Repo the Genetic Opera
Movie • 2008 • Horror
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Is existentialism debated?
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KamiSteele
Not hugely, but the closing number, 'Epitaph' has Graverobber conclude the movie by talking about how Rotti's feud with Nathan was ultimately pointless because 'cause we all end up in a tiny pine box/a mighty small drop in a mighty dark plot.' Meaning, he feels that Rotti should not have wasted his time alive dwelling on the past as we all die someday.
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Abandonment
Is a child abandoned by a parent?
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ChaosClub
It might not count but Rotti publicly disowns his (adult) children and calls them thinks like freaks and monsters
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Abuse
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Does an abused person forgive their abuser?
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ASpiderNamedFish
At the end, a character forgives their father for intentionally poisoning them, and lying to them about major events.
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Is someone stalked?
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Lyoko2516
Rotti stalks Shilo
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Sassa
Nathan (father) slaps Shilo (daughter) at the end of 'Seventeen'
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Does the abused become the abuser?
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Is someone gaslighted?
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AngelPrincess
A character is gaslighted into believing she is extremely sick
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Sassa
Shilo is slapped by her father at the end of 'Seventeen'. It is also revealed at the end of the film that Shilo's father has been poisoning her to make her sick so he could keep her at home under his control. Shilo's father gaslights her several times (most noticeably after 'Things You See in a Graveyard' and 'Seventeen'). Shilo is 17 at the time that all of this happens, but it's implied this has been happening her entire life.
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Addiction
Is there addiction?
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Moominland
One of the characters is addicted to zydrate, a fictional painkiller for surgeries
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tonystanza
The fictional painkiller Zydrate is shown and mentioned.
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Animal
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Does a dragon die?
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Anonymous
There are no dragons in this movie
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Are there spiders?
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TheoRagnarok
No, but there is a scorpion like creature
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Are there bugs?
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Kazu
The main character, Shilo, collects bugs, and you can see her chase one at the beginning of the movie, and there are some in display cases in her room.
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Assault
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KamiSteele
Nathan slaps his daughter Shilo at the end of the musical number 'Seventeen.' It, amongst other things, leads to their relationship shattering until the climax.
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Is someone drugged?
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Ellebella
The main character, Shilo, was drugged by her father throughout her life for a condition she did not have.
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Is someone restrained?
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Featherbirb
Yes, Repo Man's victims are often restrained
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KamiSteele
There is a brief mention at the start of "Zydrate Anatomy" of a character experiencing her first hit of Zydrate at 13, and started "doing tricks" a month later. This is a minor, nameless character, and it seems mostly to establish the state of this world. The character Pavi Largo is confirmed by the creators to be a serial rapist, and while he mostly appears lecherous in the film there are a few scattered references, such as a series of photographs early on that imply, among other things, he raped a woman and stole her face after. Worth mentioning that he is definitely having sexual relations with the Genterns, who he has power over. The character Graverobber, who is an adult, is implied (and confirmed out of movie) to be interested in Shilo, who is seventeen. While nothing happens, he does exchange drugs for sex with other characters, raising consent issues.
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Bodily Harm
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Is there body horror?
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Anonymous
Intense. A man is tortured and has his organs removed while alive and once dead has a character shove a hand into his abdomen, up his throat into his skull, and is played like a puppet
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Is there amputation?
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anxietygoblin
No amputation of limbs or such but people's organs are being removed.
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Is there genital trauma/mutilation?
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KamiSteele
Potentially, but it's in out-of-movie text. Amber's two musclebound bodyguards in BDSM gear are described as 'euniches' in initial promotional material. They are minor, nameless characters.
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Is there a hanging?
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Kinda: A man is hung upside down by his ankles (a deleted scene shows GraveRobber the same way)
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Does someone become unconscious?
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Anonymous
The main character faints a lot
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Does someone break a bone?
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alonelylion
In a very brief scene, the repo man kills a victim by snapping his neck before continuing his work.
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Is there eye mutilation?
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Travis
A women rips her own eyes out
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Is someone tortured?
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TwoLesbiansInATrenchcoat
Sort of. People have their organs taken out while conscious. The point isn't to cause pain, but it does and they are not given anesthesia.
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Does someone fall to their death?
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Lyoko2516
Blind Mag falls to her death and is impaled on a piece of fence.
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Is there excessive gore?
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KamiSteele
Surgery and medical gore appear throughout. It's somewhat softened by black comedy, such as "Thankless Job" ending with the Repo Man using the man whose organs he repossesses as a flesh puppet or Amber's face literally falling off at the start of a stage performance in "Blame Not My Cheeks." It's overall campy and darkly humorous enough that the gore isn't too bad in context, but there is a lot of it, so it's still worth warning for.
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Is there shaving/cutting?
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TwoLesbiansInATrenchcoat
Several people have their torso cut open. It is very graphic.
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Does someone struggle to breathe?
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TwoLesbiansInATrenchcoat
Shilo struggles to breathe during anxiety attacks.
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Children
Is a minor sexualized?
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KamiSteele
Shilo is 17, and there's nothing really sexualized about her. However, she does get flirted with by adult men. A nameless minor character at the start of "Zydrate Anatomy" mentions that she started taking a street drug at 13 and started doing sex work shortly after. It's only discussed briefly, and she appears to be an adult.
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Death
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Does someone sacrifice themselves?
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Blind Mag gouges her eyes out in order to avoid a repossession of them. She dies, falls on a fence and is impaled.
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Disability
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Drugs/Alcohol
Does someone overdose?
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redvyn
Not obvious, but in the Zydrate Anatomy scene, one of the 'Z-whores' is rendered unconscious after shooting up.
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Family
Is someone kidnapped?
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Not by force, but someone manipulates a teenager into getting into his limo and then ignores her request to go home.
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Does a parent die?
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Anonymous
Three parents die. The main characters mother dies before the events of the movie (but is shown), and her father dies at the end. The antagonist (a father) also dies. A godmother dies.
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Does someone cheat?
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anxietygoblin
Marni gets together with Nathan and therefore breaks Rotti's heart. It's kinda unclear if she cheated or just left him, though.
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Fear
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Gross
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Does someone vomit?
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No but there is a scene where it looks like a character might vomit (after seeing a botched surgery) but he instead only coughs into a handkerchief
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Large-scale Violence
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Law Enforcement
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Medical
Does someone have cancer?
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alonelylion
Rotti is terminally ill; while his illness has never been confirmed it is implied to be lung cancer.
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Are needles/syringes used?
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Anonymous
Zydrate comes in a little glass vial.
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Is there a hospital scene?
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There's not an explicit hospital scene, but the entire movie is about surgery and medical themes, some of which is preformed on camera.
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Mental Health
Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
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KamiSteele
Not directly, but an on-stage operatic performance ends with a woman daring the Repo Man to take her eyes and that she'd 'rather be blind,' with a graphic visual of her ripping them out. It's clear contextually she knew she would die and have her eyes repossessed, and decided to take a final stance before her death. Her death through falling and impalement come shortly after.
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Anonymous
Someone violently removes their own eyes to make a statement.
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Is a mentally ill person violent?
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BriarRose
This is a sci-fi dystopia. Every single main character does or is implied to do something violent. Many are mentally ill, but it’s implied to be a result of the terrible state of the world. In other words, they’re not violent just because they’re mentally ill.
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Is reality unstable or unhinged?
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KamiSteele
Briefly, during the musical number 'Zydrate Anatomy.' Amber gets hit with Zydrate, and her trip is depicted as a bizarre sexualized surgery scene with the Genterns. Shilo and the Graverobber appear briefly during this sequence, despite them still being in the alleyway, further suggesting this is a drug-induced hallucination and not a flashback.
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Is there D.I.D. misrepresentation?
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KamiSteele
The Repo Man and Nathan Wallace are treated as separate characters, complete with different voices, so it's technically a split-personality situation. However, the intent seems to be more to emphasize Nathan's double life.
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Is there misophonia?
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ASpiderNamedFish
Plenty of moaning, as well as squishy sounds.
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Does someone attempt suicide?
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (1-800-273-8255)
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Are there anxiety attacks?
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DrTeatime42
Shilo becomes distressed when deprived of her medicine or when she fails to take it on time.
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Is there body dysmorphia?
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AnagnorisisM
A few characters, specially Amber, are constantly having surgeries to alter their bodies.
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Anonymous
Someone directly causes trauma to their body that would have likely killed them anyways, but the actual COD was not direct. It was murder, but the person knew it would happen. Indirect suicide.
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Does someone suffer from PTSD?
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BriarRose
Yes. The titular Repo Man struggles to cope with the violent nature of his job. It is not explicitly stated to be ptsd, but he clearly feels guilt and calls himself a “monster.”
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Noxious
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Is there shakey cam?
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SomeOneHere
In brief, emotionally intense moments. One section where it's particularly prevalent is at 47:00.
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Does a baby cry?
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anxietygoblin
When "Nathan's Story" is shown, they also show Shilo's birth.
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Paranoia
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Is the fourth wall broken?
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Tattyk
The Graverobber is known to address the audience in certain cases (such as where he introduces and concludes affairs). He looks at the camera and addresses the viewer in these cases.
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Pregnancy
Are there abortions?
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trickedboon
No, but a woman dies during childbirth.
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Are there babies or unborn children?
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ForgetfulCupid
Very briefly a baby is shown after a childbirth scene, not important to the overall plot and you can look away
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Is there childbirth?
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fridgesama
There is a (non-explicit) cartoon backstory sequence where Shilo is born.
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Does someone miscarry?
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Marni Wallace dies during Shilo's birth, but she does not miscarry.
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Does a pregnant person die?
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trickedboon
A woman dies during childbirth.
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Prejudice
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Are there "Man in a dress" jokes?
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KamiSteele
Not a joke and not necessarily the same, but the character Pavi Largo wears skinned women's faces to cover his own scarred face. The context seems to be partly serial killer-esque 'trophies', as it's confirmed out-of-movie that Pavi has a history of being sexually predatory, implying that at least some of his faces were from his past victims (however, he does wear his sister's face at the end, so make of that what you will).
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Is a minority is misrepresented?
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demolovania
no, but there isnt many minorities in the first place unfortunately
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Are there fat jokes?
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TheoRagnarok
A fat man stands up while testifying for surgeries "Before GeneCo, my anatomy was completely surpressed," meaning he was thin and Geneco's solution was to make him fat to fix dysmorphia
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Is there ableist language or behavior?
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TwoLesbiansInATrenchcoat
A character chastises her (dead) mother for giving her a blood condition. (She later recants on her blame)
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Does an LGBT person die?
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AJestersFork
Though no character that is explicitly queer dies, there are characters that depending on the viewer may be seen as queer that do die.
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Race
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Relationships
Is there a large age gap?
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SomeOneHere
There isn't anything in the movie, but there are short moments that ping similar vibes in terms of interest of older men towards a 17-year-old character (with one writer confirming this was intentional), though one where it's more obvious is a deleted scene and it's overall not too blatant in the actual movie.
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Sex
Is someone sexually objectified?
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KamiSteele
Basically, the Genterns are sexy nurse ladies that work for GeneCo. None of them get any amount of characterization, and, aside from being eye candy, are mostly abused by the Largos and do minor minion gruntwork. Many of the characters wear revealing/sexualized clothes but are not objectified to the same extent.
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Is there sexual content?
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TwoLesbiansInATrenchcoat
No one actually has sex on-screen, but the movie has a lot of sexual and kinky energy to it. In particular:
• There are two pairs of sexualized bodyguards (shirtless men, women with fishnet stockings)
• Drug users react to the drug as if it sexually arouses them.
• A chorus of minimally clothed dancers grind on each other.
• Several people wear leather harnesses and other BDSM attire.
• A woman removes her top with no bra underneath.
• There are two pairs of sexualized bodyguards (shirtless men, women with fishnet stockings)
• Drug users react to the drug as if it sexually arouses them.
• A chorus of minimally clothed dancers grind on each other.
• Several people wear leather harnesses and other BDSM attire.
• A woman removes her top with no bra underneath.
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Are there nude scenes?
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milkapplecup
there's no full frontal nudity, but there's at least one scene where a woman very prominently bares her breasts.
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Reapermanee
Pavi says Amber and Luigi should have sex during "Mark It Up", but presumably it's only a joke.
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Sexism
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Sickness
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Does someone have a chronic illness?
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KamiSteele
A central part of the backstory is that there have been a series of mass-organ failures, leaving GeneCo to become powerful due to its medical advancements. A posthumous character has a blood disorder that her husband was trying to find a cure for, but she died due to the treatment being tampered with. Shilo, the protagonist, and the character's daughter, inherited her blood disease (though this is later revealed to be the result of ongoing poisoning) and is receiving home treatment. A major plot point is Rotti Largo, the president of GeneCo, ironically dying of a terminal illness (implied to be cancer), which results in an ongoing inheritance debate between his three adult children.
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Social
Is someone homeless?
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Tattyk
People’s homes are generally not shown on screen, however the Graverobber is seen to be reading a newspaper in a dumpster in a way that implies he is generally found there.
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Spoiler
Does it have a sad ending?
536 supporters
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AJestersFork
Yes and no, its a very bittersweet ending.
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Vehicular
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Violence
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Is there blood/gore?
546 supporters
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fridgesama
There is a lot of extreme gore involving organs throughout.
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Is there gun violence?
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TwoLesbiansInATrenchcoat
Most of the violence in this movie is with knives, but there is one gun and it does kill someone.
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