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* ''ParaNorman'' is not only a zombie movie, and thus rather gory, but it [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar milks its PG rating for all it's worth]]. And TheReveal about the identity of the "witch" [[spoiler: (she was an 11-year-old girl who was hanged for speaking with the dead and, underneath 300 years of rage and bitterness, [[TearJerker is still just a scared child who wants to see her mother]])]] is '''really''' dark.
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* ''WatershipDown'' is often used as an example of [[AnimationAgeGhetto mature animation]], but it was intended for all ages. A movie with rabbits horribly mutilating each other and creepily hallucinations, for all ages.
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* ''{{Rango}}'', just like ''{{Shrek}}'' contains lots of [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar adult jokes]], some swearing, FamilyUnfriendlyViolence and huge amounts of ParentalBonus. Also the word "bitch" is [[SoundEffectBleep bleeped out by a hawk.]] [[http://www.amazon.com/Rango-Two-Disc-Blu-ray-Combo-Digital/product-reviews/B003Y5H542/ref=cm_cr_dp_hist_1?ie=UTF8&showViewpoints=0&filterBy=addOneStar But it's really fun reading the bad reviews of the movie by parents that show it to their four-year-old.]]
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* ''{{Rango}}'', just like ''{{Shrek}}'' contains lots of [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar adult jokes]], some swearing, swearing (i.e.: the word "bitch" [[SoundEffectBleep bleeped out by a hawk]]) FamilyUnfriendlyViolence and huge amounts of ParentalBonus. Also the word "bitch" is [[SoundEffectBleep bleeped out by a hawk.]] [[http://www.amazon.com/Rango-Two-Disc-Blu-ray-Combo-Digital/product-reviews/B003Y5H542/ref=cm_cr_dp_hist_1?ie=UTF8&showViewpoints=0&filterBy=addOneStar But it's really fun reading the bad reviews of the movie by parents that show it to their four-year-old.]]
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* ''AnAmericanTail:'' ''[[{{Sequelitis}} The Treasure Of Manhattan Island]]'' features loads o PoliceBrutality, including officers being paid under the table by corrupt factory owners, deliberately starting a race riot and burning every "mouse house and rat hole" to find someone they're after ([[Disney/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame sound familiar?]]).
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* ''AnAmericanTail:'' ''WesternAnimation/AnAmericanTail:'' ''[[{{Sequelitis}} The Treasure Of Manhattan Island]]'' features loads o PoliceBrutality, including officers being paid under the table by corrupt factory owners, deliberately starting a race riot and burning every "mouse house and rat hole" to find someone they're after ([[Disney/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame sound familiar?]]).
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* ''WesternAnimation/ChickenRun'' opens with Ginger's repeated attempts [[TheGreatEscape to escape from a place resembling a concentration camp.]] Minutes later, one of her friends is killed, and towards the end Ginger and Rocky only narrowly escape being beheaded (Ginger does it twice) and being cooked alive.
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* ''WesternAnimation/ChickenRun'' opens with Ginger's repeated attempts [[TheGreatEscape to escape from a place resembling a concentration POW camp.]] Minutes later, one of her friends is killed, and towards the end Ginger and Rocky only narrowly escape being beheaded (Ginger does it twice) and being cooked alive.
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* ''[[WesternAnimation/ToyStory Toy Story 3]]''. The characters all nearly die several times, much of the humor is over young heads, and a lot of kids get frightened and often even leaving during the [[NightmareFuel Monkey Scene]] (A few theorized the 11-year SequelGap helped Pixar aim for a DarkerAndEdgier route). Not only do the toys almost die several times, they come to calmly embrace death at one point.
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* ''[[WesternAnimation/ToyStory Toy Story 3]]''. The characters all nearly die several times, much Much of the humor is over young heads, and a lot of kids get frightened and often even leaving during the [[NightmareFuel Monkey Scene]] (A few theorized the 11-year SequelGap helped Pixar aim for a DarkerAndEdgier route). Not only do the toys almost die several times, they come to calmly embrace death at one point.
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** The first sequel isn't much better, starting with a GroinAttack on Marty Junior. Of course, the cherry on top is the alternate 1985 where Biff is a CorruptCorporateExecutive who murdered George in cold blood, forced Lorraine into marriage and breast implants, sits in a jacuzzi with naked women, and has turned Hill Valley into a hellhole.
** Part III has Buford hanging Marty, threatening Clara with rape, and attempting a slow death by bullet on Doc. Plus there's Doc's (implied) one night stand with Clara.
** Part III has Buford hanging Marty, threatening Clara with rape, and attempting a slow death by bullet on Doc. Plus there's Doc's (implied) one night stand with Clara.
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* ''Film/CampNowhere'' had talk of the titular camp being a former hippie commune, complete with a laughing mention of [[SexDrugsAndRockNRoll all that it entailed]]. The movie also had kids cursing, buying beer with an adult's help, lying to their parents and the authorities, and stealing money. In the end it [[LostAesop never makes it clear what the lesson is]], and the promotional posters were ridiculously risque compared to the movie proper.
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* ''WesternAnimation/AllDogsGoToHeaven'' undoubtedly has to be DonBluth's darkest film. It has relatively small "kid-friendly" scenes in between the controversial themes of gambling, first degree murder, theft, drinking, terrifying images of {{Hell}} and {{Satan}}, and the real clincher, [[spoiler:Killing the main protagonist at the end]]. Which is unheard of in Western animation for children. Bluth's got GUTS.
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* ''WesternAnimation/AllDogsGoToHeaven'' undoubtedly has to be DonBluth's Creator/DonBluth's darkest film. It has relatively small "kid-friendly" scenes in between the controversial themes of gambling, first degree murder, theft, drinking, terrifying images of {{Hell}} and {{Satan}}, and the real clincher, [[spoiler:Killing the main protagonist at the end]]. Which is unheard of in Western animation for children. Bluth's got GUTS.
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* The ''{{Gamera}}'' films of the 1960s-1970s contained some of the most graphic "monster vs. monster" violence in movie history that's actually geared towards children. Yes, a film series that contained truly gruesome moments such as [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VVMAw19cuug this]] was made for kids. You heard me! A company released videos of gruesome violence under the name ''Just for Kids Home Video''!
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* The ''{{Gamera}}'' films of the 1960s-1970s contained some of the most graphic "monster vs. monster" violence in movie history that's actually geared towards children. Yes, a film series that contained truly gruesome moments such as [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VVMAw19cuug this]] was made for kids. You heard me! A company released videos of gruesome violence under the name ''Just for Kids Home Video''!
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* ''Film/WeBoughtAZoo'' is perhaps the only PG-rated film to shoehorn in at least three uses of "shit" and one of "asshole". And it was marketed ''for kids''.
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* The movie ''Fun Size'' is produced by Nickelodeon Movies and stars Victoria Justice. But little to parents know there are talks of prositution and the word "bitch"...
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** Not to mention ghost-on-man sex and/or blowjob. Also, Pecker has no dick.
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* ''Film/AllDogsGoToHeaven'' undoubtedly has to be DonBluth's darkest film. It has relatively small "kid-friendly" scenes in between the controversial themes of gambling, first degree murder, theft, drinking, terrifying images of {{Hell}} and {{Satan}}, and the real clincher, [[spoiler:Killing the main protagonist at the end]]. Which is unheard of in Western animation for children. Bluth's got GUTS.
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* ''PansLabyrinth I'' kid you not. GuillermoDelToro honestly meant it to be watched by children. It is built in the ScareEmStraight form of old Faerie Tales, like a cautionary tale.
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* ''PansLabyrinth I'' kid you not. ''PansLabyrinth'': GuillermoDelToro honestly meant it to be watched by children. It is built in the ScareEmStraight form of old Faerie Tales, like a cautionary tale.
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* [[DisneyAnimatedCanon Disney's]] version of ''Disney/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame'' totally goes here. Endlessly marketed to kids with cute dolls and toys and such... and then Frollo sings [[VillainSong Hellfire]], which is all about his lust for Esmeralda. There is no ambiguity about the nature of his feelings for her. And he "accidentally" kills Quasimodo's mother and then tries to outright murder him as an infant, flat out saying he's going to send him to Hell. That happens ''just minutes into the film''. Plus Esmeralda does a pretty sexy dance at the Feast of Fools in front of everyone, minutes after Quasimodo walks in on her getting dressed. And then there's the part where she's fighting Phoebus there is implied cursing and threatening to "hit him below the belt." But the best example is Frollo burying his face in Esmeralda's hair, saying that he's imagining a rope around her neck. "I know what you're imagining," she challenges. And so do we.
** There are ''loads'' of [[NightmareFuel terrifying]] moments in [=HOND=], even when you ''don't'' count Frollo... which is [[CompleteMonster saying something]].
* Heck, to a lesser degree, most of the DisneyAnimatedCanon could go here. Most people think of violence as not kid-friendly, yet the vast majority of people (including Disney's marketing) consider these to be family or kids' films. Most of these films have a villain who tries to commit murder (and succeeds in the case of ''Disney/TheLionKing'') and ends up dead himself/herself by the end of the film.
** There are ''loads'' of [[NightmareFuel terrifying]] moments in [=HOND=], even when you ''don't'' count Frollo... which is [[CompleteMonster saying something]].
* Heck, to a lesser degree, most of the DisneyAnimatedCanon could go here. Most people think of violence as not kid-friendly, yet the vast majority of people (including Disney's marketing) consider these to be family or kids' films. Most of these films have a villain who tries to commit murder (and succeeds in the case of ''Disney/TheLionKing'') and ends up dead himself/herself by the end of the film.
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* [[DisneyAnimatedCanon Disney's]] version of ''Disney/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame'' totally goes here. Endlessly marketed to kids with cute dolls and toys and such... and then Frollo sings [[VillainSong Hellfire]], which is all about his lust for Esmeralda. There is no ambiguity about the nature of his feelings for her. And he "accidentally" kills Quasimodo's mother and then tries to outright murder him as an infant, flat out saying he's going to send him to Hell. That happens ''just minutes into the film''. Plus Esmeralda does a pretty sexy dance at the Feast of Fools in front of everyone, minutes after Quasimodo walks in on her getting dressed. And then there's the part where she's fighting Phoebus there is implied cursing and threatening to "hit him below the belt." But the best example is Frollo burying his face in Esmeralda's hair, saying that he's imagining a rope around her neck. "I know what you're imagining," she challenges. And so do we.
** There are ''loads'' of [[NightmareFuel terrifying]] moments in [=HOND=], even when you ''don't'' count Frollo... which is[[CompleteMonster saying something]].
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** Not to mention seeing the corpse of the friend on the dinner table as the Tweedys finish eating her.
* ''{{Rango}}'', just like ''{{Shrek}}'' contains lots of [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar adult jokes]], some swearing, FamilyUnfriendlyViolence and huge amounts of ParentalBonus. Let's also not forget the word "bitch" is [[SoundEffectBleep bleeped out by a hawk.]] [[http://www.amazon.com/Rango-Two-Disc-Blu-ray-Combo-Digital/product-reviews/B003Y5H542/ref=cm_cr_dp_hist_1?ie=UTF8&showViewpoints=0&filterBy=addOneStar But it's really fun reading the bad reviews of the movie by parents that show it to their four-year-old.]]
* ''{{Rango}}'', just like ''{{Shrek}}'' contains lots of [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar adult jokes]], some swearing, FamilyUnfriendlyViolence and huge amounts of ParentalBonus. Let's also not forget the word "bitch" is [[SoundEffectBleep bleeped out by a hawk.]] [[http://www.amazon.com/Rango-Two-Disc-Blu-ray-Combo-Digital/product-reviews/B003Y5H542/ref=cm_cr_dp_hist_1?ie=UTF8&showViewpoints=0&filterBy=addOneStar But it's really fun reading the bad reviews of the movie by parents that show it to their four-year-old.]]
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* ''{{Rango}}'', just like ''{{Shrek}}'' contains lots of [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar adult jokes]], some swearing, FamilyUnfriendlyViolence and huge amounts of ParentalBonus.Let's also not forget Also the word "bitch" is [[SoundEffectBleep bleeped out by a hawk.]] [[http://www.amazon.com/Rango-Two-Disc-Blu-ray-Combo-Digital/product-reviews/B003Y5H542/ref=cm_cr_dp_hist_1?ie=UTF8&showViewpoints=0&filterBy=addOneStar But it's really fun reading the bad reviews of the movie by parents that show it to their four-year-old.]]
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* ''Film/TronLegacy''. Considering that the 2010 {{sequel}} has a DarkerAndEdgier plot and [[LudicrousGibs much more brutal]] [[NeverSayDie deresolutions]] than the [[Film/{{Tron}} 1982 original]][[note]]Many of the arena deaths, for example, dismemberment and splatter easily compare with similar scenes in Film/{{Gladiator}}, possibly being a nod to Scott's epic, only swapping dissolving luminescent cubes for real blood and gore.[[/note]], one could easily be shocked that this film, unlike its predecessor, was intended for kids. This can't possibly be stressed enough. The movie is about as close to {{Gorn}} as you can get without showing any blood, the villain is essentially [[ANaziByAnyOtherName Hitler]] (and [[UncannyValley fucking]] [[NightmareFuel terrifying]] at that), and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking there are a lot of references that]] [[ParentalBonus would go straight over a kid's head...]] and somehow it still managed to get a PG rating, with {{Disney}} somehow not realizing that their movie was '''very''' kid-unfriendly and [[MisaimedMarketing marketing it to young children]]. It's interesting to note its promotions on DisneyChannel, as well as its [[http://www.shopadidas.com/family/index.jsp?categoryId=10869167&f=PAD%2FGender%2FKids Adidas apparel line]], and its [[http://www.disneystore.com/tron/vehicles-and-rc-toys/mn/1000056+1000268/ large]] [[http://www.disneystore.com/tron/action-figures/mn/1000056+1000255/ collection]] of {{toys}}, all of which are made and meant for children.
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* ''Film/TronLegacy''. Considering that the 2010 {{sequel}} has a DarkerAndEdgier plot and [[LudicrousGibs much more brutal]] [[NeverSayDie deresolutions]] than the [[Film/{{Tron}} 1982 original]][[note]]Many of the arena deaths, for example, dismemberment and splatter easily compare with similar scenes in Film/{{Gladiator}}, possibly being a nod to Scott's epic, only swapping dissolving luminescent cubes for real blood and gore.[[/note]], one could easily be shocked that this film, unlike its predecessor, was intended for kids. This can't possibly be stressed enough. The movie is about as close to {{Gorn}} as you can get without showing any blood, the villain is essentially [[ANaziByAnyOtherName Hitler]] (and [[UncannyValley fucking]] [[NightmareFuel terrifying]] at that), and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking there are a lot of references that]] [[ParentalBonus would go straight over a kid's head...]] and somehow it still managed to get a PG rating, with {{Disney}} somehow not realizing that their movie was '''very''' kid-unfriendly and [[MisaimedMarketing marketing it to young children]]. It's interesting to note its Its promotions on DisneyChannel, as well as its [[http://www.shopadidas.com/family/index.jsp?categoryId=10869167&f=PAD%2FGender%2FKids Adidas apparel line]], and its [[http://www.disneystore.com/tron/vehicles-and-rc-toys/mn/1000056+1000268/ large]] [[http://www.disneystore.com/tron/action-figures/mn/1000056+1000255/ collection]] of {{toys}}, all of which are made and meant for children.
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* ''Film/{{Labyrinth}}'' has frequently been cited as this. Three instances of the word "damn," the heroine almost getting killed by many sharp, rotating blades coming at her down a tunnel, beings that can (and do) gleefully dismantle themselves before trying to decapitate said heroine, "villain" twice the heroine's age basically trying to seduce her, and Bowie's Magic Pants, and you try to tell us it's for children?
* An even more explicit example would be ''Film/TheDarkCrystal'', a fantasy flick with a dark atmosphere, creepy monsters, FamilyUnfriendlyViolence, lots of NightmareFuel Moments, and yet, it was aimed to kids.
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* ''MirrorMask'': Many people compare this film with ''Film/{{Labyrinth}}'': Being written by Neil Gaiman is not surprising that most of the story is a complete MindScrew that even the adults will find confusing...Also it is filled with some moments that are creepy as hell.
* The same can be said about ''TheGreatYokaiWar'': A kid's film directed by TakashiMiike (the director of IchiTheKiller). Of course, despite being clearly aimed to kids (many people compared the film with movies as ''Film/TimeBandits'' or ''Film/TheNeverEndingStory'') it still have lots of creepy moments, some innuendo, FamilyUnfriendlyViolence and lots of BlackComedy.
* The same can be said about ''TheGreatYokaiWar'': A kid's film directed by TakashiMiike (the director of IchiTheKiller). Of course, despite being clearly aimed to kids (many people compared the film with movies as ''Film/TimeBandits'' or ''Film/TheNeverEndingStory'') it still have lots of creepy moments, some innuendo, FamilyUnfriendlyViolence and lots of BlackComedy.
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* The same can be said about ''TheGreatYokaiWar'': A kid's film directed by TakashiMiike (the director of IchiTheKiller).Of course, despite Despite being clearly aimed to kids (many people compared the film with movies as ''Film/TimeBandits'' or ''Film/TheNeverEndingStory'') it still have lots of creepy moments, some innuendo, FamilyUnfriendlyViolence and lots of BlackComedy.
* The same can be said about ''TheGreatYokaiWar'': A kid's film directed by TakashiMiike (the director of IchiTheKiller).
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** Not quite. The ''BackToTheFuture'' films pulled that off. However, those were mid-80s to 1990. Ratings criteria have changed since then, so it's still surprising, nonetheless.
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* The original ''ToyStory'' got this reaction when we get to meet Sid, who tortures and mutilates {{toys}}.
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* ''[[ToyStory Toy Story 3]]''. The characters all nearly die several times, much of the humor is over young heads, and a lot of kids get frightened and often even leaving during the [[NightmareFuel Monkey Scene]] (A few theorized the 11-year SequelGap helped Pixar aim for a DarkerAndEdgier route). Not only do the toys almost die several times, they come to calmly embrace death at one point.
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* The original ''{{Shrek}}'' has swearing and [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar adult jokes]] and gruesome deaths. Yet kids seem to don't care. Then there's {{Shrek the Third}} ShrekTheThird with Fiona's pregnancy, in which sexual elements are also emphasized.
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* ''Film/TronLegacy''. Considering that the 2010 {{sequel}} has a DarkerAndEdgier plot and [[LudicrousGibs much more brutal]] [[NeverSayDie deresolutions]] than the [[Film/{{Tron}} 1982 original]][[hottip:*:Many of the arena deaths, for example, dismemberment and splatter easily compare with similar scenes in Film/{{Gladiator}}, possibly being a nod to Scott's epic, only swapping dissolving luminescent cubes for real blood and gore.]], one could easily be shocked that this film, unlike its predecessor, was intended for kids. This can't possibly be stressed enough. The movie is about as close to {{Gorn}} as you can get without showing any blood, the villain is essentially [[ANaziByAnyOtherName Hitler]] (and [[UncannyValley fucking]] [[NightmareFuel terrifying]] at that), and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking there are a lot of references that]] [[ParentalBonus would go straight over a kid's head...]] and somehow it still managed to get a PG rating, with {{Disney}} somehow not realizing that their movie was '''very''' kid-unfriendly and [[MisaimedMarketing marketing it to young children]]. It's interesting to note its promotions on DisneyChannel, as well as its [[http://www.shopadidas.com/family/index.jsp?categoryId=10869167&f=PAD%2FGender%2FKids Adidas apparel line]], and its [[http://www.disneystore.com/tron/vehicles-and-rc-toys/mn/1000056+1000268/ large]] [[http://www.disneystore.com/tron/action-figures/mn/1000056+1000255/ collection]] of {{toys}}, all of which are made and meant for children.
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* ''Film/TronLegacy''. Considering that the 2010 {{sequel}} has a DarkerAndEdgier plot and [[LudicrousGibs much more brutal]] [[NeverSayDie deresolutions]] than the [[Film/{{Tron}} 1982 original]][[hottip:*:Many original]][[note]]Many of the arena deaths, for example, dismemberment and splatter easily compare with similar scenes in Film/{{Gladiator}}, possibly being a nod to Scott's epic, only swapping dissolving luminescent cubes for real blood and gore.]], [[/note]], one could easily be shocked that this film, unlike its predecessor, was intended for kids. This can't possibly be stressed enough. The movie is about as close to {{Gorn}} as you can get without showing any blood, the villain is essentially [[ANaziByAnyOtherName Hitler]] (and [[UncannyValley fucking]] [[NightmareFuel terrifying]] at that), and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking there are a lot of references that]] [[ParentalBonus would go straight over a kid's head...]] and somehow it still managed to get a PG rating, with {{Disney}} somehow not realizing that their movie was '''very''' kid-unfriendly and [[MisaimedMarketing marketing it to young children]]. It's interesting to note its promotions on DisneyChannel, as well as its [[http://www.shopadidas.com/family/index.jsp?categoryId=10869167&f=PAD%2FGender%2FKids Adidas apparel line]], and its [[http://www.disneystore.com/tron/vehicles-and-rc-toys/mn/1000056+1000268/ large]] [[http://www.disneystore.com/tron/action-figures/mn/1000056+1000255/ collection]] of {{toys}}, all of which are made and meant for children.
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* ''PansLabyrinth'' I kid you not. GuillermoDelToro honestly meant it to be watched by children. It is built in the ScareEmStraight form of old Faerie Tales, like a cautionary tale.
* ''{{Film/Matilda}}'' has a bunch of kids getting hammer-tossed out of windows, first-graders getting packed into a closet with rusty nails and adults downright insulting childrens' intelligence and calling them hurtful names. Then again this is RoaldDahl we're talking about.
* ''{{Film/Matilda}}'' has a bunch of kids getting hammer-tossed out of windows, first-graders getting packed into a closet with rusty nails and adults downright insulting childrens' intelligence and calling them hurtful names. Then again this is RoaldDahl we're talking about.
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*''{{Film/Matilda}}'' ''Film/{{Matilda}}'' has a bunch of kids getting hammer-tossed out of windows, first-graders getting packed into a closet with rusty nails and adults downright insulting childrens' intelligence and calling them hurtful names. Then again this is RoaldDahl Creator/RoaldDahl we're talking about.
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* [[DisneyAnimatedCanon Disney's]] version of ''Disney/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame'' totally goes here. Endlessly marketed to kids with cute dolls and toys and such... and then Frollo sings [[VillainSong Hellfire]]. And he "accidentally" kills Quasimodo's mother and then tries to outright murder him as an infant, flat out saying he's going to send him to Hell. That happens ''just minutes into the film''.
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* This trope is likely to be invoked (usually by MediaWatchdogs, MoralGuardians or both; some of the latter likely including "concerned parents", but also some regular viewers as well) anytime an animated movie is given anything other than a G rating (since live-action movies are more ambiguous in this respect). As noted from some of the below examples though, it has also been known to be invoked in G-rated movies as well (such as the ''Film/TheSecretOfNIMH'').
* ''Anime/ChirinNoSuzu'': Aw, look, it's a cheerful film about a cute little lamb... [[MoodWhiplash Until the second half of the film]], whereupon it becomes a dark and depressing tale featuring revenge.
* [[DisneyAnimatedCanon Disney's]] version of ''Disney/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame'' totally goes here. Endlessly marketed to kids with cute dolls and toys and such... and then Frollo sings [[VillainSong Hellfire]]. And he "accidentally" kills Quasimodo's mother and then tries to outright murder him as an infant, flat out saying he's going to send him to Hell. That happens ''just minutes into the film''.
** There are ''loads'' of [[NightmareFuel terrifying]] moments in [=HOND=], even when you ''don't'' count Frollo... which is [[CompleteMonster saying something]].
* Heck, to a lesser degree, most of the DisneyAnimatedCanon could go here. Most people think of violence as not kid-friendly, yet the vast majority of people (including Disney's marketing) consider these to be family or kids' films. Most of these films have a villain who tries to commit murder (and succeeds in the case of ''Disney/TheLionKing'') and ends up dead himself/herself by the end of the film.
* According to WordOfGod, RalphBakshi said that in an interview he had kids in mind when making the film ''{{Wizards}}''; the film itself contains a lot of family unfriendly content such as swearing, graphic violence, innuendo, and partial nudity. The German version of the film has a straight up 16+ rating.
* ''LegendOfTheGuardiansTheOwlsOfGaHoole'': A "PG" rated film by ZackSnyder with [[spoiler:owls clawing and slashing each other apart, characters dying, bats tearing apart owls, impalements...]] And yet, it was aimed to kids.
* The original ''ToyStory'' got this reaction when we get to meet Sid, who tortures and mutilates {{toys}}.
* ''[[ToyStory Toy Story 3]]''. The characters all nearly die several times, much of the humor is over young heads, and a lot of kids get frightened and often even leaving during the [[NightmareFuel Monkey Scene]] (A few theorized the 11-year SequelGap helped Pixar aim for a DarkerAndEdgier route). Not only do the toys almost die several times, they come to calmly embrace death at one point.
* ''TransformersTheMovie'' features the [[AnyoneCanDie mass]] [[KillEmAll slaughter]] [[DwindlingParty of almost]] all of [[ItWasHisSled the major original cast]]. This one also fits AnimationAgeGhetto.
* The original ''{{Shrek}}'' has swearing and [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar adult jokes]] and gruesome deaths. Yet kids seem to don't care.
* ''RoverDangerfield'' was Rodney Dangerfield's attempt at making a movie for kids. It had Las Vegas showgirls, drug-dealing mobsters, and [[spoiler:a comic relief character's onscreen death, for which the title character is framed and nearly shot]].
* ''WesternAnimation/ChickenRun'' opens with Ginger's repeated attempts [[TheGreatEscape to escape from a place resembling a concentration camp.]] Minutes later, one of her friends is killed, and towards the end Ginger and Rocky only narrowly escape being beheaded (Ginger does it twice) and being cooked alive.
** Not to mention seeing the corpse of the friend on the dinner table as the Tweedys finish eating her.
* ''{{Rango}}'', just like ''{{Shrek}}'' contains lots of [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar adult jokes]], some swearing, FamilyUnfriendlyViolence and huge amounts of ParentalBonus. Let's also not forget the word "bitch" is [[SoundEffectBleep bleeped out by a hawk.]] [[http://www.amazon.com/Rango-Two-Disc-Blu-ray-Combo-Digital/product-reviews/B003Y5H542/ref=cm_cr_dp_hist_1?ie=UTF8&showViewpoints=0&filterBy=addOneStar But it's really fun reading the bad reviews of the movie by parents that show it to their four-year-old.]]
* ''Film/AllDogsGoToHeaven'' undoubtedly has to be DonBluth's darkest film. It has relatively small "kid-friendly" scenes in between the controversial themes of gambling, first degree murder, theft, drinking, terrifying images of {{Hell}} and {{Satan}}, and the real clincher, [[spoiler:Killing the main protagonist at the end]]. Which is unheard of in Western animation for children. Bluth's got GUTS.
* ''Film/TheSecretOfNIMH''. That film is scary as an adult and it's still marketed toward kids. It's been pretty amusing seeing cheap reprints of the DVD with nothing but cute and cuddly box art.
* ''TheLandBeforeTime''. You've got Littlefoot's mom getting a chunk of flesh bitten off of her by Sharptooth (it would've been more frightening without the ShadowDiscretionShot), the mega-quake that split Pangaea, and at one point, the heroes get stuck in a tar pit! Brr...
* Where to begin with ''FantasticMrFox''? Let's start with the fact that they manage to get away with saying "fuck" by simply exchanging it with"cuss" ("The cuss you are", "Clustercuss", "Scared the cuss out of me"). From there, it just gets better. Mr. Fox is a thief; the farmers want to kill Mr. Fox using switchblades and guns (which leads to Mr. Fox [[spoiler: having his tail shot off]]), eventually leading to using '''excavators and explosives'''; there's incessant smoking from Mr. Bean, who makes alcoholic cider (and eventually goes '''[[SanitySlippage batshit crazy]]'''); there are multiple injuries sustained by characters varying from scars to burns; Rat is electrocuted and [[spoiler: killed by Mr. Fox]]; and the ending is of the [[BittersweetEnding bittersweet variety]] in which [[spoiler: the animals homes have been destroyed and they now live in the sewers even though they have a food supply that could last them for decades]].
* ''AnAmericanTail:'' ''[[{{Sequelitis}} The Treasure Of Manhattan Island]]'' features loads o PoliceBrutality, including officers being paid under the table by corrupt factory owners, deliberately starting a race riot and burning every "mouse house and rat hole" to find someone they're after ([[Disney/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame sound familiar?]]).
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* The ''{{Gamera}}'' films of the 1960s-1970s contained some of the most graphic "monster vs. monster" violence in movie history that's actually geared towards children. Yes, a film series that contained truly gruesome moments such as [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VVMAw19cuug this]] was made for kids. You heard me! A company released videos of gruesome violence under the name ''Just for Kids Home Video''!
* GeorgeLucas has maintained that ''StarWars'' is intended for children. Some people point at the severed limbs, convoluted politics and economics, [[TechnoBabble techno-babble]], bio-babble, and other kid-unfriendly aspects to counter those claims.
* Likewise, Lucasfilm's ''IndianaJones'' series received some criticism due to the level of violence in the movies (particuarly ''Film/TempleOfDoom'', which, to be fair, features a guy getting a heart ripped from his chest), resulting in the creation of the PG-13 rating.
* ''Film/TheWizard'' was definitely made and marketed with {{Nintendo}}-loving kids in mind... but the scenes of upsetting family drama, the incestuous AccidentalInnuendo in the hotel scene, and Haley's cry of "HE TOUCHED MY BREAST!" make one wonder.
* ''TheSantaClause'' is a film which shows Santa Claus falling off a roof and dying as a moment of BlackComedy.
* ''Film/TronLegacy''. Considering that the 2010 {{sequel}} has a DarkerAndEdgier plot and [[LudicrousGibs much more brutal]] [[NeverSayDie deresolutions]] than the [[Film/{{Tron}} 1982 original]][[hottip:*:Many of the arena deaths, for example, dismemberment and splatter easily compare with similar scenes in Film/{{Gladiator}}, possibly being a nod to Scott's epic, only swapping dissolving luminescent cubes for real blood and gore.]], one could easily be shocked that this film, unlike its predecessor, was intended for kids. This can't possibly be stressed enough. The movie is about as close to {{Gorn}} as you can get without showing any blood, the villain is essentially [[ANaziByAnyOtherName Hitler]] (and [[UncannyValley fucking]] [[NightmareFuel terrifying]] at that), and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking there are a lot of references that]] [[ParentalBonus would go straight over a kid's head...]] and somehow it still managed to get a PG rating, with {{Disney}} somehow not realizing that their movie was '''very''' kid-unfriendly and [[MisaimedMarketing marketing it to young children]]. It's interesting to note its promotions on DisneyChannel, as well as its [[http://www.shopadidas.com/family/index.jsp?categoryId=10869167&f=PAD%2FGender%2FKids Adidas apparel line]], and its [[http://www.disneystore.com/tron/vehicles-and-rc-toys/mn/1000056+1000268/ large]] [[http://www.disneystore.com/tron/action-figures/mn/1000056+1000255/ collection]] of {{toys}}, all of which are made and meant for children.
* ''Film/{{Tron}}'' itself came out before the PG-13 rating (1982), and while it was technically aimed at kids, it was much DarkerAndEdgier than the usual {{Disney}} fare. On its roster; brutal on-screen deaths (including a BoomHeadshot with some [[LudicrousGibs gibs]]), ElectricTorture (Clu 1.0 is tortured to death, Dumont and the other Tower Guardians come close to it), overt religious themes (more blatant than the second film's), a brief flirtation with a LoveTriangle (or ThreesomeSubtext), snarky innuendo and a ShirtlessScene... Then there's the DeletedScene that was obstensibly cut for pacing, but was quite obviously sexual in nature.
* ''TheGoldenCompass'', the film adaptation of the first book of HisDarkMaterials trilogy was marketed to children, and is considered a family film. But despite the Disneyfication process that suffered the adaptation (like removing most of the [[AuthorFilibuster hardcore atheist rants]]), it still had lot of dark elements, like a very violent polar bear fight, people being shot, lots of killings and many other things... Such as the [[SarcasmMode extremely heartwarming and uplifting]] ending scene which was left off the theatrical release.
* ''Film/{{Labyrinth}}'' has frequently been cited as this. Three instances of the word "damn," the heroine almost getting killed by many sharp, rotating blades coming at her down a tunnel, beings that can (and do) gleefully dismantle themselves before trying to decapitate said heroine, "villain" twice the heroine's age basically trying to seduce her, and Bowie's Magic Pants, and you try to tell us it's for children?
* An even more explicit example would be ''Film/TheDarkCrystal'', a fantasy flick with a dark atmosphere, creepy monsters, FamilyUnfriendlyViolence, lots of NightmareFuel Moments, and yet, it was aimed to kids.
* ''Film/TimeBandits'', from Creator/TerryGilliam, a adventure[=/=]fantasy flick starring a child. It features scenes of firing squads, a man getting crushed to death, nightmare creatures, and ends with [[spoiler:the kid's parents exploding, all because they were idiots for touching the evil microwave and not listening to the child]].
* ''MirrorMask'': Many people compare this film with ''Film/{{Labyrinth}}'': Being written by Neil Gaiman is not surprising that most of the story is a complete MindScrew that even the adults will find confusing...Also it is filled with some moments that are creepy as hell.
* The same can be said about ''TheGreatYokaiWar'': A kid's film directed by TakashiMiike (the director of IchiTheKiller). Of course, despite being clearly aimed to kids (many people compared the film with movies as ''Film/TimeBandits'' or ''Film/TheNeverEndingStory'') it still have lots of creepy moments, some innuendo, FamilyUnfriendlyViolence and lots of BlackComedy.
* In the same line of the last example, the live-action film of the anime ''Anime/{{Yatterman}}'' made by TakashiMiike, was aimed to kids in Japan, but it was filled with innuendo, sex-related humor, profanity and one scene where one female-shaped robot [[spoiler:starts acting like it were having an orgasm]]
* ''PiratesOfTheCaribbean'' is a {{Disney}} franchise, and despite its subject matter, is generally considered family friendly, and isn't too violent or adult. Then there's that scene in the beginning of ''At World's End'' in which dozens of innocent people, including ''young children'', are sentenced to death and hanged while singing mournfully. [[NightmareFuel Sweet dreams, kids!]] ''Dead Man's Chest'' beat ''At World's End'' to the punch with the pirate prison scene, with the [[SarcasmMode family-friendly]] image of a pirate screaming as a bird pecks his eye out.
* ''Film/HocusPocus'', for reasons better stated on the page.
-->'''WebVideo/TheNostalgiaChick:''' The villains are three weird but assumedly child-friendly witches. And by that, I mean this movie was made for children.... I think.
* ''Film/{{Ghostbusters}}'', anybody? There's some cussing, some innuendo, and early on in the movie, Peter actually asks the librarian if she's been [[NoPeriodsPeriod menstruating]] (ItMakesSenseInContext).
* Remember the joy of watching ''Film/BackToTheFuture'' when you were a kid? Remember the scene where the second lead is ''gunned down by Libyan terrorists''? They sure don't make 'em like they used to. On the other hand, when Marty found himself in 1955, he made it a point to try and save Doc from his future fate... [[spoiler:and succeeds; it was more of an extremely delayed DisneyDeath.]] There's also Marty's plan to get George and Lorraine together at the dance involved him faking a rape attempt on his own mother, which was then broken up by a real rape attempt from Biff.
-->"If my calculations are correct, when this baby hits 88 miles per hour, you're gonna see some serious [[PrecisionFStrike shit]]!"
** As such, it was refreshing to see that line appear in the Telltale video game intact.
* ''Film/WeBoughtAZoo'' is perhaps the only PG-rated film to shoehorn in at least three uses of "shit" and one of "asshole". And it was marketed ''for kids''.
** Not quite. The ''BackToTheFuture'' films pulled that off. However, those were mid-80s to 1990. Ratings criteria have changed since then, so it's still surprising, nonetheless.
* The LiveActionAdaptation of ''TheCatInTheHat'' definitely qualifies: Despite it being based on a book meant for kids, the movie dealt with a lot of extremely crass humor and rather dirty things that should not be exposed to kids, to the extent that its almost as though the movie is actually missing a crap detection radar. It's also the main reason why there aren't ''any'' live action adaptations of the Dr. Seuss stories anymore.
* Over in Italy, ''{{Malena}}'' is considered a family film. The uncut version has gratuitous female nudity in half the scenes, has plenty of scenes of the young boy masturbating, scenes of domestic violence, the 12-year-old protagonist sleeping with a prostitute twice his age and the climactic scene of the women in the town graphically beating up Malena in the street.
* The movie ''Fun Size'' is produced by Nickelodeon Movies and stars Victoria Justice. But little to parents know there are talks of prositution and the word "bitch"...
* ''BillAndTedsBogusJourney'', the DarkerAndEdgier sequel to ''BillAndTedsExcellentAdventure''. Take a lighthearted, family-friendly TotallyRadical comedy and add lots of NightmareFuel along with a PlayedForLaughs—yet still effectively morbid—DisneyDeath plotline, heavily ramped up profanity, sexual dialogue and incest references, and quite a few instances of HoYay as well, and you've got something that probably didn't sit nearly as well with the original film's target audience.
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* This trope is likely to be invoked (usually by MediaWatchdogs, MoralGuardians or both; some of the latter likely including "concerned parents", but also some regular viewers as well) anytime an animated movie is given anything other than a G rating (since live-action movies are more ambiguous in this respect). As noted from some of the below examples though, it has also been known to be invoked in G-rated movies as well (such as the ''Film/TheSecretOfNIMH'').
* ''Anime/ChirinNoSuzu'': Aw, look, it's a cheerful film about a cute little lamb... [[MoodWhiplash Until the second half of the film]], whereupon it becomes a dark and depressing tale featuring revenge.
* [[DisneyAnimatedCanon Disney's]] version of ''Disney/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame'' totally goes here. Endlessly marketed to kids with cute dolls and toys and such... and then Frollo sings [[VillainSong Hellfire]]. And he "accidentally" kills Quasimodo's mother and then tries to outright murder him as an infant, flat out saying he's going to send him to Hell. That happens ''just minutes into the film''.
** There are ''loads'' of [[NightmareFuel terrifying]] moments in [=HOND=], even when you ''don't'' count Frollo... which is [[CompleteMonster saying something]].
* Heck, to a lesser degree, most of the DisneyAnimatedCanon could go here. Most people think of violence as not kid-friendly, yet the vast majority of people (including Disney's marketing) consider these to be family or kids' films. Most of these films have a villain who tries to commit murder (and succeeds in the case of ''Disney/TheLionKing'') and ends up dead himself/herself by the end of the film.
* According to WordOfGod, RalphBakshi said that in an interview he had kids in mind when making the film ''{{Wizards}}''; the film itself contains a lot of family unfriendly content such as swearing, graphic violence, innuendo, and partial nudity. The German version of the film has a straight up 16+ rating.
* ''LegendOfTheGuardiansTheOwlsOfGaHoole'': A "PG" rated film by ZackSnyder with [[spoiler:owls clawing and slashing each other apart, characters dying, bats tearing apart owls, impalements...]] And yet, it was aimed to kids.
* The original ''ToyStory'' got this reaction when we get to meet Sid, who tortures and mutilates {{toys}}.
* ''[[ToyStory Toy Story 3]]''. The characters all nearly die several times, much of the humor is over young heads, and a lot of kids get frightened and often even leaving during the [[NightmareFuel Monkey Scene]] (A few theorized the 11-year SequelGap helped Pixar aim for a DarkerAndEdgier route). Not only do the toys almost die several times, they come to calmly embrace death at one point.
* ''TransformersTheMovie'' features the [[AnyoneCanDie mass]] [[KillEmAll slaughter]] [[DwindlingParty of almost]] all of [[ItWasHisSled the major original cast]]. This one also fits AnimationAgeGhetto.
* The original ''{{Shrek}}'' has swearing and [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar adult jokes]] and gruesome deaths. Yet kids seem to don't care.
* ''RoverDangerfield'' was Rodney Dangerfield's attempt at making a movie for kids. It had Las Vegas showgirls, drug-dealing mobsters, and [[spoiler:a comic relief character's onscreen death, for which the title character is framed and nearly shot]].
* ''WesternAnimation/ChickenRun'' opens with Ginger's repeated attempts [[TheGreatEscape to escape from a place resembling a concentration camp.]] Minutes later, one of her friends is killed, and towards the end Ginger and Rocky only narrowly escape being beheaded (Ginger does it twice) and being cooked alive.
** Not to mention seeing the corpse of the friend on the dinner table as the Tweedys finish eating her.
* ''{{Rango}}'', just like ''{{Shrek}}'' contains lots of [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar adult jokes]], some swearing, FamilyUnfriendlyViolence and huge amounts of ParentalBonus. Let's also not forget the word "bitch" is [[SoundEffectBleep bleeped out by a hawk.]] [[http://www.amazon.com/Rango-Two-Disc-Blu-ray-Combo-Digital/product-reviews/B003Y5H542/ref=cm_cr_dp_hist_1?ie=UTF8&showViewpoints=0&filterBy=addOneStar But it's really fun reading the bad reviews of the movie by parents that show it to their four-year-old.]]
* ''Film/AllDogsGoToHeaven'' undoubtedly has to be DonBluth's darkest film. It has relatively small "kid-friendly" scenes in between the controversial themes of gambling, first degree murder, theft, drinking, terrifying images of {{Hell}} and {{Satan}}, and the real clincher, [[spoiler:Killing the main protagonist at the end]]. Which is unheard of in Western animation for children. Bluth's got GUTS.
* ''Film/TheSecretOfNIMH''. That film is scary as an adult and it's still marketed toward kids. It's been pretty amusing seeing cheap reprints of the DVD with nothing but cute and cuddly box art.
* ''TheLandBeforeTime''. You've got Littlefoot's mom getting a chunk of flesh bitten off of her by Sharptooth (it would've been more frightening without the ShadowDiscretionShot), the mega-quake that split Pangaea, and at one point, the heroes get stuck in a tar pit! Brr...
* Where to begin with ''FantasticMrFox''? Let's start with the fact that they manage to get away with saying "fuck" by simply exchanging it with"cuss" ("The cuss you are", "Clustercuss", "Scared the cuss out of me"). From there, it just gets better. Mr. Fox is a thief; the farmers want to kill Mr. Fox using switchblades and guns (which leads to Mr. Fox [[spoiler: having his tail shot off]]), eventually leading to using '''excavators and explosives'''; there's incessant smoking from Mr. Bean, who makes alcoholic cider (and eventually goes '''[[SanitySlippage batshit crazy]]'''); there are multiple injuries sustained by characters varying from scars to burns; Rat is electrocuted and [[spoiler: killed by Mr. Fox]]; and the ending is of the [[BittersweetEnding bittersweet variety]] in which [[spoiler: the animals homes have been destroyed and they now live in the sewers even though they have a food supply that could last them for decades]].
* ''AnAmericanTail:'' ''[[{{Sequelitis}} The Treasure Of Manhattan Island]]'' features loads o PoliceBrutality, including officers being paid under the table by corrupt factory owners, deliberately starting a race riot and burning every "mouse house and rat hole" to find someone they're after ([[Disney/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame sound familiar?]]).
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* The ''{{Gamera}}'' films of the 1960s-1970s contained some of the most graphic "monster vs. monster" violence in movie history that's actually geared towards children. Yes, a film series that contained truly gruesome moments such as [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VVMAw19cuug this]] was made for kids. You heard me! A company released videos of gruesome violence under the name ''Just for Kids Home Video''!
* GeorgeLucas has maintained that ''StarWars'' is intended for children. Some people point at the severed limbs, convoluted politics and economics, [[TechnoBabble techno-babble]], bio-babble, and other kid-unfriendly aspects to counter those claims.
* Likewise, Lucasfilm's ''IndianaJones'' series received some criticism due to the level of violence in the movies (particuarly ''Film/TempleOfDoom'', which, to be fair, features a guy getting a heart ripped from his chest), resulting in the creation of the PG-13 rating.
* ''Film/TheWizard'' was definitely made and marketed with {{Nintendo}}-loving kids in mind... but the scenes of upsetting family drama, the incestuous AccidentalInnuendo in the hotel scene, and Haley's cry of "HE TOUCHED MY BREAST!" make one wonder.
* ''TheSantaClause'' is a film which shows Santa Claus falling off a roof and dying as a moment of BlackComedy.
* ''Film/TronLegacy''. Considering that the 2010 {{sequel}} has a DarkerAndEdgier plot and [[LudicrousGibs much more brutal]] [[NeverSayDie deresolutions]] than the [[Film/{{Tron}} 1982 original]][[hottip:*:Many of the arena deaths, for example, dismemberment and splatter easily compare with similar scenes in Film/{{Gladiator}}, possibly being a nod to Scott's epic, only swapping dissolving luminescent cubes for real blood and gore.]], one could easily be shocked that this film, unlike its predecessor, was intended for kids. This can't possibly be stressed enough. The movie is about as close to {{Gorn}} as you can get without showing any blood, the villain is essentially [[ANaziByAnyOtherName Hitler]] (and [[UncannyValley fucking]] [[NightmareFuel terrifying]] at that), and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking there are a lot of references that]] [[ParentalBonus would go straight over a kid's head...]] and somehow it still managed to get a PG rating, with {{Disney}} somehow not realizing that their movie was '''very''' kid-unfriendly and [[MisaimedMarketing marketing it to young children]]. It's interesting to note its promotions on DisneyChannel, as well as its [[http://www.shopadidas.com/family/index.jsp?categoryId=10869167&f=PAD%2FGender%2FKids Adidas apparel line]], and its [[http://www.disneystore.com/tron/vehicles-and-rc-toys/mn/1000056+1000268/ large]] [[http://www.disneystore.com/tron/action-figures/mn/1000056+1000255/ collection]] of {{toys}}, all of which are made and meant for children.
* ''Film/{{Tron}}'' itself came out before the PG-13 rating (1982), and while it was technically aimed at kids, it was much DarkerAndEdgier than the usual {{Disney}} fare. On its roster; brutal on-screen deaths (including a BoomHeadshot with some [[LudicrousGibs gibs]]), ElectricTorture (Clu 1.0 is tortured to death, Dumont and the other Tower Guardians come close to it), overt religious themes (more blatant than the second film's), a brief flirtation with a LoveTriangle (or ThreesomeSubtext), snarky innuendo and a ShirtlessScene... Then there's the DeletedScene that was obstensibly cut for pacing, but was quite obviously sexual in nature.
* ''TheGoldenCompass'', the film adaptation of the first book of HisDarkMaterials trilogy was marketed to children, and is considered a family film. But despite the Disneyfication process that suffered the adaptation (like removing most of the [[AuthorFilibuster hardcore atheist rants]]), it still had lot of dark elements, like a very violent polar bear fight, people being shot, lots of killings and many other things... Such as the [[SarcasmMode extremely heartwarming and uplifting]] ending scene which was left off the theatrical release.
* ''Film/{{Labyrinth}}'' has frequently been cited as this. Three instances of the word "damn," the heroine almost getting killed by many sharp, rotating blades coming at her down a tunnel, beings that can (and do) gleefully dismantle themselves before trying to decapitate said heroine, "villain" twice the heroine's age basically trying to seduce her, and Bowie's Magic Pants, and you try to tell us it's for children?
* An even more explicit example would be ''Film/TheDarkCrystal'', a fantasy flick with a dark atmosphere, creepy monsters, FamilyUnfriendlyViolence, lots of NightmareFuel Moments, and yet, it was aimed to kids.
* ''Film/TimeBandits'', from Creator/TerryGilliam, a adventure[=/=]fantasy flick starring a child. It features scenes of firing squads, a man getting crushed to death, nightmare creatures, and ends with [[spoiler:the kid's parents exploding, all because they were idiots for touching the evil microwave and not listening to the child]].
* ''MirrorMask'': Many people compare this film with ''Film/{{Labyrinth}}'': Being written by Neil Gaiman is not surprising that most of the story is a complete MindScrew that even the adults will find confusing...Also it is filled with some moments that are creepy as hell.
* The same can be said about ''TheGreatYokaiWar'': A kid's film directed by TakashiMiike (the director of IchiTheKiller). Of course, despite being clearly aimed to kids (many people compared the film with movies as ''Film/TimeBandits'' or ''Film/TheNeverEndingStory'') it still have lots of creepy moments, some innuendo, FamilyUnfriendlyViolence and lots of BlackComedy.
* In the same line of the last example, the live-action film of the anime ''Anime/{{Yatterman}}'' made by TakashiMiike, was aimed to kids in Japan, but it was filled with innuendo, sex-related humor, profanity and one scene where one female-shaped robot [[spoiler:starts acting like it were having an orgasm]]
* ''PiratesOfTheCaribbean'' is a {{Disney}} franchise, and despite its subject matter, is generally considered family friendly, and isn't too violent or adult. Then there's that scene in the beginning of ''At World's End'' in which dozens of innocent people, including ''young children'', are sentenced to death and hanged while singing mournfully. [[NightmareFuel Sweet dreams, kids!]] ''Dead Man's Chest'' beat ''At World's End'' to the punch with the pirate prison scene, with the [[SarcasmMode family-friendly]] image of a pirate screaming as a bird pecks his eye out.
* ''Film/HocusPocus'', for reasons better stated on the page.
-->'''WebVideo/TheNostalgiaChick:''' The villains are three weird but assumedly child-friendly witches. And by that, I mean this movie was made for children.... I think.
* ''Film/{{Ghostbusters}}'', anybody? There's some cussing, some innuendo, and early on in the movie, Peter actually asks the librarian if she's been [[NoPeriodsPeriod menstruating]] (ItMakesSenseInContext).
* Remember the joy of watching ''Film/BackToTheFuture'' when you were a kid? Remember the scene where the second lead is ''gunned down by Libyan terrorists''? They sure don't make 'em like they used to. On the other hand, when Marty found himself in 1955, he made it a point to try and save Doc from his future fate... [[spoiler:and succeeds; it was more of an extremely delayed DisneyDeath.]] There's also Marty's plan to get George and Lorraine together at the dance involved him faking a rape attempt on his own mother, which was then broken up by a real rape attempt from Biff.
-->"If my calculations are correct, when this baby hits 88 miles per hour, you're gonna see some serious [[PrecisionFStrike shit]]!"
** As such, it was refreshing to see that line appear in the Telltale video game intact.
* ''Film/WeBoughtAZoo'' is perhaps the only PG-rated film to shoehorn in at least three uses of "shit" and one of "asshole". And it was marketed ''for kids''.
** Not quite. The ''BackToTheFuture'' films pulled that off. However, those were mid-80s to 1990. Ratings criteria have changed since then, so it's still surprising, nonetheless.
* The LiveActionAdaptation of ''TheCatInTheHat'' definitely qualifies: Despite it being based on a book meant for kids, the movie dealt with a lot of extremely crass humor and rather dirty things that should not be exposed to kids, to the extent that its almost as though the movie is actually missing a crap detection radar. It's also the main reason why there aren't ''any'' live action adaptations of the Dr. Seuss stories anymore.
* Over in Italy, ''{{Malena}}'' is considered a family film. The uncut version has gratuitous female nudity in half the scenes, has plenty of scenes of the young boy masturbating, scenes of domestic violence, the 12-year-old protagonist sleeping with a prostitute twice his age and the climactic scene of the women in the town graphically beating up Malena in the street.
* The movie ''Fun Size'' is produced by Nickelodeon Movies and stars Victoria Justice. But little to parents know there are talks of prositution and the word "bitch"...
* ''BillAndTedsBogusJourney'', the DarkerAndEdgier sequel to ''BillAndTedsExcellentAdventure''. Take a lighthearted, family-friendly TotallyRadical comedy and add lots of NightmareFuel along with a PlayedForLaughs—yet still effectively morbid—DisneyDeath plotline, heavily ramped up profanity, sexual dialogue and incest references, and quite a few instances of HoYay as well, and you've got something that probably didn't sit nearly as well with the original film's target audience.
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