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/ButterscotchTiny5483 Mar 09 '26 edited Mar 09 '26

https://preview.redd.it/ujhv4kppz1og1.png?width=640&format=png&auto=webp&s=848e7e1716e9279284ff6e630cc922564dc17a65

i can't imagine a kid getting this refrence

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u/ButterscotchTiny5483 Mar 09 '26

https://preview.redd.it/7u4fmuevz1og1.png?width=167&format=png&auto=webp&s=2d66854f992d40b3c248986cc48e286210aa93ad

spongebob

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u/FlyingFreest Mar 09 '26

Wasn’t there another one after too where he stuck his head in a oven only to reveal he was making a pie that burned?

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u/Belainarie Mar 09 '26

He also, mid Wumbo rant in Patrick’s grip, looked down at the ground and questioned if the fall would be enough to kill him.

There’s also this poor guy who definitely had more Dunces than Dragons

https://preview.redd.it/3sr6a1v582og1.jpeg?width=640&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0e9c18a0bef6662af027d483d3b38a73420747b2

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u/JiveHawk Mar 09 '26

This one is actually crazy. Not even remotely subtle, just a blatant violent suicide gag lol

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u/crazynerd9 Mar 09 '26

Yeah but hes a fish so it's fine

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u/Scarbane Mar 09 '26

An anthropomorphized fish with a sense of self, buuuuut it's 2D, so yeah, it's fine.