Questionable Things We Ignored In Hannah Montana

Less of a double entendre and more of an attempted play on words, the "soot happens" joke is questionable because of how much of a reach it is. It all starts when Grandma Ruthie returns in "B-B-B-Bad To The Chrome," arriving at the Stewart home in her old, beat-up car. The family tries to convince her to get a new ride, but Ruthie is reluctant, protesting that her current vehicle has too many memories wrapped up in it. When she tries to start the car again, Miley and Jackson get blasted with soot as they're standing behind the car trying to get her bags out.

Miley eventually cleans herself off, and Ruthie apologizes for unintentionally blasting her with the exhaust pipe. Miley graciously forgives her and shrugs, saying, "Soot happens." Once you're past the age when you would just ignore it, it's pretty obvious which more-colorful adult phrase Miley is referencing when she says this. It is Disney Channel, after all, and it's extremely common for the network to replace certain four-letter words with more kid-friendly options that still get the joke across. But this one seems like a bit of a stretch, and it's not the only time Disney has tried a little too hard with one of these lines. Maybe by the end of the third season, the writers were been running on fumes in this joke department.