Is someone held under water?
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A character's head is forcibly submerged in water, preventing them from breathing.
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Movie • 2023 Report
Yes
116
No
2
12
pinklemonade
That character was already dead when held underwater
TV Show • 2024 Report
Yes
102
No
7
5
JackRozsa
A woman is held underwater to bait a large mutated animal
Movie • 2023 Report
Yes
102
No
8
11
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
88
No
7
4
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 • 2023 Report
Yes
72
No
2
14
roosa
Blood waterboarding.
TV Show • 2020 Report
Yes
51
No
3
8
Theon
S1E5: Homelander baptizes Hughie and holds him under water for an extended period of time. He is fine afterwards
Movie • 2022 Report
Yes
51
No
3
8
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.
TV Show • 2005 Report
Yes
50
No
8
2
ErisFiestas
S1
E1
It is mentioned that two bullies held their victim under water too long and it caused him to drown, a little boy is later held underwater by a spirit but he is saved
TV Show • 2021 Report
Yes
50
No
6
4
megdoesmost
S2
E2
End of episode, not quite held underwater but not helped.
Movie Report
Yes
46
No
0
5
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 • 2024 Report
Yes
45
No
14
10
itzyaboitrevor
No one is forcibly held underwater, but some have to swim through water to get away from creatures
Movie • 2004 Report
Yes
45
No
10
4
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
45
No
6
3
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
44
No
6
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.
Movie • 2023 Report
Yes
44
No
0
8
El_Logano21
Willy gets waterboarded and almost drowns in chocolate
Movie • 2024 Report
Yes
43
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
Movie • 2024 Report
Yes
40
No
21
11
Kind of grey. Owen is held by their father in the shower. No water submersion technically.
TV Show • 2013 Report
Yes
38
No
1
1
helpfulbug
a character is drowned on screen
Movie • 1997 Report
Yes
37
No
2
3
LinnBeermann
Rose is being pushed down under water multiple times by a panicked passenger.
TV Show • 2005 Report
Yes
37
No
15
0
humanhalfofachilleus
S7
E7
A victim is having water poured over them repeatedly. They are held captive and cannot avoid the water
TV Show Report
Yes
35
No
0
6
Floreya
S1
E1
Someone is tortured by drowning on Poseidon's boat.
Movie • 2023 Report
Yes
34
No
0
1
Pantalones
Poirot is nearly drowned when another character holds his head underwater.
TV Show • 2023 Report
Yes
33
No
0
6
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.
Movie • 2022 Report
Yes
33
No
2
0
AnonymousFriends
Near the end - the main character is held by a rope in a water tank and cannot escape
Video Game • 2020 Report
Yes
32
No
4
5
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
32
No
0
5
dido
(Early Series Spoiler) Lapis "I've drowned a lot of people" Lazuli attempts 2 drown two characters onscreen.
Movie • 2014 Report
Yes
32
No
0
1
wallflowers
At the 48:20 mark, it only lasts about ten seconds
TV Show • 2016 Report
Yes
32
No
11
2
RisingMoon
S3
E3
in 11's dreamscape, she sees heather in abathtub begging for help. when 11 reaches for her, heather is yanked into the floor and the tub dissapears, showing heather screaming as she sinks to the bottom
YouTube • 2023 Report
Yes
30
No
5
6
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.
Video Game Report
Yes
29
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.