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Alright, did some example cleaning up. People keep getting this and WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids mixed up[[hottip:*:Or, in some suspicious cases are acting as moral gaurdians because not all kids series are completely happy-go-lucky no bad things at all in the world fare. OR they watch a series for kids and are not part of the intended demographic. Therefore \
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Alright, did some example cleaning up. People keep getting this and WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids mixed up[[hottip:*:Or, in some suspicious cases are acting as moral gaurdians because not all kids series are completely happy-go-lucky no bad things at all in the world fare. OR they watch a series for kids and are not part of the intended demographic. Therefore \\\"it\\\'s not for kids, is for \\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'older\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\' kids\\\"]]. Here a basic breakdown and examples for each, so you know where to add stuff.

\\\'\\\'{{Redwall}}\\\'\\\' is a kids series of books and a television series about forest animals. They live in an abbey, which constantly is the target for bad guys to try an take over. Some (arguably mild) violence ensues as well as nightmare fuel from the villains. This is a series \\\'\\\'intended\\\'\\\' for a younger audience of children, but it contains darker elements and may have built up a PeripheryDemographic of older people. Said older people are shocked to find out that it\\\'s a kid\\\'s series (and may deny it afterwards). Because anything that appeals to an older audience \\\'\\\'can\\\'t\\\'\\\' be for kids. Therefore it is an example of WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids.

\\\'\\\'FritzTheCat\\\'\\\' is a comic strip, and more famously, a movie, that was the first animated film to receive an \\\"X\\\" rating[[hottip:*:this was most likely for publicity reasons, however. It\\\'s more like an R.]]. It contains quite a bit of sexual themes, a rape, drugs usage, and family unfriendly violence. Not to mention it has plenty of social commentary focusing on the society of the time when it was released. It\\\'s target demographic is older viewers and not even remotely meant for children. But, there are parents who probably don\\\'t realize this and think \\\"It\\\'s an animated movie with animals, it MUST be for kids.\\\" There it is an example of WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids.

So basically WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids: media intended for a younger demographics of kids, but may just be all around more mature. It may then build up a sizable Periphery Demographic who can\\\'t believe something meant for kids isn\\\'t the freaking Teletubbies. This also goes for series intended for \\\"older kids\\\" or young adult section of books.

WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids: parents or another person \\\'\\\'\\\'mistakes\\\'\\\'\\\' a work for something kids friendly when it is most definitely \\\'\\\'not\\\'\\\'.

[[spoiler:Also note that some people may be aware of the intended demographic, but still think their kids can handle it. That has nothing to really do with the trope, it\\\'s worth noting though.]]
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Alright, did some example cleaning up. People keep getting this and WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids mixed up[[hottip:*:Or, in some suspicious cases are acting as moral gaurdians because not all kids series are completely happy-go-lucky no bad things at all in the world fare. OR they watch a series for kids and are not part of the intended demographic. Therefore \
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Alright, did some example cleaning up. People keep getting this and WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids mixed up[[hottip:*:Or, in some suspicious cases are acting as moral gaurdians because not all kids series are completely happy-go-lucky no bad things at all in the world fare. OR they watch a series for kids and are not part of the intended demographic. Therefore \\\"it\\\'s not for kids, is for \\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'older\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\' kids\\\"]]. Here a basic breakdown and examples for each, so you know where to add stuff.

\\\'\\\'{{Redwall}}\\\'\\\' is a kids series of books and a television series about forest animals. They live in an abbey, which constantly is the target for bad guys to try an take over. Some (arguably mild) violence ensues as well as nightmare fuel from the villains. This is a series \\\'\\\'intended\\\'\\\' for a younger audience of children, but it contains darker elements and may have built up a PeripheryDemographic of older people. Said older people are shocked to find out that it\\\'s a kid\\\'s series (and may deny it afterwards). Because anything that appeals to an older audience \\\'\\\'can\\\'t\\\'\\\' be for kids. Therefore it is an example of WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids.

\\\'\\\'FritzTheCat\\\'\\\' is a comic strip, and more famously, a movie, that was the first animated film to receive an \\\"X\\\" rating[[hottip:*:this was most likely for publicity reasons, however. It\\\'s more like an R.]]. It contains quite a bit of sexual themes, a rape, drugs usage, and family unfriendly violence. Not to mention it has plenty of social commentary focusing on the society of the time when it was released. It\\\'s target demographic is older viewers and not even remotely meant for children. But, there are parents who probably don\\\'t realize this and think \\\"It\\\'s an animated movie with animals, it MUST be for kids.\\\" There it is an example of WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids.

So basically WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids: media intended for a younger demographics of kids, but may just be all around more mature. It may then build up a sizable Periphery Demographic who can\\\'t believe domething meant for kids isn\\\'t the freaking Teletubbies. This also goes for series intended for \\\"older kids\\\" or young adult section of books.

WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids: parents or another person \\\'\\\'\\\'mistakes\\\'\\\'\\\' a work for something kids friendly when it is most definitely \\\'\\\'not\\\'\\\'.

[[spoiler:Also note that some people may be aware of the intended demographic, but still think their kids can handle it. That has nothing to really do with the trope, it\\\'s worth noting though.]]
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Alright, did some example cleaning up. People keep getting this and WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids mixed up[[hottip:*:Or, in some suspicious cases are acting as moral gaurdians because not all kids series are completely happy-go-lucky no bad things at all in the world fare. OR they watch a series for kids and are not part of the intended demographic. Therefore \
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Alright, did some example cleaning up. People keep getting this and WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids mixed up[[hottip:*:Or, in some suspicious cases are acting as moral gaurdians because not all kids series are completely happy-go-lucky no bad things at all in the world fare. OR they watch a series for kids and are not part of the intended demographic. Therefore \\\"it\\\'s not for kids, is for \\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'older\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\' kids\\\"]]. Here a basic breakdown and examples for each, so you know where to add stuff.

\\\'\\\'{{Redwall}}\\\'\\\' is a kids series of books and a television series about forest animals. They live in an abbey, which constantly is the target for bad guys to try an take over. Some (arguably mild) violence ensues as well as nightmare fuel from the villains. This is a series \\\'\\\'intended\\\'\\\' for a younger audience of children, but it contains darker elements and may have built up a PeripheryDemographic of older people. Said older people are shocked to find out that it\\\'s a kid\\\'s series (and may deny it afterwards). Because anything that appeals to an older audience \\\'\\\'can\\\'t\\\'\\\' be for kids. Therefore it is an example of WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids.

\\\'\\\'FritzTheCat\\\'\\\' is a comic strip, and more famously, a movie, that was the first animated film to receive an \\\"X\\\" rating[[hottip:*:this was most likely for publicity reasons, however. It\\\'s more like an R.]]. It contains quite a bit of sexual themes, a rape, drugs usage, and family unfriendly violence. Not to mention it has plenty of social commentary focusing on the society of the time when it was released. It\\\'s target demographic is older viewers and not even remotely meant for children. But, there are parents who probably don\\\'t realize this and think \\\"It\\\'s an animated movie with animals, it MUST be for kids.\\\" There it is an example of WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids.

So basically WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids: media intended for a younger demographics of kids, but may just be all around more mature. This also goes for series intended for \\\"older kids\\\" or young adult section of books, because not all series for young people is going to be the freaking Teletubbies.

WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids: parents or another person \\\'\\\'\\\'mistakes\\\'\\\'\\\' a work for something kids friendly when it is most definitely \\\'\\\'not\\\'\\\'.

[[spoiler:Also note that some people may be aware of the intended demographic, but still think their kids can handle it. That has nothing to really do with the trope, it\\\'s worth noting though.]]
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