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| Message | In an attempt to elicit laughs, the world is portrayed as filled with people who are some combination of stupid, mean, vengeful, materialistic, and oblivious. The film also presents a very negative picture of adoption. |
| Role model | Authority figures are seen as ineffectual, uncaring, and clownish. The one loving parent is naive and inept. Children (and most adults) are depicted as selfish, unkind, and materialistic. Bigotry is used as a source of humor. |
| Violence | Strictly cartoon violence throughout. A 7-year-old child is responsible for car crashes, including a man atop a careening, out-of-control vehicle; nuns slipping and falling; fist fights; men toppling from high places; setting fire to a house; and more. In addition, there's a bear attack, a prison break, and an exaggeratedly violent criminal wields a gun and kidnaps the boy and his adopted mom. |
| Sex | A brief, farcical demonstration of the human reproductive system using plastic body parts; some beefcake photographs of men; one overblown kiss. Junior takes pictures of nuns undressing and a priest sitting on a toilet. |
| Language | Lots of mild swearing and potty behavior: "butt," "crap," "dick," "hell," "ass," "up yours," "goddamn," "balls," etc. Junior pees into someone's face and into a fire. Fart sounds. Some slurs, including "retarded," "Japs," "moron," "idiot." |
| Consumerism | Lots of visuals of Pepsi. Also: Whoppers, Icee, Milk Duds, Fluky's, Remco, Penn Sporting Equipment. |
| Drugs | A convicted criminal smokes throughout. A few instances of adults having a glass of wine or a shot of whiskey. |
