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{{trope}}
{{quote|''"The whole secret to the success of a cartoon like ''[[Animaniacs]]'' is to appeal both to the kiddies who like animated slapstick, and to the college kids who like the quick inside jokes clearly intended to sail over the toddlers' heads. [[Crosses the Line Twice|Then, sometimes, they'll throw in a reference to fingering a man's anus.]]''"|'''[[Cracked.com|Cracked]]''', [http://www.cracked.com/article_18672_the-6-creepiest-things-ever-slipped-into-childrens-cartoons.html?wa_user1{{=}}4&wa_user2{{=}}Movies+%26+TV&wa_user3{{=}}article&wa_user4{{=}}moreon The 6 Creepiest Things Ever Slipped Into Children's Cartoons]}}
A joke on a children's TV show that children 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 an [[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 [[Double Entendre]], [[Does This Remind You of Anything?]], [[No Celebrities Were Harmed]], or [[Getting Crap Past the Radar]]. It could also count as a [[Genius Bonus]], since most children would have to be educated above their general age level to understand these.
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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...
[[Golden Age]] animated shorts, especially those from [[Max and Dave Fleischer|Fleischer Studios]] and [[Warner Bros]], often had material which would be considered
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 [[Late to the Punchline]].Might be [[Fridge Horror]] for some if they think the joke is disturbing.
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A [[Super-Trope]] to [[Parent Service]].
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== Anime ==
* An early example, ''[[Maicching Machiko-sensei|Maicchingu Machiko Sensei]]'' (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. ''Maicchingu Machiko Sensei'' was a kids show, and her students were 6 years old. It was so prevalent that she even turns up naked in the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LEvNZdYtXCA episode openings]. Twice.
* Lots of these are present in ''[[Kirby:
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** There are many references to 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 "[[Du Lac]]"; 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.
** "Farquaad" was also used as a way of getting as close as possible to fuckwad.
** More relevantly, ''Shrek 2'' has literally dozens of movie and TV refs, only a handful of which are going to be known to the kids. (The "Knights" show was a parody of ''[[
*** ''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 Gingerbread Man who run out of one <s>Starbucks</s> Farbucks and into another Farbucks across the street.
**** And of course, the chase involving Donkey being referred to as a "White Bronco".
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** There's also a specific comment by Genie during ''Aladdin and the King of Thieves'' 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 [[Did the Earth Move For You|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".
** Genie makes a ton of references from old movies: ''[[Poltergeist (film series)||Poltergeist]]'', ''Alice in Wonderland'' (obvious), ''[[RoboCop]]''... anyone else recognize the big blue robot as the ED-209?
** 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, Scheherezade 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 Scheherezade told during those one thousand and one nights.
** "Arabian nights, like Arabian days, more often than not, hot, hotter than hot, in a lot of good ways."
* In ''[[Hercules (
** Also a ''[[Basic Instinct]]'' 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."
** 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!"
** And then there was the sundial salesman...
** And Herc making sure to get a good look at Nessus' (a centaur's) body before calling him a 'sir'...
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** ''[[Who Framed Roger Rabbit?]]'' is one of the ''kings'' of this trope.
{{quote|'''Eddie''' (''singing''): I'm through with taking falls / and bouncing off the walls / Without that gun, I'd have some fun / I'd kick you in the... (falling vase hits him on the head)
'''Roger''': [[Subverted Rhyme Every Occasion|...nose!]]
'''Smartass''': Nose? That don't rhyme with 'walls'.
'''Eddie''': [[Getting Crap Past the Radar|No, but]] ''[[Getting Crap Past the Radar|this]]'' [[Getting Crap Past the Radar|does!]] [[Groin Attack|* kicks him in the groin*
** "Nice booby trap."
*** The weasel's screaming in that scene allegedly [[Bilingual Bonus|translates as "Shit, my fucking hand!"]]
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** Plus a ''[[Moulin Rouge]]'' reference right before the characters are shipped off to Africa.
** Not to mention a ''[[Cast Away]]'' joke. "Shut up, Spalding!"
** The sequel has a great one near the end: [[Animal House|"Ramming speed!!"
* ''[[The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Disney film)|The Hunchback of Notre Dame]]'' has a character say to his horse "Achilles. Heel." Think about that for a second.
* ''[[101 Dalmatians|One Hundred and One Dalmatians]]'' ([[Live Action Adaptation]]): Roger tells Cruella that Anita is pregnant...
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* Come to think of it, every [[Pixar]] film has plenty of these.
** In ''[[Finding Nemo]]'':
{{quote|''' Gurgle ''': Do you guys realize we are swimming in [[Curse Cut Short|our own sh-]]
''' Peaches ''': Sh! Here he comes! }}
** At the end of ''[[Toy Story (franchise)|Toy Story]] 2,'' Buzz is having a hard time talking to Jesse. She does a skateboard stunt using a Hot Wheels car and track, and [[Something Else Also Rises|his fold-out wings pop out]]. [[Does This Remind You of Anything?]]?
*** This certainly gives a new meaning to the "This Space For Rent" joke during the outtakes.
** And in the original movie, there's the line about Woody having "laser [[Freud Was Right|envy]]".
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*** 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 Shout Out to the one Petty suffered in the 1988 Daytona 500. Oh yeah, and Petty actually provided the voice.
*** [[The Cameo]] from the hosts of the radio show "Car Talk".
*** Towards the end McQueen has a wonderful exchange with his agent in one of the most fascinating [[Actor Allusion]] and Parental Bonus ever. If you still don't get or remember why it is absolutely ''hilarious'' take a look at this [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uyXeClFPNfA&feature=related clip] and [https://web.archive.org/web/20150212063501/http://www.hark.com/collections/tgnjxssrgr-harv this sound clip] from Cars (sorry couldn't find the video).
** What about the scene in ''[[The Incredibles]]'' 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!''"
* In ''[[Flushed Away]]'' a fridge is lifted at one point to reveal a cockroach casually reading. And what is he reading? Why, [[Franz Kafka]]'s ''[[The Metamorphosis]]'' of course!
** Aardman in general loves
* In ''[[Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (film)|Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory]]'', as Willy Wonka searches for the button on the Three-Course-Dinner Gum machine, he offhandedly asks [http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Button,_Button,_Who%27s_Got_the_Button%3F "Button, button, who's got the button?"]
** ''[[Dexter's Laboratory|Dexters Laboratory]]'' pulls a similar joke when Dee Dee is, of course, left standing next to a button unattended.
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*** It's also an indicator of syphilis (which [[Johnny Depp]] has more or less confirmed Sparrow as having, probably a contributor to his eccentric nature), which can damage eyesight.
**** There's a very subtle one in the same movie. The sailors going on the Flying Dutchmen chant "Pull out your eyes, Apologize, Apologize". Any [[James Joyce]] reader will recognize this from Dante's introduction in ''[[A Portrait of the Artist As A Young Man]]''
* The ''[[Scooby
{{quote|Woman on Plane tells Shaggy her name is Mary-Jane.
'''Shaggy''': Mary-Jane? That's my favorite name! }}
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** The Scarecrow to Dorothy
{{quote|'''Scarecrow:''' Of course some people do go both ways.}}
* ''[[The Santa Clause (film series)|The Santa Clause]]'' has quite a few of these. One example is when Scott picks up Santa's bag and he's lifted into the air:
{{quote|'''Charlie:''' Woah! You're flying!
'''Scott:''' It's okay, I'm used to it. I lived through the 60's. }}
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** Mr. Poe had two sons named Edgar and Albert. Just guess that one.
** Similarly, the two Quagmire triplets that the Baudelaires meet first are named Isadora and Duncan.
*** Not to mention the Baudelaires, two of whom are named [https://web.archive.org/web/20130521124520/http://www.trutv.com/library/crime/notorious_murders/family/bulow/1.html Sunny and Klaus]
** In ''The Reptile Room'', the Baudelaires are told not to let the Virginian Wolfsnake near a typewriter.
** The whole plot of ''The End'' is one big Bible reference/commentary.
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== Live Action TV ==
* Speaking of ''[[Sesame Street]]'', try to think of a [[The Muppets|Muppet]] production that doesn't include these. We'll wait.
** In particular, ''[[The Muppet Show]]'' almost always did [[Actor Allusion
*** 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.
*** [[Jim Henson]] would have said that [[What Do You Mean It's Not for Kids?|the Muppet Show wasn't aimed at kids in the first place.]]
** Most of the sketches in ''[[Sesame Street]]'' had slapstick and word-play for the kids, with parody as the
{{quote|'''Count von Count:''' Ah-ha-ha! I am the best counter since Formica!}}
** ''Sesame Street'' once did [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ksL_7WrhWOc a parody of] ''[[Waiting for Godot]]''. After a while, the tree walked out [[True Art Is Incomprehensible|because it was too confusing]].
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** [[Dinosaurs]], another show from the [[Jim Henson]] Company, also does this. And is even Lampshaded in [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXiwXVrjYHc this scene.] Complete with [[Aside Glance]].
{{quote|"...The dialogue is sharp-edged, witty, and thematically skewed to adults."}}
* The ''[[Ghostwriter (TV series)|Ghostwriter]]'' episode "Am I Blue?" was an homage to ''[[Star Trek]]'' fandom. Another episode had flashback scenes that resembled 1930s film noir.
* The absolute king of this trope was ''[[Square One TV]]'', which had an average of a
** Mathnet has a large enough [[Peripheral Demographic]] that it was shown as a stand-along program during primetime.
** Not to mention 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... That one might actually qualify as [[Getting Crap Past the Radar]].
* ''[[The Electric Company]]'' was full of these, most notably "Easy Reader" and "Fargo North: Decoder".
** The 2009 remake is full of these too, at 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 [[24|Jack Bowser]], and several references to the original series.
** Some of the songs were done by [[Tom Lehrer]], 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
* ''[[Beakman's World|Beakmans World]]'' 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.
* One episode of ''[[Zoobilee Zoo]]'' was a direct parody of ''[[My Fair Lady]]''.
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** In the iStart a Fan War episode, [[Jack Black]]'s character recites the Charm of Making from ''[[Excalibur (film)|Excalibur]]''.
* In ''[[The Sarah Jane Adventures]]'' 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.
** [[Continuity Nod
** "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".
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** The show's original run was so popular with adults that a few episodes were broadcast during primetime.
* This is referenced within ''[[The Office]]''. 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.
* ''Rainbow'' once [[Played for Laughs|played this trope for laughs]]: [http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-5157433404610777048\]{{Dead link}} . Sadly, this was a gag episode that was never intended to be viewed by children, but it's still hilarious.
* In an episode of ''[[The Suite Life of Zack and Cody|Suite Life On Deck]]'', Woody sees London's rich friend and says "She's hot. Does she have any interest in "woodworking"?
* ''[[LazyTown]]''. Just ''[[LazyTown]]''.
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** Not to mention they have a song called "The Clap."
*** Sadly, the Wiggles did not actually sing "The Clap." It's a spoof of the Wiggles by a group calling themselves "The Giggles."
* The Bedrock song. Oh, the Bedrock song. [[Michael Jackson]], [[Stevie Wonder]], and (of course) [[The Flintstones]], for parental bonuses in rap songs, this takes the cake. In this case it's not really intended for kids, but teens,
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== Video Games ==
* General Pepper from the ''[[Star Fox (series)|Star FOX]]'' series. Think about it. If you don't get it, here's another clue for you all: in the [[Star Fox (series)|Star FOX]] comic in ''[[Nintendo Power]]'', Fara asks why Pepper didn't do something. His answer? "I was [[The Beatles (band)|only a sergeant then...]]"
* Did anyone mention ''[[
** A couple more: 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.
** 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 [[Animal House]]'', in which the aforementioned character goes on to become a senator.
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** The Dungeon Man's theme, after he joins your party, is based on 'Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band'.
** The music that plays when Jeff rides in the Sky Runner is taken from a song by [[The Who]].
** The thing with ''[[
* ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]'' was 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).
** Including a ''nude scene'' for Princess Peach. {{spoiler|[[Invisible Streaker|She was invisible at the time]]}}.
** Goombella was a walking
** 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.
*** The official Nintendo Player's Guide actually [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshaded]] 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. [[Crosses the Line Twice|Resist the urge to hide under a desk and tuck your head between your legs]]."
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** 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.
** Some of the mission names, like "Bridges over the River Styx", or [[Hogan's Heroes|Herman's Heroes]].
* ''[[Ape Escape]]''. The third installment had movie-and-TV making as its conceit, so this involved parodic [[Homage Shot
** The European website for the games is called Ape Club. Its logo is a [[Fight Club|bar of pink soap]]. One of the minigames on it explicitly asks you to 'Spank the monkey', although that might be [[Getting Crap Past the Radar]].
* ''Disney's Extreme Skate Adventure'' was a [[Mission Pack Sequel]] to [[THPS 4]]. Here's a few of Zerg's moves, word for word:
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** Tell me [[The Smart Guy|Dmitri Petrovich]] doesn't look like [[Elton John]].
* One of the dragons in ''[[Spyro the Dragon]]'' informs him of his "density . . . I mean, destiny", an homage to George McFly's pathetic attempts to pitch woo in ''[[Back to the Future (film)|Back to The Future]]''.
** A minor character from the second game [[Army of Darkness|messes up an attempt to say]] '[[Klaatu Barada Nikto]] [[The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951 film)||Barada Nikto]]'.
*** Mysterio also says this in ''[[Spider Man 2 Enter Electro]]''.
** There's also a child-friendly homage to ''[[Doom (series)|Doom]]'' in the third game.
* The ''[[Crash Bandicoot]]'' series tends to aim its [[Shout-Out|Shout Outs]] 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 ''[[Crash Bandicoot 3: Warped|Warped]]'' include '[[Tomb Raider|Tomb Wader]]', '[[Roswell That Ends Well|Area 51]]', and '[[Oedipus the King|Eggipus Rex]]'.
* [[Stephen Fry]]'s narrations in ''[[
* ''[[Sly Cooper]]'' has little jokes and pickup lines tossed in that have steadily built the series' adult fanbase. Here's an example:
{{quote|'''Carmelita:''' FREEZE!
'''Sly:''' [[Dating Catwoman|How can I freeze when my heart warms at the sight of you?]] }}
== Web Comics ==
* ''[[Golden Age of Adventurers]]'' filler has a ''rollercoaster'' with a [http://goldenage.comicgenesis.com/d/20100725.html bonus scare for adults].
== Western Animation ==
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** The guy responsible for that show he did the same thing for ''[[Sesame Street]]'' with such numbers as "It's Hip to Be a Square."
* The ''[[Sam and Max Freelance Police (animation)|Sam and Max Freelance Police]]'' episode "Christmas Bloody Christmas" featured Sam and Max entering a prison shower room. Max sees a bar of soap on the ground, and bends over to pick it up, with a sign saying "Do not open until Xmas" over his rear-end.
** Heck, the ''Sam and Max'' animated series practically flipped the normal ratio of
* The ''[[Recess]]'' episode "The Library Kid" featured the gang cornering said Library Kid in the Philosophy section, with Gretchen calling out "Head her towards the existentialists; there's ''no exit'' over there," a reference to Sartre's play. The actual opening looks like an elementary school version of ''[[Hogan's Heroes]]''.
** More than half the humor in ''Recess'' requires a high-school level of education to notice, much less understand.
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** ''[[Recess: School's Out]]'' has lots of references to various things. Among them, Ms. Finster yelling, "Hey, teacher, leave those kids alone!", and the song "Green Tambourine" (sung by Robert Goulet, no less) playing over the end credits while the kids danced in front of a psychedelic background.
** Ms. Grotke was reading ''[[Beowulf]]'' out loud. And just happened to be reading the part where Beowulf rips Grendel's arm off and begins beating him with it.
* The ''[[Veggie Tales]]'' videos are chock full of the [[Homage]] type of
** Actually, given the religious theme of ''Veggie Tales'', [[The Grapes of Wrath]] bit is fairly likely to be a reference to the song ''The Battle Hymn of the Republic'', which is the origin of that phrase. The phrase is used in the song to call to mind the themes of the first part of Isaiah 63 and several other places in the Bible that use similar imagery.
** It's also a reference to the book, given that the episode features a family of bumpkin grapes as [[Expy Expies]] of the Joad family.
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** Perhaps the most explicit example is Ms. Bellum's address: 69 Yodelinda Valley Lane. It's prominently displayed on her mailbox in several episodes.
** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ac9ZxPHjBdU Someday we'll be as developed as you!]
* ''[[The Grim Adventures of Billy
** Another episode obviously references the ''[[Hellraiser]]'' movies with "Pinhead" who has bowling pins sticking out of his head and a rubik's cube look-a-like summoning him.
** The episode with the Beauty Pageant had [[Dune|"gom jabbar"]] among the Pageant contests.
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** Truffles' snarky remarks towards her nearly dead relationship with her husband, Mung. During Panini for President, when the two were watching her on stage:
{{quote|'''Mung:''' Fireworks...she used ''fireworks''.
'''Truffles:''' Oh, I've completely forgotten fireworks existed.. ''(Different voice)'' ...in our marriage... ''(Normal voice, shocked)'' '''Who said that?!'''}}
**
This gag is repeated throughout the series, seen here in episode 103
{{quote|'''Mung:''' Truffles, mind the shop. We need more spice!
'''Truffles:''' Well, I'm glad one of us finally acknowledged it. }}
** Another one occurred at the end of an episode where Mung and Truffles rekindle their romance.
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''(Mung and Truffles head offscreen)''
'''Chowder:''' Mung! Where are you going? The kitchen's ''that'' way! }}
* Both ''[[Animaniacs]]'' and ''[[Eek!
** ''Animaniacs'' also had an episode where the Warners were out to buy their psychiatrist, Dr. Scratchensnif, a birthday present. One asks about buying something from store called Oedipus Rex, and another remarks, "Nah, his mother wouldn't like it."
*** A different store sold 'Freudian Slips'. "No, he makes his own."
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** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SEnFmdXDCwc "My bottom's all sore from romping."]
** ''Animaniacs'' also had the "Rita & Runt" sketches, which often parodied Broadway musicals (but of course; Rita was played by Bernadette Peters!). These are all far funnier after having seen the musicals being parodied.
*** Other characters got into the Broadway parody act. The Goodfeathers did [[Whole-Plot Reference|Whole Plot References]] of ''[[West Side Story]]'' and ''[[Fiddler
** And then there's the Thanksgiving themed episode with a hunter and a turkey:
{{quote|'''Hunter''': Give me the bird!
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{{quote|'''Minerva Mink''': All right. Give me the bird!
'''Dot''': We can't. This is a children's show. }}
** This one predates the Animaniacs by several decades, first appearing (probably) in a Babbit and Catstello cartoon from the late 40s. "If the [[
** Not to mention the episode devoted to a pastiche of [[Gilbert and Sullivan]], of all things.
** There's also the episode where the trio ends up in Czarist Russia? They meet Rasputin, who has a toothache, and needs dental work. Yakko remarks, "looks like he needs a little anesthesia!" ... and the Czar's daughter comes out and hits Rasputin on the head with a mallet. Dot even says afterwards, "Obscure joke, ask your parents."
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** One definitely for the parents: Boris, wearing a metal mouse costume in his role as the Big Cheese, details his plan to take over whole U.S. of A. He holds up a book. The title? "Mice Kampf."
** Bullwinkle would sometimes have entire plots that were parental bonuses. An entire episode could be spent spoofing college football or modern art. Bonus points for the jokes being nowadays both mature and dated. How many modern kids are gonna get a joke about the payola scandal?
* ''[[Rugrats]]''' popularity peak can be traced to its frequent use of the
** The creepy doctor that Chuckie visits in named [[The Silence of the Lambs|Dr. Lector.]]
** In another episode, while the children are looking for one of the children's favourite toy, they open up a drawer full of favourite things, and start pulling things out. On the screen can be seen a photograph of a woman.
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** And the movies Grampa brought home one night, 'Reptar Come Home', 'Reptar Redux', and ... 'Lonely Space Vixens'
** In one episode, Tommy goes through a naked phase, where he refuses to wear his clothes. After talking the twins into following suit, he looks down at Lil and says "Lil. Can I ask you a question?"
** In the series ''[[All Grown Up!]]'', the episode titles were frequently references to pop-culture that was probably above the target-audience's head, but nearly all were easily relatable to the episode, anyway. The exception would be the episode "Wouldn't It Be Nice", an episode where several characters (including [[Ho Yay|Susie and Angelica]]) pretend to be married, which only makes sense if you know the song. The odds on the target audience being familiar with [[The Beach Boys|the source material]] is slim.
** Seriously....lip shitz (the bullSHIT psychologist...is called...lipschitz...you know...as in shit comes out of his mouth.
* In the [[Time Travel]] episode of ''[[The Fairly
{{quote|'''Timmy''': Oh magic eight-ball, will Mom and Dad come home early? "Titanic! Director's cut?!" They'll be there all night! }}
** One that sticks out is 'Dads' obsession with Eggnog in every christmas episode.
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** The most famous example is a restaurant called "[[A Date with Rosie Palms|Chokey Chicken]]". This one ''was'' caught, and later episodes changed the name to "Chewy Chicken".
* In addition to practically being an entire show's worth of homage to ''[[Transformers Generation 1]]'', ''[[Transformers Animated]]'' has a number of parental bonus moments.
** The Autobot science team is composed of Wheeljack, whose face greatly resembles a roboticized version of a certain walrus-faced [[
*** Wheeljack wasn't intended to look like a Mythbuster. But how about [[Con Air|Decepticon Air]] or [[George W. Bush|Mission Accomplished]]?
** Sentinel in "Predacons Rising" - "Don't just stand there with your pistons in your servos." Really now?
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** The sequence includes a closeup of shapely legs in fishnets{{spoiler|--Patrick's.}}
** The surprise appearance of [[Nosferatu]], "[[Dune|wormsign]]", the titular character's trousers discarding akin to an o-ring separation before his legs erupt into rocket exhaust plumes, etc.
** Watch "Karate Island" and just try and find more than three jokes that ''[[Periphery Demographic|aren't]]''
** Another referenced [[George Carlin]]'s "Seven Words You Can Never Say on Television" routine.
** Don't forget the episode "The Secret Box", where the secret that turned out to be in the box was a string. Come on, a string in a box in a Bikini Bottom?
*** Of course, though, the string {{spoiler|opens a secret compartment in the box that contains an [[Embarrassing Old Photo]] of Spongebob at a Christmas Party}}
** And then there's Plankton and his reviewing of "foreign exercise videos" for his cousin.
** When Squidward has [[It Makes Sense in Context|convinced Spongebob and Patrick to wait on his every whim]], they move around his sun chair to various
** The episode that begins with SpongeBob watching a dancing live-action sea anemone on his TV, with a goofy entranced look on his face, leaning toward the screen. When Gary comes in and meows at him, [[Does This Remind You of Anything?|he immediately turns off the TV]] and comes up with a hasty excuse for what he was ''really'' watching.
** The episode with the squeaky boots is a parody of [[Edgar Allan Poe]]'s short story ''The Telltale Heart''.
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{{quote|'''Kim Possible''': Payback's the sitch!}}
** "[[Witch with a Capital B|Careful Bonnie, you know what they do to witches in this town.]]" Given how she quickly hops away with a frightened look Bonnie guessed she was being a bitch.
** How many people in Kim Possible's target demographic would recognize the character Ron is channeling in this screenshot? [http://caps.kpfanworld.com/images/graduation1/0207.jpg\]{{Dead link}}
** Not to mention in the episode where they had to have mentors and Ron's happens to be a secret agent, Ron starts using a Scottish accent as a reference to [[Sean Connery]] as [[James Bond]]. This was exceptionally cool for older folks who always see [[Sean Connery]] as Bond rather than the more recent actors like [[Pierce Brosnan]] and Daniel Craig.
* ''[[Yin Yang Yo!|Yin Yang Yo]]'' has several, not the least of which is Yang saying "Ah, pellets!" in place of stronger language.
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** And there's the episode where Flash and Wonder Woman rescue a magazine proprietor who looks a lot like Hugh Hefner (and letches on Diana). The exact nature of the magazines he publishes are unrevealed, but Wally insists [[I Read It for the Articles|he only buys them for the articles]].
** Katma Tui asking John Stewart if he still snores in his sleep...
* ''[[Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers (animation)|Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers]]'' had a [[Cargo Cult]] episode with a tribe of kiwi birds. The tribe's chief, for no apparent reason whatsoever, spoke in nothing but [[Ed Sullivan
** And don't forget the episode featuring a scientist named "Dr. Piltdown". Piltdown Man was, of course, one of the most well-known frauds in archaeological history.
* ''[[The Lion King]]''{{'}}s ''[[Triumph of the Will]]''-inspired imagery goes (one hopes) right over the kiddies' heads.
** Of all the rides in Disneyland proper, "It's A Small World" is the safest for small children, and its [[Tastes Like Diabetes]] [[Ear Worm]] is nothing short of notorious. So it was a
* ''[[My Life as a Teenage Robot]]'' was full of various pop culture references, such as a group of villains named [[The Beatles (band)|the Lonely Hearts Club Band]]... with a leader named [[Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band|Pepper]]. There was also this exchange, which goes past
{{quote|'''Professor Wakeman:''' You need new eyes like [[Atomic Hate|Oppenheimer needed gunpowder!]] }}
** One of the titular character's "sisters" sounded just like [[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy|Marvin the Paranoid Android]]. One episode she asks to be given dreams featured the line "Pfft, [[Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?|what do androids dream of, electric sheep]]?"
* ''[[Histeria!]]!'' sometimes had jokes that only the viewer's ''grandparents'' could get, such as a sketch of [[Thomas Jefferson]] writing the Declaration of Independence done as an episode of ''[[The Jack Benny Program]]''.
** Or saying of Greek Poet Sappho, "She didn't play well [[Les Yay|with boys]]."
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** All of the violence is normally something a child would not understand.
* ''[[Danny Phantom]]'' has its moments - Desiree and Vlad are both walking [[Parent Service]], specifically. The eighties and college references help as well. It also has it's share of [[Double Entendre]].
** Face it [[Nickelodeon]] loves these to death. [[SpongeBob SquarePants|Se]][[Rugrats|ri]][[Danny Phantom|ou]][[The Fairly
* ''George Shrinks'' has the titular character, at one point, tell a bee to go pollinate itself.
* One episode of ''[[Cow and Chicken]]'' had a gang of butch female bikers (Cow even calls one of them "sir") who crashed into people's homes and literally munched on [[Ho Yay|their carpets]].
* In the first episode of ''[[Doug]]'', Doug is tricked by Roger into searching for fictional creatures called "neematoads". While searching in the marshland, he spots Roger laughing at him and realized he's been fooled. Doug's dog who became covered in mud approached Roger, convincing Roger that it was a neematoad. The episode ends with Roger searching in the marshland for neematoads. There is no such thing as neematoads, though there is a such thing as [[wikipedia:Nematode|nematodes.]] And considering that both Doug and Roger were ''barefoot'' while searching, they definitely found some...
* Much of ''[[Fillmore!]]'' parodies 70s cop shows specifically, and relies heavily on [[What Do You Mean It's Not Awesome?]].
** And how many kids were they expecting to get all of ''[[The Silence of the Lambs]]'' references in the episode "To Mar a Stall"?
* One episode of ''[[Arthur (animation)|Arthur]]'' featured the characters all writing stories for a TV show's story contest (the stories themselves written by kids, or so it says at the end), which were then played out using the ''Arthur'' characters in the animation style of other cartoons... including ''[[South Park]]'', ''[[Beavis and Butthead]]'', and ''[[Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist]]''.
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*** As well as two nerds named Douglas and Adam, one of which wears white shirt with a large '42' printed on it.
** [[Does This Remind You of Anything?|Mac waking up next to]] [[Creator's Pet|Cheese]] [[Does This Remind You of Anything?|and trying to 'explain' to Bloo.]]
* ''[[
** Don't forget the cabin from ''[[Evil Dead]]''!
** Also don't forget the season 3 recap at the end, performed by the Mainframe Players
** There was also the season 2 episode [[Mad Max|Bad Bob]], to say nothing of season 3's masterful lampoon of [[Star Trek: The Original Series]] (written by D.C. Fontana).
* Although ''[[Wonder Pets]]'' is usually rather light on Parental Bonus, the episode "The Wonder Pets Save [[The Beatles (band)|the Beetles]]" is filled with non-stop references to a certain rock band...
** The Beetles were voiced by two of the performers of Broadway's "Beatlemania."
** To say nothing of "The Wonder Pets save the [[Fiddler
** And "The Wonder Pets Save the [[Frank Sinatra|Rat Pack]]. Not only are the guest characters based on Sinatra, Davis, and Martin (with ''dead-on'' voice acting), but [[Elvis Presley]] and [[Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas|Raoul Duke]] can be spotted in a crowd.
** The more recent episodes of Wonder Pets are chock full of Parental Bonus - Save the Vixen, a noir style episode guest starring Lauren Bacall, and full of nods to the films, Save the Skunk Rocker, full of references to classic punk and Save the Rock Lobster, a B52s inspired episode, in particular.
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** Not to mention that the ''entire'' "Harbor Day" episode was a giant parody of [[Moby Dick|a certain story concerning a crazy captain and a whale...]]
** From the episode "Finding Mary [[MacGuffin]]":
{{quote|'''An adult''': [[Phrase Catcher|Aren't you a little young]] to know about all these old detective shows?
'''Phineas''': [[Catch Phrase|Yes. Yes we...]]
*puts on sunglasses*
'''Phineas''': ''are.''
'''[[CSI: Miami|YEAHHHHHH!!!!!]]''' }}
* ''[[The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius|The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron]]'' had a good number, being another Nick show. Anyone recall that episode where Cindy and her friends were having a garage sale, and Sheen finds a bra and proclaims it to be an Ultra Lord Double Barrel Slingshot?
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* ''[[Atomic Betty]]'': On Season 2, Episode 17 "Extreme Makeover" (featuring the villain Bombshelle). Betty's mom is trying her old dancing clothes and Noah walks in. She asks him to watch her performance for a while and dances. After she finishes, there's a shot with a dumbfounded Noah at the door, looking at Betty's mom [[The Graduate|raised leg on the foreground]]. Noah, being a little kid, has a different reaction (he almost throws up - of course, Betty's mom choice of [[Outdated Outfit|bright pink gym clothes]] might have something to do with it).
* The sketch show ''[[MAD]]'' loves this trope, having references to many things the target audience probably wouldn't know, such as ''[[CSI]]'' or ''[[The Bourne Series (film)|The Bourne Identity]]'', the references are usually mixed with something the target audience has seen, such as [[iCarly]] and [[Bob the Builder]]
* ''[[Batman: The Brave And The Bold|Batman the Brave And The Bold]]'' has a song from the trio of [[Black Canary]], [[Huntress]], and [[Catwoman (comics)|Catwoman]] that's not so much
* ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]'' is packed with these. Some examples involve [[Benny Hill]] homages, obscure and cult movie shout outs, Viagra-like potions for a rooster who can't "sing" anymore, and of course, the famous ''[[The Big Lebowski]]'' ponies from the pony bowling alley. See trope page for examples.
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