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I hate these. Why can't they make a proper kids movie without 'implied' obscenities? 

Anyone remember the "panty raid" scene from Spongebob? 0.0

One word: Animaniacs.

jji7skyline wrote:

I hate these. Why can't they make a proper kids movie without 'implied' obscenities? 

Because then it wouldn't be entertaining. 

The whole point of making a "family" film is also to appeal to older kids or adults too. It's what happens with every Pixar movie, every Dreamworks movie. If it weren't for all the adult humor in Toy Story or Shrek or Spongebob, no one would enjoy it but little kids. Come on, man, how could you hate it?

Animeboy975 wrote:

Anyone remember the "panty raid" scene from Spongebob? 0.0

Hahaha, yeah. That was hilarious. 

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Animeboy975 wrote:

Anyone remember the "panty raid" scene from Spongebob? 0.0

XD
ya.

jukyter wrote:

^The whole reason Shrek and the Toy Story movies were so popular is because they had these. For the first time watching a child's movie was family entertainment

I really, really hope you don't actually believe that.

calebxy wrote:

jukyter wrote:

^The whole reason Shrek and the Toy Story movies were so popular is because they had these. For the first time watching a child's movie was family entertainment

I really, really hope you don't actually believe that.

Well not the first time family entertainment bit but yes the rest of it

calebxy wrote:

No. That's not why Toy Story is so popular. It's not a childish film at all, and is liked by people of all ages because it is done so excellently and masterfully, and it has a lot of emotion and touching scenes in it.

Also, there's inoffensive humor that is still intended for adults. "I'm from Playskool" "I'm from Mattel, well I'm not actually from Mattel I'm really from a smaller company that was obtained in a corporate buyout . . ."

calebxy wrote:

No. That's not why Toy Story is so popular. It's not a childish film at all, and is liked by people of all ages because it is done so excellently and masterfully, and it has a lot of emotion and touching scenes in it.

Did I ever say that they weren't emotional and touching? Of course they are. The emotional and touching scenes really ARE what make the movie what it is. I completely agree with you. It's just that there's a lot of funny references and jokes in the movie that make it really enjoyable for me, and a lot of people.

mythbusteranimator wrote:

Remember Cars?

Mater: "The Piston Wha?"
(Say it out loud.  )

That's not the real line.

McQueen: "He has four piston cups!"
Mater: "He did WHAT in his cup?"

soupoftomato wrote:

calebxy wrote:

No. That's not why Toy Story is so popular. It's not a childish film at all, and is liked by people of all ages because it is done so excellently and masterfully, and it has a lot of emotion and touching scenes in it.

Also, there's inoffensive humor that is still intended for adults. "I'm from Playskool" "I'm from Mattel, well I'm not actually from Mattel I'm really from a smaller company that was obtained in a corporate buyout . . ."

The line is actually "that was purchased in a deliberate buyout". 

I'm sorry, it's just that I'm so devoted to that movie that I basically know the entire movie word for word.

Also, does anyone remember that one scene in Toy Story where Mr. Potato Head and Hamm are playing Battleship, and whenever Potato Head loses, he gives Hamm one of his parts? That's basically like strip poker.    It was hilarious.

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jji7skyline wrote:

I hate these. Why can't they make a proper kids movie without 'implied' obscenities? 

The people who write these scripts are human, too. Besides, why not? I mean, unless most of the humor comes from it and to the kids it's just nonsensical phrases (there was an episode of Cow and Chicken called "Buffalo Gals" that was entirely based around lesbian biker jokes that hopefully most children wouldn't get).

soupoftomato wrote:

cheddargirl wrote:

banana500 wrote:

As we all know, there's adult humor and innuendos littered pretty much everywhere in children's entertainment.

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Anyways, discuss hidden subliminal humor in kid's entertainment! 

I don't know if it's necessarily subliminal humor, I think it's just the animation company's way to diluting adult humor to make it more acceptable for a wider audience. For example, outright cussing would definitely be a no-no for kids show, so alternative substitutes would be used - to name a few cases, 4Kids uses the term "What the shell!" for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles dialogue and "Oh, fudge!" for the Viva Pinata dialogue back when those shows were popular.

All that being said, though, I'm curious why no one considers the rating, though. They usually hint at what might be in a TV show or movie. So far, the movies, "Rango", "Shrek", and "Toy Story" were mentioned - but keep in mind "Rango" and "Shrek" are PG rated, whereas "Toy Story" is rated G, which would mean that "Rango" and "Shrek" are not truly intended for a child audience here.

PG now is pretty much code for made for kids but a character might die. PG used to be made for somewhat more mature audiences, and be able to carry more objectionable content, before the creation of a PG-13 rating. This is why you have Indiana Jones at PG for its movies, technically having the same score as Up!.

Because PG used to be considered a more mature rating, E.T. slipped in an inappropriate line so people would take it more serious than a G movie.

/the only part I remember from watching the movie about six years ago

banana500 wrote:

soupoftomato wrote:

cheddargirl wrote:

I don't know if it's necessarily subliminal humor, I think it's just the animation company's way to diluting adult humor to make it more acceptable for a wider audience. For example, outright cussing would definitely be a no-no for kids show, so alternative substitutes would be used - to name a few cases, 4Kids uses the term "What the shell!" for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles dialogue and "Oh, fudge!" for the Viva Pinata dialogue back when those shows were popular.

All that being said, though, I'm curious why no one considers the rating, though. They usually hint at what might be in a TV show or movie. So far, the movies, "Rango", "Shrek", and "Toy Story" were mentioned - but keep in mind "Rango" and "Shrek" are PG rated, whereas "Toy Story" is rated G, which would mean that "Rango" and "Shrek" are not truly intended for a child audience here.

PG now is pretty much code for made for kids but a character might die. PG used to be made for somewhat more mature audiences, and be able to carry more objectionable content, before the creation of a PG-13 rating. This is why you have Indiana Jones at PG for its movies, technically having the same score as Up!.

Because PG used to be considered a more mature rating, E.T. slipped in an inappropriate line so people would take it more serious than a G movie.

"IT WAS NOTHING LIKE THAT, [insert word for male genitalia here] BREATH!"

  That line made the movie PG. That and a few bad words scattered here and there.

It's also funny how a LOT of 80s and 70s movie are PG when they really should be PG-13. I know that the rating wasn't invented yet at the time, but still, the MPAA should rerate movies like Raiders of the Lost Ark, Jaws, and Ghostbusters to PG-13. I mean, Ghostbusters is a total PG-13 movie, yet it's still PG. Don't get me wrong though, I love that movie.

Anyways guys, this topic isn't exactly for why movies are rated what they are.    It's about subtle humor that goes over kid's heads,

Ratings are relevant to the subject at hand.

And you mention Raiders but not Temple of Doom? The one where they RIP HUMAN HEARTS OUT while the victim is alive?