10 Behind The Scenes Reasons For MCU Characters' Quirks

The MCU's movies have all unsurprisingly been rated PG-13 to date, including the three Spider-Man films co-produced by Sony.

Now, though Peter Parker (Tom Holland) is basically a sweet, affable kid, he's also a teenager who grew up in Queens, so it's par the course that he'd have a colourful vocabulary - as is true of most teens, really.

While the PG-13 rating may seem like the prevailing reason for why Peter hasn't ever verbally dropped any real profanity on-screen in the MCU, we know that you can get away with some occasional swears in a PG-13.

But Peter's cinematic conduct is ultimately governed by executive mandate from Marvel Comics, who have certain rules and regulations for how their characters are portrayed on screen.

The infamous Sony Pictures hack from 2014 revealed, among other eye-opening things, the nature of Sony's agreement with Marvel, which dictates that Peter can't use "foul language," as well as torture, kill except in self-defense, smoke, sell drugs, and be non-white, gay, or a woman.

As such, while it would've been both thematically appropriate and hilariously shocking to hear Peter fully say "What the f**k!?" after his identity was revealed to the world in Far From Home's mid-credits scene, decree from up-high ensured it had to be cut off at the pivotal moment instead.