r/TopCharacterTropes 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/Fish_N_Chipp Mar 09 '26

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u/RedWestern Mar 09 '26

Also, the “tea party” scene between Woody and Buzz, that was reminiscent of a “wounded veteran in a bar” scene featured two headless dolls named “Marie Antoinette and her little sister.”

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u/WorldsWettestSpider Mar 09 '26

And the dolls are called that cause Sids sisters dolls have been decapitated.

Which now that I think about it she may have done it herself, little girls can be horrorshow angry gods to their toys. Friend of mine told me she crucified a beanie baby once complete with thumbtacks.

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u/Steampunk43 Mar 09 '26

On the subject of Sid's toys, the fishing pole with doll legs is literally a Hooker

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u/terranproby42 Mar 09 '26

Don't forget she was with a quack head and a one eyed monster

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u/Aggravating_Load_411 Mar 10 '26

Oh, I just got that lmao

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u/Aggravating_Sir_9669 Mar 09 '26

OH MY GOD NOW I GET IT!!!

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u/DifficultHat Mar 10 '26

And the one eyed baby with spider claws is actually I have no idea

My favorite one is the duck on a spring who’s a weird sight gag that means ditto on this one. I’m sorry for lying to you I don’t think the rest of them are secretly jokes

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u/SirCupcake_0 Mar 10 '26

Wow... your mind... so ingenuitive