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Yeah, I've heard that there's a LOT of dirty references in the show.

Hopefully this will help parents decide whether or not they should allow their kids to watch Skylanders: Academy.

Kids won't get the jokes
The only thing that they might get is when they're saying oh sheep they actually mean oh sh**

There's nothing there that kids can't watch, the adult jokes are too complex to make sense to them.

Who gives a crap if dirty jokes are in a Skylanders show? Kids are not going to be harmed if Eruptor sneaks in a "Drop the soap" reference.

You mean aside from Spyro taking a selfie of his ass? Well, in episode five there's a "Don't drop the soap" joke and a brief yet suggestive scene with the Golden Queen.

Spyro tells Pop Fizz to quit playing with his junk.

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Spyro tells Pop Fizz to quit playing with his junk.

How is that dirty?

Let's say it's because his hands would be busy. But again, not something kids will get, only teenagers.

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Spyro tells Pop Fizz to quit playing with his junk.

How is that dirty?

Not that kind of junk, Aura.

Ohhh. The word "Junk" can be anything though. That's why I got confused.

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Spyro tells Pop Fizz to quit playing with his junk.

How is that dirty?

Not that kind of junk, Aura.

Is that even a joke in the context of that statement, though?

"Don't drop the soap" has an obvious innuendo when used in any context, but that really doesn't. I don't even remember that being said.

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Spyro tells Pop Fizz to quit playing with his junk.

Ok, that is horrifying.

It was the part when Pop Fizz was at the swap meet looking for stuff to make his invention to stop evil before it happens.

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There's nothing there that kids can't watch, the adult jokes are too complex to make sense to them.

Wrong. Kids do understand them. My little brother is in Middle School and kids there are already doing inappropriate crap and getting "girlfriends".

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There's nothing there that kids can't watch, the adult jokes are too complex to make sense to them.

Wrong. Kids do understand them. My little brother is in Middle School and kids there are already doing inappropriate crap and getting "girlfriends".

Getting a girlfriend is hardly inappropriate at his age, if a little impractical. Also, we're talking about the 8-11 year olds that make up a good majority of the fanbase. I don't think the prison rape joke will register that much with that audience.

They know it's dirty, I mean more on knowing what, say, the don't drop the soap line actually means. They'll probably giggle just because the grownups did and be clueless.

It depends on what kids will repeat or are exposed to nowadays, learning thom their parents, M rated movies and such.

Kaos at the end of episode 10: "Aw, son of my mother!"

Kaos just called his mom the b-word.

The spyro ass pic

https://www.instagram.com/p/BMVp0-zAzBM/

OH DEAR GOD! I'm so sorry, Pickle... That is. That is something else!

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https://www.instagram.com/p/BMVp0-zAzBM/

OH DEAR GOD! I'm so sorry, Pickle... That is. That is something else!

I'm still too naive to see the context you're talking about.

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https://www.instagram.com/p/BMVp0-zAzBM/

OH DEAR GOD! I'm so sorry, Pickle... That is. That is something else!

I'm still too naive to see the context you're talking about.

Junk can also mean... crotch...

I'm still thinking Spyro was talking about Pop Fizz's interest in the junk at the swap meet.

Some of you may be too accustomed to dirty material to catch on this quick. Or believe anything similar is "dirty".

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I'm still thinking Spyro was talking about Pop Fizz's interest in the junk at the swap meet.

Some of you may be too accustomed to dirty material to catch on this quick. Or believe anything similar is "dirty".

He also said immediately after "Speaking of jerks..." There was no prompting to that whatsoever. Intentional or not, sounds pretty sketchy.

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I think this an idea of Eric Rogers adding dirtyness into the show, to keep the adults interested.

Really? Really?

No. Again, let the jokes come to him, not follow requests and be extremely fake and pandering. Comedy isn't about what people want to hear, unexpected is exactly why it gets the audience.

You always want to be right don´t you? When you will be wrong...

Was that an attempt at what?

A joke isn't simply "I want to make a banana joke that will involve ducks and end with the word Butt". You choose a theme and then something will work with that theme, even if the comedy comes from it being unfitting.

Umm, that's true? I think? Yeah, it is.

don't know if it has been said, but eruptor made a don't drop the soap reference which I got a kick out of.

**facepalm**
This entire topic

Perhaps this isn't the best place to discuss this topic.
This is a skylander forum after all.
You know what type of people LOOVE Skylanders? Kids.
Kids probably visit this site AND the forums.
Not saying you can't discuss this, but perhaps directly saying 'rape' and 'junk' (in that context) is a bit too far.
Just my opinion.

The majority of kids don't even use the forums. Just put a a content warning at the title and it's okay.

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Some of those bookshelves are pretty dusty and could use a nice, deep scrubbing.

[When you need some time to get the joke]

Read all of this, thanks!

My daughter is 5 (birthday the day before the show aired) and have seen the show a couple of times. Though, some of the jokes are lost in translation (we're danish) and she doesn't really get the jokes in English (she understands a lot of English, but I'm pretty sure she doesn't understand the reference of 'sheep' and 'son of my mother') I've never seen the jokes as a problem considering showing it to a kid. I know a lot of her friends have seen it as well.

'Don't drop the soap' joke is something she doesn't understand. The subtle hints Glumshanks comes up with about 'Olaf and personal boundaries' is lost on her too.
She laughs at the butt picture. She thinks it's silly to take a picture of your own butt.

Other than that, I don't think the show is inappropriate for kids to watch. Compared to things in my own childhood, Skylanders is a good mix of something nice for kids to watch, they can laugh and learn a bit, and adults can enjoy it as well. I know I do, not because of dirty references though.
But every parent has to ask themselves what they want their kids to watch. I tend to watch a couple of episodes of new shows she begin to watch, just to make sure what it's about. Glad I did that with Skylanders Academy, now we can fan girl together!

so, to recap-

> the ass pic
> "don't drop the soap"
> "sheep's about to get real"
> "son of my mother"
> "fine, keep playing with your junk"

i love this show 10/10

man i cant wait to see waht dirty staff they will put on seasons 2 and 3.

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There's nothing there that kids can't watch, the adult jokes are too complex to make sense to them.

Wrong. Kids do understand them. My little brother is in Middle School and kids there are already doing inappropriate crap and getting "girlfriends".

My god that is the most annoying thing ever in my middle school
Like there are people making sexual noises in my school, and it is driving me insane!!!!

"Corkage fee? I'll tell you where to put your corkage fee."

Never change, Norm Macdonald. The fact it's specifically bottle corks makes it obvious what he's about to say. I'll need to turn on subtitles next time I rewatch this in good quality though, Glumshanks' lines are just so quiet.

Edit: Season 2 has gems such as "it involved an obscene amount of hugging" and "want a helping head?"

Mother****er, spoil that **** for people who haven’t finished the season

I think at this point it's better to not read any of Skyfan's posts in either section until you're done. KingMed too, though he does it on accident more often than not.

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I think at this point it's better to not read any of Skyfan's posts in either section until you're done. KingMed too, though he does it on accident more often than not.

Yeah I’m not really good with using technology lol

Sorry I didn't get the "helping head" thing. Can a nice person explain it?

Not safe for the forum, if I'm just not finding jokes where there aren't any. Let's say it's a similar joke to the weapon of mass destruction in Banjo-Tooie.

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Mother****er, spoil that **** for people who haven’t finished the season

Calm down I didn't really consider it spoilerish sheesh. I'll censor it

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Mother****er, spoil that **** for people who haven’t finished the season

Calm down I didn't really consider it spoilerish sheesh. I'll censor it

You didn’t consider a major plot element of the show to be spoilerish???

ToyNerd, I want to word this as non-spoilery as possible, but don't worry about that sentence in specific. You'll see what I mean once you get there. He said a huge spoiler but there's far more to it.

edit: I am real blind and thought it was Zap in the spoiler thread. Still, you then know why I'm saying this, though it would be nice if the mods of this section were active out of the UK timezone.

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Mother****er, spoil that **** for people who haven’t finished the season

Calm down I didn't really consider it spoilerish sheesh. I'll censor it

Nah, Huge spoilers aren't too bad

You've got to be ****in kiddin me