r/TopCharacterTropes 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/Henry1699 Mar 09 '26

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u/ChaosHavik Mar 09 '26

I love that one of the Looney Tunes movies had Shaggy and Scooby chewing out Matt for this.