Does the dog die?
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Isle of Dogs
Movie • 2018 • Adventure
ReportIn the future, an outbreak of canine flu leads the mayor of a Japanese city to banish all dogs to an island that's a garbage dump. The outcasts must soon embark on an epic journey when a 12-year-old boy arrives on the island to find his beloved pet.
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Anonymous
*The* dog doesn't die, nor do any characters we have grown to care about, but one or two background dogs are shown to have died off-screen. The movie is meant to be satisfying overall to anyone who cares about dogs, as the dogs are given a happy ending.
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Is there smoke or haze?
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StaleOrchid
Due to the stop-motion animation, the smoke is always clearly made of fibers, but there is a significant amount of it
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Does the abused become the abuser?
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Is someone gaslighted?
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pinklemonade
The mayor kind of brainwashed people into believing dogs are evil and dirty
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Stepfather mistreats stepson.
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Anonymous
No, but there is talk of dogs being experimented on and harmful drug use on the part of the people experimenting on the dogs. It is not made explicit but it is in the realm of possibility.
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Does a horse die?
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Anonymous
There aren't any horses in the film, therefore they cannot die
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jdpamv
There is a rather sudden scene of fish and a crab being killed for sushi by a chef.
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Are animals abused?
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MenezDaou
Not only there are countless dogs being abandoned on an island to literally die, but the cats of the bad guys end up in jail alongside them. it's a small scene, but since the dogs got their happily ever after, it was heartbreaking to see cats not receiving the same treatment. they were not the problem, the people were.
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alba04
Dogs (that are characters in this film) fight several times, but not in the sense of dog fighting as a show for humans.
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Is there a dead animal?
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ProfessorProcyon
A dog's skeleton is seen.
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Does a cat die?
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Why is this yes? Zero cats die the only thing that happens is that they're shown in jail.
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Does a pet die?
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ProfessorProcyon
A skeleton of a dog that presumably belonged to someone (considering it has a collar) is seen at one point, but its death is not onscreen.
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Are there bugs?
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mistofviolet
Bug infested food on trash island
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Genderfear
There is an over the top scene where one character physically assaults the grieving widow of a political opponent, demanding information about a conspiracy.
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Is someone's mouth covered?
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RowanMarien
The dogs Chief and Peppermint are wearing face masks while they watch Spots being operated on.
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LittenFang
WHY WOULD YOU ASK THAT!?
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Bodily Harm
Is there shaving/cutting?
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Anonymous
In one scene near the end, two people are graphically shown being cut open in surgery. Not sure if that counts, but it's at least similar enough that it could affect similar people.
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Is there decapitation?
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jdpamv
In a drawing at the start.
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Is there cannibalism?
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ProfessorProcyon
Mention only; some dogs are accused of being cannibals. One of them denounces this, but explains that they had to resort to cannibalism out of desperation once.
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Is someone burned alive?
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Genderfear
There is a scene where several main characters enter an incinerator- but pass through it unharmed.
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Is there amputation?
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Lynxwithaharpn
Not really, though there is a kidney transplant. Spot also gains a robotic prosthetic eye and a cast on his leg at the ending of the movie.
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Is there a hanging?
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There is a scene where it is mentioned that a dog “hung himself with his leash”
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Are any teeth damaged?
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Anonymous
One of the dogs shoot out their canines at the robot dogs.
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Does someone become unconscious?
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Anonymous
Atari passes out twice after his plane crashes
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Is someone tortured?
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Mderass
Not in screen, but, before the story, some dogs have been victims of experiment in a laboratory.
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Is there eye mutilation?
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Anonymous
character loses an eye
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Is there excessive gore?
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ProfessorProcyon
Hard to say. The goriest it gets in my opinion is a surgical scene fairly close to the end of the movie, which is in semi-graphic detail (despite being animated).
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Does a kid die?
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ProfessorProcyon
He doesn't die, but he is put in harm multiple times.
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Death
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Does someone die?
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Anonymous
A scientist is poisoned and dies
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Disability
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Is someone disabled played by able-bodied?
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Genderfear
This is an animated film, but multiple dogs with various physical disabilities are all voiced by abled actors.
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Does a parent die?
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Anonymous
Atari's parent died offscreen before the movie's events in a train crash
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Is someone kidnapped?
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pinklemonade
A group of dogs is falsely accused of kidnapping Atari as part of the mayor's anti dog propaganda
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Is there a shower scene?
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Genderfear
There is a scene where the main antagonist is shown taking a bath, and there is partial claymation nudity when he stands up, showing his back and bottom.
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Does someone vomit?
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Katla
"you make me sick" *bleh*
very brief and not triggering at all imo (i'm emetophobic)
very brief and not triggering at all imo (i'm emetophobic)
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Does someone spit?
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Livski
There is spitting but no farting
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Large-scale Violence
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Law Enforcement
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Are needles/syringes used?
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Anonymous
A needle is used to vaccinate the dogs
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Is there a hospital scene?
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Anonymous
Not only is there a hospital scene, there is an intensely graphic surgery scene. Like, we're talking scalpels and little clay kidneys that make squishy sounds.
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briefly mentioned near the beginning of the movie. between the main 5 dogs after they talk about their lives before trash isle. rex talks about a dog name buster who “hanged himself by his own leash”. very brief
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Anonymous
No, there is no self-harm.
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graefit
No. There isn’t a off camera or on camera seen with dislocation.
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Does someone have a mental illness?
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Genderfear
Some of the dogs are described as having mental/ behavioral health symptoms affiliated with the main diseases, and many of the characters are hopeless and show signs of suicidal ideation.
No specific mental illnesses are mentioned though.
No specific mental illnesses are mentioned though.
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Onyxior
Its implied that a dog committed suicide, but its only mentioned in passing.
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Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
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Genderfear
One of the dogs says they may give up, specifically referencing suicide.
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Noxious
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Does a baby cry?
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StaleOrchid
When the puppies are born, there is a brief VO section that has them whimpering. It's not quite crying, but deliberately sounds more like a baby than a dog
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Are there flashing lights or images?
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Cr0w
at 21:75 or around there is an mri sort of machine that flashes the screen black and white for a second.
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Is there obscene language/gestures?
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StaleOrchid
One use of the word bitch, used in the literal sense to mean female dog
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Paranoia
Is the fourth wall broken?
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StaleOrchid
Fourth wall is not directly broken, but many characters look directly at the camera/viewer throughout the movie
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Pregnancy
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Is there childbirth?
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Cluck
Childbirth does occur, but it's offscreen and only mentioned in passing
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Prejudice
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Does an LGBT person die?
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I would say no as I was unaware of what characters were gay unless it was implied in context then I would change my answer.
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Is a minority is misrepresented?
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Genderfear
This movie was hugely riddled with orientalism. There are a variety of appropriative elements, and deeply disappointing themes. Japanese speakers are specifically not accurately translated in subtitles, despite being heavily featured in the movie, and there is no plot reason for any of it.
At one point the dogs are rounded up and put in a camp, plotted for genocide. This felt particularly in poor taste with the context of Japanese internment.
Specifically speaking in terms of main character perspective, the dogs as a "minority" are also propagandized in the movie, which is an overarching plot.
At one point the dogs are rounded up and put in a camp, plotted for genocide. This felt particularly in poor taste with the context of Japanese internment.
Specifically speaking in terms of main character perspective, the dogs as a "minority" are also propagandized in the movie, which is an overarching plot.
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Is there hate speech?
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Anonymous
there is symbolic hate speech against dogs, but i'm not sure that counts.
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StaleOrchid
There is no antisemitism present, but it should be noted that the film is rife with visual references to concentration camps, which may be distressing to some people
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Race
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Relationships
Is there a large age gap?
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Multienergy
Apparently in the screenplay Tracy is 14 and Atari is 12, there's a misconception that Tracy is 17 which is not accurate
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Sex
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Are there nude scenes?
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Genderfear
There is a bath scene with a naked butt on screen, but the nudity is very brief and is overshadowed by the character having a large colorful tattoo.
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Are there incestuous relationships?
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Is there sexual content?
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mistofviolet
There's a flirtatious scene where a character's reputation is insulted.
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Sexism
Is a male character ridiculed for crying?
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Genderfear
There isn't direct ridicule for characters crying, and male characters actually cry frequently in the film, but in an opening scene, one of the main characters has a speech chastising the other dogs for hopeless feelings they're expressing.
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Sickness
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Is someone terminally ill?
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Genderfear
It is somewhat implied that the illnesses that the dogs have may eventually be fatal, but it doesn't seem to be an issue within the timeline of the movie.
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Social
Are there fat suits?
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Genderfear
There are sumo wrestlers put in the movie for no apparent reason, although they didn't seem to be there for any comic relief.
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Spoiler
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Does it have a sad ending?
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Mderass
Spoilers
It’s implied that all dogs are reunited/adopted in the end.
It’s implied that all dogs are reunited/adopted in the end.
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Vehicular
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Does a plane crash?
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alba04
Nobody is seriously harmed.
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Violence
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Is there blood/gore?
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Anonymous
During the traditional sushi preparation scene, done by a master chef, where a live fish and crab are gutted and prepared. It's extremely amusingdisheartening based on your stand, but overall an extreme scene.
Also, a very graphic kidney transplantation scene with blood splatter and breathing" flesh. This is a claymation and it's done in a professional way, looking like a documentary recording from a distance and a fixed view, rather than exploitation scene, but it's quite graphic too.
Also, a very graphic kidney transplantation scene with blood splatter and breathing" flesh. This is a claymation and it's done in a professional way, looking like a documentary recording from a distance and a fixed view, rather than exploitation scene, but it's quite graphic too.
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Does someone drown?
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Lynxwithaharpn
Though there is a scene where several characters are in deep water, and IIRC they're initially presumed to have drowned. The scene is fairly intense.
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