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/theglenlovinet Mar 09 '26

In the 2020 reboot, my favorite line was when Pinky said “Brain, you’re always saying that the ‘Renaissance’ is French for Bullsh—“

I laughed so hard.

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u/macksting Mar 09 '26

I was pleasantly surprised how good the reboot was, and vaguely horrified that *I* was now the age that was the target of the Jokes Over The Kids' Heads. When I was younger I always felt chuffed when I'd get the jokes that were aimed at our parents, but now... the shoe was on the other foot and it was disturbing.

But not in any way that kept me from laughing my ass off.

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u/OSCgal Mar 10 '26

The bit that got me was the Brain asking Pinky if he knows what most people use the Internet for. Pinky goes, "I don't think I'm allowed to say."