Are there abusive parents?
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Verbal, emotional physical, sexual, financial, or neglectful abuse by a parent/parental figure. (E.g. Gaslighting)
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Movie • 2023 Report
Yes
168
No
7
15
Eldritchsquared
A major character physically attacks his adult daughter on-screen, and it’s implied that he’s been manipulating her for a while.
Movie • 2023 Report
Yes
87
No
6
10
Emotional neglect/dismissive of mental health disorders
TV Show • 2023 Report
Yes
67
No
2
4
NikolasVerSteeg
Ep. 1 verbally abusive religious mother & abusive father.
Ep 1 mother chokes her son against a wall at one point.
Roderick Usher, main character of thr story, frequently insults and verbally berates his children.
Ep 1 mother chokes her son against a wall at one point.
Roderick Usher, main character of thr story, frequently insults and verbally berates his children.
Movie • 2023 Report
Yes
65
No
0
9
malcola
Yes. An adult character recalls and describes his experiences of childhood abuse nominally for the sake of scientific research, including serious disabling and disfiguring injuries to the face, hands, GI system, and genitals. (Other characters react with shock and horror at this treatment.)
TV Show • 2022 Report
Yes
54
No
5
2
sheregenerated
Darcy's mom is lesbophobic and kicked her out at the end of episode 7. There's one scene with her in this episode, when Tara goes to Darcy's house. Her mum answers the door and says something lesbophobic about Darcy. Later on, Darcy rejoins her friends and is visibly disheveled (from spending the night in the park) and opens up to Tara about her parents.
TV Show • 2011 Report
Yes
50
No
2
1
A main character assaults his son in front of the rest of his family
Movie • 2024 Report
Yes
48
No
2
Movie • 2018 Report
Yes
48
No
2
TV Show • 2016 Report
Yes
46
No
0
3
MasonEarl
Billeys dad is physically and mentally abusive
Movie • 2024 Report
Yes
45
No
0
7
LoganC
Maddie's stepfather has no screentime but she says he "will break her nose again" and Owen's father is portrayed as abusive, since him and his mother are scared of him and his few lines are not kind.
TV Show • 2022 Report
Yes
43
No
11
7
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.
TV Show • 2020 Report
Yes
42
No
2
1
Bitbat
S4
E4
Homelander is a verbally abusive parent to Ryan and will often force things that he doesn’t want to do.
Video Game • 2017 Report
Yes
42
No
0
4
SiRenfield
Natsuki mentions having an abusive father albeit we never meet him proper
YouTube • 2023 Report
Yes
41
No
0
8
BonEpic
Mariana, Charlie and Quackity are all semi-neglectful parents. They are not the best parents but they aren't wilfully abusive.
The closest it gets to full-blown child abuse is when Charlie locks his daughter Juanaflippa in the 'Flippa cage' and is harsh to her given its what his dad used to do to him, however in the same stream he decides to try and be a better parent, and he stops.
The closest it gets to full-blown child abuse is when Charlie locks his daughter Juanaflippa in the 'Flippa cage' and is harsh to her given its what his dad used to do to him, however in the same stream he decides to try and be a better parent, and he stops.
TV Show • 2008 Report
Yes
40
No
7
4
Pantalones
There are several scenes with a young boy being severely neglected by his meth-using parents. The kid is extremely filthy and left alone for long periods of time. Also, Walter cooks meth and potentially puts his whole family in danger by working with cartels. Walter also kidnaps his own daughter.
TV Show • 2019 Report
Yes
40
No
0
1
Whiteout
Stolas pursues an affair and neglects to take care of his daughter. She feels as if she will be abandoned by him, and he never learns or gets better. Yet he gets portrayed as the "victim" in the narrative despite being a negligent parent.
TV Show • 2020 Report
Yes
38
No
0
6
DeenGray
Odalia abuses her children, forces them all to be perfect, made Amity break off her friendship with Willow, and only sees them as business pawns. Alador is passive to the abuse, but he improves his behavior and his kids all genuinely love him by the end of the show, while Odalia stays evil.
TV Show • 2021 Report
Yes
38
No
0
2
Vampirewithagun
Emotional & physical neglect mostly
Movie • 2019 Report
Yes
38
No
19
3
Dreamdust1600
It's implied that some characters had abusive parents in their life but their lives aren't clearly mentioned at all
Movie • 2023 Report
Yes
38
No
3
6
BookandMovieLover
An abandoned child gets taken in and treated a little better than a slave. They aren't really her "parents," but they raised her. No physical abuse.
TV Show • 2013 Report
Yes
38
No
3
0
crbrsp
S1
E1
A father is a serial killer to women who look like his daughter. In episode one he attempts to murder his daughter.
TV Show • 2005 Report
Yes
38
No
11
0
both meredith and alex have abusive/neglectful parents which are referenced throughout the show. meredith’s mother actually appears on the show and we see her verbally abusing a now adult meredith
Movie • 2022 Report
Yes
38
No
4
2
fairyy
the main character's mom is abusive , it isnt shown but hinted at. (not very very sure)
TV Show • 2014 Report
Yes
37
No
0
2
forufourfour
S4
E4
Flashback scenes are set in the 40s and feature dated, emotionally distant and dismissive parenting from Beatrice's father in particular which can easily be interpreted as abusive. No physical abuse.
Movie • 2022 Report
Yes
37
No
0
6
AnonymousFriends
YES!! A father beats his children on screen with a belt
Video Game • 2020 Report
Yes
36
No
1
4
JayR
Aubrey's mom appears to be neglectful to both her daughter and the household, as there is trash lying around the house and she is not engaged in Aubrey's life.
TV Show • 2005 Report
Yes
36
No
7
0
addiesheart
if abuse on anyone is a trigger for you definitely would not recommend, practically every episode has victims of abuse, including the main characters
Movie Report
Yes
35
No
3
4
S_o_T_B
A mother is described as hating her child because the child’s birth was difficult. The plot also revolves around fathers killing their children but it is not implied that the fathers are abusive beforehand.
TV Show • 2024 Report
Yes
34
No
2
5
Anonymous
Brief references to Martha's parents being abusive to her in final episode.
TV Show • 2010 Report
Yes
33
No
5
3
greenseaturtle
Carol's husband (Sophia's father) abuses the whole family. Luckily, he dies horribly soon after.