Original artwork, not a still
If this gets out, the next words you say will be muffled by your own butt.
— The Simpsons · 1989
Behind the line
What it means
Our interpretation.
The speaker issues a crude comic threat to guard a secret: if it gets out, the listener will meet a grotesque, humiliating punishment. The line makes clear the menace is physical violence, and its silliness does not remove the warning. It is a blunt demand for silence.
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