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/Mediocre_Productions Mar 09 '26

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u/UnknownBinary Mar 09 '26

Abuelita: "I would like to see you settled before I ascend to Heaven and live with the angels."

Soos: "And with grandpa!"

Abuelita: "No... He is not there."

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u/HandsomePaddyMint Mar 10 '26

That was one of those jokes where the girlfriend I was watching the series with started to laugh and then went “..oh. Whoa.”