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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* An early example, ''[[Maicching Machiko-sensei
* Lots of these are present in ''[[Kirby: Right Back at Ya!]]'', since the series has tons of [[Shout-Out|Shout Outs]] in general.
* 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.
== [[Comic Books]] ==
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* [[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 (comics)|Rorschach]], and a surprising hint of [[Ho Yay|Les Yay]]. In ''one'' comic.
* ''[[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]]'' 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.▼
* ''[[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]] 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 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.▼
▲* [[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]]?"
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** 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.
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** 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 (1997 film)
** 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!"—the Roman numerals for 911.
** 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 the Beast (1991 film)|Beauty and the Beast]]'', the wardrobe says "Let me see what I have in my drawers" and then a bunch of underwear flies out. The double meaning of drawers is sometimes completely lost on kids.
** 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.}}
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** 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 "[[wikipedia:Expanding bullet|Dum-dums!]]"
* ''[[Enchanted]]'' has quite a bit of this as well.
* ''[[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 (film)|How the Grinch Stole Christmas]]'', the Grinch as a young boy looks in at a Christmas party where people are dropping keys into a fishbowl; indicating this was a ''swingers'' party.
** 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".
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** 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
{{quote|'''Cruella:''' Well, what can I say? ''Accidents'' will happen.
'''Roger:''' We're having puppies, too.
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{{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
*** 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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** ''[[WALL-E]]'' has about five dozen ''[[2001: A Space Odyssey]]'' references.
*** Also, "Stay The Course"
** ''[[A Bug's
{{quote|'''Fly''': Hey, cutie! You wanna pollinate with a real bug?}}
** If you pay attention to the very beginning of ''[[Cars]]'', you'll notice the two red Miatas flashing their headlights at Lightning McQueen.
*** 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 ''[[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 Parental Bonuses. Their finest example is probably ''[[Chicken Run]];'' if it's a [[World War II]] prison escape/action film and is pretty well known, ''[[Chicken Run]]'' probably includes a clever [[Shout-Out]] to it. Even the ''score'' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUDCbOVmSdU gets into the act.]
* In ''[[
** ''[[Dexter's
* ''[[Pirates of the Caribbean]]: Dead Man's Chest'' has a deliciously subtle one when Tia Dalma finds the Black Spot (an omen of death) in Jack Sparrow's palm:
{{quote|''' Gibbs ''': The Black Spot!
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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 first ''[[Scooby-Doo (film)
{{quote|Woman on Plane tells Shaggy her name is Mary-Jane.
'''Shaggy''': Mary-Jane? That's my favorite name! }}
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* In ''[[Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey]]'', Chance the dog is chewing a shoe and offers a piece to Sassy the cat. She replies "No thanks, I'm not into leather".
** 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:
{{quote|'''Buster''': I can't marry all three of them, that's bigamy!
'''Big Daddy Boo''': No, that's big 'a ''me''!
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{{quote|'''Dorothy''': We've brought you the broomstick of the Wicked Witch of the West. We melted her.
'''Wizard''': You liquidated her, eh? }}
** The line spouted by the Scarecrow when he received the Th.D. degree, which was a hashed
{{quote|The sum of the square roots of any two sides of an isosceles triangle is equal to the square root of the remaining side.}}
** The wizard awarding the Lion a medal called the Triple Cross.
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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:
{{quote|'''Charlie:''' Woah! You're flying!
'''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:
{{quote|'''Bernard:''' It's... Charlie.
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== [[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]].
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*** 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|Caligari]] Carnival.
* Louise Rennison's ''Withering Tights'', a 2010 novel aimed at
* In the ''Rainbow Magic'' series (for girls under
*
▲== 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]]s 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.
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** 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 "[[The Man Your Man Could Smell Like]]", teaching kids the word "on". It even skips "The tickets are now diamonds" with the clam biting Grover's nose. At the end, Grover says, "I'm on a horse!" but it is a cow, and he corrects himself after the cow moos.
** 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]].
{{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.
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** 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 Parental Bonuses in his Electric Company songs, though.
* ''[[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 ''[[iCarly]]'' episode "iMeet Fred", one character sings "I buried Paul."
** 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]]s to ''[[Doctor Who]]'' (new and classic) and ''Torchwood'' also count.
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** 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-wee's
** 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|Bohemian Rhapsody]]
* ''[[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]] ==▼
▲== Music ==
* [[The Wiggles]], an Australian children's music group, has done covers of songs by [[The Beatles]]. Including 'Octopus's Garden', fittingly as one of their mascots is Henry the Octopus.
** Not to mention they have a song called "The Clap."
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* 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,<ref>[[Captain Obvious|13-17-year-olds.]]</ref> but still counts because most parents are forced to listen to the music their teenagers play when they travel in the car.
== [[Newspaper Comics]] ==
▲* ''[[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.
▲* ''[[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 (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 ''[[EarthBound]]'' yet? The Beatles references never end: the Runaway Five, a yellow submarine, and a set of default names for Ness & co.
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** Per[[Tenacious D|tinacious 'D']]
** [[Getting Crap Past the Radar|Astro Glider]]
* [[Humongous Entertainment]]. Oh boy, where to start? [[Pajama Sam]]'s superhero references, ''[[Spy Fox]]''{{'}}s [[James Bond]] references, ''[[Backyard Sports]]''{{'}}s '80s references (most pros were kids then)... all more likely to grab parents than kids.
** 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 [[Elton John]].
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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 ''[[Pepper Ann]]'', the titular character goes into Abe's Mall (with a big statue of Abe Lincoln out front) to buy some pimple cream. The names of various shops in the mall float behind her, including "John Wilkes Photo Booth," "Getty's Burgers," "Four Score and Seven Year Pets," and "Civil Wear."
* The BBC pre-school educational programme, ''[[Numberjacks]]'', had a rather British example when Number 4 and 6 both caught ''[[The Goon Show|The Dreaded Lurgi]]''.
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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 Parental Bonus. For instance, "Josh and the Big Wall" features peas with French accents [[Monty Python and the Holy Grail|taunting Joshua from atop a wall]]. References to ''[[Madame Bovary]]'', ''[[Gilligan's
** 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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** "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 ''[[The Powerpuff Girls]]'' titled "Los Dos Mojos" included its own ''[[Monty Python and the Holy Grail]]'' reference:
{{quote|'''Mojo Jojo:''' That's all just well enough, because in reality there is only room enough in this world for one Mojo Jojo. One shall be the number of Mojo Jojos in the world, and the number of Mojo Jojos in the world shall be one. Two Mojo Jojos is too many, and three is right out!}}
** Another episode referred to ''[[The Big Lebowski]]'', when Professor Utonium laments a rug that "really tied the room together".
*** 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 ''[[Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends]]''. [[Craig McCracken]] is a ''huge'' fan of the movie.
*** 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."
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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
** The episode with the Beauty Pageant had [[Dune|"gom jabbar"]] among the Pageant contests.
{{quote|'''Mindy''': ''It burns! It burns!''
** 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.
{{quote|'''Billy''': [[Bathroom Stall Graffiti|For a good time, call --]]
'''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 from New York]]'' and Ash Williams played by [[Bruce Campbell]] in ''[[Evil Dead]]''.
** 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.
* ''[[Chowder]]''. For an example, in one episode, Endive wears mood fruit, fruit that changes color to reflect the wearers mood. I'm not sure, but I think the fact that most of the time, every part of it is a different colour means something...but I
** 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:
{{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▼
▲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. }}
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'''Teacher''': No, no, it's easy. Here, I'll conjugate with you.
'''Yakko''': (to camera) Goodnight, everybody! }}
::and
{{quote|The Warners open up a bust of Freud like a Pez dispenser.
'''Dr. Scratchensniff''': Stop playing with my bust!
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*** [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 LaMarche]] (The Brain's voice actor) sent up the same famous Frozen Peas recording session in an episode of ''[[The Critic]]'', throwing in fish stick advertisements into a videotaped living will. "They're even better when you're
** Also, there was a ''[[THX-1138]]'' reference in the intro chalkboard scene.
** One episode of ''[[Pinky and The Brain]]'' was done entirely as a parody of ''[[The Third Man]]''.
** 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).
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'''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.
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** 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/Radar|"Boy, they were right! It didn't have a chance."]]
*** ''[[Hey Arnold!]]'' used the phrase "Snowball's chance" repeatedly in the episode "Stinky Goes Hollywood".
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*** 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:
{{quote|'''Timmy's Dad''': *
'''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|'''Cleft (Timmy)''': Thanks, CC! You saved me!
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'''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
{{quote|'''Wanda (after Cosmo slightly alters her hair color in a fight):''' I'm not a summer, I'm a winter!}}
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'''Cosmo''': Just like the IRS! }}
** And don't forget:
{{quote|'''Wanda''':Oh no, now he's evil
'''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.
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'''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 (film)|The Lord of the Rings]]'', ''[[Terminator (franchise)|Terminator]] Salvation'', Back to the Future, ''[[Men in Black (film)|Men in Black]]'', ''[[Star Wars]]'', ''[[Cast Away]]''....
* ''[[Rocko's Modern Life]]'' was thickly saturated with these; the creators throttled things down considerably for ''[[SpongeBob SquarePants]]''. However, the latter's popularity put it on the [[Media Watchdog]] radar and as a result, it was subject to more controversy.
** 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".
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*** 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?
* Any episode of ''[[The Tick (animation)|The Tick]]''. The show doesn't quite make sense when you watch it as a kid, but things such as the "Ottoman Empire" (a bunch of goons obsessed with furniture) work out for older audiences.
* ''[[SpongeBob SquarePants]]'', as mentioned earlier, is a particular user of this trope, culminating in [[The Movie]] ending with Spongebob defeating Plankton with [[The Power of Rock]]. The song? A parody of [[Twisted Sister]]'s ''I Wanna Rock''.
** 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]]'' Parental Bonus.
** Another referenced [[George Carlin]]'s "Seven Words You Can Never Say on Television" routine.
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** 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 (band)|The Beatles]]' album ''Abbey Road''; the episode "Lost Mattress", where, at the end of the mattress shopping montage,
** 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".
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'''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:
{{quote|'''Señor Senior Sr.:''' [[Talking Heads (band)|Junior, this is not a party! This is not a disco! This is not... fooling around!]]}}
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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
** 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:
{{quote|'''Yin:''' Yang, where do you think Carl the Evil Cockroach has gone?
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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 Parental Bonus into [[Viewers Are Geniuses]] territory:
{{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!]]
** 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 ''"[[Ghostbusters]]"'' or "Theme from ''[[Shaft]]''"?
** 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 ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'' episode "The Cave of Two Lovers
** 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.
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** 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, [[If You Know What I Mean|If you know what I mean]]..." Mac answers: "Not really." Bloo: "Yeah, me neither." And just a few minutes later, Mac gets into a pretty extreme form of the [[Mushroom Samba]]. Sugar seems to contain ecstasy in the FHFIF-universe, at least for Mac. "High" doesn't even come close to describe sweet little Mac's behaviour for the rest of the episode.
** 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:
{{quote|'''Bloo''': It's a hundred and six blocks to Mac. I've got a full bladder, half an idea where I'm going, it's Tuesday and I'm wearing sunglasses.
'''Frankie''': Hit it. }}
** 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: 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 on the Roof|Fiddler Crab on the
** 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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'''Phineas''': ''are.''
'''[[CSI: Miami|YEAHHHHHH!!!!!]]''' }}
* ''[[The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius
** "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 (novel)|24601]].
* On an episode of ''[[Tiny Toon Adventures]]'', Buster, Babs, Plucky, and Hamton go on a treasure hunt. They find it buried [[It's A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World|under trees shaped like an X]], and later, as they're fighting over the treasure, Plucky gets caught in a tree. As his treasure pours out of his bag into Hamton's, Hamton notes "The trickle-down theory", which would require quite a bit of knowledge of economics.
* ''[[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 (novel)|Dogwarts]] University.
** 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 ''[[Batman Beyond]]'', Barbara Gordon comments that people finding out about her past may jeopardize her husband's run for re-election. Younger children would probably not understand that (why would anyone hate Batgirl?)
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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
* ''[[My Little Pony:
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