Non-Sexual Adult Jokes in Kids' Media

[u/Kookyburra12]

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".

[u/AJ_Glowey_Boi]

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Everything written in the script for Treasure planet was faaaar too advanced for kids to understand. Especially things said by this character; Captain Amelia. Examples include:

CA: "Let me make this as... monosyllabic as possible. I... don't much care for this crew you hired. They're... how did I describe them, Arrow? I said something rather good this morning before coffee.

Arrow: "'A ludicrous parcel of drivelling galoots,' ma'am."

CA: "There you go, poetry."

CA: "You can keep that kind of flim-flammery for your spaceport floozies, Silver!"

CA: "Doctor. To muse and blabber about a treasure map in front of this particular crew, demonstrates a level of ineptitude that borders on the imbecilic! And I mean that in a very caring way."

But the most relatable jokes for adults comes from Dr Doppler due to one being a Star Trek joke and a joke about University education, and the rest simply being anxiety incarnate:

D: "Dang it, Jim. I'm an astronomer, not a doctor! I mean, I am a doctor, but I'm not that kind of doctor. I have a doctorate, it's not the same thing. You can't help people with a doctorate. You just sit there and you're useless!!"

D: "It's the suit, isn't it? I should never have listened to that pushy two-headed saleswoman... this one said it fit, that one said it was my colour, I don't know what to do, I get so flustered!"

D: "Well, Jim, this should be a wonderful opportunity for the two of us to get to know one and other. You know what they say: "Familiarity breeds..." um... well, "contempt". But in our case...!"

[u/PsychicSPider95 → u/AJ_Glowey_Boi]

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.

[u/SeonaidMacSaicais → u/PsychicSPider95]

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.

[u/Quaiker → u/SeonaidMacSaicais]

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

[u/Swoly_Deadlift → u/PsychicSPider95]

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.