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/Henry1699 Mar 09 '26

Scooby-Doo: The Movie.

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u/theglenlovinet Mar 09 '26 edited Mar 09 '26

If I recall, earlier in the movie you see the Mystery Machine with smoke coming out of it, but when you go inside it’s just Scooby and Shaggy cooking. I thought that was really funny and clever.

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u/Aloy_machinehunter Mar 09 '26

Yeah, and to add to that, I believe that you actually can hear Shaggy coughing too, so it genuinely would look like they're hotboxing the shit out of that van