Rated I for Index

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An index of tropes regarding content ratings and various issues with them.

Tropes

• Avoid the Dreaded G Rating: Certain content is added in a movie to get a higher rating than expected and thus appeal to older audiences.
• Content Warnings: Disclaimers about content before the start of a show/film/game etc.
• Family-Friendly Stripper: A stripper/exotic dancer only strips down to her undergarments so as not to show off any nudity and offend the censors.
• G-Rated Drug: A consumption in a family-friendly work has drug-like effects.
• G-Rated Mental Illness: An insane character is portrayed as a wacky, out-of-control loon, because any other portrayal might be considered offensive to mentally ill people in real life.
• G-Rated Sex: A work aimed at children portrays sex in a less explicit manner, where two characters either act like they're having sex or are implied to have sex.
• G-Rated Stoner: A character conspicuously acts like they're high when they actually aren't, thus slipping a marijuana joke past the censors.
• Mature Animal Story: A work featuring animals that is aimed at mature audiences.
• Mature Work, Child Protagonists: A work featuring children that is aimed at mature audiences.
• Media Classifications: A Media Notes page about the various classifications and ratings for media and how they vary from country to country.
• Rated G for Gangsta: A creator who was previously known for creating explicit, R-rated content gets drastically toned down to be more family-friendly.
• Rated M for Manly: A work catered to male audiences goes out of its way to emphasize its incredible masculinity.
• Rated M for Money: Video games use their mature content (which is frequently shoehorned in) to potentially boost sales.
• R-Rated Opening: A work made for mature audiences shows some of its most explicit content right out the gate to give viewers a first impression of what they're in for.
• Risqué Animal Business: A work featuring family-unfriendly content like violence and nudity gets away with a lower rating due to the characters being animals.
• Same Content, Different Rating: A movie gets a different rating in different countries despite no edits for content being made, or a show gets a higher rating or movie airs on TV with the same deal.
• Unrated Edition: The ultra-raunchy cut of an already explicit work that restores its most R-rated moments that were cut from the original version.
• What Do You Mean, It's for Kids?: Something that's marketed to children has questionable elements that suggest otherwise.
  • What Do You Mean, It's Not for Kids?: Something that seems child-friendly on the surface really isn't.
    • Animation Age Ghetto: It's a cartoon, so it's gotta be kid-friendly... right?