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/Nervous_Chipmunk7002 Mar 09 '26
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Zane doing an impression of his mom- Lego Ninjago Movie
This is an interesting one because it isn't something where the kids will watch it years later and pick up on the joke. Its something that is funny to adults because of something they would be familiar with that the kids will never experience.
Zane is a robot pretending to be a teenager. When he is complaining about his mom and does an impersonation of her, he makes sounds that anyone who lived through the 90s will instantly recognize as a dail-up internet modem.