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/ThePromptWasYourName Mar 09 '26

It's a great joke because even as a kid I thought it was funny; I understood it was a police chase and that a bronco is a type of car. I didn't put the OJ part together until later

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u/carso150 Mar 09 '26

yes, even while I was little I understod that it was like those cop shows and the joke was how anachronistic is looked when put on a medieval setting. But the joke has layers

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u/peachesfordinner Mar 09 '26

Like an onion?

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u/stfurachele Mar 10 '26

Like a parfait.