So lets celebrate those moments. Reddit user KeenestDerp1 asked:
What kids movie has no right to be as good as it is?
So here's the thing, I'm never gonna tell people who don't want kids or can't afford kids etc. to go out and have babies just so you have an "excuse" to watch children's movies and TV.
But I am going to say you should totally still watch some kids stuff from time to time! Cartoons and kids movies now aren't the slapstick pointless explosion of color they used to be.
They're deep, emotional, political, deal with trauma, tell compelling stories ... aaaaaaaand are an explosion of color! Seriously. Don't sleep on kids programming, take a look at what these people had to say:
Groove With It
emperors new groove feel the power GIFGiphy"Emperors New Groove, fur sure. Yzma and Kronk are easily the funniest Disney villains of all time."
"Other villains like Gaston, Ursula, or Scar have funny moments, but ultimately become legitimate, scary threats by the end. Or Frollo or Shan Yu, who have no humor to redeem them at all."
"Kronk and Yzma, however, remain amusing throughout, and survive on top of that. Eartha Kitt and Patrick Warburton had such great comedic delivery."
"Yzma: That's it, Kronk! Break the door down!"
"Kronk: Break it down, are you kidding me? This is hand-carved mahogany." - Dahhhkness
Vin Diesel At His Best
feels love it GIFGiphy"The Iron Giant has some of the absolute best animation" - ElephantExplosion
"My wife always likes to look my way at the ending, she knows the waterworks are coming. She gets a kick out of it." - piberryboy
"Unironically my favorite vin diesel performance. With only a few words he was able to convey so much (with the help of expert animation)."
"You are you choose to be/superman sequence is as powerful as anything else I've seen in live action." - Hogwarts_Earth2
" 'You stay. I go. No following.' " - TheTruthenatorer
Rats In A Kitchen
ratatouille GIFGiphy"Ratatouille. A bunch of rats in a restaurant should not make such a great movie." - cdgal38382
"I think the food critic Anton Egos speech at the end is possibly one of the greatest bits of writing in cinema history."
" 'The world is often unkind to new talent, new creations. The new needs friends.' "
" 'Last night, I experienced something new: an extraordinary meal from a singularly unexpected source. To say that both the meal and its maker have challenged my preconceptions about fine cooking is a gross understatement. They have rocked me to my core.' "
" 'In the past, I have made no secret of my disdain for Chef Gusteau's famous motto, 'Anyone can cook.' But I realize, only now do I truly understand what he meant. Not everyone can become a great artist; but a great artist can come from anywhere.' " - scotlandisbae
Kung Fu
kung fu panda love GIFGiphy"Kung Fu Panda. You'd expect a lot of fat jokes and not much else, but all three movies are fantastic in terms of action, drama, and emotions." - WeirdGuy149
"I avoided these movies for so long because I thought they looked dumb as hell and I also don't always care for Jack Black."
"Then my kids got obsessed with these movies and every time I watched it I noticed something new and became more and more impressed. It's got a solid story, solid mythology, and the movie is constantly referencing itself and keeping itself aligned with its themes."
"The fact that the movie is full of scenes of Po doing random stuff and getting hurt in random ways and then every single one of those incidents is brought back in the fight at the end is just amazing to me." - TypewriterKey
"Was about to comment this, actually. Trailers make you think it's a dumb animated comedy, but it ends up being an unironically solid martial arts flick" - ProfessionalSquid
Dragon Time
how to train your dragon smile GIFGiphy"As a 30 year old man, 'How To Train Your Dragon' remains my favorite movie of all time. Perfect writing, perfect voice acting, perfect music, perfect animation - Toothless, a dragon with zero lines of dialogue, has more personality than most kid's movie protagonists."
"Fun fact, that movie uses more callback lines than any I've ever seen. I counted once and there's more than 15 lines of dialogue that get repeated at different points throughout the movie to show change or character development. This includes, but is not limited to:"
- "This is Berk"
- "Thank you for summing that up"
- "You just gestured to all of me"
- "That's for ______, that's for everything else"
- "Ohhh I am hurt, I am very much hurt"
- "I did this"
- "Why didn't you?"
- "We're Vikings, it's an occupational hazard"
"Also notable for having shockingly good sequels as well."
"The second movie is arguably as good as the first, and the third, while not quite as good at the first two, is nonetheless excellent and a worthy conclusion to the series." - NotMieFault
A 90 Minute Toy Commercial
lego batman wink GIF by The LEGO MovieGiphy"The Lego Movie"
"I was expecting it to be a 90 minute toy commercial. Instead it was really, really good, with a good message about creativity and some great songs."
"Also Lego Batman was better than most live action superhero movies." - TheseWereThePlaces
"These movies were so hysterical!"
"My kids begged me to watch with them. I begrudgingly said yes. I thought it would be so dumb - I loved them!"
"To the point where after we had watched it several times-when there was a movie night months later I would suggest Lego Batman and my son would be like"
" 'Mooooom AGAIN?' " - Absofrickinlutely
A Story About Sisters
lilo and stitch lol GIF by DisneyGiphy"I watched Lilo and Stitch again recently as an adult, and I realized it's a story about an older sister trying to keep her family together with some aliens thrown in."
"Had me crying throughout the whole thing. Much different than how I remembered it as a kid!" - AGeneNamedCry
"Yeah it's really really heavy. Like they even got Lilo's acting out and tantrums from trying to process losing her parents right." - wardsac
"And Nani's room has lots of awards for surfing, implying she gave up that career to take care of Lilo." - SmartAlec105
"My husband, who does not get emotional over movies, couldn't watch it."
"He didn't actually lose both parents, but his dad died suddenly when he was 9 and the loss crushed his mom. He can recall years when his mom was almost always in bed crying."
"His brother basically raised him from ages 9-14 because their mom had become a shell of her former self."
"He cried watching Lilo & Stitch. I have never seen him cry over any other movie, ever. I think it just hit too close to home for him." - captkronni
"My wife and I have some contact with the foster care system (in a volunteer capacity), and yeah--this movie hits way harder now."
"Nani is a goddamn saint, but she's clearly in over her head in a world that isn't set up for her to succeed. The scene where she accepts that Lilo is going to be taken away and just holds her absolutely wrecks me." - BlueOysterCultist
"Aloha O'e (the song she sings to Lilo) adds another layer of heart wrenching to the scene too."
"It was composed by the last queen of Hawaii and she sang it to her people when Hawaii lost its independence. The writers for the movie legitimately added a whole lot of culture into the film in terms of the native Hawaiian experience." - Worthyness
Father/Son Films
stand out goofy movie GIFGiphy"I was an assistant manager at a movie theater when 'A Goofy Movie' came out. I could get my family into movies free, but I had to go with them."
"When that movie came out my little brother begged me to take him. I brought him, my sister and my mom, thinking I'd duck out after a few minutes & hang out in the office with whoever was working."
"I ended up watching every minute & absolutely loving it. My mother, a woman now well into her 60's, still loves this movie to this day. She pulled out her old VHS copy when we were there for Easter & we all watched it."
"It 100% holds up over time & I think it's one of the best father/son movies I've ever seen." - Zorgsmom
The Best Musicians Movie
Disney Pixar GIF by Disney+Giphy"Coco. Everyone talks about Hispanic representation, dealing with death, and gut-wrenching emotional turmoil, and Coco definitely has all that in spades, but as a musician and specifically a guitarist..."
"The chords are right. The plucking, strumming, dynamics are right. The instruments are right. Even the accompaniment."
"And when Miguel is sitting in his little hideaway, the look on his face when he gets into his playing is a genuine look that I've only seen musicians make. The moment he made that face I knew I was in for something special."
"This isn't a petulant child who insists on a hobby his parents hate, this is an artist feeling their art, someone with music in their soul that NEEDS to be played."
"And the stunning truth of how music is so powerful it can even occasionally, momentarily, overcome something as strong as dementia... that scene makes everyone cry but it WRECKED me."
"I watched that movie in theaters, went home, dusted off a neglected instrument, and unashamedly wept into the chords. Best musician's movie ever." - Enmaku
Now go! Stop reading articles on your phone and go watch something childish and great.
Redditor Pooky135790 wanted to know:
"What are the best adult jokes that are hidden in kids movies?"
These scenes really had us rolling.
Shrek definitely has a few innuendos.
"In Shrek talking about Snow White:"
"'Although she lives with 7 other men, she's not easy.'"
"Gets me every time!"
- Sregge
"The whole Duloc opening scene with the singing puppets. 'Please keep off of the grass, shine your shoes, wipe your…….face.'"
"Also in Shrek: when they get to Farquuad's castle, they note the large size of it, and Shrek asks if Farquuad is compensating for something."
"This joke is great because everyone can laugh at it."
"Kids will think it's a joke about his height."
"Adults will think it's a joke about his other kind of height."
Lord Farquaad Ok GIF by PeacockTVGiphyCars had plenty of jokes.
"In Cars when the two Miata ladies flash their pop-ups at McQueen"
"I didn't realize for years that that was the connotation."
"Look at that scene again and look at the photographers behind Mia."
"It took me a second but I think the one directly in the middle is zooming in on their posteriors lmfao."
- -Paint
lightning mcqueen car GIF by Disney PixarGiphy"Also the Piston Cup. 'He did what in his cup?!' Funny enough 10 year old me got that and my dad didn't."
"Also in Cars, when Mack is driving down the highway and wants to pull over into a truck stop to rest, the sign at the truck stop says 'Top Down Truck Stop, All Convertible Waitresses.'"
Robots had it's fair share of moments.
"In Robots the [father of the] main character and his wife get the parts for their robot child and exclaim, 'Making the baby's the fun part!'"
"Also the old lady bot, Aunt Fanny, has a lot of junk in her trunk."
Oh, Ratatouille.
"There is that one scene from Ratatouille, when Linguini is about to confess about how Remy is in his hat cooking for him, and says 'I... have... a little... tiny...' and right after he says tiny, Collette quickly glances down at his pants. I never even noticed it until someone pointed it out to me because it is pretty subtle and can be easy to miss."
"Seriously the best dick joke in a kid's movie."
"That and the time when the short lil chef guy catches linguini in the pantry and says, 'One can become to familiar with vegetables, you know!'"
ratatouille flirting GIF by Disney PixarGiphyCoco really went there!
"In Coco, everybody laughs when they say Hector died 'choking on chorizo.'"
"'Choking on chorizo' is Mexican slang for sucking d*ck."
"I mean the song Hector sings to his dying friend has the implied, but not spoken, lyrics: 'And her tits they drag on the floor...' (he says 'knuckles' but the guy shouts, 'those aren't the words!')."
- TerH2
What a forgotten gem Monster House was.
"Monster House."
"'That's it's uvula!' 'Oh.... So it's a girl house....'"
"Rick and Morty gets a lot of hate around here because of the sh*tty fan base, but Dan Harmon is a genuinely funny writer."
"Could not BELIEVE Dan Harmon was a writer on this 'til I googled Monster House; your point is a good one lol."
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Even in Frozen.
"'Foot size doesn't matter' - when Anna from Frozen talks about her fiancé."
"Frozen 2, 'I like you better in leather anyway' when Kristoff dresses up for Anna at the end."
"My boyfriend and roommate and I all watched it and all three of us spat our drinks at that and we all did the 'Did we just hear what we think we heard?' look. Then we laughed for like 10 solid minutes."
Not a movie, but still good.
"There was an episode of Dexter's laboratory where the father kept going on about Dexter's mother's muffin, and saying he only married her for her muffin. The whole episode was filled with innuendo."
"'Your father is a muffin fiend, a muff-o-maniac, just the aroma can make him crazy.' Lol. Had to see it for myself."
"Season 2 ep 18 The Muffin King."
"There was the episode about DeeDee and Dexter having decoder rings! DeeDee says Dexter's club is for big 'I-D-K-S-C' Dexter decodes it, gasps, and says he's gonna tell mom. Lol."
Whispering French GIFGiphySpider-Man: Homecoming just got a lot more adult.
"In Spider-Man: Homecoming."
"There's a short montage of Ned asking Peter lots of questions after finding out he's Spider-Man. He asks how far Peter can shoot his webs and adds "If I were you, I'd stand on top of a building and just shoot it as far as I could." And a girl sitting behind them in class turns around with a disgusted look on her face."
"Doubles as a reference to Sam Raimi's Spider-Man."
"You hit the nail on the head for me, was trying to remember why I didn't get the sexual part."
A theory emerges about Aladdin.
"The fact that there was a Brothel in Aladdin and that all the women there knew Aladdin."
- Kyro_Sol
"Given his extreme poverty, I don't see how he could be a customer. Alternately, being the son of a prostitute would explain his position in society."
- e_t_
"Headcanon: his mother was a prostitute and the ladies are sweet on him and help him escape because she was beloved in that brothel."
swoon kiss GIFGiphyMatilda's parents were being quite inappropriate.
"In Matilda, Matilda is trying to talk to her mother, who is talking animatedly on the phone. While Matilda is trying to get her attention, the mom says into the phone, 'You should shave yours, it'll change your life.'"
"Also in Matilda, the seen where her dad asks her what she's reading and she says Moby Dick. He freaks out, rips up the book and calls it filth. It took me a while to get that one, I thought he just hated reading."
The Toy Story series had a few subtle jokes in there as well.
"This is mild, but I never noticed until I watched it a few years ago. In the beginning scenes of Toy Story, Mr. Potato Head uses his own lips to peck his behind with. He does this while talking about Slinky, implying he's a kiss-ass."
"Also in Toy Story 3(?) Lotso takes Mrs. Potato Head's mouth after she's complaining."
"Mr. Potato Head jumps in and says 'hey, nobody takes my wife's mouth…. Except me!'"
"Also Hamm in the second one: 'Alright nobody look until I put my cork back in,' (covering his crotch area and turning away from the other toys)."
toy story GIFGiphy"'The word I'm searching for, I can't say, because there's preschool toys present.' — Woody (from Toy Story)"
"'It's not a laser, it's a little lightbulb that blinks!' 'What's with him?' 'Laser envy…'"
- cgcs20
Puss in Boots.
"The tavern scene in Puss in Boots when one of the patrons talks to Puss about the magic beans and golden goose, both tattooed on his body, and he gets ready to show the 'golden eggs,' to which Puss objects."
"I liked the bit in puss in boots when they're taking inventory of his possessions when they put him in jail."
"Jailor - 'One hat… one pair of boots… one belt… … one… JAR OF CATNIP?!?'"
"Puss - 'uhhh, it's for my glaucoma…'"
"Brilliant."
Of course, we all know about the Scooby Doo adult references.
"The entirety of the Scooby Doo live action movie. Never forget that Mary Jane is Shaggy's favorite name."
"Or the scene after they break up and you see all this smoke coming out of the van, implying they are hotboxing, turns out they are just cooking food."
Madagascar 2 had jokes far over kids heads.
"Madagascar 2 when the penguins are negotiating a contract with the monkeys and they're all sitting at the table together."
"Skipper: 'Maternity leave?' (Looks under the table)"
"'You're all males!'"
- landho54
"That whole scene is hilarious. Skipper the over the top capitalist / far right calling their union communist."
"Madagascar also had the part where Marty gets chased by Alex on the beach and he screams, "Sugar Honey Iced Tea!" Which phonetically spells SH*T!"
Even the Brady Bunch has a little adult humor moment.
"In Brady Bunch the movie, toward the end the main family wakes up to find the butcher is in their house going through their fridge but he was clearly in pajamas and was with Alice the maid, and when they ask him what he's doing there he just says 'oh, uh...just delivering some meat.'"
"I didn't get that till much much later in life."
This Spongebob episode had a very scandalous moment.
"The scene in Spongebobwhere Gary catches him watching sea anemone and he quickly changes the channel."
"Early SpongeBob episodes were filled with adult humor."
Pew Pew Reaction GIF by SpongeBob SquarePantsGiphyChildren's shows may be for kids entertainment, but they're created by adults. No doubt they're going to slip in a few naughty jokes here and there.
Time to re-watch some old favorites and see what we missed when we were younger.
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