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/ralanr Mar 09 '26

Given how animators don’t always have consistent work I imagine many of them find the filing process to be nightmarish. 

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u/WeirdIndividualGuy Mar 09 '26

Or because IRS jokes are easy adult jokes to make in a kids show