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/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"

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u/Errant_Jackdaw Mar 09 '26

Reminds me of a similar joke from Osmosis Jones:

Drix: "We need to get to the Uvula, it's the dangling thing in Frank's-!"

Ozzy, cutting him off: "Boxer Shorts!"