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The United States has, since 1997, adopted content warnings at the beginnings of all programs in the form of MPAA-inspired letter symbols appearing at the top left corner ("TV-Y" through "TV-MA"), usually supplemented with smaller letters giving details as to why the warning applies. The networks air them on just about ''everything'', no matter how old or new it is.
See also [[Media Classifications]], [[Our Lawyers Advised This Trope]], [[Don't Try This At Home]], [[Do Not Attempt]]. Compare [[R
[[TV Tropes]] now employs some itself: See [[The Strange Case of the Missing Ads]] for more information.
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*** An example of a program using the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9sEkINEb_Wg "language"] varriant.
* "Strong, bloody violence."
* [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking|"Mild peril."]]
* In [[Shrek]] the Third: "Swashbuckling Action".
* "The opinions expressed in this show do not necessarily reflect the views of (''the network or production company'')"
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* In Japan, anime broadcasts on TV are usually preceded by a disclaimer along the lines of "When watching [(series title)/TV anime], please make sure the room is well-lit and do not sit too close to the screen." This was originally added in response to ''[[Pokémon (Anime)|Pokémon]]'''s infamous "Electric Soldier Porygon" episode, which caused an epidemic of seizures in kids sitting too close to the TV with the lights off or dimmed. The disclaimer (as well as stricter limits on strobe effects) has been industry standard practice ever since.
* Similarly, arcade games often have a warning sticker somewhere near the monitor to caution people not to play if they have epilepsy.
{{examples
== Anime and Manga ==
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== Fan Fic ==
* [[My Immortal|"WARNING: SUM OF DIS CHAPTA IS XTREMLY SCRAY. VIOWER EXCRETION ADVISD."]]
** Viewer [[So Bad
** Some vowel discretion ''would'' have been nice.
** The best part is the chapter with this heading doesn't really contain anything particularly scary.
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{{quote| Concepts contained in this story may cause [[Call of Cthulhu|SAN Checking]] in any [[Go Mad From the Revelation|mind not inherently stable]] at the third level of stress. Story may cause extreme existential confusion. [[Mind Screw|Story is insane]]. The author recommends that anyone reading this story sign up [[Human Popsicle|with Alcor or the Cryonics Institute]] to have their brain [[My Death Is Just the Beginning|preserved after death]] for [[Unexplained Recovery|later revival under controlled conditions]]. Readers not already familiar with [[Eliezer Yudkowsky|this author]] should be warned that he is not bluffing.}}
* [[Alvan an The Chipmunks 3 The Second Squeakuel (Fanfic)|"WARNING: This is an ANTI-RAPE piece, speaking out against erotic rape scenes in fanfictions. In no way is this meant to be "hot" or anything, it's supposed to be disturbing to show how horrible an criminal rape is. But there are a buncha funny parts an it's not all depressing. I just wanna get a message across to my readers that RAPE IS NOT GOOD."]]
* In the [http://www.wcnews.com/fiction/intro.html introduction] for ''[http://www.wcnews.com/articles/art10.shtml Wing Commander 4.123106: The Price of Entertainment]'', in addition to warning about adult language, graphic violence, gratuitous nudity, and sexual content, there's [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking|"EWSH Extremely Warped Sense of Humor"]].
* Chapter 14 of ''[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4020072/1/The_Land_Before_Time_Revenge Land Before Time: Revenge]'' has this warning: "Warning: THIS SCENE CONTAINS SOME INTENSE VIOLENCE!"
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* The ''[[Fight Club]]'' DVD has another warning after the copyright notices that only flashes up for a second. If you freeze it, it tells you you're wasting your life freeze-framing DVDs to read it.
* The first two ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'' DVDs were rated PG-13 for "violence and scary images."
{{quote| A capsule review for Fellowship of the Ring cautioned that it contained "epic battles, scary monsters, body-piercing swords, and [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking|smoking]]."}}
* The Australian OFLC just loves to give with examples here. ''[[The Incredibles]]'' is rated PG for Medium Level Violence, Mature Themes and Low Level Coarse Language, whereas ''[[The Godfather (Film)|The Godfather]]'' is rated R18+ for just Medium Level Violence. For real fun, compare video games with movies, the MA15+ rating has more ridiculous examples than you would believe.
** From the ''[[Gantz]]'' box set:
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* ''[[The Hogan Family]]'': The second-season episode "Bad Timing," where a frank discussion between David (Jason Bateman) and his [[Girl of the Week|girlfriend]] involves the use of the word "condom." The episode -- one of the first [[Dom Com|DomComs]] to address safe sex -- had a parential guidance discretion read before the episode, and again during commericals for birth-control products and safe-sex PSAs. (And yes, David and his girlfriend decided to "wait.")
* ''[[Little House On the Prairie (TV)|Little House On the Prairie]]'': Several episodes dealing with racism were not shy about [[N
* Read out before episodes of ''[[The Daily Show]]'' in the UK:
{{quote| The show you are about to see is a [[News Parody|news parody]]. Its stories are not fact checked. Its reporters are not journalists. And its opinions are not fully thought through.}}
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* ''Soul Bubbles'' has an amusing one, warning the player of the ''absence'' of orcs, wizards, soldiers, etc, and assures that "everything will be hunky-dory". Which indeed [[Needs More Love|it is]].
* Heavily subverted in [[Step Mania]] with one of the announcer packs (more exactly [http://www.stepmania.com/forums/showthread.php?t=8563&file=SM3.0_Announcer_SchizKitty.smzip this one]). When showing the usual "don't play this in a small room" warning, the girl will sometimes say "Who reads this crap anyway?"
* ''[[Star Soldier (Video Game)|Star Soldier R]]'' has a Content Warning for, of all things, ''its gameplay length.'' When you go to buy it in the Wii Shop Channel, you are given a warning (in red text, no less!) that the game only offers 2-minute, 5-minute, and "Quick Shot" modes, and the purpose of the game is to [[Scoring Points|score attack]] the former two modes. Presumably, this is to warn people that it isn't a "full" game; it's their own fault if they buy the game and then later complain that [[
* ''[[Deception|Tecmo's Deception]]'' offers us this little blurb on the back of the jewel case:
{{quote| "{{color|red|WARNING:}} This game contains satanic references and may be inappropriate for some individuals."}}
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