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FrenchTouch wrote: Adult jokes in designed-for-kids shows and movies are always there. Just watch the first two Shrek movies, and you'll get my point ;) But never to the same extent. Gary can catch SpongeBob watching porn in one scene before shifting to the episode's much sillier plot about SpongeBob not knowing how to tie his shoes. This is something put into the show so parents can at least be somewhat entertained when they have to watch this with their kids, not a core aspect of the series.

That's what makes the difference between things that are "designed for kids" and "designed for all ages," a series like The Spectacular Spider-Man fitting in the latter category. For kids, there's a cartoon about Spider-Man beating up bad guys. For anyone older than that, there's a well-executed series that puts emphasis on what makes Spider-Man as a character special - Peter Parker trying (and often failing) to balance his life as an average teenager with his life as a superhero.