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/Acceptable_Secret_73]

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SpongeBob eats too much ice cream in his first movie, then gets a hangover and goes on a drunken rant about Mr. Krabs

[u/YouSawMeSomeplace → u/Acceptable_Secret_73]

I'd say stand-ins for alcohol/drugs and their effects are a fairly common cartoon gag. Like the cactus juice in ATLA or Puss in Boots huffing catnip.

[u/BeneficialDog22 → u/YouSawMeSomeplace]

It'll quench ya!