Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Entertainment/2019 October 2

= October 2 =

Movie rating question
I've heard that in Transformers: The Movie, Spike Witwicky's line "What are we going to do now?" was changed to "Oh shit, what are we going to do now?" to make the movie receive a PG rating instead of a G one. The "oh shit" part was later dropped for the home video release. Why was this? Why would the intentionally want to get a more restrictive rating? J I P &#124; Talk 19:07, 2 October 2019 (UTC)


 * Because teens wouldn't want to be teased for going to see a rated-G movie: "What, wasn't there a My Little Pony movie you could go to ?". As for the home market, perhaps they feel that parents would be more likely to buy the movie if it was appropriate for everyone, so they don't have to try to keep it away from the little kids. SinisterLefty (talk) 19:08, 2 October 2019 (UTC)


 * See also Avoid the Dreaded G Rating (TV Tropes). ---Sluzzelin talk  21:00, 2 October 2019 (UTC)