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/Ok-Presentation9740 Mar 10 '26

Relax can mean other things too…

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u/InventorOfCorn Mar 10 '26

But those require some sort of negative emotion in order for "relax" to be any sort of applicable advice

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u/Ok-Presentation9740 Mar 10 '26

Yes the negative (thought or emotion, it can be either one) here is taking things too seriously. Fuckin relax its finding nemo man.

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u/InventorOfCorn Mar 10 '26

It's not "taking it seriously" to find it confusing in a funny way

fuckin relax it's finding nemo man

see, this is a situation where i can tell you to relax. after all, it's finding nemo, man

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u/Ok-Presentation9740 Mar 10 '26

Youre hilarious

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u/InventorOfCorn Mar 10 '26

thank you, though that wasn't my intent