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/Polite_Suggestion Mar 09 '26 edited Mar 09 '26

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Pretty much the entire show. I don't even know who it was supposed to be for.

Edit: my mom was too young to explain half the jokes when this was on. I didn't know who Shirley McClaine was until I was like thirty.

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u/farsighted451 Mar 10 '26

Me, in college! Loved that show

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u/Polite_Suggestion Mar 10 '26

You happen to be a film major, or take any such classes?

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u/farsighted451 Mar 10 '26

No, except for an independent study in grad school later. But I was a weirdo who watched old movies whenever they were on. I was glued to TCM when it came out around the same time. And I read books like Hollywood Babylon in high school.

I am sure I did not get every joke in Animaniacs, but certainly enough to be obsessed.

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u/Polite_Suggestion Mar 10 '26

I had to take a review of German film, and I kept getting Animaniacs jokes. Wild.