There's a long and noble tradition of TV shows and movies meant for children sneaking in the occasional adult joke. And while some of them are just a little out there, others make me wonder, "How the hell did they get away with this?"
I've ranked these 27 jokes from kid's TV shows and movies by how surprising it is that they survived long enough to make it to air.
Just so you know, when I say "censor," I mean a combination of studio executives, the Standards & Practices department, lawyers, and anyone else who has the power to say, "Hey, let's maybe not include a circumcision joke in The Rugrats Movie."
As you'll see toward the end of this ranking, they lost that particular fight.
27. When the "Welcome to Duloc" song almost went there, then didn't.
26. When Shaggy met Mary Jane.
On another note, CGI Scooby is a haunting creation.
25. When Stu was broken by a pot of chocolate pudding.
24. When the three little pigs paid tribute to their fallen father.
23. When Zuko interrupted Suki on her way to Sokka's tent and then found Sokka doing the absolute most.
And then the next morning, when Sokka is fiddling with a random necklace of flowers, implying he got "lei'd." (According to Twitter, at least.)
22. When this robot mom-to-be told her husband that's it's OK that he missed the delivery of their baby-in-a-box.
21. When the Wolf read the swimsuit edition of Pork Illustrated.
20. When a donkey, otherwise known as an ass, appears over Squidward while he mocks SpongeBob...
...and then again when he receives a kind Christmas gift from his victim and realizes the error of his ways.
19. When Grandpa rented a few videos for the kids and one for himself.
18. When Mr. Potato Head silently called someone a kiss-ass.
17. When a doctor with a frankly intimidating name made a cameo appearance.
16. When Timmy's dad got too real with him.
15. When Colette thought Linguini was trying to be very, very honest with her.
14. When Robin opened up to the Professor.
13. When Puss in Boots is found carrying a baggie of catnip during a Cops parody sequence.
12. When someone felt the need to stick a Post-it reading, "Don't touch yourself," on the bathroom wall.
11. When someone read Playslug magazine. For the articles, most likely.
10. When the Sanderson sisters encountered the world's creepiest bus driver.
9. When Shrek made this dick joke.
8. When Stephanie casually burned Kimmy all the way to the ground.
7. When the Cat scolded a gardening tool and called it a "dirty hoe."
6. When Grandpa Boris couldn't take another moment of watching vacation videos.
5. When Gary walked in on SpongeBob watching some sea anemone porn.
4. When a wild circumcision joke appeared in a song about newborns being less than impressed with life after birth.
3. When Amy dusted for prints and found Prince.
2. When Helga said...this.
1. When Rocko briefly worked at a phone sex line.
