Ugly Betty

TV Show • 2006 • Comedy  

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Smart but wholesome Betty embraces her unique appearance and independent attitude in the cutthroat world of New York fashion. With the help of her proud yet far-from-glamorous family from Queens, Betty will continue to have big dreams and deal with any obstacle in her own unique style.
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Does the dog die?
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Halston, a Chinese Crested dog dies of old age in season 4.
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Are animals abused?
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Is an animal abandoned?
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Is a child abused?
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Is a woman brutalized for spectacle?
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Is an animal sad?
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Does someone die by suicide?
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Is rape mentioned?
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Is there genital trauma/mutilation?
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Does someone self harm?
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Does a kid die?
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Abandonment
Is a child abandoned by a parent?
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Abuse
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It isn't ever shown, but it's mentioned how the main character's late mother was in an abusive relationship in her past.
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damalojo
Some major characters' father is emotionally abusive, e.g. said he wished his trans daughter was dead rather than transition.
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Is someone stalked?
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A lot, throughout the show.
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Addiction
Is there addiction?
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damalojo
Yes, throughout the show. There's a main character who's an alcoholic, and different characters go through drug and sex addiction.
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Two characters are drunk in an episode and act pretty goofy lol
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Animal
Does a cat die?
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Does an animal die?
(besides a dog, cat or horse)
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Were animals harmed in the making?
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Does a horse die?
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Does a dragon die?
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Does a pet die?
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Is there a dead animal?
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Assault
Is someone sexually assaulted?
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Is there pedophilia?
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S2
 E3
Someone is tied to a chair
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Does a woman get slapped?
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Is someone beaten up by a bully?
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Bodily Harm
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Eye reaction to a beauty procedure
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Is there excessive gore?
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Is someone tortured?
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Is there body horror?
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References to a character who died in a fiery car crash, including recreating the scene for fashion photoshoot purposes- fake flames included
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A man is put into a woman who's thought to be dead's empty casket and as far as I've gotten hasn't been shown being brought back out
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There's a character who uses an inhaler and often starts wheezing when they're under stress
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S3
 E2
Someone is pushed down a flight of stairs at the end of the episode
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S3
 E24
And it’s shown….
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Betty hits her head and becomes unconscious
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Is there cannibalism?
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Children
Is a minor sexualized?
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Someone who believes they’re the real, bio parent steals the baby to get a paternity test.
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Death
Does someone die?
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Lots throughout the show.
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Disability
Is the r-slur used?
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Drugs/Alcohol
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S1
 E15
Only mentioned
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Family
Does a parent die?
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The main character's mother died before the show started. A main character's father dies at the end of season 1, and another father dies later.
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Does someone cheat?
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Yes, many instances of cheating. For example, one of the main characters in seasons 1 &2 consistently cheats on his wife, and in season 3, one major character cheats on his boyfriend and another is having an affair with a married man.
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Does a family member die?
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Is someone kidnapped?
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S2
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Someone is kidnapped at gunpoint
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Fear
Are there mannequins?
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Are there ghosts?
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No, although characters sometimes have visions or hallucinations of dead loves ones, and at the beginning of season 1, some characters dress up and appear/disappear to try to make someone believe he's seeing a ghost.
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Does someone vomit?
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S1
 E19
Season 1 Episode 19
26:30 Marc gags and v* into a bucket. Sound, no visual
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Is there defecation?
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Law Enforcement
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S1
 E15
A character is shown in prison (they're arrested at the end of the previous episode)
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LGBTQ+
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Yes, one of the main characters is a trans woman and gets called a lot of names, like tranny and she-male
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Is there deadnaming or birthnaming?
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Loss
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A dress belonging to a Kennedy is destroyed
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Medical
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Botox
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Last few episodes of season 3 a female character deals with an unknown type of cancer.
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Several, at various points. One character is in the hospital after being arrested in season 1. Multiple characters are in the hospital for several episodes at the beginning of season 2 after a car crash.
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Mental Health
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 E15
It's mentioned that someone "swallowed a whole bottle of pills" after their child's death
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FlauRi
autistic coded main character, a few people treat her awful
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damalojo
The show is set at a fashion magazine so there are pervasive references to models and eating disorders throughout the show
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lrrrbch
S1
 E19
A woman who is said to be mentally unstable locks a man in her house and tries to force him to marry her
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Is reality unstable or unhinged?
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Does someone have a meltdown?
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Noxious
Is there screaming?
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Generally from excitement.
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Pregnancy
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Season 4 episode 12
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Prejudice
Are there fat jokes?
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S1
 E16
A young boy is called "fairy"
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S1
 E15
A trans woman is misgendered and referred to by her deadname in a news segment. They also show pre-transition photos of her.

Her brother also keeps misgendering her at first. Her mother calls her "him", but corrects herself.
Another character calls her a "she-male".

It's probably the worst in this episode, but she's still misgendered and deadnamed from time to time over the course of the show.

There is a huge news spectacle around her and her transition is treated as a scandal because

SPOILER



people only knew her before her transition and she was believed to have died.
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lrrrbch
S1
 E5
Christina say that "little people make me nervous"
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S1
 E15
Betty's dad makes a comment about "Daniel's brother" wearing women's clothes (she's actually a trans woman)
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MisophoniaGoldfish
Many jokes made about the fact that the people who work at the magazine don't eat and many jokes are made at Betty's expense about her weight and eating habits by her coworkers
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Is there hate speech?
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They say the t-slur (trans one) a few times, but not in a hateful way
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Are there usages of the n-word?
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Is a minority is misrepresented?
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Does the black guy die first?
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Relationships
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S1
 E19
A man finds out that someone he slept with is 16 years old. Her mother orchestrated it to blackmail him.

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It later turns out that she is actually 20
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Sex
Is there bestiality?
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Are there incestuous relationships?
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S2
No, although there's a brief storyline for a couple episodes in season 2 where someone finds out they're adopted and there's a possibility they're related to a former partner, which turns out to not be the case.
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Only implied.
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Is someone sexually objectified?
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Sickness
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S3
A sweet female character in the last several episodes of season 3.
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damalojo
S1
The main character tracks down her estranged grandmother, who is implied to suffer from Alzheimer's and is mostly non-verbal, but mistakes her granddaughter for her daughter.
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Does someone have a chronic illness?
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Social
Are there fat suits?
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S4
 E17
An actor has facial prosthetics to make their (usually thin) character look fat
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Vehicular
Does a car crash?
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damalojo
The show begins after a prominent figure at the magazine dies in a car crash. The car is shown afterwards, but not the crash itself. At the end of season 1, there's a nonfatal car crash that puts two main characters in the hospital. You see the lead-up to the crash, but not the crash itself (although you do hear it). And again in season 3, ep 8, you see and hear the lead-up to and aftermath of a car crash, not the crash itself, but no one is hurt.
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S3
 E8
There's a car crash in season 3, ep 8, although the crash itself is not shown, and no one is hurt.
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Violence
Is there blood/gore?
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Yes, several times throughout the show. For example, in the season 1 finale, a major character is shot and killed during a robbery.
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Is there a nuclear explosion?
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