Avoid The Dreaded G Rating has a lot of misuse

(I have reposted this due to the unpopularity of the previous thread)

I have noticed several problems with the trope Avoid the Dreaded G Rating. A bunch of the wicks are just speculation, which doesn’t fit in a trope but more in a Trivia or YMMV page instead. And there are some wicks that go against what the trope is supposed to convey. For example, this is a wick from PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie:

• The movie is rated PG for "mild action and peril" marking the first time EVER that a movie based on a preschool show has gotten that rating.

I personally disagree with the rating, but there was no gratuitous objectionable content in the film. Which goes against the trope’s purpose, which is about having gratuitous inappropriate context in a film to get a higher rating.

Also, there are a bunch of examples of inversions on its page that could fit in Bowdlerize or its own trope. I have even created a wick check.

If the previous thread was unpopular, then why do you think this one will be better? I'm not trying to give you lip; I just don't understand.

You could always just make a cleanup thread.

Also: you don't need to keep on posting about this. If you want to draw attention to a thread that's been inactive, you can simply bump it. You've already placed Avoid the Dreaded G Rating on the TRS queue, anyways, so we'll get around to discussing it eventually.

Edited by jandn2014 on Mar 4th 2024 at 4:06:59 AM

Also, if an example is clearly misuse, then there's nothing wrong with just cutting it immediately without asking. You don't need permission to remove bad examples; you only need consensus if you're not sure whether it counts or if it was re-added and removing it again would cause an Edit War.

Well, for the posts talking about why I deleted it, it had a different name, which was “This trope has a lot of misuse.” It didn’t get as popular as I thought it would, so I deleted my post and made a new thread with a different name because I wanted to make the name clearer so that more people could be on this thread (since the website doesn’t allow people to rename them). Sorry, I thought it would help. Also, I am new to this website and threads in general.

Edited by Gamerknowitall on Mar 5th 2024 at 1:44:03 AM

Also, okay. I’ll be patient for the page to be launched.

Edited by Gamerknowitall on Mar 5th 2024 at 5:12:55 AM

You can launch your own thread.

Where can I do it? Considering that the Trope Repair Shop is at its maximum.

Everyone is new once.

Regarding TRS, all you have to do is to wait for the TRS queue for Avoid the Dreaded G Rating to come up.

It could take a few months for it to happen. You just have to be patient.

Okay, I will be patient.

But TRS isn't a cleanup thread. Cleanup threads are hosted at the project forums.

Sorry, I meant ”repair” because the trope needs to be renamed to something like “Spice Up the Content Warning” or something because the trope extends outside of the Motion Picture Association.

It would be more like Spice Up The Content Rating

Edited by Nen_desharu on Mar 5th 2024 at 9:13:41 AM

Okay, thank you for the suggestion for the title! The inspiration for the title came from a similar trope, Spice Up the Subtitles.

Edited by Gamerknowitall on Mar 5th 2024 at 8:39:55 AM