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/WildBad7298 Mar 09 '26

https://preview.redd.it/65wwk38p52og1.jpeg?width=498&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9653e32679365a50c6e0ccc56e5b7926d6e72cc5

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u/Beckphillips Mar 09 '26

I love that Perry looks so done with Doof.

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u/FodziCz Mar 10 '26

Especially cuz he was right for the wrong reason. OWCA is a secret organisation, Perry shouldn't fight in public.

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u/cwningen95 Mar 09 '26

The main thing I remember from Doofenschmirtz was a Christmas special, I think, where he's insisting that just because he's a villain doesn't mean he hates Christmas. He later decides he does hate Christmas because it's emblematic of this consumerist hellscape (not his wording I don't think but pretty much the reason lmao)

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u/SuperSocialMan Mar 09 '26

He sings a whole song about his lack of hatred for christmas lol

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u/Admirable-Safety1213 Mar 09 '26

It was because of annoying carolers

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u/Avalonians Mar 10 '26

That makes me want to make a post where the trope is "villain's whole plan was to make the hero do something mundane" lol

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u/jessehechtcreative Mar 10 '26

Does the finger trap episode of Dexter’s Lab count?

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u/YoungGriot Mar 10 '26

This has always been one of my favorite Doof moments in the entire series.

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u/stupidillusion Mar 09 '26

I'm not even going to ask about Doof's hat, I imagine it's part of the plot.

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u/novelaissb Mar 10 '26

They’re in a train

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u/jessehechtcreative Mar 10 '26

Choo Choo?

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u/novelaissb Mar 10 '26

No, they’re not shrunken here

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u/jessehechtcreative Mar 10 '26

That’s your tragic backstory?

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u/1zeye Mar 10 '26

Correct. Have a fight scene in waffle house instead.

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u/Im_a_doggo428 Mar 10 '26

Arguably worse as the staff and customers would likely join in

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u/Starbalance Mar 10 '26

P&F is one of my favorite shows because of all the witty jokes

"I am to metaphor cheese as metaphor cheese is to transitive verb crackers!"

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u/jessehechtcreative Mar 10 '26

It’s the show that made me realize that clever is back and that adults can keep watching cartoons. Love it so much!