Gossip Girl
TV Show • 2008 • Comedy
ReportAn exclusive group of privileged teens from a posh prep school on Manhattan's Upper East Side whose lives revolve around the blog of the all-knowing albeit ultra-secretive Gossip Girl.
This tv show contains 63 potentially triggering events.
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Your Triggers
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Unanswered Triggers
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Are there fat suits?
13 supporters
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alexajeanette
S2
E18
Only one in one episode, one of the girls wears it during a play.
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Abandonment
Is a child abandoned by a parent?
22 supporters
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vinylzombie
In varying degrees, several characters have distant relationships with their parents and some have a parent that left their family
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Abuse
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Is someone stalked?
17 supporters
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blueberrylulu
you could say Gossip girl's blog is stalking as she writes in extreme detail about teenager's private life, including their sex life
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HannahMc
S1
Nate is punched in the face by his father, this is the only instance of violence but the situation is not ideal outside of this incident
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4
Does the abused become the abuser?
National Domestic Violence Hotline (1-800-799-7233)
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7
Is someone gaslighted?
27 supporters
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Nazetel
There is A LOT of manipulation in this series so if thats your trigger stay away from this show.
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Nazetel
Emotionally.
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Addiction
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Nazetel
Most of the characters do.
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Is there addiction?
10 supporters
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Nazetel
One of the parents of main characters is addicted to drugs.
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Does someone abuse alcohol?
7 supporters
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scamallmen
lots of underaged drinking
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Animal
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12
Does a horse die?
55 supporters
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vinylzombie
S6
It's not seen on camera or discussed in detail, but it's heavily suggested that a main character's parent was involved with a horse's death
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Assault
Does a woman get slapped?
National Domestic Violence Hotline (1-800-799-7233)
10 supporters
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Is someone drugged?
17 supporters
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blueberrylulu
S1
E15
someone puts an unidentified liquid in a girl's drink secretly and the girls looses all memory of this night the next morning, so it wouldnt be far fetched to think it was drugs
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arthurmoreira7138
It’s a recurring event in the first 3 seasons.
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AdrianadB
Through out the entire show there are several attempts of r*pe that are only stop by interference of either a third person or because the victim 'fights off' their attacker. In light of the time the show was written & aired and the way these cases are shown on screen people might consider them as sexual haressment or sexual assault but they are attempts of r*pe that without interference would have let to r*pe.
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Bodily Harm
Is there shaving/cutting?
19 supporters
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blueberrylulu
S1
E3
beginning of episode 3, a boy is shaving to upbeat music and accidentaly cuts himself but its not graphic or anything
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3
Does someone struggle to breathe?
16 supporters
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liv_v
one of the main characters is having a panic attack but I don’t remember the episode or season
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Is there a hanging?
24 supporters
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Stillframeminds
S5
E4
In Dan’s book they describe how Chuck’s character dies and they describe this suicide method at around 25:30 and again at 31:00
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Does someone have a seizure?
4 supporters
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scamallmen
S1E17
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Does someone fall to their death?
8 supporters
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arthurmoreira7138
Bart Bass in 6x09.
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Children
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Does a kid die?
28 supporters
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Nazetel
A young guy passes away after using drugs.
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Is a minor sexualized?
61 supporters
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blueberrylulu
the main characters are as young as 14 in the first seasons and are sometimes heavily sexualised, there is no genitalia shown or anything like that but lots of references to sex and slut shaming
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Death
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Disability
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Drugs/Alcohol
Does someone overdose?
9 supporters
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liv_v
he dies from it
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Family
Is someone kidnapped?
6 supporters
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scamallmen
S2E6
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Does a parent die?
8 supporters
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Nazetel
One of the main character's parent passes away.
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Does someone cheat?
12 supporters
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liv_v
all the time
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Fear
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Gross
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Does someone vomit?
58 supporters
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scamallmen
S1E17 audio only
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LGBTQ+
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Are there transphobic slurs?
29 supporters
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blueberrylulu
S2
E16
a main character uses the outdated term "transsexual" to qualify a transgender sex worker, and it is clearly not by lack of education but because he is transphobic
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Medical
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Are needles/syringes used?
21 supporters
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Nazetel
Heavy drug use in this series.
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Is there a mental institution scene?
16 supporters
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Nazetel
One of the major characters is in a mental institution.
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Is there a hospital scene?
7 supporters
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Nazetel
A few.
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Does someone have cancer?
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doesthedogdiehelp
one of the main characters mum has cancer
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Mental Health
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arthurmoreira7138
Eric Van Der Woodsen tries to kill himself before the pilot and has scars on his arm.
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blueberrylulu
before the show begins eric tries to take his life but fails, there are no flashbacks, and it is not discussed in detail (we know how he did it but its not described more than that). SEASON 2 EPISODE 14: a main character is about to take his own life by jumping off of a building but a friend stop him.
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Is there body dysmorphia?
19 supporters
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SophieN
one of the main characters has an ED.
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Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (1-800-273-8255)
17 supporters
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3
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vinylzombie
S5
E8
Blair has a quote mentioning killing herself in a sarcastic way
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Are there anxiety attacks?
19 supporters
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14
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Nazetel
Few of the characters have anxiety attacks.
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Does someone have an eating disorder?
24 supporters
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arthurmoreira7138
Blair (one of the main characters) is bulimic, but her disorder is slightly mentioned/seen in the show. As far as I can remember, her bulimia is mentioned in season 1, 4 and 5, many times in an ironic way.
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Hummel
No, but a suicide attempt of a main character s mentioned and described
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Noxious
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Are there flashing lights or images?
25 supporters
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Nazetel
Few flashing lights in clubs.
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Paranoia
Is someone watched without knowing?
9 supporters
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blueberrylulu
one of the recuring events of the show are people taking pictures or videos of the main characters without them knowing and then sending them to Gossip Girl, who has a blog where she writes in detail about the private life of teenagers
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Pregnancy
Is there childbirth?
0 supporters
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Nazetel
Yes, one of the main characters has a baby.
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Are there abortions?
12 supporters
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arthurmoreira7138
Yes, in 5x11.
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Yes
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Yes
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Prejudice
Are there fat jokes?
28 supporters
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SophieN
a lot. and one of the main characters has an ed
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10
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Are there homophobic slurs?
30 supporters
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11
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blueberrylulu
S1
E16
minor character in season 1 uses "queer" in what is clearly to him a negative way
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Race
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Relationships
Is there a large age gap?
24 supporters
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doesthedogdiehelp
one of the main characters has multiple affairs with older women , another main character has slept with teachers , another character dates an older guy who the parents don’t approve of
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Sex
Is there sexual content?
35 supporters
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30
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SophieN
a whoollle bunch. i'd be surprised if sex isn't mentioned or shown in every single episode
3 comments | Add comment
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Does someone lose their virginity?
9 supporters
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6
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blueberrylulu
S1
one of the main characters does and when Gossip Girl hears from it, it creates a whole scandal. people call the girl a slut and a whore
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
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arthurmoreira7138
No but one of the main characters dates her half-brother.
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Sexism
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1
Sickness
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1
Social
Is someone homeless?
4 supporters
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liv_v
One of the main characters for a short time and homeless people are mentioned in a sentence of a main character I guess
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Spoiler
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Vehicular
Does a car crash?
9 supporters
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22
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1
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blueberrylulu
happens off-screen but an important character dies in a car crash
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
4
No
1
Does a plane crash?
5 supporters
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4
No
11
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vinylzombie
S6
You don't see it, but a plane crashes in S6 and you believe that a main character is on board until it's revealed they escaped
1 comment | Add comment
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14
No
1
Violence
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0
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12
Is there blood/gore?
31 supporters
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12
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0
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arthurmoreira7138
Just as a result of a car crash in 5x11. There’s also a man inside a bloody bathtub in 5x07, but it’s a staging.
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Does someone drown?
10 supporters
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7
No
10
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vinylzombie
S1
E12
The main characters go to a party where someone hits their head and starts to drown in the pool, but they wind up being okay
1 comment | Add comment
Is there gun violence?
12 supporters
Yes
10
No
1
2
alexajeanette
S3
E22
One of the main characters (Chuck) is shot in 3x22, then in 4x1 there are flashbacks and mentions of the aftermath.
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