It’s a fun joke. That’s it.

I don't think its a new trend. Scott Pilgrim in 2010 was rated PG-13 but had multiple bleeped "fucks."

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We had knockers in kids films in the 80s

I took my kid to see Puss in Boots at the cinema and I’m pretty sure the bleeped bits felt like they were there specifically for parents. Not one kid laughed but all the adults giggled.

It’s just a fun gag, because it’s unexpected. Everyone knows the swear words (including the kids) but nobody expects them in the movie, so when they’re bleeped, it’s funny because you didn’t think that was coming. I don’t think it’s deeper than that.

That’s because the kids don’t want to out themselves to the parents that they know what’s up.

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Like what?

I know the ratings systems, and what was or wasn’t allowed has changed a lot over the last 100+ years but I don’t recall ever seeing a PG movie with tits lol

I also wasn’t alive in the 80s so I’m genuinely curious if you remember any specifically.

Not sure i agree

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Regardless of the rating systems, I think the bleeping of words in kids movies can be funny if they do it clever. The gold standard for me (while not a movie) is that episode of spongebob where everytime they said a swear word it came out as a dolphin sound. But they even somehow conjugated the same sound so every adult knew exactly what the swear word was and it would go over a kids head.

It kind of is though

Not really true, like MCU and Star Wars movies are PG13 and those are kids movies

It was funny in Next Gen but Puss in Boots felt like it was ripping it off.

I think its so the kids won't hear them

It’s a way of being edgy while still staying PG.

Why does that matter?

Funny joke.

Like, Salma Hayek’s “All I smell is bullSH-“ line in Puss in Boot 2 was funny

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This post is talking about kids' movies. Scott Pilgrim is PG-13. It's not a kids' movie.

Dragnet (1987)

There’s a pole dancer whose breasts are almost entirely exposed besides her nipples.

The movie wasn’t rated PG in the US but it was in some other territories and this is still an example of how movies from like Pre-90s got away with more than most movies today that aren’t just rated R.

And the original post was asking if the rating system had become more lax. The Scott Pilgrim comment seems related to that.

Sometimes the implication of what was bleeped is more impactful than hearing the actual swears.

Case in point

> The gold standard for me (while not a movie) is that episode of spongebob where everytime they said a swear word it came out as a dolphin sound.

Sailor mouth?

Well thanks for the reply! There is a definitely a noticeable difference in the PG titles I have seen. Just couldn’t recall anything quite as vulgar as what the original comment I replied to was suggesting.

Bleeps kind of don’t exist anymore (with the internet and streaming). It’s just kind of a joke made for parents.

That’s the one.