Quotes / Rated M for Money

Film — Live-Action

"Ladies and gentlemen, in order to achieve an 'R' rating today, a motion picture must contain full frontal nudity, graphic violence, or an explicit reference to the sex act. Since this film has none of those, and since research has proven that R-rated films are by far the most popular with the moviegoing public, the producers of this motion picture have asked me to take this opportunity to say, 'Fuck you.'"

— Student Bodies

Literature

Then at the bottom was the biggest line of all, which said:
LADIES AND CHILDREN NOT ADMITTED
"There," says he, "if that line don't fetch 'em, I don't know Arkansaw!"

— The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Music

Will Smith don't gotta cuss in his raps to sell records
Well, I do
So fuck him, and fuck you too!

— Eminem, "The Real Slim Shady"

Video Games

Man I sure miss the days when we were M-Rated. If we still were, I could tell all about how big of a gosh-darn-fricken-frack-so-and-so you are! Bleep.

— Glibnub, Halo Infinite

See, that's the kind of shit that got us an M-rating.

— Terror Mask, Splatterhouse

Real Life

A study published in the U.S. Pediatrics journal this month finds that giving a video game a mature rating makes it "unspeakably desirable" to children.

— Chicago Tribune

"There's something that's called 'adult animation' and it usually means it appeals to adolescent, teenage boys and that's not really adult in my view."

—George Griffin, independent animator

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