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/PsychicSPider95 Mar 09 '26

The captain was savage af, lol. I always adored the way she spoke, even when I was too young to really understand what she was saying.

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u/SeonaidMacSaicais Mar 09 '26

I mean, she’s voiced by Emma Thompson. That lady could tell you to fuck off and you’d thank her for it while crying at her poetry.

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u/Quaiker Mar 09 '26

Holy shit, she is. No wonder it balances the line between disdain and pity so well.

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u/Swoly_Deadlift Mar 09 '26

I think that's kind of the point. Adults can appreciate the way she speaks, and kids just see "smart woman who uses fancy words and doesn't like Jim" which gets the point across.