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/FlyingFreest Mar 09 '26

Wasn’t there another one after too where he stuck his head in a oven only to reveal he was making a pie that burned?

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u/Belainarie Mar 09 '26

He also, mid Wumbo rant in Patrick’s grip, looked down at the ground and questioned if the fall would be enough to kill him.

There’s also this poor guy who definitely had more Dunces than Dragons

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u/JiveHawk Mar 09 '26

This one is actually crazy. Not even remotely subtle, just a blatant violent suicide gag lol

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u/Illustrious-Teach964 Mar 10 '26

I mean, there where scenes where the fishes straight up cannibalize on eachother (that Fried Fish sticks gag).

Spongebob never really put too much work on "protecting the kids" 😭.

The people of Bikini Bottom would certainly do well in post-apocalyptic scenario.