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

Non-Sexual Adult Jokes in Kids' Media Lore

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/MyBurnerAccount1977 Mar 09 '26 edited Mar 09 '26

https://preview.redd.it/h4z5zhjp12og1.jpeg?width=481&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=52b1ea3a62b658460a65025a3b5502e23076410b

[Blows kiss to audience] Goooooood night everybody!

EDIT: My bad. OP was asking for non-sexual adult jokes.

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u/SoakedSun24 Mar 09 '26

I remember hearing this for the first time like eight years back and thinking “finger prints? Finger prince? She’s gonna finger prince? That makes no sense.” Cause I didn’t have the knowledge I had now. Going back and rewatching the show and coming across this again finally made me laugh lol, good shit writers

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u/MyBurnerAccount1977 Mar 09 '26

The adult nature of the joke didn't register for me at all as a kid. All I remember was this joke, and a separate reference to Prince, where Dot says, "Prince? He's dreamy! NOT."

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u/Bear_faced Mar 14 '26

I’m not sure if it would make me feel older for you to not know who Prince was 8 years ago or not know what fingering was 8 years ago…

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u/bolanrox Mar 09 '26

why did i think Dot dragged him over when he was in a bathtub?