History Quotes / AvoidTheDreadedGRating

->''"Sometimes the game's rating can leave you perplexed, like, how the f[[SoundEffectBleep -bleep-]]k are so many [[VideoGame/{{Kirby}} Kirby]] games rated [[MediaNotes/EntertainmentSoftwareRatingBoard E10+]]? Like I get it, Kirby games are kind of [[NightmareFuel/{{Kirby}} intense]], but too intense for a seven-year-old?"''
-->--'''WebVideo/ScottTheWoz''' in his section about ''Franchise/{{Kirby}}'' in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WK2JDPZbu1Q his episode]] about the [[MediaNotes/EntertainmentSoftwareRatingBoard ESRB]]

->''"Ladies and gentlemen, in order to achieve an "R" rating today, a motion picture must contain full frontal nudity, graphic violence, or an explicit reference to the sex act. Since this film has none of those, and since research has proven that R-rated films are by far the most popular with the moviegoing public, the producers of this motion picture have asked me to take this opportunity to say [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JzHKwhrN1Lg "Fuck you."]]"''

->''"Sometimes the game's rating can leave you perplexed, like, how the f[[SoundEffectBleep -bleep-]]k are so many [[VideoGame/{{Kirby}} Kirby]] games rated [[MediaNotes/EntertainmentSoftwareRatingBoard E10+]]? Like I get it, Kirby games are kind of [[NightmareFuel intense]], but too intense for a seven-year-old?"''

-->--'''WebVideo/ScottTheWoz''' in his section about ''Franchise/{{Kirby}}'' in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WK2JDPZbu1Q his video]] about the [[MediaNotes/EntertainmentSoftwareRatingBoard ESRB]]

->''"Sometimes the game's rating can leave you perplexed, like, how the f[[SoundEffectBleep -bleep-]]k are so many [[VideoGame/{{Kirby}} Kirby]] games rated [[MediaNotes/EntertainmentSoftwareRatingBoard E10+]]? Like I get it, Kirby games are kind of [[NightmareFuel int]][[NintendoHard ense]], but too intense for a seven-year-old?"''

->''"I've discussed in the past the odd phenomenon over the last ten years in regard to animated films struggling to get (whether they want it or not) a G rating. While in the 1990's we had Disney toons filled with offscreen massacres and onscreen battlefield massacres (''WesternAnimation/{{Mulan}}''), villains being hanged (''WesternAnimation/{{Tarzan}}''), and religiously-motivated baddies killing women and stealing their babies and eventually singing about their sinful lusting as the fires of hell threatened to consume them (''[[WesternAnimation/TheHunchbackOfNotreDameDisney Hunchback Of Notre Dame]]''). But by ''WesternAnimation/{{Tangled}}'' in 2010, well, "brief mild violence" was enough to get a PG rating. Once ''WesternAnimation/{{Shrek}}'' made the PG safe for animated features, the G became culturally irrelevant. Ditto such brutal entertainments as ''Film/TheSmurfs'' ("some mild action and rude humor"), ''WesternAnimation/{{The Lorax|2012}}'' ("brief mild language") and ''WesternAnimation/{{Frozen|2013}}'' ("mild action and rude humor"). This wasn't ''WesternAnimation/TheBlackCauldron'' (with rotting corpses and reanimated skeletons), ''[[WesternAnimation/ThePrinceOfEgypt Prince of Egypt]]'' (ten whole plagues!) or ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda2'' (with some brutal kung-fu battles, a panda genocide and wrenching emotional beats). This was/is a new trend whereby almost every animated feature no matter how benign is now tagged with a PG rating. And now we have a similar game being played on the live-action side. The PG-13 has become such an all-encompassing designation that it's now entirely meaningless."''

->''"I've discussed in the past the odd phenomenon over the last ten years in regard to animated films struggling to get (whether they want it or not) a G rating. While in the 1990's we had Disney toons filled with offscreen massacres and onscreen battlefield massacres (''WesternAnimation/{{Mulan}}''), villains being hanged (''WesternAnimation/{{Tarzan}}''), and religiously-motivated baddies killing women and stealing their babies and eventually singing about their sinful lusting as the fires of hell threatened to consume them (''[[WesternAnimation/TheHunchbackOfNotreDameDisney Hunchback Of Notre Dame]]''). But by ''WesternAnimation/{{Tangled}}'' in 2010, well, "brief mild violence" was enough to get a PG rating. Once ''WesternAnimation/{{Shrek}}'' made the PG safe for animated features, the G became culturally irrelevant. Ditto such brutal entertainments as ''Film/TheSmurfs'' ("some mild action and rude humor"), ''WesternAnimation/TheLorax'' ("brief mild language") and ''WesternAnimation/{{Frozen|2013}}'' ("mild action and rude humor"). This wasn't ''WesternAnimation/TheBlackCauldron'' (with rotting corpses and reanimated skeletons), ''[[WesternAnimation/ThePrinceOfEgypt Prince of Egypt]]'' (ten whole plagues!) or ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda2'' (with some brutal kung-fu battles, a panda genocide and wrenching emotional beats). This was/is a new trend whereby almost every animated feature no matter how benign is now tagged with a PG rating. And now we have a similar game being played on the live-action side. The PG-13 has become such an all-encompassing designation that it's now entirely meaningless."''

->'''Creator/GeneSiskel''': Here's a problem I did have: the film is rated PG-13 because of one obscene language exchange, and it came out of the blue. Now here's a picture I think a lot of kids would enjoy seeing. It is a genial comedy. Now why do they have to stick in the F-word to get the PG-13?

->'''Creator/GeneSiskel''': There's one thing I didn't like though, Roger: the movie is rated PG-13 because of one obscene language exchange, and it came out of the blue. Now I think kids would really like this movie. Why do they have to go throw in...the F-word to get a PG-13?
->'''Creator/RogerEbert''': Because they ''wanted'' the PG-13, Gene. They put that in there to get the PG-13 because they thought if it were PG, people would think it was innocuous.
-->-- ''Series/SiskelAndEbert'' review of 1996's ''Film/{{Eddie}}''

-->-- '''James Berardinelli''''s [[http://www.reelviews.net/movies/a/avengers.html review]] of ''Film/TheAvengers1998''

->'''Creator/GeneSiskel''': There's one thing I didn't like though Roger: the movie is rated PG-13 because of one obscene language exchange-and it came out of the blue. Now I think kids would really like this movie. Why do they have to go throw in...the f word to get a PG-13?

-->-- '''WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic''' on a use of the word "shit", ''Film/RichieRich''

-->-- '''WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic''' on ''Film/{{Casper}}''[='s=] use of this trope

->''"Well, it seems the 'PG' only gets doled out if Ashcroft's face changes expression."''
-->-- '''Seth Weiner, Otaku-Sempai''' (Discussing ''WesternAnimation/TheSecretOfNIMH'''s 'G' Rating)

-->-- from '''Lawrence Van Gelder’'''s [[https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/library/film/virtue-film-review.html review]] of ''Film/WarriorsOfVirtue''

->''"I’ve discussed in the past the odd phenomenon over the last ten years in regard to animated films struggling to get (whether they want it or not) a G rating. While in the 1990’s we had Disney toons filled with offscreen massacres and onscreen battlefield massacres (WesternAnimation/{{Mulan}}), villains being hanged (WesternAnimation/{{Tarzan}}), and religiously-motivated baddies killing women and stealing their babies and eventually singing about their sinful lusting as the fires of hell threatened to consume them ([[WesternAnimation/TheHunchbackOfNotreDameDisney Hunchback Of Notre Dame]]). But by WesternAnimation/{{Tangled}} in 2010, well, “brief mild violence” was enough to get a PG rating. Once WesternAnimation/{{Shrek}} made the PG safe for animated features, the G became culturally irrelevant.\\\
Ditto such brutal entertainments as ''Film/TheSmurfs'' (“some mild action and rude humor”), ''WesternAnimation/TheLorax'' (“brief mild language”) and ''WesternAnimation/{{Frozen|2013}}'' (“mild action and rude humor”). This wasn’t ''WesternAnimation/TheBlackCauldron'' (with rotting corpses and reanimated skeletons), ''[[WesternAnimation/ThePrinceOfEgypt Prince of Egypt]]'' (ten whole plagues!) or ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda2'' (with some brutal kung-fu battles, a panda genocide and wrenching emotional beats). This was/is a new trend whereby almost every animated feature no matter how benign is now tagged with a PG rating. And now we have a similar game being played on the live-action side. The PG-13 has become such an all-encompassing designation that it’s now entirely meaningless."''

->''"There's a reason why he keeps mentioning his genitals. It's to distract us from the fact that, in pretty much every other respect, this is a kids' song. Just think about it. Does this song sound like it was written for someone who lives in the adult world? (...) No, this is a song about ignoring your homework and hiding from Mom before she tells you to do chores. This song was probably written by Raffi, and then Bruno Mars stole it and drew dicks all over it. Hell, even the dancing monkeys look like a ''Series/SesameStreet'' segment that curdled in the fridge."''
-->--'''WebVideo/ToddInTheShadows''', on "The Lazy Song" by Music/BrunoMars

->''"I’ve discussed in the past the odd phenomenon over the last ten years in regard to animated films struggling to get (whether they want it or not) a G rating. While in the 1990’s we had Disney toons filled with offscreen massacres and onscreen battlefield massacres (WesternAnimation/{{Mulan}}), villains being hanged (WesternAnimation/{{Tarzan}}), and religiously-motivated baddies killing women and stealing their babies and eventually singing about their sinful lusting as the fires of hell threatened to consume them ([[WesternAnimation/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame Hunchback Of Notre Dame]]). But by WesternAnimation/{{Tangled}} in 2010, well, “brief mild violence” was enough to get a PG rating. Once WesternAnimation/{{Shrek}} made the PG safe for animated features, the G became culturally irrelevant.\\\

-->-- ''Series/SiskelAndEbert'' review of 1996's ''Eddie''

-->-- WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic on a use of the word "shit", ''Film/RichieRich''

-->-- WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic on ''Film/{{Casper}}''[='s=] use of this trope

-->-- Seth Weiner, Otaku-Sempai (Discussing ''WesternAnimation/TheSecretOfNIMH'''s 'G' Rating)

-->-- from Lawrence Van Gelder’s [[https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/library/film/virtue-film-review.html review]] of ''Film/WarriorsOfVirtue''

Ditto such brutal entertainments as Film/TheSmurfs (“some mild action and rude humor”), The Lorax (“brief mild language”) and Frozen (“mild action and rude humor”). This wasn’t WesternAnimation/TheBlackCauldron (with rotting corpses and reanimated skeletons), [[WesternAnimation/ThePrinceOfEgypt Prince of Egypt]] (ten whole plagues!) or WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda2 (with some brutal kung-fu battles, a panda genocide and wrenching emotional beats). This was/is a new trend whereby almost every animated feature no matter how benign is now tagged with a PG rating. And now we have a similar game being played on the live-action side. The PG-13 has become such an all-encompassing designation that it’s now entirely meaningless."''