Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-1255374-20151023223507/@comment-995426-20151101115351

I noticed this when I saw the episode, but I kept forgetting to mention it until now.

Usually, a show's rating doesn't go up if there's light swearing where the expletive is cut off ("what the&mdash;" for "what the hell"), or if the expletive is replaced with a minced oath ("what the heck"). But when the cut off expletive or minced oath implies strong cursing (like an F-bomb), the show's rating usually has to go up, at least a little. When I heard this line, it made me think Nickelodeon is really stretching the limits of the TV-Y7 rating, and may actually be breaking them.

Now, if this show wants to go full TV-PG, that's perfectly fine. :) There certainly are shows that run at similar time slots for similar audiences that are TV-PG, such as Steven Universe.

But it is really quite pretentious for Nick to pass off episodes like this one as TV-Y7. I mean, when was the last time you heard a 7 year old&mdash;one who doesn't already swear like a sailor&mdash;say things like "I don't give a flying" anything? And I consider it virtually impossible that a typical 10 year old has never heard the full phrase. So, all things considered, this was a lot more mature than Bebop's "Ninja, please," and it wasn't even subtly snuck past the radar&mdash;it was directly in front of the radar.

It's okay, Nick. Don't be shy. You can admit you've earned your TV-PG rating. XD