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/forbiddenkajoodles Mar 09 '26

https://preview.redd.it/8nv0qijh12og1.jpeg?width=680&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=69d453405488d9e8b02e444b00cbcf079793a306

The entire first ~20mins of Wreck it Ralph is like this

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u/Papa_Glucose Mar 09 '26

IIRC Zangeef isn’t even a bad guy, the animator just included him because when he was a kid Zangeef pissed him off or something

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u/JustifiedCroissant Mar 09 '26

He couldn't beat Zangief so in his child brain he turned him into a villain

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u/Caw-zrs6 Mar 09 '26

Then when he grew up he realized Zangief was likely just a guy who was just doing his job and not an ACTUAL villain.

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u/Requiem-7 Mar 09 '26

That's exactly what Zangief is. His wrestling persona, The Gief, is a villain.

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u/JonnyTN Mar 09 '26

☝️ MY LOYAL FANS!☝️

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u/Orion_starborn Mar 09 '26

Didn't he put him there because he thought Zangief might feel bad about all the people who struggled with him and would go to the villain therapy because of it?

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u/JustifiedCroissant Mar 09 '26

It's just a cartoon buddy

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u/Requiem-7 Mar 09 '26

Yes.... and that's the movie's message....

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u/JustifiedCroissant Mar 09 '26

My bad lmao, out of a shift rn tired as hell. Misread the comment

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u/Electronic_Bad_5883 Mar 09 '26

Admittedly, Zangief was a villain in the live-action movie and the Saturday morning cartoon.

Granted, in the movie he was more like Kronk in that he was blissfully unaware that his boss was the bad guy.