I am sure many of us will admit that we definitely watched shows that we shouldn't have as kids. We disregarded that "adult content" warning and just kept on viewing. And sometimes we had no idea what was so "adult" about them.
That might be a good thing, since a lot of the jokes in '90s shows went flying way over our heads.
I don't even know what I thought she was referring to. I probably just went on my merry way.
I grew up on Seinfeld, and that was probably a huge mistake. But hey, here we are.
My parents always rented a "grown-up" movie when we hit up Blockbuster, but it was just rated-R. It was not anywhere close to what Grandpa was watching. At least, I hope not.
There was even a part when Eric is talking to his parents and the walls are moving.
His fast friendship with Otto explained so much.
I'm sure many of us just thought this was a fun ride, and thought absolutely nothing more of it. Ah, simpler times.
None of us clued into this joke until years later when we learned how babies were made.
It's no surprise that Becky scolded Jesse right after he dropped this line.
Now I'm onto SpongeBob, especially since he was looking all kinds of excited.
I'm pretty sure we barely understood the concept of sex, and this was just all kinds of huh.
Whenever I didn't understand a word, I just let it slip by me. This was one of those times.
He also looks like he has seen some things, and now I need a spin-off that features Grandpa's time at Woodstock.
I'm surprised Feeny didn't give him detention right then and there!
Welp. Now we learned something about Rachel's private life.
I don't understand why anyone thought this was a good idea to throw into a kids show.
This is not something you're supposed to know at such a young age. This is what your parents tell you when you drop out of high school or something.
As a kid, I remember sweatpants with words like "Angel" and "Princess" on the back. Even those were a little weird for my taste.
But this is a whole nother level of inappropriate.
In one episode, Dexter's Dad says to his son, "How many times have I told you: Early morning is Daddy's special bathroom privacy time."
Ahoy, innuendo!
For children, I mean.
Well, actually, it might just be Nickelodeon as a whole.
As an 8-year-old, I probably wouldn't have understood this joke on a visual level.
But now, a full 18 years later, I'm clutching my pearls and shifting uncomfortably!
This one's especially hard to reconcile with, mainly because Doug is the most plain and innocent cartoon character ever created.
Doug is the last place I'd expect to come across jokes like these, which is probably how they slipped them so easily into the show.
A bit uncomfortable? Samesies.
I always planned to one day re-watch my favorite '90s cartoons, but now I think I'd just like to preserve the innocence of my childhood.
And thanks to '90s TV show writers and animators, that's not a whole lot.
Sigh, maybe it's time I stop ragging on these TV favorites.
I wonder how many childhoods have been ruined when people have gone back and realized how dirty SpongeBob truly is.
It's probably a good thing all of these jokes went over our pure, innocent souls.
The Powerpuff Girls managed to get their "father" Professor X a date in one episode. They prepare him by getting him a bowtie, a flower and a bunch of other things...
Including a mystery item Buttercup slips into his front pocket...
Which are most likely condoms.
When Miss Yvonne, the Most Beautiful Woman in Puppet Land visits Pee Wee for a party, she says she's going to change into her hostess clothes later.
Pee Wee asks: "Can I watch?"
Poor Harley Quinn.
She was always trying to get Joker to have sex with her during Batman: The Animated Series, but the Joker was always too focused on getting Batman.
Oh Animaniacs. When the two boys weren't lusting after Hello Nurse, they were slipping in jokes like these.
I guess it was appropriate that it was Prince who was to be fingered.
This is a penis joke. On a kid's show.
Well, it's good that no one's penis was cut off during the post-birth period. That would have made Rugrats a much darker show.
Man, Johnny must have been all over this girl. Cartoon Network, really liked to slip in a lot of adult jokes!
Clearly, she's talking about some sort of kinky sexual encounter.
I'm convinced that The Powerpuff Girls was a show that was made just to see how much they could get away with on a kids show.
The answer: Apparently a whole lot!
How exciting! There's nothing better than being 18 and knowing that you can now do your civic duty.
Unless, of course, this was some sort of sexual comment. But they would never do that in a kid's show!
