13 Inappropriate Moments That Prove Comics Are Made By Total Perverts

7. Dick Jokes

If you didn't know better, it would be quite easy to believe that Dick Grayson was only so named so that the writers could have some fun using his name to make characters say innuendo-loaded things, for the same kind of humorous tickle that Blackadder got every time someone addressed the character Darling. But of course there's a whole other level to the possibilities offered by a character called Dick, and over the years it seems like Batman writers have shoe-horned in some choice examples, pushing the boundaries of common decency in full knowledge that they could claim ignorance and innocence if anyone ever called them on it. Take this as an example...

There's too much in the awkward phrasing to suggest that this isn't entirely conscious, and it's not the only situation where Dick's name has been put into a context that definitely suggests that someone is being naughty...