- They're probably gonna hang out?
- (laughs) Hadley, what, oh my God!
What is that?
♪ (rock intro) ♪
- So as a parent, you're probably pretty familiar
with some of the TV shows that your kids watch, right?
- Yes. - Yeah, for the most part.
- Today, we brought you in because recently,
we had your kid react to some clips
from popular kids shows, but little did he know,
there were actually hidden adult jokes in these clips.
- Oh no, one of those...
- So we thought that it would be fun
to show you what they did and didn't catch onto,
and we'll see what you think.
- You know, it's funny because we did one of these not too long ago,
and I'm glad to say that he didn't pick up
on a lot of the hidden adult jokes, so let's see how we did this time.
- (Steven) Can I have these?
- (gasps) Steven Universe! Oh my God.
- I don't even know these shows.
- (Greg) Yeah, I think you'll like this one,
and this one, and uh, and maybe we'll save this one
for when you're a little older.
- What do you think's in the magazine?
- It looks kind of weird stuff that I don't wanna tell you.
- He doesn't wanna tell.
I'm curious now what he knows.
- What kinda things would he not be able to see until he's older?
- Um, aggressiveness and stuff, like very aggressive,
like I still don't like violence and stuff.
- Oh, aggressiveness, huh, aggressive stuff,
'cause she has absolutely no idea what the heck
is going on in that book!
- It's a girl and the dad probably didn't want
the little boy to get a girlfriend too soon?
- I, that's pretty close!
- I don't see the problem was of it, because it didn't have
any inappropriate things... - Lucas!
- But it was basically just a girl, in like, you know,
a girlie Superman costume,
and was like wah! - Okay.
He didn't get that one, that's good.
- Maybe we'll save this for when you're a little older.
- I think some of them are smarter than we give them credit for. (laughs)
- What is the joke here that they're not getting?
- See, but if I say, and then my kid watches this,
then they're gonna know what they're not supposed to know, right?
- In my mind, I'm like,
it looks like dirty cosplay, like porn.
Oh my gosh, that's so funny. (laughs)
- (Kowalski) I've done it!
- Oh, it's Madagascar!
- (Kowalski) Trans-Dimensional Toothbrush!
- (Julien) Okay buddy, but um, you've got no teeth.
- Me and my cousins when we were young,
we used to watch this a lot. - Yeah.
(Kowalski gargles)
- Oh no, oh no!
- (Kowalski) Eh?
- I didn't get it. (Veronica laughs)
- I didn't get it. - Thank God.
- Was that like an adult joke or something?
- What was that clip about?
- Brushing your teeth always,
to tell you brush your teeth or your teeth are gonna be gross.
- Oh my God, I love these kids.
- 'Cause he had no teeth,
so then it just went like in his throat.
- He thought he got it, good try, Cristian.
- He probably thinks it's nice and relaxing still
to have your breath minty fresh. - I love it! (laughs)
- I would still buy toothpaste,
and I would like scrub my tongue and stuff.
Just the thought of... (Denise laughs)
Just the thought of having no teeth, and then (gags) is just...
(Sarah laughs)
Is just a bit insane.
- Why do you need to brush your teeth
when you have no teeth? That'd just be weird.
- Good question!
- And how he did it was really weird,
and he was like...
- Oh geez! - Oh no, oh no!
Oh, I can't unsee that.
- Wait til they get older and look back at their videos,
boy, you guys are gonna get it.
- You know what, I'm so happy
that none of these kids got it, and let's just keep it that way,
and we'll move on to the next one. (laughs)
- (Mung) I can better than ever!
- (Truffles) I think it's time to get cooking, mwah!
- (Mung) Oh boy! (nose boings)
- It just, like bounced. - (Chowder) Yay, the juice worked!
- (FBE) What happens to his nose right here?
It's really weird. - Oh my God!
- Flicking or something, it starts shaking.
It looks like when I flick my little toy, it goes brrr,
like those little... (Veronica laughs)
- (Chowder) Where you going? The kitchen's back here!
- Was it supposed to be love juice?
- (laughs) What?
- Maybe they were gonna do something
instead of like cooking?
- Yeah, I think he's, I think he's catching on.
- They're probably gonna hang out?
- The parents just need to... - What, what is that? (laughs)
- They're probably gonna hang out? - (laughs) Hadley!
What, oh my God! What is that? (laughs)
- Alone time to know, maybe like huh,
make another child? - Oh, oh my God!
- Maybe like huh, make another child?
- Oh my goodness!
- No, oh no! No, no, no.
- I definitely know what that's about,
and I think you know what that means, yeah.
- What? (laughs)
- I think the people who are watching this,
know what it means. - I love him!
- (FBE) What do you think they were going to cook?
- I would think spaghetti or pasta or cookies...
- She's so cute, I love her.
- My grandma, and my favorite, her snickerdoodle.
- I love it!
- They're so innocent that they have no clue
that everything they're doing...
Like, Noelle saying the juice, and Hadley doing this.
Oh God.
I swear I've not had that talk with her,
so that meant nothing.
- His older brother knows about all that,
he's not quite at the age that we felt was appropriate
for him to know about all that,
so now I'm wondering did big brother tell?
Or does he think it's something else?
I'm gonna have to have a little chat with Bowie after this is over.
- (Ludwig) I am Ludwig! - Oh, Animaniacs!
- Oh my God, these Animaniacs, they're the worst.
- (Ludwig) Composer and pianist.
♪ (tense music) ♪ (Sarah laughs)
- (Yakko) You're a what? - (Ludwig) A pianist!
- (Yakko) Mwah, goodnight everybody!
- Mwah, goodnight everybody! - Oh!
- Goodnight everybody! - Oh my God.
We're a houseful of girls minus dad,
so that's not a word that gets thrown around a lot in general,
so she would never like pick up on it.
- Did he say um... - Yes, that's exactly what he said.
(Denise laughs)
- (laughs) They don't even wanna say it.
- This is a bad influence. - Good for you.
- Nowadays, kids think potty words and stuff are funny.
So I don't think they're funny at all.
It's unsanitary. - It's unsanitary, good word, Noelle!
- They ask me all the time, hey ma, what is the name
of the person that plays the piano?
I tell them it's a piano player,
and they say no mama, that's not true. (laughs)
- We have a piano in our house, and they... (laughs)
They've been caught saying I'm a pianist, I'm a pianist!
Like what did you say? Don't say that word.
Mom, I'm just saying I'm playing the piano,
I'm a pianist!
- Oh, it's Rocko! - Oh, Rocko.
- He's grabbing like an orange.
- Oh God!
- I get that! - Oh!
- My guess is that he might have gave him
a little purple nurple or something.
- That was his nose!
Oh man, you pulled my nose!
- Oh, show her this when she gets to Teens React again,
and then we'll say do you wanna recant your answer?
- Maybe that was his private. - Oh.
- The orange that he picked off were that rhinoceros's...
(Denise laughs) Yuck.
- He knows. (laughs)
- I'm very happy he's polite, and he knows when to refrain,
however, I do know that he knows exactly what that was.
- To me, that one is more age appropriate,
due to the fact that every little boy,
even at school, you know, ugh, don't touch there, ugh!
So that one's not as sexual as I think,
I mean, inappropriate-wise.
- (Nelson) I'm sick of the mall. How 'bout a ride?
- (Blade) You like that car more than me.
- (Nelson) Who's talking about cars?
(Sarah laughs)
- If he's not talking about a car,
what kind of ride do you think he's referring to?
- I don't know how you keep a straight face after those questions.
- He's taking her like somewhere in like a fancy limo?
- Oh.
- You can ride a roller coaster, and a motorcycle.
- I'm just confused on the part where he's like
you wanna go to the mall,
and then, you want a ride, and then she was like,
not a car, so it can't be anything inappropriate...
- Good to know.
- Because they're still gonna go to the mall.
They wouldn't have said that line.
- Oh my God.
I am so happy he didn't catch that one.
- So I'm gonna guess Uber. (Sarah laughs)
- What kind of ride do you think he's referring to?
She's talking about a car, what is he talking about?
- Oh here we... - Her?
(Ramona screams)
- Her?
(Denise gasps)
- Bowie!
I think it's time for us to have a little chat, to be honest.
I wasn't sure if he was ready to have a talk about that yet,
and he knows a lot more than I thought he knew.
- Hadley, yeah, we don't use that terminology,
go for a ride, in my house.
Just, it's not, anything that she would put
anything together with, so yeah.
But a limo, sure, that's a different ride.
- Alright, so after seeing some of these jokes
that are clearly intended for adults in these kids shows,
why do you think there are so many examples of this
in shows for kids?
- This way, maybe they're,
it would be marketable to the parents as well.
So when the parents can actually sit down with the children
to actually watch TV, it's a little something
for everybody basically.
- I think it's to help us cope with listening
to the cartoons in the background of our daily lives.
And also kinda just to freak us out a little bit!
I truly think it's a testing ground
to see if, like, your kid is getting stuff,
and maybe it's an indicator to you as a parent
what you need to talk to your kids about.
- I just think that nowadays, these topics are just more open.
You know, and any type of one liners they can get in there,
(laughs) they try.
- Clearly most of these adult jokes
did go over the kids' heads, but in your opinion,
did any of these jokes cross the line,
or do you think that it's just all in good fun?
- I think it's in good fun.
So let the kids enjoy, they enjoy it,
if they need to speak to you about it,
have that relationship with your child and speak to them about it.
- Oh absolutely, they all crossed the line.
As a child, you know, you don't get it,
sometimes you don't even realize what they're saying,
and you know, you just think it's funny.
As an adult, I know, me personally,
I think they crossed every, all the lines.
- You know, the truth of the matter is these jokes are not for,
these episodes are not really for children.
I think it's really geared for the parents.
Just because I watch it with you,
does not mean that's the best thing for you.
I should be watching with you and say hey,
that's not appropriate, let's turn it.
- For an eight year old child, Bowie's eight,
I think yes, in some cases, they are inappropriate,
because he is getting them, and he's taught
not to talk in a certain way around friends,
but when he's watching a cartoon, and the cartoon is normalizing
certain, kind of, conversation, then he's gonna think it's okay.
- So finally, after watching some of these clips,
do you think that you will be more conscious
of the shows that you allow your kids to watch now?
Or do you think that this is just kind of harmless,
especially if they don't get it.
- Well, you know, it's hard to control
everything they watch, at the snap of a finger,
everything's online, instantaneous.
You know, it is what it is, you just gotta deal with it
and hopefully we can figure out a way
where we can control it,
and if they have questions, then we can explain it to them.
- To be a good mom, I would say yeah,
I should watch more what they're watching,
but at the same time, probably not.
It's harmless,
it's all gonna come out at one point in time.
- As parents, you just do the best you can.
You cannot catch everything,
and I don't wanna be a parent like that.
You know, if they catch on to certain things
that are a little before their time, thank goodness they have us here
to talk to them about it, you know?
We can't shield them from everything,
we just can't, we'll go crazy.
- Thank you for watching this episode of Parents React!
- Thanks for watching, bye!
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