The Boxtrolls
Movie • 2014 • Animation
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An orphaned boy raised by underground creatures called Boxtrolls comes up from the sewers and out of his box to save his family and the town from the evil exterminator, Archibald Snatcher.
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Are there end credit scenes?
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After the stylized credits
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Are there jokes about sexual assault on men?
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While Snatcher is in drag a man smacks his butt and Snatcher tells the man to watch his hands so said smack was unwanted
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Are there abusive parents?
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Neglectful father. He eventually starts paying more attention but is uncaring about his daughter for most of the film.
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Is there domestic violence?
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Is someone stalked?
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Eggs briefly follows Winnie around. The boxtrolls are hunted which could be similar to stalking.
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Animal
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Is there a dead animal?
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There's a dead fish in a trash can at the beginning of the movie, it still has its face.
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Are there bugs?
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the trolls are shown eating bugs, some have bugs crawling on them at points.
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Assault
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Is someone restrained?
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Characters are held physically, characters are tied up, there's a lot of kidnapping and abduction so there's a lot of grabbing. A character is restrained and they attempt to kill him around the climax of the movie.
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Is there excessive gore?
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No depictions but some descriptions
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Is someone tortured?
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Someone is kept captive for 10 years, held upside down the whole time.
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Is there body horror?
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A man explodes
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Does a head get squashed?
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[spoilers] near the end, a large machine falls on a character, crushing them. it's not graphic, though.
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Are any teeth damaged?
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Some characters have crooked teeth because they're British, but teeth aren't damaged on screen.
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Is someone burned alive?
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[spoilers] no, but near the end a character is nearly burned alive.
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Is there cannibalism?
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There is no cannibalism, there is a LOT of discussion of cannibalism. Specifically, Boxtrolls eating humans. One character likes to be very graphic with her descriptions.
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Does someone asphyxiate?
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Somebody has a very very bad food allergy and is shown swelling, including tongue etc. He doesn't die of breath issues.
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Does a kid die?
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Children are threatened explicitly with death, and the villains attempt to kill a child, but the kids survive. Infant death is mentioned over and over, however.
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Is an infant abducted?
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For most of the movie you believe that one has been. There's a lot of talk about baby snatching, etc, a festival celebrating it. It's most of the plot.
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Drugs/Alcohol
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A character overdoses on cheese, something he's allergic to that gives him very strong physical and mental reactions. He dies from this.
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Family
Is a child's toy destroyed?
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The head is ripped off of a teddy bear by the child
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Is someone kidnapped?
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throughout the movie, boxtrolls are shown getting kidnapped.
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Does a parent die?
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It's implied that the main characters father is dead and there's a pretty dramatic flashback that implies it too but at the end it's shown that that dad isn't dead
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Gross
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There is no vomit. The scene described by the other comment is a character stuffing a bunch of cheese into his mouth and then spitting in onto a plate when he realizes that’s how you’re supposed to eat it. It’s gross but it is not vomit. There is also sound when he spits it out.
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LGBTQ+
Is a trans person depicted predatorily?
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It’s unlikely that Snatcher is trans, given that he never objects to or shows discomfort from his underlings referring to him as male. The Madame Frou Frou persona feels more like a manipulation tactic to further anti-boxtroll propaganda.
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No, however, leeches are used which might be similarly important if needles and syringes bother you.
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Mental Health
Does someone die by suicide?
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Does someone attempt suicide?
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Is there misophonia?
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There are a few scenes with loud chewing and mouth closeups
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Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
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Paranoia
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There is an after credits scene where the characters ponder being stop motion.
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Prejudice
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I'm surprised that people are saying no to this. Just because they're not outright saying fat jokes doesn't mean there isn't any, they're just visual gags. (spoilers below)
Example of this is, The villain is a fat person, he's supposed to be seen as disgusting and comedic to the viewer. He's allergic to cheese, which makes parts of his body swell up, exposing parts of his body. The allergic reaction is especially bad at the end, his stomach out to view. The townspeople look at him in disgust when they witness his allergic reaction.
Example of this is, The villain is a fat person, he's supposed to be seen as disgusting and comedic to the viewer. He's allergic to cheese, which makes parts of his body swell up, exposing parts of his body. The allergic reaction is especially bad at the end, his stomach out to view. The townspeople look at him in disgust when they witness his allergic reaction.
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No, but the depiction of the villain is transphobic ("evil" cross-dresser trope).
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Are there "Man in a dress" jokes?
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Snatcher dresses as a woman to trick the people of Cheesebridge, most prominently Portley-Rind. It's not shown in a flattering or sympathetic light.
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Does an LGBT person die?
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I would say yes. A drag queen dies. The drag queen is the villain, which doesn't necessarily make it better. Just more information.
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Is a minority is misrepresented?
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Transphobic “evil crossdresser” trope.
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No, but the oppression of Boxtrolls is a clear metaphor for antisemitism. They’re hit with blood libel and rounded up by secret police. The Boxtrolls survive but the premise was triggering to me, honestly.
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Are there incestuous relationships?
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Is someone sexually objectified?
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Men discuss the beauty of a woman saying she has "cheese on her bones" etc, which read as "locker talk" to me.
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Violence
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I would say yes. A character explodes near the end, it's just yellow primarily but it's alarming. As well, gore is frequently discussed and described in detail by the characters. And, again, there are leeches.
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