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When you see it... Give up? Look between the lower two leaves.

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Getting Crap Past the Radar refers to instances in which a writer, artist or other creator puts inappropriate content — stuff that blatantly violates the censorship standards that are normally applied to that kind of work — into their material with the deliberate intent to get past said censorship.

How this is accomplished may vary. The content submitted for ratings may be so offensive that the demands to cut it down end up missing things that would have otherwise been obvious (AKA the Censor Decoy). The creators may hide offensive content as Easter Eggs. Sometimes the Media Watchdogs are just asleep at the wheel. Such events can result in bad (or good) press for a work, or angry calls to a network or studio.

It is important to distinguish this trope from other tropes like Parental Bonus, Subtext, and Accidental Innuendo. In these cases, younger audience members are expected to miss the messages, but adults will read them loud and clear. Censors are usually fine with such things, so it's not a violation of media standards. Indeed, this is often a deliberate and widely accepted ploy to engage older audiences in what is nominally a family-friendly work. As such, it is not Getting Crap Past the Radar.

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Compare Does This Remind You of Anything?. Contrast with Defying the Censors, in which the creators fight to have their controversial work shown to the masses. See also Crosses the Line Twice, which can be the end result of gradually increasing the level of inappropriate content.

Important note for editors: To qualify for this trope, content must meet three criteria:

Radar : It must be in a medium and format where Media Watchdogs exist and actively censor content. Self-censorship does not count. Post-censorship, such as by advertisers on a webcomic, also does not count.

: It must be in a medium and format where Media Watchdogs exist and actively censor content. Self-censorship does not count. Post-censorship, such as by advertisers on a webcomic, also does not count. Crap : It must be something that a reasonable person would expect to be censored by said Media Watchdogs, given the rating or classification of the work. Innuendo and subtext do not count.

: It must be something that a reasonable person would expect to be censored by said Media Watchdogs, given the rating or classification of the work. Innuendo and subtext do not count. Get Past: The inclusion of the content must be intentional, and the creators of the work must be aware that it ought to be censored. Accidental Innuendo does not count.

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Please note that U.S. censorship standards allow minor incidents of profanity and innuendo in PG works.

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Arts

When Swedish sculptor Carl Milles tried to make a statue of Poseidon for the town of Goteborg, he was prevented from making it anatomically correct. He got around this issue by cleverly placing the fish in Poseidon's hand, so that when you look at it from the right angle... ◊

There is a theory that paintings of Saint Sebastian being pierced by arrows are so numerous because they gave the artist an opportunity to draw his pretty male model with something elongated (and often marked with the artist's name) in his body.

being pierced by arrows are so numerous because they gave the artist an opportunity to draw his pretty male model with something elongated (and often marked with the artist's name) in his body. At first glance, American artist Georgia O'Keeffe specialised in loving depictions of flowers in bloom, especially orchids. Look more closely.

Fanfics

HavocHound loves this trope: Zuma's Fear: This fic contains Excessive Violence (Crap), yet somehow (Radar) it got a PG-13 (T by site ratings) (Get Past). Applies to a lesser extent in Partners In Fire: Contains Religious References (Crap) which is normally not allowed (Radar), but given the fact that they pop up a lot in fiction (Get Past), It makes this one more of an Aversion.



Mythology and Religion

Older Than Feudalism: The Bible has various examples: The Revelation to John is considered by many scholars to hold an underlying message of "Romans go home." Since it was to be read by a Roman audience, it had to get past Rome's censors, so it couched its accusations in crazy imagery. For instance, the Beast was said to have 7 heads, and a later passage said "The seven heads are seven hills" (referring most likely to the seven hills of Rome). It's also theorized that the Number of the Beast is code for Nero's name in Greek, which when rendered in Hebrew adds up to 666 (or 616, depending on the translation), as every Hebrew letter has a number corresponding to it. The entire Song of Songs is a poem about a young couple meeting and deciding to hook up. And, yes, it's in The Bible.

Pre-printing press monks were notorious for placing sexual, scatological or downright strange imagery in the margins of illuminated manuscripts. Some are theorized as just being a sort of "signature" by the monk who copied the book, while others may have symbolic meaning lost to time.

In some Medieval and Renaissance period religious works, Satan and various incubi are drawn with large noses as a metaphor for being well-endowed. note Unfortunate Implications applied later when the large nose thing was interpreted to mean the demons were Jewish

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Williams Electronics' Scared Stiff: The backglass has a flashlight that's turned on, even though there are a pair of batteries next to it. This was intended to be a reference to another battery-operated toy Elvira is using... The remote control on the playfield reads "Elvira's Control", with buttons for On/Off and Hot/Cold... Averted with the side of the cabinet, which shows a clawed-out sticker reading "RRR". It was originally meant to be a decal reading "Rated RRR - Real Raunchy and Ribbed for your Pleasure", but management nixed it for being too explicit.

The Palace tower in Hurricane has windows showing several large-busted women flashing themselves at the crowd below, as well as someone mooning.

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The naming of Thoroughbred racehorses in the US is governed by Jockey Club Registry Section 6:E(x) note Names that are suggestive or have a vulgar or obscene meaning; names considered in poor taste; or names that may be offensive to religious, political or ethnic groups. which, among other things, prohibits anything that could be thought of as lewd, licentious, or bawdy. In the UK, naming is governed by Rule 5 of the British Horseracing Authority's Rules of Racing, which prohibits "a name which the BHA considers offensive or inappropriate." note Similar rules apply in other countries, as well as registries for other racing breeds, such as the Standardbreds used in harness racing. One owner with a sense of humour named his contender Four Quenelles, arguing that a quennelle is a shaped fried delicacy found in French cuisine. Now imagine a typical televised horse race with a commentator like John O'Sullivan firing off the names of the horses, quickly, as they jockey for position on the final straight. And then imagine what Four Quenelles might sound like if spoken very quickly (Irish accent optional) with no gap between the two words. Other examples from around the world include racehorses called: Artisan Fire Hard Dawn Peony's Envy Norfolk And Chance Not quite as bad as the previous, but stil funny - Iced Ink Muff Diver and Golden Showers weren't even trying to hide anything, but were allowed in Australia. The Jockey Club did, however, refuse to register the names Cunning Stunt and Hoof Hearted.

which, among other things, prohibits anything that could be thought of as lewd, licentious, or bawdy. In the UK, naming is governed by Rule 5 of the British Horseracing Authority's Rules of Racing, which prohibits "a name which the BHA considers offensive or inappropriate." One owner with a sense of humour named his contender Four Quenelles, arguing that a quennelle is a shaped fried delicacy found in French cuisine. Now imagine a typical televised horse race with a commentator like John O'Sullivan firing off the names of the horses, quickly, as they jockey for position on the final straight. And then imagine what Four Quenelles might sound like if spoken very quickly (Irish accent optional) with no gap between the two words. Other examples from around the world include racehorses called: As noted elsewhere, a racehorse named Liquor In Excess's name was vetoed due to the possible double entendre ("lick her in excess"), so the owner changed the horse's name to Censored.

Rally driver Lorenzo Bertelli, who just happens to be the son of fashion house heir Miuccia Prada, somehow managed to slip in his team's name, "Fuckmatiè World Rally Team", in the World Rally Championship, despite the obvious ramifications it might bring with broadcasters and perhaps the FIA, on top of the WRC All Live hosts having to apologise for many a "merde" or "perkele" the drivers might blurt out in frustration. Bertelli did register his team under the acronym "FWRT", but the car itself and their helmets do have the name intact more or less—the livery on his Fiesta has the "u" in "FUCKMATIE'" inverted, but his co-driver's helmet is shown uncensored. Considering his relation to the fashion house and all, it isn't like he's going to change it any time soon.

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