History Main / RRatedOpening

To a lot of people, animation has been pigeonholed as being [[AnimationAgeGhetto exclusively]] for [[AllAnimationIsDisney PG kid stories]]. However animation is a medium rather than a genre or setting, and like any other medium it can be used to tell any kind of story. All well and good, but it can lead to {{egregious}} misunderstandings and hours of psychological counseling when a parent takes their child to see this mature animated movie based solely off of the 'cartoon people' on the poster. So, how exactly do you warn parents who [[PublicMediumIgnorance know nothing of the medium]] and didn't check the rating, and kids who are channel surfing that this animated film or show they're watching is [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids most definitely not for kids?]] Start with an [[MediaClassifications R Rated]] Opening. It can also be used for long-running serial stories where more mature elements are planned but not until some long time into the story, opening mature elements can make sure the franchise doesn't pick up any fans too young for what's coming.

* The opening of the original ShadowHearts has the main villain violently killing soldiers with his impish familiars. The main protagonist, Yuri, then proceeds to have a brutal fight with the Big Bad which includes Yuri punching the villain's face in. Ironically, the rest of the game is far from being this violent again.

* {{Kick-Ass}} started with a mentally deranged man jumping off a roof in a superhero costume and promptly falling to his death. The very next scene has the main character masturbating to his English teacher. [[ViewersAreMorons This was likely put there for the benefit of all the people who saw the trailers of kids in superhero costumes and completely ignored the R-rating.]]

* BatmanUndertheRedHood opens with Joker beating Jason Todd with in an inch of his life with a crowbar, mocking him as he lies in a pool of his blood and then leaving him to die in an explosion.

** Then, in the ''opening credits'' we see, amongst other horrors, the Hiroshima bomb dropping, a criminal being punched in the face, sending blood spraying out towards the audience, two lesbians murdered in bed with LESBIAN WHORES written on the walls in blood, a man burning himself alive, and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking Nixon elected for a third term]].

* ''[[JusticeLeagueTheNewFrontier Justice League: The New Frontier]]'' opens with the painter/author of the apocalyptic book committing suicide (from a first-person point of view, for bonus viewing pleasure). In case anyone missed the pre-credits opening, the story proper begins with TechnicalPacifist Hal Jordon being forced to shoot a man in the face in self-defense, and sinking into a blood-splattered HeroicBSOD as the scene fades out.

* ''[[JusticeLeagueTheNewFrontier Justice League: The New Frontier]]'' opens with the painter/author of the apocalyptic book committing suicide (from a first-person point of view, for bonus viewing pleasure). In case anyone missed the pre-credits opening, the story proper begins with TechnicalPacifist Hal Jordon being forced to shoot a man in the face in self-defense and sinking into a blood-splattered HeroicBSOD as the scene fades out.

* ''[[JusticeLeagueTheNewFrontier Justice League: The New Frontier]]'' opens with the painter/author of the apocalyptic book committing suicide.
** Not long after that Hal Jordon is forced to shoot a man in the face.

* BatmanUndertheRedHood opens with Joker beating Jason Todd with in an inch of his life with a crowbar, mocking him as he lies in a pool of his blood, and leaves him to die in an explosion.

* ''[[HigurashiNoNakuKoroNi Higurashi]]'' starts with Keichi beating two girls into a pulp with a baseball bat. The opening credits also feature a nontrivial amount of blood, creepy music and visuals, and mild nudity.

* {{Kick-Ass}} started with a mentally deranged man jumping off a roof in a superhero costume and promptly falling to his death. The very next scene has the main character masturbating to his English teacher. This was likely put there for the benefit of all the people who saw the trailers of kids in superhero costumes and completely ignored the R-rating.

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** and not long after that Hal Jordon is forced to shoot a man in the face.

* {{BatmanUndertheRedHood}} opens with Joker beating Jason Todd with in an inch of his life with a crowbar, mocking him as he lies in a pool of his blood, and leaves him to die in an explosion.

* SwordOfTheStranger opens with a hail of arrows ambush by bandits. And then the Unstoppable BloodKnight Badass of the BadassCrew that comprises the villains of the movie scales a cliff and slaughters 15-20 bandits, throwing their bodies down as he goes. The bandit leader gets taken down by a blade toss. Lastly, he finishes off one unarmed (and missing one arm) bandit who is writhing in pain on the ground as if he were stepping on a bug.

To a lot of people, animation has been pigeonholed as being [[AnimationAgeGhetto exclusively]] for [[AllAnimationIsDisney PG kid stories]]. However animation is a medium rather than a genre or setting, and like any other medium it can be used to tell any kind of story. All well and good, but it can lead to {{egregious}} misunderstandings and hours of psychological counseling when a parent takes their child to see this mature animated movie based solely off of the 'cartoon people' on the poster. So, how exactly do you warn parents who [[PublicMediumIgnorance know nothing of the medium]] and didn't check the rating, and kids who are channel surfing that this animated film or show they're watching is [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids most definitely not for kids?]] Start with an [[MediaClassifications R Rated]] Opening.

*** And the Decap action she preforms onto the ditzy sectary.

* The new ''GreenLanternFirstFlight'' animated movie starts with Abin Sur ''bleeding to death from a stomach wound''. It has quite a few dark moments after that.

** To say nothing about the quasi-nudity of the optical camouflage suit. Granted, she's not actually naked, but most people I've shown it to don't make that distinction.

* Quite a few {{hentai}} shows will have an explicit sex act as the first thing the viewer sees. Devil Angel Jiburiru, for instance, has female characters being raped by monsters within the first two minutes of each season's first episode. {{Or so I heard}}.

* ANightmareonElmStreet 's {{Remake}} has one character [[spoiler: [[HighOctaneNightmareFuel slash his own neck open with a dinner knife]]]] before the friggen title screen shows.
* Kick-Ass started with a mentally deranged man jumping off a roof in a superhero costume and promptly falling to his death. The very next scene has the main character masturbating to his English teacher. This was likely put there for the benefit of all the people who saw the trailers of kids in superhero costumes and completely ignored the R-rating.