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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