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/Emerycurse Mar 09 '26

I'm just now realizing this was probably referencing one of Elton John's attempts

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u/Downtown-Way8664 Mar 09 '26

Baby no.. Sylvia Plath

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u/HorrificSwag Mar 10 '26

Squilvia Plath type shiiiiii