25 Things Only Adults Notice In Nickelodeon Shows

What made kids shows so great was how clever the writing often was. In fact, in many of them, there was some seriously adult jokes tucked away in the scripts that made the shows even funnier once the kids grew up or for the parents watching with their kids. Nickelodeon’s shows featured some of the best adult humour around and we’re amazed that some of them made it past the censors.

Case in point, literally anything put on screen from Rocko’s Modern Life or Ren and Stimpy. Seriously, we could have made a whole video out of those two shows alone and it wouldn’t have mattered. But thankfully, we diversified and there’s more to see from there. Even the most innocent of shows, like Doug, have their moments. Hey Arnold can be seen talking about trying sausages and experiences at Woodstock while the Rugrats tackled everything from “the snip” to dirty VHS tapes. Actually, Rugrats All Grown Up and the Movie carried on that tradition of adult jokes. Alone time jokes made their way into Fairly Odd Parents, as does Spongebob Squarepants, who got it’s fair share of sly humour. Sometimes, the writing is more clever and you may not even get the joke as an adult. Case in point, the Animaniacs. It’s not all animation though, iCarly made the list as well with some interesting literature. It is amazing that many of these moments made their way into cartoons as some of them are actually pretty explicit and adult.

Script by Sean Gallagher

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[kermit]

Am I the only one who remembers the pAnTy rAiD on spongenbob?

[DD-hzuv]

Ren and stimpy is probably the dirtiest show in Nickelodeon history🤣

[randomuser]

*Wow I didn't know you needed to be an adult to see Timmy Turner holding a roll of toilet paper*

[_Low_Off_Road]

Who thinks old sponge bob is better then the new one

[lucastestlab]

Me: So basically, every "kids" movie, is for teens and adults


everyone: *yes, that's right*

[canon]

"Spongebob you look like a girl with that hat"
"Am i a pretty gir?l"
"Ummm yes you are"
Guy stares at him

[tinyrick]

I remember my mom walking in the room when Heffer was getting “milked” and her jaw-dropping reaction LMAO

[Avarice]

"how did parents think this was okay?"

Because people weren't overly offended by everything back then and not everyone had access to the internet at their fingertips to complain about it.

[TheBluntDoctor]

"I'm a sword swollower" 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[Shadows]

Kid: Dad what Did he mean by bikini bottem ?
Dad: Curse Those Cartoons!

[boiifyoudon]

**says squidward put it on his junk** **sees him put it inside his shirt** *seems legit*

[anonymousperson]

I actually love the idea of putting in subtle adult jokes. Makes these cartoons fun for adults to watch with their children

[kuramayoko]

As a kid, when the baby said “consider yourself lucky” I thought his you-know-what was cut off. Might have been just me though.

[geoflo]

I swear, wasn't that ren and stimpy bit from the reboot that aired on SPIKE TV? And I'm sure that reboot was meant to be adult orientated, weren't they gay, adult humor.

[rosepetunia]

10:32 Also the sign behind the phone says
REMEMBER:
BE Hot
BE *NAUGHTY*
BE Courteous

[boundthefloor]

A few of these scenes are a real stretch.

[controversyVS]

LOL the sawdust on his back when he is done sawing the long in half...

[dicebagdaryl]

How about the fact that Rocko and Heifer's favorite fast food restaurant was named "The Chokey Chicken"? xD

[davisharper]

Animaniacs:

"Ooh, a giant Pez dispenser! Want one?"

"Please!"

"Stop playing with my bust!"

"Goodnight, everybody!"

[rusticbb]

Ight if you didnt get the prince joke be prepared but so he was telling her to look for finger prints but she thought he meant to Finger Prince 🤣