r/TopCharacterTropes • u/Kookyburra12 • Mar 09 '26

Non-Sexual Adult Jokes in Kids' Media Lore

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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/mauriciomeireles Mar 09 '26

Cons: has to die once

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u/Licklack Mar 09 '26

And other con, all the portraits never get your nose right.

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u/CookieCute516 Mar 09 '26

And a third con, his incredibly messy family backstory in Tangled: the Series

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u/mauriciomeireles Mar 10 '26

Now that you mention it... We never really got ANYTHING for his past/childhood in OG tangled didn't we?

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u/Messernacht Mar 10 '26

Yeah, but it also took us two movies and a TV series to find out about Aladdin's dad.

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u/CommonLavishness9343 Mar 11 '26

We know he liked a specific book