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** Even though the show is usually rated 14A in Canada, the season 3 finale: "World Wide Recorder Concert" (renamed "The Brown Noise" in reruns), was rated 18A in Canada due to frequent references to child sexual abuse. The episode was rated 18 in the UK for the exact same reason. (Syndicated airings carry a TV-14-DLS rating.) Similar situations occurred when it came to the season 7 episode "Raisins" (due to multiple uses of the C-word in the audio commentary, the main program is only a 15), and the physical media release of season 22 (due to the violent nature of Rockstar Games and Rockstar North's Red Dead Redemption II, as featured in "Time to Get Cereal" and "Nobody Got Cereal?"). Additionally, the show is rated 13+ for "vulgar language" on Québec's MCC website, and 18+ on Télétoon la Nuit (the French Canadian counterpart of the now-defunct Teletoon at Night).

* ''VideoGame/GoldenEye1997'' received a CERO Z (18+) rating in Japan, as opposed to the ESRB Teen rating it has in North America, when it came time to re-release the game for the Nintendo Switch Online service. Since NSO sees players download apps for each console rather than individual games (meaning all games get a blanket age rating equal to the game with the highest one currently available on said app), the Japanese re-release was delayed for an entire year so it could release alongside ''VideoGame/JetForceGemini'' (which was also given a CERO Z rating despite being rated T upon its original North American release) in a separate "18+" app to avoid having to bump up the age rating for the main N64 app.

* On the Platform/NintendoSwitch Online service, every Platform/SuperNintendoEntertainmentSystem and Platform/Nintendo64 game has a blanket ESRB Teen (13+) rating or their global equivalents, despite most games on the service having lower ratings. This is because players don't download individual games, but instead regularly-updated apps that contain the entire available library for a given console (e.g. "Nintendo 64 - Nintendo Switch Online"), meaning the inclusion of games like ''VideoGame/EarthBound1994'', ''VideoGame/SinAndPunishment'', and ''VideoGame/GoldenEye1997'' bump up the age rating overall.

* The ''VideoGame/SpaceChannel5'' series received an A rating in Japan and 3+ (or its regional equivalents) in Europe (both of which are those countries' equivalents to the E rating, but the original Japanese Dreamcast versions received and "All ages" rating while the PS2 ports received no rating due to the CERO system not being created at that time), while America gave it a T rating, because of Ulala dressing in skimpy, sexy outfits (as Classic Game Room put it, "Basically, she's half-naked throughout the whole game, which is good."). Apparently Japan and Europe don't have any problem with how girls dress, while America makes a big stink about it. However, in the E10+ rated ''VideoGame/SegaSuperstars'' series, Ulala appears in all of the games, [[http://www.esrb.org/ratings/synopsis.jsp?Certificate=28324&Title=Sonic%20%26amp%3B%20SEGA%20All-Stars%20Racing and the ESRB even acknowledges it]].

* App developer Ambition has two otome VirtualPaperDoll games, one with still images called ''Animal Boyfriend'', and one with UsefulNotes/Live2D animation called ''Dream Boyfriend''. ''Animal Boyfriend'' is rated 3+ on the App Store and E10+ on Google Play for use of tobacco, while ''Dream Boyfriend'' carries a T rating on both stores for suggestive themes, the only real difference between the two games being whether or not there's animation, and if anything, ''Animal Boyfriend'' features more skimpy and suggestive outfits than ''Dream Boyfriend'' does. Similarly its DistaffCounterpart ''Dream Girlfriend'' has a T rating on the Play Store but a whopping 17+ rating on the App Store, though averted with the non-animated counterpart ''Moe Can Change'' as it has an all ages rating on both stores, and actually is TamerAndChaster with a more PuniPlush art style.

** Even though the show is usually rated 14A in Canada, the season 3 finale: "World Wide Recorder Concert" (renamed "The Brown Noise" for reruns), was rated 18A in Canada due to frequent references to child sexual abuse. The episode was rated 18 in the UK for the exact same reason. (Syndicated airings carry a TV-14-DLS rating.) Similar situations occurred when it came to the season 7 episode "Raisins" (due to multiple uses of the C-word in the audio commentary, the main program is only a 15), and the physical media release of season 22 (due to the violent nature of Rockstar Games and Rockstar North's Red Dead Redemption II, as featured in "Time to Get Cereal" and "Nobody Got Cereal?"). Additionally, the show is rated 13+ for "vulgar language" on Québec's MCC website, and 18+ on Télétoon la Nuit (the French Canadian counterpart of the now-defunct Teletoon at Night).

** Even though the show is usually rated 14A in Canada, the season 3 finale: "World Wide Recorder Concert" (renamed "The Brown Noise" for reruns), was rated 18A in Canada due to frequent references to child sexual abuse. The episode was rated 18 in the UK for the exact same reason. Similar situations occurred when it came to the season 7 episode "Raisins" (due to multiple uses of the C-word in the audio commentary, the main program is only a 15), and the physical media release of season 22 (due to the violent nature of Rockstar Games and Rockstar North's Red Dead Redemption II, as featured in "Time to Get Cereal" and "Nobody Got Cereal?"). Additionally, the show is rated 13+ for "vulgar language" on Québec's MCC website, and 18+ on Télétoon la Nuit (the French Canadian counterpart of the now-defunct Teletoon at Night).

** Pre-2017 Comedy Central airings of the remastered version of "The Losing Edge" (season 9, episode 5) were rated TV-MA-DSV for strong-to-extreme suggestive dialogue, explicit sexual activity, and graphic violence, despite the fact that there's no sexual content in the episode at all, and the only violence being random fight scenes started by Randy Marsh (voice of series co-creator Trey Parker) all because of trash-talking. The episode has since been re-rated TV-14-DLSV on aforementioned network and TV-MA-L on HBO Max in the United States, and is rated TV-14-LV in syndication.

* Pre-2017 Comedy Central airings of the remastered version of "The Losing Edge" (season 9, episode 5) were rated TV-MA-DSV for strong-to-extreme suggestive dialogue, explicit sexual activity, and graphic violence, despite the fact that there's no sexual content in the episode at all, and the only violence being random fight scenes started by Randy Marsh (voice of series co-creator Trey Parker) all because of trash-talking. The episode has since been re-rated TV-14-DLSV on aforementioned network and TV-MA-L on HBO Max in the United States, and is rated TV-14-LV in syndication.

** In the UK, many season 1-10 episodes were very interesting for ratings. For instance, most of seasons 1 and 2 were rated PG (Parental Guidance) by the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) due to the lack of an unbleeped audio track, and most of seasons 3 and 4, as well as season 9's "Best Friends Forever", were rated 12 due to milder language (anything stronger is obviously censored) and comic violence, and a plethora of drug, race, and sex references.

** "Super Hard PCNess" (s21e09)

** Over in the United States, ''South Park'' is rated MA, but this changes outside of its 10:00pm showings for syndication, where just enough content is removed to where the show can carry a TV-14 rating.

** In the UK, many season 1-10 episodes were very interesting for ratings. For instance, most of seasons 1 and 2 were rated PG (Parental Guidance) by the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) due to the lack of an unbleeped audio track. Most of seasons 3 and 4, as well as season 9's "Best Friends Forever", were rated 12 due to milder language (anything stronger is obviously censored) and comic violence, and a plethora of drug, race, and sex references.

** "Lice Capades" (S11E03)
** "The Snuke" (S11E04)
** "Fantastic Easter Special" (S11E05)
** "Night of the Living Homeless" (S11E07)
** "Guitar Queer-O" (S11E13)
** "The List" (S11E14)
* "Night of the Living Homeless" is uncensored. In spite of receiving the rating it did, it was listed as TV-MA-LV on the schedule. Ironically, the next episode (in airing order), "Le Petit Tourette", is also uncensored, and that too was given a TV-MA-LV rating, except that this was the case both on air and on the schedule that time around.

** "White People Renovating Houses" (S21E01)
** "Franchise Prequel" (S21E04)
** "Sons a Witches" (S21E06)
** "Moss Piglets" (S21E08)
** "Super Hard PCness" (S21E09)

** "Lice Capades" (s11e03)
** "The Snuke" (s11e04)
** "Fantastic Easter Special" (s11e05)
** "Night of the Living Homeless" (s11e07)
** "Guitar Queer-O" (s11e13)
** "The List" (s11e14)
* "Night of the Living Homeless" is uncensored. In spite of receiving the rating it did, it was listed as TV-MA-LV on the schedule. Ironically, the next episode (in airing order), "Le Petit Tourette", is also uncensored, and that too was given a TV-MA-LV rating, except that this was the case both on air and on the schedule this time around.