 Director Paul Verhoeven (I) (qv) originally wanted RoboCop to kill  Clarence Boddicker by stabbing him through the eyeball. Realizing  that the censors would balk, he changed his mind and envisioned  Clarence having the interface spike shoved through his chin, mouth,  and upper jaw. Again, for the sake of placating the censors, he  settled on the filmed version, which was also altered slightly (see  the "Alternate Versions" section for more information).