diff --git a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/say.dm b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/say.dm
index ed86eec72a..221fbc1224 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/say.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/say.dm
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 		src << "<span class='danger'>You're muzzled and cannot speak!</span>"
 		return
 
+	message = sanitize(message)
 	..(message, alt_name = alt_name)	//ohgod we should really be passing a datum here.
 
 /mob/living/carbon/human/proc/forcesay(list/append)
diff --git a/code/modules/mob/living/say.dm b/code/modules/mob/living/say.dm
index 228412776f..1ce1085648 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/living/say.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/living/say.dm
@@ -130,8 +130,6 @@ proc/get_radio_key_from_channel(var/channel)
 			src << "\red You cannot speak in IC (Muted)."
 			return
 
-	message = sanitize(message)
-
 	if(stat)
 		if(stat == 2)
 			return say_dead(message)
diff --git a/code/modules/mob/living/simple_animal/simple_animal.dm b/code/modules/mob/living/simple_animal/simple_animal.dm
index 45f95c9921..e94694295c 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/living/simple_animal/simple_animal.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/living/simple_animal/simple_animal.dm
@@ -364,6 +364,8 @@
 	if(speak_emote.len)
 		verb = pick(speak_emote)
 
+	message = sanitize(message)
+
 	..(message, null, verb)
 
 /mob/living/simple_animal/get_speech_ending(verb, var/ending)