What makes you believe that cartoons are only meant for kids? Disney and other movie studios spent millions and millions of dollars do develop awesome cartons, which means that their main targeted audience is not kids, but parents and kids.
Kids and parents don’t always have the same sense of humor. Let’s take Sherk for example. Even the existence of this character is entertaining and funny to kids. But in order to keep the adults entertained as well, you’ll need an inside joke that most kids won’t get it.
And that’s exactly what you’re about to see. Plenty of inside jokes meant for parents that you’ve probably missed when you watched the following cartoons as a kid.
But hey, this is not exactly the “ruined childhood” meme of a post. You will see plenty of jokes meant for adults, but your precious cartoon memories from childhood won’t suffer.
1Cinderella
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This is probably one of the best cartoons we’ve ever seen produced by Disney. It teases your imagination and there’s a plenty of lessons to be learned as well. However, there is a scene where the mice are gathering beads from the floor, and they do have an interesting imagination when it comes to storing the beads.
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2Ice Age
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We can all agree that Scrat, the saber-tooth squirrel, is officially the star of the movie. Even though Scrat is not the main character, it still manages to make kids and adults laugh whenever it appears in the movie. But Scrat wasn’t involved in the inside joke, it was Manny and his famous line referring to the size of his trunk.
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3SpongeBob SquarePants
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Sponge Bob is right there on the line because both kids and parents can easily enjoy the cartoon and the adventures of the goofy sponge. But when Sponge Bob made a Squidward balloon sculpture, it was the adults that used the imagination to think of these “balloons” a bit unusual for a kids show.
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4Cars
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And yet another brilliant cartoon that we all enjoyed. Talking cars? We can’t say no to that! Besides entertainment, turning cars into people is the perfect environment to add a simple and funny joke as a bumper sticker on one of the cars.
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5Rugrats
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Just like Grandpa Lou, few parents probably had a similar plan after watching Rugrats with their kids. But of course, Lonely Space Vixens and similar movies are only meant to be watched after bedtime.
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