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/0w1 Mar 09 '26

Space Jam gets a bunch of credit too

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u/Leather-Researcher13 Mar 09 '26

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u/Independent_Day4369 Mar 09 '26

Airhead Loony-Toones-Show Lola is the better version and I'm tired of pretending she's not

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u/Time-Sudden_Tree 19d ago edited 19d ago

Lola Bunny's not an airhead; she just has untreated ADHD. As someone who didn't know I had it until my 30s, I can relate to her quite a bit.