Is someone held under water?
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My mother did this to me at 2 years old. It's very triggering and traumatizing to see it happen to others.
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Movie • 2023 Report
Yes
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pinklemonade
That character was already dead when held underwater
Movie • 2023 Report
Yes
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MeredithMorgenstern
For a split second during that underwater scene it's implied that she was forced down, probably by government agents.
Movie • 2023 Report
Yes
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TheShape1978
When the mom first turns, they try to put her in the bath and she flails a LOT. Not exactly enough to seem like she’s forced underwater but it’s clear that the water is harming her in a similar way
Movie • 2022 Report
Yes
50
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malovela
Not exactly, but someone who's tied up is lowered into water slowly from a crane. He's not HELD under water - no pressure is applied - but he can't get up because he's tied, so he drowns. It's seen from a distance.
Movie Report
Yes
48
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roosa
Blood waterboarding.
Movie Report
Yes
41
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NoAviNK1
Beau fights a man in his bathtub, a dream sequence has an imaginary family seperated by a flood, and towards the end, someone drowns while being stuck under a boat
Movie • 2023 Report
Yes
41
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El_Logano21
Willy gets waterboarded and almost drowns in chocolate
Movie • 2004 Report
Yes
39
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3
the main character wakes up in a filled-up bathtub in the very first scene. he is not held under, but he thrashes around as he gets out.
TV Show • 2008 Report
Yes
39
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Pantalones
A boy's head is held underwater inside a cooler filled with water. He is submerged for a very disturbing amount of time while his brother tries to save him.
TV Show • 2011 Report
Yes
37
No
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2
413X
debbie is shown holding a kid under the water a kid at the city pool as retaliation for bullying. She spends several episodes prior training herself to hold her breath underwater.
TV Show • 2005 Report
Yes
36
No
7
0
AleE
S3
E3
Several people drown while on land. One man is pulled into a sink.
Movie • 2023 Report
Yes
33
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Pantalones
Poirot is nearly drowned when another character holds his head underwater.
Movie Report
Yes
30
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sevenminutes
Someone is drowned in a barrel of pickles (with brine).
Movie • 1997 Report
Yes
30
No
2
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LinnBeermann
Rose is being pushed down under water multiple times by a panicked passenger.
YouTube • 2023 Report
Yes
30
No
5
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Corviday
After the wedding of Cellbit and Roier, Quackity gets taken away by the the Federation and ends up in a white room. The floor under him opens up and he falls into water. His pov cuts here and he's not seen again.
Movie • 2014 Report
Yes
29
No
0
1
wallflowers
At the 48:20 mark, it only lasts about ten seconds
TV Show • 2023 Report
Yes
27
No
0
3
dreamworkshera
a character is repeatedly held forcibly under water in episodes 4-5. this happens in episode for in 23:22 for around 15-20 seconds and then 47:20 for a minute.
TV Show • 2005 Report
Yes
27
No
7
Video Game Report
Yes
26
No
1
2
connogie
c!Connor is waterboarded by c!Tommy and c!Techno, which leaves him with trauma from the event. He makes up with Tommy, however, and it's not focused on.
TV Show • 2013 Report
Yes
25
No
0
4
dido
(Early Series Spoiler) Lapis "I've drowned a lot of people" Lazuli attempts 2 drown two characters onscreen.
TV Show • 2019 Report
Yes
25
No
0
5
Theon
S1E5: Homelander baptizes Hughie and holds him under water for an extended period of time. He is fine afterwards
Movie Report
Yes
24
No
0
0
two separate scenes
a young girl is trapped under frozen ice
someone tries to drown someibe else
a young girl is trapped under frozen ice
someone tries to drown someibe else
Video Game • 2020 Report
Yes
23
No
3
4
JayR
While overcoming Sunny's phobia of drowning the description for the enemy's attacks can include Sunny being "dragged down" into the water.
TV Show • 2013 Report
Yes
23
No
1
1
helpfulbug
a character is drowned on screen
Movie • 2013 Report
Yes
23
No
1
1
naturesi
Mia holds David underwater after he goes in the basement.
TV Show Report
Yes
22
No
0
0
MovieWatcher10
S1
E1
We see several flashbacks of two men where one tries to drown the other. This is a crucial part in an antagonist's backstory. I believe in the first episode there's also visual references to this?
The scenes in question are often shot in a chaotic way to stress the tense situation.
The scenes in question are often shot in a chaotic way to stress the tense situation.
TV Show • 2016 Report
Yes
21
No
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atethatupp
Not quite by a person, but in season 4 when Steve finds the watergate one of the vines ties him up and when he tried to swim up to the surface it kept him down. He eventually got out into the upside down
TV Show Report
Yes
21
No
5
3
Kermit
in the first episode an un-named character is drowned in pickle water
in episode three a character is repeatedly dunked into water to act as "bait"
in episode three a character is repeatedly dunked into water to act as "bait"
Movie • 2023 Report
Yes
21
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0
1
The victims head was put into a full sink of water, they do get away and do not get hurt by water again.
Movie Report
Yes
21
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minimickzy
one character is held underwater for a short time (baptism) another character is left to struggle to get out of a frozen lake and dies