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"Just take me to wherever it is you people buy shi- stuff, where you buy stuff."

"It’s sort of more to do with the fact that we are [sometimes] considered a children’s act, and we have certain shows where we want to stress that we’re not doing kids’ shows. It’s disappointing for some people, but we find that a lot of people bring their very, very young kids into situations where there really isn’t the proper ... I guess, mainly, it doesn’t seem like a safe place to bring really little kids, and people don’t know that. So we had a period of playing shows in clubs and bars and people would bring little kids, and it was nerve-wracking and distracting for us, because it just wasn’t a safe place for little kids. I don’t think its so much the material as to do with the welfare of the kids. And maybe it’s [also] more to do with the volume that we’re playing at and the environment.

"We played an outdoor festival a couple of weeks ago in Philadelphia, and there were teenage kids who decided it was appropriate to start slam dancing. It doesn’t seem like appropriate behavior for our show, but it still does go on, surprisingly, so between that and the volume, and I think we want to feel license to, even if we don’t take advantage of that ability, that we can say [expletive] on stage and not upset the parents. Actually, kids love swearing, I’ve gotta say, but the parents object to it."
John Linnell of They Might Be Giants, on why they have a "14 and older" rule for some shows.

I stroll onto the bridge the next morning at 0830 feeling extremely refreshed despite the early hour and plop down languidly in my chair. Tess gives me a funny look and rolls her eyes. “What?”
“What do you mean, ‘what,’ Eleya?” she says, walking over and sitting in the chair next to me. “You walk in here looking like a grayth that just dined on prize alicorn and expect nobody to notice? So, how was he?'
“Mmmm. He was damn good.”
“Details.”
“Not now, Tess, there are ensigns present.”

Logan: I'm fucking done with this bullshit.
Charles: Logan, please... not in front of Laura.
Logan: She just cut a guy's fucking head off, I think she can handle a few curse words.
Logan

Héctor: (Singing) Well, everyone knows Juanita. Her eyes each a different color. Her teeth stick out and her chin goes in. And her... (suddenly remembers that Miguel is watching) knuckles, they drag on the floor.
Chicharrón: Those aren't the words!
Héctor: There are children present.
Coco

Goku: Well, what do I get for Christmas?
Chi-chi: The same thing as last year, Goku.
Goku: Ohhhhh, so that thing you do with your mou—
Chi-Chi: Not in front of Gohan!
Dragon Ball Z Abridged, "Christmas Tree of Might"

Buzz: I believe the word you're searching for is "Space Ranger".
Woody: The word I'm searching for, I can't say, because there's preschool toys present.

Sayaka: Hey, this is the part where I kicked Homura's a-
[Sayaka quickly stops herself when she glances down and remembers Nagisa is present]
Sayaka: Where I totally owned Homura!

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