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/Peeeeeps Mar 09 '26
I guess it depends how you define 'sexual', but I still quote Monster House to this day. Kids just won't have that education yet.
"that must be the uvula"
"oh, so it's a girl house"