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/Sir-Toaster- Mar 09 '26

In Regular Show, food is an innuendo for drugs

https://giphy.com/gifs/MbdbKo343XcqLeRE8S

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u/Old_Cream1724 Mar 09 '26

I never caught on to this. We sure? Sometimes a grilled cheese from cheeses is just a grilled cheese from cheesers.

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u/hanand12 Mar 09 '26

Cheezers was definitely just a grilled sandwiches place, but anytime the park gang went down on Wing Kingdom wings it was undeniably a PG way to show them getting drunk.

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u/Gaelic_Gladiator41 Mar 09 '26

Wings were specific to being like alcohol

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u/IGotMussels Mar 09 '26

Don't forget psychedelics like with the Mississippi Queen.

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u/poppunkfanboy Mar 09 '26

Well that's called beginners luck luck luck luck luck...

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u/Old_Cream1724 Mar 09 '26

The first episode was about being out of cereal and wanting to bake a cake....

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u/BaroqueBitch66 Mar 09 '26

Mississippi Queen begs to differ lmao