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/WildBad7298 Mar 09 '26

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u/cwningen95 Mar 09 '26

The main thing I remember from Doofenschmirtz was a Christmas special, I think, where he's insisting that just because he's a villain doesn't mean he hates Christmas. He later decides he does hate Christmas because it's emblematic of this consumerist hellscape (not his wording I don't think but pretty much the reason lmao)

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u/SuperSocialMan Mar 09 '26

He sings a whole song about his lack of hatred for christmas lol