in 1984, the "pg-13" rating was created after some parents were unhappy about some movies like gremlins and temple of doom being rated pg and felt the content was given the wrong rating. they asked the mpaa to raise their ratings from pg to r. however, the mpaa felt neither films were strong enough to be given an r-rating so as a response, the mpaa introduced the pg-13 rating warning parents some material may be inappropriate for children under 13. from 1984 to 1990, the ratings were: