Adult Jokes You Missed In Your Fav Childhood Cartoons

1. Powerpuff Girls, The Coming Of Mascumax

Image source/ TumblrThe Powerpuff girls was not short of its adult innuendos in its time. This in particular stands out- "Witness the coming of Mascumax! Step forth and bring thy manhood against my own, so we can see who has the upper hand on the measuring stick!" It's pretty clear once you're all grown up what is going on here...

2. SpongeBob Watching Explicit Channels

Image source/ MemesSpongeBob is pretty weird when you think about it. Particularly when you watch as an adult and realise the dirty jokes hidden in the show. Remember when Gary spots SpongeBob watching an explicit channel. Thankfully it was sea creatures on the screen.

3. Homer's Mr Plow jacket

Image source/ RankerIn the Simpsons Homer and Marge's bedroom activities are often referred to by the very PG term snuggling. But there was this time when Marge asks Homer to wear his Mr Plow jacket to bed. There's no disguising this one even if it did go over our heads as a child.

4. Flander telling Homer we all pull a few boners

Image source/ RedditYes, you read this right. But, thankfully in America this term means something entirely different - it simply means a little stupid mistake. The naughty creators of the show however knew exactly what they were doing and what every adult watching would inevitably think...

5. The bedroom in Ed, Ed and Eddy

Image source/ wikifandomDoes anybody remember the bedroom in Ed, Edd and Eddy with the 'chix' magazine lying on the floor and the mass of scrunched up tissues that surrounded them... While we probably thought as children, they were very messy as we look back, we have a very different take on this.

6. And the bathroom too...

Image source/ coldumpAgain, in Ed, Edd and Eddy there are more hidden adult jokes. The bathroom has post it notes stuck to the sides of the walls saying things such as 'flush' 'walk don't run' 'lock door' and... 'don't touch yourself'. You had to zoom in to see it but it was there.

7. Heffer From Rocko's Modern Life Questionable Duvet Activities

Image source/ PinterestIn Rocko's modern life there was a scene which was so obviously rude to anyone above childhood that you wondered how they managed to keep that in the show. Heffer was making some very obvious and questionable movements with his hand buried under the duvet.

8. Helga's Love Poem in Hey Arnold

Image source/ PinterestHelga wrote a love poem to Arnold during an episode in Hey Arnold! It's unusual for a love poem...and even more unusual for a children's programme when we home in on the line 'Arnold, you make my girlhood tremble'. Thinking back, we wonder how we innocently perceived these adult innuendos.

9. Try my sausage sign on Hey Arnold!

Image source/ CinemablendThere was a very questionable sign in Hey Arnold! which said - try my sausage. So, all the kids watching are thinking that there must be some kind of limited barbeque going on. The adults watching are wondering whose sausage is the sign referring to.

10. A Male Bonding Gesture in All Grown Up!

Image source/ RedditIn an episode of All Grown Up, Phil and Liv's dad is away. So, Tommy's dad explains that he is away on a male bonding trip. Which in isolation would not sound suspicious, however the gesture he uses along with this sentence (as we can see here) takes things to a whole new level...

11. Finger Prince

Image source/ tvcracksDuring an episode of Aniamacs there is a very dirty hidden adult joke. There is a moment where little dot asks about fingerprints. Then, in comes Prince...there has been a mix up between fingerprints and finger Prince. He then disturbingly replies with..."my body is ready".

12. Carpet Munching

Image source/ nedwsgroundsThe Cow and Chicken promoted some negative stereotypes... see here this episode which features some biker women munching the carpet. A pretty inappropriate reference for a children's TV show which thankfully went straight over the heads of the innocent.

13. SpongeBob's prison reference

Image source/ RedditSpongeBob strikes again with an extremely inappropriate reference to the sexual harassment which can occur in prisons. The show made a very clear implication and warned - 'don't bend over'. How do these show creators include such content in kids tv...

14. Brother's Flub Doggy Style

Image source/ YouTubeIn Brother's Flub there was a very clear innuendo that was barely hidden in the show clearly intended for the parents and adult watching the show The dogs asked, why don't you jump on our doggy style ride bowl and then followed on to instruct everyone to get on their hands and knees.

15. The Simpsons - Fuzzy Bunny's Guide

Image source/ simpsonsfandomThe Simpsons TV show within the show features a Fuzzy Bunny's Guide on how to make babies. There were some pretty strong innuendos to entertain the adult audience and be blissfully ignored by unaware children. The guide included the line 'giving in to their throbbing biological urges'.

16. The Grandpa In Rugrats Personal TV Time

Image source/ VultureThe Grandpa in Rugrats clearly enjoyed some alone time whilst watching his personal programmes. The show in question was called Lonely Space Vixens which he instructed that that one is for after the kids goes to bed. He clearly had a preference for intergalactic vixens.

17. The Simpsons...Slow Then Fast

Image source/ TumblrThere's some very clear sexual tension between Homer and Marge Simpson... Homer asks Marge how he should hit the bat, and whether he should he do it slower or faster. Things get much worse when Marge filthily replies by taking it to a whole new level saying - "Slow... then fast".

18. Johnny Bravo - S&M

Image source/ blogspotIn Johnny Bravo there is a game of pin the tail on the donkey - which is all seemingly innocent until she is blindfolded and then she starts to recall other memories of when she had previously been blindfolded... Fond memories of S&M clearly coming back to her recall.

19. Batman: The Animated Series Cream Pie

Image source/ memesDuring Batman: The Animated Series there's a moment no adult can deny is a filthy little joke from the creators. Harley Quinn is covered in cream as we can see here...she then offers everybody a bit of her pie insisting that you'll want seconds once you have tried it.

20. Ed, Edd and Eddy The Snow Job

Image source/ RedditIt's Ed. Edd and Eddy again...these creators really were about their hidden adult jokes. And this time...it's the snow job. Perfectly innocuous to a child. On the other hand, there's no adult that can ignore the uncanny resemblance to a word that sounds VERY similar sound.

21. Rocko's Modern Life 'Jack all u-want'

Image source/ ThedailydotIn the popular kid's tv show called Rocko's modern life, there was a demo pit...for demonstrations. Which, written on the sign for everyone to see is the statement - jack-all-u-want. It surely can't just be us that thinks this combination sounds entirely wrong.

22. The no tell motel

Image source/ YouTubeThe No Tell Motel is clearly designed to be a naughty name - but it's not as disturbing as some of the other instances of hidden jokes. However, it does suggest something is going on here which is made even more obvious with the sign 'with wa-wa beds'.

23. Flash and Hawkgirl Fastest Man Alive

Image source/ PinterestIn the tv show Flash and Hawkgirl, Flash proudly exclaims that he is the fastest man alive. Hawkgirl then very cheekily replies 'which might explain why you can't get a date then'. For some reason we do not think she is referring to his running speed.

24. Freakzoid, Love Of Meat

Image source/ favimThe kid's cartoon Freakzoid also contains a hidden adult joke that at the time you will have missed. Somebody asks Seargeant Cosgrove why he didn't get married. He then replies...because I like meat too much. Perhaps the kids watching this were wondering why husbands have to be vegetarians.

25. Aladdin's Honeymoon Revelation

Image source/ runtofthewebIn Aladdin does anyone remember the strange question posed by the Genie who asks, "I thought the earth wasn't supposed to move until the honeymoon". At the time this must have not resonated at all or seemed like a very strange statement. Now we see this is a joke hidden for the adults.

26. Sugar Honey Iced Tea

Image source/ RedditMadagascar has passed the test of being very child friendly and it does not have any dirty adult humour hidden away in the film...apart from the clever little acronym Sugar Honey Iced Tea. Which sounds like a better version that we should all try when something goes wrong.

27. Cars Piston Cups

Image source/ CarsfandomAgain, in Cars there is only one questionable instance where we think creators are having a laugh with the adults. This is when Lightening McQueen is talking about The Piston Cups. Which does not look problematic at first until you hear the sound, and it sounds like a cup you wouldn't want to be receiving at all.

28. Powerful Girls The Accident

Image source/ wikiaThe Powerpuff's was another programme that was packed full of double meanings and adult humour. For example, they revealed that they had been an accident, made in the laboratory. Then, Robin said ' it's okay, professor, I was an accident, too'. The worst part is the fact that he has his pants down...

29. Lord Farquaad's Overcompensation

Image source/ PinterestShrek is one of the children's cartoons that is packed full of humour, and sometimes it's for the adults because let's face it - who doesn't LOVE Shrek. Shrek sees how big Lord Farquaad's castle is and comes to the conclusion that he is compensating for something else not being so huge...

30. Daffy Duck Playduck

Image source/ YouTubeIn Daffy Duck apparently one of the popular magazines is Playduck. Which is very obviously referring to the very famous and controversial Playboy magazine starring nude women. And to make it more obvious there is a duck on the front cover sitting in a very sexy pose. Now there's a sentence we never thought we'd write.