Top 20 Things Only Adults Notice in DreamWorks Movies

Were these DreamWorks movies really intended for kids? The movies may be made for kids, but for this list, we’ll be looking at jokes, sight gags and references that you have to be an adult to really understand. Our countdown includes "The Prince of Egypt," "Bee Movie," "Chicken Run," and more! Which is YOUR favorite adult-geared moment in a DreamWorks movie? Let us know in the comments!
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[@MsMojo]

Which is YOUR favorite adult-geared moment in a DreamWorks movie? Let us know below, and check out our video of the Top 10 DreamWorks Movie Moments That Made You Cry - kzbin.info/www/bejne/fKesgqyvjNGEnNU

[@samuelcollantes1175]

Do You think maybe he's compensating for something - Shrek- 2001-2010.

[@briannahlabelle2458]

No they’re not

[@briannahlabelle2458]

They’re owned by amblin pictures and universal pictures potentially by paramount but not Disney

[@kadajsnightqueen]

That quick glance under the blanket and inhale through his teeth Farquaad has while he’s staring at Fiona’s portrait in his bed. He’s shirtless and drinking, and holding the blanket in a particularly suggestive way. Dreamworks all but outright said what was going on here! Not only that, but his reaction to what’s under the blanket all but screams how he is indeed “compensating for something!”

[@jamesheatherly4209]

You left out my favorite which is the hallucinogenic Smooth Jazz from Trolls World Tour. (Could Aardman give us more history jokes from Fowler in Netflix’s Chicken Run sequel?)

[@TheCommenterDragon]

I love how all of these things are just proof that DreamWorks films aren't just for kids, They're for viewers of all ages. Just like Disney movies.

[@Fl0k5ser]

Except for The Boss Baby tho 😂

[@makwa2004]

I feel the main difference between Disney movies and DreamWorks is that Disney is solely catered towards kids and being kid friendly with their stories while DreamWorks isn't afraid to tackle mature topics, have original stories, and include lots of jokes for teens and adults.

[@Omar-wq9dz]

Dreamworks could always pull off adult jokes, gags, and references in their animated films better than Disney or Pixar

[@bennymora3086]

It’s really an example that not all PG films ARE for children.🤭

[@eugeniapatroncosta920]

And that's why I love DreamWorks more than Disney or Pixar. DreamWorks marked my childhood.

[@ppheard1254]

"I think I had a sarcasm once..." I just figured that out!!

[@Voldemort99]

That’s because as bad as Disney & Pixar tend to get when slipping in jokes only adults can get in their movies, Dreamworks is apparently even worse than them. I have a white manager at my job who can tell you the same thing. Of course, films franchises & standalone films like “Shrek” & “Shark Tale” are unfortunately victims to this reality because of whoever’s been hired to write the scripts to these films each time out.

[@trinaq]

The Madagascar joke went RIGHT over my head, but seems insanely obvious now. I only understood it when my older cousin told me to look at the first letter in each word! 😅

[@kamsismith]

I remember that. I didn't notice it until I was much older. A lot of kids movies from the 2000s and before that were subtle with their jokes compared to now where everything is obvious.

[@vulpixfairy1985]

That was me too. That was so clever and it made me laugh harder at the realisation.

[@sophiaisabelle01]

Madagascar is a great film. Truly unforgettable, I must say.

[@eugeniapatroncosta920]

Exactly. I love Madagascar. No movie marked my life more but this.

[@Chisszaru]

They really added blood in Puss in Boots: the last wish. Disney doesn't really do something like that in their movies, but DreamWorks does. DreamWorks sure knows how to add adult themed scenes in kids movies

[@princesspixel3151]

Well… there were few frames of a bloody wound in some movies like Beauty and the Beast, Mulan, and Tangled. But most of those bloody moments are super brief, unlike Dreamworks movies

[@olvialee7221]

I’m gonna have to say Sugar Honey Ice Tea. I didn’t know it’s an adult joke but I find it hilarious

[@9386AliG]

When I first saw it, I thought it was a phrase, but then when I got older, it became hilarious! I at last understood what it meant.

[@phoebegreig6523]

No way! The best joke in Curse of the Were-Rabbit is: “This was arson! Someone arsin’ around!” 😂😂

[@ComradeRagdoll]

I Totally Agree with that!

[@camrynbrewer2370]

My favorite was “nun wrestling”.

[@HenrysSpiceofLife]

Can’t forget “Beware the moon!”

[@whatisthisalgorithm]

Chicken Run was a reference to both World Wars, not only in how long it took the United States to enter them, but also the WW1 song Over There.

[@trinaq]

You can't help but feel sorry for Vanessa's boyfriend. I'd be pretty peeved if my partner up and left me for a freaking BEE, of all things!

[@bighand1530]

No wonder Ken was ticked off

[@katieb3059]

Ken irrationally hated bees.Why would anyone hated a BEES? And.. how could anyone date someone like Ken?

[@bighand1530]

@@katieb3059 I’m sure if someone had a fiancé that essentially dumped them for a bee, that would drive them nuts.

[@katieb3059]

@@bighand1530 wasn't he against bees before she dumped him?

[@bighand1530]

@@katieb3059 No.

[@sarahkimberley9375]

Watching Shrek as a kid and then watching it as an adult was one of the greatest moments ever, finally understanding all those jokes

[@eugeniapatroncosta920]

Same.

[@isaacmartinez6904]

In the Spanish Version of Madagascar, the replaced it with "Miercoles" meaning Wednesday. With that aside, I did love the adult humor from these movie. Comes to show how animated movies brings both kids and adults together.

[@cynthiafernandez2372]

“Miercoles” is a substitute word that refers to “Mierda” (shit)

[@eugeniapatroncosta920]

@@cynthiafernandez2372 I know. I figure out when I was younger, but I don't complain.

[@LucyAdroit]

Looks like Encanto did the same thing

[@1errorlater]

10:05 it sounded like he said “f*ck, poop, duty” 💀

[@exwa1300]

I think he actually did say f**k

[@olvialee7221]

Like I think DreamWorks or any other Animated Studio Company would get away with swears towards kids. Might sound like he said the F bomb but it’s fart

[@henri191]

All the Shrek movies have things that only adults will notice 😂

[@diegodubber2140]

Like the "go save my ass" or "compensating for something" jokes

[@eugeniapatroncosta920]

That's why I love the Shrek franchise.

[@LiviaPaikos]

Forgot the joke in puss in boot

[@jacobmaverickbueller.671]

The panic attack with the Santa Coloma flashback scene from Puss In Boots: The Last Wish are saddest and heartbreaking moments in the movie.😓😓😓😓😓😓😓😓😓😓 I know how Puss felt that day. Not everyone feels ready to be married. It makes me want to listen to Father and Son by Cat Stevens.

[@59771006]

5:02 That’s Wallace’s outfit yes Flushed Away is a DreamWorks movie but it was co-produced with Aardman the studio that gave the world Wallace and Gromit

[@olvialee7221]

Even though I was a kid at the time, watching The Prince of Egypt {My Favorite DreamWorks Movie}, my eyes got big. So yeah, that went over my head

[@Boundwithflame23]

7:03 Don’t forget the “Darn you all to heck” is later followed up with a sign saying ‘Help’ becoming ‘Hell’ because two of the logs making up the P fell

[@wereallalittleinsanesometi1040]

You forgot Mr Peabody & Sherman where Mr Peabody say's “Sherman I got to get you out of here before you touch yourself”

[@thereallg4587]

*So, to keep it short… certain Dreamworks movies are not meant for little kids. Shoot, I still watched them. They were better than most Disney and Nickelodeon movies.*

[@bighand1530]

I would prefer DreamWorks over the likes of Pixar these days.

[@allisoncorona84]

​@@bighand1530Did you know that Disney owns Pixar?

[@marcusyates3044]

Top 10 Things Only Adults Notice in Chowder, Total Drama and Friendship is Magic!

[@jessiemunoz1481]

Definitely a good idea I noticed some things in chowder

[@princesspixel3151]

I have three favorite adult jokes: 1) Literal a🍑 kissing (in multiple ways) from Shrek 2) Alex’s “Help” sign from Madagascar 3) Perfectly timed “PICKLES AND EGGS!” from Sinbad Legend of the Seven Seas

[@Animeguy300]

DreamWorks, Disney, Pixar, and many studios got away with adult jokes

[@KZ-kl8fx]

Curse of the Were Rabbit is so underrated I used to watch that religiously

[@allisoncorona84]

It seems like most of the movies that are mentioned are cartoons, and this implies that ALL cartoons are for kids. I actually think that the opposite is true, that they are a mixed bag of children's jokes and adult jokes, so the parents don't feel guilty about taking their kids to see such movies. Outside of that, what about the scene in the movie "Madagascar" when Alex gets shot with the tranquilizer dart, and his reaction to it was accompanied by the song "Candy Man", and the term 'Candy man' being slang for a drug dealer 😮🤣😄⁉️

[@johnseelinger9803]

Another adult reference in the movie "Puss in Boots: The Last Wish" is when Kitty Softpaws almost says "bullshit." What happened is that when Puss, Kitty Softpaws, and Perrito were going through the Dark Forest and were using Perrito's version for the path, they came across these flowers that acted hostile. Puss and Kitty tried to fight it, but the plants kept getting more aggressive, and Perrito pointed out that the way to defeat them was to stop and smell the roses. When Puss and Kitty smell the flower they're trapped in Kitty says: "All I smell is bulls-" before Perrito silences her. Even though she didn't finish the word, I could tell what word she was about to say.

[@olvialee7221]

You seriously need to do Top 20 DreamWorks Parodies. Cause I would love it

[@bighand1530]

Same

[@eugeniapatroncosta920]

I agree with you, pal.

[@nickdorenkamp959]

6:57 that is also one of the many times the franchise would also reference the Twilight Zone since the iconic apes ending was written by Rod Serling.

[@westerfrost3701]

I don’t know why the panic attack scene was on this list. It’s not a joke.

[@disneygirl5577]

It was on here because it's things that adults notice that would go over a kids head. Sometimes it's jokes, other times it's just life things

[@katieb3059]

Kids don't understand panic attacks? Since when?

[@Thedude8450]

I'm sorry but of the greatest lines in Chicken Run has to be from Babs......"I don't want to be a piieee.....I don't gravvy"

[@AdamIshak01]

SINBAD IS SO GOOD! And that brothel joke is rated E compared to the other jokes in the movie lmao.

[@katieb3059]

Isn't that the movie with pretty bad rating?

[@AdamIshak01]

@@katieb3059 it got outshined because the first Pirates of the Caribbean came out before it. A lot of people enjoy it even though it’s a “flop”

[@DonovanOliver]

What do I expect every detail from DreamWorks movies? It certainly wasn’t the idea I looked it as a kid.

[@brianleslie1632]

You forgot about the Cat’s Super Hydraulic Instantaneous Transport lol

[@neilgerace355]

Lord Farquaad's own name is an adult joke.

[@jasonmarin8187]

One thing I did notice in "Flushed Away" is that when Roddy gets flushed, he grabs onto a huge brown lump. At first the audience is meant to think that it's a lump of crap but when Roddy lets go, it's shown that he actually grabbed hold of a candy bar.

[@mccuish]

No mention of the catnip being a drug in Shrek 2

[@CatKun-2000]

The cat in the hat movie was definitely something that’s for sure ….

[@olvialee7221]

I think this might be the third time you redid this video but it’s fun to watch

[@samuelcollantes1175]

Now that i'm grown i can kinda get where Dreamworks was going for with this jokes. So, happy monday afternoon Ms, take care and God bless you, greetings from Colombia to you as well.

[@olvialee7221]

I remember my dad and everyone laughed when Gobber said that

[@niabelizaire3596]

I 💚 Shrek!

[@eugeniapatroncosta920]

We are 2, now buddy.

[@SorenDaein]

Since Shrek's "Do you think maybe he's compensating for something?" joke was brought up in the Number 1 pick, I found myself thinking that when seeing the Super Mario Bros. movie for the first time when I saw Toad's ride.

[@leonardolim8976]

Alex's hell is also funny

[@jarnovanderlaan9002]

9:23 What you Said Here is so true. I Must Thank all my grandma’s Dogs (alive and dead) for saving her Life. my grandma's "house" is stronger than her heart (so fragile). She sometimes get those panic attackes and i saw her collapse one time, it was so scary. but her gram's always said to her that if you don't have a dog, your going to ☠️ one day because your heart needs one😭😭😭

[@caitlinsparkle7717]

I'm sure enough some kids already are aware these adults jokes. I mean, I already know almost about some of these dirty jokes or whatever when I was a kid. Don't get me wrong, I was confused at the time but I still was aware of it because I do often ask my parents around my teens (12 to 16) what do they supposed to mean and my mum and my dad didn't have a choice but to answer because they technically did try to warn me about them before I could possibly understand. Now I understand what's going on, I am perfectly not bothered by it because I still watch my favourite movies and shows and nothing can stop me from watching.

[@ashleyjudd9741]

its Mike Myers its a given there will be a bunch of dirty jokes even if its a kids movie

[@KudaGeatsune3821]

Logan: hey it's me Scott: prove it Logan: your a dick Scott: ok.... Jean(sarcastically): good talk

[@blueraccoon1088]

13:59 chris rock when he makes a joke at jada smith

[@niabelizaire3596]

“It’s like honey when it rushes over me” 🍯💛🐝 -Mariah Carey.

[@missylynn3630]

I watched the old X-men cartoons as a kid before flushed away. I got it the first time I saw it😂

[@janellerod4865]

I noticed some of these as a kid tho 😂

[@olvialee7221]

One thing I love about SharkTale, the soundtrack

[@bighand1530]

Understandable

[@eugeniapatroncosta920]

Same.

[@neilgerace355]

21:25 That had to be a reference to Fast Times at Ridgemont High.

[@anitastewart1148]

The cat in the hat my fav

[@melisaprietoaboitiz7184]

Penguins of Madagascar always had the double entendres

[@TanakaSigauke]

Man dreamworks vs Disney was so lit now Disney owns them lmao

[@bighand1530]

I prefer DreamWorks

[@VanessaSamuels-v5x]

The company probably called Dreamworks Because kids dream and adults work

[@jessiemunoz1481]

No one is really going to mention Gloria the hippos design in the madagascar? 😅

[@BraeMartin-sw6xk]

How many adults felt stupid after watching Tim throw a Long Island Iced Tea in the garbage? Did Tim even know what was in it?

[@MaleahRoman]

All the Shrek movies have things that only adults will notice . I Shrek!.

[@jamesheatherly4209]

What about the Chaz’s Smooth Jazz being a hallucinogen from Trolls World Tour?

[@盧璘壽로인수]

the "Little Farquad" joke is basically Napoleon Complex, a deliberate British propos that set the injurious myth of Napoleon's supposed small height

[@katieb3059]

No, it wasn't. Shrek said it even before he met Farquad. So he clearly meant something else.

[@horrorsans6209]

I've still picked up a few of these as a kid 😂

[@BraeMartin-sw6xk]

This is why I was homeschooled for ten years. The school was a pain in the...

[@user-lb9xw4xf2q]

I think the Chicken Run joke about Americans being late for war is likely referring to both WWI and WWII.

[@annafowdy]

Please make a list of Broppy moments, please make a list of Broppy moments, please make a list of Broppy moments, please make a list of Broppy moments, please make a list of Broppy moments...

[@kleine.5438]

16:52 to 16:55 either gay or also loves Valka but never wanted to hurt stoicks feelings by taking her, 17:02: to 17:05 really!? Where can I find that video of them saying that??

[@geviesanta3631]

Top 10 Things Only Adults will notice in Star Wars: the Clone Wars

[@KidDangerthepony]

Kid Danger: *wearing his big trucker pup outfit* to be totally honest with ya, i never seen ANY adult jokes in DreamWorks movies except "Puss in boots the last wish"

[@PhantomQueenOne]

Letting a dog lick you in the face is so gross. It is done by puppies/cubs to get their parents to vomit up the meat from the hunt. It's not cute or funny, it's just a germ filled (yes dog's mouths are loaded with bacteria that can get a human very sick) gross out.

[@alexharrison808]

The help to hell scene from Madagascar should have been on this list.

[@kyripiro224]

In Captain Underpants, the defunding of the arts programs really does hit hard. It's been a real problem that I don't deal with as much, but I still am very against limiting the artists.

[@axels3188]

I think that Little Farquard is the number 1 thing only Adults will notice in dreamworks movies.

[@kirstenchau9334]

Not the Wallace cardigan being a Flushed Away cameo

[@harrisonallen651]

I wouldn’t say The Cat In The Hat is a Dreamworks movie

[@cedgson91]

Completely missed the were rabbit one 😂😂😂

[@jamesespey249]

The US were not only late for WWII, but they were also late for WWI.

[@omegaflowey9932]

17:34 🤣

[@fatkidgames4381]

The chicken run history joke also refers to ww1 too since the us didnt get involved until almost the end

[@coreyhill681]

Can you do Disney Movies next

[@robertanthonyfairweather3416]

21:20 "Sarcasm..." What the...?! 😂

[@GabrielCortez-yu7ce]

#7：The Sugar Honey Ice Tea means the s-word.

[@BraeMartin-sw6xk]

Could it be that Gobber never got married because his true love was already taken, and he just couldn't find another man like Stoick?

[@olvialee7221]

It’s costume. Not coshtume

[@Phantommoon-ex2cw]

Sugar honey ice tea for the kids take the first letter of each word and put them together in the order that they are in (this explanation is for those who still don’t understand what he means when he said that

[@ashleyelam8299]

Let's just face it, watching Shrek as a kid and watching Shrek as an adult are two completely different experiences

[@problematicgoose]

Crazy that they didn't mention Lord Farquard's name in general lol

[@mightymorphincosmicfuryrangers]

I wouldn’t say Gobber is gay because in “Dragons: Race To The Edge” he reveals that he had a first love named Greta.

[@waikeonglim7703]

Wait, The Cat in the Hat was a Dreamworks movie?!

[@BrandontheBeldam2993]

Universal

[@Voldemort99]

I have a white manager at my job that easily let me know that Dreamworks is easily worse than Disney & Pixar when slipping in jokes that only adults can get. If you needed evidence to prove that, the answer is unfortunately in film franchises & standalone films like “Shrek” & “Shark Tale”. But none of that will stop me from continuing to watch movies from Disney, Pixar, & Dreamworks, even if I’m an adult now.

[@DustinKopperman]

I like all my favorite adult-geared moments or moment in a DreamWorks movie or movies on TV or on Hulu or on the DVDs like Kiss My Arrr-tichoke Wallace & Gromit The Curse of the Were-Rabbit and A Different Kind Of Iced Tea The Boss Baby and Jeweled Bra Sinbad Legend of the Seven Seas and Not Just A Garden Tool The Cat in the Hat and Wolverine Costume Flushed Away and White Fish Stereotype Shark Tale and Darn You All To Heck Madagascar and Almost Every Inch The Prince of Egypt and Viagra Shrek 2 and Puss' Panic Attacks Puss In Boots The Last Wish and What's In The Bottle, Kid The Boss Baby and Euphemisms At Their Finest Kung Fu Panda and Incestuous Bees The Bee Movie and Cursing, But Make It PG Madagascar and Lola Shark Tale and The Reason Gobber Never Got Married How to Train Your Dragon 2 and A Joke For The History Buffs Chicken Run and The Cold Hard Truth Captain Underpants The First Epic Movie and Almost Caught The Road to El Dorado and Sarcasm Sounds like Trolls and Frankincense, Myrrh, & Something Else, We're Sure Shrek the Third and Little Farquaad Shrek

[@goanimateepsrobloxlover2019]

Madagascar honey sugar ice tea thumb Neil

[@59771006]

There’s a similar joke to #7 in The Simpsons in one episode you see a sign that says “Springfield Heights Institute of Technology”

[@eugeniapatroncosta920]

I love everything of DreamWorks. They put some adult jokes and don't disturbed kids at all. Not to mention that they don't care about the political correct thing like Disney. DreamWorks was my beginning, then I liked and defended it until the end.

[@katieb3059]

When DreamWorks wasn't politically correct?

[@dyll8829]

Dodge challenger is one of the adult jokes because I hate that car

[@LambentLark]

#5 I always thought he meant he had lost his noodle when he lost his leg. I wonder if this might be true but they went with the politically popular.

[@peterosullivan4764]

Lord Farquaad do be short, though

[@zionwilliams3387]

I wish dreamworks was as good as it was in the late 90s early 2000s

[@codycole6774]

I can't lie I never connected the Shrek one with his height only the size of this thing😂😂

[@atasker7432]

Why is The Cat in the Hat on this list? All the other entries are from DreamWorks Animation.

[@_argh.1]

Bc it was still made by dreamworks