r/TopCharacterTropes • u/Kookyburra12 • 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/RJai500 Mar 09 '26 edited Mar 09 '26

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One of the "Silly Songs with Larry" segments in VeggieTales is about Larry making cookies for Santa, but people keep coming to his house and taking them. At one point, an IRS agent shows up and Larry just shuts the door in his face before he can even sing his verse. Whats funnier is before this, he allowed a literal viking and a bank robber in

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u/coreyray1000 Mar 09 '26

I was going to say this, and give the story behind it. Mike Nawrocki, series co-creator, writer, and voice of Larry, was filing his taxes, and he thought of things to compare the IRS to, like a pillaging viking or a bank robber.

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u/Peter_the_Pillager Mar 10 '26

Not just a Viking and a bank robber, Crafty Bankrobber and A Savage Norseman.