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* Similar to "Film/{{Chappie}}", the 2016 movie "Film/{{Keanu}}", mainly since the film's advertisements and posters makes it appear that the film is all about a group of gangsters trying to rescue a cute kitten. However just because it features a CuteKitten doesn't mean it's appropriate for children. It's rated R for a reason.

** Taiwan even announced that the film won't be released in that country to avoid angry parents taking there children to the film mistaking it as a "family film".

* Similar to "Film/Chappie", the 2016 movie "Film/Keanu", mainly since the film's advertisements and posters makes it appear that the film is all about a group of gangsters trying to rescue a cute kitten. However just because it features a CuteKitten doesn't mean it's appropriate for children. It's rated R for a reason.

** [[http://time.com/4389758/sausage-party-trailer-finding-dory/ A multiplex in California]] accidentally showed the ''red band'' trailer to moviegoers waiting to see ''WesternAnimation/FindingDory''.

** A couple of TV commercials advertising the film even had to put a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6nnVdGQKVPo warning about the film being rated R twice in the ad and even had to slap a red stamp of the R rating for the film's release date and title!]]

** A couple TV commercials advertising the film even had to put a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6nnVdGQKVPo Warning about the film being Rate R twice in the ad and even had to slap a red stamp of the R rating for the film's release date and title]]

** A couple TV commercials advertising the film even had to put a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6nnVdGQKVPo Warning about the film being Rate R twice in the ad.]]

* ''WesternAnimation/SausageParty''. Oh look, kids, another film similar to ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory'' with food that talk, and they are going to someone's home to have a party! But when they get home, [[FamilyUnfriendlyViolence the potato]] [[MoodWhiplash gets peeled]] with a slight JumpScare and swears strongly. It only gets better (or worse) from there. There is violence to the food similar to the Holocaust, [[UptoEleven the lady eats cute baby carrots]], and there are tons and TONS of swearing. All of it is not spoilered because you see it in the trailers. It's rated R for pretty obvious reasons! Nevermind the trailer says it is from the creators of ''Film/{{Superbad}}'' and ''Film/PineappleExpress'' and the people who brought you ''Film/ThisIsTheEnd'' and ''Film/BadNeighbors''. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9VoNgLnjzVg Watch the red band trailer here]] (warning: NSFW) or if you do not want to get shocked but still want an idea of what the film is,[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GAJrBPUVDJM watch the green band trailer that has no swearing and may be safe for work.]] [[SarcasmMode Just the perfect family outing, indeed!]]

* ''WesternAnimation/SausageParty''. Oh look, kids, another film similar to ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory'' with food that talk, and they are going to someone's home to have a party! But when they get home, [[FamilyUnfriendlyViolence the potato]] [[MoodWhiplash gets peeled]] with a slight JumpScare and swears strongly. It only gets better (or worse) from there. There is violence to the food similar to the Holocaust, [[UptoEleven the lady eats cute baby carrots]], and there are tons and TONS of swearing. All of it is not spoilered because you see it in the trailers. It's rated R for pretty obvious reasons! Nevermind the trailer says it is from the creators of ''Film/{{Superbad}}'' and ''Film/PineappleExpress'' and the people who brought you ''Film/ThisIsTheEnd'' and ''Film/BadNeighbors''. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9VoNgLnjzVg Watch the red band trailer here]] (warning: NSFW) and if you survived, [[watch the second red band trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKaPjWOZJjM]]or if you do not want to get shocked but still want an idea of what the film is,[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GAJrBPUVDJM watch the green band trailer that has no swearing and may be safe for work.]] [[SarcasmMode Just the perfect family outing, indeed!]]

* ''WesternAnimation/SausageParty''. Oh look, kids, another film similar to ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory'' with food that talk, and they are going to someone's home to have a party! But when they get home, [[FamilyUnfriendlyViolence the potato]] [[MoodWhiplash gets peeled]] with a slight JumpScare and swears strongly. It only gets better (or worse) from there. There is violence to the food similar to the Holocaust, [[UptoEleven the lady eats cute baby carrots]], and there are tons and TONS of swearing. All of it is not spoilered because you see it in the trailers. It's rated R for pretty obvious reasons! Nevermind the trailer says it is from the creators of ''Film/{{Superbad}}'' and ''Film/PineappleExpress'' and the people who brought you ''Film/ThisIsTheEnd'' and ''Film/BadNeighbors''. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9VoNgLnjzVg Watch the red band trailer here]] (warning: NSFW) or [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GAJrBPUVDJM watch the green band trailer that has no swearing and may be safe for work.]] [[SarcasmMode Just the perfect family outing, indeed!]]

* ''WesternAnimation/SausageParty''. Oh look, kids, another film similar to ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory'' with food that talk, and they are going to someone's home to have a party! But when they get home, [[FamilyUnfriendlyViolence the potato gets peeled]] with a slight JumpScare and swears strongly. It only gets better (or worse) from there. There is violence to the food similar to the Holocaust, [[UptoEleven the lady eats cute baby carrots]], and there are tons and TONS of swearing. All of it is not spoilered because you see it in the trailers. It's rated R for pretty obvious reasons! Nevermind the trailer says it is from the creators of ''Film/{{Superbad}}'' and ''Film/PineappleExpress'' and the people who brought you ''Film/ThisIsTheEnd'' and ''Film/BadNeighbors''. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9VoNgLnjzVg Watch the red band trailer here]] (warning: NSFW) or [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GAJrBPUVDJM watch the green band trailer that has no swearing and may be safe for work.]] [[SarcasmMode Just the perfect family outing, indeed!]]
** [[http://time.com/4389758/sausage-party-trailer-finding-dory/ A multiplex in California]] accidentally showed the red band trailer to moviegoers waiting to see ''WesternAnimation/FindingDory''.
* ''Film/SchoolOfRock'': A movie about a former rock star who becomes a music teacher and makes music fun for his class? With Creator/JackBlack as the rock star teacher? [[SarcasmMode Talk about a match made in heaven for children!]] Despite looking perfect for kids, it actually isn't, thanks to scenes with swearing (most of it by children!), a teacher getting drunk, someone stating that another teacher is doing drugs, and a person jumping off of a stage and passing out. It doesn't help that CartoonNetwork, of all channels, [[AdoredByTheNetwork ran this movie frequently in the mid-to-late 2000's]] during its spiral into NetworkDecay[[note]]in fairness, they probably had to {{bowdlerize}} a lot of scenes to make the movie family-friendly, but, considering that this is CartoonNetwork -- the Crown Prince of GettingCrapPastTheRadar -- the edits were either minimal or made the scenes more dubious[[/note]]. As of 2015, it's being adapted into a kids' TV show on Nickelodeon, similar to ''Sam and Max''. To make matters worse, in Norway and South Korea, the movie was given an "all ages" rating!

* ''WesternAnimation/SausageParty''. At first, it seems like an innocent film similar to ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory'' [[RecycledInSpace but with food]], and they are going to someone's home to have a party. But when they get home, [[FamilyUnfriendlyViolence the potato gets peeled]] with a slight JumpScare and swears strongly. It only gets worse from there. There is violence to the food similar to the Holocaust, [[UptoEleven the lady eats cute baby carrots]], and there are tons and TONS of swearing. Nevermind the trailer says it is from the creators of ''Film/{{Superbad}}'' and ''Film/PineappleExpress'' and the people who brought you ''Film/ThisIsTheEnd'' and ''Film/BadNeighbors''. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9VoNgLnjzVg Watch the red band trailer here]] (warning: NSFW) or [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GAJrBPUVDJM watch the green band trailer that has no swearing and may be safe for work.]] [[SarcasmMode Just the perfect family outing!]]

* ''Film/{{Ted}}'' seems like a family movie about a teddy bear and a man who have lived together for 20 years by the [[Creator/SethMacfarlane nice man]] who brought us ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'', doesn't it? No! It's rated R! Just so they would know, Universal made a [[http://collider.com/ted-movie-theater-standee/ standee for the film]] that featured the eponymous bear holding up the R rating and what it's rated R for.
** To give you a hint as to why the movie deserves an "R"-rating, the eponymous teddy bear's personality basically was perverted and addicted to drugs, and lewd.
** To clarify, since it was rated R, numerous gross-out and adult gags [[NeverTrustATrailer were toned down for TV and advertising]]. For example, one overused clip has Ted showing off to a co-worker, only to weird her out when he starts humping a barcode scanner. In the actual movie? He goes from humping to fellating a chocolate bar. The gross out reaction his colleague gives? ''[[UpToEleven She is disgusted when he uses soap dispensers to simulate being ejaculated on.]]''

* ''Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit''. Besides [[NightmareFuel/WhoFramedRogerRabbit scariness,]] there's the sex-related jokes.

** In the original novel, ''Literature/WhoCensoredRogerRabbit'', [[spoiler: Roger]] is brutally machine-gunned to death near the beginning of the novel. The rest of the novel investigates his grisly death.
* In the UK, a number of parents apparently took young children to see ''Film/TheWomanInBlack'' because it starred Creator/DanielRadcliffe and it was rated 12A (albiet in a slightly cut form), so it couldn't be that bad. The resulting protests over the film's terrifying nature and DownerEnding led the [[CensorshipBureau BBFC]] to change its rules about horror to pay more attention to a film's mood and plot, as opposed to simply going by the level of graphic violence and gore.

* In his book ''The Best Old Movies for Families'', critic Ty Burr complains that many other PG-13 rated films are regarded as family fare thanks to intentional MisaimedMarketing, which means parents happily take toddlers to films like ''Film/VanHelsing'' without a second thought...

* "Family" geared channels such as Showtime Fam Zone tend to show anything under the R rating even if they're not really family friendly. Thus we get more risque PG and PG-13 movies like ''Look Who's Talking?'' or ''Three Men And A Baby'' alongside more 'kid friendly' material.

* ''WesternAnimation/SausageParty''. At first, it seems like an innocent film similar to ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory'' [[RecycledInSpace but with food]], and they are going to someone's home to have a party. But when they get home, [[FamilyUnfriendlyViolence the potato gets peeled]] with a slight JumpScare and swears strongly. It only gets worse from there. There is violence to the food similar to the Holocaust, [[UptoEleven the lady eats cute baby carrots]], and there are tons and TONS of swearing. Nevermind the trailer says it is from the creators of ''Film/{{Superbad}}'' and ''Film/PineappleExpress'' and the people who brought you ''Film/ThisIsTheEnd'' and ''Film/BadNeighbors''. [[SarcasmMode Just the perfect family outing!]]

* ''Film/NineMonths'' is a funny comedy about a mom having a baby that stars Robin Williams in it, and Robin Williams is considered family-friendly, so it must be for kids! Yeah, no. it has some suggestive themes and a Barney-esque mascot swearing at a mom for not buying its merchandise!

* ''WesternAnimation/SausageParty''. At first, it seems like an innocent film similar to ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory'' [[RecycledInSpace but with food]], and they are going to someone's home to have a party. But when they get home, [[FamilyUnfriendlyViolence the potato gets peeled]] with a slight JumpScare and swears strongly. It only gets worse from there. There is violence to the food similar to the Holocaust, [[UptoEleven the lady eats cute baby carrots]], and there are tons and TONS of swearing. Nevermind the trailer says it is from the creators of Film/Superbad and Film/PineappleExpress and the people who brought you Film/ThisIsTheEnd and Film/BadNeighbors. [[SarcasmMode Just the perfect family outing!]]
** [[http://time.com/4389758/sausage-party-trailer-finding-dory/ A Californian multiplex accidentally showed the red band trailer to moviegoers waiting to see Finding Dory.]]

* ''WesternAnimation/SausageParty''. At first, it seems like an innocent film similar to ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory'' [[RecycledInSpace but with food]], and they are going to someone's home to have a party. But when they get home, [[FamilyUnfriendlyViolence the potato gets peeled]] with a slight JumpScare and swears strongly. It only gets worse from there. There is violence to the food similar to the Holocaust, [[UptoEleven the lady eats cute baby carrots]], and there are tons and TONS of swearing. Nevermind the trailer says it is from the creators of Film/Superbad and Film/Pineapple Express and the people who brought you Film/ThisIsTheEnd and Film/Neighbors. [[SarcasmMode Just the perfect family outing!]]

* ''WesternAnimation/SausageParty''. At first, it seems like an innocent film similar to ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory'' [[RecycledInSpace but with food]], and they are going to someone's home to have a party. But when they get home, [[FamilyUnfriendlyViolence the potato gets peeled with a slight JumpScare and swears strongly. It only gets worse from there. There is violence to the food similar to the Holocaust, [[UptoEleven the lady eats cute baby carrots]], and there are tons and TONS of swearing. Nevermind the trailer says it is from the creators of Film/Superbad and Film/Pineapple Express and the people who brought you Film/ThisIsTheEnd and Film/Neighbors. [[SarcasmMode Just the perfect family outing!]]

* ''WesternAnimation/SausageParty'' may look like the ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory'' of food, but it isn't. And you thought Toy Story was dark enough. From the trailer alone, a potato gets [[FamilyUnfriendlyViolence tortured]] and there are loads of [[UptoEleven uncensored]] swearing. [[SarcasmMode Doesn't that sound great for your kids?]] NO!! It's rated R for obvious reasons!

* The Australian-made claymation film ''WesternAnimation/MaryAndMax'' deals with a fair amount of mature themes such as prostitution, suicide, and alcoholism, and also has brief nudity and some sexual discussion. Despite this, every province in Canada gave the film a '''G''', and in Australia it received a '''PG'''. By comparison, Singapore, who actually likely watched the film, gave it a PG-16. The animation style is very cartoony and cute, and one of the protagonists is a child, which doesn't help. There's also a bit of full-frontal nudity [[spoiler:of the overweight/obese Max]] in an ImagineSpot.

* ''Film/MeMyselfAndIrene''. Creator/JimCarrey being goofy means it's for kids, after all, [[NeverTrustATrailer the trailer didn't show anything inappropriate or foul language]] so it doesn't matter that the movie is [[UsefulNotes/MediaClassifications rated R]], right?
* ''Film/MouseHunt'' contains a cute little mouse, but there are some curse words, [[spoiler: a person who dies from choking on a bug, another whose corpse is thrown into the sewer]], sexual references, and A LOT of {{black comedy}}! What makes this worse is that Creator/TheHub, a family channel, aired this movie! And even better is the reviews on the VHS box that say it's fun "for the whole family".
* Hey, ''Film/AMillionWaysToDieInTheWest'' is a comedy about cowboys! All little boys love westerns, right? Well, if you weren't tipped off by the fact that it's made by the same team behind the aforementioned ''Ted'', be prepared for the constant sex jokes, prostitutes, bodily fluids, [[GrossUpCloseUp sheep penis close-ups]], people crapping in hats, and drunkenness.

* ''Film/NineMonths'' is a funny comedy about a mom having a baby that stars Robin Williams in it, so it must be for kids! Nope, it has some suggestive themes and a Barney-esque mascot swearing at a mom for not buying its merchandise!
* "Once Upon A Girl" is animated in the style of the family friendly Creator/HannaBarbera cartoons, but it is absolutely not appropriate for children in any way, it is a collection of fairy tale parodies in which each segment ends with the characters having sex, with plenty of nudity and foul language scattered throughout.

* ''Film/ThePassionOfTheChrist'' is about Jesus and it's from Literature/TheBible, so it must be okay, right? Leaving aside that anyone who has read the Bible should recognize a difference between the real thing and "Bible Stories for Children", some parents still ignored the R rating (or [[TheyJustDidntCare intentionally]] [[AbusiveParents defied the R rating]]) and [[http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,600221,00.html took their tykes to theaters for this one]]. And it made Stephen King feel ashamed. {{Gorn}} to the point of {{squick}} not withstanding. Hopefully, they learned their lesson and didn't make the same mistake when ''Film/{{Apocalypto}}'' came out. Note that Mel Gibson himself recommended the film for people over 13.
** The controversy is addressed in ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' episode "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS16E8HomerAndNedsHailMaryPass Homer and Ned's Hail Mary Pass]]". Ned Flanders, disgusted by the family-unfriendly content of many Hollywood movies (he's particularly disgusted about that series of films about [[Film/HarryPotter "a liberal European wizard school"]]), decides to make his own films based on Bible stories. Problem is, since Ned is a fundamentalist, he goes out of his way to make his films as faithful as possible to their source (and, sometimes, even ''exaggerates'' how horrific some of the stories were). This results in Marge standing up during one of his screenings and screaming in horror and frustration because she can't stand to see any more gore, and when Ned and Homer mount a SuperBowl halftime show dramatizing the Noah's Ark story but ending it at the point where the world is flooded and most of humanity is dead, it's disastrously received. For example, there's a nice StereotypeFlip as a suburban mother complains that she's trying to raise her children as secular-progressives and is consistently foiled because "those slick Hollywood types" keep injecting religious subject matter into their films.

* ''Franchise/{{Rambo}}'' inspired [[WesternAnimation/RamboTheForceOfFreedom an animated series]] with [[MerchandiseDriven a related toyline]]. The first movie is a kind of depressing action-drama with a ShellShockedVeteran fighting ignorant people who reject him, and the sequel (primary influence on the cartoon) goes into full "action movie where OneManArmy slaughters dozens". Plus, the cartoon inspired in Brazil a [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M38pmN9_SVA song]] by a popular kids TV host (which on the video plays with [[{{Gorn}} the latest Rambo movie]] to show how that's a ''huge'' misfire of an inspiration).

* ''Film/SchoolOfRock'': A movie about a teacher who makes class fun with music, who is none other than Creator/JackBlack? [[SarcasmMode Talk about a match made in heaven for children!]] Despite looking perfect for kids, it actually isn't, thanks to scenes with swearing (most of it by children!), a teacher getting drunk, someone stating that another teacher is doing drugs, and a person jumping off of a stage and passing out. It doesn't help that CartoonNetwork, of all channels, [[AdoredByTheNetwork ran this movie frequently in the mid-to-late 2000's]], and as of 2015, it's being adapted into a kids' TV show on Nickelodeon, similar to Sam and Max. To make matters worse, in Norway and South Korea, the movie was given an "all ages" rating!
* ''Film/ScottPilgrimVsTheWorld''. Due to flashy visuals, pee jokes, and videogame references, IMDB users [[PublicMediumIgnorance passed it off as a "kiddie" movie]]. Need we remind you that this is a movie that has sexual references (although mild), several homosexual scenes/references, Scott accidentally saying that he wants to give Knives a golden shower, [[spoiler:Scott being impaled by the seventh ex (yes, he comes back with a 1-Up, and [[BloodlessCarnage there's no blood]], but still!)]], and one of the exes dying ''from having an orgasm.'' This film actually was not as successful as hoped since it was too "adult" for children and too "kiddie" for most adults.
* ''Film/TheSecretLifeOfWalterMitty'': It's a film about a man who daydreams to help him get out of his everyday problems, so it must be for kids, right? Wrong! It contains some swearing, drinking, sex jokes, [[spoiler: a building catching on fire,and the main character going to Afghanistan and getting arrested for it.]] The film wound up with a PG rating, and little kids still saw it despite the scenes mentioned.

* An Website/{{IMDB}} trivia entry for ''Film/TeamAmericaWorldPolice'' says it all: "Despite almost getting an NC-17 Rating in the States, the film was promoted as a 'kids and family' movie in several European countries, and rated fit for all accordingly." Probably because just as in America [[AnimationAgeGhetto animation is automatically for kids]], in Europe puppets must be automatically for kids.

* ''Film/{{Airplane}}'' is rated PG despite containing multiple suicides, a character sniffing glue, the [[DeadBabyComedy death of a child played for laughs]], and some nudity. It was released in 1980, predating the PG-13 rating. Newer releases of the film have bumped the film up to PG-13. In the UK, the movie is rated 15. Also qualifies as a case of ValuesDissonance.

* The ''Film/AustinPowers'' films, despite being filled to the brim with sexual innuendo and whose second film has the word ''shag'' right in the title, seems to suffer from this greatly. Not only that, the third movie actually won an award for Favorite Movie at the 2003 Kids' Choice Awards.

* ''Film/BackToSchool'' looks like a funny family comedy about an old man who goes back to college. It isn't rated PG-13 for nothing.

* In some countries, ''WesternAnimation/BeavisAndButtHeadDoAmerica'' was marketed as for kids. ''[[UpToEleven It was even rated G in Canada.]]''

** In the UK, ''Film/{{Beetlejuice}}'' has a "15+ " rating for that very reason.

* ''Film/BruceAlmighty'' got a lot of slack from parents who ignored the PG-13/12 rating and took their kids to see it, because of all the swearing (Plenty of fucks and shits) and sexual content (Bruce blows up a girl's skirt, makes his girlfriend have spontaneous orgasms, and makes her boobs bigger). Apparently because it's a movie about God it should be child-friendly.

* ''Film/CoolWorld''. Hell, Creator/RalphBakshi's resume in general. And that's after they toned it down...

* ''Film/ForrestGump'' seems to have stuck in many people's minds as the wholesome, patriotic tale of an "idiot" with a heart of gold, which has led to its being shown on family-movie channels at around eight p.m. This overlooks, oh let's see:

* ''WesternAnimation/SausageParty'' may look like the ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory'' of food, but it isn't. From the trailer alone, a potato gets [[FamilyUnfriendlyViolence tortured]] and there are loads of [[UptoEleven uncensored]] swearing. Rated R for a reason.

* ''Film/SausageParty'' may look like the Film/ToyStory of food, but it isn't. From the trailer alone, a potato gets [[FamilyUnfriendlyViolence tortured]] and there are loads of [[UptoEleven uncensored]] swearing. Rated R for a reason.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Nine}}''. Despite the dark tone of the advertisements, some of which explicitly state it's not for kids, many parents took their kids to see it. Most were in tears by the middle of the film. And to top it off, the official trailers heavily alluded to the deaths of several characters, one of whom dies ''screaming'' in terror right before having his soul sucked out. Yet parents ''still'' took their kids to see it and then complained about the dark material. Insert facepalm here.

* Similar to Film/Chappie, the 2016 movie Film/Keanu, mainly since the film's advertisements and posters makes it appear that the film is all about a group of gangsters trying to rescue a cute kitten. However just because it features a CuteKitten doesn't mean it's appropriate for children. It's rated R for a reason.

* ''Film/{{Deadpool 2016}}''. Despite taking place in the same universe as the ''XMen film series'', is ''obviously'' never meant for kids. Yet people take their children to see it. Even Fox made it clear on it, but one person apparently missed the point and wanted a PG-13 cut for her children to see.

* ''Film/{{Ted}}'' seems like a family movie about a teddy bear and a man who have lived together for 20 years by the nice man who brought us ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'', doesn't it? No! It's rated R! Just so they would know, Universal made a [[http://collider.com/ted-movie-theater-standee/ standee for the film]] that featured the eponymous bear holding up the R rating and what it's rated R for.