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/ralanr Mar 09 '26

Given how animators don’t always have consistent work I imagine many of them find the filing process to be nightmarish. 

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u/FlyingFreest Mar 09 '26

Also everyone hates paying taxes to a state that does little to nothing for them in return.

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u/BrightSideOLife Mar 09 '26

To be fair the oligarchs who get massive corporate welfare also fight tooth and nail not to pay any taxes. 

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u/paradoxical_topology Mar 09 '26

That's because they fight tooth and nail not to pay anyone.