Unnecessary Censorship is a comedic trope popularized by Jimmy Kimmel Live's recurring segment, where innocuous footage is edited with bleeps and pixelation to imply profanity or nudity where none actually exists. By manipulating audio and visual cues, the meme plays on the human brain's tendency to fill in gaps with the most scandalous possibilities. Online, this format has evolved into static images featuring black bars or blurred sections over everyday objects or mouths, turning wholesome interactions into viral, 'NSFW-looking' jokes. It remains a staple of internet humor for its ability to mock strict broadcasting standards and create irony through simple editing.