Labyrinth
Movie • 1986 • Adventure
ReportWhen teen Sarah is forced to babysit Toby, her baby stepbrother, she summons Jareth the Goblin King to take him away. When he is actually kidnapped, Sarah is given just thirteen hours to solve a labyrinth and rescue him.
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Abandonment
Does someone leave without saying goodbye?
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SiRenfield
Hogggle frequently leaves Sarah and co. without a word
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Is a child abandoned by a parent?
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SiRenfield
Closest we have is the novelization preporting that Sarah’s mom abandoned the family when she was young
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Abuse
Are there abusive parents?
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SiRenfield
Sarah claims in her story to Toby that she has a wicked stepmother but it’s obviously her teenage angst exaggerating things, as far as we can tell she’s stern but not abusive
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Is someone stalked?
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oreoicecrem
Sarah is watched by the goblin king without her knowledge via crystal ball as she makes her way through his labrynth
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Is there domestic violence?
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Does the abused become the abuser?
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Is someone gaslighted?
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LJConrad
While there is a lot of duplicity in the movie, the only bit that seems like gaslighting to me is a scene in a junkyard where a puppet character tries to convince an amnesiac that they are looking for their old toys rather than their abducted brother. The relationship between hero and villain is complicated and mildly psychologically abusive. The hero rejects this treatment.
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Anonymous
I would say no, but the child is sometimes thrown in the air and caught (the child seems to enjoy it)
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Addiction
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eyesinthehills
Sarah is given a peach laced with a sort of acid and she has a hallucination of a fancy ball.
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Animal
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Are animals abused?
212 supporters
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Anonymous
i would say no although when ludo is found he has been tied upside down and is being hit, this is very brief and ludo is not a real animal but its worth the warning incase
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0myg0th
No, the dog is too cowardly to enter battle
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Is an animal sad?
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There are many characters who are animal-like and have moments where they are distressed or sad. For example, Ambrosius the dog is shown shaking at some parts. This is usually for comic effect. Ludo who looks like a Minotaur/orangutan does become distressed as sad at various parts of the film. He says ‘Ludo scared’ at one point.
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Are there spiders?
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oreoicecrem
There's an extremely breif scene when Sarah is in the goblin city, a big muppet spider can be seen running down a roof in the corner of the screen
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Are there snakes?
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oreoicecrem
A very big snake is thrown at Sarah, it starts to strangle her and then very quickly turns into a scarf
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Are there bugs?
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milesrorygraeme
a puppet worm with a scarf greets sarah, and there is a brief moment showing a maggot coming out of the peach she had bitten into
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Assault
Does a woman get slapped?
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Is someone drugged?
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A female character is given a peach laced with a hallucinogenic substance.
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Is there pedophilia?
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SiRenfield
Bit of a complicated answer since the villain is a thousand year old immortal being (played by an actor that was in his forties at the time…and admittedly not helped that he had “baby groupies” in the past) pursuing a teenage girl, but there’s no explicit sexual content in the film itself
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edenthatapple
The scene where the girl falls down the tunnel with hands all over the walls could potentially be a triggering image but there is no sexual assault in the film.
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Bodily Harm
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Does someone struggle to breathe?
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pedanther
There's a scene where a character's nose is held to force him to open his mouth, and he struggles to breathe before giving in.
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Is there decapitation?
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0myg0th
Their is a type of goblin that remove their heads and tosses them between each other
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Is someone crushed to death?
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TheCassandraComplex
Puppets are “crushed” by large heavy objects. Not gorey at all, very cartoony. And I don’t think they actually “die.”
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Is someone burned alive?
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porridgegoats
One of the firey puppets takes off his hand and throws it into his campfire.
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Is someone buried alive?
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haexelhasel
The other comment is correct, and the scene feels a little claustrophobic. The “burial” is in the form of having items piled onto someone so they are burdened. No one is buried in the ground.
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Is there amputation?
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porridgegoats
Some of the puppets take off their limbs and heads and throw them around.
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Does a head get squashed?
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porridgegoats
No, but a group of monkey-like puppets throw their own heads around and play games with them. There is no malicious intent until they try to take Sarah's head off, but she escapes after being chased for a while.
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Is there finger/toe mutilation?
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porridgegoats
One of the fireys takes his hand off and throws it into the campfire. It reappears on him almost instantly.
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Is someone tortured?
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pedanther
A character is tied up and tortured with small biting creatures. It's cartoony and not intended to be genuinely distressing.
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Does someone fall down stairs?
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LJConrad
No. A baby is seen sitting on the very edge of the top of a flight of stairs which is unsettling but he is fine.
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Does someone fall to their death?
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porridgegoats
No but Sarah falls through the air at one point to get to Jareth. She is unharmed when she meets the ground.
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Is there eye mutilation?
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porridgegoats
(This is a rather graphic description) A puppet takes out his own eyeballs with his fingers, rolls them around and then eats them, only to have them reappear back in their sockets. These characters also swap their heads around and use their limbs as bats for a game. This is all done while singing.
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Children
Is an infant abducted?
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TheCassandraComplex
Yes, the story revolves around an infant abduction. The main character’s little brother, (looks about 20 months old) is taken and held hostage by a fae king. He is unharmed but occasionally placed in dangerous situations.
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Is a minor sexualized?
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SiRenfield
There’s an adult presenting immortal being in love with a teenage girl in-universe ,but the worst the girl experiences is a sequence where she’s in a ball gown dancing with him. Many viewers and critics have observed that the movie is something of a metaphor for Sarah’s adolescent awakening ,but it’s presented in a pretty chaste matter with anything sexual being stuff read between the lines
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Creepy Crawly
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Death
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Does a non-human character die?
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No obvious deaths of any characters, puppets or real people/animals are seen or implied. There's a battle scene with some puppet goblins, and these weird creature things they ride on, and some of them are knocked around a bit, but it's nothing graphic or violent. It's kid-friendly.
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Does someone die?
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SiRenfield
Although a bit unclear in regards to the villain’s defeat
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Disability
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Drugs/Alcohol
Does someone overdose?
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TheCassandraComplex
A character is drugged without consent, though.
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Family
Does a family member die?
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Zeeh
I think it's implied that Sarah's mother died before the start of the film.
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Does a parent die?
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haexelhasel
A character’s mother is absent and the character misses her, but it is unclear if she has died or is absent for other reasons.
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Is a child's toy destroyed?
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cassandrasaurus
Yes, the main character destroys her own toys.
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Is someone kidnapped?
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haexelhasel
The story revolves around a character trying to retrieve her infant brother who has been taken.
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Does someone cheat?
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LJConrad
No. The main character's parents are split and both in relationships with other people but we never see the mother so don't know the details beyond a brief pan over newspaper clippings in a scrapbook at the start.
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Fear
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Are there jump scares?
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LJConrad
A couple of sudden moments of characters falling or puppets jumping up unexpectedly.
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Is there a shower scene?
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Pompaii34
It's a kids movie
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Are there clowns?
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No traditional-looking clowns, but there are humans dressed up in odd costumes with masks during a dream sequence/hallucination.
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Is trypophobic content shown?
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0myg0th
There is a mystical swamp scene
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Gross
Does someone vomit?
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Malicealice
There are some gagging scenes that might be triggering when they are at the bog, but you don’t really realize what’s happening, and you don’t really know who is making them. Not very triggering
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Does someone wet/soil themselves?
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cassandrasaurus
A puppet character urinates into a small pond. You see the character from behind, fully clothed, with a stream of urine going into the pond. No genitalia is shown and his clothing is not wet afterward.
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Is there farting?
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pedanther
The "Bog of Eternal Stench" is a swamp area that makes farting noises as the characters walk through it.
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Does someone spit?
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LLee
The "Bog of Eternal Stench" is a swamp area that makes farting noises as the characters walk through it.
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Is there audio gore?
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Anonymous
It might not count as "gore", but the Bog of eternal stench scenes include some nasty sounds
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Large-scale Violence
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Law Enforcement
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LGBTQ+
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Loss
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Medical
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Mental Health
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Does someone attempt suicide?
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Does someone have a meltdown?
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Zeeh
Sarah throws a teenage tantrum out of jealousy of her brother, but it's not sustained.
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Is there misophonia?
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LJConrad
A bog makes constant farting and belching sounds for an entire scene. There is the loud crunch as a character bites into a peach. Also a lot of barking and baby crying.
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Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
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Is there a claustrophobic scene?
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LLee
There are several scenes where characters are trapped underground, one where a girl is trapped in a small tunnel with hands on the walls holding her and another where a girl is running down a hall as the walls close in.
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Does someone die by suicide?
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Noxious
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Does a baby cry?
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oreoicecrem
Toby cries a lot
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Is there obscene language/gestures?
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Anonymous
David Bowie's bulge is obscene at times
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Paranoia
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Is the fourth wall broken?
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TheCassandraComplex
One of the puppets seems to address the audience briefly.
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Pregnancy
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Are there babies or unborn children?
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LJConrad
One of the characters is a baby. The whole plot revolves around a teenage sister trying to rescue her baby brother.
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Prejudice
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Is there ableist language or behavior?
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cassandrasaurus
Some of the puppets call each other names that could be upsetting for people with intellectual and/or developemental disabilities. Mostly names and insults which insinuate a lack of intelligence but no r-slur.
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Is a minority is misrepresented?
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Ellie_red
the comedic/creepy firey creatures have jamaican accents
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Race
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Relationships
Is there a large age gap?
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TheCassandraComplex
There is implied romantic tension between the villain (who is an immortal but is played by 4 year old David Bowie) and the 15 year old main character.
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Religious
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Sex
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Does someone lose their virginity?
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SiRenfield
The movie is often interpreted as symbolizing a girl’s adolescent awakening but there isn’t any literal virginity loss
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Is someone sexually objectified?
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Depends on how you look at it-- but David Bowie's character wears pants that. Well.. definitely reveal his bulge, to the point it's distracting.
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Are there incestuous relationships?
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Is there sexual content?
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cassandrasaurus
Not unless you count David Bowie’s epic bulge (I say this with absolute sincerity, the outline is very visible and sometimes distracting).
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Is there BDSM?
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SiRenfield
There is some slight subtext towards the end where Jarerth plead that he’ll be Sarah’s “slave” if she loves him
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Sexism
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Sickness
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Social
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Is someone homeless?
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TheCassandraComplex
There is a puppet character who looks like homeless woman and seems to dwell in a junkyard.
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Spoiler
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Vehicular
Does a car honk or tires screech?
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pedanther
There are no cars, but there is a gag where a runaway animal pulls up suddenly with the noise of tires screeching.
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Does a car crash?
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Addorila
A wagon crashes into a building, but there are no significant injuries
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Violence
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Is there gun violence?
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There are cannons and a machine gun-like device used by goblins during a battle scene. This causes small explosions and damage to nearby structures.
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