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{{trope}}
{{quote|''"The whole secret to the success of a cartoon like ''[[
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
Contrary to the title, children of a certain age ''can'' get Parental Bonuses, most of them just don't watch shows that use them. (With the exception of ''[[
▲A [[Super Trope]] to [[Parent Service]].
{{examples}}
== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* An early example, ''[[
* Lots of these are present in ''[[Kirby:
▲* An early example, ''[[Maicchingu Machiko Sensei (Manga)|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.
* The 1990s ''[[Sailor Moon]] SuperS'' movie has an anime-only villain kidnapping children so that they remain dreaming children forever. When the Sailors discover this, Sailor Neptune mentions that becoming an adult makes life more fun... to which Sailor Uranus blushes.
▲* Lots of these are present in ''[[Kirby of the Stars (Anime)|Kirby of the Stars]]'', since the series has tons of [[Shout Out|Shout Outs]] in general.
== [[Comic Books]] ==
* 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!"
* [[Marvel Comics]]' All-Ages title ''[[Marvel Adventures]]'' loves referencing older comics, concepts, and complex storylines that the target audience is generally completely ignorant of.
** [http://asylums.insanejournal.com/scans_daily/432350.html Marvel Adventures: Avengers 24] sneaks in a Simpsons ref, a "reverse-Napoleon complex", Spidey "[[One More Day|needs]] [[You Need to Get Laid|a wife]]", Wolverine quoting [[Watchmen (
* ''[[Tiny Titans]]'', 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 [[Final Crisis|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.
* ''[[Tintin
* ''[[Calvin and Hobbes (Comic Strip)|Calvin and Hobbes]]'' is full of this. Since Calvin has an unusually large vocabulary for a six-year-old and tends to discuss complex philosophy, reading the strip as a child and as an adult are completely different experiences.▼
* ''[[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.▼
▲* [[Tintin (Comic Book)]] 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.
* ''[[Suske
▲* [[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.
* [[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.▼
▲* [[Suske En Wiske]] 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 occasionely some of them are still present.
== [[Film]] ==
* If you think really hard, there is a parental bonus in the theme that the villains in the ''[[Home Alone]]'' film series use for their names. "Wet Bandits"? "Sticky Bandits"?
* Used in all of the ''[[Shrek]]'' films. For example, in the first one, Shrek sees Lord Farquaad's towering castle and remarks, "Do you think he's [[Compensating for Something]]?"
** 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".
** Please keep off of the grass. Shine your shoes. Wipe your....[[Subverted Rhyme Every Occasion|face]].
*** Robin Hood's song "I like an honest fight and a saucy little maid / What he's basically saying is he likes to get <s>laid</s> -paid!
** Blink and you'll miss it, but as the Fairy Godmother rattles off her list of fairy tales, she slips ''[[Pretty Woman]]'' in there.
* Disney's ''[[Aladdin (Disney film)|Aladdin]]'', thanks largely to the comedic genius of [[Robin Williams]], 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 ''[[Taxi Driver]]''. Kids are also unlikely to recognize the Genie's imitations of William F. Buckley, [[Peter Lorre]], Carol Channing, [[The Marx Brothers|Groucho Marx]]...
** Aladdin's introduction scene also had what might have been a ''Les
** 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 ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cd07uvkTeKo#t=1m45s groping the girl's ass]'', the scene in question is in 1:45-1:53. Could be viewed as ''[[Parent Service]]''.
** 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 (
** 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'...
* In ''[[Beauty and
** Not to mention [[Lost in Translation]].
* The "patty cake" scene from ''[[Who Framed Roger Rabbit?]]'' 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.}}
** There's plenty more where that came from. Dolores' line about having to "shake the weasels", for instance.
*** "Dabbling in watercolors, Eddie?"
** ''[[Who Framed Roger Rabbit?]]'' is one of the ''kings'' of this trope.
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'''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!"]]
** Not to mention Jessica's breasts making boinging sounds twice when she visits Eddie's office.
** 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 "[
* ''[[
* ''[[The Cat in the Hat (film)|The Cat in the Hat]]'' movie attempted this, with questionable results. Apparently, the writers' idea of Parental Bonuses are almost PG-13 level double entendres; see [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SwXLvn2sd6I here.]
* In the [[Jim Carrey]] version of ''[[How the Grinch Stole Christmas (
** 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".
** 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, only to realize "He looks just like your boss..."
* ''[[Madagascar]]'' has a ''[[The Twilight Zone
** 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.
* ''[[
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'''Roger:''' We're having puppies, too.
'''Cruella:''' (''gasps'') Puppies! You ''have'' been a busy boy! }}
** To say nothing about this little exchange in the cartoon, after Pongo and Perdita return with the 99 puppies...
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'''Roger:''' Oh, Pongo-boy, you old ''rascal''! }}
* Come to think of it, every [[Pixar]] film has plenty of these.
** In ''[[Finding Nemo]]'':
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''' Peaches ''': Sh! Here he comes! }}
** At the end of ''[[Toy Story
*** 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]]".
*** One of the very first scenes in 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.
*** 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 coming from him instead of Bo.
** ''[[Monsters,
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''' Mike ''' : Eccchh!
''' Snowman ''': Oh, don't worry. It's lemon. }}
*** Combined with an [[Actor Allusion]], when the character voiced by [[Steve Buscemi]] threatens to put another character [[Fargo|through the shredder]].
** In ''[[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.
*** 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.
** ''[[WALL-E]]'' has about five dozen ''[[
*** Also, "Stay The Course"
** ''[[A Bug's
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** If you pay attention to the very beginning of ''[[
*** Lightning McQueen's name, in and of itself, qualifies. The target demographic of the film won't know who [[Steve McQueen]] is, much less have seen ''[[Bullitt]]''.
*** At the end of the first race
{{quote|'''McQueen:''' Well, you know, race cars don't need headlights, because the track is always lit.
'''Dusty Rust-eze:''' Well, so is my brother, but he still needs headlights!}}
*** 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
*** 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 ''[[
** Aardman in general loves
* In ''[[
** ''[[
* ''[[
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''' Ragetti ''': The Black Spot!
''' Pintel ''': Black Spot!
''' Jack Sparrow ''': My eyesight's as good as ever, just so you know. }}
** Which is a very roundabout way of making a connection between palm sores, masturbation, and the myth that it causes blindness.
*** 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 first ''[[Scooby
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'''Shaggy''': Mary-Jane? That's my favorite name! }}
** For those who don't get it, Mary-Jane was an old-timey slang term for marijuana.
** The "hot box" scene. Soon after the team "breaks up" at the start of the movie, the following scene shows the Mystery Van with a whole lot of white smoke billowing out of it. Cut to inside, and you see that Shaggy and Scooby simply have a miniature barbecue that is letting off a lot of smoke.
* In ''[[Homeward Bound:
** In ''Homeward Bound: Lost in San Francisco'':, Sassy wakes up and finds herself laying 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!"
* ''[[Tiny Toon Adventures
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'''Big Daddy Boo''': No, that's big 'a ''me''!
** Which is itself a direct lift of an old [[Marx Brothers]] joke (from ''[[Animal Crackers]]'', specifically). }}
* Non-joke example: In ''[[The Monster Squad]]'', 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 [[World War II|concentration camp identification tattoo]], signifying that this guy indeed knows a [[Nazi Germany|great deal]] about [[Complete Monster|monsters]].
* In ''[[Fred Claus]]'', Santa demonstrates the power of the [[Sinister Surveillance|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".
* From ''[[
** Plus:
*** [[Indiana Jones
* One of the reasons ''[[Shark Tale]]'' failed with critics was because it was so overloaded with references to adult gangster films that they couldn't see how it would appeal to children.However, the chances of an adult understanding all the references is still slight.
* ''[[
* ''[[A Goofy Movie]]'' has Goofy mentioning mambo king Xavier Cugat, a relatively obscure reference for such a movie.
* ''[[The Wizard of Oz (
{{quote|
'''Wizard''': You liquidated her, eh? }}
** The line spouted by the Scarecrow when he received the Th.D. degree, which was a hashed
{{quote|
** The wizard awarding the Lion a medal called the Triple Cross.
** The Scarecrow and the Wizard:
{{quote|
'''Wizard:''' Well, you can't. }}
** The Scarecrow to Dorothy
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* ''[[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:
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'''Scott:''' It's okay, I'm used to it. I lived through the
** Speaking of druggie-references, in its sequel, ''The Santa Clause 2'', Santa Claus/Scott Calvin and Bernard, when learning about Charlie's addition to the Naughty List, gives this exchange:
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'''Scott:''' [[Charlie Sheen|Sheen]]? I thought he straightened out. }}
*** It also goes into [[Harsher in Hindsight]], considering the kinds of stuff he's doing by 2011.
* ''[[Rango]]'', among several other references, has a short scene in the beginning of the movie where the protagonist lizard Rango (voiced by Johnny Depp) crashes into the windshield of a red sportscar with in it two characters that are unmistakably Raoul Duke (also Johnny Depp) and his attorney from ''[[Fear and Loathing
* The productions of [[Despicable Me|Illumination]] [[The Lorax (
== [[Literature]] ==
* ''[[A Wrinkle in Time]]'' 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.
** That's more a case of [[Shown Their Work]].
* In ''[[
* 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. [[Lampshade Hanging|Amber narrates how annoying that is]].
* ''[[A Series of Unfortunate Events]]''. By. The. Truckload. Just a few examples off the top of my head:
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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.
*** Two of the island's inhabitants were named [[Heart of Darkness|Dr. Kurtz and Ms. Marlowe]].
** The titular festival of ''The Carnivorous Carnival'' is called [[The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
* Louise Rennison's ''Withering Tights'', a 2010 novel aimed at
* In the ''Rainbow Magic'' series (for girls under
*
▲== Live Action TV ==
** In particular, ''[[The Muppet Show]]'' almost always did [[Actor Allusion
▲* 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|Actor Allusions]] about their current guest stars.
*** 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
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** ''Sesame Street'' once did [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ksL_7WrhWOc a parody of] ''[[
** Another ''Sesame Street'' [http://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 [[The Rocky Horror Picture Show|Susan Sarandon]].
** How about Katy Perry's sketch on ''Sesame Street'' with the naughty dress parodying "Hot and Cold"?
** Will Arnett was on an episode doing [[Arrested Development (TV series)|illusions]].
** Similarly, ''[[Fraggle Rock]]'' 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 [[Pink Floyd
** It has been argued that ''[[Sesame Street]]'' owes its success to "entertaining the parents so much they forced the kids to watch."
** They even did a [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkd5dJIVjgM parody] of the Old Man Spice Commercial "[[
** They did one teaching about the letter M... via a ''Law
** ''[[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]].
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* 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 [[
** Some of the songs were done by [[
* ''[[Beakman's
* One episode of ''[[Zoobilee Zoo]]'' was a direct parody of ''[[My Fair Lady]]''.
* In ''[[Hannah Montana]]'', 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.
** 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".
* In the end video of the ''[[
** In the "iStart a Fan War" episode, [[Jack Black]]'s character recites the Charm of Making from ''[[Excalibur (
* In ''[[
** [[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".
** And in Tooth and Claw, "The servants were all bald men in suits and your wife was away... I thought you were just happy."
** In "The Doctor Dances", the Ninth Doctor switches Jack's sonic blaster with a banana without Jack catching on. Funny enough on it's own, but funnier for those parents that recognize the joke from the [[Buster Keaton]] short "[[The High Sign]]".
* ''[[Pee
** 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]]''.{{context|reason=MOD: "X... Just X" is not a description. Someone provide one, or this gets deleted.}}
* In ''Balamory'' PC Plum often sings a song that starts off as a parody of [[Gilbert and Sullivan]], and ends up as a parody of [[Queen
* ''[[Power Rangers RPM]]'' 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.
** ''[[Power Rangers]]'' has slipped in a few (not really for parents, but for older fans.) In ''[[Power Rangers Dino Thunder|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.
* ''[[Mister Rogers'
* ''[[Horrible Histories (TV series)|Horrible Histories]]'' has plenty of these. How many kids are going to realise that [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6KbXyALq7uA the Dick Turpin song] is one big pastiche of Adam and the Ants [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4B2a6l6wM2k&ob=av2e Stand and Deliver]?
** In fact, there was enough Parental Bonus that it made the leap from CBBC to prime-time BBC One (with ''[[Stephen Fry]]'' as presenter).
* Referenced in
== [[Music]] ==
* [[
** 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. [[
== [[Newspaper Comics]] ==
▲* ''[[
▲* ''[[The Adventures of 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.
== [[Theme Parks]] ==
* At [[Disney Theme Parks]], many places serve alcoholic beverages for adults. In fact, [[Drinking Game|Drinking Around the World]] is a popular activity for older guests at EPCOT.
* This happens the third version of the Disney World ride [[Journey Into Imagination]] in the smell lab. A slot machine is seen, and it rolls to reveal
** Yeah, why would they have a slot machine on a ride intended for toddlers in the first place?
== [[Video Games]] ==
* General Pepper from the ''[[Star Fox (
* 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.
** Oh, and the New Age Retro Hippie's theme [[The Jimmy Hart Version|sounds a lot like]] [[
** No one can forget Peaceful Rest Valley- or should I say, 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 [[The Beatles (
** One of the enemies is called [[David Bowie
** 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:
** 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]].
* ''[[
** 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:
** Remember, I Was Vapor
** Per[[Tenacious D
** [[Getting Crap Past the Radar|Astro Glider]]
* [[Humongous Entertainment]]. Oh boy, where to start? [[Pajama Sam]]'s superhero references, ''[[
** 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 [[2001: A Space Odyssey|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.
** Tell me [[The Smart Guy|Dmitri Petrovich]] doesn't look like [[
* 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
** 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 ''[[
** There's also a child-friendly homage to ''[[Doom (
* The ''[[Crash Bandicoot]]'' series tends to aim its [[Shout
* [[Stephen Fry]]'s narrations in ''[[
* ''[[
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'''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]] ==
* In the first episode of late-90s ABC cartoon ''[[
* The BBC pre-school educational programme, ''[[Numberjacks]]'', had a rather British example when Number 4 and 6 both caught ''[[The Goon Show
* ''[[
** 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 (
** Heck, the ''Sam and Max'' animated series practically flipped the normal ratio of
* The ''[[
** More than half the humor in ''Recess'' requires a high-school level of education to notice, much less understand.
** Then there's the episode that was a [[Homage]] to ''[[
** The titles of some episodes like "Kids in the Mist".
** ''[[Recess:
** Ms. Grotke was reading ''[[
* The ''[[
** Actually, given the religious theme of ''Veggie Tales'', [[
** 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.
** [[Jerry Lewis]], famous for comedies dating back to the 1940s-60s, is mentioned, albeit briefly, in Madame Blueberry.
** "I think we're gonna get letters about this."
** In one of his silly songs, Larry the cucumber allows both a bank robber and a viking into his house and gives them each a cookie ("Because it's Christmas!"). He slams the door in the face of the guy from the IRS, complete with a [[Smug Smiler|Smug Smile]].
* Likewise, the episode of ''[[
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** Another episode referred to ''[[
*** Hell, they once had The Mayor recite the "Strong Men Also Cry" speech, but replaced Bunny with Bellum.
*** And The Dude, Walter, and Donny were in the background shot of an episode of ''[[
*** His wife, [[Lauren Faust]], apparently gets in on it too; ''[[My Little Pony:
** ''PPG'' did an entire episode of Beatles references, "Meet the Beat Alls", which got an Emmy nomination.
*** At the end of that episode, Blossom tries out a quote of her own, fails, and dismisses it with "Oh, who cares? It's by some dumb old band anyway."
** And in the movie, references to naughty words were stuck in, including an elongated sigh of 'Fffff...'
** In the episode "Super Friends" the girls invite their new neighbor, a girl their age named Robin, over to their house, and they introduce her to Professor Utonium:
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'''Professor:''' Well, what can I say?
'''Robin:''' Don't worry, Professor. I was an accident, too!
''[Cue surprised look on the Professor's face]'' }}
** A similar joke occurred in the episode, "Gettin Twiggy With It" when Mitch Mitchelson, who lived in a trailer park with his grandma, takes the class hamster, Twiggy home and starts playing with her violently. When Blossom, Bubbles, and Buttercup catch him in the act:
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'''Blossom:''' You're an accident! }}
** Many sexual innuendo jokes relating to Ms. Bellum occur. One was when Ms. Bellum came into the Mayor's office while he was writing something. She leaned on his desk revealing a lot of her cleavage. He looks up and breaks his pencil, and exclaims "Pencil go snap!"
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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 ''[[
** The episode with the Beauty Pageant had [[Dune|"gom jabbar"]] among the Pageant contests.
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** When Mindy pulled her hand from the pain box, the judges said something along the lines of "that will cost her." Funny, because in the book {{spoiler|removing your hand from the pain box while it works leads to instant death by the Gom Jabbar (a poisoned needle).}} }}
** The show's full of them. Here's one where Billy reads an ad off of a cave wall.
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'''Someone else''': Stop reading that! }}
** Valentine's Day. In general. For one, the end of Mandy's episode was apparently a ''[[Grease]]'' parody, and let's not forget Grim's.
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** Hurter Monkey: Billy and Mandy get a helper monkey who sounds like [[No Celebrities Were Harmed|Kevin Spacey]] and even paraphrases the "simple life" speech from ''[[Se7en]]''.
** There is also the occasional visit from Hoss Delgado, a parody of both Snake Plissken played by [[Kurt Russell]] in ''[[Escape
** In the opening to the episode "Duck!
*** And the theme song that plays at the beginning of his dream is similar to that of ''[[The Munsters]]''.
** The whole show was a huge parental bonus, heck I doubt kids would realize what happens when Grim takes people away.
** In one episode, character's were being made horribly ugly and paper bags were offered to the victims to place over their heads. The character offering the bags commented that he only had paper bags left because the plastic bags were in greater demand.
* ''[[
** When Chowder learns how to write, they use a montage of pictures of him interacting with various letters. "R" is depicted as looming over him in a dark back alley, getting ready to do something that rhymes with "grape".
** Truffles' snarky remarks towards her nearly dead relationship with her husband, Mung. During Panini for President, when the two were watching her on stage:
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'''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<br />
▲'''Mung:''' Truffles, mind the shop. We need more spice!<br />
'''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'' 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."
** ''Animaniacs'' was also famous for hiding vulgar jokes. At the beginning of the song ''Wakko's America,'' the Warner Siblings are playing a Jeopardy-style game show, wherein Wakko is asked how much he wants to wager on the daily double. He responds, "I'll blow the wad," eliciting surprised looks from Yakko and Dot.
** A running gag was Yakko lampshading a [[Double Entendre]] by implying it was enough to get the show cancelled.
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'''Yakko''': Who, me? I've never even kissed a girl!
'''Teacher''': No, no, it's easy. Here, I'll conjugate with you.
'''Yakko''': (to camera) Goodnight, everybody! }}
::and
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'''Dr. Scratchensniff''': Stop playing with my bust!
'''Yakko''': ...Goodnight, everybody! }}
** The best Yakko lampshading has to be during "Baloney And Friends" where Yakko expresses a preference for chasing after the just-exited "cute girls" (the "Princess of Props".)
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'''Yakko''': (to camera) There's a shocker! }}
** And let's not forget how The Brain spoke exactly like Orson Welles.
*** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AlXEC8kcbqc "Yes, always."]
*** A writer described that cartoon as "a $900,000 inside joke."
**** Not so much a parental bonus, but [[Maurice
** Also, there was a ''[[THX-1138]]'' reference in the intro chalkboard scene.
** One episode of ''[[
** Another episode was done as a parody of ''[[The Prisoner]]''.
** There was actually a lot of [[No Celebrities Were Harmed]] - style casting in the show, ranging from the obvious (The Goodfeathers) to the easy-to-miss (Katie Kaboom's dad spoke like Jimmy Stewart).
** The Warners parodied a [[Wartime Cartoon|World War 2 "good citizenship" film]], where ladies donated their nylon pantyhose to be made into parachutes. Who came to pick up the huge barrel of nylons? J. Edgar Hoover.
** One that surprisingly slipped past the censors:
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'''Dot''': (now carrying the musician Prince) I found Prince!
'''Yakko''': No, no, no. ''Fingerprints''.
(Prince puts on a wide grin)
'''Dot''': ([[Beat]]) I don't think so. (Throws Prince out the window) }}
** Then there was the time the Warners met [[Ludwig Van Beethoven|Beethoven]]:
{{quote|
'''Yakko''': ''(startled)'' You're a WHAT?
'''Beethoven''': A PIANIST!
'''Yakko''': *
'''Beethoven''': ''(confused)'' But that is vat I am! A pianist!
'''Yakko''': I think we heard enough out of you.
''[Yakko literally washes Beethoven's mouth with soap]'' }}
** [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:
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'''Yakko''': We'd love to, really, but the Fox censors wouldn't allow it. }}
*** Repeated during an extended ''[[
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'''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."
*** Of course, for a few years after ''[[Anastasia]]'',
** The episode "Hot, Bothered and Bedeviled," where the Warners ended up in Hell (but obviously they couldn't say that). When they meet the Devil and realize where they are, Wakko dashes for a spiral staircase, comes out on Earth, gathers up a snowball, and runs back down the stairs, only to watch it melt rapidly upon setting it down on the ground. [[Animaniacs
*** ''[[Hey Arnold
** By all accounts, children shouldn't see ''[[Raging Bull]]'' or ''[[Goodfellas]]'' yet one of the recurring segments was called Goodfeathers and usually homaged those types of movies.
** Yakko, Wakko, and Dot are themselves a parental bonus since they are basically animated versions of the Marx Brothers. Yakko especially is an homage to Groucho Marx.
* ''[[
** 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?
* ''[[
** 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.
** At the beginning of the home movies episode, when Stu starts showing an incredibly boring home movie, Didi's father picks up the phone and says "Hello, Dr. Kevorkian?"
** One of my favorites comes from the episode in which Dr. Lipschitz visits:
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'''Stu:''' [[Sidney Poitier]]? }}
** In another episode, the babies are chased through a Multicultural Fair. Chuckie gets temporarily separated, and nearly trampled by Jewish dancers. When the others ask him what happened, all he can say is [[Apocalypse Now|"The Hora! The Hora!"]]. They finally make a stand with the help of some Scottish babies, who taunt the pursuers by [[Braveheart|lifting their kilts to show that they aren't wearing diapers]].
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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
** 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
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** One that sticks out is 'Dads' obsession with Eggnog in every christmas episode.
*** There's an episode where Cosmo and Wanda lose their wands at the beach. In searching for them they find, among other things, Elvis and the Holy Grail.
** Probably closer to [[Getting Crap Past the Radar]], but this exchange in the episode where Timmy wishes his parents were superheroes:
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'''Timmy''': But what's the machine for?
'''Timmy's Dad''': We'll tell you when you're older, son. }}
** The intersections in Fairy World almost always are the names of famous magicians (like the intersection of "David" and "Copperfield")
** [[Adam West]] voices Catman (I can't remember the character's "real" name), who is obsessed with the role he played on a
** Jay Leno portrays the comic book superhero "The Crimson Chin"
{{quote|
'''Chin''': No, Timmy. You saved me-- from myself! Boy, that was schmultzy. Who did you say writes my comic books?
'''Cleft''': Some 40 year old guy who lives with his mom.
'''Chin''': Any money in it?
'''Cleft''': (points to his caption balloon) ''Lives with his mom''. }}
** Jorgen von Strangle, the Schwarzenegger fairy (no, they didn't actually get ahold of the governator for the role).
** [[Ben Stein]] plays a race of bland, boring, industrious pixies.
** And just general grown-up friendly silliness
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** And...
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** And...
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'''Cosmo''': Just like the IRS! }}
** And don't forget:
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'''Cosmo''': Just like Dr. Phil! }}
** Then there was the first Wishology episode. The minute that Timmy's dad popped open his case full of "goodies", I was on the floor.
** And in an early episode with Mr. Crocker, as he ponders a trap that will either reveal once and for all that Timmy has fairy godparents to save him, or leave him dead...
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** The second episode with Anti-Cosmo has a ''Silence of the Lambs'' reference.
{{quote|
'''Wanda''': Clarise?
'''Anti-Cosmo''': So sorry, can't see a thing without my monocle. }}
** Wishology trilogy, anyone? ''[[The Matrix|Matrix]]'' references like there is no tomorrow, along with ''[[The Lord of the Rings (
* ''[[
** The most famous example is a restaurant called "[[A Date
* In addition to practically being an entire show's worth of homage to ''[[
** 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
** Sentinel in "Predacons Rising" - "Don't just stand there with your pistons in your servos." Really now?
* Any episode of ''[[The Tick (
* ''[[
** The sequence includes a closeup of shapely legs in fishnets {{spoiler|-- Patrick's.}}
** The surprise appearance of ''[[
** 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''.
** Let's see, there's Ned and the Needlefish, an obvious reference to Hootie and the Blowfish; an episode titled "Krabby Road", like [[The Beatles (
** A musical bonus: In the episode where Patrick becomes smart when he switches his brain with brain coral, he mentions a clarinet piece by "Cornelius Bumpfish". Someone on the writing team must like Steely Dan, whose clarinetist was a man named Cornelius Bumpus.
** In one episode, Patrick dressed in drag and Squidward called 'her' "his [[Peter Paul Rubens|Rubenesque]] beauty".
** "You're a man, Spongebob, and it's about time you acted like one. First, puff up your chest. Then, say 'tax exemption'. Now you must adopt a taste for free-form jazz."
* ''[[
** What's the second rule of chess club?
*** You do '''NOT''' talk about chess club.
** In another...
{{quote|
'''Kim Possible''': Shut your mouth!
'''Dr. Drakken''': I'm just talking about Nana.
Sadly, Kim did not answer "I can dig it." }}
*** The exchange was, however, played out in full in a ''Shaft'' parody episode of ''[[Dexter's Laboratory]]'' between Dee Dee and a friend.
** And in yet another:
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** Okay kiddies, how many of you have seen ''[[Psycho]]''? How about played ''[[Resident Evil]]'' or ''[[Splinter Cell]]''? Because homage is payed to all of these in one episode or another.
** And then there was this:
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** "[[Witch
** How many people in ''Kim Possible''{{'}}s target demographic would recognize the character Ron is channeling in
** 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
** Paraphrased:
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'''Yang:''' The Booby Trap factory, which is safe for you because you don't have bo-
'''Yin:''' Hold that insensitive remark! }}
* Dylan the rabbit from ''[[The Magic Roundabout]]'' was (at least in the UK [[Gag Dub]]) portrayed as an [[Erudite Stoner]], and often said things that ''might'' have been about drugs. This gets a lot more blatant in [[The Movie]].
* ''[[Justice League (
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'''Hawkgirl:''' Which might explain why you can't get a date.
'''Flash:''' Yeah... hey, what's THAT supposed to mean? }}
** Or Hawkman's remark after Hawkgirl attacks a villain with a whip.
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** Interestingly, Hawkgirl seems to me involved in a lot of these:
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** Another Hawkgirl example pops up when [[The Joker]] accuses her of "sublimating [her] passions with [[Freud Was Right|that big honkin' mace."]]
** Possibly the most blatant example occurs in the episode where Flash and Luthor switch bodies. Tala, who had been trying to seduce Lex for a while, leads him (actually Flash) into the bedroom to "rest". Shortly after the door closes, we hear him happily chirp "Hey, that's not restful."
** How about in the episode "Epilogue"? That was a pretty impressive one.
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'''Terry McGinnis:''' [raises eyebrow]
'''Amanda Waller:''' Not remotely what I meant! }}
** A pretty infamous one:
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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
** Katma Tui asking John Stewart if he still snores in his sleep...
* ''[[Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers (
** 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.
* ''[[
** 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
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** One of the titular character's "sisters" sounded just like [[The
* ''[[Histeria
** Or saying of Greek Poet Sappho, "She didn't play well [[Les Yay|with boys]]."
** ''Histeria!'' was full of this stuff. Look at some of the songs. How many kids in their demographic would actually get songs based on ''"[[
** Hell, the show had ''Grand''parental Bonuses. Jack Benny as [[Thomas Jefferson]], Bob Hope as [[George Washington]], Frank Sinatra as [[Gaius Julius Caesar|Caesar]].
* In the ''[[
** Even better, the leader of the nomads was named Chong.
** What about Sokka waiting for Suki in a tent filled with flowers and candles, and [[Does This Remind You of Anything?|not wearing any pants?]]
** Also, in the episode "Sokka's Master
** When choosing their vacation spots, Sokka tells Toph she hasn't worked with them long enough to choose her vacation.
** All of the violence is normally something a child would not understand.
* ''[[
** Face it [[Nickelodeon]] loves these to death. [[SpongeBob SquarePants
* ''George Shrinks'' has the titular character, at one point, tell a bee to go pollinate itself.
* One episode of ''[[
* 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 [
* 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 (
** In the episode when Buster is diagnosed with asthma, Arthur accidentally induces an asthma attack when he's reading an old, dusty joke book with Buster. The following exchange with his father ensues:
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'''Mr. Read''': How could it be your fault?
'''Arthur''': It's because I showed him those dirty books! That's what made him sick. I just know it!
''(Confused look on Mr. Read's face)'' }}
** In one Arthur episode there was a band called "Binky" that looked and sounded suspiciously like ABBA. They had the same amount of popularity and were even from Europe.
** In another episode, when The Brain and Sue Ellen are going to do a science project, Brain imagines himself explaining that he managed to resurrect a dinosaur at a science seminar. Said dinosaur turns out to be a Tyrannosaurus Rex, and the audience is understandably scared. Brain then tells them to stay a bit. The Tyrannosaur is then given a microphone and then recites a Groucho Marx joke (more specifically, its the one where Groucho Marx explains that one day, he found an Elephant in his pajamas, and that he'll never know how it got in there).
* Derek Blunt, in the ''[[Darkwing Duck (
** Darkwing did this all the time. Take the episode "Twin Beaks": the alien cows claim to be from the planet Larson, on "The far side of the galaxy." ''[[
** "Trading Faces" gives us this little gem.
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* ''[[
** In one episodes, Mac was frustrated because Bloo ''left him'' (clearly behaving more like a husband whose wife just left him than a little boy whose BFF just left him). To make it even better, Mac goes to an ice cream parlor right afterward.... and everybody who watches the show knows that he reacts to sugar like others react to drugs. The following scene looks... ripped out of a relationship-drama movie.
** In ''Partying is Such a Sweet Soiree'', Bloo tells Mac what they got for their party: "...and on the 6th floor, Ring around the Rosey, [[
** In the episode ''Store Wars'', the group passes by the window display of a store for women's underwear. Bloo walks right past it, but 8 year old Mac takes a glimpse while smiling in a pretty strange way. Adult woman Frankie and female imaginary friend Coco look at it interested and coward Eduardo covers his eyes in horror.
** That show had a ''[[Blues Brothers]]'' reference of all things. And not just any Blues Brothers reference, they almost quoted verbatim the most famous line of the movie:
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** A random character with Morrisey-esque hair talked entirely in altered
*** On a similar note, in the episode "Nightmare on Wilson Way", after Eduardo becomes a zombie, Bloo mutters "Well, Ed is dead." "Ed is Dead" is the name of a Pixies song.
** They also parodied the Death Star trench run. No, not Luke's, ''Red Leader's''. And in an episode that Blu gets fantastically rich, he sails around inside the house on a tiny steamboat. It's name: The Bloosatania. And then there was Arthur Dent trying to Hitchhike to Magrathea...
*** 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:
* Although ''[[
** 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
** 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.
* ''[[Donkey Kong Country (
* The Playhouse Disney show ''[[Special Agent Oso]]'' has episode titles like [[James Bond|"Gold Flower" and "A View To A Kitten"]].
* ''[[The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack]]'' in the episode "Whale Times." Bubbie meets a whale names Harvey, and they like each other. Bubbie isn't that kind of whale though. Also with that comes an innocent-Flapjack comment after they realize Harvey kidnaps people from other giant creatures, "Harvey sure does get around."
* ''[[Ruby Gloom]]'' makes a rather obscure [[The Beatles|Beatles]] reference in the episode "Beat Goes On", when Frank cries out "''I got blisters on my fingers!''". Frank is quoting [[
* ''[[Codename
** Then there's an episode based on [[Isaac Asimov]]'s book ''[[Fantastic Voyage (
** And then there's ''Operation RECRUIT'', which is more or less a direct parody of ''[[
*** And ''Operation ARCHIVE'', which '''is''' a direct parody of the Animatrix segment "The Second Renaissance".
** Numbuh One dresses up as a [[Star Trek|Borg]] in the Halloween episode and even says "You will be <s>assimilated</s> [[Buffy-Speak|joinified]]."
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** Operation COUCH- most of it, especially Emperor Dave.
* ''[[Thomas the Tank Engine]]'' has an episode titled "Escape", where Oliver is saved from scrap. The music that plays while he's being spirited away from the diesel area is clearly based on the famous tune from ''[[The Great Escape]]''.
* As quoted above, ''[[
** The ''Phineas and Ferb'' special "The Summer Belongs To You" had the gang stop in Paris. While in it, Phineas gawks at the Moulin Rouge. What is the Moulin Rouge?
** Also, in "Phineas and Ferb's Quantum Boogaloo" when Candace's time travel causes Doofenshmirtz to take over the world, he sings a song called, "It's a Charmed Life". One of the lyrics is "Everyone else is the proletariat and baby I'm the bourgeoisie! Look it up Joe!" Most kids, in fact quite a few adults, do not know those words.
** In one episode, when Perry tapped on Doofensmirtz's window and then disappeared offscreen, Doofenshmirtz opened up the window and made a rather fantastic literary reference...
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** Not to mention that the ''entire'' "Harbor Day" episode was a giant parody of [[Moby Dick
** From the episode "Finding Mary [[MacGuffin]]":
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'''Phineas''': [[Catch Phrase|Yes. Yes we...]]
*puts on sunglasses*
'''Phineas''': ''are.''
'''[[CSI: Miami|YEAHHHHHH!!!!!]]''' }}
* ''[[The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron:
** "I don't know, Sheen, if that's the case, then my mom has a lot of Ultra Lord Double Barrel Slingshots..."
* From ''[[The Magic School Bus]]'':
** At one point, the bus turns into the ''[[Star Trek|Enterprise]]''.
** Not to mention the Friz herself. As many a disgruntled cosplayer has noted, Ms. Frizzle is stacked.
** In the episode where they go to space, they are going past Uranus. Arnold jumps into his cousin's lap, to which she says, "[[Uranus Is Showing]] doesn't do a thing for me, so please get off!" Arnold replies, "Sorry, Janet, but I have to stay on top of the situation."
** In "Gets Ready, Set, Dough", while the class is stuck in an oven, Phoebe says, "At my old school, we never got baked."
** When Ms. Frizzle is put on trial for taking Keesha's cucumber ("In A Pickle"), her prisoner number is [[Les Misérables (
* On an episode of ''[[
* ''[[Wallace and Gromit]]''{{'}}s Gromit has been seen reading the following books: "Electronics for Dogs," "Pluto's Republic," and (while in prison) "Crime and Punishment" by [[Incredibly Lame Pun|Fido Dogstoyevski]]. Gromit was also enrolled in [[Harry Potter (
** There's also the scene in ''The Curse Of The Were Rabbit'' where Wallace's contraptions go wrong and he ends up naked in his kitchen except for a box around his waist. The box reads, "Caution: may contain nuts."
* Not really a funny one, but in one episode of ''[[
* In one episode of ''[[Coconut
* ''[[
* The sketch show ''[[
* ''[[Batman:
* ''[[My Little Pony:
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