Friends

TV Show • 1994 • Comedy  

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The misadventures of a group of friends as they navigate the pitfalls of work, life and love in Manhattan.
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Does the dog die?
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BeatrizS
we never even meet him
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Are there heart attacks?
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Are there tsunamis?
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Is there audience participation?
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Is there smoke or haze?
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Abandonment
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Is a child abandoned by a parent?
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Is an animal abandoned?
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Abuse
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Boop
Joey makes light of Chandler's sexual assault saying "You're a guy and you got to have sex. What are you complaining about?"
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Are there abusive parents?
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Is a child abused?
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Monica’s mother is really awful at many points. She is very critical of Monica’s weight, considers her to be a failure and strongly prefers Ross. It could be upsetting for anyone with an emotionally abusive parent.
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Is someone stalked?
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Is a woman brutalized for spectacle?
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Not really but Joey has a girlfriend who jokingly punches his arm a lot. The ‘friends’ make fun of him for being hurt/upset by it because she is very small and he is supposed to be a ‘man.’ Could be upsetting for men who have been subject to domestic violence and been gaslighted on account of their masculinity.
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Is someone abused with a belt?
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Addiction
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Does someone abuse alcohol?
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Is there addiction?
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Animal
Were animals harmed in the making?
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Does a horse die?
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Does an animal die?
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Anonymous
Phoebe starts dating a cop, who gets annoyed with a bird singing outside his apartment window in the morning. Instead of simply scaring it away or closing the window he shoots and kills it. Phoebe breaks up with him pretty quickly.
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Are animals abused?
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EyeReene
S5
 E8
Joey gets his head stuck in a turkey
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Is an animal sad?
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Are rabbits harmed?
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Does a cat die?
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Does a pet die?
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Does a dragon die?
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Are there spiders?
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Are there alligators/crocodiles??
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Are there snakes?
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Are there sharks?
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Are there bugs?
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Assault
Is someone held under water?
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Is someone drugged?
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emxcrt
S10
 E4
It's mentioned (and played as a joke) that Phoebe "slipped something" to her massage client so she could get back to the party in time.
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Is someone restrained?
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Is rape mentioned?
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Is there pedophilia?
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Does a woman get slapped?
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Is someone's mouth covered?
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Is someone beaten up by a bully?
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jensenc18
Joey was molested throughout his childhood by his tailor, and he only realizes it was assault when the tailor assaults Chandler as well. It is entirely played for laughs.
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Bodily Harm
Is there shaving/cutting?
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Are any hands damaged?
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Is there decapitation?
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Is there throat mutilation?
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Are there dislocations?
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Does a head get squashed?
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Is there cannibalism?
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Is someone crushed to death?
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Is someone choked?
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Is someone burned alive?
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Is someone buried alive?
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Is there body horror?
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Is there amputation?
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Does someone have a seizure?
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Is there Achilles Tendon injury?
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Is there a hanging?
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Does someone struggle to breathe?
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Are any teeth damaged?
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Does someone asphyxiate?
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Is there genital trauma/mutilation?
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Does someone become unconscious?
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Does someone break a bone?
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Is there finger/toe mutilation?
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Is someone tortured?
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Is there eye mutilation?
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Is someone stabbed?
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S5
 E8
A knife stabs Chandler’s foot and chops his pinky toe off
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Does someone fall down stairs?
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Does someone fall to their death?
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Is there excessive gore?
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Children
Is an infant abducted?
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Does a kid die?
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Is a minor sexualized?
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Creepy Crawly
Are there bedbugs?
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Death
Does someone sacrifice themselves?
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Does someone die?
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Does a major character die?
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Does a non-human character die?
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Disability
Is the r-slur used?
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kelseyj610
S3
 E19
Kate (the actress that Joey is in the play with) asks him "Are you [playing] one of the r*tarded cousins?" when they first meet.
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Drugs/Alcohol
Does someone overdose?
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Family
Is a child's toy destroyed?
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Does a parent die?
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Does a family member die?
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Does someone cheat?
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porqqsoda
WE WERE ON A BREAK
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Is someone kidnapped?
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Fear
Are there razors?
S.A.F.E. ALTERNATIVES® (1-800-DONTCUT)
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Is trypophobic content shown?
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Is there a shower scene?
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Are there mannequins?
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Are there natural bodies of water?
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Are there clowns?
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Are there jump scares?
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Is someone possessed?
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Are there ghosts?
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Gross
Is someone eaten?
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Is there audio gore?
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Does someone vomit?
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marbles82
You never see vomit in any episodes, just the sound and some motions by the actors. I can't remember the episode names but here's what I do know ..

1) it's an episode about stuff that could have been. In one scene, Rachel is drunk and was married to Barry, but went on a date with Joey who is famous. They are about to kiss when she throws up (loud noises, Rachel's head moves forward and Joey makes reference to it)

2) Monica is trying to figure out Phoebe's grandmothers' chocolate chip cookie recipe and Ross is taste testing. One cookie makes him feel sick. They talk about it, Ross makes a gagging motion and at once point makes it known he is about to vomit then runs to the bathroom.

3) Rachel is pregnant and living with Joey. Ross brings Rachel lunch. She begins to eat a sandwich and then asks Ross, "did you put pickles on this?" Ross explains he did, and Rachel runs to the bathroom and then slams the door. You hear and see nothing, but they talk about food aversions from her pregnancy making her sick.

I can't remember any others but I hope this helps!
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Does someone wet/soil themselves?
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Is there farting?
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Is there on-screen pooping?
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Does someone spit?
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cobwebb9
S9
 E7
Phoebe briefly describes an incident from her teenage years on the street where she says "a pimp spit in my mouth". There is no further elaboration, but disgust is shown on the faces of other characters listening.
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Large-scale Violence
Are there 9/11 depictions?
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Law Enforcement
Is there copaganda?
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Is there incarceration?
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LGBTQ+
Is there bisexual cheating?
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Is an LGBT+ person outed?
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Are there transphobic slurs?
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Is there deadnaming or birthnaming?
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Loss
Is a priceless artifact destroyed?
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Medical
Does someone have cancer?
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Is electro-therapy used?
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Are needles/syringes used?
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Is there menstruation?
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Is there a hospital scene?
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Is there a mental institution scene?
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Mental Health
Is a mentally ill person violent?
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Does someone self harm?
S.A.F.E. ALTERNATIVES® (1-800-DONTCUT)
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Is there misophonia?
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1
Does someone have a meltdown?
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Is there D.I.D. misrepresentation?
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8
Does someone suffer from PTSD?
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AllisonIsTired
They make fun of Monica for being overweight in the past a lot, it’s quite triggering if you have an eating disorder
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Is there body dysphoria?
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Is reality unstable or unhinged?
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Is there ABA therapy?
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9
Does someone have a mental illness?
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Anonymous
it's often pointed out that pheobe's mom killed herself while pheobe was young
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Is there a claustrophobic scene?
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RREPORT
The whole Monica was fat haha thing runs throughout. This could be triggering, I find it depends on my mental state that day
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Are there anxiety attacks?
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Is there autism specific abuse?
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46
Is autism misrepresented?
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kelseyj610
S3
 E11
In 3x11, not said out loud, but Chandler says "Does anybody happen to have a length of rope, with a little noose at the end?"
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Noxious
Is there screaming?
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Are there sudden loud noises?
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Are there underwater scenes?
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Does a baby cry?
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Are there flashing lights or images?
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Is there obscene language/gestures?
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Is there shakey cam?
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Paranoia
Is the fourth wall broken?
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S1
 E3
The girls have a sleepover and find out George Stephanopoulos lives across the street they repeatedly say "drop the towel george" and they watch him, it is implied he doesn't have clothes on
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Pregnancy
Are there abortions?
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Is there childbirth?
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Are there babies or unborn children?
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Does someone miscarry?
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Does a pregnant person die?
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Is a baby stillborn?
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Prejudice
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damalojo
Echoing another comment, there's very little racial diversity throughout the show. Like almost none.
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No but lots of problematic gay jokes and plot lines that portray gay people in a negative light. Chandler is often teased for seeming ‘gay’ (he is not); an episode where upon getting a female roommate Joey ‘acts like a woman.’

Ross becomes concerned at one point that his son is playing with a Barbie & is generally hostile towards his ex-wife (who left him for a woman) and her [female] partner. He occasionally gets paranoid about future girlfriends being gay.
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haexelhasel
No, but there are a lot of homophobic and transphobic jokes—especially in later seasons.
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SiRenfield
Chandler’s “father” is either a trans woman or a VERY convincing drag queen ,but either way a good chunk of the humor relies on this
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leom196
S3
 E14
Monica ironically calls a woman who doesn't have a leg "the whole package".
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leom196
S2
 E11
In Carol and Susan's wedding, basically the only straight women there were Rachel, her mom, Monica and Phoebe. All the others were lesbian and very stereotyped (like if for being lesbians they'd only know lesbian women).
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Are there fat jokes?
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This is probably THE most problematic/triggering part of the show. I would not recommend it to anyone triggered by eating disorder/fat shaming content.

1) Monica was ‘fat’ as a child/teen and it is a very frequent joke (and at times plot line). She played by Courtney Cox in a fat suit (and IMO does not actually appear obese even though she is described as being incredibly overweight). Scenes with ‘Fat Monica’ portray her as an unattractive buffoon. Her mother makes very damaging comments about her appearance. There are several episodes where it seems like she may be ‘slipping back.’ She ultimately loses the weight to become ‘attractive’ after Chandler calls her fat behind her back. It is made worse by the fact that the female characters (esp. Monica + Rachel) are incredibly thin.

2) there is a running joke about a character dubbed ‘Ugly Naked Guy’ who lives across the street from the ‘gang’. They frequently watch him from their window and he is described as being very large (to the point of breaking things and smothering a cat). He is rarely shown but when he does appear he is shown as being fat (and naked).

3) Also: an episode where Chandler is ‘gaining weight’ and the ‘friends’ tease him aboht it; an episode where a woman in Joey’s life harasses him about his body + eating habits (he fights back). General fat shaming jokes.

[for context the show’s environment seems to have been very fatphobic. Matthew Perry (Chandler) was instructed by producers to lose weight in Season 8 & at one point a billboard advertising the show showed Monic, Rachel and Phoebe with the caption ‘anorexic chic’]
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Is there hate speech?
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Are there usages of the n-word?
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Yes
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Is there aphobia?
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Anonymous
Chandlers dad is clearly a trans woman but is constantly referred to with male pronouns
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Race
Is there blackface?
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Relationships
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Dreamdust1600
Frank jr marries his highschool teacher
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Religious
Is religion discussed?
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Are there demons or Hell?
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Sex
Is there BDSM?
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5
Is there bestiality?
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22
Are there nude scenes?
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Is someone sexually objectified?
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Are there incestuous relationships?
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HelloPeppaPig
Ross tried to kiss his “hot” cousin, in one episode, fortunately he gets stopped
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Does someone lose their virginity?
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0
Is there sexual content?
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Sexism
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Sickness
Does someone have a chronic illness?
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Is there dementia/Alzheimer's?
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9
Does someone have a stroke?
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13
Is someone terminally ill?
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Social
Are there fat suits?
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Is existentialism debated?
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5
Is someone homeless?
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33
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0
Are there anti-abortion themes?
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Spoiler
Are there end credit scenes?
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5
An episode where Phoebe learns Santa isn’t real and is upset by it.
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Does it have a sad ending?
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Vehicular
Does a car honk or tires screech?
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Does a plane crash?
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4
BlitzDashie
They could've if Pheobe hadn't saved the from the left philange
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Is someone hit by a car?
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2
Does a car crash?
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Violence
Is there gun violence?
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Is there a nuclear explosion?
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62
Is there blood/gore?
63 supporters
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0
S5
 E8
Phoebe has flashbacks to the war, lots of fake blood and her arm falls off twice
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Does someone drown?
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