I don’t watch movies or cartoons, but this sounds like histrionic pearl clutching to me. I’d take it more as a metaphor that sometimes you have to endure some really nasty and degrading stuff to get the job done.
Still, I’m sure there are plenty of people who will see, as they always do, some sort of crypto-message in this.
There may or may not be an intended message, but after one of the children remarked that her favorite parts of the movie was how one of the characters reacted after having his “privates” touched, the parents felt compelled to take the children aside after having seen the movie to explain to them that “private parts are private” and that children can be pressured or bribed into tolerating inappropriate behavior.
But by all means, criticize the parent for “histrionic pearl clutching” for being concerned about what children are going to take from something on the screen. Given the Cultural War that the Left has been waging for the past two generations, parents are right to be vigilant about what their children are being exposed to — and to warn each other about the latest entertainment product that they might find unhelpful at best.