The Nanny
TV Show • 1993 • Comedy
ReportFran, fresh out of her job as a bridal consultant in her boyfriend’s shop, first appears on the doorstep of Broadway producer Maxwell Sheffield peddling cosmetics, and quickly stumbled upon the opportunity to become The Nanny for his three children. But soon Fran, with her offbeat nurturing and no-nonsense honesty, touches Maxwell as well as the kids.
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Is there pedophilia?
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the 90s so it's played off, but there's an episode where 30+ year old Billy ray Cyrus holds a kissing contest and girls as young as 15 sign up to kiss him. it's not shown on screen. also at one point 17 year old Maggie is dating a 25 year old and they act like Mr. Sheffield is the crazy one for being bothered by this.
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Is an animal abandoned?
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frequently jokes about CC forgetting where her dog Chester is or leaving him in a taxi
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Are rabbits harmed?
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S4
E10
Fran accidentally hits a rabbit with her car and is very upset about it the whole episode. CC makes a couple jokes about it. the rabbit is never shown.
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NatashaDohnt
Niles gaslights c.c. Into think she's having a 2nd mental breakdown and she checks back into a mental health facility
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Is there domestic violence?
National Domestic Violence Hotline (1-800-799-7233)
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mentions of past pets passing away such as a fish and a cat. as well as Fran hitting a rabbit with her car, it's assumed the rabbit died. it's never shown.
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Is there a dead animal?
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jamieblazej
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Just to correct the above comment, the bird and egg storyline happens in S4 E3, not E2
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pawpcuhn
No, but in one episode, Max is falsely under the impression that Fran was sexually harassed by her therapist.
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Is there genital trauma/mutilation?
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movieman
See Amputation above.
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Is there finger/toe mutilation?
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S6
Frans breaks her finger during a fall and has to wear a cast in a couple episodes
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Does someone struggle to breathe?
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movieman
C.C comically suffocates Fran with a pillow once.
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Is there amputation?
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movieman
Fran tells a story of an uncle who had to have a double amputation.
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Does someone fall to their death?
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movieman
Late in the show, Fran falls from a building and kills the man she landed on. No gore, just a cut to said man's funeral.
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Is there shaving/cutting?
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movieman
An episode has Fran confused for a nurse while Mr Sheffield has appendicitis. The Doctor has her shave him "for surgery" *ahem*. We dont see her shave him there though.
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see comment under pedophilia, but Maggie is dating a 25 year old when she is a minor and there's the whole Billy ray Cyrus episode.
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Is an infant abducted?
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deathgripsforcutie
S2
E6
Unintentionally. A mother gives Fran her baby to hold on the subway, the mother gets off, Fran doesn't notice and the mother isn't able to get back on because people are still exiting/pushing. Fran takes the baby home, believing it to be abandoned. Later a sketch of Fran is shown on the news, saying she's wanted for abducting the baby. She is briefly arrested and in jail, but it gets sorted out in the end.
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Does a parent die?
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Anonymous
S1
E21
The theme of the episode is Mother’s Day and the father spends the whole time trying to distract his children.
Another important plot point is that the youngest child doesn’t remember her mother anymore
It’s not overly sad but there is a bit of a dampened mood.
Another important plot point is that the youngest child doesn’t remember her mother anymore
It’s not overly sad but there is a bit of a dampened mood.
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Does someone cheat?
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jamieblazej
S1
E1
Fran’s fiancé dumps her and reveals he’s been cheating on her
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Is someone kidnapped?
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Main character is kidnapped in an episode.
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Are there natural bodies of water?
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jamieblazej
S3
E26
95% of the episode takes place on a cruise ship in the Caribbean
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Is there a shower scene?
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movieman
Fran walks in on Mr. Sheffield in the shower once. Nothing is shown, but it is referenced a few times afterwards.
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Are there ghosts?
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movieman
An episode parodies Tevye's Dream from Fiddler on the roof, when Mr. Sheffield makes up a story about Fran's late Aunt visiting him in a dream. All the ghosts are just the main characters in goulish makeup and cobwebs.
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Does someone wet/soil themselves?
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jamieblazej
S2
E26
Nothing onscreen, but Brighton is said to have peed his pants when he witnessed Fran being mugged in the park
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Does someone vomit?
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movieman
Brighton in an early episode vomits in C.C's hat, and her purse off screen.
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Medical
Is there a mental institution scene?
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pawpcuhn
However, it is explicitly stated that CC goes to a mental institution. Later, in a heated argument between CC and Sylvia Fine, the latter uses this information against CC.
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Is there a hospital scene?
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A few, Nothing too heavy.
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Is a mentally ill person violent?
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C.C is implied to be depressed and is at one point committed. She also is eager to hurt or even kill Fran as a running joke.
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Anonymous
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Frans date is on a window ledge and threatens to unalive himself because Fran won’t marry/date him
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movieman
A character threatens to jump off a ledge for the better part of an early episode, When Sheffield agrees to publish one of his plays, he slips and falls off, but an offscreen mound of garbage breaks his fall.
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Is there misophonia?
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NatashaDohnt
There's a scene where Max is hungover and the audio of the family eating breakfast is amplified
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Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (1-800-273-8255)
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MavinR
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Are there anxiety attacks?
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Gracie is prone to them, gets better as the show progresses.
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Does someone have an eating disorder?
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pawpcuhn
Sylvia Fine chronically overeats.
Fran mentions in passing her eating disorder in her youth (no other comments about the issue are made).
There are a couple of purging/laxative jokes.
Fran mentions in passing her eating disorder in her youth (no other comments about the issue are made).
There are a couple of purging/laxative jokes.
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Is there a claustrophobic scene?
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See above
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Does a baby cry?
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In one episode, Fran babysits a toddler who cries as she sings a lullaby, only stopping when she does.
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Is the fourth wall broken?
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Zoe102
S5
E7
Characters joke about the ridiculous ways tv shows hide actresses pregnancy in an episode where Cece holds large objects to hide the actresses pregnant belly.
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Does someone miscarry?
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VinnyLouise
However, in S6Ep7, Fran believes she is pregnant, and the episode ending implies she miscarried (it turns out it was a false positive).
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Are there fat jokes?
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deathgripsforcutie
They are one of the main running jokes, if not the main running joke throughout the whole series. I'm fairly certain that there is a fatphobic joke or comment in every episode, including directed frequently at people who are thin.
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NatashaDohnt
There is a running joke about C.C being masculine /secretly being a man
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Are there homophobic slurs?
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amy1
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E18
For further context/clarification of the other comment - the words are not used as slurs, the joke is more about language changing over time. The words are used in their earlier meanings - gay to mean happy, queer to mean unusual/strange, and fag as in the British slang for cigarette. Yes, part of the joke is that now these words have a connection to homosexuality, but as far as 'haha, something/someone seems gay but isn't' jokes go, it's pretty mild.
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Are there "Man in a dress" jokes?
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movieman
The climax to an episode is a Cher impersonator distracting the press from the actual Cher escaping the house. Jokes are of course made.
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Is there blackface?
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S5
E14
main character is in brown face to portray another character.
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Religious
Is religion discussed?
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Miami
Fran's family is Jewish and the Sheffields are Catholic
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Sex
Is there sexual content?
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Zoe102
S4
E9
Fran and Maxwell play ping pong and there's a lot of suggestive grunting and moaning
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pawpcuhn
Not intentionally. Fran and her cousin kiss without knowing that they are cousins.
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Sickness
Is there dementia/Alzheimer's?
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Zoe102
Grandma Yetta has memory problems
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Are there fat suits?
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Zoe102
S6
E21
When Fran is pregnant there's a scene with her in a bikini and she's wearing a very obvious fat suit
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Spoiler
Is Santa (et al) spoiled?
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movieman
Somewhat inverted in the first christmas episode. Fran says a passing remark about santa, which young Grace teases her for believing in him still. Later in the episode, a mall santa is heavily implied to be santa.
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Does a plane crash?
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Season 3 finale has a plane in jeopardy of crashing, but season 4's premire confirms it didn't
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Is there gun violence?
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There is a man who robs a bank with a gun and he does fire it multiple times.
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