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* '''Inverted''': The film was originally rated PG, but gets bumped down to G due to how standards have changed in the years.

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* '''Inverted''': The film was originally rated PG, R but gets bumped down to G PG-13 due to how standards have changed in the years.



* '''Lampshaded''': "So 1980's it had to be resubmitted, and got a different rating!"

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* '''Lampshaded''': "So in the 1980's it had to be resubmitted, and got a different rating!"

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* '''Averted''': The film keeps the same rating forever.

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* '''Averted''': '''Averted''':
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The film keeps the same rating forever.forever.
** Instead of changing the rating, the movie cuts the scenes that were considered inappropriate.
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** [[ValuesDissonance Different nations, different standards.]] The spa scenes were considered innocent back in Japan, but 16+ in the States (and too integral to the narrative to censor) when the work was imported.

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** [[ValuesDissonance Different nations, different standards.]] standards]]. The spa scenes were considered innocent back in Japan, but 16+ in the States (and too integral to the narrative to censor) when the work was imported.
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** [[ValuesDissonance Different nations, different standards.]] The spa scenes were considered innocent back in Japan, but 16+ in the States (and too integral to the narrative to censor) when the work was imported.

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* '''Justified''': The work was aiming for that target audience.

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* '''Justified''': '''Justified''':
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The work was aiming for that target audience.audience.
** Color transmissions reveal things that were imperceivable in the original B/W transmissions.
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'''Basic Trope''': A work has its rating bumped up despite containing the same content.

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'''Basic Trope''': A work has its rating bumped up or down despite containing the same content.
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* '''Exploited''': ???

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* '''Exploited''': ???The studio behind ''Troper Legends'' exerts subtle pressure on the ratings board to AvoidTheDreadedGRating.
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* '''Enforced''': ???

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* '''Enforced''': ???The work contains content which was considered suitable for kids when it was produced, but ValuesDissonance means this is no longer the case. Cutting the offending scenes isn't an option, so the work has to be given a higher rating.

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* '''Double-Subverted''': However, when they submit it again for home video release, it gets a higher rating.
* '''Averted''': The film keeps the same rating forever.

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* '''Double-Subverted''': '''Double Subverted''': However, when they submit it again for home video release, it gets a higher rating.
* '''Averted''': The film keeps the same rating forever.
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* '''Zig-Zagged''': ???
* '''Averted''': The film keeps the same rating forever.
* '''Enforced''': ???



* '''Invoked''': ???
* '''Exploited''': ???
* '''Defied''': ???
* '''Discussed''': ???
* '''Conversed''': ???



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%% * '''Implied''': ???
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%% * '''Reconstructed''': ???
%% * '''Played for Laughs''': ???
%% * '''Played for Drama''': ???
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'''Basic Trope''': A work has its rating bumped up despite containing the same content.
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* '''Straight''': ''Troper Legends'' was originally rated PG, but it gets bumped to PG-13 due to a scene where the hero headbutts a mook.
* '''Exaggerated''': The film was originally rated G, but gets bumped to NC-17 due to the hero headshotting a mook several times (with graphic blood, too!)
* '''Downplayed''': It was originally rated G, but gets a PG later on due to a scene where someone says "hell".
* '''Justified''': The work was aiming for that target audience.
* '''Inverted''': The film was originally rated PG, but gets bumped down to G due to how standards have changed in the years.
* '''Subverted''': The distributor resubmits ''Troper Legends'' for a re-rating several years later... but it gets the exact same rating.
* '''Double-Subverted''': However, when they submit it again for home video release, it gets a higher rating.
* '''Averted''': The film keeps the same rating forever.
* '''Parodied''': The resubmitted version is so different in tone that it can't even be called ''Troper Legends''.
* '''Lampshaded''': "So 1980's it had to be resubmitted, and got a different rating!"
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