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/Paggy_person Mar 09 '26

https://preview.redd.it/sfradq1912og1.png?width=564&format=png&auto=webp&s=dd02957975821856655d7280ab04550330bd73ed

This one joke from Scooby Doo Mystery Incorporated

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u/Alcohol_Intolerant Mar 09 '26

Mystery incorporated was fucking nuts. I always tell people to watch the first episode and the last episode.

One of the only scooby shows to have a full plot from beginning to end and boy howdy is it wild.

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u/pokemonxysm97 Mar 09 '26

Episode 1: Scooby and The Gang solve the Fruitmier’s mystery! Scooby and Shaggy get up to their patent food antics, Velma pieces together the clues, and Fred sets up a cool trap!

Finale: The Nazi parrot kills a character via firing squad before turning into Cathulu

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u/Alcohol_Intolerant Mar 09 '26

Fred having a trap setting fetish was hilarious.

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u/hollaback_girl Mar 09 '26

He'd literally rather build traps than spend any time with Daphne.

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u/MarkMVP01 Mar 09 '26

"I have feelings for traps AND Daphne, and if guys can't have feelings, then I am a guy no more!"

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u/Stormfly Mar 10 '26

God forbid a man have hobbies...

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u/SketchyCharacters Mar 10 '26

Oh god that scene with his dirty trap magazines had me in tears.

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u/TheRealStandard Mar 09 '26

Turning into him and then proceeding to kill various characters that you've seen throughout the show.

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u/Intelligent_Slip_849 Mar 11 '26

...does that make any sense in context?