History AlternativeJokeInterpretation / WesternAnimation

** In "Baby, You Knock Me Out" Peter is drunkenly watching anime and wonders why everyone in the show is either a ten year old girl or a monster. It's a ShallowParody no matter how you slice it, but is it an AllAnimeIsNaughtyTentacles joke or is it an "[[AnimationAgeGhetto All Anime is]] ''[[Anime/PokemonTheSeries Pokemon]]''" joke?

* ''WesternAnimation/ThePatrickStarShow'': "[[Recap/ThePatrickStarShowS2E2SuperStarsNowMuseumNowYouDont Now Museum, Now You Don't]]" has a BadgeGag where Cecil's museum security guard badge has him half covered in syrup. While he's eating pancakes and it's possible he just spilled some, the fact that the syrup is only covering his image and not anywhere else on the badge could imply that [[NoodleIncident he actually was covered in it when he got the photo taken]].

* ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'': In "[[Recap/SouthParkS6E1JaredHasAides Jared Has Aides]]", Chef says that every women he's married has gotten fat. Is it because he's a chef and he feeds them a lot, or is it implying that he impregnates them?

** In "Pickles", Squidward abruptly stops writing down Bubble Bass' order and tells him "we serve ''food'' here, sir". Was Squidward unable to continue following the HashHouseLingo Bubble Bass used, or was he being judgemental about his order (which if followed right would result in an [[NutritionalNightmare absurdly unhealthy]] and generally absurd DagwoodSandwich)?

** In "Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy V", after Barnacle Boy's turn to the good side, Mermaid Man says "Good to have you back, Kyle!" Is this implying that Kyle is Barnacle Boy's real name, or is it just Mermaid Man being senile? "Mermaid Man Begins" later says his name is Tim.

* ''WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2012'': In "The Big Blowout" when Bebop convinces Rocksteady to save the world so his mother can live, Steranko has a ImagineSpot where he's standing behind a woman holding a Russian flag and a baby. Does that woman was a personification of Russia, and Rocksteady is such a patriot that it calls his home country "mother"? Or that woman really is Steranko's mother? Or both of this guesses are somehow true, and Steranko mother is as patriotic as her son, explaining why she holds Russia flag?

* In ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooAndBatmanTheBraveAndTheBold'', Aquaman asking Batman if he lost another Robin depends on which Robin he's talking about: either Dick Grayson (who has become Nightwing) or Jason Todd (which depends on if his death is carried out like in the comics)

** In "The Sign", Chilli mentions that she and Frisky used to go to a lookout as teens. She says they went there to think, but the line is delivered in a way that suggests she is lying. This was intended as a ShoutOut to an episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' where Homer says he plans on doing some "serious thinking", and Bart says, "I think he means drinking", and thus, the implication was that Chilli and Frisky drank at the lookout. Some viewers misinterpreted it, however, and thought it was a reference to smoking (often specifically smoking weed, since being stoned can make you introspective) or that it was a MakeOutPoint and Chilli and Frisky went there to kiss and/or [[MakingLoveInAllTheWrongPlaces have sex]], either with [[GayRomanticPhase each other]] or their boyfriends.

* ''WesternAnimation/ThePenguinsOfMadagascar'': Kowalski questions how did Marlene could talk to Skipper through the radio in "Best Laid Plantains". The most obvious interpretation is that Kowalski is simply lampshading how is this possible. However, if one pulls ShippingGoggles, the fact that Marlene is the only animal besides the penguins that Skipper has contact through the radio, that Skipper isn't weirded out by this and dodges the question immediately when Kowalski asks it and it was planned to be the last message Marlene would leave before skipping town and never coming back, the joke could be [[SecretRelationship hintting at something else]].

* ''WesternAnimation/SonicBoom'': "Mombot" has Eggman say "I've done what no other scientist has ever been able to do", to which Cubot replies "Prove climate change is real?" Were the writers taking a jab at climate change, or did Cubot say this because he's stupid and/or [[PoliticallyIncorrectVillain evil?]]

** "Born Again Krabs" has a DoubleSubversion of AmbulanceCut -- Mr. Krabs goes to eat an expired patty, then an ambulance drives by... but then Mr. Krabs just says, "Oh, look! An ambulance!". He then takes a bite, and then an ambulance ''does'' take him to the hospital. Was the first ambulance a completely unrelated ambulance, was it the same ambulance driving past for something unrelated and picking up Krabs along the way when he got sick, or was it the same ambulance, and the paramedics somehow knew that Krabs would eat the expired patty?

** In "Sailor Mouth", Mr Krabs's mom is seemingly caught swearing, only for her to reveal the censor honk was an actual car horn. Is this just a fourth wall breaking gag, or does it mean that all the various "censor" noises are actually swear words?

* In an episode of ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'', Uncle Gumbald destroys a (non-sentient) piece of candy to demonstrate the might of his military weapons. Lemongrab's response is to wordlessly hand Princess Bubblegum a piece of paper that says "Unmake me." Was he trying to pull a ScrewThisImOuttaHere via assisted suicide, so he wouldn't have to fight Gumbald's army? Or was he offering himself up so that Bubblegum could destroy something bigger than a candy to prove ''her'' might?

* ''WesternAnimation/ThePenguinsFromMadagascar'': Kowalski questions how did Marlene could talk to Skipper through the radio in "Best Laid Plantains". The most obvious interpretation is that Kowalski is simply lampshading how is this possible. However, if one pulls ShippingGoggles, the fact that Marlene is the only animal besides the penguins that Skipper has contact through the radio, that Skipper isn't weirded out by this and dodges the question immediately when Kowalski asks it and it was planned to be the last message Marlene would leave before skipping town and never coming back, the joke could be [[SecretRelationship hintting at something else]].

** In one episode, a woman declares, "Handsome!" and then collapses with a groan, to which Squidward asks, "What did she call me?", and [=SpongeBob=] replies, "Handsome, but I think she spelled it wrong." Is it an inside joke because the script writer misspelled "handsome", was it just a NonSequitur, is it because the "D" in "handsome" is silent, is he treating the groan as part of the word and saying she mispronounced it, does [=SpongeBob=] think the woman thinks Handsome is Squidward's name, is it the old "you spelled ugly wrong" joke, or is he saying she wasn't emphatic enough?

** "Born Again Krabs" has a DoubleSubversion of AmbulanceCut -- Mr. Krabs goes to eat an expired patty, then an ambulance drives by... but then Mr. Krabs just says, "Oh, look! An ambulance!". He then takes a bite, and the ambulance ''does'' take him to the hospital. Was the first ambulance a completely unrelated ambulance, was it the same ambulance driving past for something unrelated and picking up Krabs along the way when he got sick, or was it the same ambulance, and the paramedics somehow knew that Krabs would eat the expired patty?

** In "Baby, You Knock Me Out" Peter is drunkenly watching anime and wonders why everyone in the show is either a ten year old girl or a monster. It's a ShallowParody no matter how you slice it, but is it an AllAnimeIsNaughtyTentacles joke or is an "[[AnimationAgeGhetto All Anime is]] ''[[Anime/PokemonTheSeries Pokemon]]''" joke?

** In "The Show", Bandit says that he didn't remember the Queen being at the party where he and Chilli allegedly met, but Chilli replies, "Well, you wouldn't. Is the joke that Bandit was drunk at the party, or that he's [[ForgetfulJones forgetful in general]]?

** In "The Creek", Mackenzie (an anthropomorphic Border Collie, who originally came from New Zealand) compares something to jumping on sheep. Is this a joke about [[NationalStereotypes New Zealanders liking sheep too much]], or [[FurryReminder Border Collies being sheepdogs]]?

** In "Spacebusters", Winston says that "unfortunately", his bed is downwind of Peters. Is the joke that Peter [[ToiletHumour farts in his sleep]], that he has [[YouNeedABreathMint bad breath]], or that [[StinkSnub he just smells bad in general]]?

** In "My Pretty Seahorse", two fish mistake [=SpongeBob's=] new seahorse for a kiddie ride, and one of them ends up being kicked into the distance after trying to put a quarter in her "coin slot". Did he try to stick the coin into her anus, or (since she's female) a certain other hole?

** In "Quagmire's Dad", Brian throws up and [[ScrubbingOffTheTrauma takes a shower]] after learning that the woman he slept with, Ida, is Quagmire's trans mother (his father post-transition). Did he react that way because she's trans and he's transphobic (which lines up with other jokes in the episode), or because he hates Quagmire and thus didn't like the idea of sleeping with a parent of his (which lines up with Cleveland beating the crap out of him when he finds out)?
** In "Ready, Willing and Disabled", during the ''[[ShowWithinAShow Rolling Courage: The Joe Swanson Story]]'' trailer, Peter is briefly shown being played by Creator/BeaArthur. Is this a joke about Arthur's famously husky voice, or was the film so [[BasedLooselyOnATrueStory inaccurate]] they couldn't even get Peter's gender right?

** In "Quagmire's Dad", Brian throws up and [[ScrubbingOffTheTrauma takes a shower]] after learning that the woman he slept with, Ida, is Quagmire's trans mother (his father post-transition). Did he react that way because she's trans and he's transphobic, or because he hates Quagmire and thus didn't like the idea of sleeping with a parent of his?