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Disney has always been great at sneaking in jokes that fly way over kids’ heads until you rewatch them as an adult. From sly double entendres and risqué visual gags to awkward innuendos hidden in beloved classics, we’re revisiting the most eyebrow-raising moments that somehow made it into family movies in the first place.
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00:00Welcome to Ms. Mojo, and today we're counting down our picks for the sneakiest grown-up gags Disney managed to
00:06slip right past younger viewers.
00:12Number 20, Bunny Multiplication, Zootopia.
00:16Judy Hopps has already had enough of Nick Wilde by the time she finally gets some leverage over him.
00:21No one tells me what I can or can't be, especially not some jerk who never had the guts to
00:28try to be anything more than a popsicle hustler.
00:31After Nick boasts that he makes $200 a day selling popsicles, Judy does the math and threatens him with arrest
00:38for tax evasion.
00:39Then she turns his dumb bunny insult back on him with a cheeky crack about bunnies and multiplication that sounds
00:45innocent enough if you're eight.
00:47One million four hundred sixty thousand, I think. I mean, I am just a dumb bunny, but we are good
00:53at multiplying.
00:54Her smug little calculation is satisfying even before you catch the extra meaning.
00:59Better still, the joke never interrupts the scene. It's tucked into Judy's rapid-fire takedown, leaving Nick speechless.
01:06Number 19, Mushu's X-Ray Vision, Mulan.
01:10This little dragon makes quite the first impression.
01:13While trying to convince Mulan that he's a powerful protector, Mushu boasts that his abilities are beyond mortal imagination.
01:20He then claims he can see straight through her armor, prompting Mulan to cover her chest and slap him across
01:26the face.
01:26My eyes can see straight through your armor.
01:31Her reaction tells us exactly how she takes that supposedly magical talent.
01:35Naturally, Mushu responds by launching into his famous dishonor rant, before eventually warning her not to slap him again.
01:43Then you're gonna have to trust me!
01:45And don't you slap me no more. We clear on that?
01:48All right.
01:48For someone claiming to be her guardian, he definitely starts their partnership on a very questionable note.
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02:04Just because I look like a man doesn't mean I have to smell like one.
02:07Number 18. Linguini's Tiny Problem, Ratatouille
02:11Explaining a rat-controlled cooking career was never going to be easy.
02:15After Colette confronts Linguini, the flustered chef tries to admit that Remy has secretly been guiding his cooking.
02:21Unfortunately, he chooses his words very badly, stumbling over tiny and little before finally getting to chef.
02:28I have this, this tiny, uh, little, little, a tiny chef who tells me what to do.
02:36Colette's eyes briefly drop below his waist, making it pretty clear where her mind went first.
02:42The blink-and-you-miss-it reaction is what sells the joke.
02:45Nobody has to say anything remotely explicit.
02:48It's also perfectly in character for this painfully awkward confession, where every extra second makes him sound more suspicious.
02:54Don't laugh. I'm gonna show ya.
02:58Number 17. Baymax's Puberty Checklist, Big Hero 6.
03:03Baymax may be designed for healthcare, but Bedside Manor was probably not part of the programming.
03:20Hello?
03:21After scanning Hero, he announces that the teenager's hormone and neurotransmitter levels indicate mood swings associated with adolescence, and diagnosis
03:30him with puberty.
03:31Baymax then begins listing where Hero can expect increased body hair,
03:34getting through his face, chest, and armpits before Hero hurriedly cuts him off.
03:39The unfinished final location leaves just enough room for older viewers to fill in the blank.
03:44You should expect an increase in body hair, especially on your face, chest, armpits, and...
03:50Thank you! That's enough!
03:51Baymax is not finished embarrassing him either,
03:53immediately adding that Hero may also experience some, quote,
03:56strange and powerful new urges.
03:59You may also experience strange and powerful new urges.
04:02By that point, Hero is desperate to end the consultation.
04:06Number 16. Mr. Potato Head's Mouth Privileges, Toy Story 3.
04:11Even detachable toy parts can apparently create marital boundaries.
04:14Sweet potato! Who do you think you're talking to?
04:18When the gang tries to leave Sunnyside, Mrs. Potato Head stands up to Lotso,
04:22only for him to yank off her mouth mid-sentence.
04:25Her husband immediately protests that nobody else gets to take it,
04:29before demanding that the furry air freshener give it back.
04:32Hey, no one takes my wife's mouth, except me.
04:35Give it back, you...
04:35Taken literally, he is simply defending his wife.
04:38Hear that possessive little declaration with adult ears, though?
04:41And suddenly, it sounds considerably less family-friendly.
04:45The best part is how casually the movie drops it
04:47before racing straight into the next confrontation.
04:50Number 15. Benjamin's Very Long John, Muppet Treasure Island.
04:55Apparently, pirate reunions can get surprisingly personal.
05:03Touching reunion, Benjamina.
05:05Just after Benjamina Gunn and Captain Smollett reunite,
05:09Long John Silver crashes the moment and teases her about renewing old acquaintances.
05:14Benjamina's especially drawn-out greeting makes it pretty obvious
05:17that these two have some history of their own.
05:19The implication gets even funnier because the movie has already established her complicated love life.
05:24Smollett left her at the altar, and she later took up with Captain Flint.
05:28By the time Silver enters the picture, one loaded word does all the work.
05:33His name has probably never sounded quite so suggestive.
05:37Hello, Long John.
05:40Oh, no. Him, too?
05:42Number 14. Cruella calls Roger a busy boy.
05:46101 Dalmatians.
05:47Some pregnancy announcements receive warmer congratulations than others.
05:51When Roger tells Cruella that Anita is expecting,
05:54she reacts with mock sympathy before dryly remarking that accidents happen.
05:59Well, what can I say?
06:01Accidents will happen.
06:02He then adds that Pongo and Perdita are expecting puppies, too,
06:06prompting Cruella to congratulate Roger on apparently being a very, quote, busy boy.
06:11Puppies? You have been a busy boy.
06:15Coming right after Anita's pregnancy news,
06:18the wording cheekily makes Roger sound unusually involved in all of the multiplying going on at home.
06:24Cruella's delivery keeps the implication playful rather than explicit,
06:27and the movie moves on almost immediately.
06:30Leave it to her to make two happy announcements sound just a little scandalous.
06:34Number 13.
06:36Aladdin knows the ladies.
06:37Aladdin.
06:38Agrabah's so-called street rat seems surprisingly well acquainted with some of its women.
06:43Oh, oh, it's that Aladdin's hit the bottom.
06:46During one jump ahead, he and Abu swing into a harem,
06:50where the women immediately recognize him and join in the song.
06:53The setting has been interpreted as a brothel,
06:55and their familiarity with Aladdin certainly gives older viewers something to think about.
07:00Gotta eat to live, gotta steal to eat, tell you all about it when I got the time.
07:03He even greets another group of women earlier in the chase,
07:07suggesting he's hardly a stranger around town.
07:09Whether or not the location is quite that scandalous,
07:12the whole encounter feels a lot more suggestive once you're old enough to notice it.
07:16Number 12.
07:17The bus driver's baby offer.
07:19Hocus Pocus.
07:20The Sanderson sisters have barely returned to modern Salem
07:23before they stumble into one seriously suggestive misunderstanding.
07:28Bubble, bubble.
07:30After stopping a bus, Winifred asks what the vehicle is for.
07:33The driver boasts that it can take attractive passengers to their, quote,
07:37most forbidden desires, prompting the witches to explain that they want children.
07:41He hears that request very differently,
07:44and eagerly suggests he could help make that happen.
07:48Children.
07:49It may take me a couple of tries, but I don't think that'd be a problem.
07:53I'll point out.
07:54Marvellous.
07:55The sisters, of course, mean they need children to restore their youth.
07:58His response turns an already flirtatious exchange into a joke about conceiving children.
08:04And the witches remain seemingly oblivious.
08:07Number 11.
08:08One very adult fishing pun.
08:09Toy Story.
08:12Uh, sorry.
08:14I thought that you were gonna, you know, eat my friend.
08:18Some of Sid's mutant creations are disturbing.
08:21One is hiding a joke for the grown-ups.
08:23We're talking, of course, about Legs,
08:25who consists of a pair of fashion doll legs attached to a toy fishing rod.
08:29Legs?
08:31You're a ducky.
08:33Woody even calls her by her name while assigning the toys roles in Buzz's rescue.
08:37Put the literal fishing hook together with the doll legs, though,
08:41and the design suddenly carries a much more adult double meaning involving an old slang term for a sex worker.
08:47The movie never calls attention to it, which is exactly why the visual gag can sit in plain sight while
08:52younger viewers simply see another bizarre toy.
08:55We're going to have to break a few rules, but if it works, it'll help everybody.
09:00Number 10.
09:00Kronk pitches a tent.
09:02The Emperor's New Groove.
09:04The Emperor's New Groove is known for its kooky designs and humor,
09:07so it probably comes as no shock that it's full of naughty moments.
09:11A pretty notable one comes when Kronk and Yzma are camping out for the night.
09:16She appears to have taken the larger tent, leaving him to fend for himself.
09:21The peasant at the diner.
09:24He didn't pay his check.
09:26Ever the innovator, he has a little tent over his private parts,
09:30meaning he's pitched a tent in more ways than one.
09:34Hopefully younger viewers just take this moment at face value,
09:37but it's actually quite the double entendre, and we're kind of impressed.
09:41He's the peasant who I saw leaving the city,
09:43who disappeared into the crowd with Cusco in the back of his cart.
09:46He must have taken him back to his village,
09:48so if we find the village, we find him, and if we find him, we find Cusco.
09:52Oh yeah, it's all coming together.
09:55Number 9.
09:56Hercules' Thoughts on Oedipus.
09:58Hercules.
09:59One of the funniest films to come out of the Disney renaissance,
10:02Hercules was always a bit more on the wild side.
10:05From a throwaway joke about Narcissus to a sassy Hades telling Meg
10:09that Hercules is bound to disappoint her,
10:11the movie pushed many boundaries.
10:14I can't believe you're getting so worked up about some guy.
10:18This one is different. He's honest and he's sweet.
10:20Please.
10:21He would never do anything to hurt me.
10:22He's a guy.
10:23In one scene, after spending the day with Meg,
10:26the titular character comments on the play they attended.
10:29That play, that Oedipus thing?
10:31Man, I thought I had problems.
10:33Adults will know that he's referencing the plot of Oedipus Rex,
10:37where Oedipus accidentally fulfills a prophecy as he kills his father and marries his mother.
10:43Herc's problems definitely do seem a little less intense in comparison to that story.
10:48Number 8.
10:49Gurgle Almost Swears.
10:51Finding Nemo.
10:52Between Nemo's mom and siblings being killed,
10:55and Marlon believing that he's lost his son forever,
10:58Finding Nemo has some surprisingly bleak moments.
11:01It's okay. Daddy's here.
11:04Daddy's got you.
11:05Since Pixar films feel like they're designed for both adults and children,
11:10the filmmakers often sneak in a few gags for older audiences.
11:13While in Dr. Sherman's Tank,
11:15Nemo's friend Gurgle gets grossed out by how dirty their home has become.
11:19So he speaks up, but is abruptly cut off by Peach the starfish.
11:24Don't you people realize we are swimming in our homes?
11:26Shh! Here he comes!
11:27We can all tell what S-word was about to come out of his mouth, though.
11:31Who knew Fish could be so foul-mouthed?
11:33Yeah, we're gonna be clean!
11:35Number 7.
11:36Mia and Tia Flash Lightning McQueen.
11:39Cars.
11:39We all know that Lightning McQueen is insanely famous and beloved.
11:43It's down!
11:45However, the fact that he has groupies probably could have been left out of the film.
11:49While awaiting the Piston Cup results,
11:52two of his fans, Tia and Mia, rush towards him.
11:55I'm Mia!
11:56I'm Tia!
11:57We're like your biggest fans!
11:59Kachow!
12:00They profess their admiration in front of multiple news cameras
12:03and proceed to flash their headlights at him.
12:06Based on Lightning's expression,
12:08he knows exactly what flashing means in both the human world and the carverse.
12:12And he seems quite content to stare at Mia and Tia's, um, headlights.
12:17I love being me.
12:19Then, as if that weren't suggestive enough,
12:22the film also features the top-down truck stop,
12:24a car-themed play on a topless bar.
12:27Number 6.
12:28Syndrome sees Mr. and Mrs. Incredible's children,
12:31the Incredibles.
12:33Syndrome is downright evil in the Incredibles,
12:36and it turns out he's downright cheeky, too.
12:39After suspending the Incredible family in midair,
12:41he makes quite a few comments about them.
12:44Namely, he pokes fun at their matching outfits
12:46and references the fact that Mr. Incredible married Elastigirl.
12:50Elastigirl?
12:52You married Elastigirl?
12:55But his most icky observation comes after he notices their kids,
12:59Violet and Dash.
13:01And got busy!
13:03It's a whole family of supers!
13:06Syndrome, this is not how you should acknowledge
13:08the fact that your enemy has had children.
13:11At the very least, keep that thought to yourself.
13:14Looks like I've hit the jackpot!
13:16Oh, this is just too good!
13:18Number 5.
13:19Buzz gets excited.
13:21Toy Story 2.
13:22While Woody has a clear love interest in Bo Peep,
13:25Buzz doesn't need a special lady until Toy Story 2.
13:28But boy, is he ever enamored with Jessie
13:31once she enters their lives.
13:32Ma'am, I, uh, um,
13:35well, I just wanted to say you're a bright young woman
13:37with a beautiful yarn full of hair.
13:39A hair full of yarn.
13:40It's, uh, oh, um,
13:42I must go.
13:43Well, aren't you the sweetest face toy I ever met?
13:47He can't even form a coherent sentence
13:49when they all return home.
13:50After watching her demonstrate her agility,
13:53he pops his wings,
13:55implying that he's, well, aroused.
14:01This isn't the first time Disney has referenced
14:03what can happen to excited men either.
14:06In Bambi, a cute kiss makes all the blood
14:08and Flower's body rush through him
14:10and he becomes rigid.
14:18These moments are easy to miss,
14:20but impossible to unsee.
14:23Number 4.
14:24Yzma's Dagger Reveal
14:25The Emperor's New Groove
14:27I can't believe this is happening!
14:29For such a goofy movie,
14:30The Emperor's New Groove
14:31has quite a few bawdy moments.
14:33When Kuzco and Pacha face off against Yzma,
14:36she seductively lifts up her skirt,
14:38causing the pair to scream in agony
14:40and beg Yzma to stop.
14:42Then I bet you weren't expecting this.
14:44No!
14:46She quickly reveals that she has
14:47a dagger strapped to her leg,
14:49prompting the pair to sigh in relief.
14:51Aha!
14:53Oh, okay.
14:54They're fine with Yzma killing them,
14:56but not with her flashing them.
14:57Honestly, this feels a little rude.
15:00If you ask us, Yzma's still got it,
15:02and she shouldn't be afraid to flaunt it.
15:05Number 3.
15:06Kristoff and Anna discuss foot size.
15:08Frozen.
15:09Didn't your parents ever warn you about strangers?
15:13Yes, they did.
15:14Based on their conversations,
15:16it seems that Anna and Kristoff
15:18are the thirstiest couple in Disney history.
15:20As they head off to help Elsa in Frozen,
15:23he bombards her with questions about Hans,
15:26whom she got engaged to after one day.
15:29When Kristoff asks Anna about her fiancé's foot size,
15:32her reply is telling.
15:34Foot size?
15:34Foot size doesn't matter.
15:36There is a belief that the size of a man's foot
15:39can indicate the length of something else,
15:41making this quite the dirty joke.
15:43And this isn't the only time Anna and Kristoff
15:46allude to what happens in the boudoir.
15:48In Frozen 2, when he complains about his clothing,
15:51her cheeky answer says it all.
15:54I prefer you in leather anyway.
15:55This is some serious Fifty Shades of Arendelle.
15:58Number 2.
15:59Dumbo and Timothy Hallucinate.
16:01Dumbo.
16:02Let's see you blow a square one, pal.
16:13Say, that's very, very clever.
16:16Even though Dumbo is just over an hour long,
16:19a lot happens.
16:20From elephant mistreatment to scary clowns,
16:23this Disney classic has some of the most disturbing scenes
16:26ever put to film.
16:31One of the strangest happens after Dumbo
16:33and his mouse pal Timothy drink far too much of the bubbly
16:37and begin to hallucinate pink elephants.
16:39Seeing pink elephants is actually a euphemism
16:42for getting so inebriated one starts to have visions.
16:45But while that's certainly worrisome on its own,
16:48what's truly dismaying are the animals themselves.
16:51Can you honestly look into their hollow eyes
16:53and tell us they're not nightmare fuel?
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17:24Number 1.
17:26Genie's salacious comment.
17:28Aladdin and the King of Thieves.
17:29While the original Aladdin was a hit,
17:32most of us don't remember the two sequels
17:34that followed that well.
17:35It's all so magical.
17:38I'm not gonna cry.
17:39But it turns out there were some clever gems
17:41worth tuning in for,
17:43courtesy of Genie himself.
17:44As Aladdin and Jasmine stand
17:46ready to tie the knot in the third film,
17:49there's an unexpected attack on the castle.
17:51Let me be the plane man.
17:55In the chaos that ensues,
17:57the Genie slips in this incredibly lewd one-liner.
18:00I thought the Earth wasn't supposed to move
18:01until the honeymoon.
18:02This is a pretty raunchy comment,
18:04especially for a children's film.
18:07But if anyone can pull it off,
18:09it's Genie.
18:10What Disney gag sailed completely over your head as a kid
18:13but became painfully obvious as an adult?
18:16Let us know in the comments.