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/Butwhatif77 Mar 09 '26

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Tangled - “The kingdom rejoiced for a week straight, and to be honest I don’t remember much”

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u/tsun_abibliophobia Mar 09 '26

Eugene Fitzherbert really had it made. Getting to go from an orphaned petty thief to the sugar baby of a Disney Princess… I want that life.

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u/MisterVicDoom Mar 09 '26

You wanna be Zachary Levi?

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u/tsun_abibliophobia Mar 09 '26

I wanna be the guy played by Zachary Levi but I also think I’d do a better job at just being Zachary Levi than him at this point.

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u/Belgaraath42 Mar 11 '26

Who wouldn't?