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After trading in the seemingly charmed life of a gentleman for one of a swashbuckling buccaneer, Stede Bonnet becomes captain of the pirate ship Revenge. Struggling to earn the respect of his potentially mutinous crew, Stede’s fortunes change after a fateful run-in with the infamous Captain Blackbeard. Stede and crew attempt to get their ship together and survive life on the high seas.
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Does the dog die?
356 supporters
Yes
146
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jesslrand
A man says Blackbeard made him put his dog down upon joining his ship. Just a story, nothing shown, but the man cries after remembering.
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Abandonment
4
ak9277
S2
 E3
Oluwande leaves Zheng to be with the rest of the crew.
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Yes
39
No
24
10
Pantalones
Stede abandons his wife and children to go to sea and become a pirate. They don't miss him, however.
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Is an animal abandoned?
78 supporters
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33
Abuse
Yes
45
No
11
6
Pantalones
Blackbeard and Stede both had abusive parents. Stede's was more emotionally abusive. Blackbeard's father was physically abusive toward him and his mother.
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EstherCervantes
S2
 E8
During Izzy’s admission that he has abused Ed for years, and his apology for that abuse, Ed interrupts to say he should be the one apologizing instead. It is very realistic for someone who has been abused the way Ed has throughout his life.
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Is someone stalked?
26 supporters
Yes
17
No
101
1
Alice13
Some stalker -adjacent behavior from antagonists and minor characters.
-Chauncey hunts Stede down for revenge. He has the "full force of the English navy" granted to him by the king for that purpose.
-Izzy stalks Ed and Stede. He's in love with Ed and wants to kill Stede (in season one). He teams up with Chauncey.
-Ricky follows Stede around and they both agree that it's creepy.
-When Stede gets infamous there are people covertly drawing pictures of him without his permission.
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Yes
148
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22
34
DapperAlicia
Blackbeard's father was abusive, he is shown shouting and being violent towards Blackbeard's mother.
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9
S2
 E2
A fight scene between a woman and a non-binary character which is demanded by the main character but appears to be consensual (pirate “shenanigans”) ?
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11
Pantalones
Blackbeard was abused by his father. He goes on to kill his father and becomes a feared notorious pirate. He ends up doing some things that are not very nice to the people around him.
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Yes
19
No
88
20
Anonymous
no but izzy is lowkey emotionally manipulative
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Is someone abused with a belt?
19 supporters
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0
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38
Is a child abused?
89 supporters
Yes
148
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22
23
GravityDefiner
Stede’s father is verbally abusive to him as a kid. Stede was also physically and mentally bullied as a child by other kids. There is implied abuse by Blackbeard’s father. The character Jim is also raised to avenge their family, implying that their childhood is filled mostly with the training involved to do so. Jim also witnessed their family’s death, but has no memory of it most likely due to trauma.
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Addiction
20
checking
King George snorts snuff, which looks like cocaine. It lasts only a second.
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Is there addiction?
16 supporters
Yes
37
No
73
9
Feydo
While it's never explicitly described as addiction, several character get drunk in the episode with Calico Jack and it is implied that it at least used to be a reoccurring habits
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Yes
133
No
17
18
syn0vial
A character is shown to drink heavily during a period of intense emotional hardship.
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Animal
Were animals harmed in the making?
117 supporters
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1
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41
Does a horse die?
81 supporters
Yes
0
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128
1
All happy horses, though a horse is seen leading a carriage in stedes death scene.
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Does an animal die?
(besides a dog, cat or horse)
148 supporters
Yes
170
No
14
27
Visitingsp
A duck/goose is shown after being beheaded by a butcher in S1E1. The actual death happens offscreen.
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Are animals abused?
171 supporters
Yes
139
No
27
25
Sorbaets
A turtle and crab are made to fight off screen but here is a brief sound, a snake is hit on the ground quite a few times in a wide shot, a seagull is accidently fatally hit with a whip
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28
checking
There is a dog-fight style joke in which the pirates stage a fight between a crab and a small turtle with a knife tied to it. It's not graphic and it occurs in S1E8 between 14:35-15:06.
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Yes
154
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10
16
Spiderheart
There's the butchering of a dead goose in episode one. The goose is in shadow and the butcher just beheads it with a cleaver, with a spray of dramatic fake blood. And that's all you see really. It's framed as traumatic for the main character who is made to watch it, and a reason he's 'squeamish' about blood and violence in the episode's present.
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Is an animal sad?
68 supporters
Yes
28
No
14
9
I’m assuming we’re talking about Olivia, the widow of Karl the seagull 🥺
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Are rabbits harmed?
53 supporters
Yes
19
No
22
10
VoidWraith
S2
 E4
a rabbit is shot and killed (HBOmax timestamp -24:14). it's killed to be eaten and you do see it's body being carried back later, but it's not incredibly graphic

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Does a cat die?
146 supporters
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0
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154
9
Spiderheart
No cats die or are hurt, however, one character is terrified of cats and says various superstitous and negative things about them throughout.
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Does a pet die?
136 supporters
Yes
49
No
21
12
Afion
One of the characters is friends with a wild seagull and is very upset when he dies. Another character cries when he remembers how he had to put his dog down
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Does a dragon die?
1 supporters
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0
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130
Are there spiders?
43 supporters
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0
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116
2
Spider tattoos are shown and described on during S2- on Ed and Anne
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Are there alligators/crocodiles??
5 supporters
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30
Are there snakes?
16 supporters
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133
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checking
In episode 7 at 11m30s a snake falls from a tree onto a character and the character kills it. It's not graphic and the snake doesn't look real, but he does fight it a lot. At 12m5s, the characters eat the defeated snake over a fire.
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Are there sharks?
5 supporters
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28
6
parapararara
S2
 E5
There are no sharks present but Izzy tells Lucius that a shark bit his leg off and gives him a whittled shark
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Are there bugs?
28 supporters
Yes
117
No
25
17
DapperAlicia
During the treasure hunt in S1E7, Stede finds a bug and happily shows it off on his hand to the others.
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Assault
Yes
31
No
11
7
VengefulSpectre
S1
In a flashback, Blackbeard’s mother is slapped by his father. It isn’t shown on screen but their shadows clearly depict the action against a wall.
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Is someone drugged?
28 supporters
Yes
20
No
26
8
ak9277
S2
 E3
Someone guarding the door is offered a towel by Stede (just after he says "towel service!"). She sniffs the towel and promptly passes out; Stede breaks her fall and continues the escape attempt.
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Is there pedophilia?
101 supporters
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42
Yes
14
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30
4
Pantalones
S2
 E3
There is a scene of a character with a rock tied around them being dragged into the depths of the ocean. They struggle to untie the rock and it appears at first they can't.
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Is rape mentioned?
75 supporters
Yes
19
No
23
4
sheregenerated
S2
 E2
A character trauma-dumps (shares a bunch of personal trauma) with Stede, and one of them is an instance of sexual assault. 19:40 into S2E2.
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Yes
29
No
12
4
VengefulSpectre
In a flashback, Stede gets chased by a group of boys before his hands are tied to oars and he is forced to row a boat while the group throws rocks at him from the shore.
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62
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11
8
RainWolfheart
Characters are frequently restrained in the context of being captured/held hostage. Notably in episodes 1-3, there are Englishmen who get tied up with rope and gagged with cloth by the crew. In episodes 8-9, we see the crew being taken prisoner by the English and most of them get their hands tied with rope.
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Yes
27
No
102
14
Afion
S1
 E3
There is some sexual harassment that I found a bit triggering. In episode 3, 15:44-15:57, Spanish Jackie pins a visibly uncomfortable Jim against a pillar and makes multiple sexual comments about them. They are interrupted before it progresses any further
5 comments | Add comment
Is someone's mouth covered?
11 supporters
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18
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11
Yes
7
No
36
3
jwnaodijniowfneri0i932140324
S2
 E2
Lucius describes an experience with sexual assault.
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Bodily Harm
Yes
105
No
18
22
anna_g
The title card in episode 5 is carved into a dead mans chest. It is not intensely gory, but it is realistic and was triggering for me as an image of cuts.
3 comments | Add comment
Yes
26
No
9
7
Emotionally. Sorry, Izzy.

But seriously, one of Lucius' fingers gets infected and he cuts it off on screen. He gets a prosthetic wooden finger to replace it.
2 comments | Add comment
Yes
20
No
13
3
S2
 E3
Neck snapping - the scene is a bit unhinged so there’s no death
2 comments | Add comment
Yes
1
No
25
3
sheregenerated
S2
 E2
A character mentions this at 9:20 into S2E2, but it doesn’t happen.
3 comments | Add comment
Yes
125
No
15
17
toytulini
in episode 3, A character is about to be hanged for piracy, but its interrupted, then the thing he is standing on is moved accidentally and he is hanged and struggling to breathe for pretty much the rest of that particular scene, but he gets the rope is cut before he dies from it. In the next episode he has a red mark on his neck around his throat/jawline from the incident. It goes away after that.
In a later episode, a flashback reveals that a character killed their own abusive father via strangling him with a rope.
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Yes
5
No
25
3
Izaa
S2
Beheadings are mentioned in passing
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Is there cannibalism?
31 supporters
Yes
119
No
28
36
desloups
A man is forced to eat his own severed toe in the season one finale.
8 comments | Add comment
Yes
7
No
37
9
Pantalones
Though it is technically already dead, the corpse Stede uses to fake his death is first crushed by a carriage and then flattened by a piano dropped onto it
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Is someone choked?
12 supporters
Yes
34
No
9
5
Anonymous
S1
 E3
At nearly the End of the episode a character is suppose to be hanged. He falls of and chokes a few moments while hanging on the rope
5 comments | Add comment
Yes
86
No
31
21
desloups
A ship is set on fire and we see people jumping from it to escape. It is assumed some people likely burned to death, but not shown.
5 comments | Add comment
Yes
0
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106
1
roww
there's a staged death of a character where said character gets "crushed"
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Is there body horror?
45 supporters
Yes
9
No
33
3
Anonymous
The title card of episode 5 is shown as cuts in a man's bare chest
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Is there amputation?
27 supporters
Yes
141
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17
18
toytulini
episode 6 there is an attempted amputation of an infected finger, but the character realizes whats about to happen and escapes and runs off. the same character cuts their own finger off later in the episode pretty graphically with a very large pair of scissors, spurting blood from it.
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Yes
23
No
83
14
GravityDefiner
A corpse’s head is hit by a falling piano but it is not graphic.
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Is there Achilles Tendon injury?
16 supporters
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0
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55
Is there a hanging?
33 supporters
Yes
134
No
23
21
lilycron
In episode 3, a character is hanged after being stabbed and captured and is shown to be struggling from the rope for most of the scene. The character survives the hanging but has visible rope burns on their neck the following episode
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Yes
14
No
23
3
Izaa
Yes, someone is strangled to death with rope and another person is hung.
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21
Zusy
Blackbeard gets hit in the ball with a whip
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2
Vio
Stede seems to faint or become unconscious due to injuries at the end of episode 3
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Yes
77
No
28
6
Anonymous
In S1:E2 20:51, a man has a rock thrown at him & it hits him in the face. His nose is bloody & he says his nose is broken.
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Does someone have a seizure?
7 supporters
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Yes
2
No
107
Yes
114
No
24
18
toytulini
A character is shown to be losing teeth due to scurvy, mostly with them holding teeth that have apparently fallen out.
4 comments | Add comment
Yes
139
No
22
23
toytulini
episode 6 there is an attempted amputation of an infected finger, but the character realizes whats about to happen and escapes and runs off. the same character cuts their own finger off later in the episode pretty graphically with a very large pair of scissors, spurting blood from it.

In a different, later episode (dont remember which one exactly) , a character mentions that their fingernails are falling off due to scurvy, but this is not really shown graphically.
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Is someone tortured?
74 supporters
Yes
110
No
24
4
Nightcolors
Characters are sometimes put into situations that could be considered torture (one character is held captive in a chest for a long period of time), but this is all treated with a comedic and light tone so it’s never portrayed as overly gruesome or intense, (said character forgives the character who trapped him in the chest almost immediately)
4 comments | Add comment
Does someone fall down stairs?
9 supporters
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Yes
1
No
47
Yes
12
No
79
11
vel16
Not to their death, but a character falls from a height and lands on the side of the ship before falling into the sea. Injuries from this are not seen, but the rest of the crew wince at the fall
2 comments | Add comment
Yes
110
No
28
18
DapperAlicia
A character is stabbed through the eye with a sword and dies, and then a 'ghost' of them is present in several scenes talking and walking around with the sword still in their head. You do not see the injury happen but they are shown a lot afterwards.
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Is someone stabbed?
14 supporters
Yes
32
No
6
2
S1
(SPOILERS!) one of the main characters gets stabbed twice, stabbing a happen a few times but it’s not all that graphic the first time, some blood spurts but it’s not too bad, second time no blood is shown but he’s impaled there for a while, there is a scene where BlackBeard gets stabbed and you see the sword sticking out of his stomach but there isn’t really any visible blood, a characters father is shown being spabbed a few times and likely more I can’t remember at the moment.
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Yes
54
No
32
7
TheCassandraComplex
There’s definitely explicit and excessive gore throughout the series. However, it’s worth noting that the gore is purposefully over the top and (mostly) pretty fake looking.
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Children
Is an infant abducted?
15 supporters
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Yes
0
No
48
Does a kid die?
41 supporters
Yes
2
No
106
11
Tomasz
blackbeard is said to be killing "man, women and children" but "it has to be a really bad child". Nothing is shown, the discussion is these two phrases.
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Is a minor sexualized?
94 supporters
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Yes
1
No
57
Creepy Crawly
Are there bedbugs?
14 supporters
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Yes
0
No
26
Death
5
Pantalones
Not necessarily sacrifices their literal life, but Blackbeard is willing to sacrifice his life as a pirate to save Stede from the British.
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
19
No
24
4
Nightcolors
S2
 E1
Ivan dies off screen, lots of monster were u believe a major character has died but they haven’t
6 comments | Add comment
Yes
26
No
14
1
Vio
A seagull
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Does someone die?
12 supporters
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Yes
29
No
7
Disability
1
Izaa
Yes, Ed wears a leg brace and to my knowledge Taika doesn't. Characters become disabled too, a finger, a few toes and a leg is amputated for example and the characters use prosthetics that the actors don't.
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Is the r-slur used?
30 supporters
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Yes
0
No
59
Drugs/Alcohol
Yes
0
No
51
-1
Strider03
S1
 E10
Ed does partake in rhino horn (a drug) during 1x10, and is implied to have abused the drug recently. However, he is never seen to have overdosed on it (nor does he ever act explicitly high on it). He does snort it on camera, once.
1 comment | Add comment
Family
Yes
16
No
12
0
Pantalones
Stede accidentally kills a British officer's twin brother.
1 comment | Add comment
Does a parent die?
19 supporters
Yes
110
No
20
20
DapperAlicia
One of the main characters kills his own abusive father by strangulation. The death scene is shown.
3 comments | Add comment
Yes
4
No
97
9
beesthoughts
No children's toys are destroyed. In the final episode of season 1, a character decides to throw away a very sentimental/important item from his childhood of his own volition, because of how sentimental the item is and what it represents to him.
2 comments | Add comment
Yes
104
No
19
11
mistersandman
There are two English hostages in the beginning episodes, but it’s mainly played for comedy as Stede refuses to actually harm them in any way. (SPOILERS) In the season one finale, two members of the Revenge crew are forced to join Blackbeard’s crew via force and intimidation.
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Does someone cheat?
17 supporters
Yes
86
No
30
27
desloups
Several crewmembers are in a polyamorous relationship but everyone involved is aware.

Edit: Two people in a loveless marriage both formed other relationships after initially parting ways. Neither is too broken up about it upon finding out and they "divorce" amicably to be with their lovers.
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Fear
Are there ghosts?
9 supporters
Yes
86
No
30
20
checking
One character is "haunted" by a ghost who is imagined and not real as the result of their guilt.
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Are there jump scares?
55 supporters
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Yes
2
No
113
Yes
17
No
84
20
TheJo
A character is shown bathing in the ocean and another character sees.
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7
Dan
the show takes place on a ship in the ocean
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Are there clowns?
12 supporters
Yes
3
No
108
13
JessJ
It's not clowns per se, but in S1, E5, there's a fancy party where people are dressed in cartoonish 18th century fancy costumes, and almost all of them have on very pale white makeup with heavily drawn on features.
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Is someone possessed?
14 supporters
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Yes
0
No
109
Is trypophobic content shown?
22 supporters
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Yes
0
No
26
Are there razors?
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12 supporters
Yes
0
No
36
1
Sharp knives and blades are used, but no razors.
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Are there mannequins?
6 supporters
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Yes
0
No
40
Gross
Does someone vomit?
91 supporters
Yes
137
No
24
27
Jazyrha
In ep 5 when the fancy people start fighting, one of them v* on someone else's skirt. There's a joke in there about a crew mate v* earlier as well, but nothing is shown.
14 comments | Add comment
Yes
64
No
33
15
checking
It is mentioned but not seen.
4 comments | Add comment
Is there farting?
10 supporters
Yes
25
No
13
5
Pantalones
S2
 E1
Wee John is shown farting a lot in his sleep. It is so loud and smelly he wakes everyone else up with his "wall of stench."
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Is someone eaten?
29 supporters
Yes
11
No
19
4
Dan
SPOILERS: s1e10 a character is forced to eat their own toe
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Is there on-screen pooping?
35 supporters
Add comment
Yes
2
No
29
Does someone spit?
10 supporters
Yes
91
No
22
10
FenrisLorsrai
someone's face is spit directly into
4 comments | Add comment
Is there audio gore?
40 supporters
Yes
95
No
19
6
elliesium
Quite every bit of violence includes audio gore
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Large-scale Violence
Yes
0
No
54
7
Pantalones
Takes place several hundred years before 9/11
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Law Enforcement
Is there copaganda?
27 supporters
Yes
1
No
127
10
Nightcolors
There aren’t cops in Our Flag Means Death but the English Navy plays a similar role, they are portrayed as antagonists and buffoons
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
22
No
6
1
Pantalones
S2
 E8
Most of the crew of The Revenge are captured by the British and are confined in jail cells.
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LGBTQ+
Yes
0
No
37
2
Slightly transphobic comments from characters who are confused about Jim being trans. They don't mean any harm and don't call Jim anything worse than "a woman'".

Jim seems to be mostly annoyed by this.
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8
Jim, who is trans (non-binary), is very cool and epic 👍
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10
Pantalones
Jim is called by their birthname by the nun who raised them and trained them. Jim's pronouns are respected by the nun, however.
3 comments | Add comment
Yes
5
No
32
3
TheCassandraComplex
S2
 E4
Some bisexual cheating in S2E4 in a WLW marriage, one partner kisses a man, although consent from spouse is left kinda ambiguous... They may have an open relationship, it’s somewhat unclear because their dynamic is unconventional in general.
4 comments | Add comment
Yes
14
No
18
6
sheregenerated
S1
Near the end of s1, a nonbinary character is in disguise and it's removed against their will (with an audience). This could be seen as a transmasc person being outed.
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Loss
4
Vio
No but prized books are thrown overboard
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Medical
Is electro-therapy used?
19 supporters
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Yes
0
No
116
Are needles/syringes used?
1 supporters
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Yes
0
No
112
Is there a mental institution scene?
25 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
113
Yes
2
No
109
15
GravityDefiner
There is no hospital or medical equipment, but a character is seen in bed with bandages on, recovering from their injuries.
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Is there menstruation?
6 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
25
Does someone have cancer?
17 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
114
Mental Health
3
Most of the crew likely have some forms of PTSD and people headcannon other stuff but it isn’t explicitly said likely because of the time period it’s set in.
2 comments | Add comment
Yes
19
No
91
17
Feydo
No one exactly self harms but a character actively provokes another to hurt him, eventually resulting in strangling and mutilation
4 comments | Add comment
Yes
0
No
31
5
Autism wasn't a diagnosis in the 1700s, autistic viewers tend to find the main characters relatable and good examples of autistic-coded characters.
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
55
No
44
14
Feydo
No one is explicitly said to be violent because of mental illness, but most character have suffered some level of abuse + lived as pirate and the violence it includes and have trauma so most character can be considered mentally ill and violent, and there's a general idea of everyone being brought up in this violent contexts and contributing to it
5 comments | Add comment
1
EstherCervantes
S1
 E7
Jim dissociates when their family is killed in flashback.
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Is there D.I.D. misrepresentation?
19 supporters
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Yes
0
No
36
Yes
10
No
99
42
mistersandman
No, but as an autistic person it is worth mentioning that the episode “The Best Revenge Is Dressing Well” may be uncomfortable to watch as a character who struggles with passive aggression is ridiculed and mocked by a party.
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8
S2
Onscreen suicide attempt by a major character.

S2 has been out all but 4 hours and there are already multiple comments on this I love how diligent we all are 😆
5 comments | Add comment
Yes
18
No
12
3
Izaa
Yes, sees a "ghost" of a person he saw die which is a manifestation of his guilt.

A character might see tentacle murdering someone he killed or we the audience just see it because he's lying it's not clear.

A character is in "purgatory" where he sees a person he hates who turns out to be himself, he also sees his ex as a mermaid.
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Does someone have a meltdown?
8 supporters
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Yes
18
No
6
Is there misophonia?
31 supporters
Yes
60
No
23
11
elliesium
In episode one, there is a dinner scene where for about 10 seconds nothing but chewing can be heard, made me quite nauseous but its over quick.
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Yes
112
No
18
19
AlleHufflepuff
One from Ed in “The Art Of Fuckery” during the scene recreating a Kraken attack. A few in the first two episodes from Stede after he (SPOILERS) kills someone.
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Is there ABA therapy?
15 supporters
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Yes
0
No
28
26
greencow
Blackbeard is implied to be somewhat suicidal, or at least doesn’t care if he lives or dies/is intrigued by the idea of dying
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Is there body dysphoria?
16 supporters
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0
No
30
Yes
2
No
84
5
RainWolfheart
Not exactly, but there are a few things to note: Stede is insulted about being fat several times in episodes 1-2. Jim is a nonbinary person who disguises themself as a man, including wearing a fake nose and beard, and we see them removed (by choice in episodes 1-2 and by force in episode 3). They also continue binding their chest after they stop presenting as a man, and a couple times their chest is nearly seen by another character (by accident, episodes 2 and 10), and is seen by choice (episode 10).
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Yes
78
No
23
13
eyjayy
lucius is trapped in a trunk for what seems to be enough time to make him out of breath and sweaty. we see him be released from the trunk.
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vel16
No, but there is a character who mocks another by calling them fat/fatty/chubby so if that might be triggering be careful in the first 2 episodes
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GravityDefiner
A character does accidentally shoot himself in the head, but the scene is at night in the dark and it’s not on purpose.
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Yes
81
No
6
16
mistersandman
Not explicitly stated, but seems to be likely as Blackbeard has a flashback and a panic attack upon seeing the fake Kraken in “The Art of Fuckery”.
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Noxious
Yes
23
No
9
2
S2
 E3
In a dream sequence.
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Yes
18
No
9
0
Some cannon fire and in a scene where there’s some abuse shown there are glasses breaking as well as shouting and loud thudding/chopping noises in flashbacks- gunfire, stuff like that
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Is there shakey cam?
36 supporters
Yes
2
No
78
3
vel16
No, but the camera isn't always super stable as it was filmed on a ship that actually rocked
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Does a baby cry?
13 supporters
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Yes
0
No
94
Is there screaming?
12 supporters
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Yes
25
No
2
4
Pantalones
They are pirates, their language is often coarse. Blackbeard in particular swears often. He calls his performances "fuckery" and shouts "fuck!" several times when fighting a snake. Izzy also loves swearing, with "twats" probably being the most used. A villain character is called a c*nt in episode 2:8.
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5
amamini
no strobe effect, but in episode six from -around 5:00-5:30 and 19:40-19:50 there is a scene with thunder & lightning.
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Paranoia
2
clownhonk
in an episode someone watches two people on a beach for a couple of hours through a spyglass

this is done in a jokey light hearted way
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Yes
0
No
57
1
Afion
There is narration though
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Pregnancy
Is a baby stillborn?
23 supporters
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Yes
0
No
60
Does someone miscarry?
22 supporters
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Yes
0
No
99
Are there babies or unborn children?
14 supporters
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Yes
1
No
57
Is there childbirth?
20 supporters
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Yes
0
No
103
Are there abortions?
15 supporters
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Yes
0
No
99
Does a pregnant person die?
1 supporters
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Yes
0
No
96
Prejudice
Yes
27
No
83
28
Adnarime
Nothing extremely verbally "graphic", but I would argue that Yes there is homophobic language. The main character is regularly referred to in derogative ways, like "namby pamby", "ponce", etc. He's regularly mocked, to his face or behind his back, for being generally soft.
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oliviaaline
Mildly. It is more written into the script/on the part of the writers than from other characters. A visibly disabled character is written to be very creepy, asking questions about dismembering a body (not graphic), and is then called a “freak” by another character who scares them off.
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Yes
5
No
98
26
Arthur_V
A black character gets called a slave
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1
Alice13
S2
 E1
Maybe the picture on Blackbeard's wanted poster. But Stede is really mad about it.
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Yes
50
No
64
28
GravityDefiner
There is a comment in the first episode where the main character is mistaken to be a woman due to his clothes.
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38
desloups
A nonbinary character is originally passing as a man. After the reveal there is a lot of confused discussion (but overall acceptance) and while the nonbinary character is uncomfortable at times, their discomfort seems to stem more from the attention than from any offense. Afterwards, different characters use different pronouns for this character.
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Yes
86
No
31
36
AlleHufflepuff
FINALE SPOILERS! Lucius (a gay man) is pushed off the ship, his fate is never disclosed but there is a reasonable chance he is dead. He does not get pushed because of his sexuality and he is far from the only queer character in the show.
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Are there fat jokes?
51 supporters
Yes
112
No
22
35
GadzooksLab
Stede's old school mates mock him, which he is shown to internalize a bit. Early on, he is also described as "a heavyset lady" by a British soldier. Otherwise, fat characters are treated respectfully.
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Is there aphobia?
19 supporters
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0
No
30
Yes
0
No
40
10
donnie
in my opinion they do very well on representation! both for poc and queer people
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Yes
1
No
103
4
Vio
As far as I recall, no POC even die in the show save for one or two mentions of indigenous characters being killed by white men
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Is there hate speech?
28 supporters
Yes
99
No
13
17
elliesium
This intends to have realistic villains to the time period in the first episode, so the British do in fact engage in heavy racism. While this show is stylized, it doesn't pull punches.
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Race
Is there blackface?
29 supporters
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Yes
0
No
28
Relationships
Yes
0
No
46
0
None of the characters have specified ages and most look to be about the same age. Lucius who looks to be around 30 flirts with a lot of characters, some of whom look a couple decades older than him. But yeah, they're all adults and all that.
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Religious
Yes
11
No
10
4
Jim's foster mom I guess, is a Catholic nun. References to religion but it's not discussed in depth.
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Are there demons or Hell?
14 supporters
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Yes
0
No
21
Sex
Yes
9
No
30
2
Vio
Nothing is shown but there is a scene where Jim is bathing in the ocean
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Is there bestiality?
79 supporters
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0
No
34
Does someone lose their virginity?
12 supporters
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Yes
2
No
20
Yes
12
No
32
4
Afion
Spanish Jackie says about Jim 'What about your sexy little friend over there? You going to invite him over?" and in later scenes where they are alone in a room makes multiple sexual comments and pins Jim against a pillar while they seem uncomfortable (Episode 3, 15:44-15:57)
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Are there incestuous relationships?
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87 supporters
Yes
109
No
24
27
eyjayy
discussed, not shown. between siblings
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Yes
102
No
19
15
Hamarhemmo
There is a scene in which two characters have just finished having sex. There is also a scene where one of the characters is drawing another character' penis and the drawing is shown on screen. There are also many references to sex, but nothing that graphic.
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Is there BDSM?
19 supporters
Yes
15
No
10
9
Izzy Hands is implied to be a masochist. Very common trope in fanworks involving him.

In season 2, when threatened with torture, he says something like "You can't do anything that won't turn me on."
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Sexism
14
RainWolfheart
Yes, both Ed and Stede are made to feel badly for showing emotions at various times. However, alternative forms of masculinity is a major theme of the show, and it's not usually framed as something the audience should laugh it.
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Sickness
Is someone terminally ill?
17 supporters
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Yes
0
No
31
Does someone have a stroke?
10 supporters
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Yes
0
No
41
0
Strider03
The Swede has scurvy, and in 1x07 they run out of oranges. His symptoms are visible, such as losing teeth and nails. It's played as a joke.
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Is there dementia/Alzheimer's?
24 supporters
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0
No
44
Social
Are there fat suits?
1 supporters
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Yes
0
No
32
Yes
14
No
31
6
Nightcolors
No one is homeless during the events of the show, but it is implied that most of the pirates were driven to piracy because of desperation and poverty. There are brief and pretty vague references to this throughout the show, such as one of the characters revealing he’s skilled at pickpocketing because of a dark time in his life that he vaguely describes as “not cute”
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1
No
19
0
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spoilers : blackbeard questions his life worth a lot 'is this all there is' 'death i haven't done that yet i should try that' 'have you heard about the flightless bird that never touches ground we're just going to party forever and ever' etc.
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Are there anti-abortion themes?
32 supporters
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0
No
29
Spoiler
Is Santa (et al) spoiled?
3 supporters
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0
No
104
Yes
26
No
5
4
rileysmiley
There are starting with s2!
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Yes
87
No
27
24
DapperAlicia
Season 1 ends on various cliffhangers for all the characters, most of which are in pretty bad places.
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Vehicular
Does a car honk or tires screech?
13 supporters
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Yes
0
No
51
Does a car crash?
19 supporters
Yes
0
No
108
19
takes place in 1717. there are no cars.
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Does a plane crash?
11 supporters
Yes
0
No
106
1
Izaa
It's the 1700
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Yes
30
No
68
26
Oniony
There is a faked carriage accident, but no living person is hit by a car.
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Violence
Does someone drown?
18 supporters
Yes
85
No
21
17
REPRESSEDCAP
In the finale, one of the characters is pushed off the ship and has most likely drowned, but it's not shown.
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Is there blood/gore?
54 supporters
Yes
128
No
8
17
elliesium
While its very comical, to those that get queasy, it's close enough that it could cause some upset
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Yes
0
No
109
1
RainWolfheart
A few gunpowder explosions, none of them massive. Lots of them played for comedy in episode 2 in particular. Nobody is injured.
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Yes
112
No
12
9
radghost
toward the end of episode 9, a character who is threatening another with a gun accidentally trips and shoots himself in the head/eye with his gun. it’s not overly graphic, but still graphic enough to note. it also does not cut away at any point, it plays continuously.
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