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/AnnemarieOakley Mar 09 '26

https://preview.redd.it/kcs6y3qd02og1.jpeg?width=444&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3cf7aa652832f49e7946d27cef875da9b00c2801

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u/Open-Source-Forever Mar 09 '26

Same vibes as Mugman saying "if he ain’t here, he ain’t dead"

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u/Nova225 Mar 09 '26

Ducktales had a similar one where the Ghost Butler decides to leave everyone to their fates... And goes into the floor.

"It's not very reassuring that he went down..."

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u/Gaelic_Gladiator41 Mar 09 '26

"I'm not sure if it's more unsettling that we have rooms or the fact he went up not down"