History WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids / AnimatedFilms

* The misconception of ''WesternAnimation/{{Wizards}}'' being made for children comes from its PG rating[[note]] Bakshi's lowest rating for a movie[[/note]] as well as [[Creator/{{Ralph Bakshi}} Ralph Bakshi]] himself referring to it as such; despite its copious amounts of violence and the well-endowed Eleanor in what looks like a Vegas showgirl outfit. Bakshi clarified in 2012 that when he called the movie a "kids film," he was really inferring to *older* kids aged 13 and up, not actual children. This is also reflected in the film's previously mentioned rating in America, as receiving a PG rating in the 70s was the equivalent of receiving a PG-13 today-- at the time, the PG-13 rating didn't even exist. So while the film certainly isn't for small children, it's ''much'' more kid-friendly than ''WesternAnimation/FritzTheCat'' or ''{{WesternAnimation/Coonskin}}''.
** Even Website/ThisVeryWiki made this mistake because, at one point, this film was cataloged under WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids despite it not being a children's film.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Felidae}}'' is an animated film about cute little cats solving a mystery, right? Yes, and along the way we see graphic disembowelment (in one case involving a pregnant female), a cat with her head torn clean off, sex scenes, alcoholism, profanity, truly horrific animal abuse (involving a cat's skin getting burned off with acid), a suicide cult, a highly disturbing nightmare sequence involving rotting, screaming cat corpses being used as puppets, and at one point, full-frontal human nudity (female and male). That's an impressive list for a film about '''animated cats'''.

* The Danish film ''[[WesternAnimation/TerkelInTrouble Terkel I Knibe]]'' (''Terkel in Trouble'') actually won an ''award'' in Denmark for "Best Kids and Family Film," and its DVD cover even proclaims it to be "The family film of the year." However, a few clips on Website/YouTube should indicate that it is anything but: there's a ''lot'' of black comedy and sexual references, a crazy uncle who swears and beats children who tried to steal his liquor, lots of swearing, an awfully cruel song about a poor starving kid in Thailand who sniffs glue to dull his hunger pains, [[spoiler: a girl who takes her own life because of unrequited love]], and the fact that [[spoiler:the entire plot is about someone trying to kill Terkel, the main character]]. It was rated 11 in Denmark, but 15 in the UK-- an example of Main/ValuesDissonance, as very dark, cynical comedy (a la ''Series/{{Louie}}'') is much more culturally accepted in Denmark than the UK.

* Those picking up ''Anime/GraveOfTheFireflies'' thinking it to be cheery Ghibli fare are treated to maggot-infested corpses and children dying of starvation. It is occasionally placed in the kids' section, and yes, it was originally made as a double feature with ''Anime/MyNeighborTotoro'', but the entire film can be summarized with "FromBadToWorse". Not to mention that some DVD prints of it say "Suitable for ages 3+" on the back cover. You'd think the word [[NeverSayDie "grave"]] would be enough of a hint, though. It's even more so in the recent releases because it has a TV-PG rating. Even worse, the German release was rated '''''6 and up'''''.

* The Creator/NationalFilmBoardOfCanada has helped produce an amazing array of creative and revolutionary films, especially animated shorts. Some of them are beloved classics that are great for kids, like "The Log-Driver's Waltz" and "The Hockey Sweater"; others are more adult, either in the sense of having narratives that are boring to children, being experimental and arty, containing flat-out inappropriate material, or some combination of the three. One of the most famous NFB shorts is "WesternAnimation/TheBigSnit", which features a couple arguing over a Scrabble game and culminates in a thermonuclear detonation, for example. However, it's not unheard-of for educators and parents to assume that anything NFB must be G-rated and child-appropriate. Please don't just leave your kids in the care of a DVD of Richard Condie animations because he did "WesternAnimation/TheCatCameBack".

* ''WesternAnimation/SouthParkBiggerLongerAndUncut'': [[Creator/TreyParkerAndMattStone The creators]] knew that young people might sneak into the movie (and many did), so InUniverse, [[TakeThat they showed the boys going to see "Terrance and Phillip: Asses of Fire", which is rated R]].
* The Danish film ''[[WesternAnimation/TerkelInTrouble Terkel I Knibe]]'' (''Terkel in Trouble'') actually won an ''award'' in Denmark for "Best Kids and Family Film", and its DVD cover even proclaims "The family film of the year". However, a few clips on Website/YouTube should indicate that it is anything but: there's a ''lot'' of black comedy and sexual references, a crazy uncle who swears and beats children who tried to steal his liquor, lots of swearing, an awfully cruel song about a poor starving kid in Thailand who sniffs glue to dull his hunger pains, [[spoiler: a girl who takes her own life because of unrequited love]], and the fact that [[spoiler:the entire plot is about someone trying to kill Terkel, the main character]]. It was rated 11 in Denmark, but 15 in the UK-- an example of Main/ValuesDissonance, as very dark, cynical comedy (a la ''Series/{{Louie}}'') is much more culturally accepted in Denmark than the UK.

* The misconception of ''WesternAnimation/{{Wizards}}'' being made for children comes from its PG rating[[note]] Bakshi's lowest rating for a movie[[/note]] as well as [[Creator/{{Ralph Bakshi}} Ralph Bakshi]] himself referring to it as such; despite its copious amounts of violence and the well-endowed Eleanor in what looks like a Vegas showgirl outfit. Bakshi clarified in 2012 that when he called the movie a "kids film", he was really inferring to *older* kids aged 13 and up, not actual children. This is also reflected in the film's previously mentioned rating in America, as receiving a PG rating in the 70s was the equivalent of receiving a PG-13 today-- at the time, the PG-13 rating didn't even exist. So while the film certainly isn't for small children, it's ''much'' more kid-friendly than ''WesternAnimation/FritzTheCat'' or ''{{WesternAnimation/Coonskin}}''.

** Even Website/ThisVeryWiki made this mistake because, at one point, this film was cataloged under WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids despite it not being for kids.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Fantasia}}'': Even though it is a part of the ''Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon'', it was not intended for kids in the first place, as it was made to be a mature arthouse film. In fact, it is the only film in the canon to show ''topless women''.[[note]]though the toplessness wasn't meant to be sexual; it was meant to be natural. Some of the fairies in "Nutcracker" also appear naked.[[/note]] Its initial [[BoxOfficeBomb box-office failure]] caused Disney to [[StillbornFranchise abandon plans for further movies in the same vein as Fantasia]]; its failure may even have indirectly contributed to the AnimationAgeGhetto as we know it. Disney nowadays markets the film to children due to it being a part of the canon, and [[WesternAnimation/Fantasia2000 its sequel]] is more DenserAndWackier in comparison to the original, presumably to be more child-friendly.

Parents, just because it is an [[AnimationAgeGhetto animated film]] doesn't always mean [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids it's for kids]], as many of these examples contain sexual content, violence, swearing, and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking themes that would confuse your kids]]. [softreturn]

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Fantasia}}'': Even though it is a part of the ''Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon'', it was not intended for kids in the first place, as it was made to be a mature arthouse film. In fact, it is the only film in the canon to show ''topless women''.[[note]]though the toplessness wasn't meant to be sexual; it was meant to be natural. Some of the fairies in "Nutcracker" also appear naked.[[/note]] Its initial [[BoxOfficeBomb box-office failure]] caused Disney to [[StillbornFranchise abandon plans for further movies in the same vein as Fantasia]], and its failure may even have indirectly contributed to the AnimationAgeGhetto as we know it. Disney nowadays markets the film to children due to it being a part of the canon, and [[WesternAnimation/Fantasia2000 its sequel]] is more DenserAndWackier in comparison to the original, presumably to be more child-friendly.

Parents, just because it is an [[AnimationAgeGhetto animated film]] doesn't always mean [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids it's for kids]], as many of these examples contain sexual content, violence, tons of swearing, and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking themes that would confuse your kids]]. [softreturn]

** Even Website/ThisVeryWiki made this mistake because, at one point, this film was cataloged under its sister trope, WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids.

** Even Website/ThisVeryWiki made this mistake because, at one point, this film was cataloged under WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids despite it not being for kids.

** Even Website/ThisVeryWiki made this mistake because, at one point, this film was cataloged under WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids despite not being a kids' film.

** Even Website/ThisVeryWiki made this mistake because, at one point, the film was cataloged under WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids despite not being a kids' film.

** Even Website/ThisVeryWiki made this mistake because, at one point, ''WesternAnimation/{{Wizards}}'' was cataloged under WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids despite not being a kids' film.

* The misconception of ''WesternAnimation/{{Wizards}}'' being made for children comes from its PG rating[[note]] Bakshi's lowest rating for a movie[[/note]] as well as Bakshi himself referring to it as such; despite its copious amounts of violence and the well-endowed Eleanor in what looks like a Vegas showgirl outfit. Bakshi clarified in 2012 that when he called the movie a "kids film", he was really inferring to *older* kids aged 13 and up, not actual children. This is also reflected in the film's previously mentioned rating in America, as receiving a PG rating in the 70s was the equivalent of receiving a PG-13 today-- at the time, the PG-13 rating didn't even exist. So while the film certainly isn't for small children, it's ''much'' more kid-friendly than ''WesternAnimation/FritzTheCat'' or ''{{WesternAnimation/Coonskin}}''.

* The misconception of "WesternAnimation/{{Wizards}}" being made for children comes from its PG rating[[note]] Bakshi's lowest rating for a movie[[/note]] as well as Bakshi himself referring to it as such; despite its copious amounts of violence and the well-endowed Eleanor in what looks like a Vegas showgirl outfit. Bakshi clarified in 2012 that when he called the movie a "kids film", he was really inferring to *older* kids aged 13 and up, not actual children. This is also reflected in the film's previously mentioned rating in America, as receiving a PG rating in the 70s was the equivalent of receiving a PG-13 today-- at the time, the PG-13 rating didn't even exist. So while the film certainly isn't for small children, it's ''much'' more kid-friendly than ''WesternAnimation/FritzTheCat'' or ''{{WesternAnimation/Coonskin}}''.

* ''WesternAnimation/RockAndRule'': Despite being made by Creator/{{Nelvana}} (a company known for more kid-friendly shows such as the ''Franchise/CareBears'' and ''Literature/{{Franklin}}'') and rated PG in the United States,[[note]]The film was released a year before the creation of the PG-13 rating.[[/note]] isn't a kids' movie as it features scenes of drug use, sexual content, slight profanity, [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking and implied Satanism]]. The film is aimed at young teens at the most; however, a lot of this is pretty mild.