20 Bizarre Censored Lines That Hilariously Ruined Great Scenes

20. Die Hard With A Vengeance

Die HArdThe Original Line: €œ...even for a white motherf*cker like you.€ The Ridiculous Redub... The MF bomb is one we're likely to see a lot in this list, given TV's frank intolerance of the phrase, and the creative possibilities offered by the words for redubbers who clearly seem intent on hiding the curse just barely enough that viewers still know exactly what the word was meant to be in the first place.

19. Jackie Brown

The Original Line: €œFreeze, Motherf*cker!€ The Ridiculous Redub: €œFreeze, Moldy Fingers!€ Sometimes, putting together a TV edit that takes out all of the curses and violence must seem like empty folly. That must count doubly when the Director and Writer credits read "Quentin Tarantino," considering his infamous Sometimes you gotta wonder why they want to try to make a TV version at all. The MF word is used so often in this movie, the editors must have gotten bored with the usual substitutions, which is why there is such a fantastic variety of MF faux profanity on display. In addition to moldy fingers, the TV audience gets to hear melon farmers, melon feelers, motor scooters, mothers and fathers, and "my mutual funded money."
 
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