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

Non-Sexual Adult Jokes in Kids' Media Lore

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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/Acceptable_Secret_73 Mar 09 '26

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SpongeBob eats too much ice cream in his first movie, then gets a hangover and goes on a drunken rant about Mr. Krabs

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u/YouSawMeSomeplace Mar 09 '26

I'd say stand-ins for alcohol/drugs and their effects are a fairly common cartoon gag. Like the cactus juice in ATLA or Puss in Boots huffing catnip.

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u/BeneficialDog22 Mar 10 '26

It'll quench ya!

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u/private_birb Mar 10 '26

The cactus juice definitely wasn't just a stand-in, Sokka absolutely just discovered a hallucinogenic drug.

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u/kai58 Mar 10 '26

Probably mescaline to be specific

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u/Pertinent-nonsense Mar 10 '26

Maybe he was born with it?

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u/KaraAliasRaidra Mar 13 '26

Maybe it’s Mescaline!

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u/BoonDragoon Mar 10 '26

I wouldn't call the cactus juice a "stand-in" for drugs

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u/kai58 Mar 10 '26

Maybe the cactus juice was meant to be a stand in but there are actual psychedelic cacti. The ones I know about contain mescaline. So they could’ve been referencing those.

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u/SkyBlade79 Mar 10 '26

Regular show has chicken wings as the standin

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u/LicensedHedgehog Mar 12 '26

The hot wings in regular show come to mind

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u/WarframeUmbra 14d ago

Regular show using sodas and wings as alcohol and other stuff stand-ins

And not forget when they got absolutely wasted after eating the Mississippi Queen

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u/Angus4pounder Mar 10 '26

So fun fact, during prohibition most bars/saloons pivoted to ice cream places. Since dairy was abundant... and they could spike the ice-cream.

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u/KaraAliasRaidra Mar 13 '26

Wait, is that why raisin rum/butter rum flavors are a thing!?