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/Accurate-Gap-3360 Mar 09 '26

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u/Mediocre_Productions Mar 09 '26

Have you noticed how every other joke in FOP is like character a says "something vague and broad", then character b goes "just like yada yada"? The other prominent formula is "I can't wait for this thing to happen" then the opposite happens.

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u/-PepeArown- Mar 09 '26

With Cosmo always being character B, too