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** Quebec: 16+ and 18+.

* Ireland: 16 and 18.

** (The "16" rating was introduced after some parents thought ''[[Bad Santa (Film)|Bad Santa]]'' (15PG) [[What Do You Mean ~~Its~~ Not for Kids|was a kids' film]].)

** (The "16" rating was introduced after some parents thought ''[[Bad Santa (Film)|Bad Santa]]'' (15PG) [[What Do You Mean It's Not for Kids?|was a kids' film]].)

* Germany FSK16 and FSK18.

* New Zealand: R13, R15, R16 and R18.

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* Ages 18+ -- AO (Adults only)

E used to be KA (Kids to Adults) up until early 1998. It was most likely changed due to the belief that it would be interpreted as being similar to [[Avoid the Dreaded G Rating|the MPAA's G rating]]. E10+ was introduced in 2005 as an in-between rating similar to the PG rating (in concept, anyway) thanks to ''[[Donkey Kong Jungle Beat]]'', which contained a heavy amount of brutal fisticuffs and yet was still a ''Donkey Kong'' game [[Cash Cow Franchise|(do the math and go figure)]]. It was quickly abused, turning into a sort of [[~~Spot Light~~ Stealing Squad]] for video game ratings - to give you an idea of how bad it is, ''loud noises'' are apparently a reason to rate a game E10+. There is also RP (Rating Pending), which is only used in advertising when a game has been submitted but hasn't yet received its final rating.

E used to be KA (Kids to Adults) up until early 1998. It was most likely changed due to the belief that it would be interpreted as being similar to [[Avoid the Dreaded G Rating|the MPAA's G rating]]. E10+ was introduced in 2005 as an in-between rating similar to the PG rating (in concept, anyway) thanks to ''[[Donkey Kong Jungle Beat]]'', which contained a heavy amount of brutal fisticuffs and yet was still a ''Donkey Kong'' game [[Cash Cow Franchise|(do the math and go figure)]]. It was quickly abused, turning into a sort of [[Spotlight-Stealing Squad]] for video game ratings - to give you an idea of how bad it is, ''loud noises'' are apparently a reason to rate a game E10+. There is also RP (Rating Pending), which is only used in advertising when a game has been submitted but hasn't yet received its final rating.

You might be confused as to why the top rating is only one year older than the second rating. Generally, only things with pornographic content, or at least borderline porn, give a game the AO rating, and it's quite possible the highest rating was made to conform with general pornography laws, when they otherwise felt that 17 is the true developmental cutoff. An AO rating is a death sentence to a game's financial viability, as pretty much every large retailer will refuse to stock AO games, and the current major consoles refuse to license them. The EC rating is also generally unused, with only 268 titles having that mark, and most publishers go for an E rating to avoid that [[Kiss of Death]].

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* T: 13 and up. Innuendo and blood.

* OT: Older Teens, 16 and up. Stuffed with [[Fan Service]] or [[Gorn]]. Some books may be shrinkwrapped at this rating.

* M: Mature, either really gory or [[Hentai]], [[Gorn|both]] ([[Squick|let's not think about that]]), other types of disturbing / heavy content, or [[Boys Love Genre|gay]] [[Yuri Genre|relationships]]. Shrinkwrapped and usually not in bookstores anyway, but [[Ripped ~~From~~ the Headlines|the papers are]] [[New Media Are Evil|all too eager to inform you]] that some ten-year-old could pick it up in the library. (Which isn't too far from the truth. If a younger reader tries to check out ''[[Ghost in The Shell (Manga)|Ghost in The Shell]]'' or ''[[Akira (Manga)|Akira]]'', libraries can't do much beyond suggest that it's inappropriate; it's not their job to decide what your kids are allowed to read, and without direct instructions from the parents many libraries won't deny materials to patrons.)

* M: Mature, either really gory or [[Hentai]], [[Gorn|both]] ([[Squick|let's not think about that]]), other types of disturbing / heavy content, or [[Boys Love Genre|gay]] [[Yuri Genre|relationships]]. Shrinkwrapped and usually not in bookstores anyway, but [[Ripped from the Headlines|the papers are]] [[New Media Are Evil|all too eager to inform you]] that some ten-year-old could pick it up in the library. (Which isn't too far from the truth. If a younger reader tries to check out ''[[Ghost in The Shell (Manga)|Ghost in The Shell]]'' or ''[[Akira (Manga)|Akira]]'', libraries can't do much beyond suggest that it's inappropriate; it's not their job to decide what your kids are allowed to read, and without direct instructions from the parents many libraries won't deny materials to patrons.)

=== Porn ===

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* XX: Hardcore.

* XXX: Extreme.

* XXXX: [[But You Screw One Goat|You don't]] [[Parental Incest|want to know]].

* XXXX: [[But You Screw One Goat!|You don't]] [[Parental Incest|want to know]].

==== Mexico ====

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==== [[Fan Fiction]] ====

[http://www.fictionratings.com/ The FictionRatings system] is a self-imposed voluntary system used by [[Web Original|online publishers]], most notably [[~~Fan Fiction Dot Net~~]] and Fictionpress, who switched from the MPAA ratings when the MPAA objected. Very rarely used by other fanfiction sites since they're copyrighted to Fanfiction.net and because of the ubiquity and simplicity of the MPAA and BBFC systems.

[http://www.fictionratings.com/ The FictionRatings system] is a self-imposed voluntary system used by [[Web Original|online publishers]], most notably [[Fanfiction.net]] and Fictionpress, who switched from the MPAA ratings when the MPAA objected. Very rarely used by other fanfiction sites since they're copyrighted to Fanfiction.net and because of the ubiquity and simplicity of the MPAA and BBFC systems.

* B -- ages 1-4 and preschool-level children, no violence, swearing, adult themes or ideas young children cannot comprehend. As [[What an Idiot|anyone younger than five has no business being on Fanfiction.net in any way]], and the majority of Fanfiction.net's stories involving preschool franchises and characters are [[What Do You Mean ~~Its~~ Not for Kids|very adult parodies which would scar any child for life]], this rating was quickly phased out of the system entirely. Similar to the ESRB's equally unused EC rating.

* B -- ages 1-4 and preschool-level children, no violence, swearing, adult themes or ideas young children cannot comprehend. As [[What an Idiot!|anyone younger than five has no business being on Fanfiction.net in any way]], and the majority of Fanfiction.net's stories involving preschool franchises and characters are [[What Do You Mean It's Not for Kids?|very adult parodies which would scar any child for life]], this rating was quickly phased out of the system entirely. Similar to the ESRB's equally unused EC rating.

* K -- ages 5+, no violence, swearing or adult themes. Similar to G.

* K+ -- ages 9+, mild violence or swearing and no adult themes. Similar to PG.

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