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This trope dates back to movies in the 1930s (and possibly earlier). A character discovers that she is the target of blackmail and confronts the blackmailer, who — while not denying their actions — would rather call it something prettier, like a "comprehensive insurance policy". The line is virtually stock dialogue now; as a trope, it is at the very least discredited. It was already being lampshaded in the '50s, and since then it's only used for laughs (or period flavor) these days. Variations on the theme sometimes appear for other "ugly" words in various situations where the perpetrator can't or won't deny the substance of the accusation, but insists on softening it with a euphemism. Many times, the character will claim that something is extortion instead of blackmail or vice versa. It appears that fictional characters are more comfortable admitting to that since "X" Makes Anything Cool. According to free advice.com, extortion happens when someone gets money, property, or services through coercion, e.g.: threat of violence, destruction of property, improper government action, or withholding testimony. Blackmail is when a person threatens to reveal information about a victim or his family members that is potentially embarrassing, socially damaging, or incriminating unless a demand for money, property, or services is met. Even if the information is true or actually incriminating, a person can still be charged with blackmail if he or she threatens to reveal it unless the victim meets his or her demand. A subtrope of Distinction Without a Difference and Insistent Terminology. Compare Protection Racket, Is That a Threat?, Technical Euphemism, Unusual Euphemism, and Would Be Rude to Say "Genocide". noreallife |
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Switch (1975): Pete isn't counterfeiting money, he's simulating it. |
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On Invasion America, this exchange takes place: |
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In the Sherlock episode "His Last Vow", Magnussen subverts this by using an even uglier word: ownership. |
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An episode of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air: |
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In The Many Mysteries of the Finkel Family, Lara is annoyed when Benny accuses her of spying on people. She prefers "investigating." |
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North By Northwest begins with a scene of Roger Thornhill stealing a taxicab for himself and his secretary, Maggie, by falsely telling the man who hailed it that she's "a very sick woman". |
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The Bleach fanfic Uninvited Guest, when it is claimed that Yumokin is being murdered rather than sacrificing his own life, he says "Murder is such a harsh word. Accurate, but harsh." |
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In the German version of Kingdom Hearts II, Demyx responds to Goofy accusing him of being a thief with "Dieb –- was für ein hässliches Wort!", meaning "Thief –- what an ugly word!". |
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Variant: In the Lord Darcy novel Too Many Magicians, when the Marquis of London pressures Darcy to take a case, Master Sean calls it blackmail: To clarify, it isn't blackmail: the Marquis isn't threatening to expose any information, to seek any incriminating information, or in fact to do anything. And the Marquis is stopping short of actual villainy; while circumstantial evidence threatens an innocent man close to Lord Darcy with a murder conviction, and the Marquis is far too intelligent for his professed satisfaction with the current investigation to be genuine, if pushed far enough he wouldn't really let this stand. The never-stated issue here is entirely who will do the work and whose pocket the expenses of investigation will come out of. Thus the quote. |
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Subverted on Arrow. |
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Subverted in an episode of Bones when Brennan shows the federal prosecutor evidence she has on his illicit activity and threatens to reveal it if he doesn't have the false charges against Booth dropped. |
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Lampshaded or subverted or something in Brass, when one character sets out to blackmail another, and they hold a conversation in which each suggests what the other would be likely to say next — starting with this line. |
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Subverted in Haven: |
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The Simpsons: Homer posing as 4th-grader: Another Simpsons example: And another: In the Treehouse of Horror Bartificial Intelligence |
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Goin' KABOOM!: Vlad doesn't like the use of the word "slave" to describe what he's doing to Katie. He prefers "to call it an unpaid internship and gaining a long term errand girl". |
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In Persona 5: The Animation: Sojiro has an exchange like this for Youji Isshiki, Sojiro's adopted daughter Futaba's uncle. Youji had abused Futaba while she stayed with him, and had demanded that Sojiro pay him a large sum of money in exchange for Futaba's custody. |
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For most of the book The One and Only Ivan, Ivan insists that the small glass-windowed space he is confined to isn't a "cage", it's a "domain", the same word he uses for the territories of wild gorillas. Ruby's arrival, and the death of the elephant who always called it a cage, shakes his complacency and his general attempt to Cope by Pretending that things are fine, so he ends up reconsidering. |
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Death of a Cyclist: When Maria says the Spanish word for "blackmail"—chantaje—Rafa sneers "That's such an ugly word, and not even Castilian." This is a sneaky reference to dictator Francisco Franco's insistence that the Spanish film industry exclusively use pure Castilian Spanish. |
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Castle has a suspect in one episode who isn't fond of the word "stalking". But he did follow the victim around for a few days... |
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Lampshaded and subverted on Greg the Bunny: |
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Inverted in Entrapment, where Gin is shown the evidence of her theft of the Rembrandt by Mac. She claims it's "entrapment". Mac counters that entrapment is when a cop does this to a thief. When a thief does it to another thief, it's just blackmail. Then it turns out that Mac is an FBI informant. |
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987), "Michelangelo Meets Mondo Gecko" |
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An episode of The Good Life ("The Pagan Rite" in series 1) has Margo on the telephone giving her choir mistress a long list of reasons why she should be allowed to stand in the front row for their upcoming performance. She gets her way: |
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Spacetrawler: inverted, "Please, don't call it a gift. Call it a bribe." |
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Subverted in Omaha the Cat Dancer when Joanne has incriminating info on some bad guys, but she will not specify what she wants for it right now. The potential recipient refuses to accept the info blind but is persuaded otherwise when Joanne tells him that the info would be damaging to his interests as well. When the man growls this is blackmail, Joanne remarks, "It's all blackmail, I'm just choosing sides." |
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In Borderlands 2, Handsome Jack became president of Hyperion by threatening the previous president. At first, Jack doesn't want to use an ugly word like blackmail...until he decides that blackmail is actually an awesome word. |
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Dial M for Murder |
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In Hannibal, the title character manipulates Abigail Hobbs into silence after she accidentally murders someone. He prefers to call it "keeping each other secrets". |
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Played with in Rick and Morty |
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In a Dilbert Sunday Strip, the Pointy-Haired Boss confronts Alice for having made personal calls on the job (to tell her family she was working late), saying it's "like stealing from the company." After handing him a dollar to more than cover the phone bill, she presents him with her own bill for "$40,000 in unpaid overtime that the company stole from me." |
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In Treasure Island, the pirates prefer to be called "gentlemen of fortune." |
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The Dresden Files: Informed by Harry Dresden that there've been two attempts on Harry's life since he was hired to follow him, a private investigator opts to discontinue his assignment, remarking that "accomplice" is an ugly word, as is "penitentiary". |
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In 2010 story arc Day of the Dollmaker, Catherine Grant blackmails Lana Lang to get Supergirl to help her. When called out on it, Cat claims -pretty obtusely- that it was not blackmail. |
| "Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word / int_4368553e |
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| Supergirl (2005) (Comic Book) |
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When Ayla and Jadis confront some would-be extortionists in the Whateley Universe: Given that not only did they both already know that the 'evidence' being held over them was a particularly absurd case of Out-of-Context Eavesdropping, but also that the would-be blackmailer had inadvertently triggered a plan of Ayla's that left three different groups of opponents Out-Gambitted and put one of them under his thumb, a certain smugness was understandable. |
| "Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word / int_4522fd1 |
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24: |
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Galaxy Angel: On Milfie's route in Moonlit Lovers, Tact calls Noah a "mercenary" when Milfie convinces her to help them by offering her some food. Noah replies that she would prefer to be called an "utilitarian". |
| "Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word / int_459ca4de |
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"Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word |
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Discworld: Reacher Gilt, anticipating his co-conspirators' thought processes in Going Postal, contemptuously muses that (at least for them) "embezzlement" is such a difficult word. |
| "Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word / int_468bebb0 |
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| Discworld |
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"Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word |
| "Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word / int_47f0eac3 |
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Metalocalypse: The band members don't like talking about dying (when it's them); they prefer the term "hamburger time". |
| "Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word / int_47f0eac3 |
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1.0 |
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Final Fantasy XIV: In the Astrologian quest "Spearheading Initiatives", evidence is taken from the body of one of the many assassins that have been trying to kill Leveva throughout the questline that proves Jannequinard's uncle, chief astrologian Forlemort is in league with the assassins. This evidence would ensure the accomplice is hanged, but Leveva decides instead to use it to leverage him into helping her mission of spreading Sharlayan astromancy in Ishgard rather than enduring future hinderance. |
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"Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word |
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From The Loved One: |
| "Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word / int_49f6a1ab |
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1.0 |
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| The Loved One |
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"Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word |
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Thief II: The Metal Age, while looting a ruined city: |
| "Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word / int_4a2c8c06 |
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1.0 |
| "Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word / int_4a2c8c06 |
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| Thief II: The Metal Age (Video Game) |
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"Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word |
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Played straight in The Bad and the Beautiful. |
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1.0 |
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| The Bad and the Beautiful |
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"Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word |
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Used on The Big Bang Theory, about a robot belonging to NASA that Howard brought with him to Leonard and Sheldon's apartment. |
| "Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word / int_4e45b093 |
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1.0 |
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| The Big Bang Theory |
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"Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word |
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Robin Hood (1973): |
| "Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word / int_4efed37e |
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| Robin Hood (1973) |
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"Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word |
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The New Adventures of Invader Zim: Early in Season 2, Zim attempts to coerce Gaz into serving him by threatening to expose how she betrayed Dib at the end of Season 1. When Gaz incredulously asks for confirmation that he's actually trying to blackmail her, he smugly says that blackmail is a "nasty" word, but confirms that he is. Things only get worse for him from there. |
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1.0 |
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| The New Adventures of Invader Zim (Fanfic) |
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"Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word |
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Inverted in Downstairs. |
| "Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word / int_50139466 |
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1.0 |
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| Downstairs |
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"Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word |
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Hilariously subverted in It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World: |
| "Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word / int_5063e4bf |
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| It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World |
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"Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word |
| "Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word / int_50e2e357 |
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Star Trek (2009), during Spock's meeting with Spock Prime: |
| "Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word / int_50e2e357 |
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1.0 |
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| Star Trek (2009) |
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"Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word |
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Abe Mazur from Vampire Academy, never blackmails. "It's much easier if people simply see reason..." |
| "Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word / int_51f5fe4b |
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| Vampire Academy |
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Much like Haley, Mordekai from Irregular Webcomic! is a "Lovable Rogue". |
| "Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word / int_52eb7183 |
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| Irregular Webcomic! (Webcomic) |
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"Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word |
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This exchange is brought up in Jak II: Renegade when the words "forced labour trade" are mentioned: |
| "Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word / int_52f6626 |
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1.0 |
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| Jak II: Renegade (Video Game) |
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"Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word |
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3rd Rock from the Sun episode "Alien Hunter": |
| "Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word / int_5562da6a |
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| 3rd Rock from the Sun |
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Our Blades Are Sharp has a traveling Tyrion and Jon Snow happening on a crowded inn. |
| "Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word / int_567a0aac |
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1.0 |
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| Our Blades Are Sharp (Fanfic) |
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When the AI declares war on you in Civilization V, one of the quote they may use is "Backstab is such an ugly word. Shall we instead say I am just "reinterpreting" our supposed friendship?". |
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| Civilization (Video Game) |
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The Order of the Stick: Haley Starshine dislikes being called a thief. She prefers "Freelance Wealth Redistribution Specialist". Also, when Vaarsuvius' mate questions where V got a massive power boost: |
| "Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word / int_5755b96a |
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1.0 |
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| The Order of the Stick (Webcomic) |
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In Jessica Jones (2015), Kilgrave, serial mind rapist, doesn't like the word 'rape', despite that being exactly what he did to Jessica, Hope Schlottman, and almost every woman he's encountered. He seems to acknowledge that's exactly what he did when Jessica confronts him on this, but denies it at first and later mutters that he doesn't like what he does being described that way. |
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| Jessica Jones (2015) |
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In Persona 3, when SEES confronts Ikutsuki and learns of the latter's intentions, this happens twice in the same conversation: |
| "Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word / int_5921531a |
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| Persona 3 (Video Game) |
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In Persona 5, one of the Confidant bonuses received from formerly-crooked politician Yoshidanote Who admits that he was rather selfish and foolish in the past, although his Confidant eventually reveals that he isn't actually guilty of embezzling funds lets the party demand more money from enemy Shadows they're holding at gunpoint. Said bonus is called "Fundraising". |
| "Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word / int_5921531c |
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| Persona 5 (Video Game) |
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| "Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word / int_59da62aa |
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Fallout: New Vegas has Mr. House |
| "Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word / int_59da62aa |
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1.0 |
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1.0 |
| Fallout: New Vegas (Video Game) |
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"Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word |
| "Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word / int_5b3356f8 |
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In Turning Red, Tyler tells Mei that he has done her a "favour" by not telling her mother about her hustling of her panda form and views blackmailing her into attending his birthday party as asking for a favour back. |
| "Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word / int_5b3356f8 |
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1.0 |
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| Turning Red |
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"Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word |
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HERZ: Subverted. The Chinese Government tried to build its own Eva in a top-secret facility. The monster went out of control, obliterated the facility and started to rampage through China. A Chinese commanding officer pleaded Misato dispatching her Evas. She retorted she would deploy them… in exchange for information on where the other Evas were being built. When the officer complained about it being blackmail, her reaction was "So what?" |
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| HERZ (Fanfic) |
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Schlock Mercenary has a few examples. On the rare occasion acknowledging their status as mercenaries is politically inconvenient, the Toughs and others will be called "security and armed response." There's also: |
| "Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word / int_5c897f4a |
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1.0 |
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| Schlock Mercenary (Webcomic) |
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"Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word |
| "Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word / int_5d4da196 |
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From Spider-Man: |
| "Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word / int_5d4da196 |
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1.0 |
| "Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word / int_5d4da196 |
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| Spider-Man |
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"Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word |
| "Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word / int_5eb99c57 |
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Fifty Shades of Grey: When Christian Grey does it, he prefers to call it "leverage". And he's not averse to doing things to create "leverage" such as (threatening to) rape people in public. Seriously, whenever he offers you something and then asks you to use it, don't deny him in any way, shape or form. Ever. |
| "Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word / int_5eb99c57 |
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| Fifty Shades of Grey |
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| "Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word / int_5ed710fb |
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In Kind Hearts and Coronets, Louis sees through one of Sibella's schemes: "Not only are you trying to blackmail me — an ugly word, but the right one, I think — but you're trying to bluff me as well." |
| "Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word / int_5ed710fb |
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| Kind Hearts and Coronets |
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"Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word |
| "Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word / int_5eff4a2f |
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Chinatown: |
| "Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word / int_5eff4a2f |
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1.0 |
| "Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word / int_5eff4a2f |
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1.0 |
| Chinatown |
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"Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word |
| "Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word / int_60996c02 |
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Spider-Man: The Animated Series: |
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1.0 |
| "Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word / int_60996c02 |
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1.0 |
| Spider-Man: The Animated Series |
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In Hullo Russia, Goodbye England, the pilots of Britain's nuclear deterrent strike jets are vulnerable to blackmail. The Russian spy who attempts to compromise Flight-Lieutenant Silk over his affair describes what he does as "working for the Press", the implication being that if Silk does not play nicely, his MP wife will be embarrassed by his affair becoming common knowledge. Especially since Silk is paying cash to the lady for "cello lessons". A local bookie also threatens to go to the CO if another pilot's gambling debts are not paid in full, and "have a concerned discussion as to his little problem. You can't have a man with a gambling problem in charge of nuclear weapons, can you? It's my public duty."note £1000 in 1962 is the equivalent of £20,000 today. The blackmail bill to Silk was £2500 in 1962 currency, or £50,000 in 2015 |
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| Hullo Russia, Goodbye England |
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"Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word |
| "Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word / int_64f2a24a |
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One Hundred Deeds For Eddie Mc Dowd: |
| "Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word / int_64f2a24a |
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1.0 |
| "Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word / int_64f2a24a |
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1.0 |
| 100 Deeds for Eddie McDowd |
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"Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word |
| "Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word / int_65af8e08 |
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Thousand Shinji: When Shinji seizes a firm, an employee accuses him from "looting" them. Shinji takes offense to the term "loot". |
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In Spirit Hunter: NG, Ban is fond of using nice euphemisms for his dirty work. Rosé gets annoyed with Ban for extorting the high-schooler Akira. Ban retorts that it wasn't 'extortion', he was just 'collecting fees' that he was due. When Rosé talks about breaking-and-entering into the Miroku residence, Ban rephrases it as them 'investigating' the place. Rosé makes fun of him for being so hung up on the terminology. |
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Humorously averted in The Outer Worlds: |
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In Strawberry Vinegar, this exchange occurs between Rie and her mother: |
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Thor: Ragnarok: The Grand Master refuses to call his press-ganged gladiators "slaves." He prefers the more positive term "prisoners with jobs." |
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The Umbrella Academy (2019): Klaus thinks that 'cult' is a very negative term, and prefers his to be called an 'alternative spiritual community'. Allison refuses to play ball and reiterates that he started a cult. |
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In The Venture Brothers, the Guild of Calamitous Intent also don't like morally charged phrases like "good guys" or "bad guys", and insist people use "protagonist" and "antagonist" instead. In all fairness, with guys like Brock Sampson running around, it is a legitimate complaint. |
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With Confidence: When Izuku confronts the Principal with ample evidence of how the school not only turned a blind eye to the bullying he received for being quirkless, but actively encouraged it for years, he declares that something can only be called blackmail if the person being threatened knows that their actions were unethical and illegal. As Principal Akashi would prefer feigning ignorance, well... he'll play along with that, provided that those mistakes are corrected moving forward. |
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In Farscape, when Rygel is accused of "snurching" (Farscape-ese for "stealing"), he responds "I don't snurch, I... procure." |
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On an episode of Life, Charlie Crews abducts the Big Bad by waylaying his chauffeur and picking him up in his own car. When the victim points out that "this is a kidnapping," Charlie parks the car and begins to explain why he doesn't like that word and doesn't feel it applies in this case. The villain then says, "No, detective, you misunderstand me. This isn't a kidnapping. This is a kidnapping." Cue a tire iron smashing through Charlie's window. |
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Inverted in a chapter of X-Men: The Early Years where blackmailed Warren uses euphemisms and blackmailer Scott tells him to call it what it is. |
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Scoundrels (2010): Hope has taken pictures of Logan's relationship with his teacher and vice-principal Valerie in order to blackmail both. When Logan tries to get her to stop, Hope is mock offended when he calls to it as Blackmail. |
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| Scoundrels (2010) |
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In Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Ring of Fates |
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| Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Ring of Fates (Video Game) |
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The Basil Brush Show: |
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Lord Peter Wimsey himself engages in a little blackmail in one of the short stories, but he would of course not use that word. |
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In Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Garak isn't pleased with Siskos' encouragement to help him with a rescue mission. |
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Quest for Glory V gives us this exchange: |
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| Quest for Glory V (Video Game) |
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In Spock's World, McCoy insists on his hacking being called "borrowing" rather than "stealing." |
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| Spock's World |
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While it was used in blackmail, in Batman and Harley Quinn, Batman lords knowledge that many A.R.G.U.S. agents, including Sarge Steel, have frequented a brothel that caters to the BDSM crowd over Steel's own head to force cooperation. Steel himself responses by claiming in many countries, the reason for his visits would be considered "therapy". That said, this is an instance of both types as Bruce himself does calls it an "exchange" when Steel calls him out on the tactic. |
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Archer: When Archer is training Cyril to be a spy early in season one, he stresses that to us the term "call girl" and NOT "hooker". Unless they're dead (which happens with surprising regularity to Archer), then they're hookers. |
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In The Freshman (1990), in a variant of this trope, the following dialogue occurs near the end: |
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| The Freshman (1990) |
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Adrian Mole uses this phrase in The Wilderness Years, when he has been sworn to secrecy about an affair between Brown and Megan. |
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Don West in Lost in Space (2018) hates to be called a smuggler. He's an importer of rare goods. |
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| Lost in Space (2018) |
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Texts From Last Night: |
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1.0 |
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Inverted in Phineas and Ferb. When it's suggested that Mitch is essentially a zookeeper, he feels that "sort of legitimizes the whole thing," and prefers to be called a poacher. |
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In Final Fantasy VII: Machinabridged, after the residents of Junon learn that Cloud's party is Shinra's most wanted fugitives: |
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| Final Fantasy VII: Machinabridged (Web Animation) |
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Simpsons Comics: |
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| The Simpsons (Comic Book) |
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In the Lucky Luke movie Go West !, the villain, Mr Crook, keeps being called "a crook" by everybody. His answer? "Come on, that's a bit too harsh a word !". note Since the cartoon is french, in the original the gag makes a bit more sense: he's called Mr Crook, in English, and he keeps being called "un escroc", the french for "crook", so it's not like he was getting upset at being called by his own name. Of course, it is supposed to be Bilingual Bonus that his name means crook anyway, but it's not something that is supposed to be inherently part of the gag. |
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Star Trek: In the Star Trek: The Original Series episode "Let That Be Your Last Battlefield", Kirk accuses Lokai of stealing, making off with, whatever, the shuttle. Lokai replies, "I do not make off with things! My need gave me the right to use the ship! Mark the word, sir: The use of it!" In Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Garak isn't pleased with Siskos' encouragement to help him with a rescue mission. Star Trek: Voyager: In "Concerning Flight", the villain Tau is a Space Pirate turned Arms Dealer and has this as his Establishing Character Moment. |
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The Office: Creed Bratton uses the trope name directly in the webisodes. Phyllis, of all people, defends herself this way when she has leverage over Angela: |
| "Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word / int_82439e64 |
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| The Office (US) |
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Two nonsensical examples in A Bit of Fry and Laurie: |
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1.0 |
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| A Bit of Fry and Laurie |
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El Chavo del ocho: When Quico chides el Chavo for pretending to sleepwalk at his house to steal a bag of bread, Chavo's response is "But I didn't steal the bread. I just ate it." |
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| El Chavo del ocho |
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Yes, Minister: This is an almost character-defining trope for Sir Humphrey Appleby, who usually merges it with spectacular Sesquipedalian Loquaciousness. In another episode, Sir Humphrey assures Hacker that, if a certain report is unfavorable, it will never see the light of day. He's then offended when Hacker refers to that as suppression. From the Yes, Prime Minister episode "A Conflict of Interest": |
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| Yes, Minister |
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Final Fantasy VI with Locke, and his insistence that he's not a thief, he's a "treasure hunter". Naturally, he often "hunts for treasure" in other people's homes. But press the issue and he might rip your lungs out. Or at least steal your clothes. |
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| Final Fantasy VI (Video Game) |
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Eric Idle's Rutland Dirty Weekend Book contains a letter to critics in which Idle explicitly states they will be paid bribes for a good review of the book, and subject to physical violence for a bad review, and notes that blackmail is an ugly word, "but in this case, it's also a very accurate one." |
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| Rutland Weekend Television |
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From The Boss Baby: "'Hate' is a strong word. It's the right word, but still." |
| "Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word / int_87ded408 |
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1.0 |
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| The Boss Baby |
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From Fullmetal Alchemist (2003): In Episode 9, "Be Thou For the People": And then later in the same episode: |
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| Fullmetal Alchemist (2003) |
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From An Acceptable Time: |
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Revolver Ocelot in The Last Days of FOXHOUND: |
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In The Rocketeer, once it's revealed that Neville Sinclair is actually a Nazi spy: |
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Parodied in one Show of the Weekend for Outside Xbox, which has Luke defend his choice to harvest all the Little Sisters in Bioshock by saying "harvested" is such a harsh word and he prefers "murdered". It takes him a moment to realise that it didn't go the way he planned. |
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M*A*S*H has a few examples, generally involving Klinger. In the episode "Morale Victory", where Hawkeye and BJ get named morale officers, Klinger shakes them down for a 3-day pass to go on an errand for them. A little later in the same episode, they find out Klinger was going where they wanted him to anyway: Subverted in "The Price": |
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Persona: In Persona 3, when SEES confronts Ikutsuki and learns of the latter's intentions, this happens twice in the same conversation: In Persona 5, one of the Confidant bonuses received from formerly-crooked politician Yoshidanote Who admits that he was rather selfish and foolish in the past, although his Confidant eventually reveals that he isn't actually guilty of embezzling funds lets the party demand more money from enemy Shadows they're holding at gunpoint. Said bonus is called "Fundraising". |
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Back to the Future: In Back to the Future Part II, Doc "borrows" some old newspapers from the closed-down Hill Valley Library in 1985-A. In Back to the Future Part III, as Doc Brown is unveiling his plan of returning Marty back 1985 (as he went to 1885 to presumably rescue Doc), he starts to say "We're going to hijack...", before freezing, immediately correcting himself and placing emphasis on new terminology with a wide, toothy grin, "BORROW... the locomotive..." Later, when the borrowing is taking place, the conductor asks if it's a hold-up. Doc responds that "it's a science experiment." |
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Joker's Asylum: The Riddler: |
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In Batman: The Animated Series, when a captured Batman is put on "trial" by the inmates of Arkham Asylum and district attorney Janet Van Dorn helps him as best she can by sowing discord among the criminals: |
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Kurokochi: the titular corrupt inspector blackmails every local politician because he knows their dirty secrets. However, he just mentions whatever secrets they have and acts as if his bribes were gifts, letting the politicians give the money of their own volition instead of forcing them to do it. It seems to work like a charm since he's wealthier than anyone in the police force. |
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In Diff'rent Strokes, Arnold gets into a fight with the bullying son of the landlord's brother who is subbing for a short time. This leads to a loud confrontation where the brother confronts Mr. Drummond, threatens to evict the family and provokes Drummond to punch the blowhard out. Later, the Landlord comes to the Drummonds saying that he approved of his dumb brother being put in his place. However, he also exploits a lease violation that the brother found to raise the rent on the Drummonds, with a veiled threat of eviction to convince them to give in. When Drummond protests that this is blackmail, the landlord responds "I prefer to think of it as plea bargaining". The punchline is after the Drummonds cave in to this threat, the father tells the kids that this is the result of his act of violence. However, when asked if it was worth it, Mr. Drummond immediately remarks it was for having the pleasure of shutting a bully up. |
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The My Hero Academia fanfic Throw a Chair Through a Window and Call It a Day has Midoriya be a user of this under the impression that it makes them sounds less intimidating. He first renames "psychological warfare" to "a slight emotional manipulation of peers", and later calls an interrogation "a slightly more intense and focused interview". When informed that giving alternate names to things makes them more intimidating and not less, he tries renaming psychological warfare to "extremely thorough observations and control over a friend's mental state and functions". |
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In Ratchet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal, during an episode of Supervillain Weekly: |
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| Ratchet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal (Video Game) |
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The Vow (2020): Women recruited into DOS have to provide "collateral" to their recruiter to even be told what DOS is, then more collateral when they join, then more collateral every month. "Collateral" has to be something that would be personally damaging if it were to be made public. Nude pictures and videos were apparently common, but the "collateral" doesn't even need to be true; Sarah states she was videoed making allegations against her husband and family, including that her husband was abusing their son. Any attempt to leave DOS or refuse the orders of your Master is backed by the threat of releasing your collateral. "Collateral" is the most-often used term to describe this, only when some extra punch is needed do they call it what it is: blackmail. |
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Pokémon Insurgence: |
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In Back to the Future Part III, as Doc Brown is unveiling his plan of returning Marty back 1985 (as he went to 1885 to presumably rescue Doc), he starts to say "We're going to hijack...", before freezing, immediately correcting himself and placing emphasis on new terminology with a wide, toothy grin, "BORROW... the locomotive..." Later, when the borrowing is taking place, the conductor asks if it's a hold-up. Doc responds that "it's a science experiment." |
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The Professionals. In "Stakeout", Bodie thinks that an attractive blonde might know something about the case they're investigating. |
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Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, when Spock reveals that "Hours would seem like days" was a code: |
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| Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan |
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Dan Vs.: Played Straight in "Technology," where big tech CEO Barry Ditmer prefers "guiding synaptic processes from afar" to "mind control." Subverted in "Anger Management": |
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Family Matters: In the episode "False Arrest", Carl is confronted by Buddy Goodrich, a celebrity whom he'd arrested earlier in the episode for assault. Goodrich tries to talk Carl out of putting him on trial because he could simply have his assistant lie to the jury to counter any bad press that would come from the incident. Carl, of course, is having none of it: When that doesn't work, Goodrich tries to offer Carl money for a one-time appearance on his show, which Carl also rejects: |
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In the Star Trek: The Original Series episode "Let That Be Your Last Battlefield", Kirk accuses Lokai of stealing, making off with, whatever, the shuttle. Lokai replies, "I do not make off with things! My need gave me the right to use the ship! Mark the word, sir: The use of it!" |
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Jurassic Park (1993) has an inversion with this line: |
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In Buck Godot: Zap Gun for Hire, there is an inversion where the blackmailer, Buck, attempts to soften the situation but the victim is having none of it. There is a subversion, also with Vree, near the end of the comic as well. |
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| Buck Godot: Zap Gun for Hire (Comic Book) |
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In Disgaea: Hour of Darkness, after we find out the real reason of CAPTAIN GORDON, DEFENDER OF EARTH!'s mission to the Netherworld, this conversation takes place: |
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| Disgaea: Hour of Darkness (Video Game) |
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Inversion: After Reese destroyed a new fridge in Malcolm in the Middle via a hand grenade given to him by his grandfather, Hal sits down with his in-laws and asks for money to repair the damages and then some. His father-in-law believes this is a loan to be paid back. Hal calmly informs them that they endangered the children by bringing live munitions into the house and that he could easily have them arrested for that. He then proceeds to tell them "This money I'm asking for, it's not a loan. It's blackmail." |
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In the film Edge of Tomorrow, Major Cage attempts to extort General Brigham rather than fight the aliens. It nets him a bust to private and put right on the front lines. |
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In Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, Will & Jack have this exchange: |
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| Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl |
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In Kathy Rain, the titular character has this conservation when confronting Father Issac with the Red Scythe plant, which has psychedelic properties. |
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Kenichi: The Mightiest Disciple: When Miu realizes that Rimi's shoes have gold soles, she outright states her intentions to beat her up and take her shoes as prize, intending to sell them for money. When she's called out on that being stealing, she calls it "spoils of war". |
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One Piece: Since slavery is technically illegal, the World Government refer to the Celestial Nobles' human auction halls as "employment assistance offices". Not that it fools anybody. |
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Futurama, "Anthology of Interest I": |
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In The Final Reflection, Krenn attends an interstellar peace conference as part of his home planet's delegation. A Rigellian delegate attempts to sway Krenn's delegation with an offer of substantial "administrative expenses", and protests when Krenn prefers to call it "bribery". |
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This example comes up in The Vow about Lord Shen's methods to enforce obedience from the citizens of Gongmen City. |
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| The Vow (Fanfic) |
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Metal Gear Solid: |
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| Metal Gear Solid (Video Game) |
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In Geneforge V, a bandit argues over semantics. |
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Exterminatus Now has a wonderful scene: |
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| Exterminatus Now (Webcomic) |
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"Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word |
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Goats, here: |
| "Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word / int_a9ee3cc1 |
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1.0 |
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| Goats (Webcomic) |
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"Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word |
| "Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word / int_aa572fcb |
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (IDW): In #98, April warns Doctor Stockman she's got dirt on him, and it will be released publicly if anything bad happens to her, her family or her friends. |
| "Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word / int_aa572fcb |
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| Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (IDW) (Comic Book) |
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"Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word / int_aa572fcb |
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"Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word |
| "Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word / int_ac1f3601 |
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From FAKE: |
| "Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word / int_ac1f3601 |
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1.0 |
| "Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word / int_ac1f3601 |
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| FAKE (Manga) |
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"Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word / int_ac1f3601 |
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"Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word |
| "Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word / int_b24f49ab |
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In Back to the Future Part II, Doc "borrows" some old newspapers from the closed-down Hill Valley Library in 1985-A. |
| "Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word / int_b24f49ab |
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| Back to the Future Part II |
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"Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word |
| "Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word / int_b2ac2311 |
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In a Peanuts strip where Linus brings flowers to his teacher, Charlie Brown tells him he won't get anywhere with bribery. Linus prefers the term "pump priming". |
| "Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word / int_b2ac2311 |
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| "Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word / int_b2ac2311 |
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| Peanuts (Comic Strip) |
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"Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word / int_b2ac2311 |
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"Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word |
| "Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word / int_b3708737 |
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A variation in TRON: When Alan Bradley asks Kevin Flynn if he's using his hacking into the ENCOM computer system for embezzling, Flynn says that embezzling is such an ugly word and instead points out that his hacking into the system is to gather evidence that Ed Dillinger was stealing from his work. |
| "Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word / int_b3708737 |
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"Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word |
| "Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word / int_b370ddd1 |
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Doubled-up in Thor: |
| "Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word / int_b370ddd1 |
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1.0 |
| "Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word / int_b370ddd1 |
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| Thor |
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"Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word |
| "Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word / int_b44fd488 |
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Quest in Show: When Suzy expresses discomfort at stealing Queen Manon’s things, Prose advises her not to think of it as stealing. When Suzy asks what should she think of it as, Prose replies, “Not stealing!� She then suggests “rehoming�. |
| "Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word / int_b44fd488 |
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| Quest in Show (Podcast) |
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"Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word |
| "Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word / int_b5ab36eb |
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Subverted in You Only Live Twice considering whatever Blofeld thinks of the word, blackmail, its closely related term, extortion, is fine with him with as the essence of his business. It's part of SPECTRE's acronym, after all. |
| "Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word / int_b5ab36eb |
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| "Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word / int_b5ab36eb |
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| You Only Live Twice |
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type |
"Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word |
| "Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word / int_b6d60e4 |
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The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: when Quatermain is introduced to Nemo, he refers to him as a "pirate". |
| "Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word / int_b6d60e4 |
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1.0 |
| "Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word / int_b6d60e4 |
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| The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen |
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| "Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word / int_b78ae0b5 |
type |
"Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word |
| "Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word / int_b78ae0b5 |
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An odd variation occurs in The Blues Brothers when Elwood admits that he hasn't kept track of the old band as well as he said he did while Jake was in prison. The odd part is whether or not Elwood's choice of words is better than Jake's. |
| "Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word / int_b78ae0b5 |
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1.0 |
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| The Blues Brothers |
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"Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word / int_b78ae0b5 |
| "Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word / int_b859e0e1 |
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"Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word |
| "Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word / int_b859e0e1 |
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The Door into Summer: |
| "Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word / int_b859e0e1 |
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1.0 |
| "Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word / int_b859e0e1 |
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| The Door into Summer |
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"Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word / int_b859e0e1 |
| "Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word / int_baa97a52 |
type |
"Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word |
| "Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word / int_baa97a52 |
comment |
Inverted in Tenet: |
| "Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word / int_baa97a52 |
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1.0 |
| "Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word / int_baa97a52 |
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1.0 |
| Tenet |
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"Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word / int_baa97a52 |
| "Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word / int_bb1b8e8c |
type |
"Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word |
| "Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word / int_bb1b8e8c |
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Critical Role: In episode 84 of the first campaign, Kima tries to invoke this, but poor Grog doesn't really get such subtleties. |
| "Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word / int_bb1b8e8c |
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1.0 |
| "Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word / int_bb1b8e8c |
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1.0 |
| Critical Role (Web Video) |
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"Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word / int_bb1b8e8c |
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type |
"Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word |
| "Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word / int_bb3fde3d |
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In Danny Phantom when Danny calls Vlad a Green Bay Packers fanatic. Vlad openly admits it. |
| "Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word / int_bb3fde3d |
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1.0 |
| "Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word / int_bb3fde3d |
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| Danny Phantom |
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"Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word / int_bb3fde3d |
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"Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word |
| "Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word / int_bc531e07 |
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Trapped in a Dating Sim: The World of Otome Games is Tough for Mobs: Due to his cohort of Impoverished Patrician noblemen classmates proving Fair-Weather Friend in the past, Leon blackmails them all by giving them free warships from his shipyard, that Leon threatens to cut off from repairs and resupply if they don't fight under him, terming it "Friendship". Should have Read the Fine Print. |
| "Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word / int_bc531e07 |
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1.0 |
| "Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word / int_bc531e07 |
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1.0 |
| Trapped in a Dating Sim: The World of Otome Games is Tough for Mobs |
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type |
"Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word |
| "Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word / int_bee47cbe |
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Unsounded: The Aldish insist on calling the rebellion in Avelpit the Foi-Hellick "Affair". This lets them play down the brutality with which they put down the rebels and their families and makes the whole thing sound like it was Roger Foi-Hellick's idea rather than a populist uprising which he had a part in leading. |
| "Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word / int_bee47cbe |
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1.0 |
| "Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word / int_bee47cbe |
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1.0 |
| Unsounded (Webcomic) |
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"Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word / int_bee47cbe |
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"Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word |
| "Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word / int_bfa1d565 |
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In the finale of Boston Legal: |
| "Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word / int_bfa1d565 |
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1.0 |
| "Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word / int_bfa1d565 |
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| Boston Legal |
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"Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word / int_bfa1d565 |
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type |
"Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word |
| "Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word / int_c01e568e |
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A spoof of this trope, from the British radio series I'm Sorry I'll Read That Again: |
| "Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word / int_c01e568e |
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1.0 |
| "Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word / int_c01e568e |
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1.0 |
| I'm Sorry I'll Read That Again (Radio) |
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"Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word / int_c01e568e |
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"Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word |
| "Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word / int_c35714d6 |
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In the Blackadder Goes Forth episode "General Hospital", during a discussion of spying, Melchett becomes so concerned with what's "a dirty word" and what isn't that he loses touch with the actual subject entirely. |
| "Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word / int_c35714d6 |
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1.0 |
| "Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word / int_c35714d6 |
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| Blackadder |
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"Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word / int_c35714d6 |
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"Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word |
| "Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word / int_c43df4d8 |
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Doctor Who: In "The Big Bang", the Doctor, saying goodbye to a young Amy, mentions, "Did I tell you that I stole the TARDIS? Well, borrowed." His subsequent description of the TARDIS as "ancient and modern at the same time and the most brilliant blue ever" allowed Amy to remember it at her wedding to Rory as "Something old, something new, something borrowed and something blue." Brought up again in "The Doctor's Wife": |
| "Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word / int_c43df4d8 |
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| "Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word / int_c43df4d8 |
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| Doctor Who |
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"Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word / int_c43df4d8 |
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"Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word |
| "Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word / int_c4454ae2 |
comment |
In Candy for Your Thoughts?, when Alejandro is trying to convince Gwen to manipulate Cody: |
| "Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word / int_c4454ae2 |
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1.0 |
| "Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word / int_c4454ae2 |
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1.0 |
| Candy For Your Thoughts? / Fan Fic |
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"Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word / int_c4454ae2 |
| "Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word / int_c51fbda2 |
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"Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word |
| "Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word / int_c51fbda2 |
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Biker Mice from Mars: As Ronaldo Rump says, kidnapping is such a harsh word. He prefers to describe Charley as a "reluctant guest". |
| "Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word / int_c51fbda2 |
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1.0 |
| "Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word / int_c51fbda2 |
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1.0 |
| Biker Mice from Mars |
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"Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word / int_c51fbda2 |
| "Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word / int_c58bb13f |
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"Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word |
| "Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word / int_c58bb13f |
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In Elena of Avalor Song of the Sirenas, when Elena accuses her cousin Cristobal of betraying their family, he replies, "Betrayed is such a nasty word." But when he thinks about it, he can't think of a better word and he concedes "no, you're right, betrayed works." |
| "Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word / int_c58bb13f |
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| Elena of Avalor |
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"Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word |
| "Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word / int_c5e69cfa |
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In Lolita, Humbert corrects himself when fantasizing on how he will "blackmail" his wife Charlotte into letting him spend more time with Lolita, saying that "blackmail" is too harsh and suggesting "mauvemail" as a lighter term. |
| "Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word / int_c5e69cfa |
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| Lolita |
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| "Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word / int_c72c2d06 |
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"Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word |
| "Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word / int_c72c2d06 |
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Star Wars Rebels. Lando Calrissian thinks that "smuggler" is such a small word. "I'm more of a galactic entrepreneur." |
| "Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word / int_c72c2d06 |
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1.0 |
| "Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word / int_c72c2d06 |
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1.0 |
| Star Wars Rebels |
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"Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word / int_c72c2d06 |
| "Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word / int_c75d67d |
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"Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word |
| "Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word / int_c75d67d |
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Person of Interest: Finch, to Carter in "Baby Blue": |
| "Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word / int_c75d67d |
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1.0 |
| "Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word / int_c75d67d |
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| Person of Interest |
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"Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word / int_c75d67d |
| "Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word / int_cba48b98 |
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"Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word |
| "Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word / int_cba48b98 |
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God Hand: |
| "Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word / int_cba48b98 |
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1.0 |
| "Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word / int_cba48b98 |
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1.0 |
| God Hand (Video Game) |
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"Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word / int_cba48b98 |
| "Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word / int_cf1b7501 |
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"Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word |
| "Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word / int_cf1b7501 |
comment |
Inverted in Intragalactic: |
| "Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word / int_cf1b7501 |
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1.0 |
| "Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word / int_cf1b7501 |
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1.0 |
| Intragalactic (Webcomic) |
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"Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word / int_cf1b7501 |
| "Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word / int_cfbea3ba |
type |
"Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word |
| "Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word / int_cfbea3ba |
comment |
Lampshaded in Round the Horne: |
| "Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word / int_cfbea3ba |
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1.0 |
| "Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word / int_cfbea3ba |
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1.0 |
| Round the Horne (Radio) |
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"Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word / int_cfbea3ba |
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"Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word |
| "Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word / int_d2578451 |
comment |
Burn Notice: The Fall of Sam Axe: |
| "Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word / int_d2578451 |
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1.0 |
| "Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word / int_d2578451 |
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1.0 |
| Burn Notice: The Fall of Sam Axe |
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| "Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word / int_d4f9ccf |
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"Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word |
| "Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word / int_d4f9ccf |
comment |
In sequels to Aladdin, it's nearly Iago's catchphrase to say "Hate/traitor is such a strong word". |
| "Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word / int_d4f9ccf |
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1.0 |
| "Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word / int_d4f9ccf |
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1.0 |
| Aladdin |
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"Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word / int_d4f9ccf |
| "Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word / int_d4fe0095 |
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"Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word |
| "Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word / int_d4fe0095 |
comment |
In the K9 episode "The Custodians", a Misplaced Kindergarten Teacher is demanding ten million credits to shut down his mind-control once it proves to have horrific side-effects that even the Department don't like: |
| "Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word / int_d4fe0095 |
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1.0 |
| "Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word / int_d4fe0095 |
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1.0 |
| K9 |
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"Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word / int_d4fe0095 |
| "Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word / int_d66ddba4 |
type |
"Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word |
| "Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word / int_d66ddba4 |
comment |
Hero Oh Hero inverts this: |
| "Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word / int_d66ddba4 |
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1.0 |
| "Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word / int_d66ddba4 |
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1.0 |
| Hero Oh Hero / Web Comic |
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"Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word / int_d66ddba4 |
| "Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word / int_d66ef045 |
type |
"Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word |
| "Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word / int_d66ef045 |
comment |
In Atlantis: The Lost Empire, Milo accuses Rourke and the crew of being mercenaries. Considering he outright describes himself and his crew as mercenaries just a few scenes later, it's likely he was just mocking Milo's naivete. |
| "Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word / int_d66ef045 |
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1.0 |
| "Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word / int_d66ef045 |
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1.0 |
| Atlantis: The Lost Empire |
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"Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word / int_d66ef045 |
| "Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word / int_d69208d2 |
type |
"Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word |
| "Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word / int_d69208d2 |
comment |
Codename: Kids Next Door, "Op LEADER": Chad calls "traitor" an ugly word. Which he isn't. |
| "Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word / int_d69208d2 |
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1.0 |
| "Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word / int_d69208d2 |
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1.0 |
| Codename: Kids Next Door |
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"Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word / int_d69208d2 |
| "Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word / int_d6b5cf26 |
type |
"Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word |
| "Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word / int_d6b5cf26 |
comment |
In When Reason Fails, according to Shoto, "blackmail" is too negative. He prefers "aggressive persuasion techniques". |
| "Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word / int_d6b5cf26 |
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1.0 |
| "Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word / int_d6b5cf26 |
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1.0 |
| When Reason Fails (Fanfic) |
hasFeature |
"Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word / int_d6b5cf26 |
| "Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word / int_d858c276 |
type |
"Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word |
| "Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word / int_d858c276 |
comment |
In The Scarlet Pimpernel, Marguerite calls Chauvelin out for forcing her to spy on her peers (to uncover the Scarlet Pimpernel's identity) to ensure her brother's safety. |
| "Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word / int_d858c276 |
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1.0 |
| "Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word / int_d858c276 |
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1.0 |
| The Scarlet Pimpernel |
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"Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word / int_d858c276 |
| "Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word / int_d8baf6b3 |
type |
"Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word |
| "Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word / int_d8baf6b3 |
comment |
Inverted for great effect in They Call Me Trinity when the title character threatened to tell people his brother wasn't a real sheriff. |
| "Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word / int_d8baf6b3 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| "Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word / int_d8baf6b3 |
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1.0 |
| They Call Me Trinity |
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Alias Smith and Jones: |
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When Ash confronts Sabrina in Pokémon Reset Bloodlines, he calls her out on her murdering innocent people just for considering them "unremarkable". She replies that "it's more akin to weeding than murder". Also, turns out that she stole from a Pokémon Coordinator the use of Psycho Cut with a Kadabra's spoons to create Laser Blades, and she insists that she didn't "plagiarize" the move, but learned it legitimately. |
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The Comic Strip Presents episode "Space Virgins from the Planet Sex" has alien women needing human men to get them pregnant. They shy away from the term "sex slave" in favour of a description of being forced to have sex. |
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Subverted in Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged: |
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In The Rockford Files episode "The Empty Frame", Angel tells his brother-in-law "When it's in the immediate family it's not called blackmail. It's called family spirit." |
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Chad in Burn After Reading blackmails an ex CIA agent for money, but sees himself as a "Good Samaritan" rather than what he really is. |
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In The Darkside Detective, when McQueen accuses Nigel of kidnapping Dooley, Nigel protests that that's a harsh word for luring someone to a remote place under false pretences and refusing to let them leave. |
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Buffy the Vampire Slayer: In the third season finale, when Buffy informed Wesley that she was through taking orders from the Watchers Council... Also: |
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From Star Wars: The Old Republic: |
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Happens twice with Ivy in Dawn of a New Age: Oldport Blues. First she creates a robotic drone that then orders a Nintendo Switch for her without taking any money from her account; when her friend Luna points out that that's stealing, she rephrases it as 'getting it for free'. Then, when she needs to find a bucket of water to put out a fire, she 'borrows' one from a nearby garden, she doesn't steal it. |
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The Family Guy fanfic Wipe The Slate Clean has this mild subversion on the trope, between Brian and Stewie when Stewie plans to blackmail Brian: It is also a shout-out to every show that ever said blackmail was interchangeable with extortion — and by this page, you can see there are quite a number of them. |
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In Bedtime Story (1964), Freddy stops his general from disciplining him by reminding that if he does, his inability to curb Freddy's rampant misbehavior will be exposed. He says, "'Blackmail' is such an ugly word, sir. Couldn't we use the word 'persuasion'?" |
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Inverted in The Culture novel The Player of Games. The protagonist is blackmailed by a drone and the drone actually says something like "What I'm doing to you is called blackmail." Presumably, since The Culture is a utopia, the protagonist might not actually know what blackmail is. Alternatively, the trope's being invoked: the protagonist is a games theorist very used to concepts of threat and leverage, and the drone is relying on emotional emphasis to sell its (objectively poor) position and catch the protagonist at another weak moment. Out-of-universe, it's arguably a subtle bit of foreshadowing. |
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Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country: After Spock opts not to inform Starfleet of their plan to rescue Kirk from Rura Penthe: Which becomes an Ironic Echo when Valeris refuses to give the names of her fellow conspirators: |
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Sherlock Holmes's client brings up the ugly word after Holmes politely attempts to avoid it in "The Problem of Thor Bridge": |
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Star Trek: Voyager: In "Concerning Flight", the villain Tau is a Space Pirate turned Arms Dealer and has this as his Establishing Character Moment. |
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In "The Scarlet Letter" episode of The Mentalist, the line is fairly self-explanatory. |
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Who's the Boss?, "Not With My Client You Don't": Angela's assistant calls "hooker" an ugly word and prefers "call girl". |
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The Kingdom Keepers: In the first book, Wayne says that Finn would only "borrow" Walt Disney's pen, as opposed to stealing it. Possibly inspired by the exchange in Robin Hood (1973), above. |
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Dragonlance: Kenders use to "borrow" other people's personal belongings (or just picked it up, or just wanted to have a look at it ...) |
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On I Love Lucy, Ricky accuses Lucy of trying to blackmail him. |
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In Artemis Fowl, Artemis discovers that Mulch has been lurking around Fowl Manor to steal things. |
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Burn Notice: But at least Brennen admits it. |
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Ratatouille: Django insists to Rémy that their scavenging garbage for food is acceptable practice, since "It's not stealing if nobody wants it." |
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From the Frasier episode "The Devil and Dr. Willly": |
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Kong: Skull Island: Brooks dislikes hearing the seismic charges they're going to drop on Skull Island described as bombs. He calls them "scientific instruments". |
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Succession: While reading obituaries of their father, the siblings muse that wording like "man of his age" is a polite way to say "racist and lenient on sexual assault". |
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Spongebob Squarepants: The series includes a variation in "Bucket Sweet Bucket". Also parodied when, in order to try pleasing an important food critic after Squidward's demeanor nearly makes him leave, Mr. Krabs offers a Krabby Patty. But the penny-pinching crustacean is unable to get past the F in "free" (spraying spit all over the critic during the attempt) and switches to "complimentary." |
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Going Clear states that L. Ron Hubbard didn't consider his practice of gathering the embarrassing secrets of his followers through the "Auditing" process and then holding it over their heads to be blackmail. In his mind, blackmail was done to extract money from people. He was extracting obedience. |
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"Pre-release" used to be a euphemism for "stolen from the Chinese factory it was made in" when it came to Transformers action figures. Internet Personality Vangelus rejects this euphemism, preferring "Stolen Chinese Toys". |
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In The Hobbit, Glóin tells Bilbo, "You can say 'Expert Treasure-hunter' instead of 'Burglar' if you like. Some do." |
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In Downton Abbey, when the Countess Dowager asks Doctor Clarkson to make some "amenagements" with the truth to help Cora reconcile with Robert. |
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