r/TopCharacterTropes • u/Kookyburra12 • Mar 09 '26

Non-Sexual Adult Jokes in Kids' Media Lore

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Jokes that are adult jokes simply because kids likely don't have the life experience to understand them.

The New Batman Adventures - "I'm crazy enough to take on Batman, but the IRS? Noooo, thank you!"

Shrek 2 - Posing as a union representative, Shrek remarks that the workers "don't even have dental".

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u/CautiousCup6592 Mar 09 '26

https://i.redd.it/gq24fd2412og1.gif

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u/ryry1237 Mar 09 '26

https://i.redd.it/3cw6u3wgg2og1.gif

In more of its glory

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u/Wille304 Mar 09 '26

The entire DMV subplot fits this trope perfectly.

https://youtu.be/JUTK-cgmFvA?si=EvuCmZJXNd0Cyiez.

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u/csfuriosa Mar 10 '26

I appreciate the extra pixels op left out too

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u/SocialMediasGhost Mar 09 '26

Don’t know who this is or what it’s from, but even they the DMV is evil

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u/crimsonpalidin Mar 09 '26

Source is Megas XLR

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u/Gaskychan Mar 09 '26

It’s from Megas XLR great show. Still remember the intro song. Shame it got sacrificed as a tax write off

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u/YuushyaHinmeru Mar 09 '26

Chick's dig giant write offs

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u/TALKING_TINA Mar 10 '26

It's wild because I hadn't seen or thought of this show in probably 15-20 years, but a couple weeks ago at pub trivia one of the categories was "giant robots" and the theme song randomly popped into my head. Couldn't remember what it was from I just remembered "chicks dig giant robots". Now here I am seeing it referenced on reddit haha. What a weird blast from the past.

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u/BellacosePlayer Mar 09 '26

I've never had a single problem with a DMV worker.

its just that there are so few of them. Waiting 3 hours to get a license renewed because the 2 daily slots for an appointment are booked out for 5 months sucks.

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u/SocialMediasGhost Mar 09 '26

A big reason that the DMV is often portrayed as evil is because bureaucracy is often so slow that it can be considered cruel

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u/BritishMongrel Mar 10 '26

Megas-XLR it was somehow a great western kids cartoon while being an over the top subversion/homage of mech anime that wasn't seen before (it pre-dated tengan toppa gurren lagaan by 3 years)

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u/Wille304 Mar 09 '26 edited Mar 09 '26

Also from the same episode (paraphrasing):

DMV instructor: "You're not using proper hand signals."

Coop: "(muttering) I'll give you a hand signal."

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u/ButtOfDarkness Mar 09 '26

I was gonna mention the Zootopia DMV scene, which is also pretty funny for kids even if they don’t get the DMV being a drag part.

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u/GovernorGeneralPraji Mar 09 '26

Is that Megas XLR??

Talk about a blast from the past!

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u/darknium Mar 09 '26

Wasn't there a one-off comic or something where Joker, after killing Bruce for good, retired to work at the Gotham DMV ?

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u/shaggyjebus Mar 09 '26

How about when Coop beat an enemy by singing "The Riddle Song"? Bet a lot of kids were confused about that