Pulp Fiction
Movie • 1994 • Crime
ReportA burger-loving hit man, his philosophical partner, a drug-addled gangster's moll and a washed-up boxer converge in this sprawling, comedic crime caper. Their adventures unfurl in three stories that ingeniously trip back and forth in time.
This movie contains 57 potentially triggering events.
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Unanswered Triggers
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Abandonment
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Abuse
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Does an abused person forgive their abuser?
24 supporters
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MarioCaiti
The Gimp has Stockholm Syndrome, evident in how he silently taunts Zed and Maynard's new captives, Butch and Marcellus.
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Sid
Lance and his wife also scream threats at each other when they’re panicking about Mia overdosing
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Does the abused become the abuser?
National Domestic Violence Hotline (1-800-799-7233)
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Addiction
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Anonymous
* Lance is a Drug Dealer
* Vincent is seen taking Heroin in one scene.
* Mia snorts Cocaine in a few scenes.
* Mia accidently snorts Vincent's Heroin stash and overdoses.
* Vincent is seen taking Heroin in one scene.
* Mia snorts Cocaine in a few scenes.
* Mia accidently snorts Vincent's Heroin stash and overdoses.
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Is there addiction?
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Sid
Mia has a cocaine addiction. Vincent uses heroin and is possibly an addict
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Animal
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Is there a dead animal?
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Blitkun
Animal heads mounted on a wall. Briefly seen, not the focus of the scene.
Towards the end of the movie, when a character enters a store.
Towards the end of the movie, when a character enters a store.
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Assault
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Is someone drugged?
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Drug use is present
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Is rape mentioned?
42 supporters
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hotfish
A character makes reference to their rape and aims to take revenge on the perpetrator
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Is someone restrained?
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Anonymous
Two characters are bound to chairs in a sex dungeon.
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notgoingtoaddcomments
Onscreen rape, briefly.
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Is someone's mouth covered?
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SiRenfield
Rather (in)famous scene involving two men tied up and ball-gagged
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Are there jokes about sexual assault on men?
27 supporters
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NearEastMugwump
A sexual assault of a man *occurs*, but it's not joked about.
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Anonymous
There's audible sounds of a man being raped, another man opens the doors and the audience is treated to some fairly graphic shots of the act.
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Bodily Harm
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Does someone struggle to breathe?
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If you count the dramatic gasps for breath Mia does after being revived from overdosing.
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Is there body horror?
27 supporters
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Anonymous
Lots of bloody violence, but no body horror.
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Does a head get squashed?
32 supporters
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FrolickingSpock
Someone gets shot in the face at close range and his head essentially explodes inside the car. But it is not squashed.
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Is there a hanging?
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A man is chained to the ceiling by a collar. He gets knocked unconscious and goes limp, which strangles him. His body is shown in that position later not moving.
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Does someone asphyxiate?
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Sid
I think the Gimp might have been hung on his leash
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Does someone break a bone?
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Butch says that he thinks he might’ve broken his ribs
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Does someone have a seizure?
3 supporters
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Anonymous
We see the face of a character accidentally overdoses on drugs and goes onconscious. Her eyes are turned up, she has a bleeding nose and she convulses slightly.
The character survives.
The character survives.
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Is there genital trauma/mutilation?
42 supporters
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AnonymousTriggerWarnings
Rapist is shot
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Is someone tortured?
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Anonymous
Marsellus and Butch are totured by a couple of rednecks in a Pawn Shop basement.
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Does someone fall to their death?
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CJ16
A character is described as being pushed out of a building, but it does not kill him, only gravely injures.
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Is there excessive gore?
49 supporters
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Second half of the film there’s a lot of blood but I wouldn’t say Gore and definitely no excessive gore. Just blood. (Gore is when there’s flesh hanging off and other disgusting things but this does NOT happen in pulp fiction)
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Children
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Creepy Crawly
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Death
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Does a major character die?
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Massive spoiler
Vincent dies
Vincent dies
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Disability
Is the r-slur used?
22 supporters
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Sid
There’s an exchange between Butch and Fabienne where Butch calls her a retard and does what she describes as a “mongoloid voice”
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Drugs/Alcohol
Does someone overdose?
9 supporters
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Sid
Mia overdoses after snorting Vincent’s heroin
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Family
Is someone kidnapped?
5 supporters
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Sid
Marcellus and butch
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Does a parent die?
6 supporters
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BrianLambert
But the death is 20 years before - not shown. Only mentioned.
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Does someone cheat?
12 supporters
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Yolandad
But we hear a story told about someone who cheated and received violent repercussions
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Fear
Are there jumpscares?
28 supporters
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Anonymous
* A character is 'accidently' shot in the head without warning.
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Is there a shower scene?
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csbyron1
Not sexual
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Gross
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Does someone vomit?
56 supporters
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Qwasnoid
When Mia accidentally overdoses on Vincent's heroin, you can see vomit dribbling out of her mouth and blood coming out of her nose as she lies on the floor.
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Is there on-screen pooping?
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hotfish
Nothing graphic but theres several scenes of a character sitting on a toilet with references to constipation/pooping
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Does someone spit?
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There is a scene in which two characters have ball gags in their mouths. They both drool around the gags.
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Is there audio gore?
28 supporters
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Probably but not overly disgusting as far as I can remember
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Large-scale Violence
Are there 9/11 depictions?
4 supporters
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Anonymous
The film was made in 1994.
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Law Enforcement
Is there copaganda?
14 supporters
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No, quite the opposite actually.
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LGBTQ+
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Loss
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Medical
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Are needles/syringes used?
18 supporters
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SharonPaciulan
I’d you don’t like needle use, you may want to fast forward after Vince gets his heroin. It’s slow and a close up
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Mental Health
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Is a mentally ill person violent?
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No characters are stated to be mentally ill or act in a way that is meant to depict a mental illness.
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Does someone attempt suicide?
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (1-800-273-8255)
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Is there misophonia?
23 supporters
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Anonymous
A couple of eating scenes
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Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (1-800-273-8255)
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Is there autism specific abuse?
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Not specific towards autistic people, but it is notable that the r-word is used multiple times.
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Does someone die by suicide?
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (1-800-273-8255)
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Noxious
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Is there obscene language/gestures?
4 supporters
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Sid
So much swearing
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Paranoia
Is someone watched without knowing?
9 supporters
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JaxMan03
We can see Mia watching Vincent on cameras in her house for a few seconds before she talks to him over an intercom, alerting him she can see him
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Pregnancy
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Prejudice
Are there fat jokes?
27 supporters
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A man is referred to as “weight challenged”, and a woman playfully calls her boyfriend “fatso”.
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_____
at the very beginning of the movie before the beginning credits roll, in that first scene a character says something antisemitic and also says some offensive stuff about both chinese people and mexican people (and i believe he mentions korean people too but i cant remember)
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Is there hate speech?
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Anonymous
* At the beginning, Pumpkin/Ringo talks about jews in a negative light.
* The N-Word is used casually throughout the film.
* The N-Word is used casually throughout the film.
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Does an LGBT person die?
24 supporters
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resurricktion
The man is attracted to men. Whether or not he is also attracted to women or other genders is entirely irrelevant. Gay and straight are not the only sexualities, so I’m not sure why this is even being discussed. Anyway, it’s a rape scene, and the kind that is played for laughs/shock value because a man is being raped. While it is satisfying to see the rapist get murdered it is unsatisfying that it is a harmful portrayal of the queer community and the kink community along with also playing up male rape victims as something funny.
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Is there ableist language or behavior?
25 supporters
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A man calls his girlfriend a retard several times, then does a voice that she refers to as a “mongoloid voice”, AKA a voice that is supposed to mimic a person with Down syndrome.
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Are there n-words?
1 supporters
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by both black and white people
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Race
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Relationships
Is there a large age gap?
21 supporters
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Sid
Winston Wolfe is totally having sex with Monster Joe’s daughter
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Religious
Is religion discussed?
9 supporters
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SiRenfield
At one point Samuel L Jackson recites a (made up) Bible verse
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Sex
Is there sexual content?
33 supporters
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8BitMonkey
The most graphic example is a man in a leather suit who rapes other men in a dungeon of sorts, but it's also worth noting there's another scene where a character performs oral on his girlfriend. Not explicitly depicted, but implied as his head lowers offscreen towards her bottom half. Another character also mentions her tongue piercing "helps with f******o"
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Is someone sexually objectified?
23 supporters
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Anonymous
A serial rapist traps two men in his sex dungeon. One of the men gets raped.
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Are there nude scenes?
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JaxMan03
There are scenes where it is evident that a character is exposed, but no parts are visible on screen.
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Is there BDSM?
12 supporters
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SiRenfield
A man kidnaps two characters and sexually assaults one of them involving non-consensual bondage, in addition to having a gimp already
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Are there incestuous relationships?
National Sexual Assault Hotline 800.656.4673
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Sexism
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Sickness
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Social
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Spoiler
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Does it have a sad ending?
1 supporters
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CJ16
The movie is arranged in such a way that there is technically a happy ending, but the main characters do not all have happy endings.
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Vehicular
Does a car crash?
8 supporters
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Anonymous
* Butch attempts to kill Marsellus Wallace with his car before crashing into a street lamp
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Does a car honk or tires screech?
7 supporters
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Sid
Winston Wolfe drives like a madman, Vincent crashes his car into Lance’s house, Butch crashes his car into Marsellus Wallace
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Is someone hit by a car?
11 supporters
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Qwasnoid
When Butch comes across Marsellus at the stop light.
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Violence
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Is there blood/gore?
30 supporters
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57
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linn1537
2 characters also clean up the gore in the car after
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Is there gun violence?
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Anonymous
Various people are shot.
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