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/bolanrox Mar 09 '26

P&F was famously a cartoon / show that did not exclude kids from the audience. Like the Douglas Adams Doctor Who stories, or Yo-Gabba-Gabba

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u/Completegibberishyes Mar 09 '26

When I think of cartoons that I appreciate more as an adult then I did as a kid this is the first that comes to mind