Ford: At least I'm not all keyed-up to watch a kids show!
Stan: I'll have you know that Duck-tective has a big mystery element, and a lot of humor that goes over kids' heads!
Stan: I'll have you know that Duck-tective has a big mystery element, and a lot of humor that goes over kids' heads!
— Gravity Falls lampshading its own nature, "Dungeons, Dungeons, and More Dungeons"
Kid: Can we watch DuckTales?
Thomas: DuckTales? Alright, I will switch it over and do something else, I guess.
(three hours later)
Kid: We can watch something you want to watch now.
Thomas: Shh, I need to know if Magica de Spell plays a bigger part in this and I need to know if Dewey finds out more about Della Duck!
Thomas: DuckTales? Alright, I will switch it over and do something else, I guess.
(three hours later)
Kid: We can watch something you want to watch now.
Thomas: Shh, I need to know if Magica de Spell plays a bigger part in this and I need to know if Dewey finds out more about Della Duck!
— Thomas Sanders Tik Tok on DuckTales (2017)
It's always made me giggle a bit that it was a Frenchman who wrote the definitive first piece of fiction about King Arthur.
"'Justice League' is awesome and 'Samurai Jack' is awesome and we buy a lot of anime shows that're great, but those shows really are directed more towards the nine to fourteen age group, and the six and seven and eight year olds we're not gelling with the Justice League and some of the more fanboy shows... The main mission was making a good superhero show for kids. Now if the fanboys happen to like the Teen Titans also, that's great, but that was not our mission."
— Sam Register, Executive Producer and Former Cartoon Network V.P.
"Do I still like Comic Books? Muscular guys in spandex fighting crime? Cool!"
— Timmy Turner after becoming a girl, The Fairly OddParents!, "The Boy Who Would Be Queen"
"Well, I don't know much about it myself, but... the hero of 'The Steel Samurai: Warrior of Neo Olde Tokyo' is the Steel Samurai... and his goal is to defeat the Evil Magistrate. It's a show geared towards kids... however its high production values and riveting plot draws in a number of adults as well."
"Hey! Maybe I should tell Twilight about 'The Steel Samurai'. Amazing how a kids' show got so popular outside its targeted demographic."
"Doctor Who is aimed at anyone who wants to watch it. Of course it is. Most of the audience are adults, but most of those adults think it's a children's show. So it's complicated."
"I love this show! What's wrong with me?!"
Dave: Oh God damn it, not you too! What is it with My Little Pony that makes marginally sane, grown men watch it voluntarily?! It's a show for little girls, Greg. This isn't even something I should need to be lecturing you about, since the show's subtitle is Friendship is Magic for God's sake!
Greg: Dude, in case you have forgotten, I am actually the father of a little girl now. So watching shows like this just goes with the territory.
Dave: She won't be old enough to watch TV for at least another few years. Care to try again?
Greg: Pinkie Pie is awesome, so just shut up and just let me watch my damn Ponies already!
"I didn't create this show for little girls, I created it for little girls and their parents—including male parents . . . The belief that boys shouldn't be interested in girl things is the main reason there's hardly anything decent for girls in animation."
"Skylanders is probably aimed at kids, but whatever. I am a legal adult who can drink, buy pornography, rent a car, and vote... and I think it's still pretty cool."
— Jeff Gerstmann, Giant Bomb
"And while we're at it, who's ever heard of a little girl watching My Little Pony? Honestly."
— Dan Shive
, author of El Goonish Shive
, author of El Goonish Shive"Every book is a children's book if the kid can read."
Male announcer: "So now we are watching Codename: Kids Next Door.
Female announcer: "Forbidden for those over the age of 13?"
Male announcer: "We will watch it anyway."
— French Cartoon Network announcement.
Professor Frink: [Playing with a children's "ball-popper" push-toy] Ahem, n'hey, so the compression and expansion of the longitudinal waves cause the erratic oscillation — you can see it there — of the neighbouring particles.
[A little girl puts her hand up]
Professor Frink: [Irritably] Yes, what is it? What? What is it?
Little Girl: Can I play with it?
Professor Frink: No, you can't play with it. You won't enjoy it on as many levels as I do. [Continues playing with it; gleefully] The colours, children!
[A little girl puts her hand up]
Professor Frink: [Irritably] Yes, what is it? What? What is it?
Little Girl: Can I play with it?
Professor Frink: No, you can't play with it. You won't enjoy it on as many levels as I do. [Continues playing with it; gleefully] The colours, children!
— The Simpsons, "The PTA Disbands"
John Green: Hank, I know you were a big fan of the show Blue's Clues when you were in college...
The overall mission of Playgirl and the staff we have now is positive and very accepting. We have something in common, straight women and gay men. We both like men and they have to be good-looking.
— Michelle Zipp
"My goodness, going to shows where there's mums that have the hots for these two boys (Tim Maddren and Stevie Nicholson) is hilarious! They walk out of the stage and they get these screams and it actually shocks the boys and they were like "What? What? Are they screaming at us?". You know, they do get a few girls screaming and it's the most piercing screams."
— Lauren Brant, former Hi-5 member, in an interview.
"Fran, do you know this guy? Looks a little old for cartoon rabbits..."
—Angel Zag speaking to the viewer, Angel Hare
