# 'jesus h. christ...stands for harold? -no
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jesus-h-christ-stands-for-harold-no/177933
**Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports
**Created:** [May 28, 2003, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jesus-h-christ-stands-for-harold-no/177933 "2003-05-28T03:13:57Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author:  [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)
#### Post date: [June 3, 2004, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jesus-h-christ-stands-for-harold-no/177933/21 "2004-06-03T23:11:53Z")
> [@reeltor99](#):
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> …as in Our father who art in heaven HOWARD be thy name
Uh, I think that only works if you’re Elmer Fudd.
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### Author:  [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)
#### Post date: [June 4, 2004, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jesus-h-christ-stands-for-harold-no/177933/22 "2004-06-04T14:01:40Z")
To be fair to **tulip** , it only took him/her 12 minutes to read those remaining five paragraphs.
Anyway, as anyone who’s watched _Bottom_ knows, the correct exclamation is “Jesus H. Corbett!” 😃
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### Author:  [@Esky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esky)
#### Post date: [June 5, 2004, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jesus-h-christ-stands-for-harold-no/177933/23 "2004-06-05T14:50:25Z")
> [@](#):
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> ‘Holy Christ!’
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> I think Batman’s sidekick Robin was fond of saying this.
I thought he said something along the lines of ‘Holy Smokes Batman So and So is doing This Bad Thing’?
It was a kid’s comic, would they allow blasphemy? I’ve heard many variation of Robin’s exclamations though, so I could be wrong.
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### Author:  [@\_zz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/_zz)
#### Post date: [June 7, 2004, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jesus-h-christ-stands-for-harold-no/177933/24 "2004-06-07T17:17:59Z")
> [@Esky](#):
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> I thought he said something along the lines of ‘Holy Smokes Batman So and So is doing This Bad Thing’?
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> It was a kid’s comic, would they allow blasphemy? I’ve heard many variation of Robin’s exclamations though, so I could be wrong.
Tongue-in-cheek humor, lost on yet another reader.
It is doubtful that Robin ever actually exclaimed “Holy Christ, Batman!” but ever since the [late 1960s TV show](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0059968/), children that grew up with it, and its reruns, have simply turned that line into “Holy X, Batman!”, where X is … pretty much whatever you like.
As far as the comic itself goes, Batman has delved into some pretty dark times, and nowadays, comics are rife with swearing and all kinds of bloody badness. Generally speaking, if they look more artistic than cartoonistic, they are catered more to adults and teenagers. I don’t know for certain if the Boy Wonder ever made these dark appearances, except maybe later on as Nightwing, but I wouldn’t put it beyond the realm of possibility.
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### Author:  [@droxanne79](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/droxanne79)
#### Post date: [June 20, 2004, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jesus-h-christ-stands-for-harold-no/177933/25 "2004-06-20T19:24:37Z")
[QUOTE=~zz~]
Tongue-in-cheek humor, lost on yet another reader.
It is doubtful that Robin ever actually exclaimed “Holy Christ, Batman!” but ever since the [late 1960s TV show](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0059968/), children that grew up with it, and its reruns, have simply turned that line into “Holy X, Batman!”, where X is … pretty much whatever you like.
As far as the comic itself goes, Batman has delved into some pretty dark times, and nowadays, comics are rife with swearing and all kinds of bloody badness. Generally speaking, if they look more artistic than cartoonistic, they are catered more to adults and teenagers. I don’t know for certain if the Boy Wonder ever made these dark appearances, except maybe later on as Nightwing, but I wouldn’t put it beyond the realm of possibility.[/ **THE RESPONSE WAS BRILLIANT** QUOTE]
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### Author:  [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)
#### Post date: [June 25, 2004, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jesus-h-christ-stands-for-harold-no/177933/26 "2004-06-25T16:22:52Z")
> [@C K Dexter Haven](#):
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> \<\< Straight to Hell for that one, Unca Cecil. \>\>
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> Cecil doesn’t do the illustrations, Slug does the illustrations. It’s very rare that Cecil or the READER tell Slug that an illustration is beyond the pale, and make him redo it… but it has happened.
I do notice that the artwork didn’t make the book, tho! _S_
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