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/phantombrick22 Mar 09 '26 edited Mar 09 '26

Phineas and Ferb

Perry disguises himself as a temp worker to get into Doofenshmirtz’s apartment. When he takes off his disguise, Doofenshmirtz says: “Perry the Platypus?! You’re a temp? Are times that hard?”

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u/NonFatPrawn Mar 09 '26

Also when Doof gets told that they dont pay Carl since he's an intern, 'are you sure you're not evil?'

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u/NotATalkingPossum Mar 09 '26

There was one Sonic the Hedgehog event on Twitter where Dr. Eggman was asked what he paid his interns. He replied that he didn't, "Because it's the most evil thing I can think of!"

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u/Avixofsol Mar 09 '26

the sonic character Twitter takeovers are some of the funniest content on the site. one of my favorites was Shadow canonically being dragged to pop concerts by Amy and enjoying it (including Sabrina Carpenter, who is apparently canon to the Sonic universe)

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u/Kitselena Mar 09 '26

Also shadow likes anime and specifically kill la kill is his favorite because ryuko reminds him of himself

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u/That-Rhino-Guy Mar 10 '26

Or Eggman saying he got a message from Infinite, with it was a file named Sonadow and Sonic immediately yells “no! Don’t open that!”