeping the fucking gun!
  17. Funny.Brain Scratch Commentaries Video Game Commentaries: Johnny's reaction to Ted naming his Pikachu after him
    Johnny: You made me a fucking yellow rat?
    Ted: It's better than- (coughs)
    Johnny: You named me after a yellow rat!!
    Ted: Well in my HeartGold thing, you're some weird giraffe sheep...thing. [[labelnote: *]] Presumingly an Ampharos [[/labelnote]]
    Johnny: Well that's no fucking better!
  18. Funny.Call Me Kevin: As soon as Duck appears, Kevin says he can't wait to let this kid die.
    Lee: You gotta do what you can to survive.
    Shawn: Like put a gun to [Duck's] head and pull the trigger?
    Kevin: Yes.
    Shawn: Fuck that, man.
    Kevin: We'll see how you feel about that again after an hour with Duck.
  19. Funny.Fight Club: Not to mention the car salesmen. When he's pushed to the ground, his shoe goes flying up in the air. That, and his high pitched "Son of a bitch!" sell the scene.
  20. Funny.Gamer Poop:
  21. Funny.Harold And Kumar Go To White Castle: The following:
    Kumar: Dad, come on, I was just-
    Dr. Patel: Daddy is not coming on anything! I have put too much time and energy into you to let you go and fuck it all up!
  22. Funny.Project Runway:
    • Tim reads a question to Guadalupe about if her elimination was fair, comparing to Marla's rip-off dress. The bit went like this, intercut with various reactions: Zulema and Santino are laughing their asses off, Marla looks amused besides Guadalupe and all the others are confused.
      Tim: We have a question from Bravotv.com. Arianne writes "Guadalupe..."
      Guadalupe: Heyaa, Arianne!!!
      Santino: Have you all guys been drinking or something? 'Cause... I want what they're having.
      Tim: Did you feel that your elimination was fair? Even thought Marla had plagiarized a dress Nicky Hilton had worn before?
      Guadalupe: Honestly, I can only give him a personal critique. Nobody would never know unless they personally respond to me. Would know what my personal response is. And that is of me, and personally I believe you can, like, push the boundaries, and like Johnny Cash, "Walk the line and..."
      Heidi: This is so confusing. What was the question?
      Tim: I haven't a clue any longer!!
      Heidi: What was the question about?
      Tim: Did you feel your elimination was fair, given that Marla plagiarized a Nicky Hilton dress? Yes or No.
      Guadalupe: Understand that Marla... has... an aesthetic that I... cannot... d-duppplicate. But Marla has an aesthetic that she cannot duplicate. And, Arianne, in national television, if can get this, you f*** rock, 'cause you believe in what is true.
      (Awkward silece. Zulema claps in laughter)
      Guadalupe: Period.
      Tim: This is the biggest bunch of bullsh*t I've ever heard in weeks. Sorry.
      Guadalupe: I agree as well.
      Tim: Let's move on.
    • Special highlight to "Daniel Franco" song, which resulted in the man himself getting a round of applause at the reunion show.
      Daniel Franco, where did you go?
      Daniel Franco, where did you go?
      I've barely get to know ya
      Daniel Franco, where did you go?
      Don't give up!
      Daniel Franco, where did you go?
      See ya on Season 3!
      Daniel Franco, where did you go
      Daniel Franco, where... did... you...
      Hey. Where's Daniel Franco? Daniel? Daniel, come back!
      Where did you... Goooo!
      Auf wiedersehen, Modaf*cka!
  23. Funny.Russell Howards Good News: One of the clip shows features one of the lesser-known segments, "Headliners", where Russell talks to two people who both think they're newsworthy enough to be on the show. One such guest is an East Londoner one-man-band, who teaches Russell about the Cockney version of the shave-and-a-haircut outro, with bonus Audience Participation (which in this case is just Russell holding a banana):
    One-man-band: Danananana-na, Danananana-na, How's your father?
    Russell: (in tune) Fuck You!
  24. Funny.Showgirls:
    • The dancer taking her kids into the dressing room of her topless show, and said kid getting offended — to the point of needing a hug from mommy — because one of the dancers said the word 'fuck'.
    • At the end when Nomi [[spoiler: [[BookEnds hitches a ride with the same guy in the same car.]] ]]
    Nomi: I want my FUCKING SUITCASE!!!
  25. Funny.Taskmaster S 11 S 15: Alex comments "You're learning!" when Fern notices that she doesn't have to do a running start to push the trolley. Fern takes a moment to respond:
    Fern: Fuck off!
  26. Funny.The Good Place Season 2:
    • Eleanor reluctantly begins her speech.
      Eleanor: The dictionary defines "best" as being—
      Tahani: [audibly drunk, shoves Eleanor aside] Oh God, boring! I'd like to say a few words, if nobody minds!
      Eleanor: [whispers to gear] Thank you, wizard.
      Tahani: I am Tahani; Tahani am me. And even though I wasn't the [sarcastic] "number one point-getter", I just wanted to welcome you all to the neighborhood. You all look so beautiful tonight, with your regular-sized pockets and... regular-sized soulmates. Oh, no offense, darling, wherever you are. [Tomás waves in the crowd] Probably somewhere down there.
      Michael: [to Eleanor, quietly] Why don't you try to ease her off the stage and take over yourself.
      Tahani: The point is, we're all good people, right? We all did the right thing, whenever we could? And that's why it's so nice to be here among you, in this massive house, that I want. I want this house. Give it! [laughs] No, I'm just kidding. But really, give me the house.
      Eleanor: [gently] Hey there, hot stuff. Can I get you a cup of coffee?
      Tahani: Get your hands off me! Oh, you think you're better than I am, don't you, just 'cause you're wearing that. Look at that terrible placement and angle! Is this your first time ever wearing a sash?
      Eleanor: Yeah, it is, but I think if we all just-
      Tahani: Well, give it to me then! [tears off Eleanor's sash, falling backwards into the shrimp display, which itself falls over and sets a curtain on fire]
      Eleanor: ...I got her off the stage!
      Michael: Tahani? Are you alright?
      Tahani: Yes, fine. Never better. Top of my game, actually. You'll have to excuse me, 'cause I've got to go, so. Oh look! [pulls a shrimp out of her pocket] I've got some shrimp. [tearing up] In one of my many, many cargo pants pockets. [sobs]
      Michael: What the fork is happening?
    • Chidi, justifiably angry, kicks Michael out of his lessons.
      Chidi: You are no longer welcome in my class. Get the fork out.
      Michael: [walks away, then turns back, genuinely confused] But...I said "my bad".
      Chidi: Out!
  27. Funny.Todd In The Shadows 2019 Episodes:
  28. Funny.Vanoss Gaming And Company:
    • Nogla lands in a hole, but then his ball bounces out. His reaction is hilarious:
      Nogla: WHAT! WHAT! WHAT! WHAT THE FUCK! I WAS IN AND I JUMPED OUT!
      Panda: He got robbed. He got robbed.
    • In this 2v2 match, Brian, annoyed at the constant bad luck he was having through the first 7 minutes at this game, angrily plays a +4 card... and belatedly realized that Vanoss also has a +4 which winds up being played, saddling Delirious (Brian's teammate) with a +8 when the latter was on Uno. Delirious reacts in disbelief at Brian's Fury-Fueled Foolishness, while Vanoss and Moo both laugh at his ill-thought-out decision.
      Brian: (Angrily) FUCK. YOU! (Realizes he just screwed Delirious out of a win) No! Wait! No, no, no, wait!
  29. Funny.Vanoss Gaming And Company Call Of Duty:
    • Later on, this happens:
      Vanoss: Oh god, they're coming in (proceeds to repeat "they're coming in" at least 6 times)
      Terroriser: They're gettin-
      —->Nogla proceeds to mutter "they're comin' in..." several times until he, out of nowhere, makes a scream that degenerates into him sounding like Mickey Mouse, causing Vanoss to laugh his head off.
      Terroriser: What the fuck is that?
      Basically: What's Mickey Mouse doin' in here?
    • This can also count as one of the rare times Moo actively swears, as shown by this line when he is asking Evan: rarely swears
    Moo: How far away is your fucking door?
  30. GoAnimate.Tropes Specific G To Z: Godwin's Law: Played for Laughs in the satirical video Warren makes a fake ''Frozen'' VHS opening and gets grounded during Alan's "The Reason You Suck" Speech.
    Alan: Fuck Hitler, fuck Stalin, fuck Castro, fuck George W. Bush, fuck Osama Bin Laden. At least they didn't make fake VHS openings.
  31. Literature.The Broken Empire Trilogy: As the Good Book Says...: However, Jorg at one point goes and says something he just made up and says he’s read it in the book. When asked on the book he replies "It's in the great Jorg’s book of Go Fuck Yourself."
  32. Quotes.Underestimating Badassery:
    Archie: I'd be careful of these Russians, Lennie. They ain't no respecters of the old school.
    Lennie Cole: Bollocks. There's no school like the old school, and I'm the fucking headmaster.
    —Rock N Rolla [[note]] Lennie ends up being subjected to {{Kneecapping}} after Yuri the Russian loses patience with him [[/note]]
  33. Recap.Dragon Ball Z Abridged K 3 (second wick): Screw This, I'm Outta Here: Vinegar up and leaves after all of Garlic Jr's other minions have been killed.
    Vinnie: Okay. This place is killing my high. I'm out. (leaves)
    Garlic Jr. (Beat) ARE YOU FUCKING ME RIGHT NOW?
  34. Recap.The Venture Bros S 5 E 4 Spanakopita: Happy at the result, Rusty talks about returning next year, to which Hatred, Billy, and Pete all reply "No Fucking Way."
  35. Series.Forensic Files: Interrupted by the End: A variant. "Naked Justice" ends with the father of the victim stating that he hopes the murderer "rots in hell". The credits then abruptly roll.
  36. TearJerker.Todd In The Shadows: "Top 10 Best Songs of 2020" is a mostly wistful, sentimental list as it entails all the songs that Todd felt helped him get through the absolute disaster of a year that was 2020, but he still has to make a comment on just how horrible it was when he gets to Lil Baby's "The Bigger Picture", a Protest Song for the Black Lives Matter Movement that Todd empathized with the most as, in his words, "Lil Baby isn't coming from anger, he's coming from pain," with Todd briefly spilling out all his frustrations of the crap the world has had to deal with over not just 2020, but the last few years in general.
    Todd: ...This song is also how I felt watching the Muslim Ban, Puerto Rico, Charlottesville, every fucking thing that happened in these last few years, including this last week where I was supposed to be trying to make this goddamn video, but I kept getting distracted by more horrible fucking news! This shit fucking sucks and it's gotta fucking stop!
    Lil Baby: We all gotta start somewhere / might as well gon' 'head, start here / we done had a hell of a year
    Todd: (resigned) ...Yeah, we sure did.
  37. TheFlowerPrincessAndTheAlchemist.Tropes E To I: Eccentric Mentor: The way Orihime describes Urahara as she tells Ed, Al, Winry, Pinako, Armstrong, and Nina about the time she and her friends went to rescue Rukia (omitting some parts for obvious reasons). They way she describes his Sink or Swim tactics is a put off for Ed and Al with both of them commenting they are glad to have Izumi as a teacher because Urahara is presented as extremely irresponsible for sending a group of barely trained teenagers into a suicidal rescue mission in their eyes.
    Ed (visibly disturbed): "So, let me get this straight... You had a teacher who trained you for only two weeks, throw you into some rescue mission in a country you have little knowledge about, all for some girl you barely know? Am I the only one seeing something fucking wrong with that?"
  38. Trivia.Yo Yogi: Creator Backlash: In an interview with USA Today, William Hanna stated his disgust with the show, especially the redesigns.
    William Hanna: They screwed it up by redesigning [Yogi]. They made him look like a whoremonger. If you have something that works, don't screw it up!
  39. VideoGame.Epic Battle Fantasy: Lightning Bruiser: [[spoiler:'''GODCAT''' in her main [[LightIsNotGood light]] and [[DarkIsEvil dark]] forms.]] RIDICULOUS HP, attack power that can kill you several times over [[spoiler:until you're close in level]], and evasion so DAMN high that you have no chance in hell of reliably hitting [[spoiler:her]]! In fact, the game crashes if you kill [[spoiler:Godcat]] by hacking!
  40. VideoGame.Miami Shark: Serial Escalation: You are a shark, who leaps several hundred feet into the air to catch its prey. And what are you hunting? Helicopters, airlines, attack jets, stealth bombers, space shuttles, UFOs, a goddamn nuclear missile, and a fucking meteor...
  41. WMG.The Elder Scrolls V Skyrim: In Cooperation with the above, the next game will take place At the time of "The Battle of Red Mountain"]] You will be playing as the bodyguard of Kagrenac (The guy responsible for the disappearance). The game will end with you alone, in Kagrenac's laboratory, wondering what the fuck just happened.
  42. YMMV.Metallica: Memetic Mutation: "HE FUCKING LEFT THE BAND?!"
  43. YMMV.The Needle Drop: Memetic Mutation: BEST TEETH IN THE FUCKING GAME

    Any random bit of profanity without context as to why it counts 
  1. Demographic-Dissonant Crossover: This happened prior to that decade as well, with the 2005 release Hanerutchi, based off the Japanese variety show Haneru no Tobira ~You knock on a jumping door!~, a show whose claim to fame was a segment in which someone accidentally says "penis" during a game segment..
  2. Signature Scene:
  3. Advertising.Gainomax: A censored example:
    "F*** BANANAS!"
  4. Characters.Adventure Quest Worlds Throne Of Darkness:
    • During "Mysterious Dungeon", Ziri tells the Hero "you're about to get your @$$ kicked", leading to him getting muted and his chat privileges revoked.
    • Ziri had previously used his wish amulet to mute Pax. When Ziri swears and he gets himself muted, Pax delightfully says "HA! serves you right you little @#$%!mel", leading Pax to get muted too.
    • He appears to drop the S-bomb when the Hero reveals s/he already collected a million Eye of the Gods.
  5. Characters.Forum Fantasy
    • As Chaos, due to also having Camelslayer's personality, he has some strong expletives.
    Chaos: Shut the f**k up and deal with it.

    Chaos: You are as wicked as I, Falora. Also full of shit.
    • The only time he swears is when he sees Camelslayer prior to losing his marbles again.
    Camelslayer: AHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHA
    Felix Falora: The hell are you doing here?!
  6. Characters.House Of The Dragon Greens: He describes his white cloak as "the only thing (he) has to (his) fucking name." He later calls [[spoiler:Rhaenyra]] a "spoiled cunt."
  7. Characters.Infinity Train Blossoming Trail Parker Cerise: Calls one of Chloe's classmates a "dumbass" for thinking that Chloe is into Pokémon like they are. Making this more notable, he's only five.
  8. Characters.Kingsman Kingsmen: One from The Golden Circle, upon discovering [[spoiler:Harry]] survived his Moe Greene Special from the previous film, stands out especially, even being used in the red-band trailer:
    Merlin: Oh my God... [[spoiler:Harry!?]]
    Eggsy: Fuck me.
  9. Characters.Red Flood Europe: When Nitti reveals the final point in his 15 Points program, journalists notice that his everyday restraint and moderation are gone, replaced by a furious determination, as he proclaims:
    For too long, the forces of reason and liberty have sat idle in this poor, benighted continent. Brutally emasculated by defeat after defeat, by a slavish attachment to peace and civil order, we liberals have failed. We have all failed, and look at the consequences! Fucking madmen squatting in Paris, violating our great city, the beating heart of the Revolution! Damned commies tread on the bones of Frederick, Goethe, Blum, and the heroes of Frankfurt! Everywhere liberty is outraged, equality is perverted, fraternity is despised. This will not stand!
  10. Characters.The 100 Girlfriends Who Really Really Really Really Really Love You 11 To 20 — She's the first character in the manga to drop an F-bomb, and it's quite possibly one of the more adorable F-bombs on record.
    Fakkyuu...!
  11. Characters.The Karate Kid Terry Silver: He claims the last F-word in Season 5, where he details the contents of the message he intends to send to Miyagi-Do/Eagle Fang prior to the Sekai Taikai.
    "Stay the fuck out of our way, or someone will get hurt."
  12. Fanfic.Total Drama Do Over: Curse Cut Short: A Running Gag in the fic's version of the "Changing Guard Mix" song is that the characters keep getting cut off before they drop a swear or sexual innuendo... at least until the end, where Chris drops a censored Precision F-Strike.
    Nathaniel: ♪ ♫How could Chris make us do this? This is so wrong! I don't want to see his bum, especially his d-♪ ♫
    Mel: ♪ ♫This is right up my alley....our team is in luuuuck...Could stand to be a lot hotter, but not like we would f-♪ ♫
    Izzy: -♪ ♫Oh YEAH! Strippin guards down, that stuff takes guts!♪ ♫ (she starts ripping off the guard's shirt)
    Brick: ♪ ♫I love serving my noble teaam... but I don't like n-♪ ♫(cut off by next singer as he takes off the guard's pants)
  13. Film.Battle Of Britain: Andy calls his wife a "silly bitch" after receiving a letter from her complaining about being bored on the countryside after Andy had his family evacuated from the city.
  14. Film.Hot Rod: It wouldn't be The Lonely Island without at least one f-bomb. Although in this case, it's not said by one of the dudes, but by a woman who tells Rod, "get the fuck off my porch".
  15. Film.The Core: Recording his final thoughts at his imminent demise, [[spoiler: Zimsky]] realizes no one will ever hear them, and delivers the following:
    Zimsky: What the fuck am I doing! (laughs)
  16. Film.Three Big Men: When the agent asks who Mrs. Janette is, the bartender tells him that "You don't know shit."
  17. Funny.Animaniacs 2020: Wakko's nonchalant delivery of "I thought you were in Hell" with a big, earnest smile on his face.
  18. LetsPlay.The Au Z Zie Gamer: Running Gag: "Sky fucking high! Yeah!" Originating from Hitman: Blood Money (Curtains Down, to be specific), whenever he killed a target with explosives (complete with badass guitar chord). Carried on into Splinter Cell: Conviction and Hitman: Absolution.
  19. Music.King Diamond: From "Doomed by the Living Dead" by Mercyful Fate, there's "So just say goodbye to all your fucking angels". And "Sleep Tight Little Baby" from Graveyard features the following:
    Let me see your face, you son of a bitch!
  20. Music.Minutes To Midnight: Twice in "Bleed It Out":
    Yeah here we go for the hundredth time
    Hand grenade pins in every line
    Throw 'em up and let something shine
    Going out of my     fucking mind [...]
    Candy paint on his brand new Hearse
    Can't contain him he knows he works
    Fuck this hurts, I won't lie
    Doesn't matter how hard I try
  21. Music.Tool: "Pushit"[[note]]"Remember I will always love you // As I claw your fucking throat away"[[/note]], "Ticks and Leeches"[[note]]"Taking all you can take, you can fucking take"[[/note]] (it's actually the only song on ''Lateralus'' that has any cursing), "The Pot"[[note]]"Eyeballs deep in muddy waters, Fuckin' hypocrite"[[/note]], and "7empest", whose F-bomb is actually in the spoken part before the song begins.[[note]]"Keeping it calm // Fuck, here we go again"[[/note]]
  22. Narm.Valvrave The Liberator: Kyuma's screaming in anger in episode 8 wasn't originally narmy, but one group's subtitles of that scene—translating "chickishou" as "fuck"—and also having the font gradually increase in size as he screamed made it into this.
  23. Recap.Dragon Ball Z Abridged K 3 (first wick): As part of the April Fools' Day joke, both Krillin and Garlic Jr. get uncensored F-bombs.
  24. Recap.South Park S 1 E 11 Toms Rhinoplasty: "Don't. Fuck. With. Wendy. Testaburger!"
  25. Series.Good Game: From the Goose IMO segment on entitlement and death threats:
    Goose: If you are ever considering sending a death threat, let's go through this little checklist first. Number one: "Should I send a death threat?" F(bleep) NO!
  26. Series.If I Ruled The World: Answering a question about food labelling:
    Hugh Dennis: I would certainly have one label in fast food restaurants, on those little apple pies that you get. Just from the point of view of safety, I would have a little label that said 'These really, really, are [BLEEP]ing hot.'
  27. Series.The League Of Gentlemen: "Yeah... cunt."
  28. Series.Wipeout 2008:
    • In the very first episode of the UK version, a contestant can be heard cursing as he falls off the Sweeper. The editors and producers apparently didn't hear it, as it is completely uncensored.
    • Similarly, in the series 2 finale, somebody reacts to another contestant getting whacked hard by the Sweeper with the same word, and the censors forgot to mute it.
  29. Theatre.Knights Of The Square Table: Sir Galahad begins one but Merlin cuts him off
    GALAHAD: You sick, twisted son -
    MERLIN: It was complicated until
  30. VideoGame.Sissys Magical Ponycorn Adventure: Obviously less intense variant: Sissy friggin' LOVES ponycorns!
  31. VideoGame.Spider Man Shattered Dimensions: Mood Whiplash: The second Ultimate Spider-Man segment has Spidey fighting against the wisecracking Deadpool. The third segment involves Carnage breaking free of his cointainment, slaughtering several agents, and reanimating their corpses. Spider-Man's also more serious during this chapter (though he still throws out wisecracks, such as referring to Carnage as "a monster made of malevolent spaghetti") and even lets loose a couple swears. Justified, since this is Carnage we're talking about.
  32. WebAnimation.Demo Mesa: The Demo!G-man's only line, to Demo!Freeman.
    Demo!G-Man: Ya fucked up!
  33. WebVideo.Doom Day: "Fuck no ammo :c" commented out
  34. WebVideo.The Miracle Of Swindon Town: During the Wimbly Wombly's game against mk Dons, John's language gets a little more... salty.
  35. Wrestling.Alexander Otsuka: According to him, "fuck your mother" were the first Spanish words he learned in México.

    Frequent swearing (Cluster F-Bomb) 
  1. Characters.Ninja Slayer: Has a penchant for saying "Buddha fuck!" in English.
  2. DarthWiki.Power Rangers Redverse: Power Rangers RPM Redverse, much like its inspiration, is designed specifically to be THE darkest out of the franchise, even going as far as to feature frequent and heavy swearing as well as the After the End theme being explored much more for horror and despair than adventure.
  3. Film.The Last Boy Scout: Lots of characters in the movie, but listen to Darian's line to Marcone.
    Darian: Eat shit, you fucking redneck!
  4. Film.The Wave 2015: Sir Swears-a-Lot: Kristian is something of a pottymouth, but this stops cold when the sirens begin sounding. The Danish tourist Philip definitely qualifies, as he repeatedly drops Precision F Strikes during his time in the bomb shelter.
  5. SoundEffectBleep.Live Action TV: In the Fox's The George Carlin Show, the episode "George Speaks His Mind" is loaded with LOTS of these, each of them a Precision F-Strike.
  6. VideoGame.This Is The Police 2: The game does not shy away from swearing.
  7. Webcomic.Alien Loves Predator: Cluster F-Bomb: And thus, Preston's favorite word is revealed.

    Zero-context examples 
  1. Characters.Around The Clock At Bikini Bottom: Mr.Krabs has a few of these moments. One, in the cutscene of the Mermalair level where SpongeBob mentions that Dirty Bubble has harmed his customers before. The other in the Krusty Krab section of the final level when an Alpha comes out of nowhere.
  2. Characters.Char Cole: Delivers a powerful one during his first battle.
  3. Characters.The Nexus: Just the trope name without any context
  4. DarthWiki.I Antivirus: Just the trope name without any context
  5. DarthWiki.Survival Despair: At Lorena during the mastermind trial.
  6. Fanfic.Luz Noceda The Fighter: Luz lets one out when she discovers the messes with the Slitherbeast and the Greater Basilisk.
  7. Fanfic.Wings Of Rebellion: Akechi has a few moments of these, usually when he's angry like when Okumura takes Haru hostage or after losing to the twins, where he doesn't want any pity.
  8. Film.The Ref: Mostly carpet bombing, but there is one nicely-timed unison strike by the Chasseurs against their marriage counselor.
  9. Film.The Void (first wick): Happens a few times, always involving Daniel.
  10. Literature.Illium: Used occasionally as a means of showing how scared or nonplussed the characters are.
  11. Recap.Torchwood S 1 E 13 End Of Days: Gwen drops a giant one after Jack makes an armor piercing statement and she responds with an armor piercing punch.

    Other potholes 
  1. Henpecked Husband: Hard Rain: Henry is one to Doreen. He finally decides he has had enough and puts her in her place with a Precision F-Strike.
  2. FreudianTrio.Video Games: 'BlazBlue'': Ego: Hazama, who nicely balances the other two out. He is just as evil as Terumi is, but in a much more subtle way, and he has an extremely polite speaking manner like Kazuma (though he sometimes manages to slip some bad words in between).
  3. Funny.Borderlands 3: The Halloween event seems to have a weird aversion towards saying Hell (the actual location is called "Heck"). This is an M rated game where enemies can be blown into chunks, the Vault Hunters do swear, and the game contains least one Precision F-Strike. It's sort of silly how these seasoned killers won't say the word Hell, but will swear using other, generally considered harsher, curses.
  4. Manga.Sands Of Destruction: Scanlation: Tactful Translation: Sandy 87's translations sometimes fall here. While "that low-born Lacertus Rex" may be an acceptable (if rather literal) translation of ワニ師の野郎, fully capturing Agan's intent would likely require a well-placed expletive. It does at least have some Added Alliterative Appeal.
  5. Pantheon.Establishments And Installations: The Institute offered Issac Clarke a place in this division due to his background as an engineer. Clarke told them exactly where they can shove that offer.
  6. Series.Shaun Micallefs Mad As Hell: Once a Season: Season 11 ended with a cover of September by Earth, Wind and Fire, in reference to (hopefully) being allowed to have actual dancers perform in their next end of season song in September. Towards the end, Emily points out to a dancing Shaun that they're starting filming in August so their end of season song will actually be in October. Shaun ends the season with a Precision F-Strike.
  7. WebVideo.Brutalmoose: Early-Installment Weirdness: Ian was much more liberal with Cluster F-Bombs in his earlier videos as opposed to the Precision F-Strike he prefers nowadays. The two Restaurant Empire reviews, spaced three years apart, illustrate this perfectly.

    Other 
  1. Creator.Lewis Lovhaug: invokedWhile Lovhaug is generally civil and by and large trys to avoid using harder kinds of profanity, Mike Michaud struck a particular chord by creating a "response" to the #ChangeTheChannel controversy, to which Lovhaug ultimately responded by telling Michaud to "not fucking tell" him to be happy about being contractually obligated to be in the anniversary movies. This would be correct if it wasn't Real Life Troping
  2. ComicBook.The Smurfs: Parodied in the original English version of "King Smurf", where one Smurf tells Brainy to "go to smurf" with his orders. Parodied
  3. Recap.Farscape S 03 E 02 Suns And Lovers: "Frell me dead!" Is "frell" even a swear word?
  4. VideoGame.Meat Boy: The final Light World level is appropriately named 'Four Letter Word'. You've undoubtedly used a lot of them throughout the game, and will inevitably let out many more on this level. I'd argue this is misuse, since the word is not said
  5. VideoGame.Pa Rappa The Rapper: If you access Cool Mode in Stage 5 of PaRappa 2, Hairdresser Octopus will shout "Caramba!" which is a mild Spanish swear. It's not

Edited by GastonRabbit on Feb 23rd 2023 at 8:39:48 AM

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GastonRabbit Sounds good on paper (he/him) from Robinson, Illinois, USA (General of TV Troops) Relationship Status: I'm just a poor boy, nobody loves me
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#2: Jan 15th 2023 at 10:30:16 AM

Paging ~FernandoLemon and ~Chloe Jessica to the thread.

Anyway, I already knew this was heavily misused, so I agree with renaming and then turning the old name into a disambiguation page.

Edited by GastonRabbit on Jan 15th 2023 at 12:30:42 PM

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Amonimus the Retromancer from <<|Wiki Talk|>> (Sergeant) Relationship Status: In another castle
the Retromancer
#3: Jan 15th 2023 at 10:36:19 AM

Swearing For Drama, Out Of Character Swear, Dramatic F Bomb, Unexpected F Bomb

Edited by Amonimus on Jan 15th 2023 at 9:39:16 PM

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BlackMage43 Since: Jun, 2014 Relationship Status: Armed with the Power of Love
#4: Jan 15th 2023 at 10:38:08 AM

OOC Swearing / Out Of Character Swearing / Unexpected Swearing / Suddenly Swearing

NonexistentYeets The Enforcer from Nightcored Realm (Y2: Electric Boogaloo) Relationship Status: Getting away with murder
The Enforcer
#5: Jan 15th 2023 at 10:39:30 AM

Of the options, I like Out Of Character Swearing the best. It clearly establishes it as different in the context of the work.

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#6: Jan 15th 2023 at 10:40:06 AM

Unexpected Swearing is the clearest so far. I do like OOC Swearing though.

Edited by themayorofsimpleton on Jan 15th 2023 at 1:40:21 PM

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FernandoLemon Nobody Here from Argentina (Troper Knight) Relationship Status: In season
Nobody Here
#7: Jan 15th 2023 at 10:53:45 AM

I'm torn. The trope can be played in two ways: either a character who normally doesn't swear, or a work that doesn't contain much profanity. Of the two, Unexpected Swearing can reflect either scenario, but I feel like the name is overly broad; it doesn't get the "dramatic" part of the trope across, so I feel like it would still be misused.

Out Of Character Swearing, while not representing the full scope of the trope, is the better option so far.

Edited by FernandoLemon on Jan 15th 2023 at 3:54:16 PM

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WarJay77 Big Catch, Sparkle Edition from The Void (Troper Knight) Relationship Status: Armed with the Power of Love
Big Catch, Sparkle Edition
#8: Jan 15th 2023 at 10:55:48 AM

If there's two separate concepts here... why not split both of them? It doesn't feel like it makes sense for "character who never swears does" and "a work has a sudden, powerful line of profanity" to be lumped together.

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badtothebaritone (Life not ruined yet) Relationship Status: Snooping as usual
#9: Jan 15th 2023 at 10:59:14 AM

Would something like OOC Swearing Is Serious Business better fit the full scope, since that trope conveys similar emotions to what Precision F-Strike is meant to?

MatthewWayne The Man Outside Reality from TVA Headquarters Since: Oct, 2014
The Man Outside Reality
#10: Jan 15th 2023 at 12:05:59 PM

I kind of like the Dramatic F Strike rename, as it still indicates what the trope is supposed to be about, while still remaining part of the "F-bomb" theme naming.

And I agree that this trope is less about characters who don't swear suddenly doing so, and more about the emphasis of drama. Renaming it to emphasize the supposed out-of-characterness of someone kinda misses the point of what the trope was supposed to be about in the first place.

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#11: Jan 15th 2023 at 12:13:16 PM

I don't like Dramatic F Strike, I think it'll end up attracting the exact same misuse as the current name and that the 'F Strike' theme naming convention isn't a good enough reason to keep it. If OCCness isn't important, call it Serious Sudden Swearing or something.

FernandoLemon Nobody Here from Argentina (Troper Knight) Relationship Status: In season
Nobody Here
#12: Jan 15th 2023 at 12:29:18 PM

I may as well also suggest Unexpected Dramatic Swearing.

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MatthewWayne The Man Outside Reality from TVA Headquarters Since: Oct, 2014
The Man Outside Reality
#13: Jan 15th 2023 at 1:50:47 PM

The problem I have with both those names is that they're too ambiguous. Not only does it not really emphasize that it's "fuck" that's being used as the curseword, but it doesn't even emphasize that it's supposed to be a one-off "fuck" for emphasis.

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WarJay77 Big Catch, Sparkle Edition from The Void (Troper Knight) Relationship Status: Armed with the Power of Love
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#14: Jan 15th 2023 at 1:51:12 PM

I don't know if it has to be "fuck".

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MatthewWayne The Man Outside Reality from TVA Headquarters Since: Oct, 2014
The Man Outside Reality
#15: Jan 15th 2023 at 1:54:27 PM

The description literally uses several general phrases as examples that almost all have "fuck" in them. So this trope was clearly made with that specific word in mind.

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#16: Jan 15th 2023 at 1:55:09 PM

The description also says "damn," "shit," hell," "goddamn," or slurs can count.

WarJay77 Big Catch, Sparkle Edition from The Void (Troper Knight) Relationship Status: Armed with the Power of Love
Big Catch, Sparkle Edition
#17: Jan 15th 2023 at 1:56:08 PM

Okay... But why stick with such a narrow definition at all, then? Other curse words are also used for these purposes, even if "fuck" is the most common, that doesn't mean it has to be the only word.

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MatthewWayne The Man Outside Reality from TVA Headquarters Since: Oct, 2014
The Man Outside Reality
#18: Jan 15th 2023 at 2:08:54 PM

Alright, fine. If the definition is worthy of being broadened, so be it.

I still have issues with those names though, because as I said before, they don't really indicate that it's supposed to be a one-off swear. The reason I like Dramatic / Unexpected F-Strike is because it emphasizes that. Based on the name alone, Sudden Serious Swearing could be in the form of a Precision F-Strike or a Cluster F-Bomb.

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FernandoLemon Nobody Here from Argentina (Troper Knight) Relationship Status: In season
Nobody Here
#19: Jan 15th 2023 at 2:18:04 PM

No, it doesn't need to be "fuck", the page image is actually a great example. By Superman standards, even "hell" is shocking. This is another reason why the name is so bad, it emphasizes the "F" part too much.

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#20: Jan 15th 2023 at 2:20:36 PM

Single Swear Shows Seriousness?

GastonRabbit Sounds good on paper (he/him) from Robinson, Illinois, USA (General of TV Troops) Relationship Status: I'm just a poor boy, nobody loves me
Sounds good on paper (he/him)
#21: Jan 15th 2023 at 2:22:50 PM

I'm against anything with "F Strike" or "F Bomb" not just because this can apply to words other than "fuck", but also because any profanity-related trope that directly refers to a specific word (not just this, but also N-Word Privileges, This Is for Emphasis, Bitch!, and possibly others) is guaranteed to decay into any use of that word, regardless of whether it fits the trope.

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MatthewWayne The Man Outside Reality from TVA Headquarters Since: Oct, 2014
The Man Outside Reality
#22: Jan 15th 2023 at 2:23:09 PM

[up][up] I think Serious Single Swear is a bit easier to write out. Though I wish there were a catchier title, that might be the best we got at the moment.

Edited by MatthewWayne on Jan 15th 2023 at 2:23:17 AM

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GastonRabbit Sounds good on paper (he/him) from Robinson, Illinois, USA (General of TV Troops) Relationship Status: I'm just a poor boy, nobody loves me
Sounds good on paper (he/him)
#23: Jan 15th 2023 at 2:24:43 PM

Serious Single Swear or Single Swear Shows Seriousness might work since it's more about timing than the specific word used.

Edited by GastonRabbit on Jan 15th 2023 at 4:25:06 AM

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#24: Jan 15th 2023 at 2:25:03 PM

What about something like Breaking Point Swearing?

I was thinking about Crisis Cussing for the alliteration but it might be too far off the mark.

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GastonRabbit Sounds good on paper (he/him) from Robinson, Illinois, USA (General of TV Troops) Relationship Status: I'm just a poor boy, nobody loves me
Sounds good on paper (he/him)
#25: Jan 15th 2023 at 2:25:48 PM

Breaking Point Swearing actually might be my favorite so far, since I feel that "breaking point" describes how the trope is supposed to be used.

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