Ponyo

Movie • 2008 • Animation  

Report
The son of a sailor, 5-year old Sosuke lives a quiet life on an oceanside cliff with his mother Lisa. One fateful day, he finds a beautiful goldfish trapped in a bottle on the beach and upon rescuing her, names her Ponyo. But she is no ordinary goldfish. The daughter of a masterful wizard and a sea goddess, Ponyo uses her father's magic to transform herself into a young girl and quickly falls in love with Sosuke, but the use of such powerful sorcery causes a dangerous imbalance in the world. As the moon steadily draws nearer to the earth and Ponyo's father sends the ocean's mighty waves to find his daughter, the two children embark on an adventure of a lifetime to save the world and fulfill Ponyo's dreams of becoming human.
This movie contains 10 potentially triggering events.
Removes Ads!
Your Triggers
Does the dog die?
88 supporters
Yes
0
No
28
3
NateTheMovieGoer
Nope for there is no dog!
1 comment | Add comment
Unanswered Triggers
Is an animal abandoned?
19 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
0
Is a woman brutalized for spectacle?
16 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
0
Is an animal sad?
15 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
0
Yes
0
No
0
Are there sudden loud noises?
11 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
0
Are there anti-abortion themes?
10 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
0
Yes
0
No
0
0
Kibble
There's an underwater structure that fish are shown leaving that has multiple large holes in it. It activated a small amount of trypophobia
1 comment | Add comment
Is someone beaten up by a bully?
8 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
0
Is autism misrepresented?
8 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
0
Is an LGBT+ person outed?
8 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
0
Abandonment
1
jamieblazej
Sosuke’s mom Lisa leaves him and Ponyo alone at home to go bring emergency supplies and help senior citizens after the massive storm. Sosuke and Ponyo are only about 5 years old and she leaves them for an extended period of time, then essentially goes missing. It’s not appropriate for the kids to be alone at that age and Sosuke is clearly worried and distressed about it at some points. Lisa basically abandons the kids but it all turns out okay in the end. Also, Sosuke’s dad Koichi is a ship captain and is away at sea for extended periods of time, which causes strain in his relationship with Lisa. He doesn’t abandon Sosuke but he is absent in his life a lot.
1 comment | Add comment
Abuse
Are there abusive parents?
13 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
3
Is someone stalked?
8 supporters
Yes
5
No
15
4
CupcakeCat
Ponyos father looks for his daughter during the movie (but it’s not for bad reason)
1 comment | Add comment
Is there domestic violence?
23 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
20
Yes
0
No
4
Is someone gaslighted?
10 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
21
Is a child abused?
32 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
19
Addiction
Yes
0
No
21
Is there addiction?
3 supporters
Yes
2
No
21
4
SyntheticChaos
Ponyo’s father repeatedly drinks an ‘elixir’ and cites it as a power source.
2 comments | Add comment
Does someone abuse alcohol?
3 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
18
Animal
Were animals harmed in the making?
25 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
4
Does a horse die?
24 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
25
Does an animal die?
(besides a dog, cat or horse)
49 supporters
Yes
1
No
27
5
NateTheMovieGoer
Nothing dies in ponyo
1 comment | Add comment
Are animals abused?
60 supporters
Add comment
Yes
1
No
25
Yes
0
No
24
Yes
2
No
22
7
Livski
At points ponyo in fish form appears dead but is actually sleeping
2 comments | Add comment
Are rabbits harmed?
16 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
3
Does a cat die?
48 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
24
Does a pet die?
41 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
5
Does a dragon die?
7 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
21
Are there spiders?
15 supporters
Yes
1
No
20
0
jamieblazej
In the beginning when Ponyo’s father is on his boat there is a white spider-like sea creature that is seen crawling around several times. I have severe arachnophobia and I always have to cover the bottom of the screen to watch this scene.
1 comment | Add comment
Are there snakes?
6 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
20
Are there bugs?
9 supporters
Yes
25
No
2
6
canidaeTrot
there are a ton of wharf roaches on some rocks down by the sea, that all flee when Sosuke approaches.
2 comments | Add comment
Assault
Is someone drugged?
9 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
3
Is there pedophilia?
29 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
3
Is someone held under water?
4 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
3
Is rape mentioned?
22 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
3
Yes
8
No
1
2
manaphy
Near the beginning of the movie, Ponyo gets trapped in a bottle. Also, Ponyo is put in a bubble after her dad gets her back, and she can't get out. Also, he squishes her with his hands. (This doesn't hurt her.) Children are picked up and carried, also, but almost always in a loving way.
1 comment | Add comment
Is someone sexually assaulted?
45 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
19
Yes
0
No
3
Bodily Harm
Yes
2
No
19
4
tisohunter
Closest thing however would be near the beginning where Sosuke cuts his thumb on a glass bottle where Ponyo got trapped after he broke it. It's quick but there the movie does show a bit of blood leaking from said cut, which Ponyo then licks off.
1 comment | Add comment
2
Livski
There are some underwater scenes but it doesn’t show much struggling as they are able to come up for air pretty quickly
1 comment | Add comment
Is there cannibalism?
12 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
19
Yes
0
No
7
1
Ponyo is squeezed but isn't harmed. She isn't hurt afterwards but it is a little worrisome.
1 comment | Add comment
Is someone burned alive?
9 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
23
Is someone buried alive?
6 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
21
Is there body horror?
12 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
4
Is there amputation?
4 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
20
Does a head get squashed?
16 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
20
Is there Achilles Tendon injury?
7 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
7
Is there a hanging?
10 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
18
Does someone asphyxiate?
6 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
5
Are any teeth damaged?
12 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
24
1
Anonymous
Ponyo goes unconscious at least once in the film.
1 comment | Add comment
Does someone break a bone?
8 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
19
Does someone have a seizure?
3 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
18
Is there genital trauma/mutilation?
18 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
16
Yes
2
No
22
11
user13396
Not sure if it counts much, but Sosuke gets a small cut on his finger. It's cured immediately once Ponyo licks it.
1 comment | Add comment
Is someone tortured?
29 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
20
Does someone fall down stairs?
1 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
7
Does someone fall to their death?
2 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
18
Is there eye mutilation?
27 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
23
Is there excessive gore?
26 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
12
Children
Is an infant abducted?
6 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
5
Does a kid die?
13 supporters
Yes
0
No
24
4
NateTheMovieGoer
No death occurs in this movie
1 comment | Add comment
Is a minor sexualized?
27 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
7
Death
Does someone sacrifice themselves?
3 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
5
Does a non-human character die?
6 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
3
Does a major character die?
5 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
3
Disability
Is the r-slur used?
14 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
7
Drugs/Alcohol
Does someone overdose?
6 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
7
Family
Yes
3
No
13
4
SyntheticChaos
The main character’s toy boat which was magically enlarged shrinks, and his plastic bucket almost blows away during a storm.
2 comments | Add comment
Does a parent die?
3 supporters
Yes
0
No
24
5
SyntheticChaos
No, but the protagonist worries about his mother dying when he can’t find her in her car after the storm.
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
1
No
14
2
manaphy
Ponyo is captured by her dad and she doesn't want to go, but she's also about 4 years old and so this is okay.
1 comment | Add comment
Does someone cheat?
7 supporters
Yes
0
No
17
1
manaphy
The father is absent because of his job, but does not cheat on the mother.
1 comment | Add comment
Fear
Is someone possessed?
4 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
17
Are there ghosts?
3 supporters
Add comment
Yes
1
No
17
Are there clowns?
6 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
20
Are there jumpscares?
16 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
19
Are there mannequins?
4 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
5
Are there razors?
S.A.F.E. ALTERNATIVES® (1-800-DONTCUT)
3 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
5
Is there a shower scene?
0 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
20
Gross
Is someone eaten?
10 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
3
Does someone wet/soil themselves?
8 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
13
Does someone vomit?
31 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
20
Does someone spit?
5 supporters
Yes
20
No
3
8
Ryanale
Ponyo, in fish form, spits water at various characters near the beginning of the film.
1 comment | Add comment
Is there on-screen pooping?
12 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
3
Is there audio gore?
14 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
17
Large-scale Violence
Are there 9/11 depictions?
2 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
5
Law Enforcement
Is there copaganda?
4 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
13
LGBTQ+
Are there transphobic slurs?
15 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
3
Yes
0
No
3
Is there bisexual cheating?
6 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
6
1
jamieblazej
Ponyo changes her name from Brunhilda and her father calls her by that name once but is corrected and he mainly calls her Ponyo except for one time when he’s scolding her.
1 comment | Add comment
Medical
Is there a mental institution scene?
6 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
21
Is electro-therapy used?
7 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
20
Does someone have cancer?
5 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
18
Are needles/syringes used?
7 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
20
Yes
0
No
21
7
kulmikas
there are scenes set at a nursing home but no medical equipment or hospital-related stuff is shown
1 comment | Add comment
Mental Health
Is there body dysphoria?
6 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
3
Does someone suffer from PTSD?
12 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
9
Is there body dysmorphia?
9 supporters
Add comment
Yes
1
No
15
Does someone self harm?
S.A.F.E. ALTERNATIVES® (1-800-DONTCUT)
18 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
20
Yes
0
No
5
Is there D.I.D. misrepresentation?
4 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
4
Does someone have a mental illness?
6 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
3
Is there autism specific abuse?
14 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
16
Is a mentally ill person violent?
8 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
14
Does someone have an eating disorder?
10 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
16
Yes
0
No
12
Is there misophonia?
14 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
9
Yes
0
No
19
Are there anxiety attacks?
10 supporters
Add comment
Yes
1
No
14
Is there a claustrophobic scene?
6 supporters
Add comment
Yes
2
No
12
Noxious
Is there obscene language/gestures?
3 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
5
Are there underwater scenes?
2 supporters
Add comment
Yes
3
No
0
Does a baby cry?
7 supporters
Yes
17
No
0
7
Odonore
A baby cries during the boat scene.
1 comment | Add comment
Is there shakey cam?
8 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
17
Are there flashing lights or images?
11 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
17
Paranoia
Is the fourth wall broken?
3 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
9
Pregnancy
3
manaphy
In the boat scene, there's a young couple with their baby. Ponyo is fascinated by it, and we stay with them for a few minutes.
1 comment | Add comment
Are there abortions?
7 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
16
Is a baby stillborn?
7 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
10
Does a pregnant person die?
5 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
17
Is there childbirth?
10 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
16
Does someone miscarry?
9 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
19
Prejudice
Are there fat jokes?
14 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
17
Yes
0
No
14
Is there aphobia?
6 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
3
2
EllieAdkinson
@manaphy That’s not misgendering, but it IS deadnaming, and it could prove to be upsetting for some watching that part.
2 comments | Add comment
Is there hate speech?
7 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
19
Does an LGBT person die?
14 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
19
Are there homophobic slurs?
17 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
17
0
manaphy
The only thing I can think of after watching is that at the end, due to the magic of being around mother nature herself, the elderly women can walk easily without their wheelchairs again. They comment on their knees not hurting, etc.
1 comment | Add comment
Are there "Man in a dress" jokes?
9 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
13
Does the black guy die first?
4 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
15
Is a minority is misrepresented?
5 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
4
Are there n-words?
5 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
15
Race
Is there blackface?
7 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
3
Relationships
Is there a large age gap?
14 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
7
Sex
Is someone sexually objectified?
9 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
7
Are there incestuous relationships?
National Sexual Assault Hotline 800.656.4673
23 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
14
Is there bestiality?
25 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
4
Is there sexual content?
15 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
20
Are there nude scenes?
5 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
7
Does someone lose their virginity?
4 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
3
Sexism
4
manaphy
Souske cries and he is reassured, and his hand is held etc.
1 comment | Add comment
Sickness
Yes
1
No
3
0
beauhatesbeans
Not really, but there are some old ladies who are occasionally forgetful, but it is played off in a humorous way
1 comment | Add comment
2
The older ladies are in chairs for most of the film, as well as one of the less friendly of the older ladies is in a wheelchair semi-permanently.
1 comment | Add comment
Does someone have a stroke?
3 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
6
Social
Are there fat suits?
7 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
4
Is someone homeless?
2 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
9
Spoiler
Does it have a sad ending?
9 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
23
Is Santa (et al) spoiled?
1 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
17
Vehicular
Does a plane crash?
1 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
19
Does a car crash?
4 supporters
Yes
0
No
21
6
Livski
Sosuke’s mother drives very erratically but they do not crash
1 comment | Add comment
2
polyphonicPatzer
Lisa is a maniac behind the wheel.
1 comment | Add comment
Is someone hit by a car?
5 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
19
Violence
Is there a nuclear explosion?
0 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
16
Does someone drown?
4 supporters
Yes
0
No
21
8
kulmikas
no one explicitly drowns but there is a tsunami which floods the streets and ships are shown struggling at sea
1 comment | Add comment
Is there blood/gore?
15 supporters
Yes
22
No
5
8
user13396
Sosuke gets a small cut on his finger and he bleeds a little. However, it's immediately healed once Ponyo licks it and the scene doesn't last for long.
2 comments | Add comment
Is there gun violence?
4 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
18