Obligatory Swearing: Difference between revisions

{{quote|''"AN: And there you have it folks. Let me know what you thought. Disturbing? Funny? Moving? Or maybe all three. I don't even know if this would make it to an R rating. Fuck, damn, shit, bitch, hell. There, now it's an R fic."''|''[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/713671/1/ A Pong Lemon]'', by '''[http://www.fanfiction.net/u/178735/Prince_Janus Prince Janus]'''}}

 

 

 

 

This interacts interestingly with the [[Literary Agent Hypothesis]], if we view canon as the [[Politically-Correct History]] version of the story.

 

A subtrope of [[Darker and Edgier]]; this is to profanity what [[Hotter and Sexier]] is to sex and [[Bloodier and Gorier]] is to violence. Contrast [[Rated "G" for Gangsta]], in which a person or character who you would reasonably expect to swear doesn't. Sometimes done to [[Avoid the Dreaded G Rating]]. If the swearing occurs only once or twice, it's a [[Precision F-Strike]].

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== [[Anime]] ==

* Early English-language dubs of [[Anime]] tended to use this trope to help "prove" that the audience wasn't watching "kiddy cartoons". The UK distributor [[Manga Entertainment]] was particularly infamous for this.

** Somewhat justified with the early episodes, especially Sanji's introduction episodes, because his [[Catch Phrase]] is commonly translated as either "shit" or "crap."

** Another theory is that the swearing was meant to separate Funimation's translation from the infamously kiddie [[4Kids! Entertainment]] version.

* ''[[Initial D]]'': When Keisuke encounters Takumi in episode 1, when he sees the car he's driving, Keisuke goes, "An [[AE 86]]? No fucking way!" The official dub and sub translate it to, "That's an [[AE 86]]. You got to be kidding me!" Aside from that, with the exception of Bunta encouraging Takumi to beat the pants off a smart ass kid, the translation is pretty accurate.

** Justified in that his character really doesn't care about anything or anybody outside of being a superior fighter, which makes his potty mouth all the funnier when {{spoiler|Nel}} throws his AND {{spoiler|Nel}}'s own Cero back at him and all he can say in reaction "Aw...shit!"

* The Manga Video dub of ''[[Lupin III]]: [[The Castle of Cagliostro|The Castleof Cagliostro]]'' was sprinkled with profanity that never existed in the original subtitled version (to the disappointment of fans who had wanted to show it to their kids). The title was considerably lighter than almost every other anime in Manga's stable, perhaps prompting the dubbers to try to make it [[Darker and Edgier]].

* ''[[Bakuman｡]]'' fan translations sometimes have this, and as of Volume 3, the Viz translation is moving toward this. It (and some fan translations) has Takagi calling a character in the in-universe series St. Visual Girls' Academy who coldly brushes aside Azuki's character's [[Love Confession]] a "bitch", and Fukuda complaining about Yujiro being "half-assed" in not making Eiji meet with him, and Yujiro accusing Yoshida of thinking himself "hot shit" over Otter 11's popularity.

* The fan translation of the ''[[Metroid]]'' manga contains six swear words in the first chapter alone.

* In a fan translation of ''[[Cardcaptor Sakura]]'', the phrase Sakura used to make Touya believe Kero was a puppet and she was doing a comedy routine was "What the hell? What the hell?". The [[Tokyo Pop]] translation used the more common "Fuggedaboutit" phrase.

* The old Anime Labs ''[[Manga Dragon Ball]] Z'' fansubs went ''way'' overboard. One of the most infamous examples, a line uttered by Vegeta after having his house destroyed, reads "You fucking bastard! You dare to destroy my house! Now you've really pissed me off! Fuck you!" in their translation, but the official (and much more accurate) [[FUNimation]] translation reads as "Smash up another man's house, will you?! I am in a foul mood today! Don't come too close, or you'll get burned!". It's the single example that fans in denial will cite in an attempt to prove their show is for adults, though they're doing nothing but proving otherwise. Another golden line is "Come out, you candy-ass faggot!", corrupted from "Where are you!? Come on out! You Coward! Show yourself!". Very mature.

* In one translation of the [[Puella Magi Madoka Magica]] manga, [[Fiery Redhead|Kyouko]] uses [[Cluster F-Bomb|Cluster F Bombs]] when she gets angry. For example, after wounding Sayaka in their first fight, she says "What the '''fuck''' was that about? You'd better keep your shit together, '''fuckhead'''." (emphasis theirs).

 

== [[Comics]] ==

* "The Goddamn Batman", The [[Memetic Mutation/Comics|fondly-remembered part]] of [[Frank Miller]]'s ''[[All Star Batman and Robin]]''.

* ''Countdown To Final Crisis'' had Mary Marvel (normally the cute kid sister of the DC Universe) go evil, then get a grip on herself and turn good... only to go evil again at the very end. In the final issue, she explained just who she was: "I'm Mary ''Damn'' Marvel."

 

== [[Film]] - Live Action ==

 

== [[Literature]] ==

* Likewise some of the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' novels; [[The BBC]] actually threatened to withdraw the publisher's license if they continued with it.

** The [[Eighth Doctor Adventures]] play with this trope; the Doctor has [[Precision F-Strike|only cursed once]] out loud and [[Freaky Friday|while himself]], but almost all the other characters occasionally swear, although the f-bomb usually only appears in the form of a [[Curse Cut Short]].

 

* ''[[Torchwood]]'', as part of trying to be [[Darker and Edgier]] than ''[[Doctor Who]]''. Only in the early first series though; by series 2 it had mostly been toned down to just "shit".

 

** The game even made it into the ''Guinness World Records'' for being the most profane game ever. However, it was beaten a year later by ''Mafia II''.

* ''[[Samurai Shodown]]'': "Shit! You really make me mad!"

* Similarly, in ''[[Assassin's Creed]] 2'', the second or third line out of Lucy's mouth is "Desmond, just shut the fuck up".

* The 2009 ''[[Bionic Commando]]'' game, as ''[[Zero Punctuation]]'' sums up:

{{quote|''The first ''Bionic Commando'' was a characteristically wholesome Nintendo platformer that taught us simple moral lessons like "hook-shot arms are awesome" and "all Nazis should die," but the new ''Bionic Commando'' has taken the [[Darker and Edgier|dark and edgy]] route, meaning everyone says "fuck" like it's on their Word-of-the-Day calendar.''}}

* [[Truth in Television]]: Junior high and high school, and elementary schoolers trying to look like junior high students. Thankfully the novelty seems to wear off considerably by college.

** Hilariously lampshaded in the film ''[[A Serious Man]]'', in which one (middle school-aged) character basically exists for the sole purpose of calling everyone and everything a "fucker".

** It just translates to "Teme" now.

 

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