Curse Cut Short/Playing With

Another Character Interrupts

Basic Trope: Character is about to curse when another character interrupts.

Straight: Bob says to himself loudly "Son of a..." when John calls him from another room "Hey, Emily wanted to speak with you!"
Exaggerated: Bob says to himself loudly "Son of a..." when John calls him from another room "Hey, Emily wanted to speak with you!" Bob then tries to swear again, "Sodding bast..." when Emily opens the door and says "Come on, you need to see this!" Bob tries to vent "Look, I really need to fu-" meaning to end "-cking swear" but Emily grabs his arm and drags him off without him getting a chance.
Justified: John didn't want Bob to curse, due to being in an area that frowns upon cursing.
Inverted: Another characters talking is interrupted with Bob suddenly swearing.

Emily: "Aww, your cat left a gift fo-"
Bob: "Bastard! Humans don't eat mice!"

Subverted: Bob starts, "Son of a..." John calls from another room, "Hey, Emily wanted to speak with you!" Bob waits until he is done, finishes, "...bitch!" and then answers, "Okay, let her in."
Double Subverted: Bob starts, "Son of a..." John calls from another room, "Hey, Emily wanted to speak with you!" Bob waits until he is done and is yelling, "...bi-" when the door opens and John says, "Hey, didn't you hear what I said?"
Parodied: Bob is desperately trying to curse, but all off the characters suddenly decide that it's a great time to start telling him their life history.
Deconstructed: ???
Reconstructed: ???
Zig Zagged: Bob starts, "Son of a..." John calls from another room, "Hey, Emily wanted to speak with you!" Bob waits until he is done and is yelling, "...bi-" when the door opens and John says, "Hey, didn't you hear what I said?" but Bob continues, "...bit-" and John calls again "You coming?"
Averted: "Son of a bitch!"
Enforced: The writers wanted to keep Bob from swearing to prevent an all too high rating, so they chose to have another character interrupting him.
Lampshaded: "Damn John, you interrupting me again? What is this, some kind of kid-show where no-one's allowed to swear?"
Invoked: John knew Bob was going to swear and immediately interrupts him as soon as he starts doing so.
Defied: Bob closes all doors, so that he can hear no-one, and then shouts 'son of a bitch!' to prevent anyone from interrupting him.
Discussed: ???
Conversed: ???

Self Interruption

Basic Trope: Someone is about to curse but interrupts him/herself.

Straight: Bob shouts "You damn c-...ah whatever"
Exaggerated: ???
Justified:
- Bob didn't want to curse in front of children.
- He stopped caring mid-sentence.
Inverted: Bob tries to avoid curse words, but in mid-sentence, he stops caring and curses.
Subverted: Bob interrupts his own curse word... To find a better one.
Double Subverted: ... But he stops himself anyways.
Parodied: ???
Deconstructed: ???
Reconstructed: ???
Zig Zagged: ???
Averted: Bob just says it outright, he doesn't interrupt himself.
Enforced: The writers didn't want Bob to swear and Bob wasn't the kind of guy to swear often, so they opted for this method.
Lampshaded: "Huh. Just interrupted myself. They do that all the time in fiction."
Invoked: ???
Defied: ???
Discussed: ???
Conversed: ???

Cut to Another Scene

Basic Trope: Someone is about to curse but then another scene is shown instead.

Straight: Bob says "Son of A Bi-" but the scene suddenly changes to a peaceful garden.
Exaggerated: Bob is in the middle of a battlefield where everything is gory and dark, and he tries to curse outright - only for the scene to switch to Valhalla itself.
Justified: The show is for kids. Bob's curse wasn't needed in the scene.
Inverted: John, in a peaceful scene, tries to say something normal, only the scene switches to Bob, interrupting him mid-sentence - and Bob was just about to swear.
Subverted: ???
Double Subverted: ???
Parodied: Another scene finishes the curse.
Deconstructed: ???
Reconstructed: ???
Zig Zagged: ???
Averted: Bob says the curse outright, he isn't interrupted in any way.
Enforced: The writers didn't want Bob to curse and there was another plot thread hanging - so they chose to interrupt him.
Lampshaded: ???
Invoked: ???
Defied: ???
Discussed: ???
Conversed: ???

Episode Ends

Basic Trope: Someone is about to curse but the episode or part of the work ends.

Straight: Bob is about to yell 'you son of a bi-' but the episode ends before he can.
Exaggerated: ???
Justified: ???
Inverted: Bob is able to get his curse out, just as the show begins.
Subverted:
- Bob is about to yell 'you son of a bi-' but the episode ends, only for Bob to finish his curse while the credits roll.
- Bob is about to yell 'you son of a bi-' but the episode ends. Next episode starts, however, with Bob who gets to finish his sentence.
Double Subverted:
- Bob is about to yell 'you son of a b-' but the episode ends, only for Bob to finish his sentence when the credits roll. It turns out he wanted to say 'you son of a bad, bad mother'.
- Alternatively, Bob finishes his 'bad mother'-sentence the next episode.
Parodied: ???
Deconstructed: ???
Reconstructed: ???
Zig Zagged: See Double Subverted, but Bob finishes his sentence with '...who is one hell of a bitch!'
Averted: The episode doesn't end while Bob is cursing.
Enforced: ???
Lampshaded: ???
Invoked: ???
Defied: ???
Discussed: ???
Conversed: ???

Killed/Injured mid-sentence

Basic Trope: Someone is about to curse but then killed/injured before cursing.

Straight: Bob shouts, "Son of a bi-" when he is killed by the enemy.
Exaggerated: Bob spouts a fountain of curse words and is immediately gruesomely killed before he can finish the last word.
Justified: Bob learned about something evil that this enemy has done.
Inverted: The enemy is about to kill Bob when he yells "BITCH!"
Subverted: Bob gets up after the enemy begins to walk away and screams "... bitch!"
Double Subverted: Bob gets up to "it-" and is Killed Off for Real.
Parodied: "What the fu-" Cue time over.
Deconstructed: ???
Reconstructed: ???
Zig Zagged: See Double Subverted, but when he gets to "it-", he gets up again and finishes with "tch!"
Averted: Bob is allowed to finish his curse.
Enforced: ???
Lampshaded: Ghost!Bob gets up and says "At least have the decency to let me finish!"
Invoked: ???
Defied: ???
Discussed: "Don't yell that out loud Bob. You might get killed in mid-sentence."
Conversed: ???

Interrupted by background sound

Basic Trope: Someone is about to curse but a sound in the background is loud enough to render the curse inaudible.

Straight: Bob is about to say a curse word, but it is covered by Emily honking the car horn.
Exaggerated: Bob is about to say a curse word, but is covered by a Emily honking the car horn, an enormous car crash, and a plane taking off nearby.
Justified: Emily knew Bob was going to swear, so she decided to bleep it the only way she knew how: by making a louder sound.
Inverted: Bob speaks sounds and curse words are interruptions.
Subverted: ???
Double Subverted: ???
Parodied: ???
Deconstructed: ???
Reconstructed: ???
Zig Zagged: ???
Averted: ???
Enforced: ???
Lampshaded: ???
Invoked: ???
Defied: ???
Discussed: ???
Conversed: ???

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