| 1 | [[quoteright:350:[[WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}} https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/freudian_slips.png]]]] |
| 2 | [[caption-width-right:350:Those slips are perfect for lingerie--[[FreudianSlip I mean lounging in]].]] |
| 3 | |
| 4 | ->'' "The kids got the cartoon. The parents got the jokes.''" |
| 5 | -->-- '''Music/HenryRollins''' |
| 6 | |
| 7 | A joke in a work marketed toward children that kids of the appropriate age would likely never get, but which their parents would. Serves as a way to keep the adults and older kids entertained and usually takes the form of a {{Homage}} to a movie or TV show that children would not normally be familiar with. This is the master trope to other "subliminal" tropes like a DoubleEntendre, DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything, NoCelebritiesWereHarmed, or GettingCrapPastTheRadar. It could also count as a GeniusBonus since most children would have to be educated above their general age level to understand these. |
| 8 | |
| 9 | Popularized by ''Series/SesameStreet'',[[note]]The first decade of the show, an actual mission of the show was 'Entertain the parents so much, they force the kids to watch!'[[/note]] with characters like [[Franchise/SherlockHolmes Sherlock Hemlock]] and [[Literature/{{Dracula}} the Count]], and thus most common on educational shows. Surprisingly, the barely intelligible Cookie Monster seems to get the most Parental Bonus lines, at least in recent history: "Me undergo sea-change," etc. |
| 10 | |
| 11 | Of course, a badly done Parental Bonus will entertain neither the kids nor the adults and may terrify the latter that the former actually will "get" it... |
| 12 | |
| 13 | [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfAnimation Golden Age animated shorts]], especially those from [[Creator/MaxAndDaveFleischer Fleischer Studios]] and Creator/WarnerBros, often had material which would be considered Parental Bonus today (if people still [[ParodyDisplacement got the references]]), as they were intended for all audiences (see AnimationAgeGhetto). As a result, many cartoons had numerous {{double entendre}}s and [[NoCelebritiesWereHarmed pseudo-cameos]] which were expected to go over the younger viewers' heads. |
| 14 | |
| 15 | These jokes also give the shows rerun value years later when the original viewers are old enough to get the jokes that once went over their heads: see LateToThePunchline. Might be FridgeHorror for some if they think the joke is disturbing and that supposedly lewd joke might just be AccidentalInnuendo. |
| 16 | |
| 17 | A SuperTrope to ParentService, DemographicDissonantCrossover, DemographicallyInappropriateHumour[[invoked]]. |
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| 19 | !!Example Subpages |
| 20 | [[index]] |
| 21 | * ''ParentalBonus/CalvinAndHobbes'' |
| 22 | * ParentalBonus/WesternAnimation |
| 23 | ** ''ParentalBonus/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' |
| 24 | ** ''ParentalBonus/SpongeBobSquarePants'' |
| 25 | [[/index]] |
| 26 | |
| 27 | !!Other Examples |
| 28 | |
| 29 | [[foldercontrol]] |
| 30 | |
| 31 | [[folder:Advertising]] |
| 32 | * [[https://youtu.be/4PXLdA4yAFA This]] Creator/PBSKids bumper spoofs the "This Is Your Brain On Drugs" PublicServiceAnnouncement. |
| 33 | [[/folder]] |
| 34 | |
| 35 | [[folder:Anime and Manga]] |
| 36 | * Lots of these are present in ''Anime/KirbyRightBackAtYa'' since the series has tons of {{Shout Out}}s in general. |
| 37 | * An early example, ''Manga/MissMachiko'' (Humiliated Professor Machiko) was infamous for having the titular teacher end up naked in ''every single episode,'' often as a direct cause of her students groping her or otherwise destroying her clothing. ''Miss Machiko'' was a kids show, and her students were 6 years old. It was so prevalent that she even turns up naked in the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LEvNZdYtXCA episode openings.]] Twice. |
| 38 | * ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries'': When Team Rocket is stealing Pokémon from a hospital, they modify their motto to fit the occasion: |
| 39 | -->'''Jessie:''' To protect us from all that chafing and itching.\ |
| 40 | '''James:''' It might even stop all of Jessie's... [[LastSecondWordSwap complaining]]. |
| 41 | ** Team Rocket was full of these jokes. |
| 42 | --->'''James:''' I am a flaming Moltres!\ |
| 43 | '''Meowth:''' That outfit. Where'd he get it?\ |
| 44 | '''Jesse:''' I think that costume came right out of his closet. |
| 45 | * ''Manga/{{Boruto}}'': |
| 46 | ** In episode 60, after Sarada says that her father should relax while at home, Sakura tells Sarada that sometimes Sasuke sneaks in at night to sleep when Sarada is asleep. The way it's presented makes it seem like more than "sleeping" occurs. |
| 47 | ** In one of the light novels, Sarada notices her mother's [[DidYouJustHaveSex skin glows]] the day after Sasuke visits. |
| 48 | ** The first ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' SpinOff, ''Manga/RockLeesSpringtimeOfYouth'' is a wacky SuperDeformed GagSeries... but there's a RunningGag dress with a goose[[note]] Or swan, depending on the viewer [[/note]] head in a very... ''[[VisualInnuendo phallic]]'' position and one [[SomethingElseAlsoRises symbolic jizz-in-your-pants joke]] (at least in the anime). |
| 49 | * In the dub of the first episode of the first season of ''Anime/BakutenShootBeyblade'', Tyson's grandfather mentions he'll give him TheTalk next week. |
| 50 | * ''Anime/YokaiWatch'', the Japanese version at least, ''loves'' this. It is filled with a shocking number of '70s and '80s (occasionally more recent) references. |
| 51 | * ''Manga/SuperMario'' contains a fair amount of adult humor, such as when Peach accidentally sees Mario's genitals and gets flustered. |
| 52 | * In episode 17 of ''Anime/SonicX'', the MonsterOfTheWeek references ''Anime/CuteyHoney'' by imitating [[InTheNameOfTheMoon Honey's catchphrase.]] The catchphrase in itself isn't particularly naughty, but you wouldn't expect ''Sonic X'' to reference a franchise [[BestKnownForTheFanservice infamous for its borderline hentai content...]] |
| 53 | [[/folder]] |
| 54 | |
| 55 | [[folder:Asian Animation]] |
| 56 | * ''Animation/PleasantGoatAndBigBigWolf: Joys of Seasons'' episode 42 features a pirate whose name and appearance heavily resemble Luffy from ''Manga/OnePiece''. ''Pleasant Goat'''s target audience probably isn't that familiar with ''One Piece'', so this reference seems to be aimed at older viewers. |
| 57 | [[/folder]] |
| 58 | |
| 59 | [[folder:Children's Entertainers]] |
| 60 | * TV presentation duo Dom and Dick explained to radio host Creator/ChrisEvans about the part of their live show where they have a staged argument, appeal to their audience for support, and conclude: |
| 61 | -->''There's a lot of Doms over here... which means over there, there are a lot of Dicks''. |
| 62 | [[/folder]] |
| 63 | |
| 64 | [[folder:Comic Books]] |
| 65 | * In one issue of Gold Key's Pink Panther, the titular feline finds a laundry bag filled with money. "I've heard of filthy lucre, but I never knew it needed to be laundered!" |
| 66 | * Creator/MarvelComics' All-Ages title ''ComicBook/MarvelAdventures'' loves referencing older comics, concepts, and complex storylines that the target audience is generally completely ignorant of. |
| 67 | ** [[http://asylums.insanejournal.com/scans_daily/432350.html Marvel Adventures: Avengers 24]] sneaks in a Simpsons ref, a "reverse-Napoleon complex", Spidey "[[Comicbook/OneMoreDay needs]] [[YouNeedToGetLaid a wife]]", Wolverine quoting [[Comicbook/{{Watchmen}} Rorschach]], and a surprising hint of [[HoYay Les Yay]]. In ''one'' comic. |
| 68 | ** They don't just reference other Marvel comics. Issue 3 of their ''Iron Man'' solo title featured Plantman as the villain. When he's not in his leafy armor, he's dressed in a suit, Homburg hat, and gardener's apron -- that is to say, he looks like Creator/PeterSellers as [[Film/BeingThere Chance the Gardener]]. |
| 69 | * ''ComicBook/TinyTitans'', a non-canonical comics series for kids featuring many of the younger superheroes/sidekicks from the DC Universe as young children, is obviously aimed at young kids. However, the many, many references to either storylines from the "grown-up" books (such as the Battle for the Cowl, when they fight a cow that stole Batman's cape and cowl, or when Darkseid is their substitute teacher and gives them a surprise exam, which they pronounce a [[Comicbook/FinalCrisis finals crisis]]!) and other media aimed at adults (such as the first two rules of Pet Club being "you do not talk about Pet Club" and "you do ''not'' talk about Pet Club") prove they were intended to be entertaining for parents as well. And they certainly are. |
| 70 | * Franchise/{{Tintin}} features typical slapstick gags and exciting adventures children will appreciate. Adults can enjoy it for the satire on 20th-century politics, exquisite story structures, and beautiful art. |
| 71 | * Comicbook/{{Asterix}} has a lot of general slapstick, running gags and situation comedy that both parents and children can enjoy. But it is as much a comic for adults as it is for children, with many puns, double entendres, satirical gags, cameos and references to classic literature, the Ancient Greek, Roman and Gaulish time period, francophone culture and 20th-century society. Additionally, virtually all the characters' names are some sort of pun, most of which wouldn't make sense to children (such as Vitalstatistix the chief, Getafix the reclusive druid and even one-off character like Crismus Bonus the Roman centurion). |
| 72 | * ComicStrip/{{Nero}} shares both jokes that children can enjoy as references to national and international politics and that were current when the stories were published in the newspapers. |
| 73 | * ''Comicbook/SuskeEnWiske'' is a children's comic that originally made a lot of jokes about Flemish-Belgian politics that only adults would get. Later most of them were removed from the later reprints, though occasionally some of them are still present. |
| 74 | * In ''ComicBook/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicIDW'' Scoots says she isn't sure she wants a picture of Apple Bloom and Sweetie Belle on her flank for the rest of her life. Any parents or older readers with really unfortunate tattoos can probably empathize. |
| 75 | * The Series/{{ALF}} comic, published by [[Creator/MarvelComics Marvel's STAR comics imprint]] from 1988-1992, had a very different tone from the TV series it was based on; it had a much more notable sci-fi twist to it, and ''loved'' to pack in all sorts of references and parodies to everything from ComicBook/XMen and Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles to Film/CitizenKane and Theatre/DeathOfASalesman. |
| 76 | [[/folder]] |
| 77 | |
| 78 | [[folder:Films -- Animation]] |
| 79 | * Used in all of the ''Franchise/{{Shrek}}'' films. For example, in the [[WesternAnimation/Shrek1 first one]], Shrek sees [[TheNapoleon Lord Farquaad]]'s towering castle and remarks, "Do you think he's CompensatingForSomething?" |
| 80 | ** There are many references to the University of Notre Dame in the movie as a handful of the people that produced the movie were "Domers" (Notre Dame graduates). The biggest example being the shape of the castle, which is exactly like that of the Hesburgh Library. Another reference is the town of Duloc; the University's name is University of Notre Dame du Lac, which refers to Mary, Our Lady of the Lake. The student guide/disciplinary manual is also called "du Lac". A third reference is Lord Farquaad. There are many quads on the ND campus, and there is a dorm that is in the middle of nowhere, i.e. on a "far quad". You can also see the outline of the famous golden dome of the university on the back of Shrek's vest. |
| 81 | ** "Farquaad" was also used as a way of getting as close as possible to "fuckwad". |
| 82 | ** More relevantly, ''WesternAnimation/Shrek2'' has literally dozens of movie and TV refs, only a handful of which are going to be known to the kids. One example is the "Knights" show, which was a parody of ''Series/{{COPS}}''. The refs go back as far as the original B&W "Frankenstein". |
| 83 | *** ''Shrek 2'' also had a bevy of modern pop culture references that would go over kids' heads: the best is the people running away from the Giant Gingerbread Man who run out of one [[strike:Starbucks]] Farbucks and into another Farbucks across the street. |
| 84 | *** When the Fairy Godmother gives the vial of love potion to King Harold, it's labeled "IX" - i.e., Love Potion #9. |
| 85 | *** And of course, the chase involving Donkey being referred to as a "White Bronco". |
| 86 | ** Please keep off of the grass. Shine your shoes. Wipe your...[[SubvertedRhymeEveryOccasion face]]. |
| 87 | *** Robin Hood's song "I like an honest fight and a saucy little maid / What he's basically saying is he likes to get-- paid! |
| 88 | ** Blink and you'll miss it, but as the Fairy Godmother rattles off her list of fairy tales, she slips ''Film/PrettyWoman'' in there. |
| 89 | ** The frogs singing "Live and Let Die" in ''WesternAnimation/ShrekTheThird''. The joke is that a Frog Chorus is singing a Music/PaulMcCartney song, and while ''[[ComicStrip/RupertBear Rupert]] and the Frog Song'' was aimed at kids, it was 23 years earlier. (And ''Film/LiveAndLetDie'' was even longer ago, and definitely wasn't.) |
| 90 | * ''WesternAnimation/CloudyWithAChanceOfMeatballs'': |
| 91 | ** "See? Even Steve[[note]]the monkey[[/note]] is throwing chocolate snowballs... [[ToiletHumour ...Ohhh]]." |
| 92 | * Disney's ''WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}}'', thanks largely to the comedic genius of Creator/RobinWilliams, works on every level humanly imaginable. Specific example: as the Genie is being tricked into getting Aladdin out of the cave, he gets very angry at Aladdin. Kids laugh because of his sarcastic tone and the ruse working; parents laugh because the speech is almost directly lifted from ''Film/TaxiDriver''. Kids are also unlikely to recognize the Genie's imitations of William F. Buckley, Creator/PeterLorre, Carol Channing, [[Creator/MarxBrothers Groucho Marx]]... |
| 93 | ** Aladdin's introduction scene also had a ''Les Miserables'' reference, since Jasmine's song actor, Creator/LeaSalonga, was playing Eponine on Broadway in the same year. |
| 94 | ** There's a moment during the song "Never Had a Friend Like Me". During the song, the Genie uses his magic to make a group of harem girls appear. Normally this would be (somewhat) harmless but when you consider both the way the girls were acting towards Aladdin and how Al himself reacted it seemed like one of the girls (the one in the middle to be exact) was giving Al ''a freaking lap dance''. In addition, the way Aladdin's hands are positioned it looks like he's ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwsTXpDJSVE groping the girl's ass]]'', the scene in question is in 1:45-1:53. Could be viewed as ParentService. |
| 95 | ** There's also a specific comment by Genie during ''WesternAnimation/AladdinAndTheKingOfThieves'' during the beginning of the scene where the infamous 40 Thieves rob the palace. When the stampeding elephants come towards the wedding which causes the ground to shake, Genie jokingly comments "I thought the [[DidTheEarthMoveForYouToo earth shaking]] didn't start until the Honeymoon" you can guess what that means. The line is even worse in the Finnish dub, which changes "honeymoon" to "marriage bed". |
| 96 | *** There's also that wicked grin Aladdin gives Jasmine as they head off for their honeymoon at the end... |
| 97 | ** Genie makes a ton of references from old movies: ''Film/{{Poltergeist|1982}}'', ''Alice in Wonderland'' (obvious), ''Franchise/{{RoboCop}}''... anyone else recognize the big blue robot as the ED-209? |
| 98 | ** He even references The Tale of One Thousand and One Nights with the first line in his intro song; "Ali Baba had them forty thieves, Scheherazade had a thousand tales". What's funny (and rather sad) is that most kids - or even adults - wouldn't register that both Aladdin and Ali Baba are stories that Scheherazade told during those one thousand and one nights. |
| 99 | ** "Arabian nights, like Arabian days, more often than not, are hotter than hot, in a lot of good ways." |
| 100 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{The Lion King|1994}}'': |
| 101 | ** The film's ''Film/TriumphOfTheWill''-inspired imagery goes (one hopes) right over the kiddies' heads. |
| 102 | ** Of all the rides in Disneyland proper, "It's A Small World" is the safest for small children, and its song is nothing short of notorious. So it was a gesture to plenty of long-suffering parents when Scar gave the song a great big TakeThat. |
| 103 | ** This may also be an allusion to Theatre/{{Mozart}}'s ''Theatre/DonGiovanni''. |
| 104 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Hercules}}'': |
| 105 | ** Herc and Megara see the play ''[[Theatre/OedipusTheKing Oedipus Rex]]''. Hercules only had one thing to say about that: "And I thought ''I'' had problems." |
| 106 | ** Also a ''Film/BasicInstinct'' reference. Megara talks about having weak ankles, uncrosses and recrosses her legs, and says, "Do you have a problem with this?... weak ankles, I mean." |
| 107 | ** Although this joke wasn't sexual when Pain and Panic (disguised as children) are "trapped" underneath the giant rock, one of them yells, "Someone call IXII!"--the Roman numerals for 911. |
| 108 | ** And then there was the sundial salesman... |
| 109 | ** And Herc making sure to get a good look at Nessus' (a centaur's) body before calling him a 'sir'... |
| 110 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{The Hunchback of Notre Dame|Disney}}'' has a character say to his horse "Achilles. Heel." Think about that for a second. |
| 111 | * ''WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitch'' and [[Franchise/LiloAndStitch its franchise]] does a lot of referencing Music/ElvisPresley (Lilo Pelekai is a big fan), right down to having half the original film's soundtrack be his songs. There's even a montage of scenes where they try to bring it down to the level of kid viewers by having Lilo try to teach Stitch how to be more like Elvis. |
| 112 | ** At one point when Stitch is misbehaving by destroying things, as he approaches and rips a painting by Lilo, she protests, "that's from my Blue Period!", a reference to Picasso. |
| 113 | * ''WesternAnimation/AliceInWonderland'' had one. The Queen is angrily interrogating the cards, demanding to know who painted the roses red. The ace blames the two. The Queen answers, "The deuce, you say?" Parents in the original 1951 viewing audience would have recognized, "The deuce, you say!" as their older generation's slang way of calling, "Bullshit!" |
| 114 | * ''WesternAnimation/FrozenII'': |
| 115 | ** When Olaf and Kristoff are forced to wear formal clothes, Kristoff says he'll only wear it for an hour, and Anna comments that she likes him better "in leather, anyway." Younger audience members likely will only hear it as her saying she prefers him the way he usually dresses. Older viewers will wonder if she is referring to a more intimate aspect of their relationship. Double bonus for all the languages which don't have separate words for skin and leather. |
| 116 | ** Olaf then expresses surprise that Kristoff can last an hour. In the clothing or in the bedroom? |
| 117 | ** The aforementioned 80's power ballad spoof, "Lost in the Woods." Many kids must have wondered why their parents were suddenly laughing. |
| 118 | * Creator/{{Pixar}}: |
| 119 | ** ''WesternAnimation/FindingNemo'': |
| 120 | --->''' Gurgle:''' Do you guys realize we are swimming in [[CurseCutShort our own sh-]]\ |
| 121 | ''' Peaches:''' Shh! Here he comes! |
| 122 | ** ''Franchise/ToyStory'': |
| 123 | *** There's the line about Woody having "laser envy". |
| 124 | *** One of the very first scenes in [[WesternAnimation/ToyStory1 the first movie]] is Slinky going on and on with his speech about how Woody is right and everyone should listen to Woody. Mr. Potato-Head takes off his mouth and taps it against his backside to visually suggest Slinky is an ass-kisser. |
| 125 | *** Bo Peep throws out a few; in the first, she suggests to Woody that she get "someone else to watch the sheep tonight", and in the second she gives Buzz a kiss, telling him to give it to Woody when they find him. Buzz says he doesn't think it'll have quite the same significance to Woody [[HoYay coming from him instead of Bo]]. |
| 126 | *** There are a plot of points in [[WesternAnimation/ToyStory3 the third film]] that kids will understand, but won't recognize as references to older films (especially prison movies), like a brainwashed Buzz talking about "[[Film/CoolHandLuke spending a night in the box]]", or the toys' escape strategy being very similar to ''Film/TheGreatEscape''. |
| 127 | *** Chatter Telephone from the third film is deliberately modeled after [[MysteriousInformant Deep Throat]] from ''Film/AllThePresidentsMen'', right down to uncannily similar voices. |
| 128 | *** Buzz getting "drunk" on Darjeeling |
| 129 | ** At the end of ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory2,'' Buzz is having a hard time talking to Jesse. She does a skateboard stunt using a Hot Wheels car and track, and [[SomethingElseAlsoRises his fold-out wings pop out]]. This certainly gives a new meaning to the "This Space For Rent" joke during the outtakes. |
| 130 | ** ''WesternAnimation/MonstersInc'': |
| 131 | *** Two for the price of one: The Abominable Snowman is clearly a riff on the "Bumble" from the Creator/RankinBassProductions ''WesternAnimation/RudolphTheRedNosedReindeer'' special, and also scores an extra for this exchange between himself and Mike: |
| 132 | ---->'''Snowman''': Care for a snow-cone?\ |
| 133 | '''Mike''': Eccchh!\ |
| 134 | '''Snowman''': Oh, don't worry. It's lemon. |
| 135 | *** Combined with an ActorAllusion, when the character voiced by Creator/SteveBuscemi threatens to put another character [[Film/{{Fargo}} through the shredder]]. |
| 136 | ** In ''WesternAnimation/{{Ratatouille}}'', during Linguini's flabbergasted attempt to reveal his secret (that his cooking skills are actually thanks to a rat's instructions) to Colette, the moment that he says that he has a "...tiny, little..." she takes a split-second glance downwards. |
| 137 | *** Not to mention when she mentions to the press that he calls his inspiration his "little chef". His reaction shows that they were clearly not on the same thought pattern there as he tries to hush her about keeping private things private. |
| 138 | ** ''WesternAnimation/WallE'' has about five dozen ''Film/TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey'' references. Also, "Stay The Course". |
| 139 | ** ''WesternAnimation/ABugsLife'', in the carnival scene... |
| 140 | --->'''Fly''': Hey, cutie! You wanna pollinate with a real bug? |
| 141 | ** ''WesternAnimation/Cars1'': |
| 142 | *** The beginning of the film has two red Miatas flashing their headlights at Lightning [=McQueen=]. As in, they're literally ''flashing'' him. |
| 143 | *** Lightning [=McQueen=]'s name, in and of itself, qualifies. The target demographic of the film won't know who Creator/SteveMcQueen is, much less have seen ''Film/{{Bullitt}}''. |
| 144 | *** At the end of the first race [=McQueen=] is talking to the Rust-eze representative explaining why he doesn't have headlights. |
| 145 | ---->'''[=McQueen=]:''' Well, you know, race cars don't need headlights, because the track is always lit.\ |
| 146 | '''Dusty Rust-eze:''' Well, [[DrunkDriver so's my brother]], but he still needs headlights! |
| 147 | *** Lightning's rival Strip "The King" Weathers is an even bigger one: The car is a near replica of Richard Petty's racecar, he shares the same nickname and number of championships as Petty, and the spinning crash in the final race is a ShoutOut to the one Petty suffered in the 1988 Daytona 500. Oh yeah, and Petty actually provided the voice. |
| 148 | *** TheCameo from the hosts of the radio show "Car Talk". |
| 149 | *** Towards the end [=McQueen=] has a wonderful exchange with his agent in one of the most fascinating ActorAllusion and Parental Bonus ever. If you still don't get or remember why it is absolutely ''hilarious'' take a look at this [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uyXeClFPNfA&feature=related clip]] and [[http://www.hark.com/collections/tgnjxssrgr-harv this sound clip]] from ''Cars''. It gets better: in the UK release, Jeremy Clarkson voices Harv. |
| 150 | *** Creator/PaulNewman, who has experience in auto racing himself, voices Doc Hudson, a retired racing champion. |
| 151 | ** What about the scene in ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles1'' where Syndrome has everybody, then realizes that Mr. Incredible and Elastigirl are together? It culminates with him looking at the kids and adding "and got ''busy!''" |
| 152 | *** Every single instance of Helen dragging Robert back into the house when he shaped up. The most obvious one, the scene where only her arms are to be seen... |
| 153 | *** When Syndrome tries to pass off as a baby sitter, he says the "S" on his suit stands for "sitter", but he couldn't be seen with a suit that had "BS" to stand for "baby sitter" because it would look [[{{Understatement}} weird]]. |
| 154 | ** In ''WesternAnimation/InsideOut'', Fear and Disgust have a brief argument over whether or not there are [[BearsAreBadNews bears]] in Riley's new home town of UsefulNotes/SanFrancisco. Anger chimes in to say he saw [[TheBear a big, hairy guy who looked like a bear]]. |
| 155 | ** In ''WesternAnimation/TurningRed'', Ming euphemistically asks if Mei got her first period with "Did the red peony bloom?". She continues to use flower metaphors saying "You are now a beautiful, strong flower. Who must protect your delicate petals and clean them regularly." Her use of the word "clean" might also be a euphemism. |
| 156 | * In ''WesternAnimation/FlushedAway'' a fridge is lifted at one point to reveal a cockroach casually reading. And what is he reading? Why, Creator/FranzKafka's ''Literature/TheMetamorphosis'' of course! |
| 157 | ** Aardman in general loves Parental bonuses. Their finest example is probably ''WesternAnimation/ChickenRun;'' if it's a UsefulNotes/WorldWarII prison escape/action film and is pretty well known, ''WesternAnimation/ChickenRun'' probably includes a clever ShoutOut to it. Even the ''score'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUDCbOVmSdU gets in on the act.]] |
| 158 | * ''WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventuresHowISpentMyVacation'': |
| 159 | -->'''Buster''': I can't marry all three of them, that's bigamy!\ |
| 160 | '''Big Daddy Boo''': No, that's big 'a ''me''! |
| 161 | ** Which is itself a direct lift of an old Creator/MarxBrothers joke (from ''Theatre/AnimalCrackers'', specifically). |
| 162 | ** And THEN there's the C-plot that parodies ''Film/{{Deliverance}}'', of all the [[SarcasmMode kid-friendly movies]]! |
| 163 | * From ''Film/GForce'': [[Franchise/DieHard "Yippe-ki-yay, coffeemaker!"]] |
| 164 | ** Plus: [[Franchise/IndianaJones Dogs! Why did it have to be dogs!]] |
| 165 | * ''WesternAnimation/AGoofyMovie'' has Goofy mentioning "mambo king" Xavier Cugat (who, in actuality, was the ''rhumba'' king), a relatively obscure reference for such a film. |
| 166 | * In ''WesternAnimation/SharkTale'', the plot and many of the jokes heavily reference classic gangster movies like ''Film/TheGodfather'' and the works of Creator/MartinScorsese (who plays Sykes). |
| 167 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Rango}}'', among several other references, has a short scene in the beginning of the movie where the protagonist lizard Rango (voiced by Creator/JohnnyDepp) crashes into the windshield of a red sports car with in it two characters that are unmistakably Raoul Duke (also Depp) and his attorney from ''Literature/FearAndLoathingInLasVegas''. |
| 168 | * The productions of Creator/IlluminationEntertainment seems to love referencing the ongoing global economic crisis, as ''WesternAnimation/DespicableMe1'' references Lehman Brothers while ''WesternAnimation/{{The Lorax|2012}}'' mentions the book (and eventual film) ''Too Big to Fail''. |
| 169 | * ''WesternAnimation/WreckItRalph'' has some video game characters that most children would not recognize. The [[TearJerker scene where Q-Bert is left homeless]] will hit hard for older viewers, but children won't get why their parents are sobbing because they won't know who he is. Also, most small children have not yet played ''Franchise/StreetFighter'', and the ''VideoGame/MetalGear'' reference will only be funny to older viewers and those who have played MGS. |
| 170 | ** During the Bad Guys Anonymous meeting, Kano mentions that being a good guy isn't about what you do for work but that being good is all in your heart. As he is saying this, he tears the heart out of a zombie sitting beside him, making a reference to his Fatality move from Franchise/MortalKombat where he tears his enemy's heart out and holds it high in the air. |
| 171 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Madagascar}}'' has a ''[[Series/TheTwilightZone1959 Twilight Zone]]'' joke ("It's a [[ToServeMan cookbook]]!"), a ''Franchise/PlanetOfTheApes'' joke ("You had it all and you burned it up! [[GoshDangItToHeck Darn you! Darn you all to heck]]!"), and an ''Film/AmericanBeauty'' joke (Rose petal scene vs. steak scene). |
| 172 | ** Plus a ''Film/MoulinRouge'' reference right before the characters are shipped off to Africa. |
| 173 | ** Not to mention a ''Film/CastAway'' joke. "Shut up, Spalding!" |
| 174 | ** The sequel has a great one near the end: [[Film/AnimalHouse "Ramming speed!!"]] |
| 175 | * ''WesternAnimation/CloudyWithAChanceOfMeatballs'' has a ton of these, which is unsurprising, considering [[Creator/PhilLordAndChrisMiller its creators]]' credentials. A notable one combines this with a HistoricalInJoke, in the climactic food storm across the globe. When Mount Rushmore is hit by giant pies, Lincoln is the only one to get hit in the ''[[BlackComedy back]]'' [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything of the head]], and even starts immediately [[CrossesTheLineTwice gushing fluid out of its eyes and nostrils]]. |
| 176 | * ''WesternAnimation/PenguinsOfMadagascar'' has the RunningGag of Dave saying a minion's name and then an order that coincidentally happen to sound similar to that of a celebrity. Also, Skipper's reaction to Kowalski saying the plane they're on is going to Paris; |
| 177 | -->'''Skipper:''' France!? Forget it! Not with their tax laws! |
| 178 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Minions}}'' features an endless homage to the culture and music of the 1960s, being set mostly in that period, as well. |
| 179 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheSpongeBobMovieSpongeOutOfWater'' has a reference to ''Film/TheShining'' when Plankton entered Spongebob's mind and met [[CreepyTwins two popsicles]]. |
| 180 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Zootopia}}'': |
| 181 | ** The {{Shout Out}}s to both ''Film/TheGodfather'' and ''Series/BreakingBad'' hopefully go over the heads of the kids in the audience. |
| 182 | ** Judy works in a wicked double entendre while doing some quick math: "I am just a dumb bunny, but we are good at multiplying." |
| 183 | * ''WesternAnimation/PAWPatrol: The Movie'' has a character named Marty Muckracker. Muckrackers are people that expose the flaws of society, and were prominent during the Industrial Revolution. |
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| 186 | [[folder:Films -- Live-Action]] |
| 187 | * The "patty cake" scene from ''Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit'' is a double subversion. [[spoiler:Jessica Rabbit and Marvin Acme were actually playing ''the game'' patty cake, but that's basically the Toon equivalent to screwing.]] |
| 188 | ** There's plenty more where that came from. Dolores' line about having to "shake the weasels", for instance. |
| 189 | *** "Dabbling in watercolors, Eddie?" |
| 190 | ** ''Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit'' is one of the ''kings'' of this trope. |
| 191 | --->'''Eddie:''' I'm through with taking falls\ |
| 192 | And bouncing off the walls\ |
| 193 | Without that gun, I'd have some fun\ |
| 194 | I'd kick you in the... [[CurseCutShort (vase falls on his head)]]\ |
| 195 | '''Roger:''' [[SubvertedRhymeEveryOccasion ...nose!]]\ |
| 196 | '''Smartass:''' Nose? That don't rhyme with 'walls'.\ |
| 197 | '''Eddie:''' No, but ''this'' does! [[GroinAttack *kicks Smartass in the 'balls'* ]] |
| 198 | ** "Nice booby trap." |
| 199 | *** The weasel's screaming in that scene allegedly [[BilingualBonus translates as "Shit, my fucking hand!"]] |
| 200 | ** Not to mention Jessica's breasts making boinging sounds twice when she visits Eddie's office. |
| 201 | ** There's a scene where Eddie fires some {{toon}} bullets at a fleeing assailant, who ducks down an alleyway. The bullets stop, wonder "which way did he go?", and proceed to go in the wrong direction. Eddy comments "[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expanding_bullet Dum-dums!]]" |
| 202 | * ''Film/{{Enchanted}}'' has quite a bit of this as well. |
| 203 | --->'''Morgan:''' Remember, when you go out not to put too much makeup; otherwise, the boys will get the wrong idea and you know how they are...\ |
| 204 | [off Giselle's wide-eyed look]\ |
| 205 | '''Morgan:''' They're only after one thing.\ |
| 206 | '''Giselle:''' What's that?\ |
| 207 | '''Morgan:''' I don't know. Nobody will tell me. |
| 208 | * ''Film/TheCatInTheHat'' movie attempted this, with questionable results. Apparently, the writers' idea of Parental Bonuses are almost PG-13-level double entendres; see [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SwXLvn2sd6I here.]] |
| 209 | * In the Creator/JimCarrey version of ''Film/HowTheGrinchStoleChristmas'', the Grinch as a young boy looks in at a Christmas party where people are dropping keys into a fishbowl, indicating this was a ''swingers'' party. |
| 210 | ** Seconds before the keys are dropped into the fishbowl, a pair of Whos walk across the window, a man giving a woman a *ahem* "Reverse Piggy Backride". |
| 211 | ** In another scene, babies fall from the sky in baskets with umbrellas, a variant upon the Stork myth. A man sees a baby outside his own house, and joyously shouts to his wife that the baby is here, then pauses and adds "[[ChocolateBaby He looks just like your boss...]]" |
| 212 | ** The Grinch burns the Christmas tree at the party he was invited to. His childhood crush whispers "[[AllGirlsWantBadBoys Oh,]] ''[[AllGirlsWantBadBoys wowwwww]]''", in a very lascivious tone with a very, er, ''dazed'' look on her face... |
| 213 | ** The Grinch attempts to hail a taxi, which blows right by him. |
| 214 | -->'''The Grinch:''' [[FantasticRacism It's because I'm]] ''[[FantasticRacism green]]'', [[FantasticRacism isn't it?]] |
| 215 | * ''Film/OneHundredAndOneDalmatians1996'' (LiveActionAdaptation): Roger tells Cruella that Anita is pregnant... |
| 216 | -->'''Cruella:''' Well, what can I say? ''Accidents'' will happen.\ |
| 217 | '''Roger:''' We're having puppies, too.\ |
| 218 | '''Cruella:''' (''gasps'') Puppies! You ''[[BestialityIsDepraved have]]'' been a busy boy! |
| 219 | ** To say nothing about this little exchange in the cartoon, after Pongo and Perdita return with the 99 puppies... |
| 220 | --->'''Anita:''' But where did they all come from?\ |
| 221 | '''Roger:''' Oh, Pongo, you old ''rascal''! |
| 222 | * In ''Film/WillyWonkaAndTheChocolateFactory'', as Wonka searches for the button on the Three-Course-Dinner Gum machine, he offhandedly asks [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Button,_Button,_Who%27s_Got_the_Button%3F "Button, button, who's got the button?"]] |
| 223 | ** ''WesternAnimation/DextersLaboratory'' pulls a similar joke when Dee Dee is, of course, left standing next to a button unattended. |
| 224 | * ''Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanDeadMansChest'' has a deliciously subtle one when Tia Dalma finds the Black Spot (an omen of death) in Jack Sparrow's palm: |
| 225 | -->'''Gibbs''': The Black Spot!\ |
| 226 | '''Ragetti''': The Black Spot!\ |
| 227 | '''Pintel''': Black Spot!\ |
| 228 | '''Jack Sparrow''': My eyesight's as good as ever, just so you know. |
| 229 | ** Which is a very roundabout way of making a connection between palm sores, masturbation, and the myth that it causes blindness. |
| 230 | *** It's also an indicator of syphilis (which Creator/JohnnyDepp has more or less confirmed Sparrow as having, probably a contributor to his eccentric nature), which can damage eyesight. |
| 231 | *** There's a very subtle one in the same film. The sailors going on the Flying Dutchmen chant "Pull out your eyes, Apologize, Apologize". Any Creator/JamesJoyce reader will recognize this from Dante's introduction in ''Literature/APortraitOfTheArtistAsAYoungMan'' |
| 232 | * ''Film/{{Scooby|Doo2002}}-Doo'' had one that is very easy to miss out on: |
| 233 | -->Woman on Plane tells Shaggy her name is Mary-Jane.\ |
| 234 | '''Shaggy''': Mary-Jane? That's my favorite name! |
| 235 | ** For those who don't get it, Mary-Jane was an old-timey slang term for marijuana. |
| 236 | ** The "hot box" scene. Soon after the team "breaks up" at the start of the film, the following scene shows the Mystery Van with a whole lot of white smoke billowing out of it with Shaggy and Scooby giggling loudly. Cut to inside, and you see that Shaggy and Scooby simply have a miniature barbecue that is letting off a lot of smoke. |
| 237 | * In ''Film/HomewardBoundTheIncredibleJourney'', Chance the dog is chewing a shoe and offers a piece to Sassy the cat. She replies "No thanks, I'm not into leather". |
| 238 | ** In ''Film/HomewardBoundIILostInSanFrancisco'', Sassy wakes up and finds herself lying next to that runt dog with fleas. Sassy recoils in disgust and says, "Yuck!" The dog responds, "That's not what you said last night!" |
| 239 | * Non-joke example: In ''Film/TheMonsterSquad'', after the kids have been to Scary German Guy's place and he turns out to be quite the good guy despite his scary exterior, the leader of the titular group mentions that he "sure knows a lot about monsters." Scary German Guy's response: "Now that you mention it...I suppose I do." And as the kids leave, we're shown a reveal on Scary German Guy's arm of a numbered tattoo that the adults of the audience will recognize as a [[UsefulNotes/WorldWarII concentration camp identification tattoo]], signifying that this guy indeed knows a [[UsefulNotes/NaziGermany great deal]] [[UsefulNotes/TheHolocaust about monsters]]. |
| 240 | * In ''Film/FredClaus'', Santa demonstrates the power of the [[SinisterSurveillance snow globe]] to his brother, Fred, who's visiting some part-time work. Fred then asks if he could use it to check on the Swedish Women's Swimming Team, to check if they were doing anything "naughty". |
| 241 | %%* ''Film/SpaceJam'' has a little ''Film/PulpFiction'' reference in the end basketball game... |
| 242 | * ''Film/TheWizardOfOz'': |
| 243 | ** The movie has many lines what would be funny to adults but not children. |
| 244 | --->'''Dorothy''': We've brought you the broomstick of the Wicked Witch of the West. We melted her.\ |
| 245 | '''Wizard''': You liquidated her, eh? |
| 246 | ** The line spouted by the Scarecrow when he received the Th.D. degree, which was a hashed up version of the Pythagorean Theorem: |
| 247 | --->The sum of the square roots of any two sides of an isosceles triangle is equal to the square root of the remaining side. |
| 248 | ** The wizard awarding the Lion a medal called the Triple Cross. |
| 249 | ** The Scarecrow and the Wizard: |
| 250 | --->'''Scarecrow:''' I've got a brain! How can I ever thank you enough?\ |
| 251 | '''Wizard:''' Well, you can't. |
| 252 | ** The Scarecrow to Dorothy: |
| 253 | --->'''Scarecrow:''' Of course some people do go both ways. |
| 254 | * ''Film/TheSantaClause'' has quite a few of these. |
| 255 | ** When Scott picks up Santa's bag and he's lifted into the air: |
| 256 | --->'''Charlie:''' Whoa! You're flying!\ |
| 257 | '''Scott:''' It's okay, I'm used to it. I lived through the '60s. |
| 258 | ** In ''The Santa Clause 2'', Santa Claus/Scott Calvin and Bernard, when learning about Charlie's addition to the Naughty List, gives this exchange: |
| 259 | --->'''Bernard:''' It's... Charlie.\ |
| 260 | '''Scott:''' [[Creator/CharlieSheen Sheen]]? I thought he straightened out. |
| 261 | * ''Film/{{Annie|2014}}'' (2014) has a clever way of referring to someone as a prostitute, which flies right over the heads of any kids in the audience. |
| 262 | -->'''Miss Hannigan:''' ''[approaching limo]'' Hi there!\ |
| 263 | '''Stacks:''' I'm sorry, I am not interested in temporary companionship.\ |
| 264 | '''Miss Hannigan:''' ''What!?''\ |
| 265 | '''Stacks:''' God has a path for all of us! Yours should be taking you away from the car. |
| 266 | * ''Film/{{Casper}}'' has the three [[BigBrotherBully Big Uncle Bully]] ghosts singing, "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yTvMEAX_cQw It's my party, and I'll die if I want to]]." It references an old song by Lesley Gore. |
| 267 | * At the end of the 2014 ''Film/{{Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles|2014}}'' movie, Mikey plays the song "Happy Together" for April, which is obviously yet another example of his crush on her. The band that performed the song: Music/TheTurtles. |
| 268 | ** In ''Film/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesOutOfTheShadows'', when Casey is going nuts in the bar looking for Bebop and Rocksteady, the song on the Jukebox is by Music/VanillaIce.[[note]][[MythologyGag Vanilla Ice wrote and performed "The Ninja Rap"]], the theme song from ''Film/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesIITheSecretOfTheOoze''[[/note]] |
| 269 | * A few examples dotted throughout ''Film/{{Paddington|2014}}'', the most darkly notable of which is the origin of the flowers Mr. Curry presents to Millicent, [[spoiler:which are heavily implied to have come from an accident memorial, given he found them tied to a lamppost]]. |
| 270 | * "Speed Me Up" from ''Film/{{Sonic the Hedgehog|2020}}'' has the line "do the dash like Tay K". While this will fly over the little ones, the bigger ones, who may know Tay K as a rapper convicted of murder, will be surprised. |
| 271 | * ''Film/AlvinAndTheChipmunksTheRoadChip'' has a scene involving Creator/JohnWaters' cameo, with Alvin namedropping ''Film/PinkFlamingos'', which he has apparently seen. |
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| 273 | |
| 274 | [[folder:Literature]] |
| 275 | * In ''Howliday Inn'' of the ''Literature/{{Bunnicula}}'' series, while Louise and Georgette are fighting over Max, Louise calls Georgette "Hester Prynne." Very, very few kids are familiar with Literature/TheScarletLetter, but parents who're familiar with it know that Louise just called Georgette a slut. |
| 276 | * ''Literature/AWrinkleInTime'' and its sequels feature numerous plot devices to get the characters to travel in space and time and even into their own bodies, most of which are based on real scientific concepts. This makes reading them as a kid and as an adult two very different experiences. |
| 277 | * In ''Literature/TheWonderfulWizardOfOz'', courage takes the form of a liquid. Or, at least, the kind of courage that "makes you forget you are afraid" does. Or [[MagicFeather so the Wizard claims]]. |
| 278 | * An in-canon example occurs in one of the ''Amber Brown'' books, which are written specifically for elementary-school kids. When Amber, her mom, and her mom's boyfriend are about to start baking, Amber claps her hands and goes "Alright, let's start some preheating!" Her mom and Max look at each other, laugh, and refuse to explain. [[LampshadeHanging Amber narrates how annoying that is]]. |
| 279 | * ''Literature/ASeriesOfUnfortunateEvents''. By. The. Truckload. Just a few examples: |
| 280 | ** 99% of the characters' names are literary references, especially the inhabitants of the island in ''The End.'' |
| 281 | ** Mr. Poe had two sons named Edgar and Albert. Just guess that one. |
| 282 | ** Similarly, the two Quagmire triplets that the Baudelaires meet first are named Isadora and Duncan. |
| 283 | *** Not to mention the Baudelaires, two of whom are named [[http://www.trutv.com/library/crime/notorious_murders/family/bulow/1.html Sunny and Klaus]] |
| 284 | *** And then there's [[Literature/TheDivineComedy Beatrice]]. |
| 285 | ** In ''The Reptile Room'', the Baudelaires are told not to let the Virginian Wolfsnake near a typewriter. |
| 286 | ** The whole plot of ''The End'' is one big Bible reference/commentary. |
| 287 | *** Two of the island's inhabitants were named [[Literature/HeartOfDarkness Dr. Kurtz and Ms. Marlowe]]. |
| 288 | ** The titular festival of ''The Carnivorous Carnival'' is called [[Film/TheCabinetOfDrCaligari Caligari]] Carnival. |
| 289 | ** [[Theatre/TheTempest Stephano]], [[Creator/GeorgeOrwell Dr. Georgina Orwell]], [[UsefulNotes/TheRomanRepublic Vice Principal Nero]], [[UsefulNotes/GenghisKhan Coach Ghenghis]], [[Creator/JDSalinger Esme Squalor]]... |
| 290 | * Creator/AAMilne's ''Literature/WinnieThePooh'' has many jokes that will go straight over your average five-year-old's head. Meanwhile the parent reading the stories aloud may be having a hard time not cracking up. |
| 291 | * Louise Rennison's ''Withering Tights'', a 2010 novel aimed at 14-year-old girls, has a scene that's a mashup of ''An American Werewolf in London'', ''Film/WithnailAndI'', and the ''Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9YL0yHohts milkman sketch]] (the "some of them are very old" punchline is identical). |
| 292 | * In the ''Literature/RainbowMagic'' series, the king and queen of Fairyland are named Oberon and Titania, the names of the fairy king and queen in ''Theatre/AMidsummerNightsDream.'' To drive the point home, the kingdom has an annual party called the Midsummer Ball. Keep in mind that the series is for girls under the age of 10. |
| 293 | ** Some of the characters' names are references to celebrities. Rebecca's book has several references to Music/ElvisPresley, while Lucy the Diamond Fairy is a Shout-Out to Music/TheBeatles. |
| 294 | * ''Literature/HarryPotter'', oh so much. From literary and historical and mythological allusions to names significant if you have just a smattering of Latin or French or German. Not to mention the social satire. One could--and several people have--write a book. |
| 295 | * In one of the ''Sam Pig'' books by Alison Uttley, Irish labourers give the pigs some gifts. One of them is a bottle of cream ... only it's a brown colour and when Tom Pig tastes a little he splutters and says "They have queer cows in Ireland". Uttley does not explain to the child audience what Irish Cream actually ''is''. |
| 296 | * Children reading ''Literature/LottieAndLisa'' might not understand why the painter Gabele feels he needs to hide the painting depicting a scene from classical antiquity from Lotte-as-Luise, but parents will know what is meant. Then there are the references to Irene Gerlach being a "real woman" who "knows how to make use of herself". |
| 297 | * ''Literature/ThePhantomTollbooth'' is a HurricaneOfPuns, and many are [[StealthPun Stealth Puns]] that require an excellent vocabulary and knowledge of colloquial phrases. In other words, many will pass over the head of a child, but an adult reading along will get the joke. |
| 298 | * ''Literature/HowARealistHeroRebuiltTheKingdom'': {{Conversed}} with a ShowWithinAShow example in volume 5 when Souma creates a {{Toku}}-styled EdutainmentShow for his Jewel Voice Broadcasts, and casts very attractive adult actors to play the leads as eye candy for the parents in the audience--one of them being Carla, who is [[ReluctantFanserviceGirl so mortified]] at being stuffed into her {{stripperiffic}} costume that she has to be restrained from trying to kill him after the show. |
| 299 | [[/folder]] |
| 300 | |
| 301 | [[folder:Live-Action TV]] |
| 302 | * The ''Series/{{Ghostwriter}}'' episode "Am I Blue?" was an homage to ''Franchise/StarTrek'' fandom. Another episode had flashback scenes that resembled 1930s film noir. |
| 303 | * The absolute king of this trope was ''Series/SquareOneTV'', which had an average of a Parental Bonus a minute. Sketches parodied everything from ''Series/MaxHeadroom'' to ''VideoGame/PacMan'', and the musical numbers were always a style spoof (like the country-western "Nine, Nine, Nine" or the glam-rock "Angle Dance"). Each episode ended with a mystery called ''Mathnet'', an elaborate (and sometimes disturbingly true-to-form) parody of ''Franchise/{{Dragnet}}'', where agent Kate Monday (later changed to Pat Tuesday) flashed her calculator as a badge. In one "Mathnet" sequence, we hear a voice over an airport intercom: "Will Miss Amelia Earhart please come to the front? Miss Earhart, we have your luggage." |
| 304 | ** ''Mathnet'' has a large enough PeripheryDemographic that it was shown as a stand-alone program during primetime. |
| 305 | ** The music video that started with some teenage girls noticing that their friend's relationship must've gotten serious as they saw a "diagram" in her purse... |
| 306 | * ''Series/TheElectricCompany1971'' was full of these, most notably "Easy Reader" and "Fargo North: Decoder". |
| 307 | ** [[Series/TheElectricCompany2009 The 2009 remake]] is full of these too, as seen in the pilot episode running on PBS. There was a character named Rebus wearing a shirt with "RE + " and a picture of a bus (does that count as a meta-rebus?), a sketch involving a dog known as [[Series/TwentyFour Jack Bowser]], and several references to the original series. |
| 308 | ** Some of the songs were done by Music/TomLehrer, who thankfully refrained from some of his better-known works like Wernher von Braun, The Old Dope Peddler and I Hold Your Hand in Mine (which he has had requests from adults not to perform). There were still a few Parental bonuses in his Electric Company songs, though. |
| 309 | * ''Series/BeakmansWorld'' delights in old-school Parental Bonus references, which most frequently pop up in the Beakmania introduction, where every dance referenced by Beakman is an actual dance. |
| 310 | * One episode of ''Series/ZoobileeZoo'' was a direct parody of ''Theatre/MyFairLady''. |
| 311 | * In ''Series/HannahMontana'', the father (played by Billy Ray Cyrus) is often heard saying things like, "Oh, my achy-breaky back!" He and other characters also frequently mock his former mullet hairstyle. |
| 312 | ** Also notable is the episode in which Miley pretends to be a Hannah Montana impersonator, where Billy's character Robbie Ray Stewart dons a mullet wig and introduces himself to a nosy reporter, saying "hi, I'm Billy Ray Cyrus". |
| 313 | * In the end video of the ''Series/ICarly'' episode "iMeet Fred", one character sings "I buried Paul." |
| 314 | ** In "iStart a Fan War", Creator/JackBlack's character recites the Charm of Making from ''Film/{{Excalibur}}''. |
| 315 | * ''Series/TheNanny'' had its share of these; so much so, you have to wonder if they were ad-libbed. |
| 316 | -->'''Maxwell''' ''(at headshot)'' You're sitting on John Malkovich.\ |
| 317 | '''Fran:''' I don't hear him complaining. |
| 318 | * The Classic series of ''Series/DoctorWho'' used so much ParentService that it is still iconic for it, and defined how this trope is used on British television. In the modern series: |
| 319 | ** "Love and Monsters". A man and an animated concrete slab containing a talking head have a "bit of a love life". Figure that out for yourself. As RTD put it, it was "good old-fashioned British smut". |
| 320 | ** And in Tooth and Claw, "[The servants] were bald, athletic, your wife's away...I thought you were just happy." |
| 321 | ** In "The Doctor Dances", the Ninth Doctor switches Jack's sonic blaster with a banana without Jack catching on. Funny enough on its own, but funnier for those parents that recognize the joke from the Creator/BusterKeaton short "Film/TheHighSign". |
| 322 | ** Dancing itself in "The Doctor Dances" is clearly a metaphor for something ("Doesn't the universe end if you ... dance?"), which is funny enough to the adults watching, and even more so if they're fannish enough to remember heated online arguments about the classic series's NoHuggingNoKissing. |
| 323 | * In ''Series/TheSarahJaneAdventures'' episode "Revenge of The Slitheen" Maria's divorced mother asks her ex-husband if she can have the double bed size duvet as he won't need it having a single bed. Her mannerisms and delivery of this line is enough to make older viewers think she's making fun of his sex life. |
| 324 | ** {{Continuity Nod}}s to ''Series/DoctorWho'' (new and classic) and ''Torchwood'' also count. |
| 325 | * ''Series/PeeWeesPlayhouse'' was loaded with enough of this that it was resurrected... on [[Creator/AdultSwim ADULT SWIM]]. Watch any episode with Miss Yvonne and you'll come across some. |
| 326 | ** The show's original run was so popular with adults that a few episodes were broadcast during primetime. |
| 327 | * This is referenced within ''Series/TheOfficeUS''. Michael brings in a tape from a kids' show he was on. There's an interview segment with a cat puppet called Edward R. Meow. While most of the staff laughs and notes that it's clever, Michael still doesn't get it. |
| 328 | * ''Rainbow'' once [[PlayedForLaughs played this trope for laughs]]: Sadly, this was a gag episode that was never intended to be viewed by children, but it's still hilarious. |
| 329 | * In an episode of ''[[Series/TheSuiteLifeOfZackAndCody Suite Life on Deck]]'', Woody sees London's rich friend and says "She's hot. Does she have any interest in "woodworking"? |
| 330 | * In ''Balamory'' PC Plum often sings a song that starts off as a parody of Creator/GilbertAndSullivan, and ends up as a parody of [[Music/{{Queen}} Bohemian Rhapsody]] |
| 331 | * ''Franchise/SuperSentai'' has a few, (or more like a ''lot'' in recent series). A few examples... |
| 332 | ** In the first episode of ''Series/ZyudenSentaiKyoryuger'', Ian is reading a menu containing items such as Juicy Steak and Juicy Hamburgers. He then asks Amy out on a ''juicy'' date. |
| 333 | * ''Series/PowerRangersRPM'' had a non-sexual example in the fact that the planet had been razed in a nuclear holocaust. They outright showed that it was razed, but only the parents would connect the dots on the clues that Venjix had used nukes. |
| 334 | ** ''Franchise/PowerRangers'' has slipped in a few (not really for parents, but for older fans.) In ''[[Series/PowerRangersDinoThunder Dino Thunder]],'' one character uses the phrase "ankle biter," a bit of Aussie slang for a small child. The only people who got that joke are the older fans who know that the show has been filmed in New Zealand since 2003. |
| 335 | ** The original ''Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers'' threw one in that may have been aimed at even older viewers than parents. Through time travel, the villains had claimed an [[WildWest Old West]] town as their own and had renamed it Zed-and-Ritaville. The monster of the week then quipped to the [[IdenticalGrandfather ancestors of the modern Rangers]], "Too bad I have to waste you away again in Zed-and-Ritaville." Children watching would not have remembered Music/JimmyBuffett and "Margaritaville." Even their parents might have been too young. But their grandparents... |
| 336 | * ''Series/MisterRogersNeighborhood'' included a puppet named [[PunnyName Donkey Hodie]] who lived in a [[Literature/DonQuixote windmill]]. This character would later get a SpinOff [[Series/DonkeyHodie series]] involving the adventures of his granddaughter. |
| 337 | ** Said spin-off has several jokes of this nature: |
| 338 | *** "Super Duper Sleepover" has Purple Panda clap his paws to turn on and off his bedroom lights, a reference to the Clapper. |
| 339 | *** "Tater Buddies" has a scene in which Donkey says she is going to prepare snacks for the party. Panda then tells her not to bring back potato chips, as his Tater Buddy, Percival, is allergic to them. This joke alludes to cannibalism. |
| 340 | *** "Stop and Think" ends with the line "It's a [[Music/EarthWindAndFire boogie wonderland]]!". |
| 341 | *** At one point in the musical number in "Panda Panda", Donkey and a bunch of clone Purple Pandas stand in [[Series/TheBradyBunch a 9-box grid]]. |
| 342 | *** In "The Breakfast Bowl", there is a scene where Panda and Donkey race each other with boxes of Golden Crunchdoodles that has a sound-alike of the theme to ''Film/ChariotsOfFire'' play over it. |
| 343 | * ''Series/HorribleHistories'' has plenty of these. How many kids are going to realise that [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6KbXyALq7uA the Dick Turpin song]] is one big pastiche of Adam and the Ants [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4B2a6l6wM2k&ob=av2e Stand and Deliver]]? |
| 344 | ** In fact, there was enough Parental Bonus that it made the leap from Creator/{{CBBC}} to prime-time [[Creator/TheBBC BBC One]] (with ''Creator/StephenFry'' as presenter). |
| 345 | * Referenced in ''Series/HowIMetYourMother'' in an episode where we see the children's TV Robin starred in as a teenager. It's wall to wall sex jokes, including the song "Two beavers are better than one." |
| 346 | * The smash success of the 1966 ''Series/Batman1966'' series was based on this, with kids tuning in for the superhero adventures while their parents enjoyed the LampshadeHanging and parody of superhero tropes. |
| 347 | * On ''Series/DegrassiTheNextGeneration'', almost ''any'' appearance by a character from [[Series/DegrassiHigh the original series]] counts as a Parental Bonus. Teenaged and younger viewers have no idea why this character is supposed to be interesting or important; only the viewers who were around in 1990 remember. |
| 348 | * ''Series/{{Victorious}}'' turned over an episode to The Breakfast Bunch, an homage to ''Film/TheBreakfastClub'', (tacos replaced marijuana as the tried-for-the-first-time vice), and a segment of the surreal "April Fool's Blank" included an {{Expy}} of the '70s ''Series/MatchGame'', with [[http://www.childstarlets.com/captures/public/vjustice/victorious09/vjvich089.jpg eerily good sets and costume design]] and correlation of characters to the show's typical panel; then lampshaded that no kid in the audience would understand the reference. |
| 349 | ** ''Series/SamAndCat'' dipped into this pool often. A key intersection mentioned in multiple episodes was Shields and Yarnell, also the names of a mime duo that was a regular on 70's TV. Another episode has senior citizen Nona's mention that past lovers include pro basketball legend Bob [=McAdoo=] and the poet laureate of 70's game shows Nipsey Russell. |
| 350 | * In ''Series/TobyTerrierAndHisVideoPals'' some jokes and sketches were aimed more at parents, like an entire plot reference to an ''I Love Lucy'' episode. |
| 351 | [[/folder]] |
| 352 | |
| 353 | [[folder:Music]] |
| 354 | * The Cartoon's "Didlee Dee". Children will hear a catchy, nonsensical song to dance to, and it's only their parents who get [[IntercourseWithYou what the song is actually about]]. |
| 355 | [[/folder]] |
| 356 | |
| 357 | [[folder:Podcast]] |
| 358 | * ''Podcast/ComedyBangBang'': Invoked but averted. Theatrical producer Don Dimello as portrayed by Andy Daly insists that his perverted contributions to the source material are just "a little something for daddy" but they clearly go way past subtext into disturbingly graphic content you'd never want your kids to see. |
| 359 | [[/folder]] |
| 360 | |
| 361 | [[folder:Puppet Shows]] |
| 362 | * Try to think of a [[Franchise/TheMuppets Muppet]] production that doesn't include these. |
| 363 | ** In particular, ''Series/TheMuppetShow'' almost always did {{Actor Allusion}}s about their current guest stars. |
| 364 | *** And then there's the episode in which Miss Piggy sings an old music hall song about a woman left at the altar by her fiance, dressed for the occasion in a wedding dress ''with a large pillow shoved up the front''. The significance of the abandoned bride's expanded waistline is left for the viewer to fill in. |
| 365 | *** Creator/JimHenson would have said that [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids the Muppet Show wasn't aimed at kids in the first place.]] |
| 366 | ** Most of the sketches in ''Series/SesameStreet'' had slapstick and word-play for the kids, with parody as the Parental Bonus. And occasionally even some wordplay that was clearly not for the kids: |
| 367 | ---> '''Count von Count:''' Ah-ha-ha! I am the best counter since Formica! |
| 368 | *** ''Sesame Street'' once did [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ksL_7WrhWOc a parody of]] ''Theatre/WaitingForGodot''. After a while, the tree walked out [[TrueArtIsIncomprehensible because it was too confusing]]. |
| 369 | ** Another ''Sesame Street'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RzeBXARiA0I parody]] had a couple's car break down, forcing them to run through the rain to the door of a castle. The couple? Count von Count...and [[Film/TheRockyHorrorPictureShow Susan Sarandon]]. |
| 370 | *** How about Katy Perry's sketch on ''Sesame Street'' with the naughty dress parodying "Hot and Cold"? |
| 371 | *** Will Arnett was on an episode doing [[Series/ArrestedDevelopment illusions]]. |
| 372 | *** It has been argued that ''Sesame Street'' owes its success to "entertaining the parents so much they forced the kids to watch." |
| 373 | *** They even did a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkd5dJIVjgM parody]] of the Old Man Spice Commercial "Advertising/TheManYourManCouldSmellLike", teaching kids the word "on". It even skips "The tickets are now diamonds" with the clam biting Grover's nose. In the end, Grover says, "I'm on a horse!" but it is a cow, and he corrects himself after the cow moos. |
| 374 | *** They did one teaching about the letter M...via a ''Series/LawAndOrderSVU'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5121VjLwqZM parody]]. |
| 375 | *** They even parodied the very adult ''Series/GameOfThrones'' with [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dhWUFXvaZjo Game of Chairs]], turning the SuccessionCrisis into a game of musical chairs and making a lot of GallowsHumour. At one point the Robb Stark analogue asks if they can hurry this up, because [[BlackComedyBurst he's got a wedding to get to.]] |
| 376 | *** And let's not forget "How I miss my X." Literally, it was a puppet version of the letter "X." |
| 377 | ** Similarly, ''Series/FraggleRock'' played hard and fast with parody and social satire. One episode, for example, depicted a villain trying to take over the Rock with a very direct reference to Music/PinkFloyd's ''Music/TheWall''. |
| 378 | ** The British ''Sesame Street'' spin-off ''Series/TheFurchesterHotel'' is literally based on this; how many pre-schoolers have heard of London's exceedingly upmarket Dorchester Hotel? |
| 379 | *** The wild chaos of Monster Tea-Time is also a reference to the Dorchester being known for its very posh afternoon tea. |
| 380 | *** The episode "The Night Manager" has a blink-and-you-miss-it moment when Funella calls the eponymous night manager "Tom", after Creator/TomHiddleston's role in ''Series/TheNightManager''. |
| 381 | * ''Series/BetweenTheLions'' often bases musical numbers on songs well outside the experience of its target audience, such as a song about the importance of breakfast to the tune of [[Music/TheDoors "Roadhouse Blues"]]. |
| 382 | ** The guy responsible for that show also wrote for ''Series/SesameStreet'' with such numbers as [[Music/HueyLewisAndTheNews "It's Hip to Be a Square"]]. |
| 383 | * ''Series/TheNoddyShop'' had many pop culture references its' 4-7 target audience wouldn't understand: |
| 384 | ** Some puppets are caricatures of other celebrities. Bonita Flamingo is based on Carmen Miranda, while Johnny Crawfish is based on Johnny Carson, who is occasionally introduced with a parody of Ed [=McMahon=]'s "Here's Johnny!" announcement. |
| 385 | ** Some song titles are based on pre-existing ones, such as [[AnythingYouCanDoICanDoBetter "I Can Do Better Than You"]] and "Buddy, Can You Spare Some Time?". There's also cases where the songs use pre-existing tunes children wouldn't know, like "Tooth Fairy" ("Beauty School Dropout" from ''Film/{{Grease}}'') and "The ABC's of Fire" ("We Go Together" from ''Grease''). |
| 386 | ** In "Recipe For Learning", Stein says [[Film/Terminator2JudgmentDay "Hasta la vista, burrito!]]" upon seeing that [[spoiler: the kids messed up the burrito recipe]]. |
| 387 | ** In "Jack Frost Is Coming To Town", the epynomous character says [[Series/SaturdayNightLive "I am outta here!"]]. |
| 388 | ** When they are in their teenager personalities in "Let's Go Fly A Kite", the Crybabies say [[Film/SuddenImpact "Make my day!"]]. |
| 389 | * ''Series/{{Tweenies}}'' often did this. A highlight was when they imagined travelling in a spaceship returning various aliens to their home planets, which became a parody of ''Franchise/StarTrek''. |
| 390 | * In one episode of ''Series/{{Teletubbies}}'', Laa-Laa, Po and [[AmbiguouslyGay Tinky Winky]] take turns to dance in Laa-Laa's frilly pink tutu. When Dipsy is offered the skirt, he shouts "Run away!". |
| 391 | * ''Series/{{Dinosaurs}}'', another show from the Creator/JimHenson Company, also does this. And is even lampshaded in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXiwXVrjYHc this scene.]] Complete with AsideGlance. |
| 392 | -->"...The dialogue is sharp-edged, witty, and thematically skewed to adults." |
| 393 | [[/folder]] |
| 394 | |
| 395 | [[folder:Theatre]] |
| 396 | * In ''Theatre/PokemonLive'', James delivers a joke about employment benefits and "Don't Ask, Don't Tell". |
| 397 | [[/folder]] |
| 398 | |
| 399 | [[folder:Theme Parks]] |
| 400 | * At Ride/DisneyThemeParks, many places serve alcoholic beverages for adults. In fact, [[DrinkingGame Drinking Around the World]] is a popular activity for older guests at EPCOT. |
| 401 | * This happens the third version of the Disney World ride Ride/JourneyIntoImagination in the smell lab. A slot machine is seen, and it rolls to reveal 3 Figments dressed as skunks. Then, they all say "Whoohoo! You win one scent!", and Figment releases an unexpected aroma. |
| 402 | * ''Ride/TheGreatMovieRide'' at Disney's Hollywood Studios was filled with references to old movies that parents appreciated. |
| 403 | [[/folder]] |
| 404 | |
| 405 | [[folder:Video Games]] |
| 406 | * General Pepper from the ''Franchise/StarFox'' series. Think about it. If you don't get it, here's another clue for you all: in the ''ComicStrip/StarFox'' comic in ''Magazine/NintendoPower'', Fara asks why Pepper didn't do something. His answer? "I was [[Music/SgtPeppersLonelyHeartsClubBand only a sergeant then...]]" |
| 407 | * In ''VideoGame/{{EarthBound|1994}}'', the Beatles references never end: the Runaway Five, a yellow submarine, a set of default names for Ness & co. (in the Japanese version), when Nessie takes Jeff across the lake, the musical score is very obviously the opening mellotron from Strawberry Fields Forever. Also, one of the NPC's in Onett will ask you to "Finish this famous Beatles song ---terday" with a yes or no prompt. |
| 408 | ** On the topic on the Runaway Five, not only is the design of the lead singers reminiscent of the Blues Brothers, but a certain hotel newspaper (as reported by the bellboy) claims that band member Lucky (modeled after Jake Blues, played by John Belushi) was seen in Congress, an elaborate reference to John Belushi's role as John "Bluto" Blutarsky in ''National Lampoon's Film/AnimalHouse'', in which the aforementioned character goes on to become a senator. |
| 409 | ** Oh, and the New Age Retro Hippie's theme [[SuspiciouslySimilarSong sounds a lot like]] Music/ChuckBerry's "Johnny B. Goode." As does Rockin' K.K. from ''VideoGame/AnimalCrossing''. |
| 410 | ** No one can forget Peaceful Rest Valley -- or as named in Japanese, Grateful Dead Valley. Home to a strange cult in a familiar outfit, with a strange obsession with the power of a certain color... The Happy Happy Cult can be taken two ways: either as a reference to [[WesternAnimation/YellowSubmarine Blue Meanies]], or the UsefulNotes/KuKluxKlan. Or both. |
| 411 | ** One of the enemies is called [[Music/DavidBowie Diamond Dog]]. |
| 412 | ** The Dungeon Man's theme, after he joins your party, is based on 'Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band'. |
| 413 | ** The music that plays when Jeff rides in the Sky Runner is taken from a song by Music/TheWho. |
| 414 | ** The thing with ''VideoGame/{{EarthBound|1994}}'' is that these are less likely to be intended as a Parental Bonus, so much as being thrown in because those involved (mainly Creator/ShigesatoItoi and the composers) really, ''really'' liked this stuff (the entire franchise is specifically named after a Beatles song). |
| 415 | * ''VideoGame/PaperMarioTheThousandYearDoor'' is just loaded with somewhat suggestive material, to the point that it's a wonder they managed to get such low age ratings. It got a ''3+ '' rating in Europe and an E rating in North America (the "E-10+ " rating didn't exist at the time). |
| 416 | ** Including a ''nude scene'' for Princess Peach. [[InvisibleStreaker She's invisible at the time]]. |
| 417 | ** Goombella is a walking Parental Bonus as well. Many of her tattle-analyses toe the line (or break the fourth wall). Oh, and the Goomba-Gang that tries to hit on her "plays real nice". |
| 418 | ** Then there's Fahr Outpost, a snowy region populated by bombs who wear bearskin hats. Their mayor speaks broken English peppered with 'da's and vehemently denies the existence of a superweapon on the base. |
| 419 | *** The official Nintendo Player's Guide actually {{lampshade|Hanging}}s this: "Considering most of the Bob-ombs speak with Russian accents, those of you who grew up in the '60s may feel a bit nervous when you see the enormous weapon rise from a silo. [[CrossesTheLineTwice Resist the urge to hide under a desk and tuck your head between your legs]]." |
| 420 | ** Among the less daring examples, the whole of Chapter 6 is a spoof of English detective novels and one of the supporting characters from Chapter 5 is a pirate named Cortez. |
| 421 | * The ''VideoGame/BattalionWars'' series of games are chock-full of references to nearly everything under the sun. |
| 422 | ** The countries are TheThemeParkVersion of real countries: |
| 423 | *** Western Frontier: (UsefulNotes/ColdWar U.S.A.), overanxious, obsessed with sports, ever vigilant of the Tundran Bear, led by a man named Herman. |
| 424 | *** Tundran Territories (Cold War U.S.S.R.): [[RedScare red uniforms and armour]], vehicles look thrown together, condemns Frontier decadence. |
| 425 | *** Solar Empire (Japan): Better technology than anyone else, like quoting Sun Tzu, fight for honour. |
| 426 | *** Anglo Isles (Great Britain): Use [[Music/TheBeatles yellow]] ''Sgt. Pepper''-class submarines, one of their leaders is named [[UsefulNotes/TheBritishRoyalFamily Windsor]]. |
| 427 | *** Xylvania: Full of German and [[UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler vaguely German]] accents, a nation determined to return to power after a defeat. |
| 428 | ** Kommandant Ubel of Xylvania is a muscle-bound thickhead with dreams of becoming "governator". |
| 429 | ** M17s, KA-74s, Humbugs, etc. in unit descriptions. Most of the Frontier units with names are references to a real-world American military vehicle of some kind. |
| 430 | ** Some of the mission names, like "Bridges over the River Styx", or [[Series/HogansHeroes Herman's Heroes]]. |
| 431 | * ''VideoGame/ApeEscape''. The third installment had movie-and-TV making as its conceit, so this involved parodic {{Homage Shot}}s of such kid-friendly things as ''Film/TheExorcist'', ''Film/{{Psycho}}'', ''Film/TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey'', ''Franchise/PlanetOfTheApes'', ''Film/ApocalypseNow'', ''Film/{{Django}}'', and ''Film/{{Titanic 1997}}'' (to name just a handful), as well as games parodying ''Franchise/MortalKombat'' and ''VideoGame/MetalGear''. The names of the monkeys, in the UK localisation at least, often reference people in the movie industry (there's monkeys called M. Clayderman, D. Elfman, Ricky Ger V, and Culkin, for just a handful of examples). Not only that, but some of the Simian Cinema shorts have a 'clean meaning' that the kids will find funny, and a 'dirty meaning' the older demographic will find funny (the one with the nude monkey telling the other nude monkey 'the ancient secret to keeping warm' before flossing between her legs with a towel as demonstration comes to mind). |
| 432 | ** The European website for the games is called Ape Club. Its logo is a [[Film/FightClub bar of pink soap]]. One of the minigames on it explicitly asks you to 'Spank the monkey'. |
| 433 | * ''VideoGame/DisneysExtremeSkateAdventure'' was a MissionPackSequel to ''VideoGame/TonyHawksProSkater 4''. Here's a few of Zurg's moves, word for word: |
| 434 | ** [[Music/GaryNuman Remember, I Was Vapor]] |
| 435 | ** Per[[Music/TenaciousD tinacious 'D']] |
| 436 | ** Astro Glider |
| 437 | * Creator/HumongousEntertainment. Oh boy, where to start? VideoGame/PajamaSam's superhero references, ''VideoGame/SPYFox''[='=]s ''Film/JamesBond'' references, ''VideoGame/BackyardSports'''s '80s references (most pros were kids then)...all more likely to grab parents than kids. |
| 438 | ** Some background animations in ''Pajama Sam: No Need To Hide When It's Dark Outside'' in the hallway filled with windows looking out into space. One of the windows, when clicked, shows a cheese floating by and [[Film/TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey a monotone voice says "I'm afraid I can't eat that cheese, Sam."]], as well as the chair in the lab who spoke in lines that sounded like solutions from Clue. |
| 439 | ** [[TheSmartGuy Dmitri Petrovich]] looks like Music/EltonJohn. |
| 440 | * In the animated storybook ''VideoGame/TheSmellyMystery'', there are TONS of references and parodies to classic and popular movies and TV shows, including quite a few to the ''Film/JamesBond'' franchise and the 1960s ''Series/Batman1966'' TV show. |
| 441 | * ''Franchise/SpyroTheDragon'': |
| 442 | ** ''VideoGame/SpyroTheDragon1998'': One of the dragons informs Spyro of his "density... I mean, destiny", an homage to George [=McFly=]'s pathetic attempts to pitch woo in ''Film/BackToTheFuture1''. |
| 443 | ** ''VideoGame/Spyro2RiptosRage'': A minor character [[Film/ArmyOfDarkness messes up an attempt to say]] "KlaatuBaradaNikto". |
| 444 | ** ''VideoGame/SpyroYearOfTheDragon'': There's a child-friendly homage to ''VideoGame/{{Doom}}''. |
| 445 | * The ''VideoGame/CrashBandicoot'' series tends to aim its {{Shout Out}}s at older players. Apart from the fact that getting all the name jokes requires a GCSE-level understanding of everything from Victorian literature to thermodynamics, level titles in ''[[Videogame/CrashBandicoot3Warped Warped]]'' include '[[Franchise/TombRaider Tomb Wader]]', '[[RoswellThatEndsWell Area 51]]', and '[[Theatre/OedipusTheKing Eggipus Rex]]'. |
| 446 | * Creator/StephenFry's narrations in ''VideoGame/LittleBigPlanet'' contain innuendo and jokes that children won't get. "Here you can choose how erect your piston is. No smirking back there." Also, the fact that some of the Licensed DLC is usually from titles for higher ages such as ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid'' and ''VideoGame/GodOfWar''. |
| 447 | * ''VideoGame/SlyCooper'' has little jokes and pickup lines tossed in that have steadily built the series' adult fanbase. Here's an example: |
| 448 | -->'''Carmelita:''' FREEZE!\ |
| 449 | -->'''Sly:''' [[DatingCatwoman How can I freeze when my heart warms at the sight of you?]] |
| 450 | * The ''VideoGame/SegaSuperstars'' series is made to please gamers of all ages. The children play them for the ''Franchise/{{Sonic|TheHedgehog}}'' and ''VideoGame/SuperMonkeyBall'' characters, while the teens and adults play them for the classic Sega characters like VideoGame/{{NiGHTS|IntoDreams}}, [[VideoGame/JetSetRadio Beat]], [[VideoGame/SpaceChannel5 Ulala]], and [[VideoGame/{{Shenmue}} Ryo Hazuki]]. Most children will be asking their parents, "Daddy, who's the guy with the headphones and goggles? Who's the pink-haired girl? Who's the guy on the motorcycle?" And so on. |
| 451 | * ''VideoGame/MySimsKingdom'' has this mostly in its Task and Scroll names. For example, an early Task is called [[VideoGame/GearsOfWar Gears of Where?]], and completing it gets you a scroll called [[VideoGame/MetalGearSolid Solid Gears of Metal]]. |
| 452 | * ''VideoGame/YoshisCraftedWorld'' is a rare example of [[WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids a children's video game]] that fits the [[spoiler:OurSlashersAreDifferent trope generally found in [[RatedMForMoney works intended for mature audiences]] with one [[SurprisinglyCreepyMoment surprisingly creepy]] late-game level containing murderous demonic invincible axe-wielding ragdoll clowns who make loud annoying screeching sounds chasing after the player character [[RidiculouslyCuteCritter Yoshi]]]], despite the game being otherwise bright and cheery. |
| 453 | * The ''Eye Toy'' series of games are some of the most wholesome, kid-friendly things ever made... except the window-washing minigame, which uses for its music a BawdySong about a window cleaner being ThePeepingTom: |
| 454 | -->''The blushing bride, she looks divine,\ |
| 455 | The bridegroom, he is doing fine,\ |
| 456 | I'd rather have his job than mine,\ |
| 457 | When I'm cleaning windows." |
| 458 | [[/folder]] |
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