Angel
TV Show • 1999 • Drama
ReportThe vampire Angel, cursed with a soul, moves to Los Angeles and aids people with supernatural-related problems while questing for his own redemption. A spin-off from Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
This tv show contains 44 potentially triggering events.
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Unanswered Triggers
Is there pedophilia?
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echoevemorrow
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E3
Strongly alluded to
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Does someone attempt suicide?
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (1-800-273-8255)
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Abuse
Is someone stalked?
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mad_melody
Throughout the show, many characters (including the main characters) are stalked (followed, spied on with cameras, secretly watched from hiding spots) on multiple occasions.
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Mariapsaila
In season 3 episode 6 “Billy”, multiple characters are afflicted with a primal misogynistic rage that causes them to attack or kill women in their proximity. Verbal violence is inflicted alongside physical violence, affecting main characters such as Wesley and Gunn as well. Onscreen violence against women is shown, most particularly against Fred and Lilah Morgan.
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mad_melody
Season 5 Episode 11 centres around a woman who suffered prolonged abuse while held captive as a child. There are several flashbacks to the torture. There might be other instances that I unfortunately cannot remember.
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Addiction
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Animal
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Are there spiders?
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timetoerase
About halfway through the episode in 3x19
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Assault
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mad_melody
Several episodes feature survivors of past sexual assault/abuse. Throughout the show, there are multiple flashbacks where Angelus is shown immediately before or after sexually assaulting restrained women.
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Bodily Harm
Is there shaving/cutting?
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mad_melody
Throughout the show, numerous characters are cut in combat and/or during spells on numerous occasions.
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Is someone burned alive?
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mad_melody
Throughout the show, vampires frequently catch fire (either by being intentionally set on fire, or by going into sunlight) and burst into dust. Several main characters also catch fire and survive.
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Is there a hanging?
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jg57
S1E5 ghost tries to hang Cordelia to make it look like a suicide. Does not complete.
S2E2 Angel is hung by a mob.
S2E2 Angel is hung by a mob.
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Does someone have a seizure?
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AnagnorisisM
Cordelia's visions can look a lot like seizures
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Is someone tortured?
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mad_melody
Season 5 Episode 11 centres around a woman who suffered prolonged abuse while held captive as a child. There are several flashbacks to the torture. Throughout the show, multiple characters (including main characters) torture and are tortured.
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Children
Does a kid die?
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mad_melody
Multiple teenagers and young children die on and off screen.
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Disability
Is the r-slur used?
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beetlebug89
Once by Cordelia a few episodes into series 1 and once by Angelus during his second appearance in season 4. Once in season 5, although I don't remember who by.
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Drugs/Alcohol
Does someone overdose?
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echoevemorrow
S3
The young woman Connor was taken in by overdoses in the bathroom. The whole scene is kind of traumatic with how she's found.
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Family
Is someone kidnapped?
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mad_melody
Season 5 Episode 11 centres around a woman who suffered prolonged abuse while held captive as a child. There are several flashbacks to the kidnapping and torture. Throughout the show, multiple characters (including main characters) are kidnapped and held captive on multiple occasions.
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Does someone cheat?
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mad_melody
Throughout the show, several characters cheat.
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Fear
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Is someone possessed?
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mad_melody
Throughout the show, numerous characters (including main characters) are possessed either against their will or with consent in order to gain power.
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Gross
Does someone vomit?
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naokiie
Ssn2:E19- 4:06 Cordelia throws up food, audio, no visuals, skip to 4:25; same episode 20:15 she leans over and groans, it scared me but dw she doesnt vomit; Ssn3:E16- 4:20 not really vomit but a girl is kind of foaming at the mouth, skip to the intro; Ssn3:E18- no vomit but there's a demon that spits phlegm which was kind of gross, when gunn visits the clients lair, ends at like 11:19; Ssn4:E3- Fred mimics vomiting wasnt really triggering for me but still, 27:14 just mute for like three secs; Ssn4:E11 - 36:10 when Connor storms out audio, no visual; Ssn4:E14 - 18:20 no graphics no visual, only mentioned and you hear the toilet flushing
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Law Enforcement
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Medical
Is electro-therapy used?
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para_seren
electric shock collars used to enslave humans in hell dimension
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Are needles/syringes used?
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echoevemorrow
Needles in quite a few episodes
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Is there a mental institution scene?
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mad_melody
In Season 5 Episode 11, a survivor of past severe child abuse is shown in a mental institution, and breaks out. There might be other instances that I unfortunately cannot remember.
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Mental Health
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Is there autism specific abuse?
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The r-slur is used fairly often throughout the seasons.
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jg57
S2E2 lots of suicides in flashbacks of a haunted hotel.
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Noxious
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Pregnancy
Is there childbirth?
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mad_melody
In Season 3 Episode 9, a major character is killed while pregnant, and the baby is magically born and survives. In Season 4 Episode 17, a pregnant main character magically expedites the birth of her baby; the child magically leaves the mother without any actual childbirth.
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Are there abortions?
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mad_melody
In Season 1 Episode 12, a main character and a few nameless characters are magically pregnant. The demon causing the magical pregnancies is killed so that the demon spawn in the women leave.
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Does a pregnant person die?
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mad_melody
In Season 3 Episode 9, a major character is killed while pregnant; the baby magically survives. In Season 1 Episode 12, and for much of Season 4, a main character (and a few nameless characters in S1Ep13) magically becomes highly pregnant very quickly, and her life is threatened multiple times while pregnant.
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Prejudice
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Does the black guy die first?
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mad_melody
Many named and unnamed black characters are, however, killed on-screen throughout the show.
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Is there ableist language or behavior?
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The r-slur is used fairly often throughout the seasons.
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Relationships
Is there a large age gap?
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silencesilence
Angel is an immortal being. At some points, he has relationships with younger women.
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Sex
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fivebyfive
A character has a sexual and romantic relationship with his pseudo-mother figure. They are not biologically related, and the relationship is seen as disgusting and toxic by the other characters, but it is still difficult to watch.
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Social
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Spoiler
Does it have a sad ending?
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mad_melody
The Season 5 finale is sad, and the last scene ends on a massive and hopeless cliffhanger, as the show was cancelled before the next season could be made and resolve everything.
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Vehicular
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Is someone hit by a car?
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mad_melody
Throughout the show, multiple characters are hit by cars on multiple occasions. A truck with stakes attached to the front is frequently used to drive into and kill vampires.
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Violence
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Is there blood/gore?
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mad_melody
Blood and gore is frequent throughout the show, as the characters often fight, get tortured, get injured, etc. Injuries are more frequent, graphic, and gruesome than in the Buffy the Vampire Slayer show.
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Does someone drown?
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AnagnorisisM
But Angel spends a lot of time trapped under water.
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Is there gun violence?
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mad_melody
Throughout the show, numerous characters (including main characters) wield, shoot, and/or are shot at by guns on numerous occasions.
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