![]() In something of a subversion, the sound effect is actually reasonable - the sound of water dripping off the ceiling of the cave she and Lelouch are in. The Un-Reveal variety is used in Code Geass to prevent the viewers from learning C.C.'s real name.Overused in Kodomo no Jikan to the point where it sounds like Rin has learned to speak in bird chirps.At one point, Ryoma says "What are you going on about? I don't understand all those beeps." When Inui figures out what's going on, he tries to tell the others but reality itself bleeps him every time he says the word "tennis". Spoofed mercilessly in a Prince of Tennis OAV, set in an Alternate Universe where the heroes play beach volleyball instead of tennis.This was in fact the first thing censored in the series. As was the time Jin called a minor noble "an unimportant piece of ".In the Adult Swim broadcast of Samurai Champloo, some of Mugen's profanity was bleeped with scratching sound effects in accordance with the show's hip-hop tone.So far Berlitz's given name in Pokémon Special has always been obscured with someone's speech bubble, more than likely her own as she shouts something right as her name is said.This 90s commercial for Designer Imposters, with Ali Larter.They actually double the use of this trope in that the actors are saying "beep" instead of cursing.The commercials for "Powermat" has the sound that the Powermat makes when it starts charging something to censor the actors' cursing.A 2008 Macintosh commercial has PC explaining that Microsoft is no longer using the term "Vista", and pressing a Big Red Button to attempt to bleep Mac whenever he says the word, with little success.A commercial for the TV Land channel: Leave it to Beaver + random bleeps = hilarity. ![]() ![]() ![]() This beer commercial features a "swear jar" encouraging the use of profanity, getting out of hand to such an extent that you can almost only hear bleeping in one speech at the end.And then the announcer says " Frozen doesn't have to be a bad word." There was a commercial for Knorr instant dinners where the word frozen is bleeped out so it sound like they are dropping the f-bomb a lot for no reason.Every time the duck mascot tried to give the company's name, he was invariably drowned out by a jackhammer, a truck horn, etc. Played with during an Aflac commercial that takes place on a construction site.If you believe this, please stay on the line, or press 1 if you think we don't give a *beep*" A radio spot for Hewlett-Packard which revolved around a parody of automated call centers featured this trope: "Your call is very important to us.Also compare to Gag Censor, which is the visual equivalent.Įxamples of Sound Effect Bleep include: Advertising Contrast with Seven Minute Lull, or Plot-Based Voice Cancellation. In television, typically a 1 kHz sine wave.Ĭompare with Symbol Swearing, Narrative Profanity Filter, and T-Word Euphemism. Sometimes used in the service of The Un-Reveal, or to Cut a Curse Short. Unfortunately, it can have the same effect on scenes that are supposed to be serious. This is likely because profanity is often a mundane occurrence in real-life conversation, whereas loud incongruous bleeps are not. This is particularly true when it's used to cover up a Cluster F-Bomb. Strangely enough, the bleep effect often makes the joke funnier than if the swear word had actually been used (thus forming the premise of This Trope Is Bleep comedy). It's the audio equivalent of Scenery Censor. Normally used when a character is going to say something rude in a programme where the FCC (or other Media Watchdogs) will leap on it. Usually the words are completely drowned out, but sometimes the first syllable is audible before the sound effect kicks in. When a character's words, usually expletives, are drowned out by a artificial BEEEEP, or, more creatively, by a sound effect (e.g.
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