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These are the cheeky adult jokes in kids’ cartoons that you totally missed as a child

This is why your parents were laughing so much at the cartoons you were watching as a child

GROWING up were you ever baffled as to why your parents would laugh so much when you watched cartoons?

Yes you thought they were great, but you didn't find it as funny as them, so perhaps there was something you missed.

Not many children would have understood what this character meant when she said she was an accident too
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Not many children would have understood what this character meant when she said she was an accident too

Well it turns out there was.

Your favourite cartoons were littered with cheeky adult jokes to keep the old folk entertained.

From sexual innuendoes to subliminal messaging, these images show your favourite childhood TV programmes are not as innocent as you once thought.

Here's just a couple that might have gone completely over your head.

Size does matter to Lord Farquaad

Most children would have been left scratching their heads thinking about Shrek's question. But all adults watching the film would know exactly what the green ogre was referring too.
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Most children would have been left scratching their heads thinking about Shrek's question. But all adults watching the film would know exactly what the green ogre was referring too.

Dirty duck

Daffy Duck is fulfilling his fantasies with his favourite magazine
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Daffy Duck is fulfilling his fantasies with his favourite magazine

Toy Story had us hooked

To children she's just a set of barbie legs and a fishing rod. To adults she's a hooker
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To children she's just a set of barbie legs and a fishing rod. To adults she's a hooker

Scooby Doo sexism

This subtle bit of sexism would have had the dads chuckling
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This subtle bit of sexism would have had the dads chuckling

Alone time

Maybe he needed a good cry we thought... We now know differently
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Maybe he needed a good cry we thought... We now know differently

Putting your foot in it

It looks like Frozen's Anna was just as innocent as all the children watching the film
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It looks like Frozen's Anna was just as innocent as all the children watching the film

Family portrait

Do the three little piggies really know what happened to their dad?
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Do the three little piggies really know what happened to their dad?

Rampant rabbit

Children watching Zootopia would think she's good at maths, others would know rabbits breed like crazy
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Children watching Zootopia would think she's good at maths, others would know rabbits breed like crazy

Strict instructions

Look a little closer and you'll see this is more than a sign telling you to wash your hands
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Look a little closer and you'll see this is more than a sign telling you to wash your hands

 

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And, while they like to have a laugh sometimes it's at their children's expense as these names show

But sometimes the best giggles are when children are caught red-handed getting up to mischief

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