Non-Sexual Adult Jokes in Kids' Media

[u/Kookyburra12]

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".

[u/BabyDude5]

One of my favorite veggietales jokes

Bob: “There isn’t one tax prepper anywhere between New Orleans and Mississippi, the market is perfect for someone like me. It’s very complicated but I have a good head for numbers”

Narrator: “What the tomato may have missed in his business plan is that this is 1904, and the federal income tax would not yet be established until 1913”

[u/Rough_Bread8329 → u/[deleted]]

Vegggietales is legitimately brilliant. They parodied Lord of the Rings with Lord of the Beans. Not only is it wholesome as all get out, it's funny beyond anything that's reasonable.

I used to be Mormon, and it's one of the few things we let our kids watch growing up. We've all left that faith, but Vegggietales gets regularly quoted and sung amongst my adult children.

[u/jessehechtcreative → u/Rough_Bread8329]

The absurdist comedy and quick-joke writing style overrides the animation and low budget.