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| 10 | [[caption-width-right:350:That kid's sure going to [[DoubleEntendre enjoy]] the [[{{Hentai}} nice cartoon]] his [[AnimationAgeGhetto mom and dad gave him for Christmas]].]] |
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| 13 | ->''"When parents give ''ComicBook/{{Maus}}'', my book about Auschwitz, to their little kids, I think it’s child abuse."'' |
| 14 | -->-- '''Creator/ArtSpiegelman''', regarding his comic book, which stars {{Funny Animal}}s but itself ''definitely'' [[MatureAnimalStory is not funny]]. |
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| 16 | All [[HighFantasy fantasy]], {{animation|AgeGhetto}}, [[SciFiGhetto space operas]], {{fairy tale}}s, [[ArtStyleDissonance anything with a cartoon and/or anime art style]], everything with {{talking animal}}s, anything with [[KidHero a child]] (especially if it's a [[GirlShowGhetto girl]]) as the protagonist, {{superhero}} movies, ComicBooks, and anything by a creator of children's media is okay for kids... [[TemptingFate right?]] |
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| 18 | Well, sure — if you want to [[NightmareFuel scar them for life]], [[TearJerker shove their hearts into a woodchipper]], [[MindScrew confuse them to an overwhelming extreme]], or [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking show/teach them words or other things they]] [[RefugeInAudacity really shouldn't know yet]]. |
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| 20 | If you pay attention, you will notice that many Fairy Tales are stories of [[FamilyUnfriendlyDeath murder]], [[DudeShesLikeInAComa rape]], and [[FateWorseThanDeath much worse]]. Several stories starring [[MatureAnimalStory animals]] — particularly very old versions — are just as bad. Heaven forbid you especially if you come across [[Literature/ReynardTheFox medieval Dutch animal fables]]. The amount of sex (including rape), extreme violence, and glorification of crime will make the most {{NSFW}} thing that the UsefulNotes/FurryFandom ever has produced look tame by comparison. Many people [[ComicallyMissingThePoint realize too late]] that [[AnimationAgeGhetto animated films can be for adults only]], even if "adult" doesn’t mean that it is an AnimatedShockComedy. Many people assume AllAnimationIsDisney, which is a risky thing to do as [[{{Disneyfication}} Disney, for the most part]], [[{{Bowdlerise}} outbowdlerized Bowdler]]. |
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| 22 | The American 1970s-era rating label "PG" came with the warning, "Parental Guidance Suggested — some material may not be suitable for pre-teenagers." The last word was eventually changed to "children." The PG rating was somehow not clear enough, so a new "in-between" rating, "PG-13," was created as a stopgap between PG and R (which restricts audiences to 17 and older). Yet today, parents take their kindergartners to PG-13 movies anyway, due to there being no official age restriction. Due to the PG rating largely replacing the G rating for kids and family fare, it is shocking to see how much the PG rating used to get away with. Additionally, films that initially targeted the PG rating are now getting PG-13 ratings; the PG-13 rating is ''extremely'' broad. |
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| 24 | Many fairy tales were told to children to ScareEmStraight, though others were meant for adults. [[ValuesDissonance Over time, the focus has shifted]] from depicting horrible consequences of bad behavior to showing positive traits being rewarded. The older versions, especially those by Creator/TheBrothersGrimm, offer ready-to-use DarkerAndEdgier for older audiences. ValuesDissonance also applies across cultures, to the point where uninitiated fans insist that foreign kids' shows were really for teenagers or adults because their home country would never allow some of the content to be shown to anyone below that age. |
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| 26 | TheInternet, where anyone can be on and post anything on, has given a rise to this audience reaction. There are countless works online that appear to be innocent and kid-friendly in any way(s), and are easy for a kid to click on, but their content will be unpredictable and often only be made for teenagers or older. Often without {{Content Warning}}s. FanWorks of kid-friendly works are prone to this, because there will usually be a PeripheryDemographic. Kids will still click on and see them just because it's about their favorite show, regardless of if the work is appropriate for them or not. |
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| 28 | Thankfully, most kids who watch films not intended for their age grow up and ''don't'' have traumatized existences. They simply ignore what they don't understand, and when they do they will often love the film for showing those themes since they never saw anything that handled those themes before. |
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| 30 | On this trope page, please list only things that have been ''commonly mistaken as being for kids''. If it ''was'' meant for kids despite still having inappropriate content, then WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids. |
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| 32 | See also SubvertedInnocence. Can be a result of MisaimedMarketing. Audiences may receive an early warning with an RRatedOpening. AnimationAgeGhetto is the animation-specific subtrope (in that it's this trope applied to the entire medium). WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForLittleGirls is the {{Moe}} {{Seinen}} subtrope. |
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| 34 | ---- |
| 35 | !Examples |
| 36 | [[index]] |
| 37 | * WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids/AnimeAndManga |
| 38 | * WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids/ComicBooks |
| 39 | * [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids/AnimatedFilms Films — Animation]] |
| 40 | * [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids/LiveActionFilms Films — Live-Action]] |
| 41 | ** [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids/SuperheroFilms Superhero films]] |
| 42 | * WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids/{{Literature}} |
| 43 | * WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids/LiveActionTV |
| 44 | ** ''WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids/StarTrek'' |
| 45 | ** [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids/SuperheroSeries Superhero series]] |
| 46 | * WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids/{{Music}} |
| 47 | * WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids/{{Theatre}} |
| 48 | * WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids/VideoGames |
| 49 | ** [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids/SuperheroVideoGames Superhero video games]] |
| 50 | * WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids/WebAnimation |
| 51 | ** [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids/SuperheroSeries Superhero series]] |
| 52 | * WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids/WebOriginal |
| 53 | * WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids/WesternAnimation |
| 54 | ** [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids/SuperheroSeries Superhero series]] |
| 55 | ** [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids/FoxCartoonsAndFX Fox cartoons and FX]] |
| 56 | ** [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids/AdultSwim Adult Swim]] |
| 57 | [[/index]] |
| 58 | |
| 59 | [[foldercontrol]] |
| 60 | |
| 61 | [[folder:Advertising]] |
| 62 | * ''Advertising/ItsHappyBunny'' combines a cute character design and bright colors with insults. |
| 63 | [[/folder]] |
| 64 | |
| 65 | [[folder:Fan Works]] |
| 66 | * ''Agony in Pink'', despite being based on ''Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers'', is a DarkFic with {{Gorn}}, so it is definitely not suitable for kids. |
| 67 | * Fanon wikias have fan-made episodes of pre-existing series and fan-made original or spinoff shows. Unexpectedly inappropriate episodes and series crop up, and if you're lucky, it'll actually be intentional. |
| 68 | ** On the Nick Fanon Wikia, [[http://nickfanon.wikia.com/wiki/SuperSaiyanKirby_Adventures SuperSaiyanKirby Adventures]] presents itself as being a fan-made standard Nickelodeon show, albeit one with a Super Saiyan Kirby as the main character. Then there's [[http://nickfanon.wikia.com/wiki/A_Collection_of_Pointless_Adventures the sequel]], which involves drinking, swearing, and so much more! The original wasn't exactly the nicest either, with several characters having a bone to pick with Creator/NickJr characters, with the main character claiming he got stuck in his SuperMode during the WesternAnimation/{{Dora|TheExplorer}} [[NoodleIncident War]]. Then there's the episode "Web and Brandon's Final Mission", which is directly based off of the "Cupcakes" fanfic. |
| 69 | ** Random-ness Wikia has a sitcom named [[http://random-ness.wikia.com/wiki/The_Bunker The Bunker]] as well as [[http://random-ness.wikia.com/wiki/Fresh_Admin_of_Random_Air this show]], which has banned episodes posted on another wiki. The original contains subs. |
| 70 | ** [=SpongeBob=] Fan Wikia has [[http://spongefan.wikia.com/wiki/SpongeBob:_Infection SpongeBob: Infection]], but despite it being based on a [[WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants kids show]], it certainly isn't. The show focuses on a zombie apocalypse destroying Bikini Bottom, and the main characters' efforts to stay safe and sane, and contains lots of blood and gore, as well as heavy thematic elements. You have to get through a disclaimer intended for parents that explains the content is 18+ and you have to click "Proceed" in order to read the article...only to be met by a ''much less subtle'' disclaimer at the top of the page explaining again that the content is R rated, summarizing the objectionable content, and making it clear that the admin team on the Wikia only accepts said content under careful consideration. |
| 71 | * With ''VideoGame/FridayNightFunkin'' having its own problems with a younger fanbase, the same can be said for the many works of the modding community. Said works include those based on various {{Creepypasta}}s and horror media such as ''Fanfic/SonicExe''(VideoGame/VsSonicexe), Fanfic/SuicideMouse( VideoGame/SundayNightSuicide, VideoGame/WednesdaysInfidelity), and Shadow-sana’s Super Horror Mario art (VideoGame/FridayNightFunkinMariosMadness)and mods like ''VideoGame/FridayNightFunkinSoft'' that delve into themes of trauma and abuse. Other mods like ''VideoGame/FridayNightFunkinHD'' further exhasperbate the problem with its cutscenes including heavier use of edgy and crass humor akin to Platform/{{Newgrounds}}' early days, with Week 4 being the HotterAndSexier and the [[BrokenBase polarizing breaking point among fans]]. Even some of the far tamer mods like ''VideoGame/DokiDokiTakeover'' can qualify due to the source material being the kind of genre not meant for a younger audience. |
| 72 | * Amazingly enough, ''Fanfic/CalvinAndHobbesTheSeries'' has an InUniverse example in the episode "Home Un-Alone", where Calvin believes that ''Film/ChildsPlay1988'' is kid-friendly due to its title and the fact that it's rated R for "rainbow". |
| 73 | * Even though ''Webcomic/GhostsOfTheFuture'' is a fan comic of ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'', a kid-friendly video game series, and created by Evan Stanley, who is now an official Sonic comic artist and writer, it is ''not'' for children. The comic [[DownerBeginning starts off]] with Sonic and his best friends being bloodily [[PlotTriggeringDeath massacred]] by a mind-controlled Shadow, which results in Sonic and Shadow enduring trauma and [[ItsAllMyFault guilt]]. There's brutal violence and bloodshed, profanity, sexual innuendo[[note]]such as the VisualInnuendo of the Sorceress holding the long neck of a jug between her breasts[[/note]], and a brief, non-sexual, and partial nudity in the form of [[NippleAndDimed a female's exposed breasts]]. Nevertheless, little kids still read the comic and their parents even read it to littler ones, [[https://www.deviantart.com/comments/1/755905710/4621971269 so]] Stanley added {{Content Warnings}} to the [[BloodyHorror issue 17 incident]]. |
| 74 | * ''Webcomic/TheMurderOfMe'' is a ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'' fancomic whose creator, Gigi Dutreix, [[PromotedFanboy works]] on the [[ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogIDW official IDW comics]], but it's ''not'' for children. It's a CosmicHorrorStory, there's plenty of blood, and the violence can get graphic. What did you expect from a comic with "murder" in the title? |
| 75 | * ''WebVideo/YuGiOhTheAbridgedSeries'' is like the [[Anime/YuGiOh original anime]] if it had Creator/SethMacFarlane as the writer. |
| 76 | * From ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'' franchise there's the fanfic ''Fanfic/ZeldasHonor''. The story is anything but kid friendly and gives off a vibe akin to ''Series/GameOfThrones'' and ''Manga/{{Berserk}}'', complete with plenty of gore, violence, rape and other adult themes. Young readers thinking it would be okay to read because it deals with a kid-friendly franchise would be sorely mistaken. |
| 77 | * Back in the day when it was first released, ''WebAnimation/ResidentEvilMusicals'' used to be criticized for its gore, violence and sex jokes. Many people forgot the series it was parodying was rated M to begin with. |
| 78 | * ''WebAnimation/SonicShorts'' was watched by children due to its cartoony animation and the fact it's a ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'' fanwork. However, they are intended for teenage audiences, or sometimes more mature audiences, especially the ''[[StylisticSuck Sonic Shits]]'' series, with some skits having profanity, BlackComedy (including BlackComedyRape), unrealistic blood, and/or sexual humor, including a [[SarcasmMode beautiful]] glimpse of Eggman's bulge. |
| 79 | * Most of [[https://www.youtube.com/user/MugiMikey MugiMikey]]'s ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'' fan animations, despite their crude cartoon look and occasional family-friendly thumbnails and premises, are ''not'' kid-friendly. They're {{Animated Shock Comed|y}}ies with strong profanity, overt VulgarHumor, and BlackComedy, such as BloodyHilarious situations and BlackComedyRape. While ''WebAnimation/HisHistoryRevealedADrRobotnikBiography'' is serious [[CreatorsOddball contrasted to his usual output]], it's still not kid-friendly, having a bit of profanity and dealing with serious themes such as infertility from injury, death, especially [[spoiler:the [[BloodyHorror gory]] death of Eggy the puppy]], ParentalNeglect, losing one's virginity, and [[WarIsHell the horrifying aspects of war]]. |
| 80 | * [[https://www.youtube.com/user/SmashBits/ SmashBits Animation]] may produce parody animations of kids' favorite video games, such as ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'', ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}'', ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'', ''VideoGame/{{Cuphead}}'', and ''Platform/{{Roblox}}'', but they really aren't kids' material, with swearing and vulgar humor. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJ0rOpWGBbo This audience reaction is allegedly why their channel was terminated for a while.]] |
| 81 | --> We're not making children's content. We're not targetting kids. We're an adult comedy channel. [=SmashBits=] Animation makes video game adult comedy animations. We-We've made ourselves to be like Creator/AdultSwim of video game parody animations. |
| 82 | * ''Theatre/AVeryPotterMusical''. Creator/TeamStarKid said that a lot of people took their kids to the show because it's [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Harry Potter the Musical]]. They mentioned having to cut down the Website/YouTube version of the show to a PG-13 level. They had to put a [=FOR MATURE STARKIDS ONLY!!!=] label on ''Theatre/MeAndMyDick''. Didn't stop some of their younger fans from watching it. |
| 83 | * While the ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' fanfic series "The Berylverse" has always had adult themes in it, it wasn't until the brutally-realistic ''WesternAnimation/EquestriaGirls''-meets-''actual teenage reality Fanfic/SevenDaysInSunnyJune'' stories that this trope kicked in high gear. |
| 84 | * ''WebVideo/FriendshipIsWitchcraft'' has both been mistaken for a kid's work and as an actual incarnation of ''My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic''. It's an adult-aimed parody with a lot of jokes that are, at minimum, aimed at older children. |
| 85 | * ''Webcomic/SonicTheComicOnline'' is a FanSequel to a kid's comic that ended in the early 2000s, however it's aimed at fans who grew up with the story (or at least got into it as an adult). It usually keeps to an OriginalFlavor, though some issues can get graphic (such as when [[spoiler:Tekno underwent a SanitySlippage and tried to kill a villain]]). |
| 86 | * ''Fanfic/TokimekiPokeLiveAndTwinbee'' is a ''{{Franchise/Pokemon}}'', ''Franchise/LoveLive'', ''VisualNovel/TokimekiMemorial'', ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'' and ''{{VideoGame/TwinBee}}'' crossover [[note]] and it is based most heavily on the main ''Pokémon'' games (especially ''VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite''), as well as ''VideoGame/PokemonBlack2AndWhite2'', ''VideoGame/LoveLiveSchoolIdolFestival'' and its ''[[VideoGame/LoveLiveSchoolIdolFestivalAllStars ALL STARS]]'' sequel and the Kirameki and Hibikino sagas of ''[=TokiMemo=]''[[/note]]. It may seem child friendly because a large amount of the source material has been aimed at least partially at young audiences, but ''PokéLive!'' is actually aimed at older teen/adult fans of the franchises involved. It has various dark/frightening moments, [[PrecisionFStrike some profanity]], and FridgeHorror as part of certain backstories, and is overall more mature than most official entries in the franchises involved. |
| 87 | * Sophie Feher's FanAnimation to the song "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eN3IW0SJAMo The Ballad of Sara Berry]]" from ''Theatre/ThirtyFiveMillimeterAMusicalExhibition'' has the art-style of a kid's cartoon, but it's not a kid-friendly animatic. It's a MurderBallad about an AlphaBitch who murders her classmates over not being crowned Prom Queen. |
| 88 | * This is a recurring issue in FanVid communities. Many of these videos reside on websites that don't have proper content rating systems, some are based on kid-friendly works, and some don't even specify what video and/or audio sources they use, which can lead to odd surprises. Further muddying things is that editors of all ages are sometimes present in the exact same communities, that some of the adults make content suitable for all viewers, and some kids dabble in AgeInappropriateArt (either deliberately [[ChildrenAreInnocent or accidentally]]). Some of the most spectacular examples use imagery from childrens' movies such as ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994'' and ''WesternAnimation/FerngullyTheLastRainforest'' - there is a large community of people who [[ManipulativeEditing edit such movies into oblivion]], and the results sometimes incorporate content from visually similar but more mature works such as ''WesternAnimation/{{Felidae}}''; even when those works aren't included, they can still contain mature themes and scenes staged by creatively editing G-rated sources, or outright use fanart. As a result, every once in a while you'll see a 10-year-old commenting that they watched a video which ''really'' was not intended for them, even if said video did include a content warning. |
| 89 | * Despite being a kid friendly series, many ''WesternAnimation/ChipNDaleRescueRangers'' fanfics are not meant for kids. They often go to places that the show would never dare go to and read like epic thrillers. ''FanFic/RhymeAndReason'' and ''Webcomic/OfMiceAndMayhem'' are easily the two best examples. |
| 90 | * While there are plenty of fan games out there based on the kid-friendly ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' series, a number of them aren't all that suitable for kids for various reasons. For just two examples, there's ''VideoGame/PokemonUranium'' (with a plot that centers around ''nuclear meltdowns and fallout'' and the consequences thereof) and ''VideoGame/PokemonInsurgence'' (which not only features a lot of violence and BodyHorror, but also has a difficulty curve more suited for competitive ''Pokémon'' players than casual fans or kids) -- and keep in mind those are two of the ''tamer'' examples. |
| 91 | [[/folder]] |
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| 93 | [[folder:Mythology and Religion]] |
| 94 | * For people who only think of Literature/TheBible as only "Jesus and the Ten Commandments," they could be in for [[ValuesDissonance quite a shock]]. The Old Testament includes laws about slavery, and has stories of blood, gore, pre-meditated murder, incest, rape, and genocide. There's also the [[HotterAndSexier sexually charged]] ''[[Literature/SongOfSongs Song of Solomon]]'', [[Literature/BookOfEzekiel Ezekiel]] and his vulgar metaphors, and the entire story of Samson. |
| 95 | ** Noah's Ark is often presented as a charming adventure fable for kids - in fact, [[https://www.openbible.info/blog/2013/11/so-you-want-to-write-a-kids-bible/ some research]] shows it's the one most common Bible stories to tell children by a long shot. What is a more enduring image in childhood than the animals skipping into the Ark by their appointed twos? But, presented as a children's story, it skips over the dark fact that the reason for the Great Flood was that humanity had become so irredeemably horrible (potentially even having children with demons) that the only solution was to drown virtually the whole of humanity like rats in a barrel. It ''certainly'' omits the Biblical revelation that the first thing Noah did after finding dry land again--probably perfectly understandably--was to get incapably rat-arsed drunk and pass out. |
| 96 | ** Samson is also one of the most common stories presented to children. While he's sometimes presented as the original {{superhero}}, a glance at the text will show he's more so the UrExample of a NinetiesAntiHero. Bible media for children will often focus on his super strength, rather than the fact that he's a tragic character whose {{pride}} leads to his capture and death. |
| 97 | ** The New Testament isn't exactly kid-friendly either. Hell and eternal suffering are introduced, a handful of the notable prophets are tortured and executed, [[FaceDeathWithDignity and go surprisingly willingly]]. Plus, a certain character is ''[[FamilyUnfriendlyDeath nailed to a cross]]''. There is also the fact it all ends with the utter ruin and destruction of the entire world. Now granted, there is the light of hope that is [[BigDamnHeroes Second Coming]] and ultimately the world is remade,but there is also the [[BittersweetEnding tragic side]] of tons of people who still perish horribly and then go to Hell. |
| 98 | ** The Apocryphal books aren't usually found in Protestant Bibles, but Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Christians include them in their canons. However, they are no less troubling than the Old Testament: |
| 99 | *** [[https://youtu.be/F8rcflM9tqE The story of Susanna]] from the Catholic version of the Literature/BookOfDaniel. The video says it's for kids, but a courtroom drama about lust, rape, and defamation that ends in execution is far from a children's story. |
| 100 | *** There's also [[https://youtu.be/bEeDTVIgFgk one for Tobit]], a story about God's providence through the angel Raphael. However, the B plot is about a demon of lust who murders a poor woman's husbands not once, not twice, but ''seven'' times in a row. |
| 101 | *** The Literature/BooksOfMaccabees -- [[https://youtu.be/4ZWFHl-4FVQ it has an Animated Hero Classic]] although the beginning of the story where Mattathias murders a fellow Jew ''on an altar'' is not exactly kid-friendly. No wonder Martin Luther decided to remove them. Also the bit where an entire Jewish family is gruesomely tortured to death by Antiochus (and it's described in ''detail''). |
| 102 | * Myth/ClassicalMythology is taught in classrooms. Granted, often it's a bare-bones, watered-down version — but recounting stories like that of Aphrodite's birth (she was born from Ouranos' nads, which were chopped off by Cronos and thrown into the sea), or that Zeus and Hera were both brother and sister and husband and wife, has to be difficult for teachers of twelve-year-old students. Parodied in ''Misleading Cases in the Common Law'', in which a Classics master at a British public ([[SeparatedByACommonLanguage i.e. private]]) school is charged with providing obscene material to minors. |
| 103 | * Despite the lack of evidence, many scholars and historians theorize that most Nursery Rhymes were originally written as political satire.[[note]] It's probably more likely to suggest that pre-existing little rhymes and jingles, that everybody knew how to hum, had new words added to fit. So everybody could sing along [[/note]] |
| 104 | [[/folder]] |
| 105 | |
| 106 | [[folder:Newspaper Comics]] |
| 107 | * Comic strips as a whole arguably suffer from this even more than even animation due to newspaper censorship. There are many adult newspaper comics such as ''ComicStrip/TheBoondocks'', ''ComicStrip/{{Doonesbury}}'', and ''ComicStrip/PearlsBeforeSwine'' who, despite their design, are intended strictly for adults and not suited for people of all ages. They often frequently get censored when covering more touchy subjects. |
| 108 | [[/folder]] |
| 109 | |
| 110 | [[folder:Professional Wrestling]] |
| 111 | * It's (partly) unintentional here. When it began to be touted as popular entertainment in about the 1940s, pro wrestling ''was'' family-friendly. The faces always did the right thing, the heels were evil ButNotTooEvil, and moral ambiguity was never created. This pattern began to break down once "[[ForeignWrestlingHeel Arab]]" wrestlers such as The Sheik and Wrestling/AbdullahTheButcher began staging deliberately gory matches (the equivalent of "Hardcore" matches today) and the heel characters actually began to be depicted as {{Lovable Rogue}}s and competent enough in the ring not to have to resort to cheating all the time. All bets were off once the "Wrestling/AttitudeEra" got underway in the late '90s and sex and violence (and even the occasional dollop of Satanism) actually became the selling points — ''but parents still took their children to the shows''!\ |
| 112 | In [[TurnOfTheMillennium the late 2000s]], Wrestling/{{WWE}} tried to steer itself back toward more family-friendly entertainment, due to Wrestling/JohnCena's kid-friendly appeal, the [[Wrestling/ChrisBenoit Chris Benoit tragedy]], and Linda [=McMahon=]'s repeated failed political campaigns, but even that seems to be over now[[note]]Probably because despite all their efforts to appeal to the younger crowd Nielson ratings show that the overwhelming majority of WWE viewers are males in the 45-64 year old demographic[[/note]], although WWE programming is still rated TV-PG in spite of a growth in slightly edgier content. |
| 113 | * [[Wrestling/WorldChampionshipWrestling WCW Thunder]] is a unique case. While its U.S. broadcaster Creator/{{TBS}} aired the show on Thursdays at 8:00 PM, it was aired in Indonesia on Indosiar on Sundays at noon 00:30 PM local time, where children usually spent their time watching television with their parents. Keep in mind that during the Monday Night Wars era, the content of pro wrestling was getting progressively edgier (mainly thanks to the influence of Wrestling/{{ECW}}), meaning the families tuning in to watch were greeted with wrestlers hitting each other with chairs, baseball bats and the like while peppering promos with swearing and with female valets wearing skimpy clothes acting suggestively around them -- all of which the Indonesian censors didn't even try to go after. |
| 114 | [[/folder]] |
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| 116 | [[folder:Tabletop Games]] |
| 117 | * Board games are commonly assumed to be fun toys for children and families, not minding hobbyist board games intended for teenagers and older, or ''adult'' party games with R-rated content. To deter this, many adult party games have "ADULT" or "MATURE" printed clearly in large font, and some US publishers put notices like "THIS PRODUCT IS NOT A TOY, NOT INTENDED FOR USE OF PERSONS 12 YEARS OR YOUNGER" on board games with heavy subject matter (example given from [[http://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/71721/space-hulk-death-angel-the-card-game this]] — apparently the title didn't give it away, nor the face-eating aliens, brutally beweaponed killing machines, and human skull motifs on the cover). |
| 118 | ** This [[https://youtu.be/du0emDgJ-L4 Games Workshop commercial]]. Parents probably loved hearing about how their kids read the lore, and found out about such delightful topics as the Dark Eldar. Not to mention the ultra-violence, Catholic Space Nazi "protagonists", constant warfare, and everything about Chaos in general. |
| 119 | * ''TabletopGame/BunniesAndBurrows'' is a game based loosely on ''Literature/WatershipDown'' and is chock full of cute little player controlled rabbits being brutally eaten by predators, ravaged by disease, and otherwise struggling to survive. Gamers thought it was for kids because [[{{Disneyfication}} it has talking rabbits]], kids were disappointed when they found out there were no [[TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons wizards slinging fireballs for 50,000 damage]]. It has, however, become a CultClassic among those who understand this is not a kids' game. |
| 120 | * ''TabletopGame/{{Rifts}}''. Every book in the series has a stern warning at the very beginning the game is not for children and contains graphic violence and sexual references. Even so the publishers still get complaints from parents who think it's family friendly like Dungeons & Dragons. |
| 121 | * Despite being based on a children's tv series, the age rating for ''TabletopGame/PowerRangersHeroesOfTheGrid'' is 14+. This is not because the game features objectionable content, but rather because the rules of the game are really complex for Power Rangers' intended demographic. |
| 122 | * Actually this trope and MoralGuardians gave rise to the ''[[ThisIsAWorkOfFiction RPG]] [[DontTryThisAtHome Disclaimer]] genre''. Which ''The Escapist'' gaming advocacy site has a decent collection of [[http://tinyurl.com/lltnyng here]]. Includes examples like: |
| 123 | ** The [[http://www.theescapist.com/blog/tiki-view_blog_post.php?blogId=5&postId=118 minimalistic]] from ''TabletopGame/{{Nephilim}}''. 1st page "This Game Is Not Real" 2nd page "You Are". |
| 124 | ** The aforementioned Palladium (''TabletopGame/{{Rifts}}'' / ''TMNT'' / ''After The Bomb'' / etc.) [[http://www.theescapist.com/blog/tiki-view_blog_post.php?blogId=5&postId=108 one]] which is pretty standard. |
| 125 | ** The [[http://www.theescapist.com/blog/tiki-view_blog_post.php?blogId=5&postId=105 one]] from ''TabletopGame/OverTheEdge'' which should be read aloud before every game session. |
| 126 | ** And the absolute anti — the "[[http://www.theescapist.com/blog/tiki-view_blog_post.php?blogId=5&postId=121 Claimer]]" from [[{{TabletopGame/Hol}} Human Occupied Landfill]]. Begins with: "This Game ''Will'' Fuck You Up. We Swear. [...]" |
| 127 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheFlintstones'' had a board game in 1961 titled "The Modern Stoneage Game". Yet surprisingly, it was a bit too complex for most children, having a board, cards, and a cribbage-like peg board for scoring. The box itself even said "For ages 8 to Adult". Then again, as the [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids/WesternAnimation Western Animation entry]] for this says, The Flintstones was originally intended for adults. Most if not all of the later board games based on the Flintstone franchise were definitely more kid-friendly. |
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| 130 | [[folder:Toys]] |
| 131 | * Subverted with Bandai's S.H. Figuarts line (as well as its sublines, Ultra-Act and S.H. [=MonsterArts=]) which is more geared towards adults even if most of the properties are based on [[WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids children's shows such as]] ''Anime/DragonBallZ'', ''Franchise/KamenRider'', the ''Franchise/UltraSeries'' and ''Franchise/SuperSentai''. With most figures hovering around 3,000-8,000 yen, the prices certainly would scare off some parents from getting these for their kids. Their most expensive figure Machine Itashar from ''Series/HikoninSentaiAkibaranger'' (which does fit under this trope) costs about 10 times what normal figures cost. To wit, S.H. Figuarts models modeled after adult-oriented shows, like ''Akibaranger'' and ''Series/KamenRiderAmazons'', fit this trope ''very'' well. |
| 132 | ** Amazon has tons of negative reviews for the figures, claiming that when they give them to kids, they "have too many pieces" or they "fall apart easily". |
| 133 | * As mentioned multiples times [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids/LiveActionFilms here]], any movie with the slightest potential for merchandising will probably have toys made for them. Often regardless of the film's actual rating. |
| 134 | * Hot Toys figures definitely qualify under the above statement category although given their ultra realistic figures and hefty price tag, few would mistake these as children's toys. |
| 135 | * ''Franchise/{{Alien}}'' action figures: Free Facehugger with each Alien! [[FromBadToWorse It gets better]]. There's now ChestBurster [[TheMerch plush toys]]. Yes, cute cuddly plushies of an alien fetus that violently erupts from one's chest causing horrible death. |
| 136 | * A rather fanservicey G.E.M. Figure of [[Anime/DigimonAdventure Angewomon]] was banned from being sold in the west by [[Franchise/{{Digimon}} Digimon's]] rights holders, and preorders were even cancelled. Why? Because it went against Digimon's "child friendly image". Even though said figure was intended for adult collectors in the PeripheryDemographic and cost over a hundred dollars. Kids wouldn't even be ''seeing'' the figure since it wasn't going to be sold in any retail stores. |
| 137 | * From Germany, here are some [[http://www.parapluesch.de/ plushies with mental illnesses.]] And ''VideoGame/DieAnstalt'', the accompanying Flash game, even gives them backstories that explain the root of their neuroses, which actually increases their [[TheWoobie Woobieness]]. And the game also features numerous themes that would never pass in a kid-friendly work: |
| 138 | ** Right from the start, there is a "no nooses" sign in the waiting room where you choose which toy to treat, so we already have a suicide joke and the game's not even started. |
| 139 | ** One of the patients, Sly, is a brightly colored toy snake. Sounds like the kind of toy you'd give to a child, but the cause of his issues is revealed to be [[spoiler: that his rattle was emptied out and used to store recreational drugs.]] Because [[spoiler:explicit references to drug use]] are totally appropriate for kids. |
| 140 | ** Another patient is Lilo, a hippo with a zipper mouth that can be used as a backpack. And one of the items stored within him is a condom. |
| 141 | * Behold, Mori Chack's [[http://www.chax.cc/main.html?en Gloomy Bear]]. Cute pink bears with blood covered claws. |
| 142 | * ''Manga/BladeOfTheImmortal'' trading cards and figurines are also commonly found in the toy aisle in Japanese markets. It's a toy that comes with candy so it must be for kids, right? |
| 143 | * At the Takashi Murakami show in LA, they had a lot of (rather expensive) plushies like [[http://www.nyankovivi.com/Shop/index.php?main_page=product_info_id=402 cute, smiley flowers]] and [[http://www.viaalley.com/?page_id=2040 cute, flowery skulls]]. And then there's [[http://secure.giantrobot.com/products.php?code=MURAFRAZKIKI&catid=t009 Kiki]]... |
| 144 | ** They're all [[SeriousBusiness artworks]] in their own right too, so don't remove the wrappers! |
| 145 | * Collector's action figures in general; after all, no parent in their right mind would get their child a [[Comicbook/{{Watchmen}} Dr. Manhattan]] or [[VideoGame/GearsOfWar Marcus Fenix]] action figure. |
| 146 | * Some of the early ''Comicbook/{{Spawn}}'' merchandise released in 1994 were obviously meant to be played with for kids despite the comics featuring a large amount of violence, gore, nudity and a child killer. Even ''Film/Spawn1997'', a movie that deals heavily with Heaven and Hell and the oncoming apocalypse and Clown making sex jokes, had various toys marketed towards kids. |
| 147 | * There is a community of artists who make handmade teddy bears, referred to as artist bears, that are made for adult collectors and definitely not children. They are usually made of mohair with glass eyes and either wood or metal joints in the style of pre-World War II teddy bears, and they can cost hundreds of dollars. They are often made with small parts that a little kid could choke on, and also, due to the material, they cannot be put in a washing machine. Artists usually have a label on the tag or certificate and on their website that the bears are not intended for children under 14. On forums dedicated to bear artists and collectors, occasionally someone will post that non-collectors will think they're the same as regular teddy bears that you can buy in a store. |
| 148 | * Numerous people on Amazon.com have the habit of complaining that the "High Grade" Franchise/{{Godzilla}} figurines made by Bandai are "too small for children" or how they have to "put the figurines together with too many small parts that kids can lose" or something similar. Never mind the fact that said "High Grade" figurines are meant to be ''collectible'' figurines for G-Fans to, well, [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin collect]] and put on display on shelves ''NOT'' for children to play with. |
| 149 | * Four out of the six ''Franchise/{{Terminator}}'' movies are R-rated, all are violent and scary... yet it inspired Terminator Toys/{{Minimates}}. |
| 150 | * Burger King's "Kids' Club" meals included toys based on the ''Film/{{Twilight}}'' film ''Eclipse''... which was rated PG-13 and not aimed at younger kids at ''all.'' |
| 151 | * Little kids like stuffed dolls, right? Behold, the Film/{{Ch|ildsPlay}}ucky [[http://www.amazon.com/2012-Bride-Chucky-CHUCKY-PLUSH/dp/B004J5BV78/ref=sr_1_1?s=toys-and-games&ie=UTF8&qid=1340639490&sr=1-1 doll]]. |
| 152 | * While ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' is definitely for kids, a ''lot'' of the merchandise is made specifically to appeal to the PeripheryDemographic, with quality and price to match. The 2013 comic-con exclusive DJ PON-3 figure actually had a disclaimer on the box stating that it was made specifically to be a collectible figure and not a toy. |
| 153 | * ''Franchise/{{Barbie}}'' is normally a toy for young children. However, there are many collectible lines meant for people at minimum in their mid-teens. |
| 154 | * ''Toys/{{FunkoPop}}'' has numerous collectible figurines from works meant for adult audiences despite the figurines' 3+, 8+, or 14+ labels. |
| 155 | * There's a Toys/{{LEGO}} set of 123 Sesame Street, including minifigures of characters such as Elmo, Big Bird, and Cookie Monster. However, it is ''not'' meant to be built by the age group that watches ''Series/SesameStreet'': it's a large, challenging build composed of over a thousand pieces, created for (and by, as it's a [[OfficialFanSubmittedContent LEGO Ideas set]]) adults who grew up watching the show (with nostalgia being one of its main selling points) and the show's PeripheryDemographic. The box labels it as an 18+ set, in case you thought it was a good birthday present for your Creator/PBSKids-addicted toddler. |
| 156 | * ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}'': Later Titan Class figures fall into an odd mix of this and WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids They are massive and unwieldly for even an adult to play with, and as such have been labeled for ages 15 and up since ''War for Cybertron: Kingdom'' Autobot Ark. Yet, Hasbro employees [[https://news.tfw2005.com/2022/04/20/transformers-brand-team-fan-roundtable-legacy-reveal-edition-454263 have noted that these figures are still designed with children in mind]]. |
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| 160 | * ''Webcomic/AnEpicComic'' at first, it looks like a mere kids' comic book with kid-friendly iconic villains. However, later on, it introduces characters from really raunchy franchises, violent video games with people blowing up with blood everywhere, and even the Nostalgia Critic. |
| 161 | * ''Webcomic/AwkwardZombie'' has a cutesy art style, but many of the jokes involve M-rated video games. |
| 162 | * ''Webcomic/BittersweetCandyBowl'' seems can pass as a kid's material because the cutesy art style, however the sexual undertones, sexually suggestive content, and lots of swearing proves that it's not exactly for kids. Not to mention a few chapters after [[WhamEpisode December Arc]] turn the whole series being an emotional roller coaster. |
| 163 | * ''Webcomic/BladeUnderMask'' is set in a Japanese inspired world inhabited by anthropomorphic bugs and is about Nae, a female mantis becoming a {{geisha}}, who begins to suffer NightmareFuel-induced hallucinations. The art style could be mistaken for being aimed at children, but it really isn't due to scenes like Nae's adopted mother striking her with a bamboo stick, her adopted brother having a threesome with two female moths and her touching herself after that. |
| 164 | * The authors of ''Webcomic/GirlGenius'' [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/info/newreader.php felt it necessary to explain the comic is for older teens and up.]] For readers who skip the New Reader page, the blatant FanService is probably a clue. |
| 165 | * ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'' may seem innocuous -- it's a webcomic about kids playing a videogame, after all. But that's only if you overlook the frequent and creative usage of very foul language (Karkat Vantas is the best example of this), bloody violence ([[spoiler:Dirk]] rather infamously manages to get decapitated ''more than once''), the repeated sexual references and jokes, and occasional mild nudity. Not to mention the abstruse subject matter, characters, and plot details. It got to the point where the official Twitter account gave the comic an M rating. |
| 166 | * WebComic/{{Jix}} is about a blue furry alien, but has mild cussing and various comics filled with copious amounts of cartoony gore...and partial nudity from time to time from the human character. |
| 167 | * ''Webcomic/{{Lackadaisy}}'' contains gorgeous art of furry cat people with often enormous and adorable kitty eyes (the author admits she was influenced by Disney films like ''WesternAnimation/{{Bambi}}'' as a child)- and they earn their keep by bootlegging, people-hacking, and general classy dirty-handedness. Even the cutest member of the cast turns out to be one of the craziest. |
| 168 | * ''Webcomic/{{Lookism}}'', a seemingly {{Gag|Series}} and FightingSeries. About a fat young man who becomes a {{bishonen}} with a {{heroic build}} when he [[MakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext sleeps]], who still is a nice guy and befriends "loosers" at his new school while a {{bishonen}} and defies the FatBastard and BeautyEqualsGoodness tropes. Has fun characters and lots of color. And… it contains loads [[SmokingIsCool of smoking]], an {{attempted rape}}, a lot of realistic violence, horrifying bullying including forcing victims into ShamefulStrip, a really [[StalkerWithACrush creepy stalker]], and more. |
| 169 | * At first glance, it would seem safe to assume that ''Webcomic/TheNoordegraafFiles'' would be OK for kids to read, with bright colors, teenage heroes, and a cartoonish artstyle. However, you'd be wrong. While the first three chapters are fine for readers of any age, by chapters 4-5 blood is spilled, and adult themes such as ParentalAbandonment and ColdBloodedTorture are discussed. While the comic is still quite lighthearted in tone,(despite many characters having very [[DarkAndTroubledPast dark and troubled pasts]]), it still shouldn't be read by anyone younger than 13 due to the more serious nature of some topics brought up. |
| 170 | * Several posters in the Giant In The Playground forums were offended by sexual content in an ''[[Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick Order of the Stick]]'' [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0622.html comic]], on the grounds that "children read this comic". So, apparently it's okay for kids to watch stick figures kill each other in various brutal ways (including [[spoiler: [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0639.html committing genocide]]]]), but masturbation jokes are just going too far. Never mind that anyone who's mature enough to [[{{Double Entendre}} realise it's a masturbation reference]] probably has [[{{Pun}} first-hand experience]] of the activity. (Making this especially JustForFun/{{egregious}} is that the author made a point of including PG-13 material in [[https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0025.html several]] [[https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0028.html early]] [[https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0035.html strips]], for the specific purpose of establishing early on that the comic would not be shying away from such matters.) |
| 171 | * The creators of ''Webcomic/PennyArcade'' did [[http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2004/07/23/san-diego-sketchbook-adult-content/ a sketch]] about the possibility of children reading their work. [[http://www.penny-arcade.com/news/post/2005/06/17/the-next-generation1 Elsewhere]], they mention being invited to a school to give a class on drawing -- they went, and enjoyed it, but they made damn sure to cut the URL from the make-your-own-comic templates that they handed out. |
| 172 | ** [[http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2013/05/06/the-young One comic]] is a fictionalized account of Gabe meeting a kindergartner whose favorite game was ''VideoGame/{{Slender}}''. In TheRant [[http://www.penny-arcade.com/news/post/2013/05/06/kids-and-games for this comic]], he rails against this trope, criticizing parents who buy violent, profanity-filled, and/or scary games for their underage kids just to shut them up. |
| 173 | %%* ''Webcomic/SandraAndWoo'': Since it's about a girl who finds a talking raccoon, it must be for little kids, right? [[http://www.sandraandwoo.com/2008/10/30/a-lesson-for-life/ Only]] [[http://www.sandraandwoo.com/2008/11/17/negotiating-methods/ if you]] [[http://www.sandraandwoo.com/2009/01/15/0025-an-overdue-visit/ ignore]] [[http://www.sandraandwoo.com/2009/02/02/0030-naypyidaw-sector-1/ all the]] [[http://www.sandraandwoo.com/2009/02/19/0035-reliable-sources/ early]] [[http://www.sandraandwoo.com/2009/02/23/0036-latest-issue/ clues]]. |
| 174 | * ''Webcomic/SleeplessDomain'' follows a similar path to ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica'' in that it starts off appearing like a standard cutesy MagicalGirl story, only for [[MagicalGirlGenreDeconstruction reality to quickly come crashing down around the protagonists in the worst way possible]]. Much of ''Sleepless Domain'' is dedicated to how Undine and Tessa try to move past the traumatic event of [[spoiler:the rest of their team getting slaughtered during a routine mission.]] |
| 175 | * ''Webcomic/SlightlyDamned'': Don't let the comic's cutesy art style and comedic moments fool you. Between the surprising amount of blood, violence, and foul language, the horrors of Hell, a violent, KnightTemplar angel society, a main character dealing with depression, suicidal thoughts, and [[spoiler: SelfHarm]] issues, villains on both sides who WouldHurtAChild, a [[LegionsOfHell demon army's]] brutal onslaught of ''scores'' of innocent people, and Heaven's blatant use of ChildSoldiers (with one of them [[spoiler: '''''shown getting brutally killed''''')]], it's made very clear that this is '''NOT''' a webcomic for young children to read. |
| 176 | * ''Webcomic/{{Twokinds}}'' gets heavily hit with this. Despite NSFW content, most parental advisory sites still rate it "kid friendly". The fact that NSFW content only appears later in the comic may have something to do with that. |
| 177 | * ''Webcomic/VGCats'' looks like a cutesy comic about two FunnyAnimal cats who go on adventures in various video games. Strong profanity is common and there is explicit sexual humor. |
| 178 | * ''Webcomic/{{xkcd}}'', even with the disclaimer at the bottom of its website, gets hit by this because there are people out there that think just because there are stick figures means it's safe for kids. This especially happens with the comic book "xkcd: volume 0". |
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| 182 | * Creator/{{Netflix}} in the UK used to automatically give a G rating to anything that wasn't rated by the BBFC. This included ''Series/CrazyExGirlfriend'', ''WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty'' and even ''Series/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphia''. They eventually changed this so that they instead give generic "ALL", "GUIDANCE", "MATURE" and "ADULT" ratings. (With the shows mentioned getting "GUIDANCE", "MATURE" and "ADULT" ratings, respectively.) |
| 183 | * Several stories on Website/NotAlwaysRight show that some parents believe "animation" automatically equals "suitable for children". |
| 184 | ** Ditto films about "superheroes" (read: ''Film/{{Watchmen}}'') or fairy tales (''Film/PansLabyrinth''). |
| 185 | ** For everything said on [[WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids the sister page]] about people in an adult PeripheryDemographic who can't accept that some of the shows they like are for kids and will remain that way, it's worth noting that it cuts from both ends. You also have some MoralGuardians who see every show that isn't "kid-friendly" as an attack on children, rather than just for a different demographic. |
| 186 | * A picture book for adults parodies "Goodnight Moon"-type children's books, and real parents' frustrations with children refusing to sleep; under the title "Literature/GoTheFuckToSleep". (It's got cute illustrations of a mom and baby tiger.) Even funnier is the story one Amazon reviewer tells: she bought this book, and in her absence her husband picked it up, thought it was a children's book, and read it to their little son, censoring out all the bad words. ''It's now their son's favorite bedtime book.'' You can watch it [[https://youtu.be/i8MUI6DF7uI here,]] as narrated by Creator/SamuelLJackson. This example turned into a subversion, though, when the author of ''Go the Fuck to Sleep'' released an amended version with all the bad words changed (entitled ''Seriously, Just Go to Sleep''), so parents and little ones can enjoy it together. |
| 187 | * At [=VidCon=] 2016, a game of Funemployed[[note]]A game where you are given cards with statements on them, and must then use those statements as reasons to be hired for a job.[[/note]] was played between WebVideo/{{Markiplier}}, WebVideo/{{Jacksepticeye}}, WebVideo/EmmaBlackery, and Comicstorian. Before the game, Markiplier announced that they were not allowed to curse or scream during the game, to the annoyance of the other players. However, the group quickly found out that several cards were less child-friendly than any curses they could have been saying, as the cards mentioned things like "Uncontrollable Libidos" and "Wet Dreams". |
| 188 | * Several Halloween costumes that many parents would not want little kids to be wearing. %%Note: only costumes that can be bought in a store by a parent count. Handmade costumes do not count and neither do generic zombie or ax murderer costumes.%% |
| 189 | ** [[http://www.halloweencostumes.com/deluxe-child-freddy-krueger-sweater.html Freddy Krueger]] and [[http://www.halloweencostumes.com/deluxe-child-jason-horror-costume.html Jason Voorhees.]] Hope the kid with the Jason costume doesn't role play with his mom who bought him it. |
| 190 | ** [[http://www.halloweencostumes.com/kids-chucky-costume.html Chucky the murdering doll]] |
| 191 | ** [[http://www.caufields.com/childmichaelmyerscostume.aspx Michael Myers from Halloween.]] Insert joke about how the new Michael Myers has mommy issues. |
| 192 | ** [[http://www.mypartyplanner.com/products/texas-chainsaw-massacre-leatherface-child-halloween-costume.html A Leatherface costume, really?]] |
| 193 | ** And any number of [[SexyWhateverOutfit "sexy" [fill in the blank] costumes]] marketed towards and sized for ''[[{{Squick}} preteen girls]].'' |
| 194 | * Several Creator/{{Nickelodeon}} Kids' Choice Awards nominees are definitely ''not'' kid-friendly and some will wonder why they were nominated in the first place. Examples include countless PG-13 movies nominated for and won Favorite Movie and related movie awards over the years, ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' and ''Film/{{Twilight}}'' (both have been nominated several times before), and WebVideo/{{Markiplier}}, nominated in 2018 and 2019. |
| 195 | * The American cable network Creator/ABCFamily has run into this issue many times. Formerly a family-friendly channel originated by evangelist Pat Robertson, ABC bought the network and gave it the name ABC Family. An urban legend denied by the network is that the purchase agreement required the name "Family" to stay in the name of the network. And for a number of years, the programming on the network was considered family- and kid-friendly. As time went on, ABC Family started to attract criticism from parents and moral guardians over its airing of programming that was not considered family-friendly, either due to controversial subject matter or sexual content (''Series/PrettyLittleLiars'' is one example). In 2015, the network announced it was rebranding as Freeform, which was indicated in media coverage as a sign the network was moving away from its family-friendly origins fully. |
| 196 | * Back in TheEighties, Tom Rubinitz, a gay art-film maker, made some incredibly silly and mind-screwy videos loaded with DoubleEntendre. His most famous being "[[https://youtu.be/N733Ofj2cVQ Pickle Surprise]]". Years later, when it went viral, a family posted a home movie of one of their little ones who was utterly delighted with the silly Pickle Man and his antics and reciting a summary of the whole video [[note]]Akin to [[https://youtu.be/EBM854BTGL0 this other early viral video]] of a 3 year old girl reciting the plot of ''Film/ANewHope''[[/note]]. It's precious but the child obviously did not grasp the point of the video or the raciness of the material [[note]]The whole thing is about what happens when a cis-man takes home a trans-woman (with the original 'plumbing') for sex...expecting a 'ham & mayo sandwich' and getting a 'pickle' instead[[/note]]...he just saw colorful silliness with bouncy music, a sparkly pickle man and sandwiches [[note]]Video of the child seems to have been removed from [=YouTube=], sadly. It's likely the boy figured it out years later and had it taken down due to embarrassment. In the child's defense; the video isn't blatantly pornographic and is merely weird rather than blatantly racy and a child won't understand innuendo[[/note]]. |
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